Remember how in my last post i said something was going to go wrong because everything is going so well? Well, that happened not long after i posted. I went outside to put the trash out and i realized my flowers had been moved, which i found strange. I thought that maybe someone put them there cause they blew over because of the wind. But then i realized my bike was gone. Someone stole my fcking bike!!! I have two bikes in front of my house, my upstairs neighbor has a bike in front of their house. The neighbor next to me has a bike in front of their house too. The neighbors next to that have a motorcycle, but they decided to steal MY bike. And not only that, they also stole one of my fucking flowers. I think i am more mad about that. The bike also has sentimental value cause it was my grandma's. And it has a little seat cover on it that i also got from my grandma. I walked for an hour around my neighborhood to see if they dumped it somewhere but i didn't find anything. There's one more neighborhood that i can go to that is full with trailer trash people/asocial people. That is the only place i haven't checked yet. I thought to maybe stay up tonight and see if they will come back to steal more of my flowers. I am livid!!! I still have to go to the inner city to go to the store and it is too warm to walk tbh. I might take the bus. I did find a new bike for 20 bucks that has something wrong with the behind wheel but that is fine, i can fix that. 20 bucks for a bike is nothing. I send a message to the seller and am waiting for a reply now. Hopefully they reply soon so i can pick it up today.
Update: I found my bike back. It was parked at a bike parking lot near a big facility near my house. It wasn't there the first time i checked. The lock was still on it and so was everything else. The tires had sand on it so i have no idea where it has been tbh. I am just glad that i have it back! The new bike that i have is pretty cool cause of the big basket at the front; it helps a lot when i have to do grocery shopping, but it bikes like shiiiiit. I think its cause the cogwheel is very small. I asked the bike repair guy to fix it but i am not sure if he did and i am also not sure if it is fixable at all, but i don't have to worry about that too much right now because i have my OG bike back and it is the bestest bike ever cause it bikes so well! Such a smooth bike!!!
Thursday, June 8, 2023
My bike got stolen!!!
Rest day (horrible DOMs)
In my previous post i caught you up on what i have been doing this month. The gym becomes less and less attractive to me because of the people there and also the warm weather. The warm weather mainly attributes to it being really warm (doh) but then having to wear less clothes. My period is coming up so i have been pretty bloated the last couple of days and it makes me insecure. When i went to the gym the other day i went in a crop tank top with baggy pants and it made me feel pretty good. I just don't want to go in shorts or whatever and i feel like people will judge me, which is silly, i know. People will always judge you no matter what. But it's just a very body conscience thing, especially cause there are so many young people at my gym and i hate it. I am still trying to figure out the "quiet times" but now that summer vacation is around the corner i feel like it is becoming worse. I am also extremely pale and i don't tan easily which attributes to me not wanting to show my legs in the gym lol.
I should just try to go every day and at least do cardio (cause i really need to lose some fat around my waist) and then that way i can also gauge if there are many people. I think usually it is the most quiet around 12, every day, except probably the weekend.
I also wanted to go to the gym today to do leg day but my DOMs are insane. That's why i wanted to keep my squatting leg days and stuff for in the weekend lol. So today i will take a rest day and i will see how i feel tomorrow cause then i'll just go to the gym. It seems very not-crowded on Fridays since it's weekend and no one spends time at the gym then.
And on Saturday i will be able to pick up my new lovely dog! I am super excited for it. I have been cleaning my apartment for 2 weeks now cause i want everything to be perfect for her. Today i want to go to the store to get her some new bowls and stuff. And i still have to clean the rug in my living room cause i had a dog i baby sat a few weeks ago and she lost a lot of hair. All that hair is in the rug and wont come out!!! I read on the internet that you can remove it more easily with laundry detergent so i need to try that.
I also want to really get my backyard ready for when it becomes warmer weather so i can sit outside with my dog. I need to get a bigger extension cable so i can sit outside with my laptop and at least work on stuff while hanging out with her. I believe last summer i saw this huge bed/chair thing that you could put in your backyard. It was like a little dome you could sit in, and if you are small enough, even lay in. It was big enough that you could drape a mosquito net over it to keep mosquitos out and i really wanted to buy it but it was so, so expensive. I made a picture of it and i still dream of it every summer. It would be perfect to hang out in with my doggie and work with it on my laptop especially since it is a dome, you wouldn't have to worry about the sun and stuff.
Ah i keep rambling haha. I still feel like i have so much to do before the dog comes but i basically have everything in working order. I might need to go to the store to make sure i have enough groceries that will last me the entirety of next week so i don't have to leave her alone at home next week to go grocery shopping. I also don't know how she will do alone, if she is destructive, if she is a barker. I don't know anything about her!!!
But yeah anyways, my DOMs today are horrible. When i want to sit down on the toilet i have to hold on to something to lower myself down LOL, and the same when getting back up again. Doing squats and RDLs and stuff really kill me every time, but that's a good thing. I realized that my body has changed a lot the last few months and i am really proud of myself. I also realized how much my glute muscles have grown. When i push down on my butt now i can't feel the bone anymore which is pretty insane. It feels like a little cushion now. Even though my butt isn't that huge, there is definitely a difference with how it was before and i am excited to see how much more it is going to change! I also see a big difference in my quads. My legs are slimmer now but the top side of my quads are bulkier. I am getting into a really nice shape and am excited to see where this will take me in the next months. I am especially excited for winter because it will be easier for me to bulk up (eat more without being self conscience about it) so it will be easier to gain muscle i think. Also, it will probably be easier to go to the gym.
All in all, i feel like a lot of good things are happening right now. I am starting to feel like my old self again. I can get stuff done. I am working out more often. I am more focused on my new dog now. I have prospects. I am excited to grow in terms of fitness, and i also hope that the next half of this year i will grow in my working field. And also i hope, of course, that i will have a nice relationship with my dog. My best friend might move here also after summer so there are so many things i can now look forward to! I am just a bit scared cause whenever i am this happy something shitty happens that always punches me down again, but we will see.
June!!!
AAAAAAAAAAA it's june!!! It's my birth month!!! My birthday was actually last Saturday. I had a pretty nice birthday with a unicorn cake that costed way too much money but at least i had it all too myself. I ate from it for like 4 days haha. It was a nice breakfast and dessert to have. I did work-out the last few days but didn't write about it here so i will catch you up:
Tuesday, May 30
Wanted to go to the gym today but ended up working out at home. I felt kinda weak today so didn't push myself too hard. Hip thrusts hurt my butt so i should keep the weight but should go up in reps.
- Squats 4x10 10kg
- RDL 4x10 16kg
- Hip thrusts 4x8 20kg
- Bulgarians 3x10 7.5kg
Thursday, June 1
Went to the gym. Ended up starting with a higher weight in hip adductors and it was so easy. Then went down in weight at the end. I could've probably easily done 40kg. Next time i am going to start with 35 kg. At home i did RDLs.
- Hip adductors 1x15 (30kg), 1x12 (30kg), 2x12 (25kg)
- Leg press 1x15 (50kg), 2x12 (60kg), 2x10 (70kg)
- Leg extension 1x10 (20kg), 2x10 (25kg), 2x8 (30kg)
- RDL 2x12 (10kg), 2x10 (14kg)
- bent-over barbell row 4x10 (10kg)
- bar curl 4x12 (4kg)
- Bent over dumbbell row 3x12 (7.5kg) (single arm)
- Dumbell shoulder press 4x8 (4kg)
- sitting oblique twists with bar 3x12
- Dumbbell side bend 3x12 (7.5kg)
- Negative pull-ups 5x5
- Squats 4x10 12kg
- RDL 2x12 14kg, 2x10 16kg
- Hip thrusts 4x10 20kg (next time 30kg, 10+5 weights easy)
- Bulgarians 3x10 7.5kg
- Bicycle crunches 4x20 (per leg)
- Seated knee tuck 3x15
- 3x15 Reversed crunch
- Dead bug 3x15 (per leg)
- 3x12 Weighted oblique twist (per side) (7.5kg)