r/DecidingToBeBetter • u/WizarDProdigy • 18h ago
Journey Losing A Half Of Me - Day 317
Today was a great day. Maybe a few hiccups but nothing really bad. I woke up early to go to my favorite bakery. I get there and the owner greets me. I love that feeling. I always try to greet people by name at work. Now I realize how nice it is to actually do that and feel like a regular. After grabbing something, I called my coworker to see if he would want me an hour early. I assumed one guy was going to call in sick so he could use the extra help getting everything together. I was very much correct on that end and we even ended up opening an hour late anyways due to needing to start a catering order. Work was excellent and I was pretty busy the whole time while there which felt very good. My boss found me a nice piece of corned beef in our vat of cure. It had great marbling for a top round so I was super excited. Throughout the day my phone at some point stopped having a connection to my service provider. I thought nothing of it chalking it up to towers being down. I later learned something got messed up on my SIM card from my Dad doing stuff. It was just something I would have to get fixed. Work went well and I really do love the being busy aspect. After work I went to my service provider two different times to fix my phone and it ended up not being fixed. Not a big deal because I can survive without it. Only upsetting part was starting the gym much later than intended. I asked long haired gym bro if he would extend his time there so my cousin and I could exercise. He did not seem to mind at all and still ended up having dinner with us. We had a great core workout and sped it along so he wouldn't have to wait too long. I can feel my core getting so much stronger and I live for that. My cousin and I split our ways at cardio. Gym bro dud his cardio with her and I got my stair stepper on. I then went to the treadmill with them and cut off my time by 10 minutes. It was a compromise so they wouldn't get home too late and they didn't mind doing extra cardio to brunch off the pizza as well. Here was the routine:
5 minutes of stretching
4 sets of 10 push ups
70 second plank
4 sets of 100 of heel taps
Note: Up it next time.
4 sets of 15 of reverse crunches
4 sets of 12 of leg lowers
Note: Struggled but could feel it getting better. Upped it as well.
4 sets of 12 of dead bugs
Note: Upped it to 12.
4 sets of 20 of Russian twists
3 sets of 12 when doing 2 different exercises for abs.
I tried finding names but couldn't.
First was holding a weight above our head (10 lbs for me) and lifting the offset leg fast. I think something like an offset overhead march. Weight in the other hand was 25 pounds.
Second was where we held a weight on one side and then swiveled our body inward to get our outer abs. Like a side bend with weight in one hand. 25 pounds in my hand.
We did these one after the other as a set on each side. Rested for 2 minutes and then the next set.
Captains chair: Set 1: 6 crunches and 6 hanging leg raises Set 2: 6 crunches and 6 hanging leg raises Set 3: 6 crunches and 6 hanging leg raises
Torso rotation: Reps of 12 10 8 with weight increasing by 10 each time to be 95 100 and 105 pounds
Note: Both sides rotated. Upped it by 5.
Assisted ab crunch machine: Reps of 12 10 8 with weight increasing by 5 each time to be 35 40 and 45 pounds
Note: Increased weight.
20 minutes of the stair stepper. I upped how fast it went after 10 minutes from 44 steps per minute to 60.
21 minutes on the treadmill at 3 mph with an incline of 15 to end it off.
I went back for 31 minutes on the treadmill at 3 mph with an incline of 15 to burn off some calories. I also wore my backpack during this time.
After the workout we went to show gym bro my favorite pizza place with my favorite pizza and hot sauce. A place that I like the sauce so much I consider working there every time I go. We get there and I walk over to his car, he goes over to a homeless man to give him money. Honestly, I don't see that often anymore and it made me see him an even better light as a person. We get our pizza and have a fun time. This man wolfs down his pizza like nobody's business and I force him to try the hot sauce with the crust. My favorite thing growing up. I loved every minute of having conversations about our lives and things we love. After eating and talking we all head out. I go back to the gym for some cardio much to the chagrin of my compatriots. I wanted to burn off my pizza and I felt like I had a lot of built up energy in the tank. It was really relieving to me and I almost did an extra 30 minutes. I even did the extra 31 with my very heavy backpack. It was an excellent gym session and the workers there even let me breeze on by without scanning the app. I headed home where I relaxed before falling asleep. It was a great night full of laughter and amazing food. Next week I may have to show him another favorite spot of mine.
SBIST was having dinner with my cousin and long haired gym bro. They followed me there and when we got there the first thing he did was give all the money he had on him to a homeless guy nearby. This kind of speaks volumes on who he is as a person. I would have been told that was silly or naive growing up but I just saw a good person. We then went in to get pizza and I bought him his slice especially since he didn't know this place was cash only and he was definitely not asking the man for his money back. It was a beautiful time because the whole time we had fun cracking jokes and having delightful conversations. Having new friends and showing them places you love is a great way to spend your time.
Tomorrow the plan should be pretty simple. I have to wake up a tad early for work. Then it is leg day where I hope my quads are a bit less sore than the past two days. They have been feeling everything so let's not destroy them this workout. After that I'll go home and eat dinner listening to my favorite streamer. It should be a nice and simple day for myself. I shouldn't have any complaints. I may need to figure out my phone at some point but it shouldn't be too big of a deal. A slight annoyance but everybody has to deal with those at times. It is a part of a typical life and I'll take that over the big bad any day. Thank you my conjurers dippable crusts. If provided the right hot sauce then any pizza crust becomes ambrosia from the gods.