ElvenEngineer Starts Again

[elvenengineer]

Helloooo everyone.

 

Take Four Hundred and Ninety Four.....

 

I'm ElvenEngineer, and I am really bad about dropping out of challenges *hangs head*

 

But that's all right! Because gamers don't die, they respawn!

 

This challenge will end the day after my next powerlifting meet! Which I may drop out of! But I will still test lifts even if I don't compete that day!

 

So in the meantime:

Goal 1: Eat breakfast EVERY DAY

Goal 2: Track SOMETHING in MFP EVERY DAY

Goal 3: Do something creative EVERY DAY

 

 

And above all don't drop out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

[Grumble]

5 minutes ago, elvenengineer said:

This challenge will end the day after my next powerlifting meet! Which I may drop out of! But I will still test lifts even if I don't compete that day!

 

5 minutes ago, elvenengineer said:

And above all don't drop out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

*cough*

[CourtnieMarie]

welcome back!! i can't remember, what's your usual breakfast plan?

[elvenengineer]

49 minutes ago, Grumble said:

 

 

*cough*

[elvenengineer]

48 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

welcome back!! i can't remember, what's your usual breakfast plan?

Some kind of granola bar or toast - I've been liking the Rx Chocolate Sea Salt bars a lot lately, but I ran out.

 

I just need SOMETHING to jump start my metabolism or I have a bad habit of never getting hungry and thus not eating all day.

And trying to eat >2,000 calories after I get home at 6pm or later is... not great.

[The Shogun]

We should agree on a guild for all of us who constantly drop out of challenges (but keep coming back!) =D

like Guild of Shame or something like... =D how are you currently training?

[elvenengineer]

5 minutes ago, The Shogun said:

We should agree on a guild for all of us who constantly drop out of challenges (but keep coming back!) =D

like Guild of Shame or something like... =D how are you currently training?

I have a coach, it's @spezzy  

[miss_marissa]

1 hour ago, elvenengineer said:

 

I'm ElvenEngineer, and I am really bad about dropping out of challenges *hangs head*

 

Nope... none us do that ever... certainly not me 

[The Shogun]

4 minutes ago, elvenengineer said:

I have a coach, it's @spezzy  

 

that's so unfair... 

[The Shogun]

3 minutes ago, miss_marissa said:

 

Nope... none us do that ever... certainly not me 

 

me neither! she's totally the only one I know of. 

[elvenengineer]

19 minutes ago, The Shogun said:

We should agree on a guild for all of us who constantly drop out of challenges (but keep coming back!) =D

like Guild of Shame or something like... =D how are you currently training?

 

9 minutes ago, miss_marissa said:

 

Nope... none us do that ever... certainly not me 

 

5 minutes ago, The Shogun said:

 

me neither! she's totally the only one I know of. 

 

Yeah guys, I'm totally all alone in this shame corner.....

[Grumble]

5 minutes ago, elvenengineer said:

 

 

 

Yeah guys, I'm totally all alone in this shame corner.....

 

All alone. No one here as EVER dropped out of a challenge before.

 

 

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[Mike Wazowski]

3 minutes ago, Grumble said:

 

All alone. No one here as EVER dropped out of a challenge before.

I'm maaaaaybe 50% on finishing challenges. Good company there.

 

Welcome back, elvie!!

[elvenengineer]

42 minutes ago, MikeW said:

I'm maaaaaybe 50% on finishing challenges. Good company there.

 

Welcome back, elvie!!

 

Hey Mike! I thought of you the other week when I did ballroom dancing  

Last week I went swing dancing three nights in a row so that was fun #sorrynotsorry

 

 

[Gemma]

20 hours ago, elvenengineer said:

So in the meantime:

Goal 1: Eat breakfast EVERY DAY

Goal 2: Track SOMETHING in MFP EVERY DAY

Goal 3: Do something creative EVERY DAY

 

Great goals! I am doing something about doing something creative on the regs myself, because Warriors Need That Crap!

 

19 hours ago, The Shogun said:

We should agree on a guild for all of us who constantly drop out of challenges (but keep coming back!) =D

like Guild of Shame or something like...

 

[Grumble]

1 minute ago, Gemma said:

 

Great goals! I am doing something about doing something creative on the regs myself, because Warriors Need That Crap!

 

I should do this too. I just don't know what.

[Mike Wazowski]

19 hours ago, elvenengineer said:

 

Hey Mike! I thought of you the other week when I did ballroom dancing  

Last week I went swing dancing three nights in a row so that was fun #sorrynotsorry

 

 

Niiiiiice!!! I approve of this choice of evening plans! How was the ballroom dancing? Which style(s) did you do?

[elvenengineer]

Monday

-ate breakfast

-logged in MFP

-..... no creativity

And to reiterate how important the creative thing seems to be for my brain, I slept terribly last night.

 

Today - we will do the creative thing! (I already ate breakfast and logged soo winning!)

 

15 minutes ago, MikeW said:

Niiiiiice!!! I approve of this choice of evening plans! How was the ballroom dancing? Which style(s) did you do?

Pretty much all the ones I know how to do - waltz, foxtrot, salsa (and there was some east coast swing thrown in there that made me go yes! I can do this!!! I led my friend T for all the swing songs and tried some new moves, it was great)

 

Hilariously, it was supposed to be swing dancing four days in a row but I needed a nap after my robotics team competed more than I needed more swing dancing haha. Rest is important.

Especially because I was teaching the swing dancing at the one on Friday... teaching drains me (unlike @MikeW)

[spezzy]

The good news is 5 weeks is plenty of time to peak

 

Also guilty of dropping out of challenges, but the key is that you try again. 

 

I'm focusing on mine week by week this time because I've been struggling with keeping focus on them. The smaller timeline feels way more realistic and doable with all that's going on!

[Mike Wazowski]

17 minutes ago, elvenengineer said:

Pretty much all the ones I know how to do - waltz, foxtrot, salsa (and there was some east coast swing thrown in there that made me go yes! I can do this!!! I led my friend T for all the swing songs and tried some new moves, it was great)

Niiice, always fun to try out different roles (assuming you follow most of the time, which I don't think you've actually specified).

 

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Hilariously, it was supposed to be swing dancing four days in a row but I needed a nap after my robotics team competed more than I needed more swing dancing haha. Rest is important.

QFT. Rest is always a good call.

 

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Especially because I was teaching the swing dancing at the one on Friday... teaching drains me (unlike @MikeW)

Haha it used to drain me - but now I just revel in how awkward and quirky and fun my kids are and it's a hoot! But teaching a class full of people I've never taught before would certainly be draining - because shy introvert.

[elvenengineer]

3 hours ago, spezzy said:

The good news is 5 weeks is plenty of time to peak

 

I'm not really self conscious about it, even though I think I wouldn't do as well as I'd like. It's more of - I'm not excited about it? It doesn't sound fun? And why am I doing something if it doesn't sound fun?

Lifting always sounds fun! I get myself to the gym with - I get to squat/bench/deadlift today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and all the happiness.

But the thought of a meet just makes me feel like I HAVE to go rather than being excited about it like I was the first time. I don't think I'm in a great headspace to compete right now.

 

I'm way more excited about my hike this weekend  then about the meet

 

3 hours ago, MikeW said:

Niiice, always fun to try out different roles (assuming you follow most of the time, which I don't think you've actually specified).

Eh with East Coast it's about 50/50, I like dancing and I don't really care which role I have. So if it's lead heavy, I tend to follow a lot, if it's follow heavy I lead a lot. It balances pretty well I just hate sitting. And East Coast is the only thing I can teach so I had to learn both for that.

Every other dance (including other styles of swing) I always follow.

 

If I was sitting a lot in a ballroom or lindy environment I'd probably learn to lead that too (well I can lead a basic lindy swingout which is like half of it so IDK maybe I can lead lindy)

 

3 hours ago, MikeW said:

Haha it used to drain me - but now I just revel in how awkward and quirky and fun my kids are and it's a hoot! But teaching a class full of people I've never taught before would certainly be draining - because shy introvert.

Ah see, I'm always teaching a group of strangers and I'm a hardcore introvert sooo..... that's why I was tired.

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[Sam Ashen]

On 5/21/2018 at 11:59 AM, elvenengineer said:

I am really bad about dropping out of challenges *hangs head*

 

Hey, welcome back!

 

I have also been pretty absent from the forums lately.

[RedStone]

On 5/22/2018 at 2:48 PM, elvenengineer said:

It's more of - I'm not excited about it? It doesn't sound fun? And why am I doing something if it doesn't sound fun?

Lifting always sounds fun! I get myself to the gym with - I get to squat/bench/deadlift today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and all the happiness.

But the thought of a meet just makes me feel like I HAVE to go rather than being excited about it like I was the first time. I don't think I'm in a great headspace to compete right now.

 

I'm way more excited about my hike this weekend  then about the meet

 

 

^It me. Also me heart you. Hi you. Heart you.

 

[Mike Wazowski]

On 5/22/2018 at 1:48 PM, elvenengineer said:

I'm not really self conscious about it, even though I think I wouldn't do as well as I'd like. It's more of - I'm not excited about it? It doesn't sound fun? And why am I doing something if it doesn't sound fun?

Lifting always sounds fun! I get myself to the gym with - I get to squat/bench/deadlift today!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and all the happiness.

But the thought of a meet just makes me feel like I HAVE to go rather than being excited about it like I was the first time. I don't think I'm in a great headspace to compete right now.

 

I'm way more excited about my hike this weekend  then about the meet

Yaaaaa this sounds like some mental/emotional clarity you're having. Or maybe it'll sound fun when it gets closer, who knows?

 

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Eh with East Coast it's about 50/50, I like dancing and I don't really care which role I have. So if it's lead heavy, I tend to follow a lot, if it's follow heavy I lead a lot. It balances pretty well I just hate sitting. And East Coast is the only thing I can teach so I had to learn both for that.

Every other dance (including other styles of swing) I always follow.

Oh gotcha, that's still some awesome flexibility to have for east coast!

 

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If I was sitting a lot in a ballroom or lindy environment I'd probably learn to lead that too (well I can lead a basic lindy swingout which is like half of it so IDK maybe I can lead lindy)

Sounds like you're as good as any beginning lindy lead (or the ballroom dancers who fake lindy - )

 

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Ah see, I'm always teaching a group of strangers and I'm a hardcore introvert sooo..... that's why I was tired.

Ah yeah, that does not sound like my ideal teaching environment, I much prefer the students I've had for multiple years who are used to my quirks and like me for them.