New year, Same Marissa

[miss_marissa]

To recap 2017:

Starts on a great note. Hit new PRs on all 3 lifts. Compete in powerlifting competition at the end of January and crush. Complete my first Whole 30. Promptly injure myself in February and spend the remainder of the year rehabbing. Also spending lots of time ignoring my fitness and nutrition because of work stress. I started running and completed a GoRuck light in the fall.

 

Looking forward to 2018:

Be injury free

Be able to lift heavy again without pain

Find some semblance of work life balance? Realize there is always going to be that next deadline or design review and learn how to say enough is enough.

Continue to learn more cool gymnastics tricks

READ MORE COMICS! Especially more from non-big 2 creators and those with strong female/minority/LGBT+ characters/creators

Start crossfit *GASP* who ever thought I would say that huh?

I also committed to doing 22 pushups daily for the whole year with a few other nerds for suicide awareness in veterans.

 

Additionally, I'm getting a little uncomfortable with my body composition and want to focus on a bit of fat loss.For this month, I'll be travelling for 11 days and won't have gymnastics class (and haven't been since Dec 11) so I want to keep up with my skills. Additionally try to eat As Paleo As Possible (APAP) while living from a hotel room. (This means making intentional paleo choices, but not worrying about things like added sugars in a salad dressing or hidden soy lecithin etc)

 

Let's go back to checklist style because that seemed to work well when I was utilizing it.

 

1) Fitness

Move your body in some way minimum 4x/week. Moving includes lifting, gymnastics, yoga (longer than 15 minutes), or cardio. Currently following The Bigness Project as my lifting program.

☐☐☐☐ Move 4x/week

☐☐ Handstands 2x/week, 10 minutes min.

☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

 

2) Read

☐ Comic a day. Total__

 

3) Movement/Mobility

☐☐☐ Stretch, foam roll, mobility routine, etc 3x/ week

 

4) Nutrition

☐☐☐☐☐☐ Eat APAP 6x/ week

 

[Stronkey Kong]

First!

[Raxie]

Ooh the bigness project! How are you liking that? Jen Sinkler is the best.

[miss_marissa]

16 hours ago, Vincent Van Bro said:

First!

If ya ain't first, you're last!

 

13 hours ago, Raxie said:

Ooh the bigness project! How are you liking that? Jen Sinkler is the best.

I like it quite a bit so far. I've never really done a hypertrophy program before so it's something new. I started nearly a month ago, but just finishing up week 3 due to holiday travel and stuff. Haven't seen results really yet, but just focusing more on rebuilding a regular gym habit as opposed to looking for results.

[raptron]

Get after it.  

[Sam Ashen]

20 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

Complete my first Whole 30. Promptly injure myself

 

Remind me not to try Whole 30. 

 

20 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

Start crossfit *GASP* who ever thought I would say that huh?

 

Enjoy!  It is entirely possible the next time I move that this is exactly what I will do - Or join some kind of S&C outfit and be done with big box commercial gyms.

 

Bonus:  You will learn the Olympic lifts! 

 

And hi!  Happy New Year!

[miss_marissa]

1/2/2017

Starting on a Tuesday so this week 1 will be a little different... My weeks will run M-Su. Basically just going to take out one of the APAP checkboxes for Monday. I still should have pushups for all 7 days.

Using my non-paleo day for the week as I came up with the challenge halfway through the day and already ate non-paleo.

Workout was glutes and hamstrings. Today will definitely be stretching/ foam rolling. owie

 

1) Fitness

Move your body in some way minimum 4x/week. Moving includes lifting, gymnastics, yoga (longer than 15 minutes), or cardio. Currently following The Bigness Project as my lifting program.

☑☐☐☐ Move 4x/week

☐☐ Handstands 2x/week, 10 minutes min.

☑☐☐☐☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total days: 1

 

3) Movement/Mobility

☐☐☐ Stretch, foam roll, mobility routine, etc 3x/ week

 

4) Nutrition

☐☐☐☐☐☐ Eat APAP 6x/ week

 

29 minutes ago, Sam Ashen said:

 

Remind me not to try Whole 30. 

 

 

Enjoy!  It is entirely possible the next time I move that this is exactly what I will do - Or join some kind of S&C outfit and be done with big box commercial gyms.

 

Bonus:  You will learn the Olympic lifts! 

 

And hi!  Happy New Year!

Do it and we can be miserable together! (W30 and X-fit :P)

[CourtnieMarie]

22 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

To recap 2017:

Starts on a great note. Hit new PRs on all 3 lifts. Compete in powerlifting competition at the end of January and crush. Complete my first Whole 30. Promptly injure myself in February and spend the remainder of the year rehabbing. Also spending lots of time ignoring my fitness and nutrition because of work stress. I started running and completed a GoRuck light in the fall.

still lots of good things! surviving is pretty much the best.

 

22 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

Find some semblance of work life balance? Realize there is always going to be that next deadline or design review and learn how to say enough is enough.

so much this. let me know if you need me to remind you of it ever because I do the same with SO

 

22 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

READ MORE COMICS! Especially more from non-big 2 creators and those with strong female/minority/LGBT+ characters/creators

oh hayyyyy, Runaways checks off lots of these boxes  

 

already a great start! let's get em.

[Big_Show]

Good start to the challenge!

[Laghail]

On 1/2/2018 at 2:53 PM, miss_marissa said:

READ MORE COMICS! Especially more from non-big 2 creators and those with strong female/minority/LGBT+ characters/creators

 

I love everything about your challenge, but I especially love this part. Can I recommend the Authority? Superhero hijinks with Jenny Sparks and power couple of Apollo and Midnighter.

 

 

[Big_Show]

+1 for the Authority. I need to delve more into the spin-offs from that series.

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

[miss_marissa]

1-3-2018

Worked late and got home and was LE TIRED so did am workout today instead. I read Saga and tried to go to bed early and ended up just laying in bed for like and hour and then having nightmares all night. I'm pretty tired today. Stretched and foam rolled. Glutes and hamstrings are owie. Need some loving on those connective tissues.

 

I have some non-paleo food prepped from before I decided to do APAP on Tuesday: pitas for sandwiches, chickpeas, black beans. I'm going to allow myself those (and probably other legumes...) this week because otherwise I would feel wasteful throwing away all this food I already prepped before I leave for business trip.

 

1) Fitness

☑☐☐☐ Move 4x/week

☐☐ Handstands 2x/week, 10 minutes min.

☑☑☑☐☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total days: 2

 

3) Movement/Mobility

☑☐☐ Stretch, foam roll, mobility routine, etc 3x/ week

 

4) Nutrition

☑☐☐☐☐☐ Eat APAP 6x/ week (5x for W1)

 

20 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

still lots of good things! surviving is pretty much the best.

 

so much this. let me know if you need me to remind you of it ever because I do the same with SO

 

oh hayyyyy, Runaways checks off lots of these boxes  

 

already a great start! let's get em.

I was looking for new comics to pick up last night and didn't realize Brian Vaughan wrote Runaways! He has so many solid hits! Y the last man, Saga.... Paper Girls right now (I haven't read)

 

18 hours ago, Laghail said:

 

I love everything about your challenge, but I especially love this part. Can I recommend the Authority? Superhero hijinks with Jenny Sparks and power couple of Apollo and Midnighter.

 

 

18 hours ago, Big_Show said:

+1 for the Authority. I need to delve more into the spin-offs from that series.

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk
 

Midnighter and Apollo are hilarious! I should read more of them.

*jots in to-read comics list*

[miss_marissa]

Paleo dinner.

Turkey burger, homemade fries and Brussels sprouts

Sent from my LG-H910 using Tapatalk

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Following, since I am not first I am apparently last.

Also:
You have Rangerbrain. Enjoy this official Rangerbrain gif:

[CourtnieMarie]

Yes! Vaughan had done some great stuff and I've only skimmed the surface. also that dinner is A++

[raptron]

Brusssssels. <3 

[miss_marissa]

22 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Following, since I am not first I am apparently last.

Also:
You have Rangerbrain. Enjoy this official Rangerbrain gif:

I send this to Mr. J all the time when he's working

 

1-4-2018

Worked late (again) and was HANGRY. I ended up going to the grocery store and picking up some food for the next 3 days.

Dinner was rotisserie chicken, sweet potato fries and more brussels sprouts.

For the next few days I'm taking the lazy route and picked up:

• frozen zoodles
• frozen cauli rice 
• bell peppers
• red onion
• pasta sauce
• avocado

Which should be enough combined with the chicken and a kielbasa in the freezer for pasta and taco bowls. Should have grabbed a lime too BUT WE CANT ALL BE PERFECT ALL THE TIME. And sometimes hangry brain gets in the way.

 

Lunch was non-paleo with the pita and chickpeas, but that was the last of it. (I've also been having protein shakes, which I know are not paleo, but I need to plan my snacks better and that's a healthy-ish option that I have available. Really yesterday wasn't paleo at all, but it was a turnaround from where I was 2 weeks ago so I'm taking it). I'm really just in this to try and kick the sugar dragon, and I know I'm not doing a great job of that yet, but it's a work in progress.

 

Did my pushups and handstands. Spread some butter on my shoulders cuz they're toast.

 

1) Fitness

☑☑☐☐ Move 4x/week

☑☐ Handstands 2x/week, 10 minutes min.

☑☑☑☑☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total days: 3

 

3) Movement/Mobility

☑☐☐ Stretch, foam roll, mobility routine, etc 3x/ week

 

4) Nutrition

☑☑☐☐☐☐ Eat APAP 6x/ week (5x for W1)

[CourtnieMarie]

food list looks great! and delicious. what kind of pasta sauce do you get? i've been totally digging Rao's bc of NNP. also i want to go to whole foods bc apparently all of them nationwide have her recipes at the hot food bar for the month of january!

[Raxie]

I have a similar meal in the queue this weekend! Burgers with brussels sprouts is where it's attttttt.  It sounds like everything you ate was pretty healthy even if not paleo so especially while ramping up in week 1 that should be two thumb up

[Big_Show]

Just be glad hangry brain didn't make you buy a load of crap food!

Sent from my SM-G935F using Tapatalk

[Sam Ashen]

2 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

frozen zoodles

 

When I was growing up, this meant.....

 

 

[Mike Wazowski]

On 1/4/2018 at 10:54 AM, miss_marissa said:

Paleo dinner.

Turkey burger, homemade fries and Brussels sprouts

Sent from my LG-H910 using Tapatalk
 

Drool worthy. I LOVE roasted brussels and homemade fries!

[miss_marissa]

On 1/5/2018 at 10:05 AM, CourtnieMarie said:

food list looks great! and delicious. what kind of pasta sauce do you get? i've been totally digging Rao's bc of NNP. also i want to go to whole foods bc apparently all of them nationwide have her recipes at the hot food bar for the month of january!

I get store brand because I'm cheap AF

There is a whole foods, but it's kind of on the other side of town so I've never been there. Actually, the only time I've ever been is one is when I visited Denver Maya and I went lol

 

On 1/5/2018 at 10:13 AM, Raxie said:

I have a similar meal in the queue this weekend! Burgers with brussels sprouts is where it's attttttt.  It sounds like everything you ate was pretty healthy even if not paleo so especially while ramping up in week 1 that should be two thumb up

yummm!!!

Yea, I'm overall not bummed about it, but still room for improvement!

 

On 1/5/2018 at 12:19 PM, Sam Ashen said:

 

When I was growing up, this meant.....

 

 

This a Canada thing?

Like Spaghetti-os?

On 1/5/2018 at 12:33 PM, MikeWazowski said:

Drool worthy. I LOVE roasted brussels and homemade fries!

thanks!

 

1/5 - 1/7 2018

 

1) Fitness

☑☑☑☑ Move 4x/week

☑☐ Handstands 2x/week, 10 minutes min.

☑☑☑☑☑☑☑ Daily 22 pushups

 

Friday morning squats and quad focused. Sunday Chest and back + running. Pushups everyday. Friday handstands.

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total days: 4

Read only on Friday, but I read A LOT on Friday.

 

3) Movement/Mobility

☑☑☑ Stretch, foam roll, mobility routine, etc 3x/ week

Stretched and foam rolled all 3 days. I actually feel really good and think I should probably do something daily. 

 

4) Nutrition

☑☑☐☐☐☐ Eat APAP 6x/ week (5x for W1)

Ate taco bowls, "pasta". Lots of the stuff I picked up Thursday. I did not fully paleo comply though.

I ate a bowl of cheddar sour cream chips on Saturday because I WAS CRAVING BAD.

And then Sunday I had wine and cookies (4 small ones) while watching the Golden Globes

Otherwise, fairly paleo. And for "zero week" not awful, an improvement on the previous weeks, but certainly room to improve coming up.

[Sam Ashen]

25 minutes ago, miss_marissa said:

This a Canada thing?

Like Spaghetti-os?

 

It might well be!  When I think about it more, I remember being very young, like 6, 7, or 8 and my mother got a Zoodles towel with wrappers.

 

You brought back a childhood memory!  <3

[miss_marissa]

Also a win from this past week that I am v proud of and forgot to mention.

 

I did not eat out or get takeout once this past week.