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On 2/20/2020 at 5:24 PM, Kishi said:
Not too terrible a start at all. It's something to build on.
Yup! It's all uphill from here or something like that.
On 2/21/2020 at 5:44 PM, Rurik Harrgath said:The Rangerbrain™ is strong with this one.
LMAO Yup. I'm a freaking raven, really. SHINY RUN LIFT BAR
DAYS 5-7
Goal One - Get your ass moving.
- Twinkle, twinkle, little star, muscle up and lift the bar: 3/3 - Nailed it. I got in my last lifting session on Thursday, which was bench (5x5 @ 80lbs). I didn't do a second olympic lift, but I did do some stability stuff with the dumbbells and some hanging practice. (My grip is terrible. I'll never survive aerial again if I can't get my grip back. Sob.)
- Walk (or run) it off, buttercup: 2/2 - Nailed it! Walked around Breckenridge Saturday afternoon, then went tubing, which involved a bit of trekking and pulling the tube through snow.
- You should be a pretzel: 1/3 - Yeah... nope. I failed this one. WHOOPS. BETTER LUCK THIS WEEK.
Goal Two - What is in your mouth?
- Keep it under 1800: 2/7 - I was good on Thursday, but Friday/Saturday/Sunday was Mountain Vacation and I just. Stuffed myself with food. And I feel vaguely ill because of it, but oh well.
- You are a cucumber with anxiety: 3/7 - I did it Thursday and Friday!! But not Saturday and Sunday because lol.
- Soda is poison and you need to stop: 4/7 - Thursday and Saturday were good, Friday and Sunday were each over by 10. You win some, you lose some.
Goal Three - Me time.
- Stitch, stitch, baby: 0/7 - Some day, this knit will start~
- Take a night off, mommy: 0/1 - I didn't think that was gonna happen, but I did get about 2.5, maybe 3 on Saturday between walking around Breck and tubing.
Not the greatest of weeks, but also not the worst. IT'S ALL UPHILL FROM HERE~
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Week 1, Days 1-4
I didn't get my challenge posted until yesterday, but whatever, I do what I want.
Goal One - Get your ass moving.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star, muscle up and lift the bar: 2/3 - Lifted last night, about to go lift tonight. Last night was bench (5x5 @ 75lbs) and seated OHP (5x5 @ 47lbs). Tonight is squats (5x5 @ 70lbs) and deadlifts (1x5 @ 95lbs, 3x5 @ 115lbs).
(Weight edited in once I finish.) - Walk (or run) it off, buttercup: 1/2 - Went for a short walk around the block with the wife and child yesterday. It wasn't as long as I'd have like because holy balls it was cold out.
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You should be a pretzel: 1/3 - Tentative, since I'm supposed to do this after I lift tonight.
Will update if I don't.
Goal Two - What is in your mouth?
- Keep it under 1800: 1/7 - I kept it under 1800 today, and I missed it by 8 calories (!!) yesterday. Sunday and Monday.... lol.
- You are a cucumber with anxiety: 1/7 - I did remember to do this today! But... that's it. Sigh.
- Soda is poison and you need to stop: 2/7 - Sunday and today were under 400 calories, and Monday and Tuesday were each 50 calories over. Alas.
Goal Three - Me time.
- Stitch, stitch, baby: 0/7 - Ouch. I really do need to start this...
- Take a night off, mommy: 0/1 - I don't think this is happening this week, but that's okay. We'll be in the mountains this weekend, so I'll have some baby-free time what with there being four of us.
Not too terrible a start. I'm still mad about yesterday's calorie count, but c'est la vie. I really wanted that melted chocolate with my strawberries.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star, muscle up and lift the bar: 2/3 - Lifted last night, about to go lift tonight. Last night was bench (5x5 @ 75lbs) and seated OHP (5x5 @ 47lbs). Tonight is squats (5x5 @ 70lbs) and deadlifts (1x5 @ 95lbs, 3x5 @ 115lbs).
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On 2/18/2020 at 12:57 PM, Kishi said:
YOU!
On 2/18/2020 at 1:55 PM, mitch_dee said:
OMG!!! All da nerds returning!!!!!!!!
I will return when I have time to read.
On 2/18/2020 at 2:41 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:Welcome back, and welcome to the Ranger Corps!
Ty y'all ♥
On 2/18/2020 at 1:07 PM, TGP said:well,
welcome to the Rangers!
it seems like a good place for you.
I read through your exercise program and your definitely in the right place.
regarding the running, that is SOOO familiar.
I think many, many people have a life/hate relationship with it.
as far as I can tell. the only cure to "Running Hatred Syndrome" is to Run... Consistently!
but if you've relapse back to sedentary ways- running will be intolerably hard for a while!
What I wonder is if you've thought about some kind of program to go from walking to running?
I had a great experience with c25k ;but as I've said to other people, its just a plan and a generic one at that... its NOT the ONLY way to become (or be resume being) a runner
anyways even if you don't make much traction on the running and just return to the "bar" so to speak. that's still quite a lot, so I'll try to hang around for your story.
Yup. I have a hard time with C25K for some reason - it either feels like too quick a ramp or not quick enough. I've got a loose idea of what I'm planning on doing, which has worked in the past for me. I tend to start out with walking/running intervals, kind of like C25K does, but I end up doing distance-based rather than time-based. I'm way too finicky about my mileage to be like "ten minutes in better turn around, that'll be like 1.5 miles" nahhhh I gotta do the 2. XD Thanks for the encouragement!! And def stick around. ♥
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30 minutes ago, starsapart said:
Go smother her with your affection. She'll claim to hate it. 😏
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Guess who's back? Back again? Stillskies is back. Tell some friends. (Please don't.)
Anyway, I have been dragged from my grave to come back for the ten year anniversary challenge! Which means I... have to remember... how to do the things that I spent two years way back when learning how to do, because time is a bitch and so is depression. Such is life.
And speaking of life, there have been some big changes!! Mostly, you'll notice I'm here, with the rangers, and not back with the monks where I used to hang. This is because I sadly had to say goodbye to BJJ in 2015 because whatever I did to my back just couldn't take it anymore. Which was a real bummer, since I had gotten my fourth stripe on my white belt and was close to my blue. C'est la vie. I do still (on occasion) run and lift, and I had a hot minute of doing crossfit, so when I was pondering my (late) return, the rangers seemed like a good fit. So hi! Please be gentle.
Other changes of note: I quit my job in December to be a stay at home mom to our now 11 month old daughter. So time is kind of wibbly wobbly and the only reason I know days is because I have a part-time night job at a bookstore, so I have to know when to show up. I was doing aerial pretty consistently (hoop is life) but I took some time off after my last performance in July and have been dragging my feet getting back into it. Maybe after this challenge I'll see about going back or something.
I'm still not very interesting. Sorry.
ONTO THE CHALLENGE!
GOAL ONE: GET YOUR ASS MOVING
I've been doing a bullet journal on and off for the last few years, and this year, I decided to simply pick three things in four areas of my life to focus on. Some of them I'm doing okay on! Some of them, like getting my ass moving, needs a bit of help, so here we go:
- Twinkle, twinkle, little star, muscle up and lift the bar: What it says on the tin! I want to lift 3x a week. I was doing okay in January, although I slipped to two days by the end of the month, and I didn't touch the bar at all last week. So, let's see if being back here (and having to report in) will guilt my butt into going downstairs to the rack in my flipping basement and lift the bar.
- Walk (or run) it off, buttercup: I miss running. I hate running. You see the conundrum. I want to run (or walk) outside 2x a week. This can (and probably should) be with the baby, as my in-laws are lovely and got me a running stroller for my birthday, and Snugs enjoys seeing the outside world. This has a lot more mental push back than the laziness that sometimes overcomes me in the previous goal: back in 2014, I started running, and in 2015, I was doing long distances without stopping with a decent pace. Then I got depressed and stopped. Every time I've tried to get back into running, I keep comparing myself now to how I was in 2015. My mile time is too high, I should be running faster, longer, etc. After a few runs, I completely shut down and refuse to go back out. Hence the walking caveat here. Anything that gets my body moving and working towards that goal of being able to run like I used to is helpful. It's just... hard to remember that.
- You should be a pretzel: This should be an easy one, and yet. I hate stretching. My lower back, which I injured back in 2015/2016, loves being stretched. Additionally, aerial looks so much nicer when you have some flexibility. Hence, yoga/at least 20 minutes stretching session 3x a week. @starsapart and I were doing pretty good, picking a yoga video during Snugs' first nap and getting through it, but I really, really, really hate yoga and stretching, but it's good for me, so I have to suck it up.
GOAL TWO: WHAT IS IN YOUR MOUTH??
Counting calories is the only way I've found that works for my body to lose weight. So I've been logging all of my food again (started at the beginning of the year), and I feel like I've re-established that habit pretty well. I'm taking care to pay attention to when I'm freaking out over the number on the app (I have a very long history of disordered eating: counting calories sometimes triggers it, so I know once I start the whole "oh, yesterday was 1600, let's see if I can do 1400 today/1200/800/etc)" to stop the counting). What I've been shit at is keeping my calories in a reasonable range, and drinking more water, less soda. So:
- Keep it under 1800: At my current weight, 1800 is still a cut. Better if I stay in the 1600s, but that's a more drastic cut for me right now, when my daily average is 2200. Start slow, build momentum, go from there. What really kills me is that it's only been recently that this has started. I was doing good at the beginning of the year, with one or two days a week where I went over, and now it's... a daily thing. So, I want to keep my daily calorie count at under 1800.
- You are a cucumber with anxiety: And (aside from anxiety), what are cucumbers made of? Water! I'm not setting a particular "you must drink x ozs of water a day" goal because I truly, vehemently hate water. Instead, I just want to start out with making sure I'm getting some water when I'm not working. For this goal, it's simple: drink a glass of water in the morning before eating anything else. That's it. Preferably, it should be the pint glasses and not the smaller glasses, but literally, I just need to built the habit, so. Baby steps.
- Soda is poison and you need to stop: Ah, the days when I was soda free. The problem with those days was I still wanted soda. I like soda. But I really don't need to be drinking as much as I currently do. My year long goal is I can have soda no more than two times a week. That's... not working for me at this moment in my life, so for the purposes of this challenge, no more than 400 soda calories a day. This means two and a half small cans, two large cans, one and a half bottles... However it works out, but no more than 400 of my calories can go to soda.
GOAL THREE: ME TIME
This is a nice, easy one. I'm really fucking bad at taking time for myself, so I need to force myself to do it. Fortunately, I do have hobbies outside of playing with the baby, so let's dig in:
- Stitch, stitch, baby: My bff is having a baby!! And I like to knit!!! So I've been meaning to start on the baby blanket I want to make for her! To make sure I get this done (and, in accordance with my bujo goals), I just want to take an hour a day to knit. That's it. Just an hour. Baby is due in April, so the main goal is to be done by end of March, but her baby shower is on 3/14, so that's the stretch goal. But, an hour a day is something I can find.
- Take a night off, mommy: Being a stay at home mom means you really don't get a night off. And as the only time I leave the house, sans baby, is to go to work, I don't really have baby-free time to do something fun. Even exercise is done during her naps or after she's in bed, and there's always the risk that she'll wake up, truncating whatever I'm doing. Basically, I need consecutive hours of not being responsible for Snugs. All I want is four consecutive hours a week. Can be an afternoon, or an evening. Doesn't really matter. This one, however, is contingent on @starsapart's schedule. If I'm not at work, she's at rehearsal, and she's also often at rehearsal over the weekend. So this one might not be an every week thing, but it is something I need to work on doing.
That's it. That's the whole challenge. Let's see how this goes~
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All The Rest of The Days
Work has been busy. I'm trying to stand up a new team by the first week of April, and we're ridiculously behind. So, a lot of my time has been spent on that. Outside of that, I've mostly been binge watching Gilmore Girls and having fun RPing. And playing with the cats. Lots of playing with the cats.
Challenge-wise, this last week was a bust. Didn't do anything challenge-related, so this week was a fail. Rolling with the punches, but I definitely think I know which princess I'm doing next month.
So, yay. Moving on.
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On 3/25/2016 at 0:16 AM, Luciana Valerosa Culming said:
How could I miss all these cat pictures until now o.o the kitten in the gym bag was especially cute.
I'm joining the others in the chorus: you'll get that blue belt for sure.
Hopefully you were just busy last week. We're waiting for your final update.
Cats in bags are always cute.
Work has been crazy, but I've been... around. More or less.
20 hours ago, Kishi said:Indeed, 'tis the end, my friend. Let's wrap it up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wrapping it up.
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On 3/16/2016 at 1:09 PM, BlackTezca said:
CONGRATS!! WOOO!!!!
And you'll totally get that blue belt. I believe in you! YOU'LL KICK ASS!! Well...more like...roll ass? I dunno, but you'll rock it!
Thank you~! And I will, eventually.
On 3/18/2016 at 10:44 AM, blkhole24601 said:Wow, I thought I'd posted but apparently I didn't, or the forums ate my post, (knowing me, my money is on the former) so 1, have a cute cat gif to make up for it:
And 2: Congrats on the new stripe!! You'll get that blue belt sooner than you think~
CAAAAAT. And no worries!
Thank! ♥
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NICE!
Man, all my monks are getting promoted, it looks like.
You get a grade, and you get a grade, and you get a grade! EVERYBODY GETS A GRADE!!!
But yeah, awesome, and congratulations! Now you get to shoot for Blue.
Looks like it's the season for promotions.
Thank you! Oh man, I'm so far from blue. SO FAR. Need moar training...
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CHUCKS
I seriously mean to pick some up once I get a second job. Like, for realsies. Just because I'm kind of sick of dressing like I'm still in college, having not been in college for many years now.
Anyway, I feel you on eating, having had to live a bit hand to mouth lately. Let's us both try to do that better this week, hm?
I love chucks. I stopped wearing them because they weren't work appropriate, then I got rid of my gray low tops and my lavender high tops and then I had none. So now I have classic black and white chucks and all is good.
I still dress like a college student and I have no regrets. Comfy clothes are comfy.
Trying to be! We'll see how it goes for me...
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Not an update, but:
GUESS WHO FINALLY GOT HER FOURTH STRIPE? THIS GIRL.
:D The professor made a joke that I'm a forever white belt since I should technically be a blue belt at this point (been training for over a year, but with frequent breaks whoops~), BUT NOW THE BLUE BELT IS IN MY SIGHT AND I AM TERRIFIED.
That is all.
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Days 011 & 012 & 013 & 014
I'm liking this bullet approach, especially since I'm not even going to try to do daily updates. I just... don't find I have much to say these days. Probably me being too much in my head, but.
Thursday
- First day back after all sorts of meetings. Catch up day! Woo. Fortunately not a lot to catch up on thanks to me doing it during the meetings, but.
- Went to the gym with E at work and beat her up while I did core.
- Went to the gym with stars and did volume squats and bench. Nothing too excited.
Friday
- I was going to go to the gym, but whoops. Too tired. So tired.
- Lots of work. Also, lots more coding. >.> I always end up coding a bunch when I'm in a game. BUT IT'S ALSO PRETTY????
Saturday
- Skipped bjj because ugh exhaustion.
- Spent the morning watching Gilmore Girls and basically putzing around.
- Once stars got home, we went shopping for a new pillow (for her) and shoes! Got a pair of chucks for general and lifting wear.
- Spent the evening kind of vegging out.
Sunday
- It was pancake party day! Spent a good chunk of the day at my in-laws eating food and generally chatting. Went home and vegged out, then hit bed early because ugh daylight savings.
- Didn't go to the gym because pancake day.
Onto the challenge summary thing!
Rock That Crop Top, Jas (aka core - 3 sessions a week) - 3/3. Got in a few quick sessions, but I did it.
Climb That Wall (aka chin ups - 3 times a week) - 3/3! Two in one day, even! Did some Sunday morning, as well.
I Can't Keep Eating Like an Asshole, Part the Third (aka food - stick to the plaaaaan) - FAILED! Not even going to pretend on this one. As the week progressed, so did my assholish eating.
Making Kitty Famous (aka instagram - one new cat picture a day) - 6/7! Missed Monday.
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- First day back after all sorts of meetings. Catch up day! Woo. Fortunately not a lot to catch up on thanks to me doing it during the meetings, but.
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Oh, writing RPGs. I miss those. I miss those very much, although I find I prefer the flavor that results in communal story telling rather than pure roleplay.
Regarding Tuesday: I know this feel. I don't know what it is. Something about our faces. It's gotta be.
Also, you made a pretty thing! That is pretty.
I feel you on training woes. We have more bodies that show up at the dojo sometimes, but they're noobs and they stiff-arm and try to strength everything. It's really annoying to work around, if I'm honest about it. But they're just a part of the training that you have to survive. Hopefully they get better and stick around for a while, and you and they can benefit... and sometimes, not.
Anyway, you seem to be hanging in there as well as you can. Good. Keep going!
This one is a murder mystery - everyone gets to tell their own story and interact with the overall plot as plot things are posted. I'm having fun so far, so.
SO PRETTY. Also ridic # of lines, but SO PRETTY.
They are a part of training, and for the most part, I honestly don't mind them. Usually, as they come more often, they start to shift towards technique rather than strength, but there are a few that just... refuse to use technique. And I'm like, noooooo.
Hanging in as best as I can at any rate!
Man I haven't done an online writing rpg in FOREVER!!! I usually like doing those, however I have had deal with people not handling the changes and interactions with stories to well, so it's been an awkward experience sometimes. However you made a character based on The Rock. That is awesome. The Rock is awesome.
Also...your html skills are nice! Love that tabbed window and the format of the images and character plottings and stuff. Pretty things indeed!
I need to see Zootopia. I'm hearing really great things and I love animation and animals and cute things so this must be something I must SEE!!!!
The gym and fitness aspect for me was hell as well. Ugh, hopefully we kick ass in that regard this week!!
I need to keep tack of my threads at home so I can see pretty pictures of kitty!
I tried doing some after the big game I was in crashed, but none have kept my interest so far. This one seems to be. As for changes and interactions... Interactions are decent, but I'm still learning to write with some of these people, and I don't know how they handle line changes yet. We'll see. BUT YES. THE ROCK. Best bi gym owner ever.
SO PRETTY.
It was so cute!!! I was surprised by how good it was because Disney's track record is kind of hit and miss, but.
Just keep swimming.
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Days 008 & 009 & 010
More bullets because I'm just... Urgh. So. Tired.
Monday
- Yet another day off! Huzzah! Spent the afternoon shopping with stars and then we went to see Zootopia, which was super cute and amazingly well done and you all should see it! Also, it was rainy and grey in the afternoon and it was super happy making. I love that kind of weather.
- Spent the evening baking and getting mentally prepared for the next two days...
Tuesday
- Day one of all day strat meetings for work. Had to go to the South campus, which meant leaving at 6:30am, and barely getting there by 8am. Ugh, traffic. Not much to say about the meetings themselves, except they were long and informative. After the meetings, we did a team dinner, where one of the managers regaled me with tales of his vasectomy. Why do people like to tell me these things????
Wednesday
- Day 2 of all day meetings! Left at 6:15am and ended up getting there over half an hour early. Go figure. Meetings were meetings. Potentially picked up another project, so. Went home afterwards and vegged out.
- Also started coding with html again and made something pretty! Yay!
Onto the challenge summary thing!
Rock That Crop Top, Jas (aka core - 3 sessions a week) - 0/3. Haven't gone to the gym this week.
Climb That Wall (aka chin ups - 3 times a week) - 0/3! Haven't gone to the gym this week.
I Can't Keep Eating Like an Asshole, Part the Third (aka food - stick to the plaaaaan) - MOSTLY PASSING! Glad I built in the exemption for the strat meetings. That's all I can say. I'm looking forward to eating good food again, urgh.
Making Kitty Famous (aka instagram - one new cat picture a day) - 2/7! Missed Monday.
Whoops.
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- Yet another day off! Huzzah! Spent the afternoon shopping with stars and then we went to see Zootopia, which was super cute and amazingly well done and you all should see it! Also, it was rainy and grey in the afternoon and it was super happy making. I love that kind of weather.
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Days 004 & 005 & 006 & 007
I really, really, really hate being busy. I absolutely despise it. Anyway, bullet list because I just can't be fussed to go into too much detail right now -- my brain is fried from meetings.
Thursday
- Work was relatively okay. A few meetings that went as well as they could, and a quick work gym visit with E to coach her through her weight workout. Mostly spent the latter half of the day putting things in order for my PTO.
- Went to the other gym after work (which was a battle because I really just wanted to go hooooome) and did the lifting. Didn't get a chance to squat because every five seconds the squat rack was taken. Did managed to do assisted dips, though, which was the first time I'd ever done those, so I'm considering this a win.
- Was introduced to a new online writing RPG. Decided to hold a character and started putting together his application. Finding a PB was actually the easiest thing ever -- changed a few things, but he's basically a character out of the original thing I'm writing, and the only person to accurately portray him is The Rock. He's just not a supernatural or in the mob, but he's still a sucker for animals.
Friday
- First day of PTO! I had lofty goals: I was going to go to bjj! And get my car washed! And my hair cut! Instead, I finished up Toni's application and sat around watching Gilmore Girls. I have no regrets.
Saturday
- Was actually excited to go to bjj, which is kind of amazing because Saturdays have kind of been the day I grudgingly get up or find an excuse not to go. Instead, I was up and ready and even early! Started with basics (single leg take down, guard escapes), switched over to women's (some chokes and mount attacks), and stayed to roll afterward and during the actual randori. Things quickly went downhill, however -- my partner in women's was a girl who is overly enthusiastic and very doggedly tries to get a specific move, even if said move isn't going to work. Well, she was trying to go for an Americana, but my wrist was off the mat. I tried to explain that she wasn't getting it and had to get my wrist back on the mat, and instead she decided to put all of her weight on my hand and drive my fingers into the mat. As soon my thumbnail started to bend, I tried to tap, but she kept going. She kept going until I was repeating "ow ow ow ow" and the professor had to stop her. She'd pulled my nail back far enough that the nail bed was full of blood, and my thumb hurt whenever pressure was put on it. Sigh. Ended up bandaging my hand and continuing on, and ended up going harder with her than normal because I was pissed and in pain. Not hard enough that I could have hurt her, but hard enough that she realized she wasn't keeping me down if I didn't want her to. Rolled with the professor a few times, was complimented, so yay! Then went to randori with the big boys. Actually managed to get an armbar on a blue belt (he ended up giving it to me since I had the set up mostly right, but had my leg in the wrong place). Another white belt (one stripe) nearly wrenched my shoulder out of its socket, so I stuck with upper belts after that.
- After randori, went to my gym weigh in, then went home. Collapsed on the couch, watched more Gilmore Girls. Pretty much stayed there.
Sunday
- Went to the gym, lifted the weights, squatted 165lbs! Which was totally exciting and hard and I AM 10lbs AWAY FROM MY GOAL FOR THE GYM CHALLENGE!
- Lazed about until evening when I needed to start prepping souffle for Kagetsukai and stars' parents, since they were coming for dinner.
- Had a nice dinner with the in-laws and Kagetsukai.
- Started (and finished!) my first log in a while for the new game. Realized my writing is really kind of rusty, so I need to work on that. Sigh.
Onto the challenge summary thing!
Rock That Crop Top, Jas (aka core - 3 sessions a week) - 3/3. Did core while E did her weights, and then added in more core during my regular gym work out.
Climb That Wall (aka chin ups - 3 times a week) - 3/3! Two sessions with the assisted pull up machines.
I Can't Keep Eating Like an Asshole, Part the Third (aka food - stick to the plaaaaan) - MOSTLY PASSING! Kind of fell off the wagon with soda. Whoops.
Making Kitty Famous (aka instagram - one new cat picture a day) - 7/7! Have cute cat pictures and videos:
- Work was relatively okay. A few meetings that went as well as they could, and a quick work gym visit with E to coach her through her weight workout. Mostly spent the latter half of the day putting things in order for my PTO.
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Good on you for going and voting, though ugh, sorry that you missed BJJ due to how long it took! Sounded like chaos!
Ahhhh DSW...I love and hate that store. Even when I have a specific thing in mind, I can't find exactly what I like...and I end up getting something else I didn't plan on *sigh*. Ah well...Shopping is hard!
Good things happening challenge wise at least! I'll need look at those photos when I get home
Eh, it was fine. I made up for it on Saturday when I was there for over three hours. ^^;;
I just. I hate shopping. Hate it.
Yup!
Yeah, democracy. They're coming to town for us in a couple of weeks, and I promised a Fare I'd do everything I could to stop Trump here. No vote for that man. Saw a man when I was driving today with a sign that said, "Anybody But Trump." I wanted to fist bump that man.
Anyway, sounds like it's going as well as you could ask it to at this point. I envy y'all the clothing struggle - I still have to dress in clothes I bought years ago - no money and no change, even if I am getting stronger, you know?
Hope the rest of the week went well. The cats are awesome. Keep going!
Always fun. I'm enjoying the 'Anyone but Trump 2016' signs I'm seeing. It gives me hope that we're not too far gone yet.
If I could just wear pajamas, my wardrobe would be awesome. Alas, work requires people clothes. Ugh.
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Aaaaah! Good luck with testing! Kick (literal) ass!
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Hahaha, I just recently saw this like a week ago, so that whole thing's been on my mind. Wonderfus! Very good, and good luck!
That video is awesome. Have you seen the sequel? He takes on Mulan, Cinderella, Elsa and someone else. Thank you~!
My childhood favorite!
Here for this, ofcofc.
Strong gif game already as usual.
Gotta have strong gifs, man. It's what keeps me alive.
Rajah!!!! I love your kitty quest! Yay!!! Good luck on the limiting sodas and yes! ROCK THE CHIN UPS!!!
Kitty quest is best quest!
I'm really only limiting soda because I'm tired of stars bitching at me about soda.Damn. That song in mah head nao.
Jasmine grows on trees..../snicker
you!
*hugs*
Yass, good.
She totally does. She's nutritious.
Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!
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Days 001 & 002 & 003
Going to do today's update since I'm mostly done with the day and I'm not planning on doing a whole lot tonight.
Monday was spent putting the finishing touches on the spreadsheet of doom. Went over it with the person who will be using it, and there is a laundry list of things to fix on it. Mostly superficial things (colors, grading curves, and an additional column add on the first tab), so I took care of those yesterday. Wanted to have a chance to go over how the sheet will work as an integrated feature to do the reporting that it needs to do. Pretty sure it's 95% complete - I would say it's done, but then I look at my e-mail and see a new request for the spreadsheet. Alas. Anyway, rest day, so no real exercise to be found, although stars and I did go shopping after work. I've been in dire need of new shoes (and... probably clothes, but I'm still kind of anti-shopping), and stars needed shoes that didn't make her feet hurt and some new BB cream, so off we went!
Stars found a pair of loafers at DSW, which was our first stop. I, sadly, did not find anything that I liked. This is, also sadly, not unusual. I hate shopping and unless I have a specific idea of what I want, I tend to... not go. Anyway, after my strike out at DSW, it was off to cross the street and hit the mall. Our first stop was Payless, where I managed to find a pair of Christian Siriano for Payless shoes that I didn't hate. They're flats, they're loafers, and they're a neutral color (and I'm wearing them today!), plus they were less than $30, so I figured this was a win. Once I had my new shoes, it was off to go to Sephora for make up, except that I sort of led stars into Anne Taylor first.
Not for me - for her.
See, she's got a problem. Clothes don't really fit her off the rack at the stores we usually shop at (Kohl's and the like). They just don't carry sizes in a small enough size, or shirts that have room for her aerialist shoulders. Amazingly enough, whenever we go into an expensive store, she doesn't seem to have this problem! So I've been trying to convince her to start buying one or two pieces at expensive stores to fill in the gaps in her wardrobe. Now, I didn't lead her into Anne Taylor with the intent of her buying anything - I was actually taking her in to gauge reactions to some of the clothes since her birthday is coming up - but she tried on a few pieces and ended up walking out with a skirt and a shirt. She seems to be slowly coming to my point of view (muahahaha!) so we might make this a monthly thing where we go shopping and she gets one or two pieces, and we keep doing this until she has a wardrobe that is lovely and doesn't fit weirdly in places. Win win.
Anyway, after that, it was off to Sephora to procure BB cream, and then off to home for dinner.
Tuesday was a busy day. It's also usually a double BJJ day, but it was also caucus, and I felt like I should actually go to that. Work itself was okay - finished the spreadsheet (in as much as it can be finished), went to meetings, was praised on said spreadsheet by my boss, and went to Zumba. After work (which I left late because of meetings), I went to my caucus location. Without getting into my thoughts on the Democratic candidates (I'm a Democrat because they mostly believe I'm a person), the process itself was... a clusterfuck. Seriously. Doors opened at 6:30pm and were supposed to close at 7pm. Except that more people turned out than they'd anticipated. We didn't actually get to the straw vote until 8:30 because the last people weren't checked in until 8:15. I was there until after 9pm, and I wasn't happy about it. I also ended up being nominated caucus secretary for my precinct, and the precinct committee person was trying to convince me to be a delegate at county caucus next weekend. Yeah, no. If the precinct caucus was this badly organized, I can only shudder to think what county will be like. I may show up to the reorg next January and maybe run for something, but we'll see if I still feel charitable towards politics in a year.
Needless to say, no bjj. Also, ended up having to have frozen lasagna for dinner because this damn thing took so long. Woe is me.
Today has been slower, thankfully. Had a meeting this morning where I presented the spreadsheet to my management team and pretty much won them over to my way of thinking, so yay! Went to the gym to get in a workout, and now I'm sitting here, reading random articles, and relaxing. Tonight's plan was going to be going to bjj, buuuuuuuut I think I'm just going to stay home. I've got Friday and Monday off, so I'll probably end up doing bjj classes on those days, so.
Onto the challenge summary thing!
Rock That Crop Top, Jas (aka core - 3 sessions a week) - 1/3. Went down the gym today and did some AMRAPs of core (and squats because of another challenge I'm in), as well as some timed sets for planks and wall sits. My current AMRAPs are as stands (and will likely be re-tested weekly to see if there's any improvement):
Bodyweight Squat: 50
Crunches: 70
Sit Ups: 25
Glute Bridges: 30
Mountain Climbers: 35
Exercise Ball Roll Outs: 12
Current plank and wall sits time is 00:00:30. Going to try to improve those, as well.
Climb That Wall (aka chin ups - 3 times a week) - 1/3! Band assisted today, but I totally noticed a brand new assisted pull up machine at the gym at work.
Super exciting! Anyway, 3 sets of 5 with the blue band (I have no idea what resistance that is, to be honest). I Can't Keep Eating Like an Asshole, Part the Third (aka food - stick to the plaaaaan) - PASSING! So far anyway.I've done one bread free day and have had no sodas. I'm a bit screwed on processed food (cereal is kind of my go-to for breakfast because it's fast and filling, and Cocoa Crispies are made with rice rather than wheat) since today was a pre-packaged burrito kind of lunch day, so I might rethink the processed food goal, mostly because breakfast.
Making Kitty Famous (aka instagram - one new cat picture a day) - 3/7! Have cute cat pictures and videos:
Natsuo really doesn't like being photographed or recorded, hence the two Youji pictures. But they're just so cute.
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RESERVED FOR WEEKLY SUMMARIES AND END OF CHALLENGE SUMMARY
WEEK 001
CHALLENGE: Core - 3 sessions a week
GRADE: A! Urgh. My coreeeeeee.
CHALLENGE: Chin Up - 3 times a week
GRADE: A! Urgh. My armmmmmmms.
CHALLENGE: Food - stick to the plaaaaan
GRADE: B! Mostly stuck to the plan. Soda kind of derailed me at the end of the week. Oh well.
CHALLENGE: Instagram - one new cat picture a day
GRADE: A! Didn't miss a day! Also, photographing the cats is super fun and they are sooooooo cute!
WEEK 002
CHALLENGE: Core - 3 sessions a week
GRADE: A! The burn.
CHALLENGE: Chin Up - 3 times a week
GRADE: A! I can probably do a single chin up without weight. Will have to check it next week.
CHALLENGE: Food - stick to the plaaaaan
GRADE: C! Yeah, let's not even talk about this.
CHALLENGE: Instagram - one new cat picture a day
GRADE: B! Missed Monday. Alas.
WEEK 003
CHALLENGE: Core - 3 sessions a week
GRADE: A! Managed it. BJJ gave me some new core exercises. Urgh.
CHALLENGE: Chin Up - 3 times a week
GRADE: A! Barely, but managed it.
CHALLENGE: Food - stick to the plaaaaan
GRADE: C! Food is a horrible thing for me. Again.
CHALLENGE: Instagram - one new cat picture a day
GRADE: B! Missed Monday. Again.
WEEK 004
CHALLENGE: Core - 3 sessions a week
GRADE: C! This last week was horrible.
CHALLENGE: Chin Up - 3 times a week
GRADE: C! Nope.
CHALLENGE: Food - stick to the plaaaaan
GRADE: C! Next challenge is going to have to be rethought. Again.
CHALLENGE: Instagram - one new cat picture a day
GRADE: B! Missed one day. Again.
END OF CHALLENGE SUMMARY
CHALLENGE: Core - 3 sessions a week
GRADE: B! Aside from the last week, I did pretty good about this. Will need to keep doing this, though.
CHALLENGE: Chin Up - 3 times a week
GRADE: B! Again, the last week was rough, but I did do it for the most part.
CHALLENGE: Food - stick to the plaaaaan
GRADE: C! Nope. I really, really fell off the wagon. Again. Already trying to figure out how to go about this next challenge.
CHALLENGE: Instagram - one new cat picture a day
GRADE: B! Generally missed one day a week. But there was lots of cat pictures, and they were cute. And I really just like my cats.
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THE YEAR OF DISNEY PRINCESSES BECAUSE I AM A MOTHERFUCKING PRINCESS MONK: PRINCESS JASMINE EDITION
As is tradition (hey, once totally counts as tradition!), have my favorite Jasmine song:
What? She's only got the one song, and as much as I like A Whole New World, I like this better.
Rock That Crop Top, Jas.
Having some core confidence definitely translates in other areas of life - I mean, just look at that sassy princess in her crop top. I totally need that. And core strength. After all, a rocking crop top isn't going to toss the guys off of me in bjj.
CHALLENGE: Core - 3 sessions a week
GRADING: A - 3 sessions | B - 2 session | C - 1 session
Obviously, to be done on different days. If there is a class at work that is core heavy, it will count. No time limit on this - just need to make sure I'm focusing on this.
Climb That Wall
Now, Jasmine just wanted to be ~*~free~*~ from her princessly obligations. I mean, we all feel that feel sometimes. Me, though? I just want my damn chin up back.
CHALLENGE: Chin Up - 3 times a week
GRADING: A - 3 days | B - 2 days | C - 1 day
At least one set of 5 attempted three times a week. This can be done at home (which... let's be real, would be me jumping futilely), at work (which has assistance bands), or at the other gym (which as the assisted pull up machine).
I Can't Keep Eating Like an Asshole, Part the Third
Now that Jasmine knows that food doesn't grow on trees (wait), it's time to start being a bit more specific in how we decide to eat.
CHALLENGE: Food - stick to the plaaaaan
GRADING: A - Stuck to the plan | B - Mostly stuck to the plan | C - There was a plan?
So, this go around, I'm going to have some specific things to work towards since two months of beating into my head what should and should not be a daily nom thing has started to sink it. The plan is as follows:
- Limit bread/pasta to 4 meals a week - this means 3 days of no wheat; rice does not count towards this
- Processed food no more than twice a week - basically, if it comes from a box or a can (unless it's corn), I can only have it twice a week. Chocolate does not count, nor does dairy.
- Soda on double bjj days, otherwise once every 5 days - when it comes down to it, I like soda, so instead of saying no more soda, time to restrict it. There will be an exception to this rule on 3/9 and 3/10 because I'm in all day meetings, and as I don't drink coffee, I need caffeine from somewhere or I'll fall asleep.
Making Kitty Famous
Let's be real - the actual star of the movie was Rajah. And he's such a handsome boy. I've got two handsome boys at home, and the world really ought to see more of them.
CHALLENGE: Instagram - one new cat picture a day
GRADING: A - 7 pictures | B - 6 pictures | C - 5 pictures
Follow me on instagram if you want (~stillskies), but I'll also post them here.
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- Limit bread/pasta to 4 meals a week - this means 3 days of no wheat; rice does not count towards this
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Well! Looks like things ended out well over here. Very good! Glad to see.
I've been wanting to get in to Kyou Kara Maou, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Is it on Netflix, or do I have to go looking for... alternatives?
I love KKM. From what I know, it's not on Netflix - I have the licensed DVDs for Season 1 and half of Season 2. We have fansubs for the rest of it, the OAVs, and Season 3 somewhere. You may have to go looking for alternatives, unfortunately.
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Days 025-028
Thursday was relatively quiet, aside from the abject panic that consumed me once I saw my year end review was scheduled for that day. It went well - glowing review, as expected, but still. I always get super paranoid about it. Went to the gym with E during lunch and tormented her with the barbell while I did barbell glute bridges.
Ended up getting to 135lbs, which is pretty good for my first time (I can probably do more - thanks bjj! - but the weight resting on my hip bones gets kind of painful after a while). After work, stars and I went to the other gym for lifting tiemz. No new records - focused on volume for both bench and squat. Got some chin up work done on the assisted machine. Went home and continued my binge watch of Bitten.Friday was busy busy busy, but only because I finally decided to get a start on one of the scorecards I've been kind of languishing on. It's taken months to get the information I need, as well as access to it, so now that I have it, I figured it would be a good idea to start formatting the spreadsheet. Which took 8 hours. My entire day was spent on that spreadsheet. And it looked pretty damn good by the time I left work, although there was still some tweaking that needed to be done. Went home, ate noms, finished Bitten and started Gilmore Girls.
Saturday was a nice, lazy day. I was going to go to bjj, but the desire for sleep won out. Had a minor fiasco with our garage door - Friday night, we'd heard a big crash, but assumed it was the cats. Apparently, it was one of the springs on our garage door breaking. So, in order to get our cars out of the garage, we had to have someone come and fix it. Stars found someone, they came, got the garage open, and she took off for aerial (she'd arranged to be able to go even though she'd missed open gym) while I hung out and waited for the guy to fix it. He did, I paid, he left. Stars came home, and later we went to Kohl's (we had some Kohl's cash to use) and the grocery store. Went home, watched more Gilmore Girls.
Sunday was a nice, lazy morning. Woke up, nommed, made brownies. Watched Gilmore Girls. BlackTezca came over and we watched more Kyou Kara Maou (I want to finish the series, but I'm told I have to be good boo). She left, and stars dragged me to the gym. Ugh. I did not want to go. Managed to PR in squat (160lbs woot!), worked up to 95lbs on my bench, and got up to 185lbs on deadlift. Not bad, but ugh. Did not want to gooooo... Went home, showered, watched more Gilmore Girls. Spent some time working on the spreadsheet for work.
Basically, I just watched Gilmore Girls this weekend. No shame. Week 4 and end of challenge summary on page 1.
Onto the challenge summary thing!
Contortion is Needed to Mimic Paintings (aka yoga - 2 sessions a week) - 2/2. Two quick 30 minute sessions while stars was out of the house over the weekend.
Thordamnit, Elsa (aka outdoors - 2 winter activities throughout the challenge) - 2/2! Completed!
I Can't Keep Eating Like an Asshole, Redux (aka food - eat only what starsapart approves 6x a week) - 6/6!
I Want to Stuff Some Chocolate in my Face (aka baking - one new chocolate recipe a week) - Brownies!
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DAYS 8-12
Goal One - Get your ass moving.
Goal Two - What is in your mouth?
Goal Three - Me time.