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hunisu

hunisu

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hunisu

hunisu

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I feel pretty darn good today. Sometimes I look back and try to remember how things were "before." Before, when I was hoping nothing would go wrong because how would I pay for it. Before, when I spent 4 years going to the hospital/er almost daily due to a horrendous medical situation (not mine). Before I made the decision to put taking care of myself first after 25 years of marriage and kids. Each day was an exercise in just getting through. Waking up I was tired. I couldn't walk up the stairs without losing my breath. I was stressed out from every. single. thing. Well, except work. I can't imagine how I would have survived if I had been in any of my former work places. Actually I don't think I would have survived. Things were just that bad.

These days I wake up feeling mentally ready for the day. I get through the days fairly well. I haven't truly been stressed out about anything. Bills? Have them sorted and budgeted for the year by Jan 1. Work? Still going well, sometimes irritating but not stressful. Health? All good. I can go up and down the stairs several times and not lose my breath or have to rest half way up. I can walk a mile to the store and bring home a gallon of milk without too much effort. Heck, just being able to walk to the park at the end of the street is major progress. I've come so far and I'm proud of myself. I'm so glad I finally took the initiative for myself.

Today's Accountability:
Amazon week 3 day 2
Better Balance
Exercise of the day
Groundwork Abs day 5
Walking: day off - but I might be walking later, it depends on how long it's going to take to get my tires changed.
Nutrition yesterday: 9/10
 
hunisu

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I adulted so hard yesterday. Not really, but I'm counting it as a win getting my tires changed. It only took about 45 minutes so I didn't walk home. Not much more to say today. off to work.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl: This Inevitable Ruinoday's - relistening because book 8 come out next week

Today's Accountability:
Amazon week 3 day 3
Strider
Exercise of the day
Groundwork Abs day 6
Walking: day off - 2.38 miles - 16:25/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 8/10
 
hunisu

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I may or may not have lost 2 days of work yesterday. An expected result did not occur and I may have to start over. I'm hoping there is a way to salvage the situation. I have an idea. Here's to hoping it's a good one.

I'm stuck on bubu's stocking. I have a 17 row deficit that I can't quite figure out what to do with. Momo and N's stockings both have baking and cat themes, bubu's is water/ocean and criptids. Hub's will be something related to gaming or reading or tech, not entirely sure yet. Mine will probably be knitting and something else I'm not sure of yet either.

I had a very bad salt day yesterday. Both lunch and dinner were carry out and then I snacked on pretzels and popcorn. Beyond the water retention, my tinnitus is quite loud today. At least it's not worse. Occasionally I forget that I shouldn't have that much salt.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl: This Inevitable Ruin

Today's Accountability:
Amazon week 3 day 4
Achilles Tendon Recovery
Exercise of the day
Groundwork Abs day 7
Walking: day off - 2.41 miles - 16:30/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 2/10
 

faeriering

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hunisu said:
I may or may not have lost 2 days of work yesterday. An expected result did not occur and I may have to start over. I'm hoping there is a way to salvage the situation. I have an idea. Here's to hoping it's a good one.

I'm stuck on bubu's stocking. I have a 17 row deficit that I can't quite figure out what to do with. Momo and N's stockings both have baking and cat themes, bubu's is water/ocean and criptids. Hub's will be something related to gaming or reading or tech, not entirely sure yet. Mine will probably be knitting and something else I'm not sure of yet either.

I had a very bad salt day yesterday. Both lunch and dinner were carry out and then I snacked on pretzels and popcorn. Beyond the water retention, my tinnitus is quite loud today. At least it's not worse. Occasionally I forget that I shouldn't have that much salt.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl: This Inevitable Ruin

Today's Accountability:
Amazon week 3 day 4
Achilles Tendon Recovery
Exercise of the day
Groundwork Abs day 7
Walking: day off - 2.41 miles - 16:30/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 2/10
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what about a greek pattern? something like this: https://www.magnific.com/free-vecto...4c44-be7a-06780a5789b8&query=Greek+key+border

like what you'd see around a greek boat?

I love your color work. as a reminder blocking is magic and fixes all ills.

I'm glad you got yarn for your birthday and the fight against yarn chicken is real (I have found getting a good scale and weighing the ball of yarn after x rows is helpful).

love reading your journey you are killing it!!
 
hunisu

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Why oh why did I have to challenge myself with the monthly challenge? I mean, seriously, what was I thinking? Six days in (I missed the first 3 days) and I'm feeling it. We're talking about waking up at 2 a.m. feeling it. I'm pretty sure the hot water bottle is going to be my best friend today. I'm thinking of changing from the Amazon plan to the metcon plan. It seems like it might be a better option for what I ultimately want to achieve. This morning I figured out my max heart rate and where my zones would be. Wow, didn't realize they shifted as much as they have over the years. Of course the last time I did this I was 20 and actively competing.

My idea for my worked turned out beautifully. I thankfully saved a previous version to my desktop (I have a love/hate relationship with auto save) and do some copy/pasting. Woo! Of course then I ran into another issue. Fractions. As much as I love math (I could literally do algebra all day long and be happy), fractions have been one of the names of my existence since 3rd grade. To be fair, it wasn't a me problem, it was a software problem.

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what about a greek pattern? something like this: https://www.magnific.com/free-vecto...4c44-be7a-06780a5789b8&query=Greek+key+border

like what you'd see around a greek boat?
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Ooh I like that. I had a good pattern figured out and when I was ready to start the name section I wanted to see how it looked with the other two. :verysadkitty: It was too long! Like they say, there's nothing like knitting/crochet to remind you that you really can't count. How the heck was I off by 11? So I ripped it back and am now partially through the top ribbing.

Ok, onto working out so I can post this...


Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl: This Inevitable Ruin

Yesterday's Accountability:
Amazon week 3 day 6
Rest and Rec
Exercise of the day
Groundwork Abs day 9
Walking: 3.37 miles 17:53/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 6/10

Today's Accountability:
Amazon week 3 day 7
Spite & Muscle Memory
Exercise of the day - took me until 20 to get my balance figured out
Groundwork Abs day 10
Walking: day off
Nutrition yesterday: 6/10
 
hunisu

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The nature of a challenge is to, of course, challenge yourself, to find your limits and push past them. For my first abs challenge I found my limit. Did I push past? Honestly, probably not. I did go a day beyond when my body started being sore. Does this mean I failed? Depends on how you look at it. Yes in that I'm not going to finish the challenge this month. No, because at least I started, at least I gave it effort. Do I feel bad about it? Yes. At heart I'm a completionist, I want all the boxes checked, all the blanks filled out, all the things done. It makes me feel good. BUT, I have to listen to my body. What good is it to push when it's going to result in days of "forced" down time? In this case, Sunday I couldn't stand up straight without my lower abs pulling to the point I could barely walk. I've done my pushing in the past and I still have the effects today; my shoulders, knees, elbows, and hips even still give me issues from time to time. I started Darebee to get a jump start on preventing osteroporosis. I'm not doing this to achieve an ideal, I'm doing this to help stay healthy. So, with that in mind, I'm not going to feel bad about it. This is fun and I'm not going to make a chore out of it. That's the fastest way to lose interest and stop. I don't want to stop.

Ok, fun stuff. I started working on hub's stocking. I was originally going to use the ghost dog from Nightmare before Christmas, but it ended up being too big and I haven't figured out how to shrink it down to a managable size. I have other ideas so we'll see where it goes. I will be doing a short run of Space Invaders (1978 arcade game). That'll be fun. Can I just say that one of the best knitting accessories I've acquired is an I cord maker. So so so much nicer to make I cords now.

TV/streaming watching has slowed down quite a bit. There are shows coming up that I have interest in watching, but they are on platforms I don't subscribe to so I have to wait until they are available on YouTube. It is nice to see that some international shows are now on Netflix for my area. It's been quite a while since I've watched local (?) shows. I don't know why but Asian shows keep my attention better and don't feel as gaudy? Performative? Dunno.

Listening to: Yay! Book 8 is out! :flowerkitty:Dungeon Crawler Carl: A Parade of Horribles

Yesterday's Accountability:
Metcon week 1 day 1
Osteoporosis Fix
Exercise of the day
Groundwork Abs I just couldn't. I could finally stand up straight again
Walking: tried to stay in the 60-70% heart rate zone, couldn't. 1.09 miles - 24.39/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 7/10

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 1 day 2
Unbound day 1
Exercise of the day
Groundwork Abs I"m officially calling it and I'm not going to feel bad
Walking: day off
Nutrition yesterday: 8/10
 
hunisu

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Felt like absolute garbage yesterday. My sinuses were wreaking havoc on my eyes, ears and jaw, giving me the Mother of All Headaches. And, to add insult to injury, my neck and shoulders were all tight and knotty. Not a beautiful day in the neighborhood. For the first time in 3 years I managed to not get groceries ordered. I have to say that was one good thing that came out of the pandemic, I'm not running to the store every day. Though I still go often because I don't trust people to pick out meat that isn't all fat or 30 seconds from expiring. Ok, it's not that bad, but sometimes I do get meat that will expire within a couple of days.

For anyone interested, here is a picture of the current progress on the Christmas stockings. yes, those are skulls
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Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 1 day 5
Rise and Grind
Unbound day 4
Exercise of the day
Walking: not yet - maybe this afternoon or after work
Nutrition yesterday: 7/10
 
hunisu

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Been a few days I haven't been slacking, just really really busy. Why you ask? Because I've finally been sleeping like a normal person and haven't had an extra 2 hours in the mornings. Friday I didn't manage to get a walk in. By the time work ended I started to feel like crud again. Saturday was more of the same gross feeling but I did get most of my normal things, done, except for the Metcon workout. I didn't look at the actual thing to do list because I mistakenly thought it was a rest day. I also ended up sleeping almost all day off and on. Sunday I did jack squat. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. My sinuses were at an all time we-hate-you-and-we're-going-to-make-you-miserable level. Yesterday I found out that all of this grossness was because this area had the worst allergen days in a very long time. At least that's what a co-worker said. I tend to believe him because he knows that kind of stuff. Yesterday I got back on track with everything, metcon, exercise of the day, unbound, walking. It felt good.

Sunday was good for knitting though, finished hub's stocking and started on mine. I do an uncommon increase for the toe. It's based on a pattern I bought a few years back and I recently heard the author usually has some uncommon techniques she uses in patterns. Point is, I figured out a way to make this particular increase easier to pick up the correct stitch. Yay! I never thought I'd be able to knit as it always looking liked it required a level of manual dexterity I do not have. I'm so glad my friend stepped up and said "We're going to teach you" when I wished I could knit. So, in late 2019, I learned. Six and a half years later here I am. Socks, sweaters, mittens, gloves, one scarf, shawls, blankets, t-shirts, cowls, hats - oh my goodness the hats, cables, lace, stranded colorwork, brioche, intarsia, etc. I jumped in and went for it. It's my thing.

Anyway...

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 2 day 2 - rest day
Unbound day 7
Exercise of the day
Walking: day off
Nutrition yesterday: 9/10
 
hunisu

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Minor medical issue (not mine) in the middle of my metcon workout today. Needless to say, I took more than 2 minutes between sets 1 and 2. All good though. Everyone still as healthy as possible (?), can be (?), hard to find the right word when none of us are, or will be, completely healthy. It is what it is. I'll take my personal 100% any day.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 2 day 3 - The Climb
Unbound day 8
Exercise of the day
Walking: 2.41 miles - 16:30/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 9/10
 
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hunisu

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Walk was on the slow side today. not because I was slow but because I tried to save a baby bunny from a stray cat. Not sure if I was ultimately successful or not. Given nature, probably not. I also stopped to check mail, where I was almost completely shocked. So genetics. My niece (brother's daughter) looks almost exactly like my daughter. Like scarily similar. From the 4 pictures of my niece 3 of them could easily pass as momo. Even their hair styles are similar. The "maiden name" family genes run strong.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles
Watching: Wu

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 2 day 6 -Gut Control
Unbound day 11
Exercise of the day
Walking: 3.23 miles - 18:05/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 6/10
 
hunisu

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Taking today off from work. I try my hardest to pack as many medical appointments I can on the same day so I don't have to take multiple days off. Thankfully the amount of appointments has decreased in the past couple of years. As for today, I'm getting set back up with a specialist as it's been YEARS since I last saw one. Gotta love when your insurance changes and your doc doesn't take the new insurance. All good though. It's also been YEARS since my last major issues and I thought it was probably time to get set back up somewhere just in case.

I also got a new fitness tracker. An off brand smart ring. So far it seems good. Steps might be way off though. I'm going to be doing some testing on it today to see how it all works. Maybe it's a calibration thing? Dunno. The test I ran this morning was all over the place.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles - I missed the entire bar fight as I was singing along with Carl and Donut
Watching: Wu

Yesterday's Accountability:
Metcon week 3 day 3 - Titan's Fury
Unbound day 15
Exercise of the day
Walking: 2.39 miles - 17:04/mi according to my usual app - 2.84 miles - 14:05/mil according to the new app - Yeah something is off.
Nutrition yesterday: 6/10


Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 3 day 4 - rest day
Unbound day 16
Exercise of the day
Walking:
old: 2.04 miles - 17:04/mi (had to stop and retie my shoe) - 4396 steps
new: 1.13 miles (didn't start completely until I checked on it) - 15:14/mi - 1432 steps
3rd: 2.1 miles - 16:45/mi - 7359 steps - Ok, this wasn't next to no help whatsoever steps wise
Nutrition yesterday: 7/10
 
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hunisu

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Yesterday I did a small test with the apps. I walked 100 steps out and back. My old app counted 13 extra steps. The new app was spot on. the third app was off by 164. This confuses me completely. I started and stopped the apps as close as I could on my walk this morning (results below), And the differences are off just enough to not know which is more accurate. All that to say I think I'm just going to use the new app as a baseline.

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 3 day 5 - Cupid
Unbound day 17
Exercise of the day
Walking:
old: 2.38 miles - 40:08 - 16:53/mi - 5429 steps
new: 2.78 miles - 39:49 - 14:19/mi - 2363 steps
3rd: 2.44 miles - 40:50 - 16:43/mi - 8639 steps
Nutrition yesterday: 8/10
 
hunisu

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Ugh, I've been off since taking the day off on Thursday. Was really hard to focus and keep on task yesterday, and I have a ton to do while the stress level is rising. Not necessarily a bad stress, just we're-having-a-meeting-where-I-might-have-to-actually-speak stress. Would probably not be an issue if I spoke with the other attendants on a regular basis. Going to try not to stress eat today. Heh, good luck with that!

We made ice cream a couple days ago. Agave syrup, evaporated milk, monkfruit sugar and ovaltine. Not sure what else, if anything, hubs put in. It was pretty good.

Smart ring is doing an ok job overall. There are some things I wish the app would do, but it's not enough for me to ditch it completely. It's currently sitting at 32% without having been charged yet. Not too bad. Beat's my old tracker that had to be charged every other day. I do wish it had a time display on the ring. I keep looking at it for the time.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles
Watching: Wu

Yesterday's Accountability:
Metcon week 3 day 6 - No One is Watching
Unbound day 18
Exercise of the day
Walking: 4.33 miles - 13:54/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 8/10
 
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hunisu

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Stockings are finished. Now I need to figure out what's next. Well, beyond blocking.
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A show I've been really excited about has finally started airing. I'm interested to see how they handle the social commentary on it. The director has done some amazing shows so I'm certain it will be good. I did mark it down below as an LGBT show in case you really don't watch content of that nature.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles
Watching: Wu, Ticket to Heaven (LGBT)

Yesterday's Accountability:
Metcon week 3 day 7 - rest day
Unbound day 19
Exercise of the day
Walking: rest day
Nutrition yesterday: 6/10
 
hunisu

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The last half of my walk this morning didn't get recorded so I don't know how that went. I needed to stop by the store and paused tracker while inside. Apparently if it's paused too long it assumes you've stopped and ends the recording. Something to keep in mind I suppose.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles
Watching: Wu, Ticket to Heaven (LGBT)

Yesterday's Accountability:
Metcon week 4 day 1 - Standing Abs
Unbound day 20
Exercise of the day
Perfect Balance Challenge day 1
Walking: 1.68 miles - 14:28/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 6/10
 
hunisu

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That big talky meeting that I thought was going to happen on Monday? Yeah, it's today. In less than 4 hours. I'll survive. All it will be is reviewing a project, nothing is an attack on my character, no matter how scary these people are to me. They're really not, I'm a scaredycat. People look at me and I want to cry. I've gotten a lot better over the years, but I can guarantee my heart rate will spike and I'll be a sweaty mess by the end of it.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles
Watching: Wu, Ticket to Heaven (LGBT)

Yesterday's Accountability:
Metcon week 4 day 2 - rest day
Unbound day 21
Exercise of the day
Perfect Balance Challenge day 2
Walking: rest day
Nutrition yesterday: 7/10

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 4 day 3 - Dynamic Dumbbell
Unbound day 22
Exercise of the day
Perfect Balance Challenge day 3
Walking: didn't track - ugh - but walked the same path as usual
Nutrition yesterday: 6/10
 
hunisu

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Survival of the fittest? Nope, survival because the person who gives me the most anxiety had to take a phone call near the beginning of the meeting and wasn't present for most of it. I live to exist another day! The not so great thing is that we'll do it all again on Monday most likely. We only got through half the intended itinerary. Remember the Debacle? Well this job makes the Debacle seem like a grain of sand to the large rock blocking the path. It's a very nit-picky process as it should be at this size.

posting before my walk today because, well, I just feel like it. I'm hoping that the app won't futz all up again. If it does I'll have to see what I can do.

Anyway, may your workouts be productive, your food taste amazing, and your bank account stay above zero.

Listening to: Dungeon Crawler Carl A Parade of Horribles
Watching: Wu, Ticket to Heaven (LGBT)

Today's Accountability:
Metcon week 4 day 4 - rest day
Unbound day 23
Exercise of the day
Perfect Balance Challenge day 4
Walking: 2.79 miles - 14:18/mi
Nutrition yesterday: 3/10

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