courtniemarie and the nine holiday parties

[CourtnieMarie]

I think I need to do a challenge. So I am!

 

I fell out of a lot of healthy habits I had been building earlier this year (see: daily mobility; movement 7 days/week; etc.). I still eat pretty paleo during the work week but I also let a lot of junk through for Halloween and Thanksgiving. I has excuses but those are silly and what I really need to do is try to slowly build back up again and focus on the future. I’ve got a lot going on this month as I’m sure many people do…

 

December activities:

Wed. 12/7/16 – Xmas supper club with friends

Sat. 12/10/16 – Ugly Sweater 5K

Sun. 12/11/16 – SO’s extended family Xmas party

Fri. 12/16/16 – Friends Xmas (and a birthday) party

Sat. 12/17/16 – Friend’s family Xmas party

Sat. 12/24/16 – Dad’s family Xmas party

Sun. 12/25/16 – SO’s family Xmas gathering and Mom’s family Xmas gathering

Sat. 12/31/16 – NYE partayyy

 

Goal 1. Weights

• 10 weight-lifting sessions. I will be aiming for 3/week but don’t want to dive back in too strongly and get burnt.

 

Goal 2. Cardio

• 10 cardio sessions. GASP. Welp, I’ve gained about 17 lbs over the past year or so and feel like I need some endurance in my life. Plus I like to do 5Ks and OCRs.

 

Goal 3. Yoga

• 4 yoga sessions.

 

Goal 4. Eat

• At home. All of the parties I’m going to this month will be homemade food except one. I really should not need to be eating at a restaurant (or take out) at all this challenge. I will allow myself two visits to a restaurant and two coffees that aren’t plain nut milk lattes. Extra pride points if I don’t use those visits!

 

 

[RedStone]

YAY You're here! I'm here too, to cheer you on!!!  All the things! Yes yes, even the cardio... I'm with you on the OCRs... a necessary evil I suppose. YAY!

[raptron]

 

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 0, Day 1

Grocery shopping. 45 min walk with dog and friends. Visited Dad. Went out to lunch with said friends and had a pulled pork bap with sweet potato fries and a pumpkin martini. Went home to do laundry and make the breakfast casserole. Ate halo top and thanksgiving leftovers for dinner.

 

Week 0, Day 2

Slept in so no gym in the morning.

 

throughout the work day

some planks, maybe 3? @ 75s

boat pose @ 60s

wall sit @ 60s

lunges @ 60s each

 

did a 25 min cardio HIIT routine after work. complete with burpees, every style of jumping jacks, and jump squats/lunges.

 

Ate pretty well:

egg casserole

coffee w/ coconut milk

banana

leftover turkey, green bean casserole, and sweet pots

kombucha

coffee w/ whole milk

suja green juice

leftover stuffing and green bean casserole

chicken breast and brussel sprouts

 

was trying to prep myself for a 3-day juice cleanse that starts today.

[AugustaAdaByron]

Hello!  

[CourtnieMarie]

51 minutes ago, AugustaAdaByron said:

Hello!  

hiiiiii!

[wildross]

Subbing

[Jord]

damn girl, save me some pie

 

that's rough

 

[Laghail]

Following along for holiday survival goodness.

[miss_marissa]

Simple and to the point. I dig.

[CourtnieMarie]

1 hour ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

damn girl, save me some pie

 

that's rough

i mean i'm not complaining because each one of those parties are with a different set of friends or family that i love seeing! oh the sacrificing i make for them

 

1 hour ago, Laghail said:

Following along for holiday survival goodness.

hi! i hope so. i can usually keep up my workouts throughout the holidayz, it's just the food nomming that goes to poop. well, not literally. you know what i mean.

 

22 minutes ago, miss_marissa said:

Simple and to the point. I dig.

yesss. much necessary. 

[SevenFootGeek]

I HAVE RETURNED.

 

STILL MAD AT YOU FOR BEING OUT OF THE CITY WHILE I WAS IN BOSTON.

 

ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN IF YOU COME TO RP'S IN JANUARY.  FOR HUGS.

[CourtnieMarie]

12 minutes ago, SevenFootGeek said:

I HAVE RETURNED.

 

STILL MAD AT YOU FOR BEING OUT OF THE CITY WHILE I WAS IN BOSTON.

 

ALL WILL BE FORGIVEN IF YOU COME TO RP'S IN JANUARY.  FOR HUGS.

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

 

i was mad i missed you as well. i will be at RP's for hugs!! i am beyond excite that you are planning to come down for that! i mean, it's like going south for the winter for you, right?

[SevenFootGeek]

1 minute ago, CourtnieMarie said:

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

 

i was mad i missed you as well. i will be at RP's for hugs!! i am beyond excite that you are planning to come down for that! i mean, it's like going south for the winter for you, right?

 

It will be nice to see daylight in January for a change.  The sled dogs will also enjoy the break.

[Emerald_Dragonfly]

So glad that you are challenging! 

Here for ALL of this!

[CourtnieMarie]

59 minutes ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

So glad that you are challenging! 

Here for ALL of this!

yay! thank you!! it's good to be back

[RedStone]

What is this juice cleanse of which you speak?

[Blocky]

3 hours ago, RedStone said:

What is this juice cleanse of which you speak?

 

It sounds unpleasant....

[Jord]

10 hours ago, RedStone said:

What is this juice cleanse of which you speak?

 

21 hours ago, CourtnieMarie said:

 

was trying to prep myself for a 3-day juice cleanse that starts today.

 

 

I might (will) need a cleanse by this time next week. I'll either live vicariously through you or so some kind of no dessert or junk foods thing between then and Christmas. 

[CourtnieMarie]

10 hours ago, RedStone said:

What is this juice cleanse of which you speak?

 

7 hours ago, Blocky said:

 

It sounds unpleasant....

haha it's really not, but very un-warrior like. my coworkers did one about 3.5 months ago and I joined in bc it was the height of summer bbq season and i was eating all the things. okay really every season there's a good excuse for me to eat all the things, let's not blame summer here. anyway, i did well and some good side effects come with a short juice cleanse - not eating candy or other goodies at work, not having to cook dinner, just pressing reset on the inner workings of the bod. i've read a lot of criticism on juicing so i know that long-term it would not be wise for me. most of the criticism is for homemade juicing where you see people making sugary juices for longer than 5 days and only consuming that so your blood sugar and metabolism get all whack. but a good 3day in the middle of the week cleanse worked for me and i figured between tday and xmas would be a good time to rinse out.

 

6 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

 

I might (will) need a cleanse by this time next week. I'll either live vicariously through you or so some kind of no dessert or junk foods thing between then and Christmas. 

honestly it's super easy to get in a 1-3 day cleanse! i like the ease of ordering from a juicery (and they'll deliver to you or your work!). given all of the parties i'm going to this month it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to do a 1 day cleanse every week... hm.

[Jord]

Just now, CourtnieMarie said:

 

honestly it's super easy to get in a 1-3 day cleanse! i like the ease of ordering from a juicery (and they'll deliver to you or your work!). given all of the parties i'm going to this month it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to do a 1 day cleanse every week... hm.

 

I really feel like I need a 1-2 cleanse to help get the salt bloat out. For medical reasons I couldn't do anything longer. But cleansing the system of salt sounds glorious. Probably after I get back from our trip next week Wednesday. Do you order online or is it a local place? Send me a message with the info if it is a national company? 

[CourtnieMarie]

1 minute ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

I really feel like I need a 1-2 cleanse to help get the salt bloat out. For medical reasons I couldn't do anything longer. But cleansing the system of salt sounds glorious. Probably after I get back from our trip next week Wednesday. Do you order online or is it a local place? Send me a message with the info if it is a national company? 

unfortunately i've only done local places! here and here. but i've heard good things about blueprint ! i was surprised at how many local juiceries i had near me though so might want to check that out first. the one we're doing now gave us all our juices in mason jars that we get to keep. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT

[Jord]

9 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

unfortunately i've only done local places! here and here. but i've heard good things about blueprint ! i was surprised at how many local juiceries i had near me though so might want to check that out first. the one we're doing now gave us all our juices in mason jars that we get to keep. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT

 

You were right! With the handy help of google I found one (several, but one that looked good) near me.  

[CourtnieMarie]

Week 0, Day 3

Short weights session in the AM. Was super tired though since I woke up in the middle of the night with a coughing fit. It integrated into my dream about not wanting professor snape to leave my very normal college I was at.

 

dynamic stretching warmup

 

DLs

50x6

65x5

85x3

105x2

125x12

 

OHP

45x5

65x4

65x4

65x3

65x3

 

throughout the work day:

4 planks @ 75s

boat pose @ 60s

wall sit @ 60s

lunges @ 60s each

 

juice juice juice juice. and coffee. You get 5 juices and a cashew milk per day. but I drink my coffee with coconut milk to keep my cals above 1200. I really do love juice. they were all delicious. their green one was a lot more sour (lemon-y) then others I’ve tried but I like sour citrus flavor. And the cashew milk was friggen heavenly.

 

also i am now officially sick with sore throat/sinusy stuff. woooooooo

[CourtnieMarie]

oh yeah and i did a 20 min yoga session last night too b/c not having to make dinner means extra time for thingssssssss