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I think Cirrus has a bunch of good points, start slow, find something you like, ramp up from there. And to that I would add that cycling and even the elliptical are non-weight bearing. You can get really strong legs cycling uphill hard (or out of the saddle if it's a stationary bike). I'm not really sure the nature of your pain, but I'd think that you could experiment with basic bodyweight training and see what feels good and what doesn't. Lunges, push ups, squats, crunches, etc are all great. Perhaps you should seek out a physical therapist who is familiar with your circumstance and have them work on things that are beneficial to joint health, as they might be able to offer more detailed suggetions.
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Off to a good start with two perfect days! Monday 1796 cals - rest day Tuesday 2016 cals - 1 mile run, 20mins yoga, 1hr rock climbing. The only thing bad I can say is that I'm really dang tired! Like sleepy, end of a long day, you just need your bed, kinda tired. I'm not sure what that's about. It could be just lingering fatigue from backpacking this weekend (3 days and 40 miles), or it could be my body readjusting to real food and a caloric deficit after spending a week eating whatever and however much I wanted around my birthday. Whatever it is I hope it clears up for this weekend because the boyfriend and I are going backpacking (again!) for a belated birthday present. 11 miles each way to a hot spring Should be fun. My personal goal is going well too. I'm on track to have my website done before Friday.
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While backpacking this weekend I had an epiphany: My backpack probably weighs 20lbs.... and that's probably about how much weight I need to lose. Damn, 20lbs is heavy! I'm sick of carrying this around. My problem (and please don't take this the wrong way, everybody has a different body and a different idea of what is healthy for them)... but my frame can hold an additional 20 lbs pretty easily. I gain weight evenly all over my body, and most people wouldn't call me fat. Some people wouldn't even call me over weight. But at 5'4" and 165 lbs I know that I'm not as lean as I would like to be for my athletic goals. I want to be able to run faster, hike further, and rock climb better. I want to be a fit little outdoor animal with endless energy who can scale mountains. I wouldn't mind looking better naked too, but that's not really my main motivator. All of these will be easier if I have less mass to move around. So I'm starting a challenge, I'm calling it 100 days at 100%. I'm not going to focus on a number on the scale or a pound goal, instead I'm going to work my butt off for 100 days, working to build better habits and lose fat. Then I'll go into a maintenance phase and see where that puts me. I'm also going to work in four week segments with every 4th weekend being a "break" where I can stop tracking my food for a few days, relax my eating a little, and just give myself a mental breather. So ultimately it will be a little more than 100 days, and will end on November 4th when I hop on a plane for Peru. Challenge Goals: 1a) Don't Get Injured! - Prehab How: Foam rolling, stretching calves, running warm ups. Note: I've been doing some of these for a few weeks already, but I need to be more consistent. After having to take off nearly six weeks due to a running injury this spring I'm putting more emphasis on injury prevention moving forward. 1b) Don't Get Injured! Strength training 2x weekly. How: Follow bodyweight workout from NFA and mix in some kettlebell training. 2) Increase weekly running mileage while maintaining aerobic zone. How: Week 1 - 13 miles, Week 2 - 14 miles, Week 3 - 14.5 Week 4 - 16 Heart rate Sub 150 bpm. Note: Roughly 10% increase each week. Also, I can skip some milage if I go on a long hike (hike mileage must be double what run mileage would have been) since right now I'm really working on training my aerobic zone so I can ultimately run faster at the same heart rate. 3) Eat at a caloric deficit. How: 1800 calories on rest days, 2100 calories on training days. Fit in more walks to increase total caloric burn in a mellow way. 4) Personal Goal: Get a new job! How: Finish updating website by end of week 1, then ask any/everybody for leads, and send out all the resumes! It's hard to say if I'll be able to accomplish this in one challenge, but I feel I've hit a progression ceiling at my current job and it's time to move on.
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Alright the last few weeks have been total insanity, which have included a barrage of medical tests, as well as work travel and getting a cold on top of all that (what can you expect from spending that much time in hospitals). For now I know that my blood work is really solid, my EKG was normal, and so was the MRI from my brain. I'm still waiting on test results from a 24hr Holter Heart Rate Monitor thing I did late last week. I'm currently pursuing a theory that this whole thing is exercise induced. Granted that doesn't actually clarify what it is, but at least would possibly help my doctors figure it out. However, due to time spent trying to figure this all out, then traveling for work, then getting a cold, then having to work the weekend, the hardest I've pushed myself was a 10 mile run last week that produced some dizziness symptoms, and an easy 8 miles this weekend that produced no symptoms. So my goal for this week will be to train hard, follow the 50k plan, eat well and take note of what happens. Monday was a rest day and a half assed attempt at fasting (skipped breakfast), and then today I did a 2 mile run, followed by a solid strength training session, and now I'm off to pick up soccer which will get me another 3.5-4 miles of running.
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This week has been so weird, and I'm so glad it's almost Friday. I feel like I really need to get away this weekend, go off by myself into the mountains and let my soul and mind recover from all the craziness. I want to run out all the insanity and fear that has been bottling up inside me this week and never stop. I need to breathe and just be alone amongst the hills that make me feel calm like little else does. I'm going to pull out a map of California, pick a place I've never been before and just go. I'm not sure running into the mountains is the best way to deal with a problem, but it's what has always helped me. This week has been filled with highs and lows, and brief moments of calm. It's been filled with more uncertainty than I'm accustomed to dealing with and has made me realize how stupid I was to take my health for granted in the past, and it has made me hurt deep down for those who struggle daily against an illness, be that mental or physical. If I believed in a higher power I would say that I'm praying that all this dizziness and illness in my body will be nothing. But the truth is that maybe I'm really just jealous of those who have faith in a power greater than themselves and the hubris to believe that power will intervene in their lives. Next week I have an appointment for an MRI of my brain. Even writing that out feels so surreal. And then the day after that I'm hopping on a plane and flying north to Monterey for a work trip and pretending everything is ok. Thanks beautiful It really varies day to day, sometimes it's all day, and sometimes it's just a sudden wave. Luckily I can still drive and for the most part function daily and I'm very grateful that I can still drive. Surviving in LA without the use of a car would be a real challenge.
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For the time being I'm putting my current challenge on hold. I'm going to train how much and when I can, and at least for the time being remove any focus on weight loss other than eating well and watching my portion sizes. The dizzy spells I was experiencing seems to have worsened and left me feeling unwell to the extent that I left work on Monday morning. This came shortly after receiving the call from my doctor that all my blood work came back in the excellent or normal range and showed no signs of infection, and my thyroid was normal too. I never thought I would hope for bad blood work, but getting back nothing but good results felt like I'd left the land of "easy and benign diagnoses" and have suddenly been thrust into the world of "scary, unknown, and potentially complicated diagnoses." For now the path seems to be more doctors visits, some experimentation with medications that may or may not help, and further tests on my heart and brain to rule out larger problems. I'm pretty much at a loss as to what to do right now. I'm feeling better today, though not great so I might try and go to soccer just to get my body moving again, and then we'll see if I can handle going to work on Wednesday.
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Oh boy. I'm really not doing very well at checking in daily.... here goes. Week 1 - Day 3 - Wednesday Ran 3 miles in the morning. Ate some veggies. Didn't work on career. Fasted kinda 2/3rds by skipping dinner Tuesday night and then ate a late breakfast Wednesday morning. Kinda counts? Regardless, ate tons and tons of veggies this day! Week 1 - Day 4 - Thursday Got my 2nd strength training session of the week done, but skipped the stairmaster because I had to be at work early for tech set up. Didn't do stellar at eating veggies except for dinner, but I went to the holiday party for work (hence tacos instead of veggies, but kept portions small) played the social cards which I even managed to do without drinking! I really wanted to avoid alcohol since I was going to a doctors appointment later in the day for dizziness it felt uncouth to go in having drank beforehand. The new doctor was really nice! I kinda hated my old GP she just seemed dismissive and sorta dumb and thus I avoided going to her. So I switched to a new doctor who is younger, nicer and I felt generally asked the right questions about the symptoms I've been having. Blood work was done and we'll see where we stand Monday. I'm not going to speculate about what it could be although we discussed several options. There is no real point in wondering since I am in fact not a doctor. After the doctors appointment I was feeling really drained and not up for socializing or discussing advertising tactics so I skipped my class. Again, basically not an adult here. And instead went to pick up soccer. Left soccer after about an hour because I was feeling really run down. Week 1 - Day 5 - Friday It's only 10am here but the rest of my day is pretty simple and a rest day I'll almost certainly forget to post later. I'm not fasting today (although I normally would) because again I'm feeling run down and kinda frantic. I've learned to notice the difference between being simply hungry and being hungry in addition to anxious or sad or overly emotional. Normally if I'm just hungry I'll go ahead and fast knowing the feeling will pass and I'll be fine. However when I'm feeling emotionally or physically off (or like today, both) I tend to forego fasting because clearly my body is under some additional stress and I don't need to add more stress to it. Plus, I'm heading to sequoia after work and have an amazing trail run planned for tomorrow that I'm really excited about and don't want to miss. The feeling of dizziness was pretty prevalent today while at the grocery store, and even a little bit now while I'm writing this. Certainly nothing that would keep me from functioning at work. Just a general unpleasantness and something I cannot quite explain. I'll be glad to be leaving the office early today. Well I mean, if you're faster it won't take you that long For my next 50k I'm aiming for a sub 7hr finish and would like to get it down to sub 6hrs maybe by the end of next year. I think one thing that helped me get over the time on feet thing was all the hiking I did with my boyfriend. We'd often be in the mountains for 8-10hrs so I knew I could stand that long. And if you just know you'll be out there all day and that your only goal is to finish it becomes just a time to wave at the other runners and have a good time. For really general advice I'd say get in a long run each week (long for you, not for what other people say is running long) and make sure it's on trails. Then get in 2-3 other shorter runs during the week, or if you're like me and don't have hill access without a drive, get on the stair master for an hour and practice climbing. I'd also recomend strength training 2x a week during your running season (aka actively training for an event) and 3x while in the off season. I also am on a plan where I currently run long on Saturday and Sunday with Sunday typically being several miles shorter than Saturday. This trains you to run while tired. However if you're a newer runner I'd recommend using this sparingly (1-2x a month) and view your Sunday run as an easy recovery effort, not an all out push. That's actually good to know. And ultimately could be a very good thing! If I'm eating less meat overall it becomes easier on the budget to buy very high quality meat when I do. I should look around for some local butchers.
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Week 1 - Day 1 - Monday Went into work feeling pretty awful after a bad nights sleep. But over the course of the day began to feel better. Makes me think it was something I ate instead of actually getting sick. Woo! Also a fasting and rest day so not much exciting to report. Week 1 - Day 2 - Tuesday Today I did two things I didn't like, make an appointment to get my car's oil changed, and a doctors appointment to discuss some random dizziness I've been experiencing. Yes, those are both on the same kind of list of "things I dread doing and put off too long" but I decided to suck it up because I'm supposed to be an adult or something. I also had a killer strength session today! I've been really trying to push myself and add weight to my lifts each time, then I followed it up with an hour on the stair master! Tonight after work I'm heading to soccer! Tuesdays are definitely my hardest training day aside from my long run, but I like the two-a-day format, although it's not something I can do every day. I'm noticing recently that I'm cutting way back on meat. Maybe it's my taste buds changing, or maybe I'm starting to love veggies more? Or maybe it's a side effect of IF? But I definitely went from eating nearly 1lb of meat daily to probably closer to 8-10oz. No real point to that comment, just more for my own thinking. Thanks lovely! I agree on the water thing, it's so totally arbitrary but sometimes I get sucked into thinking more is better. Just gotta monitor the pee color... as weird as that feels some times. My first 50k took me more than 8hrs to finish. It was really... really... reaaaaaally slow. But I wasn't last! I spent 16 weeks working up to the distance, or I would have, but I had bronchitis for 6 weeks smack in the middle of my training cycle, so going into the race my longest run was only 16 miles, and that wasn't even on trails, it was on a flat bike path. However, this time around I'm on a 12 week training cycle with a 4 week on-ramp of sorts that I just made up to get ready for the 12 week program. I'd say in really general terms you probably need a solid year of being a runner consistantly before trying to do an ultra. There are stories of people who start running and decide there first race will be a 50k and they do great... but I feel like there are wayyyyyy more stories that you never hear about of people who thought they could jump straight into ultras and then get injured. Are you looking at doing one? They're great fun and the community is awesome! After one race I'm basically a newb, but if you have questions I'll do my best to answer or point you to resources that I used.
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Week 0 - Day 7 - Sunday Ran my 6 miles this morning which brought me up to 25 for the week! Had a massive salad upon my return and then went to coffee with a friend. I dunno, something is sitting weird in my system. I felt kinda wonky and just off during my run this morning and started feeling just dragged down and cruddy during coffee. Studying and learning skills is going on hold today as I can't seem to focus very well. It's only 5:30pm here but I sense bed time in my very near future. Next week I'm going to be replacing my "drink a gallon of water" goal with something else. Haven't decided what yet. But I drink between 2-3 liters of water daily, more while training, less on rest days. A gallon for somebody my size I realize is just over kill unless I'm hiking or running for hours. Tomorrow is the official start of the challenge!
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Definitely in the avoid food instead of being tempted camp! It's good to learn about yourself, for me if I have sweets at home I'll eat them. So the answer is no sweets at home and no shopping while hungry. Also have you tried the app YourFood? Formerly called two grand. You track by taking pictures of everything you eat and log them in the app. Way easier to follow than calorie or macro counting which, I too hate.
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I used to be like this too, but when I started eating more of a paleo-style diet my mood stabilized and I found I didn't get hangry any more. I think if I hadn't taken that step first I wouldn't have been able to tolerate IF. Also of note, I don't eat a low carb paleo style diet, I'm probably in the 150-250g/day of carbs if I had to guess. I'm not a believer that low carb is the answer, but the switch to more real foods definitely helps mood stability.
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Week 0 - Day 5 - Friday! Today was a rest day and an inadvertent fast day. Normally I haven't been fasting three days a week, but after getting out of class late on Thursday and then eating dinner at 11pm I just wasn't hungry until later in the day. I'll be interested to see what the scale says come next week. I haven't been weighing in this week because no good data comes from weighing yourself while on your period. True story. I'm already falling behind on working towards my career, I'll need to put some serious effort in this weekend. Week 0 - Day 6 - Saturday! I got up early today (which turned out to be not early enough to beat the heat) and did a 10 mile trail run. My heart rate monitor was freaking out and not reading properly so I just tried to run by feel, keep it easy and try and maintain a sustained effort. I actually enjoyed it far more than I have been in the past. Maybe de-teching my runs is just what I need. I like keeping track of the mileage on my watch, but I find that I don't need music or a podcast any more and not having to constantly monitor heart rate is nice too. I'm not sure it's the end of the heart rate experiment, but at least for today it was awesome to do without. I even enjoyed pushing the pace a little on the downhills which I'm sure my quads will be feeling tomorrow, and found that I could run more of the hills that I expected and then focused on recovering on the flats. One thing I'm a little worried about is a dizzy spell I experienced early on in my run, about three miles in. A similar thing happened while climbing in Colorado. And while both eventually passed and I was able to continue feeling fine, I do feel like it's something I should speak with my doctor about, so I'll try and get that on the books for next week. The rest of the day today is going to be dedicated to learning new skills for my career and some skills that I'm finding I need for my current career. That and laundry, so much laundry. Nutrition has been good the last few days too. I came home from running today and had a massive salad for lunch and about a liter of water. I find that I'm gravitating more towards a plant based paleo diet the more I venture into endurance. Or maybe it's the heat, but I've way cut down on my meat consumption as of late.
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Week 0 - Day 3 - Wednesday 2nd day of fasting - check! Worked on career (did homework for my night class) - check! Three mile run in the morning! Veggies with every meal - check! (pretty easy when you only eat one meal) Got a little over-eager and over ate at dinner after breaking my fast. Ooops. I blame that more on the super delicious steak the boy and I made and less on the fasting. My bad. But I did resist the urge to drink some wine despite the boy having a beer so that's a win! I realize that I sometimes have a hard time separating my diet choices from his and tend to go along with what ever he is eating or drinking without much thought. I believe this is one of the big reasons for a weight loss plateau earlier this year. He has man metabolism and can eat cheese and beer and only hike on the weekends. I can do that too if I want to maintain the same weight, but not if I want to lose. Lesson learned. Week 0 - Day 4 - Thursday! 2nd strength training session in - check! I even followed it up with 30mins on the stair master, and increased all my lifts. Now I'm really tired, but I feel great about it. Veggie with every mea - check! I'm writing this at 10am so it's a little preemptive, but seeing as I already packed my lunch and dinner for today I'm pretty confident I'll be ok. Working on career - check! Night class tonight, hense why I won't have time to write this post later I'm feeling a little run down today (heyo 2nd cup of coffee!) which comes naturally at the end of a three day training cycle. Tomorrow is a rest day so I'll have some time to sleep in and recover before my long runs this weekend. I'm interested to see if I'm losing weight yet and if so perhaps the fatigue is a result of caloric deficit (as a result of IF). As I've said before the first few weeks of this challenge will be heavily emphasizing weight loss. So as long as I can get my workouts in and I'm not dysfunctional or grumpy with people I'm ok with being a little more tired than usual after the gym. Once training begins in full I may need to scale back the number of weekly fasting days so that I can train harder, but for the time being my priorities are more centered around fat loss than anything else.
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Yep, you've got it. I'm following Brian Pinon's (sp?) IF protocol from his book Eat Stop Eat which basically suggests 1-2 24 hour long fasts each week as a means of weight management. But he is also quick to note that fasting is a stress in the body and to take it easy of you're stressed from other things. I'll definitely skip fasting the week before my period for this reason. Or if I'm feeling stressed or anxious during a fast for any reason. Sent from my Fire Phone using Tapatalk
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Yeah I like getting some mellow runs in on fasting days to boost fat burning. I do notice that right now I'm limited to about a 5 mile run or less or I just get too hungry after, but I'm hoping this will increase over time. Also I totally stole the idea of a zero week from you Sent from my Fire Phone using Tapatalk
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For me IF is mainly for caloric restriction as a means to lose weight. I find it easier to skip an entire day of eating once or twice a week instead of trying to be prefect every day. However, it also has the side benefits of helping with portion control on non fasting days and avoiding boredom eating. When you fast it becomes very easy to distinguish between real hunger and just wanting a snack, so that is awesome. As far as training goes I don't notice it a ton. I train fasted most days anyway so that's not an issue. However if I were to have a big run or a long gym session and then attempt to fast all day I think I would really struggle so I don't schedule it that way. I think that would be too much stress. The other thing I'm not sure on is how IF effects muscle gain. Many say that it increases human growth hormone which can help with building muscle, but I find it hard to gain endurance and muscle at the same time so I have no idea if IF helps with that or not. Sent from my Fire Phone using Tapatalk
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Hello! It's good to be back! Right now inn my personal time I'm working on learning a several softwares in the Adobe suite (dream weaver, illustrator, and in design) as well as basic graphic design skills. I'm also taking a weekly ad design class. Sent from my Fire Phone using Tapatalk
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Week 0 - Day 1 - Monday Kind of a weird way to start the challenge as Mondays are a rest day for me. Last time I trained for an ultra I got bronchitis. I'm not sure or not if it was a result of over training but this go around I'll be taking two rest days weekly. I also completed by first fast pretty effortlessly. Week 0 - Day 2 - Tuesday Today was weight session A followed by 30 mins on the stair master in the morning before work. Evening workout was an hour and 20 of soccer (GPS says I ran 3.8 miles). I feel like I did really well on my nutrition today. Now I need to get a good nights sleep! It's been insanely hot here and as a result I haven't slept well the last three nights and it was showing today, as a result I didn't do any career work. Sent from my Fire Phone using Tapatalk
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On November 7th I'll run my second ultra marathon at the Ray Miller 50k. I've already registered and put down the money so all there is left to do is train. 15 weeks and 5 days from the time of this post to the start of the race. For the first part of this challenge I'll be focusing on weight loss and building base mileage. This is largely while I'll be doing a sort of "zero week" on the challenge forums before the official start of the challenges next week. WEEK 0-2 Goals: 1) What I'm putting in (food/water) - Drink 1 gallon daily - A Veggie With Every meal 2) How I'm leaning out (diet) - Complete at least two fasts of 20-24hrs each week. 3) What I'm putting out (training) - Stair master counts as 2 miles per hour - Soccer counts per mileage tracked on GPS. - 2x Strength training weekly 4) How I'm leveling up (life) - Spend an hour 4x a week working on career goals and learning new skills Depending on the success of each goal during the next three weeks I'll reassess and alter my goals. At the end of three weeks I officially begin my 12 week build to race day and so some diet and training goals will obviously change as training demands.
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An Ultra Quest - Awkward Active and her 2nd 50k
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Week 2 - Day 1 - Monday Ok, this weekend was pretty bad when it comes to food choices. Actually that's not exactly true. This weekend was stellar when it came to MOST food choices, but the heat, PMS, and some weird pitty party I was throwing myself resulted in consuming cookies, ice cream, and alcohol on not just one but BOTH weekend days. Not good. I know these sort of blow ups really keep me from reaching my goals. I was in a really good groove before vacation, and since then have fallen off track. But I'm taking a stand and saying no more! Last night I meal prepped and packed food for the entire week and although eating was not ideal I did get both my runs in 7 miles Saturday and 5 miles Sunday. On to today! Not much terribly exciting to report. My period started today so I generally feel like less than stellar, combine that with some sleep deprivation because of how hot it was last night and I'm definitely running at 60% capacity. However, today is both a rest day and my first IF day of the week so food choices are minimal (I'll be having Thai with the boy later) and training is zero. Fun times! The next three weeks will prioritize weight loss over all else while still fueling my weekend long runs properly. I know as mileage increases and my ultra training plan progresses I might have to decrease the number of weekly fasts I'm doing. But in the meantime I can afford to work off a plan that I know is not sustainable in the long term. But for three weeks the sacrifices will be more valuable than having to carry around extra weight come my November race. -
An Ultra Quest - Awkward Active and her 2nd 50k
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Week 1 - Day 6 - Saturday On Friday I officially registered for my 2nd 50k ultra! Putting down cold hard cash (erm... credit card) definitely makes me more motivated to get my sh*t in gear and train! I'm going to consider this/last week a zero week and look at it as an on ramp for being awesome in the upcoming weeks. PMS and general fatigue kinda killed me this week, but I'm resolving to do better next week. I also think I'm going to revise my goal of "Do Something Career Oriented Daily" into "Do something career Oriented 5 days a week" It's more reasonable and I'm more likely to spend a few valuable hours actually learning a skill instead of half arsing one part of a tutorial. On to today. I did my first "long run" of 7 whole miles. And while I'm still very very slow, at least I'm now slowly running up the gentle inclines instead of walking up them in order to keep my heart rate in check. Tomorrow I'll do an easy (probably on the beach path) 5 miles. I'm trying to mimic the training plan I'll be doing for the race in this build phase. That means running both days on the weekend, one long Saturday run, and a shorter more relaxed Sunday run followed by a rest day on Monday. Still eating a veggie with every meal and trying not to beat myself up for the 3lbs I gained on vacation. When I lose weight I really want to think "ok, this is the last time I'll be seeing these numbers" but when you gain vacation weight it makes it seem really frustrating. At least now I can say that I have a plan to move forward that I know has worked in the past. Previously my weight loss goals have been sort of directionless and as a result my weight was stagnant. Now that I've actually implemented a solid intermittent fasting plan and seen that it works for me I feel more empowered knowing that at least I have a plan moving forward. I'm still frustrated that I let myself back slide, but at least this time around I know what I need to do to make progress. -
An Ultra Quest - Awkward Active and her 2nd 50k
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Week 1 - Day 4 Veggie with every meal - Check Work on Career - Check (night class after work today) Training - Nope I'm really ready for this weekend to be here. I'm pretty dead tired and dreading going to my class tonight because I just want to go home and climb in bed. I just found out that a woman who was interested in taking my roommate spot decided on another apartment and now I'm going to be spending all day Saturday showing other people the space. I just need one yes but it's still so crazy stressful and I absolutely hate it. I swear if another roommate bails on me after only a few months I'm going to just give up and live in my car. I hate dealing with this roommate roulette situation every few months. I'm secretly terrified that nobody will want to take the room and I'll be sh*t outta luck and stuck with this damn place, unable to afford the rent on the entire 2 bedroom. Today seems to be dragging by and I so desperately wanted a mellow weekend to myself. After two weekends of traveling and months of weekend training hikes before our trip to Colorado, now that I'm back home I just want a simple break. I just need a weekend time out to breath and collect my thoughts. I haven't even had time to unpack from my trip yet! Maybe I'll tell the bf that I cannot hang out Sunday and just use that as a me day as well as a chance to start learning some of the new software that I'd need to master before applying for the job swap I want. Just gotta make it through the week. Doesn't help that shark week is next week which means I'm hungry all the time and tired this week. -
An Ultra Quest - Awkward Active and her 2nd 50k
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Week 1- Day 3 (actually I'm writing this on day 4) Veggie with every meal - check! Work on career - Nope Training - Nope This week has in many ways been totally insane, I've been sleep deprived since Monday and I've really just been focusing on work. I'm really not apologetic for that. Some weeks are more suited for training and life goals, and some are more suited for keeping your head above water. Add onto that the fact that I'm in the process of roommate hunting and I really feel that I'm operating at maximum capacity. Short of ditching my boyfriend for date night or getting very little sleep I'm just going to have to postpone some things until this weekend. That's life, it happens. -
An Ultra Quest - Awkward Active and her 2nd 50k
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Week 1 - Day 2 One thing I've really improved on in the last few years is moving past holidays/birthdays/vacations/whenever I choose to eat off plan, and getting right back on the wagon this morning. Sure, yesterday I had some pizza, cake, and ice cream for my birthday, but today I got up, packed my lunch and headed off to the gym. No more do I spend the rest of the week eating like crap just because I "messed up" on Monday. It's a small thing, but like many small things it seems to make all the difference. Today was Weights session A, and the stair master. Despite spending 6 out of 10 days during my vacation hiking, and going on a short run 2 of the remaining 4 days I seem to have lost strength on all my lifts. Not a massive amount and some even stayed the same but it does go to show that gaining strength during the racing season is something I can't really do very quickly. That's something I really want to focus on during the off season, but for the time being I'll have to be content with maintaining my strength or at best a slow improvement. For todays workout I did: Stepups 4x10/leg Bent Over rows 4x10 Over Head Press 4x10 Goblet Squat 4x10 Ab pull downs Lat pull backs Clam shells and leg lifts Russian twists Stairmaster 40mins (I was running late to a meeting). For weights I've learned to super-set everything in order to save time. I also ate a veggie at every meal! Check! And for my career work I'm at home right now doing homework. Normally I'd go to soccer practice on Tuesdays, but I'm behind on homework after traveling and when it comes down to it, I'm not a professional athlete. So I opted to not go to soccer and instead get my work done. Tomorrow I'm up early and on set all day, so it will end up being a defacto rest day. -
An Ultra Quest - Awkward Active and her 2nd 50k
Anamal replied to Anamal's topic in Daily Battle Logs and Epic Quests
Week 1 - Day 1 Today was both a travel day and as a result of that a rest day. But that doesn't mean I can't work on other aspects of this challenge! 1 fasting session - check (est time 21hrs) Veggies with every meal - kinda check (veggies on gf pizza - not idea, but birthday) 1 Thing for my career - kinda check (scheduled a meeting for tomorrow with a co-worker to try and get our agency to send us to SXSW and email classmate about missing homework from last week. This week is off to a bit of a slow start what with traveling and being pretty sleep deprived. But I'm still meal prepping in the slow cooker right now, and getting ready to hit it hard in the gym tomorrow!