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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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Today’s Workout: New Itaki Ingredient

Since I had a doctor’s appointment before work, I didn’t have the time for a run. I did the desk peddler during a webinar instead. Not as intense but, anything is better than sitting and doing nothing.

A friend gave me some bagels and I used one to make myself an egg and turkey sausage sandwich for lunch. And I managed to get eggs before they were over $3.00. I have a feeling that won’t happen again… Anyways, I’ve been meaning to try out tofu in my Itaki for a while so when I saw Weee had extra firm for $2.99, I snagged two blocks. This dinner was half a block and while it tasted fine, the texture was not quite right for me. Sorry, it’s just not the same as meat; however, this was still VERY filling. I almost couldn’t finish it. I remembered to get as much moisture as I could out of the block before I sliced it up and it absorbed the soy sauce and sesame oil, making it softer than I would have liked. I’d still make it again to change things up. 

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Today’s Workout: Blerg.

Since I had to get my taxes done after work, I wouldn’t have time for a run and did the desk peddler instead. I could have used the endorphins to cheer me up because no refund for me this year but ah well.

I’ve been good about having something for breakfast regularly, even if it’s small. Over the weekend, I made pulled pork and had some rice and broccoli with it. By dinner, I was depressed about my taxes and didn’t want the hassle of real cooking. I did ponder getting a second job but I have no idea where that would fit into my life.

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Today’s Workout: Battery Life

For some reason my watch went from 100 percent when I got up to 19 percent by the time I wanted to track this workout so this heartrate is a guess. I have no idea if it’s accurate. I mean, in the long run all that matters is doing SOMETHING but still, there’s the full disclosure.

I had a handful of pistachios left so I nabbed those for breakfast. Lunch was leftover pasta and homemade meat sauce and I was so tired by dinner, I just had rice and broccolini. I did bake fish but I put that away for tomorrow. I just wasn’t hungry enough to add fish to what I was already eating. Not particularly exciting, I know. I’ve been tired ever since I got my flu and COVID shots at the same time.

 

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Today’s Workout: Dang it…

I’ve been talking around getting back into running and while I have c25k, I went to download c210k, feeling particularly ambitious. And I thought it was a glitch that after the first few runs, you have to pay for the pro version. I’m thinking I did something wrong and nope! I went to the reviews and it’s been changed. Back in 2020 during lockdown, I was doing it just fine for free. I don’t mind having to watch ads or whatever but nah, I’m not paying for that. I already pay for Zombies Run. I’ll just use their 5k and 10k trainer. 

I was out of the things I usually use for my Itaki and I worked late so I brought some low-sodium ramen for lunch and made salad for dinner. I wasn’t ambitious enough to get up and make anything for breakfast; I just slept in and I have no regrets about it.

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Today’s Workout: Good News!

On Monday I went to see the podiatrist about the weird toenails I have and she strongly advised me not to do any permanent toenail removal unless they are causing me pain or other issues. It would be too much pain, risk, and trauma to the tissue for it to really be worth it to remove them all as a preventative measure for a problem that may not happen for decades. So, I’m not getting that surgery and I can get back to running whenever I want! I’ll probably just to c25k again. That seems to be what’s the most effective and convenient time-wise. I just need to make sure to tweak my schedule to make sure I have time in the evenings.

Now, as for food, I remembered breakfast but when time came around for lunch, I could only take a few bites before I had to put it away and have it for dinner. I mean, the Saxenda is doing the job but it was still strange. I’m usually starving by lunchtime. I did have stronger coffee than normal. That might have done it.

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Today’s Workout: Long Month

I’m hardly the only one who feels like “What a year this month has been.” I haven’t lost much weight but I did lose what I’d gained over the holidays and I’m sure I can keep things on a downward trend.

I get a lot of complements at work about what I make for lunch. Apparently the smell goes everywhere but people like it! I may have to post exactly what I use and how much (even though I don’t measure, I wing it) so if people want to replicate it, they can. It’s so easy and I’m sure can be made without an Itaki to cook it in. For dinner I at the rest of that flatbread, which attracted my kid. Looks like that item has another fan.

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Today’s Workout: Dealing With Dinner

Lately, I’ve been just letting my mind wander while I do the desk peddler so I don’t focus on time. My legs just go and eventually, I think to check my watch. I still miss running but I can tell the muscles in my thighs are getting a workout. I see the definition slowly forming.

Now that I’ve been remembering to eat breakfast, I am not that hungry once dinner rolls around. You’d think 60 or so calories wouldn’t make much of a difference but it still shocks me. It shouldn’t since I’ve been on Saxenda for so long but still. For dinner, I had a different and much better Trader Joe’s offering. Of course, I couldn’t finish the whole thing. I had half and the rest will be for tomorrow. I dunno why I’m in this mood in the evenings now where I just don’t want to be bothered making anything. As long as I keep my activity up and my calories low, I think I’m doing just fine even if I don’t slave over a stove every day.

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Today’s Workout: More Food Prep Experiments

I think I’m doing pretty well with the biking. 40 minutes is a reasonable length I can pull off during a webinar or something and luckily nobody minds if I do the peddler as long as I get my work done. In fact, most of the people I work with think it’s a fantastic idea. I still need to do more body weight work but, I’ll get there. It’s fine.

I finally fucking remembered to bring an orange for lunch! Geez, they’re right there in the damn kitchen in my face. You’d think it wouldn’t be that hard. But aside for that, I decided to give green beans a try in the Itaki and holy shit, it was amazing! The meat I used was a wagyu beef patty that I just broke up and let sit in the sauce till lunch time and I’ve also enjoyed putting some sliced up ginger in the meal. It gives a nice little punch that I like. For dinner, I was so damn tired that I just grabbed a portion of the pulled pork I’d made from the freezer and had that with some rice. Fast and simple was the name of the game by the end of the day. 

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