Kementári

I forgot to include that I cooked this meal while dressed in my half-finished Mairon (Sauron) cosplay for Comic Con. Must have been quite the hilarious view. 

Could also just be tendinitis and not carpal tunnel but they suck pretty equally I think!!  Carpal tunnel you have to have a genetic tendency for in your family and it's signified by numbness in the fingers whereas tendinitis just hurts like hell/ is an overuse injury. I got tendinitis in both my hand and in my elbow a few years back from a poorly arranged desk at work and yeah OWW. I hope you feel better soon! 

 

Also those mushrooms look SO TASTY!

Yes, I believe it's tendinitis, then. That word sounds so nice while the German term for it is so long haha. We call it "Sehnenscheidenentzündung". Thank you

Ughhhhhhhhhh carpal tunnel?  That's SO ANNOYING.  I hope your hand improves soon!!!!!!!!!!

 

On the bright side, your mushrooms look very delicious!

Thank you! And they were, thank you.

So.... I'm still alive. Sorry for the radio silence (oops). I hurt my right hand about a week ago. I don't know the English name for it but it's mainly when your hand is overworked from writing/typing/etc. This is extremely crappy because I have exams right now. So I've been having to keep it slow when it comes to using my hand and therefore done little to no exercise. 

But fret not, Blue Team, this week I cooked! I absolutely love mushrooms and since I usually throw them in a pan with a bunch of other things I like, here's what I did this week.

Kementári's Mushroom Pan:

Ingredients: six mushrooms, three small tomatoes, a handful of grated cheese, butter

- heat pan and add butter

- cut mushrooms into slices and throw them in the pan

- cut tomatoes into pieces and add into pan

- when the mushrooms seem done to you, add the grated cheese and stir until it melts

- scrape onto a plate and add seasoning of your choice (I added some basil, too)

I love this because it's quick, rather healthy and absolutely delicious. Since I usually put in different things every time it also doesn't get boring.

Result in the spoiler~ 

"you may do 200 reps of any combination of the following"

Am I understanding this right? Does this mean we do not have to choose one type of exercise but can combine them, as long as we do them correctly?

WEEK 1 SUMMARY:

What I mainly realised this week was how out of shape I am.... my darebee work out on Tuesday (?) had me wrecked and left me with aching muscles for three days. Also during my flexibilty work outs I noticed that I can't even rest my head on my leg when I put it up on the ballet bar. Well with my good leg I can but the other one - nope. Very frustrating. 

I just finished my second darbee work out and so my stats are:

Darebee work outs à 3 sets: 2/10 (1x Artemis, 1x Amazon)

Flexibility work outs: 2/10

Study sessions: 1/10

Not very happy with myself but at least I'm doing something again. 

Motivational gif in 3... 2... 1...

I'll bribe your motivation with 10 Euro comicon extra cash for every goal you ace

Deal! Anything for Comic Con xD

As some of you might have noticed, I'd kind of vanished for a while. This was mainly because of our musical production of Jesus Christ Superstar which had me on/behind/around stage almost all day for the past month. Now that shows are over, we've all calmed down and getting back to normal, I've also decided it's time to get back into working out. Not that I'm overly motivated, but I know I definitely should. 
So here comes Kementári's third challenge, this time Game of Thrones style!

A. Getting back into shape (+4 STR, +1 CHA)

(because who wouldn't want to look like Gendry.... not that it did him any good in the end)

Even though musicals are quite strenious, I've noticed my lovely core muscles fading a little so I want to get them back! Not only those, though. In this part of my challenge I want to focus on getting back on track strength wise. And since I have a lot of darebee work outs printed in our working out room, why not use those?

Over the course of the challenge I will try to do 10 darebee works out of my choice (à 3 sets) over the entire challenge.

A = 10 | B = 9-7 | C = 6-5 | D = 4-2 | F = 0

B. Remember that flexibilty goal of yours? Yeah... it's been a while...

(I'd have a gif for the splits but those of you who know the scene also know that it's quite explicit)

A while ago I set myself the goal to be able to do the splits by the end of the year. With this break I took, I doubt I'm going to manage but I'm definitely not giving up now. Maybe I'll get there beginning of 2016, who knows? So to get back into that, I'll pick up my old work out for this part:

Pliés (demi & grand, position 1-5), comprés and tondues to warm up, maybe some fondues and grand battemends if I feel like it, followed by a 10min stretching session. 

Goal for this one: try doing 2 a week (1 is the minimum). Not going to grade myself on this. 

C. Life Challenge: Smart like a Lannister (+3 WIS)

With exams coming up I must not only train my body but also my mind - so here's to this:

10 study sessions à 2x25min. May be studying alone or with friends. Study for 25min, take 5-15min break and then go on for 25min. 

Goal: achieve at least 10 points out of a possible 15 in every exam.

A = 10 | B = 9-7 | C = 6-5 | D = 4-2 | F = 0

So yeah that's it for this challenge, let's see if I can keep it up...

I just started classes again which means looooots of walking up and down stairs for me. Dancing steps don't count, I suppose? 

OMG I love your user name

Finally someone notices the reference thank you!

Ah yes here comes the time for my inner Tolkien geek to shine! I'd like to sign up for the elves, if there's still space for me. I was hoping for this theme to come up some time *jumps up and down excitedly*

Heria, mellyn nîn! (Let us begin, my friends!)

For yesterday (only getting around to logging it now though), I did another hour long yoga video, so I'll count 30 minutes. Also, some side split beginning pics (were not actually taken yesterday, but hopefully they'll still count).

 

Left and Right sides:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8SpTGA0Gs8rb29IX0Y4dVc5Zlk/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8SpTGA0Gs8rU3NLYmVMSEVQdjg/view?usp=sharing

Wow that looks reaaally good! I'm trying to get to that point by the end of the year. Keep going!

So after taking a two week work out break because I had a friend visiting I'm back at it. Did a 1.5h workout with a friend today and noticed quite the progress with my splits! I hurt myself two weeks ago because I slipped during stretching and so I couldn't work on flexibility for a while to make sure it healed alright but today I noticed I'm only about 15cm (5.9 inches) from the ground. Six weeks ago it was 20cm. So despite the injury I'm slowly getting there!

Here is a picture from during the last mini:

And here's one from today:

The pictures are different legs but at the moment both my sides are equal. Also my waist is turned in the second picture, I got a little lower before turning but otherwise my hand was in the way and you couldn't see the progress....

Yesss, good, flexibility! I'm moving into this bunk right here. There won't be much splits progress in the next two weeks because I slipped when stretching a few days back and hurt myself but I can work on other things, too. 

Also yay, Star Trek!

I'm so proud of us! We might be second last at house points but at least we were unbeatable in Quidditch! 

Just had a cold shower after rehearsals and a nice share of food and I'm quite refreshed now. So proud of y'all for what you did when I was gone!!

Waking up to see we caught up with the lions. Great job guys! Now let's keep that up! 

I've been resting up today. It's game time now though

I was already wondering go kick some lion butts while I go get some rest~ 

I'm about to go to bed and I think y'all need some cheering on. Come on guys, let's fight those lions!

Unless someone else signs up, we're all going to end up counting. We only have 7 participants, and no one can play two positions this time. It's just that one of the beaters would have to shift to Seeker after the snitch has been spotted.

We may not be likely to win the house cup, but we're in a good position to take the Quidditch Cup!

You do have a point and this way we have enough Beaters for one to switch. I'm probably going to stick to being a Beater, mostly because I have a personal thing with lucky fire dragon going on. We're kind of trying to top one another on our burpees... 

I just signed up for chaser.  Kementari, do you feel up to playing Beater again?  

Yup. Got a nice two weeks of rest and am all up for it again. I still feel like I'm going to end up being the one whose burpees don't affect the score but I'm planning on topping my record from last time anyway. And I'm quite positive that we're gonna win this match too!

my first attempt at filming, using imovie, uploading to youtube, and posting a video here, so I apologize for any issues! I did 3 different singles, a double, and then attempted to study angular momentum by using weights   Also, my camera had major sound issues, so please enjoy the generic imovie soundtrack. And I apologize for my kitchen, only place in the apartment with turnable floors that isn't the bathrooms.

 

Looks great! Your feet are perfectly controlled, I love it!

You're not alone there. Also: yay fun spinny skirt!

It's my ballet skirt and I just love how it spins. Thank you!

ooops double post

Damn, I can't seem to get the embedding right, but you can click the link and watch it there.

It was only 40 pirouettes into my work out that I realised I should probably take some magically moving pictures too. I still move a little forward when I turn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-5v8TgoNpw