I am just bumping this for the Beach Bum. I told her I wouldn't let her log get lost.
I was just thinking about you, Lori. It's like 11 freaking degrees here. I hope you are nice and warm.
Oh, and today is Miss Makenna's 6th birthday. Can you believe it?
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Ginger
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
Well, we had a fantastic time in Florida, just a completely relaxing week for sure. The "state-of-the-art-fitness-center" that I had read about turned out to be a big joke. It consisted of 3 treadmills of which 1 did not work, the other was littered with someone's towels, clothing, ipod, etc..., and the 3rd sounded like a chainsaw that was on the verge of busting its chain--at 2mph no less! They had some scary contraption of an all-in-one weight machine, but it was downright filthy and seemed unreliable at best. Long story short, I did bust out a workout A from Stage 2 on Monday, using my husband's loaded golf bag and some bags of sand. I know his golf bag weighs 49 lbs., but can only estimate my homemade sand bags at around 12-15lbs. After that frustration, I made the decision that since I didn't take a week off in between stages, this week was going to be my official rest week from heavy weights! I did muster up the energy to get in pushups, chair dips, and jump squats to failure both AM and PM every day except Wednesday and Saturday. I also busted out some serious planks and step-ups onto the chair in our room every other day. So, certainly no NROL4W to the letter, but definitely not a week of complete sluggishness, either. It felt pretty dang good to have a week of rest, to be honest. My body feels rested and rejuvenated and more importantly, my brain is completely recharged and ready for a new round of testing my limits.
I ate really well, made sure to have breakfast every morning that varied between Kashi cereal and some yogurt and also had a few mornings where I whipped up some microwaved egg white omelettes with turkey. Started every day with delicious fresh grapefruit and am already in withdrawl from the divine produce! We ate lots of fresh fish for dinner, so I really felt good about my food choices and not the least bit guilty about indulging in some vodka tonics!
I look forward to getting caught back up with everyone's logs as well as getting back into my fitness routine. Hope everyone had a great week!
Well, I am still waiting on my photos that my sister took Friday. (my camera had a run-in with some sand and isn't doing so well )
Here are 2 of them that show some decent angles, and I apologize for not having the same clothes/background, but I couldn't resist not going crazy with the beach thing!
Jan. '07:
March '07:
Forgive the added presence of my goofy husband (but be thankful I left out the ones where he mimes grabbing my boob.) I will have my other angles up by tomorrow afternoon, but hopefully this qualifies enough to keep me in the challenge!
Measurements: Jan '07
Chest: 35"
Nat. Waist: 27 1/2"
Hips: 39 1/4"
R. Thigh: 21 1/2"
March '07
Chest: 34 5/8"
Nat. Waist: 27"
Hips: 38 3/4"
R. Thigh: 21"
Not huge losses, but losses nonetheless and I'll take 'em! My weight in Jan.'s start was 151 lbs., and as of today I am weighing in at 146 lbs. I put on about 4 lbs. while I was gone, but still feel great and chalk it up to going back on carbs. while on vacay plus the addition of alcohol back into my diet. Will have the rest of my photos up ASAP and from the few I've checked out so far--everyone looks great in their 2 month updates!
Well, it felt good to get back on the wagon of fitness today, although that alarm going off at 6:30am seemed completely rude at the time.
Last week, I had a lot of time to catch up on some reading/research as well as think about what I am doing and if I am working towards my goals in the right way-for me. When I first started really focusing my workouts on strength training, I don't think I had clear goals in mind because I didn't really know what I was capable of or what I should expect. Now that it has been a few months of a concentrated effort with weight training, I'm seeing some results and feeling the benefits, but have decided to start changing my program up a bit and will see where it takes me. I do plan on sticking with the NROL4W workouts, but have also decided to add in days of specific muscle work. Some days, I will just be doing the NROL workouts, but other days will include the NROL plan as well as targeted work. Just wanted to share some thoughts so if anyone looks at my workouts, they will know where I'm at.
FOOD:
6:30am-EAS Protein Shake w/water and 2 Tbsp skim milk
10:00am-1 egg/3 egg white omelette with 1 oz. turkey, 6 oz. Light&Fit Blueberry yogurt, 1 grapefruit
12:30pm-Post-workout EAS Protein Shake w/water and 2 Tbsp. skim milk
2:20pm-2 cups venison chili, 1 Kashi Honey Almond Flax Bar
Dinner-Honey Lemon Grilled Chicken with Grilled Eggplant, Zuchinni, Onion, Tomato, & Squash
WORKOUT:
Warm-up on treadmill for 7 minutes with 2lb. db's
Front Squat Push/Press-1x10x60, 2x12x70
Step-Ups-2x12 each legx20db's
1 pt. DB Row-2x10 each legx15db's
speaking of inspiration! I remembered that this is the log where you posted a "before" pic and you were totally different. I went back a few pages to have another look and WOW again. I am so blown away. Now you are in a bikini and it loods great on you. Does your husband realize how lucky he is to be hanging out with such a hottie? If not make sure you remind him sometime soon. I hope one day I can get away with wearing such a cute outfit out.
speaking of inspiration! I remembered that this is the log where you posted a "before" pic and you were totally different. I went back a few pages to have another look and WOW again. I am so blown away. Now you are in a bikini and it loods great on you. Does your husband realize how lucky he is to be hanging out with such a hottie? If not make sure you remind him sometime soon. I hope one day I can get away with wearing such a cute outfit out.
You're too kind, and I am deeply appreciative of those compliments.
YOU should already be wearing "cute outfits"! You have a rocking body, so take another long look in the mirror and go out and get yourself something hot!
As for my husband realizing his good fortune? I don't think we have enough space on this log for me to get started. . .
Okay, I'm not posting this on the main challenge photo page, but for my "peeps" that check in here every so often, I had to throw up this pic from vacay. I'm hoping to get in on the competition with Karla's quad. and Diane's butt-cheek--my newly discovered biceps and actual shoulder definition!!
Okay, so maybe a little vanity here, but who else besides this group can appreciate the work it took to make those muscle actually pop?
Thanks Girls! Now if my inner thighs would only get the memo, life would be wonderful! Thank goodness for "cropping" options on my photosharing program! : )
That would be March 4th, 2008! Finally getting the sand out of my brain. . .
For whatever reason, today has been one of those days that I could have eaten all day long! I just had some serious food issues today and had to work through all the identifying boredom tricks, etc. I did over-indulge a little, but as I'm heading off to bed, I'm just grateful that I didn't end up setting up camp at the grocery store.
Started the day with my EAS protein shake w/water and a bit of skim milk. Ate 1 egg/3 egg whites, 6 oz. yogurt, and a grapefruit a couple hours later. For lunch, 6 oz. chicken w/ratatouille (will be posting that food porn on the motivation thread--delish!). But being that I still was starving, also ate 1 cup of venison chili. Had an orange and another protein shake about 3 hours later followed shortly by 6 Hershey's Kisses w/almonds. I convinced myself the almonds were a good snack and I just couldn't do anything about the fact that they were coated in milk chocolate. For dinner, had more chili, a slice of low-carb bread w/Simply Jif, and a spinach salad w/balsalmic vinegar. My big indulgence for the day was a serving of Hagen-Daas chocolate ice cream and an Irish coffee (while watching the Biggest Loser, no less!) Don't know what exactly is going on with my hunger, but thinking that I need to get this under control pretty fast. Workout:
Warmed up on the step with ankle weights and 3 lb. db's for 6 minutes.
30 Deep Squats-no weight
20 Hack Squats-25 db's on shoulders
30 Plie Squats-no weight
20 Plie Squats-45 lb. plate held at . . well, "squirrel" level
30 Alternating Squat/Knee Raise-no weight
*Repeated set 2x*
12 Concentration Curls-20 db, 8 w/25 db
12 Single-arm Tricep Drop-12 db
21's-15 db's
12 Hammer Curls-20 db's
*Repeated set 2x*
Kickboxing combos for 20 minutes, 2 minute intervals-no rest, 45 sec. rest in between intervals.
Wasn't really mentally feeling the workout today, didn't have nearly the same level of satisfaction. Combined with the food thing, guess I'm in some sort of funk. Not at the complete WTF level, but hovering on the edge.
Oh well, tomorrow's a new day and hopefully it will be a great one!
I have been obscenely hungry recently too, I don't know what it is! It usually happens for me at night and I have like three snacks between 7:30 and 11pm. I try to get them all logged, but my goodness, it's like I'm a bottomless pit!
That workout seems pretty intense to me... definitely couldn't tell you weren't feelin it
I was admiring those shoulders and arms, when I was browsing your pictures. Lots of definition and good muscle going on there.
As for this:
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Wasn't really mentally feeling the workout today, didn't have nearly the same level of satisfaction. Combined with the food thing, guess I'm in some sort of funk. Not at the complete WTF level, but hovering on the edge.
Oh well, tomorrow's a new day and hopefully it will be a great one!
We all have those days. You actually deserved that little splurge and I'll bet it was a combo of coming off the vacation high and on top of that, you were on your game the whole vacations, so sitting on your couch having a little indulgence is nothing to sulk about.
Speaking of, Tuesday was one of those days for me and I don't know what it was.
I hope the rest of your week is going better. How far is Cincy from you guys? Andrew had mentioned that as a potential meeting place, but I wasn't sure. He is getting antsy. LOL
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Ginger
"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
I was admiring those shoulders and arms, when I was browsing your pictures. Lots of definition and good muscle going on there.
As for this:
We all have those days. You actually deserved that little splurge and I'll bet it was a combo of coming off the vacation high and on top of that, you were on your game the whole vacations, so sitting on your couch having a little indulgence is nothing to sulk about.
Speaking of, Tuesday was one of those days for me and I don't know what it was.
I hope the rest of your week is going better. How far is Cincy from you guys? Andrew had mentioned that as a potential meeting place, but I wasn't sure. He is getting antsy. LOL
Thanks for the encouragement, I kind of thought the same thing but just was having a hard time not beating myself up over not feeling 100% committed to getting back into the full swing of things.
Cincy is just over 2 hours away and sounds like a great meeting place! I shall research and e-mail you later today!
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I have been obscenely hungry recently too, I don't know what it is! It usually happens for me at night and I have like three snacks between 7:30 and 11pm. I try to get them all logged, but my goodness, it's like I'm a bottomless pit!
That workout seems pretty intense to me... definitely couldn't tell you weren't feelin it
Maybe it has something to do with the upcoming change of seasons?
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NICE POPpage too!!! Isn't this the most awesome stuff?
Thanks and yes it is!
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NICE gunz there chica!!!!
How's things today???
Thanks! Yesterday was better, I didn't chow myself to death at least! LOL
Wednesday was a much better day for controlling hunger, but still struggling with an overall lethargic feeling. Got myself geared up for a good workout and felt great when I was finished so I'm taking that as a good sign. FOOD: 8am-EAS Protein Shake
10am-1 1/2 cups Kashi cereal w/skim milk, 6 oz. yogurt, 1/2 grapefruit
(going back on morning cereal-carbs.-to see if it helps energy issue)
12:30pm-Finished off the venison chili, chopped spinach w/balsalmic
3pm-Post-workout EAS Myoplex Carb AdvantEdge Shake
7pm-6 oz. salmon w/capers&tomatoes, big green salad, 4 jumbo prawns
Snacks-1 orange WORKOUT:
W.G. Deadlift from step-1x10x95, 1x10x115
B.S.S. (They got the "B.S." part right!)-2x10 each legx45 lb. plate
U.G.W.L.P.-1x10x65, 1x11x75
R.L.w/F.R.-2x10 each legx20 db's
DB P.C.S.-2x10x10
B.C.-2x12x25lb. plate
R.C.-2x12x14lb. medicine ball
S.C.-2x10 each sidex10lb. ball at neck
P.C.-2x60 seconds
Plank-60 seconds
Side Plank-2x60 seconds each side w/scoops
Happy news! I just realized that this workout officially was my 4th workout B in Stage 2! So, I have done my 8 workouts in Stage 2, 4-A's and 4-B's plus my ghetto homemade-with-a-golf bag-and-sand bags workout A from my hotel room last week. Do I get extra credit for that? LOL
Moving on up, to the Stage 3 side, to some deluxe muscle soreness, in my thigh!
(couldn't help myself.)
Whoa LA! I love the biceps and the shoulders. Looking good!!
Thanks!
Well, in celebration of knowing that I get to move onto a new stage tomorrow, I decided to do a down-and-dirty leg workout today! I still am struggling with a touch of the "whatevers", but food was good and I felt fantastic after getting in a hard workout this afternoon.
Thanks to everyone for listening to me vent!
FOOD:
9am(got to sleep in-yay!): EAS Protein w/water and skim milk
10am-1 1/2 cups Kashi cereal, 6 oz. yogurt, 1/2 grapefruit, coffee
12:30pm-Green salad w/6 oz. chicken breast & balsalmic/red wine vinegar
4:30pm-Post workout EAS Myoplex AdvantEdge Fudge shake
7:30pm-6 oz. chicken stir-fried w/chinese veggies in low-sodium sauce over 2 RyKrisp crackers.
Snacks: 3 Hershey's Kisses w/almonds, 1 slice low-carb bread w/.5Tbsp Simply Jif
WORKOUT:
Treadmill-5 min. @3.7mph, 8% incline
5 min. @4mph, 10% incline
Recovery 3 min. @3.2mph, 3% incline
3 min. @6mph, 4% incline
1 min. @7mph, 6% incline
1 min. @3.5mph, 2% incline
1 min. @7mph, 8% incline
1 min. @3.2mph, 3% incline
1 min. @8mph, 5% incline
1 min. @3.2mph, 2% incline
1 min. @8.2mph, 7% incline
Cooled down for 5 minutes. Rested/stretched 20 minutes before beginning leg workout. Alt. Sets:
Walking Lunges w/15db's, 2x20 each leg
Single-Leg Squat from bench w/15db's, 2x15 each leg
Step-up w/Knee Raise, 2x12 each leg w/15 db's
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Stiff-legged Deadlift, 1x12x75, 1x12x85
Reverse Lunge w/20db's, 2x15 alt. each leg
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Good Mornings, 1x15x50, 1x15x60
Front Barbell Squat, 1x15x55, 1x15x65
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Single-leg Bridge, 2x15xBW
Arms Overhead Crunch w/10lb. med. ball 2x20
Reverse Crunch w/10lb. med. ball 2x20
Side-to-side Crunch w/8db's 2x15
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Stretched like crazy when I finished up and have already taken some precautionary ibuprofen!
NICE leg workout there!!! You may be joining the "potty-floppin'" ranks with that one!!!!! And all that AFTER an interval workout on the treadmill!!
Sums up my day precisely! I've added one point to my Dumbass Ideas of 2008 after doing that workout yesterday before really reading through the workout in Stage 3! Jesus, Mary and Joseph!!! That body weight matrix at the end of workout A almost had me in tears. I consider myself a masochist, but this was taking it to a whole new level.
WORKOUT: One-Armed DB Snatch- 1x6x12, 1x6x15, 1x6x20
DB Single-Leg Romanian Deadlift- 3x6 each legx20 db's Barbell Bent-Over Row- 1x6x65, 1x6x75, 1x6x85
DB Single-Arm Overhead Squat- 3x6 each combo.x12db/25/db DB Incline Bench Press- 3x6x25 db's
Plank- 2x90 seconds, 1x120 seconds Side Plank- 3x60 sec. each side w/3db scoops
Body Weight Matrix: 24 Squats, 24 total Alt. Lunges, 24 total Alt. Jump Lunges, 24 Jump Squats- 1st matrix- 3 mins. 45 secs. 2nd matrix- 4 mins. 35 secs.
One armed DB snatch-Started out with too light of weight, will definitely be doing this set with 20's +. Side Plank-Did these instead of the called for woodchoppers because as mentioned before, don't have a mid-cable pulley and I don't dig doing them on a ball. Feel the side planks w/scoops are just as effective for me. Body Weight Matrix-Allow me to repeat again how much this sucked! The second time around equated to knowingly squirting lemon juice in your eye.
Complaints aside, it was a killer workout and I'm excited to have the weekend to recover!
Food today was good, same old-same old, but I am foreseeing a couple glasses (bottles?) of wine in my future this evening. I've eaten really light today and after this afternoon's butt-kicking, feel like I've got the calories to spare!
It consisted of 3 treadmills of which 1 did not work, the other was littered with someone's towels, clothing, ipod, etc..., and the 3rd sounded like a chainsaw that was on the verge of busting its chain--at 2mph no less! They had some scary contraption of an all-in-one weight machine, but it was downright filthy and seemed unreliable at best. Long story short, I did bust out a workout A from Stage 2 on Monday, using my husband's loaded golf bag and some bags of sand. I know his golf bag weighs 49 lbs., but can only estimate my homemade sand bags at around 12-15lbs. After that frustration, I made the decision that since I didn't take a week off in between stages, this week was going to be my official rest week from heavy weights! I did muster up the energy to get in pushups, chair dips, and jump squats to failure both AM and PM every day except Wednesday and Saturday. I also busted out some serious planks and step-ups onto the chair in our room every other day. So, certainly no NROL4W to the letter, but definitely not a week of complete sluggishness, either. It felt pretty dang good to have a week of rest, to be honest. My body feels rested and rejuvenated and more importantly, my brain is completely recharged and ready for a new round of testing my limits.
- 1x6x12, 1x6x15, 1x6x20
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