My goal in life is to make it to a concert at Red Rocks. I have been there but not for a show. Sounds amazing!
I agree - nice on the chin-ups. I am still doing the negatives.
I find that if I can keep my hands busy I don't think about food as much. I have knitting supplies but haven't taken the time to really learn how yet. As nerdy as it is, I will buy a big book of crosswords and do that if I am sitting on the couch. Keeps me occupied at least!
Looking good in here! Way to go on the chinups. I'm working on those.
Thanks. I actually didn't mention that I also attempted to do a pullup and failed misserably! Maybe if I ever get above 3 chinups, I'll start in on the pullups.
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My goal in life is to make it to a concert at Red Rocks. I have been there but not for a show. Sounds amazing!
I agree - nice on the chin-ups. I am still doing the negatives.
I find that if I can keep my hands busy I don't think about food as much. I have knitting supplies but haven't taken the time to really learn how yet. As nerdy as it is, I will buy a big book of crosswords and do that if I am sitting on the couch. Keeps me occupied at least!
Red Rocks is by far my favorite place to see shows. The sound is absolutely amazing. I think seeing a show there is something that everyone should do at least once in their life. I'm spoiled by living here and getting to go a couple of times each season. A lot of really good bands go through too, which makes it even better.
Ooh. Crosswords. That's a good idea. The funny thing is, that even though I'm sitting on the couch, I don't really think about food but I always end up eating it anyway. The two really seem to go hand in hand for me. I'm currently working on a shawl. I figure I'll get it done by the spring...I'm still pretty slow when it comes to knitting.
Anyway, I've got a big batch of buffalo chili cooking in the crockpot at home. It was already smelling pretty good by the time I left to catch the bus this morning. I can't wait for the day to be over so that I can go eat!
bummer on the ankle - hopefully it will finally heal with a brace on.
sigur ros at red rocks must have been amazing! living in maine is sort of a cultural void - it's been ages since i've gone anywhere for anything (concert, theatre, etc.). boston is four hours so not much of an option either. ah well, there are other benefits to living here...
i'm sure it must be a real adjustment going from serious weight loss to fine-tuning with a small deficit. i'm still a long way from that. but it sounds like you've got a plan, and as long as you can stay out of the cookie jar while you're recuperating, you're going to do great!!
Hey Christina--sorry to hear about your ankle. But thanks for the funny neighbor pics! :-) I hope you're up and running around again soon (or biking as the case may be...)
bummer on the ankle - hopefully it will finally heal with a brace on.
sigur ros at red rocks must have been amazing! living in maine is sort of a cultural void - it's been ages since i've gone anywhere for anything (concert, theatre, etc.). boston is four hours so not much of an option either. ah well, there are other benefits to living here...
i'm sure it must be a real adjustment going from serious weight loss to fine-tuning with a small deficit. i'm still a long way from that. but it sounds like you've got a plan, and as long as you can stay out of the cookie jar while you're recuperating, you're going to do great!!
Only 5 more days of the brace! Then I get to walk around like normal. I still won't be able to do heavy weights though for about a month. In about 2 weeks, I'll be able to start doing body-weight and ankle strenghtening stuff. Fun...
For me, it's the chip bag and the peanut butter jar more than the cookie jar. I don't keep chips in the house, but BF comes over with them all the time.
Maine does has its benefits. It's beautiful up there (I've only been once). I've got some family in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and BF has family in Boston, so we try to head back east at least once each year--we usually end up in Boston on the beach though.
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Hey Christina--sorry to hear about your ankle. But thanks for the funny neighbor pics! :-) I hope you're up and running around again soon (or biking as the case may be...)
Thanks!
It'll be the bike quicker than running. And I can't wait. I've had to take the bus everywhere instead of biking around town. And within a month or so, my morning cold biking tollerance will kick in...I can ride if it's 37 or warmer. Anything colder and I just can't take it.
So, the soreness is starting to kick in. I guess that's to be expected when taking 2 weeks off and then doing things like bicep curls and tricep extensions though--two things that I just don't ever do.
If I stay on track today with food, I'll come in just over 1500cal. That'll be pretty good for me. The hard part is that my sister is coming over for dinner and bringing cornbread. I've calculated in 1 piece. I'm hoping I can stick to just that one. I love cornbread though...
No, 5 more days isn't too bad. Did I also mention that I haven't been able to drive with this brace on? I can't bend my leg/ankle in the right direction enough to shift. Not that I drive very often, but it's nice to have the option.
I just discovered that I mis-calculated my snack today. I only brough a half portion in anticipation of tonight. That means I either get another half piece of cornbread or a second beer (since this is not a free meal -- too many of those last week. Time to catch up!). The thought of both is really making me happy.
oh, the thought of a second beer makes me happy too My parents have a house in Evergreen CO and biking down those mountains is a complete white knuckle experience for me.
oh, the thought of a second beer makes me happy too My parents have a house in Evergreen CO and biking down those mountains is a complete white knuckle experience for me.
Glad your brace is coming off soon!
I opted for another half piece of cornbread. It was so good!
Evergreen is really pretty. In the winter, we sometimes ice skate on the lake out there. The hills are hair-raising. I'm a city girl, so the majority of my riding is in the city. Every now and then we take it up to the mountains, but not too often.
Calories yesterday with the extra half of cornbread and an additional 6 almonds was 1562. That's about 240 under non-workoutday maintenance. So, all in all, I'm happy. Plus the chili turned out really good. I've got oodles of leftovers for the next several days. Yum.
Thanks Karen. The brace comes off end of the day Friday and hopefully doesn't come back on again. I walked the dog this morning without putting it on, we walked for about half a mile, ankle wasn't sore, but it did get rather fatigued feeling. It's not quite there yet.
Calories yesterday were 1676--I got hungry half way through the day and my snack just didn't cut it. That said, still about 140 under maintenance for non-workoutdays.
Didn't quite make it to the gym yesterday, but I am going to go the the sad little gym in the building today to make up for it. There's dumbells and a bench, and since that's about all I can do right now, I may as well. I'll have to make some modifications to my plan because I was going to do close-grip bench presses. I'll switch it to incline DB bench presses. Also, I won't be able to do the back extensions, since there isn't a station for that. I'll sub with something else, not exactly sure what yet. Maybe cobras? Hm.
Alright, I worked out in the sad little gym and got a pretty good workout in. My arms are still all shaky from it.
Underhand lat pulldowns: 3 sets--10, 7, 5+3 (I took about 10 seconds after the 5th to regrip). I'm not totally certain what the weight was because I couldn't decipher the machine markings, but I think it was 115. Seated Wide-Grip Rows: 3 sets 8, I think at 120, but again, cannot be certain. That seems high because for the close grip and my regular gym, I use 100. Swiss Ball Crunch: 2 sets--15, 10 w/15lbs overhead Incline BD Bench Press: 1 set 10 @ 20each, 2 sets 8 w/25each. I'm really reluctant to go up in weight here or push too hard when I don't have a spotter, so instead, I played it safe. Maybe not the best approach, but I'd rather not have a dumbbell come smashing down into my face. BD Flies: 1 set 10 w/10each, 2 sets 8 w/15each. What a difference 5lbs makes per arm! This is the first time that I've ever done these, and it was kind of fun. Leg Extensions: 2 sets 10. This was also kind of fun--again the first time I've ever done them. Pretty much, I slowly raised and lowered my legs while laying on a bench.
I'm going to shake my way to the kitchen and heat up my lunch now. Leftover buffalo chili. Which reminds me, I totally underestimated the amount that my sister, boyfriend, and I can eat. This is the last of the chili. I made what I thought was enough for the week. I'll have to use another lb of meat next time. So, tonight I've got to come up with something with enough leftovers for the rest of the week. I hadn't planned on having to cook. Oh well. I guess I can still watch the Red Sox while cooking.
I could have sworn I posted this already, but apparently not...
The little gym worked out just fine, especially since I can still only do upper-body stuff. It's pretty much a cardio room with free weights, a bench, and a cable station (and those horrible machines that I refuse to use).
Food for yesterday was right around 1900cal. I can't be certain though because I had take-out for dinner lastnight--a salad, but I'm going ahead and padding the cals. With 1900, I'm in about a 100cal deficit. Not too bad.
Today is going to be a struggle. We've got b-day dinner for a friend at everyone's favorite Italian family-style restuarant. My plan is to do low cals during the day, have a shake about an hour before we go, and hope for the best. I always overindulge when we go there, and I'm guessing this time will be no different, but at least I can be prepared calorie-wise. Although I'm not guaranting a deficit tonight. Maintenance is more likely.
Thanks Pauline! It was fun. And the food was great. I, on the other hand, was not so great...First, I started out with 2 garlic bread knots (small, delicious rolls), followed by 1 ravioli in browned butter sauce (yup, everything had dairy, and I'm itchy beyond all heck today!), a ton of pear-pistachio salad, something called Montana Chicken (chicken with sundried tomatoes and asparagus served with penne pasta and a creamy sauce--it's so good!) I had about 3/4 cups total, and sausage and peppers (this came on a bed of pasta, which I skipped) I had 1 piece of the most delicious sausage ever and some peppers. If it hadn't been for the bread, I think, all in all, it wouldn't have been so bad. Estimating, I'd say that I had at the very least 1000cals at dinner. Combined with the 906 I had during the day, I'm ended a bit over maintenance. But, it was so worth it!
In other news, I'm a little disappointed. Sunday is the Race for the Cure here, and I'm not allowed to do it. Darn ankle. So, I registered to Sleep in for the Cure instead. It doesn't have the same feel that racing has, but at least it's something. So, I'm sleeping in Sunday for my neighbor (3 year survivor!) and my dog-walker's sister (just had surgery last month but doing well).
Good thing...today is the last day I have to wear this freaking brace! I'm so excited about that. But, I do still need to let it heal, meaning no running, no heavy lifting, and doing ankle-strengthening exercises as prescribed by my doctor. So, I'll be adding PT stuff to my workouts starting Sunday. Workouts will continue to be upper-body only until I'm able to add in bodyweight stuff, and then add weight.
Plan for today: eat in a slight deficit, workout during lunch in the little gym, watch Red Sox game 2. Oh, and work...
I'm sorry about that darn ankle, it must be so frustrating.
On another note, though, can I sleep in on Sunday too?! Pretty Please?!
It is frustrating. I'm only able to walk short distances without it acting up.
Of course you can sleep in on Sunday too...if your family allows it! I think I might make BF and his son take me to breakfast after sleeping in.
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Sorry about missing the race! At least you have an excuse to sleep in on Sunday
Did you hurt your ankle while running? Saw it was the tendons that were bothering you.
Um, no, I didn't hurt it running. I hurt it getting coffee. There was apparently a step that I missed getting out of the shop. It was a combination of too early in the morning, and not paying attention to what I was doing.
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Hey - I wouldn't mind being "forced" to sleep in... lolz!
Glad you can dump the brace - yay!!!
I'm not complaining about "having" to sleep in by any means! I just have done the race for the last several years and have always had a lot of fun doing it. I'll have fun sleeping in too though. There's always next year.
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Sorry that you're not back to 100% yet, but yay on getting rid of the brace.
Yeah, it'll take about another month I'm told before it's in the 90% better range. At least there's no more brace!
I've really got nothing else to report today. I missed my workout yesterday--meeting ran long and we worked through lunch. After all that, I just didn't feel like stopping off at the gym on my way home. So, I'll settle for 2 times this week and stick to my normally scheduled Sunday workout.
This is why I don't like working out really early in the morning. I'm afraid that one morning I'm going to do something stupid like let go of a dumbbell during a one-arm snatch or something.
So, I hate my back view. I'm surprisingly ok with the front and side views though. So, I'm probably about 65% there on my goal to like the way I look and realize how far I've come from a year ago.
On other goals:
1. Food compliance has been pretty good to this point. I had a handful of pretty big slip-ups, but have managed to get back into the swing of things before spiriling downward.
2. Posture: with the exception of right now, I've really focused on sitting upright and standing tall with my shoulders back. Right now, I'm slouching in my desk chair. I'm going to have to switch over to my ball instead of a chair.
3. I've been maintaining, I decided a couple of weeks ago that it's time to start eating at a slight deficit (150-200cals daily). So far, I've done pretty good at it with the exception of one or two days where I at maintenance. I haven't seen any results from this yet, as I've just started. I'm hoping for about half to a pound per month at the slow rate I'm going for. Nothing too drastic. I've also started reading Mindless Eating (thanks Bytsi for mentioning it). So far, it's really making a lot of sense.
Here's my weekend update...
Food was pretty good all weekend-maintaining my 150-ish cal deficit, so that's good. I don't expect to see too much come out of it too quickly. I'm on slow-and-stead for now, which is usually pretty good for me.
I worked out Sunday: Chinups: 3 (negative coming down on the third), 2 sets 2 (negatives coming down on last), and 1. Shoulder Presses: 3 sets 8 @ 25lbs Lying Tricep extensions: 3 sets 10 @ 20lbs--I'll increase next time--it's my plan to pick a weight that I can squeak out 8 reps and increase reps to 10, once I manage 10, I'll increase weight. Lateral Shoulder Raises: 3 sets 10 @ 10lbs each--I'm really not sure what to call these. It's the thing where you hold dbs at your sides and raise arms up to the sides to about shoulder-height. Again, I'll increase weight next time Incline bicep curls: 1 set 10 w/10lbs each, 2 sets 8 w/10lbs each. I tried to go up in weight on my second set, but my left arm refused. After that, old lefty wasn't really feeling the 10lb either, but I managed to get through. Swiss Ball Crunch: 2 sets 12 w/15lbs overhead.
As much as I hate them myself, keeping the highest I have (sorry now I didn't take ones at the very start) does help me see how far I've come. In a lot of cases you don't see monthly changes for yourself. However, the futher apart they are the more you can pick out the changes.
Thanks ladies. I have come really far; I made it a goal for this challenge to change my perception of myself--be proud of what I'd done. I'm getting there, but no where near 100% yet.
I've got pics from Feb. 2008, and I do compare (and, no, I'll probably never post them). There's a pretty big difference, which is really good to see. It helps. I think the biggest problem today is that I did have a slow month. I was really side-lined with working out. Darn cup of coffee! I'm not able to do any cardio that I enjoy doing, which is really discouraging. I might also just be having an off day today. I'm a little out of sorts.
I think you have done very well this month considering the ankle and everything. I really like your goal of changing your perception of yourself. I realized the other day I was writing my weight on a doctor's form and realized I started writing the wrong higher weight. I can't get myself to think of these changes as permanent. Keep your head up....soon enough you will be able to work out like you want again.
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