Jord - tackles inertia

[peelout]

12 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 Oh and both my back and my uterus are bugging me this week. FUN TIMES.

Quit whining.  You never hear me complaining about uterus issues.  Just gotta tough it out. lol

[Jord]

21 hours ago, Urgan said:

 

SHUT UP, UTURUS. NOBODY ASKED YOU.

 

RIGHT, this is one organ that can just stop showing up the party all together kthanxbyefelicia

 

9 hours ago, peelout said:

Quit whining.  You never hear me complaining about uterus issues.  Just gotta tough it out. lol

 

lol. although that's true, on a related note, I did mention to someone yesterday that women have been having uterus-es (uteri?) since the dawn of woman so I need to just suck it up and workout, and so I did

[Jord]

wednesday b-tches

 

 

I was so goshdarn tired why am I like this what is happening is it the weather is it my body is it this time of my life we may never know.

 

I didn't want to go to the gym. But the NF warrior peanut gallery gave me the unspoken side eye. @Grumble and @RedStone I then did the trick where I told myself I had to go to the gym but I could leave after 1 exercise and then I did the whole goshdarn thing. I was at my calories for the day but woke up a 1/2 lb heavier today and I guess I'm just going to ignore that and move on with my life.

 

I've been trying to take daily walks on my lunch break even if it's just for 20 min. It's raining today and then around 1 pm it switches to snow that is supposed to bring a 5" blizzard. But for some reason I really like walking when the weather is shit and cold, so I'll probably do it anyway. I can always just jump between buildings on campus and do stairs and the like.

 

Squat
Set 1: 65 lb × 5
Set 2: 75 lb × 5
Set 3: 90 lb × 5
Set 4: 100 lb × 5
Set 5: 75 lb × 5

Floor Press (DB)
Set 1: 25 lb × 10
Set 2: 25 lb × 10
Set 3: 25 lb × 10

TRX Inverted Row
Set 1: 10 reps
Set 2: 10 reps
Set 3: 10 reps

Sorinex Leg Curl
Set 1: 6 reps
Set 2: 6 reps
Set 3: 6 reps

Split Squats (Goblet)
Set 1: 17.5 lb × 6
Set 2: 17.5 lb × 6
Set 3: 17.5 lb × 6

ARC Trainer
Set 1: 10 min

 

and it was actually a pretty easy workout so I shouldn't have been such a punk about it.

 

p.s. unrelated to anything, I've been craving cozy feels lately. like snow and baked bread and homemaker type nonsense. there may be a cooking related challenge in my near future.

[CourtnieMarie]

YEAH GYM! did it make you feel better?

 

also you know how i feel about a cooking related challenge

[Jord]

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

YEAH GYM! did it make you feel better?

 

it made me feel better in the sense that I would have regretted not going

 

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

also you know how i feel about a cooking related challenge

 

yassss. it's gonna happen. now I just have to wait for the current challenge to end, but that gives me time to scheme.

[Urgan]

10 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

yassss. it's gonna happen. now I just have to wait for the current challenge to end, but that gives me time to scheme.

 

Why I Battle Log: A Love Story. 

[Jord]

1 minute ago, Urgan said:

 

Why I Battle Log: A Love Story. 

 

hah!

 

there is a 78.9% chance my food challenge will just happen here in my wonderful cozy BL

[Urgan]

4 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

hah!

 

there is a 78.9% chance my food challenge will just happen here in my wonderful cozy BL

 

[Jord]

Thursday (a.k.a almost Friday)

 

First of all (said in the tone of the first of all memes) there was a ridiculous snow blizzard. BUT it made baking kibbeh for dinner all that much more cozy. I combined recipe 1 and recipe 2 together. Swapped the meat in the dough for potato a la the veg versions of my youth, but included the meat in the filling. Golden raisins for sultanas and slivered almonds for expensive AF pine nuts. The most flavorful and yum dinner I've had in a couple of weeks.

 

[imagine food photo here] The website I used to add my photos isn't loading so you'll just have to imagine it or check it on my Instagram. PM me for my username.

 

Then I woke up this morning and batteries in the thermostat had died and it was 60 degrees in the house. Not the worst but not the best either. Luckily we had some batteries. Then I got on the scale and the scale batteries had died too. WTF universe!

 

On the plus side there was beautiful snow to admire while I waited for the blood draw station to open this morning for my regularly scheduled blood work.

 

[imagine snowy sun rise tree photo here] I'll add pics in a comment when it will let me.

[Urgan]

[Jord]

As promised!

 

 

snow at dawn:

 

[CourtnieMarie]

kibbeh looks glorious! what's the green in there?

[Jord]

1 hour ago, CourtnieMarie said:

kibbeh looks glorious! what's the green in there?

 

weelllllll. the one recipe said to put parsley in the filling. I forgot to mix it in, so I tossed it on top the filling and the top "crust" wasn't quittteee thick enough to hide it

[Jord]

I've been hiding from my battle log this week but here I am. Been making it to the gym but I've been having really low energy this week. I've been moving at about a snail's pace, but I've been moving.

 

[Vibrantella]

59 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

I've been moving at about a snail's pace, but I've been moving.

That is what matters!  Though, do take enough time for resting, that's important too.

[Jord]

4 minutes ago, Vibrantella said:

That is what matters!  Though, do take enough time for resting, that's important too.

 

Thanks, all the words of encouragement are appreciated.

[CourtnieMarie]

low energy  thinking due to weather or sickies or lack of sleep or something else?

[peelout]

13 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 I've been having really low energy this week. I've been moving at about a snail's pace, but I've been moving.

FAKE NEWS.  TADDEA ZHAN IS NEVER LOW ENERGY.  MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT.  SHAME! (A bit of reckless political interjection.  Shame on me.)

 

13 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

I've been hiding from my battle log this week but here I am. Been making it to the gym

We all get these blahs.  But you kept going.  The difference between will power and a habit is you don't have to decide.  Great work.

[Echoceanic]

On 2/26/2018 at 3:02 PM, Taddea Zhaan said:

so stuffed. I'm thinking about not weighing myself for a week, go give my weight time to settle. I almost think I just shouldn't weigh myself the 25-30 of every month....

I am on the cusp of the shark week but my body has been too confused to do anything but bloat for a bit and give me acne. So I don't feel as tired as I usually do.

[Urgan]

8 hours ago, Echocheanic said:

I am on the cusp of the shark week but my body has been too confused to do anything but bloat for a bit and give me acne. So I don't feel as tired as I usually do.

 

It's like Wheel of Misfortune up in here.

[Jord]

Don't anybody panic but I think I'm going to do a 1 time challenge. My mood has been low with some health stuff and I think a few weeks amongst the hellions might be good for the fitness tracking spirits.

 

[Jord]

 

It's happening. Workouts I'll still post in my BL.

[Jord]

Thursday's workout

 

Squat

Set 1: 65 lb × 5

Set 2: 75 lb × 5

Set 3: 90 lb × 5

Set 4: 100 lb × 5

Set 5: 75 lb × 5

Set 6: 75 lb × 5

Set 7: 75 lb × 5

 

Floor Press (DB)

Set 1: 25 lb × 10

Set 2: 25 lb × 10

Set 3: 25 lb × 10

Set 4: 25 lb × 10

 

TRX Inverted Row

Set 1: 10 reps

Set 2: 10 reps

Set 3: 10 reps

Set 4: 10 reps

 

Sorinex Leg Curl

Set 1: 8 reps

Set 2: 8 reps

Set 3: 8 reps

Set 4: 8 reps

 

Side Plank

Set 1: 14 sec (each set is both sides)

Set 2: 14 sec

 

ARC Trainer

Set 1: 30 min

I've been ramping up the ARC trainer difficulty over this past week because I realized I'm not in as great cardio shape for hiking as I thought.

 

I must be gaining muscle somewhere because I can finally: 1) do the sorinex leg curls and keep my ass off the ground for more than 2-3 reps at a time 2) actually do a side plan where my hip is more than 1 inch off the ground.

[Jord]

Saturday

 

Paused Bench Press

Set 1: 50 lb × 5

Set 2: 55 lb × 5

Set 3: 65 lb × 5

Set 4: 65 lb × 5

Set 5: 65 lb × 5

Set 6: 65 lb × 5

Set 7: 65 lb × 5

 

Goblet Squats

Set 1: 25 lb × 5

Set 2: 25 lb × 10

Set 3: 25 lb × 10

Set 4: 25 lb × 10

Set 5: 25 lb × 10

 

Trap Bar Deadlift

Set 1: 100 lb × 5

Set 2: 100 lb × 5

Set 3: 100 lb × 5

(still feeling good!)

 

Lateral Squat

Set 1: 2 lb × 10

Set 2: 10 lb × 5

(don't ask >_> )

 

Physioball Roll-outs

Set 1: 10 reps

Set 2: 10 reps

Set 3: 10 reps

 

ARC Trainer

Set 1: 20 min

[Urgan]

2 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

Trap Bar Deadlift

Set 1: 100 lb × 5

Set 2: 100 lb × 5

Set 3: 100 lb × 5

(still feeling good!)