CM gets the LOCOmotive back on the tracks

[calanthrophy]

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

 switched to whole psyllium husk fiber and it was kind of gross in my coffee.

 

I don't even know what that is but it sounds horrible.

"On your left, you'll see a herd of Psyllium Husk Oxen, the smelliest dirty ruminants in the region. You can put them in your coffee I guess."

[CourtnieMarie]

6 minutes ago, calanthrophy said:

 

I don't even know what that is but it sounds horrible.

"On your left, you'll see a herd of Psyllium Husk Oxen, the smelliest dirty ruminants in the region. You can put them in your coffee I guess."

basically the truth.

 

but really it's a ground plant thing that looks like flax seed. it's the main ingredient in metamucil type supplements but i was trying to be all natural and shit.

[calanthrophy]

2 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 i was trying to be all natural and shit.

 

First one, then the other.

[CourtnieMarie]

i set myself right up for that one

 

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 2 – Tuesday

 

ran outside in the morning and tried to get in a 5K-ish run before the actual 5K on Sunday. I got in 3 miles and walked a bit more than I probably needed to. ended at 33:11.

 

after work I checked off boxes

1 min bar hanging

10 mins yoga

10 burpees

 

meant to do the abs PVP but totally forgot

 

cooked a kitchen sink stir fry with leftover eggplant, tomato, carrots, some chicken sausage and collard greens. got in 40g of fiber! lots of vegs, fruit, raw chocolate, and almonds

 

burpees: 30/70

abz: 0/1

fiber: 40g/30g

Mg: 2/6

lift/run: 1

pull ups: 2/5

yoga: 20/60

 

Week 2 – Wednesday

 

did 1 min of bar hanging before heading to the gym for some light liftinggg

 

goblets

45x8

 

back squat

65x5

75x6x3

someone grabbed the squat rack right when I was walking over so these were super fun to lift over my head and squat without anything

 

incline pushups

10x4

 

OHP

45x6x4

 

step ups

20x10x4

 

10 burpees

 

went out with coworkers after work. had a blastttt but did not get home until 12:30ish. no boxes checked.

 

burpees: 40/70

abz: 0/1

fiber: 10g/30g

Mg: 2/6

lift/run: 2

pull ups: 3/5

yoga: 20/60

[Mike Wazowski]

Props for still getting squats in despite the occupied rack! And yay, going out with work friends - sometimes very necessary for sanity!!

[Jord]

20 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

cooked a kitchen sink stir fry with leftover eggplant, tomato, carrots, some chicken sausage and collard greens. got in 40g of fiber! lots of vegs, fruit, raw chocolate, and almonds

 

 

yasss, all that fiber. fiber is love from the inside. 

 

20 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

back squat

65x5

75x6x3

someone grabbed the squat rack right when I was walking over so these were super fun to lift over my head and squat without anything

 

 

I can't believe you even did that?!?!? Holy cow. I get annoyed when I have to move just the bar from one rack to another because it has wandered away. Mad props to you. That's a whole extra exercise workout. 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

19 hours ago, MikeWazowski said:

Props for still getting squats in despite the occupied rack! And yay, going out with work friends - sometimes very necessary for sanity!!

 

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

yasss, all that fiber. fiber is love from the inside. 

 

 

I can't believe you even did that?!?!? Holy cow. I get annoyed when I have to move just the bar from one rack to another because it has wandered away. Mad props to you. That's a whole extra exercise workout. 

 

haha thanks! i was determined to get some real back squats in. i'll tell ya that the last set was pretty hard to get over my head though

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 2 – Thursday

slept in bc of long night. I did check some boxes after work though. abz, yoga, bar hangs, ate enough fiber, and took mg. nothing else too exciting. made another kitchen sink stir fry for dinner: hot sausage, carrots, brussels, and the usual aromatics.

 

burpees: 40/70

abz: 1/1

fiber: 31g/30g

Mg: 3/6

lift/run: 2

pull ups: 4/5

yoga: 30/60

[CourtnieMarie]

what's happening.

 

Week 2 – Friday and Saturday

 

ran 2.08 miles outside in the morning in 24:36. not as good as earlier in the week but I was also going slow to stay with SO.

 

after work I ran home to change before going to a dress appt. i loved all of bhldn's dresses guys. it was awesome.

 

i did not make my fiber goal either day. i thiiiiink i took my Mg Fri night... and i'm woefully behind on burpees.

 

I did get in 30 mins of yoga on Saturday. Saturday night I went to NH with SO, raptron and the OG HG. we stumbled across a dirty bar called the Goat which served some pretty good brisket dishes. it was freezing there though so we went across the street to a biker bar which turned out to be GIANT with a huge dance floor and stage. the live music was a super fun 80s cover band. though they couldn't keep a tempo or play any female singer songs, we had a blast  because 80s.

 

burpees: 40/70

abz: 1/1

fiber: 26g and 21g

Mg: 4/6

lift/run: 3

pull ups: 4/5

yoga: 60/60

[ixaera]

Halfway through challenge you're at 40/70 burpees, that doesn't look way behind to me!

[Blocky]

5 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

we had a blast  because 80s.

 

I'm pretty sure music stopped being music around that time and just became noise... it could also because I am an old man who yells at clouds (also at kids to get off my lawn)...

[Jord]

16 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

 

after work I ran home to change before going to a dress appt. i loved all of bhldn's dresses guys. it was awesome.

 

ahhhh I'm so excited for this. Not to sound weird and creepy but you totes have the perfect bod and style to pull off their style. 

 

16 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

i did not make my fiber goal either day. i thiiiiink i took my Mg Fri night... and i'm woefully behind on burpees.

 

fiber is hard. I truly 50% rely on fiber foods like bread etc instead of all the veg and beans like I'm supposed to. 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

15 hours ago, ixaera said:

Halfway through challenge you're at 40/70 burpees, that doesn't look way behind to me!

womp. that was 70 for just week 2 lolzzz

 

8 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

ahhhh I'm so excited for this. Not to sound weird and creepy but you totes have the perfect bod and style to pull off their style. 

aw thanks! not creepy  i tried on 6 dresses and honestly, they all looked and felt fabulous. i couldn't believe it and neither could my friends who were there! i ended up being able to pick a style i loved AND it's comfortable/low maintenance. such a win.

 

8 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

fiber is hard. I truly 50% rely on fiber foods like bread etc instead of all the veg and beans like I'm supposed to. 

 

fiber is hard! i give myself credit for hitting those numbers while eating out a bunch. i got a side of green beans with my brisket mac n cheese saturday night and ate all of those first. but i need to incorporate more beans or avocado or something during the week. i eat plenty of veg and just don't feel like adding more o dat.

[CourtnieMarie]

OKAY! week 3 has begun. let's establish some new/edited goals shall we?

 

WEEK THREE

PVPs. 10 burpees/day and abs PVP

stomach halp. take magnesium, eat at least 30g fiber from food per day.

restart 531. get through three real 531 sessions.

yoga and hangs. 60m/week yoga and 5m/week hanging on the pull up bar

 

10/7: friend’s wedding

10/13 – 10/16: Acadia Nat’l Park camping

[WhiteGhost]

25 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

10 burpees/day and abs PVP

Is there a burpees PVP going on somewhere?

[CourtnieMarie]

7 minutes ago, WhiteGhost said:

Is there a burpees PVP going on somewhere?

i had a couple friends doing one on FB but unfortunately/fortunately it ended yesterday! it was 10 burpees/day for 15 days. Since I didn't get all the days in last week i just decided to extend it out... wanna burpee with me?! it's easy to incorporate while on vaca  

[WhiteGhost]

Burpees are evil and I hate them. But, as you mention, they are easy to do on vacation and they are good for you so let's do it.

 

10 burpees/day through the end of the challenge?

[CourtnieMarie]

5 minutes ago, WhiteGhost said:

Burpees are evil and I hate them. But, as you mention, they are easy to do on vacation and they are good for you so let's do it.

 

10 burpees/day through the end of the challenge?

YUP!

 

I skipped Sunday and Monday so I did 20 today and will do 20 tomorrow to make up for it.

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 3 – Sunday

 

5K in NH happened! ran it in 35:33. not as great as I wanted but still - didn't stop so that's something. also didn't go to bed until 1:30am the night before and got up at 6:30 soooo.

 

then we ate all the free food we could get our grubby hands on. which actually was super hard bc they make the 5Kers walk another 5K back to where the half marathoners were finishing to get the food and there was no easy way to get through all the barricades.

 

ANYWAY we then also drank free beer at a nearby patio bar. and i ate more. it was a beautiful day out with a view of the ocean. we stopped by a brewery in boston to meet up with some friends, had another couple, and then took them to our fav pizza joint bc they've been dying to go. we got the veg pizza to sooth our meat fueled weekend souls. I don’t believe that I only ate 7g of fiber but either way it was not a good day for fiber.

 

fiber: 7g/30g

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 3 – Monday

 

worked from home to watch over the pup who got bit by another dog this past weekend

 

did all the meal prep. made another pumpkin oat bake. sautéed some ground pork for lunch and also for leftovers. ate leftover brisket mac with spinach. worked a bit. got an avocado smoothie from a nearby vietnamese shop. did yoga and bar hangs. oh I can hang for a full minute now! will have to up that goal next challenge.

 

for dinner I made chicken “curry” in the pressure cooker. it wasn’t a great recipe but it wasn’t terrible. definitely did not need a cup of broth but I made a quick corn starch roux to remedy that. served it over baked potato and topped it with roasted shredded brussels. I work with what I got, okay?

 

I forgot the damn Mg and was not in the mood for burpees.

 

 

burpees: 0/70

abz: 0/1

fiber: 28g/30g

Mg: 0/6

lift: 0/3

pull ups: 1/5

yoga: 15/60

[ixaera]

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

womp. that was 70 for just week 2 lolzzz

 

oooopsie. My reading comprehension is balls.

 

DO BURPEES

[Mike Wazowski]

Isn't there some fiber in beer? It's a whole grain beverage!

[CourtnieMarie]

5 minutes ago, MikeWazowski said:

Isn't there some fiber in beer? It's a whole grain beverage!

you'd think so! alas, what i logged did not have fiber. it could of course be logging error...

 

i award myself 23 more grams of fiber.  

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 3 – Tuesday

 

 

back to the lifts! except my stronger app updated and won’t give me my old 531 program. I was real cranky yesterday morning. I think I ended up picking a 531 BBB but it was not what I wanted. only had time for the squats they prescribed.

 

goblets

45x5

60x5

 

back squats

110x5x3

75x12x5

that’s a lot of squats. I cannot walk today.

 

20 burpees

 

did yoga and hanging when I got home. made a beef stir fry for dinner and added flax seed to my bowl for that fiber. kind of gave it a tad weird taste/texture. I think I’d be better off adding it to the pan with the whole thing but don’t want to overdose SO on extra fiber. probably ate a bit too much at 2175 total but my weight was consistent this morning!

 

burpees: 20/70

abz: 0/1

fiber: 32g/30g

Mg: 1/6

lift: 1/3

pull ups: 2/5

yoga: 25/60