{"id":12583,"date":"2022-08-07T16:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T22:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=12583"},"modified":"2022-08-07T16:30:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T22:30:50","slug":"what-was-what-is-what-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/07\/what-was-what-is-what-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"What was, what is, what will be…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the reasons this blog exists, the main one, actually, is to preserve history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At this point in history, I was in my second favorite hammock<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It’s my own little slice, skewed through my view through my whatever-colored-glasses I’m wearing at the time, full of bias and error, but it’s useful to me. One thing it reminds me of is that in some years, I spent time meticulously crafting my meals for the week, ensuring that I was getting the right kind of carbs, highest diet quality, attending to my macros, etc. Yesterday, I ate a quarter of a leftover sandwich, five taquitos in the air fryer, and chicken tikka folded into a tortilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, another thing I can remember through history is the years I’ve made the most progress, it’s not been about quality, it’s been about quantity, and I’m doing a decent-ish job there the last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unfortunately, this just gets me BACK to where I was after a sub-par July, but the line is going in the right direction, so I shall call it a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s rather challenging to build muscle and lose weight at the same time, and I reread some history and found this in 2018 as well. I spent a few months plateaued while I picked up and put down heavy things, and then the weight started to fall off once I went into maintenance mode and prioritized diet and cardio with all the shiny new muscle. I was only about 5 lbs down from where I am right now when I won my age group and qualified for nationals. It feels like such a far stretch right now, but I need to remember to trust the process and sometimes things don’t happen on the timeline I want them to just by willing them into existence (but that doesn’t mean they’re not happening).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And happening with new leggings (I have been on a bit of a CVG kick)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The cardio is going about as well as before:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Starting Tuesday after our last gym session and theater tickets, we are on pre-travel quarantine. We’re only leaving the house when absolutely necessary and masking up when we do. This means we’re saying goodbye to the elliptical for a while and back to running, biking, and swimming for exercise. I had a heck of a week at work and ended up missing a few intended cardio sessions, but I’m pretty okay with a short swim, a short run, an elliptical, and three bikes along with the three weights sessions clocking in at 4 hours total. I have to remember a very stripped-down workout calendar for me is some peoples #gymgoals so right now it can be mine too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of the run, I absolutely cannot wait to get a few miles a few times a week in Europe in the beautiful 60-degree mornings. I expect most of my cardio will be walking, and some of my weight training will be 12-ounce (beer, Germany) or 4-ounce (wine, Paris) curls, but I would like to make sure I do some running as well given the beautiful weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It won’t be my usual vacay bevvies (and no scuba diving either)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Let’s talk about our imminent travels. I’m getting unreasonably nerv-cited for this upcoming trip. It’s mind boggling how much will occur in the next month before I board a plane home:<\/p>\n\n\n\n