Utah has many such companies. I have never heard of Re-lyte. My wife is a weekend warrior-ette on her road bike. I just might buy her a tub of Re-Lyte.
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Utah is a breeding ground for successful companies.
They have a sample pack, see what flavor she likes!
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Friday, Feb 20
Weight 142.1
CG Max day 39/50 - arnold press, banded bridges, pushups, pullovers, staggered RDL, front raise - with 15 minute/1 mile cardio and KB warmup (I’ve dropped my Youtube subscription, so now I do KB swings during the commercial).
Then a 2.25 mile/45 minute walk with the dog, at a calm 30° - it was really nice. We were planning on 3 miles, but the road got icy around the 2 mile mark because of some quality of the mountain, either elevation or the way the sun hits depending on topography. Anyway, we turned around because it was so pleasurable to walk where ice wasn’t. Overall 10/10 walk.
We’re expecting 6-12" of snow today into tomorrow. I have mixed feelings about this because we’re going to a funeral 3 hours away early tomorrow morning.
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Still trying to figure it all out!
Wednesday, February 5
Weight 141.5
Went to a funeral on Saturday that has sent me sideways. I’ve been scaling up at work and started the weekend behind on paperwork. Watched what I ate during the reception, which meant not eating, and I wound up hammered before it was all over. Had a brutal hangover on Sunday, with inflammation through the roof. Had a nice day with the husband nonetheless (couch, nap, TV) and woke up Monday feeling that I needed to focus on getting my house in order (it was a cluttered, dirty mess) and catching up on laundry and life stuff. I’ve been prioritizing sleep and food prep and home things this week instead of working out. So I’m calling it a deload.
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I was going to ping you here if I didn’t see a post today.
My inner watchdog was going “Hey! Theres a thing! Hey! Hey!!!” cuz thats how I interpret stuff sometimes.
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I’ve been prioritizing sleep and food prep and home things this week instead of working out. So I’m calling it a deload.
Stan Efferding, among MANY other coaches, has a trend of telling clients to skip the morning workout and spend that time getting an extra hour of sleep, and the impact it has toward fitness goals is tremendous. As far as deloads go: this is absolutely doing it right.
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For me sleep is a never ending battle. I take it when I can get it, and I often get very little. However, I need to start looking into food prep. Every time I read someone’s post about food prep I think, “I should food prep…” Then I promptly forget.
Plus I would probably do well to read up on the subject. I Which means I need to find a text somewhere.
But, good to see you got some rest and are deloading.
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What’s funny is that I knew that! That’s why I posted instead of catching up on my charts. I also have a 30+ year forum thing with 4 of my friends, which I call a “shared diary,” because that’s what it’s become over the years. There’s a limit to how much quiet time there can be before there are questions.
Yes, because if you’re required to stay “on” when you don’t have the resources for it, then the only alternative is “off,” and there is where we fall apart and often don’t come back to it for years, if ever. My priorities (in no order) are my house, my work, my marriage, my kids, and my body. Sometimes balance works, sometimes one or the other of these priorities has to take more of the resources.
Right now the first two are my focus because they need my attention (the house is fine now, but I feel an urge to declutter and do extra), and the marriage and kids are not things I’m willing to steal from. And even trying to make it all balance makes me tired. So. I know I’ve done the right thing.
It’s really just cooking a meal, but in enough quantity to last the week.
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I really like that set of priorities and how you sorted through them.
This is where I often find myself, wondering how it happened again.
Thanks for that.
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One of the many things I like about Carolyn Girvan’s programs is that she does an annual 24 Days of Christmas type thing, which are 20-30 minute workouts designed to be catch-as-catch-can. I’ve never done one, but I do bear in mind that if I need a shortened program, there’s one there.
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Controlling the controllables is good.
My wife and I both suffer from the big darkly looming, overwhelming paperwork stuff and even other task type things.
I kinda duck and cover, literally, under my dark heavy blanket.
But I always feel so much better when what ever it was is done. Like a big weight off of my chest. I’m kinda ambivalent about that relief though, cuz its a product of my procrastination. Like a once-removed reinforcement for procrastination.
Me: “I did the thing! Yay”.
Also Me: “But you only feel good because it felt bad to not do it”
But at wits end, a win is a win.
It sounds like you’re really in the eye of a storm.
I do not know if this is appropriate. I really feel for young ladies (usually) who have anorexia. In 1984 I was in a Chicago hospital after emergency surgery and a probable cancer diagnosis. One morning I was looking out the window of my room, feeling sorry for myself, when I saw a young lady across the courtyard looking out her window. I was stunned at how gaunt she was. There is no real description that fits. I had no idea what was wrong with her. A nurse walked in and I asked what wing was across the courtyard. She told me that was where the anorexia treatment floor was. That has stuck with me for 40+ years. We had five girls, never once did I mention weight. We did not even have a scale in the house. So, between you and I (if I may), I wish her luck.
Of all things, I was miss diagnosed, I did not have cancer.
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You absolutely may! Hopefully good wishes do something to the balance of the universe, and certainly they can’t hurt! She’s had a tough time, and really has my heart. She’s a really decent kid, and deserves a future filled with good things.
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Back to business…
Friday, February 27
Weight 140.9
CG Max day 40/50 - “wee fun day” of calisthenics and light weights: rear delt flies and lateral raises, sissy squats, skull crushers, tricep press, concentration and hammer curls - with 5 minute cardio warmup. Presumably there will be a walk or a hike at some point (difference being in terrain).
I’ve dropped a couple of pounds this week and am certain I atrophied during the week off. While I know that this is not the case, it provided nice motivation (after an 8.5 hour night of sleep) to get myself back onto the wagon. So here I am.
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Woohoo!
That’s a “wee nice night”.
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Saturday, February 28
Weight 142.4
3 mile walk with the dog, probably a 3.6 treadmill speed, but with pee and sniff breaks. 
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Was that for you or the dog?
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Having battled this beast since age 11, it is not something I would wish on my worst enemy.
@EmilyQ, tell that sweet girl to FIGHT like her life depends on it, because it does. It does.
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