I keep hoping at some point it will get easier. I seem to forget I’m still hauling around the extra weight - until I do something like I did today. Definitely took a lot out of me, but got everything where it needs to be. Tomorrow I’ll start the planting, which I hope to get done before Tuesday night. We’re supposed to get a ton of rain over Wed/Thurs and that would make sure that everything is well settled.

So, I’m just going to add the food for the day and then maybe head off to bed. Although I’ve got laundry in the dryer, so it won’t be right away.

Food for the day:

Total: 2001 calories (31% fat, 34% protein, 35% carbs)

Breakfast: breakfast bake, cracked wheat oatmeal bread, jam, orange (364)
AM Snack: beef jerky (108)
Lunch: multi-grain tortilla, salsa, smoked turkey, cheese, apple (535)
PM Snack: hummus, flatbread (164
Dinner: szechwan stir-fry with broccoli, salad w/dressing (554
Evening Snack: fruit salad, protein shake (276)

All I can say is my rest day is only just started, and I’m beat! Three garden centers - 12 flats of plants (and trust me, this is a slow year for us) and the shopping is done. So then we decided we should take the stuff out of the crawl space and outside. That’s another 3 flats of plants… and maybe 30 or 40 pots of stuff we brought in from last year. Okay, it’s probably closer to 30 (I might actually count later) but some of them are freakin’ heavy. Think step-ups carrying pots, and opening the door at the top of the stairs.

Somehow I got talked into another tomato plant, some ‘ugly looking’ but supposedly tasty variety. The funny thing is that while my mother was talking me into it she also talked another woman into buying one as well. I really shouldn’t say anything as I probably talked another woman into buying some amaranthus (love lies bleeding). It really is stunning though. I was sure I had a better picture of it, but this is the first one that I found from a couple of years back.

That’s it in the bottom right corner. It’s hit and miss whether you find it in the garden centers, although it usually reseeds. Unfortunately that bed is currently over-run with violets and violas, so we broke down and bought 4 plants today.

Oh well, off to make lunch, and then start with the pots.

Anyway, the insane plant buying period has begun. We went to a plant sale this morning, but it turned out to be perennials only (which we don’t need). So, we headed over to the garden gallery (where we have $40 worth of coupons from last year’s purchases). So, $54 later… and yes, that’s with the coupons taken off. We’ve decided to let ourselves start today (the forecast looks good) and we’ll head off to the garden center furthest away and work ourselves back this morning. I did empty a number of pots though, and will plant less this year. I still think we’ll end up spending an obscene amount though.

I realised I forgot to post yesterday’s wrap-up, so… 45 min walk in the morning at the lake front, 2003 cals (31% protein, 26% fat, 43% carbs). Meals were the usual, with the new chili for dinner (the one with the TVP in it). You really couldn’t tell, and it’s a lot cheaper than cutting the ground beef with ground turkey so I think I’d make it that way again.