elvenengineer

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^^^ what they said. Count the victories!

Daw, thanks guys. (I'm not crying, YOU'RE CRYING) Logged foodz in MFP today, went to the gym, about to head to swing dancing (I also went to swing dancing yesterday because I was feeling lonely). Bench: 6/4/5/4/4 at 70# 10/10 at 55# Stretching Swing! I didn't go into the office today, I was having major sads, but I did work from home even though my brain weasels were like, if you don't go into the office what even is the point. Which is dumb, because a lot of people in my group work from home. Silly brain weasels. But I got a lot done!

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This is a brilliant idea for challenge rewards! I love enamel pins I may steals it

Okay, so far 2018 has been a terrible year for me personally. That's about to change. That's right, we're going to kill the monsters. But first we have to find them! First, the Barroth: This monster is big and hits hard, but is also kind of slow so easy to dodge and roll around. We are going to focus on the big and hits hard part - I signed up for a powerlifting meet on June 23rd! So I'm going to get all my workouts in so I can be BIG and STRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Workouts: 3 a week (can include dancing in an effort to be more agile than a Barroth) Second, the Kulu-Ya-Ku Very resourceful, prone to stealing things, usually food or rocks. I'm doing badly with that whole eating thing again, but to get strong I need to eat things! So I am going to log SOMETHING in MFP every day, or may the Kulu-Ya-Ku steal all my rocks. Third, the Anjarath: This thing is terrifying and has a tendency to just.... show up when you are TRYING to fight something else, ugh (can you tell that's happened to me?) So the point of this second quest is to.... show up. Sometimes my brain tries to convince me that if I'm going to be late to something, I might as well not go at all. This is basically never true, so thanks brain weasels. No real measurements, but I'm going to try to document when the brain weasels tell me to just not do something (aka the robotics meet i judged this weekend, I still went and was 10 whole minutes late, but everyone was SUPER happy I was there so HA brain weasels!). And maybe my friends here will give me some kudos

And then I got another virus which may have been yet another strain of the flu. Such fun... I'm still here! Still focusing on self-care. Friends are good Feelings are hard. But there have been more happy feelings than sad lately. I got a tattoo yesterday! There will be posts on my instagram at some point (elven.engineer) and there may be some more in the works, I loved my tattoo guy.

Hey guys, So unfortunately my full meal with a vegetable yesterday was at a restaurant and it seems I got food poisoning from it - boo. So I haven't been feeling great the last 24 hours - my stomach is still mad at me. So no workouts, and my self-care has basically been resting. Booo sicks. I did go swing dancing Wednesday, so that was good! I was going to bail but my D&D friend convinced me to go and I'm so glad I did - had so much fun! I sent him a thank you message for encouraging me to go Self-Care! I was happy I did that. No workouts this week except the aforementioned swing dancing. D&D tonight! Hopefully I can get a workout in before - we usually don't start until like 8pm. If I'm not too weak from the like, not eating/upset stomach thing. I have some crackers I'm working on.

1/23/2018 I ate food and a vegetable today!!!! Self care was laundry and picking out my next cross stitch project Posting here Sent from a small communication device, somewhere in space

Yesterday's Workout: Barbell Back Squat: 4x6 at 95# Barbell Bench Press: 4x6 at 65# Superset: Goblet Squat/Dumbell Bench Goblet Squat: 10 at 15#, 2x10 at 20# Dumbbell Bench: 3x10 at 15# ABZ

1/22/2018 self-care: had a massage, paid a bill I'd been procrastinating on food - ummm I had three granola bars and a coffee today. I may go cook something real quick. Didn't realize how bad it was, whoops posting still haven't done laundry went to the gym yesterday! will post numbers maybe tomorrow, I is tired

Since I wrote that snazzy self care definition, thought I’d check in today on if I am appreciative of the self care choice I made last night and the answer is YES. I feel so much better today, both physically and mentally. Needed some rest! I ate a full breakfast, so that’s good. Plans include laundry and paying a bill. And here I is, posting! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

11/20/2017 Food - was bad about this today, had a burger and a granola bar total. Will do better tomorrow hopefully Self-care: was cognizant of my limits, did not go out dancing tonight even though that was the original plan. Lots of socializing happened earlier and I’m worn out Post- here! Went to the zoo today and saw lots of animals including 🦒[emoji210][emoji196][emoji191][emoji204][emoji247][emoji234] but sadly no [emoji882] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

11/19/2018 Self care- scheduled a massage for Monday, texted two people I want to connect with when I go back to LA Food- I ate 2 decentish meals but no fruits or vegetables Post - here from under three blankets Did not gym even though I was schedule to Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

11/18/2017 Self-Care: not yet Food - subway for lunch! filling and involving a vegetable Post - here! Salsa is tonight, but I think I'm going to stay home and paint the wood for my robotics' team's table. And play some video games. Which will probably be my self-care

Daily Post: 1/17/2018 Self-Care: Mailed two important things I'd been procrastinating Meal with fruit at lunch - I didn't eat it all, but I ate most of it and I wasn't hungry after. Meal included three clementines. Post - here Swing dancing and zumba tonight!

Lifty stuff! Yesterday's workout: Bench: 10 at 45#, 5 at 55#, 3x6 at 65#, 2x10 at 55# Superset (x3): Waiter's Walk (25 steps with 15# dumbbell) and Hollow Rock (30 seconds each time) Crow Pose Practice: 5 minutes Stretching

Well, this will be a different challenge for me. It should maybe be in a different section, but.... I'm still lifting, and this feels like home. And that's nice. And I miss you peoples. As many of you know, I struggle with depression, and not wanting to feel feelings has always been a thing for me. For a lot of my life I was pretty sure I didn't have any. Therapy and meds have helped, and now I feel all the things, which I'm told is good. And I have a lot of little moments now where I just think - I'm really happy right now! and that's great, and that never used to happen. But when bad things happen, those are a lot more intense as well. I wasn't even going to do a challenge this time around, but then I saw Spezzy's, and I thought that if she can do it, so can I. Even if I am starting late. So here's the thing: My uncle passed away last Friday. And not a blood related one, one that I had by choice. I loved him, and I miss him, and I am going home in a couple weeks and was SO excited to see him and others while I was there, but he was definitely one of the ones on my "MUST SEE" list. It's been a couple years since I've seen him, and now I have all the regrets that I didn't make the trip earlier, that he left before I had a change to tell him how much I appreciated his presence in my life (I've been working my way down a list), that I'll never get one more hug. And then I'm also just.... sad. -------------------------------------------------- So, a challenge. Not just whining. Self-Care: Every day, do something Future Elvie will be happy Past Elvie did. I've been working to expand my definition of self-care, and this is my favorite one. Sometimes that's lifting, sometimes it's choosing not to lift, sometimes it's paying a bill, sometimes it's doing laundry... etc. Eat a full meal with a fruit or vegetable every day. Post here every day (I found "weekly" was too vague last time, and I just kept saying that I'd do it later haha). I'll post lifty stuff here too, of course

Yay! Work stress can really throw everything off, good luck on figuring out a balance, I'll be working on that too

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TZ is wise. Listen to her. Also, babysitters exist. Just sayin'

You can also get even smaller increments, that helps sometimes also! I totally forgot about this, great suggestion Deckard

Just realized it would potentially be more interesting if I posted my workout! Shoulder Mobility a la Kelly Starrett (video below) 15 minute walk to and from gym Dumbbell Bench (feet up): 10 at 15# (per hand), 5 at 20# (per hand), 3x8 at 25# (per hand) Pistol Squat Progression: 3x5 at (sit on bench with one leg, stand up, repeat) Light stretching

Yuppers, that's what I did the first time. Will be making that happen again today. le sigh. It just isn't super convenient.