KB Girl Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 4:22 AM, ReturnOfTheDad said: In other news, WE GOT A HOUSE! Our realtor came through big time and found us a new build right in our price range (if a little high), but there was one left in the floor plan we liked so we pulled the trigger and should be in the new place by March or April depending on the build time. It’s a weird thing to be moving into a house we’ll own. Lots of steps and very expensive (most expensive thing we’ve bought/finances to date). But feeling in a good place for it. Hopefully we can finally start building some home equity. huh no way, congratulations! 10 hours ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: The rest of the day was a blur. Everyone wanted something and I didn’t get everything done that I wanted to including evening workout. Trying to keep it together and just try to catch up tomorrow. Rough day. Hope today is better! 10 hours ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: a marriage class this has me really curious- what is it like? 1 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; cycling: 1047,7/5000km & reading to my kids: 58/365 days (updated may 1st) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted January 20, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 hours ago, KB Girl said: huh no way, congratulations! Thanks! 10 hours ago, KB Girl said: this has me really curious- what is it like? The marriage class is called Dynamic Marraige and it’s based off the book His Needs Her Needs by Willard Harley. It’s based off the premise that everyone has a Love Bank that can either be filled or emptied by the activities of a significant other and the 10 different emotional needs to help keep their Love Bank full. There is also a companion book called Love Busters that covers more on how to avoid emptying your partners Love Bank. This is a rough overview that I’ve gleaned from the introduction and first couple of chapters, so far it seems really interesting and beneficial. The class itself has a workbook and there is about 30 minutes of homework each night reading the book, listening to talks, and a meeting once with other couples to talk about what we’ve learned. It’s supposed to go on for 9 weeks. So far I’ve been pretty impressed with the quality of information and the pragmatic approach on how to foster relationships. Will report more on it as the class goes on if yall are interested. 1 Quote Link to comment
KB Girl Posted January 20, 2022 Report Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: Will report more on it as the class goes on if yall are interested. Yes definitely sounds interesting 1 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; cycling: 1047,7/5000km & reading to my kids: 58/365 days (updated may 1st) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted January 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 9 Hrs Weight: 240.4 lbs Water: 5/8 Gallon Meals: 6:30am - Coffee 8:00am - Greek yogurt 10:30am - Egg white sausage scramble, protein pancakes, coffee 3:00pm - Egg white sausage scramble, protein pancakes, coffee 6:00pm - Pork Tenderloin, Turkey sausage, broccoli Fitness: Cardio - Treadmill Strength - Back/Bicep/Abs Language: Babel - 1 Lesson Podcast - 60 Min Stories - 10 Min Vocabulary - 10 min Conversation - 0 min Reading: Meditations - 10 min Relationships - 30 Min Personal - 0 Chapter Professional - 0 Chapter Notes: Weight is stabilizing and dropping slowly, didn’t help that I missed a workout yesterday, but should be able to make that up later this week. Today is going a little better, I think I’ve just been trying to do too much. I’m a bit over committed at the moment so need to do a little schedule clearing. Hopefully tomorrow will be a little better as well and will try and be easier on myself in terms of scheduling. 3 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted January 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 9 Hrs Weight: 239.6 lbs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 6:30am - Coffee 8:00am - Breakfast taco 11:00am - Pork tenderloin, broccoli, beans, chips 3:00pm - Pork tenderloin, broccoli, potato salad, chips 6:00pm - Chicken, Spinach salad Fitness: Cardio - Elliptical Strength - Legs/Obliques Language: Babel - 1 Lesson Podcast - 50 Min Stories - 0 Min Vocabulary - 0 min Conversation - 30 min Reading: Meditations - 10 min Relationships - 15 Min Personal - 1/2 Chapter Professional - 1/2 Chapter Notes: Crazy day with a few moments of rest. Weight loss continues. 3 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted January 23, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 9 Hrs Weight: 239.4 lbs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 7:30am - Coffee 9:30am - Greek yogurt 11:30am - Egg sandwich, chips, coffee 2:30pm - Egg sandwich, pastry, coffee 5:30pm - Protein shake, soup Fitness: Cardio - Treadmill Strength - Shoulders/Arms Language: Babel - 1 Lesson Podcast - 30 Min Stories - 10 Min Vocabulary - 10 min Conversation - 30 min Reading: Meditations - 10 min Relationships - 30 Min Personal - 0 Chapter Professional - 0 Chapter Notes: Absolutely burned out from this week. Over committed on several fronts and just trying to keep my head above water. Today was better. Weight loss continues. At least that has been consistent. 4 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted January 23, 2022 Report Share Posted January 23, 2022 I hope you get a break this week! congrats on sticking to it! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted January 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 11 Hrs Weight: 239.8 lbs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 8:30am - Coffee 11:30am - Coffee 1:30pm - Diet Coke 4:00pm - Coffee 6:00pm - Pizza and Ice cream Fitness: Cardio - Rest Strength - Rest Language: Babel - 0 Lesson Shows - 0 Min Vocabulary - 0 min Conversation - 0 min Reading: Meditations - 60 min Relationships - 30 Min Personal - 0 Chapter Professional - 0 Chapter Notes: Doing better today. Doing my weekly fast and finding at it gives me some clarity. Picked up a little water weight from some salty soup last night, should correct by tomorrow. Fast didn’t last all day, decided to have a cheat eat meal. Might do it weekly. To be determined. Have a feeling the scale won’t be right tomorrow, will see if things even out. 3 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted January 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 8 Hrs Weight: 239.2 lbs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 6:30am - Coffee 8:30 - Greek yogurt 11:00am - Egg scramble, donuts, coffee 2:30pm - Pretzels, cold cuts, cheese, coffee 6:30pm - Unwich Fitness: Cardio - Elliptical Strength - None Language: Babel - 1 Lesson Shows - 45 Min Vocabulary - 5 min Conversation - 20 min Reading: Meditations - 0 min Relationships - 30 Min Personal - 0 Chapter Professional - 0 Chapter Notes: Been a rough week. The marraige course is not going great, it’s pointed out some things that are tough to swallow and that are going to take work on both sides. I guess it’s a good thing to pinpoint areas that we had been quasi happily ignoring, but they are important and are going to take work. A lot of it is having faith that both sides are going to be working on things, which requires a lot of trust in your partner to do their part with very personal emotional needs that have been shared. It’s very exposing and uncomfortable to be as open as the program is suggesting, but I guess that’s a level of transparency that is important for deeper relationships. It can be scary and opens up the opportunity to be hurt more than you already are. Hoping things get better and that this course is going to be more help than harm. 2 2 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted February 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 8 Hrs Weight: 241.2 lbs Water: 2/8 Gallon Meals: 5:00am - Coffee 6:30am - Greek yogurt 8:00am - Cereal, blueberries 11:00am - Sandwich, coffee 2:30pm - Cheeseburger pasta, coffee, cake 7:30pm - hotdogs and bell peppers Fitness: Cardio - Elliptical Language: Babel - 0 Lesson Shows - 25 Min Vocabulary - 0 min Conversation - 0 min Reading: Meditations - 10 min Relationships - 0 Min Personal - 0 Chapter Professional - 0 Chapter Notes: Coming back from a rough week. Weight is up, energy is down. Sleep is all over the place. Working today to get back on track. 3 Quote Link to comment
KB Girl Posted February 5, 2022 Report Share Posted February 5, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 4:23 PM, ReturnOfTheDad said: Coming back from a rough week. Weight is up, energy is down. Sleep is all over the place. Working today to get back on track. That's not strange with the foundation of your life a bit shaky. Hope you're both having that faith and working on it, wish you all the best! 2 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; cycling: 1047,7/5000km & reading to my kids: 58/365 days (updated may 1st) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 2:57 PM, KB Girl said: That's not strange with the foundation of your life a bit shaky. Hope you're both having that faith and working on it, wish you all the best! Thanks, really appreciate it! Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted February 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 8 Hrs Weight: 243.6 lbs Water: 3/8 Gallon Meals: 6:30am - Coffee 8:00am - Tortilla w/ Butter 11:00am - Chicken, broccoli, potatoes, coffee 2:00pm - Brat, tortilla, zucchini 4:00pm - 1/2 PB sandwich, Monster 6:30pm - Chicken, pasta, zucchini Fitness: Strength - Chest/Lower Back Language: 30 min conversation Reading: None Notes: Having a tough time with a lot of changes. Has put me into a pretty bad depression, which is not supposed to happen with the medication I’m on. But such is life with Bipolar Disorder. Moved up my regular appointment and back to medication adjustments. It’s was snowing here and in North Texas that means everything shuts down, including the gyms. Wasn’t really feeling at home workouts, partially because of the mood issue and partially because I was still slammed with work. Really looking forward to the snow clearing up and things getting back to normal. This marriage class is really throwing us for a loop, lots of things being dredged up. It oscillates between being good and incredibly uncomfortable. We are only a couple of weeks in, so hoping some of the proposed changes make their way to being habit versus a painful need going through the hassle of being brought up then forgotten or again, or worse, ignored. There may be some professional counseling in the near future out of this. 2 Quote Link to comment
Jupiter Posted February 8, 2022 Report Share Posted February 8, 2022 Aw I'm sorry. Hope things get better soon. 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted February 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2022 16 hours ago, Jupiter said: Aw I'm sorry. Hope things get better soon. Thanks so much, I hope so too. Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted February 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 9 Hrs Weight: 241.0 lbs Water: 3/8 Gallon Meals: 9:30am - 1/2 Bagel, Coffee 11:30am - Pizza Rolls, fruit, coffee 3:30pm - Sandwich, coffee 6:00pm - Chicken, couscous, veggies 8:00pm - Peanut butter Toast w/ berries Fitness: Weights - Back/Abs Meditation: 5 Minutes Language: 30min Conversation 1 Email Reading: None Notes: On some new medication, hopefully it will help but it takes a week or so to kick in, so we shall see. Things are getting better relationship wise. It’s baby steps but the things we are learning are gradually taking hold. They aren’t habits yet, but the actions are there and things are improving. 4 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted February 10, 2022 Report Share Posted February 10, 2022 10 hours ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: It’s baby steps Baby steps are still steps ❤️ It counts. Quote Link to comment
KB Girl Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 On 2/10/2022 at 3:22 AM, ReturnOfTheDad said: Things are getting better relationship wise. It’s baby steps but the things we are learning are gradually taking hold. They aren’t habits yet, but the actions are there and things are improving. Sounds like you're both willing to put in the time and the effort, that's really the most important bit isn't it? 2 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; cycling: 1047,7/5000km & reading to my kids: 58/365 days (updated may 1st) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted March 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 9 Hrs Weight: 244.4 lbs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 8:30am - Greek yogurt, fruit, coffee 10:00am - 1/2 PB sandwich, coffee 12:00am - Chicken, bread, soup 3:00pm - Sandwich, chips, coffee 5:30pm - Chicken, rice, veggies 7:30pm - Key lime pie Fitness: Strength - Back/Abs Cardio - Treadmill Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: Coming out of the other side of a pretty substantial medication change, which is usually pretty taxing. Also was sick for a bit, thankfully nothing serious. Doing better and back to the gym this week. Also making the decision to go back to MMA training once a week to start getting back into it. Super excited!!! 3 Quote Link to comment
RubiksCat Posted March 15, 2022 Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 What language are you learning in Babel if I might ask? Nice to see you got some snow in North Texas. Down here in S.A. it got into the low 30's for a few days but nothing worse than that. I really hope your relationship with your wife can heal from whatever current state it's in. P. S. It's hard for me not to avoid the forum for what seems like long stretches of time but I want to keep giving support to fellow Texans like yourself. Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted March 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2022 Thanks @RubiksCat! Learning Spanish, and so far so good. Relationship stuff is going better thankfully. Wasn’t prepared for all the things this course was going to dig up, but now that we are more in a groove, it’s definitely been improving. Really appreciate the support! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted March 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 10 Hrs Weight: 240.6 lbs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 10:30am - biscuit, coffee 11:30am - Coffee 1:00pm - Chicken curry, spinach potatoes, roti 3:30pm - 1/2 PBJ, coffee 8:30pm - Bratwurst, Mac & cheese, cookies Fitness: Rest Day Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: On a med change so things are kind of up in the air in terms of sleep and energy. Will work on getting back to normal tomorrow with some light exercise. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted March 25, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2022 2021 - Year of the Warrior Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 10 Hrs Weight: 241.6 lbs Water: 6/8 Gallon Meals: 9:30am - Cereal, coffee 11:00am - Coffee 1:30pm - Salmon, bagels, cream cheese, tomatoes 2:30pm - Bratwurst, tortilla, coffee 5:30pm - salmon, couscous, veggies 8:30pm - Cake Fitness: Strength - Yoga Meditation: 5 min Language: 1 App Lesson 30 min Phone Lesson Reading: 1 Chapter Notes: It’s been a wild couple of weeks, had an adverse reaction to some medication and have had to start all over on new bipolar meds, which sucks to be honest. It effects my mood, my energy, and my overall outlook on life. But I know it’s important and I’ll find the right dosage of the new med eventually. In fitness news I’ve switched over to home workouts with Beachbody. Was just having too difficult a time making it to the gym with the time I have available. Currently doing a hybrid of P90X workouts and they are definitely pushing me. Their Yoga workout is no joke. Survived the storms from earlier this week in Texas. Took some pictures for posterity, it was definitely something: Lasted only a couple of hours and at the end even got to see a little rainbow, guess that can be a metaphor for things in life: Going to work on getting back on track posting. It’s been a grueling couple of weeks with the med changes but I know this is important and posting here helps keep me centered. Plus I miss hanging out with my fellow Fitness Nerds here. 😁 Hope all is well with everyone. Onward! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted March 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 10 Hrs Weight: 242.6 lbs Water: 6/8 Gallon Meals: 8:30am - Coffee 10:00am - 1/2 PBJ, coffee 2:00pm - Nachos 3:00pm - Coffee 6:00pm - Chicken, pasta, veggies Fitness: Strength - Yoga Cardio - Plyometrics Meditation: 5 min Language: 30 Conversation Reading: None Notes: On a super low dose of the new medication and my depression is starting to get the best of me. Doing basic things is a battle. Have an appointment with my doctor tomorrow and hopefully can get the medication increased. For the time being just going to focus on the basics, self care, recovery activities and being there for my family and friends. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted March 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 10 Hrs Weight: 241.0 lbs Water: 5/8 Gallon Meals: 10:00am - Greek Yogurt, coffee 12:00pm - PBJ, Coffee 2:00pm - Protein Shake 4:00pm - Donuts, coffee 6:00pm - Chicken Nachos Fitness: Strength - Chest/Back/Abs Meditation: 5 min Language: 10min Conversation Reading: None Notes: Another rough day but got lifting done. Start on new medication dosage tomorrow so hopeful things will get better. 1 Quote Link to comment
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