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You could always make a "cold pie" by cooking the raspberries into a compote on the stovetop with some gelatin or pectin as the thickener (or cranberries, they work great). and then pour it into a baked pie shell and let it cool and thicken in the fridge. If you insist on a "cooked pie" just cover the pie with foil instead of a top crust since you're using paleo crusts.

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Ooh this looks like fun.

I train as a ranger, but I frequent the assassin and monks thread, doing their challenges as it suits me. What's our class motto," jack of all trades, master of none', right? Being fit is about functionality; so to be able to handle anything, practice everything. You have to declare a class for the challenges, but you can train however you want. $10 per month is not bad, head inside for winter weather; it will be extra spacious in the gym as others use winter to hibernate.

I think one of my goals for the next challenge will be to only eat when I'm hungry and not just because food is available. Went to the farmer's market today and went to a candy shop just because the shop was nearby, not really because I wanted it. They didn't have the specific item I was looking for; instead of getting something else I just left, I just left instead. Yay for a resolve; I'm learning.

did my workout today, wasn't super impressed with my highest wieght (150 on deadlifts) but i was very impressed with my form. that got a lot better over this challenge. food today...i'm currently eating candy at a halloween pary in my apr complex. In my apt i have a bunch of punpkin marshmallows i need to cut and send to my brother after i eat a half dozen of them. I'm going to be happy when halloween is over. Thanksgiving is going to be veggie heavy this year. I've already decided. I will make carby sweets and some rolls for dinner, but if anyone wants any other carbs, they're going to have to bring them; because i'm making turkey and vegetables. that's it.

I started stretching after my workouts again, I haven't done so for months. Turn's out, I'm flexible. When I'm stretched out, I can put my hands flat on the floor with my legs straight. Yay! I had lost strength there for a while. But now I'm matching or at least getting close to old PRs. Another yay! I did five rounds of 30 pendulum leg lifts 5 push ups and 30 alternating v-crunches in 15 min. today. Had a bit too much chocolate and sent my calories up to 2000, though.

Hey, this challenge is over at the end of the week.....how'd that happen?

My computer has been acting up making it difficult to post anything. Between all the pastries and candy and serious lack of vegetables, I gained four pounds at the conference. So for the past two days, I've been on a vegetable overload. Taking in 2200 on Monday with four miles and two hours of tungsoodo. 1800 on Tuesday with a 12 min. interval run; 6 min bodyweight circuit, 100 monkey squats in 4 min. and a second 6 min. bodyweight circuit. Today is usually a break day, but I may do a bodyweight later. (or maybe not), only 1300 so far but I haven't had dinner yet. I'm going to try really hard to keep it low. I had a king sized payday earlier. I keep wanting one and prior experience says those little bites sized pieces of candy are horribly disappointing, I end up eating three or four (or five or six) of them to feel satisfied and that puts me in the same position or worse as if I had eaten a full sized bar. Also, the bite sized candies must be bought in a big bag, which despite all my hide-from-self techniques means I will eat several pieces every day before the bag is gone. So to just get it out of my system, I had a whole one. I think it worked quite well. I felt like I was punishing myself to finish it and won't want another one for quite some time.

I'm in florida for a conference right now. I have had very little access to vegetables and they keep giving us candy and carbs. My diet is very poor right now. I did a short 12 min. full body workout yesterday. and I did some lunges and pushups on the beach today before going for a swim for a few hours in the ocean. not sure how much of that counts as exercise. I'll do better with my diet tomorrow. I'm very sick of chocolate.

Yesterday was great, I had a breaking class at tungsoodo, and since there were only tow stations, we were doing a lot of standing around waiting for a turn. I used the time very efficiently and did all of my forms for the first time in months. Got a great workout. Didn't do anything today because I had an appointment during my regular workout time. The later half of the week I'm going to be away at a conference, so I have no idea how I'll workout. I'm sure I can just do something outside if there's no gym, but it means I'll have to change up my routine. I like my routine, I know what to expect from myself with it. Decisions, decisions.

I had an exam today which threw me off schedule. I didn't workout beyond the ballroom class, and nothing gets worked enough in there for me to count it as an actual workout. I'll see if I can fit in some extra bodyweight stuff tomorrow. Calories were 1900, only three carbs though. (The most of it came from dairy.)

Monday was super focused on legs. I did a sandbag workout on Tuesday that didn't look very leg focused when I picked it out, but had me walking funny the rest of the day. Wed was on break. Today another leg heavy exercise,(amrap of snowboarders and v-crunches in 15 min.). I usually deadlift on Fridays, but I'm wondering if my legs might need a break to heal up. Way too much to eat today. Was kind of intentional. I have been totally in the mood for meet lately, I keep eating nuts for my protein source. I also have a final exam tomorrow that has been making me ill for the past two weeks. as a ways to satisfy both the meat cravings and the desire for comfort, I had meatloaf for dinner. This has been my favorite dish since I was a little girl. I cannot refrain from over-indulging when I make it. I know I ate too much, but I feel much better on multiple fronts. I'm going to allow it for this week, and then I'm going to figure out how to stop having an overindulgence day every week.

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tungsoodo was super focused on legs today....I'm going to be sore tomorrow.

Darn, I missed my third post for last week. I haven't worked out this weekend, yet I've woken up every morning super sore, so I must be doing something right. I've got a final for one of my classes, this week though, it's really doing a number on my head and I find myself eating more than I should for comfort. I'm trying to ensure that all the extra snacking is done with produce so it at least doesn't hurt my diet, but that's easier said than done. I find myself eating a lot of trail mix.

Law school is stressful, and I eat when I'm anxious. The more demanding my week is, the more I snack; completely throws off my calories.

So...tired.... I lead my self defense class today. Only a few people showed up, but they were enthusiastic and good learners, so I feel good about the class. Then I went to the gym and did bag work for twenty minutes. I don't know why, but I get a much better elevated heart rate and sweat going when I do punching drills over traditional cardio. I would just do that all the time, but it's hard to find a time when the gym is sufficiently empty enough to use the punching bag, There's nearly always some type of class in there crowding up the floor. Afterwards I went to the weights. I did the leg press instead of deadlifts today, I re-bruised my hands with the bag work and since I also bruise them every time I lift heavy, I figured I'd give them time to heal. I managed 210 on the leg press before I gave up. Then I did assisted pull ups and triceps. I didn't go as low as a few weeks ago, but my form was better so I'll take it as an improvement. I don't even know how many calories I took in today. I had some people over for dinner and even though I cooked mostly healthy things, I cooked Indian. This meant a lot of spice, which meant I needed something to cool everything down; so I made naan and an chai spiced apple rice pudding for dessert. I'm going to guess that I'm over my calories and carbs for today.

calories and carbs have been higher than I have wanted, but lower than last week so I suppose that's improvement. Monday I went to tungsoodo, I'm not counting it as part of my workouts; but still, I went. Tuesday and Thursday I lead a beginner's fitness group. This week the 1Ls are preparing for finals next week, so no one's shown up to the meetings. While disappointing, I actually prefer working out alone, I give myself much harder workouts when I'm alone. Tuesday I went for a "5 cycle" run. Run/jog/walk for four minutes and do a bodyweight during the fifth minute, and there are five cycles of the exercises. I did pushups, and managed just over a hundred, but I fell just short of finishing the 1.5 mile course I was running. I was really hoping to finish or surpass the route in that time. I guess now I just have a goal to reclaim. Today I did 12 min cardio, then a bodyrock routine of 50 rounds of burpees and side lunges, and finished with a 12 min. core routine. Why is it so comforting to get disgustingly sweaty?

Walked 4 miles today by running errands, no real workout. Carbs under 6. calories under 1200. I got my school funding resolved and that seems to have killed my comfort cravings. May have some yogurt later to bump the cal-count up, but I'm so tired I may just go to bed early. I'm woefully dehydrated compared to normal and that's just sucking my energy out of me. Had leftovers for dinner, chicken tikka masala. It was more cauliflower in a masala sauce than anything else, but it's yummy, healthy and filling so I'm happy with it. It's funny when I tell family or school people the stuff that I eat, some people get really interested in the recipes and others ask if I ever eat "real' food. I had a friend over last week who got annoyed at me for having "rabbit food" apples and carrots for snacks instead of "real food" like chips and popcorn. I'm much happier with my version of real.

Hi there, I just started lifting a few months ago and only lifting regularly a few weeks ago. I've been able to add10-20lbs a week to all my lifts. Today however, I couldn't make the lifts I did last week and had to go back down 10 lbs. This is the first time I've lifted while on my period and I was wondering if that can affect your strength? I never change my activity levels while on my period and have done martial arts during that time of the month with no noticeable change in strength. (Except my energy levels are usually down). Am I doing something wrong with my lifts, or is that just a consequence of lifting while menstruating?

super quick update: 12 min. cardio and 10 min bodyweight yesterday; seven forms, 30 min. of bag-work, and weights today. No new personal records, I actually had to end 10-20 lbs lower on all my lifts today, not sure what that's about. Carbs were outrageously bad yesterday, but today I'm under six and calories are under 1400. Now I'm headed to ballroom.

Oh, yeah, posting. Monday I went to tungsoodo, which certainly included both cardio and bodyweight...oh no wait, I wasn't going to count my alternative fitness classes. Well, in that case I did 12 min. interval routine on the elliptical yesterday followed by 12 min. of an interval ab routine. So one of each workout is checked off thus far. My carbs are almost to six everyday, but my roommate recently had a birthday so there's a lot of cake in the house. I've been trying to ignore it, but that's been difficult. It finally realized that the only reason I've even been eating it is for the cream cheese mousse frosting. So I just have been making small batches of mousse and eating that, I don't think it's any less calories than the red velvet cake, but it's free of red 40 and overly processed sugar. I've also started having daily smoothies again which really help control the sweet cravings. Last Sunday, my hip joint got really sore quite suddenly and was causing me a lot of trouble. It got better during the first hour of tungsoodo, and then way worse during the second hour. Thankfully a hot shower seemed to do the trick but it's still a little tender, so I'm not sure whether to workout later today or not. I normally treat Wednesday as my break day from both workouts and calorie counting. (I attend a bible study that always brings snacks and no matter what I always find myself eating what people bring, so I've just written it into my plan.) But I'm in the mood to exercise, I just don't know it I should risk my legs, especially since run club will be meeting tomorrow rain or shine. I'm wondering If I should rest it a bit more.

Oh, slow cookers make things so easy. I leave mine on during school all the time. Some times if something is going to be really labor intensive or requires things in stages, I'll leave it on overnight. Are you interested in general methods or actually recipes? As far as methods go, sounds like you have a decent set up. For the slow cooker: toss in your meat with enough water to cover it whatever you're making, boneless ribs, tenderloins or roasts work really well. (This can be totally frozen by the way). Toss in chopped onions and minced garlic, maybe some apples or a few prunes (yes, I'm serious) and a little bit of vinegar, salt, pepper and spices. If your planning on using a dense vegetable like carrots or celery, go ahead and throw them in, but for lighter vegetables wait until 30 min. before you serve otherwise they'll disintegrate. Cook on low while you're at work. You can pull your meat you and serve whole, cubed or shredded. Strain and save your juice, now you have stock for later. For the oven: little bit of oil on the bottom of your pan, meat, salt and spices, cover with a lit or foil. 350* for 20-30 min for boneless, 45-60 min for bone in. Stovetop: boneless meat, oil and spices in the pan over med-high heat. turn stuff a couple of times, and wait until it's cooked through. For your veggies: steam (veggies and spices in a sauce pan, enough water to cover the bottom of the pan and cover, remove from heat when water boils), sauté (skillet with a little oil, spices and veggies over medium heat until slightly browned) or roast (oil and veggies in a baking pan with spices, bake covered for 15-20 min. then uncovered for additional 10-15 min. or until slightly browned). Rarely takes more than 30 min.

sobbing may have been the wrong word to use. it's more of a haggard, whiney, I-don't-want-to-do -this. type of thing. it's a good thing