u/nobolognastoney

Hi all, title covers it in a nutshell, deets below if you care~

Currently, I am 5'5 and stuck floating from 162 to around 168 for the last almost year. I have protein shakes for dinner, I eat balanced/light meals when possible, but my long work hours makes it hard for me to have an impactful routine or meal prep properly.

As it sits, I wake up at 5am, run a 5k, take my dog out, take a shower, head to work by 6:45am or so. Lunch is usually chicken + rice/potato of some sort or a salad with extra chicken. I am there until 6pm, after which I get home and immediately feed my dog, during which time I socialize with my gf for a bit, then take the dog out, come back and put on my skates and go get 10mi in. This usually takes me about an hour and a half at most. I this point, I get back, walk my dog a final time typically around 9pm almost now, take a shower, have my shake and talk to my gf some more before we go to bed.

I already feel pretty stretched thin, I just want to achieve a healthy weight for my stature and it feels impossible at this point. My schedule doesn't allow me to lift weights the way I'd like to, I'd need more time than I have available. My gf has asked me to cut back as it is because she say we don't spend much time together with my current routine, and she's right. I just don't know what else I can do to achieve my goal or simply getting to a healthy weight.

Suggestions/critiques welcomed, please. Thanks for reading!

edit: I already struggle with staying motivated and my gf asks me to not work out fairly often to "hang out" which is usually just sitting on the couch. I am the only active one of the two of us, but we both work desk jobs. This kind of adds to the difficulty I have in staying motivated to even do anything so any advice navigating that would be welcomed as well.

Title basically covers the sentiment here, but I'm very interested in learning Saxophone! I just obviously don't know if it's something I'm truly going to "take to" since I have no actual experience with one outside of researching on my own and asking my bandmates things when I was in middle school.

Is there a decently priced beginner sax that isn't going to also sound like total crap? Some crap is okay, I'm not expecting to find a diamond in a pile of manure either lol.

I would just love to get started and get a feel for it before deciding to commit $1k on a quality horn.

Thanks for your insights!

He's a likable enough dude. I think he'd kill. Pun intended.