#backtober

[flyingfitandsugarfree]

Backtober day 8/31

Nothing special about today. I'm a day behind on workouts because on Monday I skipped it. First time in a while I straight-up skipped out on a workout but I think I needed it. I'm hoping I'll be able to catch up at some point, but I'm not putting any pressure on myself to.

So yeah, today was just very gentle yoga. Probably the kind of stretch I'd save for a rest day normally; I felt like I could've gone for something a bit more energetic, but I didn't have time to do a second workout. Never mind.

Today's intake [goal: 1400-1600kcal, 80g protein]

3x mini bread rolls [240kcal, 7.5g] 2x fried eggs [140kcal, 11.6g] Strawberry greek yoghurt [82kcal, 10.1g] Mexican chicken soup [254kcal, 28.4kcal] Chocolate protein bar [290kcal, 25g] 3x earl grey sandwich cakes [405kcal, 4.5g] Salted onigiri [173kcal, 2.6g]

= 1584kcal, 86.7g

I'm not doing report cards for the time being. Still trying to drink water and eat fruit/veggies and keep my coke zero to a minimum, but at this point those are largely habitual so I don't think I need the extra report card pressure. I'll reintroduce it if I start slipping too much.

[flyingfitandsugarfree]

Backtober day 7/31

We're back on track. I'm tired though, so just a quick wieiad (I may add my report card tomorrow):

Today's intake [goal: 1600-1800kcal, 90g protein]

Anpan [295kcal, 8.7g] 2 fried eggs [140kcal, 11.6g] Passionfruit greek yoghurt [86kcal, 10.1g] Apple [95kcal, 0.5g] Mexican chicken soup [254kcal, 28.4g] Mini bread roll x3 [160kcal, 7.5g] Chocolate protein bar [290kcal, 25g] Chocolate base bread [246kcal, 13.6g] Earl grey sandwich cake [135kcal, 1.5g]

= 1781kcal, 106.9g

Exercise: 30 min upper body with weights

[flyingfitandsugarfree]

Backtober day 6/10

I've been keeping up with exercise the past couple of days but my diet's been disastrous and I've been suuuuper tired. I have a lot of things I'm stressed out about and the lack of sleep is catching up with me big time. I already knew yesterday wouldn't be a calorie counting day because I did imoni with my friends (imoni is my region's traditional stew, and you go out with your friends to a park and make it in a big pot over a fire together. It's a lot of vegetables, plus I walked an hour there and an hour back so I'm not mad about it or anything).

I decided to just relax today. Zero pressure to do anything, just catch up on sleep and chill out. No feeling guilty for not making good food choices, no feeling guilty for using my time napping, no feeling guilty for drinking coke zero instead of water. I think I need to make sure I incorporate such days into my plan in future, especially because I have a lot of stress in my life at the moment (a poorly cat with very expensive treatment, an upcoming evaluation at work, an upcoming work presentation, needing to extend my visa but not really knowing how it works and having to wait on head office to send me the appropriate paperwork, probably having to go back to the UK for Christmas even though I neither want to nor have the money to etc). Trying to keep up with daily drawing, daily writing, daily Japanese studies (preparing for the JLPT because I do not intend to fail again), daily exercise, not falling back into drinking coke zero or binge-eating and hitting protein and calorie targets is getting a liiiiiiitle much. It's really no wonder I've been sleeping terribly and struggling to stay on track with diet-related things.

I'm making a plan to get back on it tomorrow. Hopefully I can stick to it!

[flyingfitandsugarfree]

Backtober day 3/31

Today's workout was glutes and core, except I felt it more in my thighs than my glutes and had to deal with a twingy back too. I modified a number of exercises and definitely didn't give everything my best, but whatever, I did it. Sometimes you've just gotta drag yourself through.

I cooked Mexican-inspired chicken soup today too. Basically all the ingredients for a fajita (minus the fajitas, of course) thrown in a pot and blended together. It's pretty good, and it's reasonably low cal and high protein too :D

Looking in the mirror today I realised my traps are coming back. I have mixed feelings about that... on the one hand, yay muscle! On the other hand, if they get too big they make my neck really thick and I start to look like an ugly anaemic Diglett 😂

Numbers etc below

Today's intake [goal: 1500-1700kcal, 90g protein]

Anpan [295kcal, 8.7g] Chocolate protein bar [290kcal, 25g] 80g cut apple [46kcal, 0.2g] 12g pumpkin seeds [72kcal, 3.8g] Strawberry greek yoghurt [82kcal, 10.1g] Mexican chicken soup [254kcal, 28.4g] Chocolate base bread [246kcal, 13.6g] Cookies & cream protein bar [200kcal, 10g] Cherry parfait cookie [101kcal, 1.2g]

=1583kcal, 101g

Exercise: 40 min glutes & core workout [-224] walk to work and back [-182]

Net total: 1177kcal

Report card

Within calorie goal: ✅ +1 Protein target: ✅ 100+ ✅ +2 Fruit/veggies: ✅✅✅ +1.5 Water (including sparkling): ✅✅ +1 No overeating: ✅ +1 Within pepsi/coke zero limit: 700/700 ✅ +1 No diet soda 21:00-11:00: ✅ +1 No eating after 21:30: ✅ +1 Exercised 20+ minutes: ✅ + 20 min extra ✅ +2

Total: 11.5 Rank: Turk

This edit is taking me back to my early 00s emo days

[flyingfitandsugarfree]

Backtober day 2/31

Properly kicking things off today with an upper body workout. I am enjoying upper body workouts more than I did a month ago already, so hopefully by the end of this month I'll feel like my upper body strength is actually sufficient! Today's workout required 2 sets of weights, but I only have one (they're adjustable but I couldn't be bothered to switch between them), so I stuck with 4kg throughout. Oof, the sections for lighter weights were tough! But I did my best and did 45 seconds on/15 seconds off instead of 50/10.

All in all, feeling positive! I feel like I gave it a really good go and it was a success overall.

Numbers etc below

My weight has jumped up drastically the past 2 days. I expected it to go up yesterday after my binge the day before, but yesterday my net total was below my bmr. And yet, +0.35kg?? Lowkey furious. But I'll take it in stride and just keep doing what I'm doing. I know what I stick to my plan I do lose fat. I also read somewhere that your weight can lag 2 days behind your diet, which makes absolutely zero sense but who knows, maybe there's some merit to it. I'll have to research it more.

Today's intake [goal: 1600-1800kcal, 90g protein]

Anpan [295kcal, 8.7g] Tropical fruit mix [88kcal, 0.1g] Chocolate protein bar [290kcal, 25g] Beef stir fry [513kcal, 40.8g] Sweet potato base bread [251kcal, 13.5g] Raspberry gummies [95kcal, 0.3g] 2x fried eggs [140kcal, 11.6g]

= 1672kcal, 100g protein

Exercise: 30 min weights HIIT [-184] Walk to work and back [-183]

Net total: 1305kcal

Report card

Within calorie goal: ✅ +1 Protein target: ✅ 100+ ✅ +2 Fruit/veggies: ✅✅ +1 Water (including sparkling): ✅✅✅ +1.5 No overeating: ✅ +1 Within pepsi/coke zero limit: 700/700 ✅ +1 No diet soda 21:00-11:00: ✅ +1 No eating after 21:30: ✅ +1 Exercised 20+ minutes: ✅ +1

Total: 10.5 Rank: Turk

The conses are quencing

[flyingfitandsugarfree]

Backtober day 1/31

Today's exercise was just morning yoga as I had an office day planned which meant an early start. I did wake up early though, so I decided to stretch out my hips with hip-opening yoga as my glutes were still feeling sore. It was a nice flow, I appreciated the option to add a little handstand, but same as the last video I tried from this channel I just didn't feel like I had enough time to really enjoy some of the poses. Maybe it's because I'm not used to her style yet so I'm constantly having to check the video and move a second or two behind the instructor.

Also did a quick 5 min flow to bring me up to an hour total hehe

Numbers etc below:

Today's intake (goal: 1500-1700kcal, 75g protein)

Mister Donut new home cut maple [325kcal, 3g] Strawberry protein bar [187kcal, 16g] Citrus light meal cookies [354kcal, 3.1g] Chicken & sweetcorn soup [256kcal, 25.1g] Bread roll [90kcal, 2.5g] 2x fried eggs [140kcal, 11.6] Honey & lemon greek yoguhrt [89kcal, 10.1g] Tropical fruit mix [112kcal, 0.2g] 22g roasted soy beans [93kcal, 8.4g]

= 1646kcal, 80g

Exercise: 1 hr yoga [-200] 1 hr walk to work and back [-182]

Net total: 1264kcal

Report card

Still using September report card for now. I may change my "day off" report card but tbh I think the weekday one will stay the same anyway.

Within calorie goal: ✅ +1 Protein target: ✅ +1 Fruit/veggies: ✅✅✅ +1.5 Water (including sparkling): ✅✅ +1 No overeating: ✅ +1 Within pepsi/coke zero limit: 1000/700 ❌ No diet soda 21:00-11:00: ✅ +1 No eating after 21:30: ✅ +1 Exercised 20+ minutes: ✅ + 20 min extra ✅✅ = +2

Total: 9.5 Rank: Tifa

[thebackroomswikidot]

Hello, hello! It's that time of year where everyone creates their own art prompts and here's ours :3

Just like Inktober, this is just a series of prompts to get your creative juices flowing (except everything should be Backrooms themed).

Tag us if you participate, and we'll reblog what you've made!

Just a reminder, if you use something from our wiki, you have to credit the creator and also release your work under CC by SA. However, if it's something completely original, you can do what you want.

Documenting the levels, entities, objects and phenomena of the Backrooms. You've been here before.

Also, we're holding a contest to create folklore for the Backrooms! Check out our page here!

Have fun, or don't. We ain't ya mamma.

[flyingfitandsugarfree]

Backtober

October is all about upper body strength and back bends. Of course, there's a mix of everything in there so I don't get too unbalanced, but I've tried to keep things upper body focused generally. Let's see if I can build some back strength and mobility!

As always, ignore the numbers in [square brackets]

I'll do an updated report card soon!

✅ = done!

Week One [1977]

Wednesday - 20 min morning yoga ✅

Thursday - 30 min upper body workout with weights ✅

Friday - 40 min booty + core ✅

Saturday - 20 min energising yoga ✅

Week Two [968]

Sunday - 40 min core + spine yoga ✅

Monday - 30 min toned arms & back with weights ✅

Tuesday - 25 min yoga for neck, shoulders and upper back ✅

Wednesday - 25 min core abs and glutes ✅

Thursday - 30 min joyful vinyasa for back bends & hip openers ✅

Friday - 20 min toned arms & shoulders with weights ✅

Saturday - 40 min backbends & splits yoga ❌

Week Three [HLW]

Sunday - 15 min sixpack workout ✅ + 15 min stretches for neck, back and shoulders ✅

Monday - 50 min intermediate backbend & hip opening yoga ✅

Tuesday - 35 min toned glutes with weights

Wednesday - 10 min back workout + 10 min killer sixpack workout

Thursday - 20 min vinyasa for back strength & flexibility

Friday - 25 min heart-opening yoga

Saturday - 15 min pilates abs + 5 min stretches / free choice

Week Four [1955]

Sunday - 30 min yoga to release tension

Monday - 20 min back workout

Tuesday - 25 min glutes & core

Wednesday - 40 min spine & shoulder mobility yoga

Thursday - 40 min stretch & recover yoga

Friday - 15 min sexy back workout + 5 min stretch / free choice

Saturday - 20 min full body pilates workout

Week Five [1347]

Sunday - 40 min backbend boost yoga

Monday - 40 min booty & core with weights

Tuesday - 20 min yoga for upper body strength

Wednesday - 25 min yoga to improve back flexibility

Thursday - 40 min yoga for chest & shoulders

Friday - 30 min stronger upper body workout

Saturday (November) - 20 min stretch & relax full body stretch