Brogo's adventures of the starving artist

[Stronkey Kong]

 

I'm just redoing my last challenge,  but raising the bar a bit on some goals. 

 

Goal 1: Stay hungry. Not eating much is for me the most effective way to actually lose weight. 

 

Step one: Eat only small, healthy snacks until dinner time. <200 cals, has some damn protein, fiber, and vitamins. My schedule at work makes it so I can have 4 of these. 

Step two: meat and veggies for dinner first,  then carbs till I'm no longer hungry. 

 

Weight goal: 245 lbs.

 

Goal 2: One adventure a week

 

Go visit or see a new thing each week. Hiking in parks,  go to a new store, new restaurant,  visit the damn at museum already. Just gotta get outta the apartment and do something new. 

 

Goal 3: Sweat three times a week.

 

Workout. Doesn't matter where or what. Just break a sweat at least. 

 

Goal 4: Paint 

 

I want to complete a dozen works for my painting/drawing portfolio. My goal is to do three this challenge. The only limitation of that I must paint or draw from life. 

 

Sidequest: Assemble a plein aire painting adventure kit. 

 

Boom! Challenge!

[CallunaTook]

I love your goals, especially the one adventure a week! 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Looking forward to pictures of paintings.

[Stronkey Kong]

Acrylic on canvas,  8x10.

 

Painting from life is the way to go. 

[Sylvaa]

9 hours ago, Curl Brogo said:

Painting from life is the way to go. 

 

I've officially liked one of your painting posts in three different places (two forums and Instagram). I feel like I've sufficiently expressed my joy with your new focus. 

 

13 hours ago, CallunaTook said:

I love your goals, especially the one adventure a week! 

 

Same! Just get to the damn museum!

[Stronkey Kong]

I just got back from shopping. 

 

I spent twice as much on at supplies as on food. 

 

I'm gonna add a sidequest for the painting and adventure goals:

 

Assemble a plein aire painting adventure kit. 

 

Basically getting the gear together that I'd need to paint outdoors while hiking and such. 

[CourtnieMarie]

FOUND YOU

[Jord]

yay, adventures!

[raptron]

Yooooo!

[Stronkey Kong]

Just now, raptron said:

Yooooo!

 

Looooo!

[Stronkey Kong]

 

!!!*****PENDING PR ALERT*****!!!

 

I just dug through my old battle log. 

 

The lowest I ever weighed since joining NF over four years ago was 248 lbs. 

 

Today after work I weighed 248.4 lbs.

 

I'm closing in on a weight PR. Let's do this!

 

I also saw where I was during some tough times and thinking about my priorities now vs. then. My approach these days is so much more relaxed and so much more effective. 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

You've come a long way in just the time I've been following you. Even in the way you write I can see a difference. 

 

Good job on the weight!

[WolfDreamer]

On 8/6/2017 at 6:57 PM, Curl Brogo said:

I'm just redoing my last challenge,  but raising the bar a bit on some goals.

 

I love how your goals are specific, both to your passion for art and for specific techniques you wish to learn.

 

Following.

[raptron]

Yuuuus! It's a never ending process and it's so great to see how we change here. Excited for you!

[CourtnieMarie]

[Stronkey Kong]

Still 248.4 lbs after work today. 

 

I spent most of the day sitting on my butt in training today... drinking a lot of (figurative) Kool-Aid. Otherwise I might have sweat off a few ounces at least. 

 

I'll be getting one of my adventures done this weekend.  I'm joining some friends at the Indiana state fair. 

 

Agenda:

1) Check out the local art exhibits

2) see the world's largest boar

3) baby goats

4) Snakes!

5) Noms (no deep fried twinkies or any of that shit)

 

Also got an idea for a new painting, but I'll have to check the angle of the sunlight into my apartment. I may have to wait for the winter months. 

[CourtnieMarie]

state fair sounds fun! i bet they have some tasty tasty food options that aren't deep fried desserts  

[Jord]

13 hours ago, Curl Brogo said:

 

Agenda:

1) Check out the local art exhibits

2) see the world's largest boar

3) baby goats

4) Snakes!

5) Noms (no deep fried twinkies or any of that shit)

 

 

Please tell me you will get a selfie with the world's largest boar. 

[raptron]

BABY GOATS!!! <3 

[Stronkey Kong]

11 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

state fair sounds fun! i bet they have some tasty tasty food options that aren't deep fried desserts  

 

I got my ticket and downloaded their app. Tomorrow is themed as the celebration of deep fried food... so at least I'm missing out on a "day" of that.

 

But it does look like there's a regular deep fried bacon stand.  So that WILL HAPPEN if I walk past it. 

 

11 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

Please tell me you will get a selfie with the world's largest boar. 

 

I will try. Something tells me is going to be fenced off and pretty far back.  You know,  cuz it's a big fucking boar.

 

9 hours ago, raptron said:

BABY GOATS!!! <3 

 

Wondering if the entertainment of smuggling #3 across the fairgrounds and tossing it in with #4 would be worth being banned from the fair for life.

[Jord]

11 hours ago, Curl Brogo said:

 

I will try. Something tells me is going to be fenced off and pretty far back.  You know,  cuz it's a big fucking boar.

 

 

It's the state fair, not the zoo, I don't expect the organizers to be that smart. ;P 

[CourtnieMarie]

12 hours ago, Curl Brogo said:

 

Wondering if the entertainment of smuggling #3 across the fairgrounds and tossing it in with #4 would be worth being banned from the fair for life.

my bets on you trying this, getting a baby goat in your arms, and never letting go

[NeverThatBored]

Hello! I've been seeing you around so I've come to lurk. 

[Stronkey Kong]

Today I felt like crap all day. 

 

We've got a big new project at work remodeling shelves at the warehouse. We've developed a new process and some tools to make it or easier, but right now I'm basically learning a new set of movements for reconstructing shelves and it's just like starting a new workout routine. An equivalent bodyweight Dumbbell circuit routine might be:

 

4 bw squats

4 push-ups

10 curls

2 ohp

 

Repeat the circuit for two and a half hours for times with 15 minute breaks.

 

 I'm fucking sore... not really DOMSY sore,  but just really tired and kinda sore ish,  idk... everywhere. And I've been loading up on the calories at dinner time cuz I fucking need them. The scale has tipped back up to 253 atm. And I've been farting all day because of fucking protein bars. 

 

I might just eat that fucking boar on Sunday. 

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

I hope things get better soon.