Chris56Ryan Undead!

[Chris56Ryan]

Eyes open, a slow wheeze comes out, slowly a dim conciousness returns ....

 

So I died in my last challenge and have been missing now for a while since. I've been keeping up some level of activity but it's far from good enough. I'm not going to explain myself just that I wasn't doing what I really wanted. I've been using too many things as excuses and I'm not happy with it.

 

This challenge is going to be a reboot. I'm going to get back into the swing of things properly and try use the accountability of the forum to help put an end to the excuses. So without further ado;

 

Life Goals:

I've moved into a new apartment all to myself while I was away and it's great but between lazyness excuses and being a bit shy I didn't throw the house warming I said I would so during the course of this challenge I have to do this.

 

Challenge 1:

No excuses, I'll be working out 5 days a week minnimum.

 

Challenge 2:

Gotta eat better, cop on and start cooking proper meals and not just going for the quick easy option so no takeaway/fried foods.

 

Challenge 3:

Trying something new, I'm going to try a yoga class during the course of the challenge.

 

Thats it, short and sweet! You might have to bear with me for updates though as I have limited internet access while I'm working offshore which will be most of the challenge.

[Xena]

so glad you are back! I've missed hearing about your offshore adventures...from getting onto the platform to trying to find something reasonable to eat. Hope it all goes really well of course!

[Chris56Ryan]

so glad you are back! I've missed hearing about your offshore adventures...from getting onto the platform to trying to find something reasonable to eat. Hope it all goes really well of course!

Main thing about my current adventures is the unfortunate lack of wifi     I could be getting lucky and moving to a different rig tuesday that has it so fingers crossed.

[Xena]

From what I remember, it might be worth giving up wifi if the food were healthier (but I don't think it works that way)

[Rotengar]

Eyes open, a slow wheeze comes out, slowly a dim conciousness returns ....

 

So I died in my last challenge and have been missing now for a while since. I've been keeping up some level of activity but it's far from good enough. I'm not going to explain myself just that I wasn't doing what I really wanted. I've been using too many things as excuses and I'm not happy with it.

 

This challenge is going to be a reboot. I'm going to get back into the swing of things properly and try use the accountability of the forum to help put an end to the excuses. So without further ado;

 

Life Goals:

I've moved into a new apartment all to myself while I was away and it's great but between lazyness excuses and being a bit shy I didn't throw the house warming I said I would so during the course of this challenge I have to do this.

 

Challenge 1:

No excuses, I'll be working out 5 days a week minnimum.

 

Challenge 2:

Gotta eat better, cop on and start cooking proper meals and not just going for the quick easy option so no takeaway/fried foods.

 

Challenge 3:

Trying something new, I'm going to try a yoga class during the course of the challenge.

 

Thats it, short and sweet! You might have to bear with me for updates though as I have limited internet access while I'm working offshore which will be most of the challenge.

 

Welcome back! If I can offer some thoughts;

1; Up your protine but esspecially make sure you stay on top of potassium and hydration, working out that much w/o an easy day or a rest day can do hellish things to your body causing poor performance. (Read: your not allowed to break yourself, cause I said so ) I am doing something similar but

 

2; Learn to eat more effeciently. For me and mine we've found that Huge breakfast (cause like I need a reason to eat a pile of pancakes with honey on them) a smaller lunch and tiny dinner is the way to go. The mentality is filling up the tank for when you need it most, if you're sleeping you're probably not burning calories if you are then it's "sleeping."

 

3. Good choice! Yoga is a great way to keep limber (which you'll need for #1) and suprisingly lose some of that water weight. Hatha Yoga is good, there's many diffrent kinds but like walking into a Dojo if you don't work well with the instructor then it probably won't be relaxing for you. I like Kundalindi Yoga, but you can find Yoga for strength that will put you though the ropes.

 

Best of luck I will be following you. If I can be any help let me know.

[ShadowLion]

Hey, glad you're back! Looks like a good reboot sort of challenge, too.

 

I second Rotengar's excellent advice, and will add my own two cents, as well. Post as often as you can and don't be afraid to ask for help. You've got a really crazy schedule, which can make it harder to get the support you need in changing habits, so make the most of the times you do have internet access. Don't be shy with us. We're all nerds here, and want you to succeed in your quests. And, if you haven't already, get really clear on your "why," the reason you want to be healthier. It will help you keep at things when it gets tough and you may not be able to post. You can share that if you want, or keep it to yourself. It's for you to be able to draw on when you need that extra little bit of motivation to go get your awesome on!

 

Good luck getting on the other rig!

[Chris56Ryan]

Welcome back! If I can offer some thoughts;

1; Up your protine but esspecially make sure you stay on top of potassium and hydration, working out that much w/o an easy day or a rest day can do hellish things to your body causing poor performance. (Read: your not allowed to break yourself, cause I said so ) I am doing something similar but

 

2; Learn to eat more effeciently. For me and mine we've found that Huge breakfast (cause like I need a reason to eat a pile of pancakes with honey on them) a smaller lunch and tiny dinner is the way to go. The mentality is filling up the tank for when you need it most, if you're sleeping you're probably not burning calories if you are then it's "sleeping."

 

3. Good choice! Yoga is a great way to keep limber (which you'll need for #1) and suprisingly lose some of that water weight. Hatha Yoga is good, there's many diffrent kinds but like walking into a Dojo if you don't work well with the instructor then it probably won't be relaxing for you. I like Kundalindi Yoga, but you can find Yoga for strength that will put you though the ropes.

 

Best of luck I will be following you. If I can be any help let me know.

 

Hey man good to see you. I can manage the 5 days a week alright with usually a wednesday and Sunday as my rest and if I feel I particularly need it I'll take an easy day but it'll still be a workout  I'm also currently reading Born to run by Kelly Starrett so hopefully it'll help keep me in top working order.

 

When I try I eat pretty good I just have to stay on top of it and stop making the excuses to avoid it.

 

For the yoga I'm looking at Bikram(I think that's the spelling) or hot yoga this time and see how I like it.

Hey, glad you're back! Looks like a good reboot sort of challenge, too.

 

I second Rotengar's excellent advice, and will add my own two cents, as well. Post as often as you can and don't be afraid to ask for help. You've got a really crazy schedule, which can make it harder to get the support you need in changing habits, so make the most of the times you do have internet access. Don't be shy with us. We're all nerds here, and want you to succeed in your quests. And, if you haven't already, get really clear on your "why," the reason you want to be healthier. It will help you keep at things when it gets tough and you may not be able to post. You can share that if you want, or keep it to yourself. It's for you to be able to draw on when you need that extra little bit of motivation to go get your awesome on!

 

Good luck getting on the other rig!

It's actually a big underlying part of my doing the challenges is it's some kind of getting out there and my problem usually is only a bit of shyness with a whole heap of lazyness so I'll be doing my best.

[Chris56Ryan]

So here we are, day one down and naturally the first day is pretty ok. On the new rig now with wifi so hello tapatalk!

Now then I keep missing out on this bit but the reason for me doing all this is pretty simply for me. I want to look and feel better and be a bit happier in my own skin is all.

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[Mikroftt]

Woot for WIFI!!!  Welcome back!  We all look forward to seeing the great things you are going to do this challenge!  

[Xena]

So here we are, day one down and naturally the first day is pretty ok.

Plenty of people rolled over and went back to sleep instead of exercising on day 1 (not criticizing...those same people might totally kick ass the whole rest of the challenge), so give yourself credit for a good start!

[Chris56Ryan]

Thanks for dropping in guys day 2 down and I even had a salad for lunch! Unlikely to do it again though it was pretty bad, I think the same stuffs been out for a few days [emoji20] got my gym time in which included a whole pile of deadlifts the heaviest being 95kg so that was nice.

Biggest thing I'm proud of though is the amount of mobility work I did today. I'm trying to stop all my running injuries using ready to run and so far so good. Granted I did so much work on my hip it's sore and pretty tender now but the deep muscular pain is gone [emoji16]

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[Mikroftt]

Bad veggies (expired) or just didn't like the ones that were in it?  I have found that the right dressing makes all the difference for me.  I have a vinaigrette that I love and it helps with salads a lot.  

 

The workout sounds great!  There are a lot of people this time experimenting with getting more mobile.  I know for me, before I start running more I will need to get my hips in better shape.  

[Chris56Ryan]

Bad veggies (expired) or just didn't like the ones that were in it? I have found that the right dressing makes all the difference for me. I have a vinaigrette that I love and it helps with salads a lot.

The workout sounds great! There are a lot of people this time experimenting with getting more mobile. I know for me, before I start running more I will need to get my hips in better shape.

I'd say they were at least going off if not gone off! I like to use some balsamic vinegar myself my usual go to.

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[Xena]

Just googled Ready to Run. It's a new book, right? I hadn't heard of it before but it sounds really helpful. Would be interested to hear more about it.

[Chris56Ryan]

Just googled Ready to Run. It's a new book, right? I hadn't heard of it before but it sounds really helpful. Would be interested to hear more about it.

It's pretty new alright. It was done by Kelly Starrett. He's basically the last word in mobility. I'm finding it great so far with so many demonstrations of the moves to do to work out different areas and I've already come accross my exact two big problems and how to fix them. It'll all take time but it's all about becoming injury and sore spot free.

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[Mikroftt]

Might have to pick that one up next.  Sounds interesting.  

[Chris56Ryan]

This is day 4 right? It's hard to keep track. Yesterday was a rest day so I rested and got back to it today. I went to the gym twice once for a weight session and the other for running. I've found myself with a lot of time as I've been stopped doing my work here (rig politics ) the main thing it's doing for me is I'm doing loads of mobility work and it seems to be working [emoji1]

Food is tough after my bad salad. I just don't trust it enough to have it as a whole meal. I'm working on just making the better choices and not over doing the portion sizes. If I can stay away from all the tasty looking desserts I should be fine [emoji20]

All in all I feel on track at the moment just getting very bored with no work to do. At least I still get paid

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[Mikroftt]

Double the workout, double the fun right?!  That is good/bad about work.  Hopefully the get that resolved quickly. Pick up a good book in the mean time?

[Chris56Ryan]

Double the workout, double the fun right?! That is good/bad about work. Hopefully the get that resolved quickly. Pick up a good book in the mean time?

Nearly done with the only one I have with me so I might read it again

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[Chris56Ryan]

Another slow day down with two trips to the gym. First exercise was crossfir esque and second a 5k run. Loads of warming up and cooling down with some mobility work sprinkled on top just like my book says!

Food wasn't so hot a choice of pizza and chip or fish and chip for lunch wasn't great but a chicken stir fry for dinner helps.

Just relaxing watching the Ireland v Scotland soccer match now. Come on the boys in green!

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[Xena]

Great job. You are really stuck with no good food choices, but you are making the best of it for sure. When do you get to head back home this time? Do you have to pretend to be busy? That's worst of all!

[Chris56Ryan]

Great job. You are really stuck with no good food choices, but you are making the best of it for sure. When do you get to head back home this time? Do you have to pretend to be busy? That's worst of all!

I'm home on Tuesday and can make up for it with all the salad then [emoji14] I'm not even bothering pretending to be busy anymore I'm just walking around the place a lot [emoji4]

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[Chris56Ryan]

So I had to rest today cause my body told me too while I was trying to climb out of my top bunk [emoji1] it's all good though since the last two days were double sessions I hit my numbers for the week. I'll probably do something light tomorrow though. To pass the time though I finished ready to run and did a lot of mobility work over the day.

Big plus today, I got good food for all my meals yay [emoji4] turkey breast with potatoes and salad for lunch and grilled steak with green beans and a baked potato for dinner. My breakfast is always fine I just get some combination of eggs and whole grains.

More relaxing now for the evening, hope everyone's having a good weekend!

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[Chris56Ryan]

One week down and it went pretty well health and fitness wise I think. Week 2 now and I'm thankfully off the oil rig in the morning [emoji4] but before that I got two trips to the gym in today the first one was for resistance training with the main focus being my squats. Then the second trip was my cardio 30 minutes on a cross trainer waiting for the threadmill then a 5k run on that.

Food not too bad today but I had a treat for my last night good ole apple strudel. I've been keeping up my mobility work too even managed to give myself some bruises from the hard work [emoji14]

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[Big_Show]

Nice work mate, can't be easy getting these things done in your environment.