Oh, oh, oh!!! This return to forum land has got me all befuddled! I forgot completely to mention that I DID A CHINUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! YAY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just one and six negatives, but when I tried a few weeks ago, I couldn't even do one! I was so excited!!!!!!!!!
Maybe I'll try these again and see where I'm at - it's been a while! Congrats on doing one!!!!!!!!!!!!
Floppy Blob cracks me up. My kids are always finding critters. We have a Ball Python as a pet. Who would think to sweet petite girls would love a snake and enjoy watching it eat live mice?
Funny! Mine too--ds found a toad the other day (we didn't keep him long, and they caught a snake today while we were FINALLY planting our garden, but we didn't keep him at all.)
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SWEET! Isn't that first chinup the absolute best feeling!
Oh, and the box turtle totally reminded me of growing up. We always had turtles living in our backyard. It was great, but we couldn't walk around bare-foot because they would try to eat our toes.
Thanks for the encouragement--it really was a great feeling. I think I have a while until I can do more than one though, since I only do 75# in my underhand lat pulldown.
That's hilarious about the turtles in your yard! We looked up this one and found out it was actually an "Eastern Wood Turtle". He was pretty cool looking. But he had to go home after two days, much to my kids' sadness. We let him go where we found him.
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Wow! a chin up! I just can't wait to do a set of push ups on the floor! I am anxiously awaiting stage two but am nervous about the FSPP.. I don't know why, it just looks awkward.
Shell, keep working on those pushups, they seem to improve pretty steadily for most people. BTW, I tried the FSPP with a broom (a la Pauline!) and felt more comfortable with it when I started. It actually seemed ok, although I think I still need to work on being more explosive. Mine is one steady movement, which isn't the point...
I couldn't figure out how to multiquote posts on two different pages, so I'm posting twice in a row...
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Maybe I'll try these again and see where I'm at - it's been a while! Congrats on doing one!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the congrats--I bet you'll be able to do at least one and probably more easily considering the amount of weight you use for lat pulldowns! I've only been doing 70# for overhand and 75# for underhand. Try it, try it!!!
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Wow - way to go on the chinup! Your workouts look great too
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That is great, Celeste! A chin up!! I'm not sure I'll be able to do one for a long time...if ever.
Thanks and thanks! Pauline, I'm sure you'll surprise yourself one of these days...
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Okay, I wanted to post about my non-lifting day yesterday since it was such a fun one! My son was invited to a friend's house in the am so I decided to "drop him off" by biking there and back. We went up the dirt road beside our house, straight up a steep hill for 2 miles, and then almost a mile more on the flat. It was MUCH easier than last time I did it (last year), and I totally burned my 13 yo son! (Yes, I'm competitive, and I have to compete with prepubescent boys in order to get a sense of accomplishment, but hey, take what you can get, right?!) I really thought he'd be waiting for me since he's been in soccer all spring and bikes every weekend at least, plus my bike is a crossover between downhill and xc so it's twice as heavy as his bike. Anyway, he did really well and I did the good mom thing of encouraging him and helping him make it to the top without dying or throwing up...
So when we got to the friend's house, I had a cup of coffee (and two glasses of water) with the mom, and the boys did boy stuff. We had a nice visit and I biked home!
In the afternoon we had another decision-making business meeting which went ok, but was still stress creating. Then, later in the evening, dh informed me that we had more rock picking to do. I wasn't quite as excited about it since I was kinda dragging from the bike ride and the meeting, but I figured, what the heck, cure for depression, right? So off we went, with my son driving the tractor--did a pretty good job too! This trip took about an hour and forty-five minutes, ugh! I was done after two loads, but we did three and a half. I was trying to figure it out, and I estimate that I moved over a ton of rocks. Okay I'm a really bad estimator, but the average rock was about 20# (I just lifted my 2 10# dbs), and I put 30-40 easily in each trailer load. So that would make 2000 lbs?! Anyway I came right home, showered and went to bed at 9:00.
So maybe tmi, but that's my day yesterday.
Oh yeah, good thing: the bike ride!
Funny thing: My friend (that I rode to) has a huge St Bernard named Guiness. I haven't been there for a while, and I greeted him with a big "HI BUDWEISER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Hey, a beer's a beer, right?! Everyone thought that was the most hilarious thing they'd heard all week.
I'm going to go do some real work and post today's workout later...
Celeste.........I told you that I'd find your log........lol
I half to share a story that I thought of when you were talking about encouraging him to get up that hill. I teach 5th grade and I constantly have little competitions with the boys and girls. We had a pedometer war in our classroom for 3 months and they got great thrills out of trying to wear me out by doing the steps in the winter time after lunch since we couldn't go outside. I paid them all back when it was MY turn to lead them on a walk. They were dying.........but, we had a blast doing all of that. I think it makes them rethink their position about adults. They joke and call me old......but this "old" lady kept right up with them and they loved that I could do that. I bet your son is very proud of his mom when he thinks about it.......because, nowadays, you know darned well that most parents can't do that.
Your bike ride and rock hauling was a super workout yesterday! I think after lifting 2,000 pounds of rocks.......it was a "lifting" day. I bet you'll be feeling it in those shoulders today or tomorrow.
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Great job, Celeste on the bike ride and the rock hauling! This is real life we're working out for, right?!
I read what you said on Anne's thread on losing and then gaining and now being back to where you were. That's why I titled my log There and Back Again. Well, in addition to my love for Tolkein's works. I had lost 30# and was in really great shape a few years back and then I let life get in my way. I stopped exercising because I thought I didn't have time. Slowly over the last few years, the weight crept on. When I went for a routine physical, I was absolutely shocked to see the number on the scale. I'd never weighed that much without being pregnant!! I decided it was time to take myself off the back burner of my life and make a healthier, happier me a priority. WOW. So I'm back again and I plan to stay where I am and do whatever it takes to keep myself where I am. If I have to weigh myself every week, track my food a few times a week to make sure I'm staying on track like I think I am, and work out for the rest of my life, I'M IN!!! Woohoo!
Celeste.........I told you that I'd find your log........lol
Your bike ride and rock hauling was a super workout yesterday! I think after lifting 2,000 pounds of rocks.......it was a "lifting" day. I bet you'll be feeling it in those shoulders today or tomorrow.
Can you believe it that I didn't feel it hardly at all? That's what I think was the coolest--both times I did hard work like that I was really tired, but little or no muscle soreness....
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Great job, Celeste on the bike ride and the rock hauling! This is real life we're working out for, right?!
Exactly--my knees are sore, either from the bike ride or from yesterday's lifting which I have yet to log, but it felt good to just do a good job at life!
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I read what you said on Anne's thread on losing and then gaining and now being back to where you were. That's why I titled my log There and Back Again. Well, in addition to my love for Tolkein's works. I had lost 30# and was in really great shape a few years back and then I let life get in my way. I stopped exercising because I thought I didn't have time. Slowly over the last few years, the weight crept on. When I went for a routine physical, I was absolutely shocked to see the number on the scale. I'd never weighed that much without being pregnant!! I decided it was time to take myself off the back burner of my life and make a healthier, happier me a priority. WOW. So I'm back again and I plan to stay where I am and do whatever it takes to keep myself where I am. If I have to weigh myself every week, track my food a few times a week to make sure I'm staying on track like I think I am, and work out for the rest of my life, I'M IN!!! Woohoo!
Thanks for sharing about your weight loss journey (and I just thought it was a major cool log title!). It seems so silly that we can just wake up one day and be fat, but when you don't pay attention to yourself it just creeps up on you. Congrats for being "back again" and for the great attitude! I got my mother coming to the gym for a while last year, but her comment to me was, "I just can't imagine having to do this for the rest of my life!" and then she quit. I feel like I will be blessed to be able to work out for the rest of my life! Anyway, I'M IN TOO!!!
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OMG.........I totally HAVE to reread what I type! "Half" to share a story???
I swear this was before coffee this morning.
Well, I was wondering what grade you taught for a while, but I've made some pretty horrendous typos here already, so you're forgiven. (Anyway, you were probably bouncing back and forth in the space/time continuum and not yourself)
Okay, I better log yesterday's workout before I let myself get even farther behind...
Stage 2, Workout 2B (6-13-08):
Did NOT want to work out today--dragged myself to the gym. Then while I was there, someone kept talking "business" issues at me. I finally said, "you know, I really come here to relieve stress, not create it!" (Not in a snotty way, writing it sounds snotty, but it was received well without offense, I think. So they quit and I at least enjoyed myself a little.) Wide-grip Deadlift from Box: 1x10 @ 115#, 1x5 @ 115# (This was actually an accident, I just can't add! I was trying to do 105# like last time but used the 35# plates on the oly bar...duh. It wasn't good b/c I couldn't hold on to the bar w/the wide grip)
Bulgarian Split Squat: 2x10 @ 25#
Underhand-grip Lat Pulldown: 2x10 @ 75#
Reverse Lunge from Box w/Forward Reach: 2x10 @ 20e
HIIT: Elliptical Trainer--16 min. I had the ramp at 10 and resistance at 10 for low, 12 for high, and went from 140 strides per min to 180 strides per min at high. HR was ~140-150 in recovery, 160-170 during interval. I have no idea if that was how you do intervals, but I know it was a good sweaty workout..
*Note: the lunges and squats really bother my knees, more now that there are more of them in Stage 2. I had been doing some reading and realized that I have trouble activating my glutes for most exercises. Then I saw in someone's (Stephanie's?) log that sometimes knee pain can be from not activating glutes during squats and lunges. So far I've been doing uphill walks on the treadmill and bridges during my warmups to "pre-activate" them, but I'm thinking I need to do more and really focus on what muscles I'm using. We'll see how that works.
So later in the day my kids and I planted our entire garden (about 150 plants), better late than never, right? It was REALLY hot still, but we got it done actually two minutes after it started POURING! So thanks, God, for watering our garden! We've got strawberries (planted those earlier), cantaloupe, corn, cucumbers, bell peppers, hot peppers, tons of tomatoes, chives, lettuce, coriander, acorn squash, zucchini and buttercup squash.
Calories for Thursday 6/12 (non-lifting): 1574 cal (39%carbs/35% protein/26% fat)
Calories for Friday 6/13 (lifting): 1858 cal (33% carbs/33% protein/25% fat/9% alcohol)
Let's see, good thing for the day: getting that garden planted, especially that my dad came over to help since dh had to make a flying trip to Gettysburg and back and wasn't there helping.
I'm totally envious of your bike ride. My bike is in the shop right now and will stay there for the week. I'm getting the total over-haul done on it since I wrode it all winter long. It's pretty gunked up. Sadly, it's beautiful out today and I'm really wanting to ride.
Great workouts Celeste! I'm glad you had a "nothing" day - I've been beaten over the head here with the concept of recovery...
Thanks--Sunday ended up being a "nothing" day also, and I'm sure it did me good.
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I'm totally envious of your bike ride. My bike is in the shop right now and will stay there for the week. I'm getting the total over-haul done on it since I wrode it all winter long. It's pretty gunked up. Sadly, it's beautiful out today and I'm really wanting to ride.
Great workout too!
Sorry about your bike......hope it's better soon. I love to ride, but it seems like if I push it very much, my knees start to hurt.
So the update for yesterday:
Calories: 2066
42% carbs/ 33% protein/ 25% fat
My goal was 1600, which I would have just made except for I had TWO hamburgers for dinner instead of one. I let dh talk me into helping plant a cornfield BY HAND (not hard work, but slow) when I should have been making dinner. So by the time we actually ate I was STARVING and overdid it. The good news is that it wasn't chocolate cake or ice cream that I overdid it on, but still... Anyway, move on, and do better next time.
Good thing for yesterday: Both my older kids played really well in their last soccer game of the season
Funny thing: My uncle happens to be the pastor of our church (long story but we went there before he was even a pastor!)--he was talking about how more long distance calls are made on Mother's Day than any other day, and more collect calls are made on Father's Day. My mom (on the other side of the church) whispers to my dad, "that's because your mom wouldn't accept a collect call from him!" And he busts out laughing...the whole church had to hear what she said and everyone laughed out of control (of course it's funnier if you know my dad and uncle). Then later my uncle was talking about how as people walk by his office, he watches people fix their hair, and my husband whispers to me, "with envy"--my uncle is bald--and again all the church started cracking up!!! I guess Father's Day was pick on Uncle Bernie day!
FSPP: 2x10 @ 60# (I got the form much better on these this time)
Step-up onto bench: 2x10 @ 25# DB (Feel wimpy that I haven't increased my weight on these in such a long time. But I did focus on activating my glutes before each rep.) [insert bad joke here]
Dumbell 1 pt row: 2x10 @ 30# DB
Static Lunge, Rear Foot Elevated: 2x10 @ 30# DB
Pushup: 2x10 w/toes on Swiss Ball and hands placed closer than shoulder width (FINALLY found a great pushup variation--whenever they get a little easier I just move my hands closer so they are always challenging, even for 10 reps)
Plank: 2 @ 60s
Wood Chop: 2x10 @ 40#
Tacked on 5 negative chinups. I tried yesterday at the soccer field and did 2 sets of 2, but couldn't do any today! I suppose it was all those other hard exercises prior! And oh yeah, speaking of which, the guy I call the "Marine" at the gym (b/c his workouts are really hard and disciplined) approached me and told me that I better "slow down" b/c I looked like I was really "suffering". I wasn't sure whether to be offended or pleased that he was looking out for me. I decided he was just being concerned (I know I was quite red and sweaty and the gym was humid so I was struggling more than usual). Maybe I should be less dramatic in my suffering?!
Wow, Lots of hard work going on in here! All the rock picking and planting reminds me of the way I grew up....my parents live on a large cattle farm, and when I was young, we were almost a self-sufficient operation. It's a super way to grow up. Your kids will probably be more appreciative when they are older, though, LOL.
Giggling at the Marine's comment. I'd chalk it up to the same as you did.
You are doing great in here. Your workouts are awesome and you are getting strong!
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Wow, Lots of hard work going on in here! All the rock picking and planting reminds me of the way I grew up....my parents live on a large cattle farm, and when I was young, we were almost a self-sufficient operation. It's a super way to grow up. Your kids will probably be more appreciative when they are older, though, LOL.
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Mel, thanks for stopping by...I'm glad you are enjoying reminiscing. I grew up on a farm also (until I was 10) and know what you mean about being more appreciative when we're older...I tried everything I could to get out of putting that hay in! We had 100 head of beef cattle, more like a hobby farm but still a lot of work. Now we have about 435 acres of "not farm"--most of the land is enrolled in conservation programs etc, so we still have a lot of work to do, but it's not your conventional farm. We have lots of trees planted and have quite a bit of fertilizing, planting soil enhancing crops, etc.
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Great workout!
Thanks!!!
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Giggling at the Marine's comment. I'd chalk it up to the same as you did.
You are doing great in here. Your workouts are awesome and you are getting strong!
Thanks GinnyLou, I appreciate you stopping by AND the encouragement!
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So Monday my eats were okay...
1741 calories
46% carbs
26% protein
28% fat
The large amount of carbs were from the whole wheat spaghetti we had for dinner. I planned on it, although it still messed up my macros, and I didn't overeat. I figured with all those carbs I'd work out immediately after dinner to help use them wisely, so my daughter and I did intervals on our stairs! We ran for 15 minutes--I thought I would DIE, and of course she (being 10 and like 85#) was much faster than I was. It was a great workout though, I'm still REALLY sore today! So hopefully some of those carbs went to fuel my workout.
Yesterday, Tuesday, I didn't really do anything as far as exercise, we were really busy with housework etc.
Good thing: We got some fruit trees planted that my kids bought with their own money--they're so excited! They got an apple tree, 2 pear trees, and a cherry tree.
My food yesterday was fine up until dinner--I made chipped beef gravy, eggs, toast, and whole wheat pancakes (of which I planned to eat one). I started out okay but that pancake was so good that I HAD to have another, and besides, who knew how many calories were in maple syrup?! Plus I forgot all about the spinach that I had cooked to put on my eggs and left it in the kitchen. So yesterday was 2374 calories, 52% carbs, 20% protein, 28% fat... That's like 800 cal over!! I didn't even have any energy to work out afterwards--I was half in a coma from all that sugar.
This post is getting long, but I need to add today's workout quick...
Stage 2, Workout 3B (6-18-08):
Wide-grip Deadlift from Box: 2x10 @ 110# really having grip problems here--I won't be able to progress for a while I think.
Bulgarian Split Squat: 2x10 @ 30#
Underhand-grip Lat Pulldown: 2x10 @ 80# BARELY!!!
Reverse Lunge from Box w/Forward Reach: 1x10 @ 25e, 1x10 @ 20e
Did 4 neg chinups w/palms facing each other on chinup "machine", on the last one my shoulder said "CRUNCH" so I stopped... HIIT: Started out on the treadmill, incline at 10, warmup for 3 min at 3.7mph, and then 3 intervals at 5 mph, recovery at 3.7mph. Moved to the elliptical for my last 2 intervals b/c I didn't think I could keep going (did I mention I'm NOT a runner?!). Did those last two intervals similar to my last HIIT.
I think I pushed myself even harder on the weights b/c I figured I should have lots of energy not eating at a deficit yesterday!! Anyway, there we go.
Haven't had much time to get on the boards lately, but here's a summary of the past few days.
Eating has been slightly out of control Wed and Thurs. (Can I blame it on PMS? Please? ) But the good news is that this round of out of control seems to be involving about 2200? cal daily instead of eating everything in sight like I used to. Anyway, that ends TODAY! I had my cake and ate it too but I'm back on track.
Workouts (or lack thereof) are discouraging me--my knees have really been bothering me so I'm not doing anything on non-lifting days. Also, yesterday was supposed to be Stage 2, 4A but after I dragged myself out to the car and drove off I realized that one tire was completely flat. By the time DH and I got it changed (meaning I watched), it was after 8:00, and I still had to take the flat tire to the garage. So I had to scrap the gym trip as we had a busy day planned. Now that I woke up this am with REALLY sore knees, it was probably for the best. I looked up a thread in the injury forum about knee pain and it seems almost exactly what I'm going through, so I'm going to focus on the stretches and exercises that UConnJulie recommended (thanks BTW!) and see if there's any improvement.
I'm really grumpy b/c today I was supposed to go downhill mt biking w/my brother and kids but I KNOW I shouldn't go. So I'll take my little boys biking around the parking lot... Anyway I'm grumpy.
Sorry you're sore... I had a crappy workout this morning, for whatever that's worth... some days you just have to be glad you did anything and got your butt off the couch, ya know?
Sorry you're having a grumpy day, although we are all allowed to have them. I replied to your post in my log, but thought I'd put the tree stuff here for you as well (since halloween decorations and balloons are really not required).
If you have a tree in the middle of the yard, just invest in a decent net from a garden supply store. My parents used to only net the sweet cherry trees as they seemed to be a favourite of the local blackbirds. They had two sour cherry trees but they were huge and the birds used to only strip the top of the trees (so that was fine).
Where we're are now the trees are planted up against both an espalier fence (put up mainly for the apple/pear trees) and there's a wood fence behind it. There's no way to net the trees without standing in the neighbour's garden, or pool. They are also small trees (on purpose), so the yield is lower. That's why all the stuff this year. Here we have a pair of cardinals who help the blackbirds strip off the cherries and the grapes later. Years ago I remember checking the grapes and finding mother cardinal there with one of the chicks. I suspect she was showing him where the good food was going to be in a couple of weeks.
We did try netting them one year but the female cardinal got caught in the net (because we couldn't pull it tight). We managed to cut her free and the pair have kind of adopted us since. Of course it's likely just the grapes they like - net free now. I saw the two of them checking out the mulberry tree in the front a few days ago, but it's at least a couple of weeks away from being ready. I suppose this is why the cherries were going fast.
Funny! Mine too--ds found a toad the other day (we didn't keep him long, and they caught a snake today while we were FINALLY planting our garden, but we didn't keep him at all.)
I feel like I will be blessed to be able to work out for the rest of my life! Anyway, I'M IN TOO!!!
Anyway, move on, and do better next time.
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