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.
Day 15 already... can you believe it. I am amazed at the amount of results I see in the logs. This is truly a Rowdy Awesome group and I am honored to be part of it....
Newman
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Things are going well here. Diet is in place as much as I want it to be. I am eating within the confines of TNT Plan A without to many problems.
I landed a new summer gig this week, as well I am able to return to my current role when school starts should I need to.
I purchased a car this week as well. Now I can go places and do things.
Of course now I have more things to buy....like a bike rack.
Either way it has been a great rosey week without any appreciable thorns.
I am still finding it difficult to make all of the workouts. HIIT on Lifting days seems like a good combination time wise.
I am also concerned about starting the new job and access to cheap fitness. I may switch into something totally new and body weight oriented to finish off the challenge, just out of necessity.
Og.
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Blog entry: November 1, 2009, Pancakes LiveSTRONG daily plate log
No thorns to report ... my new workout plan seems to be going well ... and my eats are on track.
Victoria and I will conquer the race/competition aspect of the challenge on Wednesday night as we are competing in a 5K ... should be fun!
Sleep is going well ... I have only had one night under 8 hours ... can't wait to start waterskiing in a little over a week ... and the scale is slowly moving downward!!
All roses! Everything's coming up roses ...
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Roses: on track with eats and lifts
Thorns: life in general. I have too much to do, not enough time to do it, and the stress is screwing up my sleep, giving me a nice case of abdominal bloat (it's all relative, but I can feel when I'm even slightly puffy), and just providing a little excess misery in general.
As always, good job everybody. It's good to see everyone still on the wagon 1/4 of the way in.
Roses: Eating is still near perfect. I had one slip up last saturday night but other then that no problems.
Thorn: I missed my interval workout last night. I came home from work at 6pm and fell asleep on the couch immediately. My gf said I was out by 6:15. I ended up sleeping till about 11:30pm then woke up and just went to bed. Though I guess that might have been a rose too since I was so exhausted my body really did need that sleep.
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猿も木から落ちる Even monkeys fall from trees
- Japanese Proverb
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Thorns: Always second guessing myself on diet. Mostly on how much to eat. Also, I may have a bit of body dismorphia... Also, I might workout too much. I don't feel overtrained at all. But, I do like to workout a lot. I should eat more for my level of activity. Sabotaging my efforts, maybe.
Roses: I reviewed and recopied my realistic goals from several months back. They included this comment from my conversation with Lonnie Lowrey. "You might have to be okay with 1/2 lb of fat loss a month." Obviously, I didn't want to hear that at the time, but I've come to terms with it.
I have been reading your log and I am loving the way you are so honest.
Jim~
Jim:
Thanks. I am honest because:
1. I can't lie worth a damn and
2. It's waaaay too hard to keep track of lies
3. Most people get enough BS in the diet books. They don't need it from me.
I participated in a 3K walk. If I remember my time correctly, was it was 36:18 - Not the fastest time and not the slowest - Definitely middle of the walking pack. It was wicked humid this morning (we've had more rain/thunderstorms all afternoon) and while I did this activity, it's probably been the least favorite of all the things I've done/tried over the last 6 months. I'm not a big fan of crowds or cardio. I'll do cardio at this point, but I don't particularly care for it. I am glad I did it so that I know that this is not something that I would probably do again on my own.
This race seemed a bit better organized in getting information out to the people that registered than the first attempt I made at participating in a 5K walk.
__________________ 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
Wow...I can't believe it's been 15 days already! Time flies...
Thorn: I got off track last weekend and Monday and Tuesday because of some work related stuff. I realize how easily I can let outside things get in the way for me. So...
Rose: I'm getting back on track with workouts and with eats. It may be an up and down process, but as long as I keep at it I'm ok with the bumps in the road. I will say, this forum has provided the most amazing inspiration and motivation for me, thanks to all!!!
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On Krista mistressing the chin-up, "It's amazing", said one gym source, "considering that for months she just hung there like a dead fish."
Roses: Still on track after 15 days; eatng & exercising are on plan, and I'm seeing the scale move.
Thorns: Lot's of travel for work over the next 2 weeks, fixing other peoples problems... Workouts won't be an issue, but need to preplan my "travel food" to keep my eats clean.
No thorns really, completed the Fathers Day 5K this morning, so that is out of the way. Diet is in check, Workouts going great, I just don't have a lot of time to post as we are getting ready to leave country, but I wanted to check in. I will have to post my logs later.
jj
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I have another thorn to report--I hate refeeds. I feel miserable the next day, and I really hate the mental turmoil that 3 lbs of water retention gives me.
Feeling a bit blue today, sorry.
Despite the carb fest this week I didn't gain between this week and last week. I really expected the scale to be 2-4 lbs heavier than it said
__________________ 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: Eating is going well. I am a little above my 85% eating healthy quota (87%). I am going to try and tighten up the diet a little more and get to 90%. I'm starting to notice small changes in my body. Mainly the core area is getting tighter.
Thorns: I didn't get to the gym as much as I would have liked this week, but I didn't get some activities with walking.
I have a workout and weigh in scheduled for later today. I will post in my log for those results.
checking in for week three, going good, no complaints, feeling good, looking better, according to the wife, but she probably feels obligated to say that :p gonna go workout then volleyball for a few hours, also, got a bike trailer for the kids, so my wife and i can go bike riding with them now.
Sign: That is a A LOT of sleep. I am glad you didn't push through a workout.
LostDog: To me 1/2 lb of fat a month is on track for a person with just a little to lose (but I don't know much about fitness) - are you saying you wish it was more?
Roses: Still eating my veggies and fruits pretty well. I was down one pound since a weighing a few weeks ago.
LostDog: To me 1/2 lb of fat a month is on track for a person with just a little to lose (but I don't know much about fitness) - are you saying you wish it was more?
Definately. When I had more to lose, I could drop 1-2 lbs per week, very consistently. Now, my body adjusts very quickly. I could drop 2 lbs of fat in a week or so by cutting calories dramatically, but then it would stop and I'd have nowhere to go to lose more. So, slowly but surely, unfortunately...
Definately. When I had more to lose, I could drop 1-2 lbs per week, very consistently. Now, my body adjusts very quickly. I could drop 2 lbs of fat in a week or so by cutting calories dramatically, but then it would stop and I'd have nowhere to go to lose more. So, slowly but surely, unfortunately...
This is the case for me as well. My weight jumped about 10-12 pounds last Summer when I did NROL Strength... knocked back a little bit around the end of 2006... but then jumped back up 5 or 6 pounds when I started doing one of Alwyn's undulating periodization programs during the Winter. I would like to drop about 10 pounds to be a little lighter for running, but my attempts at slow weight reduction to minimize muscle loss seem to plateau out almost immediately.
GUNS: I'm finally dropping all exercise for at least several days to try to improve a back injury that's been lingering for months. A few meals off the wagon this past week as well, but one of them was for Father's Day so it's completely legal!
Thorns first...Everything pretty much went to heck this past weekend. No exercise 2/4 NG points. Both evenings I just went off the chart eating. No particular reason. Just did it. Jumped on the scale for fun today. Weighed more than when I started this whole thing.
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.
You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're not the contents of your wallet. You're not your f---ing khakis.-Tyler Durden
Don't you hate it when your food sends you messages like that.
Roses back on track with food and exercise. Other than the 3k walk on Saturday, I took the day off and lifted yesterday instead. Also had a dental appointment today as well and my teeth are all sparkley.
Thorns: The Dental Appointment. I had to drive in this morning otherwise I would still be sitting on a bus trying to get here.
__________________ 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 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 - Work is vrey stressful again - our team has been asked to handle 600 remortgage files on top of our 180 sale&purchase files, the post is coming in far quicker than our team can handle but the management won't let up on us as we have a fairly resiliant team.
Rose- I've applied for three jobs already this week. One doing HR for the police, it's much less money than i earn at present plus 1hr E/w commute but it is more akin to my interests and has great career progression
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