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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 and Another Day’s Workouts

Yeah, I procrastinated the fuck outta that initial workout post and just ended up forgetting all about it. Then I took the weekend off and picked things back up today. They were both really good runs where I felt that I could possibly keep going but I’m sticking to the plan.

These were the meals I’ve been having. I’m still working on cleaning out the old fridge which is why things like those random pork belly bites and hot pot are still happening. It’s gonna take a few more rounds of hot pot to eat all that meat… But, I’m slowly working my way through it all, cleaning stuff out, and also enjoying some high-protein meals. And this set of side missions in Zombies Run is are so silly and fun. Just the most random stuff is happening and it’s so overdramatic. I was never a theater kid but these are total theatre kid vibes. I end up laughing during my workouts.

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Today’s Workout: Not a good sign…

When I opened my email and saw there was a message from the ZR team, I was hoping it was going to be some movement towards saving the app and nope. It was a massive sale on their merch which… Doesn’t seem like good news to me. Granted, I was able to snag some snazzy socks and a new mask but, trying to offload their stock seems like a sign they’re desperate. Man, I hope they don’t shut down. This is why I wish I was stupidly rich because this is something I’d drop a bunch of money into so it stays around.

After my run, I had another bit from the bread box I got from Wee and had some popcorn as a snack before I made myself a one-person hot pot that I didn’t take a picture of but it was thinly sliced meat, onion, and bok choy in bone broth. Absolute perfection. Probably not the best thing to eat before I go to the doctor for my semi-annual bloodwork. I’ll just have to take the L on that one if my cholesterol is through the roof after a bowl full of pork and beef with sesame oil and enough garlic to kill a horde of vampires.

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Today’s Workout: Tummy Troubles

Ah, a new week filled with PMS that I refuse to let slow me down this time. If I’m gonna be sore and cranky, I’m gonna earn it the old-fashioned way. This workout was a C25k one and everything went smoothly. I was tempted to pick up the speed but, I think I’ll do that once I’m a few more weeks into the process. The intervals are gonna get longer and endurance is important to me. I’ve also been stretching more. No sense getting my old joints locked up.

Since I’d given myself a delightful bout of food poisoning, I wasn’t so certain about eating until my workout went well and that little bit of sweet bread stayed down. I felt okay enough by dinner to have some beef ribs. Luckily, I was off for the day for a doctor’s appointment and didn’t have to worry about being sick at work. That’s never fun. It’s not a lot of calories for the day but I’m happy about that protein. It was so good.

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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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Todays’s Workout: Fantastic

This run was amazing. I held my form, didn’t feel too sore, and had that satisfying feeling of a great workout. It’s my last run for the week and what a way to end it all off.

I’m doing that thing again where I get obsessed with a certain food, eat it all the time, and then don’t touch it again for months. It’s avocado toast’s turn. I need to find a way to make it so it’s not so damn messy to eat. I feel like I’m in an old school infomercial: “There’s got to be a better way!” as too many bits of avocado or tomato fall into my lap. I should probably mash up the avocado so it’s more like a spread but I didn’t have time. I was almost late for work as it was.

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Today’s Workout: Veggie Hog

I can already feel my stamina coming back! Sticking to 30 minutes for a while seems to be doing the trick. I’m just gonna stick with that until it feels too easy. Then I’ll work my way up to 40 minutes and try to increase my speed.

It was a typical food day aside for the salad. I was craving one yesterday but I was so tired, I didn’t wanna stand there chopping vegetables. No excuse for that today and I even managed to get to a cucumber before my kid! I’m blessed to have a kid that’s always loved vegetables but this boy will DEVOUR them so fast, I don’t get any. Sometimes, I even have to hide them just so I can have some. This is partly why I’m going to try and grow some of my own this year. It’ll save me some money and make the kid happy.

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Today’s Workout: Monkey Business

Yeah, that’s an easy title. I probably could have come up with something more pithy, but meh. They can’t all be diamonds. Instead of lazing around in bed until I absolutely HAD to get up, I did my run before my late shift at work. It went fairly well; my knee felt fine and my stamina was good. My hair was a poofy mess the rest of the day after my shower but that’s not a big deal. I can deal with a poofy mohawk if I can get in another workout for the week.

I realized that it’d been a while since I’d had a salad with balsamic vinegar and wanted to change things up a bit. It was nice! I’m glad I bought some and have it in my rotation now. I did my workout on an empty stomach so, the salad was for lunch. I found a deal on ground wagyu and that was in my Itaki for dinner. It was overall a lot. Anything over 1000 calories a day feels like too much food. I dunno why the salad felt like the best part of the day but, I am a salad person. I genuinely enjoy them. And tuna is a great protein. Win win!

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Today’s Workout: No system

This run was not paced properly at all. I simply ran until I couldn’t anymore then took a break, then started running again. My knee randomly started to hurt on and off so I just held in for it to pass. And of course it was fine all day until I got on the treadmill.

For breakfast I finished off that lemon cake and brought in some leftover chili for lunch. For dinner, my kid was kind enough to get me something from their favorite take out place but I didn’t take a picture. It was just chicken fingers so, not that big a deal. The chili was the highlight of the day. So damn comforting.

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Today’s Workout: Wait, what?

I went to do the next mission in Negative Space and turns out it’s not a running mission. It would have been great to know that ahead of time seeing as how I was on the treadmill already but I probably didn’t look close enough. It’s fine; I just used Radio Able instead.

Truth be told, that sandwich wasn’t on the menu today. I’m just showing off that I remembered to put arugula on it this time instead of forgetting it in the bowels of my refrigerator again. As you can see, the Kind bars were on sale again so those make a convenient breakfast. I had my usual Itaki for lunch and dinner was a really satisfying salad. I hadda put that crouton in the middle like that. It amused me way too much. Just this slab of a crouton sitting there. I guess I’m easily entertained.

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