HUGE wins, except the travel drain. My husband travels also, and it’s brutal.
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Winning at dad things. Well done mate.
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@simo74 Thank you, sir. As I know you know, I have no idea what I’m doing. I just try my best.
The little training session went well! He is feeling good and hanging out relaxed.
@EmilyQ Thanks! I think the traveling is likely as hard on you at home as it is us going. I find I do better when I actually don’t try to plan around it, and just take it as it comes.
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I very much understand this statement. For me I also nearly always feel like I am failing miserably. It doesn’t stop me trying but positive feedback loop is pretty rare.
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No kidding. I guess we find out in 20 years when they’re either successful or serial killers. Or successful serial killers.
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That’s a long time to wait for a performance review.
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Total safe space workout today.
My cardio was long dog walkies and nada else today. We’re going early because it’s getting warm out, which is pretty great.
Then Mountain Doggy legs because I have yet again failed to stick to any programming.
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Seated Leg Curls
40/15
70/10
85/12 x 3
85/12 + 70/8 + 55/8 -
Leg Press
All sets paused in the bottom
2pps/8
4pps/8
5pps/8
6pps/8
7pps/8 + 5pps/8 + 4pps/8 -
Hack Squat
1pps/8
2pps (actually a plate and 2x 25s)/ 8 x 3
2pps/8 + 1.25pps/6 + 1pps/6 -
BSS Drop Set of Death
40/8+8s + 25/8+8s/ + 10/8+8s + BW/8+8s -
Leg Extension
3 sets of 8 working up
Drop set of death where the holds are for 5s at the top of each rep - pretty bad!
That was it for the day. I’m about to try some mushrooms with my steak and see how those sit. @QuadQueen might be pleased?
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Nice to see you paying the piper
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This makes my heart happy - and yours too. lol
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This is exactly what happened with me. Full intentions of “going back” at some point…and then I wondered why, haha. Glad it’s been going well for you.
Great work with the kiddo. You’re being the superhero he deserves.
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It feels good to just get stupid in there
And no ill effects! I’m thinking mushrooms are on the good list.
It really has been a great reset. I basically eliminated snacking and empty calories without having to think about it.
I really appreciate that, but I doubt I’m doing any of the right things most the time. If I were, he’d probably just be chugging along more comfortably in general. We all just keep trying though.
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And they are delicious!! Eat em’ up!
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This is an unfair standard to hold yourself to man. We all struggle in our own way: whose to say that his struggles won’t be far worse? Having a father who genuinely cares is a gift that SO many children go without. The “right” thing here is acting out of love: it doesn’t matter what the actual verb ends up being.
That elimination of snacking is definitely one of the biggest things. And the mushrooms check out: they really are their own thing. They don’t fall under the animal OR vegetable kingdom: they are on their own in the kingdom of fungi. @SkyzykS definitely has some hot tips on that topic.
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You are 100% correct and I appreciate it.
Great point! I’m all ears - I’ve always been a fan of mushrooms (eating, not tripping).
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Dudes! @T3hPwnisher @QuadQueen @EmilyQ @simo74 @FlatsFarmer because I know you’re all keeping an eye on me (maybe you have a pool on my expiration date?): I just had my labs review with the doc and they were nearly perfect.
BP was 122/70 - excellent number for me!
Creatine was a tiny, tiny bit high, but it’s always high for me, and the rest of my kidney panel was terrific. eGFR looked good and no concerns at all.
LDL was high normal, but total was good, HDL was great, VLDL was good, so there were 0 concerns.
All other cardiac and hematologic markers were easily in the normal ranges - this has been a work in progress for me.
This was, by far, my cleanest bill of health since the dark shutdown times. I’m pretty pumped. Seems like I’m safe to keep doing what I’m doing!
I think regular cardio (and it’s mostly walking with a 40# backpack), drinking a ton of water, and not eating processed foods have been the variables.
I wanted to share because this was a big one for me.
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OMG, I’m so happy for you! This is the best!
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Dude, that’s outstanding news! Those are the PRs that matter. I’m, of course, going to say it’s the eating you’ve done for the past 4 weeks that’s responsible for all of it vs all the good decisions you’ve made before that, haha. But being serious: I am so excited for you. That’s just such a mental burden to be able to let go of.
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Thank you sincerely. You’ve been in my corner a lot longer than 4 weeks, and I really appreciate the partnership/ coaching/ teaming.
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Hell yeah brother! We make each other better. I’ll let you decide which one you are, haha.
You ever make it to my neck of the woods, let’s do some lifting and grilling.
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I can always find an excuse to go anywhere for work. I’ll message you!
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