AnnetteW - NROL4W Training Log - JP Fitness Forums

AnnetteW · 01-04-2008, 04:05 PM

I'm starting Jan 7, 2008 with the rest of the women in the challenge. I will post my stats by Monday morning.

STATS-
Age - 44
Height - 5'5"
Starting Wt - ~ 160
Starting BF
etc.

A quick history, I've been skinny and I've been fat, and I've been everywhere in between.

I'll be following the plan with a few modifications. I have bad wrists (one with nerve damage) and can not put them in a push up position with weight on them (i.e. push up, prone jackknife.) I will try to find a suitable substitution.

I will aim for 1800 cals on workout days, and 1500 on non-workout days.

dillytl · 01-04-2008, 04:09 PM

Good luck!!!

LisaS · 01-04-2008, 04:11 PM

can you do pushups and such if you keep your wrists straight? Like holding dumbbells (or pushup handles) or knuckle pushups?

vanessa40 · 01-04-2008, 05:35 PM

Hello and Welcome..
I love your avi

Cynic · 01-04-2008, 05:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LisaS

can you do pushups and such if you keep your wrists straight? Like holding dumbbells (or pushup handles) or knuckle pushups?

Yes, there are tools for these.

such as these:

LisaS · 01-04-2008, 06:02 PM

I need to be more precise when I write.
I know these exercises can be done that way. I was wondering if Annette could do those variations with her wrist issues or not.

mel · 01-04-2008, 06:14 PM

Good Luck Annette!

mel

AnnetteW · 01-05-2008, 06:20 AM

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll definitely try that. In fact, I have a set of those kind of things for yoga (which I had forgotten about) because I never used them. I will try them at home and see it I can do a pushup and jackknives with them.

Darn...was hoping to get out of them.

I've been tracking my weight and bodyfat for the last couple months in spreadsheet I made. Then I had the formulas calculate averages over the last 4 measures for more accuracy, and I'm pleased with the "unwavering" of the calculations. Yes, I know the bodyfat isn't exact, but it has been consistent.

I was only using the Omron handheld to measure (because the Tanita scale is so much higher) but I'm sucking it up now and taking an average of the 2, over a 4 day average. I have the Omron set at average person, and get about 31.5%, and the Tanita set at Athlete and get 35.1%

I'm just looking for an "unwavering" number at this time.

I'm tracking my diet in the CalorieKing trial for now (love it, will buy) and hope to feel comfortable with it by Monday when I start the workout.

January 4 (weights and Cardio)
Cals - 1823
Carbs - 174
Fat - 65
Prot - 146

January 3 (Cardio)
Cals - 1697
Carbs - 193
Fat - 56
Prot - 123

L'ilJ · 01-05-2008, 06:23 AM

Good luck!

vanessa40 · 01-05-2008, 02:52 PM

Hi Annette..
I have the Omron also
Hope you are having a nice evening

AnnetteW · 01-06-2008, 06:48 AM

Diet for Saturday, Jan 5 -
Cals - 1692
Fat - 33%
Carbs - 35%
Prot - 32%

Exercise - 55 min walk, HR in 60-69% zone (300+ cals)

I've been tracking food for 3 days now and don't enjoy it. It makes me not like my food as much, constantly thinking about it, etc. Oh well, I'll keep doing it for now.

I'll keep aiming for that 1 g. per bodyweight.

Today is another easy day with lower cals, maybe another walk. The weather is mild here.

RebeccaC · 01-06-2008, 07:23 AM

I hate tracking too, all that thinking about food gets to me.
Good luck, I will be working right along side of you!
Rebecca

stingo · 01-06-2008, 08:46 AM

Good luck on the challenge and welcome to the forum.

sveta · 01-06-2008, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnetteW

I've been tracking food for 3 days now and don't enjoy it. It makes me not like my food as much, constantly thinking about it, etc. Oh well, I'll keep doing it for now.

Tracking food sucks...I used to be on fitday.com all the time and it drove me insane. The good thing is that if you do it for a few days, you get a pretty good idea of what exactly is going on in your diet ratios-wise, and you become consious of all the hidden cr*p in "regular" food. I'd do it for a while and then stop if it's kinda maddening...

AnnetteW · 01-07-2008, 06:23 AM

Thanks for all the great replies. I need to go in and find the journals of the other ladies on the challenge.

Okay, so to prepare for the challenge, I've watched and tracked my food intake for the last 4 days in CalorieKing. I'm pleased with the results so far.

I've averaged 1745 cals a day, my upper goal is 1800.
Avg Protein - 31% (this has been increasing daily, which is good)
Avg Carbs - 37% (decreasing daily)
Avg Fat - 32%

So I'm not too far off track. I want to get the protein/carb numbers to switch places, drop a bit off the fat, and keep with the cals.

I'm about .8 lbs lighter than I was 4 days ago (accuracy aside...lol) so I'm doing well there. I will stick to this calorie range unless I see a major drop (over 2 lbs a week) or a slight gain over a couple days (it's almost TOM, will be interesting.)

dillytl · 01-07-2008, 06:52 AM

Hi Annette!! Good luck with the challenge - let's rock and roll!!!

vanessa40 · 01-07-2008, 10:00 AM

Hi Annette..
Day 1
Let's rock

kfisherx · 01-07-2008, 10:35 AM

Ah now this is a good one for me to watch. We are almost exactly the same height and age. I am sitting at 131lbs now though (started at 175 a year and a half ago) and am even more seriously the picture of "skinny fat". Just 3 weeks ago I was 134.5lbs and a whopping 31% bf. That is what happens when you loose weight by not eating and doing lots of cardio.

Hopefully you won't have this same experience. Today I am at 25% bf and almost the same weight and it is going down even more over the next months. I have been skinny fat my whole life and that has got to change. So I join you in this skinny fat battle.

With respect to logging food. It sucks. I don't think there is any kinder way to put it. But it is absolutely essential if you want to get serious IMHO. I started with a trainer 3 weeks ago and he makes me track every day. When I started his program I figured the eating/food part would be easy and the exercise part would be hard but it was exactly opposite. The food part makes me so frustrated some days that I just want to cry. I can exercise all day long and rather enjoy that part of it. After about a month I finally feel like I have a handle on my cals and macro nutrient proportions. Even still I need to keep tracking it if I want to be sure.

Also with respect to wrists there are a number of things that can help. When I started with my trainer I could not do the swedish ball jack knife or push ups on bent wrists either. My wrists gave out before my core. There is this piece of exercise equipment made just for that and you can get one for 20 bucks at target. It is a stick with a rope on it. You attach a weight to the end of the rope and roll the weight up and down with your wrists. I hope this makes sense. It is a great wrist workout. That and doing small amounts of pushups every day will help. I started using the handles but have since graduated. My wrists got strength really quickly.