My Journey to be fit

[beby24]

Hello everyone,
Well I have decided to start a journal here on bb.com. I really find that I stay focused more often when I log and interact with people that have similar goals.

This by no means has been an easy journey for me. However it has been a very good experience and I have learn so much and find myself constantly learning. My goals right now are to finally get to that 19% body fat. I was at 180 for a while and was just not getting any lower it seemed, then I changed diets, workouts became less and life got in the way. Now I am worse off than what I was. I am at 200.

I have started back up with the gym, and eating clean. The weekends are the most challenging for me, it seems like they always are no matter what. I am working on it and can say I have made some improvements by cooking in the middle of the week to prep more meals for the weekend.

I think this time around, I'll start with small goals and go from there. So my first official goal is to get to 190 and plan out my meals to include saturday.

My ultimate goal is to get to the 150-160lbs range.

Now, please bare with me and I'll do my best, thanks in advance for the support.

Trish

[beby24]

Yesterday I woke up and did 40 minutes cardio then in the evening took a spinning class and was out. I was home early, cooked some chicken parmesan and was in bed pretty early.

It felt so good to sleep, except I had a nightmare that woke me up for a bit. I hate those. Anyway, I prayed myself to sleep again.

Today will be a training day for me. It seems like I am not doing much weight training these days, Only 2 long days and the rest are cardio and circuit days.

The weight is not changing and I am eating a bit less than the bwx12 so we shall see. I will wait till thursday to measure this week and see how that reads out. I did have a huge cheat on friday so maybe that has something to do with it or the lack off on the weekend.

I am trying to stay close to the bw x12 , I am getting about 300 less but that should still be good.

Today I get to do my Rack Pulls and DL again, which I love. I'll see how I do this week

[beby24]

40min cardio 6:00am

2 egg quice w/veggies 9:00am
1/2 cup of oatmeal
1/4 cup of blueberries

Mini Turkey Meat Loaf 5oz 12:00pm
3oz of spring mix
Rasberry Walnut Dressing
3 1/2 oz of potatoes

apple 1:45pm

chocolate ricotta 3:00pm

1 cup of egg whites 4:00pm
1/2 scoop protein
1tbsp pb
coffee

spinning class 6:45pm

2 slice of arnolds ww bread 8:30pm
2rice cakes pack
1/2 cup marinara sauce
5 oz chicken breast


2tbsp of naturally more pb 9:30pm

[beby24]

Hello,
Yesterday was a training day for me. I was able to do all my DL at 155 and I did my Rack pulls at 175 for 5 sets and my last one was 185. I kept my reps at 6.

I did feel very tired in between sets. I think I took my fat burner a bit too late and my heart was just way to high when I started working out. I was just feeling really sleepy at about 4:30 and took them then. Anyhow, I was so tired when I finished that I didn?t even finish off with any cardio. I did find a nice surprise as I walked out of the gym, Yes...more snow...

This morning I didn?t make it to the gym, Schools are closed and everything seems to be opening up late. I will try to get in later today if its a possibility at all. Today will be a cardio only day.

I did ok on my diet, my protein was a little low and my carbs were a bit higher than what I normally try to stay under, but overall, it was a good clean eating day.

Below is my food log
1 oz of almonds 8:00am

2 egg quiche w/veggies 8:45am
1/2 cup of oatmeal
1/4 cup of blueberries
Coffee

60 calorie packs dried plums 11:45am
1/4 cup of marinara sauce
1 slice of arnolds ww bread
3oz of spring mix
Raspberry Walnut Dressing

Lite protein pancakes 2:30pm
Sugar free syrup
1tbsp pb

weight training/sip on some xtend 6:00pm
60 calorie packs dried plums

2 mini ww bagel 8:30pm
2 tbsp of cream cheese
2 tbsp of plum preserves
Mini Turkey Meat Loaf 6oz

Ricotta chocolate 10:00pm

[HoosierHardGain]

Good morning, Trish...


Well, it looks like the diet and workouts are on target so far...I am pumped for some results in here!

[beby24]

Originally Posted by HoosierHardGain

Good morning, Trish...


Well, it looks like the diet and workouts are on target so far...I am pumped for some results in here!

Hay Hoo...
Thanks for stopping in....I am really feeling good these days.

[HoosierHardGain]

G'morning, Trish

[beby24]

Yesterday was a cardio only day. I was shooting for 60 minutes of steady state. More less what I think that is. I did 30 min on the stair master and then did 30 min on the treadmill. It felt like an eternity but I made it. Then I went to Wal-Mart to pick up a couple of things with the girls and we ended up having dinner at subway.

I'll be starting my packing as soon as I can so I can have a less stressful time with the moving. I hate moving but I got a good month to get everything done.

Today in the evening I plan to measure and see what that says.

I am feeling tired today, my back is really sore and tight. May be from those rack pulls I love.

My food was ok, below is my log
2 egg quiche w/veggies 8:00am
1tbsp pb
1 mini regular bagel

Lite protein pancakes 11:00am
Sugar free syrup
1tbsp pb

1 oz of almonds 1:00pm
2 cups of broccoli
spray butter
Mini Turkey Meat Loaf 6oz


1 oz of almonds 4:30pm
1 cup of unsweeted soy milk
1 scoop of Vanilla Protein

60 min cardio /sip on xtend 6:15pm

6 inch turkey subway with lettuce 8:30pm
Light Mayo (1tbsp)

1 scoop of Vanilla Protein 10:00pm
2tbsp of naturally more pb

[beby24]

Originally Posted by HoosierHardGain

G'morning, Trish

Good morning.

[HoosierHardGain]

Happy Friday, Trish! We made it through another week

Ya hitting the gym today?

[beby24]

Originally Posted by HoosierHardGain

Happy Friday, Trish! We made it through another week

Ya hitting the gym today?

Yes, todaywill be a cardio day and i am actually looking forward to my work out tomorrow....
Just started doing them squats again. I am taking it easy but getting better and more weight gradually.

[beby24]

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Well my day yesterday kind of sucked at the gym. It was super hard to try to do a circuit. I have been going at 6pm and everyone is there. I may have to find another way to get a circuit in or maybe do them on a weekend.

My diet was fine until about 9 pm. I know...I know...i weigh myself and then measured and was dissapointed. I lost like .5 of my arms and 2 of my hips but that was it. everything else was the same.

I then ate some trail mix with oatbran cera and protein and PB. today I wake up and out of curiosity weigh myself again because I usually gain weight like really quick and I am down 3 lbs. That is freaking crazy.

I don't know if I should just add some more calories so that I am closer to the bwx 12 and see if that makes a difference. Right now I have been averaging bwx10 and its just not working. So I will try to up them a little and test that out for the next 3 weeks and if that doesn't work then I will have to maybe cut them down. My body is just so hard to get.


Anyway, my circuit was pretty much any available machine. I did some incline bp, lat pulldwods, cable curls, dips, lying leg curl, side laterals and leg press so at least i tried to do something for every body part. they were all machines but something is better than nothing ...


good or bad here is my food log.

2 egg quice w/veggies 8:30am
1/2 cup of oatmeal
1/4 cup of blueberries
1 piece of cheddar cheese

1/4 cup of marinara sauce 12:00pm
1 slice of arnolds ww bread
5 oz chicken breast
3oz of spring mix
Rasberry Walnut Dressing
1/2 oz of almonds


1 cup cc 3:00pm
1/2 scoop of protein
rice cake
1tbsp pb

circuit 6:30pm

1/4 cup of marinara sauce 8:00pm
rice cakes pack
5 oz chicken breast

2scoops of Vanilla Protein 10:00pm
2tbsp of naturally more pb
trail mix
1 cup of fiber one cereal
1 cup of 1% milk

[HoosierHardGain]

Originally Posted by beby24

Yes, and i am actually looking forward to my work out tomorrow....
Just started doing them squats again. I am taking it easy but getting better and more weight gradually.

Without a doubt, make sure you get that form down first. Squat aren't something you want to do with anything other than spot on form.

[beby24]

Originally Posted by HoosierHardGain

Without a doubt, make sure you get that form down first. Squat aren't something you want to do with anything other than spot on form.

Hey Hoo,
Well i tried my back squats again this weekend. I took it easy and yesterday and today I am super sore. It had been a while since I did these due to my physical therapy. I had inflamation and had to take 2 months of from any quad activated exercise.

Anyway, i only did 135 lbs but i sure feel it.

[HoosierHardGain]

Originally Posted by beby24

Hey Hoo,
Well i tried my back squats again this weekend. I took it easy and yesterday and today I am super sore. It had been a while since I did these due to my physical therapy. I had inflamation and had to take 2 months of from any quad activated exercise.

Anyway, i only did 135 lbs but i sure feel it.

Well, 135 is pretty good, so don't short change your effort. If it had been along time since you had done back squats, than you're going to be pretty sore.

Keep up your great work, Trish

[dozersmom]

Hi girlie like the new avi..I love your arms!

[beby24]

I had a good weekend. Friday after work went to the gym and did my 1 hrs cardio, 30 on the stair master and 30 on the stepmill.
I had dinner and ran around with the kids to get some things to do over the weekend since I had my friends daughter over.

Saturday had my oatmeal with protein then waited a bit and went to the gym. I had a great work out
Squats
Lateral raises
db step ups
push presses
bicep curl
tricep ext
and finished with some abs.

Sunday was my off day and i relaxed and cooked for my week. this week, I will be eating chicken salad and tilapia.

Today, I am going in to the gym for some HIIT and then steady state.

[beby24]

Hello everyone,
Yesterday I had a very good day. It was an HIIT day and some steady cardio day. I decided to do the stairmaster and db swings as my HIIT. I did 10 sets of DB swings 20 reps each then would recover on the stairmaster for 1 minute and half or 2 mintues. About my 8 set, I felt like I wanted to puke. LOL

After that I did the strided machine to finish up my full hour, did then some woodchops and called it a night.

My food was pretty good. I was afraid I went over my goal for the day due to my last meals but I actually was pretty close, I bit under but that is ok.

Today its a training day. So I am so ready for my full body work out. Its deadlifts and rack pull day. Yay...

Below is my food log for the day of yesterday.

2 egg quice w/veggies 9:30am
spray butter
2 slice of arnolds ww bread

1 cup of brown rice 12:30pm
5 oz Tilapia
2 cup of green beans
almonds (10)
green tea w/one creamer

ricotta chocolate 4:30pm
3 oz of tilapia
2 cup of green beans
almonds (10)

HIIT and steady state cardio 7:00pm
xtend

Brunch Chicken Salad 8:30pm

2tbsp of naturally more pb 10:30pm
1 scoop of Vanilla Protein

[HoosierHardGain]

Happy Wednesday, Trish. Hope all is going well for ya.

[beby24]

Originally Posted by HoosierHardGain

Happy Wednesday, Trish. Hope all is going well for ya.

Hi Hoo....everything is good...tired but ok....I can also live without the darn snow...lol

[HoosierHardGain]

Originally Posted by beby24

Hi Hoo....everything is good...tired but ok....I can also live without the darn snow...lol

I second that!


Darn snow looks pretty, but it sure makes things rough

[beby24]

Good morning all,
Yesterday I had a great work out.
it was a weight training day for me. I was tired as hell and didnt get to do my abs at the end of the work out but I will do them today in addition to my cardio.

I did my DL, warm up at 95/115/135 and my working sets were 155 with the last set being 165, so I am up 10 from last week.
on my rack pulls I did the same warm up 95/115/135 then 185 for my working sets and my last one was 195 so for my last set I increased 10 lbs. I am probably going to stay here for a few weeks.

I was so tired after these it was hard to do my other exercises but I managed and skipped the abs. I tried to finish with some cardio on the stepmill but that lasted about 5 minutes. I was weak and just could not keep myself straight.


Below is my food log, I had about 2200 calories yesterday

2 slice of arnolds ww bread 8:45am
spray butter
1 Cup of egg whites
1 sorrento cheddar cheese stick
2tbsp of salsa
coffee

Albacore Tuna (1 can) 12:30pm
Light Mayo (1tbsp)
1 cup of brown rice
2 cup of green beans

8 oz Brunch Chicken Salad 3:30pm
3 rice cake

Weight Training 6:00pm

2 granola cookies 8:30pm
1 cup of brown rice
5 oz Tilapia
1 can of no salt green beans

[dozersmom]

What a killer workout!

[beby24]

Originally Posted by dozersmom

What a killer workout!

Yes, it felt great and I sure needed all the calories I ate

[beby24]

Yesterday was a cardio only day. It sucked to wake up to more snow. I had planned to get up and get my cardio in early in the am so I would have the evening free but when I got up and saw the snow. I went right back to bed.

This morning the same thing. This snow has got to go....LOL

Anyway, I made it to the gym in the evening and if things didnt get worse, my ipod died. I forgot to charge it so you all can imagine that my cardio was even worse. Cardio without music. OMG I did 30 min on the treadmill, steady state at only about 4.0 and incline of 2.0 then I did the stairmaster for 30 min on level 5.

After my work out I went to the market because I am out of food, I picked up some tilapia, blueberries, whole wheat bread, turkey and veggies to hold me over.

So when I got home I was starving and had some deli turkey breast. After that, I cooked my tilapia and today I am set for the day.

Below is my food log for the day of yesterday.

spray butter 8:45am
1 Cup of egg whites
1 sorrento cheddar cheese stick
2tbsp of salsa
coffee
2 mini ww bagle

1 oz of almonds 11:45am
1 1/2 scoops of gnc whey

Albacore Tuna (1 can) 4:00pm
Light Mayo (1tbsp)
2tbsp of salsa
1 cup of green beans

1hr cardio 6:00pm
30 min on treadmill,30 stairmaster

6 oz of deli turkey 9:00pm
1 arnolds sandwich thins
1 sorrento cheddar cheese stick

2tbsp of naturally more pb 11:00pm
1/2 cup of cc

[Amanda76]

Things are lookin' good, despite the snowy weather.

[beby24]

Hello,
Yesterday I had a busy afternoon, Had to go to parent teacher conference and pack some boxes. I am trying to pack every night so that when I have to move things are a bit easier.

My eating was ok, I had a bit too many carbs but I was still within my calories for the day. I was really hungry and craving sweets.

I did make it to the gym prior to my meeting with my daughters school.

yesterday was cicuits, I kind of jump from machine to machine. Did some assisted pullups, incline presses, bicep curls, dips, leg extensions, leg curl, db swings. I didnt do abs of calves so today I will make sure I do that.

Today is a cardio only day but my girlfriend and I plan to try and play some racketball at the gym. I have never tired it but it looks like a good cardio.

Below is my food log.

According to my log I had close to 2100 calories.

1/2 cup of oatmeal 8:30am
1/2 of blueberries
1 scoop of gnc whey

1 oz of almonds 10:30am

6oz of tilapia 12:00pm
1 cup of brown rice
1 cup of brocolli

almonds (10) 3:00pm
1 cup of egg whites
1/2 scoop protein

circuit training 4:00pm

2 granola cookies 5:00pm
2oz of smoke deli turkey

4 egg whites only 8:00pm
1 whole egg
Light Mayo (1tbsp)

1 ww tortilla 10:00pm
1 sorrento cheddar cheese stick
2oz of smoke deli turkey
1 granola cookie
1 skinny cow mint dippers

[Amanda76]

Originally Posted by beby24

My eating was ok, I had a bit too many carbs but I was still within my calories for the day. I was really hungry and craving sweets.

It could be because you're just starting and having to adjust to eating fewer cals, but to keep from getting hungry, you might want to start cleaning up your more processed foods (protein powder, granola cookies, deli meats, tortillas, etc) and eat things that your body has to work a bit harder to break down (and although the difference is small, increased thermogenesis ain't a bad thing over time, either ).

Sugary stuff (even fake sugary stuff) can set off cravings so you might not want to depend on those granola cookies so much to get carbs.

Fibrous veggies are a good way to fill "empty space" with few calories. I personally eat things like sweet bell peppers and apples daily in addition to the (very) low cal green stuff.

Sounds like your workout was good!

[beby24]

Originally Posted by Amanda76

It could be because you're just starting and having to adjust to eating fewer cals, but to keep from getting hungry, you might want to start cleaning up your more processed foods (protein powder, granola cookies, deli meats, tortillas, etc) and eat things that your body has to work a bit harder to break down (and although the difference is small, increased thermogenesis ain't a bad thing over time, either ).

Sugary stuff (even fake sugary stuff) can set off cravings so you might not want to depend on those granola cookies so much to get carbs.

Fibrous veggies are a good way to fill "empty space" with few calories. I personally eat things like sweet bell peppers and apples daily in addition to the (very) low cal green stuff.

Sounds like your workout was good!

Hi Amanda,
Thanks for stopping in.

I make those granola cookies and usually eat them post work out or if I am really craving sweets. I go through stages and most of my meals at home made. Mind you they are not a excellent choice but they are better and keep me from getting out of track.
Below is the ingredients
2 cups rolled oats, dry, uncooked (Old fashioned, not quick oats)
3/4 cup Sam?s Choice Nature Trail Mix (or other trail mix containing soybeans, sunflower seeds, almonds, and pepitas or similar)
1/4 cup Raisins, seedless, poured, not packed
1/4 cup Chips, chocolate, semisweet, large
4 scoops vanilla protein powder
2 tbsps Honey
1/2 tsp Salt, table, 1/5 oz per teaspoon
1/4 tsp Vanilla extract
1/2 cup Syrup, Maple sugar-free
Directions:
In a large bowl combine the oats, trail mix, raisins, chocolate chips, and whey. Add the
honey, syrup, vanilla, and salt. Stir until everything is thoroughly mixed. At first, it will
seem too dry, but continue stirring and it will eventually blend.
Spray two non-stick 12-compartment muffin tins with cooking spray, then press the
mixture into the bottom of each cup firmly. Alternately, spray a cookie sheet with cooking spray, then drop 24 equal blobs of the mixture onto the sheet, squashing each down slightly into a cookie-like thickness.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 6 minutes.
(You may also spread mixture in an 8?8″ cake pan to make bars, but baking time may increase to 10 minutes due to the increased thickness of the mix.)
Nutrition (per 2 cookies):
Calories 164
Fat g 4.9
Saturated g 1.09
Polyunsat. g 1.37


The tortillas are also very healthy and lower in calories than a slice of bread
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Thank you very much for your input. What do you mean by increased thermogenesis?

[beby24]

Hello everyone,

I am really interested in winning this sand bag and would love everyones help. This is a great supportive forum too and I am sure you will enjoy it as I do.
Please see the link below and register, pleaseeeeeeeeee....oh and Dont forget to put Trish on the referral section and post on the forum. I appreciate everyones support.

http://teamstaley.com/showthread.php?p=93655#post93655