well.. I thought I'd finally start one of these threads so that I have a place to unload from time to time. I've done pretty well the past few weeks tracking my diet with the computer program causticmuse suggested. The program rocks, it makes figuring out macronutrient ratio's a breaze... of course you need to make sure your looking at the information for the right day, that ALWAYS helps :p I was thinking about going back to Eric Shrieves (our original trainer from 5 years ago) but I think I'll probably hold off for now. I may go back to him at some point, but I'll wait until I'm closer to a competition I think. I'm still going to meet with him next Friday (11th) but I think it will only be to chat for now, and to show him the program and see what he thinks :tucool:

well.. on to the depressing... my poor kitty (Cameron) has been at the vet since Monday (as I'm sure some of you have read in Bluestreak's thread)... he could't pee.. his poor little bladder was soooooo full, he was miserable :d_frown: the vet said it could be crystalized urine blocking the way, or a stone... as it turned out it was neither, so now he's had blood work, urinalysis, he's been knocked out and had a cathiter (sp?) put in him, then taken out (to see if he could pee with out it), then put back in... now he's on kitty valum to calm him down and they're going to take the cathiter out tonight and see what happens... at this point the vet thinks he had/has a bacterial infection that's causing inflamation of his urethra... all I know is, I want my kitty back... now damnit... well.. I'll find out in the morning.

I'm going to look into pet health insurance now... it's worth it, so I'm finding out... my cat is part of the family.. how can you put a price on a family member... the hubby has been talking about it getting to a point that it just won't be worth trying to get him healthy anymore and I just don't understand that.. I know at some point it could get outrageous... hence the insurance from now on. Cameron has been with me since he was born.. on my foot.. he plopped right out while I was cutting his brother cord.. I was like 'why's my foot so warm' I looked down and there he was... he's been mine ever since.. and after 8 years it really feels odd to not have him under foot at home :d_frown: I know he won't live forever... but he has more years in him... I just know it *crossing my fingers that they'll tell me I can take him home tomorrow*

Hi Chameleon! :)

Sorry about Cameron. :d_frown: I hope they're able to resolve the problem soon. Anyway, keep up posted.

I'm 43 years old and doing my first contest in August. Well, actually contests -- one August 6th and one August 27th. I decided to do a smaller one for the first one, to overcome some of the jitters -- hopefully. :p I'll be doing figure. Hope everything works out well. I sure don't want to put on that skimpy outfit without stuff in shape. :lol:

Looking forward to reading your journal!

We've had more than one cat that has had the urinal tract infection /crystalization thing going on. If that's what it ends up being, don't worry. It can be totally controlled with diet. It's (the crystalization) mostly caused by the magnesium in most of the generic cat foods. A quick change to some of the more health conscious brands out there, and the problem hasn't been back. With our new cats, I started them off with it from birth, and haven't had any problems.

Check out Petsmart. They have ...not really insurance, but a few subscription plans you can get on, starting at around $12 / mo.

For that, you get something like 4 visits a year, some shots stuff, etc...
And, of course, you can "buy" add-ons. Kind of like a little kitty HMO :p

Well, hope Cameron gets home soon..

;) thanks guys, I appreciate the support, both with my cat and with my fitness (figure) goals.

hibiscus09 - where are the competitions you are going to compete in. Blue told me that I can pick one out of state competition to do this year... maybe I'll join you and give you some mental support for your first show (hopefully we're in different hight classes.. how tall are you... hehe) :p

I called the doctor this morning and was told that he is finally 'going' on his own.. YAYYYYY!!!! he's on kitty, percocet (sp?), valume and antibiotics... he's one drugged up kitty. :eek: unfortunately it wasn't/isn't something easy to figure out like crystalization or anything like that. The vet still isn't sure what was causting the blockage, possibly a bacterial infection that was closing up his urethra (inflamation).. but they seem to have (at least temporarily) gotten it fixed. I pick him up this afternoon, but I have to take him back for a urinalysis in a week to see if they can find anything at that point... hopefully it's all fixed and I don't need to worry anymore. On the insurance side, there seems to be a lot out there for pet insurance and I'm going to chat with the vet this afternoon about which one he likes. I was chatting with a girl at the gym this morning about all this and she told me to NOT go with the PetSmart plan, that it costs too much for what you get because it really doesn't cover much. Some of the on-line plans seem to be fairly cheap and cover quite a bit.. now I just need to pick one ;)

Question for you Chamelon... Is that you in your avatar picture?

Granted, it's a small picture and I'm not a woman, but it's hard for me to believe, based on that picture, that your BF is as high as 27%.

LOL -- if your cat is getting valium, I want to be taken to the vet! :lol: Just kidding! :D I'm glad Cameron is able to be at home now. :)

The small contest is in Lenoir, NC and the bigger show is in Charleston, SC. We have a vacation home right outside of Charleston at Kiawah Island, SC, so that will work out well. I'm 5'3.5" -- I haven't checked to see what the NPC height classes are -- but anyway, you would love Charleston if you want to head this way to do The Excalibur. Charleston is beautiful and the weather should be nice and toasty that time of year -- but I'm sure you're used to that! :cool: I was going to compete in the Masters class, but the lady doing my nutrition said she'd like to see me do the open class, but I'm ascared. :eek: I'll do whatever she says when the time comes. :p

Question for you Chamelon... Is that you in your avatar picture?

Granted, it's a small picture and I'm not a woman, but it's hard for me to believe, based on that picture, that your BF is as high as 27%.


that is me in the avatar but I don't quite look like that anymore :( that was in September 2003 when I was in competition shape, approximately 15% body fat.... I'm GOING to get back to that damnit :p

Well… I haven’t posted anything in here for a while, so I thought I’d give a quick update on everything… the cat is doing GREAT… he’s back to his old, ornery self :p

I’m meeting with Eric Shrives (trainer) today at 1:00 and hopefully either he or the gym trainer can test my body fat… although oddly enough, the gym trainer was truly surprised and miffed the other day when I mentioned that I wanted to have my body fat tested again... his response was “already? why?” *sigh* I explained that I wanted to keep track of my progress bi-weekly and he gave me the ‘whatever’ shrug and the look on his face said he still thought I was crazy… what a pain… but I’m sure he’ll do it if I ask. Today would be exactly two weeks from the last time I had him check it… I’m still going to do my measurements tomorrow and let the computer program I have tell me what my bf % is, but I want a back up measurement (the trainer). Eric was who trained Bluestreak and I at the VERY beginning of our weight loss/ weight training efforts 5 or 6 years ago, he’s also who trained Porter Freeman, the first EAS champion. I’m hoping he can double check what I’m doing now and make sure I’m on the right track, and if I’m not, fix it :p I’m taking my computer program (PDA version) and a print out of Maggie’s spreadsheet to show him what I’ve been basing everything on and what I’m doing now.

Well... blue’s guitar is on the way… it was shipped out today… which means he needs to work on my new computer some more :p … that was our deal.. he could buy the guitar as long as he FINALLY got around to building me a new/faster/better computer than the POS laptop I currently use at home :p it’s a Pentium 1 that I bought at least 7, if not 8, years ago... it’s ancient, and slow as hell… he’s already put the new one together but NOTHING is installed on it yet :p so *crossing my fingers* hopefully he’ll work on, and finish it, this weekend :D

WOW… my office just had a potluck lunch for a woman who’s leaving the company. I used to either eat a little (and sometimes more than a little) of what I shouldn’t or just skip the potlucks all together. Today I took some homemade protein bars with a little sign behind them saying what they were and, since it wasn’t time for one of my meals, I took a small apple (slated for my 2:00 meal) in with me and munched on that instead of all the goodies (or crap) on the table… I CAN NOT believe how much unhealthy crap people were cramming into their mouths… it was unbelievable…even the few other people in the office who are supposedly dieting right now had their plates FULL of food they shouldn’t even have been looking at… even if it happened to be their cheat meal for the week, they were eating way too much… it was like a binge for the whole office… there were people piling deli meat on top of Popeye’s fried chicken… they had piles of mashed potatoes and gravy and many other assorted fat laden food piled high on their plates, of course a few of them had a small bowl of salad next to their food mountain (as if that was going to help the fat not stick or something) and then they dug into the cookies, cupcakes and lemon meringue pie… a very few people, mainly the ones who are supposedly dieting, actually did at least try the protein bars, but for the most part they went untouched… and I, of course, got teased for only eating my apple... but who cares… this is the first time EVER that I wasn’t even tempted to eat the crap in front of me, which is really saying a lot… I did have one very small bite of a homemade spinach quiche, but I kept it to that one small bite and no more… I happily ate my apple and drank my water and watched… I think I had more fun watching than I ever had eating… and now… I’m listening to everyone moan about how full they are, and how they shouldn’t have eaten so much… but I KNOW that in an hour they will all make their way back to the conference room where the food is laid out and they will eat MORE… LOL… it’s no wonder that more than half the people in this office are WAY overweight.

Today was my second day of HIIT and my third day of more severely reduced calories… I had been eating between 1500 and 1800, but I’m trying to stay between 1300 and 1400 now, per my trainers suggestion, and I’m finally feeling that all too familiar extreme hunger right before my next scheduled meal, I haven’t had that feeling since I trained for the competition in 2003 and it seems that I’m finally back on the right track… so we’ll see :eek: hehe

Roger has been pretty sick the past two or three day’s :d_frown: and I’m really hoping I don’t catch whatever bug he has now that I finally feel that I’m back on the right track... hopefully he gets better soon and can start getting up in the mornings for cardio again… it really helps when he gets up too... well.. I just hope he gets better soon ;)

*sigh*

well... I haven’t posted in here in ages… the cat’s fine, Blue’s doing the guitar school thing, which is great and I’m getting to the gym and eating as I should for the most part… unfortunately my one cheat meal on the weekends has mutated into several cheat meals and a snack or two :d_frown: which I KNOW is slowing my progress… I finally got the trainer at the gym to do my body fat test, unfortunately it was after a workout, which I’m told is not as accurate as doing it before… BUT at least he did it… of course, he wouldn’t have if it hadn’t been for a friend of mine pushing him to do it on the pretense that we had some kind of bet going :p whatever it takes I guess.. I do wonder how much of an error you get doing the test after a workout… I worked out my chest and back last night and he took measurements from my thigh, hip, stomach and tricep... the only discrepancy I could imagine might be with the tricep as it would be the only muscle effected by my workout… but according to his readings I’m down to 25%... which is really great compared to the 32% I was up to last October, but not that significant a change from February 28th when I was at 27%... but it’s also obvious by my weight, which has stayed right around 141-142 that I’m replacing fat with muscle *yayyyyy* so I figure as long as I’m REALLY good about only having ONE cheat meal on the weekends, and making sure I make it to they gym on Saturday and Sunday for at LEAST cardio, which I haven’t been doing, I should really be able to see some good gains (or should I say losses) soon.

But now, on to the real beef… what with Blue finding his focus for his PE and his guitar/music studies (see his stream of consciousness thread), it brings into sharp relief my dissatisfaction with my job and my lack of any direction in life. For so long I’ve been pushing Blue to have a baby, I love kids, but now that I’ve really sat down to think about it I really wonder if a baby wasn’t just my way of trying to put some meaning in my life… Right now I can tell you I have no meaning/direction (other than making Blue happy), I’m just drifting and existing. I work because I have to, bills you know, I don’t work because I like it, like Blue does.

My first real job out of college was obtained through Blue, his boss knew I was graduating with a marketing degree and they needed a marketing person… sooooo… there I was. Now, after three years (March 25th marks 3 years) at my second engineering firm job, I am still not happy or satisfied with what I do… I have gotten a lot of experience (5 – 5.5 years total), but I’m not an engineer, I’m not interested in engineering and my only thing I can say I enjoy at this company is pulling together my division’s quarterly newsletter… it’s my only creative outlet, unfortunately it is a VERY small part of what I do... the company is so huge that corporate has it’s nose in everything and you can’t change anything… which is boring and frustrating for someone who thrives on creativity… mainly, ME… the only thing I can say for this job is that I like a good deal of the engineers that work here, they are mostly young and upbeat which is hard to find in engineering.

My real passion is music (singing), it was the original connection between Blue and I… our first date was going to see his friend’s band (Section 8) play. I have been in choirs since I was in third grade… at school, church and local community choirs … but when I graduated from Brevard Community College and moved to Orlando to go to UCF (the University of Central Florida) I had to drop choir from my curriculum due to the ugliest dirtiest word I know right now, RESPONIBILITY… I had to work two jobs and tackle a full class load at school and my mom didn’t plan ahead so I had to pay for everything myself… it was the saddest decision of my life and I have regretted it ever since… unfortunately there are no community choirs in this area and I’m so out of practice (10 years)… I wouldn’t even dream of trying to audition to be in a local band right now, you need to practice singing just like you need to practice playing an instrument, but people who don’t sing don’t seem to understand that.

Sooo… I’m still floating around with no direction, except for my fitness goals, which at least give me something to focus on, but really, honestly, that doesn’t do anything for the direction of the rest of my life, unless I study to become a personal trainer, but I don’t know about that one, and I don’t want to compete professionally, just for fun (for the personal satisfaction). Unfortunately the few times I’ve mentioned changing jobs Blue’s always there telling me that I really should just stay where I am because I’m getting experience and it’s a ‘safe and reliable’ field, uggh... like I care… I’m hating it… I’m a people person and I’m stuck in a cube all day in front of a computer with almost no human contact every day, doing sometime I really don’t enjoy... I feel like I’m suffocating all of my creative energy and I fear that one of these day’s it’s going to just shrivel up and die… then I’ll just be a mindless zombie like so many other people… go to work, do my job, go home, rinse, repeat… at least I have the gym before and after work and then I go home and see Blue, which always makes me smile :d_smile:

Blue & the gym… that’s what I have... that’s about all I have… and I love Blue with everything I have… and while having someone to love and cherish is a wonderful, awesome thing, it does not make for a complete life if you can’t do the things you love to do… hell I think I was happier being a secretary but it just wouldn’t pay as much as I make now… so it seems that I’ve traded happiness for money at this point… what I wouldn’t do to have a job that I identified with as much as Blue does… he may have bad day’s but he likes what he does. Honestly I’ve had more fun writing this journal entry than I’ve had at work in a long long time. One of these day’s I’ll find something that I can really sink my teeth in and I won’t look back... not even once.

The other problem is that I don’t know how to proceed or where to go from here, and I haven’t in ages, which is why I’m still sitting here in my cube, a corporate captive in my cell. At least there isn’t a firewall so I can come here :p

I have gone back to trying to learn the guitar, one of Blue’s guitars is mine, but I haven’t picked it up in 10 years, his *great* teacher didn’t like me because I had other obligations and couldn’t devote my life to the instrument like Blue had, so he (the teacher) told me to quit *jerk*… but now Blue is teaching me ;), AND I’ve picked up a couple of books of contemporary vocal sheet music. Now Blue will just have to put up with me singing in the house ;-)~~~~~~

oh.. I have some happy news to share.. my best friends just had thier baby... he's 8 lbs 11 oz... they haven't named him yet though.. I just talked to Todd and I'm going over to see the three of them right after work today, Todd said they had decided they had 24 hours from when he was born (5:20 ish p.m.) yesterday, so he might actually have a name by the time I get to the hospital to see him tonight :p

*sigh*

But now, on to the real beef… what with Blue finding his focus for his PE and his guitar/music studies (see his stream of consciousness thread), it brings into sharp relief my dissatisfaction with my job and my lack of any direction in life. For so long I’ve been pushing Blue to have a baby, I love kids, but now that I’ve really sat down to think about it I really wonder if a baby wasn’t just my way of trying to put some meaning in my life… Right now I can tell you I have no meaning/direction (other than making Blue happy), I’m just drifting and existing. I work because I have to, bills you know, I don’t work because I like it, like Blue does.

My real passion is music (singing), it was the original connection between Blue and I… our first date was going to see his friend’s band (Section 8) play. I have been in choirs since I was in third grade… at school, church and local community choirs … but when I graduated from Brevard Community College and moved to Orlando to go to UCF (the University of Central Florida) I had to drop choir from my curriculum due to the ugliest dirtiest word I know right now, RESPONIBILITY… I had to work two jobs and tackle a full class load at school and my mom didn’t plan ahead so I had to pay for everything myself… it was the saddest decision of my life and I have regretted it ever since… unfortunately there are no community choirs in this area and I’m so out of practice (10 years)… I wouldn’t even dream of trying to audition to be in a local band right now, you need to practice singing just like you need to practice playing an instrument, but people who don’t sing don’t seem to understand that.

The other problem is that I don’t know how to proceed or where to go from here, and I haven’t in ages, which is why I’m still sitting here in my cube, a corporate captive in my cell. At least there isn’t a firewall so I can come here :p

I have gone back to trying to learn the guitar, one of Blue’s guitars is mine, but I haven’t picked it up in 10 years, his *great* teacher didn’t like me because I had other obligations and couldn’t devote my life to the instrument like Blue had, so he (the teacher) told me to quit *jerk*… but now Blue is teaching me ;), AND I’ve picked up a couple of books of contemporary vocal sheet music. Now Blue will just have to put up with me singing in the house ;-)~~~~~~

Chameleon,
You're right. You need to follow your heart. Most people DON'T, and they do okay, but you deserve better than okay, don't you? You're doing the right things; looking to your childhood to find your passions, and taking baby steps towards reaching your goals. If you're not comfortable in following your dreams about singing, maybe you could dig deeper to find other related fields you could get into. (Could you teach voice?) Or maybe you just need to keep taking more baby steps towards singing until you DO become comfortable about following it as your dream.

My Mom recommends a book to all her friends. It's called Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. You might find it helpful.

I'm hardly the poster child for someone who's following her dreams, but I'm comfortable in the knowledge that every day I'm getting closer to being the best person I can be. I have kids, but staying at home, driving to drop-in centers, signing up for teeball, running baths, brushing teeth, and cleaning the house is not what I'm passionate about. I have some ideas about what I want to do with my life, but they're very vague. It's scary making changes, but you don't want to end up eighty years old and wonder what might have been if you'd been braver, more determined, willing to sacrifice the ordinary for the extraordinary.

Chameleon,
You're right. You need to follow your heart. Most people DON'T, and they do okay, but you deserve better than okay, don't you? You're doing the right things; looking to your childhood to find your passions, and taking baby steps towards reaching your goals. If you're not comfortable in following your dreams about singing, maybe you could dig deeper to find other related fields you could get into. (Could you teach voice?) Or maybe you just need to keep taking more baby steps towards singing until you DO become comfortable about following it as your dream.

My Mom recommends a book to all her friends. It's called Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. You might find it helpful.

I'm hardly the poster child for someone who's following her dreams, but I'm comfortable in the knowledge that every day I'm getting closer to being the best person I can be. I have kids, but staying at home, driving to drop-in centers, signing up for teeball, running baths, brushing teeth, and cleaning the house is not what I'm passionate about. I have some ideas about what I want to do with my life, but they're very vague. It's scary making changes, but you don't want to end up eighty years old and wonder what might have been if you'd been braver, more determined, willing to sacrifice the ordinary for the extraordinary.

thanks Guava.. I appreciate the support... I'll look into that book it sounds interesting, it is scary to make changes, especially when everyone around you is telling you to make the responsible choice and stay with the '‘safe and reliable" job... all the time... it seems that dreams are only for everyone else... well.. not anymore... I'll find a way to do what I love... be it singing, writing or whatever... one of these day's I may just start posting some of my old poetry :p I haven't felt inspired to write poetry in sooooo long.. maybe I'll sit down and see what comes out one of these day's :D

oh and my best friends named the baby last night while I was there (I was the only one there) it was really cool.. his name is Finn and he's georgeous! :nod: the only thing that bugged me last night was when our friend Hope showed up.. I have one REALLY big pet peeve concerning baby's and kids... it's grown ups that insist on using 'baby talk' :spaz: it drives me crazy... I wanted to grab Hope and shake her and ask if she really thought Finn could understand more when she was talking like a retard instead of like a grown woman *sigh* but I kept my mouth shut, smiled and acted like nothing was bothering me :whistle:

well.. it’s Monday, and I was much better about not eating badly (for more than just my cheat meal anyway) this past weekend… AND I made it to the gym on Saturday (shoulders and cardio) and Sunday (cardio).. and on top of it all… Bluestreak and I went shopping with some friends and I came away with a new outfit, some really cool sparkly scarf’s and two new pairs of shoes…yayyyyyyyyyy.. I love new clothes and I really like new shoes :nod: :p hehe

I’m going to get my hair highlighted tonight... it’s been so long since it was done last that you almost can’t tell I’ve had it highlighted… but since we’re driving to Jacksonville for the Steve Vai concert on Thursday and we have a big party to go to on Saturday, I figured it was time to spruce it up. This morning I worked my legs instead of doing cardio, mainly because I usually miss my Monday night yoga class if I have to do Legs on Monday’s too… but now I have a hair appointment and I’m going to miss yoga anyway… oh well :p lol at least I got my weights in today

Blue and I picked up a metronome yesterday at Sam Ash, so I’m sure Blue will have me trying to keep time while trying to figure out how to make my fingers work the right way on the guitar... lol... it should be interesting… my fingers are still saying “you want me to move where? How? Huh?” :spaz: hehe… unfortunately I didn’t pick up the guitar this weekend… dog gone it… and weekday’s are hard for me to fit it in, mainly because by the time I get home from the gym I only have time to shower, eat and fix everything for the next day… then it’s off to bed… I’m going to have to try to fit in at least 15 minutes every night, it’s not much.. but it’s a start and it’s better than nothing

Well… back to work… whoopee *dripping with sarcasm* :D :p

Today started out pretty good. I was a bit reluctant to get out of bed but once I was up I was wide awake and ready to go. It's been a long time coming, but I think my body if finally used to getting up at the crack of dawn, or more accurately 5 a.m. (which is technically before dawn :p ). On top of that, Sammy (one of the employees at the gym), mentioned that he had to look twice to make sure it was me on the eliptical this morning because I look so thin :claplow: The great thing about Sammy is I know I can trust what he say's, he's not trying to pick me up and he's not one of those guys that constantly throws complements whether he means them or not. soooooo, sufice it to say, I'm happy :D

oh damn... I have a meeting I need to get to... I'll try to stop back by and add more when this meeting is over.

well... I thought a lot about becoming a personal trainer... I know I said in an earlier post that I wasn't sure about doing that... but it really has been in the back of mind for a while now... and what really made me think a bit harder about it was the fact that I like to help people in the gym... last week I helped a new girl at my gym, she was lifting extreeeemly light weights and her form was a bit off... we chatted for a while, mostly about what excersises she could be doing for different body parts and how to do them... when I had to move on to my cardio she told me how much she had appreciated my help and that I should be a personal trainer 'because I'm good at it' (her words not mine)... it brought the subject to light better than ever before... it is something I like doing, and my wanting to compete again would be a good selling point for a personal trainer. I'm thinking about trying to get a job at a local gym in the mean time. I may have to get a second job to maintain our standard of living... but you know what... I'd rather do that than what I'm doing right now... I NEED out of here... sooon... I want out of my little box (cubicle)... if anyone in the Orlando area know's of any positions out there, please let me know ;)

ah... well.. I went to bed with a cough last night and when I woke up it was worse :d_frown: damnit man... after missing the gym for four days in a row (due to the Vai concert on Thursday night/Friday morning and then a big party on Saturday night) I was really happy to get back into the gym yesterday, but I just was NOT getting up this morning... so Blue and I both slept in today... I just wish it had been enough for me to feel better... I stopped at Walgreens on the way to work and picked up some sugar free cough drops and everyone at work is trying to avoid me :p

I started looking on Monster.com last night... at this point I'm looking for ANYTHING in marketing to take the place of this job... unfortunately, so far, I haven't seen anything that really jumps out at me... at least not anything that doesn't require experience in that particular field... I'm pretty much pigeon holed here, which stinks... I'll just have to keep looking... the only part that really stinks is that I can't just ditch the job and go work for a gym... it sounds nice and all but I just couldn't pay the bills like that. One of these day's I'll stumble on the right job for me... untill then, it's cubical land for me

I'm going to start stashing money away to get all of the books for the ISSA PT exam... it was the one I had been looking at anyway and then I read the thread where Jeremy Likness said that that's the certification he has... it's about $600 for everything (well... plus a little bit if I want to take the seminar with it)... so it's time to start saving... my pants feel a little looser today... yayyyyyyyy now if I can shake this cold/cough I'll be doing good :p

well... that damn cough that was bothering me turned into the full blown flu... the Dr. last Wednesday said it had caused a sinus infection, looked like it was giving me strep and could possibly be giving me a bronchial infection :d_frown: and that was last Wednesday... today, i still have the cough and my nose just won't stop running :d_frown: damnit.. I'm going back to the Dr. today to see if there is anything else he can do for me... he put me on a three day Z-pack (antibiotics) last week.. I wish he had put me on the five day Z-pack, this damn infection might be gone by now if he had... oh well... at least I finally made it back to the gym last night, I was going to go this morning but when I woke up with a headache I decided not to over do it... I'll go in tonight and do cardio and yoga... I NEED to get back into the gym full time though, the first competition I want to do this year is in mid June and I really need to get my body in fat burning mode... this is the competition that I would have trained for last year if I hadn't hurt my shouldner (left shoulder)... I had rotator cuff impingement (just like Blue has right now in his right shoulder)... for the most part my shoulder doesn't bother me anymore, it does if I try to do military presses, so I've taken those out of my shoulder routine, there are enough other shoulder excercises for me to do :nod:

I have to tell you guys that Bluestreak was soooo sweet last week when I was sick, he may be stressed and overworked but he still takes the time to be a sweet and wonderful husband at home :o

where work is concerened I'm trying to put my best effort into doing a good job and trying to forget that I would rather not be here :p ... this website helps some... it's my getaway when I need a break during the day... and it helps that I really do work with some nice people.. I breifly thought about trying to find a job at a gym :lol: damn... $8 an hour... for a supervisory position :spaz: as IF.. damn that's a little more than cutting my pay in HALF :lol: :lol: :lol: sooooo... it's time to buck up and just do my job untill I find something that looks interesting that will pay close to what I make now.

well... speaking of working, I should probably get to it for a while :p

just felt like posting a poem I wrote in my senior year at UCF (University of Central Florida)... I actually wrote it during one of my classes because I was bored :p

Individuality

In this world of
computer Programing,
inputting data and
saving to disk

It’s hard to be
individual,
have a mind of your own,
be unique

The software giants are helping
to brainwash
the general population

They supply you with templates
and programs
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ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I FINALLY crossed over that 140lb barrier that I didn't seem to be able to break across :claphigh: :jumping: :claplow: :jumping: :claphigh: wooooohooooo

I didn't cross it by much... 139.5 lbs but hey... I still crossed it :nod: :p

today I started taking my L-carnatine three times a day again and I started taking my dandelion root again to get ride of extra water weight so hopefully it won't take too long to get down to 135... my next big hurdle will be breaking past 130... I haven't done that since September 2003... but I'm determined and when I'm determined I can do ANYTHING... no more cheat day's or meals from here on out... the competition is on June 18th if I remember correctly... then I get one cheat meal and it's back to my regular healthy diet... I got a notice in the mail today about a competition in Fort Lauderdale in August, that may be number 2 for this year, we'll see... I definately don't want to stop at one competition this year... I want to maintain the competition look as long as possible this year and when competitions are over for the year I'm determined to maintain 18% body fat.... I need to get my body fat measured again soon, probably this weekend if I can nail down a time when I can corner the trainer and make him do it... I wish it didn't have to come down to cornering him and making him do it... but it does.. oh well.. as long as I get him to do it :p

well... I posted this in the general healthy & fitness section but thought I'd put it here too

The last two day’s I’ve started to experience some weird pain in the back of my left knee, it feels really tight and sore when I straiten my leg… I noticed it last night when I was doing my cardio on the treadmill and again this morning on the treadmill, it got a lot worse this morning… I finished my cardio anyway, I just altered how far I let my leg straiten out and kept it partly bent while walking… I walk at a 20 minute mile at a 10% incline for 45 minutes… I have NEVER felt anything like this before… could this just be a side effect of the flu that I’m just now getting over or did I pull something?? I always stretch before and after cardio… I’m really confused and frustrated… I don’t want another injury to keep me from my goals this year… last year was my shoulder (rotator cuff impingement) and it kept me from competing… I’m going to make it this year… but I don’t want to injure myself in the process… any ideas? I don’t even know what tendon’s or ligaments are in the back side of your knee that could be causing this pain :d_frown: help


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well... I'm glad I went to Natures Market in Orlando today at lunch. I needed to pick up some Flaxseed oil and some L-carnitine to keep at the office... the propriator is VERY knowlegable and worksout a lot... I was chatting with him and he's had the same problem before, it's a pulled ligament, probably because I was inactive last week and it got tight... I couldn't think of when I could have pulled it until I got back to the parking garage at work and was walking down the stairs... I remmembered that on the way down the stairs yesterday morning I twisted my left ankle... at the time I only had concern for my ankle and didn't even think about my knee... well... mystery solved :D the owner of Natures Market suggesed Arnica Gel (Pain Relief gel for muscle aches, stiffness and bruises), he said it worked wonders when he pulled the same ligament in his knee... sooooo... I'll give it a shot :nod:

well... oddly enough I'm another pound lighter today... it looks like I really was holding onto some water weight... I love Dandilion Root :D I'm now down to 138.5 :claplow: :claphigh: :claplow: yayyyy hehe

I went ahead and worked out last night, despite my knee bothering me. I did skip leg and decided to work back & chest instead... I'm down to just adding 70lbs to the assisted pull up machine... I only got 6 or so out of it the first set and then only 5 and then 3 but hey... I'm getting stronger :D I'm also finally doing three full sets of push ups. The cyst I had in my wrist had prevented me from doing them at all, but the surgery in July of last year seems to have solved that problem. My sets were: 12, 10, 8 and that was to failure... I tried to get a 9th one on the last set and my arms just wouldn't push anymore :p

I still have this damn nagging cough with is very frustrating... but at least I feel human again. since my knee was still really bothering me last night I decided to take this morning off. When I got out of bed my knee was so stiff and sore it hurt to walk to the bathroom.... damnit all.. I'm finally making progress and I have to injure myselft, and it wasn't even in the gym... it was walking down a flight of stairs :( but I refuse to let it stop me.... I'm going to work abs, lower back and obliques later today and if I have time (between an old friend being in town and plans to go out with some friends tonight) I'm going to spread some of this gell crap I have on my knee and put the wrap on it and do my cardio anyway... the wrap and the gell did help some last night... it really didn't bother me much on the treadmill... so we'll see.

I am so happy it's Friday.. I hope everyone has a great weekend :nod: ;)

Well, unfortunately I have injured myself, but at least (for once) I can say, it wasn’t my fault. This cough that won’t go away has caused me to bruise a rib. It’s bruised so badly that lifting and stretching my left arm pulls on it and causes severe pain. It took a while just to get comfortable in bed last night. I can’t lay on my stomach because my breast pushes against that rib and causes pain. For some reason (probably the weight of my breast) it hurt to lie on my back too. I went ahead an worked my arms yesterday (bi’s & tri’s) but I found that working my biceps pulled on that rib too… probably my core muscles tensing up to keep my balance. I’m going to skip weights for the next few days and hope my cough calms down enough that my rib can heal. I’m going to really hit cardio hard for a week or so and see if I can shed some of this pesky fat… then when my rib is healed I’ll hit the weights really hard again. I may even go so far as to do a carb deplete cycle for the rest of this week while I’m not lifting. The carb deplete cycle my trainer had me doing in 2003 is hard but it worked… I’ll eat mostly eggs and maybe one meal with chicken and my only carbs, on the deplete day’s, will be veggies… on the carb day’s I’ll have oatmeal twice a day… the cycle is very erratic so that my body won’t fall into any kind of pattern… one day on, two day’s off, two day’s on, three day’s off, one day on… etc, etc, etc,… the longest I’ll go without the oatmeal is three day’s. this is going to have to be an on (carb) day, because I just finished my bowl of oatmeal :p hehe I’ll probably be a bit cranky this week because of this, but I know that it works and will help boost my fat loss while I’m injured so I won’t feel that this week is a total loss, which I was starting to feel like. I had to take a full week off while I was sick and I really don’t want to lose another week. Anybody know how long it takes for a bruised rib to heal??? I’ve had this happen before, when I had bronchitis, but that was AGES ago and I don’t remember how long it took for them to heal (I had bruised three or four ribs that time). Well… back to real world for a little while, I need to work on our quarterly newsletter today… later :D

oh... I forgot to mention... my knee is pretty much all healed now :claplow: so at least I have some good news :p

I'm entirely fed up with this cold. It seems to be returning, although come to think of it, it never did leave. It just keeps hovering, one day I feel fine (except for the cough) the next day I feel like crap. The rib that I said was bruised is now more bruised, if that’s possible. It now hurts just to walk, because I just can’t keep my boob from bouncing :p lol stupid thing. Even the slightest cough hurts and I won’t even attempt to take a deep breath most of the time. I think I’m taking a few more day’s off from the gym, I’m not even going to try cardio. I did put in my cardio on Tuesday, breaking it up between the treadmill, the elliptical and the stationary bike. However, while on the elliptical I went into a coughing fit and spent most of the time on that machine trying to control my breathing so that I wouldn’t hurt my rib or cause more coughing. To top everything off, I was sick to my stomach yesterday morning. I was only able to choke down one and a half egg whites and half of my half a cup of oatmeal. Then it (the food) decided it didn’t want to be in my stomach, so it left *ick* :spaz: I was afraid to eat anything after that so my calories yesterday were pitiful, I did manage to keep down some soup and some fat free sugar free ice cream last night. Today I’m sticking to protein powder, water and a few veggies, and so far my tummy is cooperating, thank goodness. This just keeps pushing me back further and further. 1FastGTX gave me the name and number of his family doctor and I gave him a call this morning. I’ll be seeing him tomorrow morning. Hopefully this will be a doctor that I WANT to go see when I’m sick. Instead of one that tells me I’m vain because I work out and treats me like an imbecile. *crossing my fingers*

Today was a mess of phone calls and e-mails. I’m trying to help put together a municipal forum and seminar that’s supposed to take place at the end of the month (April 29th). However, at this time, we only have two confirmed attendees. I’m also coordinating my companies participation at a conference that same week (April 24th -29th), and at this point the three offices that should be working together very nicely are not. It’s a mess of more phone calls, more e-mails and trying to figure out who’s done what and when. It’s a real mess, but it’s keeping me busy. Of course I haven’t had much time to work on our already late newsletter… damnit all. One of these day’s I’ll be all caught up… maybe :p ;)

WOW... it's soooooo nice going to a doctor that cares and is thorough. I need to thank 1FastGTX for recomending him. He was actually happy that he didn't know who my old doctor was after I told him how bad he was (the old doctor)... which is great.. he said he was happy it wasn't one of his friends :p

I have, according to the new doc, strained/pulled the muscles in my chest from coughing so hard for so long. That unfortunately means I can't lift until the muscle repairs itself. At least I can still do cardio :p

well.. I'm getting out of the office now... I may add more later.. just wanted to thank 1FastGTX and let everyone know I finally found a GREAT doctor in the Orlando area :claplow: :claphigh: :claplow: yayyyyy

Another day, another dollar. Work has been fairly busy lately, which is nice. It makes the day go faster when you have a lot to do. Of course that also leads to a bit of overtime now and then, :D like last week and possibly today… this week I’m trying to do my work that’s due now AND my work that’s due next week, since I’ll be at a conference most of next week. The conference is in town but I still won’t be in the office the majority of the time, if at all. I LOVE conferences, that’s when I really shine, I’m a people person and I love to talk (understatement of the decade :p hehe)… if only I could just work at conferences for a living :p lol

The muscles in my chest have still not healed (actually, they still hurt like hell) so I’m still stuck doing just cardio at the gym. I was making some pretty good progress last week, but I ended up eating pretty badly over the weekend. Sunday was the only day I wasn’t too bad but I still drank way too much diet soda. The sodium from the sodas and all the bad food I ate has me pretty bloated and weighing several pounds heavier right now. It’s going back down, but slowly :( it was very frustrating to stand on the scale on Sunday and see 142 again. I had finally broke through to the 130’s and now I’m back where I was :( but yesterday it said 141 and today it said 140 so it’s going back down. I’m making sure I’m following my diet to the T and not drinking any diet soda right now. I think I’m going to limit my soda consumption to just one or two on the weekends. I used to do that and it worked really well. I also don’t seem to ever drink enough water on the weekends. At work my bottle sits at my desk right in front of me and I remember to drink and refill and drink more. But at home I tend to forget the bottle or it sits off to the side somewhere and I forget about it. I need to force myself to get enough water on the weekends.

I didn’t get up for morning cardio yesterday, I did make it in the evening though… this morning I forced myself to get up (after hitting snooze once ;) )… after being sick for three weeks and having the time change in there somewhere I’ve had a hard time getting up in the mornings for cardio. I made it most of last week (I skipped last Monday morning too)… I need to force myself to get up EVERY morning for a while, it usually takes me two to four weeks to reset my internal clock after I’ve let it laps like this. I can’t wait until I’m popping out of bed a minute or two before my alarm again… it’s so much easier to do my cardio in the morning when I’m wide awake. Today I felt like a zombie on the elliptical until I was five minute in, then the cardio woke me up like it usually does, but I hate that zombie feeling. Ahhh… fresh coffee, the liquid of the gods :p lol

Oh and the other thing that’s been screwed up by this stupid flu… there is NO WAY I’m going to be in the shape I need to be in for the competition in June :d_frown: damnit… but there is a competition in August that I’m look at now… so that’s what I’m shooting for. I still think I’ll be close to competition shape for our trip to Jamaica in July too :D :nod:

LOL -- if your cat is getting valium, I want to be taken to the vet! :lol: Just kidding! :D I'm glad Cameron is able to be at home now. :)

The small contest is in Lenoir, NC and the bigger show is in Charleston, SC. We have a vacation home right outside of Charleston at Kiawah Island, SC, so that will work out well. I'm 5'3.5" -- I haven't checked to see what the NPC height classes are -- but anyway, you would love Charleston if you want to head this way to do The Excalibur. Charleston is beautiful and the weather should be nice and toasty that time of year -- but I'm sure you're used to that! :cool: I was going to compete in the Masters class, but the lady doing my nutrition said she'd like to see me do the open class, but I'm ascared. :eek: I'll do whatever she says when the time comes. :p

Hey Hibiscus... is the Charleston show an NPC show? just wondering, since I'm looking at August competitions ;)

I know what you mean about not drinking enough water while you're at home. at work im constantly filling my water glasses up, constantly sipping. then i get home and i dont drink a drop (except for at meals). i'm trying to figure out how to change that, seems like a simple solution - drink water at home, but for some reason it hasnt been that simple.

anyway, have a good one! :p

I know what you mean about not drinking enough water while you're at home. at work im constantly filling my water glasses up, constantly sipping. then i get home and i dont drink a drop (except for at meals). i'm trying to figure out how to change that, seems like a simple solution - drink water at home, but for some reason it hasnt been that simple.

anyway, have a good one! :p


thanks... I'm happy to hear that I'm not the only one with that problem... maybe we can challenge each other to drink more water on the weekends by reporting how much we drank here :p

Hey Chameleon -- the Charleston show is an NPC show. :) Charleston is a fun place to visit also! It's a beautiful city.

http://www.scbodybuilding.com/coming.htm

Hey Chameleon -- the Charleston show is an NPC show. :) Charleston is a fun place to visit also! It's a beautiful city.

http://www.scbodybuilding.com/coming.htm

thanks for the link and the info... I guess I really need to get on the ball and pay my NPC dues... there a bit late :p :o

Do you have to join the NPC to do a show? I know nothing about these things. :lol:

Do you have to join the NPC to do a show? I know nothing about these things. :lol:

yes.. the dues are $60 a year and they will send you contest flyers and they have a magazine that goes out every few months that you get with your membership.

This is going to be a good day… I got to sleep an extra hour (I work from 7 a.m. – 5 p.m Monday – Thursday and 8 a.m. – noon on Fridays), I finally was able to catch the trainer at the gym and have him do my body fat test… 20% bf !!!!!!!! :claphigh: yayyyyyy… only two more % to my current goal :claplow: and at this point… I don’t even care that I have a ton of work to do today and that I’ll most likely end up working the whole day instead of getting out at noon… hell, it means 4 hours of overtime :p Bluestreak keeps telling me I look thinner… but you know how your mind play’s tricks on you… while I was sick I forgot to take progress pictures so I was relying on the mirror and that was a big mistake, I was convinced I really wasn’t making progress, mainly because I’m still a bit depressed that I can’t lift right now… but I think that’s over for now… I’m still miffed that I can’t lift yet, but I AM making progress despite that drawback.

Last night I asked Blue to be my bulldog… he quit trying to help me last year because I kept getting mad when he would tell me that I shouldn’t be eating something, or to watch my portions… but mainly that was because I hadn’t asked him too and I was depressed about my weight (kinda counter productive on my part, don’t ya think :p ) BUT this time I’m asking for help… mainly for the weekends… I don’t have a problem during the week because I have a routine, and it’s easy to follow it… however the weekends pose a problem because there is no routine and I end up forgetting water, missing meals and eating crap… so I asked him to make sure I don’t have more than one diet soda a day on the weekend, one on Friday, one Saturday and one Sunday… and to pester me about drinking enough water… I think I can keep myself on the straight and narrow where my diet is concerned as long as I’m drinking enough water and watching my sodium (the diet soda mainly).

I can’t wait until this stupid muscle in my chest is healed so I can hit the weights again… if I’ve made it down to 20% (actually the trainer said it was somewhere between 19 and 20, but I’ll say 20% until it’s not “somewhere between”) by just doing cardio, I’ll be able to make gains soooo much faster once I can lift again… I seem to be retaining most (if not all) of my lean muscle, since my weight hasn’t really gone down that much… I’m still 138.5 lbs, which is pretty cool since it means I’ve put on some good lean muscle in the past year and half… I was not that heavy when I hit 20% in 2003 (before the competition)... I was closer to 130 or so.

Yesterday was my best friends (Todd & Lis) 4 year anniversary and Blue and I are going to go out and do something with them tonight. Todd, Lis and Roger (Blue) are the only people I have EVER known for 13 years solid (except family)… my dad was air force and we were always moving. It’s so great to actually say I’ve known them for that long. When I was a kid I was lucky to have friends for two years in a row... any more than that I really felt lucky. I was always jealous of people who could say they had been friends with so and so since first grade and such… now I finally have friends that I’ve known for a comparable period of time… I can’t remember who I knew when I was in elementary school, everyone moved so frequently and no one ever seemed to keep in touch like they said they would, myself included unfortunately.

Work is going to be hectic but mostly fun today, I’m working on three or four things at once, a work order (competitive bid), our newsletter, a conference board for another office, and conference preparations for a conference here in Orlando that starts on Monday. Oh wait… actually I’m working on five things, I also have to finish compiling a monthly report that’s due on Monday but needs to be finished today since I’ll be manning our booth at the conference on Monday… gee wiz… *sigh*… I guess I need to get busy now… later folks

p.s… I forgot to mention… something’s messed up with my new (used / made from old parts) desktop computer at home and I can’t get on line right now :d_frown: so I may not be back here until later next week… hopefully not… but ya never know… it seems to be a mystery problem with the network at home, because my ancient laptop won’t connect to the internet either *shrug* I’m not the computer person… Blue is, so hopefully he can figure it out ;)

Thanks for answering my question! :) Congrats on the bodyfat -- that was good news!! :claplow: I hope your chest heals soon also!

Thanks for answering my question! :) Congrats on the bodyfat -- that was good news!! :claplow: I hope your chest heals soon also!


no problem... and thanks :D

Hmmmm… well it turns out the computer problems had nothing to do with the computers themselves… it turns out our cable provider has changed their minds on multiple computers being on line at the same time in the same house unless you pay extra :( sooooooo…. Blue is reviving our server and will re-route all of the other computers through it like we used to do and once again we will NOT have to pay extra… I love having a computer geek at home :p

This weekend I was extremely good about drinking enough water and not cheating on my diet.... but then last night Blue and I took a couple of guys (that were here from out of town for the conference I’ve been attending) out to dinner and I ate fried onion rings (huge ones) and had a glass of wine… I really didn’t eat too much but that fried food hit my stomach with a bang and is still there today I think… I’m a bit bloated and I’m carrying a bit of extra water weight today… I also wasn’t able to drink quite enough water yesterday, due to feeling obligated to not have to leave our conference booth too often to head to the bathroom. I’m going to try a bit harder to drink enough water today. I’m going to have to try pretty hard to stick to good eating during the gala dinner tonight too… AND on top of everything not only did I not get to the gym last night, but I didn’t get up this morning… after being on my feet ALL day and getting home from dinner really late, I just didn’t have enough energy this morning… and due to the gala dinner I won’t be making it to the gym tonight either… I’m going to have to force myself to get my lazy ass out of bed tomorrow and go in whether I like it or not :p

And now… I find out that I’m either going to miss the big ‘Administrative Day’ lunch my boss had planned for the three of us [Receptionist, HR and Marketing (me) ] so it looks like I’m going to have to finagle my way out of working at our conference booth for the last hour it’s open tomorrow so I can go to this lunch… it’s too big to miss since they actually got our highest ranking guy to go too (he NEVER goes to these lunches so it’s a pretty big complement that he wants to go) it would really stink if I have to miss that lunch. It means that I’ll be at the conference for an hour or so and then I’ll leave for the lunch and then have to head back to the conference to tear everything down… but you know what… I don’t care… it’s worth it I think… we only get this kind of treatment once a year ya know :p hehe that and I get compensated for my mileage and time so... hey... what the hell

Well… I’m off to the conference

Well guys… last week was a wash… I’m just going to call it a resting and refeeding week… LOL :lol: I had to man a booth at a conference for three day’s, with dinner out the first night, the gala dinner the second night and a special lunch on Wednesday… I did make it to the gym Monday morning and Wednesday night and that was about it… Thursday I spent the day trying to catch up in the office AND get ready for a one day seminar that my office sponsored, so I had to run back and forth from the seminar to the office, several times… then Friday night we went to a concert and I got TRASHED… I never get drunk but boy was I drrrrunkk :p … we didn’t get home until after 1 a.m. and then we got up at 9:30 ish and cleaned the house… the whole house… it looks really nice but it was kind of tiring… then we went out on Saturday night and ended up chatting with friends at a Denny’s until 3:30 a.m… we weren’t home and in bed until after 4 a.m. and were once again up before 10 a.m…, met up with the same friends and went to lunch with them… as such, I didn’t not get my ass out of bed yesterday to hit the gym in the morning… I did make it in the evening though, I hit my bi’s & tri’s and then did 60 minutes of LISS at a 10% incline. I, thankfully, was in bed at just after 10:00 last night and DID get up this morning… of course I need to thank Bluestreak for getting up… if he hadn’t I may have just hit snooze for a third time and not gotten up again… it’s soooooo hard to get up after not having to for more than a week.. it’s going to take me most of this week to get back in the swing of things (at least for the mornings)… but I did get up and I did do my 45 minutes of LISS (10% incline)… I finished my ½ a cup of oatmeal with vanilla protein powder, cinnamon and splenda about an hour ago :drool:

The good news… the muscle I pulled from coughing seems to be mostly healed.. it’s a bit stiff today from working out last night, but it’s not painful… which is GREAT news.. I lifted really lightly yesterday just to make sure I don’t hurt myself by starting back to strong… I haven’t been able to hit the weight for 5 weeks :( , two weeks of being REALLY sick, another week of coughing too much and spraining that muscle and then two weeks of recovery… and it seems I’m finally healthy enough to get back to the weights :D yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy my should really be able to make good progress now, my body has been resting, I’ve kept from gaining any fat, but doing a lot of cardio and eating clean (except for last week) and now I’m going to start hitting the weights hard.. this week I’ll continue to move slowly to make sure I’m not so sore I can’t function, but next week… look out… cause here I come… I have 8 weeks until we go to Jamaica, I’ll try to hit the gym there and lift at least three times, but mostly I will treat that week as a rest and slight reefed week (I’ll try not to go overboard) then when I get back I should only have two or three weeks of heavy training to get into competition shape… I’m aiming for competitions in August, so I should be okay for that… I just need to keep getting my lazy butt out of bed in the mornings :p thank goodness for hubbies that work out too :D

Just curious, how much vanilla whey protein do you mix with the oatmeal? I have mixed oatmeal with splenda and vanilla, but never thought to add the whey protein to that. Thanks for a new idea :d_smile: chameleon!!

Just curious, how much vanilla whey protein do you mix with the oatmeal? I have mixed oatmeal with splenda and vanilla, but never thought to add the whey protein to that. Thanks for a new idea :d_smile: chameleon!!


no problem ;)

I use one full scoop of vanilla whey (All The Whey)... it's really yummy... especially if you throw in a few raisins with it ;)

tried that this morning... :drool:

tried that this morning... :drool:

I'm glad you liked it :tucool:

Unfortunately this day started badly, however it has gotten better as the day has worn on. I didn’t get out of bed for cardio this morning :( I wanted to, but my now very sore arms, shoulders, abs and obliques (yes I work them separately and with weights) were yelling quite loudly for me to stay in bed and let them rest, so I did. Tonight is leg day, so I’m sure that it will be equally hard, if not harder, for me to get out of bed tomorrow. But I know I need to and Roger sounds fairly determined to make sure we get up tomorrow too, although he didn’t get up this morning either :p

Work is going fairly well though. I was pulling my hair out yesterday, but the project that my supervisor had dumped in my lap, which was beyond my capabilities (as well as my job description), turned out to be too small to bother going after. For some reason he thinks I can write a project scope (VERY TECHNICAL), even though I’m not an engineer and I have abso-tively NO technical experience… AT ALL… and frankly, I don’t want any… I’m in marketing for a reason… I really don’t like math… I’m just not all that good at it… what I am good at is not technical, I’m very much a people person, and I enjoy creative, fun projects... hence the newsletter I’m working on.. the newsletter was in large part my idea, and it’s been left entirely up to me to create it each quarter. But, suffice it to say, when I looked up the canal that the project was supposed to tunnel under (pipe line project)... I couldn’t find it… I did several searches on the internet looking for it and it finally popped up on a realtor’s site. It ends up that this stupid canal is only 40 feet wide and MAYBE 200 feet long, and it dead ends on both ends. We had made an assumption that this would be a large project… boy were we wrong. I’m just glad I figured that out before I had done much work on our submittal… and it saved me from having to ‘make up’ a scope :d_rolleye my supervisor means well but he just doesn’t think sometimes. But back to today… today we get another work order in for Charlotte County (same client as the one yesterday)… but this one is for miscellaneous engineering services… soooo… this one will be easy because all I have to do is list our qualifications, no scope to worry about. So I’ve already impressed my boss today by telling him that I already have something started even though it’s not due until the 18th so I look good instead of bad… works for me. :p

:mad: Why is it so hard for health food/supplement stores to carry dextrose? I realized mid morning that I forgot to bring my PWO shake… so I stop at Natures Market to pick up some flaxseed oil and dextrose to keep at the office… but all he has is fructose and turbinado sugar… what the hell.. so I ended up running home, mixing a shake and driving back to the office. I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t carry something that so many people use.

Well… I need to finish eating my chicken and broccoli and close up shop for the day… at least I cleaned up my desk some today… there are two fewer piles on my desk now.. now I just need to attach my TWO in-boxes… most likely everything will end up in the vertical file anyway, but I better go through it so I don’t accidentally throw away anything important :p

Later folks

I hear ya! I went to GNC one day during my lunch break to see if they carried it. Damn people didn't even know what dextrose was :eek: so of course I told them. As I was leaving one of the sales clerks ( big buff guy) came up to me and said how bout grape juice. :lol:



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:mad: Why is it so hard for health food/supplement stores to carry dextrose? I realized mid morning that I forgot to bring my PWO shake… so I stop at Natures Market to pick up some flaxseed oil and dextrose to keep at the office… but all he has is fructose and turbinado sugar… what the hell.. so I ended up running home, mixing a shake and driving back to the office. I just don’t understand why they wouldn’t carry something that so many people use.

Well… I need to finish eating my chicken and broccoli and close up shop for the day… at least I cleaned up my desk some today… there are two fewer piles on my desk now.. now I just need to attach my TWO in-boxes… most likely everything will end up in the vertical file anyway, but I better go through it so I don’t accidentally throw away anything important :p

Later folks

I hear ya! I went to GNC one day during my lunch break to see if they carried it. Damn people didn't even know what dextrose was :eek: so of course I told them. As I was leaving one of the sales clerks ( big buff guy) came up to me and said how bout grape juice. :lol:

It’s amazing how dumb some people are :p lol

Well... today is looking promising. I got my lazy but out of bed on the first alarm… that seems to be the trick with me… if I force myself to stay up on that first buzzer then I don’t seem to have any problems, it’s when I hit the snooze and lay back down for a few minutes that I seem to have problems… once I do that once I want to do it again… and again… and again :p

When I left the gym it was drizzling, but it wasn’t bad and it seems to have passed… we’re supposed to have beautiful weather today and tomorrow and hopefully the weather people are right this time :p after the past several days of rain and thunder storms it’s going to be nice to have sunshine instead. :claplow:

I worked the hell out of my legs yesterday, I did decrease most of my weights but I still hit them hard enough that they were shaking by the time I was done… I love that… it means that I pushed them hard enough… they’re a bit sore today, mainly because of the one leg squats I do on the smith machine… the rest of my legs should be hurting (aching) by the end of the day and they should be pretty sore by tomorrow… I’ll be really surprised if they aren’t :nod:

I do have one question though… when you work your muscles hard do they hold onto more water? Just curious because my diet was really clean yesterday and although I didn’t weigh much more today, it was a bit higher… I weigh myself daily so that I can track changes and see what caused the changes… the difference was very slight, but it usually only goes up after day’s that my diet wasn’t spot on and it was yesterday so it brought up the question of whether stressing you muscles might cause some little bit of water retention or something similar. Hopefully someone who knows will read this and let me know. I know that weight varies day by day anyway but it’s still and interesting question ;)

I love Fridays… I work an alternate work week… I work 9 hours a day 4 days a week (Monday – Thursday) and work just a half day (4 hours) on Friday’s… the last two weeks I’ve had to work the full day on Friday (at least I get paid time and a half overtime :D hehe) but it’s really nice to actually have my Friday afternoon off. The hubby has been talking to our best friends during the week and we’re supposed to do something with them tonight *yayyyyy* :claphigh: ... so it looks like I should have a great start to my weekend. I just need to make sure I don’t skip my workout, and I NEED to stick to my diet and keep my water intake up. If I want to be in *near* competition shape by the time we go to Jamaica (first week in July) I can’t have any cheats from here on out. At least natural peanut butter fits into my diet this time around... I LOVE peanut butter :D

Have a great weekend folks… hopefully I’ll be able to kick Bluestreak off the computer at home long enough for me to get some on-line time in before Monday :p

I always weigh more the day after I do legs. I suppose you swell some from the damage you just did to your body. I dunno. :)

I always weigh more the day after I do legs. I suppose you swell some from the damage you just did to your body. I dunno. :)

I noticed that yesterday morning. I hit legs really hard and they are still sore... I was up like 1.4 pounds. Tiday it is back to where it was. Oh well, they are getting stronger and harder!

I noticed that yesterday morning. I hit legs really hard and they are still sore... I was up like 1.4 pounds. Tiday it is back to where it was. Oh well, they are getting stronger and harder!

thanks for the reply's hibiscus09 & Pug... it's nice to know I'm not imagining things :p

Well… I finally have internet access at home again. We had friends over for dinner on Saturday night and one of them helped Bluestreak fix our server problem so that all of our computers can be on-line at the same time again, without having to pay Brighthouse any more money :D :p

I have officially started a two week carb deplete cycle… today my only carbs are (have been) veggies (broccoli so far) in all of my meals, and good fats, I’ve had a tablespoon of natural peanut butter and I will be having a tablespoon of flaxseed oil later this evening. Tomorrow will be the same… on Wednesday I’ll have oatmeal in three of my meals (first, third and fifth) then I’ll do two more no carb day’s (Thursday and Friday), then two carb day’s, then three no carb day’s, one carb day and two no carb day’s… that’ll take me through the Saturday after next and will be the end of that cycle… I’m aiming to be in ‘almost’ competition shape by our vacation… July 2nd and then to use that week as a re-feed and hit the competition diet hard when we get back so that I’m ready for competition in early to mid August… I can do it, it’s just not easy… so far today I’ve curbed my hunger by drinking a LOT of water and other fluids… so far I’ve had two large cups of coffee (one before my cardio and one after my cardio once I got to work) five 27 oz bottles of cold water and a 20 oz glass of un-sweet tea.. I feel like I’m going to float away… but it sure beats feeling hungry :p

I’ve also started hitting the weights really hard again… my bi's and tri's workout yesterday was a killer and I definitely have DOM’s today :p but it feels good, if you know what I mean… I’m going to work my shoulders, abs, obliques and lower back today, then do 60 minutes of LISS and I’ll be done for the day… I did 45 minutes of LISS this morning at 6 a.m… it took two snoozes to get my lazy ass out of bed this morning… it’s going to be really hard to get up tomorrow, since I’m carb depleting… but I’m going to TRY to get my butt up at the first alarm. :p :o

I had a good workout last night, despite it being my first carb free (except for veggies) day. I didn’t have any trouble getting up for the gym this morning... I actually got up with out hitting the snooze button... which is unusual lately… tomorrow morning will be hard though… after two day’s of virtually no carbs (yesterday and today)… at least I get oatmeal tomorrow… I tell you what though... my chicken never tasted as good as it does today… my water intake is up more today that it was yesterday too…. I ended up hitting 6 - 26oz bottles of water, two full 13 oz glasses of water, two cups of coffee and one 20 oz cup of unsweet tea yesterday… today I’m already up to 7 - 26 oz bottles of water (and will probably top off 8 by the end of the night), 2 cups of coffee and a 12 oz cup of unsweet tea. I’m going to start to float away really soon… of course I did drop some of the water weight I had gained over the weekend…. yesterday I weighed in at 141.5 and this morning it was down to 139.5…. a two pound difference… my weight doesn’t normally fluctuate that much… at least not in that direction it doesn’t :p it’ll be interesting to see what my weight is tomorrow morning.. I like seeing what different changes in my diet do to my weight in the long run… trends are interesting and really help you figure out what works and what doesn’t

Why is it that I feel so damn tired and hungry on my carb day??? I expected to be dragging the past two day’s when the only carbs I was eating were veggies… but today I was able to have my ½ cup of oats in my first meal and for some reason I’ve been dragging ass today… I’m about to eat my second ½ cup of oats, I waited until my fourth meal so that I was eating the oatmeal right before I go to the gym to hit my legs hard… I’m actually looking forward to the next two days (no carbs except veggies) it’s odd… I don’t remember enjoying my carb deplete cycle the first time I did it… although I have improved on what my trainer had me doing since I have added good fats, where there were none (other than in what little bit is in tuna and chicken)… but even after my tablespoon of natural peanut butter this afternoon, I’m still dragging :( it’s very strange… but I was down another pound and a half this morning… I’m happily back down to 138 and I think my body fat is probably lower than it was because I look thinner… it’s nice to look in the mirror and be reminded of when I was training to compete before… I haven’t looked like this in sooooooooo long that I had almost convinced myself that I couldn’t do it again… but HAH... I was wrong… I can sooooo do it :p

I’m really improving where water is concerned… I hit 8 bottles (26 oz) of water yesterday… and I’m already up to number 7 today… I'm hoping to hit 9 befoe the end of the day today... I drink more when I lift so that should be no problem. No tea today at lunch… I went to the tanning bed during my lunch break… I’m a bit red, but not really burnt… I’m always a little red the day I go in, but it fades to a really nice tan within a day… we’re going to the beach this weekend, so I’ll be able to work on my tan more then :D

Well.. it’s time to go heat up my egg white & oatmeal pancake and cut up half of a cucumber :p later folks

I just need to make sure I don’t skip my workout, and I NEED to stick to my diet and keep my water intake up. If I want to be in *near* competition shape by the time we go to Jamaica (first week in July) I can’t have any cheats from here on out. At least natural peanut butter fits into my diet this time around... I LOVE peanut butter :D

Hey Tanisha, how about joining me, Savyart, Leftnut, Yvette, tleaf, jacqui, jenn, and Phoenix in the Progress and Perfection challenge on the challenge board? We are running it through July 1, which should fit your Jamaica target perfectly!

:D

Maggie

Hey Tanisha, how about joining me, Savyart, Leftnut, Yvette, tleaf, jacqui, jenn, and Phoenix in the Progress and Perfection challenge on the challenge board? We are running it through July 1, which should fit your Jamaica target perfectly!

:D

Maggie

that sounds like a great idea... thanks for the invite... I'll check the thread out ;)

Why is it that I feel so damn tired and hungry on my carb day??? I expected to be dragging the past two day’s when the only carbs I was eating were veggies… but today I was able to have my ½ cup of oats in my first meal and for some reason I’ve been dragging ass today… I’m about to eat my second ½ cup of oats, I waited until my fourth meal so that I was eating the oatmeal right before I go to the gym to hit my legs hard… I’m actually looking forward to the next two days (no carbs except veggies) it’s odd… I don’t remember enjoying my carb deplete cycle the first time I did it… although I have improved on what my trainer had me doing since I have added good fats, where there were none (other than in what little bit is in tuna and chicken)… but even after my tablespoon of natural peanut butter this afternoon, I’m still dragging :( it’s very strange… but I was down another pound and a half this morning… I’m happily back down to 138 and I think my body fat is probably lower than it was because I look thinner… it’s nice to look in the mirror and be reminded of when I was training to compete before… I haven’t looked like this in sooooooooo long that I had almost convinced myself that I couldn’t do it again… but HAH... I was wrong… I can sooooo do it :p

I’m really improving where water is concerned… I hit 8 bottles (26 oz) of water yesterday… and I’m already up to number 7 today… I'm hoping to hit 9 befoe the end of the day today... I drink more when I lift so that should be no problem. No tea today at lunch… I went to the tanning bed during my lunch break… I’m a bit red, but not really burnt… I’m always a little red the day I go in, but it fades to a really nice tan within a day… we’re going to the beach this weekend, so I’ll be able to work on my tan more then :D

Well.. it’s time to go heat up my egg white & oatmeal pancake and cut up half of a cucumber :p later folks

You sound like you're doing well. Your fatigue is likely just a delayed reaction to the carb cycling. It takes a little time to glycogen delete and also time to restore glycogen levels. So, it make sense to me that you get fatigued when just beginning your carb days after some no-carb ones. I actually would still recommend a PWO shake after lifitng on carb-restricted days and restricted carbs otherwise. But you know bet what works for you. Something to think about though and maybe try at some point in the future if you haven't done it yet. Have fun on vacation!

You sound like you're doing well. Your fatigue is likely just a delayed reaction to the carb cycling. It takes a little time to glycogen delete and also time to restore glycogen levels. So, it make sense to me that you get fatigued when just beginning your carb days after some no-carb ones. I actually would still recommend a PWO shake after lifitng on carb-restricted days and restricted carbs otherwise. But you know bet what works for you. Something to think about though and maybe try at some point in the future if you haven't done it yet. Have fun on vacation!

thanks... I thought about doing a real PWO shake on my carb free day's... but I decided to just purchas an ISO Pure - 40 grams of protien, but no carbs. It really helped on Monday when I lifted. I'm going to do that again tonight.. I need to do back and chest tonight.. I'll let ya know how it works out... I'm feeling really good today, although it could be a result of the carbs yesterday *shrug* who knows ;)

*sigh*… well… it’s back to the old grind again… the weekend was nice, if not kind of busy, but in a fun way for the most part. I would have slept in on Saturday, but Bluestreak was supposed to meet a mechanic on Saturday morning who was going to weld his Y pipe back on, but the jerk never showed up, so he not only lost Blue’s business but approximately a dozen other people who showed up and left all while Blue was waiting for this a-hole to show up… I had to get up early because he was going to need me to pick him up from the mechanics shop and we’d go to the gym while the guy re-welded the pipe and then we’d pick the car up on the way home from the gym… except that, well, like I said, he never showed and Blue just went home to start getting ready to go out to the beach… I was supposed to do bi’s and tri’s on Saturday but thought it was probably a bad idea to overexert myself on a day that was going to be VERY long since the friends we met out at the beach are night owls and they were going to want to be out late… so I did an hour of cardio and after cleaning up and gathering what I would need for the beach and subsequent night out we headed out to Cocoa Beach… we got some sun while waiting for our friends, it was one of our friends 40th b-day and the weekend, as well as us spending it with them, was a surprise for him. We hung out at the beach most of the day and then headed to a really nice little Italian restaurant in Cocoa Beach... by the time we got back to the hotel it was after midnight and although our friends were still awake and ready to go out to do more, we were ready to call it a night and collapsed on the bed… Blue had been up since 7 a.m. and I had only gotten about a half our more than that… so we were too pooped to party :p

On Sunday we went to IHOP :drool: as a group and then spit up to do our own things… Blue and I headed to his parents house and we spent the day sitting on the back porch in my mother-in-laws new wood rocking chairs… it was very relaxing :D all in all, it was a very good weekend, although we really didn’t watch our diets as closely as we had planned too… and yesterday I had a lot of salted food, I have been severely limiting my salt to reduce water weight… soooo… you guessed it, I gained about 4 lbs of water weight this past weekend… of course after calculating the total (approximately) calories, it has to be water… I didn’t make it over 1,500 calories, either day… and Saturday and Sunday were my high carb day’s (carb cycle)… today has been a bit difficult with no carbs (except veggies) but I’ve been making up for the lack of water the past two days too, so I’ve kept the ‘full’ feeling most of the day… hopefully those four pounds come off in just a couple of day’s so I can start working off the real weight again… I was down to an even 137 on Saturday morning, but the scale read 141 this morning :( but I know better than to let that get me down… especially since I know it’s because of the lack of water and excess salt from this past weekend… and I had such good intentions... oh well… there's nothing I can do about it now other than get back into the swing of things… I did get up for cardio this morning, reluctantly but I did :p , and I’ll be doing bi’s and tri’s tonight followed by a full hour of LISS

this morning I was down three pounds... only one more pound of water weight and I'll be back where I was on Saturday morning :claphigh: :claplow: :claphigh: yayyyyy :p it's nice to see that spike on the graph come down so quickly (I graph my daily weight so that I can see patterns... the past four weekends have had ugly spikes and they've taken most of the week to get rid of.. until now that is... it's nice to see the spike fall so briskly :nod:

I hit my bi's and tri's HARD yesterday and I'm really feeling it today... I seem to be fine lifting on low/no carb day's as long as I buy an IsoPure right when I get to the gym... I've been slowly drinking that, as well as my water, during my workout and it seems to be keeping everything in order... I haven't felt overly tired or weak at all... today will be the only day during this carb deplete cycle that I'll be working a body part (shoulders/abs) on a second low/no carb day... so this one might be tough but I'm sure I'll be fine as long as I pick up that IsoPure (I love the taste too, which is a bonus :D )

Tomorrow will be the only time I will have a third no/low carb day... the good thing is, it's just a cardio day... no weights.... then I do one carb day (Thursday is our 4th anniversary - and we may go out to dinner so I planned it so I would have a carb day then) and then I'll have one more carb free day and this cycle will be over.

The next two weeks I'll cycle my carbs higher on weight day's and lower on cardio day's... pretty much like I had been before this carb deplete cycle, but maybe a bit more severly, as I seem to be responding really well to this carb deplete cycle... the only difference being, that it will only be low on my cardio days... however on my higher carb day's I think I'm going to do what Bluestreak has been doing and not have carbs in the morning... I'll center my carbs around my workout, preworkout meal, PWO shake and my post workout meal (last meal) and see how my body reacts to that.

I'm really hungry today... THIS is how I remember the carb deplete cycle feeling like... thank goodness I get carbs again tomorrow... then I only have one single low/no carb day (Friday) and the cycle is over... it's a good thing I don't need to try to lift weights today... I don't think I could even if I wanted too... not without cheating and eating some complex carbs... but I'm back down to 137.. it only took two day to get ride of that ugly water weight

funny thing is... we had a lunch meeting at work today and everyone was eating thier unhealthy lunches and one of the women brough cup cakes... at one time (especially when I was training for competition in 2003) it was VERY hard to resist the temptation to give in and just eat the crap... today, I didn't even think about it... it didn't phase me at all and that's saying a lot for me :p

*sigh* everytime I see some real progress I end up letting myself be talked into something REALLY bad for me... like Pizza... the three cheese stuffed crust pizza at Pizza Hut to be exact :( one of these day's I'll learn how to say NO again... I used to be able to do it. I'm going to try really hard to do just that (say NO that is) this weekend. It's not going to be easy though... we're going camping with a friend Friday night and all day Saturday... then Sunday it's off to the inlaws for the day... and then we get to treat Sunday night as though it was a Saturday night all over again. It's been hard enough to eat clean and drink enough water over the regular weekends... but an extra long one... damn. I guess I just need to keep reminding myself of how good I won't look if I keep cheating on weekends. I'm still making progress, but it feels like... well... that's not true... it doesnt just feel like it, it is like I have to catch back up for the first half of the week and then I can make some progress. I know that despite the water weight fluxtuations on the scale, that I'm still making muscle gains and that I must also be losing 'some' body fat... but it's very depressing seeing the bloat and watching the scale rise instead of fall... especially since I know I could have prevented it by just saying NO. Tomorrow isn't going to help either, we're having a Memorial Day pot luck lunch tomorrow here at work. I'm bringing a veggie tray. I'm going to try to eat off of ONLY that tray and nothing else.

I've increased my cardio by an extra half hour a day to help boost the fat loss... I only have four and a half weeks before we'll be hitting the beach in Jamaica and I want to look as good as I can get by then. I already look better than I did last year at this time, but I want to be damn near competition shape when we leave... so I need to practice saying NO... no.. no... no.. no.. no.. no thank you :p now as long as I can do that in the REAL world I'll be okay... but that's a lot harder than it seems... or should be.. at least lately... well.. no more thinking negatively about it... I won't have any trouble saying NO this weekend... now as long as I can keep that thought in my head when everyone else is eating potato chips and toasted marshmallows this weekend I'll be okay. I'll probably pre-cook as much food as humanly possible to take with me so that I don't have any 'good' excuse for not eating right.

and now for the bitch session... why is it sooooo hard for some women to understand that they need to lift a decent amount of weight if they want to see gains?? there are three girls at my gym that I've noticed lately... one of them is thier little ring leader and is supposedly 'teaching' them how to work out with weights... but as I've observed, she's not in good shape... she's extreemly thin and good looking (face and hair is always perfect) but I don't think I've ever seen her break a sweat or lift anything heavier than about 10 lbs... and she's what you could call 'skinny fat'... she has celulite on her hips and hamstrings and NO muscle definition what so ever... anywhere. I lucked out yesterday and one of the three (not the ring leader) was working out alone and I went over to chat with her... she, along with too many other women out there, think that if she lifts heavier she's going to get huge bulging muscles like a guy :rolleyes: ... I explained the whole 'we don't have enough testosterone to grow muscle like that'... and that 'women bodybuilders usually take growth hormones and a lot of times steriods to get that big' and she was actually listening. She wants me to show her some moves for upper body... she can't go heavy on legs because of a knee problem... but she sounded really interested in learning more and I'm more than happy to help. It's nice when you can actually change someones outlook about lifting weights... it feels good. :nod:

ahhhh.. I feel much more prepared for our camping trip now... I took a ride down to the health food store at lunch and bought some granola and three IsoPures... with those, some (small amount) of dried cranberries and dried blueberries (yummy), a few prepared omlets (ready to eat and not bad cold) I should be okay... I just have to remember that "no" word... I LOVE to camp out... sitting out by a big bonfire under the stars *sigh* nice... although I will miss toasting marshmallows... oh well :p

oh and about those omlets... I found a way to prepare them that's different and REALLY yummy... they pretty much taste like french toast without the toast... I even put sugar free syrup on them :p I throw 6-7 egg whites and one yolk into a bowl with several spoonfulls of splenda (three heaping spoonfulls) and cinnamon... then I put it into a pan (use Pam to keep it from sticking) and put a lid on it... the thing will puff up like an alien... I let it get all the way up to the top of the lid (I have glass lids so I can watch it 'grow' and then I flip it over and let it finish cooking for a few minutes.... it's extreemly yummy :nod:

i'm seriously going to try that tonight - the egg thing.
i bought a box of splenda and it tastes so good.
i'm very skeptical of splenda though...

have fun camping :) i dont camp because i'm afraid of bees.....and the dark

i'm seriously going to try that tonight - the egg thing.
i bought a box of splenda and it tastes so good.
i'm very skeptical of splenda though...

have fun camping :) i dont camp because i'm afraid of bees.....and the dark


I hope it worked... I realized this morning when I re-read what I wrote that I forgot to mention that you need to beat the crap out of the mixture so that's it's frothy before you put it into the pan... when I make a large batch (4 servings) I use an electric hand mixer on HIGH to make sure it's bubbly and frothy before I put it into the pan... it won't 'grow' if you don't do that.

well... I've lost anouther 1.5 lbs of water weight... I'm almost back down to where I was last Saturday, and with my supply of healthy food for our camping trip there is no reason for me to eat badly... of course that means that I need to remember to say 'no' and keep my will power strong... but like I said yesterday... positive thinking can take you a LONG way... so that said, I will repeat "I will be good, I will only eat what I'm supposed to, and I will drink plenty of water this weekend" that's going to be my new mantra for at least the next month... by then it should be a habbit... eating correctly during the week is already a habbit, I just need to improve my weekend habbits and I'll be golden ;-)

I've managed to get up and out of bed at the first alarm for the past two day's and have gotten in a full hour of cardio both day's... I have been a tiny bit late to work, but since I get in at 7 insead of 8 hardly anyone notices... and I usually end up staying a bit late anyway... so I'm still getting in my 40 hours... it's just skewed a bit (time wise)... yesterday was a cario only day... I did 60 minutes in the morning (before work) and 75 minutes after work (half an hour on the cross trainer [eliptical that you can change the incline so that it acts almost like a stair climber] and 45 minutes on the treadmill at a 10% incline)... today I get to work legs... I'm going to try to increase my weights on everything and I 'should' be really sore tomorrow... I don't feel as though I had a good leg workout if my legs aren't uncontrolably shaky when I'm done, and sore the next day :spaz: :p

well.. I may stop by and add more later... I need to get back to work for now :p

ahh.. I'm back down to 137.5 lbs, right where I was last week at this time... that damn cheat on Sunday was annoyingly horible... well.. NO more... I asked Bluestreak to yell at me if I start to eat anything bad for me this weekend, I'm taking a ton of really healthy, good for me, food for later today and tomorrow... and if Blue gets anything bad for himself I'm only alowed to have ONE bite, from HIS plate... that way I can satisfy my craving to have a taste, but not over do it :p

I had a good workout yesterday, I killed my legs (in a good way) :p

- one leg squats w/ the smith machine (65 lbs)
- leg extensions (90 lbs)
- leg curls (70lbs - only got 5 so I droped the weight to 60 lbs for the other two sets
- sumo squats (45 lb dumbell)
- inner thigh (machine) (130lbs)
- outer thigh (machine) (120 lbs) - I always get the real names mixed up for which is which... aducter and abducter :p
- standing calf raises (machine w/ weight on shoulders) 60lbs - did nine sets, three w/ regular stance, three with toes pointed in, three with toes pointed out... that way you hit all three heads :nod:

by the end I knew I'd be sore... but I wasn't shaky like I usually am... I need to up the weight on those sumo squats (although I did feel them) :nod:

I got in an hour and 45 minutes of cardio in this morning :spaz: because I won't be able to get to the gym for a second time today... as soon as I get out of work at noon I need to stop & buy a new book, run home, grab my camping stuff (food, clothes, etc.) and hit the road :claplow: this weekend is going to be sooooooooooooooo fun :jumping:

then we'll be going to the beach and my mom-in-laws on Sunday... so I'll probably just call that a day of rest... I'll hit the gym on Monday morning and then have the rest of the day to sit on my duff if I want.. but I probably won't... I need to make Bluestreak a shirt.. I made him a really great outfit for our vow renewal last year in Jamaica... loose fitting lounge type pants w/ a drawstring and a matching button up shirt (Hawiian shirt style) out of a really light weight white cotton with wood buttons... but the shirt got lost (or stollen) while on vacation :( at least it happened after we renewed our vows :p but I told him, last year when it happened, that I would make him another shirt. I checked and I do have enough of the material left over, I just haven't had a chance to work on it... but maybe Monday will be the day... I'm running out of time to get it done :spaz: ... only 5 weeks till we leave for Jamaica now :claplow: :claphigh: :claplow:

This past weekend was fun… got out of work at noon on Friday and headed home to get ready for the camping trip… we left the house for our weekend getaway at around 1:30 and after one stop at our friends house in St. Cloud to pick up the second trailer (hitched to my truck) we headed out to no-where land where we proceeded to set up camp and go on a quick ride around the spacious property… and even though I did NOT buy anything to make smores with our friends wife (who did NOT go with us) sent along all of the fixin’s for smores… as well as everything else you could think of from the junk food isle of the supermarket :( and I did make smores Friday night… however I was very good and only ate one ;) Saturday morning I woke up with a very strange feeling in my upper lip… seems something bit me on the INSIDE of my upper lip… I have NO idea what it was but it might have been an ant, as I had a really big ant bite on my neck and another one on my right forearm… the left side of my upper lip was swelled up like a tomato and felt like it had been injected with novocain (like I had gone to the dentist or something)… very strange stuff… I took my allergy med’s, a couple of Excedrin’s and put ice on it… it didn’t hurt, but the ice helped to bring down the swelling… by noon it was barely swollen at all.. and by mid afternoon it didn’t look like anything out of the ordinary… now all you can see is a very small red spot on the inside of the lip… very weird. Sunday we hit the beach before going to the in-laws house, where I laid out at the pool… I, thankfully, did not burn, but my face was a bit red and is a bit dry now… time to buy more cocoa butter :p

Then… I got sick :( Monday night my throat was very dry… no matter how much water I drank… and Tuesday morning I could tell I was getting sick… a trip to the doctor confirmed that I was coming down with strep and an ear infection :( damnit… so no gym (weight or cardio) for me Tuesday or Wednesday and I didn’t get up for my cardio this morning either. As long as my head doesn’t get any stuffier than it already is today I will be going to the gym for cardio this evening… however I don’t seem to be feeling better today, if anything, I’m feeling worse now than I did when I woke up. The past two day’s have included sleep and sitting on the couch… lost of rest and no stress… today has NOT been restful and I think my body is saying that the cold is NOT gone yet. I am on antibiotics so it shouldn’t be around much longer but being sick really sucks… especially since I seem to be getting sick a lot this year :( hopefully this one will be gone really soon and I’ll be back to normal again… oh and to top it all off I seem to have given the wonderful cold to Bluestreak :(

Ah… and once again I forgot to take progress pics over the weekend, but at least I do have this picture (below)… this is from Saturday as we were leaving the camp site for home… the color on us is NOT sun… it’s dirt… layers and layers of it, although the picture does not do the dirt justice… it took forever to get all that dirt off :p

well I finally remembered to take progress pictures... BUT, I forgot to ask the hubby to download them from the camera for me :p

I was really good this weekend and did not cheat much at all... I did have a turkey club yesterday when we went out to dinner with some friends but I only ate half of it during dinner and had some veggies, then ate the other half for my last meal... I didn't drink enough water yesterday but I only saw a half pound increase on the scale today over yesterday :claphigh: yayyyyy

the friend we went out to dinenr with last night wants me to help her get started with weight training (actually her husband was hoping I'd help her too :p)... funny thing is, this girl is GEORGEOUS.. I mean, drop dead beautiful and she barely has ANY extra fat to work off, but she thinks she has a ton... she used to weight 105 (she's 5' 4") and in her early 30's... she weighs a wopping 127lb right now and thinks she has a tummy... I can't see one.. but I told her I could help her get toned and lose the little bit of fat she has... thankfully she's smart and understood the whole "women don't get huge bulky muscle from working out" concept, because she WAS one of the those women who are afraid of picking up too much weight because they think they'll get huge muscles... I stil have to explain the whole idea that she may not lose a lot of 'weight' but she'll lose the 'fat' thing, but I'm sure she'll understand... I just hope she doesn't bail on the workout tonight

oh and today I started my Orange Roughy cycle... I'm eating it three times a day for at least this week if not next week too... something about this fish makes the fat virtually melt away.. you just have to be prepared for the unavoidable side effect AND you have to keep the rest of your diet VERY clean for it to work... the side effect... well.. it's ummm... it causes... eeek.. oily discharges to occure... and they're kinda funky colors too... ranging from orange (coincidence?) to green (very odd)... you really have to almost wear panty liners when you eat this stuff in this high a quantity :p

wow... last night was awesome... my friend turned out to be pretty darn informed about weight/fat lose and had some past experience with some of the machines we used last night... it was really easy to help her... I did get to give some pointers here and there... and I introduced her to straight leg deadlifts... she'd never done those before... overall we had a good workout and she's probably sore today :p although I did try to keep everything light so she shouldn't be too sore.

I didn't get up this morning for cardio though :( my own fault... I did get up and was about to get dressed but I got a visit from my aunt flow this morning and she brought some really nice *sarcasm* cramps with her, and a headache... so I crawled back into bed and slept another hour or so... I probably should have toughed it out... oh well... I'll double up on my cardio tonight and I should be okay... this will be the ONLY day this week I skip out on cardio though.

I'm supposed to play volley ball w/ my coworkers tonight.. unfortunately it's supposed to rain later today... so we'll have to see what the weather decides to do. I tried to talk my new workout buddy into playing, but she doesn't seem to be into team sports... but she's still going to meet me at the gym later... probably just cardio today though... we'll hit chest and back tomorrow... it's probably a good idea to space out this first week for her anyway... I don't want to kill her or anything.

I actually squated 105 lbs last night... it felt good to be able to squat that much... I only got 6 on the last set so I won't be increasing the weight again for a while... but damn that felt good... my legs aren't too sore yet but they should be soon... I also increased my leg extensions to 90 lbs, my leg curls were still at 60 lbs, I may increase that to 65 next time, although I only got 7 reps out of the last set, and my dead lifts were kind of light at 60, I can do 70 pretty easy, but I didn't want to kill everything... not after those squats :p

I had my friend doing 45 lb squats, 30 lb leg extensions, 30 lb leg curls and 30 lb dead lifts... next time we can up her weights on the squats, extensions and curls... but the dead lifts were at a good weight for her for now... oh and we did standing calf raises too (hers were at 22lbs and mine were at 66 lbs for the first set and 77 lbs for the others) and I did one set of calf raises on the sled w/ 180 lbs and could do 10 reps even after doing four sets of standing raises :D I have strong calves :p

I loved having someone to chat with during cardio... we both had books with us but neither of us opened them :p I used to think I'd rather not have a workout partner but I really didn't mind last night... she helped add the weights back onto the bar for my squats, she didn't dilly dally or slow me down... the last time I had a workout partner I had some pretty bad experiences... especially on leg day's.. he was an ass on leg day... but Laura was fun to workout with... I'm more than happy to be her motivation (she won't workout alone, but if she has someone to workout with she'll get into the gym) ;)

well.. back to work... I've got a proposal to finish up today.. later

Patiently waiting on progress pics!! Bet you look GREAT!!!



well I finally remembered to take progress pictures... BUT, I forgot to ask the hubby to download them from the camera for me :p

I was really good this weekend and did not cheat much at all... I did have a turkey club yesterday when we went out to dinner with some friends but I only ate half of it during dinner and had some veggies, then ate the other half for my last meal... I didn't drink enough water yesterday but I only saw a half pound increase on the scale today over yesterday :claphigh: yayyyyy

the friend we went out to dinenr with last night wants me to help her get started with weight training (actually her husband was hoping I'd help her too :p)... funny thing is, this girl is GEORGEOUS.. I mean, drop dead beautiful and she barely has ANY extra fat to work off, but she thinks she has a ton... she used to weight 105 (she's 5' 4") and in her early 30's... she weighs a wopping 127lb right now and thinks she has a tummy... I can't see one.. but I told her I could help her get toned and lose the little bit of fat she has... thankfully she's smart and understood the whole "women don't get huge bulky muscle from working out" concept, because she WAS one of the those women who are afraid of picking up too much weight because they think they'll get huge muscles... I stil have to explain the whole idea that she may not lose a lot of 'weight' but she'll lose the 'fat' thing, but I'm sure she'll understand... I just hope she doesn't bail on the workout tonight

oh and today I started my Orange Roughy cycle... I'm eating it three times a day for at least this week if not next week too... something about this fish makes the fat virtually melt away.. you just have to be prepared for the unavoidable side effect AND you have to keep the rest of your diet VERY clean for it to work... the side effect... well.. it's ummm... it causes... eeek.. oily discharges to occure... and they're kinda funky colors too... ranging from orange (coincidence?) to green (very odd)... you really have to almost wear panty liners when you eat this stuff in this high a quantity :p

Patiently waiting on progress pics!! Bet you look GREAT!!!


lol... I still haven't remembered to ask Blue to download those for me... maybe I'll remember tonight :p :o

well... Bluestreak said he'd download my progress pic's from his camera tonight... if he remembers... I'll remind him again just in case :p

'Mimi' strikes again! As I was sitting at the table in the kitchen here at work this morning, happily eating my Orange Roughy and reading the paper Mimi walks in... and in that wonderfully sarcastic tone, that people who wishes to mock others often use, she asks me “having the breakfast of champions again, are we?” *arrrgh* Unfortunately, I have to work with this woman and I’d like to remain at least halfway friendly with her, or I would have probably unloaded on her this morning… but… I didn’t… so all I said was “yep, fish…. Oh and I’ll be having some oatmeal in a few minutes” to which she looked at me like I had suddenly sprouted three additional heads and walked out of the kitchen. I just went back to my fish and the paper. She can think whatever she wants as she tries to fatten the rest of the office up with the cake she baked and left in the kitchen for everyone. I only know she made it because I overhear her telling someone how she had baked mini-chocolate chips into it… like she needs to be baking :rolleyes:... at least she knew better than to tell me all about it… I think she’s figured out that, although I like sweets, I don’t eat the crap that’s routinely brought into this office.

Today I found out that, although I had two training seminars scheduled (and paid for) for next week, I’ll be flying to Atlanta next Tuesday to help our office there prepare a proposal… at least it’s early enough that I can still get a full refund for both seminars. This is the first time I’ve been sent a trip like this, despite the fact that I was told it would be a routine occurrence when I was hired three years ago :p lol Regrettably that means I can’t go to the Def Leppard concert I was going to go to with a friend on Wednesday night :( damn it… I’ve never seen them in concert and I was really looking for to going… oh well. and on top of everything, the stupid travel website we’re supposed to use to book airline tickets and hotel reservations is on the blink… at least it is for me… it keeps telling me it can’t find my information and when I called the number they list for help all I was told was that it could take up to 24 hours for the system to recognize my name and password… this is the first time I’ve used this stupid site… they used to just have us call a 1-800 number and book everything that way… I much preferred that way :mad: I hate big corporations :mad: grrrrrrrrrrr

My friend and I worked abs, obliques and low back last night and then put in an hour and fifteen minutes of cardio (she only did 45 minutes)… this morning we worked back and chest… I only had time for a 10 minute cardio warm-up, as I had to get to work… my friend did 30 minutes of cardio and then headed home to pack for her trip to a tropical beach somewhere for a photo shoot… lucky her :p I’ll be heading back to the gym for more cardio tonight… at least an hour and a half. I’ll have to cut my Orange Roughy cycle short this time around as there is no way I’ll be able to take any with me to Atlanta… so I’ll probably just do this one week and then start the cycle again after a week off. I can take protein powder and oatmeal with me and I’ll just buy eggs, chicken or fish at restaurants while I’m their. I just have to remember that this is a business trip NOT vacation :p

Regrettably that means I can’t go to the Def Leppard concert I was going to go to with a friend on Wednesday night :( damn it… I’ve never seen them in concert and I was really looking for to going… oh well.
Ooh, so sad you missed it. Did you lose out on what you spent on tickets? Def Leppard is one of my favorites, but I'm not a concert kind of person. I went to see Poison in 1989 or so, and didn't enjoy it at all. Then I was really excited about going to a Metallica concert the next year because Tesla was opening, but it ended up getting cancelled. :d_frown:

That's pretty scary news about the orange roughy. Fish once a day is enough for me. (Well, really, fish three times a week is enough for me. :p It's not my favorite.)

Ooh, so sad you missed it. Did you lose out on what you spent on tickets? Def Leppard is one of my favorites, but I'm not a concert kind of person. I went to see Poison in 1989 or so, and didn't enjoy it at all. Then I was really excited about going to a Metallica concert the next year because Tesla was opening, but it ended up getting cancelled. :d_frown:

the tickets belong to my friend and she's either going to sell them to a friend (because she doesn't want to go alone) or find someone else to go with her... I suggested Bluestreak go with her because Tesla will also be playing and he really likes them... but right now I don't know for sure what she's going to do.

That's pretty scary news about the orange roughy. Fish once a day is enough for me. (Well, really, fish three times a week is enough for me. :p It's not my favorite.)

lol... actually Orange Roughy is a very mild fish... and it tastes really good w/ some garlic powder and some Emiril's (sp??)

the tickets belong to my friend and she's either going to sell them to a friend (because she doesn't want to go alone) or find someone else to go with her... I suggested Bluestreak go with her because Tesla will also be playing and he really likes them... but right now I don't know for sure what she's going to do.

Tesla and Def Leppard? No way, that's like my dream come true. If I lived a little closer, I'd go with her.

Tesla and Def Leppard? No way, that's like my dream come true. If I lived a little closer, I'd go with her.

LOL :p

I’m going to float away… I’m on my 6th 26 oz bottle (156 oz total so far :eek: of water already. but honestly that’s a huge improvement for me, as I wasn’t getting enough water before… I was luck to get in 7 of 26 oz bottles in a day and I’m going to hit that before I leave work today… I’ll probably get in 9 full bottles today (234 oz or 1.83 gallons) wooo hoooo :p

“are you eating again?” :mad: this is what I keep hearing from Mimi today… I think she has short term memory problems because I’ve explained the 5 small meals thing to her multiple times… AND she keeps asking if I’m eating my fish again today *sigh* why do people think I care what they think? :confused: It baffles me, honestly. Oh… and you know what Mimi was telling me this morning?… she was waxing on about how everyone had told her it was always cold in the office but that she doesn’t know why… she thinks it’s been hot in here the past few days… except I’ve been cold enough that I’ve put on the jacket I keep on a hook inside my cubicle… it’s been cold… I soooooooo wanted to tell her that if she’d shed a few layers of fat off her big ass she wouldn’t be hot anymore… she thinks she’s getting menopausal, even though she’s not even close to old enough (I know that some people hit menopause early... but I REALLY don’t think that’s her problem)... but, because I’d rather have her as a friend than an enemy (I have to work too closely with her) I didn’t open my mouth and say so :rolleyes: … I’ll let her doctor explain it to her… she has an appointment at the end of the month to see him :lol:

I weighed in a pound lighter this morning… as long as it stay’s here (and hopefully drops more) I’m down to 136.5 lbs :claplow: … this is the lowest I’ve been recently (although I have hit it once before… two weeks ago… right before a weekend when I ended up cheating and gaining several pounds back :( )… now all I have to do is diligently watch what I do over the weekend (like I did last weekend) and I’ll be hitting new ground next week :D yayyyyyyyyy

I got home from the gym kind of late last night because I had to go to the grocery store afterwards, and I was sooooo tired and hungry when I got home that I forgot to remind Blue about those darn progress pictures… I’ll make sure they get up this weekend… I should have time and so should Blue… unfortunately it looks like Tropical Storm Arlene is going to screw up my plans to go to Epcot with my friend tomorrow… again :( damn it… his tickets expire after this weekend so if it’s crappy tomorrow we’re screwed (he had special event tickets for the flower and garden show that just ended at Epcot)… if it’s raining I’ll probably just hit the gym, go to the tanning bed and go home to work on my sewing project… I’ve at least cut most of the pattern pieces for Blue’s shirt now… so all I need to do now is haul out my sewing machine and get to work on putting the pieces together… hopefully we don’t have any last minute plans pop up that keep me from working on it again (like last weekend) :p

Now if only I could get the travel website to bleeping work :mad: grrrrr… I just got off the phone with the support people again and their something screwed up with my account… their working on it and should contact me soon to let me know that everything is straight and I should be able to make my travel plans now… hopefully… this is annoying… I’m supposed to fly out on Tuesday and I still don’t have a flight reservation… and worst part is… I CAN’T go out on my own to make my flight reservation… according to corporate :mad: I HAVE to use the travel site… have I mentioned how much I hate large corporations :rolleyes:

Oh well… back to work

I’m going to float away… I’m on my 6th 26 oz bottle (156 oz total so far :eek: of water already. but honestly that’s a huge improvement for me, as I wasn’t getting enough water before… I was luck to get in 7 of 26 oz bottles in a day and I’m going to hit that before I leave work today… I’ll probably get in 9 full bottles today (234 oz or 1.83 gallons) wooo hoooo :p

That's awesome! I'm still struggling to get my measly 90oz in.

“are you eating again?” :mad: this is what I keep hearing from Mimi today… I think she has short term memory problems because I’ve explained the 5 small meals thing to her multiple times… AND she keeps asking if I’m eating my fish again today *sigh* why do people think I care what they think? :confused: It baffles me, honestly.

Ugh, I'm getting tired of this one, too. "Are you still on that diet? Here, have some DONUTS." or "Didn't you already eat breakfast today? Do you really need another one already?" Yes, I am still on that DIET, and I will be for a long, long time. I've also just started telling people I eat like a hobbit - first breakfast, second breakfast. I assume eventually they'll just lay off and let me eat like I want to without commenting about it. I mean, I don't go up to them and say, "Hey, are you REALLY going to eat that cake? You think you need that?" :mad:


I weighed in a pound lighter this morning… as long as it stay’s here (and hopefully drops more) I’m down to 136.5 lbs

Congrats! That is awesome. I hope one day I'll be able to make it down that far. I can't wait to see your pics!

Ugh, I'm getting tired of this one, too. "Are you still on that diet? Here, have some DONUTS." or "Didn't you already eat breakfast today? Do you really need another one already?" Yes, I am still on that DIET, and I will be for a long, long time. I've also just started telling people I eat like a hobbit - first breakfast, second breakfast. I assume eventually they'll just lay off and let me eat like I want to without commenting about it. I mean, I don't go up to them and say, "Hey, are you REALLY going to eat that cake? You think you need that?" :mad:


oh.. that reminded me of Mimi's other comment today... I was eating my second meal in the kitchen when she walked by, asked if I was eating my fish again, looked at the clock and said "well... I guess it is close to lunch time"... like she figures people can only eat during the designated hour :rolleyes:

Well, this weekend was fun, but tiring… I didn’t get around to working on Blue’s shirt… again :( I didn’t have a cheat free weekend either… but it was fun… today… I’m tired… mainly due to the fact that I was up until 5 a.m. Sunday morning and was awake before noon… I felt like a slug yesterday, I should have gone to the gym and worked shoulders, abs, obliques and low back… but there was no way… I didn’t even get in to do cardio… my day was spent either sitting in front of my computer or on the couch watching TV… I didn’t even do my normal Sunday afternoon cooking… of course I didn’t need to, since I’m going to be in Atlanta for most of this week and I just don’t see trying to carry enough food with me onto the plane to last through Thursday evening :p I leave tomorrow around 2:30 p.m. and get back on Thursday around 8:30 p.m…. I am going to take enough protein powder, oatmeal, natural peanut butter and dried fruit, so that I should only have to go out to eat a few times during my trip and I’ll make a concerted effort to keep my eating clean… as for that cheat meal… Blue bought shells & cheese and chicken nuggets :drool:... it’s one of our favorite cheat meals… beat only by pizza :p and I know that I’m holding about 3 lbs of water weight… on top of that I didn’t eat enough on Saturday because I forgot to take something with me to the party we went too and there was no food available there. I only had one drink Saturday though and I made it last quite a while… but I also didn’t have my bottle of water with me so I know I was dehydrated… Saturday morning I weighted in at 137.5 lbs, Sunday morning I weighted in at 135 lbs. (a new low – but I know it was because I was dehydrated) and today I weighed in at 139 lbs. :mad: ... at least I wasn’t over 140 this time :p I’m hoping that because I’m doing everything the way I should today (VERY clean) and I’m already drinking my 6th 26 oz bottle of water, that I will have lost most of the water weight and be back down at around 137 like I was on Saturday… if cheats are supposed to confuse the body, mine must be totally lost at this point :eek: :p

Well… it looks like I won’t be able to show all of you my progress pictures… I’m not even going to see them… Roger had them all downloaded yesterday and while he was at the tanning bed the house must have been hit by lightning because he’s lost everything on his hard drive :mad: I guess I’ll be taking more pictures this weekend and I’ll just have to live with not having those ‘beginning’ pictures. Hopefully we didn’t lose our pictures from Jamaica last year, because then at least you can all see what I looked like last year, compared to this year (we went in July last year and will be leaving to go back on July 1st this year). It’s a tad depressing because I really have made TONS of progress this year and I would love to be able to show everyone just how much… but, such is life… we don’t always get what we want.

My trip to Atlanta last week was good. The office is in Buckhead actually… it’s a bit outside Atlanta… we could see the Atlanta skyline from our office on the 24th floor. The flight up was uneventful and I got to the office right around 5 p.m. and was pulled into a meeting until 6:30… then the boss took the three of us that were their to help with the proposal out to dinner. We went to a place called Anthony’s, it’s an old anti-bellum mansion that was moved 117 miles, piece by piece and board by board, and reassembled exactly as it was when it was first build, except for the foyer… it used to be just a breeze way (since their was no air conditioning back then)… and the upper balcony has windows now and is used as one of the dinning rooms. We ate in the balcony, it was really nice… It’s a bit upscale but their were a wide range of prices on the menu… from $26 for the chicken w/shrimp, veggies and one fried green tomato (what I had) all the way up to a $60 plate (I don’t remember what it was). The second night we went to a place called Boi Na Braza… it’s a Brazilian steakhouse… if you haven’t gone to one of these steakhouses before… and if you like eating meat… you NEED to go sometime… they had a huge salad bar (all you can eat) and no menu… what they have is a small disk at each place setting that is red on one side and green on the other… servers walk around with skewers of meat and look for green disks… if you have yours flipped to the green side they stop and ask if you want what they have on their skewer… they have everything… sausage, chicken, bacon wrapped chicken, several types of pork (garlic pork was one of them), and all sorts of different types of beef (filet mignon, roast beef, sirloin, etc.)… the meat is also all you can eat.. and they had a full cart of deserts that is included in the price. I didn’t see the bill so I have no idea how much they charge per person, but I know that when I left… I was full… that night I hit the gym next to the office and worked the hell out my legs :p

Now the gym… wow… if I lived in Buckhead, that would be my gym… one of the guys in our office got two free passes for me so I didn’t have to pay their REALLY pricy daily fee ($17 :eek: )… but for a full month they only charge $35 which is right around how much the gym I go to here in Orlando charges ($32)… although Roger and I have been grandfathered in at the student/family rate ($26) as long as we keep our membership current. The gym’s name is Crunch (they have one in Miami… I only found that out because I asked if they had one in Orlando [or if they planned on building one] and the girl said “No, but we do have one in Miami… and she said it in a tone that implied that I could go to that one… then I explained exactly how far away that was from Orlando :p lol)… this is a TWO story gym with (all indoors): a pool, racket ball courts, basket ball court, track (on a raised platform that goes all the way around the basketball court), boxing ring, foosball table (lol), four punching bags, a cardio area that’s as big as my whole gym here in Orlando, a weight room that was twice as big as the cardio area, a full juice bar and merchandise (shirts, shorts, sweat suits, hats, etc.). This was one impressive gym… they were playing great rock music on the speakers and the people that worked out their (at least 70% of them) were truly into their workouts (unlike some gyms where people act as though it’s a social club). I did my leg workout Wednesday night and then was back in for cardio on Thursday morning.

My flight back was okay… I got to the airport soon enough that I decided to pay the extra $25 to change to an earlier flight, got on the plane (w/ no one sitting beside me :claplow: ) and then heard the captain on the overhead telling us that because of bad weather in Orlando the flight was being delayed *grrrr* :mad: we didn’t get off the ground until my original flight was boarding… we took off fifteen minutes before the other flight did *shaking my head*… the only thing that was going to make the wait better was for them to put on a movie… which they did… except that they kept stopping it to make announcements… each time they stopped the movie we lost about 15 seconds of dialog… the movie was Hitch… and the worst part was, that even with the delay we didn’t have time to watch the full move… I missed the last ½ hour to 45 minutes of the movie… I rented it Friday night and watched it all the way through without missing anything this time… it’s a really good movie, I’ll probably end up buying that one. :nod:

Last week I started adding the stair climber into my cardio routine, and I stopped holding my book in front of me on the treadmill… so now I can move my arms while I’m walking… I think it’s boosted my fat burning because I’ve been seeing more progress this past week and a half than I was before (at least progress that I can SEE). I’m slowly increasing my time on the stair climber… the first two time I only did 5 minutes, then 10, yesterday I did 15 minutes… today I added it in for a bit but the tendon in my knee told me it was time to stop after 5 minutes… I’ll wait until Friday to get back on it and see how my knee feels.

well.. I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd at least chime in a let everyone know that I didn't lose all my pictures... Roger ran a recovery program on his computer and got back most of my pictures. I took new ones this past weekend and I've made some small amout of progres in the past three months... I'll try to post them later today or tomorrow. We also took some 'fun' shots that I might post at least one of... their in a bikini in front of Rogers car at the top of a parking garage at UCF (University of Central Florida).

So glad to hear Roger was able to save most of your pictures!! Can't wait to see the progress you've made!!! :db: :bb:


well.. I haven't posted in a while so I thought I'd at least chime in a let everyone know that I didn't lose all my pictures... Roger ran a recovery program on his computer and got back most of my pictures. I took new ones this past weekend and I've made some small amout of progres in the past three months... I'll try to post them later today or tomorrow. We also took some 'fun' shots that I might post at least one of... their in a bikini in front of Rogers car at the top of a parking garage at UCF (University of Central Florida).

well Rockenmama... one of these day's I'll actually get those pictures posted :p

right now though I'm swamped at work... it was going to be a nice slow day today, but then the BIG boss (my bosses boss) tells me that he needs a qualifications package pulled together for next week, which means I have TODAY to do it instead of the better part of a week :mad: and to top it all off it needs to have qualification information for not only our specialty (water projects) but four other specialties which means I'm left to swing in the breeze while I wait for other people to get back to me with information *sigh* :rolleyes:

oh well... at least I'll be sitting on a beach drinking a frosty beverage tomorrow :D hehe

I'll try to get those pictures posted tonight though... really, truly :p :o

Hope you have a great day at the beach!!! Enjoy a few frozen drinks for me k.

Still waiting ;)



well Rockenmama... one of these day's I'll actually get those pictures posted :p

right now though I'm swamped at work... it was going to be a nice slow day today, but then the BIG boss (my bosses boss) tells me that he needs a qualifications package pulled together for next week, which means I have TODAY to do it instead of the better part of a week :mad: and to top it all off it needs to have qualification information for not only our specialty (water projects) but four other specialties which means I'm left to swing in the breeze while I wait for other people to get back to me with information *sigh* :rolleyes:

oh well... at least I'll be sitting on a beach drinking a frosty beverage tomorrow :D hehe

I'll try to get those pictures posted tonight though... really, truly :p :o

I’m a pair of glasses… a human, walking, talking, pair of glasses.

That’s how I feel right now anyway. My boss has had me sitting next to him all week, reading numbers off of a piece of paper so that he can type them in to a spreadsheet. He honestly thinks it’s faster and more efficient for me to read the numbers for him, than it would be for him to read & type at the same time. Hell… give me the damn paper and let me read and type at the same time… but nooooooo… we BOTH have to waste our time, so that he can pretend that he’s being more efficient. Well… at least it’s easy… to say the least… but what a waste of time… especially considering the fact that George asks me if I’m sure all the time (as if I can’t read a number) and half the time he looks over at the sheet himself anyway to make sure I’m right :rolleyes: *sigh*

And now, on to the fiasco that is my fitness life right now… I’ve been overly tired for some reason lately and my diet has gone to hell in a hand basket. First it was not eating right while on vacation, then it was a ‘week of recovery’ from vacation… then last week I ended up not wanting to cook so my food consisted of a LOT of protein powder, oatmeal and peanut butter for the most part. I’ve officially gained back about 5 pounds. :d_frown: This week it’s been a bit better on the food front, but I’ve been mediocre on working out. I’ve only gotten up for morning cardio twice this week and I still haven’t put in a real weight workout. I’ve done yoga twice this week at least. I’m teaching the yoga class at my gym now, although I have yet to gain my certification (I started last week and had a good turnout both days)… I’m informally certified through the gym at the moment… and even though no one showed up for class on Monday night I still did a full hour of yoga by my self. I did have several people show up on Wednesday night though. I’m supposed to go over to a friends place today and show him (at his apartment complex’s gym) how to work out with free weights, but I’ve already been informed by Georgie-porgie that I’ll be working late today… probably reading more numbers to him. :rolleyes: Hopefully, if I get out in time, I’m going to go to my local YMCA for the yoga class they have on Friday nights. The local Y has a family night, every Friday, that’s FREE for anyone that lives in the area and they have a really good yoga teacher there. I haven’t been to her class in ages and I’m looking forward to going tonight.

I need to shake off this funk I’m in. I really need to revamp my diet too. I’m pretty sure (well no, that’s a lie… I’m damn sure) I wasn’t eating enough before vacation. I really hesitate to increase my calories though, because I know that I’ll bloat and probably put on a few pounds in the next couple of weeks because my bodies not used to getting enough food. I was fluctuating between 1100 and 1300 calories a day, depending on whether it was a weight training day or not. I know I should have been getting a minimum of 1300 and probably a max of 1600, so right now I’m trying to stay between 1500 and 1600 and I’m feeling bloated and icky… I get mental about my weight sometimes (well.. to be honest.. most of the time).. I know I shouldn’t and I KNOW that everything will even out and in the end my metabolism will work better and faster with the increased calories, but right now… I know that I’m (off and on) in a bit of a mild depression about it… not really bad, just a tiny bit… and it’s not helping matters that I haven’t been getting up for my morning cardio and that I haven’t gotten in a real workout all week. I also know that I was over training in an effort to ‘lose as much as possible before vacation’… I was doing way too much cardio too often with too few calories and I was lifting really heavy on top of it, which isn’t bad except that I wasn’t eating enough to support it. I KNOW these things… and I’m trying to fix them, but I still start feeling like I need to get back to that to try to ‘maximize’ my weight loss… even though I know it’s not the right way to go about it. I guess I’m just mental. I need to shake this off and start doing things right again. I was making progress earlier in the year, slow progress, but progress none the less. Although I think it didn’t help when I looked at my progress pictures and couldn’t see any big changes. And I know, I keep promising to post those progress pictures and then not getting to it.

Maybe I’ll remember this weekend.
Maybe I’ll work in my garden too, which I’ve been neglecting all year. I need to revaluate my priorities, write them down and stick to them. I’ve been incredibly lazy this year (except where working out is concerned, and with that you could probably say I’ve been obsessed).

Things that I should have been trying to get done all year and I haven’t even started on:
1) Paint the dinning room, living room, kitchen & bedroom
2) Work in my garden
3) Make at least one of the outfits that I have cloth & patterns for (I made Roger’s shirt, but nothing for me and I have a LOT of cloth and a bunch of patterns)

Roger and I have been talking about painting the inside of the house (finally) for the past two years (we’ve only lived in this house for what… almost 5 years) and we still haven’t done more than look at colors. He can’t do the painting because of his asthma, it closes him right up and he can’t breathe, so it’s up to me to do it.

Soooooo… my new goals for working out include:
1) only do cardio once a day (in the morning preferably)
2) lift at least four day’s a week
3) try to work the stair climber into my cardio at least twice a week
4) don’t even think about competing until I have everything straightened out and working right (I think my goal to compete again is pushing me to do things the wrong way because my old trainer had me doing very extreme amounts of training and undereating)

my new goals for my diet include:
1) try to keep my calories between 1500 and 1600
2) don’t obsess over a bit of bloat and a small amount of weight gain
3) make sure I get my veggies in at least three times a day
4) don’t have more than one serving of protein powder a day (I do better on whole foods)

my new goals for life in general:
1) look into and start a yoga certification program (expensive and time consuming)
2) look into and start a personal trainer certification program (I was looking into it earlier this year but I’ve let it fall to the wayside even though I still want to do it) (expensive and time consuming)
3) work in my garden at least once a week (free)
4) work on home improvement projects at least once a month, like painting different rooms in the house (time consuming)
5) don’t obsess about diet and working out… i.e. don’t over train and don’t under eat

well.. this has turned into a marathon post so I think I’ll stop for now… later folks.

Glad to see you post! Sorry to hear how things have been going, but I'm sure you'll turn things around in no time and be feeling really good!


I’m a pair of glasses… a human, walking, talking, pair of glasses.

That’s how I feel right now anyway. My boss has had me sitting next to him all week, reading numbers off of a piece of paper so that he can type them in to a spreadsheet. He honestly thinks it’s faster and more efficient for me to read the numbers for him, than it would be for him to read & type at the same time. Hell… give me the damn paper and let me read and type at the same time… but nooooooo… we BOTH have to waste our time, so that he can pretend that he’s being more efficient. Well… at least it’s easy… to say the least… but what a waste of time… especially considering the fact that George asks me if I’m sure all the time (as if I can’t read a number) and half the time he looks over at the sheet himself anyway to make sure I’m right :rolleyes: *sigh*

And now, on to the fiasco that is my fitness life right now… I’ve been overly tired for some reason lately and my diet has gone to hell in a hand basket. First it was not eating right while on vacation, then it was a ‘week of recovery’ from vacation… then last week I ended up not wanting to cook so my food consisted of a LOT of protein powder, oatmeal and peanut butter for the most part. I’ve officially gained back about 5 pounds. :d_frown: This week it’s been a bit better on the food front, but I’ve been mediocre on working out. I’ve only gotten up for morning cardio twice this week and I still haven’t put in a real weight workout. I’ve done yoga twice this week at least. I’m teaching the yoga class at my gym now, although I have yet to gain my certification (I started last week and had a good turnout both days)… I’m informally certified through the gym at the moment… and even though no one showed up for class on Monday night I still did a full hour of yoga by my self. I did have several people show up on Wednesday night though. I’m supposed to go over to a friends place today and show him (at his apartment complex’s gym) how to work out with free weights, but I’ve already been informed by Georgie-porgie that I’ll be working late today… probably reading more numbers to him. :rolleyes: Hopefully, if I get out in time, I’m going to go to my local YMCA for the yoga class they have on Friday nights. The local Y has a family night, every Friday, that’s FREE for anyone that lives in the area and they have a really good yoga teacher there. I haven’t been to her class in ages and I’m looking forward to going tonight.

I need to shake off this funk I’m in. I really need to revamp my diet too. I’m pretty sure (well no, that’s a lie… I’m damn sure) I wasn’t eating enough before vacation. I really hesitate to increase my calories though, because I know that I’ll bloat and probably put on a few pounds in the next couple of weeks because my bodies not used to getting enough food. I was fluctuating between 1100 and 1300 calories a day, depending on whether it was a weight training day or not. I know I should have been getting a minimum of 1300 and probably a max of 1600, so right now I’m trying to stay between 1500 and 1600 and I’m feeling bloated and icky… I get mental about my weight sometimes (well.. to be honest.. most of the time).. I know I shouldn’t and I KNOW that everything will even out and in the end my metabolism will work better and faster with the increased calories, but right now… I know that I’m (off and on) in a bit of a mild depression about it… not really bad, just a tiny bit… and it’s not helping matters that I haven’t been getting up for my morning cardio and that I haven’t gotten in a real workout all week. I also know that I was over training in an effort to ‘lose as much as possible before vacation’… I was doing way too much cardio too often with too few calories and I was lifting really heavy on top of it, which isn’t bad except that I wasn’t eating enough to support it. I KNOW these things… and I’m trying to fix them, but I still start feeling like I need to get back to that to try to ‘maximize’ my weight loss… even though I know it’s not the right way to go about it. I guess I’m just mental. I need to shake this off and start doing things right again. I was making progress earlier in the year, slow progress, but progress none the less. Although I think it didn’t help when I looked at my progress pictures and couldn’t see any big changes. And I know, I keep promising to post those progress pictures and then not getting to it.

Maybe I’ll remember this weekend.
Maybe I’ll work in my garden too, which I’ve been neglecting all year. I need to revaluate my priorities, write them down and stick to them. I’ve been incredibly lazy this year (except where working out is concerned, and with that you could probably say I’ve been obsessed).

Things that I should have been trying to get done all year and I haven’t even started on:
1) Paint the dinning room, living room, kitchen & bedroom
2) Work in my garden
3) Make at least one of the outfits that I have cloth & patterns for (I made Roger’s shirt, but nothing for me and I have a LOT of cloth and a bunch of patterns)

Roger and I have been talking about painting the inside of the house (finally) for the past two years (we’ve only lived in this house for what… almost 5 years) and we still haven’t done more than look at colors. He can’t do the painting because of his asthma, it closes him right up and he can’t breathe, so it’s up to me to do it.

Soooooo… my new goals for working out include:
1) only do cardio once a day (in the morning preferably)
2) lift at least four day’s a week
3) try to work the stair climber into my cardio at least twice a week
4) don’t even think about competing until I have everything straightened out and working right (I think my goal to compete again is pushing me to do things the wrong way because my old trainer had me doing very extreme amounts of training and undereating)

my new goals for my diet include:
1) try to keep my calories between 1500 and 1600
2) don’t obsess over a bit of bloat and a small amount of weight gain
3) make sure I get my veggies in at least three times a day
4) don’t have more than one serving of protein powder a day (I do better on whole foods)

my new goals for life in general:
1) look into and start a yoga certification program (expensive and time consuming)
2) look into and start a personal trainer certification program (I was looking into it earlier this year but I’ve let it fall to the wayside even though I still want to do it) (expensive and time consuming)
3) work in my garden at least once a week (free)
4) work on home improvement projects at least once a month, like painting different rooms in the house (time consuming)
5) don’t obsess about diet and working out… i.e. don’t over train and don’t under eat

well.. this has turned into a marathon post so I think I’ll stop for now… later folks.

Glad to see you post! Sorry to hear how things have been going, but I'm sure you'll turn things around in no time and be feeling really good!


thanks rockenmama... it's nice to know someone checks in here and gives me some encouragement :D :nod:

I went to Eric Shrives (BFL coach and trainer) seminar at the Steel Mill Gym, in Orlando, this past Saturday, with Roger, Chris & Maggie (all from this board) in attendance as well and I have to say, Eric know's how to motivate people. He also confirmed the fact that I have been under eating and over training. I'm starting back on the RIGHT track, starting TODAY... this morning I did a 20 minute HITT session on the eliptical and I'm going to go home right after work and settle things at the house before going back to the gym for my yoga class, instead of hitting the gym for more cardio before the class like I had been doing. I'm also going to make sure my calories do not drop below 1500. I will not be weighing myself more than once a week... and trends be damned... I don't care about daily trends and all that does is make me focus on a false indicator.. sooo.. no more.

Although I didn't get a chance to work in my garden this past weekend, due to inclement weather, I'm makeing notes on what I need to do first, what needs to be purchased, what needs to be pulled out and thrown away... as long as the weather around here cooperates I should be able to have my garden looking nice in the next month, even if I can't work in it more than an hour a week. Makeing plans and writing down what needs to be done is really helping.

Roger and I had lunch with our best friends (Todd & Lis) this past weekend and were able to see thier beautiful baby boy (Finn)... he's absolutely adorable... he's right around 5 months old with a full head of blond (almost white blond) curling hair and dark blue eyes... he could charm the socks off of anyone :nod:

well... our e-mail is down at work right now... looks like it's going to be one of those weeks :p

time for food :eat: later folks

I got up this morning for my cardio... 45 minutes of LISS today since I'll be working my legs tonight. My yoga class went well last night... only two people, but that's better than the empty room I had last Monday night... Monday's during the summer are usually very slow, in the classes anyway... the gym is packed, but for some reason the arobics and yoga classes are always slow on Monday's during the summer... at least I'll get paid for last night.. I don't get paid if no one shows, but as long as I have one person in the class I do :p

I hit 1484 calories yesterday, almost exactly 40/40/20, and I drank a TON of water... close to 1.5 gallons... today I need to try to hit around 1550 - 1600 calories since I'll be lifting, for the first time in two weeks... damn I've been lazy :whistle: :p

just getting up for cardio in the mornings has improved my mood though... I'm starting to get the pumped, happy, feeling of not being a blob again :D

I'm not exactly looking forward to the DOMS I know I'll have later in the week from tonights workout... but I'm not going to go easy on myself... I need to hit my legs hard tonight... I'm not going to try to kill myself, but I'm not going to make it easy either :flex:

this is what I ate yesterday and what I've eaten and plan to eat today ;)

Yesterday:
20 minutes of HITT on the eliptical
Meal 1 - 6 egg whites, ½ cup of oatmeal w/ splenda and cinnamon
Meal 2 - 3 oz Tuna, 1 cup steamed broccoli, 1 tablespoon flaxseed oil, 1 tablespoon dried cranberries
Meal 3 - 3 oz Chicken (baked – no breading), 1 cup steamed broccoli, 1 cup sweet potato w/ splenda and cinnamon
Meal 4 - 6 egg whites (scrambled) – w/ 1 tablespoon Polaner all fruit (I know it sounds weird but I like preserves on my eggs), steamed spinach (with vinegar), 10 almonds
Meal 5 - 1 container fat free yogurt, 2 prunes
1 hour of Yoga
Meal 6 - Omelet - 6 egg whites, 1 yolk, ¼ of a green bell pepper (chopped), and 2 slices oatmeal bread (from a local bakery)

1484 calories – 40p/40c/20f

Today:
45 minutes of LISS on the treadmill (10% incline)
Meal 1 – 6 egg whites, 1 tablespoon Polaner all fruit, 10 almonds, steamed spinach w/ vinegar
Meal 2 – 3 oz chicken, 1 cup steamed broccoli, 1 cup sweet potato w/ splenda and cinnamon
Meal 3 - 3 oz Tuna, 1 cup steamed broccoli, 1 tablespoon flaxseed oil, 5 almonds
Meal 4 – (Pre-workout) 6 egg whites & ½ cup oatmeal w/ cinnamon and splenda – fixed like a giant pancake w/ 1 tablespoon Polaner all fruit
Weight lifting – leg day
Meal 5 – (Post-workout) – 1 scoop protein powder, dextrose (33 grams) & water
Meal 6 – Omelet - 8 egg whites, 1 yolk, ¼ of a green bell pepper (chopped), and 2 slices oatmeal bread (from a local bakery)

1625 calories – 40p/40c/20f

today will be the first time I've lifted weights in almost two weeks :db: :bb:

you know... people really are stupid... while doing my squats this evening I heard a very loud crash... it was the idiot in the corner dropping the bar he was deadlifting with and letting it, and the weights on it, crash to the floor... I realized after he did this a second time that he had MEANT to do it... what an ass hole... first off he was lifting WAY too much... it was obvious, especially considering his lift-it-up-and-then-drop-it-once 'sets' he did this three or four times... lift it, drop it, walk away like he meant to do it and rest for 5 minutes (or so it seemed.. it may have only been 4 minutes :p ), then do it all over again... he had at least 4 45lb plates on the bar... and he wonders (he really does) why he isn't shaping up and losing the gut :rolleyes:

well I did have a good workout tonight... BFL style

squats [reps are in ()]
85lbs - sets 1-3 (12/10/8)
105lbs - set 5 (6)
85lbs - set 5 (12)
no rest after last set - 90lb leg raises (12)

leg curls
40lbs - sets 1-3 (12/10/8) this was too light, need to raise the weight next time
60lbs - set 4 (6) I felt this one
40lbs - set 5 (12)
no rest after last set - 60lb dead lifts (12)

standing calf raises
77lbs - sets 1-3 (12/10/8)
88lbs - set 4 (6)
77lbs - set 5 (12)

and I thought I went light on legs on Tuesday :eek: my legs hurt... a LOT... talk about DOMS :p they were pretty sore yesterday too... but today... ouch... no more three week breaks for me... no sir-ee

yesteray's diet looked like this:

20 minutes HITT on eliptical
meal 1 - oatmeal pancake (6 egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal, splenda & cinnamon) with 1 tablespoon apricot Polaner all Fruit
meal 2 - 1 8oz container FF cherry yogurt with 1 scoop of vanilla protien powder mixed in, 1 tablespoon flaxseed oil, 1 cup broccoli, and one tablespoon dried cranberries (cranberries were eaten between meal 2 and meal 3)
meal 3 - 3 oz chicken (baked w/ salsa and taco seasoning), one cup broccoli, 1 cup mashed sweet potato w/ splenda and cinnamon
-- 12 oz green tea (iced)
meal 4 - 6 egg whites and 1 cup broccoli
meal 6 - (mini meal) 1.5 tablespoons natural peanut butter
1 hour of Yoga
meal 7 - 1 scoop vanilla protien (in water), 1 Kashi Chewy Granola bar, and 1/2 cup green beens

1466 calories, 143.3g protein, 145g carbs, 35.4g fat, 3.5g Sfat, 23.6g fiber

Today

skipped morning cardio - was too sore and very tired so I slept an extra hour and 20 minutes :p
Meal 1 – 6 egg whites, 1 tbsp grape Polaner all Fruit , 1 cup green beans
Meal 2 – 3 oz tuna, 1 cup broccoli, 1 tbsp flaxseed oil, 5 almonds
Meal 3 – 2 oz chicken (baked w/ salsa), 2 slices oatmeal bread with 2 tbsps grape Polaner all Fruit, 1 cup broccoli
Meal 4 – (pre workout) oatmeal pancake (6 egg whites, ½ cup oatmeal, splenda and cinnamon)
Workout – Back & Chest (may add a bit of LISS since I missed my morning cardio)
Meal 5 – (PWO) 1 scoop vanilla protein powder, 33 grams dextrose
Meal 6 – 6 egg whites, 1 egg yolk, 2 slices oatmeal bread, 1 tbsp natural peanut butter

1622 calories, 153g protein, 159g carbs, 35.5g fat, 4.7g Sfat, 18.5g fiber

more later :D

well... I thought I wasn't going to be able to hit the gym tonight, due to the hubby and I going out to dinner with friends tonight, so I ended up working my shoulders with my biceps & triceps last night... I usually do shoulders on a separate night with abs, low back and obliques... and now... our friends postponed when we are meeting and it looks like I'll have enough time after all... soooo I guess it'll just be abs, low back & obliques today with some LISS cardio (or I should probably call it MISS - medium intensity steady state :p )... my diet was really clean yesterday... this morning on the other had was a bit off but not too bad... I went to a kickoff breakfast for this years Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, that's going to be held on October 1st... and they didn't have really healthy choices... eggs (not whites or egg beaters.. full scrambled eggs), bacon, sausage, breakfast potatoes and biscuts... so I took a small amount of the eggs (probably about two eggs worth), two strips of bacon and about 1/2 a cup of the potatoes.... not too bad, but not ideal :o :eat: I just won't need anymore fat than what I ate this morning and the little bit that's in tuna & chicken (not much) :p

workout yesterday:
shoulders
military press - 20 lb dumbells, three sets (reps: 12/10/8)
side raises - 12 lb dumbells, three sets (reps: 12/12/10)

biceps
20 lb dumbell curls, three sets (reps: 9/8/6)
20 lb hammer curls, two sets (reps: 6/5)

triceps
french press (skull crushers / nose breakers [whatever you want to call them :p ]) 40 lb barbell, two sets (reps: 8/6)
bench dips (with feet elevated), three sets (reps: 12/10/9)

this morning I did HITT for 20 minutes (only 16 minutes of actual HITT and 4 minutes steady state - cool down)
abs: weighted crunchs (machine) 45 lbs, three sets (reps: 12/12/12)

this evening I'll do:
hanging leg raises
oblique crunches on the roman chair w/ 10 lb weight held on chest)
lower back (roman chair) lifts w/ 10 lb weight (possibly with 25lb weight)
45 minutes of MISS :p (3 mph at 10% incline)

Men just don’t understand… no really, they don’t… Roger wrote a lot about how ‘women are wacky’ today, because I will point out that I’m not where I want to be… he thinks I should be happy with what I have right now… well… you know what happens when I resign myself to being happy (complacent) with ‘what I have right now’ in terms of my body? I get LAZY… if I recognize that there are things that I could improve I will strive to improve them… I don’t think I look bad per say, but I know that I don’t look like I would like to

oh… and NO I do NOT want to look like Barbie (another misconception from my darling husbands journal today) I want to look like a figure competitor, because I want to BE a figure competitor… and until I achieve that goal I will be unhappy with certain aspects of my appearance/figure… I will NOT let those flaws ruin my mood though… I will, however, be honest… I will not say that I’m trilled with how I look right now, because that would be a lie… I was really hoping to be further along by now though… however I will also NOT say, that I am not happy with the progress I have achieved… I do look better than I did… I DO have more muscle, I DO have less body fat… as long as there are area’s where I can improve I will devote myself to eliminating them… hell, even when I do achieve my goal of being a figure competitor I will continue to look for area’s where I can improve, whether it’s needing more muscle in certain area’s or needing to drop body fat a bit more… it doesn’t matter… there will always be new goals… the day I lose site of my goals is the day I let everything go to shit again, like I did the day after the competition I competed in, in 2003… so, no matter how much my hubby doesn’t understand it… I will always ‘see’ what needs work… but, just like I said last night… I am happy with how I look right now, but I’m not where I ultimately want to be… I just can’t figure out why Roger can’t see that

what I really wish I could do though, is see myself through his eyes… see what he sees… because there are times where I fail to see the forest, for the trees… sometimes I focus too much on long term goals and miss the short term goals I’ve achieved… but men want everything to be black and white… they don’t understand that there are MANY shades of gray… I can be perfectly happy with my progress but still see flaws that I want to work on… but men want us to just be happy and not see the flaws… however… why try to improve if you don’t admit you have something TO improve? ya know ;)

my abs hurt today, in a good way, but boy are they sore… my obliques and lower back are a bit sore too, and I did get in 30 minutes of MISS yesterday before I left for home to shower and change for dinner… we ended up hanging out at our friends house until 11:30 last night and were not home and in bed until midnight… sooooo I didn’t get up for my morning cardio today... big surprise there huh :p

today is a cardio only day though, so instead of going home for a bit after work and then heading to the gym for my yoga class I’ll just hit the gym right after work and get some cardio in before class, probably a little bit of time on the stair climber and then some MISS to round out the 45 minutes.

I’m only in the office until 3:00 today, I’m taking over the newsletter position on the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) board next month and I’m meeting with the outgoing chair today for a couple of hours so he can go over what needs to be done… it involves a lot of invoicing for the ads that go into it… but what’s really cool is that I’ll be the first (and only) non-technical (I think ever) person on the board… very cool :D :tucool:

Well… back to work for now… later ;)

sooo... the meeting I had this afternoon was moved from 3:30 to 2:00... I've just gotten back from it... and wouldn't you know... we didn't just talk about the newsletter... although it was the general focus for the first twenty :p buuuttt... as it so happens (as it will, at times, in this industry) he jokingly mentioned stealing me away from my current employeer... I laughed a minute with him and then mentioned (casually of course) that I might just be interested... we discussed what it is that I don't like about my current position (maily being stuck in my cube all the time and not getting out)... well.. it so happens that he's been trying to convince his boss that they need someone who can visit clients, go to meetings, and do the sort of marketing that I love :D this may be months in the making as he needs to convince his boss that they need someone like me... however, at the moment, they do not have anyone who is suited to that type of marketing... which is good for me :nod: and on top of everything, they have a good sized, in house, marketing department that I could learn from and further develop my other skills :claplow: but right now it's a waiting game... so I'll sit here and pretend that nothing's going on :p :spaz:

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thanks phillydude.... it's been darn near impossible to do anything in the office since I got back... I just want to go do cartwheels and cross my fingers that something comes from this :D :p

well... I finally became a sponsor for the site :tucool: took me long enough... huh :p

Last night I got in about 30 minutes of cardio and had two people show up to my yoga class (yay! :claplow: ), which is great since all I need to get paid for a class is one person to show up… being the summer and living so close to a college, classes are here and there for attendance this time of year... hopefully they pick up soon.

After the gym I met Roger, and some friends that we haven’t seen in a long time, at Hooters… mmmmmm :drool: chicken philly w/o the bread and water :p it turns out that there has been a LOT going on in our friends life lately and we stayed pretty late giving him a ‘shoulder to cry on’ so to speak… he needed it… but once again, for the second day in a row, we were up until almost midnight… sooooo… I didn’t get to the gym this morning… and due to the fact that I’m attending a BFL seminar tonight, I won’t be able to make it to the gym tonight… so this is my ‘day of rest’ I guess :p I need to get up tomorrow and make it in… I need to hit my legs hard this week… make those muscles grow :p

Move your classes to where I live and I'll be there every day lol . Not many yoga classes around here.

Sorry to hear that you didn't make it to the gym, but sounds like your friend is very lucky to have you and Roger!



well... I finally became a sponsor for the site :tucool: took me long enough... huh :p

Last night I got in about 30 minutes of cardio and had two people show up to my yoga class (yay! :claplow: ), which is great since all I need to get paid for a class is one person to show up… being the summer and living so close to a college, classes are here and there for attendance this time of year... hopefully they pick up soon.

After the gym I met Roger, and some friends that we haven’t seen in a long time, at Hooters… mmmmmm :drool: chicken philly w/o the bread and water :p it turns out that there has been a LOT going on in our friends life lately and we stayed pretty late giving him a ‘shoulder to cry on’ so to speak… he needed it… but once again, for the second day in a row, we were up until almost midnight… sooooo… I didn’t get to the gym this morning… and due to the fact that I’m attending a BFL seminar tonight, I won’t be able to make it to the gym tonight… so this is my ‘day of rest’ I guess :p I need to get up tomorrow and make it in… I need to hit my legs hard this week… make those muscles grow :p

Move your classes to where I live and I'll be there every day lol . Not many yoga classes around here.

Sorry to hear that you didn't make it to the gym, but sounds like your friend is very lucky to have you and Roger!


or you could move down here :p

yayyyyyy... tonight I had 4 people in my yoga class :claplow: :claphigh: :claplow:

Saturday I got a really good leg workout in.... my legs are still pretty sore today... I didn't make it in to the gym at all yesterday... we spent most of the day at the in-laws house in the pool, drinking mamosa's :p (well... one and a half anyway)

I, reluctantly, got up for cardio this morning... I REALLY didn't want to, but the hubby popped right up out of bed and and I really didn't feel like looking like a bum :p

I worked my back and chest tonight.... I threw in some incline presses for once... I haven't done incline presses in quite a while since my doctor told me not to (ever again :rolleyes: ) after I pulled my rotator cuff (impingement) last year... but, other than a few clicking noises it didn't bother me... I kept the weight light (20lbs) though, just in case.... I don't need to re-injure anything

I'm starting to get impatient, in regards to my diet though... two full weeks on higher calories and I don't 'see' any real improvement... I know it will probably take longer, but I hear so many people say they see an imediate improvement when they increase calories, from being too low... I guess I'm just nuts and need to be more patient... I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't aim for a bit lower than 1600 though... I only took my calories up to around 1540 or so today... patience is not one of my virtues :o unfortunately

oh well... it's almost time for bed... later

oh... I almost forgot... I paid for my study materials/test for my yoga certification today... I'm going through the AFPA (American Fitness Professionals and Associates)... I should get everything in the mail in the next week or so and then I have three months to study and take the test :tucool:

I wish I lived near you - -I'd come to your Yoga class! I could use some work on flexibility. :p

When I started my diet plan, I was at 122lbs and 19% bodyfat and my nutritionist kicked my calories up from around 1,500 to 2,000 calories or so -- anyway, my bodyfat started dropping, even though my weight went up some -- a good thing. The ratios were 140gP, 225gC and 60gF split evenly over 6 meals. 3 cardios at 30 minutes per week - -but not prebreakfast yet. Training was 4X a week lifting.

Anyway, I was amazed that I could pop my calories up like that and start losing bodyfat. I know she was jumpstarting my metabolism, which I had slowed to a crawl by not eating enough. She kept me there for about 4 weeks to begin with and even told me I could still eat out as long as I made healthy choices and the ratios approximated those I should be having for each meal. A gallon of water a day.

I'm planning on studying for ACE certification after this second contest. Fun, fun. You sound like you have some nice goals on your horizon!

I wish I lived near you - -I'd come to your Yoga class! I could use some work on flexibility. :p

When I started my diet plan, I was at 122lbs and 19% bodyfat and my nutritionist kicked my calories up from around 1,500 to 2,000 calories or so -- anyway, my bodyfat started dropping, even though my weight went up some -- a good thing. The ratios were 140gP, 225gC and 60gF split evenly over 6 meals. 3 cardios at 30 minutes per week - -but not prebreakfast yet. Training was 4X a week lifting.

Anyway, I was amazed that I could pop my calories up like that and start losing bodyfat. I know she was jumpstarting my metabolism, which I had slowed to a crawl by not eating enough. She kept me there for about 4 weeks to begin with and even told me I could still eat out as long as I made healthy choices and the ratios approximated those I should be having for each meal. A gallon of water a day.

I'm planning on studying for ACE certification after this second contest. Fun, fun. You sound like you have some nice goals on your horizon!

thanks... I'm worried that I've slowed my matabolism to a crawl too... but my body fat is not any where near 19% yet and i'm still around 140lbs... right now I've upped my calories to around 1500 - 1600 and I'm worried that thats too high, but maybe it's still too low :spaz: the good thing... actually, it's a great thing... is that Roger (Bluestreak) is looking around the area for professionals that train... we may hire a trainer for me so I have some help figuring all this out :D since, although I know the general rules and guidelines, it'd still be nice to have someone with some experience helping me out... well.. time to eat... I'll be back later for more ;)

It is nice to have someone guiding you. :) I felt like I knew a lot, but Pam told me to do things sometimes that might not have been the way I would have tweaked my nutrition. I determined at the outset that no matter what I thought, I had hired her to help me and was going to do what she said. It worked! I quit letting me and my crazy thoughts get in the way and voila! LOL

I hope everything works out fantastic for you!

It is nice to have someone guiding you. :) I felt like I knew a lot, but Pam told me to do things sometimes that might not have been the way I would have tweaked my nutrition. I determined at the outset that no matter what I thought, I had hired her to help me and was going to do what she said. It worked! I quit letting me and my crazy thoughts get in the way and voila! LOL

I hope everything works out fantastic for you!


Diane... you're a doll :) thanks for sending me (through Roger) the contact information for Pam.. I called and left a message for her last night and her husband called me back and let me know that she'd be calling me sometime today :claphigh: :claplow:

I understand exactly what you mean by wanting someone to guide you... that's exactly what I need... I'm really looking forward to talking to Pam... and to seeing the same kind of results you have achieved... you are a huge inspiration :nod:

You're a sweetie! I can tell by your avatar that you are going to do fantastic! I look forward to reading your progress! :)

well... I heard from Pam this morning at about 11:30... by 12:30 Roger had dropped a check in the mail and I had sent the last three day's worth of diet and training information up to her via e-mail... I'm taking progress pics tonight (ick... I hate taking pics at night when I'm all bloated from eating and drinking a TON of water all day)... then I'll send her the pics from tonight and my old (Sept 2003) competition photos (my avatar is from the same day of that competition)...

my first goal... reach 18% body fat or lower by Christmas
my second goal... compete in March and probably several other times next year
my third goal... learn how to maintain 18% FOREVER :D

I got up for my morning cardio today... I got to the gym a bit late though and only got in about 30 minutes on the treadmill.... I worked the crap out of my biceps yesterday... lately I've felt more DOMS from my tri's than my bi's so I really pushed them and I'm definitely feeling it today :p

well... that's about it right now... I'm playing volleyball w/ the people in my office tonight and then I get to run to the gym to teach my yoga class at 7 p.m.

later

oh and Diane... I owe you dinner if we ever meet... Pam is supper nice :D If I take a trip up to see Pam sometime I'll make sure I make good on the dinner :nod:

Cool beans! :) I'm so glad you liked her. It's impossible not to like Pam. :D Make sure you take me to dinner when you can be bad -- like Mexican and margaritas or something! LOL :lol:

Cool beans! :) I'm so glad you liked her. It's impossible not to like Pam. :D Make sure you take me to dinner when you can be bad -- like Mexican and margaritas or something! LOL :lol:

LOL... I'm glad to see someone else say's "cool beans" too :p

well... now for the icky icky icky... umm.. and icky

I took pictures tonight and BOYYYY do have a LOT of work to do :d_frown:

sooo.. from the top... here is my front, side and back as of tonight

I'm going to follow these HORRIBLE pictures with at least one from the competition I did in 2003.... and admitadly I still needed to do a lot of work, but I looked a hell of a lot better than I do now.. hell I'm probably around 30% body fat right now :d_frown:

Wow, you can do it!! You have a great frame for it -- I can tell from your earlier competition pic. Nice lats, pretty shoulders, round glutes --nice to have the bootie because it's easier to bring one down than to try to grow one if it's not there -- :D -- beautiful legs, pretty hair, pretty face!! Just determine to reach you goals and stick to your nutrition/exercise plan. No deviations!! LOL I'm saying that because that was my mantra while preparing for these comps. I've been tempted, but I do not give in. It is not an option. Just keep telling yourself that!

Best of luck to you! :)

Wow, you can do it!! You have a great frame for it -- I can tell from your earlier competition pic. Nice lats, pretty shoulders, round glutes --nice to have the bootie because it's easier to bring one down than to try to grow one if it's not there -- :D -- beautiful legs, pretty hair, pretty face!! Just determine to reach you goals and stick to your nutrition/exercise plan. No deviations!! LOL I'm saying that because that was my mantra while preparing for these comps. I've been tempted, but I do not give in. It is not an option. Just keep telling yourself that!

Best of luck to you! :)


I could sooooo hug you right now... I need that kind of encouragement... I do get it from Roger but he's always supportive.. it's nice to hear it from someone else :p

sooooo... any idea how bad my body fat is right now?? just wondering ;)

Oooh, I'm not good at that. LOL Even if you are 30% as you're estimating, you have plenty of time to get to 18% by the end of December -- that's 16 weeks! No worries there and then it's just a hop skip and a jump on down for your competition. :D Focus on the positives and forget the negatives. You can do it!! LOL, you'll probably get sick of me. I'm like the loud high school happy cheerleader. :lol:

Oooh, I'm not good at that. LOL Even if you are 30% as you're estimating, you have plenty of time to get to 18% by the end of December -- that's 16 weeks! No worries there and then it's just a hop skip and a jump on down for your competition. :D Focus on the positives and forget the negatives. You can do it!! LOL, you'll probably get sick of me. I'm like the loud high school happy cheerleader. :lol:

I really don't think I could EVER get sick of someone giving me positive advice and encouragement *big hugs*


"always with the negative waves, Moriarity" :p

anybody know where that quote comes from??? and Roger..you can't answer :p

Hey Chameleon,

Just been browsing through your journal and by looking at your before and current pics, I can tell that you'll be able to achieve the body that you had, or even a better one at that, in no time! I guess I'm one of those people who also needs encouragement in order to stick to something. For me, temptation is my biggest downfall and I've never really been able to resist fully. I think you'll be my inspiration this time around. If you can do it, I can reach my own goals!

Good luck to you! :tu:

~Shole

I cheated and googled it, so I won't answer! :lol:

I have NO DOUBT that you will achieve your goal and then some!! I'm looking foward to see the awesome transformation! By the way YOUR GORGEOUS!!!

Pam



LOL... I'm glad to see someone else say's "cool beans" too :p

well... now for the icky icky icky... umm.. and icky

I took pictures tonight and BOYYYY do have a LOT of work to do :d_frown:

sooo.. from the top... here is my front, side and back as of tonight

I'm going to follow these HORRIBLE pictures with at least one from the competition I did in 2003.... and admitadly I still needed to do a lot of work, but I looked a hell of a lot better than I do now.. hell I'm probably around 30% body fat right now :d_frown:

Kelly's Heroes...

...and if it means anything to you from a complete stranger: I think that ALL of your fitness goals are well within reach. Can't wait to see the picture of you at 18% and holding the first place trophy from the competition!!

Kelly's Heroes...

In my top ten faves of all time... there's so many one-liners in that movie you can't remember 'em all. Classic. I don't normally invade her little corner of JSF... this is hers, for you guys... but she told me at lunch she posted that quote in here. I had to see if anyone got it.

Stay tuned to this channel, people. I've seen her achieve this before... you're going to get to watch her do it again... but maintain it this time.

I'm sure Tanisha has said something in here before, but many thanks to Hibiscus - Diane - for hooking us up with her trainer. I basically ran through the "streets" of cyberspace waving money in the air - and there wasn't a single competition trainer/nutritionist out there who wanted to help us - not even one of the sonofabitching people I contacted over the last couple of weeks has even bothered to email us back. :rolleyes:

Pam was just what we were looking for and with her guidance Tanisha will make easy work of this. I think she wants this so badly, she can only do well, and now with the expertise to back us up, she will reach her goal... and maybe drag me along with her. That's my girl... always one step ahead of me... no matter what she thinks. She is my inspiration.

-R

P.S. I might pop up in here once more... only because I've found some *GREAT* pictures from last time out, where she was first applying the sunless tanner... and then I found the pic from the night after the contest, where she's chowin' down at IHOP with a table full of grub. They're great! You guys'll get a kick out of 'em! :lol:

Kelly's Heroes...

...and if it means anything to you from a complete stranger: I think that ALL of your fitness goals are well within reach. Can't wait to see the picture of you at 18% and holding the first place trophy from the competition!!


:claplow: yayyy.. someone knew... it's a GREAT movie

and thank you for the encouragement ;)

when I FINALLY made it out of the cubicle I call my office I hit the gym for leg day.

Squats:
warm up set: 95lbs, 12 reps
set 1: 115 lbs, 12 reps (I probably could have gotten one more in)
set 2: 115 lbs, 9 reps
set 3: 115 lbs, 8 reps

Leg extensions:
set 1: 90 lbs, 10 reps
set 2: 90 lbs, 10 reps
set 3: 90 lbs, 9 reps

Leg Curls:
set 1: 60 lbs, 12 reps
set 2: 60 lbs, 9 reps
set 3: 60 lbs, 7 reps

Romanian Deadlifts:
set 1: 65 lbs, 12 reps
set 2: 65 lbs, 10 reps
set 3: 65 lbs, 9 reps

Calf raises:
in sucession w/ rest after the second excercise

set 1: Standing:66 lbs, 12 reps - Seated:45 lbs, 10 reps (with toes pointed out)
set 2: Standing:77 lbs, 10 reps - Seated:45 lbs, 9 reps (with toes pointed in)
set 3: Standing:77 lbs, 9 reps - Seated:45 lbs, 10 res

I had my feet strait for the standing calf raises and the last set of seated raises.

today was shoulders, abs, obliques and low back

oh and some cardio

Shoulders first:
Military Press (dumbells)
I'm not really supposed to do the Military press since I hurt my left shoulder two years ago - rotator cuff impingement, so I usually keep the weight light and the reps high
set 1 - 20 lbs, 12 reps
set 2 - 20 lbs, 9 reps (I could have done one more if I had pushed it my bad [left] shoulder told me it was time to stop
set 3 - 20 lbs, 5 reps (my shoulder told me it was time to stop)

Side Raises:
set 1 - 12 lbs, 12 reps
set 2 - 12 lbs, 9 reps
set 3 - 12 lbs, 8 reps
set 4 - 12 lbs, 7 reps
(I felt a little bit of clicking in my left shoulder at the end of the last set, otherwise I probably could have done at least one more)

Upright rows:
set 1 - 15 lbs, 12 reps
set 2 - 15 lbs, 12 reps (I had to really push myself to get the last reps here)
set 3 - 15 lbs, 10 reps

I should up the weight on the upright rows next time

Abs/Obliques/Low Back (in the order they are listed in below):
hanging leg raises:
set 1 - 12
set 2 - 12
set 3 - 10

low back extension - machine:
set 1 - 100 lbs, 12 reps
set 2 - 100 lbs, 12 reps
set 3 - 100 lbs, 12 reps
need to up the weight next time, I REALLY felt that last set though... damn :p

side raises (obliques) on incline roman chair w/ a plate on my chest:
set 1 - 25 lbs, 10 reps
set 2 - 25 lbs, 10 reps
set 3 - 25 lbs, 9 reps
this was an increase in weight from last time (20 lbs)

cruches (machine):
set 1 - 60 lbs, 15 reps
set 2 - 65 lbs, 10 reps
set 3 - 65 lbs, 8 reps

cardio - 45 minutes on the treadmill at a 20 minute mile (speed setting - 3.0) and a 10% incline.

I recieved my yoga certification course materials in the mail yesterday and I started reading the book today during cardio :tucool:

Nice job on the workouts! :)

I did the same thing with my rotator cuff about 3 years ago. What a pain!! It took a year and a half before I could lift my shoulders again pain free and then the pain still kept coming and going. I finally am able to do the military presses again with zero pain. I won't go above 35lb dumbbells ever again. Plus, I've found that I'm able to do wide grip upright rows with an EZ Curl Bar. Those have really helped cap out my delts.

Oh, and I take glucosamine/MSM religiously. Helps a lot with joint pain.

Nice job on the workouts! :)

thanks :D although my lower back, obliques & abs are yelling very loudly at me today :p I went heavier on all of them and boy can I feel it :spaz:

I did the same thing with my rotator cuff about 3 years ago. What a pain!! It took a year and a half before I could lift my shoulders again pain free and then the pain still kept coming and going. I finally am able to do the military presses again with zero pain. I won't go above 35lb dumbbells ever again. Plus, I've found that I'm able to do wide grip upright rows with an EZ Curl Bar. Those have really helped cap out my delts.

Oh, and I take glucosamine/MSM religiously. Helps a lot with joint pain.

I take glucosamine too... every morning, honestly I don't know why it (my shoulder) was bothering me so bad Saturday... it's been a while since it gave me that much trouble.... it isn't hurting now though, so it looks like I didn't cause any damage, which is great :tucool:

In my top ten faves of all time... there's so many one-liners in that movie you can't remember 'em all. Classic. I don't normally invade her little corner of JSF... this is hers, for you guys... but she told me at lunch she posted that quote in here. I had to see if anyone got it.

Stay tuned to this channel, people. I've seen her achieve this before... you're going to get to watch her do it again... but maintain it this time.

I'm sure Tanisha has said something in here before, but many thanks to Hibiscus - Diane - for hooking us up with her trainer. I basically ran through the "streets" of cyberspace waving money in the air - and there wasn't a single competition trainer/nutritionist out there who wanted to help us - not even one of the sonofabitching people I contacted over the last couple of weeks has even bothered to email us back. :rolleyes:

Pam was just what we were looking for and with her guidance Tanisha will make easy work of this. I think she wants this so badly, she can only do well, and now with the expertise to back us up, she will reach her goal... and maybe drag me along with her. That's my girl... always one step ahead of me... no matter what she thinks. She is my inspiration.

-R

P.S. I might pop up in here once more... only because I've found some *GREAT* pictures from last time out, where she was first applying the sunless tanner... and then I found the pic from the night after the contest, where she's chowin' down at IHOP with a table full of grub. They're great! You guys'll get a kick out of 'em! :lol:


isn't he great... he has so much confidence in me... more than I have in myself most of the time.. and then... he has to go and say he's going to post the 'umpa lumpa' picture :p pain in the ass :lol:

I hit the gym around 5:45 p.m. today... decided to put in my first glutes only day (half a week away from regular leg day) per my trainers suggestion... since that's where I hold fat the longest... sooo here is what I did tonight

Leg Curls (machine):
set 1 - 70 lbs, 8 reps
set 2 - 70 lbs, 6 reps
set 3 - 70 lbs, 5 reps
this is an increase of 10 lbs from last time

Glut/Hamstring press back (machine):
set 1 - 40 lbs, 12 reps
set 2 - 40 lbs, 12 reps
set 3 - 50 lbs, 11 reps
this is the first time I've used this machine so I wasn't sure what weight to set it to

Strait leg dead lift:
set 1 - 75 lbs, 10 reps
set 2 - 75 lbs, 9 reps
set 3 - 75 lbs, 8 reps

then I did 20 minutes on the inclining eliptical (Precor EFX546 machine) at the highest incline... I was GOING to start working on the stair climber again.. but he dumb ass that owns the gym I go to decided that while he was replacing the treadmills with new ones he'd throw out the stair climbers... and NOT replace them :mad: jerk

then I taught my yoga class at 7 p.m.

you should ask him where the stairclimbers went... if they are not completely "gone" yet you might be able to buy one for a steal. that's how I got my LifeCycle 5500... $50 when they upgraded to the 8500's.

you should ask him where the stairclimbers went... if they are not completely "gone" yet you might be able to buy one for a steal. that's how I got my LifeCycle 5500... $50 when they upgraded to the 8500's.

that's not a bad idea... but I have a bad feeling that they are already long gone :(

yesterday was back & chest day... I wimped out and didn't do any cardio like I had been planning... I really killed my back and chest and was pretty tired for some reason yesterday... I was eating right all day so it wasn't my diet *shrug* who knows

Back & Chest:
Wide Grip Pull Down (cable):
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12 reps
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 7 reps
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 7 reps (last one was REALLY tough)

Cable Rows w/ close grip (v-bar):
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 9 reps
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 7 reps
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 6 reps

Chest:
Incline Dumbbell Fly’s:
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 12 reps
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 9 reps (left shoulder was bothering me – I may have been able to do 1 more but I don’t want to re-injure my shoulder)
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 9 reps

Dumbbell Bench Press:
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 12 reps
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 11 reps
Set 3 – 25 lbs, 9 reps

tonight is volleyball with the co-workers and then off to the gym to teach my yoga class... then I REALLY need to cook some food for tomorrow... today I'm either going to have to go buy some chicken/fish/or eggs from a restaurant or just eat protien powder all day... I had vanilla protien powder in 1/2 a cup of oatmeal w/ dried blueberries for breakfast, and I do have a can of tuna and a ton of brocolli and green beans with me... just no lean protien other than powder... mainly because I got lazy when I got home last night :o guess I can't be lazy tonight... at least there is a breakfast place right across the street from work and they make an AWESOME veggie 'egg white only' omlette :D and the restaurant downstairs has pretty good grilled chicken... I just hate having to spend the money when I know I have all this food at home :p

I still don't have my new diet yet :d_frown: but you know... I'd rather she take her time and do it up right than rush and have it not quite right... so... I'll wait (as patiently as I can :p )

well... the tendon in my right knee has started to bug me again.... I have a bit of recurring tendonitis in the main tendon that runs down the front of the knee over the kneecap... so I took a couple of ibuprofin and bowed out of playing volleyball.. the absolute last thing I want to do right before starting a new program with a new trainer is an injury and playing sand volleyball with a 'snarky' (I love that word... someone used it here recently and it just... fits) knee is just a bad idea... so I hit the gym for some cardio instead.. did 40 minutes of steady state on the new treadmills (which are very nice by the way... two drink holders on them and everything), at a 10% incline and a 20 minute mile... strange thing was, I got shaky afterwards... very weird considering I had just eaten my forth meal an hour before I started the cardio and my calories are almost as high as they were yesterday... well.. now they are as high because I HAD to get some carbs in me before my yoga class to stop the shakes... I picked up a Fuze (Peach Mango) and I felt much better after drinking half of it... I saved the other half for after the class, but I still feel run down right now

I heard from Pam today... I should have my new diet by the end of the week :claphigh: yayyyyyyyyy

tomorrow is leg day so I hope I feel better in the morning

Hi Chameleon! Great journal-- you're working hard!

Your competition picture is gorgeous, and your current pictures are *not* icky-- you look really good. Very strong and curvy! I'm sure you'll reach the goals you're aiming for! :) :tu:

Hi Chameleon! Great journal-- you're working hard!

Your competition picture is gorgeous, and your current pictures are *not* icky-- you look really good. Very strong and curvy! I'm sure you'll reach the goals you're aiming for! :) :tu:


thanks Butterflyer... I know I should have a better attitude about how I look, I just can't help judging how I look now to how I looked in September 2003 (competition)

buuuutttt.... I'm GOING to get back to that and get even better... I know you've seen Hibiscus's journal and how GREAT she looks right now... well.. I'm hoping her trainer (my new trainer) will get me to where she (Hibiscus) is right now :D

Roger thinks the reason I got so run down yesterday is that all of my carbs were low GI... only thing is... that's what I usually eat.. it's not anything out of the ordinary... my carbs yesterday were fairly high too ranging around 161 grams... in the form of veggies, oatmeal, Ezekiel bread, dried fruit and Polaner all Fruit (on the bread).. it just doesn't make sense to me why I felt so shaky after just doing cardio :( well.. I'm going to hit the breakfast place across the street today and get some home fries with my egg white omlete.. today is leg day and I REALLY don't want to feel like I did yesterday, especially since today is a much harder day... I didn't get up for cardio again this morning... I've pretty much decided that I'm taking a break from morning fasted cardio this week... as soon as I hear from Pam and have my new diet in hand I'll start back up... I figured that extra sleep might help me feel a bit better this morning... I'll let you know how I feel after my first cup of coffee :p

Hiya Cham! :) Well, I don't know how Pam does everyone's nutrition plans, but when she started mine -- around 6 months out -- I was told to eat 260 carbs. Yum!!! :cool: She'll probably tell you how much cardio to do also. She does me. She started me with only 3 30 minute sessions per week, and then upped it later in the plan. I didn't have to start doing prebreakfast cardio until about 3 months out, I think.

Just remember to do what she says -- even if you think stuff like "Whoa, that's a lot of calories!" or "Whoa, too many carbs!" :lol:

Hiya Cham! :) Well, I don't know how Pam does everyone's nutrition plans, but when she started mine -- around 6 months out -- I was told to eat 260 carbs. Yum!!! :cool: She'll probably tell you how much cardio to do also. She does me. She started me with only 3 30 minute sessions per week, and then upped it later in the plan. I didn't have to start doing prebreakfast cardio until about 3 months out, I think.

Just remember to do what she says -- even if you think stuff like "Whoa, that's a lot of calories!" or "Whoa, too many carbs!" :lol:


I'll keep that in mind... I remember you telling me that she really upped your callories at first too... so I'm just going to have to trust her :p

Okay…. I signed up at a gym in downtown Orlando today (three blocks from my office) called Metro Muscle (sounds pretty gay, but it's a pretty decent gym), mainly because they have (or should I say HAD) yoga at lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays… well… now it’s just Tuesdays at lunch… but they have classes on a couple of mornings at 6 a.m. which is perfect for me and on Saturday morning… in addition to a whole slew of other aerobic classes… however, today I was hoping to do yoga and found upon arrival that the class no longer existed… some spinner class or something or other was in it’s place today :( but I got a REALLY great leg workout in while I was there :nod:

Leg Day:
Squats:
Warm up set – 100 lbs, 12 reps
Set 1 – 125 lbs, 10 reps (personal best)
Set 2 – 125 lbs, 9 reps
Set 3 – 125 lbs, 6 reps (I tried going down for a 7th but realized part way down that I was never going to get the weight back up if I went any further… so I stopped ;-)~ )

Lunges w/ back leg on bench (using dumbbells):
Set 1 – 15 lb dumbbells (30 lbs total), 10 reps
Set 2 – 30 lbs total, 10 reps

This is the first time I’ve EVER done these and my legs were shaking really badly by the end of the second set (in part due to the higher weight squats I had just finished) so I quit at 2 sets.

Romanian deadlifts:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12 reps (personal best)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 9 reps
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 9 reps

Damn my legs are shaky ;-)~

I’ll hit calves tonight when I go to the other gym and then put in some cardio time.

7 a.m. (I had a protein shake with ½ cup of oatmeal mixed in at 6:30 a.m.)

Biceps:
Hammer Curls:
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 11 reps
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 7 reps (the last one was a bit forced)
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 6 reps

21’s with a 30 lb bar:
Set 1 – 21
Set 2 – 21 (this REALLY burned)Set 3 – 19

Calves (since I didn’t get them in yesterday):
Sled:
Set 1 – 180 lbs, 12 reps
Set 2 – 180 lbs, 10 reps
Set 3 – 180 lbs, 10 reps
Set 4 – 180 lbs, 9 reps

Triceps:
French Press (skull crushers):
Set 1 – 40 lb bar, 9 reps
Set 2 – 40 lb bar, 8 reps
Set 3 – 40 lb bar, 5 reps

V-bar cable push downs:
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 7 reps (I thought I’d see if I could go that high with the v-bar, but I don’t think I could have gotten two more ‘good’ sets in at this weight)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 8 reps
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 7 reps

I decided to hit the weights this morning so I can go straight home after work today (get out at noon) and work in the yard so it looks nice when the in-laws show up tomorrow for the re-financing closing :D

wow are my legs SORE from yesterday... damn... if they hurt this bad today it's going to be hard to walk around tomorrow :p but I know I got a good workout in, and the best part is... my knee doesn't hurt :D yayyy... I was worried about increasing my weights while my knee was acting up, but it seems to be just fine.

today is my short day at work... I work 4, 9-hour day's and 1, 4 hour day :D and it looks like I won't have to work overtime this week (I have the past three weeks)... and on top of everything else... the jewelry store called to let me know that the earings I've been waiting on are FINALLY here :claphigh: yayyyyy... it's like someone just added a cherry to my sundae :p :drool: mmmmm... ice cream :lol:

well.. my diet is here :claplow: at least the macros I need to hit and the foods I'm allowed to eat and the foods I'm not allowed to eat (in two different multiple page lists)... so now I just need to figure out what I'm going to be eating and when... and I have a dozen or more questions so I guess it's time to call my trainer and ask away :p

damn, I'm eating a LOT of carbs... the ratio actually reminds me of Jeremy Likness's carbs to protien ratio.. all though I think my protien is higher than his... but I'm still getting more carbs than protien by quite a bit... but unlike Jeremy, my calories are fairly high... hitting just about 2000 right now... his were pretty low for a guy his size if I remember correctly *shrug*

I don't have my workout plan yet, but it should be here sometime this next week. :tucool:

I love, love, love the way Pam adds muscle. Those lists aren't so restrictive that you feel deprived and you get plenty of calories. My bodyfat came down from 19.2 to 15% eating that way at the beginning. It's cool. I was mortified by the carb count at first, and then the bodyfat started dropping and I kept my mouth shut and just kept doing what she said! :lol:

I asked about you yesterday when I was visiting her and she said she was getting all of that off to you. Glad you received it and are happy.

I love, love, love the way Pam adds muscle. Those lists aren't so restrictive that you feel deprived and you get plenty of calories. My bodyfat came down from 19.2 to 15% eating that way at the beginning. It's cool. I was mortified by the carb count at first, and then the bodyfat started dropping and I kept my mouth shut and just kept doing what she said! :lol:

I asked about you yesterday when I was visiting her and she said she was getting all of that off to you. Glad you received it and are happy.


I just wish I knew where I could find some of this stuff though... especially the brands of bread and grain products she lists... I'm going to have to go on-line and search for them

Ick.. this is NOT how I wanted to start my Monday and the beginning of my new program… this morning I was rear ended while driving to the gym for my morning cardio :mad: the IDIOT behind me didn’t pay attention and didn't see that I had STOPPED in front of him and wasn’t just going to charge out into traffic… wow, imagine, someone stopping at a RED light to make sure it was all clear before making a right turn :rolleyes: ... the guys story is that he looked left to see if there was room to go and didn’t notice that I had put on the breaks and stopped… and POW… it was at low speed so the damage isn’t too bad and no one was hurt (which is the important part), but my adrenaline was running so high that I had the shakes for a good half an hour… we pulled into the gas station at the corner, called the cops and waited… he tried to talk me out of calling the cops, trying to tell me that he thought he had enough cash to just pay me off (to cover the cost of repairs) and leave… nu uh… I’ve been in bad situations with accidents where the other person involved tried to blame me for the accident and then tried to sue me even though the acident had been thier fault… so I am GOING to call the cops when I’m in an accident… especially when I am not at fault… I’m going to make sure my ass is covered :p but… that meant that I did not make it to the gym… I went home, calmed down, checked my e-mail, ate my first meal and relaxed for a while… I left for the office relatively calm and relaxed… I have a headache now, but that’s all… my rear bumper is going to have to be replaced and the side panel behind the back wheel, and I can’t open my tailgate until those are replaced, it’s stuck in place right now. :mad:

Roger thinks I must have a big neon bulls eye on the back of my truck :p ... this is the THIRD time I've been hit in it :mad: ... and none of them were my fault

I think this new diet is going to be great :drool:… every meal looks the same in relation to macros... the same number of carbs, proteins and fats in all 6 meals no matter what and my calories have been increased by 400-500… I’ll be hitting right around 2000 calories today, for the first time in my healthy eating history… I’ve obviously hit that many calories while eating badly before, but not while eating healthy foods… my required supplements have been ordered and should be here sometime this week and my weight training and cardio info from my trainer should be here this week too.

I have a meeting (work related, but not work) to go to this evening and I’ll have to leave it early to get to my yoga class on time, so I won’t be working out today, thanks to the accident *sigh* oh well… there’s always tomorrow :p

I’ll be hitting right around 2000 calories today


well... it looks like I was wrong... I'm not going to hit 2000 calories... I just planned out the full day's 6 meals and meeting the grams of protien, carbs and fat that were laid out for me I'm going to hit about 1744 calories for today... only a bit higher than what I was already doing... the main differences are, my carbs are higher than my protien and all of my meals look the same where the macros are concerned... boy, it's hard to hit those numbers though... especially when I'm not used to seeing so many carbs in each meal... I'm not stuffed after I eat though, which is good... but it is taking me a little while to eat it all :p

totals for today 200.8 grams of carbs (target = 200g), 146.8 grams of protien (over by 1.8 grams... target = 145g), and 40.4 grams of fat (target = 40g) total calories = 1744

I do love being able to eat fruit again... had half a grapefruit earlier and will have a small green banana in my next meal :D

mmm... and fig newtons and gram crackers are on my "okay to eat" list :claplow: :p

I didn’t get up for cardio this morning… mainly because I was up a bit late last night so that I could eat my required 6th meal for the day… I was told I could just wake up for the last one if I needed to, but once I hit the sheets and fall asleep there is NO WAY I’m getting up for anything… so I stayed up :p

We’re finishing all of our re-financing paperwork tonight so I won’t make it then either, so I took advantage of that second gym membership and hit the downtown gym at lunch today.

Shoulders:
Side raises:
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 10 reps
Set 2 – 15 lbs, 7 reps
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 6 reps
This is an increase of weight from 12 to 15 lbs.

Reverse Fly’s (rear delts) Machine:
Set 1 – 50 lbs, 8 reps
Set 2 – 50 lbs, 6 reps
Set 3 – 50 lbs, 6 reps

Shrugs:
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 12 reps
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 12 reps
Set 3 – 40 lbs, 11 reps
Need to increase weight, although I found it hard to hold the dumbbells at that weight. I need to invest in a pair of straps.

Usually I would do obliques, abs and low back on this day but since it was during lunch and I had to stop for gas too I kept it to just one move for abs today. I’ll do more tomorrow with my obliques, low back and quads.

I don’t know what to call these but here’s what I did for abs today…. I laid on a bench with my hands above my head grasping the bench, with my legs straight I bring them up from an almost flat position (a couple of inches above the bench) so that they are perpendicular to the floor, then I use my abs to pull my legs and butt up off the bench and slowly return them back down, then lower my legs to a few inches above the bench, repeat. I did three sets of these.

Set 1 – 15 reps
Set 2 – 15 reps
Set 3 – 12 reps

Then I decided to throw in one more set of side raises at 15 lbs and 7 reps.

This is the first day I’ve taken creatine after my workout

I've been really damn thirsty today for some reason :p

I got up this morning for my cardio... first time in more than a week that I've gotten in my fasted morning cardio.. I would have made it in on Monday morning but, well, you know (if you've been reading ;) )

tonight I'm going to hit my obliques, low back and hamstrings before my yoga class starts at 7 p.m.... I had 5 people show for my Monday class :claplow:

so far I feel really good on this new diet... I still don't have all of my required supplements, I need to order a whey isolate (and unfortunately All The Way's isolate is unflavored *ick* that can't taste very good) I think I'm going to go with IsoPure's whey isolate, it comes in some GREAT flavors and I like how their pre-mixed stuff tastes so hopefully the powder tastes just as good... I'm waiting on my glutamine... Roger ordered it for me this past weekend and I still need to order my Amino Acids... then I'll be set... I'm still waiting on my training schedule from Pam, but she said it should be here sometime this week :claplow: :claphigh:

Wednesday night I worked my obliques, low back and gluts

Obliques - side raises on incline type roman chair with a plate on my chest
set 1 - 25 lbs, 12
set 2 - 25 lbs, 12
set 3 - 25 lbs, 10

Low back extension (machine):
set 1 - 100 lbs, 12
set 2 - 110 lbs, 10
set 3 - 110 lbs, 8

Weighted crunches (machine):
set 1 - 65 lbs, 12
set 2 - 65 lbs, 11
set 3 - 65 lbs, 9

Gluts:
Leg Curls:
set 1 - 70 lbs, 8
set 2 - 70 lbs, 7
set 3 - 70 lbs, 5

Leg Press (machine - press back one leg at a time, almost like a backwards kick):
set 1 - 50 lbs, 12
set 2 - 50 lbs, 11
set 3 - 50 lbs, 10

7 p.m. - Yoga

Thursday I did cardio during my lunch break. 40 minutes on the treadmill at 3 mph and a 10% incline.

Today I worked my Chest and Back.

Back:
Wide grip pull down:
set 1 - 80 lbs, 12
set 2 - 80 lbs, 10
set 3 - 80 lbs, 8
set 3 - 85 lbs, 6

dumbell rows:
set 1 - 35 lbs, 9 (this is a 5 lb increase)
set 2 - 35 lbs, 7
set 3 - 35 lbs, 6

Chest:
dumbell flys:
warm up set - 20 lbs, 12
set 1 - 25 lbs, 10
set 2 - 25 lbs, 8
set 3 - 25 lbs, 6

Incline dumbell Press:
set 1 - 25 lbs, 10 (this is a 5 lb increase)
set 2 - 25 lbs, 8
set 3 - 25 lbs, 8 (this on was very hard)

When is the competition you're training for?

When is the competition you're training for?

there is no specific contest/date right now, basically because the season is too close to being over for the year for me to get into shape fast enough... I'd have to kill myself to get there (like I did last time)... so I'm aiming for the begining of next years competitions... so sometime in March or April ;)

but my first goal is to make it down to 18% before Christmas :p

Saturday: Legs

Squats:
Warm up set – 115 lbs, 12 (this was a 15 lb increase)Set 1 – 135 lbs, 8 (PB- 10 lb increase)Set 2 – 135 lbs, 7 (damn that last one was hard)Set 3 – 135 lbs, 6

Leg Extensions:
Set 1 – 100 lbs, 10 (this was a 10 lb increase)
Set 2 – 100 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 100 lbs, 8

Sumo Squats: with a bar instead of a dumbbell (I’ve never done these with a bar so I didn’t’ know how heavy I could really go, I still need to increase the weight more)Warm up set – 45 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 65 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 75 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 75 lbs, 12
(I really felt the last set, I made sure I was squeezing my gluts during all the sets)

Romanian Deadlifts:
Set 1 – 85 lbs, 12 (PB – increase of 5 lbs)
Set 2 – 85 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 85 lbs, 10

Calf Raises – Sled:
Set 1 – 190 lbs, 11 (increase of 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 190 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 200 lbs, 9 (PB – wow did that burn :p )

Sunday - cardio:
50 minutes on the adjustable incline eliptical

I just realized that I really haven't been rambling lately, just posting my workouts, so here goes... I think I really like my new diet plan from Pam, I feel energized and more peppy than I had been. I should get my workout plan from Pam today or tomorrow at the latest. I'm really happy that she has me writing down everything I do in the gym. I used to do it but had just gotten tired of having to carry around that pad and pen all the time... I figured that I could remember what I had done the week before and I really didn't need to be keeping such close tabs on it. Boy was I wrong, it turns out that I really haven't made much progress as of late, until this last week that is. In the past two weeks I've made gains in the gym that I didn't know were possible in such a short time frame... I've been pushing for higher weights and increased reps in EVERYTHING and I've been making leaps and bounds... it feels GREAT.

Roger say's he can already see some small improvement in the size of my hips :claplow:.. in another week I'll take progress pictures. I've only been on the new diet for a week, so I want to wait until it hits two full weeks... and then we'll see what Pam's workout routine does for my physique after that :db: :bb: :flex:

tonight was biceps and triceps

Bi's
21's:
set 1 - 30 lb bar, 21
set 2 - 30 lb bar, 21
set 3 - 30 lb bar, 21 (REALLY felt that set)

Single Arm Hammer Curls:
set 1 - 25 lbs, 5 (increase of 5 lbs, last one was forced)
set 2 - 20 lbs, 8 (last one was forced)
set 3 - 20 lbs, 7 (last one was forced)

1 set regular bar bell curls - 20 lbs, 6 reps

Tri's
Straight arm cable push downs w/ dual roap (separating arms at the bottom to really target the tri's):
set 1 - 70 lbs, 10 (increase of 10 lbs)
set 2 - 70 lbs, 8
set 3 - 70 lbs, 7

v-bar push downs:
set 1 - 90 lbs, 11
set 2 - 90 lbs, 9
set 3 - 90 lbs, 6

then my Yoga class at 7 p.m.... I had 3 people show, including someone who came to one of my first classes but hadn't made it back until now :D

I did some cardio at the downtown gym today.. 10 minutes on the stairclimber and 30 minutes on the eliptical (with arms) :D

I got an e-mail from Pam really late last night... I have my weight training information now and I should have my cardio program in hand either later today or tomorrow... she is also going to critique some of the meals I've been puting together with her numbers... I didn't send her every meal I've put together, but she has a good cross section, and since they all look the same in terms of macros, it's all good :p

I'm going to REALLY blast my butt later... literally.. it's my glutes day... I'm working glutes twice a week... once on leg day and once mid week (between leg day's).... AND I have her glut day plan for me now :D I should be hurting tomorrow :spaz: :p

Hi! First time I post here, I usually dread reading people's journals for some reason.. :confused:


Good luck with your plan! Pam can really show us all a thing or two about working out our glutes!

Hey Cham! I'm glad you're liking your nutrition plan so far. I felt the same way when I started doing Pam's nutrition stuff. Finally had some good energy! :)

I hope everything keeps going great for you! I've emailed Pam to ask her about training me a couple of times a week, and then I'll workout on my own the other times. Hurry up and post that glute workout, so I know if I should run screaming out of Pam's way now! :lol:

I need to hear from Pam soon. I heard the question today, "Would you like to Biggie Size that order?" and I don't usually have to answer that question! :p I'm getting out of hand! :lol:

Hey Cham! I'm glad you're liking your nutrition plan so far. I felt the same way when I started doing Pam's nutrition stuff. Finally had some good energy! :)

I hope everything keeps going great for you! I've emailed Pam to ask her about training me a couple of times a week, and then I'll workout on my own the other times. Hurry up and post that glute workout, so I know if I should run screaming out of Pam's way now! :lol:

I need to hear from Pam soon. I heard the question today, "Would you like to Biggie Size that order?" and I don't usually have to answer that question! :p I'm getting out of hand! :lol:


LOL... okay, here goes... this is what I'll be doing in about an hour :eek:

2 sets of Smith Lunges
2 sets of Step-Ups
2 sets of Bench Lunges (what you described on 2nd leg day where back leg is on a bench)
2 sets of Walking Lunges supersetted w/Stiff Legged Deadlifts
2 sets on Glute Machine

I'm not going to be able to sit tomorrow :p

Hi! First time I post here, I usually dread reading people's journals for some reason.. :confused:


Good luck with your plan! Pam can really show us all a thing or two about working out our glutes!


thanks... I'll let you know later how my glutes feel about the workout :p

That should do your ass some good. LOL I sure wouldn't want to be sitting on it anytime soon after that. :lol:

That should do your ass some good. LOL I sure wouldn't want to be sitting on it anytime soon after that. :lol:

eh... right now it's okay... but I'm not looking forward to tomorrow :p

here's how it went

lunges on smith machine:
set 1 - 55 lbs, 12
set 2 - 55 lbs, 12
I need to increase the weight next time but I didn't want to over do it since this is the first time I've done this full workout

step ups:
set 1 - 40 lbs (two 20 lb dumbbells), 12
set 2 - 40 lbs, 10

bench lunges:
set 1 - 40 lbs (two 20 lb dumbbells), 12
set 2 - 40 lbs, 10

walking lunges superset with straight leg dead lifts:
set 1: lunges - 40 lbs, 12; dead lifts - 80 lbs, 10
set 2: lunges - 40 lbs, 12; dead lifts - 80 lbs, 9 (felt light headed after that one)

Glut machine:
set 1 - 50 lbs, 10
set 2 - 50 lbs, 9

oh and I forgot to say I finally got my glutamine from Kent Nutrition last night :claplow: :claphigh:

boy does that stuff taste bad :nod: :p

oh yes, my butt is starting to hurt :p it's not too bad yet, but from experience I know it's going to get worse before it gets better, but it's not as bad as I thought it would (yet) :p

work is... well.. work... recently I have had no motivation to actually get anything done... I've been doing the bare minimum. The funny thing is... now that I'm on a better diet and I'm making progress in the gym, I know have more motivation at work too... it's not increasing very quickly, but it is increasing :p

Wednesday I played volley ball with the folks from work until about 6:40 p.m. and then rushed to the gym for my yoga class to find no one there... but since I had just scarfed down my fifth meal on the way to the gym I really didn't want to try to do my medium to high intensity cardio and give myself a stomach ache, so Wednesday was a bust all around... we'll call it a mid-week rest day :p

yesterday I got my lazy ass up at 5:15 a.m. and headed to the gym for cardio... did med/high intensity on the variable incline eliptical (using several different inclines) for 40 minutes.

Then I headed back to the gym after work for my shoulder and ab workout.

Shoulders:
Military Press:
Warm up set - 20lb dumbbells, 12
set 1 - 25 lb dumbbells, 12
set 2 - 25 lbs, 10
set 3 - 25 lbs, 9

side raises:
set 1 - 15 lbs, 10
set 2 - 15 lbs, 8
set 3 - 15 lbs, 6

rear delts (reverse fly - machine):
set 1 - 55 lbs, 12
set 2 - 55 lbs, 11
set 3 - 55 lbs, 11

upright rows:
set 1 - 20 lb dumbbells, 11
set 2 - 20 lbs, 10
set 3 - 20 lbs, 8

Ab's:
Crunches (with legs up at a 90 degree angle) super set with side (twist) crunches)
3 sets of 20 and 20

weighted crunches (machine):
set 1 - 65 lbs, 12
set 2 - 65 lbs, 10
set 3 - 65 lbs, 9

I have an appointment to get a massage this afternoon... in about an hour :D :claplow: I loooooove massages :p

yesterday was my first leg day doing Pam's routine

Squats:
warm up set - 115 lbs, 12
set 1 - 135 lbs, 10 (PB by 2 reps)
set 2 - 135 lbs, 10 (wow I'm supprised I got 10 in that one)
set 3 - 135 lbs, 9 (I almost didn't get that last one :p )

superset - Press & leg curl (was supposed to be leg extension but I forgot and did the wrong one :o )
set 1 - Press 270 lbs, 12 : Curl 50 lbs, 12
set 2 - press 270 lbs, 12 : Curl 60 lbs, 10
set 3 - press 270 lbs, 12 : Curl 60 lbs, 9

leg extensions:
set 1 - 100 lbs, 11 (PB)
set 2 - 100 lbs, 9
set 3 - 100 lbs, 8

stiff leg dead lifts:
set 1 - 85 lbs, 11
set 2 - 85 lbs, 9
set 3 - 85 lbs, 8

plie squats:
set 1 - 85 lbs, 12 (PB)
set 2 - 85 lbs, 12 (wow I almost didn't get that last one)
set 3 - 85 lbs, 11

superset calfs standing and seated (this was not on Pam's list but I never skip calfs):
set 1 - standing 77 lbs, 12 : seated 45 lbs, 10
set 2 - standing 77 lbs, 10 : seated 45 lbs, 8
set 3 - standing 77 lbs, 8 : seated 45 lbs, 8 (damn that last one burne :p )


today was just cardio: 40 minutes on the variable incline eliptical at medium to high intensity. I did this fasted

now I'm finishing up my egg white/brocolli buritto :drool: yummy

I've made enough food to take with me today so I don't have to eat badly while at the inlaws house... we're going to go pick up my mother-in-law at the airport today (she was out of town for a funeral) and then we'll drive her back to Merritt Island and spend most of the day there

Nice workouts! You had a strong leg day! :) Thanks for letting me see the leg day -- I do legs with Pam on Wednesday and was wondering what she would have in mind. Looks like wonderful fun and excitement. :p :lol:

When you do the plies, are you using a dumbbell?

we'll drive her back to Merritt Island and spend most of the day there

Merritt Island is one of my favorite beaches in the whole world. My grandfather worked for GE back in the late sixties, and we moved to Cocoa for a while when I was 5-6 years old... and I saw the first Apollo launches from the beach on Merritt Island as a child. I can remember so much about that time and place in my life... it always brings back good memories when I'm there... that kind of "grounded" feeling you get when you know you are someplace you "belong."

When we go to our place on Orchid Island, we generally drive straight through from Philadelphia (the wife and kids fall asleep in the car), and the way the timing works out, I can usually make it to the Cocoa area before I'm ready for a little nap. I park the car in the lot at RonJon's, and wake up just before sunrise... walk out onto the beach and take a swim in the ocean as the day breaks... and give thanks for my family and everything we have and say hello to my grandfather, who passed away several years ago.

OK... I got a little misty typing that last bit... back to your regularly scheduled Chameleon journal... pardon the interruption.

Merritt Island is one of my favorite beaches in the whole world. My grandfather worked for GE back in the late sixties, and we moved to Cocoa for a while when I was 5-6 years old... and I saw the first Apollo launches from the beach on Merritt Island as a child. I can remember so much about that time and place in my life... it always brings back good memories when I'm there... that kind of "grounded" feeling you get when you know you are someplace you "belong."

When we go to our place on Orchid Island, we generally drive straight through from Philadelphia (the wife and kids fall asleep in the car), and the way the timing works out, I can usually make it to the Cocoa area before I'm ready for a little nap. I park the car in the lot at RonJon's, and wake up just before sunrise... walk out onto the beach and take a swim in the ocean as the day breaks... and give thanks for my family and everything we have and say hello to my grandfather, who passed away several years ago.

OK... I got a little misty typing that last bit... back to your regularly scheduled Chameleon journal... pardon the interruption.


no problem man... thanks for sharing the memories ;)

guess what I did last night?? :p :D


hehe


I got THIS.... isn't she a beaut :D she's soooooo big, but I liked her a LOT and we got a great deal on her... it's a 2004 with only 7,000 miles on her... we're about to go buy a UCF Pegasus sticker for the back window :D

Very cool! :cool:

Very cool! :cool:

thanks... I just wish I had been able to find the darn sticker :( I know I've seen people driving around with them, I just don't know where they bought them... not at UCF though :mad: darnit

but I did get a UCF plate for the front and a UCF Alumni frame for the tag on the back :tucool:

oh and a cute little light yellow teddy bear with a black UCF shirt to sit next to my little pink teddy bear on the dash :p

Ut oh -- is that the team we just played? Did you go there? Brian, Jr. and I liked their mascot. He's as silly looking as ours. :lol:

Ut oh -- is that the team we just played? Did you go there? Brian, Jr. and I liked their mascot. He's as silly looking as ours. :lol:


LOL.. yea... Roger and I both graduated from UCF (University of Central Florida)... we used to just be the UCF Knights... now we're the UCF Golden Knights :rolleyes: like we really needed that 'golden' in there :p

:drool: Chicks with big pickups trucks :tucool: Until:

oh and a cute little light yellow teddy bear with a black UCF shirt to sit next to my little pink teddy bear on the dash :p

:rolleyes:

Anyway, Awesome Rig!!!!

Nice workouts! You had a strong leg day! :) Thanks for letting me see the leg day -- I do legs with Pam on Wednesday and was wondering what she would have in mind. Looks like wonderful fun and excitement. :p :lol:

When you do the plies, are you using a dumbbell?

no I'm using a bar right now

:drool: Chicks with big pickups trucks :tucool: Until:



:rolleyes:

Anyway, Awesome Rig!!!!


LOL... well.. I am still a GIRL ya know :p hehe

Success!!! The truck fits in the parking garage at work :p hehe

Okay, so I’ve been a bit of a bum over the long weekend :o … I worked in my garden for about 3 hours, with two short breaks in between for a total of about 4 hours in one day… I was pooped after that, too much sun and a LOT of really tough weeds… my hamstrings hurt and my lower back was killing me by the time I called it quits on Sunday…. I used that as an excuse to not hit the gym that day and Monday turned into a wash because we spent most of the day at the car dealership. The day went something like this… get up, eat breakfast, Roger suggested we go furniture shopping (we’re eventually going to buy a new bedroom set)… we hit three furniture stores and only saw one set we liked, although it’s not quite right… we stopped at Circuit City to look at flat screen TV’s (another possibility for the bedroom) between furniture stores… when we left the last furniture store we decided to go test drive one of the F150’s and maybe an F250, just to see if I liked them or not.

Up until Monday I didn’t think I liked the bigger trucks… I had pretty much set my hopes on getting a Nissan Frontier, four door w/ the 4x4 package… the Ford dealership by our house had a very large selection of F series trucks, including a few used models. One of those was an F150 special edition that honestly when I drove it, it wasn’t nearly as comfortable as the F250 was, the 150 doesn’t have as much arm room in the front, the suspension is softer (you get more roll when your turning corners) and it just didn’t feel as good as the 250 did… we drove the 250 first although we looked at the 150’s first… the new model year 150’s and 250’s are REALLY nice but I just couldn’t see paying full price for a car… especially since they depreciate as soon as you drive them off the lot… we got around to looking at the big yellow 4 door F250 that they had up front to draw in customers… damn was it nice, but for $51,000 for a couple of extra nifty things :eek: damn, that’s just toooooo much… right after looking at that one the sales man mentioned the used F250 that was only a few spaces away, so we went and poked around. It didn’t have a price on it so we followed the sales man back into the building and he went to look it up and get the keys for the used 250 and the special edition 150 so we could drive them and see what we thought.

We actually took the F250 back to the house during the test drive to see if it would fit in the driveway… it’s kind of tight, but it fits :p

When we got back from the second test drive we ruled out the 150 and asked about our possible trade in and for the take home price for the F250… after approximately 4 HOURS of see sawing on the price and threatening to walk away or go home to think about it they finally came down to right around what we were willing to pay… actually I didn’t think we were going to get the deal that we did…. I figured that it was all a waste of time and that we would end up leaving without the truck… but damn if Roger didn’t get them to give us what we wanted :p his dad would have been proud… his dad was the KING of getting what he wanted out of car salesmen

So in the end… at around 9 PM we FINALLY left the dealership, with the truck... Tuesday we took it in for detailing since the detailing shop had closed up early on Monday night.

That was our truck buying experience… it took one salesman, an assistant manager and the manager of the dealership, but they ended up giving us what we wanted… AND it fits in the parking garage :claphigh: yayyyyyy

I NEVER thought I’d like such a big truck, but this one is AWESOME :D


oh... and I didn't get to the gym on Monday (because we were busy) or yesterday :o

Well… it looks like we might be seeing a bit of rain and wind around here :rolleyes: again :p

Yesterday I worked my back & chest:

Back:
Bent over rows (first time I’ve done these):
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 50 lbs, 12
(Need to raise the weight more next time… but I’m definitely feeling those today)

Wide grip pull downs:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 11
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8 (really had to push for that last rep)
Low cable rows:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 10
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8

Low back hyperextensions:
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 10
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 8

Chest:
Dumbbell bench press:
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 8
Set 4 – 30 lbs, 6

Incline press:
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 6
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 5

Dumbbell Fly’s:
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 8

Yoga – 1 hour (only one person showed up… but hey… I still get paid the same amount as long as SOMEONE shows :p )

Hehe… I’ve been having sooooo much fun showing my truck off to everybody… most people’s reaction is ‘damn, that’s a BIG truck’ :p or ‘why do you need such a big truck?’ pains…. Because I LIKE IT :p so there :lol:

I’ve noticed some pain in my right shoulder the past couple of shoulder & chest workouts… which is REALLY strange since the impingement was in my left shoulder not the right one :confused: I’m supposed to be getting some warm up exercises in the mail from my personal trainer soon that I’m supposed to do before any and all shoulder and chest workouts… hopefully they get here soon… I need to remember to actually check the mail tonight, I keep forgetting :p

I also need to remember to go to the grocery store… I love the egg burritos I’ve been making lately but I’ve been out of whole wheat tortillas for the past three day’s… I was going to go buy some yesterday but I forgot… just like I forgot to check the mail :o damn it :p

I also need to remember all of my vitamins…. Yesterday I forgot to take my amino acid’s after my workout AND I forgot to take my calcium/magnesium and vitamin E last night too :( darn stupid memory :p

I DID get up for cardio this morning though :claplow: yayyyy…. Or should I say *yawn* LOL

I’ll do my glut workout tonight and bi’s and tri’s tomorrow afternoon right before I go get my hour and a half massage for FREE… last Friday I scheduled a massage in the morning and when I showed up at the day spay in the afternoon I was told the masseur had not shown up yet… they called him three times and he FINALLY called about 25 minutes after my appointment… guess where he was calling from… OHIO!!! He forgot to tell the spa that he was going to be out of town at a wedding… LOL… so instead of a 1 hour massage I’m getting 1.5 hours and it’s on him :claplow: yayyyyyyy hehe

alright... here goes... here are the comparison pictures from 8/10/05 and 9/3/05... three weeks of tracking my progress in the gym and two weeks on Pam's diet plan

I worked my glutes earlier this evening

Step-ups (lunges with the smith machine were supposed to be first but two guys were wasting time on it instead so I did the step ups first):
set 1 - 50 lbs, 12
set 2 - 50 lbs, 12
(this was an increase of 10 lbs, I used two 25 lb dumbbells)

Lunges with the smith machine:
set 1 - 65 lbs, 12
set 2 - 65 lbs, 12
(this was an increase of 10 lbs)

Bench lunges:
set 1 - 50 lbs, 12
set 2 - 50 lbs, 10
(this was an increase of 10 lbs)

Walking lunges superset w/ stiff leg deadlifts:
set 1 - 40 lbs, 20 : 80 lbs, 12
set 2 - 40 lbs, 18 : 80 lbs, 9

Glute machine:
set 1 - 50 lbs, 11
set 2 - 50 lbs, 10

I really pushed hard tonight.. I almost felt upset to my stomach at the end... damn was that a good workout... oh and boy do I have DOMS in my chest today... I need to push my back harder next time

oh and on to the two idiots taking up space on the smith machine earlier :mad: what jerks... they were working out.. kind of... but they were taking three minute breaks where neither of them were lifting and they were just chatting :mad: when I asked how many sets they had left the guy almost gave me attitude and said three.. what he really meant was three each... what a jerk

but other than that it was a great workout :p

oh and I have one other gripe right now... not gym related though... this idiot in the parking garage today parked his brand new (or at least the most recent body style) corvette next to me in the parking garage at work today... which is not a bad thing in and of it's self (I like corvettes)... however the moron failed to pull all the way into the spot and instead left his VERY expensive car sticking out as far as my truck does.... my truck was as close to the wall as I could get it... the corvette however... was about 4 to 5 FEET from the wall... who in their right mind would leave a corvette hanging out of a parking space, especially that far... did he WANT me to hit it? :confused: .... it took me forever to manuver out of that spot without hitting anyone's car :mad: I really wish I had thought to leave the moron a nice little note telling him exactly how stupid I thought he was.... but of course I didn't... but I did call him a lot of very 'colorful' names as I tried to pry my VERY large pickup out of that spot without crushing his pretty car :rolleyes:

Hi!

I've finally had a chance to read through your journal.............it gave me some good ideas of what to add to my workout routine. I'm getting less timid at the gym now that I'm more comfortable with the machines.

Good pictures - it definetly looks like you're firming up!

Also...............love the truck!

I thought the same thing, Cham. Definitely looking firmer. :tucool:

You should see my gym. The spaces are way too close together. I hate taking my Z there as it has longer doors and it's almost impossible to get them open enough to get out without getting bruised, plus some people are not very curteous when it comes to looking out for other people's property. I always go out of my way not to ding other people's doors!

A corvette is one of the cars I've been considering for next on the list. They're purty. :nod:

Hi!

I've finally had a chance to read through your journal.............it gave me some good ideas of what to add to my workout routine. I'm getting less timid at the gym now that I'm more comfortable with the machines.

Good pictures - it definetly looks like you're firming up!

Also...............love the truck!


thank you... it's really nice to be able to see progress so quickly :claplow:

I'm glad my journal has been helpful to you :) :o

I thought the same thing, Cham. Definitely looking firmer. :tucool:

You should see my gym. The spaces are way too close together. I hate taking my Z there as it has longer doors and it's almost impossible to get them open enough to get out without getting bruised, plus some people are not very curteous when it comes to looking out for other people's property. I always go out of my way not to ding other people's doors!

A corvette is one of the cars I've been considering for next on the list. They're purty. :nod:

thanks hibiscus... I'm soooooo glad the progress is obvious, it helps a lot with staying motivated :nod:

I lOOOOOVE corvettes... that's my dream car... but having a family is an even bigger dream, so I'll take my great big truck for the time being... I really like it too... I feel very safe and it's REALLY cool to be able to see over just about everybody else :p hehe

okay... I didn't make it in here this weekend... so my training log for the weekend is below ;)

this was a nice quite weekend for the most part, which was very nice. It was quite relaxing... my massage on Friday was AWESOME and I had made sure I had already done my cardio and taken my shower so I really didn't have anything that I HAD to do Friday night *happy sigh* :D :p

Saturday and Sunday were pretty quite too... I hit the gym Saturday morning and then met with a really nice lady that I'm going to help put a small brochure and information sheets together for... extra money :claplow: is always good... and we REALLY hit it off and sat around chatting for quite a while.... we met at Chilli's and when I declined to order anything and showed her my PWO shake that I was still sipping on it started a whole 'fitness & diet' discussion... which was actually really cool because she WANTED to know what I was doing and why and how it helped... it's nice to run into people who are genuinly interested in becoming healthier :nod:

Sunday I spent the late morning/early afternoon watching the Buc's game :claplow: :claphigh: :claplow: while they didn't play as well in the second half as they had in the first they still pulled out a win, which is really great for the first game of the season... if only my Bronco's had had that much luck :rolleyes:

here's the workout info:

Friday 9/9/05

Cardio:
30 minutes on the variable incline elliptical. (I try to keep my heartrate between 160 and 170.)

Saturday 9/10/05

Biceps:
Curls w/ a twist (starts as a hammer curl at the bottom and twists up to look like a regular curl at the top – twist back to the hammer curl position on the down movement):
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 6
Set 3 – 25 lbs, 5

Incline curls:
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 15 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 8

Triceps:
Weight assisted dips:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 6
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 5

French Press (skull crushers) with a bar:
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 4 ½ (I usually don’t do the weight assisted dips… or any dips for that matter before this exercise… 40 lbs was too heavy)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 9 ½

Cable push downs (with a straight bar):
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 5 … dropped to 80 lbs and did 3 more
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 7

Sunday 9/11/05:

Cardio:
30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and a 10% incline (my heart rate stayed right around 160)

tonight I worked my shoulders and abs... I got a pretty good workout in tonight...

Shoulders:
Military Press:
set 1 - 25 lbs, 12
set 2 - 25 lbs, 12
set 3 - 25 lbs, 11
set 4 - 25 lbs, 10

side raises:
set 1 - 15 lbs, 11
set 2 - 15 lbs, 8
set 3 - 15 lbs, 8

bent over reverse flys (rear delts) w/dumbbells:
set 1 - 15 lbs, 12
set 2 - 15 lbs, 12
set 3 - 15 lbs, 12
I haven't done these in so long I wasn't sure what weight to pick up and try... I'll move up to 20 lbs next time.

upright rows:
set 1 - 20 lbs, 12
set 2 - 20 lbs, 10
set 3 - 20 lbs, 9

Abs:
hanging leg raises:
set 1 - 12
set 2 - 10
set 3 - 9

weighted crunches (machine):
set 1 - 65 lbs, 12
set 2 - 65 lbs, 12
set 3 - 65 lbs, 9

yoga at 7 p.m. - I actually had 5 people in my class tonight... one guy that only shows now and then and two newbies :claplow:

ahhh... it feels so good to have gotten up for my cardio today... I love the energy boost I get from doing my cardio first thing in the morning.. I just hate having to actually get up for it :p

I got a response from my trainer yesterday and she's really happy with my progress so far :claplow: yayyy

I'm working my legs later today or else I'd try to go give blood today.. I'm not technically supposed to anyway though... stupid rules... I lived in Germany for 6 years (my dad was in the Air Force) so they (Central Florida Blood Bank) think I might have 'mad cow' :rolleyes: how dumb... hell, for one thing the only meat we ate when we were out and about was pork, not beef... and the beef we did eat was purchased on base so it came from the US :rolleyes: *sigh* they cry and say they don't get enough donations, but they won't take mine and I'm a willing donator... before the ristriction was 'if you lived or visted Germany or England for more than 6 months' now it's 'if you lived..... for more than 4 years'... it's getting closer, but it's still not long enough for me :mad: everyone keeps telling me I should just lie about it but it just doesn't feel right to do that... although I've started to think about it :p

Hi Cham! :) Sorry about your mad cow blood. :lol: You shouldn't give on leg day anyway, but I know that's not your point. That would be frustrating.

Pam told me she was pleased with your progress when I trained with her last. :) She won't be pleased with my nutrition lately. :eek: I seem to go on a roll, eating healthy for a week, and then binging. It's hard to adjust to post contest. :p

Have a Happy Wednesday!

Hi Cham! :) Sorry about your mad cow blood. :lol: You shouldn't give on leg day anyway, but I know that's not your point. That would be frustrating.

Pam told me she was pleased with your progress when I trained with her last. :) She won't be pleased with my nutrition lately. :eek: I seem to go on a roll, eating healthy for a week, and then binging. It's hard to adjust to post contest. :p

Have a Happy Wednesday!


that's what killed me post contest... I went on a month long binge basically and I'm just now recovering from it... two years later... don't let it get that far out of hand and you'll be okay... I'm going to continue working with Pam after the competition in the spring so that I can learn how to maintain and not blow up this time... I want to sit right around 18% FOREVER after I compete ;)

Okay okay, so I’ve been REALLY lazy in getting my workouts posted… or, hell, posting in my journal at all :o *sigh*, oh well… here goes… the catch-up for all my training info is first

Last Tuesday (9/13/05) – Leg Day:

Squats:
Warm up set – 115 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 135 lbs, 11
Set 2 – 135 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 135 lbs, 9

Narrow hack squats:
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 90 lbs, 12
This is the first time I’ve ever done these and I wasn’t sure of what weight to chose… I probably would have gotten less in sets 2 and three if it hadn’t been for the chatty idiot that kept interrupting my workout :mad: so I had really long rest periods between sets

Leg curl:
Set 1 – 60lbs, 12
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 8

Straight leg deadlift:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 12
Need to increase the weight next time (although a different chatty idiot messed up my rest periods here too :mad: )

I guess I need to learn how to be rude * :mad:

I had lost all momentum in my workout by this time and it was getting late so I left the rest of my leg workout for the next morning.

Wednesday 9/14/05 – the rest of leg day:
I decided that since I was only doing two movements today that I’d do 4 sets of each to really get a good burn :p I worked out at lunch.
Sumo Squats:
Set 1 – 85lbs, 12
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 105 lbs, 12
Set 4 – 110 lbs, 11

Standing calf raises:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 14
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 4 – 80 lbs, 12 (wow did that last set burn)

Thursday 9/15/05 – Cardio
5:45 a.m. – treadmill for 30 minutes, 3.3 mph, 10% incline

Friday 9/16/05 – Back & Chest:
Back:
Bent over rows:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 10

Pull Downs (wide grip):
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8

Low rows (cable):
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 10
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8

Low back extensions (machine):
Set 1 – 110 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 110 lbs, 12
I really felt these!!

Chest:
Bench Press (w/ dumbbells):
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 12 (wow did that burn)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 8
Set 4 – 30 lbs, 8 (wow did that burn)

Incline Press (w/ dumbbells):
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 8

Fly’s (w/ dumbbells):
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 10

Monday 9/19/05 – Glute’s day:
The sets with # / # indicate the number of repletion’s for each leg.

Lunges w/ smith machine:
Warm up set – 45 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 85 lbs, 12/12 (this is a 20 lb increase)
Set 2 – 85 lbs, 12/12

Step ups:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12/12 (this is a 10 lb increase)
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 12/12

Bench lunges:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12/12 (this is a 10 lb increase) – wow those were hard
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 9/9

Walking lunges superset w/ straight leg deadlifts:
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 20 : 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 20 : 80 lbs, 12 OMG did that burn… I needed a couple of minutes to recover from that one :p

Glute machine:
Set 1 – 50 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 50 lbs, 12

Tuesday 9/20/05 – Cardio, Biceps & Triceps

Noon – cardio: 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and a 10% incline

I will do Bi’s & Tri’s after work tonight

So… now for the rambling :p hehe

We spent a lot of time driving over the weekend, followed by a really fun party and a lot of dancing… I liked it, but my knee didn’t…actually, my knee is still complaining, although it’s not doing so quite as loudly anymore, thank goodness *sigh* Monday when I woke I could barely bend it :( I wore my knee wrap all day and kept myself medicated with Motrin, which seemed to really help and enabled me to do my glute workout *yayyy*… and boy do I have DOMS from the workout last night… my butt hurts… literally :p

The party on Saturday raged on well into Sunday and we didn’t get to sleep until around 5 a.m…. we stayed at a hotel in South Florida (where the party was) so we wouldn’t have to drive back at that ungodly hour, but that meant that we couldn’t sleep too long :( darn it… we were up and heading down to the complementary breakfast around 10 a.m… after breakfast we drove back to a friends house to collect what we had left there (we HAD been planning on returning to that house after the party but it was an hour away from said party and we were NOT driving back there at 5 a.m. ;) )… once we collected our stuff we headed to the in-laws house in Merritt Island (another hour and a half) where we helped to clean out the attic so that they could get to a leaky air conditioner vent that was causing water spots on the living room ceiling… once that was done and we had eaten dinner, dessert and coffee we headed back home (another 45 minutes of driving)… after all of that, and the knee hurting, it’s no wonder I didn’t get up for cardio Monday morning :p … today I didn’t do my cardio before work either… I thought it would be a better idea to let my knee ease into the day again, even though it’s quite a bit better today… but it’s not nearly ALL better

I’ll be hitting the gym tonight to work my bi’s and tri’s and I’ll post more when I get home ;)

Walking lunges superset w/ straight leg deadlifts:

I did that superset. Fun! LOL The other one Pam had me do that was the spawn of Satan is supersetting bench lunges with extensions. Yowzers!! :spaz:

well... I'm in Denver right now on the 21st floor of the Lincoln Center downtown stuck in a cubical in a little room on the inside of the building... if we turned off all of the lights in here it'd be pitch black :p I'm going to go check on the Y across the street at lunch and see if I can get a free week out of them :D :p

it looks like there is a possibility that I could be here a bit longer than just one week now… the only other marketing person is EXTREMEMLY busy and just had one more item dropped on her desk and she’s pretty much desperate for more help… which is good and bad… good because I’d get to spend more time with my family here but bad because I’d be away from home and Roger for five more days… they want me to stay through Wednesday next week… which also pushes my b-day celebration with Roger back even further… ack… I turn 32 on Thursday :p

I miss my hunny… it’s really weird not having him around all the time, especially at night… going to bed alone after so many years of having him there with me is always hard… although this will be the longest we’ve been apart since we started dating… I did come to Denver without him four years ago but it was only for 5 days… if my plans really do change (and they are not solid yet) then it will be a total of 11 days :(

I did do my leg work out on Saturday… I’ll try to find time to type up what I did and post it later. Yesterday, due to travel and family stuff, turned into a rest day. I will try to workout at the Y today at lunch and then I will be hitting the Y (hopefully) tomorrow morning. Today is chest and back.

Well.. later everybody

if Roger was a "perfect husband", he'd surprise you this weekend and fly out to see you and celebrate your birthday there.

hint hint hint hint hint

wait, i guess it wouldnt be a surprise then. :confused:
gl turning 32!

if Roger was a "perfect husband", he'd surprise you this weekend and fly out to see you and celebrate your birthday there.

hint hint hint hint hint

wait, i guess it wouldnt be a surprise then. :confused:
gl turning 32!


LOL... thanks ;)

if Roger was a "perfect husband", he'd surprise you this weekend and fly out to see you and celebrate your birthday there.

hint hint hint hint hint

If he wasn't the keystone in a $140-million dollar design project, he already had that idea and would've had his ass on an airplane... unfortunately, my overdeveloped, dutiful sense of professionalism won ... not the plane ticket.

She's my older woman... you know how them older woman can be. ;) We'll celebrate when she gets home.

-R

Do you know how quiet it is here without her? Me 'n the fucking cat are lost without her...

She's my older woman... you know how them older woman can be. ;) We'll celebrate when she gets home.


:claplow: :claplow: :claplow: for the celebrating part

now the older woman thing... well... thats kinda silly... I'm only two months and a day older than he is :p :lol: silly man



Do you know how quiet it is here without her? Me 'n the fucking cat are lost without her...

:o I'm pretty lost without you too :d_frown: and I miss my kitty too

and now it looks like I have to miss you for a bit longer... my trip has been extended through next Wednesday

I hit a different gym last night, the Colorado Athletic Club... it's a nice place, but damn I'm not used to how much more expensive things are here... ONE day costs $15... for a week it'd be $45... just for a WEEK... we pay $30 a MONTH in orlando :spaz: at least I was able to fanagle a five day pass... although it's really just a five visit pass (I asked), so I'm going to just hit the gym once a day and hopefully on the weekend I'll go hiking with my Uncle Don and that will count towards my cardio... I hit bi's and tri's today... my back is feeling my workout from yesterday.. wow... I increased my weights a bit yesterday :p

Happy Birthday!!! :claplow: :claplow:

Yes, Happy Birthday Chameleon!!! :claplow: :claphigh: :claplow:

Happy Birthday!!! :claplow: :claplow:


Yes, Happy Birthday Chameleon!!! :claplow: :claphigh: :claplow:


thanks guys :D

well... my workouts have been kind of 'here and there' if you know what I mean... I hate being away from my regular gym, my house, and my regular routine... I haven't been eating often enough, I haven't been getting in enough water and I just kinda feel like crap right now... my birthday was good though... I went to the Brown Palace (downtown Denver) for afternoon tea with my aunt... I share a birthday with this particual aunt... the server brought us two corsages and tow extra little tea cake with candles in them and had the piano player play happy birthday for us.. it was really cool... then I went to dinner with the same aunt, her husband and one of my other uncles.. we went to an italian restaurant and ate 'family style'... we got to pick two salads, two appitizers, two pasta's, two main courses and two deserts... then our waiter there brough us extra deserts with candles in them for my aunt and I :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ... oh and we shared a bottle of wine.. it was a bit overboard but I NEVER get to see my aunt on our birthday... so it's not something that will be repeated soon.

right now I'm sitting in my grandma's living room with a laptop from work on my lap, roasting my thighs... I wonder if I can lose some fat by heating it up... LOL... just kidding

yesterday I went up into the mountains with two of my uncles and one of my uncles friends... we hiked up a trail called Hell's Hole and I got a few, hopefully good, pictures with my local boss's camera... I'll tell you what... I'd actually LIKE my job if I could work with this guy... he's a genuinely nice guy and he's bending over backwards to make me happy while I'm here helping him... he told me that if the office didn't have an available laptop for me to borrow over the weekend, that I could use his, he lent me his camera, he took me (and the other engineers that have been working on proposals the past week) out to dinner at his country club Friday night, and then he offered to let me go over to his house today and watch football on his 60" widescreen HDTV and use his desktop computer... and the most amazing part of that was... he and his wife are out golfing today and won't be home, but he gave me the code for his garage door and the password for his personal computer and told me to come on over if I wanted to :spaz: I almost wish I was there right now watching football, but after I thought about it I decided that sitting here with the laptop and visiting with my grandma might be a better idea... I may not get another chance to sit quietly in the same room with her... she was playing the piano earlier and I fell asleep listening to her... I'm glad I was here for that instead of at my bosses house.

my grandma isn't doing so good these day's... just getting her down the steps out front and into the car to go to church was a chore, I was planning on taking her somewhere for lunch but she was so tired by the time we got back that I offered to make pancakes and eggs instead.... of course I forgot to get the melted butter out of the microwave, so the pancakes weren't quite 'right' but no one seemed to notice :p

I have hit the gym a few times since I've been here, but I only have a five visit pass to the gym downtown so I saved two visits for this week... my trip was unexpectly extended and I won't be leaving Denver until Wednesday evening...and then I will, thankfully, be home and back to my regular routine

I miss my sweetie and wanna go home!!

well... when it rains it pours I guess... I found out on Friday that my paternal grandfather died... the whole weekend I kind of just let it sit and dealt with it by saying that we really hadn't known each other all that well and I really hadn't grieved at all... well... last night I spoke with my Aunt Becky (one of my fathers sisters) and the tears were flowing :d_frown:

I had been hoping to get up to see him before he died but now I don't have the choice anymore, it's gone and so is he... my only consolation is that he is finally not hurting anymore... he was deemed terminal six and a half years ago and was told he would only have six months to live... well.. he FAR exceeded that expectation, but really didn't have much of a life for the past couple of years... between multiple hart attaches (starting in his thirties), several strokes over the years, two types of cancer (one was in his pancreas), mysterious blood loss (that they never did figure out) that caused him to have to go into the hospital for blood transfusions, and most recently, kidney failure (he'd been on dialysis four times a day) his standard of living was very poor.

One of the excuses I was using for not grieving was that I really hadn’t seen or spent much time with my grandfather… he never lived close and we had only gone up to Ohio to visit him six or seven times… I haven’t seen him since I was sixteen… however, over the past three years we had been e-mailing each other and keeping in touch, until about a year ago they pretty much stopped… that was about the time grandpa went in for surgery on his legs… his main arteries had started to close up on him and his legs weren’t getting much blood circulation… so they went in to put stints in his arteries to hold them open and he died on the operating table twice… that was the start of the mysterious blood loss… they really couldn’t figure out how or where he was losing blood but he’d get really tired and would become anemic, so they would hospitalize him and give him blood transfusions and send him home… this happened every few months for the past year… it really is a blessing that he’s passed and is no longer in pain… but what really hit me last night was that my aunt said he was really trying to not die on my birthday or my cousins (my Aunt Becky’s daughter)… my birthday is on the 29th of September and Erica’s is on the 1st of October… grandpa died on September 30th… and according to Aunt Becky… he knew it was going to happen when it did… he didn’t want anyone to see him die, so he sent them all out of his room… he had been told not to get up out of bed, but he did anyway… and they don’t know for sure what happened first, but he got up and fell, hit his head and had a heart attach that killed him… they don’t know if he had the attach and that’s what caused him to fall and hit his head or if it happened in reverse order… and we’ll never know… but his suffering is over.

I know this is a big downer and I apologize to anyone who reads this, but I really wanted/needed to get it off my chest… I went to sleep with a tissue in my hand last night and slept like a hurricane… I haven’t tossed and turned in my sleep that much in years… AND I overslept on accident… I have two alarms that I set at my grandma’s house and I made sure they were both set for 10 minutes apart, but accidentally didn’t turn one of them on… I was lucky to wake up in time to get to work on time, which I did… and now I need to get back to it.

sorry to hear this. thoughts are with you.

Sorry to hear about your grandfather Chameleon.

No need to apologize for talking about this, sometimes you just have to!

Take care...

Don't be hard on yourself for crying about your Grandfather. You loved him and there is nothing wrong with letting your feelings come through. Sorry about you and your family's loss. (((hugs)))

I'm so sorry about your grandfather, Cham. It's hard to lose people we love. It's also hard to deal with lingering illnesses, both for those who have the illness and for those who love them. My prayers are with you.

phillydude, Butterflyer, sassypants, & hibiscus09 - thank you for your kind words... I really appreciate it :nod:

Now, on to the newest edition to my work saga… after a very trying day last Thursday, catching up on a week and a half’s worth of work in the office, on almost no sleep… my muddled brain decided it was time to have a ‘chat’ with my boss… George… within that chat I mentioned how nice it had been in Denver and how good it had felt to be treated as a professional SHOULD be… like a professional… I brought up various issues that made the Orlando office come up short in comparison, including that fact that I (as well as the rest of the administrative staff – damn I hate being lumped in there) felt that we may as well be punching a time card when we come into the office, go to lunch, leave for meetings and then when we head out at night… I shouldn’t be treated like I work at McDonalds and need to be watched all the time to make sure I’m getting my time in… I have a degree… I think I should be treated with a bit more respect than that… and that’s basically what I said… turns out the silly man didn’t even realize that we felt that way… all of that ‘watching’ was supposedly a holdback from when we had a REALLY unreliable employee and George had felt he couldn’t ‘watch’ one of us without watching all of us :rolleyes: and that he had just failed to let us know that the policy was no long valid since that employee had been let go…. Soooooo… it appears that I should have the freedom and respect that I should have and that I shouldn’t feel as though I HAVE to report my every move to George… of course that’s yet to be confirmed…we’ll see how it goes :p

Oh and about fifteen minutes after I had left the office on Thursday, after our little talk, George called me to let me know that if I had my 40 hours in for the week (which I did), that I could take Friday off :D .. boy was that nice… I slept until 11 a.m. :p

Now… on the workout front… I do have some workout logs to enter and post for the week of Sept. 26th – Sept 30th… however I do not have any logs to enter for last week :( or the weekend… I need to get my ass back in gear and head back to the gym… I’ve had more than enough time to recover from my trip… man, I used to never get jet lag… but this trip kicked my ass… musta been the thin air :p

all righty then... here's my training log for the past several weeks...

Tuesday 9/20/05 – Bi’s & Tri’s:
Bi’s:
Warm up – regular curls – 15lbs, 12
Hammer Curls:
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 7 (isolated)
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 6 (isolated – last one was assisted)
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 8 (together)

Curls:
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 6
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 7

Tri’s:
Bench dip w/ feet up (on another bench):
Warm up – body weight, 12
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 10
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 25 lbs, 9

French press:
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 10

Cable push downs w/ straight bar:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 7
Set 3 – 90 lbs, 7

Wednesday 9/21/05
A.M. Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline

Thursday 9/22/05
A.M. Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline
Shoulders:
Military Press:
Warm up – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 25 lbs, 12

Superset side raises & front raises:
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 12 / 20 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 15 lbs, 10 / 20 lbs, 7
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 8 / 12 lbs, 10

Rear Delts (machine):
Set 1 – 90 lbs (accident), 5 / 60 lbs, 7
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 9

Friday 9/23/05
A.M. Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline

Saturday 9/24/05 – Leg Day: my right knee was REALLY hurting today, so I skipped squats
Leg Press:
Warm up – 180 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 270 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 315 lbs, 12 (wow – PB)
Set 3 – 315 lbs, 12

Leg extensions:
Set 1 – 100 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 100 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 100 lbs, 10

Leg curls:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 10

Straight leg deadlifts:
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 10 (PB)
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 95 lbs, 9

Sumo squats:
Set 1 – 100 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 100 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 100 lbs, 12

Standing calf raises:
Set 1 – 77 lbs, 12 (toes straight)
Set 2 – 77 lbs, 12 (toes out)
Set 3 – 77 lbs, 10 (toes in)
Set 4 – 77 lbs, 10 (toes straight)

Sunday 26th – Flew to Denver, CO for work did not workout on Saturday or Sunday.

Monday 9/26/05 – Back & Chest (was given a 1 day trial at the Denver YMCA – worked out at lunch. The cable machines left a lot to be desired, they looked older than time and there was not a very large selection of free weights)
Back:
Bent over rows:
Warm up – 40 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 9

Pull Downs: (the weights were marked with a white pen to show lbs, I have no idea if it was accurate or not)
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 7

Low Rows:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 6
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 7

Chest:
Bench Press:
Warm up – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 12 (5 more than last time)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 11

Incline Press:
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 11
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 7
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 7

I skipped Incline Fly’s as I didn’t have enough time left to get them in. I skipped low back extensions because there was no where to do them.

In the evening I walked over to the Colorado Athletic Club and was able to get a five visit pass, to ‘try out’ the gym and did my cardio.

Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline

Tuesday 9/27/05 – Bi’s & Tri’s (Colorado Athletic Club)
Bi’s:
Curls w/ a twist (starts as a hammer curl and looks like a regular curl at the top):
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 6
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 9

Incline curls:
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 10
Set 2 – 15 lbs, 7
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 7

Tri’s:
French Press:
Warm up set – 20 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 5
Set 3 – 35 lbs, 9 (35lb bar is not available at my gym in Orlando)

Push downs w/ straight bar:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 6

Hanging leg raises:
3 sets, 12/10/9

Wednesday 9/28/05 – Cardio
A.M. Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline

Thursday 9/29/05 – MY BIRTHDAY!!! Did not go to the gym.

I slacked from here until the end of my (unexpectedly extended) trip. I was in Denver from September 25th through October 5th.

I did go on a very strenuous 2 hour hike in the Rocky Mountains with two of my uncles on Saturday October 1st. We hiked UP for an hour and a half and it took us around a half hour to forty five minutes to get back down.

Monday 10/10/05 – Shoulders
Rotator cuff warm up: 3 sets on each side, 15/15/12 (reps)

Military press:
Warm up – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 6

Superset side raises and front raises:
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 10 / 20 lbs, 7
Set 2 – 12 lbs, 10 / 15 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 12 lbs, 8 / 15 lbs, 8

Rear Delts (w/ dumbbells):
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 14
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 11

Twist crunches – 2 sets of 20 on each side (a total of 40 reps on each set)

1 hour of Yoga at 7 p.m.

Tuesday 10/11/05 – Leg Day
A.M Cardio - 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline

Squats:
Warm up – 115 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 135 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 125 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 125 lbs, 7

Superset – leg press and leg extension:
Set 1 – 315 lbs, 12 / 100 lbs, 4 – dropped down to 90 lbs, 4
Set 2 – 315 lbs, 11 / 90 lbs, 4 – dropped down to 80 lbs, 2
Set 3 – 315 lbs, 10 / 70 lbs, 7

Leg curls:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 8
I was feeling very nauseous after the last two sets of curls and decided to call it a night.

Wednesday 10/12/05 – cardio only
A.M. Cardio - 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline
Volleyball & Yoga in the P.M.

well.. this sucks, but I need to post my progress pictures because I said I would. this includes pictures from September 24th (third picture) and yesterday (forth picture) :d_frown: I was actually making some progress until my trip to Denver *sigh* now I need to make up for the two weeks of crap and THEN I'll start seeing real progress again... damn does that suck :d_frown:

yesterday I did 30 minutes of fasted cardio in the morning and then did my glute workout (below) in the afternoon. Today I did 30 minutes of fasted, morning cardio.

Lunges w/ Smith Machine:
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 12/12 (increase of 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 10/10

Step ups:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12/12
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 12/12

Bench lunges:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 10/10
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 10/10
Knee was starting to bother me so I decided to drop the walking lunges this week. It’s been progressively getting stronger so by next week I should be back at full strength.

Deadlifts:
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 12 (2 more than last time)
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 10

Glute machine:
Set 1 – 50 lbs, 12/12
Set 2 – 50 lbs, 12/12
I need to increase the weight next time.

Saturday I did 30 minutes of MISS at 3.3 mph and a 10% incline.

Sunday turned into an OFF day.

Yesterday I got up for my AM cardio – 30 minutes of MISS at 3.3 mph and a 10% incline – I was supposed to get my bicep & tricep workout in before Yoga, but since we had to drop Roger’s mustang off at the shop to get the new motor installed yesterday morning we had to carpool home, so instead of only going as far as the gym yesterday we had to drive all the way home and due to several fatal accidents the traffic was hideous :mad: … it took us forever to get home, by the time we were pulling into the driveway I really only had enough time to eat, change and get back on the road so that I could make it to the gym in time for my yoga class.

Last night I was up pasted my regular bedtime so I decided that since I CAN’T do more than four days of cardio, per my trainer, that I would sleep in today… and I’m glad that I decided that… for whatever reason (and I’m really not sure what the reason might be) I just couldn’t STAY asleep last night… part of it was Roger snoring :rolleyes: , part of it was having to get up to pee (damn water :p )… the rest of it… I have no idea, all I know is that I just couldn’t stay asleep.

The other reason I wanted today to be my off day for cardio is that I’m going to be hitting my legs today… last week I did cardio and legs in the same day and I just couldn’t get the whole leg day… part of that was because I hadn’t hit legs in two weeks, but I think part of it was that, because I had been out for more than a week, cardio and legs were just too much for one day… I hit my legs HARD and I want as much energy as possible so that I can funnel it into that leg day… hopefully I wake up soon :p

One thing I keep wondering is WHY I’m not doing more cardio… I don’t think 4 – 30 minute sessions a week are enough to get my metabolism running faster, and that’s fairly evident in how slow my progress has been up to this point… yes, I’m trying to build muscle too, however, I would really like to see a bit more progress for all of my efforts… I talked to my trainer about that and she wants me to stay on course with what I’m doing right now until the end of the month and then she’s going to change things up a bit… hopefully that will kick start a bit more progress… I want this fat GONE damnit!!!! :mad:

Patience grasshopper. :lol: I just did 3 30 minute sessions at first and slowly added the cardio as I went along for my contest prep. I had my doubts at times, but did exactly what she said and was amazed that she brought me in exactly where she said I would be for my contest. My big thing when I signed up and started paying someone to tell me what to do was to trust her (after doing my research and making sure she was qualified). I have always wanted to take over and do what I thought was best and that wasn't working for me. When I just did as Pam told me to do, voila. She really does know her stuff.

Patience grasshopper. :lol: I just did 3 30 minute sessions at first and slowly added the cardio as I went along for my contest prep. I had my doubts at times, but did exactly what she said and was amazed that she brought me in exactly where she said I would be for my contest. My big thing when I signed up and started paying someone to tell me what to do was to trust her (after doing my research and making sure she was qualified). I have always wanted to take over and do what I thought was best and that wasn't working for me. When I just did as Pam told me to do, voila. She really does know her stuff.


I know, and I do trust her, it's just frustrating - especially since I fell off the proverbial wagon for almost two weeks - now I'm just trying to get back to where I was three weeks ago instead of progressing past where I was :mad: damnit... but I'm listening to what she tells me ;)

damn.. I've been slacking... this thing was hiding on the third page :p

Thursday October 13, 2005
Back & Chest

Back
Bent over Rows:
Warm up – 40 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 12 (increase of 2)
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)

Pull Downs:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 7 (increase of 1)

Low Rows:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 7

Back Extension Machine:
Set 1 – 110 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 110 lbs, 12

Chest
Bench Press:
Warm Up – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 11
Set 4 – 30 lbs, 8

Incline Press:
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 7
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 6

Reverse Fly Machine:
Set 1 – 55 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 55 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 55 lbs, 11

Friday, October 14, 2005

Glutes:
Lunges on the Smith Machine:
Warm up set – 45 lbs, 12/12
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 12/12 (increased the weight by 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 10/10

Step Ups:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12/12
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 12/12
Increase weight next time.

Bench Lunges:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 10/10
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 10/10

My knee was bothering me a bit so I decided to skip the walking lunges.
Deadlifts:
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 12 (increase of 2)
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)

Glute machine:
Set 1 – 50 lbs, 12/12
Set 2 – 50 lbs, 12/12
Increase weight next time.

Saturday, October 15, 2005
Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline.

Monday, October 17, 2005
Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline.
Yoga – 1 hour

Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Leg Day

Squats:
Warm up – 80 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 135 lbs, 12 (increase of 3)
Set 2 – 135 lbs, 11 (increase of 10 lbs, and 2 reps from last time)
Set 3 – 135 lbs, 9 (increase of 10 lbs, and 2 reps from last time)

Superset Leg Press / Leg Raises:
Set 1 – 315 lbs, 12 / 90 lbs, 10
Set 2 – 315 lbs, 12 (increase of 1) / 90 lbs, 5 – dropped to 80 lbs, 4
Set 3 – 315 lbs, 11 (increase of 1) / 80 lbs, 5 – dropped to 70 lbs, 3

Leg Curl:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 9 (increase of 1)

Dead Lifts:
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 11 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 95 lbs, 10

Sumo Squats:
Set 1 – 100 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 100 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 115 lbs, 10 (increase of 15 lbs)

Standing Calf Raises:
Set 1 – 77 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 77 lbs, 12 (toes in)
Set 3 – 77 lbs, 12 (toes out) wow did I feel that set.
Set 4 – 77 lbs, 10

Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Bi’s & Tri’s

Bi’s
Hammer Curls:
Warm Up – 10 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 6/6 (isolation – last one was assisted on both sides)

Curls:
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 5 – dropped to 15 lbs, 3
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 8

Tri’s
Bench Dips:
Warm Up – body weight, 12
Set 1 – 25 lbs, 12 (increase of 2)
Set 2 – 25 lbs, 11 (increase of 2)
Set 3 – 25 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)

French Press:
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 6 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 12

Push Downs with cable curl bar w/ revolving handles:
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 12 (wow did I feel that one)
Set 3 – 90 lbs, 9

Thursday, October 20, 2005
Cardio at lunch – 10 minutes on the stair climber & 20 minutes on the elliptical w/ arms

Shoulders & Abs

Hanging Leg Raises:
3 sets – 12/11/10 (increase of 1 rep on sets 2 and 3)

Rotator Cuff warm up:
3 sets – 10 lbs, 15/15/15

Shoulders:
Military Press:
Warm up – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 11 (my right shoulder [not the bad one] wasn’t happy about the last rep)Set 2 – 25 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 25 lbs, 9

Side Raises:
Set 1 – 12 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 12 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 12 lbs, 10

Rear Delts – machine (reverse fly’s):
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 11
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 9

Abs:
Reverse curls (w/ straight legs)
3 sets – 20/20/20 (wow I really felt that last set)

Weighted crunches (machine):
Set 1 – 65 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 65 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 65 lbs, 8

Friday, October 21, 2005
Cardio – 30 minutes on the variable incline elliptical

Saturday, October 22, 2005
Glutes:
Lunges on the Smith Machine:
Set 1 – 105 lbs, 12/12 (increase of 10 lbs) Personal best
Set 2 – 105 lbs, 11/11

Step Ups:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 12/12 (increase of 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 10/10
Tried these w/ a bar this time since the dumbbells are getting hard to hold on too… it’s hard to balance w/ a weighted bar.

Bench Lunges:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12/12 (increase of 2 on each side)
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 11/11 (increase of 1 on each side)

Superset Walking Lunges & Straight leg Deadlifts: (with a bar)
Set 1 – 45 lbs, 22 (increase of 5 lbs) / 85 lbs, 12 (increase of 5 lbs)
Set 2 – 45 lbs, 24 / 85 lbs, 10

Glute machine:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 10/10 (increase of 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 9/9

Sunday – off day

Monday – turned into an off day because of Hurricane Wilma

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
AM Cardio – 30 minutes on the treadmill at 3.3 mph and 10% incline

Back (at lunch)
Bent over Rows:
Warm Up – 40 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12 (increase of 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8

Pull Downs:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 11 (1 less than last time)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 9 (increase of 2)

Low Rows:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 11 (increase of 2)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 9 (increase of 2)

I didn’t have enough time at lunch to do chest.

Wednesday, October 26, 2005 – worked 14 hours AND taught my yoga class
Thursday, October 27, 2005 – worked 15 ½ hours

Friday, October 28, 2005
I finished the proposal I had been working on all week. I’ll be leaving the office in about an hour to head to the gym. I’m going to work my Chest and get in 45 minutes of cardio.

Hi Chameleon! We missed your journal. :)

You have very strong legs. :flex: My legs hurt just looking at your workout!

Hi Chameleon! We missed your journal. :)

You have very strong legs. :flex: My legs hurt just looking at your workout!


LOL... thanks for reading :tucool:

Friday's chest workout:
Bench Press:
warm up set - 15 lbs, 12
set 1 - 35 lbs, 12 (increase of 5 lbs)
set 2 - 35 lbs, 11 (really had to push for that last one)
set 3 - 35 lbs, 7
set 4 - 35 lbs, 5 / 30 lbs, 3 (wow did that burn)

Incline Press:
set 1 - 30 lbs, 11
set 2 - 30 lbs, 9
set 3 - 30 lbs, 6 / 25 lbs, 4

Incline Fly's:
set 1 - 20 lbs, 12
set 2 - 20 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
set 3 - 20 lbs, 10

I'm going to work my legs again tonight :spaz:

here's last nights leg workout... my legs are already starting to get sore :p I probably won't be able to walk tomorrow :p I'm heading to the gym in a few minutes to get my cardio in for today... and then I'll do my bi's/tri's and calf's in tonight before yoga... I just didn't have the energy last night to fit calf's in.

I recieved my new training numbers & info today from Pam... things are switching up a bit... carbs are coming down a bit during the week and back up on the weekends... cardio is increasing in day's/duration, but decreasing in intensity... I really like what I see so far... I'm betting I'll see a big change fast with these changes.. it's a lot closer to what I was doing last time I trained for competition... at least the cardio is... the diet stuff is all new, but it looks good to me :D :tucool: *crossing my fingers* :p

I'll be taking new progress pictures this weekend... it was supposed to be last weekend, but I forgot :o

Leg Day (last night):
Squats:
warm up - 80 lbs, 12
set 1 - 140 lbs, 12 (increase of 5 lbs)
set 2 - 145 lbs, 10 (personal best)
set 3 - 145 lbs, 9

Superset Leg Press / Leg Extension:
set 1 - 360 lbs, 12 (increase of 45 lbs) / 90 lbs, 10
set 2 - 360 lbs, 11 / 90 lbs, 4 - dropped to 80 lbs, 3 (7 reps total)
set 3 - 360 lbs, 10 / 80 lbs, 5 - dropped to 70 lbs, 3 (8 reps total)
these burned like crazy... I'm going to be sore!

Leg Curl:
warm up - 30 lbs, 12
set 1 - 80 lbs, 3 (this was accidental) / 70 lbs 6 (increase of 10 lbs)
set 2 - 70 lbs, 6 - dropped to 60 lbs, 4
set 3 - 60 lbs, 8

Straight Leg Deadlifts:
set 1 - 105 lbs, 10 (increase of 10 lbs - personal best)
set 2 - 105 lbs, 10
set 3 - 105 lbs, 9

Sumo Squats:
set 1 - 115 lbs, 12
set 2 - 115 lbs, 10
set 3 - 115 lbs, 10 (wow those were hard)

I had to share this comic with everyone.. it really made me crack up today :p

I had to share this comic with everyone.. it really made me crack up today :p

:lol: Cute!

That looked like a very tough leg workout! Owie!

:lol: Cute!

That looked like a very tough leg workout! Owie!


yea... and owie is what my legs are starting to say already... I did my cardio at lunch and my legs didn't like that either.. tomorrow will be worse... and I HAVE to get up for cardio tomorrow morning... my cardio has been increased to 6 days a week, no matter what, for 40 minutes... instead of the four day's a week for 30 minutes that it's been for over a month now... my legs are sooooo not going to want to move tomorrow :p

I intended to post this yesterday, but the board went down as soon as I finished typing it up... so I saved it on my computer and will post it now :D

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This is kewl… I can button my velvet blazer and it’s not tight *clapping* and the arms aren’t too tight anymore either… it seems that I’m finally making significant progress *clapping* *yayyyyyy* hehe

I get to drive to Leesburg today (about an hour away) to listen to a board of really boring city officials (14 different cities) discuss who is going to win the job that I submitted a proposal for late last week.. this is going to be incredibly dull and tedious… whenever you’re dealing with more than one city at a time you are guaranteed to have disagreements crop up everywhere, like weeds in a garden… if one sprouts up, others will follow… it’s inevitable… this could go on for HOURS *rolling my eyes* and the worst part is… this could all be for naught because they only received two proposals… with such a low response they may re-advertise the project and that means that all of my long hours and hard work for the past two weeks will be for naught… while I won’t have to re-do everything, I will have to change dates, re-print the cover, letter and several other documents that had to be included… and possibly have to re-write certain sections if they change anything in the Request for Proposal (RFP) *sigh* what a pain… of course on the other had, we’ve gone up against the other submitter once before and lost… so it’s all together possible that I could be coming back to the office this afternoon with bad news… who knows… I’m going to just sit in the back of the room and take notes quietly and see what they say… hopefully it’s interesting enough that I don’t nod off :p la la la

Here’s yesterday’s workout & today’s cardio… today is a rest day for weights. I need to start typing up my questions & answers for my yoga certification… it’s due on the 28th of this month *eek*

Wednesday, November 1st
Lunch: Cardio – Treadmill, 3.3 mph, 10% incline for 30 minutes

Evening: Bi’s & Tri’s
Bi’s:
Hammer Curls:
Warm up – 10 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 9 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 7 (increase of 1) / dropped to 15 lbs, 3

Curls:
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 8
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 5 / dropped to 15 lbs, 4
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 8 / dropped to 10 lbs, 5

Tri’s:
Assisted Dips:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 6 / 80 lbs, 3
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8
Forgot to do a warm up set – I thought about it after I had done my first set and it was too late.

Straight bar – reverse grip press:
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 11
This bothered my wrists a bit – probably have weak wrists.

Push downs w/ cable curl bar with revolving handles:
Set 1 – 100 lbs, 8 (increase of 10 lbs) / dropped to 90 lbs, 4
Set 2 – 100 lbs, 5 / dropped to 90 lbs, 4
Set 3 – 90 lbs, 12 (increase of 3)

7 p.m. – Yoga

Thursday, November 3rd
AM Fasted Cardio – 40 minutes, 2.5 mph, 9% incline (heart rate around 120 - 122)
This seems so weird; I’m not used to going so slowly, or having to keep my heart rate so low, although I was still sweating, so I guess it’s enough ;-)~

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Friday, November 4th
AM Fasted Cardio – 40 minutes, 2.5 mph, 9% incline (heart rate around 120 - 122)

*sigh* every time I seem to be making big leaps and bounds towards my goals where fitness is concerned, I seem to injure myself in some way or another… this time is NOT an exception :mad: unfortunately… however I do seem to be working through this new hiccup. Last Saturday the hubby and I joined two of our friends at Blue Springs State Park for some camping and assorted high jinks… this included sneaking alcohol into the park and smoking just a bit of something something :p hehe of course that was followed by a walk, in the DARK, down to the springs. The problem arose when the boys (hubby & friend’s hubby) walked out ahead of my friend and I, and they (the boys) had the only flashlight. Now to really understand the whole situation, you have to know that the once nice dirt path through the woods to the springs has been recently paved over with about 2.5 inches of blacktop, unfortunately when they paved over the path they didn’t slope off the sides so that there wasn’t a big nasty drop off on the edge :rolleyes: instead the path just stops on the edges and falls those 2.5 inches down to the dirt… personally I liked the dirt path better, I like nature walks and undisturbed areas and I feel that paving over that nice path was the wrong thing to do in the first place… but leaving that drop off on the edge was a REALLY bad idea on their part. Since the boys had distanced themselves from my friend and I we couldn’t see a damn thing, and owing to the fact that we were both under the influence I staggered to the side of the blacktop and hit the edge with my right foot, which upon contact was only half way on the path…. Soooo.. you guessed it… my foot fell sharply off the side of the path severely bending/twisting my ankle, which not only bruised and possibly sprained my ankle but it pissed off the tendon in my knee as well… so now I can’t walk on the treadmill, use the elliptical or use the stair climber because of the pain in my ankle… the only form of cardio I can do is ride the bike, which aggravates my knee to some degree… however, since the bike was one of the choices the doctor gave me (a year ago) to help rehab my knee, I’ve been riding the bike the past few day’s so that I can get my cardio in.

Now, because of that ankle injury AND my knee hurting I can’t work my legs until they both heal. I’ve been wearing an ankle wrap/brace, however I’m starting to wonder if it was really helping at all, or if it was just aggravating the ankle. I decided not to wear it today and so far it’s doing okay. I still can’t walk exactly normal yet, although it does seem to be getting a bit better. I’m still wrestling with the idea of trying to get into the doctors office today. There is no way I could get an appointment for today, so I’d have to sit around all afternoon hoping one of the doctors would have an opening for a walk in patient, which would really be a waste of time if all he/she would probably say is “try not to do too much, rest it, ice it and keep it elevated”. I have severely sprained this same ankle (right) before, destroying most of the ligaments in it… this is no where near that severe… at most it effected a very small number of ligaments and may just have bruised the muscles a bit and strained the ligaments. It made teaching my yoga class this week very interesting… I can’t even sit Indian style (cross legged) right now :( … so it was a lot of ‘do what I say, not what I do’ :p because I couldn’t do a good number of the positions. Hopefully it heals in time for me to take the video of me going through all of the yoga poses for my certification that’s due before the end of the month.

I REALLY need to work on my certification package. I haven’t answered ONE of the more than one hundred questions that need to be completed before November 28th. :p

Well… I’ll have a picture update and my workout logs later.:tu:

my workout logs for the past week +

Saturday, November 5th we did a lot of walking around Blue Springs State Park. Saturday night I hurt my ankle.

Sunday & Monday I took off to try to rest my ankle.

Tuesday, November 8th
Lunch – Cardio, 40 minutes on the bike on level 3.

Evening – Shoulders & abs
Shoulder warm ups: 10 lbs, 15/15/10

Military Press:
Warm up set – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 11
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 9 (increase of 10 lbs, last time I dropped to 20 lbs for the second set)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 6 / 25lbs, 4 / 20 lbs, 4 (drop set)

Side raises:
Set 1 – 12 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 12 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 12 lbs, 10

Rear delts (machine):
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 12 (increase of 2)
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)

Abs:
Hanging leg raises: 12/10/10

Wednesday, November 9th
AM Cardio – 40 minutes on the cross trainer on level 1 (this bothered my ankle by the middle to end of the 40 minutes)

Thursday, November 10th
AM cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

PM – Back
Bent over rows:
Warm up – 40 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 11 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 10 (increase of 2)

Cable pull downs:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 11 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8 / 70 lbs, 4 / 60 lbs, 4 (drop set)

Low rows:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 11 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 8 / 70 lbs, 5 (drop set)

Low back (machine):
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 20
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 20
Boy did I feel this on Friday!

Friday, November 11th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Saturday, November 12th
Chest:
Bench Press:
Warm up – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 35 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 35 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 35 lbs, 8 (increase of 1)
Set 4 – 35 lbs, 8 (increase of 3) / 30 lbs, 3 (drop set)

Incline Press:
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 7 (increase of 1) / 25 lbs, 4 (drop set)

Fly’s (machine):
Set 1 – 60 lbs, 12 (increase of 5 lbs)
Set 2 – 60 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 12
Need to increase weight next time

Upright rows: (don’t know what I was thinking here, this is a shoulder move)Set 1 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 10

Abs:
Leg raises: 12/12/12

Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Monday, November 14th
AM cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

I will be working bi’s & tri’s tonight before yoga.

I finally broke down and called the doctor for an appointment for my ankle... I still have a little inflamation and it still hurts when I try to bend it, pivot on that foot or just step funny... as long as I walk very carefuly I'm okay :p ... my appointment is on Wednesday morning... hopefully he'll tell me it's not bad and that I should be back to normal pretty quick.. untill then it's cardio and upper body workouts... damnit :mad: I wanna work out my legs!

okay... progress picture time... the first shot in each set is from October 14th (right after my trip to Denver) and the secon shot is from November 4th.

My Bi's & Tri's workout from last night is below:
Bi's
Curls: (I have been doing hammer curls first and then regular curls but decided that I should switch them up for a few workouts... I'm always weaker on the second move so I want to give the regular curls a go for a while)
warm up - 10 lbs, 12
set 1 - 20 lbs, 12 (increase of 4)
set 2 - 20 lbs, 8 (increase of 3)
set 3 - 20 lbs, 6 / 15lbs, 4 / 10 lbs, 5 (drop set)

Hammer Curls:
set 1 - 20 lbs, 8
set 2 - 20 lbs, 7 / 15 lbs, 4
set 3 - 20 lbs, 5 / 15 lbs, 3 / 10 lbs, 6 (drop set)

Tri's
Bench Dips:
warm up - body weight, 12
set 1 - 25 lbs, 12
set 2 - 25 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
set 3 - 25 lbs, 10

French Press:
set 1 - 40 lbs, 11 (increase of 2)
set 2 - 40 lbs, 8 (increse of 2)
set 3 - 40 lbs, 5 / 30 lbs, 7 (increase of the 5 at 40 lbs, last time I dropped to 30 for the last set)

Push Downs (w/ cable curl baar with revolving handles):
set 1 - 100 lbs, 8 / 90 lbs, 5 (increase of 1)
set 2 - 100 lbs, 6 (increase of 1)/ 90 lbs, 4 (almost made it to 5 but couldn't quite make it all the way down)
set 3 - 100 lbs, 4 (increase of 4) / 90 lbs, 3 / 80 lbs, 3 (drop set)

I did cardio again this morning - 40 minutes on the Bike at level 3 and I will be working my shoulders and abs tonight.

the ankle isn't doing tooo bad today, although I still couldn't even sit in easy pose (cross legged) last night in Yoga because it hurt too much :mad:

at this point I'm going to have to delay my Yoga certification because part of the exam is sending in a practical (video of me going through the poses to prove I can) and right now I can't :( at least I have the option of postponing it... although it will cost me an extra $30, but that's better than losing the $300 + that I would have to RE-pay otherwise.

well... the doctor confirmed what I thought... my ankle is sprained, but not too badly... he said I could do some non-weight bearing moves for legs, like leg raises & curls... and 'if it doesn't bother my ankle' leg press... but no squats and no deadlifts because they put too much pressure on the ankle... oh and if I do try the leg press I have to go light :(.. but it's better than nothing I guess... it'll be low weight and high reps for me for a while I guess :)

I decided not to hit the gym last night because I had to go home and cook for the hubbies office Thanksgiving pot luck today... I'll be heading over to his office in fifteen minutes or so.

I made it to the gym for cardio today - 40 minutes on the bike at level 3.

Yesterday I had to drive over to Lakeland (about halfway between Orlando and Tampa).. what should have been about an hour and twenty minute drive turned into a two hour and 10 minute drive due to all the construction on I-4 :mad: they had I-4 down to two lanes at one point.... and you have to understand that I-4 is THE major highway running through Orlando... basically it runs from Daytona Beach through Orlando and then over to Tampa... so anyone that lives on either side of Orlando uses I-4 and it gets packed really fast... even without the construction I-4 turns into a parking lot rather quickly. The reason I had to go to Lakeland was for a PowerPoint training class that I had previously thought was going to be useless, as I though I knew all there was to know about the program. Boy was I wrong. I liearned all sorts of short cuts, new tricks and neet stuff... it was a fun day... especially since I wasn't in the office :p hehe

I heard from Pam today, she's really happy with my progress so far, which is great. I'm going to take new pictures on Thanksgiving, BEFORE we head to the in-laws house for :drool: food :p :lol:

I'm going to hit the gym a bit later today and try for a mini leg workout, since I can't do squats, lunges or deadlifts (although I might try these since I do strait leg deads and I don't see how they could bother my ankle... we'll see)

I've been really good this week with my cardio... I haven't decided to sleep in once this week :claphigh:

You look like you're leaning up. Keep up the great work! :tucool:

You look like you're leaning up. Keep up the great work! :tucool:

thanks... I just wish it (the icky fat :p ) would come off faster :D

man is it chilly today... 52 degrees *brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr* I REALLY didn't want to get out from under my really warm and cozy blankets this morning... but I did... and then I forgot my pants and suit jacket when I left for the gym :mad: I went ahead and did my cardio and then drove back home to change.. darnit... what a crapy way to start the day.. especially on a short week like this... I don't have much motivation to work this week as it is and then I do that :rolleyes: :p *sigh*

well.. I got my back workout in yesterday befor yoga (I'll post it later), for some reason I just didn't have the umph to increase my reps much, if at all yesterday, much less my weights... I actually lost a rep on one of the sets :( it could have something to do with not really eating enough on Sunday... I really only got three meals in instead of six, part of the reason was that I didn't get my lazy ass out of bed until noon on sunday, but I guess I should have tried to fit in at least one more meal... yesterday my diet was spot on, so I should be okay to increase my reps or weights tonight on chest... I would have worked chest last night but I didn't get out of work on time and just didn't have enough time before my class to get both body parts in... so tonight I'll do my chest workout and then do bi's and tri's tomorrow before class... the gym closes at 8 p.m. (RIGHT after my class finishes up) so I won't have time to get anything in after class and the gym is clossed all day on Thursday... the gym I go to only closes two day's out of the year... Thanksgiving day and Christmas day... they re-open on Friday morning at 8 a.m.... so I guess my off day for cardio & weights will have to be Thursday this week... that means I have to get to the gym on Sunday... my normal off day :( darnit :doh: :p

Saturday I'm heading to Winter Park to do window shoping with my mother-in-law and then we're going to go see the new Harry Potter movie... I'm just about finished re-reading the book so that it's fresh in my memory when I see the movie... I like to look for inconsistancies :D hehe

well... I'm starving... better go fix my first meal :drool:

you know, I just don't get people who will WASTE hours upon hours of thier life just so they are the first guy on thier block to have a new game system... is your life so dull that you NEED another game system.. this is one of the MANY reasons (I feel) that America has gotten so FAT.. put down the controler and go the park with your kids, go to the gym, go play basketball, go do ANYTHING other than waste up to, or more than, 24 HOURS of your LIFE over something that will cause your ass to get even fatter... this is not to say that those on this forum are not working out, but it DOES mean that you've wasted so much time just STANDING around so that you can buy something that requires almost no appreciable amount of energy to use (play)

I do like video games, and I have in the past spent some amount of time playing them, but I never understood the 'I must have it first' mentality... the 'I have to have it NOW because I can't possibly wait a few day's' mentality... what's the big frigging deal? honestly

we have a PS2 but we didn't buy it right when it came out... we waited 6 months or more and bought it cheaper than all of you 'waiting in the line the day before it came out' guys.. and guess what... it played just as well as the ones you bought for more money... and I REALLY don't understand those of you who will go to the store, find out that they're out, and then hit E-bay and pay more than it's worth so that you can have it NOW... why are people so damn impatient these days, practice a bit of restraint and have some patience... the stores will re-stock... they KNOW the item will sell, so they WILL order more :rolleyes: sheesh people.. it's only a game system

Part of this rant was brought about by the VERY long line I saw outside the local Bust Buy this morning... it's too f'ing cold for that shit people :rolleyes: I would bet that half or more of those idiots will be sick for Thanksgiving... but they'll have their new game system to play :rolleyes: :nope:

I woke up this morning with a nasty redish purple bruise on my left hand.. it's on the last nuckle (where the fingers meat the hand) of my middle finger... and I have NO idea where it came from... the only thing I can think of is that I hit on our wood headboard in the middle of the night... I did wake up rather suddenly at about 1:30 this morning... but I don't recall any pain at that time.. weird... very weird :confused:

I've hit a slump today and I just don't know why... I've been eating like I should... I've even had a bit more coffee thank I normally do because a friend met me at lunch time and we went to a little coffee shop that's close to work... it's some yummy coffee... much better in my opinion than Starbucks... I really don't think Starbucks coffee is very good and it's REALLY overpriced... frankly if I had a choice of going to Starbucks or Barnies I'd go to Barnies every time... but this shop is directly accross the street from my office, the guy that runs the place own's two shops (not sure where the other one is... he told me once, but I can't remember... it's somewhere in Orlando though) and he makes some damn good coffee

I pulled myself out of bed this morning... very reluctantly though... damn was it cold... it was only 42 degrees when I got to work at 7:00 a.m. and I'm betting it was several degrees colder when I woke up at 5 a.m. brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr tooo damn cold... and you know... Roger keeps mentioning that it's not as cold here in Florida as it is in some of the more northern states, but it actually feels colder at 42 here than it would in, say... Denver, Colorado... I have first hand knowlege of that since I'm from Denver... in denver 42 is tollerable, cold, but not horrible... but here, because of the humidity (even when it's rather low for us here) it makes 42 feel at least five degrees colder than it actually is... it's down right fridgid... AND to top it off, it's windy which makes it feel even colder

well.. at least I don't have to work a full day today... I have inside information (my boss spilled the beans yesterday) that he's sending everyone home at 3 pm :claphigh: :claphigh: :claphigh: yayyyyyy

I hope your ankle is getting better!!

I've noticed that high humidity makes cold feel colder too-- I was in Lake Tahoe once and 30 degrees felt pretty nice, then I came back here and 30 degrees felt extra cold. It seems like it goes to your bones faster. Brrrrr.:p

Have a great week! :)

I woke up this morning with a nasty redish purple bruise on my left hand.. it's on the last nuckle (where the fingers meat the hand) of my middle finger... and I have NO idea where it came from... the only thing I can think of is that I hit on our wood headboard in the middle of the night...

Does Roger have a similar bruise above his eye?

I kid Ikid.

Hope you both had a great holiday!!

I woke up this morning with a nasty redish purple bruise on my left hand.. it's on the last nuckle (where the fingers meat the hand) of my middle finger... and I have NO idea where it came from... the only thing I can think of is that I hit on our wood headboard in the middle of the night...

Does Roger have a similar bruise above his eye?

I kid Ikid.

Hope you both had a great holiday!!

LOL... no, he didn't have a bruise :lol:

actually that bruise was gone almost as fast as it appeared... one day it was their, the next day it was gone... weird

our holiday weekend was GREAT... tireing, but great... I'll go into it more in a bit... right now I have to head over to our conference room for one of many Monday morning meetings... oh what fun :p :bang: :lol:

well... I was hoping to be down to 18% body fat by Christmas, but it looks like I'm not going to make it :( I'm am leaning out though.. you can see it in my face, which is nice... but it's still frustrating... I was hoping to wear a certain dress that's been hanging in the very back of our guest room closet for several years... it's gorgeous... but, once again.. I'm not going to be able to stuff my bod into it :o it's satin too... which makes it worse.. if you're not in GREAT shape you shouldn't wear form fitting satin gowns because they show EVERY little flaw you have :o ... so it's time to decide if I'm going to pull out a dress I haven't worn for a few years or go buy a new one... Bluestreak's company holiday party is this Saturday, so I guess I need to decide soon... too later to order one, so if I do want a new dress I'll have to go search for one soon :confused: what to do, what to do

Sunday... as a birthday present for Bluestreak.. we went to the Buc's game in Tampa... here's a picture from after the game :D

I’ve been doing a lot of self reflecting the past week… I’ve noticed (and if you read Bluestreak’s journal you’ll note that he has noticed too) that I tend to fall off track rather easily… I really wish I understood why I do that… he’s starting to think about bulking and as such has started to increase his calories… well.. although he keeps telling me he’s going to do a clean bulk he’s been eating some pretty crappy foods lately and I unfortunately have been eating some of that crappy food too… I need to stop… right now.

I need to re-commit to my goal... I think that I tend to sabotage myself if I start to see real progress… I don't know why... but every time I start to really feel, and look, like I'm going to reach my goals, I slack off and lose sight of those very goals :( I'm not really sure why this is, but I'm going to try my damnedest to STOP this stupid and self defeating habit of mine... I will NOT be cheating more than the one time a week that I am allowed to from now on... I like the progress I'm seeing and I want to continue seeing it... now if only my knee's would get better so I could work my legs again... oh well.. I can still work everything else and do cardio :tu:

My ankle is doing pretty well… I still can’t pivot on it without pain, and I can’t sit cross legged yet either… but I can walk around without any pain or a limp… I tried to do some REALLY light weight squats the other day with just the bar (45 lbs) and I think it was a mistake :( my knees hurt worse now… it didn’t bother my ankle at all though… the Alive isn’t even helping my knees now though… it may be time to go to the doctor and get some Celebrex (sp?) :(

well.. I called my doctors office yesterday and they called in a script for celebrex :claphigh: took the first one last night... the stuff takes a week or so to really kick in, but it ALWAYS works :D ... so within a week or two I should be able to work legs hard again :tu:

okay.. here are the latest progress pictures, the last one in each set (on the far right) is from this past weekend (December 3rd).

I HATE being sick :( I have a nasty head cold... I'm so congested and stuffy... I've had to blow my nose so many times this morning it's going to get raw soon

I guess this means I won't be going to the gym today either :cry: which sucks because I feel like I NEED to get in the gym if I want to keep seeing progress, but I also know that I won't get better and kick this cold unless I get enough rest *sigh*... what a pain

and to top everything off, I miss-remembered when my company Christmas party was... I thought it was next weekend (Dec. 17th), so we went ahead and RSVPd for a party down south on the same day as my company's Christmas party (Dec. 10th) :doh: ... but if I don't start to feel better soon we won't be going to either party :mad:

I've made some awesome strenght gains in my upper body lately... if you look at the progress pictures I posted a few day's ago you can really see the progress in my shoulders.. but my back and chest have gotten a lot stronger too... I increased my weights for back & chest this week and boy are they sore :p :bb: :flex:

You are definitely trimming down! Great work! :claphigh: Sorry about the headcold. :(

Keep after it...I can see some difference in your pics. My eating habits are going to change also. Healthier and smaller portions starting now.

You are definitely trimming down! Great work! :claphigh: Sorry about the headcold. :(


thanks.. it's nice to hear that :nod: ... especially since my progress is going sooooo slowly :blank:

Keep after it...I can see some difference in your pics. My eating habits are going to change also. Healthier and smaller portions starting now.


thanks man... I appreciate the positive encouragement :tu:

okay... this is going to be a long one... I haven't posted my workout info in WAY too long.. sooooo.. here it is :p

Tuesday, November 15th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Wednesday, November 16th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Shoulders:
Warm up – 12/12/12
Military Press:
Warm up – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 8 (I didn’t get enough rest before this set)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 8 (increase of 2) / 25 lbs, 5 (increase of 1)

Side Raises:
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 10 (increase of 5 lbs)
Set 2 – 15 lbs, 8
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 7 / 12 lbs, 5

Rear delts (machine):
Set 1 – 75 lbs, 11 (increase of 5 lbs)

Unfortunately I ran out of time before my yoga class and had to end here.

Yoga

Thursday, November 17th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Friday, November 18th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Legs:
Leg Press:
Set 1 – 180 lbs, 15
Set 2 – 180 lbs, 15
Set 3 – 180 lbs, 15
Set 4 – 180 lbs, 15

Leg Extension:
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 90 lbs, 10



Leg Curls:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 8 (increase of 2)
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 7 / 60 lbs, 4
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 6 (increase of 1) / 60 lbs, 3 (increase of 1) / 50 lbs, 3

My ankle was starting to hurt so I had to stop.

Saturday, November 19th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Monday, November 21st
Cardio (at lunch) – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Back:
Bent over rows:
Warm up set – 40 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 10

Cable Pull Downs:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 9 (increase of 1)

Low Rows:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 10 (one less than last time)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 9 (increase of 1) / 70 lbs, 5

Low Back (machine):
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 15
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 15

Yoga

Tuesday, November 22nd
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Chest:
Bench Press:
Warm up set – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 35 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 35 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 35 lbs, 10 (increase of 2)
Set 4 – 35 lbs, 8 (increase of 3) / 30 lbs, 4 (increase of 1)
Incline Press:
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 10 (increase of 2)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 10 (increase of 3) / 25 lbs, 3

Machine Flys:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 10 (increase of 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 8 / 60 lbs, 5

Wednesday, November 23rd
AM Cardio – Elliptical/cross trainer, 40 minutes, level 2
Yoga

Friday, November 25th
Bi’s:
Hammer Curls:
Warm up set – 10 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 7 / 15 lbs, 3
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 7 / 15 lbs, 4 / 10 lbs, 5

Curls:
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 7 / 15 lbs, 3
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 6 (increase of 1) / 15 lbs, 3
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 6 (increase of 10 lbs for this set) / 15 lbs, 3 / 10 lbs, 4

Tri’s:
Bench Dips
Warm up set – body weight, 12
Set 1 – 35 lbs, 12 (increase of 10 lbs)
Set 2 – 35 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 35 lbs, 9

French Press:
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 11
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 40 lbs, 7 (increase of 2) / 30 lbs, 7

Push Downs (w/ rotating grip):
Set 1 – 100 lbs, 9 (increase of 1) / 90 lbs, 4
Set 2 – 100 lbs, 7 (increase of 1) / 90 lbs, 4
Set 3 – 100 lbs, 6 (increase of 2) / 90 lbs, 3 / 80 lbs, 3

Cardio – 40 minutes, Bike, level 3

Monday, November 28th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Shoulders:
Shoulder warm ups: 15/15/15

Military Press:
Warm up set – 15 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 30 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 10 (increase of 2) – I might have been able to do more but I felt a sharp pain in my left shoulder
Set 3 – skipped due to pain in my shoulder

Side raises:
Set 1 – 15 lbs, 12 (increase of 2)
Set 2 – 15 lbs, 10 (increase of 2)
Set 3 – 15 lbs, 8 / 12 lbs, 5

Rear Delts (dumbbells):
Set 1 – 20 lbs, 12 (increase of 5 lbs)
Set 2 – 20 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 20 lbs, 11

Abs:
Superset crunches (legs raised) / side crunches (to the knee) / laying leg raises (w/ lift at the top):
Set 1 – 20 / 10 (each side) / 15
Set 2 – 20 / 10 (each side) / 15
Set 3 – 20 / 10 (each side) / 15

Yoga

Tuesday, November 29th
AM Cardio – 40 minutes, Bike, level 3

Legs: (second attempt at legs to see what I can do w/ the knees & ankle)
Squats:
Set 1 – 45 lbs, 15
Set 2 – 45 lbs, 15
Set 3 – 45 lbs, 15
Set 4 – 45 lbs, 15
My knees were bothering me during this, my ankle was fine.




Leg extensions:
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 90 lbs, 11 (increase of 1)

Leg curls:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 9 (increase of 1)
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 8 (increase of 1) / 60 lbs, 5 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 6 / 60 lbs, 3 / 50 lbs, 3

Straight leg deadlifts: (haven’t done these in a month)
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 11
Set 3 – 95 lbs, 11 (increase of 1)

(the last time I did 95 lbs was on October 18th – I had to drop back down to 95 from my high of 105 on November 1st)

Wednesday, November 30 – Friday, December 2nd
Wasn’t feeling very good.. only did cardio
Wed & Thursday – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3 (Yoga on Wednesday)
Friday – Treadmill, 9% incline, level 3

Saturday, December 3rd
Cardio – Treadmill, 9% incline, level 3\

Monday, December 5th
AM Cardio – Bike, 40 minutes, level 3

Back:
Bent over rows:
Warm up set – 40 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 12 (increase of 1) – had to jerk up a bit for the last one though
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 10

Cable Pull Downs:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 12 (increase of 2)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)

Low rows:
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 8 (increase of 10 lbs, Personal Best) / 80 lbs, 4
Set 2 – 80 lbs, 12 (increase of 2)
Set 3 – 80 lbs, 10 (increase of 1)

Low back (machine):
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 15
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 15
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 20 (need to increase the weight some next time)

Yoga

Tuesday December 6th
Lunch – Cardio: Elliptical, 40 minutes, level 2, then dropped down to level 1 (I was finding it hard to go slow enough to maintain 120 bpm.

Chest:
Warm up – 20 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 40 lbs, 11 (increase of 5 lbs, Personal Best)
Set 2 – 40 lbs, 9
Set 3 – 40 lbs, 6 (right shoulder said ‘NO’ to a drop set)
Set 4 – 35 lbs, 10

Incline Press:
Set 1 – 35 lbs, 6 (increase of 5 lbs, Personal Best)
Set 2 – 30 lbs, 11 (increase of 1)
Set 3 – 30 lbs, 10 (right shoulder said ‘NO’ to a drop set)

Machine Flys:
Set 1 – 80 lbs, 10 (increase of 10lbs – on accident – Personal Best)
Set 2 – 75 lbs, 7 (increase of 5 lbs) / 70 lbs, 2
Set 3 – 70 lbs, 8 / 65 lbs, 2

Abs:
Crunch (machine):
Set 1 – 45 lbs, 25
Set 2 – 45 lbs, 25
Set 3 – 45 lbs, 20


Wednesday, December 7th
Cardio (evening) – 40 minutes, Bike, level 3
Yoga


Wasn’t really feeling very well on Wednesday and it got much worse on Thursday… I’m still not quite over it but I think I will return to the gym this evening for cardio before yoga. I had someone substitute teach my yoga class this past Monday.

Hi Chameleon! I see a difference too-- especially in the abs area.:claplow:
I hope you get better fast!

Hi Chameleon! I see a difference too-- especially in the abs area.:claplow:
I hope you get better fast!

thanks Butterflyer... I visted the health food store at lunch today and walked away with "Ultimate Zinc-C" lozenges, a sinus spray (ionic silver in purified water), and Echinacea & Golden Seal tea... the two guys that own the shop (Natures Market in Orlando) are brothers and they are a trip... really... the guy was upset that I hadn't come in to see him when I first got sick... they really are sweet guys with big hearts... they really do just want to help.. it's really pretty great

okay... my cold is mostly over... I still have the stuffy nose & sniffles but other than that I’m back to my old self… I went to the hair dresser and had my highlights re-done on Friday.. I love how they came out… I should have Roger shoot a picture so I can show off :p hehe

Saturday I battled the stores to pick up the items we still had not purchased for Christmas presents… I’m still missing two, but they should be fairly simple to take care of this week… one is a gift certificate for my brother-in-law (because we never know what to get him) and the other is a book for my nephew… he’s almost 9 and he’s smart as a whip and loves to read, so I try to encourage that as much as I can… although I don’t know what book to get him… he’s currently reading the Lemony Snicket (sp?) – A Series of Unfortunate Events books, he’s reading the sixth book right now but he already has all 9 books at home… any thoughts on what I could get him? I bought him the Narnia series last year so I know he’s read those already… I have no idea what would interest a 9 year old boy :confused: so any ideas would be appreciated :D

Sunday I took a trip to the National cemetery here in Florida with my mother-in-law to put a wreath on my father-in-law’s grave… so, with all the rain and clouds it was a very dreary day for me yesterday… that and a few wrong turns and my day was spent primarily in the car (the cemetery is more than an hour away from my house)… we picked up a Christmas present on the way home and away she went back to Merritt Island… we were supposed to go see Harry Potter, for the second time, but we ran out of time :( I spent the rest of the day yesterday watching football, the Simpson’s, The War at Home and Family Guy (which still ran the full time even though the presents address pre-empted it) and then back to football.. I SHOULD have started my Christmas baking yesterday but just didn’t feel like it… hell I didn’t even pre-cook any food for today… so I hit the store on the way to work and bought several boxes of egg beaters :p they don’t taste quite right when you microwave them… but oh well.. it’s what I’ve got

I’m going to start my new cardio schedule today after work… then I have my Yoga class to teach (if anyone shows up… it is Christmas week so I’m not holding my breath) :p then home to start baking… I agreed to teach the Tuesday class this week, so it’s going to be REALLY fun *dripping with sarcasm* tomorrow trying to bake my holiday bread for the office potluck on Wednesday *:rolleyes: *sigh*... well... back to work… later

for the past two weeks I have not done anything in the gym other than cardio and yoga.. partly because I was still getting over being sick and partly because of the hectic holiday week (last week)… and although my Christmas isn’t technically over yet, I get a second Christmas this coming weekend with my family… mom & boyfriend, both brothers, sister-in-law, and both my nephews will all be at my house on Sunday for ‘Christmas’ :p

well.. I finally started lifting again yesterday, and I started with my legs.. mainly because I wanted to see if my knees really were better now… my left knee felt a bit tight on my first set of squats, but was fine after that and my right knee too a bit of offence to the first set of leg raises.. but other than that it seems that everything is back to normal *yayyy*

my ankle isn’t better yet though, although I can walk in my heals now with no discomfort I still can’t sit Indian style  the bend to the side is what still hurts… but lifting didn’t bother it

yesterdays gym log:
AM – cardio, 20 minutes at 140-160 bpm, 8% incline and 40 minutes at 120 bpm, 10% incline on the treadmill

PM – Legs
Squats:
Warm up – 65 lbs, 12
Set 1 – 85 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 105 lbs, 12
Set 3 – 105 lbs, 10
This is a 25 lb decrease from where I was before but I didn’t want to tempt fate, or my knees, so I started back slow

Leg extensions:
Set 1 – 90 lbs, 12
Set 2 – 90 lbs, 10
Set 3 – 90 lbs, 8
This is the same weight I did a month ago, but the reps are lower.

Leg curl:
Set 1 – 70 lbs, 9
Set 2 – 70 lbs, 6 / 60 lbs, 3
Set 3 – 60 lbs, 7 / 50 lbs, 3

Straight leg deadlifts:
Set 1 – 95 lbs, 10
Set 2 – 95 lbs, 8 – this set killed… WOW
Set 3 – 75 lbs, 10

Abs:
2 sets of crunches on the Swiss ball – 20 reps each set.
I did these while I waited to see if anyone was going to show up for yoga… no one did… it’s a holiday week and I didn’t expect anyone would :p

off-topic question...

Do you call Roger "Blue" at home? I noticed when you posted in his journal earlier that you called him "Blue"... it struck me as unusual that his wife would call him by his screen name... my wife calls me "dude" sometimes, but that's a more common slang term for ANY man.

off-topic question...

Do you call Roger "Blue" at home? I noticed when you posted in his journal earlier that you called him "Blue"... it struck me as unusual that his wife would call him by his screen name... my wife calls me "dude" sometimes, but that's a more common slang term for ANY man.


LOL :lol:... no I don't call him Blue... I just do it here so people know who I'm refering too... not everyone know's or pays attention to what our real names are... and his name is Bluestreak on every message board he's on so while I'm on message boards I often will just call him Blue or Bluestreak so I don't confuse people as to whom I'm talking about.. the only thing I call him in everyday life, other than a pain in my ass :p, is sweetie or hun:D

edit: I went back to Roger's journal and changed Blue to Roger :neener:

LOL :lol:... no I don't call him Blue... I just do it here so people know who I'm refering too... not everyone know's or pays attention to what our real names are...

Thats a pretty strong point as whenever he calls you by Tanisha I have to stop and think about it... you just dont look like a "Tanisha" to me. :D


you know, I just don't get people who will WASTE hours upon hours of thier life just so they are the first guy on thier block to have a new game system... is your life so dull that you NEED another game system.. this is one of the MANY reasons (I feel) that America has gotten so FAT.. put down the controler and go the park with your kids, go to the gym, go play basketball, go do ANYTHING other than waste up to, or more than, 24 HOURS of your LIFE over something that will cause your ass to get even fatter... this is not to say that those on this forum are not working out, but it DOES mean that you've wasted so much time just STANDING around so that you can buy something that requires almost no appreciable amount of energy to use (play)


I was one of those idiots wasting their time by the way. . . but you can't blame video games on people being fat. I never played video games til College and I was a big tubby sob. Besides - once you see your six year old belt out some hip hop song while dancing around on the dance pad... it all makes it worthwhile. :) (I actually only stood in line for a good 9 hours) Besides - who you gonna find to play basketball with the Wednesday before Thanksgiving at 2 in the morning anyway? (Just givin you a hard time)

I hope you're getting back into the groove - the wife and I both enjoy reading you and Rog's journals.

Hi Chameleon...........:D

Thats a pretty strong point as whenever he calls you by Tanisha I have to stop and think about it... you just dont look like a "Tanisha" to me. :D

LOL... you have NO idea how many times I've heard that :lol:

I was one of those idiots wasting their time by the way. . . but you can't blame video games on people being fat. I never played video games til College and I was a big tubby sob. Besides - once you see your six year old belt out some hip hop song while dancing around on the dance pad... it all makes it worthwhile. :) (I actually only stood in line for a good 9 hours) Besides - who you gonna find to play basketball with the Wednesday before Thanksgiving at 2 in the morning anyway? (Just givin you a hard time)

LOL... well.. it isn't HELPING the kids and that was my point (except of course for the dance dance revolution)... KIDS aren't really getting outside as much anymore.. and they really aren't... and I'm not talking aoubt OUR generation I'm talking about the kids that are kids right now

I hope you're getting back into the groove - the wife and I both enjoy reading you and Rog's journals.

do you really? sometimes I wonder if anyone reads this thing.. or cares to read it *shrug*

I know lots of people read Roger's though... he gets tons of responses all the time :confused:

Hi Chameleon...........:D

HI :claphigh: :claphigh:

yayyyyy... I finally got a HI from ya... I feel loved now :p :lol:

Hello!
:tucool:

:D

Hello!
:tucool:

:D

:lol: :lol: :lol:

lol... HI :whistle:

I always read your journal!:tucool: