LIVIN' LARGE: Minimizing yourself and maximizing your life!When you have over 100 pounds to lose it can seem impossible to get started in the right direction.
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61DC Status — Nutrition: 29/109, Lifts: 4/16, Intervals: 4/16, Cardio: 5/16, Personal: No, Competitive: No
Nutrition has sucked the past few days, I'm going to clean it up. My bench workout really really really really sucked yesterday. I seem to be regressing on bench, for some reason.
On the bright side, I'm still basking in the glow of an awesome squat day from earlier last week, so I'm happy.
My thorn this week is that I ate very poorly this weekend. Sat I didn't eat enough, ate good stuff but not enough calories. Sun I ate way too much bad stuff and had a couple of drinks so yesterday was a zero, needless to say. I was unprepared food wise for work today so my body has literally been craving healthy food. Skipped the workout tonight in order to come home and cook something. Will make it up tomorrow, the spin instructor's class I like to take on monday's was taught by someone else anyway so I don't feel bad for missing tonight.
My rose is that I can see small changes in my body and am loving the NROL break in workouts! Can't wait to move on to fat loss I!
Roses - on track with mobility and strength workouts. Even added some mobility work to my morning ritual. Diet has been clean, but not enough (see below)
Thorns - Weight didnt go up at all this week (officially went down by 0.2kg)
- Its been bloody cold and wet, which has meant my lunch time walks have been non-existent, failing badly with these.
- Still havent found a challenge to participate in, could be difficult this time of year.
Roses...I'M STILL HERE! I was honestly ready to chuck the whole thing. I went out to the kitchen this morning debating whether to go do my NROL this am. On the counter was a cake the kids made me that had said Happy Father's Day. We had eaten the bottom right corner of it. As God is my witness I was staring at a cake that said "Happy Fat" I read it as a question. Are you Happy Fat? I got dressed and headed to the gym.
I swear I am not making this up.
I beleive you. I walked in on my daughter, who was drawing something on the computer. It said "Happy Fat."
The other day, I was complaining to a buddy, via email, about feeling being hungry. The response back to me was "Eat something fatty." I read it as if it had a comma... "Eat something, fatty."
roses: The best part of waking up is foldge....no wait it's an omlette with a side of turkey bacon. mmmmm. I love my morning breakfast. Sometimes I look forward to going to sleep at night so I can wake up and have eggs and bacon. So tasty. Then I get to buy a coffee and walk for 20 minutes to the bus stop. Should be a good morning!
Today I currently have no thorns, but then I really just woke up! hahhaha
Og.
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
Thorn #1. Gym appears closed this week for maintenance. ASS.
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
Thorns: No energy for much of anything the last few days. I was in bed by 10 last night which is early for me.
__________________ 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
I was doing my FL-1A workout and "Always look on the bright side of life" came on in the music rotation. I had to stop doing rotational lunges I was laughing so hard
__________________ 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
Rose: Used my time between sets last night to get my food for today ready to go.
Thorn: Left said food in the fridge last night. Needless to say, unless I still have a pouch of tuna in my desk, I won't be getting all my carrying points today *shaking her head*
__________________ 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
Roses. At home scale is close to busting below 200, which is crazy. Not 100% sure how accurate it is, the gym scale weighs me a lot heavier. Still I haven't seen the home scale bust 213 in awhile and at the start of this it was around 218-220. I also check my BF% on that thing last night when I got home and it reported 23.5, which is the lowest I have ever seen it report. I am curious to see where we will be after the 4 week mark as well as the end of the challenge.
I gotta get out and do something tonight though, even if I feel like ass when I get home. So tired when I get home after work, but I need to get something done with the gym closed in the morning.
Og.
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
Roses. At home scale is close to busting below 200, which is crazy. Not 100% sure how accurate it is, the gym scale weighs me a lot heavier. Still I haven't seen the home scale bust 213 in awhile and at the start of this it was around 218-220. I also check my BF% on that thing last night when I got home and it reported 23.5, which is the lowest I have ever seen it report. I am curious to see where we will be after the 4 week mark as well as the end of the challenge.
I gotta get out and do something tonight though, even if I feel like ass when I get home. So tired when I get home after work, but I need to get something done with the gym closed in the morning.
Og.
Nice work!
Roses: Full of energy. At least now that I've slept. And, now that I've recovered from Carb Day.
Thorns: Felt like crap after my carb day. I may be switching to a carb meal (for the pure enjoyment of it) and then back to more food again. A whole day of carb foods makes me feel crappy the next day and drives my cravings through the roof. It also makes me feel like I'm starting over with Plan A again. Like that first week was, only just one day long.
Roses: Full of energy. At least now that I've slept. And, now that I've recovered from Carb Day.
Thorns: Felt like crap after my carb day. I may be switching to a carb meal (for the pure enjoyment of it) and then back to more food again. A whole day of carb foods makes me feel crappy the next day and drives my cravings through the roof. It also makes me feel like I'm starting over with Plan A again. Like that first week was, only just one day long.
I was just discussing this with a guy I work with this morning or yesterday afternoon. IE when I eat crap I crave it all the time and it's easy to justify a chocolate bar once a week....then once a day...and then maybe some ice-cream. etc. And while I am doing it, ie in one of those cycles, I crave those things. I want to go and have the chocolate bar.
Now that I have been eating on Plan A I don't desire them at all. It's very cool.
Og.
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
I was just discussing this with a guy I work with this morning or yesterday afternoon. IE when I eat crap I crave it all the time and it's easy to justify a chocolate bar once a week....then once a day...and then maybe some ice-cream. etc. And while I am doing it, ie in one of those cycles, I crave those things. I want to go and have the chocolate bar.
Now that I have been eating on Plan A I don't desire them at all. It's very cool.
Og.
Yep. It seems a lot easier to just avoid it altogether than trying to regulate it. Sort of like an alcoholic and booze -- they'll say it's better to stay away from it completely rather than try to become a social drinker.
Thorn: I couldn't even get a parking spot at the gym last night. This is getting ridiculous. They keep having membership drives and adding new people, but the facilities haven't expanded. Now I have a workout to make up.
Rose: I was almost ready to just give in and eat some of my Mom's lasagne, since I hadn't thawed any meat for dinner. Then I spied the tomatoes I got at the farmers' market and had a brilliant idea. Dinner became the first tomato-basil-mozarella omelet of the season. Diet saved and it was doggoned good, too.
__________________ The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same. -- Carlos Castaneda
Hey guys, I apologize for being absent a bit lately. I have been functioning as Division Director of Nutrition for the hospital in addition to all of my normal responsibilities. This will last for about 2.5 weeks. Needless to say, if I was busy before, I am uber busy now. I will check in as much as I can, fortunately Leigh and Jonathan are around if you have any questions, etc and of course you guys always have each other which is infinitely wonderful.
I wish you all the best and keep up the good work.
Newman
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Julie and Victoria come in dead last, but complete the Hartford Track Club's Solstice Sprint 5K Race!! Here's the photographic proof!!
So there it is ... the first 5K for both of us ... we walked the entire thing (except running a bit up some of the hills just to get the momentum to get the stroller up there!) taking turns pushing 60+ lbs of kids!
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Go to www.coxsportsphotos.com
Click Events from the menu bar
Click Dads Day 5k
Enter bib number 840
That should get the picture to come up.
__________________ 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
Thorns - I had to start trapping and relocating raccoons again. I leave them alone as long as they don't start digging holes in the lawn or Mrs. Egham's flower beds. It seems that once the young ones start foraging with their mothers, everything gets torn up. I've already caught 4 this week and relocated them across the lake and interstate. If previous years are any indication, I'll have to relocate 6 to 8 more before things settle back down for the year.
Roses - Mrs. Egham has been feeling better this past week and the fitness plan is on track.
__________________ "May you live every day of your life." - Jonathan Swift
The last week I've really been struggling with food. It started with the stress induced week last week (last friday is where I got off track) and has continued - For the most part the food has been clean - its just been over my normal 8*bw that has worked for the last 2.5 months. I've been consuming somewhere around 9-10*bw but I've also been really hungry. Even at the worst times over the past few months I've been able to get back on track after a couple of days. Not this time.
I know I'm up about 3 lbs from the point I was 3 weeks ago. And I know that I've eaten at this level and still lost (it's about where I ate the first two and half months).
Measurements are gonna suck this weekend.
__________________ 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
Paula: Are you sure your measurements are up and not just scale weight? Could it be that your increased (?) activity is forcing your body to ask for more calories? Hang in there; it sounds like a lot of us are going through the doldrums these days.
I did a quick check this morning (and last night) very little has changed measurementwise. I am bloated right now though too.
I have wondered if maybe my body is saying "HEY FEED ME!!!!" because of the change in the workouts (I did Break in the first week of the challenge, had an off week, and have been doing FL-1 the last two weeks, plus I've added cardio in that I wasn't doing before).
__________________ 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
So you increased your WO from twice a week to 3x a week AND added cardio and were still eating the same amount and you are hungry, weird man.
Even if things are not going well right now, remeber consistency is key. How you do over the long haul not the single week.
Og.
__________________ 2009: No races, No times. Slow year. So, now you're 96 cals short. You're now in starvation mode. Doomed. - LostDog
Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
__________________ 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
Thorn: Discovered I lost my keys yesterday on the bus. Didn't get home until after 8:30 last night since I had to wait for my boyfriend to get off work and he picked me up so no workout happened.
Just spoke to the lost and found and if they were turned in, they won't get them before 3 this afternoon.
Roses: I've got a plan to deal with the food stuff (thanks to all that helped me see the light). I'm going to go back and look at my eats for the last week and see if I need to give myself some points. I'll workout this evening. Boyfriend was wonderfully supportive and gave me flowers and compliment. He told me I definitely look smaller
__________________ 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
Thorn: had my "refeed" on Thursday this week rather than the normally scheduled Saturday, blew off a drug-rep funded nice steak dinner and chose to eat nasty Arby's curly fries and a chicken sandwich (deep fried, no less), among other crap. It wasn't even good. Due to my body not liking said greasy gross choices, I was actually DOWN on the scale the next day (nothing like GI distress to do that for you), but now bumped this morning instead. I don't know what I was stressed about, exactly, but it wasn't even a refeed so much as a bingefest... obviously trying to swallow my anxiety about everything right now.
Rose--ummm.... well.... I have insight into why I screw up?
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