Cory's Quest for a Healthier Life

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LaMaria said:
:D Completely agree but I definitely got the impression she described the shoes and not herself :)

Cute is a matter of personal taste but these days there are definitely more options for decent shoes. It´s true that I´m now paying 125€ for sandals and 200€ for shoes and that´s without individualized insoles (which I don´t need, thankfully) but I am then very happy with my shoes.
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Oh...my bad! Good!
Not sorry I said that though...Cory is a Rock Star! Sorry for the misinterpretation though. :mad:
 
Jenniquest said:
LMAO at "the tits" :smilielol5:I haven't heard that expression in a long time ... too funny!

You have inspired me to try one of the fitness classes at the Y. I do have my reservations, but I will at least look at what they have to offer now.

Have a great Friday!
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I know, that was so great..'the tits'. We use to say that back in the late 70s!
 
I was definitely talking about the shoes. :p Luckily, I think I found a website that sells shoes that are better for my feet and I also don't hate them. Downside is that they are mostly upwards of $100. But I've been buying $35 converse basically since I was 8, so maybe my perception of what shoes should cost is a little skewed.

Food was pretty mediocre today. I ordered a "Latin veggie flatbread" for breakfast from the work cafeteria that was advertised as a 320 calorie flatbread with one scrambled egg, some cheese, pico de gayo, bean, grilled veggies, and hash brown potatoes on a flatbread. What I got was a voluminous pile of what mostly consisted of hash browns and cheese. Fucking delicious, but probably more in the 600 calorie range. Dinner was some pretty disappointing Mexican food from a place that my brother and his girlfriend wanted to try. This has put me a little over 2,000 for the day. I kind of regret using a cheat day for that, but it wasn't really about the food. I'm just so grateful to have family near. I basically spent a year and a half up here feeling completely isolated from all my blood relatives and I really missed my brother in particular.

Thinking I'll go lift tomorrow and maybe do Highland games stuff on Sunday. My brother sat me down and gave me a talking to tonight when we were hanging out. Mostly about how I can't keep adding stuff into my fitness routine without taking anything out and that I need to actually DO mobility work. He's right and I've made it a new goal to try and do mobility work 3 or 4 times a week consistently. I can't commit to not adding more things. I have a lot of activities that I want to do. :p
 
-Cory- said:
I've been buying $35 converse basically since I was 8, so maybe my perception of what shoes should cost is a little skewed
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Haha this sounds so much like me it's untrue - we could be shoe-twins Cory :p

It's great that your brother is around now; not only as support for your fitness drive but I guess it'll be a real emotional comfort boost too
 
Lama: I will collect some pics and share them in my next post.
Cate: I definitely am lucky to have him. He's good about calling me on my shit.
Stan: The emotional thing is definitely true. I had never lived farther than 20 miles from my family my whole life until I moved to where I am now. I didn't realize how much it had been bothering me until he moved up here and suddenly I had family close again.
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I'll be honest, I have no fucking idea how many calories I've had today. My Indian friend invited me to her house to dinner and that always means too much food and too much alcohol. She loves to cook for people (and have them eat it) and her husband loves scotch and knows I like it too. Other than what I ate and drank at their house though, I didn't eat anything else today so the damage can't be too bad. And it was a lovely evening with some truly lovely people. She made chicken curry, shrimp biryani, roti, raita, potato fritters, tandori chicken, and gulab jamun. Yuummmmm.

Exercise:
Deadlifts:
120 lbs 1x5
135 lbs 1x5
155 lbs 1x5

Overhead Press:
50 lbs 1x5
60 lbs 1x5
70 lbs 1x6

Banded Leg Curls:
3x15

Dumbbell Chest Supported Rows:
15 lbs 3x12

Incline Sit Ups:
3x5
 
I also forgot to say that I did some mobility work and my body feels less like a run over trash can. I guess I should do it more regularly. :p
 
70 lbs 1x6 <----- This is very impressive! You are strong!

Sounds like you had a wonderful evening with friends. Good for you!
 
Lama: It was wonderful. A great way to spend a Saturday night.
Jenni: I appreciate the vote of confidence. Been feeling like a weak piece of shit lately. :p Before the hiatus on lifting I took to look for a house (about 3 months ago) I was doing more like 90 lbs for 5. Super frustrating to lose strength like that, but I'll build back up.
Stan: Her food is SO GOOD. And she always gives me tons of leftovers.
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Was a little high on calories again today. I think I need to retool how I handle social situations. In the past, I usually hung out with someone like once a week and that became my cheat day. These days it's more like 2 or 3 days a week and I've still be having cheat days during social occasions. I can't be having 3 cheat days a week (see both this weekend and last weekend). Got a lot done packing, but didn't get any exercise to speak of. My brother and I had tentatively said we'd meet up to do Highland Games training this afternoon with a friend of his, but his friend waited until like 4 o' clock to bail on us and by that time we'd both kind of lost steam to go and do it.

Found some worrying articles on a medication I'm taking for my PCOS. In the last 5 years or so, there's been a pretty strong correlation shown between long term use of this drug and a vitamin B12 deficiency (it hinder absorption). I've been on it for like....10 years, off and on. Went through and looked at my lab results for last years physical and I was BORDERLINE. Like....a nut hair away from being deficient according to the standards my doctor's office has set. Some other doctors have different standards and would have already determined I was deficient. You know what being low in B12 can cause? Anxiety, fatigue, lowered metabolism, poor recovery time, among some other things. Needless to say, I went and got a B12 supplement today. My next physical is in about 4 months, so we'll see if my levels are any better then. I'm probably going to bring this up to my doctor as well. Since the research is relatively new, not every physician would know about it yet.

Also did mobility work again today. Feeling less and less like a dumpster fire. And I'm 8 days soda free!
 
Wooohoo on 8 days soda free!

I can relate to meds that cause deficiencies. I was on one for my RA and had to take a ton of supplements because it sucked all the vitamins from my body. Adding the B 12 is a great idea, methinks. I tend to think socializing is so healthy that it might be worth the few extra cals. Maybe you could cut cals lower the next day to make up for it? Like set a weekly goal instead of a daily, and divvy the cals out depending on what you are doing? Just an idea.
 
Being deficient in the B vitamins can really sap your energy and leave you feeling lethargic. I take both a B12 and a B 100 complex over the past couple years. My pharmacist ordered some tests that my MD didn't think were necessary and they indicated a marginal but in range that could benefit from supplementation. A touch of iodine and some natural selenium boost from as little as one Brazil nut daily and I was sorted, thyroid and otherwise. I've heard of B12 injections for many years in connection with boosting energy and hope you see a good response.

I don't wait for people. I have a 5 minute tolerance. Once I drove Spice and her two sisters to Vancouver, 14 hours down the road and a night in the hotel until the event, to attend a wedding. On the day of, I gave 30 minute warning, 15 minute and 5 minute warning to departure. I had a GPS and had 6 in my crewcab and 7 in the van following me. One of the sisters decided to fix her makeup and go to the washroom at zero. Bye bye. She can hire a cab. I would never have anyone abuse my time and that of 12 others. She came running out of the hotel as I got out the parkade so she did make it. She no longer abuses my time. I make it clear that this aircraft leaves for Hawaii at 5:23 and if you choose to miss your flight, it's on you. There's only one thing thats truly mine in my entire life; my time.
 
I hope the extra B12 helps you and assume you got a supplement in a high enough dose that it gets absorbed by osmosis so the bad absorbtion isn' t a problem. People letting you wait without a good reason (and without notice!) is awfully disrespectful.
 
If the B12 comment was for me and not Cory, I use a 2500 microgram vitamin. There's 100 more in the B complex so I've allowed for some absorption losses. I take it just when done my oatmeal so it stays in the digestive path a bit longer. That's my theory and not anything I've researched.

What I was saying to Cory about waiting for people was a bit rushed. I have no problem allowing for unforseen exigencies and am more patient than my account suggests. It's simply that I won't allow anyone to 'abuse' my time. The Queen of England, Trump, Kim Kardashian... I don't care who. Their time is not worth more to them than mine is to me. It's finite and the only thing that is uniquely mine. I went to a Black Eyed Peas concert one time and they were over an hour and a half late starting. It was a mid sized venue so maybe 6000 people. Some prima donna held up 9000 man-hours of time for an hour and a half of their own. No explanation, no apology, even if there had been some justification. It would have made my day if 10 minutes after the scheduled start, 6000 people demanded an immediate refund and walked out. Unrealistic I know, but this whole cult of celebrity just demeans every other human being.

In Cory's example, she and her brother were on hold because they were depending on someone who couldn't be bothered to respect them enough to make a simple communication. Communication failures can be on either side, but you don't need to allow them to control your choices. Not everything is life and death and I've waited for doctors and lawyers and people who in their estimation are somehow more valuable than I. But I've brought a book, music, crossword puzzle and let them know know when they are being disrespectful.
 
Jenni: I'd be willing to try going lower during the rest of the week, but it makes it a lot harder to do the exercise. Especially days when I weightlift or do two dance classes.
Hale: I'm glad your pharmacist was so thorough. I was researching the side effects of B12 deficiency and it's some pretty scary stuff. Also, I bet no one is late for you twice. :p
Lama: I got a 1,000 mcg time released pill. The only sublingual one they had was 3,000 and I don't think I'm deficient enough to warrant that. I have a physical in 3 months and I'll ask them to check it then. If it's improved, I'll keep taking this dosage. If not, I'll start taking the 3,000 mcg tablet.
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Pretty good day today. Just a pretty chill work day that wasn't too busy or too slow. Anxiety spiked a little because I hadn't done any cardio since Thursday, but I went to hip hop tonight and it came back down. I think I need to find a class to go to on Saturday or Sunday so that I'm not going 3 or 4 days without that endorphin release. It seems to be more effective at controlling my anxiety rather than weightlifting. Hip hop was awesome, although the thermostat wasn't turned as low so we all got really sweaty and it made the floor dangerously slick. One girl actually fell. She wasn't hurt, luckily. There were several other near misses.

Food:
Breakfast: yogurt with half a scoop of protein powder and a banana - 390 calories
Lunch: baked potato with chili and ranch dressing - 610 calories
Dinner: fettuccine alfredo with roasted vegetables - 706 calories
Total: 1706 calories

Exercise:
10,000 steps
1 hour of dance fitness
 
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