tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20071265036236693452024-03-05T08:45:37.382-05:00fitness logUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-31182369301109713192018-07-11T14:52:00.000-04:002018-07-12T07:51:15.630-04:00Measurements - November 2017 to July 2018<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td>Measurement</td><td>November 2017</td><td>July 2018</td><td>Difference</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:</td><td>148</td><td>140</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-8 pounds</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Thigh:</td><td>20.5"</td><td>19</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-1.5"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Waist:</td><td>33"</td><td>29.25"</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-3.75"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Abdomen:</td><td>38.5"</td><td>36.5"</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-2"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Hip:</td><td>40"</td><td>38"</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-2"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Wrist:</td><td>6.5"</td><td>6.5"</td><td>0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Bicep:</td><td>11"</td><td>11.5"</td><td><span style="color: #38761d;">+0.5"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Upper Bust:</td><td>37"</td><td>36"</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-1"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Forearm:</td><td>8.5"</td><td>9"</td><td><span style="color: #38761d;">+.5"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Lower bust:</td><td>38.5"</td><td>38"</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-0.5"</span></td></tr>
<tr><td>Underbust:</td><td>34.5"</td><td>31.5"</td><td><span style="color: #990000;">-3"</span></td></tr>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-11323623615114733452018-06-20T08:33:00.001-04:002018-06-20T08:36:09.816-04:00Arms<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Spent 30 minutes in the gym this morning.<br />
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Bike: 6 minutes @ level 7<br />
Swimmers press: 24@ 10# each l, r<br />
Back scratchers: 12 @ 5# each l, r<br />
Articulated Fly: 12 @ 5# each l, r<br />
Squat: 12 @ 5# each l, r<br />
Gunslingers: 12 @ 5# each l, r<br />
Side Extensions: 12 @ 5# each l, r<br />
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Glute kicks: 12 @ 45# l, r<br />
Torso Twists: 12 l, r (forgot the weight setting)<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-21427695533501585322017-11-25T01:14:00.000-05:002017-11-25T01:14:11.121-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Swam 450 yards<br />
20 minutes in the sauna</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-28770028616039221622017-11-21T21:39:00.000-05:002017-11-21T21:39:18.090-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My shoulders were a bit achy from days of swimming and reading, so tonight we dusted off the old routine.<br />
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15 minutes walking (about a mile)<br />
Weight Room:<br />
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<li>32 twisted angels</li>
<li>32 inclined twisted sit ups</li>
<li>24 swimmers presses, 7.5# each hand</li>
<li>16 kettlebell squats, 20#</li>
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20 minutes in the sauna.</div>
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Life is good.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-251730013313224702017-11-09T21:16:00.002-05:002017-11-09T21:16:56.730-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Playtime at the pool with Vivian was delightful.<br />
Thirty minutes, 900 yards, and then the sauna.<br />
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Life is good.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-25228368479688085042017-11-07T20:40:00.000-05:002017-11-07T20:40:02.904-05:00Double take <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm not going to lie: Tonight I feel a little bit like a badass.<br />
I did indeed skip the hot tub and spent the time in the pool, still swimming, not really meaning to break any records, just hoping that I could keep moving for the whole time.<br />
I swam a half mile before the time was up.<br />
That's right, 880 yards, or twice what I usually do.<br />
I'm pretty certain I'm going to feel it in my arms before this time next week, but that's not going to stop me from going back tomorrow.<br />
And the next day.<br />
And the day after that, too.<br />
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I'll let you know how it goes.<br />
Oh, and I did twenty minutes in the sauna too.<br />
What an amazing evening at the gym.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-63065095111601608252017-11-07T09:35:00.000-05:002017-11-07T09:35:00.268-05:00Measurements<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I'm not sure which was worse for my fitness baseline: the office job or chronic fatigue. <br />
Actually, I think the office job wins out.<br />
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Measurements as of today<br />
Weight: 148<br />
Thigh: 20.5"<br />
Waist: 33"<br />
Abdomen: 38.5"<br />
Hips: 40"<br />
Wrist: 6.5"<br />
Bicep: 11"<br />
Upper bust: 37"<br />
Lower bust: 38.5"<br />
Under bust: 34.25"<br />
Forearm: 8.5"<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-56767367641324416992017-11-06T20:35:00.000-05:002017-11-07T10:50:54.008-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Swim: 440 yards<br />
Hot tub<br />
Sauna: 15 minutes<br />
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After the gym, we came home to our routine of dinner and cards. There was fish and roasted root vegetables, a perfectly autumnal offering of food.<br />
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We watched the penultimate episode of <i>The Five, </i>and then we were both tired enough to call it a night. We were asleep before 8:30.<br />
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The routine continues to hold me.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-11640506241361619882017-11-05T14:37:00.000-05:002017-11-07T09:37:54.954-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Swim: 440 yards<br />
Hot tub<br />
Sauna: 15 minutes<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-79289278860040737962017-11-04T09:38:00.000-04:002017-11-07T09:39:29.206-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Swim: 440 yards<br />
Hot tub<br />
Sauna: 15 minutes<br />
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I missed the pool yesterday, even though walking around the University of Richmond was its own special delight.<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-41720038456368720812017-11-03T21:40:00.000-04:002017-11-07T09:40:29.185-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Walked over three miles checking out exhibits and the library in Richmond.<br />
I miss the pool.<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-55702619458500959222017-11-02T21:40:00.000-04:002017-11-07T09:41:05.015-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Swim: 440 yards<br />
Hot tub<br />
Sauna: 15 minutes<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-11735254516521812312017-10-30T21:42:00.000-04:002017-11-07T09:43:30.931-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Swim: 440 yards<br />
Hot tub<br />
Sauna: 15 minutes<br />
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-15626237160878029382017-10-29T21:51:00.000-04:002017-11-07T09:52:26.299-05:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I made a critically important discovery at the gym this evening, and I feel sort of dumb for not already knowing it: the family pool is about 6 degrees warmer than the lap pool. This is huge for me, since the chronic fatigue makes me more sensitive to cold than ever. The good news is that I jumped right in and swam a quarter mile before dipping in the hot tub.<br />
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Yes, dear readers, the swimming component of my routine is back, and it's all to the good. I'm only doing a quarter mile for now, trying to focus on re-establishing the habit before worrying about distance or time.<br />
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It's nice to be back, especially as the winter hours are upon us.<br />
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It's also really nice to have something g worthwhile to report on the fitness front. I feel as though I have been treading water and losing ground incrementally anyway all year.<br />
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Swim: 440 yards<br />
Hot tub<br />
Sauna: 15 minutes<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-78399011216715140712017-10-14T10:41:00.000-04:002017-11-07T10:44:16.686-05:00Challenge 38: Fall<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span margin-left:40px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/103627-heidi-fall/">#<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Fall - into routine</span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span margin-left:40px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Sleep </span></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Chronic Fatigue makes sleep elusive and fitful. Routine helps, so with that I'm hoping to #Fall back into a routine:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Sauna </span>or hot bath </span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Writing<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span>a few pages each day, hopefully finding something that can get worked on well enough to turn in for the submission due on November 1. </span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span margin-left:40px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Knitting </span>It seems to soothe me. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span margin-left:40px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">Knitting helps me feel as though I'm not a useless slug even when I can barely do anything physically. It's a bonus that Vivian has started knitting with me and we are enjoying planning a blanket for her bed. She's the absolute best, and I am completely blessed to have her in my life. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span margin-left:40px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Weekly: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><ul style="box-sizing: border-box;">
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Therapy</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>because a week without it would be tragic.</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f; font-weight: bolder;">Legal Notes and Log Updates</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f;">The court date </span>isn't<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1f1f1f;"> until mid-December, but the weirdness has definitely ramped up and there are lots of little things to take care of and note along the way.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Editing</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span>The classmates' work will need to have three readings between Nov 1 and Nov 8, with written critiques due Nov. 8. </span></li>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span margin-left:40px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Mantra: </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-56047677049332987462017-07-12T11:51:00.000-04:002017-11-07T11:52:52.746-05:00Challenge 35: The Hashtag Challenge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">I don't have a clue when I last posted -- I know that the #BigHeavyWeight of it all wrapped itself around my shoulders on June 19 and I have been working my way through a bit of hell ever since. Anton Chekhov wrote that "Any idiot can handle a crisis. It's the day to day living that wears you out." And I've had about three weeks of living in that space. The good news is that I am brave enough to say I'm tired, brave enough to quit pretending all is well, brave enough to rest and to begin to heal. Another wonderful man once said "This is not the end, and not even the beginning of the end, but it might be the end of the beginning." #KeepSwimming</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">My employment ended on June 3o, the afternoon after a demonstration by a company that can do everything I do, only from India. I texted my partner that I was pretty certain that I was going to be outsourced, and sure enough, I was shown the door the next day. #MoreTimeToWrite.</span></div>
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<span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">#Communication </span>with Vivian. My daily calls with my daughter were suspended when we went to court on July 6. This hurts, and she was in tears over it. We go back to court in September (two challenges from now, I think, but maybe three -- this is how I measure things). I'm now limited to calling on Monday and Wednesday, which doesn't really make any sense, since the argument they presented was that I was inappropriate on the phone, so why would it be ok to be inappropriate two times a week? #MovingOn. When we were on the phone on Monday, we started talking about the garden and how it's coming along and she got a little sad. I said I could send her pictures, and she brightened up and said she would love that. So there it is, in the midst of the dark, the single star to guide me through. I wrote her a Garden Report and included a garden word search along with the pictures I took and mailed it yesterday. I'm going to write her every day, including a puzzle or coloring page or whathaveyou. And then I'm going to write my pen pal, who is in prison. #SnailMailRules</span></span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: "georgia" , serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">Daily Meetings </span>Reason 417 that not having a job is grand for me is that I get to return to my lunchtime meeting. It meets at 12:15 seven days a week, and I'm thinking of adding Saturday to the mix when my partner has overtime or a seminar. It fits perfectly after my writing workshop meeting at 9:30 at the local library, and then the Friends Meeting every Sunday.</span></span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-62325381550728853702017-05-22T11:54:00.000-04:002017-11-07T11:57:47.698-05:00Challenge 34: Center<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;">I'm coming into this round a bit worn thin. I don't think that the conflict is going to slow its pace -- last challenge saw the Whirling Dervish of Conflict speed its pace and extend its scope. The only sane response to insanity is more sanity, and in my case that means do less and center more. Elements in bold are the core target, with elements in italics being stretch goals.</span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;">Class </span></span>-- <span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;">I'm enrolled in an online class, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Hero's Journey, </em>for Summer term. It begins the week of June 19, so it will only just get included in this challenge.I'm super excited, of course. Bonus is that the classwork is advertised to be mostly readings and watching a film each week, with papers and discussion related to that. I think I can handle this, despite the burnout that threatened to overwhelm me last term.</span></span></li>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span margin-left:40px="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Letters </span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Wednesday</span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span font-size:14px="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif;">Therapy Thursday</span></span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-29432144288298872052017-04-23T12:07:00.000-04:002017-11-07T12:08:45.393-05:00Challenge 33: Nourish<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;">I'm enrolled in an independent study and an online class this term. At this point, I only have the papers left, but that's a huge piece (in the case of the independent study, it's the only piece.)</span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;">Posting on Tuesday for the Comparative Urbanism Class</span></li>
<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;">Paper 1 for Comparative Urbanism</span></li>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 15px;">I need to take care of myself by making certain I'm getting enough rest. If I'm worn out and exhausted, I can't be a good student / parent / friend. I need to be in bed no later than 9 p.m. I am hoping the meditation routine will dovetail with this.</span></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 15px;">Nightly Floss Routine - this only takes seconds, so it's not as though it is really hard or anything. I have floss and <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=13&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwi9yYSc-cTTAhWG5SYKHcXQDQ8QFgheMAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwellnessmama.com%2F7866%2Foil-pulling%2F&usg=AFQjCNGLElVBEx-F9x-RzzA6mCbWSP4l_A&sig2=4I0hGEEBqSmNq0nlcL0sOA" rel="external nofollow noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b33131;" target="_blank">coconut oil for oil pulling</a> next to the toothpaste now, so it's kind of inevitable.</span></span></div>
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<li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 40px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;">Therapy Thursday</span></li>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;">Financial worry is soul-crushing. I recently read a report on the effects of poverty sapping nearly an entire standard deviation from a person's intelligence, and I can completely believe that. The mental peace that will come from financial clarity is huge.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 15px;">Also, a <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bolder;">weekly budget meeting</span> with my partner -- Sunday</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-38447502309520492102017-03-14T12:11:00.000-04:002017-11-07T12:12:21.955-05:00Challenge 32: Bloom <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My challenges are usually about measuring what I am going to do, and that’s all good.</div>
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But this time I’m doing something a little different -- I’m going to report on what I do.</div>
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I’m not interested in giving myself grief or being all judgey -- I’m interested in seeing what I do that is on-target, a check-in to see where I am at the habit level. I have a suspicion that it’s lots higher than I am giving myself credit for.</div>
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So this time around, I am celebrating my successes. I’m looking forward to seeing how I’m doing with physical and emotional wellness, educational balance, and financial fitness. (See what I did there? That’s a 3+1 old school formula.)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-81926559636038888372017-02-06T12:21:00.000-05:002017-11-07T12:21:39.058-05:00Challenge 31: Frost<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-5b14d660-14b0-5af7-d69a-49711233fd32" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sustain (weekly / monthly elements)</span><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- these are the things that keep me centered and whole, no matter what life throws at me. And trust me, life has a wicked curve ball these days.</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-5b14d660-14b0-5af7-d69a-49711233fd32" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Katrina - weekly therapy</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-5b14d660-14b0-5af7-d69a-49711233fd32" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Freedom</span><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 10pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> -- leveling up on financial freedom is a huge deal for a reason. It takes a lot of willpower over time, but it reaps long lasting rewards.</span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2007126503623669345.post-61556621459960158992017-01-03T12:25:00.000-05:002017-11-07T12:27:05.506-05:00Challenge 30: Returning to the Root<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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16: <a href="https://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/93661-returning-to-the-root/" target="_blank">Returning to the root</a></h4>
Be completely empty.<br />
Be perfectly serene.<br />
The ten thousand things arise together;<br />
in their arising is their return.<br />
Now they flower,<br />
and flowering<br />
sink homeward,<br />
returning to the root.<br />
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The return to the root<br />
is peace.<br />
Peace: to accept what must be.<br />
to know what endures.<br />
In that knowledge is wisdom.<br />
Without it, ruin, disorder.<br />
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To know what endures<br />
is to be openhearted,<br />
magnanimous,<br />
regal,<br />
blessed,<br />
following the Tao,<br />
the way that endures forever.<br />
The body comes to its ending,<br />
but there is nothing to fear.</div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-19d7d41e-ac4d-512a-c9ac-da9c7c2ad9b7" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A peaceful mind. I value balance in all things, but especially in my heart and mind. Peace of mind vanquishes all.</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-19d7d41e-ac4d-512a-c9ac-da9c7c2ad9b7" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Attitude Awareness and Adjustment:</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-19d7d41e-ac4d-512a-c9ac-da9c7c2ad9b7" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read the Tao daily, preferably with my partner, sharing our thoughts on the passage of the day.</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-19d7d41e-ac4d-512a-c9ac-da9c7c2ad9b7" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sauna meditation daily</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-19d7d41e-ac4d-512a-c9ac-da9c7c2ad9b7" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Take care of the body that I have been given:</span></span></div>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-19d7d41e-ac4d-512a-c9ac-da9c7c2ad9b7" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maintain a restful and restorative sleep schedule </span><br class="kix-line-break" style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">8+ hours, with a gentle buffer for falling asleep and waking up</span></span></div>
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This morning at the gym, after walking a mile and a half, the number was 24. With a 7.5 pound weight in each hand, I did 24 each of inclined twisted sit ups, skullcrushers, twisted archers, squats, and swimmers press. Then a minute-plus plank was followed by ten minutes in the steam room and five minutes in the sauna before heading off to the meeting of the day.<br />
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Lots of walking and lifting courtesy of a book sale.<br />
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Life is good.</div>
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