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Bytsi · 05-07-2008, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Celestialmom

Fell off the wagon yesterday...we had a really difficult meeting with state officials (we run a ski area that is located in a state park), and I held off the emotional eating at lunch, but when we got home, I ate a huge plate of nachos for dinner.

Makes me mad because I was doing really well--even passed up chocolate cake and ice cream at my son's birthday party!

Forgive yourself and move on... that's what you'd tell any of us, right? At least you didn't eat the lunch AND the cake and icecream AND the nachos, right?????

Celestialmom · 05-08-2008, 06:05 AM

Thanks Bytsi--that's true...and today is another day!

Celestialmom · 05-08-2008, 06:14 AM

Forgot to post yesterday's workout...

Workout 4B (5-7-08):

Deadlifts: 2x12 @ 95#

Shoulder Presses: 1x12@ 25# dbs, 1x10 @ 25#

Lateral Pulldown: 10@ 35#, 2 @ 30#
8@ 35#, 4 @ 30#

Lunges: 2x12 @ 25# db

Swiss ball crunch: 2x15 w/25lb plate

I didn't feel too happy with this workout--the shoulder presses were harder! than last time at the same weight, and I didn't really improve on the lat pulldowns, in which I seem particularly weak compared to others...oh well, this seems to be a week of funk for many, so I'll just ride it out...

foodfromafar · 05-08-2008, 06:30 AM

Hi, Celeste! We all have our strengths and weaknesses. There is no way I could do a dumbbell overhead press with 25# (I'm barely doing 10#!!) but I can do a lat pulldown of 55-60#. Go figure that one out...

The most important thing for each of us to improve on our own weights and to strengthen the areas we need to strengthen. It's going to vary for each one of us.

So, you go girl, on your 25# overhead presses and lunges and crunches and great deadlifts!!! And keep working on your lpds! They will increase over time!!

Celestialmom · 05-08-2008, 06:38 AM

Macros from last three days:
Monday 5/5/08 46 carbs/28 protein/26 fat (2300 cal)
Tuesday 5/6/08 31 carbs/24 protein/45 fat (2800 cal)! Nachos, what else can I say?
Wednesday 5/7/08 51 carb/31 protein/18 fat (1900 cal)

Well...guess I better pay closer attention again!

Celeste

Celestialmom · 05-08-2008, 06:42 AM

Thanks Pauline. I appreciate the encouragement, and I know I DO have strengths--sometimes I just get focused on those weaknesses...thanks for balancing me out!

Bytsi · 05-08-2008, 08:55 AM

Celeste - have you had anyone check your form (or are you sure of it) on the lat pulldown? Maybe you're not doing it right (it's one of the most commonly messed-up exercises that we see at the gym)???

Otherwise, I'd say just keep at it... my planks suck relative to everything else I do, so... who knows?

Celestialmom · 05-08-2008, 02:49 PM

No, Bytsi, I haven't had anyone check my form. But I made an appt with my trainer for next Tuesday so she could check my form on all the exercises AND maybe give me a kick in the butt! (Although I think I'm pushing pretty hard without outside help!)

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Went to a kickboxing class today (as part of the "Lunch-time Boot Camp" class I'm in, and it was FUN and sweaty! It doesn't even pretend to be self defense, but it is my absolute favorite part of the class! It was good anger management too...

Bytsi · 05-08-2008, 05:56 PM

Kickboxing is one of my faves!! It's how I got started in martial arts!

Have the trainer double-check your pulldowns - seems like your weight is low - BUT, since every machine is calibrated differently, could just be your particular machine is tough. I've used one that I could barely pull 90#, and the one I use regularly I pull 130#...

Celestialmom · 05-15-2008, 08:24 AM

Well, I haven't been AWOL from lifting and working out, just from this site! Right after I got home from the gym on Friday, DH and I drove to Cleveland for a ski travel show and didn't get home until late Saturday night. Sunday after church we had to drive an hour for a soccer game, so we decided to have a great Mother's Day together by spending the rest of the day geocaching/hiking! Monday morning I got up to log my weekend adventures and workouts and--no internet connection! So I've spent most of this week in all my spare time tinkering with our network, trying to get back in the land of the internet...FINALLY, here I am.

So anyway, here's last Friday's workout:
Workout 5A (5-9-08):
(I didn't have my book with me so I did sets of 10 reps, but only 2 sets instead of three)

Squats: 2x10 @ 40lb DBs

Pushups: 2x12 (One hand on 2kg medicine ball, one hand on floor, alternating hands) , 1 set of 12 regular floor pushups

Seated Row: 2x12 @130lbs !!!! DUH--All this time I thought the plates on the cable machine were 5lbs each, they're TEN POUNDS!!!!! So all my seated rows and lat pulldowns were really double the weight I previously reported!!! No wonder I thought my weight was so low...

Stepup onto bench: 2x10 @ 25lb DB

Prone Jackknife on Ball: 1x12, 1x9 (I've been doing these as prone pikes like on Natalia's video since the beginning, but 12 is a LOT of pikes!!)

I'll post my other workouts later, have to actually work...
Celeste

Bytsi · 05-15-2008, 08:52 AM

Welcome back - good job on the workout!

Glad your internet is back - I get shaky and go into withdrawal when I can't get online

Celestialmom · 05-16-2008, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Bytsi

Welcome back - good job on the workout!

Glad your internet is back - I get shaky and go into withdrawal when I can't get online

Thanks Bytsi--so do I! I can't stand being without internet access...

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So I planned on working out again on Sunday, but we were gone all day and our gym doesn't open until 1:00 pm on Sundays, so I had to skip that workout. I had an appt with my trainer on Tuesday morning, so I had to go from Friday to Tuesday without lifting! Aak!

Anyway, it was fun doing my NROL4W workout with my trainer. I had her check my form and give me suggestions on each exercise. So here it is:

Workout 5B (5-13-08):

Deadlifts: 1x10 @ 100#, 1x10 @ 105#

Shoulder Presses: 1x10 @25#,1x9 @ 25#, 1x10 @ 20#

Lateral Pulldown: 1 x 9 @ 70#, 2x10 @ 65# Again, DUH--this is double what I was reporting earlier b/c I didn't realize the plates were 10# each!

Lunges: 3x10 @ 25# dbs (My trainer said my lunges are the best form she's seen!

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Swiss ball crunch: 3x15 w/35lb plate

Then I did one set of each of Workout A exercises so she could make sure I'm doing everything correctly. We were going to go over Stage 2 but we ran out of time.

Tuesday after I worked out I went hiking and geocaching with my kids (probably only about 2 miles) and then went back to the gym for my "Boot Camp" class. It was grueling the first half b/c we did yoga the second half--I guess she wanted to make sure we covered all our bases! Anyway I usually like yoga, but I cramped up during almost every new position. It was really annoying (not to mention distracting having me writhing like a dying fish every few minutes!!

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Wednesday we went geocaching again (all day!)--can you tell that it's my favorite new obsession?! We did have a short haitus to the hospital--while my youngest was--ahem--using the toilet in the woods--I happened to notice a tick half buried in his back with a horrible looking circular rash around it. Purple, then red around that, and white around that. I thought, "BULLSEYE RASH!!!! LYME DISEASE!!!!" and pretty much panicked. See, we've had ticks before, but I've never seen one so deeply into the skin, and I've never ever seen a rash like that before. So we rushed back to the hospital, saw the pediatrician who reassured me that Lyme's couldn't show up so soon, put some antibiotic ointment on it, and all was well. Oh yeah, when I pulled it out I managed to leave the head in so we could NOT remove it, but did you know that it's a myth that the head absolutely has to be removed? It's better to remove it of course, but it will disintegrate if it is left in.

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Okay, this is turning into a really long post. I'll post yesterday's workout later on...

Celeste

Celestialmom · 05-16-2008, 07:51 AM

Workout 6A (5-15-08):

Squats: 3x10 @ 35lb DBs (I did 40# last time, but it felt more awkward than helpful. These I felt!!!)

Pushups: 3x10 (One hand on 2kg medicine ball, one hand on floor, alternating hands, last two sets I did one-legged)

Seated Row: 3x10 @ 130#

Stepup onto bench: 3x10 @ 25lb DB

Prone Jackknife on Ball: 2x12 prone pikes, 1x12 jackknives

Later in the day, Boot Camp was step aerobics class with weights (10 lbs--maybe they're Barbie weights, but they don't feel it!!!) and some ab work. No geocaching though...

I woke up this morning with a REALLY sore back--I can't even figure out what I did, maybe the cable rows, but they didn't feel overly hard. It's not DOMS, but a really horrible soreness in my right lat. I can't bend over without yelping, and all night every time I turned over in my sleep I'd wake up...Anyway I hope it gets better soon because I'm really annoyed.

Celeste

Bytsi · 05-16-2008, 08:26 AM

Tough workouts there - sorry your back is sore... take it easy for a day or 2, ok?

And EEWWWWWW about the tick's head!!!

Celestialmom · 05-19-2008, 05:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Bytsi

Tough workouts there - sorry your back is sore... take it easy for a day or 2, ok?

Thanks, Bytsi--that's what I did and YAY I'm all better!

I stretched a ton on Friday and foam rolled about three times, and by Saturday I was almost completely fine. I'm thinking it must have been a muscle spasm or something, not a pulled muscle.

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And EEWWWWWW about the tick's head!!!

Tell me about it...yucky.

So Saturday we went to a "geobash"--yep, more geocaching--and hiked around a state park all day. We had a blast AND got some good exercise, stopping only when the downpour complete with thunder and lightning started!

Here's Sunday's workout:

Workout 6B (5-19-08):

Deadlifts: 3x10 @ 105#

Shoulder Presses: 2x10 @25#,1x5 @ 25#

Lateral Pulldown: 3x10 @65#
Lunges: 3x10 @ 25# dbs

Swiss ball crunch: I did v-ups instead (3x15) and 3 sets of astronaut holds. this got me MUCH more than the crunches, even with a weight.

Afterwards, we watched my daughter's soccer game in the pouring rain and HAIL!!! That HAD to have burned calories, right?! I was absolutely soaked by the time we got home.

Well, that's all for now...
Celeste