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I'm back!

So, the squats didn't work out so well. I hurt something and had to wait until it was healed to start again. 

But this week we are trying to get back in the swing of things. I took liberties with dinner way too many times over the last few months (while not really feeling like myself mentally) and ordered out, ordered pizza, or made a frozen pizza for dinner. Well, that's over.

My dinner plans for the next two weeks include chicken, chicken, and more chicken. (Can you hear the groans from my family?) Well, I was going to make tacos one night, but the grocery store was not only out of the taco dinner kit, but out of ground meat - soooo.... no tacos until I can get to a different store and get what I need.

The slow cooker cola bbq chicken last night did not go over so well. Tonight is teriyaki grilled chicken and asparagus.

I've literally been sitting for two years. As soon as the "stay at home" started I stopped trying to get my steps in. It was too hard. Mr. G was working from home and I didn't want to disturb him, so I quietly sat on the couch while he worked. I guess I also didn't want to look like a goofball walking in place, trying to break a sweat, LOL. One month somehow turned into two years, and I'm still on the couch.

As long as I can stick to the dinner plan, I can also make myself get up and moving more.

Here we go 2022...



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