Rebel Pilot Gar Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Got sick. Work got busy. And I fell off the exercise and drinking-less bandwagon last challenge. (Other than alcohol, food has been pretty good though. I blame our garden which is currently exploding with kale and lettuce faster than we can eat it). For inspiration, I signed up for a 5K in mid-July. Gives me a bit of a shorter-term thing to train for than the half-marathon in November. Also... I really loved part 1 the new season of Stranger Things. I can definitely relate escaping the upside down to pulling myself out of this slump and back into better habits. In the interest of keeping things attainable, I'm also really going to embrace the "fitness is a dial" mentality with this challenge. As such my current vision of goals for this challenge are: Movement Dial: 1) Walk the dog 2) At least 1 rep of each warm-up routine 3) Full warm-up routine or 10+ mins yoga 4) Full warm-up routine + Run (any length/distance) 5) Full warm-up routine + Run 30 mins Warm-Up Routine: Spoiler Dog walk or 50 jumping jacks 20 bodyweight squats 5 lunges( each side) 10 hip raise extensions (hold for 2 sec at top) 10 hip rotations (gate steps) each way / each leg 10 front leg swings (each side) 10 side leg swings (each side) 10-20 (knee) push-ups 5 spiderman steps (each side) Nutrition Dial: 1) Track food & water in journal 2) Track, Drink 2 L water 3) Track, Drink 2 L water, and up to 2 alcoholic drinks 4) Track, Drink 2L water and up to 1 alcoholic drink 5) Track, Drink 2L water and 0 alcoholic drinks 3 Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
Rebel Pilot Gar Posted June 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 Tracking stuff goes here (eventually) CR Movement Nutrition 1 Walk the dog Track food & Water 2 At least 1 rep of each warm-up routine Track, Drink 2L Water 3 Full warm-up routine OR 10+ mins yoga Track, Drink 2L Water and up to 2 alcoholic drinks 4 Full warm-up routine AND Run (any length/distance) Track, Drink 2L Water and up to 1 alcoholic drink 5 Full warm-up routine AND Run 30+ mins Track, Drink 2L Water and 0 alcoholic drinks Week 1 6/19 6/20 6/21 6/22 6/23 6/24 6/25 Total W1 Movement Nutrition Week 2 6/26 6/27 6/28 6/29 6/30 7/1 7/2 Total W2 Movement Nutrition Week 3 7/3 7/4 7/5 7/6 7/7 7/8 7/9 Total W3 Movement Nutrition Week 4 7/10 7/11 7/12 7/13 7/14 7/15 7/16 Total W4 Movement Nutrition Week 5 7/17 7/18 7/19 7/20 7/21 7/22 7/23 Total W5 Movement Nutrition In other news apparently I've been a forum member for 10 years (as of May 1st). Wow. 2 Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
fearless 2.0 Posted June 15, 2022 Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 stranger things: just discovered the series and am still watching the old episodes.. like it a lot! dial strategy: thats such a cool way to go about it. beats all or nothing thinking by far here to support your mission! congrats on 10 years! thats huge! 1 Quote be fearlessly yourself! Link to comment
Rebel Pilot Gar Posted June 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2022 3 hours ago, fearless 2.0 said: stranger things: just discovered the series and am still watching the old episodes.. like it a lot! dial strategy: thats such a cool way to go about it. beats all or nothing thinking by far here to support your mission! congrats on 10 years! thats huge! Thank you! I didn’t start watching the show until after Season 3 came out. Hope you enjoy! I definitely struggle with the “all or nothing” perfectionism. But seeing a lot of the NF articles talking about the dial mindset. Figured I’ll give it a shot - every little step forward is good right, no matter how small? thanks for checking in Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
Rebel Pilot Gar Posted June 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2022 Happy Friday all! Okay zero week zeroed. I want to set up my tracker plan this weekend but otherwise relax. Was a busy week at work and my BF was away on a business trip. Weather is supposed to be nice though so hopefully will be able to drag the BF and dog out for an adventure to the park. Still going strong on eating a lot of salads. The army of lettuce in our garden looks barely affected despite my best efforts (including shoving lettuce at sharing with neighbors and coworkers) 1 Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
J3NN Posted June 18, 2022 Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 I'll have to check out this dial model... I have heard it referenced, but not really dug into it. Thanks for the reminder. Good luck with the Lettuce Army! 1 Quote J3NN Current Challenge || Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Link to comment
Rebel Pilot Gar Posted June 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2022 12 hours ago, J3NN said: I'll have to check out this dial model... I have heard it referenced, but not really dug into it. Thanks for the reminder. Good luck with the Lettuce Army! Yeah it’s referenced in a lot of their stuff, not sure if any of the NF videos or articles exclusively dig into it but I’ve found this link pretty helpful in the past: https://www.precisionnutrition.com/pause-button-mentality-infographic thanks for stopping by Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
Rebel Pilot Gar Posted June 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2022 Tracking log is up. I went for a run yesterday because it was a really nice day out. So not planning on another run today. Instead, going to do some yoga (possibly outside? Idk our neighbors are weird sometimes) and clean up a bit around the house. It's Father's day here in the US, so Happy Father's day to all the dads. 2 Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
fearless 2.0 Posted June 20, 2022 Report Share Posted June 20, 2022 Hey! You all are posting about great food! already have to visit Salinger and shaar, will fly to you afterwards to help with salad eating have a great week! ❤️ 1 Quote be fearlessly yourself! Link to comment
J3NN Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 So how does one use this dial mode when you're on vacation? Enquiring minds want to know. 1 Quote J3NN Current Challenge || Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Link to comment
Alanna Posted July 3, 2022 Report Share Posted July 3, 2022 Following! I love the idea of using the 5k race as an intermediate goal and stepping stone to the half marathon. How did the past week go? 1 Quote -:- THE LIONESS -:- Challenge 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 Link to comment
Rebel Pilot Gar Posted July 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Hey all - thanks for checking in. Sorry for radio silence last 2 weeks. After a month or two of close calls with Covid exposure, we finally succumbed and caught it (my partner brought it home from a work trip). So challenge stuff has taken a bit of a back-burner. But good news is that we are both finally feeling better and starting to get energy back. Outside of the legitimate sickness, I have been feeling a bit bummed / discouraged in getting back into the habit of doing good things. We have a holiday weekend in America (4th of July) so I hope that I'll start feeling more energetic once that passes and I return to the normal routine. Hope everyone else is doing alright. Thanks for your support despite my silence on the forums ❤️ 1 Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
Alanna Posted July 4, 2022 Report Share Posted July 4, 2022 Oh no - I'm glad you and your partner are starting to recover! I hope you don't have any lingering effects and can get back to training soon. Quote -:- THE LIONESS -:- Challenge 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 Link to comment
Sloth the Enduring Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Ugh. I hope you all recover quickly. Quote “We might as well start where we are, use what we have and do what we can." – Caitlin Rivers Sloth: The Man with the Hammer battle log Link to comment
Alanna Posted July 30, 2022 Report Share Posted July 30, 2022 How are you doing? I know COVID can have some nasty lingering effects - I hope you and your partner haven't had to deal with any. Have you been able to get back to running? 1 Quote -:- THE LIONESS -:- Challenge 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11 Link to comment
Rebel Pilot Gar Posted September 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2022 On 7/4/2022 at 8:24 PM, Sloth the Enduring said: Ugh. I hope you all recover quickly. On 7/30/2022 at 4:44 AM, Alanna said: How are you doing? I know COVID can have some nasty lingering effects - I hope you and your partner haven't had to deal with any. Have you been able to get back to running? Super super late post. We're all good now, thanks for checking friends Took quite a bit to recover and feel back to normal (even after being vax'd). Definitely felt like a "one step forward, two steps back" type of thing with random bouts of tiredness even a couple weeks after. More than the physical symptoms I think it just threw me off the game mentally. But I am back for this upcoming challenge (+ will work to keep it that way) Definitely appreciate you both checking in <3 2 Quote Dry January | 2022 Reading Challenge "Always remember, your focus determines your reality." - Qui-Gon Jinn, The Phantom Menace "I Find That Answer Vague And Unconvincing." - K-2SO, Rogue One ”Persistence without insight will lead to the same outcome.” [spoilers], The Book of Boba Fett Link to comment
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