sylph does a thing

[sylph]

I have no idea what that thing is, yet, and it likely won't be very assassiny (likely more like a warrior or ranger or something), but whatevs.

 

 

Stretching, cardio, weights, various forms of adulting, in some combination thereof. Likely I will make goals and then fail at them, but in my mind, making the goals is in an of itself some kind of completion. When I stop trying entirely, then I'll have real problems.

[Mad Hatter]

Yay, a thing!  

[mkdutch]

You've got this! I'm excited to see what goals you set!

[raptron]

HELLO FRIEND. <3 

[sylph]

11 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Yay, a thing!  

It'll be some thing, that's probably likely.

 

3 hours ago, mkdutch said:

You've got this! I'm excited to see what goals you set!

I'll figure something out at some point!

 

3 hours ago, raptron said:

HELLO FRIEND. <3 

hallo, dear.

[sylph]

Alrighty--about a month away from the forum and I'm feeling pretty ready to get back to some thing. Any thing. A thing. Or several. We'll see how this goes.

 

I have regressed to nearly zero activity and terrible eating habits via combination of euthanizing my cat, No Man's Sky Next and being on vacation for approximately two weeks. Vacation is over, my thumbs hurt terribly, and I can finally think about my sweet mama cat without crying (most of the time).

 

Time to build the fitness/health habit back again and feel better about what my body can do.

 

Move

Lift weights

Go for a run

...or at least get your 8k steps in for the day

 

Pretty self-explanatory, I think. One of the three of these options every day. Preferably one of the first two, but no problem if all I do is make FitBit happy.

 

 

Eat & Drink

No weeknight alcohol at home. Post work happy hour (once monthly) is okay. I don't know why this continues to be a habit.

Begin to consider to think about packing lunch for work. Probably buy some things to make this happen if feeling ambitious.

Make dinner (hey--leftovers make great lunches) at least twice during this challenge. Super bonus if it doesn't have pasta in it.

 

I'm pretty complacent with my diet. It's not on the KitKat and Mountain Dew levels of my college years, but it's definitely got room for improvement.

 

 

Adult

Running list of things to be done:

• Get new car tires
• Get a car wash (super bonus if this happens more than once this challenge)
• Deep clean the inside of the car (I should not really still have salt residue on my floormats in August)
• Finish thing for work project (slightly intentionally vague)
• Address revisions for previous parts of work project (ditto on vagueness)
• Weed the front mulch bed
• I will likely add various other things here simply for the satisfaction of crossing things off a list.

 

[Mad Hatter]

Looks like a pretty good thing to me.  

[sylph]

Managed an upper body push workout yesterday--DB bench, OHP and some push ups. Something feels a bit wonky in my right shoulder so I don't want to jump in too hard too fast. 

[raptron]

"Begin to consider thinking about packing a lunch" has all the qualifiers I love.

 

These are great things.

 

 

[sylph]

8 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Looks like a pretty good thing to me.  

Thanks! Seemed a reasonable step back into the habit.

 

3 hours ago, raptron said:

"Begin to consider thinking about packing a lunch" has all the qualifiers I love.

 

These are great things.

 

 

I picked that one up from hubs. I <3 it.

 

Thanks! They are all things, and yet none of them are crazy things. I don't need any more crazy right now.

[sylph]

On 8/7/2018 at 2:27 PM, sylph said:

Move

Lift weights

Go for a run

...or at least get your 8k steps in for the day

 

Managed none of these yesterday. Whoops. At least the challenge hasn't for-real started yet.

[sylph]

Fitbit steps yesterday

Also departmental happy hour

 

Not bad overall

[sylph]

Friday--back workout: rows, rack pulls and such.

Saturday--nada. Didn't even get my steps in. No Man's Sky is an endless loop of activity.

Sunday--leg workout woo! I expect the DOMS to kick in this evening and tomorrow to be interesting walking. My quads and hams were quivering once I was done so I know I did some work. Then forgot about my no drinks on a school night and had a drink with hubs. Whoops.

Today--my parents are in town this week so I'm having lunch with them this afternoon. <3 Should also get a workout in.

 

Upcoming:

Tomorrow--plan to go order tires for my car. If that goes reasonably well, I should have time to get in either a workout or a bit on the treadmill.

Wednesday--haircut

Thursday--some of my favorite work people have invited me to happy hour. I will allow myself one beer and no more.

Friday--workout or treadmill

 

Nothing on the 'bringing lunch' or 'making dinner' fronts at this time.

[Mad Hatter]

Woo workouts!

[raptron]

Yesss. What got your hams aquiver during your leg workout? Always lookin for more posterior chain work.  

[sylph]

15 minutes ago, raptron said:

Yesss. What got your hams aquiver during your leg workout? Always lookin for more posterior chain work.  

Slow and controlled Romanian deadlifts along with strategic foot placement for some goblet squats... And (likely) disuse.

[Bob the Bardbarian]

If you're looking for good recipes, I always recommend the blog Budget Bytes.  Delicious and easy recipes, that are easy on your wallet too.

[sylph]

10 hours ago, Bob the Bard said:

If you're looking for good recipes, I always recommend the blog Budget Bytes.  Delicious and easy recipes, that are easy on your wallet too.

Thanks! I've been a fan of hers for years.

 

The issue isn't finding recipes, unfortunately. I have plenty of those. The issue is the fact that I dislike cooking, think it's boring and rarely want to do it.

[sylph]

The DOMS is real, friends!

 

I am walking very gingerly today--apparently all my targeting was good; my glutes, hams, quads and calves are all complaining at me today.

 

I tried to get out in front of it by doing a couple easy miles on the treadmill last night, but such is not the case. (or it did do some good and I shudder to think about what today would be like if I hadn't tied to work out of it ahead of time. yeesh) 

[raptron]

Aww, haha. Good job getting the right spots at least! 

[sylph]

Got a upper/push workout in yesterday and also ordered tires for my car. They are in as of this morning, so now I just need to find a time to go get them installed.

 

Haircut tonight.

And my parents' plans for dinner tomorrow fell through so hubs and I are going to go have dinner with them.

 

That's two days that I'll have to work on getting my steps in, since I'm not going to have time to get a run or a workout in either day. As of now, I'm at 2,300 so I have quite a ways to go before going to bed. Best get on it!

[mkdutch]

You've got this!

[Mad Hatter]

Get ittt

[raptron]

[sylph]

On 8/7/2018 at 2:27 PM, sylph said:

Adult

Running list of things to be done:

• Get new car tires
• Get a car wash (super bonus if this happens more than once this challenge)
• Deep clean the inside of the car (I should not really still have salt residue on my floormats in August)
• Finish thing for work project (slightly intentionally vague)
• Address revisions for previous parts of work project (ditto on vagueness)
• Weed the front mulch bed
• I will likely add various other things here simply for the satisfaction of crossing things off a list.

not much of an update, but I do like crossing things off lists.