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Yeah, I actually thought that putting single leg squats was a bit ambitious in that routine. I mean, I get where they're going with those, but it's definitely not a beginner move.

Sounds like fun. I hope you have a great weekend!

I've definitely gone through periods of trying the BBWW... for some reason, I never manage to make it a habit though. I tried doing the one listed here (under section 3) today and it wasn't too bad, though one-legged squats are not really something I can do and I only really fit in one set. heh, pull ups are among those "things I should learn to do at some point". And yeah, I'm not sure if I'm really much for proper warm ups either usually. My running warm ups are mostly just walking to wherever I'm going to run.

Yes, you'll be out of fat to lose on your limbs and your body will start working on your belly. You'll definitely get there eventually.

Week 2, Day 5 Update Quest 1: Yoga I got a short yoga session after my run (daily stretch routine, yoga for runners). (5/5 yoga sessions this week) Quest 2: Run I ran 4 km in 26 minutes, 7 seconds. This time I didn't stop at all and I made a loop at the end, incorporating a slightly steeper hill into my run (I also ran up some steps and down a ramp that I didn't have to). I figure that I need to learn to love hills so I might as well work on that and I'm happy that I avoided stopping or walking. (3/3 runs this week) Quest 3: Diet Food tracked and within the correct range of calories. (5/6 days tracked) Quest 4: Poi No poi, it was raining when I thought to go out. (5/30 minutes of poi) Life Quest: Drawing No drawing. (130/150 minutes of drawing) So today, I should do some poi (even if I have to do it in the stairwell because it's rainy) and get some drawing in. I have some yoga scheduled, which I'll definitely do as well. I'm thinking of incorporating some additional strength training into my routine so I can try to get better at running (right now, my strength training is basically just yoga), but I'm not sure when the best time to do that is. I might aim to do a bit of calisthenics toward the end of long yoga sessions (just before I do the seated stretches portion). It will be a bit weird to break up the yoga, but doing it toward the end that way means that I won't be too tired to hold my yoga poses earlier on. I'll also be warmed up for other exercises and the seated stretches would give me a good cool down and stretch (since those basically stretch all my limbs).

A plastic minimizing challenge sounds fun. I've thought about doing something similar, but the local supermarket sells so much of its produce in plastic bags and sometimes on plastic trays so I don't know how I would manage at all. Good job getting handstand practice in and yay for shrinking a bit more!

tbh, I would probably still be annoyed. I mean, if the guy is like, one, maybe two years above or below a stated age range then that's sort of close enough, but if someone's age range is such that they want people who are similar in age, then jumping in and being like "I'm 20 years older than you" or "I'm the same age as your parents" then that's not really going to work. Oh, it was worse in some cases. There are a few submissions where the woman was 20, drew her line at 25 (which is reasonable to me, she's a student so wanting to date other students is pretty normal, imo) and was getting messages from 49+ year olds.

Yeah, I also quite like this set of routines since there's a reasonable amount of variety for the longer sessions.

Well, 12 hours of fitness over 13 days isn't too bad. Get in a nice, long hike or something on the weekend and you'll be super set.

I basically use the routines from the fourth week of this 30 day challenge, except that I add a yoga for runners session on run days. I definitely tried to mix it up several challenges ago, but I find that I'm not quite as good at doing it consistently when I mix things up. :S And yes, I do have to get out and do some poi. I plan on doing some within the next hour or so, as long as doesn't start raining again.

The thing is, in a lot of the cases, the men are over a woman's stated age range by more than a decade, which is usually something you notice in person. Also, in this case, it is possible to state your requested age range and if someone isn't interested in respecting these boundaries you've set out, then maybe they're not going to be interested in respecting other boundaries you set out either. The other thing is that basically none of these people were being "nice, normal guys". Well, maybe the ones who just go "hi" are nice and normal, but like... if you're a nice, normal person who respects other people's boundaries on dating websites and actually say something at least a little interesting and relevant, I think you stand a reasonable chance at getting a positive response.

Ugh, that sucks. I hope your class is well-attended! Yeah... that was my first thought too. I mean, watching ST:TNG would make me feel better if I had a not so great workout.

Of course there are decent people too. The blog sometimes posts success stories as well, but obviously, the good messages aren't the ones that get posted up there for public shaming. I imagine that it's at least a bit helpful to see the sorts of approaches that are terribad which women have to put up with and to sort of help avoid some of those things. I mean, there are definitely some pretty basic things that a guy can do to set himself apart (like read a woman's profile and actually mention anything from there in a message or indicate some common ground and not open with "omg, you're so pretty!"). I've never done online dating, but I did meet my partner online. He sent me a random facebook message that was pretty casual saying that I seemed cool and asking if I wanted to get a drink, which is much better than all the other random facebook messages I've gotten from strange dudes which usually were some variant of "you're hot, want to go out?"... like, if you're going to straight up ask someone to meet in person in an initial message (which doesn't seem to be the thing on OKC), at least suggest an activity (especially an activity where you can talk to the person).

Week 2, Day 4 Update Quest 1: Yoga I got a long yoga session done (daily stretch routine, sun salutations, standing poses, yoga for arms, seated stretches). Much yoga. (4/5 yoga sessions this week) Quest 2: Run Rest day. (3/3 runs this week) Quest 3: Diet Food tracked and within the correct range of calories. (4/6 days tracked) Quest 4: Poi No poi. (5/30 minutes of poi) Life Quest: Drawing I spent half an hour drawing self-portraits. I tried timing them so I'd spend 15/10/5 minutes on each in an attempt to make myself draw a bit faster. I might try again with some even shorter times and the like (I was also trying to do things like draw my face without using all the lines to orient myself, which is super difficult). (130/150 minutes of drawing)

Okay, I signed up. Eeeeeee.... I also made a donation page, since they made it easy to do after signing up for the race, but I have to personalize it.

There's a blog that collects this sort of thing called Ladies of OK Cupid. It's pretty depressing/funny in a "it's sad how terrible humanity is" way.

I wish my flat was on the ground floor and cats just came to visit me. It sounds wonderful. ..also, Chairman Meow is definitely an awesome cat name. And good job on getting a painting done!

And since I'm online and have all the calories I'm going to consume for the day accounted for... Week 2, Day 3 Update I got stuff done, but I really need to get on doing poi. Quest 1: Yoga I got a short yoga session done (daily stretch routine, yoga for runners). (3/5 yoga sessions this week) Quest 2: Run I ran 3 km in 18 minutes, 43 seconds. (2/3 runs this week) Quest 3: Diet Food tracked and within the correct range of calories. (3/6 days tracked) Quest 4: Poi No poi. (5/30 minutes of poi) Life Quest: Drawing Lots of drawing. This life drawing session wasn't as good as last week's because in the first half, the model was doing all kinds of crazy poses that were super hard to draw, then in the second half it was her and another model and drawing two people is surprisingly difficult (it would have been better if they hadn't decided to entwine their limbs as much as they did so I could have picked just one to draw). I'll take sketchbook pictures and try to get those up tomorrow. (100/150 minutes of drawing)

I'm considering running this race. It's a 10 k race and it's rated "toughest" (it's been quite a while since I've run 10 km in one go). It's also a fund raising race and I don't know a bunch of people here so I'm not sure how that will go. I am, however, really tempted by the challenge. And it's not until November so I have tons of time to prepare. I think I will sleep on it, but it's pretty tempting.

That looks like an awesome run. Good job catching up on the run you missed last week too.

Week 2, Day 2 Update I still didn't get around to doing everything. I ended up spending a fair bit of time not just cleaning, but actually organizing the apartment (I finally emptied our box of books and put them somewhere) and then I let looking around for work run into getting anything else done (I didn't find anything that was super suitable to apply for). Quest 1: Yoga I got a long yoga session done (daily stretch routine, sun salutations, standing poses, yoga for abs, seated stretches). (2/5 yoga sessions this week) Quest 2: Run Rest day. (1/3 runs this week) Quest 3: Diet Food tracked and within the correct range of calories. (2/6 days tracked) Quest 4: Poi A little poi. (5/30 minutes of poi) Life Quest: Drawing No drawing. (0/150 minutes of drawing) Today, I'm definitely going to go draw since I plan on going to the life drawing session. But first, I'll go for a run, get some yoga done and all that. I'll try to get some poi in, but the weather doesn't look so promising right now so I don't know for sure.

Wow! The baby is coming so soon!

Well, yes, they are mostly quick sketches and don't have that much detail, but I don't really want to accidentally post something that's against the rules.

Oh, I didn't mean censoring like spoilering, I meant censoring like "I don't think NF allows nudity, but DA makes you agree that you're old enough to look at nudity so that seems okay to link there" (aka "I didn't feel like covering up parts of my drawings before posting them"). I've been drawing on and off since I was a kid, but I haven't really ever taken it too seriously. I only started going to life drawing regularly a few weeks ago (I'd been once before I moved here, but the timing was always bad for that one) and I'm actively trying to challenge myself lately.

Week 2, Day 1 Update So like I mentioned, I spent some time hiking that I hadn't really planned for so I ended up being pretty tired and didn't get all of my challenge stuff done. I did get some things done though, so that's good. Quest 1: Yoga I got a short yoga session done after my run (daily stretch routine, yoga for runners). (1/5 yoga sessions this week) Quest 2: Run I ran 4 km in 26 minutes, 6 seconds. I took a bit of a break about halfway, which I'll try to avoid next time. (1/3 runs this week) Quest 3: Diet Food tracked and slightly under the correct range of calories. I don't think I quite ate enough to make up for the hike. (1/6 days tracked) Quest 4: Poi No poi. (0/30 minutes of poi) Life Quest: Drawing No drawing. (0/150 minutes of drawing) Today, I'll get some yoga, drawing and poi done and probably a bunch of things around the apartment. If I'm up to it, I might go for a walk later since my legs currently don't seem that sore, but I might just rest them.