Anyone want to shape up in 2018? A continuing journey.......

whispering hands

rgambs said:

I survived my binge and weighed in at a good weight.
An hour lift this morning wasn't as much as I was hoping for, but planting onions, spreading compost, and mucking out the chicken coop will boost it and hopefully I can run a few miles tonight in this fabulous spring weather.
Cheers y'all, keep at it!

Mucking out the chicken coop will definitely do some cardio boosting! Lol do you guys eat the chickens? Or just use them for eggs? ( if you eat them soak the carcass and feathers in vinegar overnight, and then bury them in the bottom of the compost box. When your six week roll over comes up roll just the top half.. next set roll the bottom half. Next set do a full roll.. and do so regularly from then on, and you can compost that stuff too. )
And what worms do you use in your compost. I have always been partial to the earthies.. but hear others have this use as well as some grubs. Just curious..

rgambs

whispering hands said:

rgambs said:

I survived my binge and weighed in at a good weight.
An hour lift this morning wasn't as much as I was hoping for, but planting onions, spreading compost, and mucking out the chicken coop will boost it and hopefully I can run a few miles tonight in this fabulous spring weather.
Cheers y'all, keep at it!

Mucking out the chicken coop will definitely do some cardio boosting! Lol do you guys eat the chickens? Or just use them for eggs? ( if you eat them soak the carcass and feathers in vinegar overnight, and then bury them in the bottom of the compost box. When your six week roll over comes up roll just the top half.. next set roll the bottom half. Next set do a full roll.. and do so regularly from then on, and you can compost that stuff too. )
And what worms do you use in your compost. I have always been partial to the earthies.. but hear others have this use as well as some grubs. Just curious..

We keep them for eggs, but I am going to start raising up a batch of spring broilers for the freezer next year.
The worms in the compost are just the locals that find their way in, I don't add any do anything special to encourage them. The compost pile is just a big heap that I add to every few days and turn once a week. I don't put any animal waste in because the chickens spend too much time digging around in it and I don't want to promote/spread disease. I boil feathers, skin, and bones and give the broth to my dogs for a protein boost when we are out camping and their appetite is down.

rgambs

The viscera goes in the pit where I throw my firepit ashes.

Ms. Haiku

45 minutes on the stationary bike
30 minutes on the rowing machine

I felt good. I had afib on Saturday and Sunday, but it didn't affect this work out. Yay!

whispering hands

rgambs said:

whispering hands said:

rgambs said:

I survived my binge and weighed in at a good weight.
An hour lift this morning wasn't as much as I was hoping for, but planting onions, spreading compost, and mucking out the chicken coop will boost it and hopefully I can run a few miles tonight in this fabulous spring weather.
Cheers y'all, keep at it!

Mucking out the chicken coop will definitely do some cardio boosting! Lol do you guys eat the chickens? Or just use them for eggs? ( if you eat them soak the carcass and feathers in vinegar overnight, and then bury them in the bottom of the compost box. When your six week roll over comes up roll just the top half.. next set roll the bottom half. Next set do a full roll.. and do so regularly from then on, and you can compost that stuff too. )
And what worms do you use in your compost. I have always been partial to the earthies.. but hear others have this use as well as some grubs. Just curious..

We keep them for eggs, but I am going to start raising up a batch of spring broilers for the freezer next year.
The worms in the compost are just the locals that find their way in, I don't add any do anything special to encourage them. The compost pile is just a big heap that I add to every few days and turn once a week. I don't put any animal waste in because the chickens spend too much time digging around in it and I don't want to promote/spread disease. I boil feathers, skin, and bones and give the broth to my dogs for a protein boost when we are out camping and their appetite is down.

Yes, that works too. Vinegar soak kills bacteria, diseases .. etc, and speeds breakdown. Just an school farm habit. But I totally get the clean waste concept. I love seeing folks living as close to natural as possible! I can't wait til I have a spot to do that. .. my parents ( and I live in their basement..) are not so keen on my eco farming habits! Lol

whispering hands

Back to T.I. got 1 mile in. Spring cleaning is taking precedence today.

Ms. Haiku

45 minutes on the stationary bike
30 minutes on the rowing machine

Finished before the Orioles game, yay!

markymark550

Squatted 225 today. Followed up with a moderately intense leg routine. My legs now feel like jelly lol. I foresee some foam rolling later tonight.

rgambs

markymark550 said:

Squatted 225 today. Followed up with a moderately intense leg routine. My legs now feel like jelly lol. I foresee some foam rolling later tonight.

Good work! Mind the stairs lol

I have been doing pretty well lately, getting my strength and conditioning in everyday.
Weighed in this afternoon at 181 even, which is 29 ellbees so far this year.

markymark550

rgambs said:

markymark550 said:

Squatted 225 today. Followed up with a moderately intense leg routine. My legs now feel like jelly lol. I foresee some foam rolling later tonight.

Good work! Mind the stairs lol

I have been doing pretty well lately, getting my strength and conditioning in everyday.
Weighed in this afternoon at 181 even, which is 29 ellbees so far this year.

Thanks gambs! Tomorrow might be rough lol.

Sounds like you're doing good work too. Dropping 29 is impressive. I need to get my diet back in check so I can get my weight down. Been eating too much crap lately.

rgambs

markymark550 said:

rgambs said:

markymark550 said:

Squatted 225 today. Followed up with a moderately intense leg routine. My legs now feel like jelly lol. I foresee some foam rolling later tonight.

Good work! Mind the stairs lol

I have been doing pretty well lately, getting my strength and conditioning in everyday.
Weighed in this afternoon at 181 even, which is 29 ellbees so far this year.

Thanks gambs! Tomorrow might be rough lol.

Sounds like you're doing good work too. Dropping 29 is impressive. I need to get my diet back in check so I can get my weight down. Been eating too much crap lately.

It's so hard, nasty food is so literally and figuratively addictive. Life is short, why not eat a bunch of soft, crumbly chocolate chunk cookies?
'Cuz I don't want life to be THAT short lol

rgambs

My wife is moonlighting for a colleague who runs a Pearl Vision in a mall in Akron. 51 years old, not fat...heart attack.
He's ok, but...Damn

She put the Oreos back in the cupboard when she got that call.

markymark550

I won't lie, I do have a bad sweet tooth. I've actually been really good about cutting out a lot of the candy, sweets, and desserts though. My problem is definitely portion control. I'll eat the full meal from a restaurant when I should split it and get 2 meals out of it. Stuff like that. I tell myself I'm bulking to help build muscle, but that's just a lie.

rgambs

markymark550 said:

I won't lie, I do have a bad sweet tooth. I've actually been really good about cutting out a lot of the candy, sweets, and desserts though. My problem is definitely portion control. I'll eat the full meal from a restaurant when I should split it and get 2 meals out of it. Stuff like that. I tell myself I'm bulking to help build muscle, but that's just a lie.

Food is soooo good! I have an iron stomach, I can eat forever and not feel like shit. A whole pizza? An entire package of sweets? A half a cake? No problems scarfing it down. I don't, but I could.
And I want to.

I better go get my greek yogurt and have my "lunch" early lol this food talk is no good.

whispering hands

At least we can all be honest about our food issues. I ate a phenomenal dinner of Rib eye (3oz) sweet ginger shrimp, ( 2 oz.) and a Zucchini, mushroom, asparagus medley (4 oz) for dinner last night..It is hard to imagine how stuffed I was... oh but it was sooooo good and left overs for tonight!

rgambs

whispering hands said:

At least we can all be honest about our food issues. I ate a phenomenal dinner of Rib eye (3oz) sweet ginger shrimp, ( 2 oz.) and a Zucchini, mushroom, asparagus medley (4 oz) for dinner last night..It is hard to imagine how stuffed I was... oh but it was sooooo good and left overs for tonight!

Steak and salmon are regulars on my menu, high protein, relatively low calorie, very filling and satisfying.

whispering hands

rgambs said:

whispering hands said:

At least we can all be honest about our food issues. I ate a phenomenal dinner of Rib eye (3oz) sweet ginger shrimp, ( 2 oz.) and a Zucchini, mushroom, asparagus medley (4 oz) for dinner last night..It is hard to imagine how stuffed I was... oh but it was sooooo good and left overs for tonight!

Steak and salmon are regulars on my menu, high protein, relatively low calorie, very filling and satisfying.

I love the surf and turf. :-D

FoxyRedLa

Inspiration! Love these 2!

https://youtu.be/Vj_Of-900uY

Ms. Haiku

30 minutes on the rowing machine
45 minutes on the stationary bike
and a little weight training

I felt good.

rgambs

Ms. Haiku said:

30 minutes on the rowing machine
45 minutes on the stationary bike
and a little weight training

I felt good.

Awesome!
I was off for a few days in a row because of Easter festivities. Lots of cake and no working out.
Expected the gym to be rough at 5am but a few days off actually left me feeling pumped. Hour 20 lifting and 40min treadmill