Adventure Is Out There

(Formerly “fitteacherlife”) Happily married since 2009 <3 Learning to love my little life

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I did it!! Made it through all 30 days and I’m onto reintroduction! Today is reintroducing sugar 👍🏼

Down 11.5 pounds in the last 30 days, and back at work today for the new school year. Fresh purple hair and everything 💜💜💜

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Today is day 18! Almost 2/3 of the way done. I’ve got a festival this weekend, so I’m facing my first real challenge of being out and about for meals. Already planned ahead and have snacks ready to take with me.

Summer is plugging along. A few more weeks until back to school. Not quite ready to think about that yet, so here’s some food pics and crafts I’ve been doing!

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Day 11 - made it through the first third! Feeling pretty good, had weird dreams about eating straight handfuls of sugar last night, but overall haven’t had too many awful cravings. (I do miss bread)

Tried snap peas today - don’t like them. It’s like the crunchy part of lettuce 🤢

Been crafting this week and cleaning stuff up, so life is feeling a little more restful and not like school is looming (even though it is).

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Another update. Day 7 of Whole30. I’m doing alright, been a bit emotional these last few days. Saw my doctor to get bloodwork done and it all came back normal (tiny bit high on cholesterol, but it wasn’t a fasting panel, so they’re going to have me test again in 3 months with fasting).

Been doing great on my meals. Sticking to the guidelines and avoiding cravings - even when we went to the beach and my family at Pizza My Heart 🤤

Today I got a burst of motivation and pulled the fam along to be productive:

- got my brows done

- went to the store for supplies

- cleaned all three toilets

- swept and mopped the downstairs bathroom

- pulled weeds in the backyard

- weed whacked the patio

- trimmed the front bushes away from the walkway

- renewed the grill griddle (it’s a Blackstone - it has rusted pretty decently and was covered in dirt/spiders 😬)

- organized the pantry

- cleaned the stovetop and counters

- swept the kitchen

- did three loads of laundry

- vacuumed the downstairs

The house looks good, the in-laws are coming over for dinner, and we’re going to do family game night. Decent day all around 💜

(Pictures: beach day, beach hat, breakfast scramble with berries, steak and chips lunch, chicken bacon ranch wrap, citrus chicken)

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Started the Whole30 plan on Sunday to try to address the tummy issues I’ve been having whenever I eat ANYthing.

It’s going well so far. I’ve tried new foods and made new recipes. My caffeine headache is almost gone and I’ve done two mornings of getting up and riding my indoor bike to kick off my day.

I’m not necessarily going to post about every day…but here’s some pictures of food I’ve made so far! (Green smoothie, salad, teriyaki chicken and pineapple, spinach and bacon eggs with fruit, Italian garlic pork chops and smashed potatoes)

[whyarewewlwlikethat]

I need tumblr's help on this one because I only have 5 days left (until June 5) and it's not working out. I'm writing my master's thesis on the video game industry and I've distributed a survey around but barely have ANY answers. It should only take 5 minutes to complete. Please, at least reblog this to help me out I'm desperate.

link to the survey here

[whyarewewlwlikethat]

I'd like to address the "sex option" in my survey having only two choices. I'm non-binary and if I could I would've put that and an "other" option but there is no way to do that without huge backlash from my university. I'm Bulgarian and my country is very homophobic. If I were to add anything else I would be immediately targeted so please understand and thank you for participating 💖

[whyarewewlwlikethat]

Currently at 696 responses 😭 Thank you all so much we're so close to 1k which is the minimum I need. With this pace, I'm certain we'll cover the requirement! Idk what else to say apart from tumblr really is the best website and I'm so glad I never left

[whyarewewlwlikethat]

OMG I wrote this and went to sleep and just got up and checked on the survey and it has 1017 responses!!! Thank you all so much ♡♡♡ We have hit the minimum requirement, and I can not thank you enough ❤️ The survey will close on the 5th of June, so please consider reblogging as 1k is only the minimum. I think my supervisor mentioned that 5k-10k responses would be ideal for my type of survey and then she was like "but there is no way you can get that many in such a short time so make sure to list it as a limitation". LMAO if she could see what's happening rn. We might as well be able to reach those ideal numbers!

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Late St. Paddy’s appreciation post. Had friends over, made sparkly whisky drinks, had fun. Always happy to spend my holidays with @inkyubis 💜

[selenastaylors]

okay besties everyone put in their tags what theyre majoring or what they majored in im so curious

[konoko]

sending you a hug in case you had a bad day

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I did. So I’ll pass it on to you as well 💜

[parrishsrubberplant]

The last three digits of your current follower count is the Dewey Decimal Classification subject on which you must immediately give a 15-minute presentation.

How would you do?

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General Collected Essays - I got this. I’m doing a great job on this presentation. Essays are my jam.

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Changed my name on here (used to be “fitteacherlife”) because my journey isn’t just about “getting fit” any more.

I’m still a teacher. This is still my life. 😂 but there’s a lot going on that makes my story more introspective.

A year and a half ago, my mom flipped out at my sister over her wedding. Since then, she has claimed that it was a moment of dissociation and that she doesn’t remember what was said.

But we do.

In the months following, hurt after hurt was added to the original injury, and my sisters and I stood up (for the first time) all at once. Since we’ve all had disagreements in the past that “got better”, my parents keep pushing for it to “just get fixed” - but this time is different. This time even the “golden child” (she hates that we called her that, but she understands why now) is on the outs with us.

We’re all adults. We’re all standing our ground and demanding that our mother take accountability for her words and actions. And we’re not rolling over and going back “to the way things were.”

So I’m finding myself - outside of who I was as the oldest daughter. Outside of who I was as the “mother of her grandchildren” (I’m still their mother…but they’re just my kids - not “hers”…if that makes sense…).

Hubby is in therapy for his stuff. I’m working on mine. My sisters are working on theirs. And we’re supporting our kids through the struggles of not understanding why their grandparents are being jerks.

We’re also working out more - eating better sometimes - trying to spend less on junk and more on experiences and life together.

And I’m just… figuring out me.

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Some days, you just enjoy the morning light with chocolate cake and a white chocolate americano for breakfast.

And that’s okay. 💜

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It’s National Dog Day. Here’s my little dummy who tried to eat a frog last night and scared the kiddo into thinking he had rabies. At least he’s cute.

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I got a Nespresso maker (thanks Target sale!) [also a KitchenAid mixer, but that doesn’t play a role in this morning’s coffee.] My little homemade Americano is delicious and makes my heart happy.

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It’s quiet in my house this morning.

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Went to the gym yesterday. Just realized my picture doesn’t show the time or calories or distance correctly 🙃 it was a short walk 🤷🏻‍♀️

Found a recipe online to make the coco puffs coffee from StarWars land in Disneyland - and it was amazing. ☕️

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Friday’s update. Got up and had breakfast before the gym. Did upper body machines (2 reps of 40lbs on each one), and a little walking. Made smoothies based on the Jamba White Gummi when we got home.