[KB Girl]

I was gonna say, that’s why we’re playing 5-day version  no worries. I’ll probably make you wait for a while here and there too. 
 

Fingers crossed something good comes out of this work situation!

[Stronkey Kong]

 

Feeling strong. Workout completed today:
Greyskull (better back), Day 2, Week 1
10:45 PM (33 min) - 3345 lb
Overhead Press   
        2x5    45 lb
        3x8    87.5 lb
Deadlift    1x5    145 lb
Chinups   
        2x3    10 lb
        1x1    10 lb

...using Personal Training Coach - The best app for training - https://maxtrainingcoach.com

 

Switched to sets of 8 for press for some reason... I'm going back to fives. 😕

 

Chins were actually inverted rows, 3x3, but I put 1 on the last set to halt the increment. I'm doing suppine grip inverted rows, and I'll move the bar up to the next slot when I get an 'easy' 3x3.

 

[Stronkey Kong]

 Update:

 

Greyskull done for the week. Friday off for the cleanse. I skipped cardio yesterday... I just wasn't feeling it, kinda not feeling well even. I chose to Write instead.

 

Pizza: I'm up to one crust and one pepperoni. Yesterday I went to the vending machine and semi-absent-mindedly got a Dr. Pepper (crust/junky carb). Then tonight I stopped at a gas station to refill, then went inside to buy a lottery ticket,* and got a protein drink and a Slim Jim (pepperoni/junky meat). I did the math and I can have one thing every day for the rest of the challenge and still not fill in an entire pizza, so this pace is passable. I will do better than that tho. But one small treat a day is hardly failing.

 

I'm also way undershooting my overall calorie goals (according to back of the envelope, top of my head calculations). Prior to Slim Jim and protein drink, probably only 1400 calories over 12 hours.

 

*I only do this when I see headlines for huge jackpots.

 

Chess: Just finished two games with @KB Girl and @Kishi. I lost both 🤣 I am going to take a break for the weekend, before accepting KB Girl's challenge for a third game early next week. While doing this cleanse this weekend, I want my mind fluid and clear, with no distractions, except Nintendo.

 

Ukrainian: I have a 15 day streak on Duolingo. I know one verb, 'is' and it's spelled with a single letter that is not in our alphabet. I'm starting to see inflections for gender and number.

 

Writing: I wrote like 100+ words last night in lieu of cardio.

 

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The Weekend Cleanse:

 

I ordered a kit of juices. There are 7 per day, to be drank every 2 or so hours, for 3 days total. This starts Friday and continues through Sunday. I added up all the calories, 520/day for three days. Mostly vegetable juices.

 

Why? I feel like I need a hard reset. It's not for the weight I'll lose, it's just big, nuke to level the city so I can rebuild.

 

I am taking the weekend to relax and cope with the fast. I will be spending my time moving slowly, meditating, reading, playing video games. At most, if the weather's okay, I might take a walk or more likely do some stretching and qigong inside. I also ordered a kitchen island cart that might arrive on Saturday. If I feel up to it I might put that together and re-organize and clean the kitchen, but only if I feel up to it.

[Kishi]

I'm really glad you took the time to play with me. You gave me a lot of problems to solve, and I appreciate you for it. Let me know when you're up for another game.

[KB Girl]

10 hours ago, Stronkey Kong said:

 

Chess: Just finished two games with @KB Girl and @Kishi. I lost both 🤣 I am going to take a break for the weekend, before accepting KB Girl's challenge for a third game early next week. While doing this cleanse this weekend, I want my mind fluid and clear, with no distractions, except Nintendo.

It felt pretty close  

thanks for getting me back into chess! I hadn’t played for a couple months and I do really enjoy it. I’ve already lost 3 games against my brother this week, so I need the practice x)

[Stronkey Kong]

Nothing like starting your day with a bottle of celery lemon juice. 

 

 

This is what you drink in purgatory. 

[Stronkey Kong]

The next one is called 'Master cleanse'

 

Pineapple, turmeric, lemon, dandelion cayenne, maitake. 

 

It's like setting the alimentary canal ablaze.

[Stronkey Kong]

Now it's 'G3 Live'.

 

Cucumber, celery, kale, spinach, romaine, lemon, spirulina.

 

When you find a great mixer for some gin, and you realize your doing a cleanse...

 

[Everstorm]

29 minutes ago, Stronkey Kong said:

Now it's 'G3 Live'.

 

Cucumber, celery, kale, spinach, romaine, lemon, spirulina.

 

When you find a great mixer for some gin, and you realize your doing a cleanse...

 

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This one sounds like you just put your salad in a blender

[Stronkey Kong]

This next one has a curious name: 'Aftermath'

 

Grapefruit, ginger, aloe vera, burdock root, basil oil, milk thistle.

 

 

Oof... that's a lot of ginger.  Basil and grapefruit do not pair well.

[Stronkey Kong]

1 hour ago, Everstorm said:

This one sounds like you just put your salad in a blender

 

I'm telling you tho, throw a splash of it in a g&t with Hendricks gin, and you've got a decent drink. 

[Stronkey Kong]

Green Fiend

 

Cucumber celery green apple kale spinach ginger lemon parsley. 

 

Meh. Not bad. 

[Stronkey Kong]

Another G3...

 

Or just add tomatoes and vodka... it's got a bloody mary vibe to it, even though it's green. 

[Snarkyfishguts]

10 minutes ago, Stronkey Kong said:

Another G3...

 

Or just add tomatoes and vodka... it's got a bloody mary vibe to it, even though it's green. 

Sometimes I have a drink and I think "This would be amazing with rum" LOL.  I'm really enjoying your juice reviews! Do you feel more alert and fresh during the day?

[Stronkey Kong]

41 minutes ago, Snarkyfishguts said:

Sometimes I have a drink and I think "This would be amazing with rum" LOL.  I'm really enjoying your juice reviews! Do you feel more alert and fresh during the day?

 

Fuck no!

 

The lack of caffeine, protein, fat, and carbs is making me tired and I have a headache. 

 

I cursed and screamed at video games earlier... so I have energy still, but not refreshing energy. 

 

Pretty sure I'm absolving sins and purifying negative karma and ju-ju as well. 

 

Feels like it anyway. 

[Stronkey Kong]

Last juice of the day. 

 

'Chill Pill'

 

Pineapple lemon butterfly pea flower chamomile schisandra ashwagandha coconut nectar vanilla vegan probiotic

 

This one is actually drinkable. Good finish for the day.  From here until bedtime it's just warm lemon water. 

[Snarkyfishguts]

8 hours ago, Stronkey Kong said:

Pretty sure I'm absolving sins and purifying negative karma and ju-ju as well. 

 

I always admire your willingness to try new things. 

[KB Girl]

Don't know wether to laugh or cry with the juice reviews xP 

[Kishi]

Looking at these ingredient lists, I'm not sure there's reason to them and there's definitely no rhyme.

[Stronkey Kong]

Yeah. 

 

I haven't eaten solid food in two days. 

 

This juice is mostly terrible. 

 

I'm making an omelette. 

[Snarkyfishguts]

13 hours ago, Stronkey Kong said:

Yeah. 

 

I haven't eaten solid food in two days. 

 

This juice is mostly terrible. 

 

I'm making an omelette. 

I support your decision!  

[Stronkey Kong]

Overall, I feel a bit better despite a mild, lingering headache which may be due to lack of caffeine, carbs, or at this point, I think, sodium. 

 

I think I'll keep the 24-36 hour juice fast in my toolkit to shore up a rough week of bad eating. But pushing to 48 and beyond is not doing much. Then you're just giving yourself a headache. The first 24 I had a lot of energy... enough to build my kitchen island cart at least. 

 

I know I said I wasn't gonna,  but curiosity got the best of me...

 

I weighed myself Thursday night and came in at 304 lbs. 😳 Today I was 290 point something. 😊

 

So, when bloated I can harbor 14 lbs of garbage. Now I don't have to burn and sweat through all of that in my workouts to get to the fat stores. And food I eat daily has somewhere to go instead of just gumming up the metabolic gears. 

 

Curious to see how my workout tonight goes. 

 

[Stronkey Kong]

Feeling strong. Workout completed today:
Greyskull (better back), Day 1, Week 2
6:47 PM (47 min) - 5625 lb
Overhead Press   
        2x5    45 lb
        1x3    65 lb
        3x5    90 lb
Squat   
        2x5    45 lb
        1x3    95 lb
        1x3    135 lb
        3x5    160 lb
Chinups    3x3    10 lb

...using Personal Training Coach - The best app for training - https://maxtrainingcoach.com

 

Workout went as well as the best of them lately. I did get a little dizzy while changing weights between squat sets, but not bad. No grindy or sticky reps. 

 

I got 3x3 easy on my inverted rows (chinups), so I'll move the bar up a notch on the rack. 

 

Then I did 60 minutes on the stat bike. 

 

I need to make my accessory lift to-do list. 

 

[Stronkey Kong]

 

Greyskull : Tonight's workout went well. I think, if you'll accept that skipping one workout for a planned fast, that means I've finished four weeks of Greyskull.

 

Also, I need to take my 24 lbs. KB to work.

 

Now I need to make my accessory lift to-do list:: [KB subs to do at work]

Core: Lying leg raises, Scissor situps, Russian Twists, Supermans/Ironmans

Arms and shoulders: EZ bar curls [KB curls], skull crushers, [KB OHX] lateral raises [halos], shrugs

Lower body: Front squat [goblet squat], good mornings [KB swings], calf raises

 

 

Cardio: I skipped my early week session last week, then did a 60 min session on the stat bike on the eve of my fast. I have one done already this week, so I just need one more.

 

Qigong [NEW!]: I'm adding a qigong goal. Just do some qigong type exercise while the coffee is brewing in the morning.

 

No Pizza: I am now at two full slices of pizza colored in. I had to add another crust and a cheese due to some pre-fast cheetohs I almost forgot about. Then I had some ham and cheese in my break-fast omelette. Still at this rate I'm unlikely to fill it all in by challenge's end.

 

I prepped my lunches today. I made a rice/lentil/veggie mixture as a proteinaceous, starch base. I'll throw my protein of choice for the day with each of 10 dollops of that. I also brined and sauteed some chicken breasts, to go with the rice/lentils.

 

I also need to work on bringing healthy snacks to work, since my lunches have been running small like this. So some carrot sticks w/peanut butter and a protein shake to-go ought to make it into my lunch tomorrow.

 

Writing:  I have one week to produce 2500 words for the first workshop session. I should be able to do this in the next day or two. But it's crunch time and I need to get back on it.

 

Chess: Played a couple of games yesterday. Won a couple, lost a couple. Sent challenges to both KB Girl and Kishi. I studied a few openings and settled on a few go-to's (two as White, two as Black).

 

Urkrainian: I have a 19 day streak in Ukrainian. I just started learning numbers, which are also essentially tongue-twisters. And nouns get inflected differently for singles, doubles or triples, and a third for any number greater than three... sometimes. Very strange.

 

 

 

 

[Stronkey Kong]

Gotta add another crust to my pizza cuz Monday is gonna Monday and I needed some skittles. 

 

I'll cardio this evening.