Becoming a Padawan

[Kishi]

I know this struggle. Metabolism is weird. It can definitely drive you to eat lots of things, maybe not all of which are so good for you beyond being sources of energy. It sounds like this is pretty common for you, being a weekend thing, so is there any way to have better options ready and available for days like that?

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

I know this struggle. Metabolism is weird. It can definitely drive you to eat lots of things, maybe not all of which are so good for you beyond being sources of energy. It sounds like this is pretty common for you, being a weekend thing, so is there any way to have better options ready and available for days like that?

I'm working on that. Actually, I've been eating more since starting this challenge and it seems to be helping, since I'm making more of an effort to eat actual meals other than supper. This is definitely helping me avoid constant snacking, or eating double to triple portions in the evening.

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[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 28 August 2016

Sleep:  8hr 54min @ 93% efficiency.

Active minutes:  60 minutes

Steps:  5613

Water: 0 glasses

Coffee:  2 mugs

Alcohol: 3 Heinekens, 6 Coney Island Hard Root Beers

Breakfast:  leftover pulled beef bbq sandwich on whole wheat roll

Snack:  None

Lunch:  Shrimp Lo Mein, potato chips, egg roll

Snack:  Cherry Cola Mike & Ike's,  Yellow corn tortilla chips & salsa

Dinner:  Italian pork chops, tortellini with pomodoro sauce, and seasoned green beans.

Activity:

I walked to the liquor store and back.

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 0/105 - I ate like a jackass, and let Squirrel king convince me to drink way too much.

Hydration - 0/105 - choosing alcohol over agua was not a wise decision.

Workout - 0/100 - rest day

Meditation - 15/105 - I got in 5 minutes while I was running my TENS unit on my bad hip.

Gratitude Statements - 15/105

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[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 29 August  2016

Sleep:  3 hr 51 min @ 92% efficiency.

Active minutes:  149 minutes

Steps:  11982

Water:  10 glasses

Coffee:  mugs

Alcohol:  2

Breakfast:  capri sun fruit punch (right after workout), muscle milk, fruit & nut mix bag. (This mainly served to remind me why I don't drink muscle milk.)

Snack:  none

Lunch: Italian pork chop, tortellini

Snack:  pack of nutter butter cookies

Dinner: Hamburger meat in gravy over boiled potatoes and corn

Meditation:  5 minutes, seated.

Workout: 

Taiji CMC/ZMQ 37 posture form:  Skipped

Yoga 1:  Skipped - did about 5 minutes of stretching

Strength Circuit Training w/ 5 lb clubs

1st circuit:

    Indian Club Squats - 1:00 minute

    reps:  19

    Pushups - 1:00 minute

    reps:  10

    Club Weighted Sit-ups - 1:00 minute

    reps:  14

    Indian Club Lunges  (forward) - 1:00 minute

    reps: 9 ea leg

    Plank - 45 seconds

Indian clubs @ 5 lbs:

    Wrist/Shoulder rotations - 1:00 min

    External Alternating Mills - 1:00 min

    Internal Alternating Mills - 1:00 min

    Club Constant Bear  - 1:00 min

    Arm Cross Swings - 1:00 min

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 15/105 (I behaved on snacking)

Hydration - 15/105

Workout - 20/100

Meditation - 30/105

Gratitude Statements - 30/105

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[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 30 August 2016


Sleep:  2hr 30min @ 92% efficiency recorded - yet I went to bed at 10:00 ish and woke up around 4:45 am - since the galaxy gear uses motion sensors to determine sleep periods I must have been seriously restless.

Active minutes:  168 minutes

Steps:  12705

Water:  6 glasses
Coffee:  2 mugs
Alcohol: double Jameson rocks

Breakfast:  imperial nuts fruit & nut mix, two blueberry bagels (Panera) w/ hazelnut cream cheese (Tuesday is bagel day at work, the department manager always buys bagels for the meeting)
Snack:  None
Lunch:  Pro^2 Snax apple slices, mild cheddar, cashew snack pack.
Snack: None
Dinner: Chicken legs and pasta with vegetables - strawberry death icebox cake.

Meditation: 5 minutes seated

Workout:

25 minutes yoga - 5 minutes club swings w/ short staffs.

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 30/105
Hydration - 30/105
Workout - 40/100
Meditation - 45/105

Gratitude Statements - 45/105

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 31  August  2016

Sleep:  5 hr 50 min @ 95% efficiency.

Active minutes:  140 minutes

Steps:  12028

Water:  10 glasses

Coffee:  2 mugs

Alcohol:  2 pints of Becks (didn't actually finish the second)

Post Workout:  chicken leg, gatorade protein shake

Breakfast:  imperial nuts fruit & nut blend

Snack:  Butterfinger cups

Lunch: Fruit tray carrots, grapes, & apples

Snack:  2 packs of mini donuts (stress eating)

Dinner: pork chops, spinach (canned), homemade chicken flavored rice.

Meditation:  missed.

Workout: 

Indian clubs @ 5 lbs:

    Wrist/Shoulder rotations - 1:00 min

    Single club alternating mills w/ switch - 5:00 min

    Club Constant Bear  - 1:00 min

    Arm Cross Swings - 1:00 min

    Front swings with twirl - 1:00 min

    Front and Back swings - 1:00 min

Yoga 2: 

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 30/105 (no points - stress eating)

Hydration - 45/105

Workout - 60/100 (I may not have done my full workout but effort was made)

Meditation - 45/105

Gratitude Statements - 60/105

I let stress get to me yesterday - I used to run for more coffee when I felt stressed out, now I'm running for mini-donuts. Maybe the coffee was a better choice.

Feeling like crap after last night's beers, but I think it's actually my sinuses acting up. Not sure, st this point I want my head and ulcerated stomach to quit hurting.

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[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 1 September 2016

Sleep:  4 hours 35 minutes @ 94% efficiency

Active minutes:  187 minutes

Steps:  17424

Water:  8 glasses

Coffee:  3 mugs

Alcohol: 3 bottles of Stella Artois

Breakfast:  .5 L of Protein-2-O, Marathon protein bar.

Snack:  none

Lunch:  2 chicken drumsticks and pasta with vegetables

Snack: 1 pack of cashews

Dinner: shell pasta with ground beef/pork mix, broccoli, and homemade parmesan cheese sauce.

Meditation:  Skipped :-(

Workout: Missed :-(

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 45/105

Hydration - 60/105

Workout - 60/100

Meditation - 45/105

Gratitude Statements - 75/105

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[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 2 Sep 2016


Sleep:  2 hr 46 min @ 93% efficiency.
- This sucked,  I actually laid down at 23:00, apparently I was majorly restless again because the smart watch thought I was moving enough to be up and active.  I might try using the TENS unit on my bad leg before bed to see if that helps any

Active minutes:  256 minutes

Steps:  23205

Water:  10 glasses
Coffee:  2 mugs
Alcohol: 3 cans of Leinenkugel's Harvest Patch Shandy

Post Workout: 
Breakfast:  Marathon protein bar, Protein-2-O beverage .5L, Jack Link's beef jerky
Snack: more beef jerky
Lunch: leftovers from last night - shell pasta with ground beef/pork mix, broccoli, and homemade parmesan cheese sauce.
Snack:  gave into stress and grabbed a milky way bar from work's snack cart.
Dinner:  two slices of pepperoni pizza, two slices of chicken, bacon, pineapple, BBQ sauce pizza (it's a family favorite).


Meditation:  going to try and do 5 - 10 minutes before bed.

Workout:  Overslept and missed my window - I still did 10 minutes of Indian Club mixed swings, and walked home from work instead of taking the bus ( about 5 miles / 8 km).


Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 60/105 (hey, I held myself to only two snacks)
Hydration - 75/105
Workout - 60/100 (does the walk home count ?)
Meditation - 60/105

Gratitude Statements - 90/105

[Kishi]

You, sir, have been keeping on like a machine. I like that. I'm sorry to see that you've had such a hard time with sleep, but you're keeping on despite that and it's good.

 

You do seem to have a lot of stress in your system, and that makes me sorry to see. That is a silent killer if ever I saw one. You holding up okay?

[Terah]

Hi

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

1 hour ago, Kishi said:

You, sir, have been keeping on like a machine. I like that. I'm sorry to see that you've had such a hard time with sleep, but you're keeping on despite that and it's good.

 

You do seem to have a lot of stress in your system, and that makes me sorry to see. That is a silent killer if ever I saw one. You holding up okay?

Yes, there's a lot of stress, and I do suffer from PDD (Persistent Depressive Disorder).  This is one of the reasons I'm trying to get back into meditation and regular exercise, it helps.  I do get treatment for the depression through the veterans health care system.  This is also why the druid mini challenge and my "sith lord" challenge with the Druids are very important to me.

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

30 minutes ago, Terah said:

Hi

Hola

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 3 Sep 2016

 

Sleep:  11 hr 35 min @ 95% efficiency

 

Active Minutes:  86 min

 

Steps:  7837 steps

 

Water:  6 glasses

Coffee:  Starbucks Blackeye Coffee (black coffee with a double shot of espresso)

Alcohol:  5 shanties, & a shot of Jameson

 

Breakfast:  the aforementioned coffee and a school fundraiser chocolate bar

Snack:  None

Lunch: 2 slices of bologna, 2 pieces of string cheese, pasta with vegetables

Snack:  None

Supper:  Steak fajita with vegetables & Spanish rice

 

Meditation: Missed :-(

 

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet: 75/105 = 71% "D" and a low one

Hydration:  90/105 = 86% low "B"

Workout: 60/100 = 60% "F" now if the 10 minutes of clubs and the extra walk Friday count then I would have managed and 80% score and gotten a solid "C"

Meditation: 60/105 = 57% that's an "F" - I need to do better, that's all there is to it.

 

Druid Mini-Challenge, Gratitude Statements:  105/105 = 100% "A"

 

Overall:  390/500 points = 78% so again I passed with a "C".

 

By the way the grade scale I grew up with in school was:

 

100-92% = A

91-84% = B

83-76% = C

75-70% = D

Below 70% = F

[jonfirestar]

Good work! I keep skipping out on my meditation too. Even though it does help with stress and does make me feel better. Its important to keep trying to improve.

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[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Oh, I'm not about to give up trying.

 

Anyway, here's a video clip of my doing some club swings with short staffs: 

 

[Kishi]

Looks like a flow-practice of some kind. Very pretty. I can imagine what it looks like when you trade in for clubs.

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Even rougher, I really need to work on my transitions.

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[Everstorm]

That's awesome.  Not sure I could do it without smacking myself in the face.

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

That's awesome.  Not sure I could do it without smacking myself in the face.

Of course you could. I'm only on my third week of practing Indian Club swinging.

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[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 4 Sep 2016


Sleep:  5 hr 24 min @ 94% efficiency.

Active minutes:  72 minutes

Steps:  5745

Water: 6 glasses
Coffee:  2 mugs
Alcohol: 6 Coronas over the course of the afternoon and evening

Breakfast:  smores poptarts
Snack:  none
Lunch:  Steak Fajita w/ spanish rice.
Snack:  string cheese
Dinner:  Steak fajita w/ spanish rice (we had a lot of leftovers from that night)

Meditation: missed

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 15/105
Hydration - 15/105
Workout - /100 - N/A rest day, swam for a bit.
Meditation - 0/105

Druid Mini - Gratitude Statements - 15/105

[Kishi]

That sleep's looking good! Hopefully you get to enjoy a lot more for Labor Day. Catch up so you can hit the week strong!

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

@Kishi, thanks - so far I seem to have started out pretty strong this morning, although I might have over reached with the 5lb iron clubs. Definitely feel those heavy b**t**ds doing good things to my grip strength though.

[sarakingdom]

Nice.  Are you training from a 19th century source, or do you have a modern trainer?  Also, the important question from that video: what do you think of Black Sails?  I've been kinda tempted to check it out.

 

Meditation does help blunt the extremes of stress, anxiety, and depression pretty well.  (And in theory helps some with ADHD, but...)  I haven't quite got to the point where I feel like mindfulness is quite as awesome as I'd like it to be, but my meditations are short, and lately they've been sort of infrequent.  But it definitely moves the needle when stress hits.

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

11 minutes ago, sarakingdom said:

Nice.  Are you training from a 19th century source, or do you have a modern trainer?  Also, the important question from that video: what do you think of Black Sails?  I've been kinda tempted to check it out.

 

Indianclubs.com.au, a YouTube clip from ArtOfManliness, and Sim Kehoe's 1866 manual.

 

I love Black Sails, next season is supposed to be the last.

 

Anyway, the sources I work from are all 19th century currently.

[Draegon (Liam P Boyle)]

Log for 5 Sep 2016

Sleep:  6 hr 55 min @ 88% efficiency.

Active minutes:  147 minutes

Steps:  9518

Water:  6 glasses

Coffee:  2 mugs

Alcohol: 6 beers between 13:30 & 23:00

Post Workout: 

Breakfast:  Supreme Protein Bar & Protein 2O

Lunch: Roast beef wrap with provolone

Snack:  string cheese

Dinner:  Chicken Caesar Salad

Meditation:  5 min during Shavasana

Workout:

Taiji CMC/ZMQ 37 posture form:  Short half of form to the 1st cross hands.

Yoga 1:  10 min - Down Dog app, Beginner Restorative

Strength Circuit Training w/ 5 lb clubs

1st circuit:

    Indian Club Squats - 1:00 minute

    reps:  27

    Pushups - 1:00 minute

    reps:  12

    Club Weighted Sit-ups - 1:00 minute

    reps:  15

    Indian Club Lunges  (forward) - 1:00 minute

    reps:  11 ea leg

    Elbow Plank - 1:00 minute

Indian clubs @ 5 lbs:

    Wrist/Shoulder rotations - 1:00 min

    Alternating external mills - 1:00 min

    Alternating internal mills - 1:00

    Front Back Twist Swings  - 1:00 min

    Arm Cross Swings - 1:00 min

    Front swings with twirl - 1:00 min

    Front and Back swings - 1:00 min

Yoga 2:  20 minutes

Progress Towards Challenge Goals:

Diet - 30/105

Hydration - 30/105

Workout - 20/100

Meditation - 15/105

Gratitude Statements - 30/105

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