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Today’s Workout: Dry

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Doing the desk peddler is making me very sore so it’s working. I know I’ll have to do more intense cardio and weight training soon but I’m working my way up to that.

I made chicken thighs over the weekend and while I absolutely overcooked them (they weren’t defrosted all the way and I’d rather have dry chicken than salmonella) but steaming it in the Itaki helped make it a bit juicer. I know putting it in the microwave would have dried it out even more. And since my office is so cold, I can warm up my food at my desk and stay near the heater. I didn’t get many steps in since I’m still working on a pile of books on my desk to review but I’m glad for the peddler. It’s helping with the hip pain from sitting too much.

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Today’s Workout: Taste Test

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Still doing the desk peddler while I get some more books read for reviews. I’m actually making some good progress with that! Soon, I’ll be able to actually work on a clear surface.

For breakfast, I had one of the Pro Dough double chocolate doughnuts. I’ve always wanted to try these and they’re not bad! You can definitely tell that they’re healthy. They don’t taste anything like Krispy Kreme or Entenmann’s where you know what you’re eating isn’t good for you but if you’re gonna have a protein doughnut, these are great. I finished off the last of the chicken fried rice for lunch and a salad for dinner. I bought celery to use in that stew I’d made and forgot to use it Now I’m scrambling to eat it all before it goes bad. I like celery so, I don’t mind. 

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Today’s Workout: Not a fan of the nuts

I didn’t get my heart rate as high as yesterday with this session but again, my muscles felt the work. And I was able to crack 4k steps by making sure I listened to my movement reminder. Also, I’ve been making sure to go to bed a little earlier. Staying up too late even to get more words in for my writing isn’t worth it in the long run. I’m just overtired and risk burning out.

For breakfast I had one of those Nut Butter Bites Misfits Market recommended to me. They were strange. Apparently it’s possible for something to smell weird but taste just fine. I only needed one and I was fine until lunch, which was my usual Itaki and dinner was chicken fried rice made from the leftovers of Sunday’s dinner. It looks ugly but it tasted good and I made enough for lunch tomorrow. I’ve realized it’s important for me to have meals prepped in advanced to make mornings easier and I really shouldn’t skip that step if I can help it. Doing it in the morning it too much of a time crunch. I probably wouldn’t get those bites again. They weren’t bad but I didn’t enjoy them enough to spend money on them again. I am interested in attempting to grow my own bok choy (since I eat it so much and I already have seeds) but we’ll see about that. I have the space, dirt, and my Lomi to make compost so, it’s just a matter of having time to maintain the plants.

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Today’s Workout: Getting back into it

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I will completely admit to getting off track the last few weeks. But, I’m refocused and ready to work. I went back to using the desk peddler to get my muscles working again

I’m still working on making breakfast a proper habit but one of my friends at work gave me a protein bar from Trader Joe’s that was really good! I may have to get a couple boxes and keep them in my desk. For lunch, I tried out my Yule gift to myself, the Itaki Smart Pro (not sponsored). I’d made lemon chicken, rice, and broccoli on Sunday so, I packed some of the leftovers in the containers and set the Itaki to reheat. 20 minutes later, I had a hot lunch. This works out better than the microwave since it didn’t dry out the chicken when I heated it all up. Yes, it does take longer than 2 minutes in the microwave, so if your break is 30 minutes, it’ll be a rush to snarf it down and pack everything back up to go back to work. The cord is also ABSURDLY short. I already have an extension chord from the other Itaki so it was fine but yikes. I get that they’re expecting you to do this at your desk and have an outlet close by but even so, there’s no way it would reach directly from the top of my desk to an outlet near the floor. And yes, it still uses steam and you have to put some water in the bottom.

Not that I intended this to be a review of the device but anyways, I got a deal on some avocados and made a salad with one for dinner. I can feel my muscles waking up and I hope to get back to running soon!

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Today’s Workout: Catching Up

I have a bunch of comics I still need to get through and review so I read some while I used the desk peddler. You may have noticed there are batches of reviews going up and that’s why. I’ve been going through all these books and clearing them out.

Instead of chicken breasts, I sliced up some chicken thighs off the bone and used that for my Itaki today. My bloodwork shows I’m low in calcium so, broccoli is supposed to help with that. The chicken thighs had the skin on, which was interesting. I can’t recall when I’ve had steamed chicken with the skin on and it wasn’t terrible. I still prefer a nice crispy skin. I absolutely made my salad too big for dinner but I was worried about the cabbage going bad so I used as much as I could. Same goes for the tomatoes. I like using the cabbage but I kinda miss the lettuce, not gonna lie. It was too much food on the Saxenda but still delicious. Oh, and I’ve kept up with having fruit for breakfast, grabbing an apple before I ran out of the house.

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Today’s Workout: Best laid plans…

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While I know I’ll feel good afterwards, I still am having a lot of trouble getting up early to run before work. It probably doesn’t help that I’m not sleeping through the night so when that early alarm goes off, I am not rested. I’m gonna have to rethink what days I’m able to fit in a run but for now, I got on the stationary bike while I did some writing.

Over the weekend, I made a batch of chili and I’ll be picking through that for the rest of the week. The usual beer I like to use has vanished from the face of the earth but Modelo Dark will do the job in a pinch. I used up all the ground bison I had bought before I had a bunch of issues with my car that cleaned out my savings. It’s good but ground beef/pork works just as well. I’d buy it again if I can get a good deal but not regularly. For dinner, I had a salad but with cabbage instead of lettuce to change it up a little. I find it to be more filling than lettuce and has different vitamins in it. Plus, it’s colorful to mix the red and white cabbage together.

It’s looking like my meals will be mainly repeats this week. I guess batch cooking doesn’t make for very interesting day to day photos but it’s helpful to me to always know what food is available and how many calories on average I’d be consuming and my macros. I don’t stress macros much but if I’m low on certain things and my doctor suggested supplements, I want to keep an eye on certain things. I would prefer to get nutrition from my food rather than pills or gummies but hey, I’ll do what’s necessary.

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Today’s Workout: New Gadget

I managed to sell a few things on eBay and since I’ll take any chance for cardio, I took a walk up to the post office in addition to 30 minutes on the desk peddler. I noticed that having that walk and getting up more during the day is helpful for the hip pain I’ve developed.

I will get back to running soon.

I’ve been wondering about the electric lunch boxes that don’t cook food but reheat it as an alternative to the communal microwave at work. I put the leftovers from the previous night (swordfish, rice, and broccoli) and while it did work, it took forever. Not a good idea for a thick slab of fish on top of a bed of rice. I could see it working better if all the food at direct contact with the heating element on the bottom. Much like the Itaki, I’ll have to play around with it until I get used to using it regularly. After all that rice, a salad was necessary. Those tomatoes just hit different, they were so refreshing. It was exactly what I needed at the end of a long day.

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Today’s Workout: Ultrahuman HIIT Beginner Day 1

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Today I figured I have this stuff on my phone, I might as well us them to build up my strength. I like that there’s no equipment and I can do these quickly.

It was a rush but I managed to get my lunch prepped before work. That dinner salad needed to use up a bunch of cherry tomatoes before they went bad. I’ve been having an apple for breakfast and all that together was filling at the end of the day. I also did a little kettlebell on the side, despite just saying I like the workouts with no equipment. And I had a higher than average step count. Not a bad day at all. Tomorrow I’m gonna push a little harder.

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Today’s Workout: Back to it!

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I am easing my way back into my workouts. Usually, after NYCC, I don’t do anything until my body is completely recovered. But, I am determined to hit my goals, build up some muscle, and get stronger. This was a quick session on the desk peddler and I’ve been doing some deep stretches. I think that’s why my body doesn’t feel as wrecked post con as it usually does. I’m sore but I don’t feel like I’m dying.

Unfortunately, not feeling wrecked doesn’t mean I’m not tired. I didn’t get up early enough to prep fancy stuff so, I tried my hand at ramen and veggies in the microwave. It was meh. I prefer the Itaki. And I like to balance out meals with noodles with a salad and since I paused the Saxenda (I did NOT want to be running for the bathroom at a convention where there are ALWAYS lines for the bathroom) I was starving around dinner time. This was a big salad and when you are that hungry and actually want a salad, it hits different. It was so good and made me so happy. All the greens are to help me get back on track after eating like absolute trash over NYCC weekend. I have some big plans to get creative with the food that’s already in the house as well as keeping my cardio around 30-40 minutes but having longer sessions with my resistance bands (which I forgot I owned). I know that’s not as good as using machines at a gym but I am absolutely broke and cannot afford a gym right now. I’m sure the bands will be just fine for now.

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Today’s Workout: Successful prepping

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I’m working my way through PMS right now where I want to just eat everything in front of me. I’m always hungry so, I need to be as active as possible to balance that out. And when I say “hungry” I mean my stomach growling not just feeling a little snacky.

Now that it’s cooler, I have no problem putting the oven on. I made some salmon on Sunday and had plenty to use as leftovers for my lunch today. Usually with all that rice I’d be too full for a big dinner but nope. Since I felt like I was starving, I made myself a big salad with tuna for some filling protein. Even though I passed 1200 calories, I still felt hungry later on in the night. It’s super annoying to feel this out of control when my hormones are all over the place.

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