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18 hours ago, Alanna said:

The food all looks delicious!

 

 

What's your motivation for rucking, out of curiosity? Is it for the added benefits of using the extra weight or to prep for hiking/backpacking? I don't know much about it as a type of exercise!

I like walking and I like hiking. I have done a few goruck events and would like to do more in the future so it just helps stay ready I guess. Early morning rucks with audible are becoming the habit.

6 hours ago, Alanna said:

Week 4 Recap

 

Bedtime: Much better than Week 3. I had 3 too-late nights, but the latest was by 10 minutes. The other two late nights were 1 and 3 minutes late for a total of 14 minutes late across the week. I also accumulated 21 minutes of going to bed early across all nights. 

Exercise: 6 (!) / 3 walks. 2/2 strength training sessions.

Sweets/biscuits: None

 

Seems like a very solid week!

I think I just really need to focus on getting up early and getting my Ruck in then immediately after work getting my lifting or running in depending on the day. I do now have my desktop set up at home so checking into NF will be more frequent thankfully.

cooked some ribeye to have the next couple evenings

cast iron snook to finish it off yesterday afternoon

GF made a great salad 

4/24

easy ruck

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • ????
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 16.68/100 
• Run 50 miles
  • 3/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Listened to audible
  • Eating well and feeling good

4/23

home made chinese food at a friends house

Took a much needed rest day. I am realizing as I get older and am in less great shape as 4 years a go, I need to pace myself. If I just stick with it for a few weeks I should be able to go harder than I am now.

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • ????
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 14.88/100 
• Run 50 miles
  • 3/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Listened to audible
  • Eating well and feeling good, but had some wine with the chinese food

4/22

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • ????
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 14.88/100 
• Run 50 miles
  • 3/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Read
  • Listened to audible
  • New Audible
  • Fishing gear is almost categorized and stored
  • Eating well and feeling good

4/21

light day

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • 171.6
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 12.88/100 
• Run 50 miles
  • 3/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Read
  • Listened to audible
  • My house is back under contract
  • Finished that audible
  • Camped
  • Eating well and feeling good

dinner last night, snook i caught and veggies I grew

yes those are purple sweet potatoes

Finished this on Audible. I was not very impressed, would not recommend.

I finally got to go camping a couple weekends a go. Car camping but it's better than nothing. 1/6 camping trips done!

our tent was small, kids tent was spacious

camp fajitas pre meat

some steak thrown in

some garden delights

snook, the best tasting fish in the world

it's not much but i grew this

dad and I loaded the freezer

he got to stay in the ocean

1 hour ago, Alanna said:

 

Ugh, that sucks - fingers crossed you get another good offer soon. How is the housing market in the US? Most houses are getting snapped up very quickly here in the UK because of a build-up of demand from COVID coupled with low interest rates. 

 

The meal prep looks great (functionally and aesthetically!). I'm impressed by your number of identical glass (?) containers - is that pyrex or a different brand? 

It went back on the market for all of 10 hours before getting an offer over asking price. This time though I can sit tight and not worry. I have almost everything out of it and it is ready to go!

They are pyrex, I think in that size at some point I may have had close to 25. Over the years though they have chipped. I need to order some new lids as well.

4/20

random meal prep from the pantry

Got my shit back together and went for a nice ruck this morning, then came home from work and ran, nothing fancy

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • 172.4
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 11.53/100 - added a ruck i never posted
• Run 50 miles
  • 3/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Read
  • Listened to audible
  • My house is on the market and one offer fell through
  • completed a few other goals i will post

15 hours ago, Alanna said:

Hey, how is your challenge going - have you gotten your squat rack set up? I hope your knee is cooperating now!

Sorry, life kicked my butt. I thought I had my house on the market but the offer fell through. 

1.2

moonset in the front yard 

Got into the trap of not rucking in the morning, which led to a long work day and then not rucking in the evening. I need to ruck first thing as my highest priority.

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • 172
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 7.83/100
• Run 50 miles
  • 2/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Read
  • Listened to audible
  • My house is going on the market in a week from this coming Saturday
  • After selling the house I plan on maxing out my 401k and my roth IRA since I will have zero debt.
  • Ordered some fishing gear meant to respool all my reels with new line. These tools will make it much easier and quicker to do this than not having them.

steak and mushrooms for dinner

20 hours ago, Alanna said:

How does the knee feel after that workout? Any idea what's causing the soreness?

I think a combo of being old(40) and jumping back into fitness at a bigger clip than I should be.

2lb gain over zero week. Mostly just a normal fluctuation and I know I was not vigilant on my eating the way I should be. Time to tighten up.

1.1

Back into the mix. I skipped weights to see if just rucking would upset my knee.

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • 172.2
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 7.83/100
• Run 50 miles
  • 2/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Read
  • Listened to audible
  • Almost have my fishing gear organized
  • My house is going on the market in a week from this coming Saturday
  • After selling the house I plan on maxing out my 401k and my roth IRA since I will have zero debt.

Lamb is so noms

So Thursday - Saturday I had some crazy soreness/swelling or whatever. It went away on Sunday and I decided to just reboot Monday. I'll do a full update with my Garmin SS tonight but I definitely rucked this morning.

5 hours ago, Alanna said:

 

Getting a squat rack set up will be exciting - I'd really like to have a hardcore home gym one day (hopefully in the next year or so).

 

Great job on the workouts, and I hope your knee feels better soon!

I'm at the point where if I can't work out at home I likely will not work out. I have had home stuff since like 2009. When I got divorced last year she took the rack and I installed a new one in my house. Now I have moved in with the GF and need to get one that collapses into the wall since we have a lot of "stuff" in the garage.

0.4

I knew this was going to come. I woke up with a really stiff knee. Not sure if it is DOMS but I think it is just being old and getting back into working out. Just going to take it easy and recover for tomorrow.

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • didn't weigh in
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 5.82/100
• Run 50 miles
  • 2/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Read
  • Listened to audible

0.3

Started my lifting on this fine day. Just did dumbell squats and OHP. I need to figure out my squat rack placement and order one for the new garage but I do want to do a few things first.

Goals:

• Weigh under 160lbs
  • 170.2lbs
• Ruck 100 miles
  • 5.82/100
• Run 50 miles
  • 2/50
• Continue to hit my 2021 goals
  • Read
  • Listened to audible

28 minutes ago, sarakingdom said:

Those are lovely veggies.

 

(And having a harvest of two snap peas is such a gardener thing.)

That might be my largest snap pea harvest in Florida. I really need to figure them out next fall.

So I weigh myself daily.

This morning Tuesday I weighed 2 lbs more than on Monday. AGGGGHHHHHHHHHH. O well I understand that it fluctuates.

11 hours ago, Rurik Harrgath said:

Frank's buffalo ranch powder

Thanks pusher man. Now I may have a new drug of choice. They also have franks red hot powder.