May 2011
1 post
the master meal list
Sometimes the weekly meal planning feels like a giant chore. I love to cook, but I have been known to make things unnecessarily complicated. I recently decided to simplify things and try to focus on making my favorite foods. I made this giant list of things that I love and make often. This was really interesting for me, I never made a list like this before. It is all of my favorite things! (Except...
April 2011
6 posts
monday morning you sure look fine
Have mucho para hacer, but am taking it easy anyways. Right on, go me. Screw working hard.
We were back to front squats this morning at the gym. I am starting to like all of this lifting things. For some reason, I am surprisingly strong. I should ask my endocrinologist if this is related to the PCOS.
Crossfit:
Front squat 3x3 five rounds: I started at 50 and built to 63kg. The details are...
everything is stressful!!
So many things to get done, my head is spinning. I rescheduled my doctors appt for a slightly more convenient time in the week. I tried to get her to talk to me on the telephone instead, which would work because it is just follow up chat, but she insists on seeing me. There go four hours of my work-week sucked into the void.
Been having a rough month with my new meds. I don’t have the...
back pain can lead to knee pain
Also, had a helpful consult with my genius yoga instructor yesterday. I have a minor recurring issue with low back pain on my right side. It has been bugging me this month largely due to the overall hormonal upheaval in my body due to switching up my meds. Also, it has been expanding into also being a nagging runner’s knee on my right side as well. Anyway, it seemed as good a time as any to...
short and brutal
One thing I have learned from my time at crossfit is that “as many reps as possible” is one of the evilest phrases in the english language.
Warm up: 800m run + 10 push ups + 40 squats of varying kinds
Part A: 6 min AMRAP
100m dash/10 jumping pull ups/10 kb swings
~5 min rest, then…
Part B: 6 min AMRAP
60 jump rope/10 sit-up
Part A, I got 4 rounds + 100m dash, all...
Mr. #365 Hunts 190: #379 - running →
mr365hunts190:
I really wanted to swim today, but for some reason the school pool was closed.
So I walked home and changed into my running gear. Hit 1 lap of my campus loop (1.15 miles) at by far my fastest time yet: 9:55
I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that I haven’t run in a little while, part…
There is something so elemental about running faster than you used to....
March 2011
6 posts
opening day
It has warmed up around these parts. Today was my first crossfit workout in the summer sun. I had a good day! I am on a bit of a roll (pessimist in me points out that this means I am due for a setback…)
Crossfit:
800m run/15 wall balls/15 med ball cleans
4 rounds amrap:
1 min wall balls/10 sec rest (i.e. basically no rest)
1 min power cleans/2 min rest
I think my wall balls were...
three times normal size
mmm…water retention…what the hell is going on around here?
full tilt
Pleasantly sore from yesterday’s workout:
Part A
five sets of five deadlifts, weight: 40/44/48/50/52kg
after each set of lifts, rest for 20 sec, sprint 100m, rest for 3min
Part B
5 rounds of 30sec burpees/30sec rest
While in general, I am no fan of running, I have to admit I enjoy 100m sprints. The distance is short enough that I can actually sprint at maximum effort comfortable in...
blew off the workout today
I decided to take a break on Crossfit today. It was a tough call, not sure I made the right decision. I am just tired. I am still sore from Monday’s workout (not unusual for crossfit workouts) and yesterday’s yoga class kind of kicked my ass. Sometimes you just need a break. On the other hand sometimes you just need to go anyway. I kept thinking of the overtraining people who always...
What an endocrinologist can do
Well it’s official. I am “pre-diabetic.” I pretty much already knew this. But it is a trip to hear it from a doctor. The frustrating/maddening part is that I have been wrestling with this problem for years, and only now do I finally have a doctor competent enough to understand that I need treatment! All my life I have been extremely conscientious of diet and exercise and despite...
And we're back...
Howdy tumblrs.
I fell off the tumblr wagon about six months ago. I am not apologizing, just saying. Tumblr was something that I was trying out and then after awhile I just got tired and decided to give it a rest. Since then, I have largely kept up with the exercise and diet stuff. But I haven’t had the goal oriented part that leads to actual weight loss progress. Also, I have growing need...
September 2010
9 posts
HealthDay: Many Americans Don't Even Know They're... →
There is a valid reason that people don’t know the medical definition of the word obese. Just look at the photos that they use to illustrate the article, and every other article like it. The common perception of what an obese person looks like is actually much larger than the average medically obese person. And then there is the overweight vs normal thing, these aren’t really mutually...
August 2010
77 posts
“Vibration platforms, which purportedly provide a host of bone, muscle,...”
– Gear: vibration platforms - latimes.com
Humans Have a Lot More Than Five Senses →
This is really cool. I think I have crappy magnetic sense, which is why I get lost in my own neighborhood.
jmek:
Today I found out humans have a lot more than five senses. It turns out, there are at least nine senses and most researchers think there are more like twenty-one or so. Just for reference, the commonly held definition of a “sense” is “any system that consists of a group of sensory...
“Brazilian researchers discovered this by forcing obese rats to swim or spend...”
– Exercise helps dieters slim down in more ways than one, researchers say - latimes.com
Your followers might know your favourite tv show,... →
Alright, I’ll bite
Full name: masha
Gender: Female Age: 32 Birth date: Sep 7 1977 Place of birth/Current place of residence: Dallas, TX/Los Angeles, CA Heritage: New Mexico Spanish/Irish Siblings: 3 brothers, one older, two younger Parents: It’s complicated. Basically no dad and my mom died. Basically. Religious/Spiritual affiliation: I have no religion. I was raised sort of...
“Overeating for just four weeks can cause changes in body fat composition that...”
– A short period of gluttony can have a lasting impact - latimes.com
Monday check-in: August 16-23, 2010
Overall Effect
Not as bad as it looks! Lost an estimated 0.5#/fat this week. It is just that for some reason this week has been all about crazy water retention. Who knows what is going on with that.
Food
Last night was a BBQ and all of the attendant food pitfalls. I did okay, except I ended up with too much sugar (brownies…). Today I feel like a sugar bomb. My tolerance for sugar has...
Songs for the treadmill: Some Kind of Wonderful by...
“Two main things contribute to self-confidence: self-efficacy and self-esteem. We...”
– Building Self-Confidence - Prepare yourself for success - Stress management skills from Mind Tools
“For years, scientists (most of them women) studying breast movement during...”
– Phys Ed: The Right Kind of Sports Bra - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
“According to the FDA, the potentially contaminated eggs were found to have been...”
– Egg recall expands; several California stores affected | L.A. NOW | Los Angeles Times
For those days when I just don't feel like it
Sometimes you are tired. Grouchy. Still recovering from the last workout. Sick. Just trying to get your groove back. Maybe you’ve got the blahs, or the mean reds. On these days, you could skip the scheduled workout, this may even be advisable, but maybe this is a good chance to give the easy workout a spin, just this once… Here is what I like to do:
Strategy 1: Go for something...
