Monday Musings - Bathing Suit Shopping, Sigh

 

Monday Musings - Bathing Suit Shopping, Sigh

It was a diverse and intersting week. And as usual, lessons were learned and goals set.

1.  A week of live, free TV is more than enough. My spouse really wanted to watch the Super Bowl last weekend, but we haven't had cable TV for decades, and I wasn't willing to give a company our credit card in order to purchase short term live TV access, because my experience in the past is that companies are happy to take your payment info, but loathe to turn it off once started.

However, I've been very impressed with the ease of turning YouTube Premium service on and off - they make it very, very easy to do so online, and so I signed up for a 10 day trial of their You Tube TV, which allowed us to watch the Super Bowl !ive, plus another 9 days in which to enjoy watching the Winter Olympics, both of which we did/are, and much enjoying. 

I cancelled our free You Tube TV Trial the moment the Superbowl was over, but, nicely, per the email I immediately received, the service will remain active until the entire 10 day free trial period is reached later this week.

So we've been enjoying the Winter Olympics, a treat we haven't seen live in over ten years. However, after spending most of yesterday watching the Olympics in between reading and dozing, my spouse and I are both fine with losing live TV access shortly, returning to our normal pattern of streaming one or two shows in the evening after dinner on the nights we are home. Our preference during the day is to go for long walks, or to read. Not having access to live TV at the house continues to keep both things priorities in our lives, which we very much prefer.

2. Bought my first one piece bathing suit. Since entering my more senior years, I had switched to shorts style two piece suits, vs. bikinis, but even with my recent weight loss, I've realized that having a smooth and taut tummy is probably now in my past. I needed a bathing suit for our upcoming Panama Canal cruise, as it's looking to be quite warm over the entire 16 day trip, so I bit the bullet and stopped by Target over the weekend to see what they had. 

They actually had quite a lot of swimsuit stock on the floor, and after just a couple of try-ons, below is the swim suit and swim suit wrap I decided on. I am pleased with how both the swim suit and the wrap fit and look, so hopefully I can enjoy the pool and hot tub on the cruise without feeling self conscious.

3.  Enjoyed a lovely and uncrowded Valentine's Day couples cooking class. I had to be quick on the trigger to snag one of the eight available couple's slots, but somehow I did get one, which was wonderful because both my spouse and I love the way this cooking school holds their couples cooking classes. We get three unhurried hours at the venue -  two hours in which to cook, and then one full hour to be served and to eat. We are always encouraged to bring wine, and encouraged to pour a glass immediately upon arrival, which makes for a fun group of 16 adults within a very short time.

The six course menu for the night was outstanding. We began with lobster bisque and ended with chocolate souffle (mine came home of course - still rockin' the no-sugar life. 🙂)

4.  Walked miles and miles over the weekend in anticipation of this week's anticipated series of rainstorms. Here are some of the views we enjoyed while we did so:

5.  Lost the two pounds I gained in January. I worked to get my head back in the game last week, and as a result of being successful in doing so, lost the two pounds I'd gained recently.

My home office has mirrored closet doors, which help me
see exactly how I am doing with my weight loss every time I enter it,
which I do multiple times a day.

I do still have losing three more pounds in order to reach 105 as a goal for 2026, and I'm optimistic that will happen rather 'naturally' on our upcoming cruise, as we are generally so active on them that we return home lighter than when we left.

We walk miles and miles around the deck each day, use the gym for strength training, take the stairs not the elevator, and often end the evening dancing in one of the ship lounge areas that are playing live music. That, combined with eating  'normally' on the ship, generally result in our returning home a few pounds down from when we boarded.

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How about you? Any Monday Musings you'd like to share?