PixieKitten

So, last day! Can I do the splits? No. Would I have been able to do it if week three hadn't been so terrible? I doubt it. I guess this was a goal that needs more than 4 weeks. I'll keep up the stretching until I can do it though! Bring on the next challenge!

But it was on Steve's book and joining the Acadamy. Steve, this had better be worth the hole in my savings! TEACH ME THE WAY TO AWESOMENESS.

Watched a young stallion get his balls chopped off today. It was very interesting. Also, deadlifted 20kg for the first time today. I know that's still really light, but it's twice what I did last time and I actually can't up it any more because that's all the weight I have for my barbell. Didn't quite do 30000 steps today. As of right now, the counter's at 19,418, so at least I will have done 20,000 before bed. My head still hurts. Not-Boyfriend's haribo is sitting on the dining room table next to me and I don't want it that bad. I consider that a big achievement.

Thank you Cephalopd! Yesterday was good and bad. Good; I beat my PR on Fitbit and earned a badge for walking 30,000 steps. Bad; I didn't eat nearly enough to cover for it so it might induce slight weight loss. Good; I got to ride a friend's horse and pony. Bad; I got bucked off and hit my head by said pony. Good: I've gone 4 days without sweets, even bought some for Not-Boyfriend and brought them to work for him because he reeeeeeally wanted some the night before. Bad: His dog died, so he had to go home, so someone out front went to the kitchen to cover him, so I had to go out front. On my day off. Obviously the worst part of this was poor Boston dying, I loved that dog. But boy did my head hurt.. :/ So mixed feelings about yesterday, there's accomplishment but it's been a bit soured. I hurt my pride being bucked off by an adorable little pony, I cried for Boston, I cried for poor Not-Boyfriend, and I worked for 6 hours with a cracking headache. It's still early today so I'll get back to you.

Stretched today too.. after my workout.Still feel dissappointed that I totally skipped last week, but hey. Working my way back up.

Did my workout today. Well. That's not quite true. I'm doing my workout. I don't rest for llong enough unless I do something. *does next set* Ok, only one more set to do now. Wheeee. I don't wanna go to work today. I'm gonna have to go to the shop first to get painkillers because I forgot yesterday and my head is super killing me. Geh.

Stretched today. I know I'm not gonna manage it by Friday, but I can get a little closer to the ground than I could at teh start. I'm just gonna have to keep working on that on top of my next challenge.

Tattoos are awesome, but I refuse to get one unless I've put hours of work into it, and then I leave it 2 weeks to make sure I want it. None of this spur-of-the-moment-get-something-you'll-regret tattoo nonsense with me! I bought plants today. Strawberries for me, Scotch bonnet peppers for Not-Boyfriend, and then a bunch of mostly purple hanging basket flowers for in the summer. It's my grandad's birthday so I bought him some strawberry and tomato plants for him to have in his windowsill. since he used to be really into gardening but can't get out anymore due to his arthritis.. Everyone just gets him chocolates or books for birthday/christmas so I wanted something different for him. Then I got carried away and bought more my stuff. Maybe they won't die. I've never kept any plant alive other than my big cactus, but I meant, I water that maybe once a fortnight, and stick it in the greenhouse with the tortoise in the winter where it gets hosed with the rest of the place. But if I get to eat a strawberry I've grown? That'd be pretty cool.

This week hasn't worked. Not gonna make my goal up now 'll start my stretches again in the morning anyway, better to at least try and make progress toward the goal instead of giving up.

Sooo, it's been a week. It's been a bad week. No workouts, not stretching, I'm not gonna pass my challenge this time around. I've been ill, but that's no excuse. I was lazy and couldn't be bothered to do anything. Queenie's been ridden a few times, she's going really well. I totally failed this week. My diet's gone out the window. I've either eaten a load of crap or a load of nothing. Buuuuuuuuuuuut Today I finally figured out what I want to expand my tattoo sleeve. This under my snake in the middle of my arm This on the other side, with the tentacle wrapping around to the front and just under the horsey heart. A semi circle in this pattern filling in the gap just above my armpit. No one's ever gonna see it but I didn't want a blank space and this is so pretty! I imagine a fair few people here will recognise this one. This is to honour NerdFitness and all the help and inspiration I've gotten from being here, and to motivate me to continue in awesomeness. This is going on my lower arm, just next to the crease of the elbow. This will be covering most of the underside of my forearm. In the banner it'll say 'Do it because they said you couldn't', because I find I'm more likely to succeed in anything I do when someone I know tells me I can't, or I won't. So I get to carry that with me all the time. And obviously I'm a disney freak and I love stitch so much so this is going on the wrist in whatever space is left after the banner. It's taken me three hours to sort this out, and I had to draw all over myself. But it's gonna look so good. Then once all the linework is FINALLY done I can work shading and colour into it. I've had the top part done for a year now, I didn't mean to leave it this long before getting the rest done. I'm not gonna lie, right now it looks awful, and I'm sick of it because I know how amazing it will look when it's finished. I have one hell of a headache.

Found out one of my managers has been feeding Not-Quite-Boyfriend's unwarrented doubt about our relationship, to the point where he broke up with me when I had a drink with the new pair of chefs after work and had a laugh. Managed to get him to calm down and work things out, but seriously. Fuck you manager. Forever stirring the fucking pot.

GUYS. Ignore the white stuff, it's louse powder (I'm actually just covering up that my horse is a crack addict) QUEENIE IS CLIPPED. It's a terrible clip, because I've never actually been taught how to clip a horse. And she kept moving. And she had so much dirt on her I couldn't actually do it right, but couldn't bath her until after the clip... catch 22! But she's clipped, in a super snug rug, and I am accomplished. Didn't feel that great the day I did it because Not-boyfriend broke up with me the night before. But clipping helped me keep my mind off it, then I decided to be as stubborn as her, demanded to talk to him and we're fixing things. So we're all good. But yeah, the last couple of days I haven't slept well, haven't eaten well, if at all, and the only drinks i had were alcoholic. But we're back on track now. So hurrah.

Day 9 stats! Dog walk: Yes Queenie: Yes Workout: Yes Stretches: yes Calories eaten: 2505 Calories burned: 2163 Water drank: 1 pint

Day 8 stats! Dog walk: Yes Queenie: Yes Workout: Yes Stretches: yes Calories eaten: 2026 Calories burned: 1560 Water drank: 4 pints

I ran out of food before re-stocking. Today's breakfast is a multivitamin juice and peanut butter. At least I have work all day, so I can eat theirs instead. Yay working at a restaurant.

Been busy. And tired. Not been online much. Stretching is difficult. Queenie's doing really well. My new clippers have arrived this morning but it's raining. And windy. I don't wanna go outside today I managed to get my weight back up to where it was at the beginning of the last challenge, so I guess my diet's actually working now. I DON'T WANNA GO OUTSIDE

Eh. Couldn't be bothered to post. Been rather tired this week Day 3 stats! Dog walk: Yes Queenie: Yes Workout: Yes Stretches: yes Calories eaten: 2893 Calories burned: 2229 Water drank: 2 pints Day 4 stats! Dog walk: Yes Queenie: Yes Workout: Yes Stretches: yes Calories eaten: 3653 Calories burned: 2195 Water drank: 3 pints Day 5 stats! Dog walk: Yes Queenie: Yes Workout: Yes Stretches: yes Calories eaten: 2389 Calories burned: 2101 Water drank: 2 pints Day 6 stats! Dog walk: Yes Queenie: Yes Workout: Yes Stretches: yes Calories eaten: 551 Calories burned: 2607 Water drank: 1 pint Day 7 stats! Dog walk: Yes Queenie: Yes Workout: Yes Stretches: yes Calories eaten: 2193 Calories burned: 2475 Water drank: 3 pints First week went well! Stretched so much I was actually in too much pain to stretch as far toward the end of the week though :/