ReturnOfTheDad Posted May 26, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 9.5 Hrs Weight: Didn’t weigh in Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 9:00am - Cereal, coffee 11:00am - Breakfast Burrito 1:00pm - Breakfast burrito 4:00pm - Beef burritos 6:00pm - Salad, pasta Fitness: None Meditation: 5 min Language: 30 min conversation Reading: None Notes: Puppy did not poop the bed and waited until 6am to get me up,so not as terrible as yesterday. Busy day at work, no exercise or reading done. Did get some conversation in Spanish today, so that was something. Really trying hard not to fall into a depressive episode (no idea how my episodes work on the new medication). I can feel it when it happens because it’s like the whole world goes gray and then dark. I’m going to keep fighting with healthy habits, supportive friends, and the knowledge that I’ve been through this before and probably will again. I have an appointment with my therapist tomorrow and will hopefully get some helpful feedback there. Here’s hoping tomorrow is a better day. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jupiter Posted May 26, 2022 Report Share Posted May 26, 2022 27 minutes ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: Puppy did not poop the bed and waited until 6am to get me up,so not as terrible as yesterday. Busy day at work, no exercise or reading done. Did get some conversation in Spanish today, so that was something. Really trying hard not to fall into a depressive episode (no idea how my episodes work on the new medication). I can feel it when it happens because it’s like the whole world goes gray and then dark. I’m going to keep fighting with healthy habits, supportive friends, and the knowledge that I’ve been through this before and probably will again. I have an appointment with my therapist tomorrow and will hopefully get some helpful feedback there. Here’s hoping tomorrow is a better day. 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted May 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 9.5 Hrs Weight: Didn’t weigh in Water: 5/8 Gallon Meals: 9:00am - Cereal, coffee 11:00am - Cookies 12:00pm - Salad, pasta 4:00pm - Chili dig, fries, shakes 6:00pm - Corn dog, soda Fitness: None Meditation: None Language: None Reading: None Notes: Another rough day, I think I’ve narrowed my current depressive episode to a couple of factors (with the help of my therapist). #1 - Regular sleep schedule. I can do this as much as the puppy will allow it, but whatever the situation once I’m up I have to stay up, otherwise grabbing naps throws me for a loop. #2 - Friends. I need to connect socially with other people in my area. I was hoping this would be through church but I think it’s going to have to be through something else like inviting over neighbors or engaging in a social club like MMA. #3 - Fitness. I need to be doing some consistent activity. I think the current plan is first thing in the morning after getting up with puppy and maybe some cardio in the afternoon. I think if we can get these three items going hopefully should see an improvement. Hope to work on it, and that the dog lets me sleep in until 5:30am. 3 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted May 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 8.5 Hrs Water: 5/8 Gallon Meals: 5:30am - coffee 9:00am - Breakfast burrito, coffee 2:00pm - Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes and veggies. 3:00pm - Coffee 6:00pm - Chicken tenders, mashed potatoes and veggies. Fitness: None Meditation: 15 min Language: 1 hour conversation Reading: 1 Chapter Notes: I think I am going to switch to a weekly weigh in on Sundays. My weight tends to fluctuate too much depending on what I’m eating and I really need to focus on healthy habits rather than weight. Exercise didn’t happen but I did get up early, going to try again tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted May 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 9 Hrs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 6:30am - coffee 8:30am - Egg sandwich, oj 12:00pm - Chicken Nachos 4:00pm - Bagels 6:00pm - Pizza Fitness: None Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: Up early today but just didn’t have the energy for a morning workout. I’m waking up earlier and more consistently, maybe getting a fun easy workout would be a good start. I have to start somewhere. 3 Quote Link to comment
Snarkyfishguts Posted May 29, 2022 Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 7 hours ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: Up early today but just didn’t have the energy for a morning workout. I’m waking up earlier and more consistently, maybe getting a fun easy workout would be a good start. I have to start somewhere. yeah! I hope you find something that works for you! 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted May 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 10 Hrs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 9:00 - Cereal and coffee 1:00pm - Chicken, Brat, mashed potatoes, asparagus, watermelon 5:00pm - Cookies and iced tea 6:00pm - Chicken, hot dog, Mac & cheese, peas Fitness: None Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: Weekly weigh in of 240.6! Almost out of the 240’s. ? Another grilling day, honing my craft. Mrs.ReturnOfTheDad found some ribeyes at 50% off (to be grilled tomorrow) along with some chicken theighs that I took some and brined overnight and some that I marinated (Lawrys lemon pepper marinade) overnight. It came out pretty good, but I just can’t seem to get my grill hot enough to get a good sear and reasonable cook time. My father in law is the grill master and so he is coming over tomorrow to help trouble shoot and see about helping with the steaks. At this point I think I just haven’t been using enough coals, but we shall see. Here’s hoping it comes out well! 1 Quote Link to comment
AwayLifter Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 Which language are you learning? im trying to learn German. Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted May 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 3 hours ago, AwayLifter said: Which language are you learning? im trying to learn German. I’m working on Spanish. Wishing you luck on learning German! It’s such a cool language. How are you going about learning it? Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted May 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 31, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 9 Hrs Water: 5/8 Gallon Meals: 5:30am - Coffee 8:00am - Bacon & Toast 12:30pm - Steak, sweet potatoes, broccoli, chocolate pie 6:00pm - Bratwurst, Mac & cheese, broccoli, cookie Fitness: 2 Walks Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: Today was a contemplative day, it being Memorial Day. I haven’t lost anyone directly but very nearly lost a friend of mine in Afghanistan a while back(he was in bad shape but he made it through) and I know several people who have lost family members in service. I have a brother that served in Afghanistan and is currently deployed to parts unknown and I think and worry about him often. A solemn day to be sure. 3 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 9 Hrs Water: 5/8 Gallon Meals: 5:30am - Coffee 10:00am - Egg & grits 12:30pm - Steak, beans, broccoli 6:00pm - salmon, rice, salad, watermelon Fitness: 1 Walks Meditation: 5 min Language: 30 min Q&A Reading: None Notes: Rough day, got up early with the puppy then went back to bed and overslept. Work was okay, got paid a nice complement by my boss which was appreciated. Going into work tomorrow for a tech fair of sorts hosted by one of our partners and major player in the technology field. Should be cool, but going to be a hassle waking up early to beat traffic, which is otherwise an hour long drive. Really didn’t think this part through when we moved… Oh well, in other news no fitness outside of a walk got done today. I’m re-evaluating a potential training circuit using P90X to supplement my MMA classes for resistance. We’ll see if it sticks. Taking tomorrow off since I’ll be spending all my free time on the road getting too and from work, will see about picking fitness things back up on Thursday. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 9 Hrs Water: 5/8 Gallon Meals: 9:00am - Toast 10:30am - breakfast taco 12:30pm - Sandwich, chips, cookie 3:30pm - Pretzel, coke 6:00pm - Brat, mashed potatoes, asparagus, pie Fitness: 1 Walks Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: Today ended up pretty good, I enjoyed parts of going into work and connecting with people. Granted that was pretty much my whole day with the hour commute each way but I used the time to catch up with Mrs.ReturnOfTheDad and could probably listen to podcasts or something. Also, coffee has been disagreeing with me lately, just haven’t wanted it (which is odd given that I usually live on coffee). I know it makes my meds less effective so not sure what if one is causing the other but bottom line the coffee and large amounts of caffeine are going away for a bit. Curious to see how that works out. I got a walk in but other than that I don’t expect to get a lot of workouts in on Wednesdays. Rest days are important, just have to start doing things I need rest from. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 11 Hrs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 9:00am - cereal 12:00pm - Steak quesadillas 5:00pm - Cheese, chips 6:00pm - Chicken, broccoli, yams, cookies Fitness: None Meditation: 5 min Language: 30min Q&A Reading: None Notes: Another day with no workouts or reading, on top of that the meds are making me sleepy and lethargic. I need to make a change. I’m giving the meds another two weeks before opting to change those. I think I’m going to try MMA training at lunch a couple of times a week and see if that will spur me on to more healthy behaviors for fitness. I feel like I just need to get a foothold to make a small change to lead to bigger changes. Everything else is going pretty good. 4 Quote Link to comment
chibi-nerd Posted June 3, 2022 Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 I've been doing 4 minute tabata videos on youtube because my Dr told me I had to do 5 mins of hard breathless exercise a day. It means I do exercise everyday even when I'm tired because I can always do that much. And it's good because there's a fair amount of bodyweight strength training in each one. Here's my playlist of every 4 min tabata video I could find Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2022 7 hours ago, chibi-nerd said: Here's my playlist of every 4 min tabata video I could find Thanks! Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 11 Hrs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 10:00am - Nutella/ strawberry sandwich 2:00pm - Pizza, root beer 4:00pm - steak sandwich, soda 6:30pm - Fish. Sausage, rice, salad 7:30pm - Ice Cream Sandwich Fitness: Cardio Boxing Meditation: 5 min Language: 30min conversation Reading: None Notes: Success! Finally got a workout in. Going to try and keep up with some more workouts tomorrow or Sunday. Still figuring things out but feels good to have made some headway. 2 Quote Link to comment
Jupiter Posted June 4, 2022 Report Share Posted June 4, 2022 1 hour ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: Success! Finally got a workout in. Going to try and keep up with some more workouts tomorrow or Sunday. Still figuring things out but feels good to have made some headway. Great job. 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
AwayLifter Posted June 5, 2022 Report Share Posted June 5, 2022 On 5/30/2022 at 11:08 PM, ReturnOfTheDad said: I’m working on Spanish. Wishing you luck on learning German! It’s such a cool language. How are you going about learning it? Not long. I live near France and Italy. Both more interesting to learn on a personal level but German is way more practical for work. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 11 Hrs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 10:30am - Bacon, Toast, OJ 2:00pm - Bread 6:00pm - chicken nachos Fitness: 1 Walk Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: Weekly weigh in at 241.2lbs so still hovering around 240lbs. Still have a lot of work to do fitness wise. I think I overdid it yesterday, had my boss over to the new house which was pleasant, and then had my parents uncle and cousins over for dinner. I was flat worn out. On to next week. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2022 Been a rough week, Meds have me really tired so hard to get workouts done. Going to try changing the timing on some meds and if that doesn’t work then going to talk with the doc on Monday about options, which we are running out of unfortunately. Time will tell, trying to stay positive until then. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 11 Hrs Water: 4/8 Gallon Meals: 8:30am - Oatmeal 11:00am - Bean Nachos 3:00pm - Pasta, pastries 6:00pm - Sandwich, brownie Fitness: None Meditation: 5 min Language: 60 min conversation Reading: None Notes: New med schedule is giving me some more energy today. Will see if it sticks. 2 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2022 Running on a lean mean medicine scheme as the doc is trying to get me more coherent from the medicine fog I’v been somehow functioning under. It seems to be working but I have some wired side effects that I’ll probably need yet another medication for. Should find out more on that on Monday. For the time being just trying to make it to recovery meetings and function at work and at home. Going to try and make it to an MMA Workout tomorrow. Will post photos if I make it. 1 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 13 Hrs Water: 4/8 Gallon Weekly weigh in: 239.8 lbs Meals: 11:30am - pastry & juice 1:00pm - Steak, Mac & cheese, corn 4:00pm - Chips and cookies 6:00pm - Nachos 8:00pm - Popsicle Fitness: 1/2 Mile Walk Meditation: 5 min Language: None Reading: None Notes: Meds are more or less working but taking a break from caffeine after a recent episode, so currently suffering through caffeine withdrawals. On day 4 so not as bad as previous days. MMA workout didn’t work out after all. Fitness has taken a back seat so far but getting a treadmill soon and will be working to make that a routine activity. 3 Quote Link to comment
ReturnOfTheDad Posted June 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 2022 - Return of the Monk Word of the Year: Drive Sleep: 14 Hrs Water: 6/8 Gallon Meals: 10:00am - Apple’s and PB 11:30am - Blueberry muffin 2:00pm - Beef/Potato taco & cookies 4:00pm - Mini donuts, milk 6:00pm - chicken, quinoa, peas Fitness: None Meditation: 5 min Language: 30 Min conversation Reading: None Notes: Trying to balance out meds a little more by limiting some ‘as needed’ ones. Hoping that will help my energy level and get back to normal fitness levels. Internet was knocked out today by some landscaping work. Hopefully it will be back up by Wednesday. Hard to believe how much of our stuff relies on internet! 2 Quote Link to comment
Jupiter Posted June 28, 2022 Report Share Posted June 28, 2022 2 hours ago, ReturnOfTheDad said: Trying to balance out meds a little more by limiting some ‘as needed’ ones. Hoping that will help my energy level and get back to normal fitness levels. Internet was knocked out today by some landscaping work. Hopefully it will be back up by Wednesday. Hard to believe how much of our stuff relies on internet! Pretty much everything relies on the internet these days. Hope they're able to get it back up fast. 1 Quote New Battle Log, Old Battle Log, Current Challenge 2022 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4 2021 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6 2020 Challenges: Challenge 1, Challenge 2, Challenge 3, Challenge 4, Challenge 5, Challenge 6, Challenge 7 Link to comment
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