Phytomancer's Evil Minion Battle Log

[Phytomancer]

Day one has ended! 

Today's meal go like this

 

Morning

- Leftover pineapple chocolate cake

- banana

Lunch

- Apple

- Cabbage stirfry with bacon and kale stalks (leaves went for smoothie yesterday),

   topped with cinnamonned egg and tofu

Dinner

- Beef bulgogi

- Brown rice

- banana

 

Workout

- bike to work and back-- it's a rest day.

 

Word count: 715/10,000

 

I'm off to a nice, slow start. The cake is home- baked, so that's better than a store bought.

 

Gracious things

1. I made sense of my first study data. I can explain them to a professor now.

2. My roommates cooked dinner for me, so I could eat right after I got off work at 8.30 pm

3. I am offered to help in another study of a very famous person in my field.

 

Things to look out for

1. Less dessert

2. More statistics study

3. More exercise

[Phytomancer]

And there goes day two.

 

Breakfast:

- Banana

Lunch:

- Steamed cabbage strips with collard greens with a dash of olive oil. Topped with beef bulgogi

- Apple

Dinner:

- Fish soup with black mushroom and vermicelli

- Home baked crossant

 

Workout: At the Earthen Palace (gym) Everything is 8 x 3

- Bench press, 55lb each side (+5lb)

- Bench fly, 35lb each

- Inclined press, 55lb each (+5lb)

- Inclined fly, 35lb each

- Abs rotation, 90lb

- Abs press, 110lb

- Tricep pulldown, 50lb

- Declined press, 60 lb each

- Bike to work and back

 

Word count: 715/10000 

 

I feel strong today, and I got a lot of work done!

 

Gracious things

1. I am invited to participate in a conference in Chapel Hill, NC next month. Guess they need a minion for some evil stuffs. All expense are paid for!

2. I had a delicious lunch. The salt in the leftover beef brings out the juice in the lettuce, filling the tub with sweet and savory broth. 

3. I leveled up on my chest workout today.

 

Things to look out for

1. Be focused! I fell asleep at work for a bit

2. Start running soon.

3. The homework is building up a bit. I need to be on track with my time.

[Teirin]

Excellent start. 

[Phytomancer]

Excellent start. 

Thanks Teirin.

 

Day 3 was done and done

 

Breakfast

- crossant

- banana

 

Lunch

- Cabbage, collard greens, and bacon

- smoothie of apple, raspberry, peanut butter, and soymilk

 

Dinner

- I had a meeting that ran late in the night, so I ate whatever the dinner they served

Pizza and poptart 

- It's a bad choice of meal, but I'll get over it.

 

Workout

- Bike home and back, it's a rest day

 

Word count: 1284/10000

 

It's not my best day, but I must learn to forgive myself once in a while.

 

Gracious things

 

1. I cheated a bit on my homework (using techniques that got work done but won't allow me to learn deeper in the topic.) A friend of mind said he wouldn't do his that way because "it wasn't the right thing." That made me redo my homework and had it done in time. I guess honesty to the villainy sciences are important.

2. I made some new friends during a meeting

3. My coworker emailed me back right away! It's amazing.

4. I found out that there are villainy comrades in this forum, like 18ck, SV, and Teirin..

 

Things to look out for

1. Stress level. Take a deep breath sometimes.

2. Smile more.

3. Say no once in a while. 

 

I will keep going!

[Phytomancer]

Day 4 completed

 

Breakfast

- Bananas

 

Lunch

- brown rice

- mussel pineapple tomato soup

- basil chicken

- mochi

 

Dinner

- hummus

- pita

 

Workout - Earth Palace and Air Trail

 

EARTH- everything 8x3

- Shoulder press - 50 ea 

- deltoid raise - 22.5 ea

- front raise - 22.5 ea 

- glute - 130

- two-arm front raise 25

- Squat+Shoulder press- 42.5 ea (+7.5)

- Chin- bar raise-80

-  Bent deltoid raise 22.5 ea

 

Air trail: 1 mi for 7.06 min

 

Word count: 1284/10000

 

Relaxing day, but not productive

 

Gracious things

1. I have officially ran the fastest mile in my life. 7.06 does not sound fast, but it's a very significant step, and I am very happy.

2. A 3-hour class canceled today. So I played some Skyrim and went for a bike ride. It was really relaxing.

3. I went to a very nice lecture about scent in historic Islamic garden. It was a very magical talk and I enjoyed it a lot.

 

Things to look out for.

1. Someone stole my bike helmet (ouch.) Gotta be careful next time.

2. Should not have wasted so much time on Skyrim

3. Bring spare socks to the gym.

 

Work on it!! 

[Teirin]

You eat the most interesting things.  Congrats on the fastest mile!

[Cosmixkey]

Keep it up Minion! and for the spare clothes at the Gym, when I go, I wash there (i go before work, no time to go back home...) and forgot a towel once, hate forgetting something lol!

[Phytomancer]

 

You eat the most interesting things.  Congrats on the fastest mile!

 

Thanks Teirin. I had a Thai roommate, a Taiwanese roommate, and an American roommate. They are all fascinated by food and cooking, so we get diversity in our kitchen. .

 

Keep it up Minion! and for the spare clothes at the Gym, when I go, I wash there (i go before work, no time to go back home...) and forgot a towel once, hate forgetting something lol!

Forgetting towel means losing money for me ($1 rent). So that motivates me to always bring one. I don't have a permanent locker. I might be a wise investment.

 

I have a tiny minion rule that for one day that I am late, I will post a pic. It can be an inspiring pic, awesome pic, or just my pic. I am late today, so here it goes. That's my before pic with a cake belly. I usually hold my stomach in so nobody notices it... Just hope it would be gone for good.

 

 

Yesterday, day 5, goes like this:

 

Breakfast,

- Bananas

 

Lunch

- Rainbow chard steamed with garlic

- Fried eggs

- Brown rice

 

Dinner

- White rice

- garlic pork

- steamed chicken

 

Exercise

- Muay Thai was cancelled today due to a campus-wide cultural event. I was a 'tattoo' artist for a day. Drawing Thai mythical creatures on people arm was fun.

 

Gracious things

1. Had fun at the Thai cultural event

2. My data management was going well

3. The weather was nice

 

Things to look out for.

1. Keeping up with my work

2. Make sure I have enough sleep

3. I should track some of my progresses for my objective results

 

Thanks, guys. I'll keep going! 

[Phytomancer]

Day 6 was over 7 hours ago.

 

Breakfast

- Bananas

Lunch

- Egg noodle

- Grilled Chicken with garlic sauce

- raw rainbow chard

- lemon cookie (Ugh!)

Dinner

- Ham with pineapple sauce

- Potato casserole

 

Work out: Earth Palace, everything is 8x3 except I mention otherwise

- Bicep curls - 35lb ea

- rows - 105 lb (+5)

- lateral pull down -105 lb (+5)

- assisted pull up (I realize that I need to readjust my form) - 18.5lb 6x3

- back pull - 60lb ea (+5) 6x3

- bar back pull - 80lb

- preacher curl - 84 lb (+10)

 

Word count: 2391/10000

 

Gracious things

1. I was productive

2. The weather was nice

3. My roommate's food was amazing!

 

Things to look out for

1. Bought dessert-- try not to go overboard

2. Must run

3. Spend less time on the internet!

 

Just a regular day, I guess.

 

And now since I am late, I present you a photo. This one is how I aspire my body to look like. I know I have a long way to go, but it's my ultimate goal.

 

 

Good luck fighting, everyone!

[Cosmixkey]

Day 6 was over 7 hours ago.

 

Breakfast

- Bananas

Lunch

- Egg noodle

- Grilled Chicken with garlic sauce

- raw rainbow chard

- lemon cookie (Ugh!)

Dinner

- Ham with pineapple sauce

- Potato casserole

 

Work out: Earth Palace, everything is 8x3 except I mention otherwise

- Bicep curls - 35lb ea

- rows - 105 lb (+5)

- lateral pull down -105 lb (+5)

- assisted pull up (I realize that I need to readjust my form) - 18.5lb 6x3

- back pull - 60lb ea (+5) 6x3

- bar back pull - 80lb

- preacher curl - 84 lb (+10)

 

Word count: 2391/10000

 

Gracious things

1. I was productive

2. The weather was nice

3. My roommate's food was amazing!

 

Things to look out for

1. Bought dessert-- try not to go overboard

2. Must run

3. Spend less time on the internet!

 

Just a regular day, I guess.

 

And now since I am late, I present you a photo. This one is how I aspire my body to look like. I know I have a long way to go, but it's my ultimate goal.

 

 

Good luck fighting, everyone!

Aspiring to look like GSP? Nice, he's french Canadian like me, and I aspire to look somewhat like him too! Keep going minion!

[Phytomancer]

Aspiring to look like GSP? Nice, he's french Canadian like me, and I aspire to look somewhat like him too! Keep going minion!

Nice, Cosmixkey! Canada is a place I plan to visit some time in the future. GSP is a lean mean fighter, so I aspire for that. 

 

And I'll keep going. You do the same!

[Phytomancer]

Day 7. It's a week! 1/6th way to go.

 

Breakfast

- Bananas

- Baked oatmeal with bananas

 

Lunch

- Kale, apple, honey smoothies

- Ham

- potato/ steamed kale

 

Dinner

Baked chicken

Ham

Home made carrot cake

fresh strawberries

 

Workout: Air trail.

6 mile run in 55.30 min. Not my best time, but not too bad either.

 

Word count: 2391/100000

 

Gracious things

1. High productivity today!

2. Ran six miles-- that's good

3. Beautiful day

4. Game of Thrones left my jaw unhinged!

 

Things to look out for

1. Strike for two days without dessert next week

2. Time management

3. Don't get too stressed out.

 

There are a lot to do tomorrow, but FORWARD!!!

[IslandGirl_Becks]

You're doing seriously good on your battle against pastry!

 

 I had a Thai roommate, a Taiwanese roommate, and an American roommate. They are all fascinated by food and cooking, so we get diversity in our kitchen. .

...

 

- Muay Thai was cancelled today due to a campus-wide cultural event. I was a 'tattoo' artist for a day. Drawing Thai mythical creatures on people arm was fun.

 

You're making me miss having international roommates!! Food is such a great way to share culture And getting to draw Thai art on people sounds like a blast! 

Sounds like you're doing great! Are you planning on posting more progress photos as you go? I've been tempted to start taking some so that I have a record, but don't know if I have the guts to post them in the forums. 

[Phytomancer]

You're doing seriously good on your battle against pastry!

 

 

You're making me miss having international roommates!! Food is such a great way to share culture And getting to draw Thai art on people sounds like a blast! 

Sounds like you're doing great! Are you planning on posting more progress photos as you go? I've been tempted to start taking some so that I have a record, but don't know if I have the guts to post them in the forums. 

 

Thanks, Buck, I still eat a lot of carb though. That's gotta go down a bit.

 

I plan to post more photos. Maybe at week 3 and week 6. Although I would censor my face. When I was late teen, I posted my diet pic like this on a website. I was successful of losing a few pound then, but a few months later, a friend of mine called me to tell that my pic appeared on a men-men dating site!! I checked it out, and it was just a local site for a gay community. They were using my pic as an inspiration to lose (small amount of) weight. So we got a good laugh back then. There were nothing defaming or embarrassing. However, I learned to blur my face if it's me doing a selfie with my shirt off. Just in case. 

 

Now day 8 is over.

 

Breakfast

- Bananas

- leftover carrot cake (sorry, it was on the table...)

 

Lunch

- Leftover ham

- steamed rainbow chard

- Brown rice

 

Dinner

- Brown rice

- More ham (We bought the entire leg and baked it in one night)

- Tomato onion soup

- banana

 

Workout- Bike to work and back: 3mi

 

Word count 2381/10000

 

Gracious things

1. My data analysis is progressing well

2. Delicious dinner

3. Productive day!

 

Things to look out for

1. Don't always sit

2. Write more creative things

3. Smile. Now.

 

And I keep going. 

[Cosmixkey]

You could try replacing your carbs with Veggies or nuts and seeds? I feel like eating sunflower seeds (shell-less, hate having to eat one seed at a time) is so damn good, and fills me up with a lot less of the carbs part (yes theres carbs, but fiber, so it's good i guess )

 

and I laughed at the : "- leftover carrot cake (sorry, it was on the table...)", I'd do the same!

[Phytomancer]

You could try replacing your carbs with Veggies or nuts and seeds? I feel like eating sunflower seeds (shell-less, hate having to eat one seed at a time) is so damn good, and fills me up with a lot less of the carbs part (yes theres carbs, but fiber, so it's good i guess )

 

and I laughed at the : "- leftover carrot cake (sorry, it was on the table...)", I'd do the same!

 

I tried replacing my carbs with veggies. It did not fill me up at all! But the seeds may be the next thing to try.

 

And yep-- I couldn't help it!

[Phytomancer]

Day 9!

 

Breakfast

- Bananas

 

Lunch

- Eggs

- Tofu and fish

- Bok choy and garlic

- Fried rice

- orange

 

Snack

- Trail mix

 

Dinner

- Ham, potato, onion, and mushroom in paprika sauce

 

Workout: Earth Palace: Chest day!!

- Bench press, 55lb each side 

- Bench fly, 37.5lb each

- Inclined press, 50lb each (-5-- I did 55 and made a slight mistake, so I went back a bit)

- Inclined fly, 35lb each

- Abs rotation, 90lb

- Abs press, 110lb

- Tricep pulldown, 55lb (+5)

- Declined press, 60 lb each

- Walk back from work

 

Word count: 2967/10000: We're passing a quarter on this one!

 

Gracious things

- Nice weather

- Good and civil meeting

- Getting work down early!

 

Things to look out for

- I should try to reduce carbs, as Cosmixkey suggests

- Sleep more

- Careful when I lift

 

There you have it! 

[SuperVillain]

Looks like you are putting in some serious work with both lifting and running. Its a hard combo to keep.

 

And LOL at the gay dating site thing. Good to see you keep a sense of humor on it.

[Phytomancer]

Looks like you are putting in some serious work with both lifting and running. Its a hard combo to keep.

 

And LOL at the gay dating site thing. Good to see you keep a sense of humor on it.

Thanks SV. I am working on it (only not awesome this past 2 days.) The gay thing was pretty common in my culture. My friend just teased me a bit that he thought I'd join 'The Dark Side.' 

 

I am late again! Anyways, here is the wednesday stat

 

Morning

- Banana

- Mochi

 

Lunch

- Left over ham with kale

- Kale smoothie with apple, banana, and honey

 

Bakery--- Boooo!!!

- Chocolate muffin. I was weak against chocolate muffin!

 

Dinner

- Brown rice

- Massamun curry

 

Workout- bike to work and back

 

Word count: 3510/10000

 

Gracious things: 

1. I got a lot done

2. Good curry!

3. I read a very good novel section in a writer's club!

 

Things to look out for

1. donuts and baked goods. It's the first of this session

2. Stress level

3. I should sleep more

 

Better luck next time!!

 

And since I was late. Here is the picture of a cat.

[Phytomancer]

Day 11 is here, and I'm done early.

 

Morning 

- Bananas

- Mochi

 

Lunch

- Egg fried rice with green onion

- Raspberry banana kale and apple smoothie

 

Dinner

- Chicken Gaulitas

- banana

 

Exercise: bike home and back, there was a meeting today that went beyond my gym time

 

This is a down time, but I'll keep recording and keep it up!

[Phytomancer]

Morning

- Banana

Lunch

- Kale curry

- Brown rice

Snack

- Samosa

Dinner

- Chicken cabbage soup

- Homemade sherbet

 

Exercise: Earth Palace (Morning) and Fire Temple(Night)

 

3x8 

- Shoulder press 50lb ea (open grip)

- front shoulder raise 20 lb ea

- deltoid raise 20 lb ea

- Squat 30 second x 3

- front shoulder raise 25 lb

- Shoulder press 50lb ea (close grip)

- bar raise 80 lb

- bent deltoid raise 20 lb ea

 

3 hours of Muay Thai

 

Grateful things

1. The samosa was awesome

2. I learned a new recipe (Kale Curry) and it tastes really nice

3. The weather was gorgeous

 

Things to look out for

1. Don't overwork myself

2. Stretch

3. Sleep more!  

4. Drink more water.

 

The Tag Marathon is tomorrow. I'll be running 7 mile!

 

And I was late. Here is Bangkok. The city I lived during my tween.

[Teirin]

Good luck with the marathon :-)

[Phytomancer]

Good luck with the marathon :-)

Thanks! I did need it!

 

Here's day 13

Morning

- Cereal (needed carbs)

- Banana

 

Afternoon

- Roasted Chicken

- Sausages

- Egg salad

- Fruit Salad

- beer

 

Evening

- Chowmein

- candies (Booooo!)

 

Work out- wind trail-7 mile run-- a tag marathon.

It was really fun. Two of my starting teammates were as fast as lighting (46, 49 min for 7 mi). I was third, and I ran 7 mi for just under 60 min. (A bit below 9 minute mi,) so I felt bad that everyone was running past me, but I was surprised when I got the finish line and it turned out much faster than my regular long run!

 

Gracious things

- Good time hanging out with friends and roommate families 

- Great run. I felt like a wind spirit! (A rather slow, lazy one, but hey, it counts)

- Great homemade food

 

Things to look out for

- Haven't worked

- candies

- Sleep more!!

[Teirin]

Sleep is indeed good.  Congrats on running faster than normal!

[Phytomancer]

Thanks, Teirin. Sleeping is good indeed. And that is what I did well last night! Woot! Last night I was late, but forgot to post a pic. Here is me at age 18, one of the fattest years of my life. I am the 'Cat Lover' on the left

 

 

I have made some good progress (and degress) ever since.

 

Day 14!

 

Morning

- banana

- protein bar

 

Afternoon

- Tofu Thai curry

- Brown rice

- dressing-less fruit salad

 

Dinner

- popcorn (a handful)

- bulgogi

- brown rice

- kimchi

 

Exercise: More at Earth Palace: 3x8 unless said otherwise

- pull up 3x7-- not very clean

- bicep curls 37.5 lb ea (+2.5)

- row 105 lb

- lateral pull down 105 lb (+5 lb)

- plank 1 min

- one handed plank 2x1 min

- Bar pull 80 lb

- Preacher curl 62 lb

- back row 60 lb

 

word count: still stalling.

 

Gracious things

1. No fatigue! I don't know how, but it's awesome.

2. Slept well for 7.5 hours

3. Game of Thrones!

 

Things to look out for

1. Write

2. Buy a new bike helmet

3.  Less carbs.