FitLilZombieKiller

Motivation and little milestones on the path to Me: Version 2.0 (the over 30 edition). I want to live my life and explore the state of Alaska not worrying about limitations I've imposed on myself. My size, strength and level of endurance will no longer hold me back. A bit of SAR thrown in as I train a puppy for SAR.

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Bought some stuff to try and prevent bonking on the next big problem. Surprisingly, a lot of it isn’t high enough in calories so… it’s a work in progress.

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I fucked up. Today was scheduled as a 3-hr problem with puppo. Mostly bushwhacking. I had to be ready for my hider by 11 so that’s an 8am start left the house at 7:30.

Here’s where I fucked up. I don’t usually eat breakfast till… 9/9:30. And I did’t change that today (I mean I didn’t eat early, I just didn’t eat). Well I went 5 miles and ended up sticking to the trails more than I wanted because holy crap I bonked. And being clumsy in the woods with deadfall hiding under thigh-high ferns and bears hiding in the area… not such a good idea.

We made it through and did our 3+ hrs but… I need calories and I’m too nauseous to eat much solid food so I’m in line at sonic for a giant fucking cherry limeade to try and get some liquid calories in and start the recovery process. In the mean time… if you have any suggestions for a girl who doesn’t eat breakfast but needs to fuel. But also gets nauseous with the super dense stuff and doesn’t actually get hungry/thirst on hikes but gets clumsy and stupid instead. Yea… I’m open for suggestions.

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PSA: Don’t let your children or pets run straight towards a strange dog they don’t know but “want to pet/play with”. And don’t then yell “he/she’s friendly”.

The fact is they aren’t friendly if they’re doing that. Full stop. Running straight at someone is not only not nice behavior but it’s aggressive as fuck. If I started running full tilt at you and you didn’t know me, you wouldn’t put your arms out for a hug and ask me to go to the park and be best friends. You’d back away, yell at me to back off or just flat out punch me.

Please teach your children to move slowly to an animal they want to pet and ASK and then to accept the rejection (from human or dog) and walk away without losing their minds the same way they SHOULD be asking for consent for a hug (or anything else).

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I knocked out 7 miles yesterday and the worst part was the multiple creek crossings that left my shoes/socks wet for a few hrs. It felt good to switch to sandals at the end and then today I could move just fine. It’s the little victories that add up to the big ones

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Happy Pride!

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Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions

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I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.

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I legit trail ran away from a pup last night. It felt good and I didn’t feel like I was gonna die or trip on my face. And I HAVE to swear a belt with my search pants now. Not bad evening.

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Not mad. Haven’t made it to the gym in a while but I’m getting lots of miles outside with the dog. I did a 3-day workshop with him last weekend and I wore him out and then put him in the car to go again with another dog. Then put her up and brought mine back out. That’s a huge non-scale victory.

Also, I had to start wearing a belt with my search pants. Can’t lie, that felt good.

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Back to the gym for the first time in… a while. Getting sick after that last big patrol was rough. I lost my voice for 4 weeks and breathing was just fucking hard. I didn’t want to go and end up in a coughing fit. Parts of the regular routine were great and parts I was not all that interested in doing. I skipped the 3rd set of a couple things. But I’m not gonna be hard on myself for that.

Since then I’ve been working on endurance problems with the Chaos Demon (the puppy, well, he’s not really a puppy anymore). We’re up to an hour of bushwhacking so… that’s at least something. Not doing badly really. We did a blind problem yesterday and found our subject which is a huge relief. I can tell the hill hiking and stairmaster are more closely related than I realized. Lots of dog walks and dog training

Oh. And switched from just the GLP to the GLP/GIP last month. I went from plateaued weight for over a year to losing another 5 lbs in 2 months. The body composition scale I have tells me I’m either holding steady or gaining muscle mass (super slowly) each time so maybe I’m doing ok with that part of things. That does bring it to a total of 40lbs lost so far. Some clothes fit way better and some really need to be replaced. Not looking forward to that part of things to be super honest. But I feel better more energy (except the 24 hrs or so after a shot) and fewer side effects on this med/dose.

Hopefully by the end of the summer I’ve kicked my own ass enough that we’ll have rocked our test and everything will be amazing.

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I’ve been sick for about a month. Lost my voice, sinus crap, all of the things. I thought I had lost a lot of ground. Didn’t hit up the gym cause I was hacking up a lung every time a little bit of crud entered the zone of breathing. It was so bad. But I’ve been doing the outdoor walks nd taking the dogs out when I could. Not a lot. But something.

But today I realized I could comfortably cross my legs again. Feels a little crazy.

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Ok… it’s goal BS that I can put in a full day and a good workout and still only get in 5k steps (seriously short of my daily goal). Sigh. Must remember I’m still kicking some ass more and more every day.

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Got some good dog walks in the last week and then got my ass up and got to the gym. Gotta keep both my training and the pup’s up if I wanna get that test in at the end of the summer. At this rate the snow will still be around though so ya know, that sucks.

Upped the time on the stairclimber and added either weight or exercises. Bevel breaks down how much I’m lifting in different body groups so I can tell I’m not getting as much of my core in as I’d like but I’m slowly adding in more and more.

I’m still subluxxing different parts and pieces but a bit less so I just need to keep the sleep going and keep the lifting in all the places to help keep me together again.

Oh, and surprise, I have to/get to actually go out and snowshoe on Sat instead of manning the train so… I will get that merit badge on my watch/ring.

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Tried to up my time on the erg but I forgot not to push harder if I wanted to go longer at this point. So I got a harder workout at the same intensity instead of a longer workout at a lower intensity.

Also upped either weight or reps on everything today so that’s something. Hoping the next could days still feel good

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Trying to figure out how to use the ring data to actually improve my training and health metrics. So much to learn.

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Just had a Dr’s appt and we’re gonna switch my meds. Not a fan of the price going up but I’m not quite ready to give up on the changes. Especially now that I’m back in the gym.

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I feel like I did some work yesterday but I don’t feel sore per se. So either the DOMS tomorrow are gonna be rough or I’ve hit a sweet spot for the moment. We shall see.

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Some soreness today but not too bad. Finding the sweet spot again.

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I’m not gonna lie, I am intrigued and so far liking the way the ring gives me different step goals based on my readiness score. I’m not great at listening to my body (I try but it’s kinda like we’re speaking different languages) so maybe this will help.

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