Mike Wazowski: Keepin' Things Rollin'

[Mike Wazowski]

What's up y'all!

 

Last challenge ended with me being quite sick (thankfully not COVID) but despite that, I was really happy with the number of habits I was able to ingrain into my life. Goal for this challenge will be to keep those things going and add just a little bit to this habit boulder's momentum.

 

 

GOALS:

1. Nutrition: eat only when hungry and eat 3-4 meals per day w/o snacks in between. I'm slowly working through Georgie Fear's book "Lean Habits" (ignoring BS when I smell it) and these are the first two up to get things on track in a way that feels sustainable for the long term.
2. Daily mobility work (at least 5 minutes). Self explanatory, gotta keep taking care of my body, especially with the abuse it takes from dance and sitting a bunch for work.
3. No screens in the evening. Once I start my automated lights fade out, all the screens go off for the night (exceptions: e-reader that's only used to read and playing podcasts from my phone).
4. Read 1+ Page every day. Obviously, I expect I'll read more most days, but this is a little trick to get myself started.
5. 5+ minutes of solo practice every day. Similar trick as the reading - my goal is to get back into the habit of working on things solo at home that'll help my dancing (like I tell my students to do all the time).
6. Meditate/pray and get outside every day. These are the most important parts of my morning routine for keeping my mental health chugging along nicely, calling them out explicitly

Of these, only #5 and half of #1 are totally new, so it feels realistic to achieve these over the coming month (if I hit two weeks of perfect with nutrition, I will add another sub-goal to it).

 

I'm about to take a weeklong break from social media (incl. NF) so I'll catch y'all next Monday!

[Rubble]

I love your goals! Also... that gif gave me life.

[Mad Hatter]

See you soon!

[ohlemontine]

Love this! Enjoy your week off! Disconnecting is always so peaceful!

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

I like that your goals are concise.

[miss_marissa]

2 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

I like that your goals are concise.

There's just usually a million of them  

 

Love the goals! Especially 1pg reading  Enjoy your break!

[WhiteGhost]

Followi.....

 

11 hours ago, Mike Wazowski said:

I'm about to take a weeklong break from social media (incl. NF) so I'll catch y'all next Monday!

Never mind.  I'll come back when there's an actual challenge on

[PaulG]

49 minutes ago, WhiteGhost said:

Followi.....

 

Never mind.  I'll come back when there's an actual challenge on

Lol.

 

I do like the goals though, so I’m following even though you’ve spurned us all!

[Harriet]

Looking good. The media break is a fantastic idea. I hope you are rejuvenated.

[Mad Hatter]

Is he gone now?

 

[Scaly Freak]

On 7/27/2020 at 11:38 PM, Mad Hatter said:

Is he gone now?

 

Quick, bring all the good food!

[Mad Hatter]

20 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

Quick, bring all the good food!

[raptron]

We can keep it rolling without him, tbh.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

3 hours ago, raptron said:

We can keep it rolling without him, tbh.

[Mike Wazowski]

Will reply to y'all (especially you zainy hooligans) at some point - but driving by to say that zero week was rejuvenating, work is annoyingly packed at the moment (but I will be taking it easy for a bit once this whirlwind calms down), but otherwise things are starting to go back to full swing in a good way for me - namely, dance practices are back on again, and I'm feeling good about the daily habits I'm choosing to target. Any strength training will be very, very technique focused (pretty much a given while reading "Becoming a Supple Leopard").

 

The social media fast was useful, and I'll be doing a modified version of it going forward, most likely - keeping apps blocked except from 4:30 to 8:30 on my phone, and not allowing myself any forum time during the work day until after 2:30 or so in the afternoon. My energy wanes as the afternoon wears on anyhow, so I'm fine leaning into that. Not officially tracking it or anything for now, just configuring my devices to make it automatic (with the ability to override if I reaaaaaally need it).

 

And with that, the challenge begins!

[sylph]

Welcome back and good luck with the modified social media fast

[Mike Wazowski]

On 7/27/2020 at 10:54 AM, Rubble said:

I love your goals! Also... that gif gave me life.

Thank you!

 

On 7/27/2020 at 11:02 AM, Mad Hatter said:

See you soon!

And I'm back! Glad y'all didn't burn the forums to the ground while I was out.

 

On 7/27/2020 at 11:41 AM, ohlemontine said:

Love this! Enjoy your week off! Disconnecting is always so peaceful!

Thank you! And yes, it's good to free up the brain space sometimes.

 

On 7/27/2020 at 11:56 AM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

I like that your goals are concise.

On 7/27/2020 at 2:21 PM, miss_marissa said:

There's just usually a million of them  

Hey now! Y'all aren't wrong, though.

 

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Love the goals! Especially 1pg reading  Enjoy your break!

You were great inspo on that! And thank you!

 

On 7/27/2020 at 10:35 PM, WhiteGhost said:

Followi.....

 

Never mind.  I'll come back when there's an actual challenge on

Psh, the challenge didn't stop just cause I wasn't posting!

 

On 7/27/2020 at 11:25 PM, PaulG said:

Lol.

 

I do like the goals though, so I’m following even though you’ve spurned us all!

Not...spurned. Just took a vacation - think of it like in the olden times when someone went somewhere on vacation and you wouldn't talk to them til they got back (except I went on vacation to my sofa, and my desk, and my bed, buuuuuut details).

 

On 7/27/2020 at 11:51 PM, Harriet said:

Looking good. The media break is a fantastic idea. I hope you are rejuvenated.

Thank you thank you! It was definitely a good respite, although work was bonkers last week so not

 

On 7/28/2020 at 12:38 AM, Mad Hatter said:

Is he gone now?

 

As if you wouldn't have posted this gif with me around?

 

On 7/30/2020 at 12:19 PM, Scaly Freak said:

Quick, bring all the good food!

Evil

 

On 7/31/2020 at 8:21 AM, Mad Hatter said:

I think you meant that for White Ghost's thread!

 

On 7/31/2020 at 11:05 AM, raptron said:

We can keep it rolling without him, tbh.

Accurate.

 

Aight, zero week wrap up, in emoji bullet point form:

📚Read almost every day (and counted reading RPG rules for the purposes of this goal, because those are totally books)

🕺🏻 Got BACK TO THE DANCE STUDIO!! It was awesome to get back at it with my partner, but also, my legs have been pillaged (to borrow raptron's dramatic vocab)

💤 Been getting plenty o' sleep, definitely partly attributable to increased activity

🧘🏻‍♂️ Perfect streak so far on meditation and getting outside

🥑🥖 Food stuff's been solid, including plenty of tasty veggies and fruits (and only one meal of negligible micronutrient content)

💪🏻 Mobility work is at a near perfect streak as well

 

Week 1, Day 1:

🕺🏻 Dance lesson and practice afterwards uncorked some really cool topics on the partnering side of things (cool and also beastly hard in terms of motor control)

💤 I was sooooo sleepy by the time I got home, it took all my energy to eat some dinner and brush my teeth, so screens did not get turned on (yay!) but also I did not read even a page (whoops)

🥑 Meals for the day: Avocado toast and green veggie / fruit protein smoothie, breakfast tacos with cheesy spinach eggs, crispy potatoes, and plenty of salsa, and chocolate chip protein muffins, greek yogurt with granola and raspberry reduction, and a couple bowls of granola with milk because I was absolutely ravenous when arriving home

☕ The coffee betrayed me - I've been homebrewing mostly decaf and didn't realize how much my caffeine tolerance had gone down - got a coffeeshop coffee yesterday and had a pounding overcaff headache the *whole* afternoon

💪🏻 Did some form-focused reps (2 sets each) on pushups, pull ups, chin ups, ring dips, squats, reverse lunges, handstand wall holds, and hanging toes to bar (or really, toes to doorframe - lesson learned to face *away* from the doorframe on those; ring dips were especially enlightening, my form before did not use proper shoulder mechanics at all. Don't remember reps on any of them, and that's fine - this is all about practicing good form anyhow

 

Also, random thought on training - once I feel like my form is dialed in on the basic exercises, I want to add in a few more things that'll help me build to the only muscle up variation I can currently do in my in-apartment gym (starting from a hanging L-sit on rings, with the height of my pull-up bar and ceilings). May or may not have been inspired by @Vidd on this, though I'll probably only train strength 2ish days a week to manage fatigue with dance training. But it'll be fun to have a shiny thing to chase again!

[Vidd]

Haha that's awesome! Well one of the things I learned(the hard way) was less is more with muscle up training. But it's so rewarding to finally get it. Best of luck!

 

I like all the variety you've got in this challenge, you're hitting all your bases: fitness, diet, mental health, knowledge, and spirituality.

[raptron]

19 hours ago, Mike Wazowski said:

🧘🏻‍♂️ Perfect streak so far on meditation and getting outside

Booyah. 

 

19 hours ago, Mike Wazowski said:

🥑 Meals for the day: Avocado toast and green veggie / fruit protein smoothie, breakfast tacos with cheesy spinach eggs, crispy potatoes, and plenty of salsa, and chocolate chip protein muffins, greek yogurt with granola and raspberry reduction, and a couple bowls of granola with milk because I was absolutely ravenous when arriving home

Yummm.

 

19 hours ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Also, random thought on training - once I feel like my form is dialed in on the basic exercises, I want to add in a few more things that'll help me build to the only muscle up variation I can currently do in my in-apartment gym (starting from a hanging L-sit on rings, with the height of my pull-up bar and ceilings). May or may not have been inspired by @Vidd on this, though I'll probably only train strength 2ish days a week to manage fatigue with dance training. But it'll be fun to have a shiny thing to chase again!

Awwww, yeah. I love it.  

 

[KB Girl]

On 8/4/2020 at 10:24 PM, Mike Wazowski said:

 

Also, random thought on training - once I feel like my form is dialed in on the basic exercises, I want to add in a few more things that'll help me build to the only muscle up variation I can currently do in my in-apartment gym (starting from a hanging L-sit on rings, with the height of my pull-up bar and ceilings). May or may not have been inspired by @Vidd on this, though I'll probably only train strength 2ish days a week to manage fatigue with dance training. But it'll be fun to have a shiny thing to chase again!

Yes! Fun and interesting! 

[Mad Hatter]

On 8/4/2020 at 11:24 PM, Mike Wazowski said:

But it'll be fun to have a shiny thing to chase again!

Ooooh that is shiny!

[Nyx, Daughter of Chaos]

Oooo..what kind of dancing do you do? Getting into the studio is one thing I'm missing the most during this pandemic time.

[dancezwithkittehz]

Oh heyyyyyyyy. Following as always ❤️ 

[Mike Wazowski]

Proper update coming...at some point - work's been rough, I've been feeling some type of sick or something, and honestly most good habits I was trying to form went out the window. But, one bright spot - while playing around after a set, I accidentally did a negative muscle up on my rings! It was choppy, but I might be ready to start adding that skill practice sooner than I thought (while still working diligently on the strength-building I need / want to do).

[Mad Hatter]

It's almost the weekend, hopefully you'll be able to recuperate from the life stressors then!  

 

Neat MU accident!