The Return of the Kraken!

[Adrianne]

 

It's time to get on the famous bandwagon again! And I'm PUMPED!!!! Things has been hectic for the last couple of months but I'm finally ready to do this! I'm going to keep it simple this time around also - just going to have two goals.

 

1. RUNNING! 3 times per week I will go for a jog/run/brisk walk and I WILL love it! (I actually have a race 19th of May I'm training for)
2. FOOD! I will limit my intake of sugar to two days/week. This includes everything that isn't "food". So candy, sweets, chips, soda, you name it.

 

And you know what? I will love it! I will also try to post pictures on here as much as I can. I will also be signing and checking off running and food as much as I can. Feel free to take a sneakpeak into my main questline also.

 

Let me just say - BRING IT!

 

[Sylvaa]

So glad you decided to join the Adventurer's! (I saw your post in the weight loss forum and loved your engagement story!)

 

Love the two goals. Sometimes keeping things simple is so nice after everything has been crazy for a while. 

 

What race are you doing on the 19th?

[Adrianne]

On 2016-05-06 at 8:33 PM, Sylvaa said:

So glad you decided to join the Adventurer's! (I saw your post in the weight loss forum and loved your engagement story!)

 

Love the two goals. Sometimes keeping things simple is so nice after everything has been crazy for a while. 

 

What race are you doing on the 19th?

Hey! Thank you! Yeah, after alot of thinking back and forth I decided to go adventurer. I mean I like so many different things I might as well just stick around here for a bit. And thank you for the feedback on the main questline! I'm glad you like it. ^^

 

Yeah, Godess knows it has been hectic for a bit now, so keeping it simple is all I need.

 

The race is a 5-10 km race here in Sweden that is done in a whole lot of cities in the spring, Blodomloppet. It's an awareness thing for blood-doners. So me and my dad did it last year and then we felt like wth, let's just do it again! I got around then on the 5 km at 52 min, my goal this year is to just cut down maybe 5 minutes of that time. But we'll see! I'm psyced over it at least.

 

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So first day yesterday. It went really good actually! No running but I did that on saturday and will do today when I get home. I did however spend the whole day with a friend of mine that was having a yard-sale so that was fun. And no sweets! I did Very very well I think. I drank alot of water and tried to stay away from the sun. We had the warmest day of the year yesterday so far here...25°C, that is about 77°F. It was HOT!!!! And I thought I had dressed enough to not get burnt but...yeah...no. That didn't really work out.

 

 

So yeah. I managed to burn myself pretty bad. I'm dizzy today and had a hard time sleeping because of the pain. But with some aloe I was hoping it would go down but I guess i messed up the skin kinda bad....it sucks.

 

Ohwell! Today I have planned to go for a 5 km run/jog/walk when I come home in the evening. Hopefully the weather is a bit cooler today so I won't die. But hey, sweating is good for getting out toxins I have heard.

 

Besides that I have an appointment with my dietitian today for a check up, it was supposed to be next week but since I signed up for a introduction to the local crossfit box (yay they opened one at home! ) I managed to switch dates for weigh-in. So just a week between this and the last one but hey, I can deal with that just fune. And right now working out feels so much more up on that list of things I want to do I'm just gonna go for it. I figure that the more I work out the more I burn, right?

 

Food-wise then. Eh. *shrugs* I've been struggeling with it. Alot. But I know what works for me - mealprep. If I got nutters one night and do a shitload of food and just have it in the fridge, ready to go, that works the absolute best for me. Today I have no lunchbox with me so I have no idea what I'll do about that. Maybe I'll just get a sallad. Yeah. I think that is what I will do. But tonight I'll try to cook up as much as I can. I'm craving chicken. Hmm...we'll see what I do with it. I'll get back to ya with pictures and an update on how things has been going.

 

Ciao!

 

[Adrianne]

Fooood!!!! Yeah...about that. Just a small update about that to leave room for what I really want to tell you guys.

Yesterday I forgot myself and had an icecream on my way home from work...*cough* Yeah...that happened. But that just leaves one more time this week and it is what it is! I can still do it. So I'm not stressed out about that at all.

 

And about running....I fucking KILLED yestedays run!!!! KILLED IT I TELL YOU!!!!!!

Ok...so a bit of background - when I realised I wanted to run, about a year ago, and started working on it I could just get between two street lamps and then I felt like I would die. But I kept at it. And then I let the running lay on the shelf for a while and picked up crossfit instead. And I loved it! Aaaaand then my hip started acting up and I haven't been able to move that well at all between december and february. I've just been trying to walk more and keep active as good as I can. But then I got help for it and started trying to run again in march when the pain had let up enough. And yesterday....yesteday I killed it. I took a 5 km route around the place where I live and then I just started jogging. Not fast or anything but you know, doing something different then walking. And I scouted out a mailbox I wanted to jog to. Ok, got to that one, try to those trees over there......... To the end of the fence....... To the other lamppost, you can do it!.......to that bend in the road...........and so on. And before I knew it I had been running for 1 whole song on my phone, so about 3,50 min. And I wasn't dead! Tiered, sure, but not dead. So I kept on going. Another fence.............another bend in the road...........another sign........another house..........until I realised I had been going for TWO WHOLE SONGS!!!! I had been jogging for 6+ min in one sweep. I almost broke out in tears right then and there.

 

For ME this is huge. Fucking huge. With my weight and my busted foot...this is like me climbing a mountain. So I'm so proud of myself I don't know what to say.

 

[Adrianne]

Talk about epic fail yesterday. First off all I didn't sleep that well and was tiered as a mofo when the day was over. But hey, I was going running! And that I was excited about. Second time out this week man, you know like....awesome. Just awesome.

 

So I get home, I play a bit with the kitties and pick out the clothes I want to use when running. Yeah, I'm one of those girls - have multiple choises when it comes to workoutclothes. What can I say? They are comfy as fuck and make my butt look fenomenal.

Anyways! I pick out what I want and then I change. And as I'm getting ready to get out and go the phone rings. It's the mother-in-law. We were supposed to run together. And here she is, telling me she forgot and had a beer and can't drive to my place to get going. Sure as hell I'm bummed out by this but heck, I can go by myself!

 

So out I go - only to find that after I have take three tiny steps the heavens opens up and pukes water on me. Ah. Yes. Rain. Finally.... *sighs* So I just had to turn my butt around and go inside. I don't mind running or being outside when it's just a little rain but when it almost rains from underneath me? NOPE! I'm out!

 

So I ended up having dinner with the man and watched the lates episode of GOT. After that I played a bit of games with a friend that wasn't feeling to well. And yeah. That was my night. Not like I expected but it turned out good anyways. I got to bed earlier then normal, that is a good thing.

 

So today there will be no working out. I have to stay at my job for a few more hours then normal bacause the boss asked me too and then off to IKEA to get the last of the furniture for the new house. Hope we can finish that in time....

[deftona]

So much awesome here, it looks like I stumbled in at the right time! 

 

Excellent work on the running, it feels so amazing when you notice such a huge positive shift in your abilities! And don't worry about missing the run when it threw it down with rain - there will be days like this and not soaking your running shoes through is probably nice and sensible so you can run the next day! It's a great idea to meal prep a big batch of healthy food to take the emotion out of picking what to eat when you're hungry because if you're anything like me you will eat ALL OF THE THINGZ! instead of the good, nice food you should be eating! 

 

Following along Adrianne! (And IKEA is my spiritual home although I imagine Swedish meatballs are less exciting when you're actually Swedish!) 

[Adrianne]

25 minutes ago, deftona said:

So much awesome here, it looks like I stumbled in at the right time! 

 

Excellent work on the running, it feels so amazing when you notice such a huge positive shift in your abilities! And don't worry about missing the run when it threw it down with rain - there will be days like this and not soaking your running shoes through is probably nice and sensible so you can run the next day! It's a great idea to meal prep a big batch of healthy food to take the emotion out of picking what to eat when you're hungry because if you're anything like me you will eat ALL OF THE THINGZ! instead of the good, nice food you should be eating! 

 

Following along Adrianne! (And IKEA is my spiritual home although I imagine Swedish meatballs are less exciting when you're actually Swedish!) 

 

ERMAGERD! All the feels! Welcome to this journey, I'm glad to have you! And yes, when I'm hungry I could eat a horse - no joke. I blame my viking-genes for that. A valkyria needs to eat eh? But these two weeks will be insane, we are moving into our first real house at the end of may so right now it is all down to - sleep, eat, work, eat, work at house, sleep, rinse and repeat. And as long as I stay away from all the crap food I'll consider that a success. And that I did. My bf asked if I wanted some fudge and I said no in like 0,5 sec flat. So I have the mindset down. But then...after the move....omg! All the delish food I will cook in my...erhm, OUR i mean ofc *angelface* new kitchen will be AHMAZING!!!!

 

And IKEA meatballs kinda suck. I prefer my own better. And not in the dirty way. 

[Sylvaa]

I completely understand not running in the rain! A little bit is nice and refreshing, but the flood gates opening is just a pain (particularly if you are like me and wear glasses).

 

Yay for Ikea (you missed the story of taking a trailer to Ikea for when we moved back home)! You will have so much fun cooking healthy stuff in your brand new kitchen!

[Adrianne]

52 minutes ago, Sylvaa said:

I completely understand not running in the rain! A little bit is nice and refreshing, but the flood gates opening is just a pain (particularly if you are like me and wear glasses).

 

Yay for Ikea (you missed the story of taking a trailer to Ikea for when we moved back home)! You will have so much fun cooking healthy stuff in your brand new kitchen!

 

Omg I know! WHY haven't someone invited whindshieldwhipers for glasses yet is beyond me. They would make oh so much filthy money it's insane. Or like heat in the rim to counter fogging of the glasses? Oh well, I think I'll have to figure this out on my own.

 

Oooh trailer to IKEA. Yeah...that happens for us to. Like...alot. And yes I will have alot of fun cooking in our new kitchen! Pictures will be coming up as soon as we are done so you gais can see the differences.

[Adrianne]

So yesterday was a disaster. A complete and utter disaster. And not in the "haha things didn't really go my way but it still worked out"-kind of way but really...disaster.

 

I've put up a long-ass post on my main challenge, you can click the link below that says wedding and get to it. I'll just have you gais that are interested read about it there.

[Sylvaa]

Oh noes!

 

I can completely relate to the stress of moving and working and all the rest - it is so hard on everyone involved. I am glad that you have a supportive fiance' who is able to understand that it's just hard. 

 

Step back, take a deep breath, and realize that this won't last forever (I know, easier said than done)!

[Adrianne]

5 hours ago, Sylvaa said:

Oh noes!

 

I can completely relate to the stress of moving and working and all the rest - it is so hard on everyone involved. I am glad that you have a supportive fiance' who is able to understand that it's just hard. 

 

Step back, take a deep breath, and realize that this won't last forever (I know, easier said than done)!

 

Yeah....I'l trying to. Alot of shit is going down now and the last few weeks has been horrible. But I hope I can get through it with my sanity and relationship intact (some studies show that a renovation is super stressful for a relationship...duh!) and not kill myself or someone else in the process. My intern thou...is kinda close to getting hid in a closet and forgotten about....

[Adrianne]

HAI GAIS!

So I just.....IIIIIHK!!!!! Just as crappy as the day was on wednesday yesterday was awesome! And today I just....have....so much happiness all over! What a bit of good sleep and another personal record can do for your mood.

 

Yaas! You heard me right!!! ANOTHER personal record was made yesterday on the run!

 

So I got out and did the 5,5 km long route around my house. Like I wrote earlier my time last year at the race was 51 min on 5 km. So my goal this year was to make it around on 45 min or less. And you know what? Yesterday I killed it! Got around 5,5 km on 42 min!!!! Argh I feel so fantastic!!!!! And I still have just had sweets once this week so that is fucking awesome too. I just feel so fantastic it is insane! Maybe the endorfins are a bit slow on me but yeah. Tonight I will probably get something to just love the end of the week because I have mad friday-vibes today!

 

Oh yeah...and this is for you awesome gais that stick with me through this all and just to NerdFitness in general. I have made some really good friends here and I can't wait to get to Camp NerdFitness in 2017!!! So this is for all of you, that show support and ask how I'm doing. Löööv joo (love you in swenglish ) !!!

 

 

[Adrianne]

*yaaaaawns*

 

So the weekend came and left. Way too soon if you ask me but I guess noone really is....otherwise it would still be here. *grumpy and in a horrible monday mood*

But that is fine. Let me see, what happened this weekend..... oh yeah! Saturday I did a slow run/walk because I wasn't really feeling my best. But I still did 5 km in under 1 hour so that is all good. Food has been going good actually. I had sweets two times last week so I'm proud of myself for that. *pats back*

 

Do I have anything else right now to talk about? Nah, not really. It's monday. And I hate mondays. I just want to curl up in bed with my kitties and a good book and some tea. Plus it is raining here....I have this sinking feeling that last week was all the summer we are going to get this year.....

 

More fun posts coming this week, I promise. OH! Yeah! I almost forgot! I have an appointment with my dietitian on wednesday to just see how things are and then thursday there is da race. Yaaay! Can't wait to see what time I get around on this year. Over and out!

[Adrianne]

Yooo!

 

So monday...yesterday...really WAS a horrible day! Had to leave work at 2 pm because of aweful migraines. Spent the afternoon in bed, slept between 4 pm and 7 pm, got up and had something to eat and went back to bed. Slept the whole night. Feel like a new person today. o.O Yay for that!

 

Because of this I didn't do any running yesterday. I will get a run in today though most probably, but we will see how I feel after this afternoon. Have an appointment with my therapist and fingers crossed it works out fine. If I'm a total emotional wreck when I get home I might just try to get some packing done. And speaking of packing....apparently my man took down all the stuff we had in the attic last night when I was sleeping. I walked into a sea of stuff this morning in the livingroom. Heck, it is going to take a while to get through all of that. And then I realise it's like 1/5 of all the stuff we own. Mamma mia....this is going to be a bumby ride.

 

And I yesterdays post I lied! The appointment with the dietitian is today! Wish me luck! Also, long-ass post in main questline (and alot of pics of house). Go check it out.

[Adrianne]

YAY!!! Just got out of the dietitians office and I'm down another 1,8 kg, or 3.15 lbs, in a week. I'm killing the game right now! *proud* 

[Adrianne]

Sooo yes. Yesterday I did, purpously, a little shorter run. But I did...ERMAGERD! HILL-SPRINTS!!! *gasps*

 

Ok, I'll calm down. It's not as epic as it sounds. But hey...for me it was epic as fudge! Basically the local church in on top of a little but steap hill and I thought to myself - "I don't have the endurance to do long distance today, maaaaybe I should try some upp-hill intervalls?" 1/3 of my brain went: "Nooes, don't do it! It's a tarp!" but the rest of my brain went into, I dunno...bitch-ass Valkyrie-mode and screamed of the glory of my anscesters........ and off I went. 

 

I did 10 rounds, running as fast as I could upp hill and then walk slowly downhill. The first round I almost died so I realised that even if I wanted to hulk out and kill that hill it wasn't going to work. At all. So I slowed down my pace to a moderate jog instead, hey I mean upphill is still upphill, amiright? And I did it. I fucking did it! Feel wonderfully sore today and almost regretting my workout coming up at the local crossfit gym today. But only almost.

 

 

And tomorrow it is the race! Wish me luck gais!

 

 

[deftona]

Ooooh, good luck for the race, I am sure you'll smash it!

[Sylvaa]

Can't wait to hear how your race goes / went (man, time zones are funky things)!

 

First of all, loved the pictures of the house! Everything looks awesome!

 

Second of all, I am loving the enthusiasm and the challenge and everything! 

[Adrianne]

2 hours ago, Sylvaa said:

Can't wait to hear how your race goes / went (man, time zones are funky things)!

 

First of all, loved the pictures of the house! Everything looks awesome!

 

Second of all, I am loving the enthusiasm and the challenge and everything! 

 

No shit, tell me about it! My best friend moved to Minnesota about 3 years back and our communications now are shot to pieces. When she says good morning I'm usually eating dinner and vice versa. It's a mess. I was planning on going to see her though next year at the same time as I go to camp NF. I miss her like crazy. :'(

 

Why thank you! Considering how much we have busted ass to get it all into order I really hope it looks good.  We still have the lower floor to deal with but hey...one thing at a time. And considering we had to tear out the whole kitchen and bathroom plus do a shitton of electrical stuff (yay for things in walls you can't see but they still need to be fixed...) it is looking very good. Next weekend we move. Even if it isn't done. But hey, it will work out! *nervous twitching of eyelid*

 

As to the enthusiasm - I need it. I need to put my heart out there and be honest with how I'm feeling. I've always been slow on telling people how I feel, really feel, so this is good practice for me. And heck, it makes for a much more interesting read, don't you think?

 

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I did it!  My first crossfit class in over 6 months! And I did it!!! So ok, I live in a VERY small town, very very small. And I used to do crossfit in the city I work but they I got the whole stuff with my hip and I could barely walk without pain. When it was at its worst I couldn't even walk. I was in pain just getting into and out of bed. Yay for that peroiod of my life - not. *rolls eyes*

But I got better. I started walking more and upped my step-goal to 16000 per day. It was hard some days but most of the times I crushed it. And I went into rehab for my hip. Got a cortison-injection finally and a few trips to the massage-lady and I was feeling better. So I started trying to jog. Always listening to the body. And slowly but surely I got better. I started working my back at the gym with just stationary machines, being very careful. And then, one day...it didn't hurt anymore. So I started running. Or at least working on running. But I missed the feel of lifting heavy things. 

 

*deep sigh* Ok so the deal with me is that I will never be skinny. I might be thinner then I am now but I will never be skinny in any shape or form. But that is because I'm built like a Valkyrie! I have broad sholders, hips that was made to bare at least 12 babies and I'm tall. And I don't WANT to be skinny! I want to be fit! I want to be able to look at my arms and know that I can lift a truck or something.  And this feeling is what got me into crossfit from the get go. It was a varried form of working out and I love that. 

 

So I missed the community, the workouts and how I felt after. I looked up to join my old gym again but then I heard, by fluke, about the local little place they had opened. And I just had to try! And tonight I did it. I went, again, and I still love it. I'm the biggest there but I don't care. I can't do half the stuff the rest of them do but I don't care. I did kettlebell squats when the rest of them did high bar squats. I. DON'T. CARE!!!! I went and I was there. I did it! I even finished Fran! And I HATE Fran. The workout, not the person. Basically it's a set of 21-15-9 with high bar squats and pull ups. So first 21 squats, then 21 pull ups, then 15 squats and so on. And you are supposed to do it as fast as you can. I did squats onto a bench with just a 16 lbs kettlebell that I alternated hand with and then I did ring row. And I finished. I fucking finished. 

 

Achievement granted. Stubborn as fuck.  

 

OH! And I also tried box jumps for the first time in my life today! I stayed loooooooow, but I did that too. And the jump wasn't half as scary as the actually thought of the jump. If that makes any sence. Now! If you excuse me I'll go stuff my face with some fried rise and chicken. Love yo faces! <3 

 

 

[Adrianne]

I'm so sore today it isn't even funny. And I have no idea in hell how I'll manage to run tonight! But I'll manage, somehow. I know what time I need to beat and beat it I will! Game face on!

 

Regarding food I'm doing ok. I had sweets on tuseday (if I remember correctly) but that still leaves one more day for me to enjoy something. I might do that tonight after the race but I'm not sure. We'll see how I feel. In any case - only a few hours left! I'll try to get a good picture of it all but I make no promises.

[Adrianne]

Ok, so that challenge came and went. And how the hell do I grade myself? Any tips from you gais that has been doing this for so long?

[deftona]

I always grade 100% if I did everything I set out to do, and grade downwards for less than ideal results. I allow score boosts for effort, or coming through adversity too. Be fair and kind to yourself with your gradings though, this shit is hard work! 

[Adrianne]

19 minutes ago, deftona said:

I always grade 100% if I did everything I set out to do, and grade downwards for less than ideal results. I allow score boosts for effort, or coming through adversity too. Be fair and kind to yourself with your gradings though, this shit is hard work! 

 

Yeah, I'll try to be kind to myself. But I mean..how many points do I get to put out? How much do I actually "lvl" up during these things? I've always found the information around it confusing. :/ But thank you for your quick answer!

[deftona]

7 minutes ago, Adrianne said:

 

Yeah, I'll try to be kind to myself. But I mean..how many points do I get to put out? How much do I actually "lvl" up during these things? I've always found the information around it confusing. :/ But thank you for your quick answer!

 

They have actually changed the RPG side of it and have moved on to the Character Creation way of doing things but those of us who have been here since before that tend to carry it on. I didn't realise this is what you were asking! But they used to say for each challenge there were a total of 15 stat points available for you to attribute as you see fit. For 100% I would award the whole 15, scaled down as relevant for less that perfect performance and I would stack to points towards where I have made the most improvement or effort. For example, my mileage and lifting goals were good last challenge so I gave more points to STA and STR. I also learned a lot so I gave myself extra WIS points. 

 

As for your overall level, you gain +1 per successfully completed challenge. I am currently on my 21st challenge, but we used to gain 2 levels with our first challenge and I failed one of my challenges so I am level 21.