{"id":1272,"date":"2009-11-09T17:08:35","date_gmt":"2009-11-09T17:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2009-12-01T04:28:42","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T04:28:42","slug":"bursting-on-the-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adjustedreality.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/09\/bursting-on-the-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"Bursting On The Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am sort of a schism of emotions today.\u00a0 Mostly good ones but I digress.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get on with it:<\/p>\n

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Movin\u2019 on down:<\/strong><\/p>\n

This morning I started the week at 154.8.\u00a0 This is a huge victory.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t started the week below 155 since – well, I can\u2019t remember.\u00a0 Since I have been paying attention to Monday weights.\u00a0 My low weight last week was 152.8, which is also something I haven\u2019t seen in a while.\u00a0 How did I accomplish this?<\/p>\n

Cakehole Shoving:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I actually did a damn good job of this for the entire week – for the most part.\u00a0 I was below 1400 Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.\u00a0 I was around 1500 Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.\u00a0 I went a little nutzo on Sunday, but it couldn\u2019t have been above 2000.\u00a0\u00a0 I did learn some good lessons and reinforce some good behaviors (or at least \u201clesser evil\u201d behaviors).<\/p>\n

Friday, I enjoyed a very healthy and low cal dinner and some drinks, but I found the good stopping point where I was enjoying myself but wasn\u2019t wasted.\u00a0 I wish to remember that point as sometimes on a weekend, I\u2019ll just run up to that cliff and jump right on over.\u00a0 Fun, yes, but then I pay for it the next day.\u00a0\u00a0 Saturday I was pretty responsible as well, we stayed in, ate leftovers, and cleaned like mad people.\u00a0 The majority of the house is now sparkling clean – or at least for us normally opposite-of-neat-freak peoples.<\/p>\n

Sunday, we had planned a little controlled splurge – ordering a medium supreme pizza and that along with salad and veggies being our meal for the day.\u00a0 We put the pizza order in (and my Zliten, who was in need of meat, made us order the large chicken wings and fries) and then as soon as I hung up we got an invite to celebrate a friend\u2019s birthday at the Alamo Drafthouse<\/a>.\u00a0 Fun yes – but my day was not working out as planned at all.\u00a0 This day could have potentially been my ruination.<\/p>\n

The pizza was delicious.\u00a0 Just what I was craving.\u00a0 We each had 2 slices and put the rest away (and now have a delicious lunch for today).\u00a0 I had 3 chicken wings, and we split the order of fries.\u00a0 The nice thing about the place is they have no frier.\u00a0 Yeah, I know – the wings and fries are SO ungreasy because they\u2019re baked.\u00a0 It\u2019s awesome.\u00a0 A hefty meal perhaps, but my dinner later was a greek salad with italian.\u00a0 Eaten right before we went to the alamo.\u00a0 Hello, strategy.<\/p>\n

The problem was, we got there and they were picking up the tab so they said to order whatever we wanted.\u00a0 To clarify for any non-Austinites, the Alamo Drafthouse is really the only reasonable place to see a movie.\u00a0 The ticket prices are cheaper, and they serve food (like real food – you can get pita chips, veggies, and hummus there, or a burger, or pizza if you would like) and beer and wine.\u00a0 They also do really cool events like 80s sing alongs, screenings of old classics, and sometimes feasts themed to the movie.<\/p>\n

I got a glass of wine and then somehow convinced myself it was a good idea to also order a guiness milkshake.\u00a0 I shared it around with everyone and then drank about half.\u00a0 While it may have been a not-so-good idea to order it I conquered two things.\u00a0 First – milkshakes have held this magical power over me.\u00a0 I have had a craving for one for over two years.\u00a0 This one was delicious, but honestly, I would have rather had a nice three bite home baked cookie, or a sliver of decadent chocolate cake.\u00a0 I will no longer be obsessed with them as they are firmly in the category now of \u201ceh, totally not worth the calories\u201d.\u00a0 Second – I was able to drink half of it, put it down on the table, and leave it alone.\u00a0 I have a big thing about finishing (which is why I only cook what I\u2019m going to eat or make sure it is tucked away before I can go for it again), so it was nice to not suck the whole thing down.<\/p>\n

All in all, a great week.\u00a0 This week becomes a bit more challenging.\u00a0 Friday, I have the day off and a friend and I are going to hit happy hour.\u00a0 The plan is to get a good lunch in me and only allow myself healthy food if I\u2019m going to drink.\u00a0 Then, Saturday is our Austinite wedding reception.\u00a0 We had a lot of friends that couldn\u2019t go to Vegas, so we decided to host a reception here.\u00a0 The win – we\u2019re doing all the cooking.\u00a0 However, I\u2019m not going to subject my guests to stuff that doesn\u2019t taste good so I have some \u2019sperimenting to do.\u00a0 I am excited for a Polynesian feast!<\/p>\n

I have been totally lazy about tracking calories over the weekend.\u00a0 I\u2019d chastise myself for it, but it actually seems to be working.\u00a0 I know if I fall face down in the bag of chips or if I eat mindfully – and as long as I stick with the latter, I do ok.\u00a0 If the downward trend comes to a screeching halt\u2026 then I\u2019m back on it like bees on honey.\u00a0 For now, I\u2019ll see if I can get by as it\u2019s something I\u2019d like to move away from eventually.<\/p>\n

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My Ass, and Moving It:<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the week, I am a workout saint.\u00a0 Shredded without complaint Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.\u00a0 I did my DDR, my yoga, and my running.\u00a0 I think I might have even beat a record running but sadly I wasn\u2019t really timing.\u00a0 The watch is coming with on tomorrow\u2019s run though fo sho.\u00a0 If there is any chance I ran a sub 25 minute 5k I want proof!\u00a0 My 5 mile time is improving as well.\u00a0 I\u2019m under 50, now I want to work towards under 45.\u00a0 I know I can do it!<\/p>\n

The weekdays jam packed are killing me by the weekend.\u00a0 I am so over it and sore and tired (thx u Jillian), I don\u2019t want to do a fucking thing.\u00a0 On Saturday, I woke up feeling like my pec was slightly pulled.\u00a0 I had planned on shredding that morning and decided against it.\u00a0 It takes me a full weekend before my feet and legs feel good again.\u00a0 Level 3 is brutal.\u00a0 Doing 5 days of intense strength back to back is brutal.<\/p>\n

So this week I\u2019m changing it up.\u00a0 Just a little.\u00a0 I said I was going to shred for 4 weeks.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to wuss out this last week, but I am going to alternate levels.\u00a0 M, W, F – Level 3.\u00a0 Tu\/Th – Level 1 or 2.\u00a0 Going forward, I\u2019m going to try to keep it on the schedule 2-3 times per week until half training gets too intense.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to knock it too much.\u00a0 I am seeing results.\u00a0 I wore jeans yesterday that I haven\u2019t even had the guts to put on in months.\u00a0 It is working.\u00a0 However, I just can\u2019t risk rolling into training time injured and tired, and I think that alternating the days will work my muscles differently enough that it will be good for me and I won\u2019t feel on the brink of injury.<\/p>\n

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NaNoWriMo:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The story is developing nicely.\u00a0 Writing about characters inspired by and very similar to us ten years ago (extended and stereotyped and much more extreme) has made it easier to keep going – I just have to dig in my \u201cmemories\u201d section of the brain for the next plot twist.\u00a0 Perhaps the next one will be a story created solely by my warped little mind, but this is something safe for the first and very time-crunched attempt and I\u2019m appreciating it.<\/p>\n

I have no idea if it will be interesting.\u00a0 If it was a screenplay, it would be one of those Napolean Dynamite<\/a> type movies – slow paced, with some humor, but you almost feel like you are laughing at the poor sobs because their situation is so ridiculous, not because it\u2019s terribly funny.\u00a0 Nothing terribly extraordinary happens to them – they don\u2019t get sucked into a black hole and end up in Bizarro World and become royalty – they just live their lives.\u00a0 The end is anticlimactic.\u00a0 But it\u2019s kind of what I\u2019m going for.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also a little behind.\u00a0 I should be at about 12500 words as of yesterday, and I\u2019m only at about 11000.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t sound like that much, but tonight I\u2019m aiming to do about 3k words to get caught up, which is about 2 hours of full concentration, and I am usually at about 50% with the TV on and my Zliten home.\u00a0 Hopefully I can have some kick ass sessions this week and get back ahead as this weekend isn\u2019t looking promising for writing time.\u00a0 For those of you who haven\u2019t checked out NaNoWriMo, the goal is 50k words by Nov 30th.<\/p>\n

Initial prediction – I\u2019m going to finish the story.\u00a0 I\u2019m up in the air whether I can continue to dedicate the hours each day to finish up the words in the time allotted (though being super competitive me, I bet I\u2019ll do it), but I\u2019m going to do it even if it\u2019s not by the end of the month.\u00a0\u00a0 However, I\u2019m also now seeing a novel as a manageable and possible thing to do.\u00a0 If I did it right and came up with a story outline, laid out the chapters in an outline, and then went to town, I think I could have something polished in perhaps 6 months time.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to get books published by wishing for it.\u00a0 It something I can EASILY do while just relaxing at home on the couch with the lappy.\u00a0 This is a HUGE revelation for me!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the same thing as a marathon.\u00a0 It looks like a huge, unwieldy task.\u00a0 Highly intimidating.\u00a0 There is no better way to get there than picking a deadline and putting together a plan to get there.\u00a0 Looking forward to cracking both of those nuts in the next year.<\/p>\n

Back to my Monday.\u00a0 What mountains are you going to climb this week?\u00a0 Inspiration wanted. \":)\"<\/div>\n

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