G.I. Jean

This account is to help me track my fitness goals and hopefully motivate me to keep going even when my depression makes it hard to.

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[gijean]

25NOV20

15 min stretch

3 sets, 10 sumo squats

3 sets, 10 squat hold calf raises

3 sets, 20 straight leg rear kicks each leg

3 sets, 20 bent leg rear kicks each leg

3 sets, 20 side kicks each leg

3 sets, 10 glute flexes

15 mins yoga

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24NOV20

15 mins stretching

20 min run at a 8 min pace

15 mins yoga

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23NOV20

15 mins stretching

3 sets of:

20 flutter kicks

Leg raise and hold 30 secs

10 heel touches

20 flutter kicks

10 crunches

10 heel touches

No rest

15 mins yoga

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21NOV20

15 minutes stretching

20 minute walk

15 minutes yoga

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20NOV20

15 mins stretching

Planks 30 secs each front and both sides

10 Jump squats

10 V ups

Mountain climbers 30 secs

10 leg tuck and twist

10 single leg push ups

10 lunges

Bicycle crunch 30 secs

Jumping jacks 30 secs

10 burpees

15 minutes yoga

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16NOV20

15 minutes warm up stretching

Planks (front, sides, back bridge) 30 seconds each

5 Power jumps

15 minutes yoga

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13NOV20

Workout for today

15 mins stretching

Sprint 30 seconds, walk 90 seconds x4

Yoga and breathing exercises 15 minutes

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Hunt the good stuff

Being positive may seem hard at times. A stressful job or an argument with a loved one may ruin a whole day. Bad days or weeks or even a whole year is inevitable, but it is possible to find a little bit of good in all that negative. Writing just one to thee good things that happened during the day, no matter how small, can improve one's outlook drastically.

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Friday 13th of November 2020

Wake up 0100...I guess today is going to be that kind of day.

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12NOV20

15 mins stretching

10 push ups

Side planks 30 seconds each side

20 jump squats

5 sets 1 min jump rope

15 mins yoga

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Woke up at 4 this morning! Had a great breakfast. Feeling good about today!

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Didn't work out today because I moved around my furniture. I don't know about other people, but moving furniture is a workout for me.

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1st meal of the day: 3 eggs sunny side up.

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Thoughts about a diet...

I've been considering starting a paleo diet (a diet based around what our paleolithic ancestors would have eaten), or at least a modified paleo diet. I guess it's not really a diet as I despise "fad diets" and starving oneself to achieve a "healthy" lifestyle. I've been doing some reading about a paleo diet and it's more than restrictions on what you eat. I see it more as a template for meals and just choosing to eat things that are more natural rather than eating something heavily processed.

Basically I'll be choosing foods that are low in sodium and sugar and also eating more vegetables and making more of my own meals. The paleo diet does cut out most grains, but I think if I make my own bread (and eat it rarely) I'll be eating something closer to the diet than the store bought bread; since the store bought version is pumped full of highly processed oils and sugar and homemade means I can control what goes into it.

This diet also means not eating a lot of dairy (from what I've read, let me know if there is anything different). I think it should be ok to have a glass of milk every now and then but cheese and yogurt and the like will need to go. But this is what I mean by a modified version of the paleo diet, avoiding all the additives and unhealthy ingredients that are in a lot of processed foods but still enjoying some of the more modern things that our paleolithic ancestors wouldn't have had.

[gijean]

30AUG20

Run 1 mile at approx. 9:30 pace.

4 rounds

Burpees: 10

Crunches: 15

Knee pushups: 10

As the weather begins to cool during the evenings, I'm going to be running on a track more. I'll be doing sprints with some light fullbody training and I'll still be using the elliptical on my heavier strength days.

Don't cry, don't complain, just workout.

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I find that when I'm feeling out of breath while exercising, I can take a really deep breath and hold it for longer than normal and let it out slowly. Usually it fixes the out of breath feeling right away and I can continue without stopping.