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Lifting: BB Day

Bench Press 5x10
BB Row 4x10
Incline Bench Press 3x10
Pullups 30 total reps
BB Shrugs 3x10
Standing BB OHP 3x10
Preacher Curl 3x10
Cable Pushdown 3x10
Cable Woodchoppers 2x10 <<alternating>> Cable Palloff Press 2x10 sec

Spring Cleaning: Love the late winter/early spring weather...Friday I was bundled up and shoveling several inches of snow from my driveway...Sunday I was outside in short sleeves doing a deep clean of my grill to get ready for the upcoming grilling season.

Food: Last night was home grilled burgers

Workout: Cardio - Incline treadmill walk - 1hr (705 calories) (not my usual treadmill, this one cut me off at the 1hr mark without allowing a full warmup first)

Food: Dinner last night was brown sugar chicken thighs with wild rice.

Workout: Cardio - Incline treadmill walk - 1hr (505 calories)

Analysis: Forgot to plug my phone in last night, it was only at 15% charge when I got up this morning, not enough to play movies for an hour, probably not enough to play music either. On a whim I grabbed the book I've been reading, which helped pass the time quite well but refused to lay flat and required me to hold it to keep the pages from drifting around in random air currents in the gym. (I don't own an e-reader, don't want an e-reader, I prefer to look, feel, smell of actual books.) Without being able to swing my arms naturally I had to drop the intensity of the walk, choosing to lower the incline but keep the speed the same. Resulted in just over half the normal calories burned, but that's still far better than skipping the workout entirely.

Food: Dinner last night was Taco Tuesday (homemade).

Workout: Cardio - Incline treadmill walk - 1hr (785 calories)

Food: Dinner last night was chicken spaghetti with side salad

Strength: Upper Body, DB Day

DB Bench Press <<superset>> 1A DB Row 5x5
Incline Cable Fly 3x10
1A Pulldown 3x10
DB Shrugs 3x10
DB Arnold Press 3x10
DB Hammer Curl <<superset>> Lying DB Extend 3x10
Cable Side Crunches 2x10 <<alternate>> Side Plank 2x30 sec

Food: Last night was sauteed summer sausage with au gratin potatoes.

Strength: Leg Day

Squats 5x10
Deadlifts 5x5
Seated Calf Extend 4x10
Core Triset: Cable Crunch 3x10, Machine Low Back Extend 3x10, Plank 3x90s

Food: Last night was Papa Murphy's pizza.

In my youth, I could put away an entire pizza by myself in one sitting. These days I large meal is half a pizza, where I usually try to limit myself to just 2-3 slices. Not sure I could settle for a single slice...

The sad truth where I live is that perhaps the best pizza is from a grocery store's kitchen. Their slices are quite large; one works for lunch especially when my other option is to skip it altogether.

Now I want pizza....

A couple times a year I do a lunch buffet at a place that makes "just OK" pizza. I always regret it, but my mouth is happy for a while.

ninerbuff wrote: »

Hey gang,

I like myself unconditionally!

Happy Monday! Okay basically start of a new month and I'm looking to lose a few before I head back to the Philippines in July.

Cardio: Walk/jog- 260 calories

Strength: shoulders- machine shoulder press, rope face pulls, rear lateral raises, side lateral raises, single arm cable side laterals, shrugs with dumbbells 4x12,10,8,6

Assessment: Pizza for dinner. It will be awhile when I do that again since I know I'm a little out of control when I eat pizza.

I hear you. It isn't pizza for me but garlic bread sticks. I ate 3.5 at one sitting a week ago when other family members didn't eat theirs at dinner. It didn't upset my goal for the week but I hate feeling out of control.

@ninerbuff

If you don't mind the cosmetic damage, take the check. Even better, see if you can get an estimate that is a couple dollars less than the value of the vehicle so you don't have to get a salvage title. Then decline the repair and get the insurance company to cut you a check and keep driving an ugly vehicle.

I did that a few years ago. I was the victim of a hit and run in a parking lot. Crunched in the panel behind the driver door on the Xtra Cab on my pickup. I can't pull it out; the metal is creased. At least it didn't crack the paint. It is very ugly, but my truck still runs fine. I have owned it since new in 1997, and I'd like to keep it another couple years. I took the small check and put it towards a newer car that my friend was selling before he moved overseas. My truck still runs just fine. I kind of wish the damage were on the passenger side so I didn't have to see it every time I get in, but it is what it is. The door doesn't leak. It's just uglier than it was the day before that person creamed my truck.

Did you get to keep your vehicle?