CM tries not to die

[Mike Wazowski]

1 hour ago, ixaera said:

We have both! Move to Dallas! Pho & BBQ galore!

Seconded. So much Pho. So much BBQ.

[CourtnieMarie]

14 hours ago, Khuja said:

Mayne try subbing the confectioners sugar with honey?

yep! that'd be fine. Or any other type of sugar. i'm just using up what I have  

 

14 hours ago, ixaera said:

 

We have both! Move to Dallas! Pho & BBQ galore!

 

 

 

12 hours ago, MikeWazowski said:

Seconded. So much Pho. So much BBQ.

tempting... hoping to make it to Dallas this year for work sooooooo

[Mike Wazowski]

2 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

tempting... hoping to make it to Dallas this year for work sooooooo

You'll let nerds know if / when you're in town, yes????

[CourtnieMarie]

6 minutes ago, MikeWazowski said:

You'll let nerds know if / when you're in town, yes????

YES! i was gunna say but didn't want to force anyone to meet up   dallas bbq nerd meet up 2018!!!

[Mike Wazowski]

5 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

YES! i was gunna say but didn't want to force anyone to meet up   dallas bbq nerd meet up 2018!!!

Haha I always welcome nerd visitors - especially since it justifies getting bbq, which is always magical!

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 1 – Wednesday

 

treadmill HIIT type thing. warmed up and then did intervals of 6mph at 3% incline. total 36mins, 2.99 miles, climbed 321 feet.

 

bar hangs and yoga when I got home. also watched/practiced this video I pinned awhile back to check off that box of watching helpful videos once per week

 

 

 

I made dinner with leftover rotel/velveeta dip. basically I just poured it into a pan with sautéed beef and spinach. it brought me back to my hamburger helper days.

 

eat out: 2/7

workouts: 2/5

bar hangs: 3/6

sunday yoga: 1/5; 35/65

[Jord]

15 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

bar hangs and yoga when I got home. also watched/practiced this video I pinned awhile back to check off that box of watching helpful videos once per week

 

I see an excellent beard, 10/10 will watch.

 

15 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

I made dinner with leftover rotel/velveeta dip. basically I just poured it into a pan with sautéed beef and spinach. it brought me back to my hamburger helper days.

 

 

This sounds lovely. Did you eat it alone or with a carb?

[raptron]

I have not watched/listened to the video but they look like gentle giants.

 

CHEESY BEEEEEF.

[CourtnieMarie]

3 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

I see an excellent beard, 10/10 will watch.

 

1 hour ago, raptron said:

I have not watched/listened to the video but they look like gentle giants.

they are super adorable in the video!

 

3 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

This sounds lovely. Did you eat it alone or with a carb?

 

1 hour ago, raptron said:

CHEESY BEEEEEF.

yaaaasss! nope, no carb. just the tomatoes from the rotel and lots of spinach. i can't wait to eat leftovers for lunch soon

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 1 – Thursday

 

gymmmeddd was supposed to bench but my traps and delts were really sore. from DLs? I guess. so I did squats!

 

back squats

100x5

110x5

115x5

70x12x5

 

reverse lunges with plate

25x6

25x8x3

 

step up with knee raise

45secs x4

 

after work was our “holiday” party so no yoga or bar hanging. I got pretty obliterated on vodka sodas and forgot to eat food except for a small piece of focaccia. this was not smart as I haven’t felt this bad from drinking in ages.

 

 

eat out: 2/7

workouts: 3/5

bar hangs: 3/6

sunday yoga: 1/5; 35/65

[JustCallMeAmber]

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

“holiday” party

Well, that is either very, very early or quite tardy. (Unless MLK Day has become a drinking holiday? I'm not up on all these holiday traditions )

 

Hope you feel better!

 

[CourtnieMarie]

8 minutes ago, JustCallMeAmber said:

Well, that is either very, very early or quite tardy. (Unless MLK Day has become a drinking holiday? I'm not up on all these holiday traditions )

 

Hope you feel better!

 

haha thanks! yeah they've been doing the party in January for the past couple years. I assume bc December is so busy and it's really just an excuse for us all to be social outside of work.

[CourtnieMarie]

also, of note, i woke up with my left ankle verrrry swollen and sore to the touch. i wonder if i did something while squatting yesterday or drinking last night.

[JustCallMeAmber]

3 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

haha thanks! yeah they've been doing the party in January for the past couple years. I assume bc December is so busy and it's really just an excuse for us all to be social outside of work.

That.. actually makes a lot of sense and is very thoughtful on their part.

2 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

also, of note, i woke up with my left ankle verrrry swollen and sore to the touch. i wonder if i did something while squatting yesterday or drinking last night.

OUCH. Maybe took a funny step last night? (For whatever reason winter cold tends to make me clumsy AF, even though I don't live in an area that gets snow or ice.)

[raptron]

JEEEZ, don't you know you have to eat to perform even in drinking?  I'M WITH YOU THO, THIS CLASSIC ROOKIE MISTAKE creeps up on the best of us sometimes. 

 

Also this is a popular week for belated holiday parties. You are the 4th person I know with one this week. 

[CourtnieMarie]

17 minutes ago, JustCallMeAmber said:

That.. actually makes a lot of sense and is very thoughtful on their part.

OUCH. Maybe took a funny step last night? (For whatever reason winter cold tends to make me clumsy AF, even though I don't live in an area that gets snow or ice.)

yeah i totally could have twisted it last night. i do remember a point at the bar when i had some really bad foot cramps in the same foot lolz probs unrelated but just as strange.

 

in any case, not sure what to do for cardio with a twisted ankle...

 

3 minutes ago, raptron said:

JEEEZ, don't you know you have to eat to perform even in drinking?  I'M WITH YOU THO, THIS CLASSIC ROOKIE MISTAKE creeps up on the best of us sometimes. 

IKR?! I was just so distracted by fun times and the food seemed like a hassle i didn't want to deal with. all i could think of when struggling this morning was please don't do this in Austin lol

3 minutes ago, raptron said:

Also this is a popular week for belated holiday parties. You are the 4th person I know with one this week. 

no way! hm. could be onto something.

[Mike Wazowski]

23 hours ago, JustCallMeAmber said:

 (Unless MLK Day has become a drinking holiday? I'm not up on all these holiday traditions )

You’ve clearly never been a fresh out of college bank analyst. MLK is always a drinking holiday for them!  (along with Presidents, Columbus, etc.)

[RedStone]

yup. we've all done that, classic party foul? naaaah I'd say just a timing misfire  Hope you're feeling better!

 

(watched the vid tho... they are gentle giants lol ADORBS I kinda want to poke em both in the belly...)

[Khuja, Dwarf Tank]

tempting... hoping to make it to Dallas this year for work sooooooo

The honey would also change the texture, I use it for my bars.

[Mike Wazowski]

Forgot to add earlier, that cheesy beef creation sounds amazeballs. You're an inspiration.

[CourtnieMarie]

On 1/13/2018 at 9:29 PM, MikeWazowski said:

Forgot to add earlier, that cheesy beef creation sounds amazeballs. You're an inspiration.

you could easily add pasta to it and make it a mac n cheese concoction!

 

 

okayyyyy so the weekend.

Week 1 – Friday

 

out of sheer force of will I made it to work after the night of vodka sodas. rough day is rough.

 

got home and cooked up a buff chick dip for a friends bday and baked a frozen pizza for dinner. had a good night at the bday friend's house and nursed one cider over 4.5 hrs.

 

eat out: 2/7

workouts: 3/5

bar hangs: 3/6

sunday yoga: 1/5; 35/65

 

Week 1 – Saturday

 

made it to the gym with my poor sprained/bruised/twisted ankle.

 

bench

85x5x3

60x12x5

 

bent-over barbell rows

45x12x5

 

ez skullcrushers

30x8x3

 

ez curls

30x12x3

 

went home and cooked up a bfast with leftovers: ground beef, mushrooms, kale, and tomato sauce. i added some flax seed for good measure since I knew i'd be eating at a restaurant for dinner later. also brought an apple with me to nom for extra fiber.

 

headed off to meet some friends for boda borg which is sweden's version of escape rooms. it was a blasssstttt. then pad thai for dinner while watching the foosball game.

 

fiber: 25/25

eat out: 3/7

workouts: 4/5

bar hangs: 3/6

sunday yoga: 1/5; 35/65

 

Week 1 – Sunday

 

didn't really end off week 1 well. since I have today off work it made me extra lazy yesterday. woke up at freaking 11am first of all. haven't done that in foreverrrr. went grocery shopping. chipotle for brunch. leftover buff chick dip for lunch. halo top for dinner. we did get a huge load of laundry done and batch cooked some chuck roast with cabbage for lunches this week. and i hit my fiber so some positives. otherwise i did 1 min of bar hanging and no yoga.

 

fiber: 51/25

eat out: 4/7

workouts: 4/5

bar hangs: 4/6

sunday yoga: 1/5; 35/65

 

happy MLK, Jr. day all! hope you have a good day off if you get it or enjoy a low traffic/work day otherwise  

 

[Jord]

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

had a good night at the bday friend's house and nursed one cider over 4.5 hrs.

 

Impressive!

 

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

cooked up a bfast with leftovers: ground beef, mushrooms, kale, and tomato sauce

 

I too often forget about leftover dinner for breakfast. Unless it's leftover pizza, leftover pizza is basically a breakfast food.

[raptron]

2 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

we did get a huge load of laundry done and batch cooked some chuck roast with cabbage for lunches this week. and i hit my fiber so some positives. otherwise i did 1 min of bar hanging and no yoga.

 

That is definitely getting some shit done though.

 

How's the ankle doing?

[Deckard Gainz]

Happy MLK day! Sorry to hear you don't think week 1 went that well, but at least you did enough stuff to make that nice big update! It sounds like you had fun, and got in some exercise and diet goals in spite of injury and social things getting in the way (I hear you on that one). Not too shabby!

[CourtnieMarie]

4 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

Impressive!

yaaa i think i was still scarred from the previous night!

 

4 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

I too often forget about leftover dinner for breakfast. Unless it's leftover pizza, leftover pizza is basically a breakfast food.

yes! leftovers are awesome for breakfast. you can pretty much put an egg on anything

 

4 hours ago, raptron said:

That is definitely getting some shit done though.

3 hours ago, Deckard Gainz said:

Happy MLK day! Sorry to hear you don't think week 1 went that well, but at least you did enough stuff to make that nice big update! It sounds like you had fun, and got in some exercise and diet goals in spite of injury and social things getting in the way (I hear you on that one). Not too shabby!

truuuue. crossed some stuff off the list and had a good weekend!

 

4 hours ago, raptron said:

How's the ankle doing?

pretty shitty unfortunately. it's still swollen and a fun purpley/blue! my sister says she's heard of people spraining their ankles in their sleep lolzzz which wouldn't have been hard for me to do in my drunken state i guess?