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Spring into Week 4/5/6

I am back after being a bit absent with my research trip! But I am back on land and thriving! Some fun things that have happened in my life since I have posted last:

 1) I was on a two week research trip (which I found out I do not get seasick), 

2) I celebrated my 21st birthday (on a dry boat then got to spend time out after),

 3) Applied to graduate from college 

4) May get offered a job doing some fishery stuff as well as some volunteering stuff

5) Finally broke my weight plateau (pretty sure I dropped down to around high 220lbs, but gained some back due to my celebrating but am back at 236lbs so still good)

Physical:

✔️ ✔️ - Get back to being on super strict keto = 7 days for all but the last week due to some drinking fun

✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Drink at least 2L of water a day = 7 days

- ✔️ - Go weightlifting twice a week (hard to do on a boat)

- ✔️ ✔️ Go spinning three times a week

✔️Go bouldering at least twice a month = Completed this for the month

✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Hit my fitbit steps and stair goals everyday (12,000 steps and 10 staircases) = ? (I forgot to wear my fitbit, so no clue if I made the steps or not, I totally made the stairs though)

Mental/Emotional:

✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Take time to meditate three times a week

✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Do one self-care thing (bath, face mask, movie, etc) a day

✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Learn to trust the process, meaning weighing in only once a week

✔️ ✔️  ✔️ Go out and do something every two weeks that is special for me

- ✔️  ✔️ Doing a minimum weekly check in post on tumblr

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Lifting on a moving ship has been fun, but here I am still kicking ass.

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Sorry about being MIA for so long, I have been busy aboard a research ship trying to keep keto and my workout schedule. But here is tonight's sunset and me making the same face in all my selfie's.

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Spring into 2019:Week 3

This week has been insane for me, and I want to share some things that have made it amazing. So a little bit of background to have the whole post make sense, I am a university student (almost finished with my Bachelors in environmental science) that focuses on aquatic ecology (I especially love bivalves hence my other main blog @bivalvia-enthusist and my razor clam tattoo). Okay now for my week! I finally completed an ocean workshop (talking about microplastics, ocean acidification, and other topics) that I have been creating and stressing over for the last 8 months. It was a huge success, people came over afterwards asking if I was giving anymore presentations on campus and when so they could attend! Additionally, I confirmed that I will be on a research vessel assisting with research in the next week (something super rare for an undergrad and within my university)! To add to this, I have interviews for internships this summer, and have applied to some grad schools. Moral of the my personal life is going great. 

However, my weight loss/getting fit journey has been stalling a bit. A major thing with this is that I am still at around 240ish lbs (it fluctuates a bit under but always comes back), but I am gaining a lot muscle mass so that is the silver lining to it all. After my post and getting some fantastic advice (thank you all so much), I found where I may have been having issues and working on correcting it. So we will wait and see if that has any impacts before going back to the drawing board. For my goals this week, I have been a little bit behind, but with the whole 4-6 hours of sleep during the school nights and having to drop a class it is only going to get better. Side note: Why did I think that taking a 400 level engineering class on top of my job, volunteering, and my 16 credit load was a good idea?

Physical:

✔️ Get back to being on super strict keto = 7 days

✔️ Drink at least 2L of water a day = 7 days

-Go weightlifting twice a week = 1 day (I high-key skipped out this week)

-Go spinning three times a week= 2 days + a hike ?

✔️ Go bouldering at least twice a month = Completed this for the month

-Hit my fitbit steps and stair goals everyday (12,000 steps and 10 staircases) = ? (I forgot to wear my fitbit, so no clue if I made the steps or not, I totally made the stairs though)

Mental/Emotional:

✔️ Take time to meditate three times a week

✔️Do one self-care thing (bath, face mask, movie, etc) a day

✔️ Learn to trust the process, meaning weighing in only once a week

✔️Go out and do something every two weeks that is special for me

✔️Doing a minimum weekly check in post on tumblr

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I rechecked my weight recently and noticed that I have been at around 240s lbs for the past 4 months. I am getting a little frustrated that I haven't lost any weight, but also on the flip side I keep gaining muscle mass so maybe eventually. Any advice to kickstart weight loss again?

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After some pain in my knee after 30 mins of cycling, we switched to stair stepper and treadmill for 10 mins a piece to finish up our gym time!

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Spring into 2019 Week 2

Hey y’all. Week 2 has been going good! I have been pushing myself to hit all my goals this week! I was so excited to be at the gym and being able to hit my leg press weight of 230lbs (something I have been working on getting back to for over a year since I tore the cartilage in my right knee). Also, in the last two weeks my new weight has been constant, though I have added around 8lbs of muscle mass (so that is exciting)!

On the flip side, I am working to be understanding of me eating a non-keto meal and the effects it might have on my progress while not feeling guilty about it. For now, I am feeling good about celebrating in the moment (especially since I got accepted for a once in a lifetime opportunity within my field)! But it has made me want to double down even more and work harder towards my weight goal!

Physical:

-Get back to being on super strict keto = 5 days (I broke down and celebrated with some ice cream & pizza)

✔️ Drink at least 2L of water a day = 7 days

✔️Go weightlifting twice a week (with an allowance for two skip days)

✔️Go spinning three times a week (with an allowance for three skip days)

✔️ Go bouldering at least twice a month = Once this week

✔️Hit my fitbit steps and stair goals everyday (12,000 steps and 10 staircases)

Mental/Emotional:

✔️ Take time to meditate three times a week

✔️Do one self-care thing (bath, face mask, movie, etc) a day

-Learn to trust the process, meaning weighing in only once a week

✔️Go out and do something every two weeks that is special for me

✔️Doing a minimum weekly check in post on tumblr

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Finally made it up to 230lbs in my leg press! Knocking off my first weightlifting task for this week!

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Literally me as I was using the stair stepper for a bit today!

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Starting my week 2 strong by doing some cycling between my classes!

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Phil and I have been crushing our cycling goals and weightlifting goals this week!  

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Spring into 2019: Week 1

Just wanted to do my check-in for Week 1. I am really happy to be hitting my goals, and hope to be able to sustain and build this week!

Physical:

-Get back to being on super strict keto = 6 days

-Drink at least 2L of water a day = 6 days

✔️Go weightlifting twice a week (with an allowance for two skip days)

✔️Go spinning three times a week (with an allowance for three skip days)

-Go bouldering at least twice a month = Once this week 

✔️Hit my fitbit steps and stair goals everyday (12,000 steps and 10 staircases)

Mental/Emotional:

-Take time to meditate three times a week

✔️Do one self-care thing (bath, face mask, movie, etc) a day

✔️Learn to trust the process, meaning weighing in only once a week

✔️Go out and do something every two weeks that is special for me

✔️Doing a minimum weekly check in post on tumblr

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Spring into 2019

@fatmaninalittlesuit started the Spring into 2019 challenge a week or so ago, and I really wanted to join. Though I was super focused on my finals, so I figured I would modify it a bit to start during my spring quarter (which so happens to be 11 weeks as well)! I am going to list my goals below: 

Physical: 

-Get back to being on super strict keto (70/25/5-70/20/10 for my macros)

-Drink at least 2L of water a day

-Go weightlifting twice a week (with an allowance for two skip days)

-Go spinning three times a week (with an allowance for three skip days)

-Go bouldering at least twice a month

-Hit my fitbit steps and stair goals everyday (12,000 steps and 10 staircases) 

Mental/Emotional: 

-Take time to meditate three times a week

-Do one self-care thing (bath, face mask, movie, etc) a day

-Learn to trust the process, meaning weighing in only once a week

-Go out and do something every two weeks that is special for me

-Doing a minimum weekly check in post on tumblr