Lilith’s Epically Epic Quest (AND GOATZ)

[raptron]

Toes on the floor as lightly as possible or one foot up/alternating for tuck sits are both good progressions. It's a hard one! Lots of coooore! 

[Lilith]

Maybe your p-bars are a little low to the ground? then you'd have to tuck very well to get the hold done. But we get plenty of girls at the gym that simply can't do paralette holds. We start them off assissted by their toes.

Great first day!

They are a bit low to the ground. Quite similar to what Ryan (the GMB dude) uses. I saw higher ones but I tried to get them as similar as possible to his. Assisted on toes sounds like a good option. Then gradually take more weight off the toes until I don't need them anymore, right? 

 

EEE! Goats! The best! 

:D 

 

 

 

Yaaaaay! Great start! I love the way you're breaking everything down. That hunger scale is such a good idea! You're gonna rock this challenge, for sure

I really hope so  

 

I love your food scale!! I usually vacillate between a 2 and 6. XDDDD

 

 

That's not too bad at all! Shows you never really stuff yourself!

 

How do you do the front dips? Do you raise the parallettes? Are you touching the floor at all or just

 

Also that workout is all intensive for the push muscles around your shoulders. Push-ups somewhat, but especially dips and planks. I think you were tired by the time you got to the tuck hold. Maybe next time, try it first after warming up when you're fresh. Then do the push-ups, dips and plank, probably in that order.

I did not raise the paralettes, just left them as is. I start with my feet in front of me and then I try to 'hang' but then my feet always touch the floor and even my butt is very low. I might definitely have had tired shoulders, I will work on the tuck hold first for the next workout!

 

Toes on the floor as lightly as possible or one foot up/alternating for tuck sits are both good progressions. It's a hard one! Lots of coooore! 

I will definitely try the toe one KB Girl mentioned it too, and the alternating is a good progression from that! 

 

 

Thanks guys, I knew you would come up with clever things I'm actually really excited for the tuck hold especially because I can't do it. I want to be able to! That glorious L-Sit far in the distance is so tempting!

[Mad Hatter]

I don't have anything more useful to add so here are some goats.

 

[KB Girl]

Right!

[Lilith]

Week 1 Tuesday

Paralettes 1 done.

Active rest day so I did their leg module. I only did three sets for now, because I wanted to really practice the movement. Turns out I can’t do squat rollups. So I tried just pushing myself up with my hands, I suppose that’s okay?

 

Hunger Scale + Food Choices

6:27 - 4

~6:40 - 6 (because I ate clementines and crabsticks)

10:04 - 5

10:45 - 5

12:36 - 4

13:30 - 4

14:08 - 6 (just done eating sushi)

16:43 - 6 (maybe because I'm drinking so much tea )

18:27 - 4

19:00 - 6 (ate some ciabatta with olives baked in)

19:43 - 6

21:11 - 5

Hunger Scale grade: 10. Look at that guys! Stellar improvement over yesterday, it’s all green!

Food Choices grade: 7. So not as good as yesterday, even though the lunch was arguably healthier (sushi versus chinese) but hey that doesn’t count. The thing is, I was supposed to eat some tomatoes, and instead I went to the boulangerie and got ciabattas that I adore but it really was the kind of buy I knew I wasn’t supposed to make. Still, it wasn’t too bad and I didn’t stuff myself so I’m quite happy!

 

[obax]

What a great start! Paralettes ARE fun, I want to use mine more when my shoulder is up for it, but that'll be for later challenges.

[Lilith]

Oh yes I'm only just starting but already enjoying it immensily! But the soreness wow! 

[Mad Hatter]

Hehe. Is the next session tomorrow?

[Lilith]

The next session would have been today, but I skipped it for tomorrow. Like seriously I tried and it hurt like really badly. And I'm quite good at working through pain with lifting but my poor shoulders... So yeah. Tomorrow morning it is! Added bonus is that my rest day will be on a monday from now on instead of sunday which I like better. Means one morning before work where I don't have to get up early to workout! 

[Mad Hatter]

Good job for trying! But sometimes a break really is in order. Hope it will go better tomorrow!

[annyshay]

So hardcore.  Taking notes... I bet P1 is in my future.

[lucky fire dragon]

woweee, you are off to an amazing start and that p1 sounds incredibly tough and exciting! Love the spirit you tackle it with   

 

That hunger scale is brilliant and you are doing AWESOME on it, how cool!

Wheee keep rocking goatstar, you will get super strrrrrrrrrrrong

 

[Elastigirl]

Great job of paying attention to your hunger signals

[Nnimn]

I've been stalking your challenge for a while just cause I grew up on a goats farm n couldn't resist.  But I really like how your quantifying your hunger and keeping such careful track.I think it's an awesome idea -it's so common to confuse emotionally "needing" food for physically needing it. 

 

And of course here's this:

Singing banjo-playing spinning goat....see, they're so awesome they can do ANYthing...

[Lightning]

Not sure why it took me so long to find this!  I really like the hunger scale.  I think it's pretty smart to place the focus on satiety. 

 

Super cool that you are doing Paralettes!  What's also cool is that I actually know what that is!  Got to love GMB.

[Lilith]

woweee, you are off to an amazing start and that p1 sounds incredibly tough and exciting! Love the spirit you tackle it with   

 

That hunger scale is brilliant and you are doing AWESOME on it, how cool!

Wheee keep rocking goatstar, you will get super strrrrrrrrrrrong

 

Hah, not the entire week has been awesome about it. But I will go into more detail about that tomorrow!

 

I've been stalking your challenge for a while just cause I grew up on a goats farm n couldn't resist.  But I really like how your quantifying your hunger and keeping such careful track.I think it's an awesome idea -it's so common to confuse emotionally "needing" food for physically needing it. 

 

And of course here's this:

Singing banjo-playing spinning goat....see, they're so awesome they can do ANYthing...

Yes I found so too. The most remarkable thing for me was that it was sometimes HARD to know what I was feeling. That sounds so stupid but really. I 'listen' to my belly. And then I know it doesn't say I'm starving or super full because that I notice. But then the little differences? It really shows how little I paid attention to it before! Basically I just reacted to 'wow I'm really hungry' or 'okay I'm really full' and mostly I just reacted to 'that looks tasty and I think it still fits in my belly'. 

 

Not sure why it took me so long to find this!  I really like the hunger scale.  I think it's pretty smart to place the focus on satiety. 

 

Super cool that you are doing Paralettes!  What's also cool is that I actually know what that is!  Got to love GMB.

Haha I know what you mean, so many people do so many cool things I've never heard about. Anyway yes yes yes got to love GMB <3 And hate it. My shoulders. My arms. I'm dead.

 

 

 

 

Okay so there's been some suckiness inserted this week. My landlady was again acting like my archenemy.

 

First of all, I came home from the holidays to notice my screen was dirty, looked like something was sprayed on. I couldn't get it off. (it's still on there actually but it's rather subtle, so I can still like, see the contents of the screen.) Then the landlady came and was being angry about hairs in the shower (again, apparently she is running out of new things to complain about). You see there's a new girl so I suppose she didn't know it yet.

 

Anyway, I was a bit fed up anyway because the same day she ALSO removed all my stuff from the two small places in the shelf in my room that are mine (the rest are filled with her books) and put it somewhere else to take pictures of the room for the website. I don't have anything secret stashed there but still I REALLY dislike that in my absence she touches my stuff, puts it all in bags and dumps it somewhere. I was ESPECIALLY touchy about the fact that my laptop, of all the stuff, ended up on the bottom of the pile. It's not made of porcelain, sure, but you know, I like it to not break. And then she leaves a note that basically said "thanks for understanding I moved your stuff" No I DON'T understand, because you DIDN'T ask. But meh. 

 

So I asked her about the screen, maybe she put some cleaning stuff on it per accident when cleaning the table or something? 

 

Big mistake. Like, this was at the beginning of the week and she's still giving me shit for it being angry and saying how it was ridiculous I accused her of something she didn't do. (no seriously, the hypocricy since I get blamed for every speck of dust everywhere) And I can't see how it could be someone else when I left the screen was fine. I'm not crazy. But meh, already regretting that I brought it up. 

 

Then before the holidays she was also already saying I should go out more in the weekend and experience Paris (she phrases it like caring for me and wanting me to enjoy but the underlying tone is more like an order) I went to the christmas market, had a blast and was basically gone for one entire day. This is the next weekend she sees me (because of the holiday) and lo and behold I was super lazy and only got out of my room to shower at 12. (I was awake at like 10 spent two more hours reading in bed). She started talking AGAIN about how I never do anything (which how can she judge from just the saturdaymorning? but sure she was right I wasn't intending to do anything other than laze around) and now she made it much more threatening. Told a story about a girl that stayed here and never went out and always stayed in the room and that the landlady didn't like the behavior and in the end told her to leave. She also used every other argument she could grasp at, like I told her my belly hurts and that my doctor in the Netherlands says I may be lactose intolerant, which I am testing now (by not eating lactose for a while, and this weekend eating lactose on purpose to see if I can induce the horror) and then she manages to say "well you don't look ill to me but if you feel bad it must be because you're not outside enough". Kill me now. So today I went out for about 4 hours. Because I felt forced to. I went to the park, read for an hour. Walked around for a while. Went to a Starbucks because I brought my laptop so I could chat with my boyfriend and watch Downton Abbey. Now I don't say it was a bad time, it was nice. But it was also severely not nice. Because feeling like you're forced to do something kind of sucks the fun out of it. Now I feel like I have to do this every day of every weekend and I DON'T WANT TO. Tomorrow I'll go out for a one hour walk. Which she definitely will feel is too little, but that's as much conceding to keep the peace as I'm willing to do. I have SUPER LONG lab days and I want and need time to just relax. And yes for me that means not going out much every weekend. I am a very boring person apparently. 

 

So this was a huge rant, I'm sorry. 

 

Oh and when I came back home? No word about how I went out. Just that I forgot to close the window when I left. /sigh 

 

Fight the landlady for me, brave goat! 

[lucky fire dragon]

any way you can move?

That is no way to treat your people

[lucky fire dragon]

Also CAN she really kick you out if you decide to stuff it and do your restful weekend anyway, which is totally legit btw

Wonder what would happen if you dared channel your inner goat and ignore her...

[lucky fire dragon]

Maybe those wet tissues used fo r cleaning glasses can clean your screen?

My daughter's kindle fire is often real sticky as she loves eating apples while reading and those tissues help me get her screen clean...

[Lilith]

any way you can move?

That is no way to treat your people

I have been thinking about it but I'm scared. Many living situations are like this, with a landlady living with you. At least if you have the kind of money that I have. Also I'm just scared of going into an other unknown you know?

 

Also CAN she really kick you out if you decide to stuff it and do your restful weekend anyway, which is totally legit btw

Wonder what would happen if you dared channel your inner goat and ignore her...

She can, this is illegal rent. 

 

Also wonder what would happen. I think it's a threat not something serious but how can I know for sure?!

[Lilith]

I will try the glasses tissues! Sounds like a plan! And I know it sounds weak but I do like living here when she is just normal to me, or ignores me. All the rest is great, the internet, the room itself, the area.... 

[lucky fire dragon]

That doesn't sound weak, it's a factor to acknowledge. Still I think it would not harm to keep eyes and ears open for alternatives. You'd cope better than you think, look how well you coped with a whole new country and everything!!

It would just give you some more power back to know there are alternatives. You could still stay where you are, but dealing with her might be easier with that in the back of your mind

Best luck on your screen

[SymphonicDan]

If she threatens to kick you out then you report her for renting illegally - she has more to lose than you. And it sounds like she doesn't listen to what you say, so it's a waste of effort trying to discuss anything with her.

 

Also I wonder whether her real reason she encourages her tenants to go explore the city on the weekend is because she likes having the house to herself more of the time. I bet as soon as you're gone she puts some Spice Girls tunes on real loud and dances around the house dressed up in her favourite 90s outfits.

[Terah]

I bet as soon as you're gone she puts some Spice Girls tunes on real loud and dances around the house dressed up in her favourite 90s outfits.

This must be it LOL

 

 

Wonder what would happen if you dared channel your inner goat and ignore her...

I second this advise. 

[Mad Hatter]

Haha Dan must be right!

 

I'd start ignoring her too. If you don't engage in conversation she won't be able to attack you. If you don't want to go out you really shouldn't just because she says so. Even if it's not your house, it's still your home for the time being and you have to be able to feel like it is during your stay.