My energy and mood have been better all week, and I haven’t had a single craving for junk or wanted to get fast food for dinner. Those are huge wins in my book!
I’m still working on phasing out the processed foods, but I am starting to run out of them in my pantry and fridge. I need to find a snack that isn’t popcorn, but is crunchy since I have yet to find anything that isn’t celery and doesn’t contain some kind of vegetable oil. Please leave suggestions in the comments!
“Building the Book Fort” is a weekly post where I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
The Final Trade by Joe Hart
Extraordinary Tales of Victorian Futurism ed. by Mike Ashley
The Fatburn Fix by Catherine Shanahan
Malorie by Josh Malerman
Finished:
A Symphony of Echos by Jodi Taylor
Total pages read this week: 246
Total books for 2022: 56 of 85.
I still have two books to finish for #SciFiSummer by September 1st when Readers Imbibing Peril starts. Then I can start a book that works for both challenges, and I think Suspicious Minds by Gwenda Bond would be perfect since it’s the first “Stranger Things” book.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
I don’t really know how, but having a couple of veggie egg muffins in the morning instead of yogurt and a granola bar has given me more energy throughout my day. I have the yogurt in place of my usual lunch snack, and that seems to be helping, too. I get all the way to dinner without being hungry or tired, and I’m eating fewer calories overall.
Since such a small change has been so helpful in my day-to-day life, I’m now working on phasing out processed foods that contain vegetable oils from my dinner. Lunch is going to be the most difficult for me to change, so dinner is the better option to work on next.
“Building the Book Fort” is a weekly post where I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
The Final Trade by Joe Hart
Extraordinary Tales of Victorian Futurism ed. by Mike Ashley
A Symphony of Echos by Jodi Taylor
The Fatburn Fix by Catherine Shanahan
Finished:
Pest Controlby Peter Anghelides
Total pages read this week: 419
Total books for 2022: 55 of 85.
I’m now a Jedi in the #SciFiSummer challenge. I’m hoping to finish up the three Sci-Fi books I’m currently reading by the end of the month, but I’m not 100% sure I’ll be able to do it. I’ll keep reading Sci-Fi through the end of the challenge, but Readers Imbibing Peril starts September 1st, and I only have two books that I know of that would work for both challenges. Both books are “Doctor Who” books, so I’ll have to read something else in between them. There’s no way I can handle back-to-back “Doctor Who” without it majorly affecting my dreams.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
This week was better than last, but still stressful.
I’m reading a book, The Fatburn Fix by Catherine Shanahan, after reading a news article by the same author about vegetable oils and how they affect our bodies. It has inspired me to make a couple of changes to what I eat, and I hope that will help me, along with all the other things I’m doing, to start pushing the scale in a more favorable direction.
One of the changes I’m going to try is to make veggie egg muffins to eat for breakfast in place of my usual yogurt and granola bar.
“Building the Book Fort” is a weekly post where I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
The Final Trade by Joe Hart
Pest Control by Peter Anghelides
Extraordinary Tales of Victorian Futurism ed. by Mike Ashley
Finished:
Ready Player Twoby Ernest Cline
How to Invent Everything by Ryan North
Total pages read this week: 484
Total books for 2022: 54 of 85.
I only need to finish one more book for #SciFiSummer to achieve the next level, “Jedi.” That’s more than possible, but I highly doubt I’ll be able to reach “Time Lord” by the end of the challenge. I’m still ok with that since I’ve already finished more books that I originally planned.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
This week was very stressful and trying, and I didn’t always make the best choices for myself. However, I did give my body the time to sleep more by going to bed earlier, including last night. I plan to take it easy this weekend.
“Building the Book Fort” is a weekly post where I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
The Final Trade by Joe Hart
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
Finished:
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
How to Invent Everything by Ryan North
Total pages read this week: 479
Total books for 2022: 52 of 85.
I finally finished How to Invent Everything late last night before I went to bed, and I have no idea which book from my TBR stack for #SciFiSummer I’ll pick up next. Whichever book I choose, it will probably be a shorter one, since it took me a month to finish How to Invent Everything.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
I had my appointment with a spine specialist this week, but of course, the VA didn’t send over my medical records like they were supposed to, so the specialist couldn’t do much for me beyond ordering new X-rays and doing a basic physical exam.
The X-rays turned up a couple more things wrong with my back, so I’ve gotten to the point where I’m fed up with the VA and their subpar medical care. My plan is to get better health insurance through my job when open enrollment comes around next month and then start going to doctors outside of the VA, depending on what it is (basically anything beyond annual exams and vaccines).
On a brighter note, I signed up for the Summer Charity Challenge. This Summer, we’re doing planks, and the minimum is 120 minutes. My health coach gave me a link to a short plank workout, and it’s perfect for the challenge. The spine specialist said planks were the ideal exercise to increase my core strength without hurting my back, and she was happy to hear that I’m doing the challenge. I’ve added my time to the stats below.
“Building the Book Fort” is a weekly post where I track my bookish life.
Currently Reading:
The Final Trade by Joe Hart
How to Invent Everything by Ryan North
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Total pages read this week: 119
Total books for 2022: 50 of 85.
This has been a very stressful week, and I’ve been too tired to read much. I’ve got less than two hours left of Something Rotten, according to Audible, so I’m hoping I’ll at least have that finished by the middle of the week at the latest.
What are you reading? Let me know in the comments!
