Week 1 is over! And I am officially wiped out; looong day on set, a lot of standing around, waiting to go, only to hold for whatever reason. Ah, film. It was really stuffy in the location and wearing a wig made that super unpleasant. It wasn't grueling, but after five hours or so it go to me and I just totally mentally kaput.
Light workout this morning:
Jumping Jacks: 50 - 50
Jump Lunge: 20 - 20 -20
Push Up 5 - 5- 5 (still working on that form)
Negative Pull Up 5 - 5 - 5 (these were not quite totally controlled, but way more than they were the first time I tried them, so I feel justified logging them and also the chair assisted ones were really annoying me for some reason.
Diet is going swimmingly; no real sugar cravings to speak of; I think having natural sugar in relatively small amounts (a little fruit here and there, nuts) keeps it in check. Today was weird though; I had breakfast as usual, and snacked on my trail mix a bit, but I didn't get much of the lunch they served (the only stuff left to eat was like bok choi and some weird meat-mash thing that tasted good (ie, like grease) but I only had a few bites of it all. It definitely was not as big of a meal as I needed; I demolished my trail mix and though I was never super hungry, I was definitely low on energy. So I'm currently killing this jar of almond butter and also had a little carrots and guac on the way home.
I also stopped at Whole Foods to replenish my trail mix, and damn, nuts in large quantities are expensive. I don't know how I spent as much money as I did there, but I do not regret it one bit. Insert joke about
needing nuts here. I've branched out and begun exploring pecans and walnuts too. Consensus: delicious.
Alright, gotta hit the shower and crap out; early morning and long day ahead tomorrow.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
DAY 6 - Full Moon!
Last night's audition went swimmingly well; I was very emotionally free and it was a new experience for me (it was a role-play character interview, rather than a reading of a scene), and overall I feel great about it. I'm really working on focusing on auditions as solo exercises with no end except to enjoy the process and take something away. I think maybe in order to make sure I'm doing this, I will start an audition log where I briefly note what it was, how it went, etc.
Today's a rest day, so no workout (though I do mean to log a few burpees when I get home for the NF interguild weekly challenge). I woke up at 2:30 AM and realize my eyelids had had an allergic reaction to some eye make up I wore last night, and had swollen to thrice their size. This has happened before, and while it usually goes away within a day, it was still incredibly annoying and possibly a big ol' wrench in the days shooting plans in regard to me. Fortunately, it turned out that the only scene I was shooting day was one where I wear sunglasses. Talk about good timing. My eyelids are almost back to their un-inflamed natural state, I am chuffed to report.
Then my debit card was shut off; upon calling customer service it turns out that Visa deemed one company that I had my card subscribed to as "at risk" and cancelled it; meaning someone possibly tried to hack, like, Netflix, or somebody, in order to get peoples card info. Again, luckily, I was able to leave set because I had a LOT of downtime, and got a new card. So it was a weird day, but I had a couple of lucky strokes to counter the weirdness. Full moon?
About to head to another audition for a student film, killing time in Barnes and Nobles. Need to go over my sides, so I suppose I will end this now and get to work. Also, there are some very odd ducks in this B&N. Full moon!
Cara
Today's a rest day, so no workout (though I do mean to log a few burpees when I get home for the NF interguild weekly challenge). I woke up at 2:30 AM and realize my eyelids had had an allergic reaction to some eye make up I wore last night, and had swollen to thrice their size. This has happened before, and while it usually goes away within a day, it was still incredibly annoying and possibly a big ol' wrench in the days shooting plans in regard to me. Fortunately, it turned out that the only scene I was shooting day was one where I wear sunglasses. Talk about good timing. My eyelids are almost back to their un-inflamed natural state, I am chuffed to report.
Then my debit card was shut off; upon calling customer service it turns out that Visa deemed one company that I had my card subscribed to as "at risk" and cancelled it; meaning someone possibly tried to hack, like, Netflix, or somebody, in order to get peoples card info. Again, luckily, I was able to leave set because I had a LOT of downtime, and got a new card. So it was a weird day, but I had a couple of lucky strokes to counter the weirdness. Full moon?
About to head to another audition for a student film, killing time in Barnes and Nobles. Need to go over my sides, so I suppose I will end this now and get to work. Also, there are some very odd ducks in this B&N. Full moon!
Cara
Friday, September 28, 2012
Day 5
Today's workout wasn't too intense, as I'm a bit pressed for time, but it was still pretty difficult for me.
Tried something new, added Bulgarian split squats:
Bulgarians: 5 - 5 - 5 (per leg)
Push Up: 6 - 6 - 6 (still really concentrating on keeping my form tight; I keep wanting to crank out more reps, but I'm really focusing on keeping my eager-beaver attitude in check so that when I get to 20 eventually, they will be 20 PERFECT FORM).
Plank: 45 sec - 45 - 45 (These seemed really difficult today, even though I was doing 60 second ones a few days ago. I hate Plank right now :/ )
Assisted Pull Up w Chair: 10 - 10 - 10 (alternating which foot I use to balance; and making sure I lower myself all the way down for each rep).
I also attempted Crow Pose for the first time!! I got to having my hands on the floor in front of me, leaned forward a little bracing my knees on my upper arms with my toes still on the ground, breathed and counted to ten, and release. Did that like 4 times in sets of 2.
Now to shower, run to audition, and then back home for writing, website updating, scene work, tape audition, and then bed. Three more days in a row of shooting for Medicine Man starts tomorrow! I can't believe it's half-over.
FOR THE REBELLION
Cara
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Days 3 & 4
Whew, first day off (kind of; I work at the bar tonight) since I started filming on the feature, which, by the way, is just completely fucking awesome, educational, exhausting, and inspiring to be a part of. I cannot emphasize how lucky I feel.
So at the end of each day of filming, I was completely exhausted on every level. It's funny how even though for the actors there is a lot of standing around and waiting, you're operating on such an intense level of focus and mental preparedness that when you're done you're just utterly spent. That's how it felt to me, anyway. I got home each night, attempted writing and updating things (like this blog) and found that even my hands felt heavy with exhaustion. But, because I am a badass, I still managed to stay on track with the 6WC diet and work out regimen.
Yesterday I got up 5AM; got in a simple work out. I had gotten a full 8 hours sleep, but had no energy it seemed.
Warm up (50 jumping jacks, leg swings).
Flat leg raise: 10-10-10-10
Assisted Pull Up w chair: 6-8-8-8
Push Up: 6-7-7-6
Did this in circuit form.
We were released early again yesterday because we had to move out of the location by 8PM, so I ended up home by like 5 PM.
I have been staying on diet really well, even managing to stay within my 8 hour eating window. With the exception of last night. Because of the shooting schedule, I didn't eat quite enough in the window, so I was hungry when I got home. Ate not only the leftover asparagus, but also half a jar of almond butter with half a bag of baby carrots. So basically, I just need to make sure I eat enough during my 8 hours to avoid stuffing my face before bed (I've never had an issue with this, it was a result of the shooting schedule: breakfast at 6:30 AM, lunch at 1 PM with a little snacking on almonds/cashews between just didn't cut it).
And I've been managing to log all my meals, which I'm proud of, because it's tedious shit, hahah.
(Tuesday was a long day on set, all of my primary dialogue scenes were shot and went well, I felt. I did not feel quite as "on" as I would have liked, but I can't do anything about that now. I just know for future reference that it takes two nights sleep to recover from a night with almost no sleep, at least in terms of how I feel mentally (alertness, etc). One of the actors and I were released slightly early (6 PM instead of 8 PM) and so I went home and was asleep by like 8:30 PM. So yesterday I was operating on a full night's sleep, but was still feeling effects of the two nights of very little sleep Sunday/Monday).
Haven't worked out yet today; I may add a run in, not sure what I feel like doing yet.
Oh, and in terms of my goals; I realized that with the shooting schedule and how tired it left me, writing for 25 minutes straight was not happening. So I'm editing my goal to just Writing Every Day. It can be for five minutes, I just have to do it.
So at the end of each day of filming, I was completely exhausted on every level. It's funny how even though for the actors there is a lot of standing around and waiting, you're operating on such an intense level of focus and mental preparedness that when you're done you're just utterly spent. That's how it felt to me, anyway. I got home each night, attempted writing and updating things (like this blog) and found that even my hands felt heavy with exhaustion. But, because I am a badass, I still managed to stay on track with the 6WC diet and work out regimen.
Yesterday I got up 5AM; got in a simple work out. I had gotten a full 8 hours sleep, but had no energy it seemed.
Warm up (50 jumping jacks, leg swings).
Flat leg raise: 10-10-10-10
Assisted Pull Up w chair: 6-8-8-8
Push Up: 6-7-7-6
Did this in circuit form.
We were released early again yesterday because we had to move out of the location by 8PM, so I ended up home by like 5 PM.
I have been staying on diet really well, even managing to stay within my 8 hour eating window. With the exception of last night. Because of the shooting schedule, I didn't eat quite enough in the window, so I was hungry when I got home. Ate not only the leftover asparagus, but also half a jar of almond butter with half a bag of baby carrots. So basically, I just need to make sure I eat enough during my 8 hours to avoid stuffing my face before bed (I've never had an issue with this, it was a result of the shooting schedule: breakfast at 6:30 AM, lunch at 1 PM with a little snacking on almonds/cashews between just didn't cut it).
And I've been managing to log all my meals, which I'm proud of, because it's tedious shit, hahah.
(Tuesday was a long day on set, all of my primary dialogue scenes were shot and went well, I felt. I did not feel quite as "on" as I would have liked, but I can't do anything about that now. I just know for future reference that it takes two nights sleep to recover from a night with almost no sleep, at least in terms of how I feel mentally (alertness, etc). One of the actors and I were released slightly early (6 PM instead of 8 PM) and so I went home and was asleep by like 8:30 PM. So yesterday I was operating on a full night's sleep, but was still feeling effects of the two nights of very little sleep Sunday/Monday).
Haven't worked out yet today; I may add a run in, not sure what I feel like doing yet.
Oh, and in terms of my goals; I realized that with the shooting schedule and how tired it left me, writing for 25 minutes straight was not happening. So I'm editing my goal to just Writing Every Day. It can be for five minutes, I just have to do it.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Day 2
Completely wiped out. I think that, even though I got a solid 6 hours sleep, it wasn't enough comparative to how much energy I spent. I am about to pass out.
Today's a rest day; so no workout.
I realized it's silly not to count writing in this blog/updating my NF challenge thread as writing, because it is. Not very good writing, but writing nonetheless. So I realized that when it comes to practical application; my writing can be spread out throughout my day; doesn't have to be all in one sitting. Because I just tried free writing a bit and it was good and all but like even my friggin' hands are too tired to type.
BUT just wanna say I've been doing well with my food logs, my diet, been writing, so, SO FAR SO GOOD. GOOD NIGHT.
Cara
Today's a rest day; so no workout.
I realized it's silly not to count writing in this blog/updating my NF challenge thread as writing, because it is. Not very good writing, but writing nonetheless. So I realized that when it comes to practical application; my writing can be spread out throughout my day; doesn't have to be all in one sitting. Because I just tried free writing a bit and it was good and all but like even my friggin' hands are too tired to type.
BUT just wanna say I've been doing well with my food logs, my diet, been writing, so, SO FAR SO GOOD. GOOD NIGHT.
Cara
Monday, September 24, 2012
Official First Day of 6 Wk Ch
6WkChallenge Sept 24-Nov
DAY ONE
I can barely keep my eyes open, so I'm making this one
short. Will post more of an update
Thursday.
First official day of the challenge, and also my first day
on the set of the feature film. Filming
today was amazing; it's just a really awesome group of people to work
with. Everybody's super nice and it's as
low stress of an environment as a film set can be (hah). They also even had
PaleOkay (see what I did there?) eating options! Whoo! So I manged to stay on
diet, and then I even worked out when I got home. But two nights in a row of four hours of
sleep = dead to the world.
Today I tried something a little new with the workouts; I
tried out jumping lunges. Fun! Challenging! Also, push ups, planks and some
assisted pull ups.
I'm so tired. Bed nowz.
Oh, but, lemme just say that I am
COMMITING TO NO BOOZE AND NO ADDED SUGAR(an occasional piece of fruit is cool).
At all, none. You heard it here first, folks!
-Cara
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Re-Prioritizing
So, the next 6 Week Challenge starts tomorrow; and so does my work on the feature! AHH I'M SO EXCITED.
So, I already outlined my goals for the challenge. RE: Strict Paleo, I was waffling about cutting out all sugar/sweeteners and alcohol. I made a decision when I realized I wasn't indecisive because I didn't think I could do it, I was indecisive because it would mean committing; holding myself accountable. I knew I could physically do it, because I've abstained from alcohol for months at a time before and I was doing well with the no sugar thing last challenge. I just lost sight of my goals and I got lazy.
So, I'm cutting out sugar and alcohol COMPLETELY. I already turned down drinks twice today and when I explained why, I was happy to receive congratulatory/impressed responses, which was nice. I'm sure I'll get some funny looks at some point, but it was nice to get positive feedback off the back. I am also utilizing the forum at NF as a means of holding myself accountable; really publicly committing to my goals and starting a Player v Player challenge.
Impressed myself by hopping out of bed at 8:30 AM and cranking out a workout. I was definitely not as rested as I would've liked to be and as a result my workout wasn't that intense, but I got it done, and that's what counts.
Tomorrow is the big day; my first day on set of the feature. I could not be more thrilled/terrified; it's surreal really. It's almost like it doesn't quite register as a real thing that I'm doing. Gonna be a lot of fun.
Okay, time to write; I am determined to stick to my 25 min/day schedule and so far it's going well.
Peace
Cara
So, I already outlined my goals for the challenge. RE: Strict Paleo, I was waffling about cutting out all sugar/sweeteners and alcohol. I made a decision when I realized I wasn't indecisive because I didn't think I could do it, I was indecisive because it would mean committing; holding myself accountable. I knew I could physically do it, because I've abstained from alcohol for months at a time before and I was doing well with the no sugar thing last challenge. I just lost sight of my goals and I got lazy.
So, I'm cutting out sugar and alcohol COMPLETELY. I already turned down drinks twice today and when I explained why, I was happy to receive congratulatory/impressed responses, which was nice. I'm sure I'll get some funny looks at some point, but it was nice to get positive feedback off the back. I am also utilizing the forum at NF as a means of holding myself accountable; really publicly committing to my goals and starting a Player v Player challenge.
Impressed myself by hopping out of bed at 8:30 AM and cranking out a workout. I was definitely not as rested as I would've liked to be and as a result my workout wasn't that intense, but I got it done, and that's what counts.
Tomorrow is the big day; my first day on set of the feature. I could not be more thrilled/terrified; it's surreal really. It's almost like it doesn't quite register as a real thing that I'm doing. Gonna be a lot of fun.
Okay, time to write; I am determined to stick to my 25 min/day schedule and so far it's going well.
Peace
Cara
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