Spezzy's Everything Zen Challenge... take two

[spezzy]

Hey, sorry to hear about the sleep issue. I've been there, done that, seen my own sleep doctor, and now gave to wear sunglasses outside before 8.30 am and after 1 pm.

I also have a sexy pair of orange safety glasses to cut the blue light at night. But, it totally works.

Hope your doc solves your issue, too!

Also, more Madi pics pls. K thx bye

 

 

I got a pair of those sexy orange glasses too, and have an orange light at night by my bed to read by. 

 

I'll be sure to pester you about eating enough at camp. Also, I hope the sleep doc has good things to say that we do not need any further sad beeps.

 

yay thank you  

 

F.lux is your friend for night time computering.

 

 

i love flux! i just wish i could get it for my phone

 

Oooh headspace.  Every time I do the Take 10 I really want to subscribe to the full thing.  You're digging it? Worth the price? 

 

YES. It's really cheap if you think about it. That being said, I haven't had to pay for it yet (I've been gifted a few free months ) but when they are up I will be signing up without question.

[spezzy]

Also, more Madi pics pls. K thx bye

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[maigrey]

<3 !

[spezzy]

Okay, so updates!

Here is my daily update template:

 

1) Headspace:

 

2) Train smart:

a) Lifting

Rehab

c) Stretching

 

3) Diet: 

 

4) Productivity

a) adult task:

work at desk at least 75% of day?

c) phone in other room?

d) On time for all scheduled things?

e) Apartment clean?

 

NOTES:

 

MONDAY - 

1) Headspace: yes

 

2) Train smart:

a) Lifting Squat - in new shoes! 255x4x3, Front Squat - 60kgx3x8, Accessory

Rehab - yes

c) Stretching - yes

 

3) Diet: started tracking. I'm bad at this.

 

4) Productivity

a) adult task: I did a full day of work and it was a holiday.

work at desk at least 75% of day? yes

c) phone in other room? 50% of the time?

d) On time for all scheduled things? about 10 mins late for gym.

e) Apartment clean? nope!

 

NOTES:  slept well

 

TUESDAY - 

 

1) Headspace: yes. 2x

 

2) Train smart:

a) Lifting: off day

Rehab: none

c) Stretching: yes

 

3) Diet: yes. at 8pm realized I had only gotten in 1200 calories so ate another 800 or so even though I was full.

 

4) Productivity

a) adult task: booked my flight to nationals (eep!)

work at desk at least 75% of day? yes. 

c) phone in other room? for about 50%

d) On time for all scheduled things? no scheduled things

e) Apartment clean? wasn't a goal yet

 

WEDNESDAY

1) Headspace: yes, first thing in the morning too!

 

2) Train smart:

a) Lifting: bench, 165x2x3, 155x2x3, deadlift 370x3x3, 315x1x3, press 90x1x8, 95x1x8, 95x1x5  ( ), hip thrusts

Rehab: yup!

c) Stretching yup!

 

3) Diet: only tracked 50% but did get enough food.

 

4) Productivity

a) adult task: what is this adulting you speak of? wait, no, I reached out to the guy that helped me with my last meet to see if he'd help me with Nats.

work at desk at least 75% of day? yes

c) phone in other room? no

d) On time for all scheduled things? no, 15 minutes late for gym

e) Apartment clean? was not a goal yet

[raptron]

Sunglasses are playing a large role in your schedule. I'm down with that.

[SpecialSundae]

 

3) Diet: yes. at 8pm realized I had only gotten in 1200 calories so ate another 800 or so even though I was full.

 

 

 

There's a little bit of me always a bit jealous when other lifters seem to be able to forget to eat and I'm sitting there going "how much longer 'til I can eat again?" even when I'm not cutting!

[Sam Ashen]

Here I thought I was going to see a thread titled, "Spezzy Sleeps with Doc!"

 

Nice squat gains!  It's nice to see some numbers again.  So if I just lurk quietly, we will see more numbers?

[spezzy]

There's a little bit of me always a bit jealous when other lifters seem to be able to forget to eat and I'm sitting there going "how much longer 'til I can eat again?" even when I'm not cutting!

Yeah, I used to think that too There are a few things going into it though! 

 

Not to make this a "serious past" discussion but part of it is that I still don't really have a proper hunger reflex from my years with bulimia.   And I'm really not food driven anymore, and I wish I was. Like, I don't ever look forward to eating. It's not that I don't like it, but it's not like I get super excited about it.  Right now, food is truly just fuel to me and not something I overly look forward to. I enjoy eating when I'm eating, but that's it. 

 

Soooo those two things together make it easy for me to forget.

 

I DO really enjoy cooking though, so I'd like to learn some cooking skills and maybe get excited about eating again. I made some new recipes over the weekend and that was fun, and I enjoyed eating after. Trying to make an event of it so I can get excited about food again  

[spezzy]

Sunglasses are playing a large role in your schedule. I'm down with that.

 

 

Sunglasses are playing a large role in your schedule. I'm down with that.

 

Here I thought I was going to see a thread titled, "Spezzy Sleeps with Doc!"

 

Nice squat gains!  It's nice to see some numbers again.  So if I just lurk quietly, we will see more numbers?

 

Numbers are relevant this challenge with my upcoming meet  

[SpecialSundae]

Yeah, I used to think that too There are a few things going into it though! 

 

Not to make this a "serious past" discussion but part of it is that I still don't really have a proper hunger reflex from my years with bulimia.   And I'm really not food driven anymore, and I wish I was. Like, I don't ever look forward to eating. It's not that I don't like it, but it's not like I get super excited about it.  Right now, food is truly just fuel to me and not something I overly look forward to. I enjoy eating when I'm eating, but that's it. 

 

Soooo those two things together make it easy for me to forget.

 

I DO really enjoy cooking though, so I'd like to learn some cooking skills and maybe get excited about eating again. I made some new recipes over the weekend and that was fun, and I enjoyed eating after. Trying to make an event of it so I can get excited about food again

 

We actually have pretty similar "serious past" issues, but I never lost the hunger reflex... or, unfortunately, the urge to purge. Tracking seems to be the only thing that really keeps me on track. Possibly something I need to deal with in the future.

 

I'm glad that you're starting to get excited about cooking and eating again, though.

[spezzy]

We actually have pretty similar "serious past" issues, but I never lost the hunger reflex... or, unfortunately, the urge to purge. Tracking seems to be the only thing that really keeps me on track. Possibly something I need to deal with in the future.

 

I'm glad that you're starting to get excited about cooking and eating again, though.

 

Every once in a while I get hungry and I'm like "OMGOMGOMG EVERYONE MY STOMACH IS GROWLING!" and I get super excited because it's SLOWLY coming back

 

The urge to purge I feel as if it's a lot like smoking for me. The thoughts of "you should do that" still come, but it's easier as time goes by to brush them off and tell myself no

 

I think if tracking is what works, then keep with it. Tracking > other options And there's nothing wrong with tracking at all.

 

Tracking too much tends to make me obsessive about the numbers, but I've also gotten better about that lately. I'm more tracking macros than anything else and round most things when I weigh so I can't get too obsessive about it. 

[SpecialSundae]

Every once in a while I get hungry and I'm like "OMGOMGOMG EVERYONE MY STOMACH IS GROWLING!" and I get super excited because it's SLOWLY coming back

 

The urge to purge I feel as if it's a lot like smoking for me. The thoughts of "you should do that" still come, but it's easier as time goes by to brush them off and tell myself no

So much this. I fail occasionally at the brushing off, but the thoughts also come less frequently too, which helps.

 

I think if tracking is what works, then keep with it. Tracking > other options And there's nothing wrong with tracking at all.

 

Tracking too much tends to make me obsessive about the numbers, but I've also gotten better about that lately. I'm more tracking macros than anything else and round most things when I weigh so I can't get too obsessive about it.

 

It's a good plan. Macros seem friendlier a lot of the time. 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Sounds like you had a good half of the week. Seeing everyone offer you suggestions about sleep and then seeing you say you had already tried every single one of them made me wonder if anyone had predicted something like that would happen...

[Sam Ashen]

The best advice I can think of from the top of my head is to find something that works.  Then rinse and repeat.

[AugustaAdaByron]

Numbers are relevant this challenge with my upcoming meet

 

In for that!

[spezzy]

THURSDAY:
1) Headspace: 2x

2) Train smart:
a) Lifting off day
b ) Rehab off day
c) Stretching yes

3) Diet: 
 ate enough, yes

4) Productivity
a) adult task: I cleaned the kitchen first thing in the morning
b )  work at desk at least 75% of day? YES
c) phone in other room? YES
d) On time for all scheduled things? YES
e) Apartment clean? working on it
 

FRIDAY: 
1) Headspace: did first thing, so can already say yes
2) Train smart: 
a) Lifting - Beltless squats, 240x2x5, beltless 3 second pause 135x5x3, cambered bar good mornings, bodyweight lunges, calves
b ) Rehab - yes
c) Stretching - will do later!

3) Diet: 

4) Productivity
a) adult task: I cleaned the bathroom first thing this morning
b )  work at desk at least 75% of day? doing now!
c) phone in other room?
d) On time for all scheduled things? yes
e) Apartment clean?  working on it!

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Lots of yes's and some smileys, looks good!

[nightlight]

Oh hello.

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[matty_mcfly]

Jealous of all you fuckers going to camp. Here to live vicariously thru you and simultaneously hate

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[Chen Wangting]

i love flux! i just wish i could get it for my phone

There are similar apps. For my android phone i use an app called twilight. I'm pretty sure there are some apps for the iphone as well.

[maigrey]

actually, I just saw that f.lux has an app for iphone/ipad!  https://justgetflux.com/ios.html

[Shukar]

Requires a jailbroken phone, which isn't the greatest alternative but is what you can expect from iPhone for the near future at least on this matter.

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Linux has an app called Redshift that does the same thing. 

[nightlight]

i love headspace.

[bigm141414]

i love headspace.

 

Everytime I see headspace I immediately start singing some Cranberries: 

 

"In your hheeead! In your heeeeeead! Spezzzy! Spezzzy! Spezzzzy-y-y! "