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clevermanka) wrote2013-09-09 10:46 am
clevermanka) wrote2013-09-09 10:46 am
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Better if you're wasted
In a comment to Thursday's post, alryssa off-handedly mentioned understanding compulsive eating when bored. Bored. Huh. Bored? Bored. And I realized...OH MY GOD I THINK I'M BORED.
Because I don't want to let myself get run into the ground, especially since KCRF has started, I've been diligent in not over-scheduling myself. And I think I might have shot myself in the foot. By not planning anything to do (other than sit on the couch and Internet), I've succeeded in making myself bored. Huh. Okay, so this is what bored feels like. Wow. Being bored really sucks, you guys.
So a million thanks toalryssa for that little lightning bolt. It won't change my method of dealing with the situation, but it sure makes me feel better (and less panicked) about the problem!
Check this out: Teens Check Out Hot Lady In Adjacent Car, Realize She Is Being Kidnapped And Save The Effing Day. Hope for humanity: marginally restored for the next half hour.
KCRF was hot this weekend. Hot hot. Fucking hot. Over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit hot (and that's without factoring the heat index). A couple people mentioned that they didn't know how I could get up and dance when it was that hot. Honestly, I don't know, either. It's just...it's gotta be done, so I do it.
Dr. Khosh wasn't thrilled with my latest thyroid numbers, and neither was I. So we ditched the sub-lingual drops (Thank God) and now I have a cream that I get to rub on my inner arms or inner thighs twice a day. Biggest bonus: I don't have to time it so I make sure to get my thyroid meds on an empty stomach. Biggest annoyance: It takes forever to rub in. A quarter teaspoon of this stuff is a lot.
His last-ditch attempt at treating the swelling as a digestive issue was a failure, too, and now he's treating me for yeast overgrowth as a last-ditch effort before he brings out the big guns ($$$ for testing, $$$ for treatment). I've never tested positive for yeast, but as we know, tests aren't always everything. It's day four of the yeast treatment and I'm definitely seeing some ... activity ... in my guts whenever I eat. No problems with the pills themselves, which I take on an empty stomach. But half an hour after I eat, I gotta run to the bathroom. I called him about that this morning and he said to spread out the dose to one pill three times a day instead of two pills twice a day. I haven't noticed any change in the swelling, but it's only day four.
Sunday's session with Andrew was ... wow. All abs and arms all the time. This was what we did:
20 sit-ups
10 tuck-ups in the rings
Three times
We played around on the rope a little bit after that. I tried and failed to wrap the rope around my leg and then pinch it with my opposite foot. But I was able to hold myself off the ground for long enough to try and fail repeatedly. Progress!
Then, arms.
Ten minutes of increasing weight doing one rep each:
Push Press
Push Jerk
Split Jerk
I went from 35# (warm-up with empty bar) to 65#. For the record, Split Jerks and I are not friendly. They make me feel unstable. No likey. Push Jerk and I get along like gangbusters.
Then we worked on Power Cleans until my shoulders died. My best one (fast, with good technique) was (I think) at 55#. I don't know how many we did. I just kept doing them and Andrew kept adding weight until I couldn't do it and then we dropped back down and did one more at the 55#.
Next, triceps! I don't know what those three movements are actually called, but let's just say I worked my triceps in a bench press position until I thought the barbell was going to fall on my face.
Last, we did overhead lat pull downs at 35#. One set of twenty with grip facing outward, one set of twenty with grip facing inward.
And then I went home to get ready for The Event Formerly Known As Smoker. And then I danced at The Event Formerly Known As Smoker. In one-hundred-degree heat. For twenty-five people.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to attempt to replicate Sunday's workout at Robinson because I found out that Faculty and Staff get to use the facilities there for free! It's $12 a year to rent a locker, but...free! Barbells! Dumbbells! Kettlebells! Non-squeaking chin-up bars! Getting up even earlier in order to walk there and showering there is a pain in the ass, but...fitness is a matter of priority. And it's only two days a week. Gonna be a test of will come winter, though. It took me about fifteen minutes to walk to Robinson (tested it for time today), and I'm gonna be carrying my work clothes when I do it for real. Come cool weather I'm going to have to invest in sweatpants or something to keep from freezing on the way there. This is one time it would be more convenient for me if I drove to work.
I leave you with this:
BLESS THE GIFMAKER WHO DID THIS
alryssa off-handedly mentioned understanding compulsive eating when bored. Bored. Huh. Bored? Bored. And I realized...OH MY GOD I THINK I'M BORED. Because I don't want to let myself get run into the ground, especially since KCRF has started, I've been diligent in not over-scheduling myself. And I think I might have shot myself in the foot. By not planning anything to do (other than sit on the couch and Internet), I've succeeded in making myself bored. Huh. Okay, so this is what bored feels like. Wow. Being bored really sucks, you guys.
So a million thanks to
alryssa for that little lightning bolt. It won't change my method of dealing with the situation, but it sure makes me feel better (and less panicked) about the problem!Check this out: Teens Check Out Hot Lady In Adjacent Car, Realize She Is Being Kidnapped And Save The Effing Day. Hope for humanity: marginally restored for the next half hour.
KCRF was hot this weekend. Hot hot. Fucking hot. Over a hundred degrees Fahrenheit hot (and that's without factoring the heat index). A couple people mentioned that they didn't know how I could get up and dance when it was that hot. Honestly, I don't know, either. It's just...it's gotta be done, so I do it.
Dr. Khosh wasn't thrilled with my latest thyroid numbers, and neither was I. So we ditched the sub-lingual drops (Thank God) and now I have a cream that I get to rub on my inner arms or inner thighs twice a day. Biggest bonus: I don't have to time it so I make sure to get my thyroid meds on an empty stomach. Biggest annoyance: It takes forever to rub in. A quarter teaspoon of this stuff is a lot.
His last-ditch attempt at treating the swelling as a digestive issue was a failure, too, and now he's treating me for yeast overgrowth as a last-ditch effort before he brings out the big guns ($$$ for testing, $$$ for treatment). I've never tested positive for yeast, but as we know, tests aren't always everything. It's day four of the yeast treatment and I'm definitely seeing some ... activity ... in my guts whenever I eat. No problems with the pills themselves, which I take on an empty stomach. But half an hour after I eat, I gotta run to the bathroom. I called him about that this morning and he said to spread out the dose to one pill three times a day instead of two pills twice a day. I haven't noticed any change in the swelling, but it's only day four.
Sunday's session with Andrew was ... wow. All abs and arms all the time. This was what we did:
20 sit-ups
10 tuck-ups in the rings
Three times
We played around on the rope a little bit after that. I tried and failed to wrap the rope around my leg and then pinch it with my opposite foot. But I was able to hold myself off the ground for long enough to try and fail repeatedly. Progress!
Then, arms.
Ten minutes of increasing weight doing one rep each:
Push Press
Push Jerk
Split Jerk
I went from 35# (warm-up with empty bar) to 65#. For the record, Split Jerks and I are not friendly. They make me feel unstable. No likey. Push Jerk and I get along like gangbusters.
Then we worked on Power Cleans until my shoulders died. My best one (fast, with good technique) was (I think) at 55#. I don't know how many we did. I just kept doing them and Andrew kept adding weight until I couldn't do it and then we dropped back down and did one more at the 55#.
Next, triceps! I don't know what those three movements are actually called, but let's just say I worked my triceps in a bench press position until I thought the barbell was going to fall on my face.
Last, we did overhead lat pull downs at 35#. One set of twenty with grip facing outward, one set of twenty with grip facing inward.
And then I went home to get ready for The Event Formerly Known As Smoker. And then I danced at The Event Formerly Known As Smoker. In one-hundred-degree heat. For twenty-five people.
Tomorrow morning I'm going to attempt to replicate Sunday's workout at Robinson because I found out that Faculty and Staff get to use the facilities there for free! It's $12 a year to rent a locker, but...free! Barbells! Dumbbells! Kettlebells! Non-squeaking chin-up bars! Getting up even earlier in order to walk there and showering there is a pain in the ass, but...fitness is a matter of priority. And it's only two days a week. Gonna be a test of will come winter, though. It took me about fifteen minutes to walk to Robinson (tested it for time today), and I'm gonna be carrying my work clothes when I do it for real. Come cool weather I'm going to have to invest in sweatpants or something to keep from freezing on the way there. This is one time it would be more convenient for me if I drove to work.
I leave you with this:
BLESS THE GIFMAKER WHO DID THIS
You are badass.
Re: You are badass.
And thank you. It's fun to feel like a badass.
Re: You are badass.
Re: You are badass.
Re: You are badass.
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Lookit YOU, off the ground~! Never mind the rope..
Off. The. Ground.
Wheeee!
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oh.
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I have a hard time with the Split Jerk, too. I always feel like it's an awkward Zoolander moment, and I have to make this *sound* that isn't at all dignified. Happy that I'm clear to do clean & press and deadlifting, though, because those aren't flexed-foot moves.
YAY FOR YOU. For what it's worth, I always had a harder time with the grapevine method of rope-climbing. I much prefer looping the rope over my foot and then standing up on it. Hard to describe how it's different, but the difference is...er, different. :)
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Hmmm. I shall try that foot loop method next time we play with the rope.
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ETA: Okay, that looks a little more elaborate than what I learned, but very secure and nifty. We just hooked the bottom foot under the rope and then stood on the rope with our upper foot, like a rope sandwich, with the rope forming sort of a z-shape.
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LOLOLOLOL AT THAT GIF, HAHAHAHA
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