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Update # a bunch: Tuesday 9/26 - Sunday 10/1 Things haven't been great. I got behind on school work because of last weekend.. so I've been in a code monkey scramble.. and still am yay. So because I don't have a lot of time.. just going to summarize - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Workout Workout 2.5/3 Got one in on Wednesday. A few nearby dudes "WELL ACTUALLY'd" their way into talking to my friend about lifting... which.. whatever.. I'm not a trainer so if people can help her understand better so she won't hurt herself or whatever then that's great.. Was going to workout on Tuesday and/or Thursday, but a mandatory(?) class meeting was scheduled outside of normal class hours on those days. Now that I've gone.. I don't think it's so mandatory.. and Friday I had a doctors appointment... I did go for a short walk yesterday to clear my head.. but it was just around the neighborhood and was at a leisurely pace so I don't really count it.. I am not doing very well meeting this goal. Food I did okay until Thursday. Then a combo of stress and how did the scale seriously go up 7 lbs over night??? (I know it's not a thing.. weight fluctuates.. it's not a big deal.. but it still kinda set me off when combined with how busy/stressed I already was) So from Thursday until today I've been not doing so great on the eating thing. Been snacking a lot while pulling all-nighters trying to get caught up again. I'm hoping to be caught up tonight and change my homework schedule so this doesn't happen again. Water Water is the same as the food... I was doing well and then I wasn't. I drank a lot of soda/redbull/coffee in the past few days/nights and not a lot of water. Again, I should be okay again starting tomorrow.

I am so good at speaking. There's a few reasons.. 1) she's new to lifting.. as in the last two times I went to the gym were her first 2 times trying to lift anything. She can't even lift the bar yet (but I think this is partially mental over strength.. but she'll get there when she's ready) so it wasn't because of the weight difference at all. But I did want to make sure I was going to be able to keep good form while trying to show her how things work, so sticking with the weight I already know I crushed.. just made it easier. The other reason is I didn't want to carry my fractional plates or notebook around with me... Our gym doesn't let you carry bags so when I have my phone, my id, my headphones, my notebook/pen, and the plates.. it's just so much to keep track of.. so really it's because I'm lazy. The other other reason is... it has been a little while since I lifted anything.. so I probably shouldn't have started that heavy anyways.. but I wanted to show off. I paid for it with DOMS later. Thaaaaat's why I post lol ... otherwise I am a troll who eats garbage.

Update 7 - 9: Saturday 9/23 - Monday 9/25 Saturday - Sunday Ate out on Saturday due to hangover. Drank soda that day too. Didn't work out. Didn't meet water goal. Ate at home on Sunday. Didn't work out. Met water goal. not worried about it. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Monday Workout Workout 1/3 11 minute hiit interval warmup Squats - 95 lbs Bench Press - 60 lbs Dead-lift - 115 lbs *didn't increase due to working out with a friend. 10 minute walk around track. Food breakfast: greek yogurt + granola lunch: Salami sandwich, apple, 1/2 bag salt and vinegar chips dinner: chicken quesadillas snacks: Water 68 oz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Summary: Monday was good. Off to a good start this week. extra: Offered a couple of work options for this quarter.. but based on school work load.. I think I might pass for now.

That day was fine.. it was the Friday day where I only had the quest bar and like.. 2 pineapple slices until after 8pm when we finally had dinner. Plus that was the day I finally worked out.. so it was especially not enough.

Sometimes we have to adjust based on our surroundings. 11 pm is still earlier than what you were achieving, so it is still progress. Good work on meeting your other goals! Good luck in the next week!

Those liquid calories will sneak up on you... You don't realize how much extra you're consuming because.. it's just a drink right? All the caffeine from the soda and coffee drinks might be hindering your sleep as well... so as you reduce them, you may find it easier to go to sleep earlier and to just get better quality sleep overall. Sorry about your knee. But definitely let healing happen before pushing yourself too much. Good luck this week!

Way to go Sophie! Keep it up!

Update 5 & 6: Thursday 9/21 - Friday 9/22 Thursday Workout No workout today. 0/3 doctors appointment... Food breakfast: cereal with milk lunch: Quest bar, apple, cheese stick dinner: chicken breast and broccoli snacks: Water 72 oz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friday Workout Workout 1/3 - finally 11 minute hiit interval warmup Squats - 95 lbs Bench Press - 60 lbs - was supposed to be overhead press.. oops.. Dead-lift - 115 lbs 15 minute yoga cool down. Food breakfast: none lunch: Quest bar dinner: yakisoba - went out for a going away party. snacks: dried pineapple rings Water 64 oz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Summary: Finally got my workout in.. but I definitely did not eat enough throughout the day yesterday. I thought we were meeting up with people earlier than we did.. so I ended up eating more than I would have otherwise.

Well, I ended up having to webMD anyways because no doctor could/would see me until tomorrow.. and I was not going to make it until then. But, due to family history I was pretty confident I knew what was happening. Everything worked out as far as I can tell.. but will confirm tomorrow. Update 3 & 4: Tuesday 9/19 - Wednesday 9/20 Tuesday I didn't eat, drink, or workout. I spent the day trying to find some medical professional to deal with a thing.. When that didn't work out.. Internet home remedies ho. Which ended up working out, so I am happy and no longer in pain. SO .. Wednesday Workout No workout today. 0/3 I FORGOT MY GYM BAG WHY AM I LIKE THIS AAAHHH. It was packed and by the door... and I just noped right by it apparently. Food breakfast: greek yogurt protein smoothie thing. lunch: Salad wrap with chicken, walnuts, grapes, feta on a whole wheat tortilla dinner: chicken tacos snacks: apple almonds Water going to be 68 oz by the time I go to bed. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Summary: Not in pain anymore so that's good. Forgot my gym bag, so that's bad.

Update 2: Monday 9/18 I took before pictures and measurements so I can hopefully see some progress after these 4 weeks.. Anyways.. here's Wonderwall Day 2.. Workout No workout today. 0/3 I am having a weird medical thing right now.. and I'm afraid working out will make it worse... so.. yeah... going to try to get an appointment tomorrow.. Food breakfast: woke up late, so no breakfast... this is going to be bad when I need to actually get up early on Wednesday.. lunch: Ate my leftovers from yesterday on a whole wheat tortilla. dinner: Cooked at home. Almost didn't... our chicken breasts had spoiled so we almost went out.. but instead used our grill for probably the last time this season.. bratwurst patties with sauerkraut with a small salad snacks: Handful of dark chocolate covered almonds dried pineapple rings Water 60 oz as of 9 pm 72 oz as of 10 pm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Summary: Weird painful medical thing causing problems with working out.. Hopefully I can see my doc soon.. if not I might go to urgent care if I need to. Could have used spoiled meat as a reason to eat out.. but didn't. Need to try to get another 4 oz of water in before bed.. pretty sure I'll manage. done.

Good to know! I will keep that in mind then. So what I am hearing is... goals?

Update 1: Sunday 9/17 I'm not sure how often I will update here.. maybe every couple of days.. or once a week? Idk.. I'll figure it out. I am going to start a battle log after I get my first workout for the challenge in.. maybe tomorrow? Classes don't start until Wednesday, so I don't know if I'll get one in before then or not. Anyways.. here's where we are on day 1. Workout No workout today. 0/3 Food breakfast: woke up late, so no breakfast. lunch: Went to Denny's for lunch before going grocery shopping. Ordered a veggie skillet and brought half home, so I'm not terribly upset about my choices on this. dinner: Cooked at home. Baked Salmon with roasted asparagus and wild rice. snacks: Handful of dark chocolate covered almonds. Water 64 oz as of 8 pm. I did have 1 glass of coke at lunch. But, no refills. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Summary: We did eat out today.. but it was because today was shopping day and it was either that, or risk shopping while hungry. But, I feel I made reasonable choices and I stopped when I was full.. so I'm not too worried about this. The problem is if we do it again tomorrow I also did have a soda today.. but I met my water goal, so again.. I'm not really worried about this.

I'm planning to hit the campus gym before I commute home. I know that I am more likely to actually work out and stick with it if I go to the gym while I am still on campus... "an object in motion" and all that... If I try to come home first I will end up putting it off until later never... Plus... I like lifting heavy things and putting them back down.

I am using Water Time Pro - I just searched the app store and this is one of the first ones that popped up. You can set it to how much water you want to drink in a day, and then set how often you want it to send you reminders.. (mine currently reminds me every hour). Then you can track by adjusting your container size and adding it to a counter. It also adjusts for tea, coffee, milk, and juice. I used to just use the water tracker option in the fitbit app.. but it doesn't send you reminders which is mostly what I wanted.

Hi there! For Quest #2, I mostly mean not fast food and not eating an entire bag of Cheetos and calling that dinner. Basically, for some time my spouse and I were eating fast food for 4+/7 nights each week.. And if not that... see "bag of Cheetos for dinner" So mainly I mean.. not that anymore. I want to eat home cooked dinners and packed lunches that include more veggies/fruits and less grease. And I want to make sure I'm eating enough throughout the day that I'm not tempted to just grab something out of a vending machine or from a drive through. I am also counting calories and working up to macros as well.. I just didn't include that in my description because it's not my main focus right now.. Right now I just want to focus on not going out as often and eating enough throughout the day to not trigger a binge. For Quest #3, it's not only swapping soda/sugary drinks for water, but also making sure I drink 60 - 70 oz of water a day. This does not include any other fluids.. tea/coffee does not count towards the water goal. That's where the water tracker/reminder app comes in. Thanks for the feedback!