Silas Randwulf

^this to the nth degree. Way to go with the edits! It'll definitely feel great to have a physical copy of your novel when it's done too. Definitely something to pass along in the family! Great job on the chin-up too! I can't even think about chin-ups yet haha. Colour me impressed/ jealous

Week 3, Day 7. FOOD: -Hungry Man sub -2 bottles of water -Deluxe club sub -2 bottles of water -half a steak -3 glasses of water -Apple -bottle of water -1.5 cans of faxe -1 can of canadian club/ ginger ale pre-mixed -Apple -2 bottles of water -glass of orange juice EXERCISE: -Got the hike in today and MAN was it a hike. Me and Princess hiked a poleline/ 2 out by her house and they were basically STRAIGHT up for like a half hour. Bit of a fire in there too just to drive of the clouds of nippers (note: buy muskoil for next hike). Hike out was all downhill, easy, and like half the time it took to get in there. Regardless, hike's done. -Biked to work (6 minutes), biked home (19 minutes, too hot to keep up a decent pace), biked to the store to buy supplies for the hike (7 minutes), biked home from Princess's house after, which took EXACTLY 30 minutes, only stopping for lights/ crosswalk signals on the way because intelligence. So not REALLY 30 minutes of straight biking, but pretty damn close! Tossed in some calf stretches, back stretches, and hip stretches when I got home just then too for the mini.

Oh man, double update! Week 3, Day 5. FOOD: -Gluten-Free cookie -glass of water -Deluxe club wrap -protein shake -2 bottles of water -Black forest ham and egg croissant -2 bottles of water -3/4 of a 26er of whiskey -2 bowls of homemade moose stew EXERCISE: -20 chest flys, 20 bicep curls, 10 tricep presses (all with 20lb freeweights), and some lower back stretches (the sitting and twisting one, and the pulling up one leg one form that mini-challenge pic), cat poses, and upper back stretches. -bike to and from work (23 minutes total) Week 3, Day 6. FOOD: -southwest chicken wrap -protein shake -bottle of water -Pizza sub -bottle of water -Pizza sub -2 bottles of water -half a steak -quarter of a sweet potato -like 6 asparagus -fried onions -3 pieces of baguette with pesto -2 glasses of chocolate milk -a pear EXERCISE: -Bike to and from work (25 minutes because the bike down was super quick but I took my time coming back). -No workout besides biking because I did stock and maintenance stuff at work all day so I was beat. I did do calf stretches, cat poses, and back stretches again. SAVING: -paid and done! $300 in the bank again. Still a week behind, but I'm also not getting full pay checks yet. I may need to take some out of savings to make it these next two weeks, but hopefully not. When those full checks get here I'll make up for that week I missed too.

Vort those costumes are awesome! So cool. Does the color division imitate their armorial bearings (if they have any because I don't know how that works in the SCA)? And way to dominate on the walking!

Oh no, the 25 minutes is TOTAL, there and back. I flew down the trails because it was really nice out and I wanted to go fast (lol) so that even with the bike back to get the shirt and then hitting the trails again, the bike down only took like 11 minutes, then I powered up the hill biking back so it only took 14. Funny story, the beard trim DID happen yesterday, but not even nearly as planned. So basically I get to Fogtown, and get seen right away because they had just opened. I tell the dude what I want, show him a few pics of Johan Hegg for reference as to where I want the beard to go. I say he should cut like 3 inches off the front to even it up. He says "Uhhh no. You should leave that, that's awesome. The most I'd do is clean up the neck, stache, and cheeks. Maybe make sure everything's even at the bottom." So long story short, he took maybe a half inch off? It doesn't look too different, it just looks like a better version of itself haha. Pics incoming. Before and After.

I have no intention of stopping, I just hurt all the time everywhere now, instead of hurting all the time just all over my back which makes everything that much harder. Life certainly seems to be getting in the way of life though haha. Work drains me so much now that I wake up in time to get there by 2:45 biking, work 3-11:15 or 12:15 depending on the day of the week, bike home, update this, and repeat. Eventually the pain will go away and I'll just have muscle soreness though right? Thanks for the encouragement though guys! It made me bike an extra bit today to go get food! Week 3, Day 4. FOOD: Breakfast: -Chicken breast with rice and veg -3 glasses of water -Gluten free coconut cookie Lunch: -Garden salad with chicken -southwest chicken wrap -apple -banana -slice of toast with butter -bottle of water Snack: -apple -bottle of water Late meal: -12" steak and cheese flat bread with spinach, green pepper, bacon, cucmber, and southwest sauce -bottle of water EXERCISE: No hike yet. No BBW yet. Biked to and from work which took a while because I was halfway there before I realized I had forgotten to pack my uniform shirt so I had to bike back uphill to get it (25 minutes total), and I biked down to subway for a late meal (25 minutes total). Subway isn't quite as far away as work, but I zig-zagged and took the long way home. I'm off early tomorrow (9 pm) so I'll try some BBW prep exercise and give it another go later in the week. SAVING: Paid tomorrow I think, so incoming!

People at a fitness bootcamp are complimenting you. You have arrived haha. You're kicking ass at all of these challenges patch, it's awesome to read!

Yeah I saw that page years ago and assumed that was just it, it had just died. Asked a few nerds around who should know and I was just told to look for posters around town...obviously that didn't lead to any results haha. The East Kingdom page does seem to suggest that it has died out here.

Week 3, Day 3. FOOD: Breakfast: -tea, black -chocolate chip cookie -1 fishcake -breakfast burrito with spinach, egg, bacon, cheese, tomatoes Lunch: -chai latte -apple -2 bottles of water -2 sausage rolls with honey mustard Snack after MtG session: -1 Junior Chicken from McDonald's EXERCISE: No goal exercise today, just a bunch of walking downtown for a few hours in the rain. My right shoulder just won't stop hurting and I have no idea why. I'll do some stretches (as per the mini-challenge) tomorrow and some lightweight shoulder exercises to loosen it up maybe. No BBW is going to happen this week at this rate. Weather has been terrible too, so hiking is in jeopardy, as is getting all my biking in. SAVING: Not paid yet. Money is TOIGHT this week, holy cow. Bills, and some purchases are catching up with me now. Come on Friday!

Week 3, Day 2. FOOD: Breakfast: -2 hot dogs (1 was a double) -glass of apple juice -glass of five alive At work: -2 bottles of water -buffalo chicken wrap -peanuts -2 bottles of water -deluxe clubhouse wrap Ride home: -piece of teriyaki beef jerky -1 granny smith apple -1 bottle of water Home: -finished the last bit of a bag of tortilla chips and the salsa that was left over -2 glasses of water EXERCISE: No hike yet. No BBW attempts yet. Biked to work and a long casual route home while nomming the apple (24 minutes). SAVING: Paid this coming Friday, so saving is inbound! Nice day planned tomorrow with my knitting buddies downtown, and (hopefully) FINALLY getting that beard trim in.

Sorry to hear you had a rough week Leks . Hope you're doing alright now though! Way to go on joining the bike club, that sounds like an awesome thing to be a part of. I haven't really even tried to cut out sugar (yet), but I could definitely see it being a hard habit to kick from what my cousin has had to go through with a mandatory diet change. Tough stuff. ^This. Glad you're looking ahead to this week with a positive attitude too! Keep that going! (p.s: Sorry I didn't think to look at your original post for an update, especially since that's also what I'm doing so I should have known better )

Boo on being stranded, plus lack of cash, plus also lack-of-sleep induced delirium! Forget us, are YOU doing ok?

^Seconded. It's been over a week since you updated us! How is everything going?

Dude 11lbs?! I've only lost two! That's insane, way to go! What's your plan for goal 2? When will you start that? Great job on the paleo too. Weddings/ celebrations/ any social situation involving food makes all of that stuff way harder, so you SHOULD be proud of sticking to your guns! Keep it up man, you're doing great!

Ugh, I feel you on the back pain man. Shit sucks SO HARD. Ibuprofen helps. DESTROY this week man!

Hey Leksifer, how were things for the last part of week 2/ week 3 so far? You doing alright?

WOO! The cloud that squeaks together dominates for weeks together! haha And wicked job on the goals Katia! 3 negative pull-ups would probably destroy me, let alone push-ups three days in a row. Keep it up!

I wish there was an SCA around here sooooo bad. Super jealous of that. Way to go on goal 2 and 3b! Who knew using a sledgehammer for exercise would pay off IRL hey? lol. Make sure you get those miles in now this week, and maybe study a bit of extra Japanese to make up for missing out this week. And berries are definitely a better choice than Oreos, so do that! (and lemon oreos sound gross anyway haha).

Ok, so yesterday was Week 3, Day 1. It was also a really long draining day for me so I didn't update when I got home, but here goes. FOOD: Breakfast: -Buffalo chicken wrap -bottle of water At work: -Hungry Man sub -3 bottles of water -3 pieces of gum On the way home: -Donair pita -Pear -bottle of water. At home: -3 glasses of water -glass of apple juice -glass of five alive -big bowl of fudge brownie frozen yogurt So not THAT bad, but the frozen yogurt was a huge mistake. My stomach is still killing me. EXERCISE: Bike to and from work on a different trail (20 minute total). No BBW yet. No hike yet. SAVING: Not paid yet, but getting lots of shifts and taking extra shifts (like for later today when I got called in) so the saving should be no problem. Update on today later!

Ugh late update, so tired. Just back from an MtG session. FOOD: Breakfast: -Bowl of oatmeal crisp -glass of apple juice -glass of water Lunch: -2 racks (sides? I dunno) of pork ribs -homemade coleslaw -baked potato -2 glasses of punch -2 glasses of water MtG Session: -chicken souvlaki pita -3 glasses of water -bowl of fish and veg fried up EXERCISE: Got the hike in today! Not as planned, but I went to go solo and just called a buddy on the way, so that was good. He's a skinny dude though so he flew up that hillside with me wheezing behind him, but I did it! Got a nice pic too, I`ll toss that up tomorrow. EDIT: Here's the pic! If you look hard enough you can see Cabot Tower on Signal Hill there for reference as to where we were.

Good point. I have a small med kit with some things that would help minor scratches, bug bites, etc. We don't have snakes here, but we do have bees and wasps. Don't know about the poison ivy. What we do have are coyotes that are cross-bred with wolves. Regardless, this is definitely something to keep in mind in the woods.

teros: Yeah I've never tracked anything like protein or carbs or anything at all, just what the actual food was. And that has still helped me make better food choices so I assume more info would make me choose even better food options. And I'm glad you figured out what I was talking about because i had no other way to describe it haha. Anyway, on to the report! Week 2, Day 6. FOOD: Breakfast: -3 eggs (18g) -2 glasses of water Work: -Hungry Man sub (33g) -Strawberry protein shake (10g) -Peanuts (16g) -5 slices of pizza (mushrooms, sausage, green pepper, onion, pepperoni) (according to MFP, this is the deluxe feast set of toppings and has 13g a slice...so I had 65g of protein through pizza today...moving on). -apple -4 bottles of water Didn't need that pizza at all. Gotta stop this before it becomes a thing I do on closing shifts (read: most of my damn shifts). 142g of protein total. EXERCISE: No hike. Bike to and from work (18 minutes total). No attempt at BBW (I guess I'm taking this week off from that after getting through it twice. My shoulders are still hurting pretty bad.). SAVING: Not paid. Not a bad day. Getting the hang of closing at work now, got my own key. The new guy seems like a good worker, and we make a good team so that's good. Convinced him to bike to work today but he has a way longer bike run than I do and was not prepared at all! Especially for the bike home. Loaned him my two bike lights so he could make it back in one piece (I just took the lit roads on the sidewalk instead of the trail, but he's going like 45 minutes away on a terrible road with almost no shoulder into a crazy dangerous town for biking). Anyway, looks like I have at least one biking convert in addition to my hiking converts! Vampire bats I tell you!

Ben: Bummer. I could always try to mail you some haha. heard of Guiness of course, and Jack Daniel's, but nothing else. I'll have to pay attention next time I'm out. Arkham: When I get back to university in the fall, I'll have to take the stairs in our library all the time instead of wussing out haha. I always have to walk way more when I'm in school anyway because the building most of the higher level anthro stuff is in is at the far end of campus all by itself. Anthro and Arch just out in the hinterlands haha.

Week 2, Day 5. FOOD: Breakfast: -3 eggs (18g of protein) -half a can of beans in maple syrup (~13g of protein) -red apple -2 glasses of water At work: -3 bottles of water -Southwest chicken wrap (10g of protein) -Deluxe club wrap (26g of protein) -Banana (2g of protein) -Granny Smith apple After work: -Bowl of tortilla chips and salsa (~40 chips so 6g of protein) -bottle of water So I JUST hit the minimum 75g of protein for a non work-out day.. Not too bad otherwise. Resisted all the junk around me at work on a stressful day so I'm pleased with what I did eat. EXERCISE: Bike to work (7 minutes), bike back (20 minutes). Bike back took longer because I was wiped form work, it was raining, and I took a sloghtly different trail to try out the rain fly and trail lights I bought. All in all a success. Still need splash pants though. Especially when wearing jeans because of poor planning... SAVING: Not paid yet. Hike was planned for Sunday, but it's also Father's Day which I forgot about before I planned the hike so who knows. May have to call the hike off this week and make up for it next week with two hikes (which might be happening anyway so that'll work out).

That blows man. Guess you'll have to come to Newfoundland to get some real booze haha. What do you usually drink down in KY? Do you think a liquor store would maybe order a crate as a sampler or something? I know that's the only way I could get mead up here. Which saddens me to no end. Also, at least you got Strongbow! Maybe I should get a pedometer just to see a number difference. I did notice that parking far way didn't bother me like it normally would have though so that's good!