Glad you had a brotastic day, Karla. Love your new avi
I told ya I had a really "bro" one planned for my new avi. LOL! I actually was only going to do the mini posedown with him. He was the one who came up with the concept where he is pointing to me and I am flexing. He had a great sense of humor and thought the whole idea was hillarious as did his helper who took the picture.
In all seriousness, the bbing crowd has been amazingly supportive of my adventures into thier world. From the boyz at the gyms to the pros and pro trainers. I get nothing but encouragement and support despite how little and old I am. The JP Fitness crowd tends to give this sport a really bad rap. Perhaps there is an evil undercurrent but what other sport can I begin at 45 years of age and actually expect to get better and better as I age? Last night there was a 52 year old woman bringing it onto the stage. She looked awesome!
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What a fun day. Hard to wrap my head around those guys being natural - wow. Love the new avi.
Waiting to hear what you and Alan decide on Tuesday...
I know what you mean. My 24 Hour is located walking distance from my office. It used to be a Gold's gym and many of the hardcore lifters and bbers are still there. It was weird adjusting to this new gym from the Ballys I used to work at becuase the iron and equipment is all old school still. But this is an amazing gym in that I have not even once had to kick anyone out of the squat rack for curling. Most of the people are pretty good in the free weight area.
I just assumed the black guy (the one who won overall last night) was juicing. I never spoke with him about it but one day he told me he doesn't believe in drug use and then I saw him prepping for this show. Noel told me he always tests him because he is so freaking amazing. He always passes the tests so he is definately natural. I wasn't surprised when he came on stage and the announcer said he has been doing this for 20 years. The man has put in his time. He is one of the nicest people you can imagine. He generally only talks to the other people who are obviously serious about the sport of lifting. I was shocked the day he talked to me and asked me what show I was training for. He told me that day that he admired my work ethic. After that day, I was "in".
It is a great gym for me to train actually even though it is a 24.
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Glad you had so much fun. It's nice to see all the different yous and you're looking great.
Thanks Jennifer. Weight is holding steady today so it is possible we do nothing on Tuesday. (this is what I am hoping for actually) I was sorry to read that you aren't going to make it this year to the Summit. I wish like crazy you could come. I would love to me the real you.
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Thanks Jennifer. Weight is holding steady today so it is possible we do nothing on Tuesday. (this is what I am hoping for actually) I was sorry to read that you aren't going to make it this year to the Summit. I wish like crazy you could come. I would love to me the real you.
I'm sending your scale strict instructions to listen to you. Maybe that'll help.
I'm sorry I won't be meeting you this year too. After the overtime at work dried up, it pretty much came down to a choice of working with Alan another couple months or going to the Summit. As cool as the Summit looks, it was a no brainer to take another couple months of Alan time.
Next year though...
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Thanks for all the greetings guys! I love the new AVI too. It cracks me up every time I see it. It was funny because I felt really stupid approaching him to see if he would do that. I actually hesitated for a long time. It was totally worth it. And Greg, I heart you. My daughter is gorgeous and works as a model/actress in LA area.
Weight stayed steady at 134.6 for the past few days so figured that all was well. Alan made a bet that it would go down today or tomorrow. Today I am up to 135.2. Totally unexpected. We don't know what is going on at this point. I am not remotely hungry so am ready to drop some calories (provided they are not carbs) at this point.
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Quickie update now and then I have to do something more productive than the forum.
Scale weight is pretty stable still though trending very slowly downwards. Hit a new low today of 134.00. While this trend downwards the strength in the gym is freaky... I mean really freaky. I am military pressing 35s like they are nothing right now and benching 55s like they are light. I did both of these by 5 sets last night. These weights used to scare me to death but now they feel light. If this keeps up, I am going to increase them all next week and push my comfort zone again. Physically, I feel like I am in deficit and suffered yesterday from the fuzzy head thing but I am stronger now than I was at the top of my bulk. Alan keeps remarking how surprised he is by this twist of strength gain so I am thinking that it won't stay aournd. We'll see...
All very unexpected and weird. All good too I suspect. For now I am hanging with my current program and seeing where this takes me. The ride has not been all fun but it has been fascinating and I am learning a ton!
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LOL! I was so begining to doubt myself and my food scale and my scale. It was so weird to sit on that same weight or even on a rise for a whole month when I know I was in deficit. This all makes better sense now. Interesting the variables that can happen in this game.
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Thanks guys but this one is not really me. I am just driving the ship per direction. Alan is Navigator/Pilot.
I am not updating too frequently largely because progress going well. I am down to 131.4lbs as of today and strength seems to be still there. I am still stronger in my cut than I was in my bulk. That said my energy is slightly down. I find myself wishing to do cardio instead of lifting now which never happened to me in the bulk. I remember last time I did a bulk/cut cycle (on my own) that I started to do a lot more cardio in the cut. I think I understand now why that was. It was simply a natural reaction to the energy loss that comes from deficit. Instead Alan has me doing a very instense lifting program and while it is hard to begin that, I always feel good when it is done.
My weekends are being consumed by springtime farming activities which are certainly contributing to this whole equation. Yesterday I labored for more than 5 hours, cutting blackberries, chain sawing, chopping and mowing fields as well as msc other farming type stuff. The farm is looking incredible already and summer is coming very early this year. (Usually I am not this engaged in the spring cleanup this intensely until May.)
I talked to Alan a tiny bit about how to manage all this NEAT but he doesn't think yardwork requires any sort of extra nutritional worry. HA HA HA. I think he is not completely comprehending the "yard work" that I do. Yesterday I could wring my clothes out for the sweat that was in them. The only other times I get that beat up is for a half marathon run or more. My whole body feels spent today (in a good way). True the work is not so intense as lifting heavy weights but it is over 5 or more freak'n hours so it must count for something. (I would equate it to long distance running as far as how it makes me feel) I have had this problem with all of my trainers and physical therapists so far. I disclose that I live on a farm but nobody seems to understand what it means to own a farm and how the activity levels of farming are soooooo different than the typical American Household.
Right now I am not too worried about it. My bf% is still pretty high and I don't believe I am dropping LBM with this work just yet. I managed to maintain my energy through yesterday's marathon work session by eating huge just before and just after (only two meals) and then starving the night away. I was so hungry my belly ached. But as my bf% drops down into the lower teens we will probably have to have this worked out or I fear that we won't be able to hold onto the LBM. In addtion to this crazy activity I also hope to start riding my bike to work again. I already have the forumla to feed that (chocolate milk 16oz per hour + protein powder) so it will be fun to actually be able to do that this year and sustain it because I am feeding it correctly.
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I went to Sbux to meet with a gf for cawfee tawk... I specifically did NOT suggest lunch cuz of my strict dieting rules, figured coffee was a better choice... She had a mocha and a raspberry scone, and kept offering me "just a bite"...
yeah it probably is the case the farm work caught up with me. I have been dying of hunger since Sunday. Alan says I am nurished just fine for the work I am doing on the farm and if there is to be a change it must follow some sort of fallout so we have to wait and see I guess.
FUCK nurished-just-fine too while I am at it!
This is the hard part of my cycles. I am still fat from the bulk and crashing in the cut. I have never been able to do a moderately low carb thing before. Now I know why.
FUCK low carbs!!
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Whew... Made it to pre workout meal. Belly is full again. Unfortunately I have used up my total allotment of the "F" word for the day. (perhaps the week even)
Thanks for letting me vent.
Holy crap this scares me that I have this much misery already at 18% bf. How am I going to handle the lower teens on this diet? (Yikes)
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I went to Sbux to meet with a gf for cawfee tawk... I specifically did NOT suggest lunch cuz of my strict dieting rules, figured coffee was a better choice... She had a mocha and a raspberry scone, and kept offering me "just a bite"...
Can I join your carb rant???
Girl, you can join in ANY time you want. Somehow it helps to know that others are going through it too. I would have eaten her damn arm off. That's protein, right?
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Girl, you can join in ANY time you want. Somehow it helps to know that others are going through it too. I would have eaten her damn arm off. That's protein, right?
Probably not before you beat her senseless with it first.
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Girl, you can join in ANY time you want. Somehow it helps to know that others are going through it too. I would have eaten her damn arm off. That's protein, right?
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Probably not before you beat her senseless with it first.
Karla, I'm admiring you more every day for how much you keep following the guidelines despite the fact they are biting you in the ass.
Just went over to caloriesperhour.com which used to be open all the time as it lists nearly every possible activity known to man (yes, including that one )
Format is really weird now.. with results in my sig line
Wasn't quite sure how much you weigh so just entered 130lbs.
Did a few others too, feeding large farm animals (well, horses)
Results:
Totals: 1,474 calories in 5 hr Yard Work - general1,474 calories in 5 hr
Animal Care - feeding large farm animals
265 calories in 1 hr
Weight Lifting - free weights or machine, moderate
177 calories in 1 hr
Weight Lifting - free weights or machine, vigorous
354 calories in 1 hr
Easter candy is the devil. My mom dropped off our "Easter goodies" for DH and I on Sunday. Its a giant basket of all of my favorites of course. I hid it in the basement and DH asked where it went. I told him and he said "oh now I have to run stairs for my candy?" Yes sir you do
Karla, I'm admiring you more every day for how much you keep following the guidelines despite the fact they are biting you in the ass.
Just went over to caloriesperhour.com which used to be open all the time as it lists nearly every possible activity known to man (yes, including that one )
Format is really weird now.. with results in my sig line
Wasn't quite sure how much you weigh so just entered 130lbs.
Did a few others too, feeding large farm animals (well, horses)
Results:
Totals: 1,474 calories in 5 hr Yard Work - general1,474 calories in 5 hr
Animal Care - feeding large farm animals
265 calories in 1 hr
Weight Lifting - free weights or machine, moderate
177 calories in 1 hr
Weight Lifting - free weights or machine, vigorous
354 calories in 1 hr
If I don't keep following the plan, how can we ever learn what is happening? This is like a science experiment and keeping variables to a minimum is critical. All this changing things up and going back and forth on short cycles doesn't work for the long term tracking of things from what I can tell. You need to actually see some sort of results in order to know what move to take.
No doubt in my mind that I blew through a thousand or more calories on Sunday. David (my first trainer) worked by my side and argued that I burned more than that. Still, I have taken great care to select an advisor that I know I can trust so I will listen to him even if it feels like it is killing me. Alan knows that his job is to bring me in with as much LBM as possible. That is his first priority as I can cut just fine on my own. I am not worried about it if he isn't. Think about it. Even if he is completely wrong on this one, I will be about 1-2K under in my calorie consumption for the week. That is significantly less than 1 lb. Not a big deal especially at these higher bf%. I can suffer through the little bouts of carb cravings okay so no big deal all around.
Oh and let us not forget that I do have a trump card to play when I really cannot deal with it. I can carb up one day a week. It isn't a huge carb up but it would give me a nice little boost. I do not want to use this card though until I am seeing some consistent results in this diet. If I stay down in the 131-132 range for another week, I'll bring in the carb up days.
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Easter candy is the devil. My mom dropped off our "Easter goodies" for DH and I on Sunday. Its a giant basket of all of my favorites of course. I hid it in the basement and DH asked where it went. I told him and he said "oh now I have to run stairs for my candy?" Yes sir you do
Keep fighting the good fight...you are not alone.
Times like these I really appreciate being the sole human in my home and also living 3K miles from my extended family. Last year I had house guests. One of my best guy friends and his wife were living with me while they found suitable housing in the area. She kept brining that shit into the house over the holidays. I wanted to kill her. My folks where just here and it was a similar type thing. I have learned that if I put it in a basket and take it to work that it can disappear in 3 hours or less no matter how much junk I bring in. Today at work they are doing a bake sale. I mean COME ON ladies!! These admins keep bringing in the treaties. Why does it seem to always be the ladies that do this shit?
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I told ya I had a really "bro" one planned for my new avi. LOL! I actually was only going to do the mini posedown with him. He was the one who came up with the concept where he is pointing to me and I am flexing. He had a great sense of humor and thought the whole idea was hillarious as did his helper who took the picture. 
Trying to get caught up in here! LOVE the new avi!
Totally unexpected. We don't know what is going on at this point. I am not remotely hungry so am ready to drop some calories (provided they are not carbs) at this point.
I have never been able to do a moderately low carb thing before. Now I know why. 
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