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Originally Posted by stingo
I'm following the principles of the diet, but not on any particular plan. That is, I try to only get carbs from veggies, unless it's pre-/post-workout nutrition. A beer or two for happy hour and a cheat meal thrown in.
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Hey Tom -
I am going to read the book, but I have never followed any diet or program that strictly. I just need more flexibility I guess, or I start to feel deprived.
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Originally Posted by dillytl
Me too!!!! My arm is starting to look mighty tasty!
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It doesn't seem to be going away either!
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Originally Posted by MuscleMom23
LOL I am hungry for a diff reason. I just make sure I am binging on clean foods. Boy is THAT ever differentLOL!
My gut says that your furnace is startin to burn.
I know this lady that was asthmatic and could not even work on her feet for 4 hours at a time in exhaustion and gained wt on 1500 cals.
Now she is way older and runs suicide for fun and eats 3000 and doesn't put on a pound.
It's bound to happen sometime right?
I hope it's your time!
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Oooh, 3000 cals. Where do I sign up?
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Originally Posted by Fitwit
Wowza Leah! You look fantastic in the red biker pants!
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Thanks!
My weekend didn't go quite as planned. I decided to drive to Shawn's Friday night instead of Saturday morning because of all the snow that was forecasted. I was going to lift when I got to his house, but I had been in the car for almost three hours (twice as long as it normally takes) and it was stressful from all the people off the interstate in the ditch and I just watched a movie with is daughter and went to bed. This would have been okay if planned, but I ate lifting cals and it turned into a rest day.
Then before I went to bed I had somehow worked myself up about how I am going to gain back all the weight I lost so I tried on all the clothes I have at Shawn's, just to make sure everything is still okay.
Luckily he was out in the garage and didn't witness this insanity.
Yesterday morning I got up and did Fat Loss III A3
Giant set of deads, explosive push-ups, BSS, two-point dumbbell row, 60 sec rest after whole set
145/10 BW/10 30's/10ea 30's/10ea
145/10 BW/10 30's/10ea 30's/10ea
145/5, rested a bit, 5 more BW/10 25's/12ea 25's/12ea
145/10 BW/4, layed on floor gasping for breath, 6 more 25's/10ea 25's/10ea
Giant set of deads off box, dumbbell bench press, walking lunge w/side bend, cable seated row (subbed bent over row) 60 sec rest after whole set
85/20 25's/18 25's/20 50/20
85/20 25's/18 25's/20 55/20
Hanging leg raise
BW/10
BW/10
I just felt so negative and like I was totally sucking throughout this entire workout and that is not like me. I was bummed about needing the extra rests and just generally feeling like I couldn't do it.
Saturday's food
Breakfast - made by Shawn!: 3 slices bacon, 2 scrambled eggs, 1 med orange, 2 1/2 banana chocolate chip pancakes - delicious!
Post-workout: 1 cup milk and 1 scoop strawberry protein powder
Lunch: 8 oz salmon fillet and mixed frozen veggies
Afternoon snack: 1/2 cup cottage cheese and 1/2 cup frozen blueberries, 10 peanut butter filled pretzels
Dinner: lentil, sweet potato and spinach soup, 8 oz grilled chicken breast
Evening snack: chocolate chip cookie cake for older daughter's 14th birthday - I had tried to plan for this, but I ate about twice the portion I was going for.
My brain was like don't do it, but my hand kept reaching for more and shoving it in my mouth until I had a tummy ache! Lesson for future: stick to dry yucky walmart cakes for birthdays
Totals:
2424 cals
87g fat 33%
230g carb 36%
185g prot 31%
Today:
Fat Loss III B3 - Halfway done!
Giant set front squats, chin-up w/band, step-up, dumbbell push-press, 60 sec rest after whole set
100/12 Medium Band/10 30's/10ea 30's/10
100/10 Md Band/9.5 30's/10ea 30's/10
100/10 Md Band/9/5 30's/10ea 30's/10
100/10 Md Band/8.5 30's/10ea 30's/10
I switched to a slightly lower bench for the step-ups after the first set since someone grabbed the one I was using
Giant set squat, wide-grip lat pulldown, step-ups, dumbbell shoulder press, 60 sec rest after whole set
100/20 75/20 15's/20ea 15's/20
100/20 75/20 20's/20ea 20's/16 + 15's/4
Swiss-ball crunch
15lb dumbbell/10
15lb/10
Intervals:
3 min @ 5.0
1 min @ 7.6, 2 min @ 5.0
1 min @ 7.7, 2 min @ 5.0
1 min @ 7.8, 2 min @ 5.0
1 min @ 7.9, 2 min @ 5.0
15 min total
This workout felt good and strong! I upped the weights on some stuff and I felt generally positive during the workout.
Today's food:
Breakfast: more birthday cookie, english muffin w/ham, egg, and swiss
Morning snack: apple
Lunch: lentil, sweet potato and spinach soup, 8 oz grilled chicken breast
Post workout: 1/2 cup milk, 1 scoop vanilla prot powder, 1 cup frozen strawberries
Dinner: parmesan tilapia & stir-fry veggies
Evening snack: 1 corona w/lime
Totals: 2075 cals
67g fat 29%
204g carb 37%
151g prot 30%
13g alcohol 4%
All this week I have been in a funk and sometimes even felt panic about how I'm eating to much, getting off track, etc. This morning driving home a thought crossed my mind that calmed me a lot. I remembered that the week before Christmas I ate above my goals for seven straight days. And in the period between Dec 1st and Jan 5th I still lost a little over 2 lbs. I am determined to finish strong on Fat Loss III and I am feeling better about things.
Now I'm going to make my dinner!
