Here are my pics for comparing June to July. Not many differences, but that's not surprising since I had a week of careless eating and another week of moderated but not strictly clean eating...
June.....................July
June...................July
GAWD i hate this lump of fat on my stomach! Hopefully it will go away this month - I'm changing my diet even more to try to get it to leave. If that doesn't work, rapid fat loss diet it is.
June......................July
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
I am SO sore today from my workout yesterday. Ugh! We did some NEAT as well walked a mile each way to the movie theater to go see "Wanted"... it was pretty decent. Action movies aren't my favorite, but it was entertaining. Did some other stuff too but it's escaped my memory...
I put up some closet shelves earlier today. It's nice to have that done - the shelves have been sitting around for about a month!
today's eats:
1. egg white omelet - 1/2c egg white + ham + veggies
2. lite string cheese, 1 plain hot dog, cuke + tomato salad, couple handfuls of baby carrots
3. .... is that all I've eaten today? time to get something else.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
OK - more eats today
3. about 10 shrimp with homemade cocktail sauce (I <3 you alton brown!)
4. 2 celery stalks + 1 slice of turkey breast lunchmeat + 10 cherries
5. gin & diet tonic with lime
6. Stir fry: 1 bell pepper, 1/2 onion, 3 celery stalks, 1 chicken breast, 6 cherry tomatoes
Fitday says... 1216 calories. 36% protein (not quite there), 31% fat (about right), 20% carbs (way too low today), and 13% alcohol (whee!)
Looks like I need some more carbs and a little more protein in there... hm. I spent some of the day today fixing a bunch of weekday food so my macros should be much closer tomorrow (40/30/30 P/C/F).
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
I am still very, very sore. My quads, hams and glutes are killing me. *cry*
eats for today:
1. egg white omelete with ham, veg, cheese - same old thing
2. a dozen almonds, cuke/tomato salad, string cheese
3. tuna salad
4. fage 2% yogurt & a kiwi fruit. Oh yeah and a small ribbon of turkey (maybe 1/2 ounce?) left over from a group lunch a bunch of people had.
5. kung pao chicken (PN) with 1/2 cup brown rice and a salad. Annie's honey dijon dressing is really good and only about 22 calories per Tbsp. yum!
1370 calories. 27% from fat, 29% from carbs, 44% from protein. Nearly exactly what I'm shooting for!
activity:
1/2 hour on the cycle while I read Lyle McDonald's Guide to Flexible Dieting.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
Hey DM....I know you like cool tank tops to work out in and I keep forgetting to share with you my favorite one. It's designed by a Cleveland artist, Derek Hess. Love this tank:
You are going to get me in trouble!! I have already bought 4 tank tops this year; I think that's my quota. I love it, though. I would wear tank tops & jeans all year if I could! I'll keep the link bookmarked just in case I get an urge...
I bought the shiny toy guns one - OMG it is so small! I bought it in a Medium thinking it'd be a similar cut to my medium GAP tanks (which are already a little big on me, damn it) and it is skin tight! It fits, though, and it looks great. Since it's black and ribbed, you can't see my little belly lump at all. It's like nylons - when it comes out of the dryer, it's about 6" wide. heh.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
I love that suit and you have a great bod. Really. I'd love to be built like you. Keep up the good work, cause it is doing lots of good.
Thank you! That's so nice of you to say so.
I posted it way back on one of my first pages - I got that swimsuit for a measly $7 at dick's sporting goods. I am so proud of that.
OH!!! so my best friend has been putting on a little bit of weight; she's been so tiny ever since I've known her (like 5'2" and 120 pounds) and extremely active and fit (and very curvy to boot!). I've always felt like a big blubbery giant next to her. She emailed me & said that she's now up to 130-something and wants to lose weight. I've been sending her some stuff over the past few months, just stuff I've learned and found interesting.
So anyway, she picked up NROL4W over the weekend & took bikini shots as well. I'm so excited for her! Her first workout was yesterday and she said it felt like a GOOD workout. I'm really excited to see her progress. So, T, if you're reading this, I'M EXCITED FOR YOU!!!
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
You are going to get me in trouble!! I have already bought 4 tank tops this year; I think that's my quota. I love it, though. I would wear tank tops & jeans all year if I could! I'll keep the link bookmarked just in case I get an urge...
I bought the shiny toy guns one - OMG it is so small! I bought it in a Medium thinking it'd be a similar cut to my medium GAP tanks (which are already a little big on me, damn it) and it is skin tight! It fits, though, and it looks great. Since it's black and ribbed, you can't see my little belly lump at all. It's like nylons - when it comes out of the dryer, it's about 6" wide. heh.
Same here with my STG tank! LOL! The DH tank fits snug, too, and mine is a large. But, it's so hot!
Standard Barbell Bench Press
1x6x75
1x6x80
I did these without the incline, as our incline bench isn't really movable (it has a dumbbell stand attached to it).
Seated Row 1x8x80
1x8x90
These are fun!
Dumbbell Squat, Heels on Weight Plates
4x15x25e
Dumbbell Shoulder Press
1x5x25e, 1x5x20e, 1x5x15e OKAY I GET IT I'M STILL WEAK
3x15x15e
Step Up
4x15x15e
Underhand Grip Lat Pulldown
1x7x90, 1x8x85
2x15x80
1x15x75
These workouts really kick my ass. Still had DOMS from Saturday and have been stretching every day since but I was still sore when I went into this workout. I'm starting to think I'm going to be sore for the next week or so.
I think something's wrong with my left shoulder. Ever since stage 5, it has been sore when I lift my arm up. It was sore when my left arm was up on the overhead squat thing. It was sore when I'd do my push presses. And it was sore in the higher reps of my shoulder presses today.
It's almost like it's dislocated, but it's not. When I raise my left arm up and push my elbow back a little, it feels like I should be able to kind of pop it into place... but it doesn't move that way. Maybe I'm pinching a nerve there. I don't know. I was hoping it'd go away by now, but I'm thinking I should probably go see a PT or something. SIGH. I don't want to go to someone just to be told "stop lifting weights."
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
1. egg white omelet with ham, cheese, veggies. same ol' thing!
2. celery & 3tbsp ff cream cheese, 1/2oz almonds
3. tuna salad, cuke + tomato salad
4. cottage cheese with kiwi
5. oatmeal with wheat bran, protein powder, and blueberries.
1200 calories, macros for today are 22/31/48 f/c/p. High on the P, low on the F, but I'd rather that than the other way 'round. I'll probably have a snack later on - maybe I'll lick a stick of butter.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
ooh! I just got accused (on this board I've been on/off for 10 years) of eating twice as much protein as I should AND for not doing enough cardio for fat loss.
*tsk* too bad I'm doing a bunch of stuff that apparently doesn't work! :p I love it.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
ooh! I just got accused (on this board I've been on/off for 10 years) of eating twice as much protein as I should AND for not doing enough cardio for fat loss.
*tsk* too bad I'm doing a bunch of stuff that apparently doesn't work! :p I love it.
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No "happy hours" makes for a lot of miserable days. - Mahler
You know I actually saw an article about dieting that made sense today.
"Keeping a food diary -- a detailed account of what you eat and drink and the calories it packs -- is a powerful tool in helping people lose weight, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday."
I mean, so often what's written is just... crap. This one I looked at and thought 'well of course'. Usually you see just plain stupid ones. Of course this one made sense so nobody will be interested.
I gotta say, the stage 7 workouts are so hard, but they're FULL of the exercises I love. Hard, compound movements that wear me out. I just wish there weren't so many REPS. YUCK. I have definitely decided that I do not like high reps. Give me 8 reps and I'm happy.
Anyway, the cuke/tomato salad is nothing fancy - just cherry tomatoes sliced in half, sliced cucumber halves (d-shaped and about 1/8" thick), some white wine vinegar, and salt/pepper. Sure is delicious.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
I'm back down to 144.4 again... I wonder if I'll be under 140 by the end of July. Hope so. No workout today. I'm feeling a bit tired; work's been crazy-busy this week and I just need a break. I don't want to be unable to do my weights tomorrow.
today's eats:
1. typical omelet
2. 2 slices of turkey lunchmeat and 1 serving of almonds
3. salad (greens, beets, chicken breast, mushrooms, tomatoes, sprouts) and strawberries + blueberries
4. Laura's Lean Beef patty and brussel sprouts
5. string cheese.
1053 calories. 36/20/45, f/c/p. That just doesn't seem right but I can't see anything wrong with what I put into fitday so I guess it's right... Seems like more than that as I haven't been hungry all day except for right before I ate dinner. I'm sure that had something to do with my energy level as well.
Going to have a hearty snack this evening - cottage cheese, flax, peanut butter, and protein powder. 200 calories and 100 grams of win.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
Looks like you are making some great strides here. I have been reading your reactions to stage 7 so I know what I am in for in a month or so. But, I like you, enjoy the large compound movements that get my heart rate goin' so in a strange way I am looking forward to the challenge!
Sharon was telling me that if you've done a workout and are really really sore two days later, you should treat it like an injury, because, well, it is an injury, muscles all torn apart n stuff.
Cookies and cookie dough are from the dark side. I stopped making it or buying it. I can't control myself. A food diary is great because I simply forget what I've eaten, not being a details person...
Sharon was telling me that if you've done a workout and are really really sore two days later, you should treat it like an injury, because, well, it is an injury, muscles all torn apart n stuff.
Cookies and cookie dough are from the dark side. I stopped making it or buying it. I can't control myself. A food diary is great because I simply forget what I've eaten, not being a details person...
Good Lord! If that were the case I'd be on the injured list my whole life! That's how muscles are built -- they tear, repair, and grow.
Stage 7, Workout 3
They're getting mildly easier. Sort of. Maybe the shock of going from low reps to high is just wearing off.
Barbell deadlift
2x8x135
Static Lunge, RFE
3x15x15e
I pulled something (I looked it up - I pulled both my tensor fasciae latae and one of my adductors - magnus?). I went forward on the 3rd set with my left leg forward and ZAP! instant pain. Don't know what i did but it's still very tender on the inside & outside of the top of my thigh. I completed my workout though. Not sure if I should have, but I did anyway.
1x15xbw with left leg forward
1x15x15e with right leg forward
Push-up
4x15 (feet & hands on floor)
Barbell Romanian deadlift
4x15x115
Dumbbell bent-over row
4x15x25e
Today's eats:
1. typical eggwhite omelet
2. salad with lettuce, cukes, tomatoes, ham, bell peppers, onion, and honey mustard dressing
3. two turkey breast slices (lunchmeat), cottage cheese, and a kiwi (fruit, not a new zealander)
4. 1 bite of someone's chocolate chip cookie, about 1" cube. I WENT TO THE DARK SIDE AND IT WAS GOOD.
5. 1/2 cup brown rice with PN kung pao chicken and about 5 cherries
1300 cals, 26/27/46 f/c/p
much higher on the calories today & that's a good thing given these workouts. I'll probably have a light snack tonight - some fruit & raw almonds maybe. That should get my macros to 30/30/40, too, which is what I want.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
oh and btw my fat on my belly is very loose. I was entertaining myself during my workout - usually when I do my pushups, my little fat "pouch" hangs down over the top of my shorts, just over my bellybutton. I had my feet & hands on the floor and brought my feet up toward my hands to put myself in sort of a "downward dog" type position. My fat rolled up to the bottom of my rib cage. :p So of course I went back down to the pushup "up" position and watched the fat roll down, then back up as I moved my feet closer to my hands.
It's probably a good thing I work out at home. lol.
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"If 'toning' is the goal, strength is the method." ~ Mark Rippetoe
Good Lord! If that were the case I'd be on the injured list my whole life! That's how muscles are built -- they tear, repair, and grow.
Hmm, well, maybe she meant severely sore... Not any better after two days of rest...? I guess you judge for yourself.
She also told me that I shouldn't work about looking like a man if I lift weights because I just won't. I've never worried about that - always wished I had more muscle - and find it bizarre that women worry about this. Besides, isn't that why women wore shoulder pads? Strong looking shoulders were (are) hot.
I once asked a friend how women managed to be so skinny and she said that a lot of women eat plain popcorn and drink diet coke for dinner. It's got fiber and carbs... (This I did not know - guess I'm not in touch with my feminine side! )
Why do people live this way? Yesterday a woman at the coffee shop was upset because she forgot to ask for non-fat milk. She was also skinny w/o muscle. I wanted to say "Fat is your friend, especially for you..." But I left her to her misery, replete with popcorn and diet coke.
walked a mile each way to the movie theater to go see "Wanted"... it was pretty decent. Action movies aren't my favorite, but it was entertaining. Did some other stuff too but it's escaped my memory...
I have already bought 4 tank tops this year; I think that's my quota. I love it, though. I would wear tank tops & jeans all year if I could! I'll keep the link bookmarked just in case I get an urge... 
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