Eek, I'm so bad...

So... I haven't quite been updating daily, have I? Oops. And with my inability to maintain my blog as I promised, my workouts and diet have not been as clean, either. That's not to say that I scrapped my initial idea completely -- I just haven't been as perfect about it as I meant to be. Basically, what I tend to do already. -_-

SO! My naughty self has just earned until Thanksgiving. Extra incentive to eat clean is that I MUST post my daily food intake, no exceptions -- unless I do have a cheat day on Saturdays, in which case, it's no one's business. X) I will post if that's going to be the case, though.

Anyways. I went on a great hike yesterday with Tim and a couple other people up Seven Falls, which has some rock-climbing involved -- excellent stuff, I'd never done that hike before. Plus, it was GORGEOUS yesterday. I've been feeling... off, so it was good to get outside and explore for a couple of hours with great people.

Only about a month and a week until the end of school. I'm definitely going to get a camping trip together for winter break.

Fervent desire to taste every flavor,
nevermore, nevermore.
What when a bitterness has coated
thickly,
leaving sweetness and savory
an intangible luxury?

Order -- and triumph!

I feel powerful today. I feel very settled in my skin, and I feel solid and ready for any challenge.

I feel like things have been sort of out of order lately, so I'm putting things back into it. Starting with my room and car... ~shudder~ No small tasks, those.

I'm planning on owning deadlifts this afternoon. I'll post again with an update of my success!

EDIT:
Yesterday I did 5 minutes of TGUs yesterday with a 12 kg KB, and then 6 minutes of TGU/Swings with the 12kg/16kg, 1 minute of each. Also did some military press, BUP, deck squats, snatches and H2H.

So just about an hour ago, did them deadlifts, and I was very surprised... well no, actually, I wasn't.

I did a quick warm up with 135 lbs., one set of 10 reps. I wanted to be fresh when I attempted my max, which I really wanted to do since last time was weak and was attempted at the end of the workout. After the warm up set I laced on 235 lbs., and geared myself up for it, getting myself stoked and pumped. Get in solid form, pull -- and it flies up. It felt light. Okay... well, maybe I'll do 245 lbs. No -- I'll try 255 lbs., instead. But wait... why not go for a new PR, and try 260 lbs. instead?

I lace on 260 lbs - two 45 plates, one ten, one five, and one two-and-a-half on either side -- walk around for a bit, and get in position. I pull, and it was tough, but I'm very certain I got it locked out without any bend in the back at all. I held it for a few seconds at the top before I lowered it.

I was grinning hugely after this, and I think everyone thought I was a little loony, except for the guy who watched me pull the weight. I did a couple of sets of 5 reps of 185 lbs., and called it good. Short, but oh so sweet.

285 lbs. doesn't sound so daunting! I'm so stoked. And I'm looking forward to KB class tomorrow.

The bug bit me

I was feeling a little bit off yesterday, and started feeling progressively more headachey and congested as the night went on, so I drank about a gallon of water and got to bed by 9:15... sure enough, I woke up in the middle of the night with a fever, hot/cold flashes, pounding headache, a bad cough and muscle/joint aches. I've taken it easy today and have just downed a bunch of water. I did force down some oatmeal earlier, and then I had some delicious, hot udon that Whitney brought to me -- thank you, Whitney, so awesome! :)

Anyway, I'm feeling better than I was early this morning, and I'm hoping to kick this by the end of the weekend. If I don't, it's going to be a looooong week...

On the bright side, this has forced me to slow down and evaluate things, which has been productive. Putting things in perspective is usually a good thing.

And here is me sharing the perfect ugliness that bulldogs are capable of, particularly Winston:


To redeem him:

A Thursday update

Today I ate clean -- except that bowl of corn flakes I had for a snack. Damn. Was mighty tasty at the time, though...

BUT! I had an excellent workout today in Rusty's class. He was screaming at us at the end of class, pushing us to a level of higher intensity in the last brutal circuit. While the class is a challenge and exhausting, I'm definitely much more conditioned than I was, and am often finishing many of the exercises on top. I'd post more details about it, but my head's pounding since the class finished and I can't really remember anything, haha.

Another PR for me today: did a TGU with a 24kg with solid form, and it was on my weak (left) side. That's pleasing to me. :) I love growing stronger -- deliciousness.

By the way, I think it should be normal behavior to go out and do primitive acts on the night of a full moon -- y'know, like frolicking through the woods or howling at the moon or hunting things with your bare hands. Whatever it is, you'd definitely have to be naked doing it, too. Totally not strange.

Hrmph.

Definitely fell off the wagon there for a couple of days. >=[ My two sisters came to town for a surprise visit, and that was that. I haven't eaten horribly, but it hasn't been as clean as I've wanted. I've had a few very good workouts, but there just doesn't seem to be time in some of these days to fit it in -- which is definitely not true. I need to make time.

Ate very clean today, though I didn't get the workout in due to the hectic school schedule and a massage to give. Tomorrow will be another clean day though, and Rusty's class in the evening.

At Monday night's kettlebell class, I swung an 80 lbs. kb x 40 after the workout. I was pleased :) I'll need to try it fresh next time. I'm sort of curious how many times I could swing the beast... too bad there isn't one readily available.

The new snatch standards for the RKC Cert. Snatch Test look good. My initial reaction when I saw the modified rules was that it would be way easier, until I saw the increase in reps. Definitely doable, you just need the stamina and a lot of determination.

Not much to say

Well, nothing much to report today. My back in the lumbar and thoracic regions is very sore from yesterday's workout, as are the traps. I ate pretty decent today, though I must admit that I allowed myself to have a little bit of a cheat day -- my sister's in from out of town, which really doesn't mean anything diet-wise, but I was pretty good overall.

I woke up feeling kind of crappy physically this morning, was really nauseous all day, which wasn't fun during 3 hours of giving massages... it was fine, though. I ended up taking the day easy, and I'm still not feeling very good, but I'm going to get a workout in tomorrow - the Gymboss came, which means grad workout is on the horizon! That also means I need to start gearing up towards V02 stuff...

Today felt like autumn -- I LOVED it. The sun was warm, but the air was cool and crisp, and there was a chill breeze much of the day. Perfect day for a hike, hopefully there'll be more like it in the near future!

I hope everyone's well. Cheers.