Day 38 and some change

Things have been going alright.

In the food department, i'm getting a lot more diversity in, and overall am pretty content with my diet. I don't go hungry, and i look forward to each meal and snack.
Amineh signed up for a program called "Farm fresh to you" which delivers a box of organic in-season produce to your residence weekly. We made artichokes for lunch on Saturday, and they were delicious. I still have two left, and can't wait to roast them. I'm starting to get to a place where i have enough surplus of food that i can really change it up in a timely manner. I also spent an hour and a half talking to my sister today, talking about food the entire time. It was nice to share some of the experience.

The jumpropes are starting to grow on loved ones as well. Amineh is up to a good number a day now, and my little sister is on her first steps to starting.
Health loves company.

In the set-backs department, i've had my left foot. I'm pretty sure i've cracked something, namely one of my metatarsals, but i can't really be sure. I've considered asking for an alternate exercise for my jumpropes, just in order to stay off of it, but i'm not actually sure that the jumping is so hard on it. I might still do just that, but for now i'm still on track, and it hasn't gotten any worse.
Yesterday was harder, we sparred a bit in my college Karate class, and i got huge blisters from mat burn (similar to carpet burn, but with tatami), so...that was an ibuprofen day, but luckily they healed up by the next day.

I've been stretching more and more lately too, i actually did some triangle and warrior and natarajasana and a few others rather than just my typical forward bend, back bend, leg stretches and twist. It felt good to reach all those other parts of my legs i've been neglecting to stretch. I've always known stretching is key, but i haven't always had the good sense to slow myself down to do it.

Oh yeah, and Pull-ups, are still pretty difficult, but i've created a sort of handicap for the sets beyond the first, which i do normally. Once i start to not be able to lift myself, i start my pull-ups by kneeling on a chair, and use my legs to lift/stabilize just enough of myself to get use out of my arms. It's still a pull-up, though it's at 70% or something i still get all my sets in that way.

And pistol squats, oh pistol squats! They are pretty close to an arm exercise at this point. I'm seeing progress... i guess, but damn are they brutal. Those bicycles are pretty brutal too. But i'm really loving it.

I regret to admit i haven't done the 8 Min Ab workout yet, though i fully plan to.

It's kind of nice to know that i can disconnect jump-ropes from the rest of the workout, it might make managing it a bit easier, and it certainly makes jumping before school much more feasible.


Alright, i'm getting tired now. Diligentes este, amici.