{OBF} Contest Log: Lone Star Edition with carbonmade and hsb.

[HappySnowBunny]

Hey there all you contest flavored people! Heather (carbonmade78, total Texas cutie and all around strongwoman) and I (Sabrina, or bunny depending on how lazy you feel) figured we'd run a little H-town log together. Despite the fact that this much awesome in the same thread might be a little hard to take, we're going to go for it anyway. We will try to control ourselves.

Ok, ok...you can stop laughing now. What, exactly, is so funny? Why are you laug...hey come on! Don't point AND laugh! Now you're just being...oh look! Shiny things! *points and throws a water balloon filled with grape recovery drink*

Now that the extremely helpful intro is out of the way, a little info about me.

I'm a 40 yr old mom of 3 who let life and it's little bumps become bumps on my butt. I'm not ok with it. So here I am, to get my body back, my life back, my self esteem back, and maybe even take it to another level!

I'm a very serious person, as you can see by the intro, and I don't really get the whole sarcasm/humor thing. In fact, I'm very boring and dry. But if you know me, you already know this.

My stats...well I'll get those ready tomorrow. Posting the before pictures yesterday was humiliating enough for one 48 hr period. Also, I REALLY don't want that kind of info in the intro post, yanno?

So here is our contest log...bringin' it Lone Star style!

Over to you, Heather.

[Simpy]

I'm in!

[medjen]

subbed for contest goodness.

[vanillabn]

Subbed!! Of course

[HappySnowBunny]

Thanks you all for subbing! Woohoo!! Everybody is kung fu fighting now! (yep, you can hate me for putting that song in your head now...haha) This will be much contest goodness. Promise!

Heather will be here soon. She's got some busy type things going on or something (like life is more important that contest threads...whatever)

As for me, I had a kick butt workout today! A little mathematical error had me making my SLDL a PR. Oopsy! Awesomeness already! See? I told you!


SLDL
4x95x12 (PR!!)

Lying Hamstring Curls
3x45x12 (might be a PR but i dont remember the last time i did these and what i lifted.)

Pilates Ball Leg Curls
3x15 (holding the last one just to be cruel)

Bent Over Row
2x40x12
2x50x12

Lat Pulldown
3x50x15 (sllooooooow pulls just for fun)

Seated Cable Row
1x50x12
2x60x12

Hyperextension
1x12 no weight
1x20x12
1x15x12

No cardio today. Cardio will be m/w/f/sat.

I will get my stats up later tonight...after Bad Girls Club (super important!). Bare bones ugliness ensues. You're gonna get start weight, measurements, bf%...the works. And those numbers will be MUCH less very very soon. I will do weigh ins on mondays I think. Keeps me honest on the weekends.

I'll also post before pics from the pic thread once I have a progress pic just to make me feel progressive.

Thanks for being here! That should scare away the crickets. I don't like crickets.

[carbonmade78]

Well, as the other half of this journal, I feel I should probably post something now and then.

Just a few key intro points: I'm a 31 year old female doing the OSB Contest. (Duh.)
I didn't enter into the double-T portion of the contest however. I already take supplements similar to the ones they sell and the ones I take are cheaper. Being a poor teacher, this matters mucho. Also, reasonably speaking, I'm not sure how confident I am in my ability to win. Oh I plan on making a change..don't get me wrong. I just don't know if forking over the more money for the supplements is worth it.

Anyways. A breakdown of how I'm planning on handling this challenge. My workouts for the first few months will be WW's workouts. I'm doing his 5 million dollar program now. I also jog occasionally and do take Taekwondo (TKD). Diet will be roughly 1500 cals - primarily from proteins, fats, and my carbs from veggies and fruits. I do have one carb (oatmeal, ezekial bread, sweet potato) daily. I'm kind of in the middle of trying to figure out if I need to eat at maintenance for a while. (May mess up somethings in the contest, but be better in the long run).

THe supplements I will be taking are:

Lactose Free Whey (of course!)
Scivation's Vasocharge (pre workout)
Scivation's Xtend (intra workout and whenev's - just cuz it's tasty)

Vitamins:
Multi
Calcium (I don't handle milk very well..)
3x Fish Oils
3x CLAs

This is all I can think to post right now. My brain is kind of muddled at the moment as I have to attend a funeral tomorrow and it's really dragging me down. And I have TKD soon so I need to go get ready.

Will post more laterz.

Peace.

[HappySnowBunny]

Well, as the other half of this journal, I feel I should probably post something now and then.

Just a few key intro points: I'm a 31 year old female doing the OSB Contest. (Duh.)
I didn't enter into the double-T portion of the contest however. I already take supplements similar to the ones they sell and the ones I take are cheaper. Being a poor teacher, this matters mucho. Also, reasonably speaking, I'm not sure how confident I am in my ability to win. Oh I plan on making a change..don't get me wrong. I just don't know if forking over the more money for the supplements is worth it.

Anyways. A breakdown of how I'm planning on handling this challenge. My workouts for the first few months will be WW's workouts. I'm doing his 5 million dollar program now. I also jog occasionally and do take Taekwondo (TKD). Diet will be roughly 1500 cals - primarily from proteins, fats, and my carbs from veggies and fruits. I do have one carb (oatmeal, ezekial bread, sweet potato) daily. I'm kind of in the middle of trying to figure out if I need to eat at maintenance for a while. (May mess up somethings in the contest, but be better in the long run).

THe supplements I will be taking are:

Lactose Free Whey (of course!)
Scivation's Vasocharge (pre workout)
Scivation's Xtend (intra workout and whenev's - just cuz it's tasty)

Vitamins:
Multi
Calcium (I don't handle milk very well..)
3x Fish Oils
3x CLAs

This is all I can think to post right now. My brain is kind of muddled at the moment as I have to attend a funeral tomorrow and it's really dragging me down. And I have TKD soon so I need to go get ready.

Will post more laterz.

Peace.

Yay! You're here! I'm so sad that you have to attend a funeral tomorrow. TKD= happyfuntime so there's that.

btw, you're supposed to drink milk, not handle it.

[JJ_Fit]

marking my spot too! /waves at Bunny!

[hyacinth30]

Good luck in the challenge, I look forward to following your progress. Stability ball leg curls BURN. Try 1 leg for a real killer!!!

[hope2bme]

Hey there girls!! How are Sabrina and Heather doing this fine day???? I finally posted my pics too. Only mildy painful and pathetic! LOL You know I will be following along of course!

[HappySnowBunny]

marking my spot too! /waves at Bunny!

Heya!! *waves* Glad you found it! I hope you marked it with a marker and not like my cat tries to mark his spot.

Good luck in the challenge, I look forward to following your progress. Stability ball leg curls BURN. Try 1 leg for a real killer!!!

Ooh, I'm going to try that next time those come around. Hah hah, hamstrings! There's no escaping! Thanks for the tip!

Hey there girls!! How are Sabrina and Heather doing this fine day???? I finally posted my pics too. Only mildy painful and pathetic! LOL You know I will be following along of course!

Your pictures are HARDLY pathetic! You look fantastic! (if you've seen mine and it didn't burn your optic nerve right out of your head...you'd have seen pathetic...LOL) This was anything but a fine day. It was a bit weird actually.

Yesterday was pretty sad, and hubby brought me some wine last night thinking I needed the relaxation. Some wine = lots of wine which = tired, exhausted, emotional bunny on strict meal plan imbibing alcohol= tired, a little hungover and a lot dehydrated today. Hubby didn't wake me up when I slept through the alarms so it was 10:30 before I got up. Day was already thrown off, but no big deal. I can handle it. Til I discover the cable and internet took a rest day leaving me disconnected for most of the day. Not cool, att! Not cool at all! Grr!

Much water and a shower later, I give in and decide to make it a gym day after all. I'm not that tired and there's no time to waste so....I get my supplements in (there's a reason they say to sip them...that's all i'm going to say on that...heh) and hit the iron. Well, not hit, because that would hurt...

Here's today's workout. I c/p'd it from the Double T log since I'm lazy.

Today was a pretty rough one and I nearly called in dead...but I didn't have a truly good reason for missing today's workout. Besides, it was shoulders and arms day, and since those are the only body parts not begging for mercy, I thought it best to balance things out a little. Evil. I know.

Seated DB Press
1x15x12
2x20x12 (20# is my pr for single arm presses, so this is a definite plus for me!)

Site Lat Raises
3x10x12 (still very cautious with these and heavier weights...)
supersetted with
Front Lat Raises
3x10x12

Bent over Lat Raises
3x15x12

BB Curls
2x20x12
1x30x12(wasn't sure I'd get more than a few reps out, but got the whole set. Yes!)

Incline DB Curls
1x10x12
2x15x12

Overhead Tricep Press
2x25x12 (first set felt heavy. fine on second...soooo)
1x30x12 (thought i'd try one rep out to see how 30 felt, ended up doing a full set without trouble. Go me!)

Rope Press (Omg who invented that vile, evil thing! haha)
3x20x12

Just when I got a real charge out of doing something I wasn't sure I would be able to, I get knocked off my pedestal with 20# on those rope presses. Hmph. But man, they hurt!


30 minutes of cardio went by fast, and I even added a few more minutes just to finish listening to a good song.

All in all, a rough start, but ended up being a good one workout, and by the time I got home everything was back in order. I'm enjoying some quiet time with a cup of coffee and the forum here (finally!) and then I'll watch an Asian horror movie (thanks netflix!) then crash and catch up on sleep.

Bet ya didn't expect that much detail in answer to 'how was your day?'

[JJ_Fit]

H
30 minutes of cardio went by fast, and I even added a few more minutes just to finish listening to a good song.
All in all, a rough start, but ended up being a good one workout, and by the time I got home everything was back in order. I'm enjoying some quiet time with a cup of coffee and the forum here (finally!) and then I'll watch an Asian horror movie (thanks netflix!) then crash and catch up on sleep.

Bet ya didn't expect that much detail in answer to 'how was your day?'

Go on wit' ya bad self! wooo, even extra cardio, miss thang! lol

Great workout!! especially on those bent over lateral raises. Shoot, last time I did those 8lb'ers felt heavy! LoL Cheers to a great shoulders and arms day! Whats on the agenda for tomorrow???

[carbonmade78]

Well, yesterday went as expected - full of sadz. But it's over now..and I feel a little better. I did go to workout yesterday and it helped me think of something else.. I didn't make it to TKD on Tuesday, though. I got there and there was no one there! That's happened a few times actually...Master Kim usually gives me a private lesson then, but I always feel guilty about it. I'm sure he'd rather go home! My head wasn't in a good place on Tuesday so I just came home. It just means I have to go to TKD today and tomorrow.

Wednesday Workout Goodness!

A1 - Dumbbell Stepups - 3x9x25 lb. plates (plates are easier for me to hold than DB)
A2 - Standing DB Alternate Press - 3x9x20's

B1 - SLDLs - 4x6x115
B2 - Seated Cable Rows - 4x6x75

C1 - Seated DB Curls - 3x7x17.5's
C2 - Rope Tri Extension - 2x7x70, 1x7x80

D1 - Sprinter Sit Ups - 3x18

Metabolic Work:
E1 - Single Leg Froggers - 4x20
E2 - Top Speed Step Ups - 4x15

Exercises with the same letter are super setted. I liked this workout! Went by quickly despite how many exercises I had to do and the metabolic work wasn't quite as brutal as Mondays. I'm supposed to do 50 yard sprints today. Yay oh yay.

Nutrition Stuffz!

Wednesday:

Calories: 1482
Protein: 169
CHO: 91
Fat: 50

Macro Split: 46/24/30.

Now with spring break rapidly approaching, the subject of 'cheats' needs to come up. Usually I have my cheats on Saturdays. In the past, it was an all out smorgasbord of noshing with multiple ritas and beers thrown in for good measure. And I realized I was eating close to 4k cals on those with all of that stuff combined. Not good for progress. So I cut out the booze. I tend to have the following stuff on Saturdays: my usual breakfast, lunch is usually a deli sandwich (subway or Lenny's or something) with chips, dinner is whatever I want, and the bf and I usually have ice cream for dessert at Marble Slab. But I'm beginning to think that even THAT needs to be toned down. And restricted to only ONE cheat meal - not 2 or 3. (See - now it's in print. Now I HAVE to do it.) Could be responsible for me spinning my wheels in the weight loss dept.

Anyways. Yeah. So I usually cheat on Saturdays. But St. Pats day is coming up and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't gonna celebrate it. It falls on Wednesday next week. Soo..I'm going to forego my usual cheats on Saturday and just wait until Wednesday. So I'll be going 10 days without excess cals. (Well...a few shortbread cookies may find their way into my tummy on Saturday - but that's it. ) We will see what happens!

Oh - Bunny - what asian horror movie did you watch??? Was it good?

[hyacinth30]

Well, yesterday went as expected - full of sadz. But it's over now..and I feel a little better. I did go to workout yesterday and it helped me think of something else.. I didn't make it to TKD on Tuesday, though. I got there and there was no one there! That's happened a few times actually...Master Kim usually gives me a private lesson then, but I always feel guilty about it. I'm sure he'd rather go home! My head wasn't in a good place on Tuesday so I just came home. It just means I have to go to TKD today and tomorrow.

Wednesday Workout Goodness!

A1 - Dumbbell Stepups - 3x9x25 lb. plates (plates are easier for me to hold than DB)
A2 - Standing DB Alternate Press - 3x9x20's

B1 - SLDLs - 4x6x115
B2 - Seated Cable Rows - 4x6x75

C1 - Seated DB Curls - 3x7x17.5's
C2 - Rope Tri Extension - 2x7x70, 1x7x80

D1 - Sprinter Sit Ups - 3x18

Metabolic Work:
E1 - Single Leg Froggers - 4x20
E2 - Top Speed Step Ups - 4x15

Workout looks good! I love step ups (not doing them, but I find they give me great results!) What are single leg froggers?

Anyways. Yeah. So I usually cheat on Saturdays. But St. Pats day is coming up and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't gonna celebrate it. It falls on Wednesday next week. Soo..I'm going to forego my usual cheats on Saturday and just wait until Wednesday. So I'll be going 10 days without excess cals. (Well...a few shortbread cookies may find their way into my tummy on Saturday - but that's it. ) We will see what happens!

Good for you for waiting. I think I have the same issues, my cheat is not restricted to a meal per se but Im more lenient that day overall. May be a bad route to take, Ill see how this Friday goes!

[HappySnowBunny]

Go on wit' ya bad self! wooo, even extra cardio, miss thang! lol

Great workout!! especially on those bent over lateral raises. Shoot, last time I did those 8lb'ers felt heavy! LoL Cheers to a great shoulders and arms day! Whats on the agenda for tomorrow???

I'm not 100% sure if I'm taking a rest day or not. If not, it's going to be Upper Body Blitz from HELL! Should be loads and loads of barf inducing fun! I'll take vids.

I used to struggle with the bent over lat raises til something just clicked. I think I can do better, but I would sacrifice form at this point so there they stay...for now.

Oh - Bunny - what asian horror movie did you watch??? Was it good?

The movie was "The Ghost". It's a Korean film which made for interesting translation since my Korean is very weak. I try to use captions as little as possible but I'm much better at Japanese. Anyway, it was good! Pretty standard in the Asian girl with scary long hair and creepy eyes way, but a different twist. I'd watch it again.

NICE JOB on those rope tri extensions!! *hands head in shame*

[Emoore]

Subb'ed

WTH is a single leg frogger?

[carbonmade78]

Hey there peeps. Happy Thursday! One more day and then spring break. You have no idea how excited I am. Seriously. I'm looking forward to not doing a damn thing all week except move from my computer chair to my couch and back again. (And to the bar for St. Pats )

Today has been relatively easy going. I had a few slip ups at lunch time but nothing too terribly major, I don't think.

Workout Yummies!

No gym today. On the program, I am to do 50 yard sprints. So I did them. The program only called for 6x times. It didn't feel like much...? And it was over really quickly. I'm going to TKD tonight though so hopefully I'll burn some extra cals there. I haven't run at all this week. Which is kind of bad. I feel very...off. But I have had to stay late at school all this week not to mention all the personal crap the past 2 days. So I guess it's alright. I will try to go for a run on Saturday.

Nutrition Info

M1 - 1 egg, 1/4 c. veggie cheese, 3/4 c. egg whites, 1 orange
M2 - 5 oz. chicken, 1/4 tbsp. evoo, 1/3 c. lite coconut milk (this was a big curry we made for dinner last night), 2 cups of broccoli, 2 saltines, 5 cheez it crackers (these are my slip ups )
M3 - Sludge
M4 - 1/2 c. oatmeal, 1 scoop p.p, 20 g dark choco pb
M5 - Not sure but it will prob be some kind of chicken fajita salad?

Don't have macro totals yet but will probably come back later this evening and post them.

The movie was "The Ghost". It's a Korean film which made for interesting translation since my Korean is very weak. I try to use captions as little as possible but I'm much better at Japanese. Anyway, it was good! Pretty standard in the Asian girl with scary long hair and creepy eyes way, but a different twist. I'd watch it again.

NICE JOB on those rope tri extensions!! *hands head in shame*

I love asian horror movies. I go through cycles on my netflix where I'll rent quite a few in a row. I think the last one we watched was called The Red Shoes... Not overly scary - just weird. The Ghost sounds familiar...what is that about?

And thanks for the kudos. I love my tris. They are beastly. I like to be a big narcissist and stand in front of the mirror when I work them out.

Workout looks good! I love step ups (not doing them, but I find they give me great results!) What are single leg froggers?

Subb'ed

WTH is a single leg frogger?

These.



They're not as painful as I had anticipated...

[HappySnowBunny]

I love asian horror movies. I go through cycles on my netflix where I'll rent quite a few in a row. I think the last one we watched was called The Red Shoes... Not overly scary - just weird. The Ghost sounds familiar...what is that about?

And thanks for the kudos. I love my tris. They are beastly. I like to be a big narcissist and stand in front of the mirror when I work them out.

The Red Shoes made me very unsettled. I didn't like the whole abuse element, I think. Great story, but that last bit just...

The Ghost is about this girl who had been in some kind of accident and lost her memory. Turns out there's a dark secret surrounding her and 3 other friends...in regards to a girl they'd been bullying who had died. There's a lot of twist at the end, which set it a little bit apart, but other than that...pretty standard. More pleasant than some, not as much as some... If you haven't seen "The Locker", add that to your netflix list. It's really interesting. I love those movies, too. Another on the way today. I might have to split my w/o between home and gym so I can watch it through parts of the pain.


My update is not nearly as cool as yours. Yesterday's workout didn't happen. Yep, you heard me right. I didn't do it. I took a rest day. My theme song for yesterday was "The Worst Day Since Yesterday". After a couple of not so great days I hit the ground at 2878946376 mph yesterday morning, and it went downhill from there. I was feeling very grumpy, for starters, and then that alone feeling crept in. Not a place I like to be. And of course....there's such a friendly dynamic on this OBF topic overall that I felt really out of place (because of the grumps...) and that made me feel worse and so on. So I walked away from the computer and caught some CSI instead. But I kept working through my head those feelings of solitude and despair. I shouldn't have, but I did.

Then it got worse. Hubby picked a fight...again..and since I was already at a point where I could easily have gone into a public place and shouted "MORTAL KOMBAT!!!" just to see if someone would start with me, let's just say it was a bad bit of timing on his part. It ended up with a long talk....really long talk...about the future of our marriage and whether or not there is one.

So I'm a little tired and melancholy today but ready to get back to work. Lower body blitz in 90 minutes and I'm going to broke today. Cardio might just end up being more than I can handle after this workout but feck it.

When I'm back from the workout I'll post the stats and my typical daily menu.

Oh, also, this thing I had signed up for in may....I may drop from. There's a lot of concern about how it's being run and I'm just not sure it's something I want to waste my time on. I'm still thinking about it.

That's about it for the moment. Sorry for the grumpy update. That's why I stayed away yesterday.

[JJ_Fit]

Hey ladies,

Just checkin in to see what everyone is up to this weekend. Any plans?

Bunny, hope you're having a better day today Have fun doing your workout!!

[carbonmade78]

I'm sorry to hear about your ****-tastic day bunny. If there's anything I can do, just lemme know..

Today was the last day before spring break - so now I get 9 days to do absolutely nothing! Woohoo!

Let's talk shop for a little bit.

Workout

Day 5 of the 5 Mill Dollar Program. Items with '*'s have notes at the bottom.

A1 - Cable Pull-throughs - 1x14x50, 1x14x60, 1x14x70*
A2 - Straight Arm Reverse Raise - 3x14x10 lb. db's

B1 - High Incline Body Weight Rows - 4x10
B2 - Single Leg Squats - 4x10

C1 - Assisted Dips - 4x5**
C2 - Lying leg curls - 4x5x95

D1 - Medicine Ball Rainbows - 3x20x8lbs.***

All exercises with the same letter are supersetted.

* - I have discovered that this exercise probably trumps the 'good-girl-bad-girl' machines as the most provocative exercise a young lady could do at the gym. I caught a few people giving me side glances. It tends to make one feel uncomfortable, but I still busted 'em out. If you're looking for a good lower back exercise, this one will do it. Great lower back pump on these. In fact, please do them. I don't want to be the only girl who does. Then I become known at the gym as 'That girl who does that humping exercise...' Ugh.

** - These make me very angry. I can move a lot of weight with my tris. But I can't dip myself even once. I used a band today - but it didn't work out too well (Not quite enough help, I guess..) so I had to use the machine. sdlkfjhweoryuirjjfndkfnwe0r9u!!!!!! Blegh.

*** - How could something that sounds SO innocuous be so incredibly painful? 'Medicine Ball Rainbows'.. could have named it 'My Little Pony Starshine Sparkles' and it would be just as misleading. Maybe it's cuz it came at the end and my shoulders and arms and legs were already shot.. I dunno. It wasn't fun.

I really like this workout plan so far. It really feels tough! More than I've done with some of his other plans. Hoping to see great things here..

Nutrition Report!

Yesterday's totals..

Calories: 1592
Pro: 175
CHO: 103
Fat: 57

Macros: 43/25/32.. not too bad but cals a bit high - prob cuz of my cracker slip ups.

Today's meals so far...

M1 - 1 egg, 1/4 c. lactose free chz, 3/4 c egg whites, 1 orange
M2 - 4 oz chicken, 8 brussel sprouts, 60g guac + pico
M3 - Sludge
M4 - peanut butter and pickle sandwich, 1 scoop whey isolate
M5 - Probably fish of some sort.

Hope everyone has a great day!

Hey ladies,

Just checkin in to see what everyone is up to this weekend. Any plans?

Bunny, hope you're having a better day today Have fun doing your workout!!

No plans at all! And it's GREAT!!

[hope2bme]

My update is not nearly as cool as yours. Yesterday's workout didn't happen. Yep, you heard me right. I didn't do it. I took a rest day. My theme song for yesterday was "The Worst Day Since Yesterday". After a couple of not so great days I hit the ground at 2878946376 mph yesterday morning, and it went downhill from there. I was feeling very grumpy, for starters, and then that alone feeling crept in. Not a place I like to be. And of course....there's such a friendly dynamic on this OBF topic overall that I felt really out of place (because of the grumps...) and that made me feel worse and so on. So I walked away from the computer and caught some CSI instead. But I kept working through my head those feelings of solitude and despair. I shouldn't have, but I did.

Then it got worse. Hubby picked a fight...again..and since I was already at a point where I could easily have gone into a public place and shouted "MORTAL KOMBAT!!!" just to see if someone would start with me, let's just say it was a bad bit of timing on his part. It ended up with a long talk....really long talk...about the future of our marriage and whether or not there is one.

Awwww Bunny, sorry you had such a bad day. It is tough when that happens! I am glad you didn't go and shout "MORTAL KOMBAT" in a public place though! I don't wanna see my fav bunny on America's most wanted!
Hope this weekend finds you in a much better place!!

[hope2bme]

No plans at all! And it's GREAT!!

Woot woot for No plans at all!!! That is the best kinda weekend! Enjoy it!

[beefcake66]

IN!



for shenanigans




and the creation of new cocktails




...using sports supplements!

[beefcake66]

Then it got worse. Hubby picked a fight...again..and since I was already at a point where I could easily have gone into a public place and shouted "MORTAL KOMBAT!!!" just to see if someone would start with me, let's just say it was a bad bit of timing on his part. It ended up with a long talk....really long talk...about the future of our marriage and whether or not there is one.

oh man this totally describes my mood yesterday...
MORTAL KOMBAT!

I was driving around to go visit my cousin and people kept doing annoying things around me, and i swear I was waiting for someone to rear-end my car or do something stupid enough & pick a fight with me... I was ready to duelllllll

[Simpy]

These.



They're not as painful as I had anticipated...

They're like mountain climbers gone retarded (a la Bring It On).

The Red Shoes made me very unsettled. I didn't like the whole abuse element, I think. Great story, but that last bit just...

I've never seen it, but Sexy said they watched it one night at the fire station and all the guys started crying.

[HappySnowBunny]

Hey ladies,

Just checkin in to see what everyone is up to this weekend. Any plans?

Bunny, hope you're having a better day today Have fun doing your workout!!

Much better day today, thanks! What's on your agenda this weekend?

I'm sorry to hear about your ****-tastic day bunny. If there's anything I can do, just lemme know..

Today was the last day before spring break - so now I get 9 days to do absolutely nothing! Woohoo!

*** - How could something that sounds SO innocuous be so incredibly painful? 'Medicine Ball Rainbows'.. could have named it 'My Little Pony Starshine Sparkles' and it would be just as misleading. Maybe it's cuz it came at the end and my shoulders and arms and legs were already shot.. I dunno. It wasn't fun.

You know I will. It was great having texty time to kill cardio boredom!

From now on I will forever refer to Medicine Ball Rainbows as My Little Pony Starshine Sprinkles! Preferably around big burly manly men. Even better if I can put sparkles on the ball.

Awwww Bunny, sorry you had such a bad day. It is tough when that happens! I am glad you didn't go and shout "MORTAL KOMBAT" in a public place though! I don't wanna see my fav bunny on America's most wanted!
Hope this weekend finds you in a much better place!!

I rather wish I had gone around screaming MORTAL KOMBAT! I always pictured myself as a pretty awesome Jade or Sonia.

IN!



for shenanigans




and the creation of new cocktails




...using sports supplements!

There will be no shenanigans here! Well, ok, there will be...but only on days ending in Y....

oh man this totally describes my mood yesterday...
MORTAL KOMBAT!

I was driving around to go visit my cousin and people kept doing annoying things around me, and i swear I was waiting for someone to rear-end my car or do something stupid enough & pick a fight with me... I was ready to duelllllll

This^^^ was me, as well. Today, not quite as bad. I might have given them a head start before the duel. Maybe.

They're like mountain climbers gone retarded (a la Bring It On).


I've never seen it, but Sexy said they watched it one night at the fire station and all the guys started crying.

How'd you know I was listening to Bring It On music today! (i totally was..)

And tell Sexy never to watch "The Cello" for the same reason. *sniffle*


OK! Ready to hear what i was up to today? No? Too bad. Here it is.

Lower Body (note: I will repeat this in my supplement log, but if you want all the goodies and commentary ya gotta check out that log. I'm so shameless....)

Leg Press
140x12
150x12
160x2x12

Leg Press (feet placed high and together, hammies run screaming)
2x160x12

Walking DB lunges
2x10x12
1x15x12
(i feel unstable with these still so weights stayed low for me to follow form. will see these go way up pretty fast)

Romanian Deadlift
4x75x12

Seated Hamstring Curls
1x60x12
1x70x12
1x80x12

Bench Jumps
3x12

Jump Lunges (to failure)
1x16
1x20

(now by this time i'm about dead....)

Hanging Leg Raises (Straight legs. you read that right.)
4x10

cardio went to about 35 minutes. Blame the new playlist and some crazy person who kept texting me.

Meals were tough today. I managed it but it wasn't easy. I just ran out of day somehow. Workout started later than planned, and lasted about 2 hours.

I do stick to the same plan each day, changing up veggies, etc. No boredom and no worries. I'm hitting 1500 cals (or very very close to it) every day which is a big jump for me!

OH! and my Sephora order arrived just as I was getting ready to leave. Have you ANY idea how frustrating it is to get a super cool makeup kit with like 40 eyeshadows, 16 lip glosses, 4 blushes and neat brushes...and worse, my new perfume...and not be able to immediately play with it? *sigh*

So the bunny got a bubble bath (much needed, and new bath bubbles needed to be broken in. that's a law, i'm pretty sure), and then put makeup on, and now i be stylin! See new profile pic for more details. Don't mind the weird hair thing. I have no explanation. Other than perhaps...aliens?


That's it for me. My geek flag is ready to fly and Caprica starts in a few minutes. See ya later!!

[Simpy]

I'm stealing your leg workout. I miss those crazy leg days.

And I'm stealing your diet. I've got to get control of myself. I eat great for three days and then - BAM! It's all honey buns and kettle chips.

[HappySnowBunny]

I'm stealing your leg workout. I miss those crazy leg days.

And I'm stealing your diet. I've got to get control of myself. I eat great for three days and then - BAM! It's all honey buns and kettle chips.

Wait...what's wrong with kettle chips!? I love crazy leg days. They hurt, but you KNOW you did something great. Today is crazy upper owie day and I'm so excited to work on pullups! I heart this diet. It's almost not like a diet at all. Actually it's quite easy to stay on. I truly don't get that urge to go off plan since I can switch up veggies and spices to kick any craving in the butt. Last night I wanted mexican so bad so I spiced up some chicken and pan seared a bunch of veggies and had tortilla-less fajitas. So good!

I'm setting a goal for this challenge. By the end of it I will be able to do pullups unassisted. Even if it's just one, I'll be happy. I'll even video it. Oh yes, I will.

So today I'm going to make my last set super tough so I can get that strength up. Maybe even add a final one or two with even less assist...I dunno. We'll see when I get there.

Also, seeing some inches go away here!! (copying from sponsored thread because i'm lazy bunny again....)

I haven't lost any scale lbs...but I measured today. Took measurements about 2 weeks ago, so not a lot of time has passed ....

lost 2.5 inches in chest, .5 in waist (fail...)1.5 in hips, 1 in each thigh, gained .5 inch in each calf, and .5 inch in each upper arm.

Ha! take that, scale!!


I'll be heading to the gym in about an hour...which I actually kind of love. Saturdays are dead there, and I have it allllll to myself! I can bunny hop all around if I want and no one looks at me funny. Ok they do, but there aren't as many who do. Ok, they look at me funny even if I'm not bunny hopping...

After that, it's just a nice...quiet....day. *blissful sigh*

[carbonmade78]

Happy weekend everyone!

Yesterday was the 1st official day of spring break and it felt wonderful. Cleaned a little (doing a big spring cleaning today!) and went shopping later in the evening with the bf.

Weigh in yesterday: 142.5
No measurements taken. Will do that on Wednesday as well as weigh in again before the St. Pats Day festivities. I weighed 147 on Sunday so I think that's great progress. No doubt mostly water weight - but eh. I'll take it.

Workout Details

Yesterday was a day off from weights but had to do some metabolic work.

20 Yard Power Skips - 10 reps
Plate Pushes across the Gym Floor - 1x10 lbs, 5x25 lbs., 4x20 lbs.

Was gonna run but the BF was ready to leave the gym at this point and I was too tired to complain. Came home and worked on some pullups. Did a couple sets of 4.

Nutrition Info

So in the past, Saturdays are typically my 'cheat' days. I'm supposed to limit it to 1 meal, but it always spills over into the entire day. I think it's ruining my progress. So my plan of attack yesterday was like this:

Don't take a cheat meal. Stick within the alloted calories for the day. Usually, my macros are set up like 45 p/25 c/30 f. Yesterday I wanted the protein and carbs to be switched so 25p/45 c/30 f. This way, I could have a day with a few more carbs and it would help me not to feel deprived. It worked out pretty well! I did great but at the end of the night, I did have 1 beer and a glass of wine. My boyfriend brews his own beer so as his girlfriend, I'm kind of obligated to have 1. He'd like for me to drink more, but I tell him 1 a week is all he's getting from me. Plus, if I didn't help him drink it, we would have beer overrunning our fridge. We have about 40+ bottles of it now as it is. The wine I have no excuse for - other than it was there.

M1 - 2 eggs, 2 ezekial toast
M2 - 3/4 c. ff cc, 20 g pb, 1 orange
M3 - 3 oz chicken, 1 low carb wrap, 1 oz goat cheese, spinach salad w/ lite honey mustard
M4 - 1/2 c. Thin Mint Ice Cream, 5 Shortbread Girl Scout cookies (Yup. You read this right. It was my PWO meal. And it fit in my calories. Won't do this ALL the time, of course - but I had to fit a treat in somewhere.)
M5 - left over green curry, brussell sprouts

I'm setting a goal for this challenge. By the end of it I will be able to do pullups unassisted. Even if it's just one, I'll be happy. I'll even video it. Oh yes, I will.

So today I'm going to make my last set super tough so I can get that strength up. Maybe even add a final one or two with even less assist...I dunno. We'll see when I get there.

Also, seeing some inches go away here!! (copying from sponsored thread because i'm lazy bunny again....)

I haven't lost any scale lbs...but I measured today. Took measurements about 2 weeks ago, so not a lot of time has passed ....

lost 2.5 inches in chest, .5 in waist (fail...)1.5 in hips, 1 in each thigh, gained .5 inch in each calf, and .5 inch in each upper arm.

Ha! take that, scale!!

Good job on the goal!! You need to invest in some bands if you don't have some already. They are GREAT for helping you do pullups. A lot better than the assist machine (which I HATE). I have an 80 lb. band and a 50 lb. one. If you're interested, lemme know I'll PM you a link..

Excellent on the inches lost. 1/2 an inch in the waist is nothing to sneeze at!! That's great!

[Simpy]

^^What are plate pushes? I mean, I have an image in my mind of what they are, but I'm not sure if I'm right.