Sports Mojo, Peloton, Work Lunches, Getting back into it all

I'm not sure how much it's come through on the bloggo but I've been on an exercise slump.  Since I got back from France in Feb I have totally lost my movement mojo.  I was kind of "holding on" in December and January as well, I remember a night of listening to a Peloton meditation trying not to lose my exercise week streak.  

Well, the week streak is long lost, and in March I felt just BLAH:

I mean, I went out and did stuff and had fun, but I could not motivate myself to exercise.  I did exactly 3 things on Peloton that month.

I also started to realize how tired I was... as in, when I would try to lift weights my arms would scream NOOO THIS IS NOT RIGHT STOP IT NOW which was also kind of new for me.  So I took all of this "hmm" and made an appointment with my GP because I thought I might be low in B12 again.  

The good news was that my tests were all normal, except Ferritin, which I guess is part of Iron?  So I started taking some easy iron, which I hate because I think it makes me bloated among other gastrointestinal effects, but I am feeling better in other ways and suddenly I've got my a bit of my sport mojo back.

I've started enjoying my friend gym time more (I have two gym buddies and workout with each once a week), and I've been riding the Peloton and enjoying it again.  I'm definitely not as strong as I was last year when I did the half marathon, but I'm not as tired as I was when I wrote this post about being tired.

Also, I was a bit blog-spired by Kae who posted a workout! When I am not super tired I am usually up for any kind of workout and hers looked hard.  So I gave it a go! It was hard, I did about 75%, with lighter weights, and swapped out some of the exercises.  Squat thrusters with Bulgarian Split Squats was hard... lunges after was impossible.  It was fun to try something different and remember how much I enjoy random workout things.

Also, do you know what the most random workout thing (in my mind) is right now?  Hyrox.  That stuff is so crazy and also... I'm a little intrigued:

100 wall balls would probably take me an hour but hey, I paid for that hour!

Or maybe I just need to enter that half ironman I've always dreamed of.  except for the road riding on open roads with cars.   Also, in no way do I have time for (or maybe in no way can I prioritize) training for a half ironman now.

I'm not entering anything after a week of solid exercise, but I am happy to be feeling better about moving around and doing stuff.

Also, possibly because I am feeling better, I am also eating better.  I have packed myself my work meals for a few days and it means I come down and eat things that I like rather than whatever random bread thing is in the fridge or bread box.  I prep my meals while I do kid school snack

My two favourite work meals are

• Yogurt and Seed bowl (much fruit, chia, hemp, and flax seed, yogurt, and cacao nibs because yum.)
• Salad (ie box of stuff with some veg) with all the things (ie anything leftover, yesterday it had roast potatoes and salmon and also normal salad.  Bread with the salad.
  

Todays foods.

I am fairly sure I could eat the same two meals every day, or even the same 3 meals every day.  Also, I don't want to look overly healthy here, I also snack and eat chocolate and other things.  

I basically eat most of my food during work because dinner and breakfast can be chaotic with 4 young kids such that it's better that I don't expect to feed myself during these meals - I try very hard not to show up hungry to dinner.  This is a habit I would like to drop someday soon because eating a meal when hungry is nice, and eating food to prevent hunger at mealtimes is... less nice.

Anyways, I am hoping this sports and decent food mojo continues because being tired and feeling blah was super lame.  

Also, Ezra has got the Peloton bug!

He did a 2 mile ride on Tuesday after school.  In his school uniform.  It was cute.

What's your favourite work lunch?  Do you like random sports or no sports or one sport?