CM likes to party

[CourtnieMarie]

 

makes you wonder who that woman in white is on the venga bus. 90s mysteries!

 

'tis the season for parties! i'd like to enjoy myself as much as possible. and also keep up with my routine

 

Exercise.

1. 5 workouts per week
   • I’d like to aim for 3 lifting sessions and 2 cardio sessions. 4 lifting sessions would be better. duh
2. pull up bar play 6 min/week
3. yoga on the weekends (60 mins/week total)
   • gotta keep up that mobility on the weekends where it's currently slacking

 

Food.

1. consume 25g fiber on weekend days
   • i do well during the week but need to focus on more fiber on the weekends
2. plan out what days you’d like to indulge in alcohol
   • just trying to be mindful about this during party times
3. eat out or take out less than 6x over challenge
   • with all the holiday parties I shouldn’t need to order take out or go out to eat much at all!

 

parties/gatherings/events

11/19: brunch, hurling matches (dranked)

11/23: thanksgiving (plan to drink)

11/24: black Friday shopping; movies with dad (not drinking)

11/26: make engagement party centerpieces (not drinking)

12/1: SO’s work holiday party

12/2: powerlifting meet (just watching/cheering!); Christmas market

12/9: engagement party (plan to drink)

12/14: star wars? (not drinking)

12/15: dr appt

12/16: send save-the-dates

12/17: jingle bell 5K (plan to drink)

12/22: friend’s family’s xmas party (plan to drink)

12/23: friend’s housewarming/xmas party (plan to drink)

 

[Blocky]

Gah! My head would explode with that many social things! I try to manage 1 or 2 per year...

[RedStone]

I like you. I miss you. I hope you have fun with all the partiessss

 

 

[wildross]

I don't party...but I hope you have fun...and a good competition too.

[Laghail]

[WhiteGhost]

Following!

[CourtnieMarie]

12 hours ago, Blocky said:

Gah! My head would explode with that many social things! I try to manage 1 or 2 per year...

my head does go boom sometimes... but i think i prefer the busy life!

 

10 hours ago, RedStone said:

I like you. I miss you. I hope you have fun with all the partiessss

 

 

i miss youuuu! hopefully one of them will have a cat DJ

 

10 hours ago, wildross said:

I don't party...but I hope you have fun...and a good competition too.

thanks! going to watch raptron compete  and get a feel for how these things are as i've never been to one before.

 

9 hours ago, Laghail said:

 

8 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Following!

yay! hi!

[TGP]

wow.

you are like doing REALLY well.  that is an epic routine!

what kind of cardio do you do?

 

 

[CourtnieMarie]

4 minutes ago, TGP said:

wow.

you are like doing REALLY well.  that is an epic routine!

what kind of cardio do you do?

thank you!! the routine has been many years in the making and it definitely has it's ups and downs.

 

for cardio, i've been recently doing just straight up running since i always seem to have a 5K on the docket. I'll do some high intensity interval training (HIIT) circuits every once in awhile if it's too cold out to run and/or i don't feel like going to the gym for the treadmill haha! i actually did a short hiit circuit last night which i'll talk about below!

 

 

Week 0 – Sunday

I didn’t log all my food as it was a wonderful whirlwind day of brunching, watching moana, freezing in fenway park, eating food truck food at a brewery, and finishing moana. I did get in 13 minutes of yoga before starting all of that though so that’s a checkbox!

 

not counting that food truck food towards my 6 meals out limit (btw, thanks @raptron for letting me steal that goal from you ). 

 

Week 0 – Monday

 

slept in after that whirlwind sunday so no morning workout. the baked oatmeal came out so good this week. pumpkin and dried crans. I did eat some unnecessaries like coffee cake, puppy chow, and mixed nuts. I also didn’t need to add tortilla chips to my chicken chili but it was delicious soooo…

 

I spent a minute hanging and then did this quick circuit:

20s on / 10s rest

Jump rope

Jumping jacks

Push ups

Jump rope

High knees

Burpees

x3

 

ended with some yoga

 

workouts: 1/5

bar hangs: 1/6

eat out: 0/6

sunday yoga: 1/5; 20/60

 

Monday PM	HIIT, bar hangs, yoga, make chicken chili
Tuesday AM	weights
Tuesday PM	yoga, bar hangs, laundry, make sausage & broccoli
Wednesday AM	cardio, bar hangs
Wednesday PM	yoga, bar hangs, fold laundry
Thursday AM	weights, yoga, bar hangs, make butternut squash
Thursday PM	eat turkey
Friday AM	Black Friday shopping, cardio?
Friday PM	movies with dad
Saturday	groceries, weights, cook baked oatmeal

[raptron]

THE VENGA BUS IS COMING.

[Mike Wazowski]

That chicken chili looks epic!! Excellent cold weather choice.

[Gemma]

19 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

parties/gatherings/events

11/19: brunch, hurling matches (dranked)

11/23: thanksgiving (plan to drink)

11/24: black Friday shopping; movies with dad (not drinking)

11/26: make engagement party centerpieces (not drinking)

12/1: SO’s work holiday party

12/2: powerlifting meet (just watching/cheering!); Christmas market

12/9: engagement party (plan to drink)

12/14: star wars? (not drinking)

12/15: dr appt

12/16: send save-the-dates

12/17: jingle bell 5K (plan to drink)

12/22: friend’s family’s xmas party (plan to drink)

12/23: friend’s housewarming/xmas party (plan to drink)

 

15 hours ago, Blocky said:

Gah! My head would explode with that many social things! I try to manage 1 or 2 per year...

What Blocky said - I'm an antisocial introvert. I organized two gatherings earlier this month that consisted of 5-10 people sitting together in the community room at the library typing on their laptops and not speaking for two hours. That's how I roll ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

But I'm all in favor of following along and vicariously enjoying your social funsies! 

[CourtnieMarie]

39 minutes ago, raptron said:

THE VENGA BUS IS COMING.

i was counting on you and you didn't let me down

 

32 minutes ago, MikeWazowski said:

That chicken chili looks epic!! Excellent cold weather choice.

thanks! it was delicious! albeit very chicken heavy haha #warriorlyfe 

[CourtnieMarie]

1 minute ago, Gemma said:

 

What Blocky said - I'm an antisocial introvert. I organized two gatherings earlier this month that consisted of 5-10 people sitting together in the community room at the library typing on their laptops and not speaking for two hours. That's how I roll ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

But I'm all in favor of following along and vicariously enjoying your social funsies! 

haha thanks! and there are many definitions of fun  

[ixaera]

[calanthrophy]

3 hours ago, raptron said:

THE VENGA BUS IS COMING.

 

I keep reading this as "vagina bus" and I don't know how to feel right now.

[CourtnieMarie]

48 minutes ago, calanthrophy said:

 

I keep reading this as "vagina bus" and I don't know how to feel right now.

that is how i shall forever sing "we like to party" from now on. thank you for your service to this thread

[WhiteGhost]

12 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

I did eat some unnecessaries like coffee cake, puppy chow, and mixed nuts.

Wait, what?

[CourtnieMarie]

9 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Wait, what?

haha!!

 

 

it's chex mix with chocolate, powdered sugar, and peanut butter!

[Mike_d85]

54 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

haha!!

 

 

it's chex mix with chocolate, powdered sugar, and peanut butter!

 

Now I have to tell my coworker she isn't crazy and this is a thing.  I only heard about this last week and double checked that Purina did, in fact, make Puppy Chow.

[CourtnieMarie]

15 minutes ago, Mike_d85 said:

 

Now I have to tell my coworker she isn't crazy and this is a thing.  I only heard about this last week and double checked that Purina did, in fact, make Puppy Chow.

there's a lot of debate between whether it should be called puppy chow or muddy buddies. either way - it's delicious!

 

 

Week 0 – Tuesday

went to the gym and tried out a set of front squats, 70x8

unfortunately it hurt my knee a bit too much for comfort and I forced myself to not do more squats. It was hard. and tragic. trard.

 

incline bench

45x8

50x8

55x8x3

 

three sets of 5 burpees in between

 

one arm DB rows

15x10x10

after the first 4 sets I said why the hell am I not trying the warrior mini? so I did 10 sets. I THINK the first four sets took 3 minutes and the last 6 sets took 8mins, 6s. so I didn’t make it under 10 minutes. womp.

 

food was not great. I supplemented with 2 christmas cookies, 4 fun size milky ways, and chips with salsa. got in my head about it when I stepped on the scale this morning. might need to avoid that thing for a while for my mental health. doesn't help that sharks are still all out of whack. 

 

I did do 20 minutes of yoga last night and a minute hanging. I included a bit of split stretching inspired by @WhiteGhost. it was kind of scary actually, thinking that I might slide too far and tear something!

 

workouts: 2/5

bar hangs: 2/6

eat out: 0/6

sunday yoga: 1/5; 40/60

 

Monday PM	HIIT, bar hangs, yoga, make chicken chili
Tuesday AM	weights
Tuesday PM	yoga, bar hangs, laundry, make sausage & broccoli
Wednesday AM	cardio, bar hangs
Wednesday PM	yoga, bar hangs, fold laundry
Thursday AM	weights, yoga, bar hangs, make butternut squash
Thursday PM	eat turkey
Friday AM	Black Friday shopping, cardio?
Friday PM	movies with dad
Saturday	groceries, weights, cook baked oatmeal

 

[WhiteGhost]

5 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

it was kind of scary actually, thinking that I might slide too far and tear something!

Haha, I always worry about that too. I always make sure my feet have a solid grip and lower myself down nice and slow

 

[raptron]

What's going on with the knee? I know you've mentioned it before but do you know what's causing the pain or have any guesses?

[CourtnieMarie]

9 minutes ago, raptron said:

What's going on with the knee? I know you've mentioned it before but do you know what's causing the pain or have any guesses?

no i don't, it's the crickety knee and it's done this to me before. where it feels like it just needs to "pop" the pain it right above and on the inside of my knee cap. it usually gets better on its own lol

[Kishi]