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05-20-2008, 01:54 PM
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
I'm so happy for you!
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05-20-2008, 02:37 PM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Wow, your update pictures show some good improvements!
That test sounds brutal. Good for you and getting through it.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
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05-20-2008, 07:14 PM
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...to be a celestial body
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Northern PA
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Bytsi--Congrats on passing your test! You are the WOMAN!!!
Celeste
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" The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it." Goethe "Living does not mean living in excess..." Tom aka Stingo
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05-20-2008, 07:33 PM
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#304 (permalink)
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,818
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Originally Posted by marthand99
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
I'm so happy for you!
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Originally Posted by GinnyLou
Wow, your update pictures show some good improvements!
That test sounds brutal. Good for you and getting through it.
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Originally Posted by Celestialmom
Bytsi--Congrats on passing your test! You are the WOMAN!!!
Celeste
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Originally Posted by Nikster
HIP HIP HOOOOOOORAY!!!!!
YEAH BYTSI!!!!! Took me a few days to catch up with your log, but finally I see you PASSSSSSSSSED! Good for you! and on the first try! that has to feel GREAT! I totally agree with everyone on those pics too, you look leaner in the side shots for sure and no one knows like our hubby's so you can take that compliment to the bank!!!!!  
Keep tweaking the calories, I am sure you are making changes but they may take a few weeks to see on the scale? hmmm? seems to be the universal question around here doesn't it?? 
I have to admit, knowing nothing about martial arts (at all!) I read the belt as "NIC-U" like neonatal ICU...hahaha made me laugh out loud at myself since I have no idea how to pronounce it, or read it?? haha
I figure with two boys, I will at some point in my life watch TKD or karate or something, but until then....I am a complete idiot on this stuff!  Sooooo, that is why your descriptions come in handy for peeps like me!!! Sounds REALLY hard and PAINFUL! and yet FUN all at the same time!! haha (for us masochists!) |
Thanks (again) for all the congrats!
Nik - it's pronounced "knee - q" (kyu being the term for rank, and ni is the number 2 in Japanese - so when I earn my Ich Kyu (first kyu, pronounced "ee" or "eech"), I'll be the highest rank before black belt...
I'm still working on calories - started reading a bit of Leigh's book today (but I have to be careful at work - there's a SPY in the midst and I'm gonna have to be careful about spending time on this board too 
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Have you ever considered sitting on a balance ball at your desk? I do it and find myself bouncing all day. I feel like a little kid--a lot of fun.
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I was thinking about that - I should just do it. With my luck, I'll fall off and break my neck  
Trying to figure out what (if any) snack to have tonight... I'm hungry (as usual)... 
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Bytsi
Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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05-21-2008, 05:35 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Oh no, a spy. I hate those!! I spend WAY too much time on the internets at work, but I figure, if I get all my work done, who should care?
Enjoy the book!
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05-21-2008, 05:50 PM
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Luv'n Lift'n
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Ah Bytsi, congrats on the test! I knew you passed just by the way you said you put your heart into it. One never fails when they put their whole heart into something. I am looking forward to hearing what you learn from your new books and how that plays a part in your quest.
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05-21-2008, 09:16 PM
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Originally Posted by marthand99
Oh no, a spy. I hate those!! I spend WAY too much time on the internets at work, but I figure, if I get all my work done, who should care?
Enjoy the book!
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Sigh... got one lazy and stupid ass-kisser (thus, management thinks he's wonderful) who is both incompetent and has no work ethic. But he LOVES to "tattle" - maybe he thinks the bosses won't notice his lack of work and his high incompetence level if he keeps them worrying about other people? Anyway... I have to be careful for a while . But yeah - if I do my work, and I also take a few little mental breaks from it, what's the problem????
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Originally Posted by kfisherx
Ah Bytsi, congrats on the test! I knew you passed just by the way you said you put your heart into it. One never fails when they put their whole heart into something. I am looking forward to hearing what you learn from your new books and how that plays a part in your quest.
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Thanks Karla... I got a few more chapters read today... Definitely making me more aware of the little incidental calories that add up.
Today was an off day, just karate tonight. Not strenuous aerobically, but all joint locks, so painful!!! My right shoulder and wrist are gonna be pretty sore. I can do my next weight workout either tomorrow or Friday - I think I'll wait til Friday and maybe just do some SS or moderate interval cardio tomorrow... let my shoulder stop throbbing from being twisted for an hour!
Food is ok... still slightly more kcals than I wanted to hit, but macros are good and most of it is clean...
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Bytsi
Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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05-21-2008, 09:27 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Bytsi, CONGRATULATIONS on passing the test ! (I know I'm several days behind, but I've not visited the forums since Sunday  .) |
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05-21-2008, 10:13 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Wow, Bytsi, gone a couple of days and have piles to read through your log!! Congratulations on passing your Ni Kyu!!!! Also, your update pics are amazing! There is definitely a shift going on. As everyone said, you midsection - especially your back - is really slimming down. Your behind does look higher and I also noticed less of a bra bulge. You can see some definition appearing in your thighs. Overall, great job!!
Let us know how you decide to tweak your calories, etc. It's always nice to see what works for others.
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05-22-2008, 06:36 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SW FL
Posts: 323
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How are the supersets feeling?
I'm a few days behind, too, so CONGRATULATIONS! I can imagine how wonderful that must have felt, being the first to do it on the first try, being congratulated by the high belts - savor, honey!
I'll keep popping in to see what you're reading, how it's coming together in your pretty little head.
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05-22-2008, 06:53 AM
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
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So I'm a tad behind the tiems... but Congrats!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you!! Awesome job kicking ass on that test!
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05-22-2008, 09:57 AM
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,818
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Originally Posted by Karen411
CONGRATULATIONS on passing the test ! (I know I'm several days behind, but I've not visited the forums since Sunday .)
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Originally Posted by Littlemermaidklb
So I'm a tad behind the tiems... but Congrats!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for you!! Awesome job kicking ass on that test!
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Originally Posted by foodfromafar
Wow, Bytsi, gone a couple of days and have piles to read through your log!! Congratulations on passing your Ni Kyu!!!! Also, your update pics are amazing! There is definitely a shift going on. As everyone said, you midsection - especially your back - is really slimming down. Your behind does look higher and I also noticed less of a bra bulge. You can see some definition appearing in your thighs. Overall, great job!!
Let us know how you decide to tweak your calories, etc. It's always nice to see what works for others.
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Thanks again
I'm gonna finish reading Leigh's book(s) before I really do much with the calories. The main thing I'm being more aware of is "incidental" calories (one little bite here or there, rounding up on servings...). And also being more active, getting more NEAT...
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Originally Posted by Silly Sally
How are the supersets feeling?
I'm a few days behind, too, so CONGRATULATIONS! I can imagine how wonderful that must have felt, being the first to do it on the first try, being congratulated by the high belts - savor, honey!
I'll keep popping in to see what you're reading, how it's coming together in your pretty little head.
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Thanks Sally.
The supersets help me get through Stage 3 - I think I'd skip ahead to 4 otherwise. Only one more A & B workout in this stage (I think tomorrow and either Sunday or Monday for those 2).
Today I just did the stairmaster but not really intense for 30 minutes... got sweaty but no gasping (didn't even hit my inhaler first 'cuz the plan was SS cardio).
I'd better get back to real work!!!
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Bytsi
Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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05-23-2008, 12:08 PM
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#313 (permalink)
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 963
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Those incidental calories really do add up. It's shocking! Glad to hear that you're becoming more aware of them. What's this NEAT thing?
Blah on the real work thing. I've got a bad case of short-timers! I've managed to get little to nothing done all week, and next week is looking about the same.
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05-23-2008, 12:36 PM
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Luv'n Lift'n
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 2,694
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Oh yeah... Those "little" incidental calories can totally blow a diet out of the water and then some. Ms Peele does a great job of communicating this in her video and it sounds like she re-inforces it in her book. I expect once you wrap your head around this truth and how it applies to you that you will begin to see real changes.
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05-23-2008, 03:19 PM
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dividing by zero
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Orange Cty, CA
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my training log
"Have fun and be determined to finish"-- Jack "UpNorth", 9.
"You see yourself every day. Nothing changes. Change comes in an explosion of awareness. You wake up one day and it dawns on you that it's not a sleep line but a wrinkle." - Deserve (aka Gabe)
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05-23-2008, 03:23 PM
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#316 (permalink)
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