****Official "OBF" 2010 SPECTACULAR SPRING Contest Thread***

[Prototyp3]

Had a good holiday weekend, was happy with everything except the pastries I devoured after Easter Dinner. Honestly don't feel too bad since I haven't missed a scheduled workout yet, and my diet is night and day compared to when I started this contest. Surprising what a little motivation can do for you.

[cactusflower]

I keep some motivating quotes visible around the house, office, etc just to give me a little push. Here are some of my favorites.

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. (unknown)

Mark Twain:
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

Goethe:
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

Samuel Johnson:
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Vincent Lombardi:
The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

Roger Bannister:
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Marvin Phillips:
The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!

Plato:
The first and the best victory is to conquer self.



Here's to a great week!!

Love the quotes!!! Thanks somuch for posting them!!!

My weekend was a bust.... boo. However, now that I am finally over my sinus infection and can breathe and feel human again I can go back to the gym!!! Which i did tonight! YAY! Just did cardio but it was so hot I am hoping I dropped 20lbs in water HAHAHA could you imagine???
Keep up the great work everybody!!

[SexyBack]

whew! my cardio sucks! I don't know why, but I pant and get heavy feelings in my chest and get lactic acid cramps. I don't know how to build up my cardivascular endurance. any tips anyone?

[19again]

am pretty happy with my 4 week results.

Bust (-1 3/4")
Waist (-1 7/8")
Hips (-1 3/4")
Weight (-11.2 pounds)

I am noticing the rolls in my back are turning into waves and my shoulders are finally getting defined. I am waiting for the day when I can hang my purse handles on my shoulder and they don't slide off! Nothing irritates me more

I am not ready to take pictures again yet. I am thinking I will at the half way mark in four more weeks.

Heading to Florida with 100 high school kids on a charter bus this week (15 hour ride!). I hope I can stick to healthy food! I think the hotel has a gym, so I might be utilizing that if I can sneak away for a little while.

[Vytis]

Why is chocolate and PB one of the most heavenly combinations in the world? Probably just to tempt me during this prep. But as good as it may taste it stayed a memory and didn't reach my taste buds. Diet and training is spot on. 5% here we come.....

[SexyBack]

Why is chocolate and PB one of the most heavenly combinations in the world? Probably just to tempt me during this prep. But as good as it may taste it stayed a memory and didn't reach my taste buds. Diet and training is spot on. 5% here we come.....

do you like pb and chocolate protein bars? I don't like them one bit! the only thing I like is reese's peanut butter cups! any other pb and c combo I find tastes gross. must be the sugar in the reese's! haha

[JaySinX]

congratulations to you! Good job.

thnks, appreciate it

[cuse88]

How did everyone do over Easter? It was hard skipping on the Starburst Jelly-Beans this year lol.

[amuarT]

How did everyone do over Easter? It was hard skipping on the Starburst Jelly-Beans this year lol.

i did surprisingly well

i was so glad that somebody brought a fruit platter to the family get-together. i ate as much fruit as i could and skipped out on the ham and other side dishes.

on a side note, i find "The Biggest Loser" very motivational. if you've never heard of it, you should check it out, or buy a complete season so you can watch it from the beginning.

[SheWulf]

Easter is a non-issue.

[getbustered]

How did everyone do over Easter? It was hard skipping on the Starburst Jelly-Beans this year lol.

Not good. I didn't skip anything, lol.

[vanillabn]

I'm SO HAPPY! Stayed AWAY from ALL the Easter dinner delights this weekend Even brought a food scale to the inlaws place

Weight has stalled for the past 5 days. Not sure what's going on as the diet/training has been perfect. We'll see what this week brings. Cause I'm sure killin' it on that stepmill darnit!!

Me too.... no Easter treats, but I don't think I made too much progress this week... grrr. Stepmill FTW!

Congrats to those who have seen some impressive results already!!

[Michael Bao]

Sup guys, hopes everything is going good for everyone. Finally got three digits on my DB Bench today feels good man.

[|progress|]

Got sick over Easter weekend, missed my Friday & Today's workouts. Sucks.

[ShayZ]

Anyhow, progress pics. Starting Pics on left. From 3/09 so... 27 days in
these starting pics are from my DS Adrenalean log, which started 1 day before I started my OBF log. Hence the lack of newspaper, but I was the same size those 2 days so, its the same thing lol.











Maybe its me, but Collarbone showing up a hell of a lot more. Abs/obliques starting to look like they will apear eventually. Love handles got smaller. Stomach loose skin got worse
Back to me looks wider at the top, maybe its just me though. Thoughts?

[Konqueror]

I have missed the deadlines to participate but I will follow along to get some needed motivation. Good luck to everyone!!!

[swindled]

Did nothing for easter but work on my site model for my thesis...didn't even get the damn thing done on time, so its an automatic 0. Oh well, I did go out for a scotch on the 2nd in remembrance of my dad.

Definitely feeling the stress, losses have been minimal, .5" this week around my waist, nothing around my hips or thighs.

[samalmas]

Hey everyone,

I have been so busy with all of the things going on in life at the moment!! All great things, so nothing too negative to be chatting about. But I have had far too many chocolate Easter eggs these past two days. They are for my son, but somehow they end up in my tummy!!??? I must get my diet back on track and sweat my butt off this week due to my overindulgences....

I Hope everyone is doing well, I have not yet weighed/measured myself so I will do so this Thursday... Hopefully this weekend didn't do too much damage to me. As a sidenote, I love the livestrong website for my meal tracking,by far the simplest online journal I have used...

[anti-bonk]

I keep some motivating quotes visible around the house, office, etc just to give me a little push. Here are some of my favorites.

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. (unknown)

Mark Twain:
Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.

Goethe:
Take care of your body with steadfast fidelity. The soul must see through these eyes alone, and if they are dim, the whole world is clouded.

Samuel Johnson:
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

Vincent Lombardi:
The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It's your mind you have to convince.

Roger Bannister:
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.

Marvin Phillips:
The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!

Plato:
The first and the best victory is to conquer self.



Here's to a great week!!

And one of my favorites:

"Do...or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda

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[kudostojen]

Anyhow, progress pics. Starting Pics on left. From 3/09 so... 27 days in
these starting pics are from my DS Adrenalean log, which started 1 day before I started my OBF log. Hence the lack of newspaper, but I was the same size those 2 days so, its the same thing lol.











Maybe its me, but Collarbone showing up a hell of a lot more. Abs/obliques starting to look like they will apear eventually. Love handles got smaller. Stomach loose skin got worse
Back to me looks wider at the top, maybe its just me though. Thoughts?

Looking good. I can definitely see the difference.

Congrats on your progress.

[ATownDRock]

Whoops, forgot to post last week

Anyways, here's the score from the grocery store run earlier





7 Jars Natural Skippy PB (5 chunky, 2 creamy)
2 gallons 1% milk
Egg Whites
9 lbs 93% lean beef
10 lbs Chicken Breast
two 2% cottage cheeses

Not pictured:
4 Red Bell Peppers
8 Apples
2 Loaves Brownberry whole grain bread
Two 64oz V8's
Two 128oz OJ's

everything was on sale, it was unreal. Everything I wanted ha

[chubbarock]

i hope everyone made it through the easter holidays without getting in too much cheat food

[KRAZA00]

Hello Everyone new week new goals, hope everyone is back on the wagon since Easter...lol

Next holiday Memorial Day

[Rozlyn27]

whew! my cardio sucks! I don't know why, but I pant and get heavy feelings in my chest and get lactic acid cramps. I don't know how to build up my cardivascular endurance. any tips anyone?

This is going to sound terribly trite and rude, and I really hope it doesn't come across as such.

Just build it up. (unless of course you have some kind of reason why you can't or asmtha)

I'm by no means a stellar runner, but much much better then I was, even 3 months ago. I've gone from a 15minute steady pace to 40minute steady pace. It hurts, and is painful and makes me feel like I'm going to die, but I'm getting there.

[hardy the body]

This week, going down (daily) from 2395 cal to 2080 cal, from 202g carbs to 146g carbs, protein is about the same at 243g, and bumped my fat up a little to 74grams. Im starting to look more cut, love the progress., need way more work on the abs though. I will have new measurements and weight tracked along with photos in the next few days.

[MsTropix]

ok well I fell thru my mamas back porch today. I am all jacked up. My left side from my ribs to my ankle looks like a wild cat attacked me. My ankle, knee, ribs and lower back is all out of sorts and quite frankly I am a hurting unit and also pissed because I had an appt to see my dr for a follow up tomorrow and the office called and cancelled me so now I cant see him for my fall.

I dunno what to do. I can still do upper body exercises if I am careful about my back and ribs, but lower body is not an option so this is going to slow me way down as if this challenge wasnt hard enuff, sheesh.

Diet will stay in check which is good but how can ya lose weight on just dieting? Im really ticked. Im crazy upset. Im sorry, I usually will not post negative crap, as I prefer to lift everybodys spirits for the contest but this WILL compromise my results. Now what!

[j. ViLLA]

Just checkin in for the week. Was pretty depressed about the neck injury all last week that i ate so much red velvet cupcake and better than sex trifle cake my wifey made!


Thats a pic of the leftovers thats STILL in my fridge! argh!

[vylan]

had a good chest/back workout today. managed to keep the diet in check over easter by switching it to a high carb day. all those progress pics are looking good keep it up everyone.

[Anders0n74]

Just checkin in for the week. Was pretty depressed about the neck injury all last week that i ate so much red velvet cupcake and better than sex trifle cake my wifey made!


Thats a pic of the leftovers thats STILL in my fridge! argh!

Damn you for posting that picture. Food porn at it's finest.

[carbonmade78]

Happy Tuesday!

How did everyone do over Easter? It was hard skipping on the Starburst Jelly-Beans this year lol.

I did really well! Helps that my family doesn't get together and there was no big huge southern family spread of food lol..but I did have 1 cadbury egg. They're my weakness.

on a side note, i find "The Biggest Loser" very motivational. if you've never heard of it, you should check it out, or buy a complete season so you can watch it from the beginning.

I used to really like Biggest Loser..until the product placements and endorsements just got way out of control. "Look! We're walking to subway while chewing our Trident Sugar Free Gum and carrying our water bottle full of Brita filtered water! Oh and look! We can pack the leftovers from our Subway sandwich in these handy little Ziploc baggies! How neat!"

Srsly?

I do have a serious Gay Guy Crush on Bob tho..

And one of my favorites:

"Do...or do not. There is no 'try'." - Yoda

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Star Wars FTW! Those are great quotes Bunny I will have to think if I have any that are my faves..at 5 45 in the morning, I'm not quite thinking straight.

Just checkin in for the week. Was pretty depressed about the neck injury all last week that i ate so much red velvet cupcake and better than sex trifle cake my wifey made!


Thats a pic of the leftovers thats STILL in my fridge! argh!

Holy crap man! That's in your fridge??? How do you stand it!?

It would be in mah tummy by now.