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Today’s Workout: Incorrect

I goofed and didn’t time the mission correctly and the stride length was wrong so my pace is completely off for this run. The treadmill has a bunch of metrics on it and it said I did 2 miles. I’ll have to tweak it tomorrow for the next run. I know it’s not about the numbers, it’s about burning calories but still! I did those miles and I’d like to see them.

I tried white balsamic vinegar for this salad and it was pretty good! Totally different vibe from the darker stuff. And I got into the spirit of warmer weather and grilled myself a hamburger for dinner. I ended up giving the pickle to my kid because I couldn’t finish it; I was too full. It’s so strange to feel so hungry I could pass out before lunch but too full to finish dinner. While the scale hasn’t moved, I have noticed my face is thinner and so is my waist. I’ll get there. I’m so close to getting out of the 200 club. Once I’m done with the 5k trainer, I’m gonna switch to the 10k, meaning longer runs. I’ll have to do them on my days off or days where I go into work later and do shorter runs during the week. I am aware I need to do more strength training. I invested in some adjustable weights for me and my kid to share.

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Today’s Workout: New spice obsession!

Just to spare my joints, I’m taking some long walking days. It’s decent cardio and I can catch up on shows everyone keeps telling me I HAVE to watch (I’m working my way through Supernatural) and my never-ending Watch Later list on YouTube. I may even start writing on the walking days on the treadmill because it’s much easier to squeeze in a few words here and there when I’m not intensely running. Maybe some reading as well since I’m caught up with my ARCs but behind on my other reading.

I’m still doing good when it comes to fruit and prepping different lunches for some variety. Dinner had to be smaller since the medication is doing its job and I had some delicious little tomatoes I had to use up. My latest discovery has been Spicy Pink Salt with Crushed Red Chili Pepper. This shit is AMAZING on the fish and the cracked out tuna salad I made for dinner. I have to be careful with it because I’m not supposed to be eating too much salt anyway and the spice isn’t fooling around but wow. I hope they don’t discontinue this anytime soon because I’m gonna stock up.

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Today’s Workout: Walking Day

My feet felt sore so, I decided on a walking workout today. I get a bump in my heart rate, hit my daily step goal, and saved energy for tomorrow. It may not be as intense but, I felt good about it.

I think it was the PMS talking, but I was so hungry today. Even after eating the above, I stuffed my face with some Cheez-its. That salad was so good, though! I left the avocado soaking in lemon juice overnight and not a centimeter was brown. It may look weird in the picture, but that’s because I added olive oil before adding it to the salad. And since Tajin was on sale, I sprinkled that on top. While I did slice up the other veggies, I was lazy and went for the precut onions that were also on sale. Sometimes, I just can’t be bothered and take a shortcut.

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Today’s Workout, And Yesterday’s

I should probably post the workouts day of, but I don’t always have time. I also figured it’d be doing people a favor to not put the image with the spider as the featured one. As I was fishing around the app to see what to do next, I noticed some of these side missions are body weight workouts, not running missions. I can’t believe I didn’t notice that before! I should be doing those on the weekends or something.

My food has kinda been all over the place? Maybe? I dunno. I’m enjoying it. In the Itaki, I tried out using a chopper like this one for the garlic and ginger to save time and mix it with the meat instead of the vegetables. It was okay. I do like that it takes less time to prep but sometimes it’s fun for me to have that random big ole chunk of garlic in a bite. The flavor is more even this new way, though. And there are days where I just don’t want to do a ton of chopping. Cooking is fun for me but it can also be tedious. 

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Today’s Workout: Things and Stuff

The runs are getting easier and easier and I’m actually kinda proud of myself for sticking with it. It would have been so easy to sleep in longer but, I think it made my day better to be active right away. The runs are going to get longer now and I’ve already been contemplating doing the 10k training once this is finished. We’ll see how it goes.

I should probably be eating before I do my run but eh, I’m used to skipping breakfast. Lunch was more of the garlic scapes and pasta and dinner was the usual as well. I’m gonna shake it up next week; maybe treat myself since I sold an item in my shop after so long. Another small step closer in stashbusting! I have so much to get through but much like the weight loss, it’s a little bit at a time. And if I can get out of debt by selling these things along with my writing, I’ll take whatever I can get.

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Today’s Workout: It happened again

I got so little sleep last night. I was up tossing and turning with terrible gas pains because I restarted my Saxenda. If I go out with friends, I stop taking it so I don’t end up sprinting for a bathroom randomly; particularly if I’m spending the day in the city. The downside is when I restart, the side effects are worse than normal. As I’d gotten no decent rest, I didn’t trust myself on a treadmill and finally dusted off the ole kettlebell.

I’m not ashamed of the fact I snagged a doughnut at the morning meeting at work but since it’s April Fool’s day, the calories don’t count since I didn’t take a picture. Lunch was normal but I was not going to bother cooking when I got home and didn’t want too many calories. Popcorn was my solution; just a small bowl with Trader Joe’s Garlic Citrus Seasoning on it. It took way too many gas pills to get through the day but I’m still declaring it a success.

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Today’s Workout: Bittersweet… Again

This is the last available main story episode and I haven’t gotten any updates on what’s going on with the app. I have plenty of other missions and Radio Able to keep me occupied while hopefully, something saves the app and new episodes resume. As for the run itself, it went amazing! I was sore from going out over the weekend but that didn’t seem to matter. My legs felt fine and I had no issues keeping up.

Apparently, it was fish day. I’d made salmon for dinner and packed up half of it for lunch today. Instant rice didn’t steam as well as regular rice did but, maybe I should have left it to heat up longer. I was craving salad and had an avocado to use before it went bad and it was great to have after a run. It’s gonna be awhile before I have fish again but, it was still good. Plenty of protein and the balsamic vinegar is a welcome change to my usual lemon juice or red wine vinegar. I was tempted to add a bit of cheese but what was there was already plenty of calories.

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Today’s Workout: A bit of a break

I took a break day from running and did the desk peddler while I was working. I just figure I’m not ready for daily running just yet and don’t want to over do it and end up with an injury. It really doesn’t compare in terms of my personal satisfaction; I just think I’ve done more if I’m running but I have the feeling that’s not the best way to think of it all.

I didn’t have time for breakfast but that was fine. The salad for lunch had plenty for me since I had tuna and avocado in it. It took three containers to bring it to work to keep the avocado from going brown and the lettuce from getting soggy. Dinner was the last of my favorite flatbread from Trader Joe’s. I always have one of these on hand for a night I don’t wanna cook. I can set it up in the toaster oven, hop in the shower, and it’s done by the time I’m in my PJs. It’s just enough to finish off the day with something comfortable.

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Today’s Workout: Dangerous Food

While not back to how I felt last week, my knees are doing so much better. I can’t wait to get back to running. I wanna continue with the Zombies Run story and the show I’ve picked to watch during the breaks is Sakamoto Days. When I pick a show to watch on the treadmill, I do not watch a single second outside of a workout day. It’s a fun little way to motivate myself and finally make a dent in the very long list of things I wanna watch.

For breakfast, I kept up with the almonds but lunch was leftover from what I made the kid for dinner. I had pre-seasoned turkey tenderloin, rice, broccoli, and cheese biscuits. This is the brand I tried.

These things are dangerous. I would eat them like chips. And they reheated surprisingly well in the Itaki! They’re something I would absolutely eat and as such, I should probably not keep them in the house. They’re dangerously good. For dinner, I had the Trader Joe’s pork shu mai and they were kinda bland. They tasted better when I had them with some chili crunch. And one serving is half a box so, I’ll probably give the rest to my kid.

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Today’s Workout: UGH!!

“What’s up, Lenni? I thought you liked running again?” That’s an excellent question and the answer is there are some months where my period hits harder than others and this month was a bad one. My joints are in agony. Just taking a step up or down the curb is so painful, I was almost tempted to use the ramps. If I can’t go up or down the stairs of my own home without wincing, the treadmill is probably not the best idea. I am so pissed off. I was finding my groove and POOF! I sure hope once the hormones even out, I still keep what progress I made.

I’m still working on that bag of almonds as my breakfast, which really takes the stress out of mornings since I just have them at my desk at work and can snarf them down really fast. I’d made salmon for dinner yesterday and saved a portion for my lunch but I was so unmotivated when it came to dinner, I threw some dumplings in my steamer and called it done. The whole box of dumplings is under 300 calories and is pretty damn filling. You’re probably supposed to eat them with something but eh, I liked them just as they were. 

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