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Today was a good day. I was super tired because I didn't get to sleep until almost 3AM and I've felt a little sick for a couple of days - I stayed up late talking with Guy, then just as I fell asleep, my sister texted to say she had injured her foot and was in a lot of pain, so we stayed up talking about that for a little while, and after she signed off I was wide awake and could not fall asleep. It was partly because I drank iced tea at dinner, I think, and then also worry about my sister and a lot of feelings and questions about Guy. But regardless, I did fall asleep around 3, so at least it wasn't all night. This week I've been feeling a little extra positive about my job - I'm starting to feel like a real member of the team, as I think I mentioned in one of my anxiety-fueled brain spews the other day, plus I published my big story and it was very well received internally as well as externally. I'm starting to feel excited about some of the things coming up and also about just being here in such a cool place, and that's such a good feeling - for the past couple of months I've felt a bit - bored, maybe? Disappointed that this was all there was? But building relationships and getting to do some different things has got me feeling excited about coming to work again, which I know never lasts, but it's awfully nice while it's here. Today my exercise was walking 4.9 miles, and I was going to take another walk when I got home, but I wasn't feeling well and decided to stay in. My stomach has been upset for a couple of days, so hopefully some sleep this evening will help it heal. Lily and I ate out last night and tonight, which normally I don't like to do, but it was nice and comforting for my stomach so I'm letting it slide. Tomorrow I might hit up a museum after I clean the house; I've wanted to for weeks but haven't been free, and the weather is supposed to be completely perfect. I also need to spend some time thinking about my goals for the next challenge - it feels like a good time to reboot a bit, to regain some movement and some care about what I'm eating. Work has settled into a less overwhelming rhythm, my daily commute doesn't overwhelm me anymore, and I think I need to take a look at a) upgrading my house a little bit since it still looks like I just moved in, b) finding some movement that feels good and gives me a little zest for life, and c) caring for my health in ways I've been neglecting, like finding a dentist and primary care doctor, maybe also a counselor, to help with these racing-brain episodes. ... of course, her advice would likely be "wellp, for starters, you should sleep more"; so I'm going to work on that one preemptively right now.

ugggggggggggh. Went out to get my food from the delivery guy and saw a random dude creeping in my driveway. Dude walked off, I told my father, and now he's freaking out. Obviously random dudes lurking on our property isn't great but he's turning it into a big thing. Rawr. He's also like "I wish you had yelled or something because I would have come down." I was literally standing under his open bedroom window when I yelled at the guy and my father didn't hear me, so I'm not sure what else he wanted from me. He never would have gotten downstairs in time to confront the guy anyway because he was already in bed and he sleeps naked (don't ask my why I know this, I'd rather pretend I didn't) so he'd've had to put on clothes super fast and run through the entire house. Not possible. Bah. Now I feel like I did something wrong even though there's not much else I could have done differently. I'm not going to call 911 just to say "Hi there was a well-dressed white guy standing in my driveway." Right, so now I'm going to eat the food that got delivered over an hour ago and hope this feeling passes.

I’m so close to being done with all my cleaning. I have a couple surfaces left and a half full storage bin, and that’s it. Plus all the photo albums, although 98% of those are on my computer so it won’t be difficult to pitch them. But I really just don’t want to clean right now. I want all this shit done by the end of the week/challenge, but I don’t want to put in the effort. Even though I lost a week and some change being sick it’s totally doable and I just don’t want to do it. Send help.

Someone had an extreme iron deficiency i’m here all day, folks

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Can I just take a moment to say how totally awesome this is. I love the idea of doing something everytime you go past.

Thank you! I was feeling like I didn't do enough so that's so nice to hear! That's a great attitude to have! I should probably try thinking like that too So today is hard to track. I keeo doing stuff. Not like fullblown workout just like being very active. Just gonna say today was active I guess Also! I'm very confused. My sister has paraller bars that nobody had the energy to move away from the living room. So naturally that means u go do something weird everytime you move past. So I'm talking with my mom casually, walking past the paraller bars, and just went and did the l-sit. How??!? I was there for a while staring at my mom in shock while she stares at me. Came down, and never managed it again. I'm so confused but my mom told me it really did happen so that's a thing i guess??????

Today went a long way towards easing the need for chocolate, while also confirming that the need for chocolate was super legit. But there was no chocolate today. Instead, I will have tomatoes and basil from the garden. I can't even, y'all. I really can't be having with this. (Fortunately, it looks like I have a plan to no longer entirely be having with this, and some allies who don't think I ought to be having with this, either.)

Thanks guys! And yeah, that was a solid set of merch they put together. 30 years of backstory goes a long way! _____ So yeah. Sick week. I've been taking it as easy as I can - some KF for a class on Wednesday but for the most part work has been the bulk of my movement stuff. OH wait - and gardening. Actually now that I think about it I did a bunch of gardening. That was probably a bit taxing. Even though I'm not a spoonie, most nights this week I feel like I've run out of spoons but early evening. I thought I was feeling way better this morning but ran out of steam about 3 tasks too early. I think a big part of that is due to lack of sleep - I keep waking up at 4ish, which is probably a combination of the cold and the that I went off my anxiety meds about 3 weeks ago. For about half a year I've been taking a micro dose originally Rx'd to help keep the late night worry-voices quiet and to help me sleep, such a small dose that doctor friends have laughed at how little I use... (even tho there have been studies on how small amounts can be just right for shorties like me.) Anyhoo, I was having trouble getting my doctor and figure I'd try going off it to see if it was really making a difference or not, questioning the small dose and what not. TLDR there was a miscommunication between me and my dr office and they did in fact refill it on time, (I just didn't know), and more importantly, I think yes, it made a big difference. I got my Rx refilled and hopefully it will compound in the next few weeks and I'll be back on track for sleep, general anxiety and worry voices. House is coming along, gas line went in (tho we discovered we need an electrical line also now), and the painting is in progress - it already looks amazing in there, like someone switched the lights on all of a sudden. And of course the gardening which is a highlight for me - I don't know if anything has made me feel more like an adult than using mulch for the first time. I'll take some picts over the weekend

Fellow non-cooker here, my go-to is to throw some frozen and/or canned vegetables (always diced green peppers and onions, sometimes other stuff) into a skillet with some oil, sautee those until they're starting to get brown / clear, then add some diced chicken and get that good and cooked, then add some pre-cooked rice and fry all that together, and then to add some seasoning of choice, typically one of these: https://www.ishopindian.com/Buy-Shan-Masala-Online/ It's warm and spicy and makes me feel loved. Last time I threw some canned tomatoes in with the peppers and onions and that added a lovely spot of color. Congrats again on the new house - I'm so happy for you!!

I got one job offer!!! They are still accepting applications for the other job.

That's not a bad idea. Today is a good day. We packed some more boxes before I went to work.

Today did the morning/abs workout and went for an hour long walk. Now going to go and celebrate the midsummer without any guilt

I'm honestly glad to know I'm not the only one! Back when I was 15-16 (omg that's half my life ago) I used to stay over at my best friend for the weekend and we'd just play Zelda (ocarina of time) non stop, only breaks to buy chocolate. A weekend for gaming or binge watching sounds pretty nice now too. Ok now a proper update.. even though the challenge is already almost over.. x) The only thing that really went well was my training, the overall volume was really high. I'm thinking maybe it has to do with taking the pressure of of pushing the kettlebell work. I still did quite a bit of KB work, but just only when I felt like it. So mostly I did lots and lots of squats And rowing ofcourse. This last week was a bit less, even though I had finished watching travellers, but the heat/hayfever is really bothering me and I let it because I have a competition tomorrow. I didn't plan to rest before this comp, but ehh, I don't feel too bad about it either. I hardly watched any of my course videos, which I feel rather bad about.. So that'll likely stay as a goal for next challenge. Is anyone interested in the bullet journal stuff? in that case I'll try to do a little reflection + video on that to properly close this challenge. Let me know.

Okay, so final week. How did we get here so fast? Done the BBW twice this week. Going to try and do it on Sunday again, though that's out of the challenge range. Meditation kept up the whole time. Some days better than others, but I'm building the habit at least. Brought lunch all fours days. I've cooked two days so far, so if I cook tonight or tomorrow I can hit three at least once before we're done I've got to do an update, but I think I've stuck to my budget. There's one unplanned for purchase that I probably should have checked before making, though. Overall, pretty good. I think I'll join up for the next challenge, though I'm not quite sure what I'll focus on yet.

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It's a Ranger takeover! I'm back for a challenge after a hiatus. 2 weeks ago I finished my first Couch to 5K and have just signed up for a 10k on 15th September. I'm all excited and rather frightened at the same time! Lots of work to do and very little running knowledge so I'm joining the scouts for a challenge to get my run on.

Seconded. Also, ice helps. If it’s DOMS, it sucks but it passes after a couple of days.

Heavy metal sung in Mongol and played on antique instruments! Now that is niche marketing, right there. I dig it.

well, I'm not a medical doctor, but that could be a bit extreme. I guess if you feel like the guy in the middle, you could probably keep going, but if you feel like the guy on the right, you should probably take a rest day.

June 21st Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken stew, grilled veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, carrot frozen mix) - 696kcal, 98g protein Dinner - pasta casserole with tomatoes, eggs and mozarella - 585kcal, 41g protein after workout shake - protein powder on water - 120kcal, 23g protein Supper - half of cottage cheese with nectarine and almonds - 335kcal, 16g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 100ml whole milk - 60kcal, 3g protein Total 1796kcal, 181g protein. Workout (strength): warmup - 5min elliptical 9 | 8 | 8 assisted chin-ups 1x10 (to failure) negative chin-ups 3x circuit (20 squats with exercise band, 15 push-ups) streching - bit of dynamic strech, bit of yoga poses Just between fist and second set of chin-ups my boss called me and hold me on the phone for 10+ minutes. After this I lost my enthusiasm about exercising. I got angry about it, but managed to channel this emotion and forced myself to finish the routine. No PR breaking or anything, just doing what had to be done. No fun at all, but muscles got their daily ass-kicking.

Time to review this challenge I think. 1 day left but its a rest day. Just got another single day of bjj in. Training went well, I was a bit lethagic in spots and I think this is down to a few things. Tiredness/diet and in Sparring sometimes being too happy to play defence and try to counter, which doesn't always work out for me. On the plus side, I am at present injury free and shall be doing the next challenge as a 6 weeks to the tournament challenge. I think I set my goals too high this time. I shall be doing a zero week again as soon as the opportunity opens, and my tournament is a week after the end of the next challenge. Once the next challenge opens I'm in.

Rest day today for me. No kids this weekend, even Theo is away for the weekend. So today has been a complete chill out alone day. Sent from my CPH1725 using Tapatalk

It's the great thing about having things in the middle of of where you always walk past! you kinda do things without even thinking about it

I'm still alive! Been dealing with a minor bout of depression that kept me from feeling like I was making progress on anything. Starting to kick myself back into gear, so I should do better next challenge. This is my monster shelf (final size will be 8ft wide x 5ft tall) for costume storage. I had it designated as "the Thing" for the mini, but never worked up the motivation to post anything about it. Then I ruined 2 of my 3 8ft boards last weekend and needed to take a break while I calmed down and regrouped. At this point, I'm hoping to finish assembly this weekend so I can start the stain and varnish process next week. When complete, it'll hold 40 of the foot-cube bins. That way each costume can have it's own bin to be organized and out of our way.

Back on track today. Didn't track calories, or carbs or anything. Think I was probably around 40 carbs, tomorrow starting the full track again. On the plus side, I spent the day making a bread. 2 slices has, 2 net 11 total carb 9 fibre 9 fat 17 protein Uses vital wheat protein (gluten) And par fibre, so It's a Little different on teste, maybe Ill try some sweetener next time to curb some of the fibre taste. Fitness, like honour, is never bestowed but earned through blood, sweat and sacrifice

Great job! I think this has been your most productive challenge in a long time, and I suspect you were able to do it because of all the mental health leveling up you have been doing recently. It's almost like you are a different person with all of the positive changes you have been making (and you may not be able to see it, but just looking at the way you react to situations now vs 2 years ago it is pretty clear)

Yeah, kids tend to be this way. But don't worry, if she won't pursue acrobatic career, she'll be as immobile as you or me when she gets this old I am playing the long game. I am training now to get these skills so when the kid gets to me mid 20s and can't do those anymore, I will be crushing them.

Thanks, and not so late. It was very nice. Thanks! Well, to be truthful, neither my husband or son are trying to do pullups. Most likely if they worked on them, they would pass me in about a week But, that kind of proves that while I'm not super coordinated , I still have my tenacity super power!

Did the starwars nerd fitness workout. Skywalker handstands: Padawan level planks it is. 3 breaks taken total. Then took 3 breaks while doing the rest of the 4 min on normal plank. Jedi high jumps: Did 2 sets of 10x jump squats, rested 5 secs then completed the rest.  Jabba the hutt chokes: Did 2 sets of 10x bodyweight rows, rested 5 secs, completed the rest. Chewbacca carries: No sand bag or dumbells, used my 1 kg gym bag? =( Han Solo shuttle runs: Fitness station had a nice area marked shuttle run, so I used it. Fitbit provided the 20sec count and 10 secs intervals. Force push ups: 4 sets of 8 Knee Plyometric Push-ups  Jedi force choke holds: Managed to hang from pull up bar for 55 secs =( Breakfast : 3 eggs, 2 tomatoes, 26g of spinach and 200 ml soya milk, 2 oranges. Park run timing:30 min 9 secs. Definitely not a good fitness week.

Still expect me around for the next challenge. And hey, you do you. I’m here to encourage and if you like, to be a resource.

Also, the only other male adult just got his time off cancelled at work. So I’ll be supervising two schools at once and in charge of the lights he designed. We’re really hoping Marinara, the oldest boy’s godfather and my best friend, will be able to fill in last minute because otherwise we’ll be down fully half of our adult team. Can we do it anyway? Yeah. But it’ll be a heck of a lot less stressful with good old Marinara along, and he’s a lot more skilled and experienced with lights than me.

Alternative approach: Is it mandatory to eat the cabbage? If a person can't stand raw cabbage, it seems to me that they could simply skip that one dish and eat what else is on offer. If that is not possible, due to how the food is prepared, then perhaps an attitude adjustment is in order? (And I say this well aware that this might be impossible and probably is rude of me, since I don't know all the circumstances. ) If the only reason not to eat the raw cabbage is a personal preference, and the raw cabbage is mixed in with the rest of the food, then the two obvious choices are to either suck it up and eat the food anyway, or to spend the next hour or so painstakingly remove the cabbage if you absolutely cannot stand it. Less obvious and less convenient, is to refuse to eat the food that has been polluted by the presence of raw cabbage, but if there is no other food to be had, this is probably not a good choice to make. The larger the number of people one cooks for, the more difficult it becomes to make the food perfectly to everyone's liking. That's just how it is. And as long as everyone takes turns being the one who has to suck it up and eat it anyway, to keep things fair, sucking it up and eating the disgusting raw cabbage, or whatever it is, is a perfectly valid option. I am of the opinion that the ability to eat a meal that is not to our liking is a life skill that at some point in life becomes important and useful, and everyone should learn it. I'm also of the opinion that very picky eaters should be forced to learn how to cook, since an understanding of the time and effort that went into the meal they are rejecting and throwing a fit over might be good for them, but that's a separate conversation entirely. None of the above applies to food allergies or other medical reasons to avoid certain kinds of food, obviously.

7 pounds lost for this challenge! not too bad!

Meetup or starting a hobby are really good. And when I was in a relationship (lasted 7 months, we were NOT living together, so might be completely wrong here!!) I found that keeping our separate hobbies gave us more things to talk about and reinforced our time together. One thing I miss is grocery shopping as a couple... it's like playing a match but you also talk about things. It triggers my imagination, but it might be my crazy brain [emoji5] I was reading recently how having a bucket list with your partner is something that might save the relationship because gives you both small ideas that can be done in an evening and big ideas that need organisation. And the brainstorming develops even more ideas and brings aspects you might not have known of a partner.

With only 1.5 days left of the challenge, I wanted to go ahead and post my Leg workout from Wednesday. I had a rest day Thursday and was going to do a full-body day today but decided to sleep instead and will do a metcon/conditioning day tomorrow. I'll probably run some more sprints combined with some KB swings. Anywho, here's the leg workout- 06/19 Leg Day: 2x5 back squats 95# x 8 135# x 6 155# x 6 185# x 5 205# x 5 (Even though this was much heavier than what I've been doing with Goblet squats, it felt good to get underneth the bar again.) 2 x 30 seconds OI (overcoming isometrics) leg press 450# I was moving 270# and then we bumped it up to 360# I was still moving it, so 5 plates on either side it was 1x8 one leg leg press (each leg) 90# 2x10 bench pistol squats 2x 10 DB lunges -rest pause- DB lunges TF w/ 25# DB's 10/6 10/5 10x light good mornings- going slow and really pushing to work the hinge and hamstrings Stationary Bike Metcon: 30 seconds hard/30 seconds easy 5 min total = 5 rounds = Sweat Fest! Stretch/Cooldown for about 7-8 min focusing on hip flexors, foam rolling my thighs, low back and hammies One of my better leg workouts since I've been back to working out. Aaaaaand, a successful challenge thus far!! Woot woot! This will be my first completed challenge this year if I'm not mistaken. I've been soooooooooooo inconsistent and it feels good to finally make some headway on my training! I'm excited about the next challenge and my theme for it . I'll give y'all a hint... #TheUnchainedPredator Wolf

Hah! Nice week 2 day 1. Been not so up on writing down what I've eaten but I've made a point to eat more and since I cook all of it it's been pretty healthy. Haven't dead-lifted this week, I've been sore from class, it's power and agility for like 2 weeks and that's pretty much warmup for 5-10 mins, jump squat and burpee type stuff for 40 minutes, cool-down for 5- 10 minutes and have been sore from shoulders to calves since Monday. On the more positive side, I'm starting to get the basics for the snatch down, still practicing pretty much all of it but i can put it together in a not-alltogether-ugly manner one in about four. Still haven't gotten to making a training schedule... And today is first day of fewer cigs, shooting for eight now. still 5 left for today and work in an hour, got a newer car Monday so it will be super easy to not smoke in the car now.

I agree. Good on you for clearing it out regularly. Some people actively hold on to that stuff. If anyone ever feels they have too much stuff, binging some Hoarders episodes then watching Marie Kondo's Netflix special is a good way to prime the pump to clean out. Challenge Wrap up: I ate plenty and rested quite a bit, not much movement. After the move, the next big challenge is going to be jump starting movement again. As we were packing some boxes of books and I was moving around it was painfully apparent (emotional pain, that is) how much fitness I've lost since we moved in to the place. I want to get that back, and movement is how that is going to happen. For now, it will require getting through the move so I can begin to move again.

Yeah, sorry for worrying you Things and stuff came up but thankfully they're dealt with now. I should habe at least a month of stress free vacation now Yeah I'm definitely alive if that's what it means Also I was informed that we will be doing the same thing 2x a day cause that's how it goes apprently. Also my 11yo lil sister is getting a kick outta doing impossible stuff and laughing at me when I say I can't copy her. We're talking l-sits, human flags, and some things I can't describe but which are equally baffling. It's good to be back home (slightly terrified of what it will be likw when the rest of the family gets here. I should not have told them I started exercising again )

Missed the Wednesday workout because of work but did it yesterday (thursday) instead. MP 50 @ 6-6-6-7 - PR, felt good, going to raise to 52,5 next time Deadlift 100 6, 105 4, 110 3, 115 2, 120 1 - PR! Felt geat. Love deadlift. Used chalk for the first time which really helped my grip Lat pulldowns 50 @ 6-6-6-7, 55 next time One arm DB Row 18 @ 18-18. Felt heavy. Hard to do that many reps and get good form but I'll try two sets of 20 next time and see how it feels. Weighted dips 15 @ 6-7-8, will try 3x8 next time shouldn't be a problem. Am off to do my friday session now (holiday in Sweden today).

Ngl as soon as I said it I was like “whoa. that happened.” It will have no effect on his behavior whatsoever, but I’m still pleased with myself for it.

Made my chicken thighs. Didn’t turn out the way they were supposed to but still not bad for my first time. Here’s what made it super fun: I spent 10 minutes cleaning the goddamn kitchen before I could start cooking. The stove was covered in everyone else’s shit, as was the counter. In the middle of it my father decided he needed to come out and generally just be in my way. I finished cleaning and started getting ready to cook and he’s still hovering. Told him to do whatever he was going to do and just stayed away because it wasn’t worth the fight. He does his thing, I start my chicken. Wind up cleaning out the fridge while it’s cooking because I can’t find my jar of minced garlic. Find it, hooray. Put jar on counter. Several minutes later my father comes back in and just stands in the middle of the kitchen. “Do you need something?” ”no, I’m just staring at the vile disgusting jar of garlic on my counter.” ”well I just had to clean up the raw egg you left on the counter so I think we’re even.” ”relax, I’m just making a joke.” ”No, you do this every time I try to cook something. You always have comments about what it looks like or smells like or how gross the ingredients are.” And then he made a number of offended noises and walked off looking like I hurt his feelings. [insert Tank’s video here]

Thank you! Wow. That dream makes me smile so much. I would one day love to meet you, Sra. Tanque and Laura Thanks Sal. It was a good day. Thanks Miau. I've not really found anything that works so far, but I'm not giving up. Thanks for checking in, Sal. It really means alot. I'm doing okay. A lot of personal stress, together with work stress, and it's been way too long since I posted again. And a happy Thursday evening to you Life is... a little on the low side of things, sadly. So, I'm going to start this update off with yet another apology for not keeping up on here. I know that posting often helps me, but instead I just... don't. I lose hours in the sims or staring at the TV, watching programme after programme without taking a single thing about it in. I have also made a big decision. With exactly a month to the day to go, before Man v Lakes... I pulled out. I can get most of the cost back to spend on another event, when I am ready. This was not an easy decision to make. I really wanted to do it. The excitement of that race was - and is - tugging at me. Part of me, even now, whispers that maybe I can do it, against all odds. But I know it was the right decision. I have not put the training in, I'm not ready, mentally or physically, for this race. I will still travel to my favourite part of the world and cheer @jonfirestar on (not to mention be his chauffeur!) and then I'm planning to take off camping for a few days, make a bit of a holiday of it. This is one of three major decisions I have made in the last month or so, but the only one I can reveal right now. The other two... the cogs are turning, slowly. Goals - ha. Oh yeah. Those things. I need to pull myself together and regroup. Now the pressure has lifted in regards to Man V Lakes, I can strip my training right back, examine it all, start from the ground up and hopefully start to eliminate the little niggles that seem to constantly crop up, like my super tight calves causing me pain when I run, or my hip aching. Goal this week: post at least twice on here and stop disappearing, dammit!

Aaaaand I'm back! Life happened, it was awful. I missed my workout 4 days in a row, maybe even more awful But I'm back now! Here to make these last days count! Todays exercise was my moms special. I have no idea what the movements were called or even how many reps I did. It was a core workout with lots of encouraging comments like "Don't stop for a break now! If you feel like throwing up, good! That's how u know it's working!" I'm dying. I was doing abs so hard my legs hurt. How is that even possible But yeah it's family holiday time now. I probably won't be doing what I usually do but the important part is that I'm at least back on track in doing something

It's light enough that there isn't too much grinding atm (it's only 15 reps and I'm doing them 4 / 4 / 4 / 3). I was definitely focusing on bracing as I did them, but maybe not enough. I actually feel more confident and like it's easier on the later reps of the sets than on say, the first one. Maybe I'm just weird. I'm still going to get a form check next week to make sure.

Friday Update - not so good. Food was good until I had some home alone time in the evening. I had way too much ice cream and a bunch of chocolate. Ugh. Oh well, onward and upward. Today is better, I'm going to make it a great weekend. See you all Monday!

Well, my stomach finally stopped hurting! Yay! Now I can eat all the things! plans to wake up early and get yard work done turned into “aw hell no!” And sleeping in but the great news about today is its gonna be a gorgeous day all day and I have no where to be! I can do it anytime I’m still working out my challenge goals. I’m listening to “Paddington Marches On” while I write them so it’s slow going because I soend little time writing and loads of time laughing and listening. Paddington has just discovered a box with a chimney sweep kit, and the box is just too exciting not to open up. And Mrs. Brown DID say he could dust..... Maybe its time to tackle that dead bush after all. I can listen while I dig it out Edit: I totally dug out the bush. My neighbor helped. Then I took a sledge hammer to the gravel pit and got rid of all the rotted wood that was framing it. I AM MIGHTY

No progress at all. However, we have reached the point where not going backwards is a victory. It's like treading water. No, you're not moving forward, but as long as you're not sinking, you could in theory count "not moving" as progress.

Congratulations on the house! Maybe since you are going to be super busy with moving, just to start a habit of 5- 10 minutes of moving a day. Just some gentle warm up, and then 10 pushups and BW squats

Cool! that's even better than I thought. you HAVE a program liz! .... Kettle bells are a really good workout. equal to the barbells if you ask me. whats nice about working with people is that you get feedback and good technique. and they can "step" back better - evaluate where you are and plan for stronger days in the future.