Today's my rest day from workouts and from schooling (I homeschool my kids on a Monday through Thursday schedule) so I've been ignoring the housework and looking over my eating.
I'm a creature of habit, doing the same thing over and over for most everything but dinner, when I'm on the wagon. Here's what I have (on my current wagon):
Which gives me rations of (carbs/fat/protein) 35/36/29 on lifting days and 45/19/36 on easy days.
None of the above includes my dinners, though. Dinner favorites that I repeat most every week are homemade veggie soup with lentils, black bean soup with cottage cheese, and chicken breasts with broccoli & cauliflower.
So there it is. I just wanted to gather all of the data of my usuals and slap it up here to ponder on and refer back to as I tweak things.
So last night, I was feeding some more logs in the woodstove when my leather-gloved fingers got pinned under a couple of logs inside the fully fired-up stove. My fingers and lower hand were nicely protected by the gloves but the pinning pulled enough of the glove off of my wrist and the top of my hand to expose it. What do I do as a reflex? Jerk it right against the burning-hot cast iron inside of the stove and hold it there. It takes an hour-long couple of seconds for my genius self to register what exactly is wrong with this picture. Hmm. Maybe I should pull my hand OUT of the stove? Sure, but first let me re-reach in further to get the glove because, while I may heal, the glove won't, and who wants to fork over the money for new gloves? Not me, says my rocket scientist self. By the time I finally get my hand (and glove) out of the fire, I'm smelling pork chops and the back of my wrist/top of my hand, where the skin wrinkles up each time it bends, is now crispified. Yeah, I figure MENSA will be calling, just begging me to join any day now.
Today's workout with toasted, not-very-bendy left wrist:
NROL4W, Stage 1, Workout A, 2 of 8
Warmup: What? The stove wasn't warm enough??
A) Squats: 45# barbell, 2 sets of 15.
B1) Push-ups: 45 degree, 2 sets of 15. Hurt my wrist pretty bad so tried to do one-handed. *snort* That didn't work out as planned. Don't ask. Just know that I got 2 sets of 15 somethings-resembling-45-degree pushups done.
B2) Seated row: 65# (per BowFlex), 2 sets of 15.
C1) Step-ups: 10" step, 45# total dumbbell weight, 2 sets of 15 each leg.
C2) Prone jackknife: Swiss ball, 2 sets of 8. Did a harder version this time and, while it was harder, I still did fine. Wrist was numb by this point. LOL (Did butt-down tuck one for 1st workout. Butt-up tuck for this one.) Might try for the full V one next time.
Still tweaking my eating. I love being able to constantly improve things, tinkering with this and that, until I find something that fits. Let's hope perfection is never reached because I'd be so stinkin' bored then.
Every word you have typed (especially the name of this log) just cracks me up. LOVE the quick wit and enjoy reading your recollections described with such flair.
I hope your medium-well hand heals quickly, and way to Woman Up and workout despite the injury! Fierce!!
Thanks for posting on my thread, I do love it when entertaining people pop in unexpectedly, you're welcome back any 'ol time.
I was reading your protein quest and didn't fully scour all of the replies (due to the fact that I'm on my 3rd cup of nitrogen-strength coffee, but I digress. . . .) and have had a hard time finding something palatable myself. I'm not too finicky about sweeteners, what gets up in my crawl are the powders that won't break down even if you were to put them inside a paint shaker! Of course trying to find one that doesn't taste like sweaty ape on a hot day can be a challenge too. To me, the better tasting and easier-to-mix proteins have been soy proteins, but with that comes a loss of protein grams per serving. To hell with powders--keep some elk in the backyard and anytime you need protein, just wander out back and take a bite out of a beefy hip. By the time you spend all the money trying to find the right powder, the elk would probably be a thriftier deal!
Stick with the push-ups--you're doing great! I think push-ups are one of the hardest things to master doing easily. They have been the bane of my existence and only through sheer hell and daily torture have they now become groan-inducing versus me being balled up in the corner sobbing.
Average eats for the week, 1/7 through 1/13. Not too shabby but I need to knock off a few cals, I think. I'll wait, though, to see how the ol' bod responds through next week before I do too much about it. I'm down 0.6 pounds this week which I consider decent for restarting lifting, knowing I'm going to retain a bit of water plus a case of the oinks whenever I first start up any form of exercise. Thankfully, that part wears off pretty quickly!
LoriAnne, I don't thinnk elk would fare well down here but we do keep hogs and, in a week, goats again, plus chickens in the spring. MUCH easier on the fencing! I wonder what the kids would say if I were to start chomping on live hog butt? Hmmm... Ya know, I'd be tempted to actually do it if I could be sure that the neighbors would be driving by at the right time.
Thanks for checking out my log :-) I read through yours and have to agree with the others... you're hysterical! Gotta love those with a knack for humor, love it!
Hope your hand feels better!
~K
hey chica, what is 'generic oinkage' ?? haaaa haaaa checked out your fitday and cracked up.
How do you get your foodies posted so nicely from there? Mine gets all garbled up.
Toni
"Generic oinkage" is just my standard custom entry for when we go out to eat. I like to enjoy myself and not keep a mental list of everything I ate and how much but, knowing that I rarely go over 1000 cals, I just click on that and save myself much time and mental anguish. Yes, I really am that lazy.
To copy my stuff from FitDay to here, I did a screen shot, then cropped it out in PhotoShop. Voila!
I hope you're healing from the burn. I think of that every time I add wood to our fire.
You're cracking me up and I definitely think it's brave to read Stephen King when you're trying to sleep. That's one thing I know would make it impossible for me to get to sleep.
My burn is a lot better today. Lisa, how did you burn yours?
Did I tell you guys about my nose? Kid #5 headbutted my nose this weekend but not too badly. Later that same day, Kid #4 headbutted my nose HARD. It made the sound of pottery shattering, like the other couple of times I've broken my nose. (Just call me Grace...) It bled and was swollen for a bit but not really too badly. It went down quickly and I'm not even sure if it was broken since nothings out of line (any more than it already was). Then 2 days later, yesterday, kiddo #3 headbutted me, followed by kiddo #2 later last night. I don't even care if it's broken anymore. I'm gonna look like a boxer by the end of this week. I wonder what body part they'll start on next??
Finished today's workout:
NROL4W, Stage 1, Workout B, 2 of 8
Warmup: Deadlifts with 15# bar, several sets of 15, working on form.
A) Deadlifts: 1 set of 15 at 55#, 1 set of 15 at 105#. I think I finally have my form perfected and kept the first set at 55#. Once I made it through that without losing form, I upped the weight to what I thought I could take and did it! Woot! I went slowly, though, to be sure I didn't screw up form with that heavier weight.
B1) DB Shoulder Press: 1 set of 15 at 17.5# each (35# total), 1 set of 13 at 17.5# each (35# total). Just couldn't push out those last two this time without form going to crap.
B2) Wide-grip Lat Pulldown: 2 sets of 15 at 80# (BowFlex). Will increase weight for sure next time.
C1) Lunges: 2 sets of 15 each, bodyweight. I still suck at these so will stick to bodyweight until I can get my form perfected. I'm getting better but still not there.
C2) Swissball Crunch: 2 sets of 8 with 25# plate on top of my head. My stomach is fine, could have done more weight, but, ow, my head hurts.
I've been reading every single post and link on deadlifts, lunges, and squats this week. Trying, trying, trying to improve my form before I go too heavy. It's so very cool to have so many brainiacs in one handy place!!
My burn is a lot better today. Lisa, how did you burn yours?
I'm just clever. Finished something in the skillet in the 450 deg oven, took it out successfully, plated dinner out of it successfully, decided to move it to the back of the stove w/out a potholder and BLAM burned the fingertips & palm.
I'm just clever. Finished something in the skillet in the 450 deg oven, took it out successfully, plated dinner out of it successfully, decided to move it to the back of the stove w/out a potholder and BLAM burned the fingertips & palm.
Doh! I've done that exact same thing too many times to count... Er, wait, no, I mean, I've heard of people who've done that exact same thing too many times to count. Yeah. That's it.
Did I tell you guys about my nose? Kid #5 headbutted my nose this weekend but not too badly. Later that same day, Kid #4 headbutted my nose HARD. It made the sound of pottery shattering, like the other couple of times I've broken my nose. (Just call me Grace...) It bled and was swollen for a bit but not really too badly. It went down quickly and I'm not even sure if it was broken since nothings out of line (any more than it already was). Then 2 days later, yesterday, kiddo #3 headbutted me, followed by kiddo #2 later last night. I don't even care if it's broken anymore. I'm gonna look like a boxer by the end of this week. I wonder what body part they'll start on next??
OMG what's wrong with those little people??? Tell them I said to stop!
Sorry to hear about the hand...and the nose.....you're kinda dangerous :P I'm going to try the PJKs with the straight legs next time too.... Keep up the good work with the eating and the lifting...looking good.
A) Squat:1 x 12 x 65#, 1 x 12 x 65#. Can easily do the clean & jerk thing and then press over my head to get into position. Getting it back down after, though, is a different story. I can do it with the 65# but I can't go much higher and still get it off. Need squat rack (or available hubby) ASAP because I can definitely squat heavier.
B1) Push up:45 degrees, 2 x 12. Feeling much stronger in the push up department today. Going to try to decrease the incline next time.
B2) Seated Row:1 x 12 x 80#, 1 x 12 x 90#. Will increase a bit more next time.
C2) Step up: 2 x 12 x 65#. Still using a 10" step because I didn't get a new one built yet. Argh. I really need to get it done because my grip is starting to suck with the higher dumbbell weights.
C3) Prone Jackknife:2 x 10. For whatever reason, I was a complete clutz today on these.
How in the heck have I missed your log?
You are absolutely funny and your workouts look great. Keep up the good work! I will definitely be checking in here to a)cheer your on and b) get a nice giggle.
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OUCH - take care of that hand!!!
Kid #5 headbutted my nose this weekend but not too badly. Later that same day, Kid #4 headbutted my nose HARD. It made the sound of pottery shattering, like the other couple of times I've broken my nose. (Just call me Grace...) It bled and was swollen for a bit but not really too badly. It went down quickly and I'm not even sure if it was broken since nothings out of line (any more than it already was). Then 2 days later, yesterday, kiddo #3 headbutted me, followed by kiddo #2 later last night. I don't even care if it's broken anymore. I'm gonna look like a boxer by the end of this week. I wonder what body part they'll start on next??
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