porkkchop Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 3 hours ago, aramis said: Workout (running) - NONE I'm a little mad about it, because it's already my third missed running workout. Two earlier due to war games, and this one because I came back home at 9pm, my arm hurt from PV catheter and MRI tech told me to take easy on me after the scan (because contrast agent)... So many excuses, but I'm still not fine with missing the run. Seemed like you’re doing the best with your situation at the moment, it’s a shame but sounds like you might need to. That being said, it’ll just mean that next workout you can go all out! 1 Quote Link to comment
aramis Posted July 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Mortimer said: early morning run before it That would be hard, as I wake at 5:55 and head to work. Anyway, it was yesterday, and it's no use crying over spilt milk. All this whining is only my "all-or-nothing" personality kicking in. I just need to do my workout today and tomorrow, and my momentum will be back. The worst case scenario is I need to repeat one week from my running program, which is totally fine, as I didn't set any deadline to finish it. 19 minutes ago, porkkchop said: it’ll just mean that next workout you can go all out Yeah, I think that's pretty on point Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
Pecs Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 12 hours ago, aramis said: Workout (running) - NONE I'm a little mad about it, because it's already my third missed running workout. Two earlier due to war games, and this one because I came back home at 9pm, my arm hurt from PV catheter and MRI tech told me to take easy on me after the scan (because contrast agent)... So many excuses, but I'm still not fine with missing the run. I get being frustrated with not getting to run but I wouldn't call life happening excuses. You had different sort of workout just by being in the war games, right? It's still not the same as running but you've basically just skipped one day of being active. I don't know about you but I think that is still pretty awesome 1 Quote My Battle Log! Link to comment
aramis Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 July 17th Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken with spinach, rye bread - 656kcal, 57.5g protein Dinner - chicken in batter, groats, cucumber salad - 548kcal, 26.5g protein Supper - quark, strawberry and tahini halva smoothie, blueberry sweetroll - 673kcal, 34.5g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2033 kcal, 125 g protein. Workout (strength): warmup - 5min elliptical 3 x 8 body rows 3 x (15 squats with sand pillow (22,7kg / 50lb) / 16 push-ups) in circuit stretching - bit of dynamic stretch, bit of yoga poses 1 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
Mortimer Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 How's your arm feeling, Aramis? And when will you know results of medical tests? 1 Quote Link to comment
aramis Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Arm is all good now - it was only irritation from venous catheter. I could do my strength workout without any pain from it. And the MR scan results? They should be within a week, but this depends. As with every imaging examination, it takes someone to actually look at the images and serach for any unnatural things. And in my case, they search for anything that could cause chronic headaches - so it can be basically anything. Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
Mortimer Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 When will you be going for the screening test for your kidneys so the docs can find out if there's anything wrong? I mean, so you can get back to proteins. Part of me wonders if I'll get the same problem or uric acid issues, though there's some research showing purine from beans does not lead to gout, but again the medical community is divided on that. 1 Quote Link to comment
aramis Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 I've been scheduled to ultrasound at August 23rd. But before that, I will take elaborate urine and blood test on next Monday. This should give the best info about kidney functions - ultrasound will be mostly "just in case" checking on any physical changes/kidney stones etc. 4 hours ago, Mortimer said: so you can get back to proteins I still eat proteins, just a bit less. My doc didn't advise me to cut them entirely, just don't go crazy on them. I still eat somewhere about 1.7g per kg of bodyweight. Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
aramis Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 July 18th Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken with spinach, broad beans, rye bread, apple pie - 936kcal, 72.5g protein Dinner - mortadela in batter, potatoes, napa cabbage salad with mayo - 1245kcal, 18.5g protein Supper - quark with protein powder and fresh cucumber - 248kcal, 38g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2549 kcal, 129 g protein. Weight still dropping, so I need to eat MOAR! Workout (running): 31min - 3min marching warmup, 10x (2min jog, 30sec walk), 3min cooldown. Stretching afterwards. After a week without running this was challenging, but I'm more than happy I did it. Going back to good habits. Another test will be my two week vacations. 1 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
Mortimer Posted July 19, 2019 Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 Do you have access to body weight scale or can you do the calipers measurements to see if you're losing fat or muscle? Also uhh.. My weekly park runs make sure I get at least one run/week. 1 Quote Link to comment
aramis Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 My subdermal fat is pretty non-existent, so it is hard to tell. I'm afraid I lose muscle, because exercising got harder than, let's say, two weeks ago. Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
aramis Posted July 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2019 July 19th Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken with spinach, rye bread - 862kcal, 63g protein Dinner - potato, mortadela, eggs and cheese casserole, napa cabbage salad - 1005kcal, 38g protein Supper - quark, halva and banana smoothie - 522kcal, 25g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2509 kcal, 132 g protein. Workout (strength): warmup - 5min elliptical 8 | 7 | 7 assisted chin-ups 10 neg pull-ups 3 x (15 squats with sand pillow (22,7kg / 50lb) / 16 push-ups) in circuit 1 min plank stretching - bit of dynamic stretch, bit of yoga poses Turns out I can't do negative chin-ups after all. I tried different hand placement, but in every configuration my right elbow pit stung. Some muscle just isn't cooperating and squeezes veins/nerves. When I do regular (assisted) chinup, it is fine. Maybe said muscle just needs time to position itself the right place and when jumping to the bar without the tension, the muscle places itself awkwardly. Anyway - I just did negative pull-ups instead. 3 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
aramis Posted July 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 July 20th Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - scrambled eggs with sausage, rye bread and fresh cucumber, 1x protein shake - 770kcal, 56g protein Dinner - pasta and leftovers casserole, tomato salad - 987kcal, 25g protein Supper - grilled eggplant with mozzarella, cottage cheese with blueberry jam, one cookie - 665kcal, 30g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2542 kcal, 117 g protein. Workout (running): 33min - 3min marching warmup, 11x (2min jog, 30sec walk), 2.5min cooldown. Stretching afterwards. 3 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
aramis Posted July 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 July 21st Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - quark paste/smoothie with blended apples, cinnamon and halva - 903kcal, 85g protein Dinner - leftovers of "leftovers casserole", fried egg and tomato salad - 976kcal, 28g protein Supper - whole milk, muesli with nuts and seeds, one peach - 554kcal, 14g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2553 kcal, 133 g protein. Workout: none (rest day). Kids are back home and suddenly there is so much noise and turmoil. But it's good. Without it, home seemed strangely quiet and empty. As "active rest" I did some Domestic Rangering - some chores, bit of de-cluttering my living space, hanging washed stuff dry etc. Also fixed some minor, but annoying stuff like broken hinge in wardrobe or my wife's flashlight. In the afternoon we watched Mulan together. My 5yo spawn almost burst in tears two or three times, but I did manage to calm him. It's a pain to watch even Disney movies with him, because he is very susceptible for emotional message form movie - all he needs is a bit of sad music or scene of someone being sad and he instantly starts to cry. But we watched the movie together, we had fun and it was awesome. 2 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
Mortimer Posted July 22, 2019 Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Theres quite some evidence that you can lose your fitness pretty quickly after falling out of routine. Here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2017-04-09/how-long-does-it-take-to-lose-fitness/8426246 I watched Mulan twice(about the only movie that I did watch twice), and look forward to the remake by Disney. It's a refreshing change from the usual Disney princesses(think Cinderella and Snow White) that need someone to rescue them. Heh I am not good at fixing stuff - rock climbing skill set did get me up to the flouroscent light on a ladder that was a little too short, but trying to replace it was an epic fail. Managed to take the old light out with YouTube help,but putting the new light tube in didn't work out as I wasn't of the eye level to actually see what I was doing. 1 Quote Link to comment
aramis Posted July 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 That's why I'm figuring out ways to continue my exercises on the vacation July 22nd: Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken with spinach, rye bread - 796kcal, 62.5g protein Dinner - groats flour omelette with fatback and tomatoes - 1176kcal, 35g protein Supper - quark with powidl (plum stew), one peach - 444kcal, 30g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2536 kcal, 133.5 g protein. Workout (strength): warmup - shoveling two cubic meters of soil 8 | 6 | 6 assisted pull-ups 10 neg. pull-ups 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 squats with sand pillow (22,7kg / 50lb) /push-ups circuit stretching 2 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
aramis Posted July 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Drama Queen mode ENGAGE!!! My MR scan results just came in. Looks like I need CT angiography, because doc looking at my MR found something, that might be... drum roll.... Spoiler second drum roll... Spoiler brain aneurysm! WOO HOO!!! Confetti! Fireworks! Samba! ... Seriously, I don't know why I tell this here... 1 1 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
MrUgly72 Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Woah. Umm. I'm trying to think of positive affirmations or pithy motivational sayings, but I keep coming back to 'Holy fuck! Not cool!' 1 Quote Look me up! MapMyFitness MyFitnessPal Fitbit Link to comment
Mortimer Posted July 23, 2019 Report Share Posted July 23, 2019 Urgh. Really sorry to hear about that =( Hopefully the CT scan will show it's something less horrible? 1 Quote Link to comment
aramis Posted July 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 Hey @MrUgly72! Didn't see you lately. How's your mood? Better, or depression hit you again? I hope you aren't posting because you are busy, not because of poor condition. About mine "Not cool" - I'll just bottle this up and pretend nothing happened. Not much else I can do tbh. Today me and wife are going to Rammstein concert, I plan on having fun there. And at night from Sunday on Monday we 're off to seaside for our family vacation. I won't let medical stuff ruin this time. July 23rd: Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken with spinach, rye bread - 796kcal, 62.5g protein Dinner - pork chop with potatos and cucumber salad, homemade raspberry and banana icecream with two chocolate squares - 950kcal, 36.5g protein Supper - toasted ham, cheese and tomato sandwiches with italian herb mix - 640kcal, 22.5g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2506 kcal, 127.5 g protein. Workout (running): 33min - 3min marching warmup, 11x (2min jog, 30sec walk), 2.5min cooldown. Stretching afterwards. 2 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
Mortimer Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 Yeah you can't really do much about it except for arranging more detailed tests. And have fun at the beach- do build an enormous sandcastles or bury your kids in sand =) 1 Quote Link to comment
aramis Posted July 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 July 24th Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken with spinach, rye bread - 796kcal, 62.5g protein Dinner - Potatoes with turkey stew and stewed cabbage - 1068kcal, 36.5g protein Supper - two servings of wholegrain cookies, 2 chocolate pralines - 579kcal, 10.5g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2563 kcal, 115.5 g protein. Bigger dinner before concert. Supper after the gig (after midnight) made of "emergency food" I have in my car. Workout (strength): warmup - 5min elliptical 3 x 8 body rows 3 x (15 squats with sand pillow (22,7kg / 50lb)/15 good mornings with sand pillow / 15 elevated feet push-ups) in circuit (12 pushups on last set), 1min rest between sets stretching - bit of dynamic stretch, bit of yoga poses I managed to squeeze my workout right before dinner when I came home after work. After that, we left for the concert (should I count this as 2 hours of aerobic?). Reading this article, I noticed I lack exercises for my hamstrings and core. As core is used anyway in other exercises I decided to only add something for posterior chain. Good mornings look fun, and I can shove them right after squats in my circuit (without putting sand pillow down). And I tried a bit harder push-ups - with elevated feet (current box is about 14cm/5.5in). BTW / Edit / P.S. More of the concert here. 1 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
Mortimer Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Generally for core I'm lazy to think about it and just plank for a minute or so. This is the first time I've heard of the good morning myself. Still working on those 15 push ups...11 and counting! 1 Quote Link to comment
Pecs Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Good mornings look like they would absolutely kill me. I'll stick to my fancy, weird looking, butt exercises Also great job managing those elevated pushups! #goals right there! Quote My Battle Log! Link to comment
aramis Posted July 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 July 25th Nutrition: Breakfast - none Lunch - chicken with spinach, rye bread - 796kcal, 62.5g protein Dinner - Leftovers extravaganza - Farfalle pasta, turkey stew, stewed cabbage, bread, tomatoes (all dumped in one pot and stewed) - 731kcal, 24g protein Supper - quark, banana, apple, halva smoothie - 1095kcal, 48g protein Drinks - black coffee, water. Morning coffee with 200ml whole milk - 120kcal, 6g protein Total 2815 kcal, 141.5 g protein. Oops... After supper I checked my recipe again and looks like I messed amounts in my smoothie. I added 100g of halva instead of 50g, resulting in overeating 260 kcal and 6g protein. Not the end of the world, but I need to be more focused on what I do. Workout (running): 33min - 3min marching warmup, 11x (2min jog, 30sec walk), 2.5min cooldown. Stretching afterwards. This one was brutal. My posterior thigh is sore after Wednesday's good mornings and concert, I didn't think I will be able to do my running. But I did. Legs still sore, so I think today I will lower reps on good mornings. 3 Quote I absolutely CAN run on caffeine and hatred. But only with a dash of milk. Challenges' status: Spoiler Not gonna Challenge anymore for now. I took Steve's words and started thinking in days and years. Challenges are just short-term distractions. #16 | #15 (Xmas mini) | #14 | #13 | #12 | #11 | #10 | #9 | #8 | #7 | #6 | #5 | #4 | #3 | #2 | #1 Other activities: Bike build Link to comment
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