Actually, now that I had my little cry, the food is all packed and my belly is full and I am forward facing again. I have confidence in my abilities and the plan. Physical and emotional strength is coming back. I know that I will not fail now.
Looking forward to my first gym experience since Sat.
Hulky-poo dumbass is coming back!
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Actually went to the gym tonight! Did not kick ass per say, but did not have it handed to me either. Yeah. Two accomplishments today that I am pretty proud of actually
1. Am back on plan eating wise. It was even my protein up day and I did it. I am fat and bloaty feeling but I am back on plan. LOL!
2. Went to the gym and lifted at less than 100% (as planned) and did not get pissed off because I wasn't lifting really, really heavy shit.
I finally have a "bro" story from my gym. Tonight I am doing squats in the rack and a guy comes into the rack next to me and starts to do curls. (This is the first time I saw that in this gym) Well a trainer comes up and starts shooting the shit with this guy in between his curl sets. Then said trainer asks me if I am almost finished. I looked at him and said, "You got to be fucking kidding me here" He was taken all the way back. Then I turned to the brotard in the squat rack and said, "Your fucking doing curls in the squat rack and you can't give that up for the trainer's client to do squats?" "Come on man" The brotard offered up his rack. The trainer said he didn't need it that very second and went upstairs to the cardio section at that time. So the brotard and I talked for a bit. I've seen him around quite a bit and we are always friendly so the conversation was still friendly. I told him that I didn't really care so long as I had a squat rack but it was sort of a stupid thing to do given as the squat racks are sort of for the purpose of squatting and all. He laughed and then one of his friends came in to curl as well and he left. He let me know that there was another guy curling in the squat rack before he left. I called him a bro-tard and we both laughed. I'll give him shit everytime I see him for that one. LOL!
By the time the trainer came back downstairs I only had one more set left so I let him know that I was almost done and would give up my rack to him. He was very appreciative and we laughed a little bit at the irony of the brotards curling in the squat rack. That is so rare in this gym that I have never seen it until tonight. When I was in Bally's I would kick the assholes out of the rack on nearly every squat night. It actually got to where I did not even have to say anything. If I walked near a squat rack, they would clear out apologetically. LOL!
What cracks me up most about all of this is how little I am compared to all of them. I am going to be a bitch'n cool little old lady. The kind that stories are written of... Little and frail but mighty as hell. ROTFLMAO!
And here is the workout and other stats just for grins
Goals (lower work days) 250P, 120C, 60F
Goals (upper work and rest days) 200P, 120C, 60F
Optional 1x a week Carb up = 230C on an upper work day
Date
workout
Weight
Total Cals
Protein
Carbs
Fat
sleep
Fish
Vit
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
x
137.70
2321.8
322
114
64.2
7
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
x
135.80
2137.5
250
119
73.5
6
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
x
132.40
2047.6
248
119
64.4
7
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
x
133.00
1648.9
188
116
48.1
4
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
x
133.00
1521.4
197
101
36.6
6
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
x
131.20
1761.8
201
122
52.2
7
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
R
130.40
1737.9
202
113
53.1
6
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
x
128.80
1895.2
206
131
60.8
7
Yes
Yes
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
x
130.80
1892.4
246
120
47.6
6
Yes
Yes
Thursday, June 04, 2009
x
128.20
1985.6
237
128
58.4
7
Yes
Yes
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Rest=90 sec
workout 85% of maximum (coming back from bladder infection)
Exercise
Sets
Reps
Weight
Notes
Quads 1 -bb Squats ATG for form
5
5-8
1x8x45
1x8x135 (par)
5x8x94 (ATG)
1x8x135 (par)
warm up sets as specified in notes below
Ham 1 -seated curles
5
5-8
1x8x45
1x8x70
1x7x80
1x6x89
warm up sets as specified in notes below
Quads 2 - leg press
5
5-8
1x8x90
1x8x180
3x8x270
warm up sets as specified in notes below
Ham 2 -prone ham curl
5
5-8
1x8x30
1x8x40
1x8x50
1x6x60
warm up sets as specified in notes below
Low Back - Rack pulla baby
5
5-8
1x8x135
4x8x135
warm up sets as specified in notes below
Abs 1 - incline weighted crunch
3
10-14
2x10 +10lb
2x10 +25lb
warm up sets as specified in notes below
calves 1 - leg press
5
5-8
3x10x270
1 minute rest only
Abs 2 - leg raises
3
10-15
4x10xbw
warm up sets as specified in notes below
Calves 1 - seated raises
5
5-8
4x10x90
warm up sets as specified in notes below
NOTES:
1st exerces 2 warmup sets one light, one mod and 3 sets to failure
2nd exercise 1 warmup mod and 3 sets to failure
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That's a great bro story. Dude was lucky I was done with the rack last night at my gym... I had JUST set down my barbell and dude (not very brotastic actually) comes over and carefully chooses his 12 lb dumbbells and it was clear that he didn't know I had been using the rack, so he moves the bar, steps into the rack and starts doing curls. 12 lbs dude? He was all serious about it too.
LOL Karla, but I dunno - I think Bree's story has you beat! 12# curls by a bro in the rack! Awesome!!!!
Jason and I were talking about that yesterday too... joking about all the trainers wearing that shirt that says "no curling in the squat rack" - except the bros would still do it anyway...
OMG I just found this shirt - you must get it (cafepress.com)
Ha ha, that shirt is perfect. Love your story Karla. But I think you're the only one I know who can get away with so aggressively shaming a guy out of the squat rack and still be able to make friendly conversation with him. That's a gift for sure.
Ha ha, that shirt is perfect. Love your story Karla. But I think you're the only one I know who can get away with so aggressively shaming a guy out of the squat rack and still be able to make friendly conversation with him. That's a gift for sure.
That's what I am saying RE the little ol' lady affect. You know where this little old granny is leading this big guy around by the ear and bitching at him the whole while? Or where she tells people to move and they all just do it even though they are all big enough to squash her and obviously annoyed by her. It's like that. I am tiny enough that nobody feels threatened and cantankerous and old enough that they mind me rather than try to fight me. It is freak'n awesome and hillarious already!
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That's what I am saying RE the little ol' lady affect. You know where this little old granny is leading this big guy around by the ear and bitching at him the whole while? Or where she tells people to move and they all just do it even though they are all big enough to squash her and obviously annoyed by her. It's like that. I am tiny enough that nobody feels threatened and cantankerous and old enough that they mind me rather than try to fight me. It is freak'n awesome and hillarious already!
Hmm...I'll have to work on that. Still not sure I'll ever be able to pull it off. I'm too much of a wimp.
That's a great bro story. Dude was lucky I was done with the rack last night at my gym... I had JUST set down my barbell and dude (not very brotastic actually) comes over and carefully chooses his 12 lb dumbbells and it was clear that he didn't know I had been using the rack, so he moves the bar, steps into the rack and starts doing curls. 12 lbs dude? He was all serious about it too.
I used to laugh at that kind of stuff when I was in the fitness center at the college. I had asked the guy the first day about weights and he said 'only a few light dumbbells' (I would have needed to go to the gym for freeweights). I used to watch the boys curling with 10 and 15-lb dumbbells and just laugh.
Oh now how ironic is this??? Just minutes after I posted my last post I was talking to two architects and negotiating my program through their process and this very subject came up. They were having a hard time getting someone to do something and I told them I would get him to jump. They argued the claim so I made the call right there and the task was done right that minute. All I really did was give the guy some shit. HA HA HA The architects then went on about how it is that I get away with all the stuff I get away with and how my emails and/or threats carry so much power since they had made numerous such phone calls and emails prior. I told them it is because I am little but cantankerous. They were just shaking their heads and calling it amazing. Note: I got priority queing for my program from them too. Like putty in my hands. Bwaa haa haa haa. That is program management at its finest folks. Little old lady style! LOL!
After this meeting our whole group went to the local stadium for a BBQ and some softball. If you want to see something funny, you have to go to a company event like this where normally very sedatary geeky types go out in the "gasp" sun, drink beer and then attempt something athletic. OMFG! There are gonna be some very sore muscles tomorrow in that crowd.
But more why I came back to this thread is that I wanted to share a strategy that I employ for sticking on plan. Tom and I were IMing yesterday and it turns out that I had this BBQ to attend and he had multiple things to go to all threatening our plans. So I asked him what his strategy was for combating the day and he replied that he had none. It never occurred to me that some people do not use strategies so I thought to type out how I do it just in case someone can learn from it. This is certainly not the way I am suggesting everyone handle these events but rather an alternative (perhaps) to the way that you do it.
I go out alot in my job and in my personal life. I am at parties, celebrations, customer events, Summits, camps, dinner with friends, etc. If I allowed a "cheat" for each of these events I would NEVER EVER get sick lean. In fact I am pretty sure I would never ever move from my setpoint. LOL! So every single time an event comes into my life I use one or more strategies. Since I am on the road to sick lean right now it is uber important that I keep consistency in my diet and that I stick to plan as much as possible given these events.
The first thing to note is that I always plan. When I know an event is coming up I make a plan for it and then try to stick to that plan as closely as possible. If it is a dinner out with my friends I try to sway the group to a restaraunt where they serve some sort of foods that fit in my daily macros and calories. I generally know ahead of time what I am going to eat. Sometimes I know the meal I am ordering will be my full days allotment (or nearly) and so I will scale wAY back on cals the day of and the day after for that meal. For buffet type events I seek out protein sources first always. Then I go for high fiber vegetables sources. I eat these things until I am no longer hungry and then I go for fruit. The key here is planning and then sticking to the plan as closely as possible.
Today there was a BBQ put on by our admins. I did not go to the admins to see who was catering and what was on order so I was going to a food event blind. I did two things to prepare for this. The first is that I scaled back on my normal breakfast thereby giving myself about 300 extra cals for the party. Then (just before I left for the event) I had a small bowl of oats. This was just in case there was nothing at the event that I could really eat. I did not want to injest sausages and cookies and that sort of thing. When I got to the event they had pulled pork and it was without bbq sauce. That was all on the side!!! So BIG bonus there. I loaded up on vegetables (salad) and pulled pork. And all was well. There was fruit there too but I actually did not need that to pull me through.
So there ya have it. It sounds completely anal and perhaps it is but people often make comments about how consistent I am to plan and this is how it happens. I thought it might be interesting to a person or two how this crazy mind works....
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Nah, I kind of do the same thing. If I don't know what's going food-wise I tend to do a protein shake (with oatmeal, just don't like oatmeal on its own). I'll go lighter on the other meals, estimate when I get home and adjust my evening snack if necessary. We're having company on Sunday, and I'll likely do some of that as well. It's just become second nature.
You know Anne.... I see that some people do this and I figure that most people know and do this but I am learning that not all do. You are as anal as I am though so you don't count... HA HA HA
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Your strategy is a very good one and something that is very important for those of us that have many, many social functions.
Others, who have no life at all (me ) just go hog-wild when the opportunity comes and then do damage control by fasting or PSMF-ing (protein-strictly MoFo is the best acronym-explanation) and another low-calorie day 1 day later.. just like you write.
There's not all that many occasions that I do eat out and mostly it's about the costs of it as well as the 1001 allergies/intolerances for common foods where esp gluten is the most irritating one. Even high quality ready-made supermarket meals have those foods in them. Another one ties in with my 'anal retentive mode' of wanting to KNOW by how many calories I blew the budget... but I'm not crazy enough to weigh the food that has been put on the plate, so just eyeball & estimate.
The major factor that makes it difficult to go to social functions more frequently is the one that sets you apart from others: your very strong drive & desire to reach your long-term goals even though it may be unpleasant short-term.
That is what makes me go off plan.. even though I know everything about 'what if' strategies.. there's just too much of an 'awf*kit' attitude..and generally there's really a good chance of getting back on plan by eating less for a couple of days and then being 'inline' again.
That would change if I'd be having social functions as often as you do. Frankly I'm curious what is going to happen next Saturday when I'm seeing a bunch of fitness enthusiast and we are going out for dinner afterwards. Some of them are amateur bodybuilders at a very advanced level = they do contests and get placed really high. We are wondering how much they are going to eat and how nitpicky they are...
Am also wondering how strict I'm going to eat as it is in my low-calorie period and also on a low-calorie training day (will move vertical push/pull from Sunday to Sat)
Oh now how ironic is this??? Just minutes after I posted my last post I was talking to two architects and negotiating my program through their process and this very subject came up. They were having a hard time getting someone to do something and I told them I would get him to jump. They argued the claim so I made the call right there and the task was done right that minute. All I really did was give the guy some shit. HA HA HA The architects then went on about how it is that I get away with all the stuff I get away with and how my emails and/or threats carry so much power since they had made numerous such phone calls and emails prior. I told them it is because I am little but cantankerous. They were just shaking their heads and calling it amazing. Note: I got priority queing for my program from them too. Like putty in my hands. Bwaa haa haa haa. That is program management at its finest folks. Little old lady style! LOL!
After this meeting our whole group went to the local stadium for a BBQ and some softball. If you want to see something funny, you have to go to a company event like this where normally very sedatary geeky types go out in the "gasp" sun, drink beer and then attempt something athletic. OMFG! There are gonna be some very sore muscles tomorrow in that crowd.
But more why I came back to this thread is that I wanted to share a strategy that I employ for sticking on plan. Tom and I were IMing yesterday and it turns out that I had this BBQ to attend and he had multiple things to go to all threatening our plans. So I asked him what his strategy was for combating the day and he replied that he had none. It never occurred to me that some people do not use strategies so I thought to type out how I do it just in case someone can learn from it. This is certainly not the way I am suggesting everyone handle these events but rather an alternative (perhaps) to the way that you do it.
I go out alot in my job and in my personal life. I am at parties, celebrations, customer events, Summits, camps, dinner with friends, etc. If I allowed a "cheat" for each of these events I would NEVER EVER get sick lean. In fact I am pretty sure I would never ever move from my setpoint. LOL! So every single time an event comes into my life I use one or more strategies. Since I am on the road to sick lean right now it is uber important that I keep consistency in my diet and that I stick to plan as much as possible given these events.
The first thing to note is that I always plan. When I know an event is coming up I make a plan for it and then try to stick to that plan as closely as possible. If it is a dinner out with my friends I try to sway the group to a restaraunt where they serve some sort of foods that fit in my daily macros and calories. I generally know ahead of time what I am going to eat. Sometimes I know the meal I am ordering will be my full days allotment (or nearly) and so I will scale wAY back on cals the day of and the day after for that meal. For buffet type events I seek out protein sources first always. Then I go for high fiber vegetables sources. I eat these things until I am no longer hungry and then I go for fruit. The key here is planning and then sticking to the plan as closely as possible.
Today there was a BBQ put on by our admins. I did not go to the admins to see who was catering and what was on order so I was going to a food event blind. I did two things to prepare for this. The first is that I scaled back on my normal breakfast thereby giving myself about 300 extra cals for the party. Then (just before I left for the event) I had a small bowl of oats. This was just in case there was nothing at the event that I could really eat. I did not want to injest sausages and cookies and that sort of thing. When I got to the event they had pulled pork and it was without bbq sauce. That was all on the side!!! So BIG bonus there. I loaded up on vegetables (salad) and pulled pork. And all was well. There was fruit there too but I actually did not need that to pull me through.
So there ya have it. It sounds completely anal and perhaps it is but people often make comments about how consistent I am to plan and this is how it happens. I thought it might be interesting to a person or two how this crazy mind works....
Thank you for this. It is very similar to the strategy suggested by Weight Watchers. I know this because my soon to be ex-wife had great success with Weight Watchers and this is the biggest thing she took from the program.
I had forgotten about it, but that is probably the biggest key to long term success for anyone who wants to control their weight.
...that is probably the biggest key to long term success for anyone who wants to control their weight.
Seriously! It's the best advice I ever followed...you have to be able to live and enjoy things sometimes, and if you just think ahead and tweak things a bit...you can still do that, thereby allowing you to keep some of your sanity...(some) and you can continue on your path.
Glad to see that the strategy is used by weight watchers too. It totally makes sense to me and it does allow me to have a prettty normal life (all things considering) Most of the time I mingle pretty seemlessly in the crowds. The exceptions are the b-day or dessert (cake, pies, cookes) days. I just plain don't do those at all. I attend but never on an empty stomach.
Had a productive weekend working on one of my rental properties in town. Did all manner of physical labor type things and got to work on my "fix it" skills. Installed light bulbs, smoke detectors, new blinds, and a charlie bolt. Painted a few rooms, replace heater filter and also swept the chimmneys. I have just a few more things to do and the place will be ready 2 weeks ahead of the move in date. The new tennats are a young couple (30ish) and their new baby. They did not want to move in until July 1st but they were anxious to put in a garden so I told them they can have the backyard all they want this month. I got to watch them planting and moving soil and we got to know one another better. It's always a crap shoot when renting a property but I have a good feeling about them.
I did manage a workout too while I was on that side of town. I visited this 24 Hour last time I was at the house and I have to say it is the "winner" around these parts for crazy-ass people doing dumbass stuff. On the "up" side, outside of one or two young high school boyz (who have never seen a day of fat in their life), I am the leanest person in the gym. LOL! The other up side is I feel comfortable trying new stuff out there because ain't no way I can look more ridiculous than some of these people.
I saw this woman doing raises with 2lb pink dumbells. I swear I have NEVER seen this before. But there she was. She was doing them about 3 feet away from me. I was doing 30lb military presses. I saw one kid come in and do nothing but curls and tricep exercises for an hour plus. He had a nice upper body and these little chicken legs. LOL! It just goes on and on at this gym.
Had a decent workout all things considering. I am definately keeping my strength though tonight I did not do any sort of PRs. It is getting harder and harder for me to keep up the energy. I just don't have as much as I used to have. It is so weird. The scale is staying the same, my bf% tests show much the same, but I am suffering. I have hunger and lack of focus and a loss of energy. I actually have to tell myself to move around lately. There are definately more cuts in the mirror so things are happening... it is just so freak'n slow.
I am negotiating my photo shoot date with Alan right now. I have my photo shoot in Sep, then from Sep-Dec I am heading back to school for a certification (for work) and then I have a show in March. So plans are to be at nor near 10% in Sept. Do some sort of mini-bulk thing while in school (so I am not fuzzy in the head) and then cut from Dec-March for my first show. Alan said this was reasonable all the way around and we are now placing solid dates around the show and photo shoot.
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Had a productive weekend working on one of my rental properties in town. Did all manner of physical labor type things and got to work on my "fix it" skills.
Installed light bulbs,
smoke detectors,
new blinds, and a charlie bolt.
Painted a few rooms,
replace heater filter and also
swept the chimmneys. I have just a few more things to do and the place will be ready 2 weeks ahead of the move in date.
I did manage a workout too while I was on that side of town.
Had a decent workout all things considering. I am definately keeping my strength though tonight I did not do any sort of PRs. It is getting harder and harder for me to keep up the energy. I just don't have as much as I used to have. It is so weird. The scale is staying the same, my bf% tests show much the same, but I am suffering. I have hunger and lack of focus and a loss of energy. I actually have to tell myself to move around lately. There are definately more cuts in the mirror so things are happening... it is just so freak'n slow.
And you wonder why you're lacking in energy
All those 'little' things you did, look like hyooge projects to me and would leave most people wiped out afterwards
Hmmmm.... Dang, you are probably right. But even so I feel like I am a bit zapped. Alan says it is likely a result of my current run in with Mother Nature and he expects it to carry on for a few more days.
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Hmmmm.... Dang, you are probably right. But even so I feel like I am a bit zapped. Alan says it is likely a result of my current run in with Mother Nature and he expects it to carry on for a few more days.
The first thing to note is that I always plan. When I know an event is coming up I make a plan for it and then try to stick to that plan as closely as possible. If it is a dinner out with my friends I try to sway the group to a restaraunt where they serve some sort of foods that fit in my daily macros and calories. I generally know ahead of time what I am going to eat. Sometimes I know the meal I am ordering will be my full days allotment (or nearly) and so I will scale wAY back on cals the day of and the day after for that meal. For buffet type events I seek out protein sources first always. Then I go for high fiber vegetables sources. I eat these things until I am no longer hungry and then I go for fruit. The key here is planning and then sticking to the plan as closely as possible.
This is seriously good advice. Thank you for writing this. I like it because it is simple and doable. Sometimes I feel upon reading these boards that I will fail because I am not a measurer or a tracker or charter. That is just not me. It is not that it isn't important --It is just not the way I roll. Planning in the way you suggested is so incredibly simple and can be done anywhere for any occasion. I am going to implement your suggestions starting today because on Warp Speed Fat Loss it is difficult to coordinate diet with work lunches and dinners.
LOL!! Okay I get the point. Alan keeps stressing to me too that it will take a number of days and that I need to learn to be okay with that. I keep forgetting that I am human. He also said it was funny that the only person who can kick my ass is Mother Nature.
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This is seriously good advice. Thank you for writing this...
You're welcome. I struggled with writing it or not because I am always afraid people will think I am saying that I am somehow better than them if I put it on paper. But once I learned that this concept is foreign to some I thought it best to type it out just in case....
So I am freak'n starving today. This diet and plan is SOOOOOO freak'n hard on me. I am either starving or forcing food in. Doesn't ever feel just right. The most frustrating part is that nothing at all is happening on the scale. I have been at this same weight for 1.5 months now. I totally would not be able to hang with this plan without Alan standing around with a baseball bat. LOL! The weird thing is that I think my body is changing. It is so hard for me to be for sure though. One time I look in the mirror and I smile and another time I cry. This is killing me.
Got response back from Alan and we are good to go for a Sept 27th (ish) date for photo shoot and March 27th date for show. So forward we go, one step at a time.
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It's a take the med until it's all gone, irrespective of whether you think you're better.
Do what Espi said: get the probiotic and cranberry juice.
Keep drinking lots of water.
And given that you were peeing blood, I think you should go back to the doc when you've finished the med and have your urine checked.
Here's a link about probiotics. You can get some at Whole Foods or Fred Meyer. I use PB8. Alan doesn't need to hold your hand on this. It is not going to melt away your LBM. It will help keep you from getting a yeast infection.
LMAO!! I use PB8 too ... and when I was on an antibiotic right before the summit, my doc had me double the dose (2 caps twice daily).
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I don't know if the workout will happen right now. I just checked and have a fucking fever... it is low grade and I still feel strong but not sure if I am thinking clearly anymore enough to lift heavy weights. I am fuzzy a bit.
And I am a stupid dumbass.
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Still, Julie's response FTW.
Glad to see you've (finally) come to your senses.
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Okay I am sick. I believe it now. Temp is up to 101 and I am pretty heady right now. I decided to NOT go to the gym and do legs.
See...?? Even a dumbass can be a tiny bit sensible.
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HA HA HA! I agree 100%. Julie had me ROTFLMAO at that. But then I thought how it really wasn't all that funny because it was so close to the truth.
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Karla - it is possible to overthink the situation Here is an alternative - get well and follow the plan There is a non zero probability that AA knows what he is doing And since that now exceeds my smiley quota for a post, I'll stop.
Be Well.
TomK
I would trust Alan ... he did curl you afterall.
J/K ... glad to see that you are feeling better and learning all the time Karla!
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So there ya have it. It sounds completely anal and perhaps it is but people often make comments about how consistent I am to plan and this is how it happens. I thought it might be interesting to a person or two how this crazy mind works....
Not anal at all to me...it's really close to how I've been handling things and how I've managed to lose even though we always have family stuff going on. I think these sorts of strategies have to be learned in order to have a healthy relationship with food and not constantly be on a diet/binge cycle. I don't deprive myself if I really want something but I will either make up by cutting back elsewhere, and I don't do it all the time! I don't count the calories, so I don't consider it anal.
You are probably starving because of the gazillion calories you burnt doing all those 'small things' that are actually 'huge projects' to us!
That and the recovery from you being ill, remember?
BTW, I've been thinking of your strategies a lot in the last few days as there's a good chance I'm going to eat out upcoming Saturday, which happens to follow a workout that normally would be planned for Sunday. Normally Sundays are for moderate eat-at-maintenance days, but since it's a rarity that I ever eat out.. am planning to splurge some more.
So.. I've reversed the food plans for Fri & Sat and will spend the saved calories from Friday on Saturday.. maybe also scale back a bit on other meals.
This is very much like balancing the budget. Almost literally so..
Julie, you remain one of my most favorite people on the board. Thanks for stopping by!
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You are probably starving because of the gazillion calories you burnt doing all those 'small things' that are actually 'huge projects' to us!
That and the recovery from you being ill, remember?
BTW, I've been thinking of your strategies a lot in the last few days as there's a good chance I'm going to eat out upcoming Saturday, which happens to follow a workout that normally would be planned for Sunday. Normally Sundays are for moderate eat-at-maintenance days, but since it's a rarity that I ever eat out.. am planning to splurge some more.
So.. I've reversed the food plans for Fri & Sat and will spend the saved calories from Friday on Saturday.. maybe also scale back a bit on other meals.
This is very much like balancing the budget. Almost literally so..
Oh yeah... Keep forgetting about my activity levels being high.... Glad to hear that my long post actually triggered some thinking in ya. Can't wait to hear how you work it out and YES it is exactly like balancing a budget. Alan calls it Macro-management.
Okay so when does this fucking "recovery" thing end already?!! How do I know if my off time in the gym is recovery or something else. I got my ass whipped pretty good in the gym last night and Alan said something about recovery. How long does this remain an excuse for me?
More importantly is I got beat up pretty well mentally last night in the gym. I had yet another conversation with da bros where I was told that my carbs are too high, my cardio isn't enough, my cals were too high, etc, etc... I was too tired and too beat to really respond to it this time. I am just following the plan day in and day out and trusting that I will come in and come in conditioned to the hilt!
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) just go hog-wild when the opportunity comes and then do damage control by fasting or PSMF-ing (protein-strictly MoFo is the best acronym-explanation) and another low-calorie day 1 day later.. just like you write. 
And since that now exceeds my smiley quota for a post, I'll stop.
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