Nutrition
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BODY RECOMP: Post Day-60
NUTRITION: My nutrition is back on track and increased my total caloric intake to 1750. I am slowly increasing by 50 calories per week to ensure no weight gain. Internally I am starting to get nervous as my Nutrition Coach had provided a roadmap to get closer to 2000 calories. Just typing that number is Continue reading
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BODY RECOMP: Post Day-30
NUTRITION: I must admit the first post 30-days after competing the nutrition program had been fraught with life challenges and traveling for work. But I feel now I have enough knowledge to allow myself some grace to navigate through. The current daily caloric intake is up from 1550 to 1650. PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES: I have made Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 235
The end to the new beginning. Body recomposition was a long and tedious process, one I would not have been able to accomplish of my own. I enrolled in the nutrition program to accomplish two goals – to lose body fat and to improve my bloodwork numbers. It’s easy to lose weight but its near Continue reading
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Breaking Away from the Narrative
Every book has its function and requires a certain mindset to read them … at least for me. As part of my newly developed body recomposition nightly routine, I wind down by reading but I can’t just read any book. No. It must be the perfect before-I-go-sleep sort of book, entertaining but not requiring too Continue reading
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Haunted
“Māmā“ I called out into the darkness. My voice seemed too small and too weak to pierce through the thick air of mourning. “Māmā, Mā-mā” I called out again, eyes blurred with grief and heavy with sleep. A light shone from the kitchen cast filtered shadows against the wall that slowly succumbed to the darkness Continue reading
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Mogwai Lifts
I am a creature of habit, and I like routines. Monday through Thursday, every week, I leave the house no later than 5:10 pm for the 6 pm WOD class. About 10 minutes away, my air pressure light came on and I watched in horror as the air pressure started to drop rapidly, 46-42-39-35-30 … Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 98
NUTRITION: The week started out with a flat tire which not only resulted in me missing Monday night class, but I sat at a gas station parking lot for hours. The rest of the week I just felt off, and I opted for some comfort food choices over nutrition-rich ones. The best part is I Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 63
NUTRITION: About 2 months in, this is the first week I have managed to eat an average of 1667 calories (Goal 1650-1750 calories) and consumed enough protein (Goal 100-125g). PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES: Simple but powerful question – Is This Heavy Enough (“ITHE”) is one of the most valuable tools that my Nutrition Coach had provided. Every Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 35
NUTRITION: Feeling very overwhelmed with my new total caloric intake of 1650-1850 – just looking at those numbers makes me internally frantic. I have not consumed over 1200-1400 calories for over a decade, and even though I am completely petrified, I must trust the process because what I have been doing on my own wasn’t Continue reading
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Make Peace with It
Children’s squeals & laughter filled the background. Mothers sat by their strollers busied themselves on their phones. Many sat with their bellies lazily lounging on their laps, only to be bested by muffin tops hanging over the sides of mom jeans. These were the days before the popularity of leggings, it was either jeans or Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 14
I had no idea that I had to take weekly progress photos – what a drag! I had read an article where a personal trainer who specialized in training older people recommended skipping typical gym class warmups because that is where older adults have the higher risk of injury. With age comes decreased muscle elasticity, Continue reading
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Body Recomp: Day 7
My first Nutrition Check In. Completed my first week of consciously & proactively eating a total of 100g of protein a day by making sure I had protein in some form at each meal. What I found challenging was to consume enough protein and not go over on calories. And it was challenging to keep Continue reading
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Body Recomp: I Have Questions
I literally had an entire page of question for my Tribe coach about the nutrition program. Everything from the logistics of how the program would work to cost to timelines. After about a 30 minute discussion I decided to enroll in the nutrition program because what I was doing was not working and I had Continue reading
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Body Recomp: First Step
After doing some online research I had come to the conclusion that I just did not have the knowledge needed to navigate the complexity of nutrition during the perimenopause/menopause hormonal flux. I reached out to my Tribe coach to inquire about enrolling in the nutrition program. Continue reading
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Body Recomp: How it Started
The WOD was as follows: Min 1: Calorie Echo Bike Min 2: 6 Jumping Pull Ups & 8 Knees to Elbow Min 3: 8 Calorie Row Min4: 12 DB Bench Press I can’t quite recall what I asked Coach C after class that prompted her to ask me what my goal was but I had Continue reading
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Baby Steps: Breakfast
After weeks of back & forth with my Tribe Coach about the importance of breakfast, I started today with breakfast. It has literally been decades since I’ve had breakfast because it was just an easy meal to bypass, suppress, making room for lunch. My First Breakfast: Total Calories 505 (62g Carbs (41%) / 25g Protein Continue reading
The Angry Typist 