Deadlift and Over-head Squats

21-15-9
185lb Deadlifts
85lb Overhead Squats

Time: 10:56

RX weights
225 Deadlifts
135 Overhead Squats

Probably could've gone a bit heavier on the workout, but I'm still feeling my way back into a regular training cycle.

Scaled "Angie"

Scaled Angie

50 pull-ups (green band)
50 push-ups
100 sit-ups
100 squats

partitioned into 10 sets.

Time: 24:56

I'm not sure what's worse about coming back from an unplanned/extended break. How shitty I feel during the workout or talking to other people in the class and knowing that I've got no real reason why I haven't shown up in a couple of weeks.

Thrusters

Amazing how three weeks can pass by without a workout. I will do a better job of time management at the end of the quarter.

Todays workout:

100 thrusters

95/65

What I did:

50 thrusters

65lbs

I scaled back because my quads were already starting to scream around rep forty, plus I was interested in being able to walk relatively normally tomorrow. DONS (delayed onset of soreness, for those of you that don't know) is a bitch.

Challenge Completed!

Looks like I'm going to have to take a week off from training, I banged my elbow pretty bad last friday and it feels like I've got a pinched nerve or something. I doesn't hurt per se but if I touch a certain part of my elbow it sends pain shooting up my wrist and the numbness in my wrist hasn't gone away either. If it's not better by the weekend than I'm going to need to get it checked out.

30 day fast food challenge day 30

I finish on a strong note by not having fast food today as well

Total saved: $132
Total expected to save $210
Total spend on fast food $78
Days fast food was consumed: 11
Percentage of days without fast food: 64%

I didn't save quite as much as I had hoped. The biggest culprits was the subway in my school on tuesdays and thursdays and the morning QT trips when I didn't get up early enough for breakfast. The former was easily solved once I bought my own cold-cuts and made my own sandwiches which also helped me on the nights when I just didn't feel up to cooking. I'll have to start pre-making more meals on the weekends to contend with my morning schedule, hard boiled eggs mixed with a veggie works well for this.

As this was more of a financial challenge than a diet I did notice how much more aware of my spending I was. This challenge helped me to make better decisions overall with my money, leaving me in a much better mental frame of mind overall. Even the times I did have a fast food, it didn't bother me as much because it was only one meal and it was from extra money I had from not wasting it in the first place.

Even though this challenge is over, it doesn't mean that I'm going to stop doing what I've been doing. I'm not going to start bingeing on fast food all of a sudden. I don't feel like I was denied anything. I could still have burgers, I just had to cook them on my own. The only food that I really missed was buffalo wings which I can't cook because I don't own a deep fryer which might be a consideration for the future...

I'm glad I've done this challenge and actually completed it. As I've said previously, this is the first full-on 30 day challenge I've completed and I did learn quite a bit about how my old habits affected me. I will continue to remain diligent to keep my fast food habit to a minimum. 

Last lap!

30 day food challenge day 29

Didn't have any fast food today, however, I did spend $10 last night at buffalo wild wings so that counts against me. On the bright side that is much less than I typically spend on a night out.

Total Savings: $125

days a passin

Thursday -

Off day, didn't have any fast food

$7 savings

Friday-

Workout was a couple hours of moshing at a metal show, moderate intensity as there weren't many people at the show. Got my right elbow hit pretty hard and bruised some nerves. I can move my hand fine but my wrist and pinkie fingers are still numb.

Gave into taco bell cravings

$0 savings

Saturday -

Off day due to arm damage. I'm planning on going to Bdubs tonight to watch UFC 150, I don't have much money so I'm going to eat before the event and just have a drink or two and maybe some wings or an appetizer. I know it counts against but I apart from friday I haven't gone out at all the past three weeks and I need to get out of my apartment for a bit. I'm just gonna keep the damage to a minimum.

Total savings to date $128

Clean and Jerk

Clean and Jerk
5x3

135, 155,165,175,185, 190 x1

Didn't quite get the full extension on the last two reps.

30 day no fast food challenge day 25

Fail, had to get a late breakfast before I got into work this morning

Total savings: $121