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Workout (from yesterday): Upper Body Blast! 10x negative pull-ups 20x sit ups 10x push-ups Left side plank @30 seconds 10x dumbbell rows @15lb (each side) Right side plank @30 seconds 30x jumping jacks 1 min rest x3 Lap 1: 4:42.83 Lap 2: 4:43:82 Lap 3: 4:49.09 Total Time: 16:03.03 Thoughts: - Just flew in from my workout. Boy, are my arms tired! (hur hur...) - The first time I did this I think my time was 19+ minutes, so this is good. Other: - Sleep patterns have left something to be desired this week. I am starting to grind to a halt energy wise. I'm really starting to feel it when I work out, and it sucks. - We bought a scale to track out progress. Husband swears that die to numerous measurements on other scales, it's 10 lbs off. I don't really care too much, but it was a bit of an ego smack to step onto it and see that I was heavier than anticipated. Last time I got on a scale, it logged me at 170. This was back In early August before I had started working out again and hadn't cleaned up mt diet. Not I'm 10 lbs heavier. Makes me wonder what my body is up to. As long as it goes down, right? Next weigh in/measure is in 3 weeks. We'll check in then, I suppose.

Workout (Lower Body Blast): Motivational Track - 3x 20 squats 3x 20 sit ups 3x 20 walking lunges 3x plank (30 seconds) 3x 20 mountain climbers 3x 30 jumping jacks 1 min rest Lap 1: 3:39.84 Lap 2: 3:45.25 Lap 3: 4:11.93 Total Time: 13:41.91 Thoughts: -Ah gawds wish to me dying now, k thanx bai! Dio made this specific line up when we were hurricaned in a few years back and wanted to do more area specific work. It's just as exhausting as I remembered. But I am getting my thigh tattoo finished today, and probably won't want to do a lot of lower body stuff, so I did this today to focus on upper body Wednesday. -My left knee is being funky. I'm pushing it as far as I feel safe. It doesn't hurt as much as it is popping and uncomfortable. Keeping an eye on it for now. Might get some sort of support for it. -I am super stiff all the time right now, and I have no idea why. I don't think its the workouts. I don't remember feeling like this last time I was keeping active. Maybe I'm just 'getting old'? Other: -Weekend was absent of workouts but full of adventure outings. We have a gorgeous park behind our house so my husband and I range all over it on the weekends. We tried the Zoo out this weekend, too. I may have been, at one point, covered in Budgies. Twas' delightful. I am also tickled by the fact that there are gorillas within walking distance to my home. -Stretching every day. Its keeping me motivated. -I'm going through a bout of 'I'm getting bigger' blahs. I feel like I am all bloated out. Could be that I actually am, could be that I am getting fit under the fat, could be that it is lady time and I am actually bloated. I have no idea, but I would like it to stop so I don't feel so crappy about myself.

Rock ON!

Today is Thursday. I worked out today. (Let's ignore the gap between workouts) Today's Workout! (Today's workout music: Sarah Smiles - Panic! At the Disco) Bodyweight Circuit 20x bodyweight squats 10x REAL push ups 20x lunges 10x hanging knee ups 10x dumbbell rows (each side) 30x jumping jacks 1 minute rest x3 Lap 1: 3:43.07 Lap 2: 3:12.11 Lap 3: 3:49.50 Total Time: 12:33.99 Thoughts: -Workouts were missed, HOWEVER, that doesn't mean I was totally inactive. The Husband and I had a weekend of what we like to call 'adventure walks'. This weekend involved running about the Maine coastline. -Real push ups. Once again difficult. Once again killing my time. Once again giving me something to work toward. But I did them. They sucked, but I did them. Other: - I made Confit Byaldi this weekend for my husband to celebrate our six year anniversary. It took almost 4 hours. It was also delicious, and 100% Primal. Go figure! This is huge as I normally do not cook the food. Though I have been cooking more for myself, lately. Omnomnomnom... -Speaking of said husband, came to the realization I was using him as a bit of a crutch. When we started working out originally, it was together. We worked out together, shopped for food together, ate together. But that was when we were both 9-5ers. Now I freelance two days a week and work 12-9, while he still pulls the 9-5. That makes little time for workouts when wqe just want to spend that time together. So no more waiting for the husband. I miss workouts that way. I am working on doing this separate -together and just geeking out with him via chat and after work vs waiting for our schedules to magically sync up. -I worked out while dying my hair today. No excuses!

I took a buy on Wed and made it my rest day, cause four hour rib tattoo... Today's Workout: (Modified) BBW Circuit 20x squats 10x modified push ups 20x mountain climbers 10x hanging knee ups 10x dumbbell rows @15lbs (each side) 30x jumping jacks x3 Lap 1: 2:28.20 Lap 2: 2:20.35 Lap 3: 2:26.47 Total Time: 9:15.22 Thoughts: -For some reason I am a ball of hate today. I hate everything and am cranky and think everyone is being too loud. I think its because I was tired and had to spend 2 hours taking public transport. -Still worked out despite epic crankiness! Credit where credit is due! Other: -Been getting up with the husband very early to make breakfast/coffee/see him since our work schedules differ so much. It's been nice, and is forcing me to cook more. (Today we had farm eggs backed in prosciutto cups. Def. have to make those a repeatable thing. Yum!) -Speaking of cooking... I was just given a ton of fresh garden squash from one of our clients at work. I have been wanting to make this particular Ratatouille recipe for YEARS, so I'm going to try it this weekend. Maybe with the movie?

I'm really excited about the movie, too! (I agree OSC is a massive jerk, but if we disregarded media and literature from all the folks we disagree with we'd have an incredibly narrow scope of things to enjoy.) It will be what it will be, and I'm going to give it a fair shake. Most of the film styling, honestly, doesn't bother me. I think the kids being older will hold more appeal for broad general audiences and net better performances all around. And I like the sleek, poppy, modern look. It'll be fun to be surprised by someone else's vision of Ender's world. I adored the book. I actually listened to it on audio book by accident, just because it was on the shared drive at my old job and I needed something to keep me entertained at the computer. Took me for a total ride! I loved it! That being said, I took the 'wrong' fork and went the Speaker for the Dead route vs the Shadow route, and I did not like those all that much. I still need to read the Shadow series.

Have you been to Sicily yet? Southern Italy is gorgeous. (I was really fond of Palermo and Giardini Naxos.) Bleh to Florence, really? Have you explored the Tuscan countryside at all? There are so many old medieval villages to see and explore!

I leave in all my 'non-standard' jewelry. All my plug earrings, nose rings, labret studs, navel ring... etc. It just takes too long to take them in and out, and they don't get in he way. They've never bothered me. I only really ever take off rings so I don't damage them.

Have you tried a side planks yet? The different posture might be helpful, just make sure to do both sides. You might want to try hanging knee ups too if you have a chin up bar. I know my husband and I switched out to those both for time and because they feel like more of a workout for us.

Today is Monday! Monday is for working out! (Modified) BBW Circuit: Motivational music of the day: "Yakusuko" 20x squats 10x modified push ups 20x walking lunges 10x dumbbell rows @15lbs 10x hanging knee ups 30x jumping jacks 1 min rest 3x Lap 1: 2:49.21 Lap 2: 2:40.85 Lap 3: 2:47.20 Total time: 10:18.81 Thoughts: - Once solid week back in it! Mini-woot for me. - Despite the time off, this hasn't been terrible to get back in the swing of. Except for my flexibility. My flexibility is crap. Flexibility WOD, maybe? - Next week, full push ups. That's what I'm shooting for. Other: - I really, really missed eating well. That has been really, really nice. - Next workout has a super bonus... brand new rib tattoo. (Note my bounding, exuberant joy.) Bra is going to be tricky. Moving is also going to be tricky.

So... Back here again, tail between legs. Not going to be hard on myself. I just want to remember where I was. Without too much detail, the last year and change was very rough. I could be a lot worse off than I am. But I currently don't like living in my body. Here is where I am at: Current weight (lbs): 170-ish? (I no longer own a scale and weighed myself 2 weeks ago) Current measurements (inches): Neck: 12 Shoulders: 43 Bicep: 12.5 Bust: 39 Chest: 32.5 Waist: 31 Navel: 37 1" Below Navel: 38 Hips: 43 Thigh: 27 Calf: 15 Here's what I did this week: Sat/Mon/Fri: 20x squats 10x modified pushups 20x walking lunges 10x knee ups 20x dumbbell rows @15lbs 10x hanging knee ups 30x jumping jacks X3 No times this week. I just wanted to do it. I think I got faster, but it is what it is. Next week we'll run times. Next week we'll probably do burpees too. I think about where I could be if I stayed with it, and it makes me really disappointed. But I'm not going to dwell, I'm just going to get better.

Well, I guess it shows where I am at when I don't even known what week it is... Last week sum up, since I didn't check in at all. Body weight: 1 of 3 Dance: 4 of 2 (how about that, huh...the irony is I forwent workouts to dance) Accountability: 0 of 3 Food: 5 of 5 Choreography writing: 50% Thus far, tagging in really low. But it is what it is. I am not doing great, but I am doing more than I was before. I need to tap into the group challenge and get more motivation, but right now I am just hoping to get through this challenge and maybe set less difficult goals next round... I thought this one would be easy...best laid plans, right. This week thus far... workouts: 0 of 3 Dance: 1 of 2 Food: 2 of 5 Accountability: 1 of 3 Not really feeling like logging too much more. Work has been kicking my normal sleep schedule in the butt and I am cranky and a lot less positive than usual. Hoping for an upswing soon.

Workout Day Body Weight Circuit 20 squats 10 push ups 20 walking lunges (10 each leg) 20 dumbbell rows (10 each arm) 30 second plank 30 jumping jacks x3, 1 minute rest between sets Total Time: 0:11:47.5 Lap Times: Lap 1 - 0:03:10.47 Lap 2 - 0:03:13.23 Lap 3 - 0:03:21.72 I shaved almost 3 minutes off of my previous time! And with full, real deal push ups! BOO! YAH! Food! Due to lack of food, I have used my two eat out days. But I have also gone grocery shopping (where I miiiiiiight have purchased a powerball ticket...) and am going to make myself a steak and spinach...right now. Today I intermittently fasted, and I haven't been hungry all day, but maaaaan do I feel that latte I had at 3. Dance! Brainstorming, intermittent drilling, and getting generally inspired. Working out, as usual, has improved my range of movement. Now I just need to nail down some definite choreography. I also treated myself to a belly dancing cafe show on Sunday, and am going out dancing to a belly dnce friendly club night to try my sweet moves in the field. Challenge week 3: Workout: 2 of 3 Dance: 1 of 2 Food: 1 of 5 accountability log: 2 of 3

WORKOUT DAY!!! Konami Code Workout 30lb dumbbell rows (up, up) 2 push ups (down, down) 4 lunges (left, right, left, right) burpee ( air (bodyweight) squat (A) 10 Minute AMRAP Total: 14 Thoughts: -That was fun! -That was HARD! Other: -Still not doing stellar at my challenge, but I'm doing better. -Today is an 'eat out' day. The sushi, I stuff my face with it! Totally off topic...saw Rise of the Guardians on Saturday. It was kind of adorable!

Check in for week 2 Body weight: 1 of 3 Dance: 2 of 2 Food: 5 of 5 Journal/accountability: 2 of 3 Obviously, I need to work on working out. I think if I work out, the journal / forum posts will follow. I'm still settling into work, not an excuse, just a fact. Now that all the stupid post-Thanksgiving crap is over, it should be easier to achieve some consistency in my life. Today is a workout day. I am in the mall right now, but there aren't any self imposed rules saying I can't pre-set my workout for the day! Week 3/Day 1- Workout Konami Code Workout!!! AMRAP 10 minutes Up, Up - dumbbell rows 30lbs Down, Down - push ups Left, Right, Left, Right - lunges B - burpee A - air squat Total Reps: 14 EDIT: I did it, YAY! There, now I have to post it! No excuses. Dance happens so organically I forget I am doing it. But I am doing it. I have a ginormous set of feather fans to practice with, and some fire fans on the way, because I am now working on two fan pieces instead of one. At least I am not slacking there. Food is manageable, but tricky. I am tired at night, which makes it are for me to find the energy to cook/shop/make lunch. Today is an eat at the mall day, unfortunately. Feels like a waste, because now I lose a fun meal out with friends if I want one this week. Ahhhhh, self imposed punishment. I am really happy to report that I am feeling a lot better about myself, though. I haven't weighed myself, but I both look and feel a bit sleeker, and my muscles seem to remember and appreciate the workouts now (when I actually do them). Good results make it a bit easier to stick with it, even if I am not off to the most impressive of starts. No more wheat bloat is such a mental health boost. The horse, I am finding my way back on it.

Mini workout update for Wednesday! Body Weight Circuit 20 squats 10 push ups (FULL ONES!) 20 walking lunges 10 dumbbell rows 30 second plank 30 jumping jacks x3, 1 minute break between sets Total time: 0:14:07.2 Lap Times: Lap 1 - 0:03:58.55 Lap 2 - 0:04:05.51 Lap 3 - 0:04:00.54 Thoughts: -I'm getting close to getting faster, wheee! -Real, unmodified, full, eff-off push ups! I am so happy! -Walking lunges were breeeeeeze today. I think that's where I made up a lot of time. Thank you body, for remembering tat you can do those without dying. Other: -Thanksgiving today. We (being my dad, his girlfriend, and my husband. Possibly my brother and her daughter as well) are opting for Thanksgiving dinner in a restaurant. This is awesome for two big reasons. 1. No mess/leftovers/fuss/stress 2. PRIME RIB. (I don't need no stinking turkey!) The lack of stress this holiday is momentous. I am so happy right now. Of course, I have to be at work at eight tomorrow, but that's ok. Today, we feast!

Thanks, Jimmie. I'm my own worst critic sometimes. And no, no belly dancing at the mall (I wish, though). I work at a kiosk for a tattoo shop called Good Mojo Tattoos the next town over. They're trying a cart for merch and gift cards and such over the holidays to increase visibility. Everything but the tattoos. I'm sure I could probably dance to pass the time, but it might grab the wrong type of attention. Mini workout update for Wednesday! Body Weight Circuit 20 squats 10 push ups (FULL ONES!) 20 walking lunges 10 dumbbell rows 30 second plank 30 jumping jacks x3, 1 minute break between sets Total time: 0:14:07.2 Lap Times: Lap 1 - 0:03:58.55 Lap 2 - 0:04:05.51 Lap 3 - 0:04:00.54 Real push ups! Full, real deal push ups!!! Mini woot! Now I'mma go eat some prime rib and sweet potatoes. Om nom nom. (Today is an eat out day. Thanksgiving in a restaurant is the BEST idea ever.) Happy Thanksgiving to those celebrating/ Happy Thursday to those who aren't. Be nice to people who have to work tomorrow.

I totally bailed on Saturday and Monday's workout like a chump. However, I have been active, including hustling push-ups for votes in an Internet contest (I ended up doing 100). So I do not have a fun list of workout exercises and times to post today. But I will! Tonight is the night! Thoughts: -I am a chump for missing workouts. Other: -I have a new job...in the mall...next to Panera. (Curse you, mocha mint lattes!!!) Lots of Internet time to post my workouts, not a lot of time to move. Going to have to work extra hard to stay active and meet my challenge goals. -My wheat bloat is chilling out, so I feel a lot better and less sluggish, which is saying a lot since I am having day time and don't feel disgusting. -A really nice side effect of taking care of my body is that I take extra good care of myself all over. I haven't been this coiffed, made up, manicured, and well dressed since last year around this time. I like to tell myself it's because I work in service and need to look nice, but honestly, I'm just a bit of a peacock. And by a bit, I mean a lot. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I am letting myself eat whatever I want (in moderation, as per usual), but I am going for a "punishment run" in the AM, since I missed a bunch of workouts. Planning on finally using my 'Zombies, Run' app to make it less awful. Hopefully a good, punishing run will remind me how much missing a workout sucks.

week 2 - day 3 Well...we're going to just gold over the fail right now and tally up last week... -Body weight training: 2 of 3 d'oh! I did have an extra workout in which I hustled for votes for an online contest. 5 push-ups per vote. I did 100 push-ups. It's something, even if its not everything. -Home cook primal meals: 5 of 5 days Resounding success, and surprisingly hard to do. I used to eat out a lot! I feel so much better this week. I also was gifted a loaf of paleo bread by my darling husband. Paleo. Bread. I had an on menu sandwich!!! -Dance training: 2 of 2 juuuust squeaked the last one in, but I got it, in addition to all the little ten minutes here and there. Daily, as well as car dancing/mental writing. -Choreo. Dance piece with fans: about 5% -Forum activity/accountability log: 2 of 3 boo on me for this...this just sucks, and there is no reason I should have failed this. And on to this week... Off to a resounding start with a missed workout. On track with diet though, which is haaaaard cause I started work in the mall this week. (After two nights of working from 7pm to 12am, no less! Which is why I totally forgot to work out, and why I was so exhausted Monday.) It's not an excuse, but I am letting good sleep/rest take the place of Monday's workout and a lot of log time. I am here, on the forums, so yay for that. Perk of the mall job is loooooots of quiet time, so this will get a lot easier to do. Flip side is it makes dancing harder. But I will prevail! Week to Date -workout:0 for 3 (on deck for tonight) -dance: 0 for 2 -food: 3 for 5 -log: 1 for 3 -Choreo: working on it. (6%ish)

11/15/12 - Workout Day! Body Weight Circuit 20 squats 10 push ups (modified) 20 walking lunges 10 dumbbell rows @15lbs each arm 30 second plank 30 jumping jacks x3, 1 minute rest between sets Total Time: 0:14:03.9 Lap Times: 1 - 0:03:56.66 2 - 0:03:55.95 3 - 0:04:07.69 11/16/12 - Dance Day! Training/planning session 45 minutes drill/free dance 30 minutes research/writing My god, I am rusty as hell!!! I need to smarten up or I'm going to look like an idiot. My whole body is stiff and awkward, and the fans make it that much harder. Oh well, more adversity to DECIMATE! Food! -This week has been really social, so food has been tricky. I am doing pretty ok at curbing the carry-out/eat out urge, though. My husband cooked up a huge turkey, so I am learning how to do all kinds of cool new things with the meat. (We had a turkey and mushroom gravy thing with eggs this morning, which was a new recipe for me. Mini woot!) Challenge so far: -Body weight training 3x times a week: 2 of 3 -Home cook/prepare Primal meals (all meals) minimum of 5 times a week: 3 of 5 -Dance training 2x a week: 1 of 2 -Choreograph a dance piece incorporating fans: 3-ish% (still have no idea what I'm doing) -Update Battle Log every workout day minimum: 2 of 3 (minimum)

11/13/12 Workout: Body Weight Circuit 20 squats 10 push ups (modified) 20 walking lunges 10 dumbbell rows @15lbs each arm 30 second plank 30 jumping jacks x3, 1 minute rest between sets Total Time: 0:14:03.9 Lap Times: 1 - 0:03:56.66 2 - 0:03:55.95 3 - 0:04:07.69 Thoughts: -Aaaaand, back to walking lunges, which I believe were invented by someone very, very evil. But I did them, and they're done, and my butt will thank me tomorrow. -I'm not going to freak out over my time. Yeah, it was slower. It is what it is. I'll get faster. -I tried doing regular, non-modified push-ups, and while I knocked off a few, I am not really feeling like I am going to be able to switch from modified exceptionally soon. I'm gunning for getting it by the end of the six week challenge. Other: -Husband is sick, so I worked out solo today. It's lonely. -Small woot, I cleaned the ever-living bejeezus out of my house this past week, including scrubbing my bathroom until it smelled like a pool. The house is so clean it almost looks empty. Huuuge accomplishment. -I'm having to fight off a bit of mental 'ick' as I get back into this. I'm looking through my old blog, and I feel like it was a lot easier then. I was fresh faced and excited about everything. I am again, to an extent, but I am also somewhat ashamed of myself for the time I have wasted. I am hoping I can get over it soon and get back to my super motivated self. For the most part, I feel like my support group is helping me along and being supportive, but now, with my husband and I having very different goals as far as fitness, I feel a bit lost. /whine

Awesome! He looks great!

This thread pleases me to no end. I shall watch it for victory and the memes!

11/13/12 Workout: Body Weight Circuit 20 squats 10 push-ups (modified) 20 mountain climbers 10 dumbbell rows each arm, 15lbs 30 second plank 30 jumping jacks x3, 1 minute rest between sets Total time: 0:13:13.6 Lap times: 1 - 0:03:51.40 2 - 0:03:35.90 3 - 0:03:45.55 Thoughts: -Squats were BRUTAL. Seriously so. Vein busting, pray for your life brutal. So I forwent walking lunges for mountain climbers (which I alternate between anyway) so I could walk later today. Still exhausting, but less of a strain and more of a stretch. -I still can't seem to do all my push ups without modifying them. I am doing them as close to unmodified as possible for a bit of a challenge. Perhaps I just need to suck it up and take longer to do them? -Why do I still feel lazy?!? Other: -I went on a hottubbing and tea friend-date last night, and it was heaven on my sore quads. So I cashed in a gift cert. I had laying about and am taking my husband for a long soak tomorrow, too. Heavenly. -While I am not directly participating in the November 'Walk a Mile' thing, I'm pretty used to morning walks already. I walk to get coffee each morning, and it's about .6 miles round trip. The other shop is 2.6 round trip, so we alternate between the two when we have the time.

Body Weight Day! Workout: 20 squats 10 push-ups (modified) 20 mountain climbers 10 dumbbell rows each arm, 15lbs 30 second plank 30 jumping jacks x3, 1 minute rest between sets Total time: 0:13:13.6 Lap times: 1 - 0:03:51.40 2 - 0:03:35.90 3 - 0:03:45.55 Food! Eating at home is easy right now, especially when the fridge is full and my husband cooks. I think that's more of the challenge, shopping regularly and learning to cook more. We have a turkey we're going to cook up and portion out for meals and stew/stock. I promised myself I will learn to cook one new dish with it. It's also easy because I don't start my new job until Monday. Then I'll be sitting in a mall all day, surrounded by fast food and mint lattes and candy and holiday smells. I'm really going to have to up my game. I am not including coffee in my diet goals, because coffee isn't a meal, and I drink it for pleasure, not to wake up. But I really want to limit my coffee intake and drink more water than anything. I'll have to add coffee allowance to my game plan. (Damn you. Panera, and your delightful mint mocha lattes!) Dance: I have music for both my dance pieces, and fans in my car waiting to come inside and be spun about. (Albeit, they're not the ones I want, but that has no impact on me working on choreography!) I just need to stick in some headphones and get started. I have a nice free afternoon tomorrow. I feel like I'm taking a while to get going again. I have to keep reminding myself it has only been two days. I feel like I should be doing more. Challenge so far: -Body weight training 3x times a week: 1 of 3 -Home cook/prepare Primal meals (all meals) minimum of 5 times a week: 2 of 5 -Dance training 2x a week: 0 of 2 -Choreograph a dance piece incorporating fans: 0% (fans aren't even out of the car yet) -Update Battle Log every workout day minimum: 1 of 3 (minimum)