Dec 26 - 31

Monday - climbing at 6 am with Joseph and Wesley. Lots of climbs, I dried a V2 with jug holds and I think if I try that one first thing tomorrow I might be able to do it. Did 100 seconds of hollow and 100 second superman. 

Tuesday - climbing with Joseph, Wes, and my nieces Jordyn and Rhyan. I still didn't do the hot pink V1,. so tricky! I did good and got further on the purple V2 but didn't send it, will try again tomorrow!

Wednesday - stretching and stuff at home

Thursday - Momentum at 6am by myself. Didn't send the V2 but am getting closer. 

Friday - stretch at home

Saturday - Momentum at 1 with Corey and OP, I bouldered, Corey belayed the boys. I did a purple V1 that I hadn't done before, on east side of north boulder. The only V1 I still need to do is the hot pink one, but it's still impossible, I tried it like 10 times today, can't get both of my hands on the 3rd and 4th to last holds. So slippery. Cabin tonight

Dec 19 - 24

Monday - climbing at Momentum by myself, I did the purple V1 from Friday without touching anything but purple!!! Then I did a few that I've sent before and then after that I did the Orange V1!!! No one witnessed it but then I did it again with Corey and Joseph watching. Yayyyy I am very pleased

Tuesday - climbing with most of my boys - JEWODP It was fun. J and W had fun challenging each other. 

E did mostly mom level ones like me, he hasn't been climbing for months, so his hands were done after a few climbs but he did great. He's got long arms like his father. 

I did some of the V1s that I wasn't able to do yesterday (that I've done before but just couldn't send them yesterday after I was done after the orange V1) but I did OG sector orange, North boulder purple V1 and new purple, and south bolder Yellow and red and I got a little further on the hot pink V1! Cheering on Peter

Wednesday - busy day getting ready for presents. I was going to climb before carpool but wasn't able to. Went tonight with everyone and got a few good sends in

Thursday - climbing with Wes and Owen, we did a few belay ones, I did a purple 5.10a, not sure what that means, but I know it was a harder climb than the last one I did when I was belayed. I also got further on the hot pink - I'm going to try it fresh tomorrow and I bet I'll be able to do it. AND I did my first V2 today! The white one! Woot! I was just showing Wes how far I was able to get the other day, and then I was able to keep doing and did it! WOW

Friday - Day skiing at Alta, then Wes and I went climbing at 9pm, I did the hot pink V1 where you're hanging upside down and I did it NO PROBLEM! And I did it a total of 3 times! Flash each time, and I did another V2 (green on south boulder) AND I also did the purple V1 on the south boulder west side. It was a bit scary but I did it 2nd try. I didn't have my phone to log all of those, I accidentally left it home charging, so that's too bad I wasn't able to log it on Kaya, but I was so proud of myself! I DID THE HOT PINK V1! And I did the white V2 again, and the orange, and yeah, I've got all the V1s except for the stupid hot pink one with the slope holds on the south boulder. I don't know how I'm going to send that, but I trust that if I keep trying I eventually will.

Saturday - momentum closed for New Years Eve :( spent morning at home :) then went to Wrides for a gathering at 5pm 🥳

8 exercises

#1 - Hollow - 
#2 - Superman 

#3 - middle splits -

#4 - W sit - 

#5 - V Stand - 

#6 - Static One Arm hang - 

#7 - Pull up - 

#8 - Kong Vault - 

Dec 12 - 17

Monday - climbing at Momentum by myself, I did the white V1! (OG Sector) yahoo

Tuesday - shoveled and show-blowed a lot of snow this morning, then went climbing with Corey and Wes, I did the yellow V1 for the first time!! Wes did some V3s! Corey did his first V2, we were there for over an hour, good stuff

Wednesday - climbing with Lily after school. She did the yellow V1 too! We had a contest on the new pink V1 on the south boulder, she was ahead of me but then I tied her

Thursday - climbing with Wes in the morning. We learned that they have bags of chalk that you can borrow, yay. We tried the new pink V1 first, which might not have been the best idea cause then my forearms were done. Still couldn't do the orange V1, it's so awkward. I'll try that first thing next time. I got further on the purple V1 of the north boulder. Wes doing the hot pink V1. It is impossible.

Friday - I did the purple V1, but did touch briefly an orange with my foot, but I'm counting it. Also did 500 mountain climbers in my closet, and a few of these 8 exercises, as I am focusing on increasing my climbing game -
#1 - Hollow - held for 90 seconds, but my back bows and isn't on the floor well,
#2 - Superman 100 seconds - check

#3 - middle splits - mine are pathetic, like I'm at a right angle!

#4 - W sit - I can do it! had to do a hang with both hands but did that for 30 seconds with the help of wincing. 

#5 - V Stand - didn't try, did try a L stand with yoga blocks for like 5 seconds

#6 - Static One Arm hang - can't do it at all, can do both hands for 30 seconds but it killed my palms

#7 - Pull up - can't, my palms are done.

#8 - Kong Vault - I wish

Saturday - Did hollow and superman and a 40 sec double hand hang. Corey took kids climbing but I had to run errands. It's ok though cause my palms might like the rest

Dec 5 - 10

Monday - bouldering after taking Lily, I ripped off one of my callouses. doh, kept a bandaid on it all day

Tuesday - bouldering with Lily before jazz band, I didn't do too much cause of my callous, but still did some carefully, finished a purple overhang with good jugs that I wasn't able to do Saturday. It was still good. Superglued my callous at home.

Wednesday - bouldering with Corey, he's got a really long reach, I'm short, but it's fun. Callouses are doing great.

Thursday - shoveled snow

Friday - bouldering with Wes, he's good! He did a few V2s, wow! I got higher on the yellow V1, almost made it, I was also able to do the two other purples that were too hard for me last week, and I was able to do them even though my arms were already tired. My palms did great today.

Also, I've experience a new level of freedom over the past two weeks - the real freedom of having a "naturally thin" brain. It has been thanks to life coaching taught to me by Laura Dixon, via her podcast and her program. My body isn't there yet, but it will be following soon enough. I'm excited to lose 5 more pounds, but my brain is totally at ease and proud of and ok with where I am right now! My brain is calm and I feel certain and it's really a new free feeling that I'm loving. I am pretty sure I'm going to lose 20 more pounds (unless the climbing make me put on a lot of muscle weight!) My baby Katharine is 6 months old, and I'm lower now that I was over 2.5 years after Peter was born. Actually, I barely got to 140 when we got family pictures taken in 2020, but then it went back up after the photos cause my brain wasn't there. I'm at that weight now and K is only 6 months old! I am loving it. Most of the mental freedom really kicked in/solidified over Thanksgiving (the "Thin Holidays" podcast was great!) and has been more and more constant since then. I have felt freedom from my food brain and from the pressure to exercise. Like, years ago I used to be sad if I was up at Park City and didn't get in a workout, but now I don't even think about it! I loved biking up there in the summer, obviously, but the pressure to exercise to lose weight is a think of the past. Now I exercise for fun and I enjoy doing things that are interesting (like bouldering) or that feel good (like stretching or handstands) and I'll do them but then move on with my day! I don't worry if I didn't sweat enough or lift enough, it's become a new paradigm and I feel free. Also I feel free from food. I have become ok with hunger, and I'm busy doing other things, and so unless my hunger cues come, I am just not thinking about food. Even this morning, I went into the kitchen to get the kids some breakfast, and part of me thought "let's eat" but I hadn't been thinking of eating at all upstairs before I came down, so I knew I wasn't really hungry yet, so I moved on - got them food, then went back to my projects. 

I thought this was funny - my little sister sent it to me. I used to be and feel this way! (Searching for comfort in food)