wodanier

It was just a basic hardback lined journal, dimensions approximately 5 3/4" x 7" in dimension that I turned into a designated workout log. I find it very satisfying to create a physical paper trail of my progress. For some reason I find it easier to stay on top of tracking everything when I simply scribble everything down onto paper with a pen.

I forgot over the weekend to track of what I was eating and what I did for activity. I ate a lot of junk food, and the healthy food I ate was in too large of servings... Activity-wise I went hiking for a few hours with friends on Saturday and walked a lot in the city today. Today's food: Brunch: Blueberry Pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, hash browns, coffee Dinner: Chocolate chip pancakes This is where I'm at. My current food choices don't make me happy, although everything tastes great in the moment. Changing habits is hard.

Just to be honest: Right now I'm not crushing it with my goals, and it's hard to be fully honest about that with myself and on this forum. I consistently swing back and forth between balanced nutrition with some treats thrown in every once in a while and binging on whatever looks good. I ate like crap today and didn't work out. The vast majority of what I ate today was sugar and carbs. My stomache is upset as I'm writing this post because of how I ate today. It feels incredibly tempting to be dishonest with myself and this forum when listing everything I ate today. I could easily omit some of the things I ate today that I feel the most guilty about consuming, and nobody would know. But I'm only doing myself a disservice if I allow myself to be dishonest here. Breakfast -Bagel and cream cheese at Starbucks An Hour later: -McDonalds breakfast menu platter with pancakes, syrup, eggs, hashbrown, biscuit, jam condiments Lunch: Ate out at a sushi place near work. Had some rolls and veggies. Cheesecake for dessert. Dinner: -Three very large homemade chocolate chip pancakes with syrup Water: 3-4 glasses Coffee: 4-6 cups tea: I cup How I feel: My stomache just hurts. It's not the first time I've eaten like this, but it feels like a smack in the face because I'm willing this time to track it honestly. Happily there's always the opportunity when moving forward to make different choices.

Thanks for the support.

Today's Workout -Bouldering at the rock gym with a friend for an hour. Currently plateaued on v3 bouldering routes. -Didn't really get to the PT exercises today....(Why is this so hard to follow through with??? The PT exercises aren't even difficult or time consuming.) Liquids -I lost count on the water front, but I definitely drank at least 8 glasses -Coffee: 4 mugs Food Kinda let myself go on the food front today. The Dominos pizza from yesterday started a slippery slope that evolved into a landslide today. Breakfast from Whole Foods -Loaded tatertots(imagine tater tots stuffed with cheese and bacon. First time having those, and it was a life changing experience.) -a couple sausage links -scrambled eggs Here's where it became a prob: -Chocolate chip banana muffin(it was big) AND a sizable blueberry cheese danish Lunch Break basically carried me through the day until dinner time Dinner -Burger and Fries... How I feel about the day Definitely not the best day with sticking to making healthy choices, but it's also far from being my worst so there's that. And there were a lot of moments throughout the day where I felt tempted to buy ice cream or candy or cookies but decided against it. Do little bit every day.

Today's Activity Biked to work - 8.1 miles Physical Therapy Exercises -Standing Ankle Dorsiflexion Stretch on Chair 1x30 -Gastroc Stretch on Wall 2x30 Seconds -Side Stepping with Resistance and Thighs and Ankles 3x15 -Wall Squat with Heel Raise 3x15 Today's Food Breakfast(designed solely with convenience in mind) -3 soft boiled eggs -mixed raw veggies: carrot, orange bell pepper, and broccoli Lunch -Kahuna vegetarian sandwich(super tasty spicy tofu and coleslaw between a bun made by local Portland company) Dinner Dominos 3 topping pizza for $7.99 ...I ate the whole thing in a single sitting by myself(wom wom) Liquids Throughout the Day Water: 7 glasses Coffee: 2.5 mugs Peppermint tea: 1 Snacks -Clif Protein Builder Chocolate & Peanut bar -1 Blue Raspberry Dum Dum Thoughts on the Day -I was tired all day. Woke up not rested enough, struggled to make it through the work day. Took a few power naps where I could fit them in, and at one point nearly decided to call out early for the day. I had plans to do some additional exercises but my energy was zapped. I think this is a sleep related issue. I need to be asleep every night before or by 10pm, and I've been staying up much later than that for a long time, so I have some sleep debt. It's probably related to my food choices as well. -I felt like I was doing pretty ok food-wise for the day before choosing to buy a Clif bar, which is basically a candy bar with protein added to it. That caused a slippery slope leading to consuming a whole Dominos pizza(not the first time I've eaten an entire one in a single sitting). I'm glad that this doesn't happen every day, and I'm glad I'm active enough on a weekly basis that it cancels out most of the excess calories from a whole pizza when I do eat an entire one. I don't want to eat whole pizzas in one sitting anymore. Food is an area of growth for me. Do a little bit every day.

Today's workout Physical Therapy Exercises - (These exercises are currently supposed to be performed every day to help with some knee and leg issues I've been having, and I've slacked on that for a few weeks. Shame on me.) -Standing Ankle Dorsiflexion Stretch on Chair 1x30 -Gastroc Stretch on Wall 2x30 Seconds -Side Stepping with Resistance and Thighs and Ankles 3x15 -Wall Squat with Heel Raise 3x15 I feel strong resistance to even doing my daily PT work. I'll have to build things up slowly. There's no rush.

I'm starting out again with tracking my progress. I had a great journal in which every workout I did in the last four years was logged, and somewhat recently that journal was lost. It's a shame. Maybe it will turn up somewhere unexpectedly so I can fill all the pages with workout stats. I'm always doing something, so I will track my planned out workouts, but also my climbing progress, bike commuting miles, and incidental hikes, and walks. It all counts. I'll list what I eat every day too, but I'm currently not a big fan of tracking micros and micros. I'll mention how my workouts and climbing training is going and how I'm feeling about it all. Here goes! Do a little bit every day.

I haven't really been eating much sugar since the beginning of the month, and I've mostly cut out bread. I stuff my face with tasty vegetables, healthy fats and protein when I get hungry, and I've been climbing/working out 3 days per week. I have way more energy now than I did a month ago, I'm getting leaner/stronger, and I'm noticing a lot of improvement in my climbing. Life is good!

Hi all! I'm relatively new to NerdFitness. Currently living in SE. I'm into climbing and hiking if anyone wants to try to meet up for those activities.

Hi everyone! I have been here before and tried participating in some of the challenges but never managed to follow through with it for very long, so I'm here to try it again. Currently I do some sporadic bike commuting and occasional bouldering sessions at the local climbing gym. I don't follow any nutrition plans right now, though I try to eat some veggies with every meal. I'm hoping to start slowly building up new habits and routines around climbing and nutrition. I'd like to do the next 4 week challenge, and I'm also curious about joining Rising Heroes but still feel unsure about that.

Hello everyone! I am a 27 year old man who currently lives in Portland, OR. I'm excited to rediscover this fitness challenge. Should be a good time. Here are my goals: 1.) Say no to eating or buying foods that are junk(sugary, junk or fast food), and when it feels necessary on a case by case basis, ask the people around me in my various social circles to support me in that goal. 2.) Brown bag it to work EVERY day 3.) Go to the gym 3x per week and follow my chosen fitness program 4.) Practice guitar one hour EVERY day 5.) Brush my teeth twice and floss once EVERY day Looking forward to this! I'm super excited.

Wodanier woke up precisely at 7 am to the sound of what appeared to be a bird cawing into his ear the sound of an alarm. Remembering he had food to eat, places to explore, people to help, daily quests to complete, he got off his suspended straw mat and set off for the day. At one point during the day Wodanier got down to it during a free bit of time and did: Pushups 3x5 Bodyweight rows with knees bent 3x5 Pullup Negatives (wide grip) 3x5 Bodyweight shoulder presses with his hands elevated 3x5 20 lbs. curls 3x5 Bodyweight tricep extensions off the wall 3x5 Chair dips 3x5 10 lbs. reverse flys Then he stretched a bit, and it felt good After the workout a perfectly cooked chicken breast, quinoa and roasted vegetables magically appeared before Wodanier. Some sriracha showed up too.

For a number of months Wodanier lost his path. He trudged through the woods and valleys, climbed a few mountains and ate whatever he could. Then one day he found a path again. Looking at both directions that it could lead him, Wodanier realized that the path direction to his right would lead him back to so places he had already been. With a skip in his step he set off to the left, feeling grateful for all he had experienced so far.

Strength Pullups: 3x5 Pushups: 3x5 Shoulder Press: 3x5 Inverted Bodyweight Rows: 3x5 Flexibility Neck rolls Wrist stretches Hanging toe touch Calf Stretch - I always find the calf stretches feel really good because my calves are pretty tight. Food: I went ahead and cooked a chicken meal for myself today with vegetables. It was pretty tasty. Drank lots of water, went very light on my serving of ice cream. When I ate out with friends today, I intentionally chose to order a chicken wrap and a side of quinoa salad instead of my go-to burger and fries option. The wrap tasted good, but the quinoa salad tasted quite literally like grass. I'm not sure why it tasted like that because I usually enjoy quinoa dishes.