Onwards and, well, onwards!

[Maegaranthelas]

July 17
First Thing Push-ups day 8 (but I did too many because I started before checking what day I was on )
Epic Legs day 9
Age of Pandora travelled to the swamps for 500 jumping jacks. I bought the bow! Now I have more mini quests for when I want them ^^
Walking 25 minutes

 

[Maegaranthelas]

aaaaand I forgot to update. And probably forgot some of the things I did :')

July 18
First Thing Push-ups day 9
Epic Legs day 10
Squats 10

July 19
First Thing Push-ups day 10
Epic Legs day 11
Walking

July 20
First Thing Push-ups day 11
Epic Legs day 12
Cycling
Squats 10

July 21
First Thing Push-ups day 12
Epic Legs day 13
Walking

July 22
First Thing Push-ups day 13
Epic Legs day 14
Walking
Squats 10
AoP Day 7 + travelled to camp Raza for 250 side-to-side-hops

July 23
First Thing Push-ups day 14
Epic Legs day 15
AoP Travelled to Fisherman's Village for 200 straight leg bounds

July 24
First Thing Push-ups day 15
Epic Legs day 16
Walking ca. 6km
Squats 10

July 25
First Thing Push-ups day 16
Epic Legs day 17
AoP fishing: 40 lunges, 50 flutter kicks (+50scrap)

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

Good job!

 

[Maegaranthelas]

So, yeah, exact same thing as the last post xD
Forgot to update and then it gets so much that it takes too much time/effort and then a week has gone by

I was also away for the weekend where I did loads of walking and had absolutely no energy left for anything else.
Or even space to do push-ups at the hotel (tiny tiny room that was also effectively a sauna!)

Today I will try to catch up on First Thing Push-Ups, and tomorrow/the day after on Epic Legs (still not somewhere with much space)
I got up to day 24 on both of those before walking and dancing became the order of the day!

I do remember there being some flutter kicks and lunges for Age of Pandora before the weekend, but no full day of the programme.

I am also very very tired but this was an amazing festival-experience

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Most of the day was spent in front of a fan trying not to overheat xD

August 7
First Thing Push-Ups day 25, 26, and 27
Epic Legs day 25

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Just realised that yesterday was the 6th...
Writing these things after midnight is confusing

August 7
First Thing Push-Ups day 28
Epic Legs day 26 and 28

And a load of unpacking and laundry chores today ^^

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 8
First Thing Push-Ups day 29
Epic Legs day 27

made a lot of progress on chores and sewing, ended up having a nice evening entertainment with friends and am now too tired to catch up on squats.
Tomorrow is a new day!
And hopefully, the final day of these challenges =D

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Turns out that I was actually getting a migraine, so most of today was spent on bed intermittently knitting :')

Finally felt good enough to move a bit and put stuff in the bread machine.
I think I will let myself do the 'first thing' push-ups just before bed this time

August 9
First Thing Push-Ups day 30
Epic Legs day 29 and 30

 

[HellYeah]

Congratulations

 

[graoumia]

Congratulations, sorry for your migraine.

 

[Fremen]

Congrats

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

Yay for epic legs, and booo for the migraine.

 

[Anek]

Congrats!!

 

[MadamMeow]

Congrats for First Thing Push Ups!

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Thank you @HellYeah @graoumia @Fremen @PetiteSheWolf @Anek @MadamMeow

Yay, the migraine hangover is gone!
Since we are also getting a new warm spell, I decided to be reasonable and do some light exercise.

August 10
Unbound day 1
Stomach Vacuums day 1
Walking about 40 minutes total
August 11
Unbound day 2
Stomach Vacuums day 2
Walking about 30 minutes total
AoP 50 flutter kicks

Tomorrow is going to be 34 degrees out so I will probably try to connect my little aircon unit.
I would like to be able to do more than just lie down and wait for it to get less warm

P.S. it feels good to finally get some badges again. They do help motivation ^^

 

[Syrius]

Congrats!

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Thank you @Syrius

August 11
Unbound day 3
Stomach Vacuums day 3
AoP 50 flutter kicks, 40 Lunges, 50 squats

I spent a little while reading outside this morning, and then it became increasingly hostile xD
unfortunately it won't cool down very much tonight, so aircon is saving my bacon right now

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 12 (morning)
Unbound day 4
Stomach Vacuums day 4

When I woke up it was already too warm, so I had to have the aircon on intermittently throughout the day.
Suffer because my silly body overheats and malfunctions, or because the cold air cramps up my muscles... Let's alternate xD
But the heat finally broke! The promised storms seem to have missed me, but the air is far cooler. It will take ages for the house to cool down, but cool it shall =D
And with the cool air came the will to do another round!

August 13 (evening)
Unbound day 5
Stomach Vacuums day 5
AoP 50 flutter kicks

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 14 (morning)
Unbound day 6
Stomach Vacuums day 6
AoP 40 lunges

August 14 (evening)
Unbound day 7
Stomach Vacuums day 7
AoP 50 flutter kicks

Finally a cooler day! My house hasn't cooled down much yet, but it was livable =D
I immediately did too much and got hit with the nausea hammer multiple times today
But my project is progressing nicely which means I am slightly less stressed about it, yay!

Tomorrow hopefully a nice walk across town

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 15
Unbound day 8
Stomach Vacuums day 8
Walking 30m
AoP 50 flutter kicks, 500 half jacks, and half of another job so that's 400/800 high knees.
10 push-ups, 10 squats

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 16
AoP day 8. + The remaining 400 high knees. Fought Rina with 400 Hook+Uppercut combos. Fished for 50 Flutter Kicks and 100 Jumping Jacks.
Unbound day 9
Stomach Vacuums day 9
10 push-ups, 10 squats

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 17
Unbound day 10
Stomach Vacuums day 10
10 push-ups, 10 squats
Walking 30 minutes

It was finally neither too hot nor too wet to sit outside, so I had a nice time reading in the garden

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 18
Unbound day 11
Stomach Vacuums day 11
10 push-ups, 10 squats

There's a hardcore festival on nearby and it's been BONKBONKBONK all weekend. Not a happy bunny.
Very good progress on my sewing project though!
And I am kinda very tempted to make a serious attempt at regency dress... Not that I have the time, but still xD

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 19
Unbound day 12
Stomach Vacuums day 12
10 push-ups, 10 squats
Walking 30m

August 20
Unbound day 13
Stomach Vacuums day 13
10 push-ups, 10 squats

August 21
Unbound day 14
Stomach Vacuums day 14
10 push-ups, 10 squats
Walking 1h total

So I may stop the stomach vacuums challenge, I keep feeling bleh afterwards.
I think it's activating precisely the ab muscles that have a tendency to cramp up and require a lot of massaging to actually release.
That or it's tightening other things that are pulling my spine out of whack.
I wonder if I can modify them in some way to stay within the spirit of the challenge

 

[graoumia]

Did you try others postures? for the back, maybe lying on the mat ?

 

[Maegaranthelas]

I decided to try pelvic tilts for time @graoumia , so more like cat-cow pose but focused on the pelvic tilt and lower back instead of the entire back.
I can feel in my lower back that I did some work, but it's not yet caused the pain the other exercises did, so I think it might work!

Mostly I've been away at a festival and veeeeeeery tired

August 22
10 push-ups, 10 squats
Walking 1h total

August 23-26
Walking many many hours on my feet!

August 27
10 push-ups, 10 squats
Walking 1h total

August 28
Unbound day 15
Stomach Vacuums day 15
10 push-ups, 10 squats

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

Glad you found an adapation for exercise / another exercise!

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 29
Unbound day 16
Stomach Vacuums day 16
10 push-ups, 10 squats
Walking 2 hours
AoP 50 flutter kicks

went for a nice walk today, but it was very warm. And I was veeeeery tired at the end of it, but happy I managed ^^

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 30
Unbound day 17
Stomach Vacuums day 17
10 push-ups, 10 squats
AoP 50 flutter kicks, 1-min total plank

Still quite tired from yesterday, low on spoons in general.
But I did my exercise

 

[Maegaranthelas]

August 31
Unbound day 18
Stomach Vacuums day 18
10 push-ups, 10 squats

Did them in the morning, thinking I might be able to do a bit more in the evening.
It's now evening and I am super sleepy, so I think it will be an early night xD

I did make a massive pan of leek&potato soup though. That will see me through a good few meals ^^

 

[Anek]

I love batch cooking soups and stews!

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Forgot to post yesterday!

September 1
Unbound day 19
Stomach Vacuums day 19
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 1


September 2
Unbound day 20
Stomach Vacuums day 20
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 10

I made some spicy tomato bread, and that goes so well with the soup

 

[graoumia]

Forgot to post yesterday!

September 1
Unbound day 19
Stomach Vacuums day 19
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 1


September 2
Unbound day 20
Stomach Vacuums day 20
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 10

I made some spicy tomato bread, and that goes so well with the soup

Hello, you did day 1 and day 10 the next day ?

Your bread sound really interesting, do you have the recipe ?

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Hello, you did day 1 and day 10 the next day ?

Your bread sound really interesting, do you have the recipe ?

Oh, that's a sillier typo than usual xD The risks of updating my log just before I go to sleep.

I wrote it up in January, here's a link =D


September 3
Unbound day 21
Stomach Vacuums day 21
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 3

There's a lot of construction going on around my house and street this month, and it's stressing me out.
Luckily I am going away for a long weekend, would be nice to be able to sleep in the morning.

 

[graoumia]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Been a while since the last update, I haven't been home! Went to a festival, which required loads of travel time. Did not do my programmes, but obviously lots of walking and even some squats and push-ups here and there!

Unfortunately I also managed to hurt myself, something pulled wrong in my back on Saturday morning. Most things have since clicked back into place, but there's still something amiss somewhere and I don't have total pain-free range of motion yet.

We are now back at partner's house (didn't relish all the early-morning construction noises at mine) so hopefully I will be able to stretch out my upper spine and get the remaining wayward bits in line. And, of course, attempt to restart my consistent exercise.

(Edit: upon rereading I see that last line implies I lost my streak, I did not! I just haven't been doing the programmes, plenty of physical movement happened all weekend xD)

Most of all though, I will try to rest xD
What a wonderful festival weekend

 

[Anek]

Welcome back! I hope the injury is nothing serious!

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Thank you @Anek
It was pretty painful on the day, but my lovely friends gave me back-rubs, some mead (allergic to painkillers, so muscle relaxant was necessary) and help getting changed. Throughout the day bits of my neck would go click and hurt less. This morning my neck was rather stiff but by now it feels almost back to normal

September 10
Unbound day 21
Stomach Vacuums day 22
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 4 & 6 EDIT: and 8 while brushing my teeth

Will fully admit I didn't feel like exercising, we seem to have caught some kind of pathogen at the festival so we're a little extra tired and sniffly and sore. But I did it anyway ^^
Might try to slowly catch back up on the squat challenge until it gets too difficult to stack the days. But I am also prepared to have to scale back if the sickness gets worse. We will see! I did well today and that's all I can control.

 

[MadamMeow]

Hope you feel all better again soon.

 

[Syrius]

Feel better soon!!!

 

[Fremen]

Healing vibes

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Thank you @MadamMeow @Syrius and @Fremen
Neck was a little better, cold was a little worse but still not too bad. Just extra tired and the first part of my day is a bit snottier and coughier xD

September 11
Unbound day 23
Stomach Vacuums day 23
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 11, 9, 7, and 5
Neck Mobility

That's 200 squats today! I'm going to feel that tomorrow

 

[Maegaranthelas]

September 12
10 push-ups, 10 squats
Neck Mobility

More of a cold! And travel. And yes I did feel my legs xD
Decided to make it more of a rest day, I think doing big workouts day after day would currently mess with my recovery.
So yesterday was chill, and today will get a bit more action

 

[Maegaranthelas]

September 13 (Ooh, spooky day)
Unbound day 24
Stomach Vacuums day 24
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 12, 10, 13. Up to date!
Neck Mobility

Just Unbound and Stomach Vacuums to catch up on, but I had a bad brain evening so no more working out.
I'll be okay though! most problems will be solved with some help today <3

 

[Maegaranthelas]

September 14
Stomach Vacuums day 25
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 14
Neck Mobility

Rough day, but massively improved by the discovery of the European Tram Driving Championships!
Yeah, turns out people have been holding Tram obstacle course competitions for a few years already.
Who would have thought I was in for a nail-biter of a finale in this sport?! But it truly was =D
No unbound today as I do not have the strength to hold myself in weird positions, let's see what tomorrow brings

 

[Maegaranthelas]

September 15
Unbound day 25, 26, and 27
Stomach Vacuums day 26 and 27
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 15
Neck Mobility
AoP 50 flutter kicks

Still sick, but slightly less blah than yesterday. Progress

 

[graoumia]

i hope you will be good tomorrow

 

[Maegaranthelas]

thank you @graoumia
I was well enough to wash my hair, which of course meant I was more tired for the rest of the day xD
But the exercise happened!

September 16
Unbound day 28
Stomach Vacuums day 28
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 16
Neck Mobility

I am also slowly making progress on a project I have been putting off for ages.
I have one comfortable flannel shirt and two pieces of flannel fabric.
So I am trying to take the pattern off of my good flannel without taking it apart, which is a challenge, and not exciting for my brain.
But if I just do one step each day, I will get there!

I am also trying to knit four rows a day of the sleeve my brain is burnt out on.
And cast on a new winter hat that I am making up as I go along =D
My brain is accepting the little boring tasks and very happy with the new hat progress

 

[Maegaranthelas]

September 17
Unbound day 29
Stomach Vacuums day 29
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 17
Neck Mobility
30 Days of Cardio Light days 1 and 2. I figured I might as well double up on the days they feel easy =D
I also did day 1 of Arms of Steel but I saw that day 2 has push-ups and plank rotations.
The new level system states that even Level 3 doesn't have push-ups, so I expect this one to undergo some changes in the near future. I think I might hold off
Age of Pandora day 9. I also went hunting for Stingtail (5x 10 high knees + 10 climbers: 35scraps)
I then decided I wanted to actually write out a list of all the things you can hunt and fish and what the exercises I can do are worth in scraps.
I immediately miss-clicked one so now I had to fish for the Carabin: 10 x 2 dragon push-ups + 10 knife-hand strikes
it's worth 35 scraps, by the way xD
Gathered some Barru (20 jump squats: 15 scraps) and Shraams (50 squats: 15 scraps) and then had a protein shake.
Yeah I had some motivation and a lot more energy today, so I decided to invest it in working out

 

[Maegaranthelas]

September 18
Unbound day 30
Stomach Vacuums day 30
10 push-ups, 10 squats
1000 Squats day 18
Neck Mobility

As expected, today was a lot rougher, but I completed some things, whoooh!!!