Congrats on the bench. I know what you mean about the warm-ups though. A while back I was playing with deadlifts, and I felt the same. If I'd done less of the lighter ones I might have gone heavier.
On the children, and potential weight gain. I was watching a show a while back (probably 'Taking it Off') and one of the people trying to lose weight found out she was pregnant. The nutritionist told her that she should be able to do the pregnancy with very little weight gain as she was heavier to start with. Of course, the next weigh in she was up 5 pounds (I think they did them every 2 weeks).
I was willing to try...but...the subject was a little skittish...
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Congrats on the bench. I know what you mean about the warm-ups though. A while back I was playing with deadlifts, and I felt the same. If I'd done less of the lighter ones I might have gone heavier.
On the children, and potential weight gain. I was watching a show a while back (probably 'Taking it Off') and one of the people trying to lose weight found out she was pregnant. The nutritionist told her that she should be able to do the pregnancy with very little weight gain as she was heavier to start with. Of course, the next weigh in she was up 5 pounds (I think they did them every 2 weeks).
Yeah, next time less warm up sets, more weight!!
I kinda feel like I am someone who can gain so easily, that I wanna take off a nice amount before I am preggers...that way if I do gain some...I can keep it at a minimum. My friend only gained about 15lbs during her pregnancy, but she was hypoglycemic and has to be really careful. I am afraid that it what will happen to me! On the other hand, my cousin lost weight in the beginning of hers due to morning sickness, and then gained it back, breaking even...so...I guess I won't know until I try!!! I do feel tho that since my overall eating and exercising routine has done a complete 180...I am far better off than I would have been...which is a good thing for sure! I guess the less I panic, and the more I just buckle down and get it done the better. Given my propensity towards anxiety as well...I think it would benefit me mentally to be down a good few lbs!
I always do this...I stress about things that haven't even happened yet!! Good thing the hubby knows how to keep me calm...
FWIW... my first pregnancy, I lost 14# first trimester from barfing... gained it back and another 20-25# in addition...
With DS, I was sick all 9 months, in the hospital getting fluids, etc... and I only gained 5# total. Of course I was heavy to start, and my skinny little OB (who thought carrot sticks were better than chocolate) said it was ok that I didn't gain since I was obese (she was the first person to call me that, ever. ouch.). She said the baby will take what it needs, that overweight and obese moms don't have to worry as much if they don't gain versus a mom who starts out thin...
For whatever that's worth... not sure but MAYBE with good nutrition you could just maintain weight while pg (and then whoosh - lose weight in one big push!). I'm NOT a doctor... but curious what medical / Alan would say...
BB Bench Press
Bar x 10
65lbs x 10
95lbs x 10
115lbs x 5
125lbs x 5
135lbs x 1!!!
Leg Press
90lbs x 25
180lbs x 25
270lbs x 25
20mins elliptical
10mins stretching hip flexors (they have been a BITCH lately)
I was SOOOO PSYCHED about the 135lb BB Press!! I had my hubby there to spot me so it was fun! All I keep thinking tho is if I hadn't done 10 if the lighter ones...I'd have been able to pull more of the 135's or maybe more weight overall...next time we'll see...........
Doubt it. I mean, I doubt the 10 at 1/3 the weight of the max amount would actually really cause enough fatigue as to have made the difference between only 135 and more than that. Esp if given enough rest between each set.
Still, is slightly impressive… you know, considering yer a gurl and all…
The hubby just found this, and we were laughing our asses off...I had to share...it's safe for work too...no worries.
Thanks for that Kristen...finally something from the boards that I can share with my kids.
(usually I will start guffawing and they will say, "what's so funny mom" as I dive to cover the screen...)
FWIW... my first pregnancy, I lost 14# first trimester from barfing... gained it back and another 20-25# in addition...
With DS, I was sick all 9 months, in the hospital getting fluids, etc... and I only gained 5# total. Of course I was heavy to start, and my skinny little OB (who thought carrot sticks were better than chocolate) said it was ok that I didn't gain since I was obese (she was the first person to call me that, ever. ouch.). She said the baby will take what it needs, that overweight and obese moms don't have to worry as much if they don't gain versus a mom who starts out thin...
For whatever that's worth... not sure but MAYBE with good nutrition you could just maintain weight while pg (and then whoosh - lose weight in one big push!). I'm NOT a doctor... but curious what medical / Alan would say...
Yeah...I am hopeful that I will be able to at the very least maintain safely for the 9 months. Given that there will be lots of foods I won't be able to or won't want to eat for my baby's sake...I think I may lose by default!!!
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Doubt it. I mean, I doubt the 10 at 1/3 the weight of the max amount would actually really cause enough fatigue as to have made the difference between only 135 and more than that. Esp if given enough rest between each set.
Still, is slightly impressive… you know, considering yer a gurl and all…
Lol...well...we'll see...I did feel like I could have almost done another rep at 135...had I not been so fatigued at that point...but we'll see...maybe 140 next time. For now I iz purdy happy tho...you know...being a gurl and all.... Tanks....
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Thanks for that Kristen...finally something from the boards that I can share with my kids.
(usually I will start guffawing and they will say, "what's so funny mom" as I dive to cover the screen...)
Lol...yeah it was one of the first things that really made me laugh that wasn't so lewd as I usually prefer...lol...speaking of which...do you watch Little Britan...they are hilarious...not kid safe tho!!!
Woohoo! I don't see them much, but I love those big overnight drops. I mean, we know they're all water... but as long as each drop keeps getting lower you're on the right track! Keep at it and VT will be here soon enough.
HA HA HA! Good for you! And you'll be happy to know that I am UP a lb now. More than 2 lbs since the Summit. LOL! (it all comes and goes around it seems.... I gotta stop hanging out with the lot of you. You keep losing weight but I find it....)
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Woohoo! I don't see them much, but I love those big overnight drops. I mean, we know they're all water... but as long as each drop keeps getting lower you're on the right track! Keep at it and VT will be here soon enough.
Thanks Anne! I sure hope so...just gotta keep fighting the hungries...I know those big drops are water...but I love them all the same..LOL!!!
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HA HA HA! Good for you! And you'll be happy to know that I am UP a lb now. More than 2 lbs since the Summit. LOL! (it all comes and goes around it seems.... I gotta stop hanging out with the lot of you. You keep losing weight but I find it....)
Lol...as long as I keep losing...it's all good...hey...hey...didja see my bench???? I was feeling quite brotastic about it....
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YEEEHAW! Good job.
And I'll check out the Britan. Never too much lewd humor when the kids are at school. Such a great model mother I am to you.
LOL....you gotta get those laughs in without the kids around when you can I guess...we'll see how I am able to handle it when my kids start saying things I don't want them to...I have a mouth like a truck driver at home......WHOOPS...Mrs Kindergarten teacher...I have no idea where my child learned THAT word.........hehehehe....
Workout with "Charlie the Punisher" 9AM before work:
Ball Squat Warm Ups Bosu Step Ups x 20 each leg Alternating Bosu Push Ups x 30 Mini Squat on Bosu & Shoulder Press x 15 Each Side
(with squat rack bar one end on floor pressing other end) Bosu Step Ups x 20 each leg Alternating Bosu Push Ups x 30 With 15lb DB’s Mini Squat, Curl, Shoulder Press x 20 Bosu Step Ups x 20 each leg Alternating Bosu Push Ups x 30 Kneeling on Bosu: Lateral and Front Raises 10lb DB x 30 With 15lb DB’s Mini Squat, Curl, Shoulder Press x 20 Sitting on Bench Get Up to standing with 35lb DM in front x 25 x 2 sets Seated Chest Press Machine
(I told him about my Chest Press PR so he wanted to play a little I guess!)
190lbs x 4
180lbs x 4
(Dunno weights from here we did a drop set to finish tho…owwwwwwwies…)
x10
x8
x8
x8
It was a machine like this one:
Mini Squat and One Armed Cable Row 70lbs x 20 each arm Alternating Cross Lunges x 40 total W/ 15lb DB’s Straight Stack Tricep Push Downs
55lbs x 20
65lbs x 10
75lbs x 10
(these suck so much worse than the other stacks…you can’t cheat and you’re your abs with these…so I think I’ll be using these more often!!!) Superset: Adductor Leg Machine
60lbs x 20 x 2 sets Abductor Leg Machine
Don’t remember the exact weight
4 plates away from the whole stack
x 20 x 2 sets Ball Crunches
25 straight
30 alternating side to side
After this one I sat on the bench in the locker room for a bit. I was all KINDS of wobbly!!! But it was a good one for sure!! I’ll be on my way there again later for my “cardio” I will try not to overdo it…I just need to move more, so that’s how I get it in!!!
See I'll just figure I'll tell my kid that they're not allowed to use certain words around other people because people have their heads up their asses and think the word FUCK will let the devil swallow their children whole (or make them want to fuck, one or the other, can't figure it out really…).
See I'll just figure I'll tell my kid that they're not allowed to use certain words around other people because people have their heads up their asses and think the word FUCK will let the devil swallow their children whole (or make them want to fuck, one or the other, can't figure it out really…).
Yeah...that's pretty much what we'll have to do...I will find it pretty hard not to laugh tho when they call me in to "make me aware" of what my child's been saying. My mom had a few of those meetings...hehehe...I never learned. And I was always honest and told the teachers exactly where I learned the choice words...some in English and then when they caught onto that...in Spanish...
I got the paper today.... THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! And yes I would like to know envelop resources :P
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Just getting caught up in here! Your workouts look great. I am giggling at the cussing talk. I overheard my daughter when she was like 3 or 4 tell my son that she was going to "kick his baby ass"....... I have no idea where she heard that word from!
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LOL....you gotta get those laughs in without the kids around when you can I guess...we'll see how I am able to handle it when my kids start saying things I don't want them to...I have a mouth like a truck driver at home......WHOOPS...Mrs Kindergarten teacher...I have no idea where my child learned THAT word.........hehehehe....
Sigh...it really is embarrassing. My middle son is particularly aghast when I swear. I used to be able to control myself when they were little and cute, but now... they say, "Mom, stop cussing!" or "Mom, stop saying the bad words!" For some reason they never swore at school...not for lack of hearing it. Although I must admit the other day a bunch of teenagers were hanging around my kitchen talkin' trash and it was just too much when my "mom stop cussing" son said fuck...I actually yelled, "Hey, cut it out!" and there was TOTAL SILENCE for literally one whole minute. Just a flash of Puritanism escaping I guess.
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See I'll just figure I'll tell my kid that they're not allowed to use certain words around other people because people have their heads up their asses and think the word FUCK will let the devil swallow their children whole (or make them want to fuck, one or the other, can't figure it out really…).
That's actually exactly the sort of way I explain things to my kids. They are surprisingly understanding about backward people.
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Just getting caught up in here! Your workouts look great. I am giggling at the cussing talk. I overheard my daughter when she was like 3 or 4 tell my son that she was going to "kick his baby ass"....... I have no idea where she heard that word from!
I was in a pet store with my two darlings. My oldest just started kindergarden. One of the puppies was running around the store and he came up to my oldest and put his nose in her crotch like puppies do. She yells at the top of her lungs in this cute little girl voice, "Hey quit sniffing my pussy!"
The store got completely quiet. Then there were snickers all over the place until finally somebody laughed aloud and then everyone did. Good Lord, the things the kids learn in kindergarden.
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btw: I swore liberally in the house while my kids were young. (never used "pussy" though) LOL! Anyway they were permitted to swear in the home and were also given the liberty to swear in public IF they were willing to pay the punishment for it. Neither of my girls swear to this day very much. I am the worst by far in the family for swearing and alcohol abuse.
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I haven't had any children to pass on my potty mouth to yet. My uncles did teach my cousins kid who is two, quite a few lovely sayings. If you ask her what you will get at a local dive bar on a Friday night, she says "boobies and beer"
I also thought of you last night...I was talking to a neighbor of mine who just had a baby about two months ago. She is super active - lots of running and biking. She said she worked out her entire pregnancy. She said for the last two weeks she only walked, but up until then she was still going to the gym, lifting, running, xc skiing etc. She said her doctor was really supportive of it and I think that is the big thing. You have to find someone who is like minded who will watch out for your health, but realize that within limits working out is beneficial.
I was in a pet store with my two darlings. My oldest just started kindergarden. One of the puppies was running around the store and he came up to my oldest and put his nose in her crotch like puppies do. She yells at the top of her lungs in this cute little girl voice, "Hey quit sniffing my pussy!"
The store got completely quiet. Then there were snickers all over the place until finally somebody laughed aloud and then everyone did. Good Lord, the things the kids learn in kindergarden.
OH MAN....that is a good one......... You should post that in the Our Kids Say the Darndest things thread in OT....
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For some reason, I'm always blamed for teaching my kids to curse. They say they learned it way back in their carseat days, while I was driving...
Who? Moi????
Nooooooo not you...you're all proper and whatnot.
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Way behind on this, but nice bench!
I haven't had any children to pass on my potty mouth to yet. My uncles did teach my cousins kid who is two, quite a few lovely sayings. If you ask her what you will get at a local dive bar on a Friday night, she says "boobies and beer"
I also thought of you last night...I was talking to a neighbor of mine who just had a baby about two months ago. She is super active - lots of running and biking. She said she worked out her entire pregnancy. She said for the last two weeks she only walked, but up until then she was still going to the gym, lifting, running, xc skiing etc. She said her doctor was really supportive of it and I think that is the big thing. You have to find someone who is like minded who will watch out for your health, but realize that within limits working out is beneficial.
Thanks on the bench...it was niiiice.. 8)
Lol...boobie and beer...when I was about 4 my mom had this cute little sailor dress and hat I would wear, and my uncle taught me to say "hey Sailor wanna have a good time?" I loved him...
I love hearing about your neighbor...I am hoping to do it like that...keep all the lifting up till I shoudln't, and the cardio, and walking etc...it seems to me, in the more primitive days we were capable of living life as we always did till the moment arrived. Why should it be any different now right? If cavewoman moved boulders and then had babies, surely I can lift a little? That makes me feel a lot better...THANKS!!!!
Was gonna go to the gym yesterday but I was completely an utterly POOPED. AF is due tomorrow...and I am drained. I can't wait till she's gone. I can't help being frustrated. RIGHT after my lowest weight yet with Alan...here she comes to screw it all up again.
This was the progression the past few days since my LOW:
AF will come, and go, and take some pounds with her... k?
Oh puhleeze... fuck that shit!
Yeh, she is a mean, improper leetle hamster. And don't you dare call her nice or sweet or she will beat the crap outta ya. Appearances notwithstanding.
(at least we know how to really piss her off)
I do feel tho that since my overall eating and exercising routine has done a complete 180...I am far better off than I would have been...which is a good thing for sure! I guess the less I panic, and the more I just buckle down and get it done the better. Given my propensity towards anxiety as well...I think it would benefit me mentally to be down a good few lbs!
Tanks....
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