Darkfoxx 17: Leveling Up

[darkfoxx]

Week 5 Day 1

 

Workout

 

Monday pull-up work. Did the flex hangs and negatives and kind of sucked at both. Did not do the lat pull-downs (but I'll do them today). And then I took the dog on a nice long walk in the park and dealt with his panic mode. 

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein & coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Pulled pork with pineapple rhubarb salsa and coleslaw mix

Snack: 9 chicharrones

Dinner: Spaghetti squash shrimp scampi

Snack: 1/4 cup Steve's dairy-free speechless cookie butter ice cream

 

Calories: 781 of 1500

Carbs: 67 of 100g

Fat: 36 of 100g

Protein: 59 of 70g - boo!

 

Activity: 1.7 miles / 1654 calories / 5006 steps

Sleep: 8h 26m / 0m awake / 6h 27m light / 1h 59m restful

 

Other Shit

 

Worked on looking up expected plane fare for fall, plotted my trip to Philadelphia this weekend. Knitted a bit. 

[Fonzico]

Good lord, woman, how tiny were your portions? I know you're smaller than me, but I just don't know how you eat so little sometimes!

[darkfoxx]

I have no damn idea what happened yesterday. I *felt* like I ate normal portions. I wasn't running around starving to death, anyways. 

 

I had a smaller than some days lunch (only 1 cup of coleslaw mix instead of 2 so I can have the rest today) and dinner I felt was fairly large - at least it looked large in the bowl. Not overflowing like I sometimes serve, but a nice filling up the bottom of the bowl portion. (enough, anyways, that I don't think my DH finished all of his - he pretty much never cleans his plate, whereas I am a charter member of the clean plate club). Apparently (and I think I remember this from the last time I had it), spaghetti squash has next to no carbs & calories. And shrimp - I always forget that shrimp has very little protein/calories. 

 

I could probably have bumped up my chicherrones reporting a bit - I *probably* ended up having more than 9 pieces, since I'm down to the non-whole bits, but still - even if you double it, it's only 80 calories per serving. 

 

Good thing I had a little cheese! And no wonder I was hungry after dinner - hungry enough for ice cream, anyways. My ice cream portion was fairly small -- about half a "real" serving - mostly because although the flavor is delicious, the sugar content starts killing me. 

[Fonzico]

As long as you're feeling fueled [emoji14]

Shrimp always gets me like that too - it's like "I just ate a giant plate of seafood, go me!" But it doesn't go that far.

[darkfoxx]

Week 5 Day 2

 

Workout

 

I did 20 minutes on the elliptical (same routine as last week; this week it was much easier) + an ab routine. I had intended upon doing lat pull-downs as well, but the machine was occupied. 

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: The last of my pulled pork with coleslaw mix & pineapple rhubarb salsa - wah!

Snack: The last of my chicharrones

Dinner: Roast chicken breast with fingerling potatoes, poblano peppers and olives

Snack: 1/4 cup roasted salted nuts

Snack: 1 cup cherry tomatoes

 

Calories: 1164 of 1500

Carbs: 100 of 100g

Fat: 51 of 100g

Protein: 82 of 70g

 

 

Other Shit

 

Knitted a very little bit. Put a t-shirt I've had since college + one I've had since I was 5 + a pair of pj bottoms my stepmother made me that are way too big on me in the trash pile. 

[darkfoxx]

Week 5 Day 3

 

Workout

 

I did my Wednesday pull-up work: 8 band-assisted pull-ups per side x 4 rounds + 5 max effort tries per side with no band. I still didn't get farther than halfway up.

 

And then the hubbs, dog and I walked down to Brooklyn Bridge Park to pick up the DH's race packet. 

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Leftover paleo shrimp scampi + leftover egg drop soup with half a packet of fried wontons

Dinner: Chicken schwarma - omfg I ate bread; mostly because I knew I needed protein, was starving to damn death, and was half drunk. The other options were: grilled cheese, arepas, nachos, tacos or popcorn

Snacks: 1 glass of pinot grigio at the packet pickup, and I'll be damned if I wasn't half drunk by the time I finished - plus starving to deaths

Snacks: 1/4 cup dairy-free speculoos cookie butter ice cream

 

Calories: 1,036 of 1,500

Carbs: 76 of 100g

Fat: 47 of 100g

Protein: 65 of 70g - dammit, I tried

 

Other Shit

 

I knitted a very little bit, and was semi-social at packet pickup with all the people who wanted to come by and pet the dog (who we had in the backpack so everyone would be less on edge + just in case they didn't want to let dogs in). 

[darkfoxx]

Week 5 Day 4

 

Workout

 

Yoga day. This time on the roof of my building - and damn was it ever windy. Beautiful view, but crazy wind. Today's practice was fairly athletic, which was nice - and I got back into wheel without injuring myself. The teacher helped hold my shoulders because I was having issues lifting all the way up (mostly due to being scared of injuring myself again), but still -- wheel. Whoo. 

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Pulled pork quick sautéed with artichoke hearts, leftover roasted potatoes & poblanos, and olives

Dinner: Leftover roasted chicken with fried citrus herb jicama nuggets

Snack: 1/4 cup roasted salted nuts

 

Calories: 1,034 of 1,500

Carbs: 65 of 100g

Fat: 52 of 100g

Protein: 84 of 70g

 

Activity: 0.6 miles / 1547 calories / 1928 steps

Sleep: 8h 46m / 0m awake / 3h 20m light / 5h 26m restful

 

Other Shit

 

Knitted a bit. Thought really hard about purging more crap. 

[Fonzico]

Wheel! Whoopa! Great job. And +1 for outdoor yoga, even with wild wind, that's just so cool.

[thekatisalie]

[darkfoxx]

Week 5: Weekend Wrapup

 

Workout

 

Friday
Pretty much absolutely nothing - had thought about going to see Mad Max, but the IMAX schedule didn't mesh well with my work schedule.

 

Saturday

Took the train to Philadelphia, walked around a bit.

 

Sunday

Walked a very little bit around Philly, trained it back. 

 

A. Got all my workouts in and managed to win this weekend's Weekend Warrior challenge on FitBit. 

 

 

Metrics

 

Friday

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Sautéed green olives/grapes/chicken

Dinner: DH's race fuel: lots of ground beef + a tiny bit of rice

Snack: 1 cup grapes

Snack: 1 bottle Wtrmln water

 

Calories: 1,209 of 1,500

Carbs: 87 of 100g

Fat: 58 of 100g

Protein: 88 of 70g

 

Activity: 0.5 miles / 1533 calories / 1480 steps

Sleep: 7h 37m / 0m awake / 4h 20m light / 3h 17m restful

 

Saturday
 

Breakfast: Grande coconut cafe misto, Naked Granola cashew/pineapple/mango/coconut cookie

Lunch: Chopped lamb with cottage fried potatoes, feta and sauteed onions

Snack: Cider

Dinner: Indian - 1/2 a beef kebab, 1/2 a chicken kebab, some okra, some eggplant, and a bunch of lamb

 

Calories: 1,698 of 1,500

Carbs: 82 of 100g

Fat: 99 of 100g

Protein: 117 of 70g

 

Activity: Misfit acting up 

Sleep: 5h 1m / 0m awake / 1h 58m light / 3h 3m restful

 

Sunday

 

Breakfast: Head cheese scrapple with a poached egg + coffee with coconut milk

Lunch: Travel food - 1/2 an Italian sub with 1 bag salt & vinegar pop chips

Dinner: Travel food - Low carb chicken wrap

Snack: Grande coconut cafe misto

Snack: Travel food - Roasted & salted cashews

 

Activity: Misfit acting up

Sleep: Misfit acting up

 

A. 

 

 

Other Shit

 

A.

 

Trained it to Philadelphia to visit a friend - with no plan in mind - and rolled with the anxiety punches when train shenanigans created lateness/confusion. 

 

Also knitted a small amount. 

[Fonzico]

Good weekend! And congrats on winning the step challenge!  

 

That's highly unfortunate about your misfit misbehaving though... hopefully it's not fatal?

[darkfoxx]

woot! Yeah, hopefully it isn't broken forever - it lights up; just doesn't want to talk to the app. I have a trouble ticket in to customer service to see if they have any better way of tricking it into cooperating than the 5 or 6 things I've already tried. 

 

On the sleep front: I feel like I slept like poo last night. I'm exhausted. 

[darkfoxx]

Week 6 Day 1

 

Workout

 

I have no idea what I did today, because a: I couldn't face doing the pull-up work I"ve been doing, because I'm lazy and I hate "having" to break and do shit while I'm trying to work; and b: I completely forgot my phone at home (a whole 1 flight up) when I went to the gym. Whomp, Whomp. 

 

So, I made shit up - I grabbed the 15 lb. weights, an 8 lb. medicine ball, and a mat. I stretched my hips a bunch, did some overhead weight sit-ups, russian twists, weighted lunges, dips, overhead presses, cleans, and some other random shit - all in total, 20 minutes worth of work. Weighted squats were also involved (and yay, I'm not in too much pain from them today - I can definitely feel that I worked my IT band, but not that i killed it). And I tried to stick to sets of 20 (or 20/side). That didn't happen for some of the dumbbell work. 

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: Boo, no smoothie - had a fruit cup thing I bought as part of last night's desperate buying all the things at the train station on the way home spree + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Roasted chicken/olives/grapes/jicama

Snack: Inka chips (plantain chips)

Snack: 1/4 cup roasted salted nuts

Dinner: Quick stir-fry of chicken thighs, broccolini, red bell pepper & carrot seasoned with garlic powder, onion powder, fish sauce & coconut aminos

Snack: The last of my dairy-free speculoos cookie butter ice cream

 

Calories: 1,132 of 1,500

Carbs: 92 of 100g

Fat: 59 of 100g

Protein: 57 of 70g - dammit. That's what I get for no protein in my breakfast

 

Other Shit

 

Knitted a very little bit, and that was pretty much it. 

[darkfoxx]

Week 6 Day 2

 

Workout

 

I forgot what non race-induced leg DOMS were like. I did rolling hills for 30 minutes on the treadmill for cardio day - and thought about doing something else, but was busy being mad about stupid shit so didn't. Bonus: time flew during my workout. Not bonus: I should probably not be actively pissed about shit that a: happened already, and b: I can't do anything about. It's ridiculous and a waste of energy. 

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Leftovers from last night

Snack: 1/4 cup mixed roasted salted nuts

Dinner: Pulled pork with sautéed collards & carrots

Snack: 1/4 cup mixed roasted salted nuts

 

Calories: 1,329 of 1,500

Carbs: 47 of 100g

Fat: 92 of 100g

Protein: 94 of 70g

 

Activity: 1.3 miles / 1609 calories / 3810 steps

Sleep: 9h 1m / 4m awake / 4h 33m light / 4h 28m restful

 

Other Shit

 

Knitted a very little bit. Got the DH to take another bag of books/clothes out of the house. Whoo! 1 bag to go (unless I purge more shit)

[Fonzico]

 

I forgot what non race-induced leg DOMS were like. I did rolling hills for 30 minutes on the treadmill for cardio day - and thought about doing something else, but was busy being mad about stupid shit so didn't. Bonus: time flew during my workout. Not bonus: I should probably not be actively pissed about shit that a: happened already, and b: I can't do anything about. It's ridiculous and a waste of energy. 

 

 

I SO hear you on stewing about things ruining your productivity/ability to workout. Been there. It sucks. You feel silly the next day, but it's so hard to shake in the moment. Anyway, just feeling sympathetic about stupid shit!

 

Huzzah for getting more crap out of the house! (Boy, do I ever need to do that too...)

[darkfoxx]

When the hubbs came home from this morning's job, I happened to be reading my bajillionth 'how to de-clutter and live with no shit' article - which prompted a conversation where he: gave me the you're crazy face, reminded me that we don't have that much shit to begin with, and that pretty much none of it (in the closets anyways) is just his - but for the work stuff he uses and the legos he does not. 

 

Which is all completely true. Also true: I no longer remember what is in my closets, even though I went on that diagram drawing campaign last year and still have everything labeled. 

 

That makes the closets ripe for a cull, right? And my desk area - if I haven't touched X craft/paper bit/whatever in over a year, it should also go. Maybe. That shit gets expensive. 

[darkfoxx]

Week 6 Day 3

 

Workout

 

I really, really didn't want to do anything today - but it was pull-up work day, so I compromised and did 2 rounds of 5 pullups/chinups each with the band and really concentrated on making those the best 10 examples of each I could muster. Inner thighs are still killing me, as is my whole hip region and now (Thursday morning) my sternum hurts and my shoulders feel like they won't open wide enough

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Leftover paleo paella with the last of the roast chicken

Snack: 1/4 cup roasted, salted nuts

Dinner: Paleo cheeseburger mac

 

Calories: 1,120 of 1,500

Carbs: 48 of 100g

Fat: 75 of 100g

Protein: 76 of 70g

 

Activity: 0.6 miles / 1540 calories / 1716 steps

Sleep: 7h 48m / 0m awake / 3h 51m light / 3h 57m restful

 

Other Shit

 

Knitted a very little bit. 

[Fonzico]

You sound like you need some yoga. Or maybe just some foam rolling? Pain sucks.

[darkfoxx]

My body is quite happy it's yoga night. And, as I was just thinking last night - I need to make foam rolling a goal for next cycle so I actually do it instead of just talk about doing it/know I need to do it. 

 

I really need to start now and roll all next week pre-Spartan. I've got 2 days of walking I want to do + 2 days of yoga next week -- foam rolling + hill walking would be a great combo. 

[darkfoxx]

Week 6 Day 4

 

Workout

 

My body was happy it was yoga day today. We had a good class, per usual - worked on inversions a bit and stretched what i really needed - my chest, shoulders and hips. 

 

Metrics

 

Breakfast: DH's green smoothie with hemp protein + coffee with coconut milk

Lunch: Leftover paleo cheeseburger mac

Dinner: Unintentionally small dinner of pulled pork taco in a collard leaf with quick-pickled carrots

9:30pm Desperation Snack: Huge hand full of fancy raisins

 

Calories: 1,138 of 1,500

Carbs: 80 fo 100g

Fat: 65 of 100g

Protein: 66 of 70g

 

Activity: 0.7 miles / 1553 calories / 2116 steps

Sleep: 8h 4m / 0m awake / 4h 10m light / 3h 54m restful

 

Other Shit

 

Knitted a very little bit. Gathered underpants re: purging. 

[Fonzico]

Ooh! I made quick radish/carrot pickles the other day, and I must conclude it's a wonderful thing. Even if the recipe I used wasn't quite right. I'll get it next time.

Yay for yoga! It's incredible how much it helps.

[darkfoxx]

Mmmmmm.... radishes. I hope this year's CSA has radishes. Ideally, the crazy varieties my Miami CSA had - I loved playing with watermelon and whatever the black kind of radish are called.  

 

On the yoga front, I'm debating on whether to add more into my routine again or not -- damn Instagram yogis have me really wanting to focus on learning how to do cool shit ... but I also need to just work on overall fitness ... and I still want to do a damn pull-up this summer ... and I need to not completely kill myself given how full of a race schedule I have this summer. 

 

I WANTTODOALLTHETHINGSRIGHTNOW

[darkfoxx]

Week 6 Weekend Wrap-up + Grading

 

Workout

 

I got all my week 6 workouts in - and walked a fair amount this weekend. 

 

A overall for challenge.

 

Metrics

 

I wasn't perfect this weekend, but I wasn't the most horrible ever. 

 

A overall for challenge.

 

Other Shit

 

I got a little knitting done this weekend - finished 1 project & on to another. 

 

A overall for challenge. 

 

+4 STR, +4 DEX, +2 STA, +1 CON, +2 WIS, +2 CHA

[darkfoxx]

New Challenge Thread Is Up

[Fonzico]

A, A, AAAA, I said a AAAAAA! So ridiculously consistent, I love it! You are amazing.