Darkfoxx 31: Doubling Down? DOUBLING DOWN!

[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

5 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Hip Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        Hero 90

W:       Yoga + Hip Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90

F:        X Hero 90 + X Handstand Mobility

S:        Walking/Rucking

S:        Walking/Rucking - a very little bit of walking was had - did see Dr. Strange, though.

Week 1: Kicking into high gear while my body adjusts to keto was a foolish plan. For Week 2, I'll definitely keep the yoga and mobility and drop down to 1 HIIT workout + 1 additional if I keep feeling good all week.




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1600 of 1318 calories

17.64 of 20g net carbs

72.85 of 70g protein

95.99 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Coffee with almond milk + fat bomb

Lunch: Ate out. Had a Cobb salad with grilled chicken & no cheese from SmashBurger

Dinner: Made broccoli & ground beef bowl

Snacks: 2 Tbsp. coconut butter + 1 Tbsp. guac while batch cooking

Water: A pot of tea at the movies, a bottle of water, a fancy pop & coffee




Today's pics: Here

Monday Weigh-in: tomorrow

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here

Week 1: This week was all about adjustments and getting my brain and body to play nice together. I'm still not quite there with the meal adjusting - I'm still getting too much protein to fat - but I'm getting there. Dropping the calorie judgement has helped immensely. My body is also getting back to normal, though I *did* have a dream about accidentally eating sweet potato fries in a burrito last night. I was om nom nom about it. No idea what that means.




Goal 3: Get A Job!

Week 1:


Jobs Applied For: 12

Interviews Completed: 1

Networking Events Attended: 0

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? Yes

Did I Work On The React Course? I'm dropping this.

What Did I Do About Teaching/Volunteering? Started the TA training course.

Do I Have A Job? Have I Done Anything To Generate A Paycheck? No and no.

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[tishnicden]

9 hours ago, darkfoxx said:

Goal 2: Keto Macros

1600 of 1318 calories

17.64 of 20g net carbs

72.85 of 70g protein

95.99 of 106g fats

i am so impressed with how close to your macros you get. That's awesome. I still struggle with it. I am also loving all the food pics. mmm nom nom nom

[Sloth the Enduring]

Getting your brain to play nice is always the hard part. You go teach your brain what's what.

[darkfoxx]

@tishnicden: see, to me - I'm only vaguely close to my metrics. I realize *intellectually* that they're never going to be dead-on, but I still get irked.

And I wants to snuggle that cat!

@Sloth: I'm working on it. Brain is revolting.

Speaking of ...

Had another vivid-ass dream last night. For me, vivid dreams are really not that uncommon - but it's interesting to note that keto people report more vivid dreams.

So last night - this dream was inspired by the book I'm reading - Seven Eves - about the moon breaking up and people living in space. I woke up in the middle of the night crazy full of anxiety (but still really sleep-heavy) about my scheduled ship taking off without me.

Possible causes: Job hunting drama. Control issues brought up by new diet. Wanting to do allthethings but not being able to afford anyofthethings.

Interesting stuff.

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[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       :25 Yoga flow into side crow (didn't get it, but the work was nice) + GMB Splits Mobility + NF Handstand Mobility




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1313.5 of 1318 calories

10.4 of 20g net carbs

66.2 of 70g protein

110.62 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Keto smoothie + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: 2 ounces rotisserie chicken + tahini salad

Dinner: Sesame beef with jicama noodles

Snacks: 1 coconut fat bomb square

Water: 1 bottle water, coffee, 2 fancy pops, 1 mug tea




Today's pics: Here

Monday Weigh-in: 124.4 - down 5 pounds over last Monday.

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




Jobs Applied For: 6

Interviews Completed: 0 but 1 scheduled

Networking Events Attended: None

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? Nope

Did I work on TA stuff? A little but now I'm stuck waiting for someone to send a link so I can move forward

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[Fonzico]

No making yourself crazy! I'm glad to hear you're backing off on the calorie counting and hasfit insanity... That did not sound like it was treating you well. Also, totally to be expected that it'll take some transition time with keto - I know you think it's not too far off from what you were doing before, but for your body it's a major change!

Eat your damn fat and DON'T MISS YOUR SPACESHIP!

[darkfoxx]

@Fonzico: Yeeeeeah. I may have been a little over-zealous last week with the desire for fitness gainz aaaaand a little optimistic about how my body would handle the transition.

It's been rough.

And I'm trying not to drive myself crazy - it's hard, but I'm trying. Debt sucks and likes to throw me into a tailspin.

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[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped because after "work" I was feeling beat up, hungry, and done for the day. I was excited to work out that afternoon, too.




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1313.5 of 1318 calories

10.4 of 20g net carbs

66.2 of 70g protein

110.62 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Keto smoothie + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: Chicken "taco" salad

Dinner: Pork chops & Brussels

Snacks: hard boiled egg, pepperoni, fat bombs

Water: 1 bottle water, coffee, 2 fancy pops, 1 mug tea




Today's pics: Here

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




Jobs Applied For: 2

Interviews Completed: 0 - all three have been rescheduled for Wednesday

Networking Events Attended: 0

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? No

Did I work on TA stuff? Finished online portion of TA training

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[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - Skipped

W:       Yoga Class + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility - yoga class was an asskicker. She had us dealing with being uncomfortable by holding hard poses for a bit. Woof that was a workout. 100% needed. I did a little hip work - what I could remember from the GMB video - before class started, and worked on some wrist mobility, balance point finding, and crow afterward.

The big muscles in my left thigh + strangely my back were not having full wheel tonight. My left arm also has something ripped up somewhere in there. Not sure why - my Monday yoga wasn't power yoga ...




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1267.5 of 1318 calories

15.55 of 20g net carbs

67.07 of 70g protein

99.37 of 106g fats




Breakfast: A new Keto smoothie which turned out ok - almond milk, spinach, MCT oil, avocado, ginger, lime & cilantro -- its closer to my normal smoothie but still not as satisfying

Lunch: Repeat of yesterday's chicken taco salad

Dinner: Ground beef & broccoli with peppers

Snacks: 2 coconut Fat Bombs

Water: Coffee, 2 fancy pops, and a bottle of water - not enough. I went to bed thirsty and woke up thirsty.




Today's pics: Here

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




Jobs Applied For: Hot my goal for the week

Interviews Completed: 3. These were rough.

1. Interview at 9 am with an uber liberal PR firm. Needless to say, the interviewer was in no condition to be holding an interview. I was not in a good frame to be there either. She talked over me the whole time, we didn't even get to my qualifications, and she was generally disinterested in what I had to say. Awesome.

2. Google Hangout interview with someone in Poland who expected me to live code tic tac toe in JS in an hour. I addressed my crazy anxiety; I finished after the call and will send him today.

3. In-person at an office in Brooklyn. This one went better, and the workspace is cool. The company sounds cool - they're sending me a code challenge I'm nervous about.

Networking Events Attended: 0. There was an event at GA, but I just couldn't do it.

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? No time.

Did I work on TA stuff? Nope.

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[Wingfoot]

Oh geez, I barely managed to people yesterday, I can't imagine having to be at a job interview (on either side of the table!!).  Sorry you had to endure that!!

[darkfoxx]

I know! It was freaking rough.

Aaaaand seems to have sparked some not-so-great shit aaaaalllll up in my head. #goodtimes

To the tune of I bailed on a yoga class I've really been missing with an instructor whose energy I could totally use in my life because I got all up in my head and too socially anxious to feel like I could walk through the door without being a weirdo, so I stayed home and had a little cry about it; DH comes home and has zero capacity for support to give (diet switches really fuck with his brain & he'd had a shit day too) - which made things of course worse.

Last night was fantastic.

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[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped

W:       Yoga Class + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped because I was going to yoga; skipped that too due to crappy headspace




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1495.5 of 1318 calories

12.9 of 20g net carbs

67.89 of 70g protein

120.13 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Keto smoothie + coffee with almond milk

Lunch: "taco" salad with chicken

Dinner: pork & broccoli bowl

Snacks: 2 coconut Fat Bombs + 1 Tbsp sun butter

Water: 1 bottle, 2 fancy pops, 1 coffee, some of a second bottle




Today's pics: Here

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




Jobs Applied For: 6

Interviews Completed: 1 unscheduled screener with a recruiter

Networking Events Attended: 0

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? Nope

Did I work on TA stuff? Not really - made sure I have what I need for tonight's training class

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[BlamedCat]

I hope your headspace is better today.  I know how nasty that can get in my own life.

Keep yer chin up, the weekend is nigh!

[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped

W:       Yoga Class + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped

F:        X Mobility work if I'm feeling froggy - too busy all day




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1374 of 1318 calories

19.6 of 20g net carbs

64.1 of 70g protein

116.87 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Eggy cups + coffee

Snack Packed an extra coffee for my meeting

Lunch: Brought lots of snacks and ate those after my meeting/ on the way home/ when I got home - had 1 ounce macadamia nuts, 1 ounce cashews, 1 ounce pepperoni, 1 hard boiled egg

Snack: Had 2 slices of cheese while cooking something for a friend's party (dumbass), and some of those delectable Fat Bombs (recipe went up on the blog this morning)

Dinner: Had zero time for dinner - had teacher training - stopped at Walgreens and bought a sleeve of smoked Almonds + bacon jerky

Snacks: A second serving of bacon jerky

Water: Not enough. 2 coffees, a third of a bottle of fancy pop before the instructor accidentally picked my bottle up and drank some, a mug of green tea, 2 tiny little cups of seltzer.




Today's pics: Here

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




Jobs Applied For: None - exceeded my 10 application goal

Interviews Completed: 0, but I set a meeting up for Monday

Networking Events Attended: 0

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? Yep - we had an actually productive meeting

Did I work on TA stuff? Yep - attended teacher training class

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[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped

W:       Yoga Class + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped

F:        X Mobility work if I'm feeling froggy - skipped

S:        Walking/Rucking - got my grocery shopping in + a little jeans shopping for the DH on the way, then batch cooked for a couple hours.




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1449.8 of 1318 calories

15.2 of 20g net carbs

62.46 of 70g protein

_124.36 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Coconut Fat Bombs + coffee

Lunch: SmashBurger for a bunless burger with bacon, avocado, ranch & a fried egg

Dinner: Just snacks - 1 ounce cashews + 1 ounce macadamias, a cheese chip

Water: Coffee, a bottle of water & 2 fancy pops. Should have brought water with me to the grocery.




Today's pics: Here

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




It's the weekend - I didn't work on this goal.

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[Tanktimus the Encourager]

I haven't posted on here in a while, but I've been monitoring, you've been doing really well. Keep swinging at that job search, the tree will fall over at some point.

[darkfoxx]

Thx,@Tank, I see

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[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped

W:       Yoga Class + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped

F:        X Mobility work if I'm feeling froggy - was not feeling froggy

S:        Walking/Rucking - groceries & back

S:        X Walking/Rucking - I'm not counting this as a walk day, since we walked very little. Everyone's sleep was jacked up because the DH worked from 2 - 6 am and we stayed up for the fights, so no one was feeling like moving much - let alone walk all over creation. Stayed in bed as long as possible and only left the house around 2:30.

Week 2: So-so. I got half my workouts in, let my brain get the best of me, and had a ho-him weekend. I can do better.




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1261 of 1318 calories

16.2 of 20g net carbs

63.9 of 70g protein

101.7 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Rocketfuel latte

Lunch: Snacks - beef stick, almond butter squeezie, cheese chip & guac

Dinner: Tragically overcooked filet with mashed cauliflower

Snacks: Chocolate Fat Bombs

Water: 3 fancy pops, coffee, half a bottle of water

Week 2: Overall, feeling much better this week. Still dealing with bouts of nausea, but handling the hangries and protein MUCH better overall.




Today's pics: Here

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!

Week 2:


Jobs Applied For: 12

Interviews Completed: 3

Networking Events Attended: 0

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? Yes, but barely

Did I work on TA stuff? Yes, and this goal is complete for now

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[BlamedCat]

@darkfoxx Do you mind sharing what is in the Rocketfuel latte?  I did hunt through your blog, but didn't find a recipe, so using my Google-Fu, I found this recipe.  Is this what you're using, or did you tweak it to something more awesome?

[darkfoxx]

@BlamedCat: That's exactly the recipe I'm using!

It's ok. Definitely doesn't fill me up until lunch, but it gives a little more substance than just coffee.

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[BlamedCat]

11 minutes ago, darkfoxx said:

@BlamedCat: That's exactly the recipe I'm using!

It's ok. Definitely doesn't fill me up until lunch, but it gives a little more substance than just coffee.

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That's good to know.  I've been craving something a little more to my coffee and or teas as of late, since i cut out all the 'dessert' coffees n such.  I'll have to give this a shot to see if it'll at least partially fill that void on occasion.

[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga (:25 harder than I wanted baths yoga for arm strength) + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility - did the mobility and then got annoyed I wasn't actually practicing handstands, so worked on getting up without kicking (unsuccessful) and then kicking up (success - and I didn't even leap/kick like I used to have to).




Goal 2: Keto Macros

Today's food was set on difficult level.

The smoothies I've made this week are a little carb-heavy, so I have to be careful.

One of my lunches (a salad) is a little carby too.

My DH ate double breakfast this morning, and shoved lunch down, so we couldn't have the salmon dinner I wanted - after carefully mapping my day so the protein-heavy salmon would fit.

Which left me with no meat at lunch, making for a very sad and very unfulfilled me.

1431 of 1318 calories

20 of 20g net carbs

64.74 of 70g protein

112.55 of 106g fats




Breakfast: A different smoothie involving coconut water + coffee

Lunch: An unsatisfying cruciferous crunch salad with lemon rosemary dressing

Snacks: 2 coconut fat Bombs + 1 ounce pepperoni because lunch had zero protein

Dinner: Cheese crust pizza with ground beef & guac

Water: 1 coffee, 2 mugs of tea, 1 fancy pop, half a bottle water




Today's pics: Here

Monday Weigh-in: _

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




Jobs Applied For: 0; identified a bunch

Interviews Completed: 0; got formal rejection from one of last week's interviews; got passed on to round 2 for another; don't expect to ever hear from the third

Networking Events Attended: Bailed on the event I was supposed to attend because it started at 8pm, and that's just really late.

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? Nope.

Did I work on TA stuff? Nothing to do here until next month - rolling off the list

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[Big_Show]

No meat makes for a sad sad lunch

[Kestrel Grey]

Just got caught up, you're putting in solid work on all fronts. Well done, I hope it pays off for you soon.  

[darkfoxx]

Yesterday

Goal 1: Work Out

2 days HasFit Hero 90 + 2 Yoga sessions per week + mobility work + handstands work + walking or rucking weekends. Alternate: Kettelbell routine or rucking session. 




M:       Yoga + Splits Mobility + Handstand Mobility

T:        X Hero 90 - skipped because I felt so nauseous and vaguely dizzy I needed a lay down.




Goal 2: Keto Macros

1391.5 of 1318 calories

14.8 of 20g net carbs

64.24 of 70g protein

111.69 of 106g fats




Breakfast: Smoothie with coconut milk

Lunch: Eggy cups

Dinner: Glorious salmon Caesar salad with Keto croutons

Snacks: None

Water: 2 mugs tea, 1 bottle water, coffee




Today's pics: Here

Monday Weigh-in: Forgot to report Monday - down 1.5 lbs. from last week

Spreadsheet of Tracking:  Here




Goal 3: Get A Job!




Jobs Applied For: 10

Interviews Completed: 0

Networking Events Attended: 0 - bailed again

Did I Work On Gs Stuff? Nope

Did I work on TA stuff? Nothing to do here for now

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