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Today’s Workout: Maaaaaaagic!

I’ll get back to that other series eventually but in the meantime, I started this one just so I can get a run in before work. I was nervous about this one. It’s week 5 day 3 of c25k which is just one long 20 minute run. I was hoping to get though it without any breaks and I did! It wasn’t too hard and the only thing that bugged me is not trusting myself to take a drink of water mid run without spilling it all over me and the treadmill. I just took my time, kept breathing, and made it through.

I had something important this afternoon at work that I was really nervous about so, I had more of a snack for lunch than an actual meal. I dunno if it went well. I’d like to block it outta my mind until I know either way. I’m out of steak for the time being (and soy sauce) so, chicken it is! The bok choy this week was meh; looked big but mostly stem and wilty leaves. I think I need to come up with another vegetable I can use for these meals instead of that or broccoli. I’ll have to see. There are plenty of Itaki recipes out there.

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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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Today’s Workout: Rings of Power

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I hear ‘ring of power’ and I automatically think LoTR which is funny because I haven’t been interested in that franchise since the original trilogy. That said, this mission had nothing do to with LoTR. That’s just my brain rot.

I was hungry when I got up but I didn’t want any excuses to delay my run. I satisfied my breakfast craving by making a scrambled egg and sausage on a croissant. The sausage was the meatless kind from Trader Joe’s and it’s not for any kind of super ethical or dietary reasons. I just like them and they fit on the bread. I’m out of food to cook in the Itaki but I had a TON of romaine built up in the fridge. I made myself a big ass salad to bring for dinner and it was kinda nice to just sit down and eat rather than wait for it to cook. Not that I mind cooking, there’s just s different vibe to not having to wait. I do need to do some more cooking but that’s for tomorrow. I still have a bunch of editing to do because it’s been too long since I published another book.

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Today’s Workout: Complete!

Ah, it’s so satisfying to see all the missions in the main story checked off. While I have plenty of other missions and I actually pay for this app, I’m not going to shell out any more money for the Marvel missions or anything like that. There’s a limit to how much I’m willing to pay even though I love this app.

I didn’t get the chance to eat breakfast but since my child clearly wasn’t going to eat the expensive steak I bought and made for them, I snagged it for myself. I already ranted about food waste. I’ll try not to do it again. I bought broccoli and forgot to bake it with the potatoes so, I used it for my Itaki. At the end of the day, it felt like a LOT of food but since it was my late night, it was good enough that I wasn’t feeling snacky when I got home. And it was probably a good thing to not overdo it on the chocolate croissants. 

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Today’s Workout: Almost done.

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When I set up this workout, I saw that I’m only one more mission away from completing season 10. I mean, there are is not a shortage of other missions I can do in this app but the main story is so damn compelling. I can’t wait to see what they do next.

Breakfast was my croissant and lunch was the leftover steak and potatoes. Dinner was some more leftover takeout. It’s basically leftovers day. I don’t mind that at all. When a meal is good, I am willing to eat it more than once. And I abhor wasting food. It was drilled into me at a young age that wasting food might as well be a sin and while I’m not a Christian anymore, it’s certainly a fucking sin to my wallet. The news says food prices are going down but until my paycheck triples, it still feels like a physical blow to throw good food away. Not to mention all the work it takes me to cook. Oh, and the take out was a quarter of a pulled pork quesadilla and spicy salsa. Absolutely delicious.

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Today’s Workout: “Overwhelmed?”

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It’s funny how someone can observe me and say I appear overwhelmed, yet when I ask for help, I get attitude and impatience. Like it takes moving mountains to preheat the oven before I get home. I still managed to get everything done but it took longer and left less time to try and do any writing before bed. At least I was able to edit some so, the new chapter for Patreon should be up soon.

Since my clearly overwhelmed self didn’t get any help with dishes, I wasn’t able to make something from home for lunch and opted for a tuna sandwich on a bagel that also gifts me a 20 minute walk to go get it. How that and my run didn’t net me 10k steps is wild but eh, that’s not the goal for the day. For dinner, I made steak and potatoes; the potatoes bake while I’m running and by the time my shower was done, perfect taters and plenty for leftovers tomorrow. I did treat myself to a can of cider because as far as I’m concerned, when the Fall ciders and beers come out, it’s Fall. And I love trying out the new items.

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Today’s Workouts: SPINE

Since the dishes were left overnight (ugggghhhh), it was easy for me to get up early to make sure the dishwasher was running before I went to run myself. I’m still using C25K as a guide and decided that maybe I’ll go to C210K after this. We’ll see because those workouts are LONG. Fitting those into the day is hard. I had no problem with them when we were in lockdown and I was working from home. I get an hour lunch so a 45 min run is no biggie since there’s no commute and if I don’t have time to shower, nobody’s around to care. Now I spend a good chunk of the day out of the house. I dunno. I’ll see when/if I get there. And I did the stationary peddler later on in the day. My thighs were wobbly but, so worth it.

Since I was up, I had another one of those awesome croissants for breakfaste and finally tried out the black tea concentrate I bought. I really like it. I tend to favor unsweetened tea anyway and it was so damn refreshing after my workout. All the dishes were finished, I prepped a salad to bring for lunch and my usual Itaki dinner. I tried out a new brand of sardines with the salad and, I gotta say, I have the weirdest “icks” about food. I like to eat sardines but seeing the tail on and the spine of the fish coming out while I ate freaked me the fuck out. There’s just… a SPINE there! And I’ve eaten whole fish around the bones before. I dunno why in THIS particular instance it bothered me but, it turned the entire meal into like, a pill I needed to take. Not gross but not great either. There’s a reason I usually stick with tuna or grilled chicken/steak in my salads. Less likely to encounter surprise spines.

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Today’s Workout: I’m taking it

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Yeah, I know. I was gonna run every day, blah blah. I wasn’t feeling it today so there. That’s it. No excuses or anything, I just got home and I’d had enough. Sometimes, its just such a WEDNESDAY that the need to decompress takes priority so I took the evening off.

These bakerly Chocolate Croissants are only 180 calories a pop and they are SO good. I wanted to get the actual name of them in here. I think I’m gonna have to make sure they’re always around. It’s just enough that I’m not starving when lunch time rolls around. I had the steamed bok choy and chicken again for lunch and dinner was some leftover pasta that I forgot to take a picture of. I go back and forth in caring about my macros and it was a carb heavy day but do macros even matter? I hear some people don’t care and for others it’s their entire life. My biggest deal is total calories for the day and getting enough vitamins so my nails don’t start coming off again.

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Today’s Workouts: Worth It

It was a rough day. I can’t even sometimes… It is so stressful to work with the public some days that I am kinda glad I did a run today. I felt so much better after; not perfect cause I was still annoyed but better. Or I managed to exhaust myself so I didn’t have the spare energy to be annoyed. I dunno. Any public facing job is bound to have it’s bad days.

Today is a rare day where I actually had three meals. Misfits Market had some chocolate croissants that are less than 200 calories a pop and they taste amazing with a good cup of coffee. For lunch, I had left over steak and potatoes and dinner was a salad that I ended up giving half of to my kid. I think that was a good amount of protein for the day because my run was so smooth. I didn’t feel like I’d been skipping it for weeks at all and it didn’t feel too easy, if that makes any sense at all. I hope I can keep this up because it isn’t so bad!

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Today’s Workout: Feeling good!

I actually went out for Labor Day and spent a good amount of time walking around outside. I spend so much time cooped up writing or at work that it was nice to finally be out like a normal person. The peddler didn’t feel too difficult after walking so much the day before and I’ve been keeping my steps up. The weather is cooling off so, maybe I’ll get back to taking walks around the neighborhood again.

I used up the last of the pork strips and unless I get a specific deal or craving for it, I think I’ll be sticking to beef or chicken. And speaking of cravings, those salads hit different when you really want one. My farm collective box had some nice lettuce and tomatoes and it was super refreshing to eat. The combination pushed me over 1000 calories and left me feeling bloated by the end of the day but that’s the Saxenda. I feel I was active enough that I don’t need to feel guilty.

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