hey, Diane. thanx, for checking on me on my blog. Sure you can see monthly/weekly progress in Calorie King. Just go to 'Reports' on the top menu. Then on the left you'll see 'Breakdowns'. I believe, that's what you want.
Duh moment #3,492 for this year. I'm having trouble seeing things right in front of my face. Sheesh. Thanks yet again, Nat!
Do you have any mirrors where you workout? Simply watching your form in a mirror helps...if you know what the right form looks like, that is...
Nope, no mirrors here and home and no place for them, either. Once we get the rest of the house built, we'll have a "real" workout room with mirrors (and I'm installing a webcam or something! LOL).
we'll have a "real" workout room with mirrors (and I'm installing a webcam or something! LOL).
That would be cool if you could install a surveillance video system. That way, after your workout and shower you could pop in your DVD and analyze your form)))))
(I managed to get my legs in the picture this time. LOL I also just noticed that I faced the opposite direction for the side pic this time. LOL)
Overall, I don't see any external changes but the measurements are certainly improving and I'm feeling much stronger, much better, a little less... lardy. I'm constantly improving my eating as well as giving 100% to my workouts 90% of the time.
diane, are you kidding me?? I think you look great. why are women so hard on themselves? look how strong you are and how strong you look in these pics??
I've been in a funk since my recent squat meltdown and it's affecting everything. Argh. (I think I'm starting to get in defunk mode now, though.) Today's workout just didn't have any oomph to it and I had trouble keeping my focus. I managed to muddle through, though.
NR4W, Stage 1, Workout B, 6 of 8
Warmup: Did about 1/2 of ADW from PBD, followed by some things I took from Squat Rx: bridges, dislocates, dog kick things (LOL), 1-legged deads, etc, then followed up with deadlift warmups of 1 x 5 x 45#, 1 x 5 x 95#, 1 x 5 x 135#.
Deadlift: 1 x 10 x 155#, 1 x 10 x 145#, 1 x 10 x 150#.
DB shoulder press: 1 x 10 x 25# each (50# total), 1 x 10 x 22.5# each (45# total), 1 x 9 x 22.5# each (45# total).
Wide-grip lat pull down: 3 x 10 x 100#.
Lunge: 3 x 10 x 15# each dumbbell (30# total).
Swissball crunch: 3 x 12 with feet elevated on 18# step, hands on shoulders.
Bleh. Tomorrow's a rest day, then back to my regular Tues-Thurs-Sat schedule next week. It's bound to be better!
Ahem.... You should be happy with your ass girl.... It's looking much better in this month's pictures. And definitely can see a difference in your mid section on the side view.
And on the back pics the creases have dropped significantly from where they were in the first picture.
Give yourself some freaking credit will ya???
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
Eats averages for the past week, ending today, 03 Feb 2008.
Energy Gained Through Food: 2045 cals
Fat: 63.2 g (28%)
Carbs: 195.0 g (39%)
Protein: 167.8 g (33%)
I'm still struggling with protein but it's definitely improving. Cals went higher than what I had intended but I'm PMSing or something cuz, man, I had a bad case of the Feed Me, Seymours this week! My butt's been dragging and I was wanting good food so I went with it.
I think your progress is awesome. I can see that the waistband of those shorts is a lot looser in the back view. You are strong as hell and getting even better!
Oh, I definitely give myself credit plenty. I'm just a perfectionist wienie that can't stand de-improving. (Yeah, I made that word up. LOL) I'm happy with my improvements over the past month, I promise. It's just those stupid squats that are getting to me. Until a week ago, I had good form on them. So de-improving is definitely the nonword for it! LOL
I'm obsessed, though, and I will (and already am) improve them again. This time, however, my form will be even better than it was before it went to crap because of all of the extra work and attention.
I'm still struggling with protein but it's definitely improving. Cals went higher than what I had intended but I'm PMSing or something cuz, man, I had a bad case of the Feed Me, Seymours this week! My butt's been dragging and I was wanting good food so I went with it.
Like how dragging????? LIke your really tired and can't move dragging??? Like you have no interest in anything else dragging????
Sounds kinda like you might have tanked, but if your period is due.... well it could be that too.
Might want to post this in the challenge thread.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
Hey the squat thing is just a thing. You don't have a trainer by your side and quite honestly you are doing well considering that. So you had to go back and correct some form. BIG DEAL. My trainer takes me back all the time and fixes my form. I still haven't lifted as much as you are lifting. It will come to us all in good time and with good form. The key is to stay dilligently on the plan.
Warmup: For today, I was trying to focus on things to wake my backside up, to help with my squats, so I did prisoner squats, Y squats, bridges, dislocates, Supermans, dog lifts, and 1-legged deadlifts, followed by squats of 1 x 8 x 45#, 1 x 5 x 65#, and 1 x 5 x 85#.
Squat: 1 x 8 x 95#, 2 x 8 x 105#. While not yet perfect, my squat form has improved a bazillion percent since the meltdown! Woot! Hubby happened to be home so I bribed him to watch my form. (I'll video some more squats probably during my next workout but I just didn't want to mess with setting it up today. Plus there are some smaller form issues I'm still working on so I'd like to further improve before I go to the trouble of more video.)
Push up: 1 x 8, 1 x 5 + 3, 1 x 8. All done flat on the floor. On the fifth rep of the second set, my shoulder gave a little "pop" and started hurting so I had to pause and then really struggled with my last three. By the time the last set rolled around, though, the pain had mostly subsided so I'm not really worried. I'll keep an eye on it, though, just in case.
Seated row: 1 x 8 x 100#, 1 x 8 x 110#, 1 x 8 x 120#.
Step up: 1 x 8 x BW, 1 x 8 x 10#, 1 x 8 x 20#, all on 18" step. I was feeling very confident on my form on these today so tried some weights. I did well but, of course, had to constantly remind my nonworking leg to play dead. It went well.
Prone Jackknife: 2 x 15, 1 x 12. I just blew the tail end of the last set. Everything went wrong. LOL
HIIT on elliptical today, highest resistance level, just increased/decreased my speed for the intervals:
2" warmup, followed by 4 sets of 1" hard & 2" moderate.
Had to go to town tonight and hit a bookstore, saw TNT on the shelf, and further bribed hubby to not complain about forking over the $$ for it. I'll read it over this week and see what I think. Thanks to Jane for talking to me about it!
On the squats, I feel SO much better about them! I watched so many Squat Rx tubes, I think most of the. I read so many Lisa~ links. I read so many articles. (I think Mike Robertson articles do best at getting through my thick skull.) On and on and on. While my form is still not perfect, it's now acceptable. I'm still reading and tweaking and internalizing several things but I think I'll be good to go before too much longer! I became one with Boris at the squat bar today. LOL
Paula, just dragging in general from a bunch of different crap that life just sometimes throws out at people. LOL Nothing major, just mentally exhausting which leads to physical pooping out and so on. I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel, though!
Wendy! Dang, I'm gonna have to mail myself to you. That's stinkin' gorgeous!!! I lived in Florida for a short while, in the Pensacola area, and loved it.
__________________ It all starts with the mind, but the thoughts, the intention aren't enough. Action needs to come next. Dream it, believe it, plan it, execute it, celebrate it. - Wendy
It's w/o 7 so 3 sets of 8. I was at 145 last time, last set and all proud of myself till Miss N shows me up with her massive 155 set. She's an inspiration I tell ya
Have another look! 
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