courtniemarie goes royal

[Grumble]

37 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

110x1, failed trying to get 2 reps and had to roll of shame that bad boy.

Ain't no shame in that. Was it close to a PR or did you just get beat up on the previous sets?

[CourtnieMarie]

1 minute ago, Grumble said:

Ain't no shame in that. Was it close to a PR or did you just get beat up on the previous sets?

haha! yep, my 1RM is 115 from back in Feb. I did 100x3 in July and August though so I thought might as well try for 2 at 110!

 

1 minute ago, Grumble said:

this is glorious

[CourtnieMarie]

legs are sore AF and I’m assuming it’s from the HIIT I did tues night since saturday was the last time I did legs in the gym.

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 2 – Thursday

DL

95x5

125x5

155x5

175x3

200x2 – new 2RM!

 

front squats

65x10x5

 

hanging leg raises

10x2

 

3 sets of more ab stuff

 

evaded the chocolate chip coffee cake in the work kitchen. a queen only eats bakery fresh cakes. which was a good thing since SO brought me home some death by chocolate cake that her work had ordered for their intern’s last day.

did a minute of pull up bar play and 12m of yoga. got a load of laundry in the wash and will fold it tonight. cod and broccoli for dinner!

 

calories: 9,663/13,000

weights: 2/4

pull ups: 3/10

cardio: 2/2

burpees: 40/60

yoga: 52/60

 

Sunday	AM: groceries, visit inlaws
	PM: yoga, meal prep
Monday	AM: walk, burpees, pick up dress
	PM: pull ups, make turkey
Tuesday	AM:
	PM: HIIT, yoga, make butter chicken
Wednesday	AM: bench
	PM: pull ups,  burpees, yoga
Thursday	AM: DLs
	PM: yoga, make cod, laundry, pull ups
Friday	AM: OHP, burpees
	PM: yoga, pull ups, make pork
Saturday	AM: groceries, massage!, deload squats,
	PM: pull ups, pack for big camping trip

[Deciduous]

X

[CourtnieMarie]

4 minutes ago, Deciduous said:

E'erything getting crossed off - yeah! Nice on the cake trade-up, you are right that it is always worth saving the treat expense for something made in a fresh. Except costco apple muffins - why are they so good?

you're right, costco's bakery does really well  this chocolate chip coffee cake was from a lame generic grocery store and i know it wouldn't have been great

 

4 minutes ago, Deciduous said:

DL max! Awesome! Nice round number too, I love the "00"s - "50"s are ok too.

 

thanks! yeah those even numbers feel so good

[Jord]

23 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

Week 2 – Thursday

DL

95x5

125x5

155x5

175x3

200x2 – new 2RM!

 

 

 

awww yeah! nothing like a deadlift PR to improve the day. What a great way to go into the weekend. 

 

 

23 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

 

evaded the chocolate chip coffee cake in the work kitchen. a queen only eats bakery fresh cakes. which was a good thing since SO brought me home some death by chocolate cake that her work had ordered for their intern’s last day.

 

winning! fresh bakery cakes <3 

[Mike Wazowski]

Deadlift PR and CAKE???? PHENOMENAL!!!

[raptron]

Bakery fresh fo sho. 

 

GLAD YOU ARE STILL BEING THE BESTTT RULER WE'VE EVER HAD.

[RedStone]

Just now, raptron said:

GLAD YOU ARE STILL BEING THE BESTTT RULER WE'VE EVER HAD.

 

[CourtnieMarie]

2 hours ago, raptron said:

Bakery fresh fo sho. 

 

GLAD YOU ARE STILL BEING THE BESTTT RULER WE'VE EVER HAD.

 

1 hour ago, RedStone said:

 

 

 

[Emerald_Dragonfly]

On 8/22/2017 at 10:23 AM, CourtnieMarie said:

going to count this as shark cardio.

Well that's now a thing in my world. 

Shark cardio. 

 

On 8/25/2017 at 8:43 AM, CourtnieMarie said:

Week 2 – Thursday

DL

95x5

125x5

155x5

175x3

200x2 – new 2RM!

 

[CourtnieMarie]

22 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

Well that's now a thing in my world. 

Shark cardio. 

right?! got to adapt to what your body can handle haha. weights are usually fine for me to do during shark week, cardio is just that next level of hell.

 

22 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

i was pretty pumped

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 2 – Friday

OHP

45x5

65x5

75x3

85x1 – NEW 1RM!

 

incline bench

55x10x5

 

bent-over BB rows

75x10x5

 

farmers walk – trap bar

95# for 100 steps

 

20 burpees in 1m55s!

 

at work:

2 planks @ 75s

wall sit @ 60s

boat pose @ 60s

down dog @ 60s

 

made a boatload of pork in the pressure cooker. folded laundry. did a minute of pull up play and finished off my yoga goal!

 

calories: 11,413/13,000

weights: 3/4

pull ups: 4/10

cardio: 2/2

burpees: 60/60

yoga: 62/60

 

 

Week 2 – Saturday

 

went grocery shopping and stocked up for the week and got some stuff that won’t go bad for this upcoming weekend camping trip. then went to get that massage! It was… good? but not really enjoyable. since it’s been so long since I’ve got a massage EVERYTHING was tight and knotted. It hurt. I had DOMS on Sunday from it. he did a lot of nerve work too which wasn’t comfortable but seemed necessary. will try to get another one within 3 months to not get into this position again!

 

then I went to the gym for deload squats!

goblets

50x5x2

 

back squats

85x5x3

 

RDLs

75x10x5

 

hanging leg raises

10x2

 

russian twists

3 sets with a 5# plate

 

had some leftover butter chicken with eggs and cheese for bfast. y not? showered and headed out to Costco for some more camping prep shopping. lunch was an Rx bar, another coffee, and Costco samples. oh! and I also ordered new glasses and sunglasses! yusssss.

 

we did so much prep and packing so that we didn’t have to rush around after work all week and do it. packed the dry food and kitchen tote. packed the equipment tote and clothes bag. SO sliced the kielbasa and put it in the freezer.

 

then we ended up ordering pizza and salad for dinner and finishing The Defenders. the pizza fit into my day but I got munched later after 3 episodes and ate another Rx bar. so ~320 over my weekly goal. which is 45cals over per day. same as last week pretty much. not terrible but not great since weight is kind of sticking around 175 and pants are still tight. need to really try and stick to 1860/day this week before heading off on our trip.

 

still slacking on that pull up bar play goal but i'm doing something on it every week which is better than the nothing i was doing before this challenge

 

calories: 13,318/13,000

weights: 4/4

pull ups: 4/10

cardio: 2/2

burpees: 60/60

yoga: 62/60

[raptron]

HMM. Hope the massage was more effective than it seemed. Good job with your weekend early packing, you smarties, you! 

[Jord]

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

Week 2 – Friday

 

OHP

45x5

65x5

75x3

85x1 – NEW 1RM!

 

 

 

LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID

 

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

made a boatload of pork in the pressure cooker. folded laundry. did a minute of pull up play and finished off my yoga goal!

 

 

boatloads of protein <3 well done. 

 

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

went grocery shopping and stocked up for the week and got some stuff that won’t go bad for this upcoming weekend camping trip. then went to get that massage! It was… good? but not really enjoyable. since it’s been so long since I’ve got a massage EVERYTHING was tight and knotted. It hurt. I had DOMS on Sunday from it. he did a lot of nerve work too which wasn’t comfortable but seemed necessary. will try to get another one within 3 months to not get into this position again!

 

 

 

Yay for camping! I made the breakfast tacos in the cabin like we talked about it was a fantastic idea. I'm definitely doing this next time we camp. 

 

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

had some leftover butter chicken with eggs and cheese for bfast. y not?

 

 

my barometer for unappetizing breakfasts was set by @Laghail. Yours is still lovely in comparison.

 

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

not terrible but not great since weight is kind of sticking around 175 and pants and still tight. need to really try and stick to 1860/day this week before heading off on our trip.

 

we got this!

 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

1 hour ago, raptron said:

HMM. Hope the massage was more effective than it seemed. Good job with your weekend early packing, you smarties, you! 

yeah i feel fine today, actually bruised on the tops of my hands. he did a lot of pushing around there and what i guess was nerve work? i just don't know enough about PT or massage therapy to be like YES IT'S WHAT I NEEDED or wtf dude.

 

 

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID

FINALLY!! an OHP PR! 

 

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

Yay for camping! I made the breakfast tacos in the cabin like we talked about it was a fantastic idea. I'm definitely doing this next time we camp. 

yay!! glad it worked out! probably easier than toasting up an english muffin separately or something else for carbs.

 

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

we got this!

 

definitely called for a giant queen dany gif.

[Laghail]

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

my barometer for unappetizing breakfasts was set by @Laghail. Yours is still lovely in comparison.

 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

5 minutes ago, Laghail said:

 

*heart eyes*

 

 

oh hey! it's a new week! mine start on Sundays!

 

Week 3 – Sunday

 

slept in for a wonderful 9hrs of sleep. then off to the gym for deload bench

65x10x3

 

OHP

45x10x5

 

underhand lat pulldowns

95x10x5

 

20 burpees in 1m 56s.

 

bfast was sausage, eggs, and spinach. went shopping for spiked seltzers. folded laundry, made the salad dressing for camping, visited momsie. she gave us a bunch of garden vegs and some swordfish chowder (which I can’t wait to eat for dinner tonight). the vegs went nicely with some burgers we cooked up and a harissa avocado mayo. I did eat a bunch of chocolate covered peanuts and raisins at moms house but it was basically lunch since I didn’t have anything for that meal.

 

we watched the first episode of Dark Matter and I wasn’t impressed.

 

calories: 1,788/13,000

weights: 1/4

pull ups: 0/10

cardio: 0/2

burpees: 20/60

yoga: 0/60

 

Sunday	AM: weights, burpees, pack dry food and kitchen tote
	PM: meal prep
Monday	AM: weights, get car inspected
	PM: prep/freeze kielbasa, yoga, pull ups, make chicken stew
Tuesday	AM: sprints, yoga, pull ups
	PM: make salad dressing, pull ups, dinner
Wednesday	AM: weights, burpees
	PM: laundry, pack clothes, boil eggs, pull ups
Thursday	AM: weights, yoga
	PM: groceries, freeze water bottles and applesauces, make chicken salad
Friday	AM: burpees leave for the FIELD
	PM:
Saturday	AM: yoga, walking, whatever
	PM:

[Mike Wazowski]

OHP PR's are the best!!! So hard won, so worth it (when they don't sprain your wrist )

[Emerald_Dragonfly]

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[CourtnieMarie]

17 hours ago, MikeWazowski said:

OHP PR's are the best!!! So hard won, so worth it (when they don't sprain your wrist )

 

12 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

O

 

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P

 

meybee even 100# by 2018?! a girl can dream  

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 3 – Monday

 

deload deadliftssssssss

125x8

125x8

125x8

 

front squats

65x10x5

 

hanging leg raises

10x2

 

moar abs

3 sets of 1 min things

 

at work:

2 planks @ 75s

2 wall sits @ 60s

boat pose @ 60s

chair pose @ 60s

lunges @ 60s each

 

after work I made the chicken stew, did 15 mins of foam rolling and yoga, and a minute of pull up bar play. we stayed up a bit too late watching the season finale of GoT

 

calories: 3,593/13,000

weights: 2/4

pull ups: 1/10

cardio: 0/2

burpees: 20/60

yoga: 15/60

 

Sunday	AM: weights, burpees, pack dry food and kitchen tote
	PM: meal prep
Monday	AM: weights, get car inspected
	PM: prep/freeze kielbasa, yoga, pull ups, make chicken stew
Tuesday	AM: pull ups
	PM: make salad dressing, pull ups, cardio, yoga, dinner
Wednesday	AM: weights, burpees
	PM: laundry, pack clothes, boil eggs, pull ups
Thursday	AM: weights, yoga
	PM: groceries, freeze water bottles and applesauces, make chicken salad
Friday	AM: burpees leave for the FIELD
	PM:
Saturday	AM: yoga, walking, whatever
	PM:

 

after a good few days of eating around 1850 cals I thought I’d see the scale reflect something lower than it did this morning. ugh. still at 175. I don’t feel 175 though so that’s something.

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 3 – Tuesday

slept in after staying up too late to finish GoT. I did do a min on the pull up bar though

 

at work:

2 planks @ 75s

wall sit @ 60s

boat pose @ 60s

lunges @ 60s each

 

did sprints after work, 6 at 30s each with a 5 mins warmup and cooldown jog. total: 2.08 miles in 21:25. definitely getting faster!

only got in 2 mins of yoga after that and another min on the pull up bar

started Ozark while eating dindins. calories have averaged at 1800 over the past 3 days so that's good. weight is still sticking at 174.8 this AM.

 

calories: 5,410/13,000

weights: 2/4

pull ups: 3/10

cardio: 1/2

burpees: 20/60

yoga: 17/60

 

Sunday	AM: weights, burpees, pack dry food and kitchen tote
	PM: meal prep
Monday	AM: weights, get car inspected
	PM: prep/freeze kielbasa, yoga, pull ups, make chicken stew
Tuesday	AM: pull ups
	PM: make salad dressing, pull ups, cardio, yoga, make beef & broccoli
Wednesday	AM: weights, burpees
	PM: library, laundry, pack clothes, boil eggs, pull ups
Thursday	AM: weights, yoga
	PM: groceries, freeze water bottles and applesauces, make chicken salad, pull ups
Friday	AM: burpees, pull ups, leave for the FIELD
	PM:
Saturday	AM: yoga, walking, whatever
	PM:

[Jord]

23 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

after work I made the chicken stew, did 15 mins of foam rolling and yoga, and a minute of pull up bar play. we stayed up a bit too late watching the season finale of GoT

 

 

That chicken stew looked amazing! 

 

How are the pull-ups going? 

 

23 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

 

after a good few days of eating around 1850 cals I thought I’d see the scale reflect something lower than it did this morning. ugh. still at 175. I don’t feel 175 though so that’s something.

 

 

Sometimes the scale truly trolls us. Keep at it and I am sure that eventually the weight will start dropping off. Consistency is key. 

 

41 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

slept in after staying up too late to finish GoT.

 

 

I really want to catch up on watching this over the winter. We stopped after season 4 when we moved and lost HBO. It's good to know it is addicting as ever.  

 

41 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

I did do a min on the pull up bar though

 

 

I guess that answers my first question... 

 

41 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

started Ozark while eating dindins. calories have averaged at 1800 over the past 3 days so that's good. weight is still sticking at 174.8 this AM.

 

 

Hey, at least the weight is not going up?