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Wellness Wednesday for February 11, 2026

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Between that whiskey tasting last week and planning lots of gun stuff, I seem to have not done much in the last week...

  • I was running outside for a couple blocks and slipped and fell on some ice last Thursday and hurt my elbow and my knee. Due to this, I haven't been running. I tried going to the gym yesterday, but I was too tired or something. I walked/tried cardio machines absentmindedly for 15 minutes and then left.
  • I had a very rocky week last week for the diet, with 3 days that I didn't track calories and likely became satiated, but somehow, that hasn't really had much effect on the diet. I weighed 179.9 lbs this morning. I made turkey hamburgers on Saturday that were pretty damn good and somehow stayed within my diet for the day. Rye bread that I toasted on the frying pan and added cheese to and melted on top and added salt. Yesterday I went to Sam's Club and picked up a couple rotisserie chickens; I took off all the dark meat off the bone and froze it. Maybe I'll do the same to the breast meat. I wonder if you can boil rotisserie chicken bone to get more flavor out of it...
  • Anki backlog is DONE. Unfortunately, I haven't really done much Japanese besides it. Learning new words with a clean backlog is good, but I've been kinda tired and too addicted to Tarkov to read much. I kinda dreaded this Wellness Wednesday because I have done a terrible job reading an article every day in the last week...
  • Incredibly, I haven't played Dark Souls III, either. I think reading for half an hour before bed would be good for me and for progress on the book.
  • No tennis, but I did take my Ruger 10/22 to a gunsmith to get a screw out that I had stripped, and he was some old guy who invited me to go shoot trap at the nearby trap shooting club on Sunday. Apparently my apartment lets me keep a shotgun, who knew?

It's Wednesday, but to keep it a Wednesday of Wellness, I shall not attend "Whiskey and Wings Wednesday" today! Too much! I thought there was a trivia night this week, but it's next week. There's a "Primary Candidate Forum for Republicans" tomorrow. That probably wouldn't be very interesting and it probably wouldn't further my social life desires.

Also it's @FtttG. You didn't actually ping him.

I was running outside for a couple blocks and slipped and fell on some ice last Thursday and hurt my elbow and my knee.

Oof. Last year I tripped and sprained my ankle, whole thing turned purple and swelled up such that the only pair of shoes that fit me were my Timberlands. Best off just resting and keeping your leg elevated, if you try to exercise on it you'll only make it worse.

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