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Today’s Workout: Back At It!

Not every day is gonna be two workouts. I was more covering my ass if something happened and I didn’t run after I got home. I didn’t use any app but Zombies Run and did a simple walk 5 min, run 5 min until I hit the 30 minute mark. I haven’t run since November and I need to built back my endurance.

I don’t care if it’s cringe but yes, I have a Gamer Supps shaker cup and I’ve been using it to have a protein shake in the mornings. I put half a packet of Death Wish instant coffee in it as a pick me up. I think the full packet would launch me into space. Lunch was leftovers from last night’s dinner and dinner was some leftover fries from the weekend’s take out. It felt so good to be on the treadmill again. I think I’m just overall happier with running in 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: 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: Do it early

I’ve been trying to get these sessions done early so I can spend the rest of the day on work. I’ve been making some great progress on my writing and keeping up with my reviews and I wanna keep up that momentum. My views are up and I’m hoping to publish more this year under both my pen names and make actual money.

I got some sumo oranges and I have actually been remembering to take them for breakfast in the morning. I don’t care if it looks cluttered to keep a box of oranges by the front door, I can’t miss them and always grab on to shove in my lunch box. Lunch has shifted over to bok choy again for a bit since it was on sale and dinner was… Certainly a thing I ate… That I chewed and swallowed… Okay, it was gross. I threw out half of it. Probably for the best since the whole container is over 500 calories. I wasn’t all that hungry anyway so, I’ll just take the loss on that one.

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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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Today’s Workout: A Little Much

wp-17291227427055394450536277861737I decided to do the bike earlier today. I had an appointment with a patron that went very well (almost too well? I’m not used to good things happening) but I was still doing other work while biking. I can’t help but multitask. I have a problem. This is why my hands hurt all the time.

I thought I didn’t need breakfast when I got up but once I got to work, I felt peckish. I keep some of the Trader Joe’s Pumpkin Biscotti at my desk for just such occasions. For lunch, I had the Itaki and dinner was a half chicken from Butcher Box and the last of the roasted vegetables. I am not the biggest fan of Butcher Box’s pre-prepped options. The chicken tasted a little too spicy for me and I think I would have been happier with something I made myself. It was kinda… Oily? And I didn’t add any oil when I cooked it. The kid liked it but they love spicy things. To the point where I’ve had to deliberately not buy things like Takis for the sake of my plumbing.

Tomorrow is the first day of NYCC. My diet and activity will be chaotic for the duration, I can assure you. I don’t tend to eat at the con unless my kid is with me because I don’t enforce my eating habits on my kid and the food there is damn expensive. I don’t even ask my job to reimburse me; almost like a punishment for being dumb enough to get swindled. I’ll try to keep updated here but I make no promised. I am technically working. We’ll see.

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Today’s Workout: Tuna

wp-17290311158653540806525316181876I was using the Wirk peddler while I did some work (really enjoying ordering some cool stuff for the library) so, you can totally tell where I paused to lean closer to the screen and wasn’t peddling as fast. Burned calories are burned calories. This and the walk absolutely put me in a caloric deficit for the day.

Again, Kind bar for breakfast. Lunch was a way to use up some of the peppers that came in my CSA box. I probably should to easy on the tuna for awhile since this was two cans. Don’t judge me about dinner. I like crispy sausage. As for the vegetables, CSA box again. My kid doesn’t like cauliflower and I don’t mind loading up on that and letting them have the broccoli and most of the potatoes. I did have some for myself. I did break 1,000 calories but this time, I do feel over full. Probably too much salt but I like to think it was unhealthy? I think I did pretty good.

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Today’s Workou: Your turn, Sweatcoin

With NYCC this week, I am not running. I don’t run on convention weeks because I will spend multiple days in a row on my feet and I don’t wanna chance messing up said feet before I go. So, regular walking and stationary bike it is.

Now, I have whined a lot about how Google Fit makes my steps vanish but I rarely talk about the other apps I use. Up on the chopping block today is Sweatcoin and their “boost” feature.

It was from my last run. I managed to snag it before it calculated what my bonus will be. Usually, I average 3k steps for a 30-minute run but as you can see, there’s my step count, right?

Aaaaand, here’s my bonus. As you can see, there are slightly less than 2600 steps. I can understand adjusting for people who just shake their phones to get steps but come on. That’s just rediculous.

I’m still into the Kind bars for breakfast. I’m not gonna keep taking pics of them. That’s boring. For lunch, I brought my leftover steak, potatoes, and baked veggies and for dinner, I had a craving for tuna and pasta. I like it with olive oil and lemon juice like a salad. I’m off the Saxenda right now because I am NOT chancing the side effects kicking in while I’m in the middle of a convention center or on the train. Noooooo way. I did eat a little more than while on the medication but still around the 1200 mark. Not too terrible. I think it was a good day.

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