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06-02-2008, 10:23 PM
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#511 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 466
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Originally Posted by DanceDiva
Getting all babe-alicious up in here. That smile of yours is still infectious.
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^^^^^ what she said!  |
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06-02-2008, 11:23 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 888
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Ginger, I'm glad to see you got your technical difficulties taken care of. AMAZING progress  ! |
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06-03-2008, 12:53 AM
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Forkinator
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,575
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Your entire torso just keeps tightening up more and more. Very nice job!
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06-03-2008, 12:59 AM
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Human Pogo
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chambersburg, PA
Posts: 4,149
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Great pictures!
Why is it so hard to discuss your dissatisfaction with your trainier? You are paying him/her to train you are you not?
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06-03-2008, 08:09 AM
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#515 (permalink)
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Back to business.....
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Maryland
Posts: 1,449
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EXCELLENT progress Ginger!!!!
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06-03-2008, 08:58 AM
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#516 (permalink)
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Peek!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,962
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Originally Posted by Littlemermaidklb
Looking great Ginger! Your middle just keeps shrinking!
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Thanks, Kara. I sure hope so!
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Originally Posted by missjane
Wow, it sure is! That's awesome progress, Ginger!! And, great tan, too! You look wicked strong!
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Thanks, Miss Jane!
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Originally Posted by fengshway
ginger, I think you look just awesome, the changes are obvious. and the mental changes are really terrrific too! I have had to ditch some toxic trainers in my day. when I found NROL man version feb 07, I ditched them (possibly) forever. I learned something from each of them, though.
but I have to say that the confidence that I have built by building my current body on my own, WITHOUT a trainer has been wonderful. I have a history of attributing my successes to others, and this has been a nice lesson to myself that I have the power to change within me, and it is not dependent on the magic of a particular trainer or training method. this is not to say that I might not return to a trainer someday when I want to step it up some. but the magic ingredient in success is within me. and for you, it is within you. trainers are professional guides. we have the power within ourselves to change!
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Good stuff, Wendy. I needed to hear that.
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Originally Posted by Bytsi
Looking awesome Ginger!!!!!
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Thank YOU!
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Originally Posted by LoriAnne
Wow Girl! Such amazing progress since January--there is a huge difference in the shape of your abs and your photos of your back are quite telling of all the hard work. You can see such a change in your body make-up, it's obvious you have been whittling away that BF%. You are so motivational and I'm glad you share your personal journey with all of us here. You bring so much to this forum with your experiences (the good and the bad!) and it has helped me be more honest with myself just by seeing how open you are to letting us into your thoughts. Be proud of how far you've come, especially during this challenge!
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Thanks, Lori!!!
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Originally Posted by DanceDiva
Getting all babe-alicious up in here. That smile of yours is still infectious.
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Hi there! I miss you!
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Originally Posted by sveta
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Thanks, Sveta.
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Originally Posted by Karen411
Ginger, I'm glad to see you got your technical difficulties taken care of. AMAZING progress ! |
Thank you, Karen. Right back at you!
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Originally Posted by nutbar
Your entire torso just keeps tightening up more and more. Very nice job!
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Thanks, Diane/
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Originally Posted by gregl515
Great pictures!
Why is it so hard to discuss your dissatisfaction with your trainier? You are paying him/her to train you are you not?
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Hmm, not sure. I think I may be a wimp when it comes to standing up for myself?!? I don't know, but I am working on it. Thanks for the compliment, Greg.
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Originally Posted by dillytl
EXCELLENT progress Ginger!!!!
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Thanks, Tracey.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
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06-03-2008, 09:09 AM
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#517 (permalink)
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Peek!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,962
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Ok, so I took Saturday off. I did some shoulder and ab work on Sunday.
I took Monday a.m. off, but got in there last night for the following workout, by myself. 
Chest Pulls: 55X12, 70X12, 70X12
Wide Grip Lat Pulldown: 70X12,70X12
Bent Over Rows: 50X10, 50X10
Rev Grip Lat Pulldown: 70X12, 70X12
Rev. Grip Bent Over Rows: 50X12, 50X10
Hammer Curls: 10X10,10X10, 10X10
Bicep Curls: 10X10, 10X10, 10X10
Jackknives: BWX15, BWX15, BWX15
I jogged for 35 minutes on the treadmill, trying to stay in my official "fat burning" zone. Did well, but will work on this harder.
This morning I did 20 minutes of jogging and 15 minutes on the eliptical and out of that time, I spent 30 minutes in that zone. My daily goal is to try to get 60 minutes per day in the zone. (HR 152-172)
I have a training appointment at 4:30 today.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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06-03-2008, 09:52 AM
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#518 (permalink)
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Luv'n Lift'n
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,747
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Very nice progress shots Ginger. And good job on talking with the trainer. I had to set mine straight a time or two during this past year. |
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06-03-2008, 07:21 PM
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Refocusing & Recommitting
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 507
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Great job, Ginger! You are making great progress! KUTGW!
Nice workout, too!
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06-05-2008, 01:54 PM
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One BAD Apple
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northwest Indiana
Posts: 320
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Okay, so it was a bit humbling to post my pictures after all of you girls still in the challenge had. I appreciate the gentle nudge! : )
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"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses and some don't turn up at all."
-Sam Ewig
"If you don't pay attention to your ass, no one else will either."
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06-06-2008, 08:19 AM
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#521 (permalink)
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Peek!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,962
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Originally Posted by LoriAnne
Okay, so it was a bit humbling to post my pictures after all of you girls still in the challenge had. I appreciate the gentle nudge! : )
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Oh, please. If you don't watch it, I'm gonna drive there in 2 weeks and kick your baby ass! 
Those pictures look fantastic and I can't believe you won't post the back, because it is a great shot, too. That photographer is something else.
I have workouts to get posted. My food has been 100% this week, minus the sodium-ridden chinese I had yesterday, but I am guzzling water like a champ, trying to flush it out.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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06-06-2008, 09:46 AM
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#522 (permalink)
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Scale Watch: Going down!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ohio
Posts: 3,870
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Ginger...update....Bod Pod rescheduled for June 20. 
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Jane
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~This is an lolcat-free zone~
"If someone says I can't, then it makes me all the more determined to prove that I can."
-- Michael Phelps
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06-07-2008, 08:24 AM
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#523 (permalink)
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Peek!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,962
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I need to catch up with some of my workouts.
Wednesday a.m. - cardio
Wednesday p.m. - cardio/abs
I got my 60 minutes in the zone for the day. I did 2 different ab exercises at 3 sets of 15. My new plan is to do something abs-wise at least 4 days a week.
Thursday was my workout with my trainer. I still haven't done legs with him, but we did some upper body stuff.
Wide grip lat pulldowns
70X12, 70X12, 70X12
Bicep curls with the cable/rope thingy
30X12, 30X12, 30X12
Seated Rows
70X12, 70X12, 70X12
Underhand grip lat pulldowns
70X12, 70X12, 70X12
I know we did something else, but I didn't write it down and my memory is failing me. My sessions are going better and I, as well as my body are happy about that.
Friday a.m. - 35 minutes of cardio. 15 on the treadmill/20 on the eliptical
Friday p.m. - I did some random arm and abs stuff, using either 8lb or 10lb dumbbells. It felt good. I followed up with 15 minutes on the treadmill and then 20 minutes on the stairs.
So, back before I had this fitness testing done I would do the stepmill starting at level 5 and then by the end, I would be on level 7. Well, since finding out my true THR, I can't go past level 3 without leaving that range. So, I was working way harder than needed and I wasn't burning calories like I should have been.  Live and Learn.
Food has been on. I feel good about my food and my workouts and I expect to start seeing the scale moving. I guess right now, my main focus is fatloss, while keeping the muscle I have worked so hard to build.
My kiddos are going to the movies today and the theatre is right across from the gym, so I'll have some time to get a nice, unrushed workout in.
My trainer is off to the beach for a week, so I am thinking a good leg day on my own with some squats and such is a good way to start.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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06-07-2008, 08:24 AM
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Peek!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,962
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Originally Posted by missjane
Ginger...update....Bod Pod rescheduled for June 20. |
Yay!
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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06-07-2008, 09:53 AM
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#525 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 472
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I'm really glad that your sessions are going better with your trainer! I hate confronting people, and am impressed that you did what you needed to do instead of suffering in silence. Awesome!
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Marty
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