Oh, hello there! You're probably wondering, Weronica, what? You? Here? Again?
Well.. yes. I was procrastinating my PhD proposal and somehow found my way back to this place. Now, I'll be honest, I genuinely thought that my blog got deleted for inactivity but surprise surprise, it's still here and getting a lot of views which is quite heart warming. I'll write a post about the stuff I've been up to for the past few years, but now I thought this post would be fun to make. I've tried dabbling in TikTok but to be honest, it wasn't for me, I guess it's too direct, and I don't think being public on there would go too well with my career. I used to enjoy blogging a lot when I was younger, and I realized recently I was so focused on my career and self growth in terms of "adulting", that I completely lost my passions or hobbies, and I think this is and always has been mine.
A lot has changed, so I'll show you how my typical weekend looks! Well this was a Saturday and I woke up around 10:00 which is crazy for me, since I got used to waking up at 5am, but it's the weekend, so big or go home I guess.
I always start my morning out with a coffee. Health police don't come for me, I just need my morning coffee. To me, coffee is happiness, it's like a hug in a mug and I'd rather die than give it up. It's also my favorite part of the day, because I get to sit down with my boyfriend, just the two of us - no phones, no emails, no tv - just us and a conversation. It's relaxing and since we've implemented this into our routine it feels like we've gotten closer? I say this like we've been together for years and years but in reality it's only been 1,5 years, but somehow it feels like we've been together for a very long time. We just one day started talking and we've been inseparable since, so maybe that's why it feels like it's been forever.
This was my breakfast. If you're not Polish you're probably wondering what this is, I decided to do those catering boxes that help with dieting. I'm on 1500 kcal currently, and before anyone says anything I know it's very little for a 29 year old woman, but I hit a plateau and needed to change something. Typically I'd be on 1800 kcal a day and it was fine. I've been on a proper weightloss "journey" since July of last year, and while it was pretty difficult I managed to lose 15kg, a bit over 30 pounds for my American folks. It's not a lot, which I was pretty disheartened about, in this era of Ozempic and other GLP-1's I thought what I managed to lose was nothing in comparison, but it's still something and that's good enough. Why was it difficult though? Mainly because I struggled with my weight my entire life, bouncing from one eating disorder to another it was hard to get my head right. These boxes helped me a bunch, I don't have to count all calories myself, didn't have to plan ahead and it's just easier. I did try coming off of these, but I think I wasn't ready and I gained 2 kilograms back in a month, so I'll probably stay on these for a while. Anyway, I'll probably do another post for the weight loss thing, let's move on.
My boyfriend went off to work, so I started on mine. I'm a psychologist, but I work a few different jobs - a psychologist working with patients, a academic lecturer for two universities and a psychologist consultant for a start up (I'm in the process of interviewing for another position AND applying for a PhD - I like to be busy I guess?). It's the weekend so no patients, but it is the end of a semester, so I had to prep my students' exams! I'll say, being on the other side of academia is definitely interesting and a bit harder than being a student. Prepping exams takes forever. I put on some podcasts and reaction videos in the background. Lately I've been into listening about people getting out of debt and while personally I'm debt free, I find these interesting and motivating in a way, to keep working and building my savings which are unfortunately very low at the moment, but I believe I'll get there!
When I finished with my exams and scheduled them, I went to the gym. I have a very love hate relationship with the gym. Getting there is a pain in the ass, and I end up not going but when I get there I'm loving life? At the beginning of my "journey" I only did classes - yoga and later started pilates and I loved them. They were pretty fool proof, if you did something wrong the instructor would help, if you do something wrong at the gym, you're sat there like a tit not even knowing you've just messed up. Mind you, I used to be a gym freak, as in you'd find me at the gym five or six days a week but now? It's rough, finding the motivation to go is rough, I'm scared. And I know what you can say, get a pt! I wish! They're a bit outside of my budget at the moment, but hopefully soon I'll be able to get one for a bit, just to gain more confidence.
After the workout, I made dinner for my boyfriend and had a snack myself. My boyfriend is dieting himself, he kinda started the whole dieting thing in this house. He's doing so well, lost nearly 30 kilograms or nearly 60 pounds in a year! He's gotten into boxing and building muscle, and with that comes a lot of cooking, I cook for him on the weekends since he's away working - during the week he works remotely from home so he does his own cooking. I made him some pasta with chicken, spinach, mushrooms and skyr and I had a little bun, which was a bit like a pizza in a bun. It was okay, I didn't heat it up enough.
I packed it up for him to eat on the road and went brought it up to him downstairs. Now you may think, wifey perks on a girlfriend plan? He just works so hard and this is the least I could do. Honestly, he's a wonderful person, and he does so much for us, it's only fair for me to match his energy. And the girlfriend level is something to discuss, he did mention he wants to talk to my parents when they fly in to visit next Friday... I'm nervous for him lol!
THEN! I got a notification my parcel was waiting for me, so I went for a walk and picked it up. It's summer and it feels like my skin lost its ability to tan? So I picked up a few bits from Ziaja, it's their tanning range and honestly, it's the best tanning product I've tried. I'll do a separate post on it, but it's doesn't have that nasty fake tan smell and it doesn't stick to dry skin. Also the main thing, it doesn't give me a reaction, most products I've tried gave me a huuuge rash. OH! And it smells like cookies! My boyfriend is a fan ;) .
Coffee time! Again. This time I have a cake, which is accounted for in my calories for the day! This is a huge thing for me, something sweet. I have the worst sweet tooth, and if I ever stepped out of my calorie deficit it's because I ate something sweet. So these boxes having something sweet for me to eat with my coffee is truly great for me, it does help a lot. This time it was a strawberry and chocolate no bake cheesecake.
I was getting bored and I refuse to doomscroll TikTok so I decided to do some pilates, and to be honest I much prefer the in person classes I usually go to. This felt unnatural somehow haha. Like when you try to workout quietly at home and someone walks in and catches you and it's all embarrassing and shit? God, the flashbacks.
Also, see the boxing gloves on the table? Men and their need to add something to the decor of the house huh? Like no, please don't. Before Dan moved in this was my girl world apartment, everything had its place and was thought out. Now? Nope. That's out the window. He is lucky I love him...
Later it was dinner time. On Saturdays menu was a creamy chicken and rice with a red cabbage salad, and it was lovely. As you can see this is a lot of food in a day, but these meals are very low cal. I get five meals a day : breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper. Usually for supper I get a cake or a fruit mousse. I don't like boring food so this is a great option, getting the ingredients for all of these would cost me more than I pay for these.
I also made Dan some cottage cheese, with berries and peanut butter. I'm not a fan but this guy eats this every. single. day. Got to give him props for the dedication honestly.
I did an everything shower and spent the rest of my evening with Brutus (pictured in the right hand corner) and Joe Kenda on Amazon Prime Video. I also ate my last meal for the day which was some quesadillas with some guac and tomatoes. I recently discovered that Amazon Prime Video has some true crime shows on there, I usually watched them with my mom so this was nice in a way. I know true crime content has gotten a bit controversial, what do you think about it, let me know in the comments, I'm curious.
If you're still here, thank you for staying and letting me tell you about my Saturday.
Much love,
Weronika
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