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Ok so I was reading this really good fan fiction and then it was shall I update NF or just read? and obviously reading won mostly The list I made for getting shit done; - track this weeks cooking and outside time - write or work on photo albums at least 3x this week - I only jotted down some ideas - fold the four baskets of laundry that are sitting in my room right now - (I folded 5 but one of the originals is still sitting there) - at least get started on packing away my normal clothes - (yea.... I at least got started) - start a list of home improvements I'd like to get done before February - not yet.. - at least hang every time I'm at the gym It wasn't great.. but something. I have to re-find the balance of being mild to myself but also kicking my ass a little bit. I spend a lot of Friday and Saturday just sleeping in or lying in bed reading, which was maybe a bit too much? I am not sure. Jaap said I must have really needed it. I don't know. Would I still have lazed as much if I didn't have such a good fic to read? My best friend also had brain surgery on Thursday (low risk) to hopefully drastically improve her quality of life. it all went well! Even though it was low risk it was still quite scary and I was really glad to be able to visit on Sunday so I could hug the shit out of her. Ok for this week... - start a list of home improvements I'd like to get done before February - finish up taxes for third quarter - pack my bags, prepare for travel - prep a list of things to speak up about at the meeting - handle things at the competition - remember the social media obligations

Videos The first is floating crow practice. The second is cartwheel progressions. I can just barely do the first progression, and I think I look rather sucky doing them, but, hey I figure if we only share the stuff we are good at no one can see our progress or be encouraged to suck at things themselves

THE SHOW WAS AMAZING. Just, really, really good. There was a common thread of story (traveling, heading toward new places versus abandoning the old, trains, isolation, community, etc.), wonderful music, a wider variety of acts/disciplines on display than I expected (contortion, juggling, aerial silks, Chinese pole, hula hoop tricks, hand to hand balancing, throwing people, and basically men's high bar except instead of a bar it was another person throwing the guy... I loved it), and everyone had such amazing quality of movement. I WANT EVEN 10% OF THEIR QUALITY OF MOVEMENT. Day 4.4 See update about the show above. After, we went to visit my friend who moved from working at one of my favorite bars to a very fancy new spot downtown. We had some drinks and did our due diligence as friends, but definitely too rich for my blood. We did get a very ostentatious tree filled with frozen daiquiris and flaming limes though... it was very enjoyable. Went to bed far past bedtime. Day 4.6 MEET DAY! I woke up early so I could start eating and head off the usual weakness I feel when I lift in the mornings. I did get to the gym a little bit late and arrived just in time to see my friend in the first flight of lifters do her first squats! (Perfect timing). It was her very first meet and she killed it. It was nice that she was in the first flight and I was in the last flight, so I wasn't stuck warming up while she was lifting and could actually cheer her on the whole time. For squats, I opened at 275#, then took 290# which was last year's meet PR, and finished with 300#. I was on the fence between 300 and 305 but 290 moved a bit slower than I wanted, so I kept safe and went with 300#, my LONG-TIME GOAL for squats that I had hoped to hit last year, haha. It was a bit of grind, but a lot of my heavy squats are grindy and they look way worse than they feel (lol). There was no point in the lift that I didn't think I had it. Bench, I opened at 140# (which was my previous meet PR), took 150# for my second, and 155# for my third. 160# is definitely in there, but again, I wanted a nice, clean meet and 155# is already a 15# meet PR. I can fail at the gym on my own terms. Deadlifts started well. I opened at a very conservative 295# (which I've done for 5 before) just because my deads have been not going so amazingly during the last few weeks of my training cycle. I took 315# for my second (which was a 5# meet PR over last year), and went for what I thought was going to be a conservative final attempt at 335# and just didn't budge it. I wound up leaned way too far forward and my legs and butt weren't in the lift at all. I was so, so sure it was going to be totally mine and let me finish the meet 9/9 and at least pretty close to the 800# total I wanted this year. I was devastated. I went and laid on the ground and cried in a squat rack in the corner of the gym for a while, haha. As you do. Obviously it is a dramatic response, but EMOTIONS WERE HIGH. Videos here: After my meet, I stayed in the gym to watch 3 of my friends compete in the PM session and then, we went to a brewery for beers and pizza (yum), and one of my friends and I went to my fave bar afterwards and had probably too many cocktails. I went to bed around 3:30 am. I felt much better about the meet by the end of the night, and feel ok about the whole of it now. I think there was a psychological barrier with not maxing out since the meet last year that impacted my training cycles this summer, for sure. I also need to really, really work on my deadlift set-up and activation because it's been really hit or miss lately, and it's the main reason my deadlifts aren't much higher. I'm planning on doing paused deficit work to help nullify the set-up issues and weakness off the floor. I also need to practice getting the slack out of the bar more, too, which is still more set-up honing. Day 4.7 I got up around 9:30, got breakfast sandwiches and coffee, and headed back to the gym to watch two other friends compete on Sunday with the big boys. They both did quite well and I think are pretty happy with their performances! We got an early dinner at 4:30 after the meet, I headed home to nap but it wound up being just enough time to shower and change for the women's wrestling league show. Unfortunately, my bestie who was spearheading the Empire Records costume push with me was super sick and didn't want to come out, so we scratched that costume plan and will do it probably on actual Halloween later in the month instead. I just dressed super 90s-ish instead. The show was great! The drag halftime was EXTRA great and included this insane Witches get up. After, we went to the bar down the street and wound up drinking way too much too late again! Weeee. Lift: 11/11 Bedtime: 15/20 Hunt: 10/12 House: 1 bonus points (I hung a picture!)

Gaming happened, push ups progressed, handstand work happened. Need to work on wrist strength for a bit before going any further, but it's not like the added time is going to hurt anything. Today should be BJJ and striking and deloaded strength work. It'll be a lot to do, but fun for all that. Also, just realized that it's 3rd Friday this week, so there'll be a karate fight night on top of the rolling. I've also been told that there's another open mat nearby on Sundays; I can't do that this Sunday since I'm taking my mom out to lunch for her birthday, but I feel like that's something I need to go do at some point. Need or else will want to do. Also also, gotta work on plotting out the novel. I've got a magic system that I want (finally!), but I need to figure out how the rest of this is going to actually, you know, uh, go. This week's goal is to flesh out characters somewhat, and next week is the actual plotting of the story, but that means I have to actually use my time well and not spend my lunch break browsing the news. Aight. Let's get it.

True. The baby is healthy! I think it's meatloaf but I don't get the reference. Yesterday was good. Went back to work which was fine. I came home and cooked. I made some rice, than baked broccoli florets and grape tomatoes at 425 for 15 minutes. Before putting them in I seasoned them with salt, pepper, sesame oil, and rice vinegar. I cooked chicken thighs in sesame oil with salt, pepper, and rice vinegar. I made a sauce with orange marmalade, soy sauce, minced garlic, fresh chopped mint, and olive oil. I started adding it to the chicken as it cooked. I eventually put most of it in and added some dissolved corn starch to thicken it. It all went together in a bowl. There were no leftovers. Also, Little Bit slept through the night! She ate almost without stopping in the evening, I guess she got enough to sleep through.

We did all right Thanks @shaar! My computer won't let me quote you, but I appreciate your support as alwayssssss. I survived yesterday back with the kids. Not that I didn't think I would, but it was nice not to feel sick all the time. Some of these kids are sitting squarely on the edge of my nerves, but that's freshmen for you. Though, someone should have warned the boy yesterday, that arguing the semantics of "home" work when your teacher gives you 10 minutes to start in class, and you decide to pack up early, isn't the best plan. On the other hand, there was the child yesterday who giggled with glee and announced to me that his phone was on 69 percent. We have all types of fun in Mrs. Nova's class. Challenge is going okay. Some of my to do list stuff (like water, and updating, and reading, and writing) are struggling, but hopefully I will get all that back in line this week. I am experimenting with some food procedures for my next challenge, so this week food is pretty set. I made crustless baby quiches (with black beans, tomato, cilantro, onion, topped with guac) for breakfast, and I've been eating those with strawberries. I've also been experimenting with bento box lunches. Yesterday was boiled eggs, grapes, cucumbers, yogurt, and a small serving of pasta salad. Today is turkey and cheese roll ups, grapes, carrots, yogurt, and goldfish. It comes out to about 500ish calories (esp since I pack guac or hummus to dip stuff in). Hubs and I made potato soup in the instapot yesterday, and that was so good, I almost had it for breakfast . My plan for next challenge is to introduce a new food aspect each week, so I'm experimenting this week to see what does and doesn't work, and will continue into 0 week. Stuff between myself and hubs is going okay. Up and down, but we are working on it. More hard conversations have been had, but that's where we are. I hope everyone has a great day!!!!

NGW Back to the Future (Weekly TV show) Held on Monday, Week 4 of August 2013 Venue: Assebroek Courts, Bruges, Belgium, Europe Attendance: 4.066, Ratings: 0.73 (553.820 viewers), Shown on Continental Sports X1 The show begins with some backstage footage of The League of Heroes talking among themselves when John Silver walks by. Silver: "Aww, aren't you all cute, being best friends back here... I wouldn't get too friendly if I were you though, because tonight you'll be on opposite sides in the ring. You better find yourself a Cruiserweight teammate, Lister, because your opponents for tonight are Adam Matravers over there... and Shiro Akuma!" Menace vs Kalvin Addams Essentially a squash match, Menace throws Kalvin around and slams him repeatedly to the mat for the bigger part of the bout. The best Kalvin can do is use his ring wits and speed to dodge his big, plodding opponent, but without his brother by his side, he can never really get any offense going and Menace gets the win after flattening him out with an Ultimate Rejection. Winner: Menace Backstage, Signe Lytjohan is with the Johansson brothers. Signe: "If you thought that was impressive, wait till you see my titans in action! Bam Bam and Hercules are the NGW Heavyweight Tag Team champions and they have these belts for a reason! What they don't have is a challenger, because no one dares face them in that ring!" Christopher Lister & Shiro Akuma vs Adam Matravers & Leon Harrison As announced during the episode's opening segment, Lister finds himself teaming with Shiro Akuma against Adam Matravers, who seems to have joined forces with Leon Harrison for this match. Though all four men are skilled and popular, neither seems to be really trusting of their teammate and that discord is what the match is built upon in order to tell a story. Akuma especially, not seen since he lost that singles title match against Lister at Starmageddon, is out for himself and his mysterious antics really seem to fire up fans. That's not to say he's being outright treasonous to Lister, just uncooperative and that goes all the way to the finish where Akuma rolls up Harrison for the pin, only to immediately walk away from the ring on his own, leaving Lister, Matravers, announcers and fans confused. Winners: Christopher Lister & Shiro Akuma If it has red velvet recliners, cheap potted plants and champagne cooling on ice, it must be Lover's Lounge! This week the guests are the NGW Heavyweight champion Edward Cornell and his challenger, Roy Edison. Lover: "So, Edward... How does it feel to have stolen that title belt from me, only to hand out a shot to one of your allies?" Cornell: "Oh I bet it must sting real bad to see me with the title, huh? Well get used to it, because I'm not letting go!" Lover: "Does that mean you're gonna just blow the match and lie down for the pin like some kind of lap dog, Roy?" Edison: "You shut your mouth, pretty boy! We're the Real Deal and we're all about real wrestling!" w The Czars vs The Outcasts (with Viper McKenna) Following last week's backstage attack, the Outcasts team up to face the Czars and the match itself is quite exciting, unlike what one might expect from such a crowded situation. Of course, that is largely thanks to Marat Khoklov, who clears the ring as he sends bodies flying out, meaning the two groups fight outside the ring just as much as they wrestle inside it. McKenna tips the odds in her team's favour when she steals Vidmar's vodka bottle to prevent him from smashing it onto someone's head and Orson completes the upset when he kips up to grab a confused Vidmar for his Bounce Back finisher. Winners: The Outcasts Geena the Warrior Princess vs Joanne "J-Ro" Rodriguez A match that could headline a pay per view is yet taking place on free TV and both women pull out all the stops to defeat each other. Geena's wild savage style is an interesting contrast to the graceful grappling and high flying of Rodriguez, yet they both maintain a fast pace to keep the flow of the match going and the excitement always above a certain level. The big finish comes after the fifteen minute mark of this epic clash, with Geena slingshotting herself into the ring for the Amazon Plunge, only for Rodriguez to catch her head mid-air and slam it down to the mat with a J-Rocker. Winner: Joanne Rodriguez Before Rodriguez can savour her win or recover from an exhausting clash against the hard hitting Warrior Princess, Fusae Etsuko runs down to the ring and hits her with a flurry of stiff kicks! The show goes off the air with Rodriguez caught in the Lullaby and announcers wondering if this is what we're up for this Friday at Hotter than Hell. Show Rating: Confirmed matches for Hotter than Hell NGW Heavyweight title match: "Alpha Male" Edward Cornell © vs Roy Edison NGW Women's title match: "The Gothic Grappler" Fusae Etsuko © vs Joanne "J-Ro" Rodriguez NGW Cruiserweight title match: Christopher Lister © vs John Silver

It's definitely worth being a nice person but some people aren't worth the effort. It sounds really harsh but it's true and this lady is one of those people. I know someone like this and I often toy with telling her that it's human nature to want to make friends, everyone wants friends, so if she has gone through her whole life never having had friends then the problem isn't with everyone else, it's with her. I sincerely think saying this would do this person a favour but at the same time it seems pretty cruel so I hope one day she works it out for herself, but the dearth of self awareness needed for people to become like this means they never will. But anyway, don't let people like this steal your light. Keep shining because this person isn't important enough to make the world less bright by dimming you. Also, fuck this twat, she's a prick.

First of all Thank You for all the congradulating messages, I had several from Strava as well and Shucks folks I'm speachless! you might think that after my last update that I don't feel that I did very well during the race. this is not quite right. I do think a conscientious program might have helped me be a little better prepared. alternately, it might have gone better if I had been slower for much of the race or better prepared by running most of the race course beforehand. but the truth is the upside of the discomfort is that I know that I gave Everything I could to run as fast as possible during the race. and... I haven't posted a plot of my pace, but I had a rather consistent 11:00min*mile pace all the way through. I didn't run into any 'Walls' or anything! and even though i said my training fell short, (and this IS BIG) I had NO injuries during training! overtraining is common among runners; and I'm proud of my ability to avoid that... the goal Got me "OUT" and gave me Morning Time to enjoy 2-3 times a weeks Definitely lots of demonstrable progress both in my stamina and my pace. I'm FAR faster than I was before and at one time when I couldn't run for more than a few minutes strait without collapsing into gasping fits; I can maintain a slow, steady JOG for now,,,, a long long time. if its allowed to be very slow- far longer than 13.1 miles.... I don't feel I'm Naturally a runner.... I think my build favors endurance not intensity- but at times, I've been shocked how much my body has been able to give... at times during training (and Without going "down" anything); I've done as Much as a 9:00min*mile (30%faster!). its a wonderful thing to feel strength you didn't know you Had! the truth is that a RACE is a somewhat dishonest way to look at it! I knew (know) that I was never going to equal most people there. in fact, I may NEVER equal most of that crowd. but it doesn't matter to me. I'm old! I was never going to go to the olympics (well, heck even when I wasn't OLD: still No way !) I wasn't racing anyone. what I'm doing is what I did with the A100. looking for an experience that asks me to excel and brings passion out of me. something that is hard, something that seems epic to me! MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! I love hiking- but the TIME needed to do that amount of hiking was crazy. this FITS in my life So much better. it is fall and getting cold quick. there will be new limits of what I can do outside, but I'm not going to let even winter stop me from being strong, being active, and getting out and exploring places! .... In the end; this Half marathon is my Entry experience to getting out and running in lots of awesome places! Not a race indeed!... instead its only the beginning thank you for all your support! and I'll try to catch up on all your great stories as well. Jason PS. I've been asked to compare the two accomplishments of the year (the 100mile hiking challenge and this) by Jeff. I hate ducking out of a good question but I've decided its too hard to compare. they are too Different. I'm happy to have done Both this year.

Thank you! She is suuuuuper cute. Sunday was a good day. I served at church, and made dinner. I roasted a pre-seasoned pork tenderloin, steamed some green beans, and made mashed sweet potatoes. I started with canned sweet potatoes so I only had to warm them up, then I drained them. After that I added milk, butter, honey, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. So today I'm back at work. Let's look at the list of things I wanted to do by now. Grade:

Hey all. I see two weeks have passed since my last update post. Haven't had anything to share really, as I haven't taken any more videos during that time. Aside from one or two minor assistance exercises, the videos I posted this challenge pretty much show the various exercises I do. As you may remember (or will now be reminded anyway), the videos weren't really about showing my training anyway. I posted the videos as my way of attacking -- head on -- body image issues. My goal for this challenge was to fix my brain. To see my body for what it really is presently, rather than the false image of myself that I've had stuck in my brain for a long time. A false image that I've now seen was waaaaaaaay worse than I really am. Sure, I can see in those videos that -- by my standards -- I'm still fat. But not nearly as fat as I thought I was. My mental image of my body was messed up. But this challenge has helped make it better. Enough that it's affected my choices. The past couple of weeks, when taking my dog outside to run in the yard and do her business, I haven't even bothered to put on a shirt. I still have a "please don't look at me" thoughts in my head while out there, but despite those thoughts I'm out there topless anyway. How's THAT for body acceptance? Boo-yah! Though I do hope that soooooomeday I'll reach a point where I go outside topless and instead of thinking, "please don't look at me," I find myself instead thinking, "Hey everyone! Look at me!" while walking with a swagger in my step and humming "I'm sexy and I know it." #LifeGoals. Anyway. Thank you to everyone who commented this challenge, or read along and hit the like button. Your presence, support, and honest feedback was very important to my success. This was a challenge that required people to see me, so it wouldn't have worked without you. I really appreciate that you were here for me and helped me out with this.

Tuesday - I did the first Dry Fighting Weight workout this morning. Holy Heck do double KBs beat you down. Every time you set the bells down you have to pick them up and clean them to the rack position, that in itself is a workout. I am very aware of where my lats, rhomboids, and scapular muscles are right now. This would a real fun workout with a sandbag, but that would beat you down even more. The new KB (Rogue) has a thicker handle and is 0.5# heavier the other KB (old Wisconsin-made Lifeline). I noticed it felt different when I first picked it up, but it doesn't matter when I'm throwing them around. Anyway, the workout was rounds of double clean & press superset with double front squat. I did three rounds of 1, 2, 3 reps (1 C&P, 1 FS, 2 C&P, 2 FS, 3 C&P, 3 FS) at 16/16 kg in 30 minutes. I thought I'd do a lot more, but jeez was it hard. Tonight and tomorrow are parent-teacher conferences and then it's teacher convention. If the weather holds we'll spend a couple days camping so I won't get back to KBs until Friday. I think I'll need the extra day of recovery anyway.

Today I was pretty tired, but I lifted and picked up some groceries. OHP at 80% (27.5kg) for 25 total reps Deadlifts at 65% (60kg) for 45 total reps some lat pull-downs, DB bench, leg lifts and BW glute bridges. Quitting the leg press for now due to persistent knee pain. I was reflecting on things and had a good chat with my brother. He introduced me to a buddhist concept and a German word that I really like: "Tatkraft zur Gut". The official translation of Tatkraft is "vigour" or "energy" but that doesn't really cover it. It's composed of two smaller words meaning deed or act, and power or strength. Deedpower. Actstrength. And apparently the buddhists talk about building up your tatkraft to do good or skilful things. I guess it's like the concept of willpower, but I don't yet associate it with any shame at my lack of it. Even though I didn't feel like doing much today, I remember how high my Tatkraft was recently before this trip. So I know it's not just a matter of laziness. My tatkraft ebbs and flows with my physical and mental health, so I need to keep focusing on increasing those without blaming myself. Also, I realised something excellent about the last few days. When I was out and about in situations I would usually find draining, I sort of felt like something was missing. It was the buzzing anxiety that usually fills me to the eyeballs at nearly all times except when I am doing escapist stuff like video games and mindless internetting. It just wasn't there. I felt weirdly empty. I had no negative emotions, just mild okayness. Spirits of the earth, please tell me you ate my anxiety and it's not coming back.

Holy fucking shit. This has to be a reportable offense, right?? Like can you report the agency to a higher up or?? As someone who used to work in mental health this is wildly unacceptable and people that say things like this to patients should absolutely not be allowed to have a license to practice.

Heeey Doodlies. I am planning on participating in the next challenge but my goals will be meager and I won’t have much to contribute to a PVP. But I’ll be here to spectate and throw out a lewd comment here and there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

THANKS FRIENDS! ==== I DIDN'T DIE lol I just was enjoying a glorious 4 days off work haha. And enjoying Thanksgiving Friday: Painted and went to the barn, then dropped off Jack the cat Sparrow Saturday: Went to the fall fair with my mom and sister to watch the horses and had the good pizza for dinner cause it was a hockey night Sunday: Painted and early dinner at BF parents house nomnom I behaved meal wise but then I had 2 slices of pieeeeee Monday: Painted, Lunch with my family for thanksgiving (and we drew names for christmas) then barn after with my sister It was a good weekend but now its time to get back on track (again again) lol.

Well where do I start? Friday I got up at half 4 to get to the Obstacle Course Racing World Championships (OCRWC) for the literal crack of dawn. I was seriously nervous the day before and that morning, but I had plenty of time to calm my nerves and get registered. The first race was the 3k race, and I was in the first wave of the day at 9am. The 3k race went really well. On all of the races you get an obstacle completion wristband, and you have to complete every obstacle to keep your band. If you lose your band you're allowed to complete the course, but designated "did not complete" in the official results. For the 3k race, I kept my band. Really really happy with that, it's something I didn't think I could achieve, but I got through every rig, monkey bar, ninja ring and everything else on that course. My favourite was "Gibbons", which requires you to make your own monkey rings by putting rods into hanging slots and then swinging between them. It must have taken me 15 attempts to find a technique that worked for me, but once I smashed it! Of course I took a horrendously long time completing it (think 5 times as long as the top pros), and I came 218th out of 243, but I got the 100% completion and that's what matters! Saturday I got a lie in until 5am, and didn't have to arrive until sunrise! Saturday was the 15k race and that was just brutal. My grip was already worn down after the 3k and it just got harder and harder as the race went on. I got nearly to the end with the band, with the help of cheering from @Charlie_Quinn, @jonfirestar and @Rhovaniel, but a few obstacles from the end fatigue got the better of me and I gave up the band. All the remaining obstacles I had done the day before so I knew I could do them, but I just had no energy and no arms less. Sunday I was able to sleep in to half 6, and arrive at the venue just before 9. I had a rather clumsy attempt at the 100m course - wish I'd been able to do it fresh on the Friday as I know I could have done a lot better. It was a fun course though; wish I had the opportunity to practice it. Then we set out for the team race, with Rho on the speed leg, Jon on the strength section, and me running the technical section before we all took on the team section at the end. This was a really fun race, but really tough (especially after the previous couple of days of runs). I kept my band through the technical section, but there was no way the three of us were getting up the final wall so I had to give it up at the last hurdle. Still, we finished a very respectable 33rd in a category of 79, and we had a lot of fun doing it, so no complaints there. I was also due to do the charity fun race on Saturday, but I was knackered, and I whilst I could have dragged myself round I wouldn't have enjoyed it, so I opted to give that a miss. Challenge wise goals are going ok, food over the weekend was "eat as much as possible" to just try and stay fuelled for all of the activity, and money went a bit out of the window but nothing too bad. I took yesterday off work to recover and did lots of stretching. Back to normal today for 4 days, and then on Saturday I fly to the USA!

I'm not completely sure I am going to actually join in, but I will definitely at least lurk. And maybe provide inappropriate commentary, depends how I feel.

Oh hey, I was wondering where all of the Doolie PVPs had gone and was on the brink of coming up with one on my own. If this is going to continue being a thing, I would be happy to launch my idea for a future PVP. I am of course in for this, this one ties almost directly into my challenge (i.e. every single part of my challenge would count towards this. Mine would be even more egregious because I do about 2 hours of workouts most days.

Monday, 13 October Week 5, Day 1 of Challenge Cog (Zone Eating) Ate healthy and little enough, which shows on the scale numbers the day after, but didn't stick to Zone Diet parameters and certainly didn't eat enough protein. Ark (NF Update) Posted my updates, as well as an unexpected NGW show. Penemue (Muay Thai) Think I've caught a cold, I keep sneezing and my nose is stuffy at times so I decided to play it safe and not push myself. I also stayed at work till late in order to finally get a hold of my dad on the phone, after almost a week of trying. It was far from spectacular... Jyotika (BuJo) Updated my journal

Yesterday was all about resting. This seems to be a thing when i do a longish run the day before. So much couch time, and after that delightful ZZZ's in bed!

It seems like two days in a row away from handstands is too much. Though admittedly not eating enough for a whole day and skipping breakfast might also have contributed to a low energy session. I couldn't seem to get my body to do anything and then my friend made coffee and it smelled really good and I said screw it. I did one set of pushups, a little bit of wall work, and then I messed around with trying to stay up while wildly flailing my legs. I really, really want to train properly today but I woke up with a little twinge in my trap. Fingers crossed it will go away in a few hours!

Oh, I like this idea. This week will be for reviewing the ones I already did Thanks! Week 5 Monday 5x5 food I made braised short ribs and smashed cucumbers (by request), which does not count towards this challenge. It was very yummy, though Sketching Nothing. I think I have pretty much given up on this for this challenge Ukulele I spent some time going through my new song and reviewing the old ones. I like the new song, but honestly it is a bit too difficult for me (the singing part - the uke stuff is still ok). I'm just not that good of a singer. Maybe I will work on singing for a future challenge Proverbs Nothing new. I was planning to review some of the previous ones, but I didn't. Handstands Did some work on these at the park and was happy with them. I added a new progression to the mix which is kind of fun. Instead of doing one hand leaning against the bar. I put one hand on the ground and use the other hand to grab a vertical pole for support. It is kind of like halfway between a handstand and a human flag. I like this progression because it feels more like a freestanding OAHS than just leaning against the bar.

You did all the important stuff, most of which was not on the list.

Hah! That's because you haven't heard about today! Today was actually fine, but I got up early, started the warm-up (Prepare) and then looked at what was expected for Practice and Push and said to myself, "Whoa, I don't know if I can do that..." But I jumped in and 40 very sweaty minutes later, it turned out I could do it. But I am wiped today. Practice was bent arm bear and spider mans. Then Push was 30 seconds each of Bent arm bear, Monkey, Spider man, Frogger, Bear... no rest between those exercises and 1 minute rest between sets (4 sets) They didn't mess around with this week. I think I wouldn't have been so sore, except for the admonishment to "Keep it pretty" which meant I couldn't half ass it. I will be happy when the gains are evident, but damn!

Didn't get smashed! But didn't have a commanding performance either. Ah well. I guess Friday was just a good night. Not that Sunday was a bad night! Got tapped by one white belt, tapped another twice, and managed to bridge the blue belt off of me. So, not bad. Not what I hoped for, but not bad. Deload commences. I've gone back into the lit with Q&D and I see now that banded swings and such are meant for lighter bells rather than heavier, and only infrequently at that. Instead, going forward, it looks like it'll be jumps added into the rotation instead, with occasional banded work. Which means that, as far as testing protocols are concerned right now, the only things left to do are snatches and push ups. These will be done on separate nights; push up test tonight and snatch test toward the end of the week. Gaming tonight. Push ups and handstand work to follow.

yeah, while its a wonder to me (sometimes) that this changed for me as well. the body is amazing! while as the same times, sometimes, it just drives ones crazy to run into limitation after limitation... so Don't ever let "NO" be the final answer success can be startling close to what you couldn't do a few days ago....

Week 5 Day 1 This has not been an amazing weekend, challenge-wise, though I did, with great effort, keep up with my sleep. Less than five hours deficit. It took most of my weekend, though, because I was sleeping badly. Snacks:  Top up the work snack stash DONE Pack work lunch DONE Make dinner Drugs: Take my meds  DONE Rock-'n'-roll:  Meditate  Yoga Get angry at jobs: Get angry at doing the dishes Get angry at taking out the trash Get angry at the spider mites in my pot plants Get angry at my space farm Get angry at the electronics project for my space farm Plan a detailed schedule of how I'm going to get angry at all that bullshit

Week 4 results Cog (Zone Eating): 3/7 days Ark (NF Update): 5/7 days Penemue (Muay Thai): 2/2 for the week Jyotika (BuJo): 7/7 I'm doing my best! Pretty busy, but...

Ah, well, that explains it, all right. I wonder what happens to the form of mind and dicta if you add milk? Eh, I said I wouldn't internet in the mornings, but I spent all day out yesterday, and I did not sleep until 5am, despite going to bed at 10pm. That's two nights out of the last three I've had about three hours of sleep. So I doubt I'm going to be deadlifting and reading William James for long stretches today. I'm going to do whatever I can manage today while awake. I did cope pretty well with the long day and socialising yesterday. I was chill, which surprised me. Unfortunately, we had all our meals at cafes and restaurants, and none of them contained much in the way of protein. Cake, flammkuchen (like a super thin german pizza thing but with no cheese and a sour cream base) and an inadvertently vegan breakfast. Not the tofu and pulses kind of vegan, rather the vegetables and bread kind of vegan.

HS workshop was great! We were mostly women and the teacher commented on that, which I thought was interesting... I brought my parallettes and shared them, they were used as an “atelier” (we had different work areas floor / blocks / higher wooden block + mattress behind). People liked them, I think I may have started a trend The teacher called them "tubes", which took me a while to adjust to People were a bit surprised that I was holding so so on the floor but fairly at ease on parallettes. I think the amount of kick power needed on parallettes is a bit off-putting at first (it looks “harder”) but really balance is easier once you're up there. I worked mostly on my hands though! and I'm starting to feel the back line the way I do on parallettes a little bit Fingers action still need work, especially pushing back but I'm starting to "get" it a little. What came up for me: - sometimes I have a slight deviation (due to my left arm unlocking a wee bit), and it's a funny one, because the deviation is aligned from feet to hands, I deviate in one block like the Pisa tower it's a bit hard to detect. That was great info because it's something I feel sometimes but that I can't quite catch on camera. - the teacher also noticed my pike tendency of course and he said that practising full extension kick-ups would help. I tend to find my balance in either straddle or tuck first and then extend. He told me to skip that for now, it's nice to have but it's encouraging my pike, so let's focus on catching my balance from immediate full extension. - and also practice every so often with a closer hand width. I have a wider stance, and I explained that's the space the bum needs for negatives to L-sit But yes I can still practice a closer width when I don't do negatives for instance. Otherwise there was an awesome gadget that was fixed on a wall ladder, I made a quick drawing because I could not find a pic of this pretty awesome torture instrument on-line: When I let go of the feet, my back went GRRRRRrrr CLUNK, wow it's not nice at all but it feels pretty good afterwards. The whole class was mostly focused on tuck and straddle kick-ups. Interspersed by partner work and some more complicated exercises with spotters. Everything free standing. There was no wall exercise at all actually, now that I think of it. I really enjoyed partner work, there was one exercise you do on your feet usually: you have to keep straight while being bounced about between partners. They call it the bottle. And we did that but in HS and that was a lot of fun (and super tiring), in particular going backward while keeping the line. There was also an exercise to train elevation with scapular pushes and a partner coming and pushing you down while your resist the push. We also did exercises coming down from blocks with a spotter. And HS to L-sit negatives, unfortunately my ab did not let me do those and I did not insist. And after 2h30 (workshop was 3h), my body became fairly unresponsive. I am going to FULLY rest for a few days now because my body is just beaten to be honest.

Why is it that my body always betrays me after a night out? Oh you went to bed at 5 am, of course you can have a sleep in! How does 8 am sound? Thanks body. I appreciate you too. Yesterday was my friend's bachelor party, and it was a great night! Drinks, food, a glorious whisky, and even a spat of dancing happened. It amused me a lot when one of my friends complimented me on my "dancing", when I was literally standing in place because it was super crowded. Talk about low bar haha. I never thought I'd say it, but I'm enjoying this morning after, it has tamed my furious energy level of the past few days. Yesterday I felt too sore to train, which meant a lot of unfocussed excess energy. I went for a walk, as it was beautiful and sunny. Until on my way back. Less sunny, but still beautiful.

Yesterday was a good day. I did a double MP press with 25 and 30#. I had only been able to do that with a push press before, so I am getting stronger. I am in the strength phase, which is higher weight, less volume. I enjoy that way more than the endurance (volume) phase. Also did 35# for the SL deadlift, and 20 and 25# for the front squat. My back is fine now, Not sure what the problem was. Tomorrow I am doing a split squat, and I was going to see what my back thought of that. Today I did Vitamin GMB stuff, which was putting together some movements I practiced into a flow. Yesterday I also did a min Marie Kondo of our bathroom. My makeup is all in the guest bathroom, but since my brother in law is going to stay with us, I need to move it back into my bathroom. So, I cleaned out some stuff to make room. Took about 15 minutes. I'm thinking of next challenge setting a time goal of say 30 minutes a week, and just seeing what I get done, rather than an area goal. It was great to be super focused on it for a while, but there is too much other stuff going on to do that all the time.

Nice. I've been bringing lunch to work this challenge and it has been really good... when I've made sure to front load the work before I need it. Making a large batch of something (bbq chicken, carnitas, bolognese sauce, whatever) on the weekend means I can open the fridge the night before I need lunch and just put it together. If I have to scramble in the morning to throw something together I get pretty flustered, and question why I am doing this to myself. Glad you are feeling better!

OK, I haven't done much just yet. Friday I spend the first part of the evening loading the car for a last minute event; then I went to knit night. Saturday we had a tent/booth at a local art market. That was a ton of fun. Cold! But fun. Then after unloading and putting everything away, we fed ourselves and watched a movie. I was tired. I slacked. Sunday was nothing but chores and another knit. Monday after work I just had time enough to get another yarn order together, then went to knit night. I go to a lot of those. They are good for yarn business, but also good for de-stressing. I have been really hating my day job lately. I need the positive socializing and relaxation time. It was late when I got home, so I set up the lifting area and this morning I finally benched 5x5x75. Not much, but it was something. Tonight after work, I will be dying yarn all evening. I'm going to set it up for squats and if I have time between steps, I'll get that done. If not tonight, I'll do the squats before work tomorrow morning. Even doing one thing at a time here and there, at least that is something. And all stretching is good. Even just squishing in one move for each 2 minute rest between reps. Gotta start somewhere.

Wow, time flies! Let me guess, you guys didn't sleep through though? You probably got up through the night to check on her, juuuuust to make sure.

That lack of self awareness also means anything you try to tell them will have no more effect than waiting for them to work it out for themselves.

My thoughts exactly when I first saw that list of yours Oh! So niiiice for you guys Hope you felt better too. And can you maybe ask her to teach that to my almost 3 year old?

Monday w5d1 Water - filled both my water bottles - tracked my intake (28 ounces) Food - breakfast, lunch, and dinner distraction free Coaching - intention mantra for 2 minutes - NF Yoga Shoulder Mobility for 10 minutes - Rise Foods list - journaling and emails - joy journaling

You're awesome Woohoo! Snarky!!!!

Jean - That song rocks. Hope, that ineffable thing where humans reach so far beyond any expectation. We rise, we live, the impossible becomes merely difficult when we have Hope. Thank you for sharing that. - Murphy's Roommate

True, though according to that theory I could never make my goals, and then just say I'm planning for next challenge. I think I'm going to re-think my strategy for getting it done. Time goes so fast! Yes, and they were good DOMS. a little sore, but just enough to tell me I'd used my muscles. It was kind of surprising though, I was just playing and having fun and not realizing how hard I was working

Week 4 + Monday Update Sunday was my birthday. I went out to a friend's cabin over the weekend out in Western Mass. It was really beautiful...perfect fall foliage. Ran a hard trail race on Sunday, and had a great time visiting with friends. Mother Nature even conjured up a beautiful Hunter's Moon for me. This week of running got messed up by the Nor'easter. I still got 29.5 miles and up up to 129 for the challenge. All set on official challenge miles, and the coming week should be a big mileage week. Went to the gym today. Not sure if I've missed logging some days or if I've just been a slacker. I think I'm only up to 8/12. Could still make it, but it will be tough. Only up to 8/16. Not looking like I'll make this goal, but will see if I can get at least 12 days. Many days the "problem" has been not tracking, rather than eating poorly, so I'm not too worried. Almost done. Just some odds and ends to finish up. Grrr...I've really lost momentum on these. Tried pushups today but had to scale (still at 73). Did a few negatives (up to 24/50). OK....GOALS FOR WEEK 5: 1. Follow my running plan...it will be a big week! 2. Finish the cross-training goal: Wed: Yoga class, Thurs: Gym, Fri: Home yoga, Sat: Gym 3. Finish dining room stuff on Saturday. 4. Scaled pushups (as needed) every day. Chin-ups on Thurs and Sat....get up to 32 at least. 5. Calorie goal up to 12 (Tues, Wed, Thurs, and at least 1 weekend day).

You are inspiring me... i cant do 3 mins ughhhhhhhhhhhhh without dying. Thanks Jason. YEAAHHHHHHHHHH xx

I'll be sure to keep you posted! I don't know too many men who do a capsule. It also helps for me that my work is a more casual environment so I don't have to have too much of a difference between work outfits and outside of work. Let's level up together Yep. I'm realizing that more and more as I go. Doing a quick google search for "capsule wardrobe [season]" should get you a pretty good list of blogs and the images tab is gold too. I like classyyettrendy.com for a basic "how to". It's really helped me realize that I own so much that I don't wear, doesn't fit properly, don't have anything to match, etc. You really learn what you love to wear and what works for your style, activities, time management, etc. (also body shape, but not in a shamey way, more like learning what styles & brands drape properly without pulling, or being baggy in the wrong spots, what you need to tailor, etc) Looks like my last update was Tuesday. I went to the grocery store. Bought food for pizza casserole, turkey chili, salads (lunch), and cauliflower tacos. I cooked tacos Tuesday night & did stuff around the house. Wed - drove an hour to watch my brother coach volleyball. Thursday - happy hour get together with fellow volunteers + new The Good Place Friday - Chill night at home, catching up on ES stuff. Laundry. Also spent a lot of the afternoon w/ a friend trying to get back into bujo stuff. I think I need it. Saturday - cooked all morning. My sister came to visit! We did walnuts and cooked apple butter also. Went out with some of my friends Saturday night. Sunday - hanging out with sis more. Played a board game. Started to plan garden + landscaping for the spring. cooked more lol 1) Read the equivalent of 1 comic book or 1 book chapter per day. ☑☑☑☑☑ ☑☑☑☑☑ ☐☐☐☐☐ ☐☐☐☐☐ ☐☐☐☐☐ ☐☐☐☐☐ I was only able to make 1 check of progress here. But I think this week will be a lot freer than last. 2) Do the equivalent of a workout every day for the rest of the challenge. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☑ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ 36 37 38 39 40 41 ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ I am thru Day 31. I took both Saturday and Sunday off due to sis coming to visit. Looks like I'll have some doubles coming up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 3) nutrition goal? Just... go to the grocery store and eat food that I buy. And some of the food I buy should be fruits and veggies. Ended up eating out W & Th for dinner just due to the schedule and planned events. It was not super healthy. I don't care. I need to reduce alcohol consumption. that will be a future challenge goal. 4) capsule I rearranged and went through my existing wardrobe. I actually don't need to add too much. I think just 1-2 tops and maybe some statement jewelry. Also a small bag or clutch. I will be shopping likely tomorrow. Rest of the week tonight: ultimate game Tu: ES stuff? capsule shopping W: nerd nite Th: ? F: softball game. Dinner for volunteer gig. Sa: profit? Su: shop and meal prep might have some late nights for work. First draft of conference paper I'm looking to have done by Thursday AM. Happy Monday everyone!

After 3 hours sleep and recovering from one or two drinks, yesterday consisted mostly of bumming around the house. I journaled, spent some time on Finnish, I went for a long walk, and I finally finished the book Debt. It's fascinating, but extremely dense and it's only so much human violence and suffering I can take in a sitting. I wanted to read it to get a better understanding of what money actually is, as I've always had this unease about money and the current financial systems, and I thought it would help if I knew more about it. I was wrong, my intuitions were confirmed and it's a lot worse than I even wanted to believe and the history much darker. Great. Not the most enjoyable read, in the typical sense, but fascinating and important. Now I need something light and lovely that gives me hope for humanity again, even if it's fiction. Recommendations?

Hey, glad to be a part of it. Stick around. It'll happen again. Just can't say when. @Tanktimus the Encourager's pretty great about that kind of thing. Sorry you missed it! For that matter, sorry I haven't been around to your threads either. You're always dropping by to like or to say cool and thought-provoking things, and it seems like the least I could do is drop by and offer my support instead of navel-gazing and ranting about training. I'm not in a position to fix this immediately, but I can at least say I'm grateful for you (and also @Sloth the Enduring, you're just cool, and also @Teirin, seriously). So thank you. * So! Open mat happened! It's notable in that this is the first time I've gone after having been exposed to BJJ as flavored by other bodies and other perspectives. Like I said, we worked Triangles on Tuesday and it showed through really strongly Friday night. I wound up tapping the other white belts I rolled with - one with armbar from Triangle, and the other with Americana from Kesa Gatame. I went with my teacher and almost got him with Triangle. I didn't, but it was still a good roll. He's had me watching video of Roger Gracie, as our body types are very similar, and while I can't quite appreciate everything he does, one thing I can appreciate is his pressure via position, which was something I was able to apply as well. But yeah, I definitely had the kind of performance that's enough to give a man an ego. I'mma get smashed tonight, I just know it. Oh well. Drinking happened afterward, so no additional training. Which was fine. Saturday, my friend and I both slept in and he wound up having things to do, so we missed that. Did Q&D and strength work instead. Got a hair to start working on splits again, which feels like a good way to stretch out the sore spots. Further results pending. Today, finally got together with my friend! We got on about as well as I remembered; he was surprised to learn that I was so close and apparently he's been going to a nearby drafthouse after his comedy bits on the weekend, meaning that we've had all these opportunities to hang out and didn't even know it! So. I'mma try to fix that. Anyway, like I said, off to do BJJ tonight and get smashed. And then blessed, blessed deload. Since the deload period is a time for testing capacity in Q&D I'm not sure what to do next; I dunno if I'm going to try to do banded swings or if I'm going to try to start working snatches into the rotation. I can't do snatches indoors, but I do have deck space outside and I can do that (although exposure to the elements will be... interesting).

I want2d to make sure they got 8n the picture. We already have some cowgirl boots my mom bought. We might wait till she has neck control to get her a hat with a brim. She really is. Yesterday wasn't too bad. I was tired and run down most of the day. I cooked for lunch. I took flank steak the store had already cut into strips and seasoned it with salt, pepper, garlic powder, smoked paprika, cumin and chili powder. I cooked it in avocado oil, and when I noticed a fond forming on the bottom of the pan I deglazed it with red wine vinegar while the meat was still cooking. In those liquids I cooked half a red onion I had thin sliced beautifully, along with a thin sliced red bell pepper. I put the steak back in to warm up. In a bowl I out some chopped hearts of romaine, topped that with shredded cheddar, added the steak mixture, more sliced cheese and ranch dressing. I put salsa on mine I addition to the ranch. It was great. In the evening I strapped the baby to my chest and went for a walk. I was yawning my head off through the first part. 8 felt tired and melancholy all day, but still managed to do some healthy stuff.

Just was looking over old data from MFP. My highest ever weight (recorded) was 285lbs (Nov 22, 2018) As of 2 days ago I was 267.6lbs So in almost 11 months I lost 17lbs. Which might not seem like much lol but I am proud regardless because I stuck with trying for almost a year and I am better off than I was.

It was cold, but super sunny today. Went for a walk with my friend, then I came home and did my workout. Made dinner for tonight, and the sauce to put over the crockpot chicken tomorrow.When my husband was in India, he bought some whole spices and brought them home. So, I bought a mortar and pestle, as I didn't have one. This was this summer. But first you have to prep the mortar, and it was hot in the kitchen, so I haven't used the mortar until today. I ground up cinnamon,pepper, cardamom, garlic,ginger, ummm something else I forget. It was fun, you get to pound away at all the spices. Then I cooked up onions and kind of pepper (forget that too) and tomatoes, and mixed the spices in. Tomorrow I'll pour it over the thighs and put it in the crockpot. I didn't know how long all the prepping the sauce would take, so I did it today, so tomorrow, I just need to deskin the chicken, and then put it all in the crockpot. Tonight we are measuring the drapes that I need to hem. They have been in my closet for two years waiting for me to hem them Changing some of my week's goals. I was going to Mari Kondo our downstairs bathroom, but my brother in law is coming to stay in our guest room, so I need to prep it. I've been working on it (yay) so it's not a big deal, but I want to just focus on it and finish. training log: For warm up- bottoms up presses and bw Sl deadlift and light goblet Crow Presses Some practice with lifting head while bringing leg back, was able to do it with left leg, problem was mental as much as strength, focusing on both the head and the leg wasn’t working Did lighter weights since my back hurt yesterday 2 KB press 20/25 (tried to go slow o descent) 6/6/5 SL deadlift 30# 5/5/5 Reverse row with sit back 4/4/4 Squat with 20 and 25# 5/5/5 KB swings- 55#,443, 35# A few cartwheels but I was tired so stopped stretch