FFIX – Part 34: Eiko Eiko

Summary: Mawwiage. Through the Condor Petie mountain pass. A new party member and her moogle.

FFIX – Part 33: A Place to Call Home

Summary: The village of the black mages. Longing for home. This section. THIS SECTION THOUGH.

FFIX – Part 32: Conde Petie

Summary: The party visits a town of dwarves. A lead on a black mage.

FFIX – Part 31: The Outer Continent

Summary: The party completes its trek through the Fossil Roo and explores the Outer Continent.

Coldrun Fitness - June 26, 2016

FFIX – Part 30: Follow Your Nose

Summary: The party departs for the excavation. Choco time. QUINA!! Fossil Roo. Lina.
TW: monster image that could be considered nightmare fuel.

Coldrun Fitness - June 24, 2016

General Update

I've been lax about updating this site.  Have not tracked food or exercised, put on weight, and I always feel ashamed when that happens.  Like I need to hide and stop engaging.

FF helps bring me back.  So enjoy this storm of FFIX posts!  God, this game is so great. :D

More fitness posts coming.  I don't know what I'm going to do.  But I don't want to give up.

FFIX – Part 29: Under Her Control

Summary: Alexandria takes Lindblum in dramatic fashion. Dagger, Vivi, and Zidane walk amidst the newly-occupied city and plot to move against Kuja.

FFIX – Part 28: To Thine Own Self

Summary: Two new players, bounty hunters, take on the mission of hunting down Dagger for Brahne. Dagger, Vivi, and Zidane crash outside of Lindblum. Ramuh. Remembering an old comrade – a VERY old comrade.

FFIX – Part 27: Allies

Summary: Rescuing Dagger from Alexandria with the help of allies old and new. Tantarian. Beatrix. Beatrix Beatrix Beatrix? Beatrix, Beatrix Beatrix: Beatrix.

 

FFIX – Part 26: The Sack of Cleyra

Summary: Brahne unleashes Odin on Cleyra. Beatrix begins to doubt. Steiner and Marcus break out.

FFIX – Part 25: The Defense of Cleyra

Summary: Eidolon extraction from Dagger. Beatrix’s forces assault Cleyra while the party does its best to stave off their attack.

FFIX – Part 24: Sandy Tree Friends

Summary: Cleyra. Sandy labyrinth in the tree and pastoral settlement at the top. Prince Puck and the Antlion. The sandstorm fades.
tw: large insect/spider looking thing.

FFIX – Part 23: Beneath the Ground

Summary: Kuja’s plans develop. The search for Supersoft. Doctor Tot. Dagger, Steiner, and Marcus move from Treno to Alexandria by unconventional means in Gargan Roo.
tw: giant bug

Coldrun Fitness - Day 5 (6/16/16)

FFIX – Part 22: Dark City

Summary: The party splits in Treno, city of thieves and nobles. Auction house, card stadium, and elsewhere.

FFIX – Part 21: Train to Treno

Summary: Dagger and Steiner pick up a roguish companion and make their way towards Treno.

The Coldrun 70 - Day 3 (6/14/16)

The Coldrun 70 - Day 2 (6/13/16)

FFIX – Part 20: Realm of Eternal Rain

 Summary: Burmecia under attack. Searching for the rat king. Freya backstory. Brahne and Beatrix. A new character: Kuja.

FFIX – Part 19: When You Dream

Summary: Steiner and Dagger make for Alexandria. Death in the Popos Heights. Exploration in the Daimes-Horse Basin outside Burmecia. Choco’s Dream World.

The Coldrun 70: Day 1 (6/12/16)

I said I wouldn't do the long-term project thing anymore.  The big countdown.

Fuck it.

I've felt untethered of late. Blown up. It's time to refocus.

Maybe this time will be different.  I'm on antidepressants for the first time, and that may help.  I hope to combine the best elements of my two years on this site:

• inflexible weekly calorie limit
• inflexible weekly exercise goals (on the lower side)
• flexibility and experimentation in all other elements.  Types of food, supporting habits, etc.

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My goal weight is 190.0 lbs.  I'm starting out at 260 lbs (260.6, but close enough).  I'm exhausted of feeling this way, and stagnant. I don't want my life to stay in this rut.  I don't want to drag myself down anymore.  It's exhausting, and I'm tired, and I'm done.

One year.  365 days.  5.5-6 lbs per month.  For the first week, 2,600 calories per day and three workouts (walk, bike, or basketball).

Let's try again.

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Starting weight: 260.6 lbs

FFIX – Part 18: Hot and Cold

Summary: Exploring the chocobo stuff in this game that is way more fun than it has any right to be. Gizamaluke’s Grotto.

FFIX – Part 17: Culinary Arts

Summary: Departure from Lindblum. Quina! Qu's Marsh. Blue magic.

FFIX – Part 16: On the Hunt

Summary: The Festival. Trouble in Burmecia. A sleepy feast. Fighting around the city.
TW: non-consensual drugging.

FFIX – Part 15: Hunters’ Eve

Summary: Zidane and Dagger atop the castle. Lindblum prepares for the festival. Zidane, Vivi, and Freya enter the festival.

Coldrun Fitness - June 7, 2016 [in progress]

That was disheartening.  Expected, and disheartening.  Weighed in, and it's basically my starting weight from a while ago.

I knew it.  I feel fat, I have trouble fitting into clothes, trouble breathing, trouble moving.

Let's change that.  Calmly and deliberately.

I've pared back my massive checklist of tasks to six that I feel optimistic about being able to take care of on a good day.

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June 7, 2016 weight: 260.6 lbs

FFIX – Part 14: Tales of Lindblum (part 2)

Summary: Continuing to explore Lindblum.

FFIX – Part 13: Tales of Lindblum (part 1)

Summary: Synthesis. The party explores Lindblum. A huge city and huge session, so I’ve split it up.

Coldrun Fitness - June 6, 2016

Monday in progress.  I've gained weight of late, but I think I'm in a good space to start going the other way.  There are a lot of actions tracked here that can help.

I'll think of it a bit like weight-lifting.  Do what I'm comfortable with - plus a little bit that is past my standard.  Build up a tolerance.  Then increase a bit more.

I've done what I'm comfortable with the last week or so.  About 2-3 points total.  Let's try pushing to the 5-6 point range per day.

Coldrun Fitness - June 5, 2016

Happy Sunday, y'all!

Food at/from home
[x] - breakfast
[  ] - lunch
[  ] - dinner
[  ] - snacks

Mindful eating
[  ] - breakfast
[  ] - lunch
[  ] - dinner

Tracking
[  ] - tracked food
[  ] - tracked calories under 3,000 (not mindless binge)
[  ] - tracked calories under 2,600


Exercise
[x] - cardio - Walked about 2.5 miles.
[  ] - strength/bodyweight

Supporting habits
[x] - brush teeth after last time eating
[x] - clean dishes
[  ] - wake up 45 minutes before work
[x] - plan next day's food

• Two scrambled eggs and an English muffin with cream cheese. (400 cal)
• Chipotle burrito bowl. (1,000 cal)
• Bottled vanilla frappuccino. (200 cal)
• Crackers. (300 cal)
• Pasta with tomato sauce and frozen yogurt. (600 cal)
• Total planned: 2,500 cal

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TOTAL: 5

FFIX – Part 12: Regent Oglop

Summary: Lindblum Grand Castle. Regent Cid. Freya! The kidnapping explained.

FFIX – Part 11: Just Dolls

Summary: The cargo ship. Vivi, Black Waltz #3, and a horrifying mage doll massacre. Chase to Lindblum.
tw: sexual harassment

Coldrun Fitness - June 3, 2016

9:00am: Going to fight hard to stay below 2,600 calories today.

6:15pm: Yay!  Made it to 2,600 calories and feeling done.  Now to resist eating more and maybe knock out some supporting goals.  

Coldrun Fitness - June 2, 2016

Good walk this evening.

FFIX – Part 10: Mass Made Mist Mages

Summary: Zidane and Dagger save Vivi. A strange group of Mist-machines mass-producing artificial black mages. Steiner develops his own plans to return the princess to Alexandria.

FFIX – Part 9: Cat’s Eye View

Summary: Nolrich Heights, South Gate, Observatory Mountain. The strange and secretive town of Dali. Everyone’s weird about Vivi and the townspeople snatch him. Garnet learns to be Dagger.

TW: spider and bug images, one each.

Coldrun Fitness - June 1, 2016

Tracking again as I go today.