Miss Marissa

[Stronkey Kong]

9 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

 

This weekend I ADULTED SO HARD. Deep cleaned kitchen and both bathrooms, vacuumed, laundry, grocery shopped, baked banana bread, cooked all my meals, meal prepped breakfast for the week, sorority meeting, returned library books, dropped stuff off at the recycling center, was DD for Mr. J and the neighbors Saturday, AND did my taxes.

 

 

 

I'd consider having a place with two bathrooms adult enough to never adult again. Kudos.

 

[miss_marissa]

M 2/26 - Tu 2/27

 

1) Fitness

Get through week 8 of the Bigness Project by the end of the challenge (4 lift days/week)

☑☑☑☑ Week 6

☑☑☐☐ Week 7

☐☐☐☐☐ Week 8

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

☑☐☐☐☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

A very MEH gymnastics practice last night. Worked tap swings and then some dismounts. Then went to tumble and do front handsprings and on my second one, tucked my big toe under on the landing and did an ouchie. So I worked BHS down the wedge instead (buckling arms - need to figure out a fix, sometimes it happens sometimes it doesn't? I think it's "being tired" lol) Then finished with handstand practice.

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total 7

Mystik U is good

 

3) Movement/Mobility

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

Splits work and more stretching. I think it's about time for a massage.

 

4) Nutrition

errrmmm

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

5) Work

☑☐☐☐☐ Leave work by 6pm. (6:20 on Mondays)

Managed it every day.

22 hours ago, raptron said:

 

!!!! Hell yes.

 

Hahah, what are you thinkin' about here? I saw the HALP! on your previous update as well. 

Thanks

Lol I have no idea. I guess I need to ponder a bit more before I can come up with something. I fluctuate between 1 week wanting to lose BF and the next wanting to gain. 

 

14 hours ago, Vincent Van Bro said:

 

I'd consider having a place with two bathrooms adult enough to never adult again. Kudos.

 

Not sharing a bathroom with a man is the best. Ya'll nasty.

[Raxie]

1 minute ago, miss_marissa said:

Not sharing a bathroom with a man is the best. Ya'll nasty.

 

When Mr. Raxie and I first got our own place we thought the second bathroom would be the "guest" bathroom.  That quickly that turned into me telling him the guest bathroom was actually now his bathroom.  Best decision we ever made.

[Grumble]

8 minutes ago, Raxie said:

 

When Mr. Raxie and I first got our own place we thought the second bathroom would be the "guest" bathroom.  That quickly that turned into me telling him the guest bathroom was actually now his bathroom.  Best decision we ever made.

 

And I have kicked my wife out of our bathroom twice for not cleaning up after a make-up session. We like to keep life interesting. And by We, I mean I, and by interesting, I mean life-threatening.

[Raxie]

1 hour ago, Grumble said:

And by We, I mean I,

 

....same:

 

2 hours ago, Raxie said:

Best decision we ever made.

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Sra. Tanque and I have a double vanity, so we manage to share one bathroom. Also, we have a townhome, so neither of us are willing to take the downstairs bathroom as our own.

[miss_marissa]

We have a loft and I've stolen the upstairs closet and bathroom as my own, although we sleep in the downstairs bedroom. It's nice with the shift work because that way I don't wake up Mr J when getting ready in the morning.

 

Tu 2/27

1) Fitness

Get through week 8 of the Bigness Project by the end of the challenge (4 lift days/week)

☑☑☑☑ Week 6

☑☑☐☐ Week 7

☐☐☐☐☐ Week 8

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

☑☑☐☐☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

 

Chest/Back yesterday morning. I like the upper body workouts because they are so much shorter  I can also tell how being more consistent is making them easier. Didn't have to drop weight halfway through my 6 sets this week.

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total 8

https://www.dccomics.com/comics/the-brave-and-the-bold-batman-and-wonder-woman-2018/the-brave-and-the-bold-batman-and-wonder

 

3) Movement/Mobility

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

Nope. Probably should tonight.

 

4) Nutrition

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

5) Work

☑☑☐☐☐ Leave work by 6pm. (6:20 on Mondays)

5:58!

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

On 2/22/2018 at 5:26 PM, miss_marissa said:

hi friend. how you been?

 

Finally getting lifting consistently after the move. PR'd a lift for the first time in almost 3 years, bench max now 330!

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

On 2/27/2018 at 12:48 PM, Raxie said:

 

When Mr. Raxie and I first got our own place we thought the second bathroom would be the "guest" bathroom.  That quickly that turned into me telling him the guest bathroom was actually now his bathroom.  Best decision we ever made.

 

Wifey did this at the new house, at the recommendation of my traitor mother. I now have to go downstairs and walk through 5 rooms to get to the shower. I now get constantly yelled at for all the beard hairs all over the guest bathroom.

 

On the plus side, once my daughters are older, I'll have have my bathroom while all 3 girls are sharing one upstairs. I like to pretend that's what will happen at least. In reality the daughters will probably claim my bathroom and I'll be subjugated to the basement powder room or something. 

[miss_marissa]

1 hour ago, Gainsdalf the Whey said:

 

Wifey did this at the new house, at the recommendation of my traitor mother. I now have to go downstairs and walk through 5 rooms to get to the shower. I now get constantly yelled at for all the beard hairs all over the guest bathroom.

 

On the plus side, once my daughters are older, I'll have have my bathroom while all 3 girls are sharing one upstairs. I like to pretend that's what will happen at least. In reality the daughters will probably claim my bathroom and I'll be subjugated to the basement powder room or something. 

Do you have a birthday coming up? 

I bought Mr J one of these for his birthday one year. He thinks it's a present for him, but it was not-so secretly a present for both of us.

https://thebeardking.com/collections/beard-king-products/products/beard-bib-black

[Grumble]

5 minutes ago, miss_marissa said:

Do you have a birthday coming up? 

I bought Mr J one of these for his birthday one year. He thinks it's a present for him, but it was not-so secretly a present for both of us.

https://thebeardking.com/collections/beard-king-products/products/beard-bib-black

 

I might have to buy this.

[Jord]

On 2/28/2018 at 10:50 AM, miss_marissa said:

We have a loft and I've stolen the upstairs closet and bathroom as my own, although we sleep in the downstairs bedroom. It's nice with the shift work because that way I don't wake up Mr J when getting ready in the morning.

 

We did this too. My closet/dresser/personal space is in the sewing/computer room because I get up way earlier than him / have more stuff. He gets the closet/dresser in the bedroom. It also keeps us sane because we then don't have any fights over who is taking up too much space. This way when I get up at the ass crack of dawn I can do all my getting ready in the other room.

[Jord]

7 minutes ago, miss_marissa said:

Do you have a birthday coming up? 

I bought Mr J one of these for his birthday one year. He thinks it's a present for him, but it was not-so secretly a present for both of us.

https://thebeardking.com/collections/beard-king-products/products/beard-bib-black

 

2 minutes ago, Grumble said:

 

I might have to buy this.

 

LOLOLOL genius.

 

Mr T's dad got him a shop-vac for the home and so he uses that with the sucking power of the lord himself to clean up his bathroom hairs. It's been a lot better since then.

[miss_marissa]

W 2/28 - Th 3/1

1) Fitness

Get through week 8 of the Bigness Project by the end of the challenge (4 lift days/week)

☑☑☑☑ Week 6

☑☑☑☐ Week 7

☐☐☐☐☐ Week 8

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

☑☑☑☐☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

 

Wednesday rest day. Thursday morning hamstring/glute focus. Stairs are "fun" at work now. Need to work on handstands tonight. Holding strong on pushups.

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total 9

https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/millarworld-annual-2017

^some fun short stories. I ALWAYS pick up the new talent showcases because they are awesome  

 

3) Movement/Mobility

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

Nope.

 

4) Nutrition

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

5) Work

☑☑☐☐☐ Leave work by 6pm. (6:20 on Mondays)

I was late yesterday. Someone came over at about 5:30 and we got into a discussion and before I knew it was 6:20. 

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

2 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

Do you have a birthday coming up? 

I bought Mr J one of these for his birthday one year. He thinks it's a present for him, but it was not-so secretly a present for both of us.

https://thebeardking.com/collections/beard-king-products/products/beard-bib-black

 

WIfey recommended this too. I refuse to wear a beard bib. It's like a human version of the cone of shame.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

1 hour ago, Gainsdalf the Whey said:

 

WIfey recommended this too. I refuse to wear a beard bib. It's like a human version of the cone of shame.

As a man who's cleaned up his whiskers after trimming them I'll let them call something like that whatever they want.

[miss_marissa]

F 3/2 - Su 3/4

1) Fitness

Get through week 8 of the Bigness Project by the end of the challenge (4 lift days/week)

☑☑☑☑ Week 6

☑☑☑☑ Week 7

☑☐☐☐☐ Week 8

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

☑☑☑☑☑☑☑ Daily 22 pushups

 

Thursday night did handstand work.

Friday morning was arms and shoulders and threw in some extra pullups because I had some time.

Sunday was W8D1. Starting with week 8 it moves to a 5 day format with a bit of a different layout and a little longer workouts:

   Day 1: quad dominant

   Day 2: Upper body vertical push/pull

   Day 3: Glutes & Delts

   Day 4: Upper body horizontal push/pull

   Day 5: Hamstring dominant

Having hamstring dominant the workout immediately before quad dominant seems like a bad idea if I want to be able to walk, but HEY I'll give it a shot. Gotta try to figure out what day I want my rest day to be. Prob. Saturday.

Also, sets of 20 sissy squats lol RIP my quads. But also I missed KB swings and happy to have them back, and happy to be able to do them w/o pain \o/

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total 13

Read Cyborg and also started a new book book.

 

3) Movement/Mobility

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

Stretched on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday

 

4) Nutrition

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Getting to where I want to do a cut but I don't know how to cut without getting super restrictive and having weird rules about food. Might do an RP template? 

 

5) Work

☑☑☑☑☐ Leave work by 6pm. (6:20 on Mondays)

Good on this goal for TH and F  

 

On 3/1/2018 at 3:34 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

As a man who's cleaned up his whiskers after trimming them I'll let them call something like that whatever they want.

 

On 3/1/2018 at 2:26 PM, Gainsdalf the Whey said:

 

WIfey recommended this too. I refuse to wear a beard bib. It's like a human version of the cone of shame.

So instead of using a tool that makes cleaning up easier... you would rather get yelled at for leaving the bathroom dirty, and have to work harder to clean it up? Because it looks silly, but nobody will see you use it?

 

Masculinity is a fucking trip.

[RedStone]

1 hour ago, miss_marissa said:

Masculinity is a fucking trip.

 

[raptron]

2 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

Thursday night did handstand work.

Yeee.

 

2 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

Also, sets of 20 sissy squats lol RIP my quads. But also I missed KB swings and happy to have them back, and happy to be able to do them w/o pain \o/

Sissy squats are no joke. And yesss, kb swings! Welcome back to the fray.  

[CourtnieMarie]

oh shit, HAI! i've just discovered your challenge, sorrryyyyyyyyyyy! lots of bathroom talk. how long are your stretching sessions if I may ask? 

 

2 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

4) Nutrition

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Getting to where I want to do a cut but I don't know how to cut without getting super restrictive and having weird rules about food. Might do an RP template? 

million dollar question

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

3 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

So instead of using a tool that makes cleaning up easier... you would rather get yelled at for leaving the bathroom dirty, and have to work harder to clean it up? Because it looks silly, but nobody will see you use it?

 

Masculinity is a fucking trip.

 

I want to be accepted for who I am, beard trimmings and all. That's in the vows.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

9 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

☑☑☑☑ Week 6

☑☑☑☑ Week 7

☑☐☐☐☐ Week 8

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

☑☑☑☑☑☑☑ Daily 22 pushup

Look at all those checked boxes!

 

[Stronkey Kong]

Problem: Beard trimmings

Solution: Let it grow

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

9 hours ago, Vincent Van Bro said:

Problem: Beard trimmings

Solution: Let it grow

 

Yup. Beard trimmings happen once a month max now, and I clean it up really well each time, so it's a non-issue anymore. Sure, I shed the long beard hairs now and again, but she does the same thing with her 3' long head hair, so we're even.

[miss_marissa]

M 3/5 - Tu 3/6

1) Fitness

Get through week 8 of the Bigness Project by the end of the challenge (4 lift days/week)

☑☑☑☑ Week 6

☑☑☑☑ Week 7

☑☑☐☐☐ Week 8

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

☑☐☐☐☐☐☐ Daily 22 pushups

 

Gymnastics Monday. Bars work: tap swings, front hip circles and that's about it. Called it quits because my hands started to hurt and I now see today (without chalky hands) I developed 2 blisters yesterday. So... that's fun. Moved on to front tucks which feeling better, but I looked up a few drills today to try at next practice instead of just throwing. Ended with handstands and stretching.

Upper body this morning. Week 8 is giving me the ouchies.

 

I also timed it out and if I stay on track with my program I am scheduled to finish it April 22. GUESS WHAT DAY MY GYM MEMBERSHIP ENDS??? JUST GUESS YOU GUYS!!

 

2) Read

☑ Comic a day. Total 13

skipped because Mondays are late nights.

 

3) Movement/Mobility

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

Mostly splits work.

 

4) Nutrition

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Still thinking about what to do for a cut here.

 

5) Work

☑☐☐☐☐ Leave work by 6pm. (6:20 on Mondays)

Left at 6:20 and should have left earlier because conditions were awful. It was snowing real bad and visibility was awful. I was going 30 on the highway (3 lanes). It is 5:48 now and I'm fixing to leave.

 

On 3/5/2018 at 12:55 PM, CourtnieMarie said:

oh shit, HAI! i've just discovered your challenge, sorrryyyyyyyyyyy! lots of bathroom talk. how long are your stretching sessions if I may ask? 

 

million dollar question

Oh haiii!!!! To be fair I started a week late  I don't time them, but I think they usually end up about 10 minutes or longer if I stretch and foam roll.

Srsly, why is nutrition so dumb.

 

9 hours ago, Gainsdalf the Whey said:

 

Yup. Beard trimmings happen once a month max now, and I clean it up really well each time, so it's a non-issue anymore. Sure, I shed the long beard hairs now and again, but she does the same thing with her 3' long head hair, so we're even.

To be fair my hair ends up everywhere also lol