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Today’s Workout: Easy does it

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I decided on a nice, chill run today before work so I don’t do anything to upset my stomach again. I feel okay but I’m a bit paranoid. Spending hours running back and forth vomiting will do that to ya.

I thought about having something for breakfast but I let my stomach chill out until lunch and had a sandwich. I think the bread helped because dinner sat just fine. It always shakes me up to be that sick so, It takes me a few to get back to normal. Having a run did really help. It felt familiar to be on the treadmill and moving my body. My food is gonna be chaotic for a bit since I’m trying to clear out my fridge so it’s easier for me to replace it when Black Friday rolls around. Should I spend the money? No. Is my current fridge making odd noises? Yup. Time for it to go.

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Today’s Workout: Not Fun

I’ve been taking it easy because I ended up with food poisoning on Sunday night after work. I usually am able to make a take out order last three days so, I didn’t think it was a big deal to heat up my leftover Chinese from Fritday before I went to work on Sunday. By the end of the night, I was vomiting. It got so bad, I couldn’t even hold down stomach meds to stop the vomiting. I ended up staying home from work Monday and clearly not doing any running or biking. I could barely stand up straight from the painful gas buildup. I feel better not and did another body weight workout with Zombies Run. I have to say, this is the first mission that made me actively dislike Sam. He’s always been my favorite and here he’s just the worst.

I was able to hold down my normal type of food and stay around 1,000 calories even without the Saxenda. There was NO WAY I was going to deal with the side effects of that AND food poisoning. No fucking thank you. The pasta was really comforting for dinner after all the stomach issues. I tried this with the lemon-flavored olive oil from Trader Joe’s and it was SO good. It ain’t cheap but it’s good. I will absolutely keep getting it as long as they don’t discontinue it. 

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Today’s Workout: Disassociate

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I don’t have much so say. What is there to say? I guess I better make sure I get all my medical stuff in order as soon as possible.

I tried to time making dinner around my run. Yeah, it’s a salad but I made food tor my kid and for tomorrow. Honestly, I wasn’t very hungry. 

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Today’s Workout: I like this idea

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I like the idea of having body weight exercise days in-between running days. I do need to get back to running since I’m feeling so much better from NYCC (and it will help me disassociate tomorrow) I can resume running whatever days I can. I’m exhausted from all the overtime I’ve been doing as well as adding more to Patreon, and doing needlework… I’ve been pretty damn busy.

I had a the pumpkin biscotti for breakfast, my Itaki for lunch, and because I’m a petty bitch and my child won’t help me by doing dishes, I made myself a bacon grilled cheese that I did photograph but my phone decided I didn’t really need it. Of course, there’s plenty of already cooked food and other things they can eat. I’m not a monster, I’m just really fucking annoyed. I own a dishwasher. It’s not that fricking hard and I’m the type of parent to pay for chores. It’s an easy win that this teenager refuses to take and I end up with so much more work I don’t need. Oh, but I’m sure they’ll be begging me to earn some once Call of Duty drops some nonsense they want me to pay for.

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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: Iiinnn Spaaccee

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This mission has an Aliens feel with the synthetic humans and such. I like it! I’m a sucker for good scifi. As for the run itself, it was touch and go towards the end because my arm hurts (I’m getting some bad carpal tunnel… Really not fun) but my arm isn’t what I use to run. I just told myself to get over it. This will be my last workout of the week, other than some walking, since I have so many damn chores to do and editing to get done. I guess my biggest challenge will be finding the chance to actually rest my hand.

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As it was my late day, I had to prep lunch and dinner so, I made some steak and rice to go with the tray of roasted vegetables I’d made earlier in the week. I’m trying to have more variety in what I eat and lean into protein and vegetables. Basically whatever I get in my farm share box, I bake and put into my rotation. Even though my kid doesn’t like it, I do. I think it’s interesting to eat all these new things. 

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Today’s Workout: Awww, that’s it?

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I was enjoying this story! I’m kinda sad it’s over but I think it was great overall. Then again, I’m biased because I love this app in general.

As for the run itself, It went just fine. The only real pain I have in in my right hand and I think I’m getting carpal tunnel. It makes sense since I’m on a computer all day and all my side gigs involve either a computer, my Freewrite, regular writing, or needlework; all done with my right hand. I’ve dealt with tendonitis before so, I’ll be keeping my hand in a brace for awhile, I have topical and internal pain killers, and I’ll be taking as many breaks as I can. The last thing I want is surgery or to be in pain all the time. I’ll make sure to take good care of myself until this goes away. What sucks is I had so much needlework I wanted to do but my hands are in no shape to crochet or knit right now.

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Today’s Workout: Small victories

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I’ve been complaining that the scale isn’t moving for awhile now but, when I got on the scale this morning, I noticed that my body fat percentage has gone from in the 40’s a few months ago to 34%. That’s so much better and closer to what Google says is recommended for a woman my age. I may not be skinny, but I’m healthier than I used to be. I still need to do more weight training. I don’t do it often enough; maybe twice a week as opposed to cardio that I do 4-5 times a week.

I don’t have pictures of food this time because I honestly didn’t feel like taking them. It’s all the same thing anyway so, what’s the point? Unless I do something impressive or you guys really wanna see them?

At any rate, this was a good run. I like this side mission. This app really does a good job taking the characters from the main story and putting them in the most random situations. I don’t pay for the extra Marvel parts of the app. If anyone does, tell me if it’s worth doing if you’re only a passive Marvel fan. 

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Today’s Workout: Long Day

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Even though I’m off today, I still got up to run before I started all my chores and errands. I have a long string of workdays ahead of me with some overtime so to make things easier on myself, I did as much cleaning and cooking as I could in advance. That way I can just reheat something healthy rather than end up ordering something to save time.

As for the workout itself, this was the start of week 4 of C25K. That means the workouts and intervals are getting longer. This run went just fine. In fact, I thought it was too easy by the end of it. My only issue is my period makes my muscles and joints hurt whether I’m working out or not. It’s not soreness I earned, it just exists in the background almost taunting me with my inevitable aging. This month isn’t as bad as some others and I think that’s because I didn’t stop. I stayed on my workout schedule even though I was overtired and kinda bitchy.

Also, I ended up removing Google Fit from my home screen to prevent myself from even accidentally opening it and having all my steps vanish. It’s still logging my workouts and running in the background but it doesn’t “adjust” unless I open it.

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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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