Anniversary Goal

[musculArgirl2]

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you add the cheddar cheese and soup and garlic powder and oregano to a pan on the stove and kind of let it simmer and let the cheddar cheese melt before you bake them in the oven with mozarella. just wanted to let you know that.

[musculArgirl2]

i don't know how it happened but i posted a response about the cheddar cheese not and it went before nokie's and athena comments even though they posted them yesterday! oh well i just posted it again. and it posted afterwards.

[Nokie173]

I was trying to be funny with that, but I totally blew it and ate brownies and ice cream. I know.

Because of the Chinese food, and then that, it's like I had 2-3 cheat meals this week already, and was totally out of control. I always use family get-togethers and social events to screw up my nutrition though, so it's nothing new. I have to fix it now or I won't meet my goal this week Usually when I mess up like this I don't want to post it, or a lie a little to try to get around it, or just don't post for that day, but I'm trying to face up to all of the decisions I make regarding this so that when I get the results that I want, or I don't, I know why and can be responsible for whatever happens.

I personally like to post what I eat honestly even though it’s bad because it motivates me to be stricter and gives me a reason why I’m making slow to no progress it’s because of my lack of discipline. (That’s just me tho… )
But I'm very gald to see you're being honest to yourself too...

i don't know how it happened but i posted a response about the cheddar cheese not and it went before nokie's and athena comments even though they posted them yesterday! oh well i just posted it again. and it posted afterwards.

Might be a timing thing...

[Boss Man]

That's good that you decided to confront the mistakes you made rather that as you say hide away from them or bend, embellish or alter the truth.

I think people will sometimes do that, through a sense of embarrassment or shame, as opposed to just dissapointment, or maybe even a fear their admissions will get chided rather than comforted and supported.

However this could potentially prohibit greater levels of acceptance, of the issue(s) at hand, leading to less proactive or confused responses to the issues(s), that have lesser or no impact, than more decisive responses, used to try and partially or fully eradicate such things in the future.

Hopefully by talking about what you have talked about and increasing the level(s) of related accountability, this will hopefully better help you to overcome any such issue(s), in the future .

[Athene]

i don't know how it happened but i posted a response about the cheddar cheese not and it went before nokie's and athena comments even though they posted them yesterday! oh well i just posted it again. and it posted afterwards.

No worries, Girl - and thanks for the extra tip. That sounds so good. When my husband orders pizza next weekend I will make myself some pizza burgers. I'm thinking of tweaking it a tiny bit so I don't have a bun - it will be like "pizza hamburger chili", 3 awesome things in one bowl.

Hopefully by talking about what you have talked about and increasing the level(s) of related accountability, this will hopefully better help you to overcome any such issue(s), in the future .

Here's hoping! I'm going to try to do a better job.

I personally like to post what I eat honestly even though it’s bad because it motivates me to be stricter and gives me a reason why I’m making slow to no progress it’s because of my lack of discipline. (That’s just me tho… )
But I'm very gald to see you're being honest to yourself too...

Me too. I'm going to keep being honest, that's a promise to myself

[Athene]

I was at a concert last night so I didn't get to bed until 3AM, but it was fun, I just won't be doing it again for a while. I did a lot of cardio today. My 5 km run hasn't been attempted since the end of October, and I improved by time my a full minute (yay). I'm not a runner so for me it was a big deal to not want to die during the whole thing

I want to train twice per day for the next 3 days, Wed-Fri, so I have scheduled swimming workouts for the mornings, plus my regular CrossFit WODs. I hope to make up for the slip-ups I made with my nutrition earlier in the week, and to improve by leaps and bounds in fitness over these next 18 weeks, so that I'm not just lighter, but stronger and faster too.

Training
Session #1
Warm Up: 500 m row + 3 sets 10 each: pull ups/squats/push ups/sit ups
WOD - 5 km run
Flexibility - Quads, calves, hams, glutes

Session #2
Warm Up: 1 mile walk/jog
WOD: Max bench press
Flexibility: Chest, back, shoulders

Nutrition
7:30 AM - 250 ml black coffee, 250 ml chocolate milk
12:30 PM - 3 oz chicken, 1 grapefruit, 9 cashews
2:30 PM - 300 ml coffee with milk
4:30 PM - 3 oz chicken, 2 cups broccoli, 1/4 cup hummus
7:00 PM - postWOD 500 ml 2% chocolate milk
10:30 PM - 3 oz chicken, 12 green beans, 1 apple, 2 tbsp peanut butter
***ADDED during edit: 11:30 PM - 166 g Greek yogurt, 9 cashews, 2 tbsp honey, 1/2 cup oats

[musculArgirl2]

looking at it now, i think what i did was somehow edit a post i made the day before! whoops!

[Boss Man]

Don't worry about the post edit, these things happen .

Good job on the 1 minute off the runnning time Karrie. Every little helps and such things are all little cogs in an eventually more high performance machine .

[Athene]

Double-training sessions today did not happen. My hip flexors are so sore I have to lift my leg with both arms to put it in my pant leg, so I'm trying to restrain myself and not overdo it. My husband is having pizza tonight, he already ordered it, and I'm not having any, so I figure I'm still working hard and exercising my willpower. Tonight I'm going to go to bed early, 5 hours of sleep the last few nights is not enough for me, I'm an 8-hour person

Sometimes I wonder what's harder: being closer to your goal, or further... or does it matter? If I'm far away from a goal, I'm defeatist about it because it feels unattainable. If I'm close to a goal, I think, "Eh, I'm essentially there, it's not a big deal to slack off more". The common thread between the two is that, regardless of where I am on my imagined spectrum, I think that my daily decisions don't really matter. This journal is teaching me things...

Training
Warm Up - 500 m row, 3 sets 10 each: pull ups/squats/push ups/sit ups
WOD - A. 1-legged squat ladder with DBs (35 lbs-30-25-20-15-12-10-8-5, right side for max reps without rest, then match reps on the left with breaks)
B. 1-arm shoulder press ladder with DBs (35 lbs-30-25-20-15-12-8-5, right side for max reps without rest, then match reps on the left side with breaks)
Flexibility - Lots of quad stretches, shoulders, arms, hip flexors.

Nutrition
7:30 AM - 250 ml 2% chocolate milk
10:00 AM - double shot espresso, 250 ml 2% milk
11:30 AM - 3 oz chicken breast, 4 cups broccoli, 1/2 cup hummus
4:00 PM - 3 oz chicken breast, 9 cashews, 1 grapefruit
7:30 PM - postWOD 500 ml 2% chocolate milk
9:30 PM - 3 egg omelet, 1/4 cup shredded cheddar, 12 green beans

[fitoverforty]

Sometimes I wonder what's harder: being closer to your goal, or further... or does it matter? If I'm far away from a goal, I'm defeatist about it because it feels unattainable. If I'm close to a goal, I think, "Eh, I'm essentially there, it's not a big deal to slack off more". The common thread between the two is that, regardless of where I am on my imagined spectrum, I think that my daily decisions don't really matter. This journal is teaching me things...

That's right. Wherever you are on your journey, far away or just a few lbs. to go....it's those DAILY decisions that matter the most. Because daily choices whether good or bad are what give us our results. You can't lie to your body. It will give you exactly what you give it.

I want to train twice per day for the next 3 days, Wed-Fri,

I love two a day workouts! But don't be too focused on it, if it doesn't happen. Life gets in the way alot of times. You are doing a great job with your dedication and discipline to your eating and workouts. It's that consistant combination of the two that will continue to make you stronger, leaner and a more healthy you!!! Keep it going girl - you are inspiring many people who read your journal! (me included!!)

[Boss Man]

The future has the goal(s), but the day is also a goal. Get what you know you need done on the day and you are closer to the future goal(s).

Take each day as it comes and slowly but surely, if you're doing the right things, what you want will come

[Athene]

Lynne and Boss: I can't thank you enough for what you wrote.

"Today matters" is the bullet point for me. Today makes a difference, today determines everything that comes after it.

[Athene]

Thursday was alright

Not-so-good things:
- Drinking a little more coffee and a little less water, must reverse
- I didn't talk to my training buddies (2 friends) before deciding to do double-training days, it turns out it won't work with my training schedule for the rest of the week. I have moved double-training days to next week when I will know what the workouts are in advance and can work around them.
- Lots of school-related stress: major project just hit a huge roadblock that involves me doing way more work than I was supposed to be doing right now, and it kind of slowed everything down.

Good things:
- Work is great
- I'm in a good rhythm with meal preparation, planning, and portion control
- I'm going to bed extra early tonight, I'm trying to get close to 8 hours. I know this is so important for recovery and just for my brain and mental health in general.
- I'm using the motivation from this thread to help me in other areas: school, work, life balance, everything.

Training
-- Rest Day --
(5 km walk with dog)

Nutrition
7:30 AM - 250 ml milk, 250 ml black coffee
10:30 AM - double shot espresso, 250 ml milk
12:30 AM - 3 oz chicken breast, 9 cashews, 1 grapefruit
3:30 PM - 3 oz chicken, 9 cashews, 1 apple
5:30 PM - 250 ml coffee with milk
9:30 PM - 1 tin hardwood smoked oysters, 12 green beans, 1 apple, 2 tbsp peanut butter

[Boss Man]

:arrow: Lynne and Boss: I can't thank you enough for what you wrote.

You're one of those people I have always believed in and would keep the belief in. I want you to achieve, not because I'll feel proud of you as a person per se, but more so you'll feel proud of yourself as a person.

You've been a great part of this community for some time now and you DO make a difference, so thank you and keep believing in yourself okay, because you ARE worth it and your hubby married a shining star, with the potential to be awesome.

Whatever you do, this site will always be here for you, so chin up, keep pushing and be strong okay .

[Athene]

:arrow: Lynne and Boss: I can't thank you enough for what you wrote.

You're one of those people I have always believed in and would keep the belief in. I want you to achieve, not because I'll feel proud of you as a person per se, but more so you'll feel proud of yourself as a person.

You've been a great part of this community for some time now and you DO make a difference, so thank you and keep believing in yourself okay, because you ARE worth it and your hubby married a shining star, with the potential to be awesome.

Whatever you do, this site will always be here for you, so chin up, keep pushing and be strong okay .

Okay You got it Boss.