Lckymii's Journal

[Lckymii]

Hello everyone!
I wanted to join all of this journaling fun So here I am with the mundane diet and training details. If anyone has anything to add I would be happy to hear it.
So far I am coming off a bulk, and am working on getting the fat off. I have had trouble with this as I am a student and school comes first so training gets sidelined sometimes. So it is excruciatingly sloooow, (only four pounds so far down from 121 to 117 ) and most of the time I have been maintaining until I can give everything the attention it needs.
Diet:
Total Cals: 1575
Macro breakdown: p:163grams(41%) C:137grams(34%) F: 44grams(25%)
Foods: eggwhites, 1whole egg, tuna, cottage cheese,turkey, banana, apple, whole wheat pita/bread,cauliflower, broccoli,almonds, walnuts, peanut butter,olives, fish oils

Activity:
I walked around today at school for about 30 minutes total, broken up between classes. I have been adding weights to my bag and it weighs 18.5 pounds.
Tonight I plan to do about 25 minutes on my elliptical (rpe 8-10)

Feeling:
Not very hungry and have had to force myself to eat. This has been the norm lately which is very unusual for me as I customarily just want to eat and eat!
I have also been struggling with feeling fat and am trying to deal with that. The bulk has proven to be a hard thing for me to do and while I have overcome a lot of things mentally I still find them niggling at me from the back of my mind...sigh I don't know if I'll ever come to terms with this one. Of course having to buy new pants and shirts didn't help that either. I know my back and arms are bigger, and um the booty too! but going from an xs to a m is a step that feels sooo in the wrong direction. Then I catch a glimpse of my biceps and do a back flex and feel all better

[Emma-Leigh]

Hey Stranger.

Welcome to the journal section!

[Lckymii]

Hi my favorite drill seargant

[dani5162]

Welcome to the journaling section!

[Lckymii]

Originally Posted by dani5162

Welcome to the journaling section!

Thanks

So info for today..
Diet:
Total Cals 1775
P175grams (39%) C178grams (40%) F43 grams 21%
Foods:
eggwhites, whole egg,turkey, chicken, whey, cottage cheese, honey bunches of oats,broccoli, green beans, pear, banana, milk,wheat bread,honey, sweet potato, flax seed, almonds, pecans,hazelnuts,fish oils, olives

Activity:
Weight training 60 minutes, 10 minutes stretching (only put the stretching in there cuz Emma might be watching)
I haven't trained yet so this is what is planned I have to post the weights tomorrow, so I'll post the exercises then too.

Feeling:
Alright, stressed because finals are coming up and sad because my SO has to work late tonight He has been putting in so much overtime I am missing him!
Hungrier today which is good because I get to eat more I sooo enjoyed the honey today and drizzled it on my sweet potato with the pecans and it was really yummy. (Dooling all over myself, wipes keyboard down)

On another note my poor little mutt lost a front tooth, I don't know how. He is 9 so its not puppy teeth, poor guy! I told him he looks just like my toothless, inbred relatives in Arkansas.

[twinnett]

Sweet potato w/ honey and nuts...mmmmmmm

Oh...welcome!!!

[Lckymii]

Originally Posted by twinnett

Sweet potato w/ honey and nuts...mmmmmmm

Oh...welcome!!!

Thank you!

Ok I have to get my weights in from yesterday so here goes:
Pushups 12x4
deadlifts 115lbsx10x4
tricep kickbacks 10lbsx10x4 (10lbsx2 dumbells)
abs 25lbsx25x4
upright row 15lbsx12x4 (15lbsx2 dumbells)
walking lunges 15lbsx14x4 (15lbsx2 dumbells)

I didn't do as well as I would have liked yesterday, just low energy.Although I was actually proud of the pushups. When I started doing them 5 was my max, literally, no sets nothing.

Ok For today!
Diet: 1624 cals
P 156 grams (38%), C150 grams(36%) F48 grams (26%)
egg whites, whole egg, tuna fish, whey, cottage cheese, whole wheat pita, banana, apple, tomato sauce, broccoli, cauliflower, pecans, peanut butter, fish oils, walnuts, gruyere cheese (yum!)

Activity:
walked all over campus with my weighted bag, went grocery shopping and took walked up and down every aisle, more for the food porn than anything else.
Elliptical: 45 minutes moderate intensity ( If I can yell at the dogs then I'm not working hard enough)!

Other:
feeling tired and a little discouraged, but I'll live. I had to give a presentation today in front of class, I hate public speaking, and I'm going to be a
teacher(?) lol

[Emma-Leigh]

Nice workout! Those deadlifts are impressive at that weight for reps! YAY YOU! You are getting pretty strong!

Good luck for your presentation - you'll do fine!! The trick is to pretend you are just talking to your mum or dad (or someone else who is always going to be supportive and kind)... the only person who is 'judging' you harshly is yourself - so don't be too hard on you and you'll do better than you think!



ps: yes - stretch! I am watching!

[Lckymii]

Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh

Nice workout! Those deadlifts are impressive at that weight for reps! YAY YOU! You are getting pretty strong!

Good luck for your presentation - you'll do fine!! The trick is to pretend you are just talking to your mum or dad (or someone else who is always going to be supportive and kind)... the only person who is 'judging' you harshly is yourself - so don't be too hard on you and you'll do better than you think!



ps: yes - stretch! I am watching!

Thanks, my bum is still sore! lol
Also thanks for the good advice (as usual ). I'll try to apply it, I just get so scared and worked up.

So I have today's diet planned out so here goes,( even though over half of it hasn't been eaten yet)

Calories:1610
P:163 grams(41%), C142grams (35%), F44 grams (24%)
Foods:
Egg whites, whole egg, lean ground beef, chicken, cottage cheese, tuna,banana, apple, honey bunches of oats, whole wheat flour, milk, green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, cashews, pecans, almonds, fish oil, flax seed

For lunch I made what my mom calls hamburger gravy, its has ground beef, flour and milk. Since it was cold out it was a nice little comfort food today, so yummy!

Activity/feeling: I don't know yet, I woke up this morning feeling so sick (sinuses?). Weights were planned so we'll see!

[twinnett]

Hmmm...that sounds oddly good...do you just heat it on the stove and stir it until it's thick??

[Lckymii]

Friday's updated menu, cuz I did feel like weights:
Cals: 1655
P:176grams (42%) C:153grams (37%) F:38 grams 21%
Foods:
Foods added/changed from previous menu: chicken, broccoli, whey, yogurt, raspberries, milk, dextrose lollies

Weights:
Squats:115x10x4
Bench Press: 75x5x3
BB row:80x8x4
DblQuarter curls:15x8x4(torture!!!)
Arlond Press: 15x12x3 (bad shoulder day...)
BW Dips: 15x4
Hypers on Stability ball:10x4
Leg Extensions:70x9x4
10 Minutes stretching, total workout time 60mins

Saturday:
I am not counting anything today, it's my cheat day. But there was some chocolate icecream and homemade cookie dough involved...

Activity:
Short walk and playing in the snow with the mutts, they're good target practice
I plan to get on the ellip. later for about 60 minutes light intensity.

[Lckymii]

Sunday:

Total Cals: 1720
P:45% 193 grams, C35% 137 grams, F 38 grams 20%
Foods:
Cottage cheese, tuna, whey, oats, banana, green beans, sweet potato, zucchini squash, sundried tomatoes,yougurt, raspberries, milk, gobstoppers, fishoil, almonds,peanut butter, walnuts
Weights:
SLDL: 115x10x4
Yates Row 95x10x4
Wide Grip Lat pull 50x6x4
Weighted crunches 25lbs, birddogs, bicycles
Incline Curls 15x10x3
Skull Crushers 15x12x4
Incline press 25x8x4
BB lunge 65x15x4
Stretching 10 minutes

Good Workout overall. Still feeling a bit under the weather, my head is congested and so I feel really dizzy and have a constant headache, not exacly the best combination for an awesome workout, but considering I think it went well.

Monday:
Rest day
Cals: 1534
P: 150 grams 39%, C:135 grams 35% F 45 grams 26%
Foods: eggwhite, whole egg, chicken, turkey, cottage cheese,whole wheat bread, honey dew melon, apple,green beans, cauliflower, peanut butter, olives, fish oil, pecans, walnuts

Feeling some DOMS, yay! Also am grateful for the day off, I really feel icky. But I have to keep pulling through till finals are done.(end of this week)

Am so looking foward to the break, I have a stack of cookie and goodie recipes I am going to make for the holidays and send to family. Then I plan to make a gingerbread house for me and a sugar cookie house for Steven because he hates gingerbread. Then I am putting up my tree, which makes Lucky(my pup) so very happy because he can curl up underneath and sleep all day.

[dani5162]

glad you had a good workout!

I hear you about the monday/wanting vaca thing. I am just NOT feeling the whole... regular life thing. Hang in there, it'll be over in not too long!

Cookies! Oh noe!
I love baking... have a ton of fun!

[twinnett]

I'm looking forward to baking too! Do you have any good cookie recipes? I'm looking for a good one for our work cookie exchange!!

[Lckymii]

Originally Posted by dani5162

glad you had a good workout!

I hear you about the monday/wanting vaca thing. I am just NOT feeling the whole... regular life thing. Hang in there, it'll be over in not too long!

Cookies! Oh noe!
I love baking... have a ton of fun!

Glad to hear I'm not alone! That is what I keep telling myself, that and I just keep thinking of my baking day, I will have a ton of fun!

Originally Posted by twinnett

I'm looking forward to baking too! Do you have any good cookie recipes? I'm looking for a good one for our work cookie exchange!!

I have a yummy chocolate chip recipe. It is a really old one and tastes great, although the cookies don't come out fluffy, they are a bit flat but who cares if they taste good right?
1 egg
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 1/8 cup flour
pinch of salt(yes that is the technical term)
1tsp baking soda
1tsp vanilla
1 cube real butter (1/2 cup)
1/2-3/4 of a bag of chocolate chips, depends on your preference
Nuts if desired
Blend butter & sugar till fluffy, add egg, vanilla, baking soda salt, blend well, add flour, then stir in chips
Bake at 350 degrees for about 7-10 minutes


Also another good one, a family favorite:Snickerdoodles (these are light and not too rich)
1cup butter
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 3/4 cup sifted flour
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
Mix wet ingredients, add dry ingredients. Then roll dough in little balls and dip in sugar and cinnamon
Bake at 400 degrees for 8-10 minutes

If you need more I have more cookie recipes than any one person should have, my grandma collected them and when she passed I inherited them. (we used to snip them out of magazines together and we amassed quite a collection)

[Lckymii]

Cals:1691
P 180grams 41% C35% 151 grams F46 grams 24%
Foods:
Egg whites, whole egg, cottage cheese, protien bar, whey, tuna, apple banana, yogurt, milk, gobstoppers, whole wheat bread, cherries, fish oil, peanut butter, pecans, almonds,

Activity:
Went to school, did some shopping and I plan for weights tonight (I'll post them tomorrow)

Feeling:
Well the sinus headaches are easing up a bit so I feel much better. You never know how nice it is to not see a spinning room until your inner ear gets smooshed to death and the whole world spins non stop. Stressed because finals are on thursday, so I am going to study every chance I get and pray for A's!

[Lckymii]

Yesterday's weights:
Romanian deadlift: 120x10x4
pushups 15x4
db row 35x9x4
wall curl 15x12x4
hammer curls 10x10x4
abs, 25lbs weighted crunches on ball
leg extension 90x8x4
10 minutes jumproping, 10 minutes stretching

Today:
Cals: 1645
P 187g, 44% C134g 32% F46g 34%
Foods:
Egg whites, whole egg, cottage cheese, tuna, chicken, oat bran, honey dew melon, pear, green beans, cauliflower, whole wheat bread, fish oil, almonds, walnuts, peanut butter

Feeling: Tired, Steven worked overtime last night and so I didn't get to bed until late and was up early to study for finals.

Activity: None. Another rest day....

Other:
Good news tomorrow is the last day of school, yay! I am glad that this week is almost over and am looking forward to a weekend full of baking, sewing and all that sick domestic stuff...lol I have so many projects for Christmas, doll dresses, blankets, scarves I am really excited to finish them all.

[Mrs_Muscles]

Hey, so glad to see you have started a journal! I've been reading journals lately, and I really need to start my own.

Your workouts are looking great! Good job. Some impressive weights you are lifting there.

How are the finals coming along for you? I took my last one yesterday. Whew! It's over!

[Lckymii]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Muscles

Hey, so glad to see you have started a journal! I've been reading journals lately, and I really need to start my own.

Your workouts are looking great! Good job. Some impressive weights you are lifting there.

How are the finals coming along for you? I took my last one yesterday. Whew! It's over!

You should! It's nice in here, no hairy chest questions or "would you hit this"? lol (no really would you?)
Thanks
Finals are all over and I was a stressed out emotional mess and am still recovering from it, but agreed, it's over! How did yours turn out? (I still don't know about mine yet)


Well I wasn't in here yesterday I was having too much fun taking tests. I also decided that a nice little cheat would help the day along and so after all that testing I had some yummy chocolate ice cream with homemade cookie dough, my favorite treat I also didn't count anything but all the rest of my food was clean.

Activity:
walking, lots and lots of it. I went shopping for some boots (good luck finding my size) and so I was all over the place. I also walked all over campus with every book I owned on my back because I sold those lovely little bundles of enlightening joy back to the over priced store they came from, for less than half of what I bought them for I might add....ugh!

[twinnett]

Sorry...all I got out of that post was icecream w/ cookie dough :drooling:

Congrats on being done w/ the tests!! You deserved a treat after that!

[dani5162]

*echoes tara and drools*

mmmmmmm..... ice cream and cookie dough....
...no hairy chests.... lol, it's all good!

wow, it must be a relief to have finals over with!
now it's time for holiday madness... :/

Have a great weekend, relax a lot!

[Mrs_Muscles]

Ah, you ladies just seriously brightened my day! Anywhere I can read about ice cream and and the lack of hairy chest questions... lol

My finals went OK, but not nearly as good as I would have liked... I am VERY critical of myself. This is my first semester not being a straight A student. But, it's not bad at all, Chem and Math ended up as B's. English and Jazz Band A's

[Emma-Leigh]

Originally Posted by twinnett

Sorry...all I got out of that post was icecream w/ cookie dough :drooling:

Congrats on being done w/ the tests!! You deserved a treat after that!

I have to admit - I got stuck on the ice-cream and cookies too..

the bit about the hairy chest lost me!


Glad to hear your exams are through lucky girl!! Congratulations! You deserve the yummy treat!

[Lckymii]

Originally Posted by twinnett

Sorry...all I got out of that post was icecream w/ cookie dough :drooling:

Congrats on being done w/ the tests!! You deserved a treat after that!

Lol, thanks

Originally Posted by dani5162

*echoes tara and drools*

mmmmmmm..... ice cream and cookie dough....
...no hairy chests.... lol, it's all good!

wow, it must be a relief to have finals over with!
now it's time for holiday madness...

Have a great weekend, relax a lot!

It was a relief, nothing better than no school

Originally Posted by Mrs_Muscles

Ah, you ladies just seriously brightened my day! Anywhere I can read about ice cream and and the lack of hairy chest questions... lol

My finals went OK, but not nearly as good as I would have liked... I am VERY critical of myself. This is my first semester not being a straight A student. But, it's not bad at all, Chem and Math ended up as B's. English and Jazz Band A's

Good job! Chem and Math are always really difficult to get A's in and a B is excellent. What do you play in Jazz band?

Originally Posted by Emma-Leigh

I have to admit - I got stuck on the ice-cream and cookies too..

the bit about the hairy chest lost me!


Glad to hear your exams are through lucky girl!! Congratulations! You deserve the yummy treat!

It was just a comment about how many questions the guys post about what women like, hairy men, hairless men, favorite body part ect. There has been an influx lately.
Thanks Glad to see you! I hope you're well.


Alright I haven't been in here lately so I have to catch up on things. Since Thursday I have not been tracking macros, really I didn't have time because I have been sewing, baking, writing cards and catching up on house work. I think things will stay that way until after christmas really. I'll probably sleep after then too
Friday:
I sewed up 2 doll dresses and a blanket and started my christmas cooking.

Saturday:
Finished the chrismas cooking and got everything packaged up for my little goody baskets, and yes I did have some tastes. How can you resist pounds of home made caramel, chocolates and cookies? Well I certainly can't

Sunday:
More sewing, worked on a cookbook of grandma's recipes It is really funny most of them are cookies and sweet pickles... the woman had some interesting tastes :0)

Monday:
Ran some errands and had to take back my boots. Can you believe the boots I bought on Thursday I had two left feet and two different sizes? You can tell I was tired that day! I have to get the tree up and do some more work!

[Lckymii]

Here's some pics of the dresses I made:

[Lckymii]

Well I am done sitting on my bum drooling in front of the tv with a crochet needle in my hand. So today is back to work!!
Workout planned for tonight:
Weights 60 minutes, 25 minutes on elliptical mod/hard intensity

Food For today:
Total cals: 1630
P:178 grams (42%), C 148 grams(36%) F40 grams 22%

Foods: cottage cheese, whey, yogurt, ground turkey chili, chicken, tuna, walnuts, sesame seeds, peanut butter, fish oils, milk, squash, sun dried tomatoes (yum!), cherries, whole wheat pita, pear,oat bran, gobstoppers

So far today I feel ok, a bit chunky even though I know this isn't true. Taking breaks makes me feel like a gain 2 pounds a day even though it just isn't possible. I have to double check myself and find that I pinch the fat on my tummy and thighs to see if it is growing, but a good thing is I have kept myself off of the scale.
I am still working on Christmas gifts, I was a bit ambitious this year but I should get them done in time I hope! I am crossing fingers and toes...
I will post the exercises and weights later, as I still don't know what is planned for tonight... squats sound fun but so do deadlifts and I just might get reallly crazy and do both!
EDIT: Oh and just for Emma.... 10 minutes of oh so fun stretching, how could I have forgotten?

[Lckymii]

Weights from last night:
RDL: 125x8x4 inc weight
bb row: 85x8x4
incline curls: 15x8x4 (these kill me every time!)
Hammer curls: 10x12x4
abs 35lbs
bench press:70x6x4 (getting easier, I think I will be able to move up soon!)
shoulder press: 15x12x4 burn!
leg extensions: 90x8x4
Last nights cardio was hard stuff and I did five minutes extra just for fun... I was one sweaty horrible looking mess when I was done, I suppose that is a good thing...

[Lckymii]

Workouts have gone down the crapper but diet has stayed straight and in line... I have to get my christmas projects done.. after then I will be back on schedule...ughhhh so frustrating. But positive note this morning weighed in and am down to 113.5, I don't feel lighter but ok I'll take it... I am seeing more muscle definition and have a nice little four pack which is exciting as that is the first I've ever had in my life... ok back to the sewing machine.

[Emma-Leigh]

Originally Posted by Lckymii

Workouts have gone down the crapper but diet has stayed straight and in line... I have to get my christmas projects done.. after then I will be back on schedule...ughhhh so frustrating. But positive note this morning weighed in and am down to 113.5, I don't feel lighter but ok I'll take it... I am seeing more muscle definition and have a nice little four pack which is exciting as that is the first I've ever had in my life... ok back to the sewing machine.

Great to hear you are getting results with your training/ diet!! YAY for 4 packs!

(Sorry to hear that things are getting busy/ frustrating with christmas projects! How long till your done? Do you think you'll get a little time off around christmas?)....

[twinnett]

I wish I COULD do Christmas projects! I want to learn how to knit..it looks so relaxing! Good job on keeping the food in line!