Working On P's Body and (lots of) Other Chitter-Chatter

[pharty]

Step 1. Have friend send me the book after complaining about still having flubba.
Step 2. Read the book.
Step 3. Drink the kool-aid.
Step 4. Obtain trainer to insure proper technique.
Step 5. LAY OFF THE DAMN BOOZE!


I'm convinced that cocktails (yes, I'm that fancee) will be the one and only thing to hold me back and that will just piss me right off. I'm a grown woman with 3 kids and I CAN control the booze, right? Yes I can. I'm not an alcoholic...I passed the test the doctor gave me I just enjoy sitting on the couch after the crazy people are in bed (husband not included) and having a few drinks. When I started the program a few weeks ago (I'm 6 workouts in) I stopped buying vodka and started on red wine. Stopped the 9pm drinking and went with 1-2 glasses while making and eating dinner. Worked decently. Then Memorial Day weekend came around and I took it upon myself to drink as many beers as I could. Got back on track then Thursday and Friday happened and I asked the huzbin to stop and get me my beloved Svedka (cheap and no hangover--two very good things!) and he's a good huzbin so he did. I've now told him to be a bad huzbin and stop getting me the vodka. Yeah, I totally sound like a lush but I promise I'm not. Just a stay-at-home mom to three kids-7, 5 and 3.

Here's the thing:: I used to *need* to have a drink because of the stress of raising these crazy people. They aren't quite as crazy now so the need isn't there but the habit remains. And I'm going to break that habit. Even if that means I pour the remaining booze down the damn sink. No more excuses.

My butt seems to be glued to this chair so I must step away from the computer and figure out what time I'm going to workout and give blood. Charitable, I am.

[BananaOats]

Good luck!

[pharty]

Thanks so much! I'm going to a little party tonight so I'll have a few beers but that's it. I got to sleep in this morning so I'll need to repay the huzbin tomorrow morning At least today was a workout day so I can eat a little more!

[squeaks77]

Cocktails are my weakness as well. I love my rum and diet. One shot is like 65 cals, so even on a cut, I can usually fit one in at least a couple times a week. Like you, it's my little escape at night after the kiddos are in bed. If you're in a deficit and you're really hungry, do your best to choose food over liquor, because if you don't you'll be hungry all night and pissy about it. LOL. I only choose the liquor if I'm not really that hungry. I've learned the hard way not to save up cals for big drinking nights though. Lots of liquor and very little food will mess you up! Anyhow, I wish you luck. I did the NROLFW last year and enjoyed it very much.

[pharty]

I promise to write more about what I'm actually accomplishing other than not imbibing Just not right this second when I'm near ready for bed because 4+ hours at the pool with the kids has me worn the heck out!

There seem to be lots of chicks named Kim on here. Maybe if I change my name...

[pharty]

Cocktails are my weakness as well. I love my rum and diet. One shot is like 65 cals, so even on a cut, I can usually fit one in at least a couple times a week. Like you, it's my little escape at night after the kiddos are in bed. If you're in a deficit and you're really hungry, do your best to choose food over liquor, because if you don't you'll be hungry all night and pissy about it. LOL. I only choose the liquor if I'm not really that hungry. I've learned the hard way not to save up cals for big drinking nights though. Lots of liquor and very little food will mess you up! Anyhow, I wish you luck. I did the NROLFW last year and enjoyed it very much.

I'm a vodka+diet tonic girl so same calories which is just fine for 1-2 in my book. It's the 3-4 that then go hand and hand with pop chips or pretzels or something else I'll eat more than my fair share of! Even if I have the calories left I feel like that's what my gut is holding onto and it's the very last thing I can change about my diet. It's my little indulgence that I feel I'm at least a leetle bit entitled to in very moderation. Basically I have very little self control. If it's here I shall drink it! Yesterday I did OK, though. I had 3 baby cocktails (not even a shot's worth) with no snack to go with them and they were spread out over a few hours.

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I convinced 2 of my friends to join me in doing the program. They haven't read the book so are solely relying on me to tell them what to do...fun! One has 40-50lbs to lose so she'll be eating at a deficit (did I use that correctly?) and doing cardio on her days off. She's not lifting heavy. The other is pretty fit/just ran her first marathon and wants to lift heavier to get rid of the last pounds/fat just like me. So today I was resting and a personal trainer comes over and says something like (nicely) ""We need you to be working out too...for insurance reasons we can't have you training people...". HA! I laughed and told him I was not a PT, I was taking my break and I was the keeper of the training logs. I was cracking UP! He/someone must have seen me correcting my friends lunge form:-) I'm still giggling.

Training
I won't post them all but I will report on beginning weights and weights after 8 workouts total.

Workout A
Squat
40/15, 50*/15

Push-up
Big girl
11, then 14 in workout 2, then 12 which is what this last set called for
alternate with
Overhand Row (in place of seated)
40/15, 55/12

Step-Up
20/15, 25/12
alternate with
prone jackknife
8, 12--these are very easy for me

scooter: ab
2x10

Workout B
Deadlift
50/15, 65/12

Dumbbell Shoulder Press
30/15, 35/12
alternate with
Wide-grip Lat Pulldown
50/15, 70/12

Lunge (stationary
40/15, 60/12
alternate with
Swiss-ball crunch
16/15, 35/12

Scooter::Ab
2x8

Plank
Today only/workout B4
60 second hold, 60 second knees in, 30 second hold

My macros have been decently spot on lately...save for all those beers that one weekend

Overall I am very happy to see the weights increase. My weight is about the same but I'm feeling like I need to suck in the gut a little less at the pool:-)




*I could have gone up but I was alone and wasn't sure how to work that contraption where you load a heavy bar and it was busy and I just didn't feel like fiddling with it all so I went with the 50.b BB I could get on my back by myself.

[pharty]

On to not being annoyed that I can't change my title

Here are my last two workouts::

Monday 6/6
deadlift
65/15x2 increase!
dumbbell shoulder press
35/12x2
alt with
wide-grip lat pulldown
70/12x2
lunge
60/12/2--increase!
alt with
swiss-ball crunch
35x12
scooter-ab::2x8
plank 60 seconds
alt pull knees in 60 seconds
plank 30 seconds

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Wednesday 6/8

Squat
60/10
65/10x2 increase!
Push-up
10x3
alt with
row
55/10
60/10x2 increase!
step-up
30/10x3
alt with
prone jackknife (someone was using the scooters, damn them!)
12x3

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I'm really enjoying these workouts and seeing the increases in the weights even if they are fairly small. I'm still cautious since I'm very new to lifting actual weights instead of endurance which I got way too comfortable doing. Step-ups are getting, uh, easier but still very challenging. I still do not love them and I'm thinking I never will. And that's OK.

Today's funny::
I went to go load up the big girl bar/rack for squats and loaded on 60lbs. Then put it on my shoulders and thought "that's really heavy". Then remembered that the bar actually weights quite a bit all by itself! Duh. So I asked my member engagement specialist (sales guy) who happened to be working out how much the dang thing weighed. Then he told me I could squat more and I told him to go away

Macros still good but I'm too lazy to type those all out. Had 2 light beers last night and didn't even catch a little buzz so I'm hoping I'm closer to no more cocktails. Hubs refused to stop and get me vodka...good man! Except I told him to get me red wine if I ever asked for the vodka. And he didn't. Jerky.

[pharty]

More back story

current stats
36
5' 5"
129lbs
3 kids (3, 5 and 7)
1 husband

I was a tiny thing growing up, went on birth control pills and gained a very wanted 10 pounds (and got boobs! yay!). Got up to a not-fit 130 at some point, got down to 112 in 2002 before my wedding, put on 5 pounds on Maui honeymoon, had 3 kids in 6 years and landed at about 136 in the Summer of '09. My youngest was 14 months and somehow that last 10 or so pounds just wasn't falling off. My neighbor asked me if I wanted to walk with her one night so off we went. Then again the next night. But after that walk she asked if we could meet early morning...like 5:30 early. I'll try anything once and I am NOT a morning person. Again, off we went! We enlisted 2 of my friends to join us on our early morning walks. We walked about 3 miles and I started tracking my calories. A few weeks into I suggested we start the couch to 5k program. I was never a runner and never really got why people would run but somehow it sounded like a good idea. Again, off we went!

...a few 5ks later and then a few months later I ended up training for and running a 15K. That was March '10. Training for a half lined up nicely where I was so I started that. Ran the 13.2 injured (quad strain) but still got through it decently for my first half. Took 8 weeks off from running but did cardio/spin and an endurance weight class. Got the clear to run again in July '10 and went for the Air Force 10K. Nice mileage to come back to Few more 10Ks and a few months later I decided a full marathon sounded like a great idea! It was going really well until I hit close to the half marathon mileage and I was injured again. Felt like the familiar quad strain but in the other leg. Took time off then finally went to the ortho. Nothing on the x-ray or MRI so he sent me for a bone scan. Very very interesting to watch! I saw something come up on the right femur right away. I was pretty scared, honestly. Once I had the films it looked like a little something on the left femur too. Ugh!

Yep. Stress fractures in both femurs. Yep. I managed to screw up the biggest bones in my body. I took 10 weeks off from running. No Flying Pig Marathon for me But I was OK with that.

Wait. Near the beginning of my training I was complaining about the last bits of flubba that simply weren't going away despite my diet and running and other workout stuff. A good friend (who had one a BFL competition) sent me the New Rules of Lifting For Woman and told me to start lifting more. I read the book, got pumped, then got to the part that says don't train for a full marathon and do this program. Fine then, Lou!

So after the femurs healed I got back to very light running. 3 miles. Did that a few times then went out for a Saturday run and about a 1 mile into my ankle started to hurt. Kept hurting, I kept running. Got to a point where I walked but then I was almost to my car so I just finished my 2 miles running. Ow. Took 4 weeks off with icing, etc (per the ortho)and tried to run 3 last week on the treadmill. The ankle was sore but not too bad. Hurt like a muther later that day and then the next. That was last week and I haven't ran since. KT tape helps so that makes me think it's tendonitis but I'm going to call the doctor anyway. Why not...we've already hit our deductible between my bone scan and my 5yo's hernia repair.

I'm mostly happy with my body but I have gut flubba and tippy top leg flubba and I just want it all gone. I'm very very happy to have started the NROL4W program. I'm ready to be strong!

That got long.

[pharty]

Today's workout::

B
deadlift
70/10/3 increase
shoulder press
35/10/3
alt with
wide-grip lat pulldown
70/10/3
lunge
65/10/3
alt with
scooter::ab
2x10
plank
full 60 sec
knees in 60 sec
elbow 30 sec

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Feeling good! Had a couple of cocktails last night for no good reason except this week has been very tiring. And it's just PMS and taking the kids to the pool/waterpark nearly every day...the heat is exhausting not to mention keeping 3 children alive

[pharty]

Had a few cocktails last night and will have more tonight at a church festival them I'm on the wagon. We're moving our workouts to 6am so there will be no room for booze when I'm getting up that early. Hoping this is the motivation I need. It's so dumb but I like it and I need to like it less!

[pharty]

Much beer consumed last night but only one piece of festival pizza so I consider it a win! And no hangover...hooray! I did eat a McDevil's cheeseburger but I'm still on target for calories today

[kipani6]

Yeah, I totally sound like a lush but I promise I'm not. Just a stay-at-home mom to three kids-7, 5 and 3.

Here's the thing:: I used to *need* to have a drink because of the stress of raising these crazy people. They aren't quite as crazy now so the need isn't there but the habit remains. And I'm going to break that habit. Even if that means I pour the remaining booze down the damn sink. No more excuses.

I feel you. I have 6 kids & no hubby, so no extra help. Well, if that even *is* extra help. Isn't when it's a boyfriend. LOL

[kipani6]

Prone jackknives are easy for me too. Looking forward to doing harder stuff. I know that crunches on the ball are somewhat harder so that is good. I even did my jillian michaels abs DVD today b/c I'm thinkin' I want more ab work. Hope that's not detrimental.

[pharty]

Prone jackknives are easy for me too. Looking forward to doing harder stuff. I know that crunches on the ball are somewhat harder so that is good. I even did my jillian michaels abs DVD today b/c I'm thinkin' I want more ab work. Hope that's not detrimental.

Hello I can't see how it would be...lol! All these exercises are "core" moves since you're engaging those muscles but I still like to feel the burn.

6 kids? You are a better woman than I am! Impressive.

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I'm having a cocktail. I need to get rid of the last of this vodka and the house is quiet since Hubz took the kids to volleyball* with him. I managed to spent a million dollars at Costco while they have been gone. Got some wild Alaskan salmon so hoping it's good since I've never had smoked salmon before. I try very hard to buy natural blah blah blah food but I do love some regular old salmon. Sucks that it's all farmed and full of God knows what. Good thing my Svedka is natural We aren't starting our 6am workout until Tuesday so I gotta have a good vodka send off. And I'm grilling tonight so that usually calls for cocktails!

I broke down and made another damn ortho appointment. I've been (mostly) off running for 6 weeks and the effer still hurts. I will cry if it's a stress fracture. I'm not ready to give it up just yet!

*A friend of ours has a sand volleyball court in his back yard. Full size. He's single

[pharty]

Well, dang it. I swear I'm stronger than this but I'm having a beer with lunch. These children have lost their damn minds today. And it's mostly the 7 and 3yos going at it...WTF 7 year old? At least I've had a ton of protein already and not really much over my lunch and it's a workout day. I know...justifications and excuses but it is what it is. I guess I could throw the other half of the beer away but that's just wasteful. And it's PMS time...bleh.

Gym was good. HRM was all wonky/moved so I couldn't get a good read but felt like the old heart was pumpin' pretty good.

Workout A6
Squat
65/10x2
70/10
Push-up
10x3
alt with
row
65/10x3 increase!

step-up
30/10x3
alt with
scooter:ab 2x10
plank 60 second
Russian twist 10lb plate 2x15

[mrmbm]

Just the fact that you have three children under the age of 8 would make me want to drink daily! Kudos to you for being an at home mom. I do not have it in me...and it's taken me a long time to admit to that and be kind of okay with it. I love my children, don't get me wrong, but I'm not all that good at the patience part...

Can't wait to follow along in your journey!!

[pharty]

Ended up drinking 3 beers yesterday. Went to the grocery store and was a good girl and didn't buy any more That was actually kind of a big step! We were going to get up and do early morning cardio but my ankle was hurting and was nice and swollen yesterday so I called it off. It's been swollen (tiny ankles=seeing any bit of swelling) but not hurting as much and the only thing I did differently yesterday was to hit up the elliptical for 15 minutes after workout. I can't imagine that would make such a difference. Looking forward to seeing the ortho tomorrow.

So even with my beers I was only a little over in calories. I'm thinking I might lower them just a little which will be easier with no alcohol.

Somehow I managed to find myself in KimPossible's deadlift challenge. Me, who has been doing deadlifts for a whole 5 workouts..ha! I was doing straight leg deadlifts which just aren't the same at all.

Here's what she says::
1. 6 workouts total
2. You will do deads 3x a week
3. You do 2 warm up sets with a lighter weight
4. First workout you will do the heaviest you can go doing 8 reps
5. You will stick with this weight for the entire program and just try to improve # of reps each time. The goal of this challenge is rep improvement in 2 weeks, not weight improvement. AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NO SANDBAGGIN'!
6. Optional 1 day a week "post activation method". Deadlift your 1 rep max or as close to it as you think you can get. Then drop back down to your working weight and you should get a few more reps than normal.
7. Use of belt recommended. I got mine ready to go!
8. Brag about how awesome you are here and give everyone a reason to push harder!

I start tomorrow. Scared.

I do have pictures to post but I'm not ready yet. I'll take them again after 6 weeks/stage 1 of the program.

[pharty]

Just the fact that you have three children under the age of 8 would make me want to drink daily! Kudos to you for being an at home mom. I do not have it in me...and it's taken me a long time to admit to that and be kind of okay with it. I love my children, don't get me wrong, but I'm not all that good at the patience part...

Can't wait to follow along in your journey!!

Hello! I've been meaning to pop into your journal. I did look at your booty pictures...I'm impressed!

I for sure know it's not for everyone and I'm still not entirely convinced that it's for me! Seriously. I know moms tend to focus on the bad days and not weight the good days against it but...man these people are crazy! I'm looking forward to 2013 when Gus is in kindergarten:-) People say I'll miss but I'm pretty sure I'll have a cocktail in hand when I put him on the bus

[mrmbm]

People say I'll miss but I'm pretty sure I'll have a cocktail in hand when I put him on the bus

This is exactly how my sister feels...she's a stay at home mom, her youngest child is in preschool now...not a tear has been shed...so cocktail in hand she will have, too!! (She's a grey goose girl, just so you know...! High end, but that's her thang...)

[kipani6]

Just the fact that you have three children under the age of 8 would make me want to drink daily! Kudos to you for being an at home mom. I do not have it in me...and it's taken me a long time to admit to that and be kind of okay with it. I love my children, don't get me wrong, but I'm not all that good at the patience part...

Can't wait to follow along in your journey!!

Ditto. I've always had to work & I think it's much easier when you have to take the kiddos to daycare & go be around other adults all day than staying home.

[kipani6]

People say I'll miss but I'm pretty sure I'll have a cocktail in hand when I put him on the bus

Aw man! LOL though...

[KimPossible98]

You are hilarious! Very entertaining to me

Hows the program going? You mentioned you were hungry so I want to check your macros. What are you eating each day? Cals/ protein / carbs / fat.

Can't wait to see some DEADLIFT PROGRESS!

[kwebbers]

cant believe I havent seen this sooner, I'm in! Enjoyed reading so far and I'll be stickin around good luck!

[pharty]

You are hilarious! Very entertaining to me

Hows the program going? You mentioned you were hungry so I want to check your macros. What are you eating each day? Cals/ protein / carbs / fat.

Can't wait to see some DEADLIFT PROGRESS!

I'll get back with more info but I should say that I'm not *always* hungry but I got from not hungry to omgfeedmenowandmakeithalfacow hungry. I weigh every freakin' thing I eat and won't eat it if I can't weigh it or estimate pretty darn close. My macros are generally pretty even if not protein heavy...need more fat? I'll get you the past week's or so and see what you think.

[KimPossible98]

Well we should take a look at the diet and macros before we begin to speculate on your hunger Make sure you eat the same every day. Some days you won't feel like eating and you may think that you don't need to eat - but you will need that energy so make sure to stay consistant. At least this has worked well for me.

The NROL programs really get your hunger raging. Good to know there is another highly carnivorous girl like me

[pharty]

OK...I was going back through and it's gotta be my carbs. It's the vodka which is no more so I don't wanna talk about it. Writing it all out now would take more time than I care to type but I promise to type it out from now on. My calories are fine but there have been some rough days where my carbs hit 45%! Eep. But that's not all the time and won't be happening again on a regular basis. I won't say I won't imbibe anymore because that's pretty unlikely once Friday hits. I need to be realistic. I had 2 beers today and now I realize it was dumb. Long day and clean eating so I treated myself. But I didn't even get a little buzz so I told Alex to not "let" me do that anymore. I'm a work in progress.

So here's today::

Breakfast
1/2 whole wheat bagel
1tsp neuftchatel(?)
scoop protein powder
1/2 cup coffee
1/2 cup mik
(all from NROL4W...slightly lower prot, carbs and calories in mine)
325 cal, 23.5 prot, 36.5 carb, 8.5 fat

Lunch
Tuscan Chicken Salad, no dressing (Life Cafe/my gym)
380 cal, 40 prot, 21 carb, 17 fat

Snack
protein bar
190 cal, 20 prot, 19 carb, 4.5 fat

Dinner
grilled chicken 4.5oz
brown rice 3oz
green beans 3oz
beer 2
464 cal, 31 prot, 37 carb, 2.5 fat

I haven't decided on a snack or not. I made berry frozen yogurt and I'm thinking about having a half a cup which would be 128 cals, 4 prot, 25 carb, 1 fat. If I skip that and have some string cheese I'll be at


1450 cal (1700)
prot-122
carbs 114
fat 38

ETA--went with 2 string cheeses
1528 (1700)
prot-129
carbs 115
fat 44

I track on dailyplate/livestrong and they don't have my salad so I don't know the percentages.

Thinking I'll skip the fro-yo (but I made it!) tonight and maybe have it tomorrow when I don't have such a carb heavy breakfast. I almost always have the same egg burrito breakfast which is higher in fat and lower in carbs.

[pharty]

PEOPLE! 5:20 is too early to get up, OK. It's really too early to get up then not be able to find your watch (HRM) which you just had 6 hours before yet you can't seem to locate it?? I like working out knowing my HR, dang it. Turns out it was on the bed under some clothes which is weird since I always take it off in the bathroom. I guess not always, huh?

5:20 is also too early when you go to bed at 11 (too late but I was watching Dexter!) and are still awake-ish when the hubz comes in at 11:40 then snores a lot. I almost didn't get up but texted my friend and she was up so I had to. Drats. My bed was comfy.

And can't they turn the lights down a little at the gym? Bright light! Bright light! Who know's that movie reference?

Started the DL challenge that's going on in KimPossible's journal. Pretty sure my form isn't 100% but it's not terrible. Today was deads day so I just used the challenge because my legs were tired and I want to see how they feel after the first day before I go all crazy and stuff. I have enough crazy in the rest of my life.

*Met* a guy at the gym Jen and I were setting up for lunges and I asked him if he was using the rack. There were 45s on it and he asked if I was using that weight...no, no I'm not. I made some joke about "maybe if I didn't know that bar actually weighed something...". Good thing I'm married because I got no game. Anywho...he says "Did you guys used to workout at..." and I said "Ideal! That's how I know you". We used to do cardio (never weights...ack!) there on our off-running days and you tend to recognize the few other people that are up at 5:30. So now I have a weight-friendly friend if I need help.

I. Am. So. Lame.

[pharty]

Tell me I can do the next stages without a trainer showing me the moves. I'm looking at them and the only ones I think look odd are the cuban snatch, squat/push press and maybe the reverse lunge from box with forward reach but I think I could quickly figure them out once on the floor. I still have some gym money that I might be able to use but I'm not sure since I already used them for that service? If not the trainer is $50 for half an hour and $90 for an hour and these stages are shorter and, well, that adds up. Now that I know where the equipment is in the gym I think I can do it. Lots and lots of people do it, right?

Then how do you get your weight right? My trainer told me what to do...lol! Guess based on what you've done in the previous stages and if it's not working go lower/higher? If you haven't guessed it yet I am high maintenance. Or I don't want to look like an ass at the gym. Which is slower in the early morning so that's a good thing

Re-posted to NROL4W journal.

[pharty]

I suck.

I ran into the grocery store after my ortho appointment to get asparagus and a few other things for dinner (smoked salmon pasta) and walked by the stupid wine section. Grabbed a bottle of Apothic Red (love that stuff). Put it back. Grabbed it again. Put it in the cart. Had a glass while making dinner. The with dinner. Then while doing dishes. Then learned I was getting up early to do cardio because my partner wasn't. Then drank the whole bottle.

What's fun is I stayed in my calories and macro percentages are pretty equal with fat being the lowest. And I don't have a hangover but my kids let me sleep a bit. I don't feel dehydrated but surely I am a little because I weighed myself this morning (thursday is my day to record it) and even though it's PMS time and I'm usually UP several pounds I weighed in at 126.6!. Last week was 128.8. I don't lose that fast. So I'll weigh again tomorrow and see what I get.

I really gotta stop this crap. Except that if I can work my butt off and still lose weight AND drink (not a bottle, though) then that would be super. I did manage to not have any crunchy snacks to go with my wine. And I spread the bottle out over 5+ hours so maybe I was even legal to drive

[pharty]

Training

NROL4W Stage 1, B6

Deadlift
WU 50/8/2
90/8 deadlift challenge

Shoulder Press
35/10/3 hoping to increase this next week with going down to 8 reps

alt with
wide-grip lat pulldown
75/10/3 increase

Lunge
75/10/3 increase

alt with
scooter::ab
10x2
Russian twists:: 15/15
Sit-upsx25

Macros
1947 (1950)
130 prot
132 carb
45 fat