week #10
monday
➜ hello March! hello sunshine! ☀➜ I'm so motivated to start moving regularly! I don't know if it's the physio exercises or spring being almost here - the sunny weather! - but I want to dive into all sorts of sports again! I wrote a blog about it.
➜ my Monday started with a new routine. I'm adding pilates to my exercise schedule and today I did my first beginners lesson.
➜ today was also the day that I started with protein & creatine shakes again. now that I'm trying to be more active, I want to try and see if the shakes make a difference.
➜ I watched the first episode of the sean combs documentary series, and for now it's already an OMG. I'm curious about the next two episodes.
➜ I'm taking my daily skin supplements from cloudless+ for 3 weeks now and they are starting to give results! my skin is less troubled, yeah!
➜ I was so proud of myself for sitting on the couch, watching a series and not snacking anything the whole evening! something I also want to do: try to keep my sweet tooth under control!
➜ went to bed early, around 21:30, because I couldn't keep my eyes open.
✶ exercise | 10 min qi gong & 20 min pilates
tuesday
➜ my day started with a 6km hike in the sun. the weather was great again, around 17 degrees. and I even had to get off my thin jacket because it was too warm! loved walking around in my shirt ♡➜ on my walk I heard 2 woodpeckers and saw so many 'citroentjes' - citroenvlinder (brimstone butterfly).
➜ found a fellow bear blogger and his cool blog.
➜ the daughter had a birthday party after school, so I tried to spend my extra free time wisely and cleaned the back garden. I even cleaned the windows!
➜ it was a day with more energy than usual (yay!), but I also enjoyed sitting in the garden on the couch. I am loving being outside more and the spring energy around me so much!
✶ exercise | 6km hike & 15 min physio & 30 min indoor biking
wednesday
➜ in the morning I had my half yearly dentist check up appointment. finally one where there’s no follow up appointment with things to do on my teeth!➜ the rest of the morning was for exercising. I found a good hamstring stretch routine that made me feel instantly better. if I go hiking more, my hamstrings and leg muscles tend to feel more tight. so this one I am incorporating in my routine.
➜ on Vinted I found two really nice track jackets to wear while hiking. thin ones that I can use in spring and on colder summer mornings.
✶ exercise | 20 min commuting by bicycle & 30 min pilates & 15 minutes physio & 4km hike in the sun with D
thursday
➜ we had our afternoon coffee break in the sun at work today. that was so lovely! because it feels like we work in some sort of bunker :') and in our bunker we don't notice anything outside.➜ I felt a bit fresher and more energetic in my head. I've been taking creatine daily for some days, could that be the reason? I read the positive difference should be quite high for vegetarians.
➜ from Thursday on, I kind of forgot about my blog again (like every week), because the workdays are always so busy and full.
✶ exercise | restday - 20 min commuting by bicycle
friday
➜ it seems that the amount of customers on Friday's is picking up again. we had a busy day! I made quite some bouquets and even had time to make some spring and Easter wreaths.➜ we had parent-teacher meeting around 5 and D's teacher had only good stuff to tell us. she made progress and is nicely in line learning all the things she has to for her age.
➜ I didn't have to go back to work after the meeting, so we took advantage of the opportunity and sat on the terrace of the local brewery for a while. what a life! ;)
➜ in the evening I ordered a weighted vest for my hike training sessions. I want to gradually add some weights to make it more of a fitness walk.
✶ exercise | restday
saturday
➜ it was the first time we got Japanese Gloriosas at work, so I didn't have to think long if I wanted to bring some home :D they are so lovely in our pink vase!➜ it was still a bit early to already put up an Easter branch, but I brought some birch branches home and put them in the vase, that we can decorate later. the daughter is already looking forward to putting eggs and feathers in.
➜ it was a lovely sunny day again and it certainly wasn't a punishment to clean the shop windows.
➜ the husband had a fussball game in the afternoon, so I picked the daughter up at my parents after work. we had pizza and had a small girls night before putting her in bed.
➜ with the good weather the last days, my motivation to go hiking grew bigger and bigger! was looking forward to the beginning of next week, when I can go again!
✶ exercise | 20 min commuting by bicycle & 25 min indoor biking
sunday
➜ Sunday morning was spent cleaning the house. we were expecting visitors in the afternoon, so that was a good incentive to give the place a good clean. I cleaned inside and the husband took on the garden. our garden tiles are now nice and clean instead of green!➜ for the visiting kids D wanted to bake muffins, so we went to the store to buy everything and baked.
➜ we had 4 kids over and their parents, colleagues of my husband. we were mostly in the (freshly cleaned, hehe) garden, because it was sunny and around 18 degrees, yeah!
➜ the kids wanted to go to the playground, and we mostly played in the sandpit.
➜ in the evening I was too tired (and a little too lazy) to do my exercises, so I took a rest day. on Monday the weather is good again, so I'm planning on doing a longer hike!
➜ I started watching this new series vladimir. don't know what to think yet!
✶ exercise | rest day
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