Oh what the hell....

[tishtash]

I am seriously tracking my diet the last couple of weeks, and I finally started carrying my notebook with me in the gym instead of trying to remember when I got home (which never worked out), so I might as well post here too since I have been spending so much time here since I joined....

Mind you I am just now starting to really track my food intake and playing with my diet, so I'm not gonna post that info just yet because it's just TMI..lol

I'm 5'4", 155 lbs, been working out again after a 7 month "break" (was @ 130 and was fairly lean when I quit in April). I'm not sure of my bf%, I am going to try to get that checked if I have time tomorrow...I never have time! I took that 7 month break because I was trying to manage work, school and a 2 yr old and my gym was kinda out of my way. I have since joined a new gym (well one I was at years ago) closer to home and am staying dedicated for LIFE this time!

I have no idea where my camera is ATM, but I'll try to get some before pics up soon!

So here goes:

Today I had to work (one Sat a month) and when I called my mom, who was watching my son, to tell her I wanted to go to the gym afterwards, she told me ok, but "get a quick work out". I thought it was gonna suck trying to speed through it, and I almost didn't go, but it was leg day and leg day is my favorite! I skipped cardio which made me kind of feel crappy since I've decided I am not someone who just can't do cardio, I actually like cardio, as much as I hate it...lol

LEG DAY!

Extensions
80-10
85-8
90-9

Leg Press
180-10
2x 230-8
250-6

Leg Press Calves
180-15
230-12
230-14
250-13

The leg press exercises above were supersetted

Seated Leg Curl
90-12
105-10
2x 120-8

Butt Blasters!
35-8
40-8
45-6

So I came out of the gym actually feeling pretty good, except that I didn't do squats, but the last 2 times I did legs I did 4 sets of 1 legged squats and 4 sets of wide leg squats, so I think I'll live! Oh when I do squats I use the Smith, with the 20 lb bar and last I did wide legged w/ 2 45's and the one legged I think was quarters on ea. side. Glad I'm keeping track now, 'cuz I don't really remember which I can see hinders any progress.

Tomorrow is chest/shoulders day...chest is my LEAST favorite. My back is fairly strong for just starting back up, minus the elbow pain, but my chest is weak as hell. My shoulders aren't too bad. I have broad shoulders though, so I worry about working them too hard. Should I? I like doing shoulders!

[kimm4]

I am seriously tracking my diet the last couple of weeks, and I finally started carrying my notebook with me in the gym instead of trying to remember when I got home (which never worked out), so I might as well post here too since I have been spending so much time here since I joined....

Mind you I am just now starting to really track my food intake and playing with my diet, so I'm not gonna post that info just yet because it's just TMI..lol

I'm 5'4", 155 lbs, been working out again after a 7 month "break" (was @ 130 and was fairly lean when I quit in April). I'm not sure of my bf%, I am going to try to get that checked if I have time tomorrow...I never have time! I took that 7 month break because I was trying to manage work, school and a 2 yr old and my gym was kinda out of my way. I have since joined a new gym (well one I was at years ago) closer to home and am staying dedicated for LIFE this time!

I have no idea where my camera is ATM, but I'll try to get some before pics up soon!

So here goes:

Today I had to work (one Sat a month) and when I called my mom, who was watching my son, to tell her I wanted to go to the gym afterwards, she told me ok, but "get a quick work out". I thought it was gonna suck trying to speed through it, and I almost didn't go, but it was leg day and leg day is my favorite! I skipped cardio which made me kind of feel crappy since I've decided I am not someone who just can't do cardio, I actually like cardio, as much as I hate it...lol

LEG DAY!

Extensions
80-10
85-8
90-9

Leg Press
180-10
2x 230-8
250-6

Leg Press Calves
180-15
230-12
230-14
250-13

The above were supersetted

Seated Leg Curl
90-12
105-10
2x 120-8

Butt Blasters!
35-8
40-8
45-6

So I came out of the gym actually feeling pretty good, except that I didn't do squats, but the last 2 times I did legs I did 4 sets of 1 legged squats and 4 sets of wide leg squats, so I think I'll live! Oh when I do squats I use the Smith, with the 20 lb bar and last I did wide legged w/ 2 45's and the one legged I think was quarters on ea. side. Glad I'm keeping track now, 'cuz I don't really remember which I can see hinders any progress.

Tomorrow is chest/shoulders day...chest is my LEAST favorite. My back is fairly strong for just starting back up, minus the elbow pain, but my chest is weak as hell. My shoulders aren't too bad. I have broad shoulders though, so I worry about working them too hard. Should I? I like doing shoulders!



Welcome to the journals. I'll be following along even though I might not always respond to all of them I do read them :)

Looks like a solid workout. No worries about squatting in each leg workout...I change my leg workouts weekly.

My thoughts hit all your body parts hard. My back is my strongest body part but I still hit just as hard as the rest of them!!

Good luck with your goals...you'll get tons of support here.

[tishtash]

Thanks! No worries here, I'm just a squat junkie! I don't always do them either, but I was looking forward to getting away from the Smith and using the rack today. Funny it was dead at 3PM and neither squat rack was available the entire time I was there!

Alright, I'm writing a paper and I keep taking breaks to come here. I need to go to bed!

[FitMeg08]

Welcome!!!

[tishtash]

Well I had such a great plan today. Great work out, great meals set up, cooking all of my lunches for the week, etc....

Woke up this morning and had my 5 egg whites w/ a slice of Horizon American, fed the boy and headed for the gym. I had planned on getting there in time for the spinning class, but I never do because the class starts at 9 and the daycare also starts at 9. Today it was about 9:10. Oh well, did a few sets of push ups and went right into my chest and shoulder work out. Tool is always great on chest days. (I'll post my workout in the AM, it's in my car and I don't feel like walking out into the cold).

When I got home I had my protein shake, with added mango because I hate all vanilla protein powders. I had planned on meeting some girls from one of my classes at Planet Jump, this wharehouse full of bouncing houses and giant air slides. Figured I'd take my son and my neighbors kid so we could get some work done on a presentation we're doing, and then we could jump! But then my mom reminded me that my grandmother's friend was having a grand opening of their new coffee shop down south and I said I'd go with her. Wonderful thing and I shouldn't complain, she runs a NFP called Shepherd's Garden for autistic children and has a 27 yr old autistic son herself. It's apparently going to be staffed by autistic or mentally challenged young people. But there went my diet, how could I say no to this woman who is offering me a free vanilla spice chai frapp and is so excited that I came? By 2:00 I'm starving and the only food besides donuts, bagels, candies and trail mix was a ham and cheese sandwich on marble bread, so I ate that. (I did have a bubmble bee tuna and crackers travel pack in the car, but this was no longer looking good either.) SO I spent the afternoon there, sipping my frappacino with all of these old church ladies and autistic grown ups and this 27 year old "boy" who likes to play with, smell and blow on my hair, oh and look at (and according to my mom, memorize) my shoes. I think he creeped my son out, and my son is just shy of being 3 and weird in his own right! It was nice to see my grandmother, I very rarely see her, and I got to see her new apt. She is being paid by the owner of this coffee shop, who's son is the hair sniffer, to live with this autistic girl and kind of take care of her. I cannot remember a time in my gma's life that she wasn't taking care of someone. First my grandfather when he was sick (diabetes), then both of my great grandmothers, then a family friend who had cancer, then my aunt before and during her battle with the disease and after that my then 16 yr old cousin after my aunt passed away, and then Robert (hair sniffer) and now this girl. I always wonder if she'll ever take a break and just relax.

I also had some personal and XMas shopping to do today that didn't get done. I did get home around 5 and managed to cook my meals for the week (YAY!) and started to put up my Christmas tree. It wasn't a bad day, just a weird one! Thank god I'm off, AND kid free on Tues!

Ok, I'm done rambling now. :D

[tishtash]

Sat, 12/7

Chest
3x 10 push ups to warm up

Smith flat press
1/45/12
1/55/9
1/55/8
1/60/7

Cable Flys
1/25/13
2/35/7
1/35/6

Machine Flys
1/50/12
1/55/10
2/60/7-8

Incline Dumbell Press
2/17.5/7
2/17.5/6

Shoulders

Dumbell Press
1/17.5/8
2/20/5

Dumbell Front Raise
1/12/10
2/15/7-8

Cable Pulls
1/50/8
2/60/7-6

Mon, 12/8

Back

Widegripped Assisted Pull-Up
2/76/6
1/76/5

Lat Pull Down
1/80/10
3/90/7-6-5

Close Grip Cable Rows
1/70/10
1/80/8
2/90/7

Good Mornings
4/50/10

Straight Arm Pulldown
1/50/10
1/60/6
2/60/7


Tues, 12/9
15 minutues Cybex strider
5 mins elliptical until "too much cologne guy" showed up
24 mins HIIT on tread mill

I have been pretty busy the last few days. Off work today and this is the first time I have really sat down to relax since 7AM. And now I have to go pick up my son. I need a power nap!

I have decided that now that I CAN run, I need to suck it up and go out and face the Floida cold (I'm such a sissy!) and do at least 20 mins of HIIT in the mornings. Starting tomorrow. Hold me to that, k?

[kimm4]

Solid work girl looks great!!

Enjoy your day!!

[tishtash]

Thanks!


Today is an off day, thank god! I am tired and stressed, it's finals week. I cannot wait to have a month off of school. I hope after that month my heart will be in it, because the last few weeks of this semester I have been SO over it!

On my way to work this morning I got a flat tire, and I have so much stuff in my trunk I don't know if I have a spare!

[tishtash]

I'm going to try to post this from memory because my notebook is in my car. I may change tomorrow...

15 mins elliptical, one of the (Precor) crosstrain selections with the highest resistance during the "climb".

Bi's/Tri's supersetted

Machine Curls
1/30/10, 2/40/6-7

Rope Pushdowns
1/40/10, 2/50/8

Incline Dumbell Curls
1/20/10, 2/22.5/8

Overhead Dumbell Extensions
1/32.5/10, 2/35/9-8

Standing Barbell Curls
1/30/10, 2/40/9

Skullcrushers (I love them, but my elbows were hurting!)
1/30/10, 2/40/9-8

Not the best, but I had to stop here. Normally I can do barbell curls 60 for 8 and skullcrushers 50 for 8, but my elbows were on fire tonight.

I used to take glucosamine and chondroitin and it "seemed" to help with that, then remember hearing it was garbage. I don't know if it's because I'm getting older, or because I no longer take anything like that, but I need to do something about this elbow pain. It really hurts by back and bicep exercises. Maybe even if I just took some ibuprofen or something on those days? Also the other day when I did HIIT on the treadmill I really hurt my left hip. I swear I'm falling apart! I was so excited that I actually ran for more than 90 seconds that I couldn't wait to do it again, then tonight I was like NO WAY! I almost wonder with the back pain I had this year (which has subsided since I stopped doing hyperextensions and started doing deadlifts and good mornings again) and now this weird hip pain, if one of my legs has become shorter than the other? I measured my height a few months ago, joking around with a tape and apparently I am 2 inches shorter than I used to be, though I still say I'm 5'4" until a doctor tells me otherwise!

I think my mom started shrinking around my age. She's 5'3" now. =\

Anyway, tomorrow is zumba night! Hope everyone has a happy Friday!

[twinnett]

Do you stretch? That can really help with nagging pains...things like yoga and massage as well...and glucosamine chondroitin is not garbage at all!! I take it to help with my joints...fish oils would help you a lot too if you aren't taking them

[tishtash]

I do take fish oils (I am not a fish eater). I used to do alot of yoga, but not as much now due to time retraints. I do stretch during and after every work out. I got some Animal Flex, gonna see if that helps.

[tishtash]

Mom came with me today!

10 minute warm-up on Cybex strider machine.

Extensions
1/90/10, 1/95/9, 1/100/9, 1/105/9

Calve Raise (Plate Load)
1/180/12, 1/230/11, 1/230/10

Squats - Squat rack...YAY! No Smith today!
1/95/10, 1/95/9, 1/105/8

did a couple sissy squats between

Plate Load Squat Press (could have gone heavier, but first time I've done these. loved it!)
1/90/12, 1/180/10, 1/180/12

Donkey Calf Raises (machine)
1/240/12, 2/260/10

Hamflexor
1/30/8, 2/32.5/6-7

I also tried this squat machine, looks kinda like a hack squat only it goes lower and there's no back support. It has a foot spot for quads and another for glutes. I did 1 set of about 12, with no weight, just to check it out. Not sure how I felt about it...lol Does anyone know what the machine is called? I didn't see any name on it.

Oh yeah, I took photos this morning, so I added them to my bodyspace...*shudder*

[twinnett]

You have a great base!! Lots to work with! You're going to look great!

[tishtash]

Thanks =)

[tishtash]

Sun 12/14 Spinning 60 mins, skipped chest/shoulders, may do today.

Mon 12/15, I left my notebook at home, so by memory, it was back day

CG Pull Downs
1/70/10, 3/80/9,9,8

Straight Arm PD
3/40/9,9,8

when I do these on any of the pull down cables 40 lbs is the limit, but at the other cable machines it's 50. I wonder if I'm not standing far enough away on the reg cables, or too far away on the pull down ones? I know weights are different for different machines, but it seems like these 2 machines would be pretty spot on?

Bent Over DB Rows
3/20/10,10,9

Good Mornings
3/50/12,10,10

15 mins HIIT on treadmill

I'm going to try and get in and do chest this evening so that I can take tomorrow off. I am thinking about playing hookie from work tomorrow. I am officially done w/ school until Jan 12th and I need an all around break!

[tishtash]

CG Smith Flat Press
1/60/10, 3/70/8,7,8

Machine Flys
1/50/10, 1/55/10, 1/60/8, 1/65/7

Incline DB Press
4/20/8,8,7,6

HS Behind Neck Press
4/30/9,8,8,7

DB Lat Raise
1/12/10, 2/15/8

DB One Arm Upright Row
1/12/11, 2/15/10,8


I didn't play hookie today :( Might call in sick on Mon and take my son to Disney! I have 2 days at Disney that I need to use before the end of the year!

[tishtash]

10 min warm-up on stairclimber

Cable Curls
1/50/11, 1/60/9, 2/65/6

Overhead Tricep Extension - Cable
1/50/12, 1/55/12, 1/65/12, 1/70/9

Incline DB Curls
2/20/8, 7, 1/22.5/7

One Arm Tri Extension
2/15/8,7, 1/17.5/5

Standing Barbell Curl
2/40/10, 1/50/8

Skullcrushers
2/40/8, 1/50/5

I had actually planned on doing 4 sets of the latter 2 and 30 mins on the elliptical, but ran into an old co-worker and friend and got to chit chatting and ran out of time. I hate that! I love running into old friends, but I hate running in to them at the gym. My neighbor was also there tonight so he was a tad chatty, but he's a powerlifter who's pretty serious about his workouts so he knows when to stop talking...lol

I am also going to go ahead and post my nutridiary log. I'm back to trackingand tweaking and doing this for at least the next 4 weeks. I know I am going to indulge during the holidays, and I have come to terms with that. I am mostly trying to see what I am eating too much of on a daily basis and where I can improve. Any advice is certainly appreciated!!

NUTRITION SUMMARY


Calories: 2584
(distribution: 35/27/38%)


Total Fat*: 210%
Sugars: 82g

Satur. Fat*: 236%
Protein: 170%

Cholesterol*: 170%
Vitamin A**: 575%

Sodium*: 171%
Vitamin C**: 147%

Total Carb: 163%
Calcium**: 145%

Fiber**: 143%
Iron**: 139%

full analysis




NB: All % (excluding distribution) are % daily values (customized) [change].
* Try to limit these nutrients (<= 100% daily value).
** Try to get enough of these nutrients (>= 100% daily value).




FOOD AND MEAL LOG


Descripton/Name Time Summary
All Whites, Cheese, PB Toast 08:30 400kcal (52/25/23%)
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One A Day All Day Energy 10:00 0kcal
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Cottage Cheese & Cranberry 10:30 190kcal (0/67/33%)
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Turkey Sandwich 13:00 435kcal (38/34/28%)
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Green Giant Healthy Weight Veggie Steamers 13:00 90kcal (23/57/20%)
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Publix Fat Free Cottage Cheese 15:30 80kcal (0/25/75%)
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Body Fortress Chocolate Protein Shake 15:30 312kcal (15/21/64%)
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Sweet Potato w/ WD Creamy Peanut Butter 19:30 353kcal (55/34/11%)
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Beef, round, bottom round, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, braised (Cube Steak) 19:30 635kcal (41/0/59%)
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Special K Raspberry Bliss Bar 21:00 90kcal (20/76/4%)
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[tishtash]

Wow, it has been forever since I posted in the journal!

First, I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Mine was great, but aside from coming back to work today, I am almost glad it's over! I need a vacation from the vacation!

I haven't posted in the journal b/c I did not go to the gym at all last week. The Sun before Christmas I was picking up my son to put him in his high chair for dinner and I must have turned the wrong way because I hurt my back something awful. I felt it instantly in the center of my back and Monday morning I knew I'd have to take it easy. On Tues it felt ok, seemed like it was getting better, but then on Wed I was in alot of pain. It seriously felt like someone kicked me right between my shoulder blades, or like someone was squeezing them together. Even driving was hard and I still had Christmas shopping to do!

Anyway, I let it heal all week, and pigged out in the process!

Back to the gym for me on Sat though. I still have a dull pain in my back, but it feels much better. Here is Sat and Sun's workouts, I have my leg w/o from last Sat on another sheet of paper b/c I left my book at home :( Doing more cardio now,

Sat 12/27
45 mins Precor 546i Cross Train #2 175 MHR 518 cals

Leg Ext
1/105/10, 1/110/9, 2/115/8

supersetted w/ Calf Raise
2/250/15-13, 2/270/12-11

Plate Load Squat Press
1/180/12, 1/230/10, 1/250/11, 1/270/11

supersetted w/ Seated Ham Curl
1/105/12, 2/120/9-8, 1/122.5/9

Seated Calf Raise
3/90/11-10-10

Their calf seats are jurrassic, the kind where you load a plate on each side instead of the middle. I'm not feelin' them, but do them just for change.

Sun 12/28
45 mins Precor 556i 162 AHR, 176 MHR Interval #5 3-8 resistance 501 cals

Shoulders/Tri's supersetted (I don't know what I was thinking! haha)

Dumb Shoulder Press
1/20/11, 2/22.5/9-8

One Arm Tri Dumbell Ext
3/15/7-6-6

Barbell Raise
1/40/10, 2/50/8-7

Skullcrusher
3/40/6

Low Pulley Side Lat
3/20/7-7-6

Overhead Rope Tri Ext
2/50/8-10, 1/55-10

Diet is back to clean too, and I bought myself an elliptical for Christmas, should be here mid-Jan! I can't wait!

Oh and I also finally bought some Stevia this morning and am trying it out in my coffee (with sugar free vanilla creamer, however) and I LOVE it! It's the Truvia kind from Publix, I want to try Sweet Leaf as it seems mroe natural, but I have to go to the HF store to get it and it's really out of my way. I don't know why I didn't know of this stuff sooner!

My mom and I's New Years resolution is to quit caffeine though! I drink 2-4 cups of coffee every monring and she drinks Pepsi One all day long (and wonders why she never sleeps!). She's trying it out for a month to see if she sleeps better, and I am trying to at least just cut back to ONE cup of morning Joe.

[twinnett]

I tried giving up caffeine for awhile...just can't do it! Good luck to you!!

[tishtash]

Thanks, I don't really want to give it up completely, though I think it's in my mom's best interest to do so and I will if it helps motivate her. I just want to cut it down to like 1 coffee and 1 pepsi one a day, instead of 2-4 coffee's and 1 pepsi one. On the weekends I'm even worse w/ the soda, I'll drink like 2 cups of coffee and if I'm home alot alternate btwn soda and water to where I've had like 3-4 sodas on top of the coffee. (And I wonder why I pee so much!) My mom drinks soda all day right up until she goes to bed. She only drinks water when she's at the gym. Then she wonders why she never gets any sleep.

[hopefulbee]

Good luck on cutting back! I'm not a caffeine person myself, but my fiance goes through coke like it's water. He's been having withdrawals and says it's the number one thing he always wants during the day. (next to hot wings)

I'm envious of you working out during the break! I just never managed to get it in :(

[tishtash]

Good luck on cutting back! I'm not a caffeine person myself, but my fiance goes through coke like it's water. He's been having withdrawals and says it's the number one thing he always wants during the day. (next to hot wings)

I'm envious of you working out during the break! I just never managed to get it in :(

No, I didn't work out! I started back on Sat! I would have if my back felt better, but I used that as an excuse not to!

OMG I crave hot wings too! If I could only have one "bad" food ever for the rest of my life, hot wings would be my choice.

[tishtash]

10 mins elliptical
10 mins stairclimber

Cable Rope Rear Delt
1/60/10, 1/70/12, 2/80/10-11

Cable Rope Hammer Curl
1/35/12, 2/50/8, 1/60/6

One Arm Cable Rows
1/40/10, 2/45/8-9, 1/50/7

Cable Concentration Curls (not so good at these)
4/15/9-8-8-7

Close Grip V-Bar Pull Downs
1/70/12, 2/80/8-7, 1/90/5 then 3 more @ 80 lbs

Seated DB Inner Bi Curl
4/15/8-6-6-6

I don;t recall ever supersetting back and bi's, I have done bi's and tri's that way many times. Holy crap it was hard on the arms! BUT...NO ELBOW PAIN TODAY!!!!

Diet yesterday was so-so I guess

M1 cc and canned whole cranberry w/ rice cake and pb

M2 shake and fresh mixed fruit (grape, watermelon, cantelope, honeydew, strawberry, pineapple)

M3 turkey sand w/ Arnold dbl protein grain bread
(planned on also having veggies, do every day, but our micro blew up at work! Also why I didn't have my usual egg whites and cheese for breakfast)

M4 cc and cranberries

M5 1 bowl chicken chili (made w/ 1 lb ground chicken, 1 can tomato soup, 1/2 can water, 1 can stewed tomato, 1 can kidney beans, diced onion and chili powder.) added pinch of shredded cheddar and a boatload of Tobasco. Oh and about 6 tomato wheat thins

M6 1 cup cinnamon protein cereal w/ 2%

[tishtash]

Today was an off day at the gym. Diet was as follows

M1 cc and cran, apple cinnamon rice cake with 2 tbsp nat pb
M2 handful of almonds (wasn't really feeling a shake and didn't have much else)
M3 turkey sand w/ light mayo and 1 slice Kraft American on Arnold dbl protein bread. 1 cup fresh mixed fruit (left from day before)
M4 2 peices of chocolate from Trader Joe's from a box that a client brought in! I miss Trader Joe's :(
M5 Kashi blueberry waffles, 2 tbsp natural blueberry syrup, 2 eggs overeasy, 1 glass of Ovaltine w/ 2%
M6 2 apple cinn rice cakes w/ 2 tbsp pb and 1 tbsp strawberry jam

As you can see, on non-gym days I crave carbs SO bad! Plus I didn't take anything out for dinner last night, I had to talk my 3 yr old out of pizza and into waffles!

I come into work this morning and STILL NO MICROWAVE! I am out of bread so it looks like I'll be eating slices of turkey and not much else for lunch! I'm hoping we're only here 'til noon like we were told we would be last week.

[Megin]

Just have to say that I love your user name

:o

[/lurk]

[tishtash]

Just have to say that I love your user name

:o

[/lurk]

Thanks!

I love your abs! *hangs head*

[tishtash]

So I didn't get out of work on NYE at noon as expected, I actually ended up doing an inspection on the other side of town at 3:30, and the gym closed at 4...grrrr! No gym today either, as you may see from another post on here I drank a small bottle of cheap champagne on my own (I drink all of maybe 4 times a yr), passed out at around 8:30 in my sons room with him, woke up at 12:30 am w/ a headache and didn't get back to sleep unil close to 5 am. I woke up to my son pulling my pillow out from under my head to wake me up around 8 am!

As usually is on no gym days, my diet has been not good. Oh yeah and I started my period yesterday...yuch. Luckily on Yaz my periods only last about 2 days, and are like clockwork (a godsend after 9 yrs off and on depo with maybe 12 periods that whole time).

12/31
M1 cc & cran, 1 rice cake w/ 2 tbsp nat pb
M2 handful of almonds
M3 (still no micro) Subway 6" chicken bacon on the new 9 grain wheat. Loaded w/ veggies, put my own Bolthouse Farms yogurt honey mustard on it. I'm sure the bread is still crap, but I honestly hate the taste of white bread, even if it is better there.
Garden Salsa Sunchips and a med diet coke
M4 2 small slices Tombstone pizza. My son ate pizza and watched fireworks in the front yard, so I just ate w/ him b/c he was getting restless and I hadn't taken anything out.
M5? It goes REAL downhill here. On top of the bottle of champagne I had 2 choc chip cookies before I assed out and a big glass of Ovaltine when I woke up!

1/1
M1 2 Kashi Blueberry waffles w/ 2 tbsp grade B maple syrup, 2 eggs overeasy
M2 chicken bites w/ honey mustard (http://www.eatcleandiet.com/Default.aspx?page=63) and broc & cheese
M3 vanilla bean almonds (Blue DImond, these are sooooo delish!)
M4 2 turkey hot dogs and some (Bush's) baked beans.

I had this chicken recipe all planned out (also from the eat clean website), but we ate lunch so late that I didn't feel like preparing or eating that much food. Hot dogs weren't such a great idea either, now I feel bloated.

I did order the eat clean cookbook, which will arrive next week. One problem I have with preparing meals is that, thanks to the help of my parents, my son thinks he should drink 4 Dannibals a day and eat cookies or M&M's after every meal and I am trying to find meals that we can both enjoy and I can brake him of the sugar addiction now. It really makes him crazy when I tell him no and I'm sick of it! My parents, even my mom which is shocking, criticize me sometimes for not just giving in and letting him have what he wants (like they do) and it pisses me off SO bad. I grew up on processed bull**** food, tv dinners and hot dogs, even when my mom was competeing it was either eat bland ass boiled chicken or make myself a lean cuisine...lol I ate alot of crap and I want him growing up on a variety of good, home cooked, clean foods. It's a struggle! I did go mini grocery shopping today and got some good stuff, dinners for at least 3 days and loaded up on flax, wheat gluten, oat bran and spices. I'll go big grocery shopping this weekend after I clean out the fridge (been spring cleaning since last weekend..lol). And I found Sweet Leaf Stevia at Pubix! Not in the sugar section (like Truvia is) or the organic section, but rather in the section where the oils and vinegars are. Isn't that weird?

Back to work tomorrow for one day. I hate that! I hope it goes fast, and there is a shiny new microwave!

[tishtash]

Meals today. I'll post my chest workout tomorow, as well as tomorrows leg workout. My book is in my car and I just popped on to order some supp's, I need to get to bed because tomorrows my son's 3rd birthday and we're going to see The Imagination Movers (his first "concert" haha).

M1 1 cup cc & cran, 1 apple cinnamon rice cake 2 tbsp nat pb
M2 Choc protein shake, handful of almonds
M3 Turkey sandwich - thin sliced turkey 1 slice american chz, 2 tbsp lite mayo on dbl protein bread. Did I mention there's STILL no microwave at my office? I'm going on strike on Mon if my boss doesn't buy one...lol
M4 1 rice cake w/ 2 tbsp nat pb (I was all out of options)
M5 This: http://www.eatcleandiet.com/Default.aspx?page=28
M6 1 cup Archer Farms Cinnamon Protein Cereal w/ 2%


Dinner was YUMMY!

[tishtash]

1/2 Workout

15 mins elliptical (Precor 556i)
hill climb
Missed the MHR, probably around 175, missed the cals too. Wasn't really paying attention..lol

DB Press
1/20/11, 3/22.5/1--9-8

Machine Flys
1/55/10, 2/60/8-7, 1/65/5

HS ISO Lateral Bench Press
3/50/106-5...3rd set dropped to 40 for 6. 1/40/6 (4th set)

One Arm DB Flys (OMG first time doing these, LOVE THEM)
3/12/9-9-10, 1/15/6

Todays workout (1/3):
17 mins elliptical (Precor 546i)
161 AHR, 175 MHR 5-9 resistance on Cross Trainer #2, 210 cals

Plie Squats
1/20/12. 3/22.5/12-15-13

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One Leg Smith Squat w/ Bench
1/60/10, 3/70/8-8-8

Leg Extension
2/115/8-7, 1/110/7

-SS-

Donkey Calves
1/260/14, 2/280/11-11

This leg workourt maybe doesn't seem like much, but I do not often superset legs and it seriously kicked my ass!

I also haven't mentioned that sporadically through the last week (gym days only) I hve been taking an EC stack again. I only take it right before I work out, not sure if I'll start taking it 2 or more times a day or not. I seem to have done ok before my 7 month break when I was only taking it pre-workout. We'll see.

Today is my son's birthday and we went to see the Imagination Movers. It was alot of fun, but after about 3 or 4 songs he was over it and ready to come home and open more presents. He managed to make it through to just before the encore! We just had our lunch and cake and he is off in toyland!

Diet today so far:

M1 oats w/ milled flax, cinnamon, blueberry and Truvia
M2 MetRx Berry w/ skim (picked up @ the gym)
M3 1 bratwurst w/ a couple tablespoons of cottage cheese and handful of blueberries. 1 peice chocolate raspberry Power Rangers cake! My dad made the brats for my son for lunch, that was the healthiest thing I could think to do!
M4 will be small portion of ribeye and either a swt potatoe w/ pb or brown rice and steamed mixed veggies
M5 may be a bowl of protein cereal, if I eat anything at all.

After today my "food holiday" is officially over! I am working way too hard in the gym to be eating CAKE!

[tishtash]

I just notcied that we can't edit a day later!

Last nights M4 turned out to be 1/2 sliced granny smith apple, 7 or 8 rye triscuits and 2 tbs roasted pine nut hummus. After such a big late lunch no one felt like steak.

Todays work out:

15 min warm-up on treadmill 2 mins walking at 4.2 alternated w/ 3 mins jogging at 5.5
Back/Bi's supersets

Cable Rope Rear Delt Rows
1/70/10, 2/80/9-9, 1/859

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Rope Hammer Curls
1/50/10, 1/55/10, 2/6-/8-8

Wide Grip Lat PD
3/80/9-8-7

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Cable Straight Bar Curls
1/50/7, 1/50/4 dropped to 40 for 4 more, 1/40/6

Bent Over DB Rows
1/20/10, 3/22.5/10-10-10

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DB Hammer Curls
2/20/7-8, 2/22.5/5-5

Back Extension Machine
3/80/15-15-15

Food Today:
M1 1 cup quick oats, 1 pack Truvia, pinch cinnamon, 6-7 blueberries
M2 MetRx chocolate w/ shot of glutamine (picked up @ gym
M3 (about) 5 oz. strip steak in salad w/ 4 tbsp olive oil vinagrette
M4 1 cup Archer Farms CInnamon Start protein cereal w/ skim

Funny I eat more during the week than I do on the weekend, I just eat worse some weekends. No more though! Tomorrow is D-Day for at least 3 months!

[twinnett]

I noticed that same thing about 2 min. ago! lol

[tishtash]

Yesterday was an off day, meals were as follows:

M1 cc and cran, 1 pc Arnold dbl protein toast w/ 2 tbsp nat pb and dab of organic blackberry preserves (no microwave until around lunch time)
M2 1 oz Blue Diamond vanilla bean almonds (snacked on periodically between M1 and M3)
M3 turkey on 2 slices Arnold dbl protein bread, 1 slice Kraft american, 2 tbsp mayo, 1 serving mixed veggies (broccoli, carrots, red and yellow peppers...Green Giant micro steamers)
M4 Protein shake
M5 1/2 bonelss, skinless chicken breast seasoned with garlic salt and crushed red peppers, stemed veggies (red potatoes, green and yellow peppers, snow peas)
M6 3 cranberry apple oatmeal protein cookies (I was making them for snacks today and couldn't resist!)
(1 1/2 cup oats, 3 egg whites + 1 egg w/ yolk...yolk was accident but it binded the cookies better!, 1 scopp vanilla protein powder, 1 packet of Truvia, handful of dried cranberries and apple slices. Made 7 cookies total Next time I may add applesauce to sweeten)

My mom got into a car acident this morning, just about 5 blocks from home. Someone pulled out in front of her and she nailed them, flipping their car and totalling hers. I woke up to my dad calling to tell me. I keep calling him for updated, I talked to her around 7 and she said ther back hurt a bit and they wanted to do a CAT scan to check for a perferated kidney because she had blood in her urine. My last update around 8:15 when I got to work my dad said she had hip pain and a big bruise there and didn't tell the docotrs until they were getting ready to do the CAT. She said she just wanted to go home, she's nuts about doctors and tests and will avoid telling them things to get out of being stuck in a hospital. I dunno why! She did pee before the test and it was clean, I'm now waiting for an update on the test...nerves are shot.

Also, she just paid her car off 2 weeks ago and I was telling her on Sun to be more careful now that it's paid for. I feel like I jinxed her!

[tishtash]

Well my mom is ok, just a lil bruised and banged up. Car is definitley totalled. A woman driving a GMC SUV pulled out in front of her and she nailed her going 50mph. The woman in the SUV flipped, which is no surprise. She seemed to be ok as well, and she did get the ticket. Sucks my mom just paid her car off, but now she's thinking screw it if she has to buy another one she might as well buy a Lexus. My mom is the thriftiest person I know, she drove a 2005 Hyundai Sonata, though she can certainly afford a Lexus. I'm thankful she's ok, both the front AND back of the car were smashed. The roll cage stayed in tact. Hyundai's are good cars. My mom has had 4 major accidents, ALL within 10 blocks from home! Crazy.

Anyhow, after a bad day at work on top of that, I REALLY needed to go to the gym.

Today was shoulders and tri's, though not supersets.

10 min walk/jog warm-up on treadmill. Tried the incline, but I could feel it in my shins so I went back down.

Behind Neck Press
1/40/13, 2/50/10-6

Reverse Pec Deck Flyes
1/20/8-7-6

DB Press
1/20/10, 2/22.5/6-6

One Arm Tri-Pulldown
1/35/10, 3/40/7-7-6

Overhead DB Extension
1/35/11, 3/37.5/8-7-8

Assisted Dip
4/91/8-7-6-6
(weight is total, the assist was 64 lbs...wasn't sure how to log this!)

Food today:
M1 egg whites, 1 slice white american
M2 periodic snacking on vanilla bean almonds (less than 1 oz.) and 1 oatmeal protein cookie
M3 turkey sand on 2 sliced Arnold dbl protein bread, 1 slice white american, 2 tbsp light mayo, leftover mixed veggies from yesterday.
M4 1/2 boneless, skinless ck breast in 1 1/2 cup salad mix (iceberg, shredded carrott, red cabbage, beets), 6 small cubes pepperjack cheese, 3 cherry tomatoes, 4 rye triscuits and 3 tbsps Kraft xtra virgin olive oil raspberry vinegarette
M5 1 cup granola cereal w/ skim.

My elliptical and eat clean diet cookbook come tomorrow! I'm so excited I want to take the day off (I know, lame right! It's been a bad month at work), but alas I have to show a condo at noon :(

[Emoore]

So sorry to hear about your mom. If you have any questions about dealing with the insurance company give me a shout; I used to be an auto adjustor for an insurance co. Are you keeping track of your calories and macros anywhere like fitday or sparkpeople?

[tishtash]

So sorry to hear about your mom. If you have any questions about dealing with the insurance company give me a shout; I used to be an auto adjustor for an insurance co. Are you keeping track of your calories and macros anywhere like fitday or sparkpeople?

Thanks, she is doing ok, just a lil banged up. She'll be out of the gym for a few weeks which I'm sure she's not happy about! I think she's pretty much got a handle on it w/ Progressive. After 4 major accidents in the last like 10 yrs, I think my mom is a pro w/ insurance companies! lol


I'm not tracking my cals now, I started using fitday, then nutridiary because I liked that it tracked sugar. I should, it's just too damn time consuming. I usually know what works for me in the weight loss dept, I just worry sometimes that I'm not getting enough protein.

[tishtash]

Wed was an off day because I had to go home and wait for my elliptical.

Wed 1/7 Foods:

M1 1/2 cup All Whites, 1 slice Kraft white american
M2 handful vanilla bean almonds, protein shake (again, I snack on almonds periodically between M1 and M3)
M3 1 can albacore tuna, 2 slices arnold dbl protein bread, 1 slic kraft white american, Green Giant Micro-steamers mixed veggies (carrots, green beans, black beans, lima beans in garlic herb sauce)
M4 I think here I periodically snacked on almonds because I was so busy
M5 This: http://eatcleandiet.com/Default.aspx?page=27 except I made it w/ ground chicken rather than ground turkey and instead of 3/4 cups apple juice I used water.
M6 1/2 cup granola cereal w/ 2%

Thurs 1/8 Workout
12 mins Precor EFX546i Cross Train #3 5-10 resistance 141 cals (heart rate monitor wasn't working, or my hands were too sweaty!)

Ab Machine
3/70/20-20-10

Walking DB Lunges
4/40/8-8-6-6

Lying Hamstring Curl
2/50/8-8, 1/65/2! dropped to 52.5/8

Seated Ham Curl
3/120/9-8-8

Butt Blaster
1/30/10, 1/40/10, 2/45/8-8

Donkey Calf Raises
1/280/15, 2/300/12-12

I don't know why but I can barely do anything on the lying ham curl. And I put 300 on the standing calf raise last night and it was light, I'm not doing something right. I know at my last gym I could do about 90 on the lying ham curl and at least 240 on the standing calf raise. Their 2 seated calf raise chairs are not all that great either. All of these machines are old and uncomfortable. =/

I had to inspect a condo yesterday morning so ate a quick breakfast at home.
Yesterdays meals:

M1 1/2 cup oats, dash 2% milk, trucia, cinnamon and blueberries.
M2 Myoplex cookies and cream bar
M3 same as yesterdays lunch
M4 1 cup cc, 3 tbsps cran
M5 leftovers from Wed dinner
M6 cinnamon start protein cereal

I guess I should also be mentioning drinks and supps?
Every morning upon waking and while getting ready I have 2 cups of coffee w/ 2 tbps ea of fat free vanilla creamer. At lunch SOMETIMES I have diet root beer, if I have any here at work. If not, I have water. For supps, I take Animal Flex, a multi and vitamin c after Meal 1. I might start taking my the multi and vitamin c at night though, just too many pills at once!

Around 4:00 some days I take an EC, some I don't. Depends on if I feel I need a "boost". I drink my SP250 on my way to the gym, so around 4:40.

I have to work on Sat, so I'm hoping to have my elliptical up and running by Sun. Normally I'd be off on Tues after working on Sat since the other girl here was leaving early on Mondays, but now she isn't so at least this time I plan on taking Monday off, because classes start on Tues! Once I can get up and do the elliptical in the AM I will start eating breakfast at home. Probably oats and PB or protein mixed in most days. I'll also take my animal flex then. I can't eat right when I wake up, at least not that early. So it'd be post-cardio. I am also going to give up creamer at that point too, or at least try!

I have been doing good only having 2 cups of coffee daily. Maybe that will even decrease once I do cardio in the AM, who knows!

[tishtash]

I haven't posted in a few days and had to go all the way to page 5! With the start of school, craziness at work and me just not really feeling like being on a computer much I haven't felt like posting. I will post the last few days work outs, I'm not even going to try to post diet because I don't track it and can't remember. It has been very good though.

Friday 1/9
12 min Elliptical (Precor 566i on Cross Train #3) 148 cals 159 MHR (I think the heart rate monitor on that machine is off!)

Smith Incline Press
2/60/8-5, 2/50/6-7

Butterflies
1/40/10, 3/45/8-8-8

DB Press
1/20/10, 3/22.5/7-8-8

One Arm DB Fly
3/12/8-8-8, 1/15/8

Sat 1/10 was an off-day, had to work

Sun 1/11
Precor 556i #5 Intervals 5-10 resistance 200 cals, MHR 170

Preacher Curls
1/35/10, 1/40/10, 1/45/9

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Skullcrushers
1/40/10, 1/50/5, 1/45/7 (I was using the EZ Curl bar for the curls and the pre-weighted bar for the crushers, but last set switched crushers to EZ Curl bar)

Standing DB Curl
2/22.5/10-10, 1/25/7

-SS-

Overhead DB Extension
2/37.5/11-11, 1/40/10

Rope Hammer Curl
1/55/11, 1/60/9, 1/65/8

-SS-

Rope Tri Pushdown
1/55/10, 1/60/9, 1/65/8

Crunches w/ Rope
1/70/25, 2/75/20-25

Hey, I do abs sometimes! Mostly floor exercises at home that I don't count. I should start doing more in the gym, I just never have time!

1/12 Mon

23 mins treadmill HIIT 168 cals (walk @ 4.2 for 2 mins, run at 6.5 - 7.0 for 1 min)

Sissy Squats
1/0/10, 2/10/12-12

Leg Extension
1/115/8, 3/120/8-8-8

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Calf Raises (I don't know what these are called exactly, it's a plate load "seat")
1/250/15, 3/280/13-12-11

Smith Squats
1/90/10, 1/120/10, 1/130/9

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2/20/10-12, 1/25/12

Donkey Calf Raise Machine
1/280/15, 2/300/13-12

Tues 1/13
16 mins tread 4.0-6.0 spd intervals 118 cals

3 sets of assisted pull-ups. Guy was chatting me up and I wasn't logging the assist, between 68-72 lbs of assistance.

Close Grip V Bar Pull-Downs
1/60/11, 2/70/8-8

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One Arm Cable Row
1/30/10, 2/40/7-7

Bent Over DB Row
2/22.5/10-10, 2/25/9-7

Back Extension Machine
1/80/15, 2/190/15-15

Pullover (Nautilus Machine, haven't used one of these in years!)
1/80/12, 3/85/9-8-6

I wanted to do good mornings but it was really packed in the gym last night and it was getting late, so I went to the ext machine. I can't do hyperextensions, they hurt. =\

I still haven't gotten my elliptical set up, I haven't had time! I'm not going to the gym tonight so I am going to cook chicken fingers with my son, spend some time with him and then tackle some algebra and world lit! I like school, btu man I wish I didn't have to work and could spend mroe time on it! Get it done faster!

[tishtash]

20 mins Precor 556i hillclimb 3-14 resistanc 157 AHR 172 MHR 210 cals

Hamflexor
4/40/9-8-7-8

Butt Blaster
2/40/10-10, 2/45/10-8

One Leg Press
1/90/10, 2/140/7-6

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One Leg Press - Calf
1/90/15, 2/140/12-12

On the 3rd set of 1 leg press I almost lost it! My knee was all the way to my chest and I was trying to squeeze my other leg in to push it back up! Kinda scary!

I wanted to also do seated ham curls and deads, but I got to the gym kind of late and ran out of time.

Food yesterday:
M1 1c oatmeal, 1 tsp milled flax, 1 tsp wheat germ, 1 scoop ON apple pie
M2 ON mocha cappucino mixed w/ frothed 2% - DELISH!
M3 out running errrands had a California salad from Target. Lettuce, dried cherries, walnuts, goat cheese and poppyseed dressing. First time I ever had goat cheese, NOT BAD! They put too much though, so I picked alot of it off.
M4 homemade protein bar
M5 steak, mixed veggies (carrots, green beans, zucchini)
M6 cinnamon start protein cereal 2 tbsps ON apple pie I was really craving sweets (TOM started yesterday....2 WEEKS EARLY!) and wanted to try the protein powder microwave brownie, but was afraid of screwing it up and being SOL. Will try tonight maybe.

I need to be better prepared on days that I have class. Having the protein packets was a godsend and I think I'll keep ordering the variety pack just for that reason, plus I like being able to switch it up. But I need to also pack more of a lunch to eat on the drive between school, errands and work. It sucks because I always have food AT work, but can't eat when I get here after being out all morning. =\ I did discover the flavored tuna packs, like tomato basil. May think of using those, or flavoring up my own tuna and diced chicken and packing whole wheat wraps for school days.