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12-28-2007, 04:49 PM
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that girl.
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Alabama
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Keep laughing kid.
Where to start? I don't 'blog' very well or I have my own style
Here's the breakdown.
25. Divorced. 'Ex' athlete before L4-5 herniated disc between the ages of 21-24. Managed to pack 150lbs on my 5'3 frame by the summer of 2007. Got lazy. Something finally told me I was in need of a serious change at the end of the summer. Got back to lifting weights and playing softball. Realized that wasn't enough, eating habits had to go! Changed eating habits & have been a 'clean/healthy' diet for 3 months or so now. Down to 130. Not bad if I say so myself. Now, comes the serious part. I am ready for a transformation. There's a competition in May I'd like to enter. Ill have to bust my a$$ between work & school but I have more faith in myself than anyone else, which is all the matters.
That is pretty much the short story. I need a place to keep up with things on 'paper' so I can see for myself how I am doing.
What to expect from this journal: I am an annoying optimistic. I despise laziness. I work hard & play even harder. I don't put up with whinny people. If God has given you a chance to do something great, take it & be thankful.
I am an Full time Orthopaedic Tech/Full time LPN student at the moment so things should get real interesting here in the next few weeks.
Just ordered the NROL for Women. Lift weights 4-5 days per week. I am working on the cardio...ok, I hate it...but I am working on the hating it part...haha
Height: 5'3
Weight: 130
Body Fat% at last checked: 19.8%(Down from 23% when I first started)
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12-28-2007, 05:09 PM
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Señor Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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I hate cardio too.
Paper logs if you haven't got them:
The New Rules of Lifting
Also, if you know HTML, I can send you my trog templates for the forums here.
Good luck adgey and welcome to the training log sub-forum.
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"Ooh, guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! Tigers are playing tonight! I never miss a game." - Clarence Boddiker.
Renovating the House of Cyn
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12-28-2007, 06:09 PM
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Luv'n Lift'n
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Hey girl welcome to the forum. I am a fairly new member myself and find a world of great information here. Also the support and accountability rock! Looking forward to watching you grow for that competition.
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12-28-2007, 06:18 PM
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GU '12
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Welcome to the forums! Good luck with your log. 
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"Rust on a nail builds tetanus. Rust on a barbell builds character, strength, and attitude." -EC
"Don't spend your life wishing. Spend it doing." -FishrCutB8
"You're a mutant, like a snake with two heads or a cat shy one nipple. Be thankful that your mutation is helpful." - LD
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12-28-2007, 06:40 PM
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Drinks Kool Aid
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: The D
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Welcome! Good luck with your training goals!
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12-28-2007, 07:03 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Massachusetts
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Welcome aboard. We are the same size, roughly. I'm 5'3" 134. The weights have done it for me, also eating as clean as you can.
Good luck.
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12-28-2007, 09:43 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
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GDLK!
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"Your greatest challenge isn't another person. Its the burning in your lungs and the burning in your legs, its the voice in your head screaming STOP you cant do anymore. But you dont listen. You push harder and you start to hear a the whisper of YOU CAN. You realize you are not the person you thought you were is no match for the person you are."
You will not win, cause I can not lose!
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12-28-2007, 11:06 PM
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Señor Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by adgey1006
Now, comes the serious part. I am ready for a transformation. There's a competition in May I'd like to enter. Ill have to bust my a$$ between work & school but I have more faith in myself than anyone else, which is all the matters.
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What's the nature of the competition? Figure? Powerlifting? Curling? Debate?
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"Ooh, guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! Tigers are playing tonight! I never miss a game." - Clarence Boddiker.
Renovating the House of Cyn
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12-29-2007, 06:23 AM
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Drinks Kool Aid
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Biskit
Welcome aboard. We are the same size, roughly. I'm 5'3" 134. The weights have done it for me, also eating as clean as you can.
Good luck.
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Hey...me too! I'm 5'3" and about 127. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr! |
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12-29-2007, 07:54 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by L'ilJ
Hey...me too! I'm 5'3" and about 127. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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I wish I could get my weight to 127. My 'goal' has always been 120. But, none-the-less, I am in the best shape of my life. Even when I weighed 115 when I was a kid!
Us ummm, short chicks gotta stick together! 
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12-29-2007, 09:59 AM
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found my groove
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Missouri
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Adrian,
Welcome to the forum. You are SO in the right spot! This place is full of great advice and even better people.
You sound very motivated and have clear goals, so I have no doubt you will reach them! I have found that keeping a blog really keeps me honest and keeps me in the gym daily.
It's kinda strange that so many of us are about the same size! I'm 5'3 and three quarters. I think the lower height really poses some obstacles when it comes to weight. I don't know about you, but any fat I put on shows up right away. There's just nowhere for it to go. At least when a person if 5'7 or something, the fat has room to stretch out, LOL.
Good luck with your goals and keep us updated!
mel
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12-29-2007, 03:08 PM
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Mistressing the Chin-Up
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Connecticut
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Quote:
Originally Posted by adgey1006
What to expect from this journal: I am an annoying optimistic. I despise laziness. I work hard & play even harder. I don't put up with whinny people. If God has given you a chance to do something great, take it & be thankful.
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Bravo!
Welcome to this forum. It will be fun to follow your log!
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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."
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01-02-2008, 12:55 PM
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Señor Member
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Where are you?
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"Ooh, guns, guns, guns! Come on, Sal! Tigers are playing tonight! I never miss a game." - Clarence Boddiker.
Renovating the House of Cyn
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01-02-2008, 02:24 PM
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Plaid Shorts Rule!
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Nice start to the log, Adgey. Good luck with the competition training. Like Cynic said, what are you going to be competing in?
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"UNLESS someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." - Dr. Seuss
"Life is no brief candle to me. It is sort of a splendid torch which I have got hold of for a moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations." - George Bernard Shaw
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01-02-2008, 04:11 PM
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that girl.
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Alabama
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cynic
What's the nature of the competition? Figure? Powerlifting? Curling? Debate?
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Figure or the Fitness comps. Im still pretty athletic and wouldnt mind using some of the speed and agility I have left haha
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Expect more than others think is possible;
Dream more than others think is practical and Risk more than others think is safe!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright
(1876 - 1944)
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it!
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that thing called a blog
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01-02-2008, 04:43 PM
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that girl.
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Alabama
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Sorry for the delay, long weekend and busy with work. Ergh. 
First Id like to say I am supa dupa excited to see the short women uniting! HAHAHA
The eating habits over the long weekend were kept in check. I started my new years resolution on new years eve night by not having any alcohol. For a few reasons, it's excess calories, I act like an a$$ when I drink and I get killer hangovers.
I know I wont be able to make it to the gym tonight cause it's goin to be a 12 hour work day.
Food:1 cup of eggbeaters w salsa. Kashi oatmeal with 1 scoop of whey protein. 2 hard boiled eggs. Salad w/ shrimp, mushrooms & tomatoes w/ light raspberry dressing so far.
2 liters of water down.
On a side note, one thing I noticed when I made my decision on New Years Eve not to drink. Of course I was made fun for not wanting to have a good time, merely a difference of opinion if you ask me but I also caught some negative feedback for eating healthy & get back in shape. Pretty ridiculous huh? Hence the reason for the title of my journal. It goes out to all those people who would rather sit back and laugh at other people goals than get up off their rears and take care of themselves. 
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Expect more than others think is possible;
Dream more than others think is practical and Risk more than others think is safe!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Herm Albright
(1876 - 1944)
If it was easy, everyone would be doing it!
my myspace page
that thing called a blog
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01-02-2008, 04:51 PM
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Senior Member
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I agree I stopped drinking as well and all my guy pals are huge douches about it. Mini comp on who can go without drinking the longest? LOL I dont have a problem or ne thing but excess cals, cost, and feeling shitty the next day blow! GDLK on ur goals though!
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"Your greatest challenge isn't another person. Its the burning in your lungs and the burning in your legs, its the voice in your head screaming STOP you cant do anymore. But you dont listen. You push harder and you start to hear a the whisper of YOU CAN. You realize you are not the person you thought you were is no match for the person you are."
You will not win, cause I can not lose!
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01-03-2008, 08:45 AM
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Senior Member
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Location: McAllen, Texas
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Our friends don’t drink so I don’t get a hard time for that, but there were quite a few comments about my plate New Year’s Eve too. Stick to it, they’re just trying to justify their choices by ridiculing yours.
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