So the diet isn't going so well, but... I now have theme options (two, light and dark mode) and they're pervasive as you travel the site (or should be anyway, as it stores it in localStorage through JavaScript). Feel free to let me know if it isn't via the comments on my Neocities profile. Have a great weekend!
Feeling: Tired, ready to go to bed but I can't Listening: Squeaking and fans
August 05, 2024
Starting a new diet tomorrow. Not a diet in the sense of keto, but in the sense of following specific rules. I'm looking to put in a wee bit of muscle over the next ~8 weeks, and so my calorie and protein intake need to be monitored. I'm trying out the RP (Renaissance Periodization) Diet and Coaching app, to see if it's any good. I'm not sure if it's going to be worth the $26 a month though, but I'll try it for August. It's recommendations are set at 195 grams of protein a day, which is around that 0.8g/lbs of bodyweight recommendation for protein. Including the carbohydrates and fats, I'll be sitting around 2700 kilocalories per day, gaining me about eight (8) pounds by the end.
I've created a small calculator spreadsheet to help me get my near exact food weights for macros. It does involve some adjusting of weights manually to get it right but it's pretty good, I think. I may toss it up on here for you folks to look at. Also, back at the gym starting today. Has a good session, just mainly focusing on my primary weightlifting movements: bench press, overhead press, deadlift, squat, and pull-ups, while also throwing some isolation movements in there, such as triceps press. I gave the front squat a try today rather than the back squat, as my shoulder does not like the back squat these days. My fingers don't like the front squat but they need more stretching to work out the athritic kinks. But yeah that's that. Just a little different sort of update! Peace!
Feeling: Energized Listening: The ambient air around me
July 19, 2024
I'm completely moved in to my new house, and mostly settled. Still a lot of unpacking for our little family to do, but that will come over time. I've still yet to assemble part of my hobbit hole in the basement, but maybe that will happen next week. I'm on the afternoon shift next week so either before or after work should be doable, depending on how I'm feeling. This weekend we're going half-camping, aka we're spending the day at the campsite but won't be staying overnight. When we were ready to leave the old place, our A/C's drain got clogged and leaked significantly onto the floor, wrecking our tent. So we'll have to get a new one in the coming weeks. We also need to get an A/C for the third floor half-storey, as the central air just can't push that far that well.
I'm also in a creative mood, but with my desk in shambles, I haven't explored that creativity. I plan on throwing down with a 2.5D game prototype, but it's new ground for me to tread, so it'll be slow going. I don't have much else to say so that's where the update ends today. Peace!
Feeling: Meh Listening: The hum of an air conditioning unit
June 14, 2024
I'm currently in the process of packing my current place that I live in with my girlfriend, her daughter, and two dogs. We're moving at the end of the month into a house that I have purchased. We're stressed but ecstatic, and can't wait to have a place to call ours rather than renting forever. Once settled, I would love to start doing some projects. However, we also have a bunch of upgrades to the house that need to be done, such as regrading around the sides, putting in window wells, etc. So I don't know how active I'll be then, considering I haven't been active much in the last few months with almost no stress in my life. But this is a good stress, one that we benefit from, so I'm not upset.
Feeling: Tired but ready to go Listening: Last dAntz by Alien Ant Farm
