Hey, Hi, thanks for stopping by. I totally zoned out the last couple of days and missed ya!
I am finally coming around. It could be the weather, it could be sickness, heck it could be anything. I gotta chill when I don't feel good and stop worrying about it. I am a little more awake today. I don't feel too bad. I am going to workout tomorrow. I have 7 and 8 of stage one to do and I am going to do the AMRAPS just to gain more strength. I will not take a week off because I have taken almost everyother week off LOL!
I had a dreadful weekend eats wise even tho I toned it down. I was squeamish to get on the scale. But not too bad. Up a 1/2 lb and that is a maybe LOL, I am PMS'ing.
I gotta tell ya, I am getting less paranoid about food slip ups. I know I have to keep up the workouts and stuff. I am starting to trust my appetite and self a lot more. This program is truly life changing. It is tough on this ol broad but I like it. I gotta do what I like.
So tomorrow, the beginning of the end.... I think I will throw a party when I get to the end of Stage 1! Dang it was long for me!
This is a LONG depressing winter!!
Still love tracking tho. But I have it down to minimum work. I think that was a secret for me. I am still having trouble getting to 40p/40c/20f which is my goal. I am ending up around 35p/45c/20f which is not heinous!
I hate these flippy floppy moods. Blood tests tomorrow. I hope nothing shows up . I don't like things to be wrong. It's a pain LOL!
Hey, Kelly!
It seems like you have a plan in place to finish up your Stage 1!!! I just did A5 and loved the 3 sets vs. 2 sets and the change that comes with it. I'm glad it does change things up so that we don't get too bored with it.
I bet your blood tests will go just fine. Keep working hard!!!
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"Become better than you used to be, not better than someone else." ~ Leigh Peele
Fingers crossed that your blood work results are okay.
I'm glad to hear that you are getting able to relax into the program and trust yourself. I think that is the true "take home" message of all of this. I used to mistrust and feel guilt about my hunger, but I am starting to get okay with the fact that yes, I need to eat. (of course, then I have to not overeat, but that's another story).
It seems like you have a plan in place to finish up your Stage 1!!!
I just penciled in the rest of my workouts and AMRAP's, yep I am going to do them. And I might just have to take that break. A conference I must be at all weekend long is coming up.
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Originally Posted by Silly Sally
I see tremendous changes in only 3 months! For goodness sake, your belly actually shows definition already. You need to acknowledge this success.
Stay focused. You're doing really great.
Well thank you, you can come in anytime and talk like that LOL!
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Originally Posted by Kirjava
I'm glad to hear that you are getting able to relax into the program and trust yourself. I think that is the true "take home" message of all of this. I used to mistrust and feel guilt about my hunger, but I am starting to get okay with the fact that yes, I need to eat. (of course, then I have to not overeat, but that's another story).
The workouts ARE tough but tough feels good, no?
Who knew what we were in for with this program. Suprises at every turn. I didn't know it blasted apart eating disorders LOL!
Well I did workout today. I am so bummed on having to switch up my workouts to match where I worked out. I will be so glad to just keep everything the same coming up on stage 2.
Bought some adjustable dumbbells today, whew the price of iron is rising so fast from the first of the year since I looked! And a "Step". I hope it holds me and the weight. I was wondering where you get more risers. I could probably use that better then the bench for step ups. I was a bit wobbly today.
The end of March I shall be done! FINALLY!
My appetite suddenly left as suddenly as it came. Weird. I did get my cals in, macros a little off, not bad. I am attempting 40P/20F/40C
2165 cals 31P/28F/41C
Squats What a joke these have been so far. I tried front squats because of no squat rack. Those things in Stage 2 are going to be hard on my wrist. I tweaked something. So the first set is front squat, the last two are regular. I can't get a heavy bar on myself. YET. The rack is coming, but the squats are ending .
Front Squat 8x45# Squat 8x45# 8x65#
Push ups Bench height. Dang these are so hard for me. I have to go wide. 3x8
DB bent over row 8x28.25# 2x8x 38.25# +10lbs!
Step ups 3x8xBW on bench. Boy I came down and tweaked my knee. I bought neoprene knee support for my knees. Man they are tight. But they sure helped! I don't want to know what would have happend had I not had these on.
Prone Jackknife 3x10. Wow, this is where my weakness is after being off. I had to stop each time. I did find out I was doing them right though! Here I thought I was doing wimpy modified ones LOL!
So far in stage one I have been sick a couple three times. I fell on my knee and killed it. I strained my back doing dL's. I am still here.
Oh and SUCH a bummer. DS#2 is sick No fever but obviously not well to the max. I am like CRAP!
Hey Kelly, just dropping in. The ladies gave you some great advice on the eating. As someone who is also home all day I thought I'd add a couple of things that have helped me get through it.
1) plan tomorrow's meals before you go to bed - Even if it delays my bedtime (and it doesn't any more) I take time and plan exactly what I'm going to have for the next day. Partly so I know what to bring in from the freezer, but mainly so I stay on track. There's no question of what I'm going to have when I go into the kitchen because it's already been decided.
2) pre-measure the dangerous snacks - I do this with almonds, soy nuts, spreadable cheese, etc. I have small 1/2 cup plastic containers that I refill right after dinner (ie. when I'm not hungry). I don't trust that I'll take just an ounce when the time comes, so I make sure that's all that is handy.
3) if possible, use a shredded cheese blend instead of a block. I add cheese to omelets, a few dinner dishes and sometimes wraps. No way I'm going to cut 1/2 oz or even an ounce off a block. I buy a cheese blend that runs just about 100 cals/oz, although in the past I've made it by shredding a number of low fat cheeses and adding some full fat cheddar to the mix. I use a scale with a small glass dish before adding it to what I'm making. The positive about that is if I take out more than what I've decided on, it can go right back in the bag!
Oh, and that term - morbidly obese - it's just that. I started higher than you, and I'm still heavier than you. I will eventually be out of that range, but I've tried hard not to let it define me. (I know, it's rough.)
Anyway, just wanted to say that I know that there are many components to losing weight, but I think this is a good one. Good luck.
Hey Kelly, just dropping in. The ladies gave you some great advice on the eating. As someone who is also home all day I thought I'd add a couple of things that have helped me get through it.
1) plan tomorrow's meals before you go to bed - Even if it delays my bedtime (and it doesn't any more) I take time and plan exactly what I'm going to have for the next day. Partly so I know what to bring in from the freezer, but mainly so I stay on track. There's no question of what I'm going to have when I go into the kitchen because it's already been decided.
2) pre-measure the dangerous snacks - I do this with almonds, soy nuts, spreadable cheese, etc. I have small 1/2 cup plastic containers that I refill right after dinner (ie. when I'm not hungry). I don't trust that I'll take just an ounce when the time comes, so I make sure that's all that is handy.
3) if possible, use a shredded cheese blend instead of a block. I add cheese to omelets, a few dinner dishes and sometimes wraps. No way I'm going to cut 1/2 oz or even an ounce off a block. I buy a cheese blend that runs just about 100 cals/oz, although in the past I've made it by shredding a number of low fat cheeses and adding some full fat cheddar to the mix. I use a scale with a small glass dish before adding it to what I'm making. The positive about that is if I take out more than what I've decided on, it can go right back in the bag!
Oh, and that term - morbidly obese - it's just that. I started higher than you, and I'm still heavier than you. I will eventually be out of that range, but I've tried hard not to let it define me. (I know, it's rough.)
Anyway, just wanted to say that I know that there are many components to losing weight, but I think this is a good one. Good luck.
Hi Realcdn, I like the full fat cheese mixed in idea that's sneaky!
I usually am pretty good with food. It is when these unusual cravings hit, I don't care what I portioned out, I will find something else to go into my mouth LOL! I think I have it nailed down to not feeling well. Which has basically been this winter
Kelly that sux big time. Does that call for antibiotics?
I hope he feels better soon!!!!
Anne, that was great advice on the food. I will steal some of those ideas.
Nice workout, Kelly. Stick with those pushups and jacknifes. I find that the bodyweight resistence exercises really showcase strength gains. You're already doing great and will wow yourself at that, I guarantee.
Store called. Rack on backorder. Oh well. I guess I will have a rest week after all. He said the good thing is, they usually backorder them and don't get them for a month, I only have to wait a week. Oh joyful day.
Crap LOL! I should have stayed in bed today, you just cannot believe my day. If you are having a downer day, just think, mine was worse LOL! Someone always has it worse than you, ya know?
Thanks for the concern.
Mel, I am on a mission, but it seems that I named my log appropriately LOL! I should have said Kelly's peice of cake too silly easy for reality log.
SIGH. Killing time for DH to call me back. I was in the middle of my workout, well actually warming up when I hear, "MOM! John is throwing up!"
Cancel plans, call mom. Crap again LOL!
OH man, I turned funny and my knee don't feel so hot. I was thinking about doing lunges hanging on to something. I am such a die hard, or is that fool.
I am older and my knees obviously tweakier. I just never know what will happen. I guess I have to go even slower than I am.
I am reassessing if my body is not ready for this program even tho I am.
I was toying around and I think I will. Just find subs in the book to do for things that bother me physically. I love Alwyn's workouts. He has cool things to do.
I guess I won't be following the book, but it is better then crippling myself and getting no where.
I am also getting revved up about TKD again listening to ledove and the like around here. I so did love that. It was a heck of a workout without sparring! My DH hubby loved it so much. Ahhhh kids and life huh?
I think when you are in a situation where you have much fat to loose that it doesn't really matter that you follow a program strictly. It only matters that you move. Your sucess is 90% on your diet and the rest is on you moving. I contend as a trainer that I could get results on any overweight person with just cardio and diet.
So this in mind during these rough times remember to stay focused on the diet first and foremost and then make yourself move a few times a week outside of that. If you have to alter workouts so what?
aw, kelly - big !! you have had the absolute worst luck! i'm big too and was losing weight faster before this program. i've only lost nine pounds this past three months and fewer inches than i had been in the past year. and i am working sooo hard! i love the program and i know that i am going to get there in the end, but the pace may kill me before then!!
you're doing great! you are working hard and you haven't given up. it may be baby steps, but they are definitely headed in the right direction!! take care! karen
I am going to talk to my trainer that is helping me with the diet. She said to stay on NROL4W but that was before I figured out the problems with my knees.
I know what it is! I hurt my knee last summer and just babied it. I never before had problems. Well I have been compesating.
Alwyns exercises that use movement like lunges and step ups, that is where I am hurting. Not deadlifts and not squats. I am rereading the book. There is a heck of a lot I missed and lot's of room for customizing.
Like I said, my trainer will help. She has tweaky knees. I just want to keep moving forward and not to stop. I love lifting and cardio and diet alone will kill me LOL!
There's a book (I think) called Bulletproof Knees. (Lisa~ mentions it a lot.) I don't know anything about it, but it might be a good reference to help you fix the problems with your knees.
There's a book (I think) called Bulletproof Knees. (Lisa~ mentions it a lot.) I don't know anything about it, but it might be a good reference to help you fix the problems with your knees.
Yes Leslie, I saw it. But it is cost prohibitive in the light of just getting my new home gym! All these ebooks are really really expensive. I was drooling over it tho.
There's a book (I think) called Bulletproof Knees. (Lisa~ mentions it a lot.) I don't know anything about it, but it might be a good reference to help you fix the problems with your knees.
I'm the same as Kelly, liking the look of it, but just can't justify the cost at the moment. It's a future want since I'm pretty much the same. Always working with one dodgy knee (same one).
My freaky knee LOL! I was putting my sock on with my foot on the toilet seat, cuz my knee would feel odd otherwise. And I flexed my foot upward and "CRACK" my knee mega made noise and feels better.
Knees are so different and mysterious!
I talked to my trainer and she is going to get a workout going for me so I can move forward with eats and workouts. We are just waiting for the doc's go ahead Thursday. Paperwork etc...
I went down to workout today and got majorly interrupted and ran out of time. So I did some stretching, working on quads and hip flexor thingys I think they are called (oh boy don't I sound intelligent!) Did Alwyn's warm ups and promptly did one DL set and well, world fell apart. Kids screaming phone ringing etc etc.... LOL!
I was reading NROL and NROL4W, flipping through. I am seeing that SOMEHOW I will need to do some of these step ups and lunges. Perhaps majorly backing down. Evidently from what I can gather, the plane difference is what is bothering my knees and I never rehabbed properly. I agree that we need to train on different planes. So, that means I will get this figured out!
Eats SO flippy. I had a birthday party to go to tonite. Why is it at a restaurant I never want the grilled chicken salad? I think I got it in my head that the cals are not that different from other entree's at times. But I could have used the veggies!
Tapping my fingers impatiently. I hate waiting for things. A day and a half till the doc, and paperwork to get the training going....
I love NRoL, and NRol4W, did I tell ya? I wish I was younger... Better late than never. I have been tooling around the web checking out inspiration, something to get me going, keep the motivation. You can just barely run on fumes ya know?
Well of course that took me to Leigh Peele, love that stuff. If you haven't been over there, you gotta check her articles out. Set me straight I tell ya! Dang, I am running out and buying a digital scale! That could very well be my problem, along with faulty numbers from faulty sources on food.
The Easter bunny and me had a fight today, I lost, he won,
It is now operation detox from sugar overload. I have to turn off this dang sweet tooth NOW! Watching obese people in videos, helped quench my appetite for sure! Sometimes I just don't see myself as I really am. It just hurts too much, but it is necessary to move forward.
Well next Tuesday is April 1st. I had some goals at the beginning of the year. I had some goals before then also just so you don't think this was my "resolution". I copied and pasted my goals I went for.
1. Main goal, to not quit weight training. 3X week working up to intermediate.
No matter what, whatever happens, whatever gets in my way, I am going to work around it. No matter how sick I get, what bills get in my way, what ever bad day I am having, I am still working out!
2. 2 days of cardio, whatever it may be. Be it strolling or HIIT, no copping out. Move da body!
3. Drink my water and take my supplements.
3. Clean eating at least 60% of time. Goal to eat 80% by the end of the challenge.
And to not quit, even after the candy bar, pizza, fast food frenzy, emotional comfort food craving, the next meal is a new day.
4. To lose at least 2" off hips, waist and bust. To get into the clothes that fit not in the too distant past LOL! Could amount to about 20lbs.
5. Never quit.
I admit, I am one to throw in the towel and move on. That one single goal was THE most improtant one for me. Looking back, I have not done so bad. My eating habits were awful, I have learned so much. I have gotten my emotions under more control (believe it or not LOL) And I have been consistent. I blew past my goals on inches lost in waist, but not quite in bust and hips.
But I will tell you, I thought I was dreaming when I wrote this. Goal setting I have found out is very important for me. I always INTEND to do it but never get around to doing it.
My goals for the next three months will be very different I have a feeling. And I will get much further.
Also, never in my dream would I have thought, at the beginning of the year, that I could even do the workouts I was doing! Or be so strong! Or turn around my eating! Or even lose those kind of inches!
I even started NROL4W at the beginning of February. How much further am I going to get in the next three months. I am revving up my engines again. I know many people would have dropped out. And ones around me have done that already.
I have not given myself a choice. I WILL NOT QUIT!
Kelly that is awesome to look back at the goals you put down and see how far you've come. I like to write stuff down to center myself. I have little notes everywhere in my office and at home. When you come across something and think - I've come way past that, it is a great feeling!
I know you are going to keep up your hard work and see great results despite all the setbacks.
Kelly that is awesome to look back at the goals you put down and see how far you've come. I like to write stuff down to center myself. I have little notes everywhere in my office and at home. When you come across something and think - I've come way past that, it is a great feeling!
I know you are going to keep up your hard work and see great results despite all the setbacks.
Thanks Leah! I attribute some of my success to finding a great forum with great people. That has been a real catalyst for me.
I do find I am shocked that I made ANY progress with all the set backs. My past year has held the record of roadblocks, tornados and barriers. It has been an all out war! So in the scheme of things, I am happy. I can't compare myself to others or I am gonna cry tho . I have to be the best me.
I got a new digital scale. Weighed my apple on it and my eyes popped out of my sockets. Leigh is right. Go watch that scale video. I am bummed I didn't know sooner because I have been trying so hard, on the other hand I am super happy I found out at all!
The bottom line is coming to the truth of the matter of your energy in and energy out. There has to be a basis of consistency to figure all of this out! I am FRIED that all this time I have not known. But, hey, water under the bridge. I can think of all the what if's in the world ya know? Time to get on with the business of getting fit and life.
I got a new digital scale. Weighed my apple on it and my eyes popped out of my sockets. Leigh is right. Go watch that scale video. I am bummed I didn't know sooner because I have been trying so hard, on the other hand I am super happy I found out at all!
I would say that my digital scale in the kitchen is probably the most useful item. I use it for dividing recipes and sauces a great deal. And measuring fruit is a must since small/medium/large don't mean much. Although for entering into FitDay I generally use the closest (rounding up). The strangest thing I weigh is the homemade fruit salad. Using a single serving as 8oz I can adjust it easily. Try measuring out a half portion of anything by eye and you're in trouble. Even after three months I still tend to weigh most things just to make sure (especially nuts, cheese, etc.)
I would say that my digital scale in the kitchen is probably the most useful item. I use it for dividing recipes and sauces a great deal. And measuring fruit is a must since small/medium/large don't mean much. Although for entering into FitDay I generally use the closest (rounding up). The strangest thing I weigh is the homemade fruit salad. Using a single serving as 8oz I can adjust it easily. Try measuring out a half portion of anything by eye and you're in trouble. Even after three months I still tend to weigh most things just to make sure (especially nuts, cheese, etc.)
I weigh nuts and cheese it is easier, but on my little scale and the numbers were so small!
This could be the reason I am spinning my wheels. I feel all guilty that I am not trying hard enough and feel bad that I don't know what to do. Little things like this give me hope that is wasn't me, or intentional and that something good will happen .
My knee is feeling BAD today, just like a sprain. Good bye step upsss.
Well, I'm sitting here, too tired to go take a shower.
I feel the pain in one knee off and on. Today it was while doing lunges that I felt quite a bit of pain, but not my knee, my ... ummm... hamstring I think? I don't know why, but those 15 mins at the end on the treadmill seems to shake out the worst of my leg issues. Even though some days (like today) it pretty much kills me.
So far, I've been lucky, my weight loss hasn't been affected (ie. it's still proceeding, at the same pace... maybe even a little better, but I won't know for a while). The only suggestion I can make (which I'm sure you already know) is eat as close to on plan as you can. I was probably lucky in that I had the food part pretty much set before starting (only having to work a little to take my protein from 25% to 30%). I'm still a little concerned that I'm eating more, but when I finish workouts like today I realize that I wasn't even close to this level of exertion.
And, if it helps, never compare yourself to others. You need to work on your own progress, and it will be different from everyone else's. Everyone has different outside influences, which affect them a great deal. I tend to make goals that I can affect (ie. eating well, exercising x number of times, etc.). Setting weight loss/body change goals aren't always attainable. I see a lot of women on the diet board I hang out on setting goals they are just never going to make. (ie. 20 pounds by next month) Even realistic ones can be thrown a curve by many things. Right now I'm losing consistently, however, I've seen periods of time where I'll hold onto weight for weeks, then drop it like mad. I've come to the conclusion if you work on the things that you can control (diet, exercise, etc.) the rest will fall into place eventually.
Bah, I think I'm just rambling. Time for a shower!
Oops, was going to add - treat that sore knee to a hot soak in a tub. Lock the door, grab a book, and drain the hot water tank.
. I don't like things to be wrong. It's a pain LOL!
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No fever but obviously not well to the max. I am like CRAP!
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