Is This Even A PHP Post? Idk. But my work was SLOW today so I didn’t do it. Instead, I caught up on cleaning house and went up to the hospital to check on ye olde relative, who said she wasn’t mad at all, just stressed about the surgery…she’s fine.
Still felt like I got treated like the 5 year old who was in the way. But…again, use the skills…how someone views/treats me isn’t my responsibility, even when it hurts.
But yeah, I was on the gig work all day today and literally got no good ROI. As a matter of fact, I probably could have gone to classes and gotten more out of my day. But…I didn’t so I cleaned house and checked on the relative, as I said. While I was up there, I borrowed the spiro to check my breath and was still blowing after I hit the 4k mark. xD go me. After not smoking for 2 years (only vaping now), I thought that was kinda rad.
After that, I did some research on getting more protein and still providing my body with enough energy to do gym work and have focus all day. And I found a diet that both has decent carbs and delivers decent calories. I’ve already been on a 3 square + two snacks + bedtime snack diet that’s been giving around 2k calories. Now, I’ll be doing a cleaner version with old favorites. Here’s what I’ll be eating basically every day:
1lb ground beef (90/10)
6 eggs
10oz fresh spinach
2 pouches of tuna
about 12 saltine crackers
3 tbsp hellman’s mayo (sometimes plant based)
1 tbsp tabasco
about 4oz of colby jack cheese (shredded)
1/2 cup brown rice
a dash or three of soy sauce
6 cups of tea (3 green, 2 chamomile and/or rose, and 1 sleepy time)
1 cup of caffeinated coffee
1 cup of my “soycaff” (instant decaf coffee, tbsp hot cocoa powder, bit of powdered creamer and sweetener)
I went to the store and got 3 days worth so i can get it started, and that was a lot cheaper than i anticipated.
As I’ve said, my gym routine is basically this: every day my main goal is getting into my car, driving to the gym, parking my car, and going inside. that is the goal. but once i’m inside, i do all of the machines as if they were circuits. i’m doing high rep, low weight, slow movements. goal is to remember how to move my body since i’ve been sedentary for so long. i do like… 5, maybe 6 or even 7-8 reps depending on how long it takes to feel the muscle group i am working get warm. so we’ll say 8 sets of 12-15 reps each. like i said, low weight. just getting back into that movement.
After I do the circuit-style work, I hop on a treadmill. I put on a podcast or interview or audio drama with Sam in it and just start going. I love distance walking, and Sam is still kind of that person who motivates me, so I give their work some love while hitting 8-10km in 90 minutes. If not Sam, then I’m listening to hockey related podcasts, Mel Robbins, Brene Brown, or even David Sedaris. I did have a Christopher Buckley audio book, but I can’t remember where I got it so I can’t find it to listen to it.
And I did just realize that I could be listening to Critical Role as well. So I do have a trove of options to listen to.
The adjustments to my diet will give significantly more protein and time the carb intake to actually assist with the energy I use at the gym as well as nourish my brain a bit before bed so I can actually sleep. It’ll be around 2400 calories total, and I should still be in a decent deficit enough to be losing about 1.5-3lb of fat a week…at least in the beginning. Depending on how it pans out, I might be seeing a total of 30-50lb gone after three months, and that would be AMAZING. But…we’re not looking ahead, we’re going day by day.
Additionally, I’m taking 5gm creatine every morning, 3000ml of L-Carnitine, a multivitamin, as well as a non-stim preworkout (because it’s after my caffeine cessation time). I’m currently finishing up my VMI stuff, but I might try a different brand out after I’m finished.
Anyway, it’s really nice to not be all about the trauma lately and be looking at things I’m wanting to do to better myself…if that makes sense.
