Bad weather lately, sore muscles and redecorating!
Last week, we had days of polar vortex temps (-55 for last Wednesday and -44 for Thursday), resulting in a rare trusting of judgement by accepting a ride from a lady as my bus was late on Wed and Thursday's bus ride had me cursing the driver for not letting me get dropped off across from my job bc there isn't a stop there and I had to walk across a semi icy/frozen bridge to get back to my work, J has given me 4 rides home within the last 2 weeks due to bitter cold or freezing rain and this past Wednesday/Thursday, we had an ice storm ( I did bike home during the 1st hour of the ice storm Tues afternoon)/ freezing rain :pics taken today btw
My helmet once I got home this Tues., Ice on it and on my jacket!
Today, the high isn't even 11 so the feels like temps are -17/-8 all day + 40 MPH winds. I didn't ride to work on the vortex days, ice days or today, so I kicked up my fitness snacking/3 days n even got in 2 workouts this week + 3 ARMS workouts too. I wanted to try riding on polar vortex days/ the ice but to save an argument, opted to accept my Mom's offer for rides. I have shoveled snow/ dealt w/ice like 5x in 9 days so thinking of taking the weekend off re: workouts so my neck muscles can have 2 days of true rest w/ ice pack and heating pad. I have started my redecorating, chucked Chrystos books in the recycle bin cuz all her books are poetry it seems:(, and read my Keto cookbook and while I really like the 1st half of the book (really only liked about 2 recipes (good way to get me to try cauli rice btw) due to not so many ingredients)...the meal plans seem really good but I would swap a lot of the meats out for ones I eat, so I hope Simply Keto has a plan I can use when I read it this weekend ( my Volek book didn't; still haven't read it yet, just skimmed).
One of the bloggers I follow is trying keto but don't know if she's totally committed (ie eating tortillas that are low carb but still contain wheat, having wine 2x in one week). I have had 6 keto meals this week ( including today's brkft n work lunch) and I went to Wendy's (on my way to errands after work), had 2 chicken sandwiches, fries and a drink, but only ate the bun w/1 sandwich so that's something. I am ketoish remember hehe..cutting back on non keto sweets/snacks this weekend into next week since last week, overindulged a little. I got some keto snacks of peanuts ( dry roasted n honey roasted ( sugar goes towards my carbs/day), sunflower kernels, and beef jerky. P3 has some grab n go 3 oz version for like $2. I hope my 2 lbs of nuts and 17 oz of kernels stretches into work snacks for 2 weeks. Getting sandwich baggies n cheddar crisps tomorrow and comparing nut/ seed prices at Dollar General vs Logli's. I got some potato chips for the 1st time in like 2 months so think if I stretch each non keto chips bag into lasting all week ( got 4 including store brand Cheetos/ Fritos), that should count as watching carbs still. They are all the 5 oz bags ( at the 2 oz vending price at my work!) and not the Party size bags either.
I really hope to bike all next week ( last day I biked this week was Monday and Tues, both days I was in WA3 so that sucked) and hope NSG's attitude is better ( he was late by a half hour Monday/ got into w/ D when we only had a half hour to go and then today, almost an hour late, got into w/D and then TBB got involved ) and I am pretty sure he is on thin ice....hehe much like I was walking to the corner of Walgreens since they have not gotten the ice up of the sidewalk, nor did they put salt. Might make another call to the City for the 2nd week in a row ( BK has not bothered to get the snow/ice off as I walked over there yesterday to get to Walgreens). Last week, I was in the street a few times on bike, walking the bike during next day snow free streets = not going slow like day before when I was biking in said street or on foot and had some scary moments by inconsiderate drivers who think I should either trudge through all the snow/ice or be in a car.
Here's a few photos of the pedestrian view when snow removal on sidewalks is not taken seriously by the City/ residents. Obviously not w/ cars endangering me but it was scary trusting I would not get hit as they passed wihin 2 feet of me:
My polar vortex wear consisted of thermals,pants, t shirt, hoodie, insulated jacket, gloves and 2 facemasks as we were warned to not do strenuous activities outside ( ie biking, biking up hills), no deep breathing and don't even try talking outside!
Over by McDs when it was 'plowed' last week due to my calling the City n just snow, had to walk back when 2 ppl were coming towards me on the opposite end of the path. Would hate to have to try walking that after this week though!
To combat Bob's why don't you walk through BK's parking lot last week? Snow went all the way to the street btw. This week btw, huge icy segments as I traversed the plowed parts now covered in ice...
I have decided not to patron McD's or BK anymore since this is how they treat their pedestrian customers in winter, why should I eat there during this time of year or this upcoming summer??
I am really looking forward to working out at R Strong, am eager to try their slam and wall balls and incorporate them into my workouts soon. I also have structured workouts ready for that + a few spin bike workouts:)!
2/9/19: 7:47 PM: Had my longest stretch of IF today!17 hours and even did physical ice removal work of about 5 sidewalk blocks for maybe 35 mins before having lunch w/ no brkft. Ykw brought up betting on more Championship games today. We agreed on college basketball's March Madness ( the Sweet 16/ Final 4) next month. The fact that I just let go of her reply of it's 60 games shows a lot. We agreed on the finality of the game/sport. Originally, I wanted just the Final 4 but we agreed on $1/ game for the Sweet 16 as a compromise.
My helmet once I got home this Tues., Ice on it and on my jacket!
Today, the high isn't even 11 so the feels like temps are -17/-8 all day + 40 MPH winds. I didn't ride to work on the vortex days, ice days or today, so I kicked up my fitness snacking/3 days n even got in 2 workouts this week + 3 ARMS workouts too. I wanted to try riding on polar vortex days/ the ice but to save an argument, opted to accept my Mom's offer for rides. I have shoveled snow/ dealt w/ice like 5x in 9 days so thinking of taking the weekend off re: workouts so my neck muscles can have 2 days of true rest w/ ice pack and heating pad. I have started my redecorating, chucked Chrystos books in the recycle bin cuz all her books are poetry it seems:(, and read my Keto cookbook and while I really like the 1st half of the book (really only liked about 2 recipes (good way to get me to try cauli rice btw) due to not so many ingredients)...the meal plans seem really good but I would swap a lot of the meats out for ones I eat, so I hope Simply Keto has a plan I can use when I read it this weekend ( my Volek book didn't; still haven't read it yet, just skimmed).
One of the bloggers I follow is trying keto but don't know if she's totally committed (ie eating tortillas that are low carb but still contain wheat, having wine 2x in one week). I have had 6 keto meals this week ( including today's brkft n work lunch) and I went to Wendy's (on my way to errands after work), had 2 chicken sandwiches, fries and a drink, but only ate the bun w/1 sandwich so that's something. I am ketoish remember hehe..cutting back on non keto sweets/snacks this weekend into next week since last week, overindulged a little. I got some keto snacks of peanuts ( dry roasted n honey roasted ( sugar goes towards my carbs/day), sunflower kernels, and beef jerky. P3 has some grab n go 3 oz version for like $2. I hope my 2 lbs of nuts and 17 oz of kernels stretches into work snacks for 2 weeks. Getting sandwich baggies n cheddar crisps tomorrow and comparing nut/ seed prices at Dollar General vs Logli's. I got some potato chips for the 1st time in like 2 months so think if I stretch each non keto chips bag into lasting all week ( got 4 including store brand Cheetos/ Fritos), that should count as watching carbs still. They are all the 5 oz bags ( at the 2 oz vending price at my work!) and not the Party size bags either.
I really hope to bike all next week ( last day I biked this week was Monday and Tues, both days I was in WA3 so that sucked) and hope NSG's attitude is better ( he was late by a half hour Monday/ got into w/ D when we only had a half hour to go and then today, almost an hour late, got into w/D and then TBB got involved ) and I am pretty sure he is on thin ice....hehe much like I was walking to the corner of Walgreens since they have not gotten the ice up of the sidewalk, nor did they put salt. Might make another call to the City for the 2nd week in a row ( BK has not bothered to get the snow/ice off as I walked over there yesterday to get to Walgreens). Last week, I was in the street a few times on bike, walking the bike during next day snow free streets = not going slow like day before when I was biking in said street or on foot and had some scary moments by inconsiderate drivers who think I should either trudge through all the snow/ice or be in a car.
Here's a few photos of the pedestrian view when snow removal on sidewalks is not taken seriously by the City/ residents. Obviously not w/ cars endangering me but it was scary trusting I would not get hit as they passed wihin 2 feet of me:
My polar vortex wear consisted of thermals,pants, t shirt, hoodie, insulated jacket, gloves and 2 facemasks as we were warned to not do strenuous activities outside ( ie biking, biking up hills), no deep breathing and don't even try talking outside!
Over by McDs when it was 'plowed' last week due to my calling the City n just snow, had to walk back when 2 ppl were coming towards me on the opposite end of the path. Would hate to have to try walking that after this week though!
To combat Bob's why don't you walk through BK's parking lot last week? Snow went all the way to the street btw. This week btw, huge icy segments as I traversed the plowed parts now covered in ice...
I have decided not to patron McD's or BK anymore since this is how they treat their pedestrian customers in winter, why should I eat there during this time of year or this upcoming summer??
I am really looking forward to working out at R Strong, am eager to try their slam and wall balls and incorporate them into my workouts soon. I also have structured workouts ready for that + a few spin bike workouts:)!
2/9/19: 7:47 PM: Had my longest stretch of IF today!17 hours and even did physical ice removal work of about 5 sidewalk blocks for maybe 35 mins before having lunch w/ no brkft. Ykw brought up betting on more Championship games today. We agreed on college basketball's March Madness ( the Sweet 16/ Final 4) next month. The fact that I just let go of her reply of it's 60 games shows a lot. We agreed on the finality of the game/sport. Originally, I wanted just the Final 4 but we agreed on $1/ game for the Sweet 16 as a compromise.