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Jill Beat

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I can't believe this is my 5th challenge already.  After taking a bit of a challenge off last go-around, I'm ready to be back at it!   Last week I was/and am currently on the tail end of being sick (strep throat, boo), so it might be a slow start to this challenge, but hopefully I'll still be able to make small changes and stick with it! 

 

MAIN QUEST - Change my body shape, be happy, healthy and strong

 


GOALS:


 


1) PLP (pull ups, lunges, push-ups) daily.  I started doing this as part of last challenge, and did pretty good until I got sick this week.  I was up to 30 reps of everything, so we'll see if I can start there Monday.  Instead of pull ups I've been doing inverted rows to work up to it, using my TRX.  


 


2) Nine hours of sleep.  I know that 9 hours is the ideal number for me, but with being busy it's a hard thing to do.  I'm one of those people that typically gets 7.5hrs a night, but for me that's not enough, and I have a hard time making sleep a priority!  This goal will be progressive for me.  By the end I want to get to sleep by 9:45pm and up at 6:45am.  Currently I'm doing about 10:30/11pm-6:30am.  


Sunday-Thursday:


Week 1: wake up at 6:45am OR 8+ hours of sleep


Week 2: wake up at 6:45am, in bed by 10:30 OR 8h 15min+ sleep


Week 3: w/u @ 6:45am, in bed by 10:15pm OR 8h 15min+ sleep


Week 4: w/u @ 6:45am, in bed by 10:05pm OR 8h 25min+ sleep


Week 5: w/u @ 6:45am, in bed by 9:55pm OR 8h 30min+ sleep


Week 6: w/u @ 6:45am, in bed by 9:45pm OR 8h 45min+ sleep


 


3) Less caffeine.  I find that for me I just drink coffee because I like it, and that I don't REALLY need it.  I also have high blood pressure, so I'd like to try cutting this out completely.  Again, this will be progressive, starting with half-caf and moving to decaf, and then just occasionally decaf.    I also want my coffee making to mainly be at home and not work, because at work we have that terrible powdered creamer that I would also like to cut out of my life! :)


 


I'm not going to pick any side quests for now...but that's subject to change :)


 


Alright, that's it for now, short and sweet.  Trying to keep it simple, but I think that the sleep goal is going to be the hardest for me.  I guess we'll see. :)


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Found ya! :D

 

Yucko on the strep throat! :nightmare: Hope it is soon over. But, that is a nice set of goals and I will be here rooting you on......though I can't nag you about the sleep thing as I am not so good about that either. :nevreness: lol

 

YAY for having Jill back for another one! :triumphant: :triumphant: :triumphant: :triumphant:

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-We can't always change the things we've done, but we can change what we do next.

-I don't have a choice. I deserve a better life and this is what I have to do to get there.
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Jill Beat

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Thanks everyone!  As of today I'm feeling a lot better! I've spend time this weekend spring cleaning my bathrooms (how did my baseboards get so grungy?!!) and I went to my last session of level 2 hoop class.  Look what I did:

 

 

I've registered for next session already too.  I love that I'm strong enough to do most of the skills, but I really want to work on my flexibility to make them prettier! :) 

 

Tonight I'm going to try to get to bed at a decent time, and prep things that I'll need for tomorrow (i.e. getting my french press and travel mug out and ready)  

 

Looking forward to PLP tomorrow because my hard-hat challenge calendar is looking pretty sad (a whole week of missing x's!)

 

Now off to check out who else is around! :) 

 

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AshPS

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That is awesome and beautiful! Seriously. (nodding)

 

Ugh, bathrooms....with 4 males and a potty trainer in this house......simply  :nightmare: . lol

 

Glad your feeling better!  :)

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1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12th 13th 14th  Battle Log
-We can't always change the things we've done, but we can change what we do next.

-I don't have a choice. I deserve a better life and this is what I have to do to get there.
-Whatever doesn't kill me....Had better start running.

 

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ScoutSays

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Welcome back!! I hear ya on the coffee!! It's really hard for me to give it up. It doesn't really help me stay awake or alert but I love the taste of my sweet coffee treats! :)

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Jill Beat

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Welcome back!! I hear ya on the coffee!! It's really hard for me to give it up. It doesn't really help me stay awake or alert but I love the taste of my sweet coffee treats! :)

YES!  This is exactly how I am. It's tasty and I just like it!  Today is my first day of BYO coffee to work (half-caf) and it went well.  Putting coffee in my coffee press and water in the kettle last night before going to bed was extremely helpful.

 

Also that photo is awesome!  Looks like so much fun.

Thanks! I really love it!  Me and the other girls I was taking class with are all moving to the next level.  I love that I'm making new friends too!

 

Game plan for today:

1) PLP right after work, before I go to teach my classes.  I had been doing it after teaching, but I want to try to get to bed early, so anything I can do earlier the more likely I am to succeed at that!

 

2) This week my goal is to get up at 6:45am.  I had been getting up at 6:30am. As long as I get out of bed right away, shaving 15 minutes off in the morning shouldn't be a problem! I managed today so yay for one point already!

 

3) Bring your own coffee to work - check!

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I really need to rethink my work-food situation.  By about 2:30-3:00 I get ridiculously snacky.  Not necessarily hungry, but snacky, and feeling very unsatisfied. (a girl can only drink so much herbal tea!)  And then it's compounded by looking at pinterest!  I have however decided I'm going to make paleo spiralized zucchini fritters with paleo biscuits and some avocado.  But as far as my snack situation, I think I'm going to start bringing veggies or homemade trail mix, or something in addition to my lunch.  What I really need is a container with a timer & lock on it so that it won't open until after 2pm so I don't eat it with my lunch!  I really bad for doing that too.  Bringing a snack and then needing instant gratification and eating it with lunch.  *sigh*

 

I am excited for what I want to make for dinner though! And if the spiralized fritters don't turn out, I'll eat leftovers from dinner last night:

 

http://instagram.com/p/mwAL6CEYts/

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PLP DONE!  3 for 3 today! AND I ate primarily paleo, and I've set up for tomorrow.  Now off to kick some butts (aka make my muscle sculpt class participants do lots of squats, push ups and balances!) 

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I hear ya on the snacking! I've been having issues at work still with all the sweet stuff... So I definitely need to bring healthy snacks! I just need to not feel that I HAVE to eat them if they are there...

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Lose 84 lbs (From 219 to 135): Current weight = 202.9

 

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That dish looks delish!  :) Hope the butt kicking went well! :D

 

Have a fabulous Tuesday Jill!

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1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 12th 13th 14th  Battle Log
-We can't always change the things we've done, but we can change what we do next.

-I don't have a choice. I deserve a better life and this is what I have to do to get there.
-Whatever doesn't kill me....Had better start running.

 

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ugh, I could never give up caffeine, all of it's effects are so wonderful, GOOD LUCK!

awesome with the hoops class, that looks very very hard, good job!

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and dean knows awesome, so there you go

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ugh, I could never give up caffeine, all of it's effects are so wonderful, GOOD LUCK!

awesome with the hoops class, that looks very very hard, good job!

 

and dean knows awesome, so there you go

Thanks!  It's tough, but I'm loving the challenge. being 5'3" makes it a little bit tougher sometimes, but it's all good!

 

Day 2 Update:

1) PLP done! Pushups are getting so much easier!  I knock off 3 sets of 10-ish no problem! 

2) Sleep - I edited my original goal.  Today I had to wake up earlier to be in to work earlier, so I've added a total sleep amount that I can still get to meet my requirement.  Last night 8:07 according to my Sleep Timer app.  

3) Coffee - well I brought my own coffee to work, but then broke down and made a cup of regular stuff.  This is still less than I used to drink, so it's a success for me.  I'm going to pick up some decaf k-cups so that when I get that urge again I can at least make that! 

 

So far:

1) PLP  2/7 0/7 0/7 0/7 0/7 0/7 = 2/42

2) Sleep 2/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 = 2/30

3) Coffee 2/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 = 2/36

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I only got about 6 hours of sleep, and I may be delirious.  Hope you have a wonderful workout/low caffeine day!!

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After 3 Days:

1) PLP  3/7 0/7 0/7 0/7 0/7 0/7 = 3/42

2) Sleep 3/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 0/5 = 3/30

3) Coffee 3/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 0/6 = 3/36

 

So far this week, so good.  Yesterday I REALLY didn't want to do my PLP (11/11/10 reps) which is about when I had to stop before I got sick.  Right now I'm still fighting it off a bit, but trying to push through.  It's getting pretty tough, which I like.  :)

 

Sleep - well, I was all ready to go to bed nice and early after showering, brushing my teeth, stretching... and then as I climbed into bed nice and early 9:50pm, my mom called.  Ugh.  And I couldn't really ignore it either.  So there went about 45 minutes. I still got 8hrs of sleep by my sleep app, so technically still made the goal, but coulda been better.  The app I use is one of those ones that's supposed to wake you up at the ideal time of your sleep cycle, but I really don't find any difference, so I might just set it for a hard 6:45am (as it's been going off super early, and then I lay in bed until 6:45) and still use it for tracking.  It's good to be able to look back for the week and see what time I got to bed.  :)

 

Coffee - Yesterday I again had 1 cup from home (1/2 caf) and regular coffee at work.  last night I did go buy decaf k-cups, so today was decaf at work. Yay.  I'm not really feeling the effects of reduced caffeine consumption, which is good, but this also doesn't surprise me. 

 

Last night I made pizza for dinner.  I tried this recipe for paleo crust and loved it.  It was super easy (I've tried cauliflower once, too much work, and I just don't love cauliflower!)  and it was mostly egg and coconut flour, aka much cheaper than stuff with almond flour!  Definite win.  The cheese would be what wouldn't qualify it as paleo, but I'm not too worried about that one. I'm curious how it'll be leftover! http://cavemanstrong.com/2011/01/paleo-pizza-crust/

 

There's a ton of candy around the office today.  Luckily it's only been one day though, not all week.  :)   I've definitely eaten more of it than I should though.  *sigh*  The cute thing though is that the office girls plan an Easter egg hunt around the office.  Super fun!

 

Taking the bf mini golfing tomorrow at an indoor course.  Looking forward to it.  He's been gone all week for work, so it's a surprise fun day when he get's back tomorrow :)

 

This weekend I have 2 easter dinners to contend with.  One at my best friend's house and one with my family.  I'm bringing a veggie, and I think there should be enough other good stuff that I can avoid the bad stuff. :)

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I love pepperoni & mushroom, so there was a decent amount of that on there, I'm not really sure what other people qualify as a lot!  I had to buy sauce :(, but I do want to make this recipe for slow cooker pizza sauce again: http://crockpotladies.com/crockpot-pizza-sauce/

 

It's super easy, super tasty, and I freeze it in portions for when I want to make pizza-y things.  I want to try a meatza as well as portabella mushroom pizzas.  And make this spaghetti squash pizza casserole again (http://paleomg.com/almost-5-ingredient-pizza-spaghetti-pie/)  I love pizza everything. lol 

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