I am not a journal type person but feel the need to so so at least today. I just got back from an appt with my endo and will have a surgery consult on Sept 17th. I have 2 nodules on my thyroid which have become complex and one has gotten bigger and have developed a third nodule. The largest has been drained and biopsied once so now a thyroidectomy and biopsy for cancer is in the works.
I am a newbie lifter who started in March following the Chalean Extreme program. I was doing great and seeing great upper body definition when I got waylaid by a severe sinus infection my 8h week in the program. 2 rounds of antibiotics and prednisolone later along with the fabulous water bloat I started NROL of Lifting for Women on August 3rd. Doing great so far-I workout at home with dumbbells and have lost 5.8 lbs of the water bloat. I started walk/sprint intervals this week also. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and MS possible by the Mayo Clinic in 2005. So I adapt, keep lifting and moving and move forward-pain will not own me I have decided.
I feel a little deflated by today's news but at least on a positive note now I know why the weight doesn't come off easy and it has been such a struggle the past 3 years. I will keep lifting until my surgery and recovery are done and will start up again afterwards. After all it's not about how many times you fall but how many times you get back up and continue on or so I keep telling myself...
Today is Stage 1 B7 workout but I am very tired. I took my first dose of Cytomel yesterday and between that and the thoughts whirling around in my head only slept 3 hours. I napped for awhile this morning but still have that tired and wired feeling-the doc said I might until my body gets used to the Cytomel. I may workout tonight or have another rest day and get back on track when I'm feeling better.
Thanks TheFitOne-makes me wanna pick up those weights and yell "Adrien"! Taking today off as a mental health day and feeling much better. Gave myself 24 hrs of poor me and it's time to move on.
Welcome to the forums, Lyrica. I'm sorry to hear all these troubles are coming at you all at once...good luck with everything. We'll all be thinking of you on your surgery day.
After all it's not about how many times you fall but how many times you get back up and continue on or so I keep telling myself...
This is definitely true. I have been trying for nearly a year and keep learning what works and what doesn't, etc. I have to say a lot is down to compliance with me (as well as surgery, and other procedures, you know all about them) but I get better every time I start again. Besides, you can't just lay down and take it!
Don't worry so much about the thyroidectomy. You're out of the hospital in a few days and its only annoying to sleep on it for a week or so. I think like we said, it'll be easier to regulate hormones with it just gone.
Anyway *subscribed*
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Thanks for the kind words. Definitely better mood today-still had some problems sleeping last night so I napped this morning and then worked out. Today was Stage 1 B7. I work out at home with dumbbells and switched something up today. By the end of the workout I was having trouble with my lunges-just too tired to complete them with good form. So I switched them to the beginning of the workout and did great-was able to complete everything.
I am loving my GoWearFit. Yesterday was a down day with the only activity being taking and picking up my husband from work. I burned 2005 calories vs. 2400-2600 when I work out and have a more active day. This is really helping me as I have huge water retention issues which mask true fat loss. Helps me keep things in perspective.
Deadlifts 3x8x50
DB Shoulder Press 3x8x30
DB Pullover 3x8x20
Lunge 3x8x40
SB Crunch 15/20/15
Drinking coffee and trying to motivate myself to move and do some intervals. It's cold & damp here in No Il this morning and all I wanna do is stay under the blanket & drink coffee. Bleh-not conducive to burning fat. lol
Sorry about your health troubles, but I'm impressed by your attitude. I think you're doing the right thing by tackling your fitness. That can only bring you good things!
Drinking coffee and trying to motivate myself to move and do some intervals. It's cold & damp here in No Il this morning and all I wanna do is stay under the blanket & drink coffee. Bleh-not conducive to burning fat. lol
Stronger coffee!
Actually, my suggestion is that if you find it difficult to motivate yourself to do something like intervals just get up and go for a walk. You may feel more like doing the intervals after you get started and get the blood moving. Or if you don't at least its more burn than sitting on the couch. Though yes, coffee and cuddling under a blanket is always very tempting!
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Plus, my desire to remain stunningly attractive outweighs the call of the cheesecake. mostly...
After my coffee I did wake up and do some intervals. Had pretty good energy and really like that I can finish this. I just realized I only have 2 more workouts and then the extra ones in Stage 1. I was looking over the intervals for Stage 2 and don't think I am quite up to that level yet so I may adapt and follow this until I can shorten the 4 min walk. That should be my new motto-Don't Give Up-Adapt.
30 minutes total
5 mins brisk walking
60 sec interval-did step ups today
Sorry about your health troubles, but I'm impressed by your attitude. I think you're doing the right thing by tackling your fitness. That can only bring you good things!
Today was workout A8. I slept good last night and ran to the grocery store and felt I had good energy but boy was this workout hard-OMG . I really had to push myself thru it and then took a nap afterwards.
Woke with a migraine today-rest day today. No wonder I felt so drained yesterday. Tomorrow will be my last Stage 1 workout except for the 2 special ones and then a week of rest. I won't be able to follow the intervals as listed in the book but will continue what I have been doing and working on decreasing the recovery intervals and see how it goes. Right now I am trying to organize my thoughts and come up with a list of questions for the surgeon. One big question will be how long before I can lift again since the incision will be in the throat. This is the second time this has happened to me this year-I get about 8 weeks into a program and have to stop for health issues, grumble, grumble.
That's how I feel with my running too. Just keep in mind you're better off for having done it when you've been able than never started it at all.
I think that has become my mantra. I know I made progress during the 8 wks I was following the Chalean Extreme program-my back boobs went and showed great defifinition (for me) in the upper body-my 16 yr old son couldn't get over it lol. Right now I am in major jigglypuff mode and it looks disgusting but my husband pointed out especially in my legs he can feel hardness under the layer of jigglypuff. So I will probably have to concentrate on walking after the surgery. How long before you were able to exercise after your surgery Gen?
This is the second time this has happened to me this year-I get about 8 weeks into a program and have to stop for health issues, grumble, grumble.
I know it's easier to be positive about someone else's challenges BUT just remember that no activity is wasted.
We tend to set the goals for these cycles of workouts as though "finishing the complete number of sets" equates to succeeding. That is not so. You succeed every time you go to the gym, but didn't feel like it. Or everytime you wake up, and are proud of yourself for sticking with it this far. Everytime you opt to stick to the meal plan, instead of eating junk with everyone else.
Think about it. The little piece of white tape that they stretch across the finish line, really doesn't symbolize the victory. Breaking that piece of tape is nothing, compared to what you did to get there.
It just symbolizes all the steps that you took you get there. It shows the completion of a journey, marks a milestone.
You are going to have to take some time off, and that sucks. But during that time you can focus on eating right, improving your NEAT, and making that a habit, and in general 'tighten up' your daily routine to flush out some of the things that sabotage you.
Just trying to throw in another perspective.
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8/3 weight 202.6
9/7 weight 198.0
Weight loss of 4.6 lbs on an average of 2129 cals a day, p28%, c39% & f33%
Calories have naturally zigzagged from a low of 1518 to a high of 3127. I saw a low weight of 196.4 and a high of 205 during the past month-all normal & to be expected.
I am following a KISS approach to my diet and it's working so far-when it stops then I will make adjustments. Most of my loss is water but it feels great to get it off.
1)Set and aim for calorie goal daily-2000
2)Aim for daily protein goal-150
3)Let the rest of the macros fall where they may
Stage 1 B8-Last Workout Today (except for special ones)
Deadlifts 3x8x50
I know it's easier to be positive about someone else's challenges BUT just remember that no activity is wasted.
We tend to set the goals for these cycles of workouts as though "finishing the complete number of sets" equates to succeeding. That is not so. You succeed every time you go to the gym, but didn't feel like it. Or everytime you wake up, and are proud of yourself for sticking with it this far. Everytime you opt to stick to the meal plan, instead of eating junk with everyone else.
Think about it. The little piece of white tape that they stretch across the finish line, really doesn't symbolize the victory. Breaking that piece of tape is nothing, compared to what you did to get there.
It just symbolizes all the steps that you took you get there. It shows the completion of a journey, marks a milestone.
You are going to have to take some time off, and that sucks. But during that time you can focus on eating right, improving your NEAT, and making that a habit, and in general 'tighten up' your daily routine to flush out some of the things that sabotage you.
DOMS last night & some this morning-I worked hard yesterday. Rest day today just some walking. Tomorrow will be the first Stage 1 special workout. Taking it easy today and have Hungarian Pork Goulash in the crockpot.
Just remember that DOMS will go away faster if you work the muscles with about 50% the intensity that you used to get them sore. (So if you lift 40 lb weights 8 times, lift 20 lb weights 8 times.)
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Plus, my desire to remain stunningly attractive outweighs the call of the cheesecake. mostly...
Stage 1 Special Workout A
DB Squat 25r/30lbs
45 deg Pushups 9
DB Rows 30r/30lbs
Step Ups 40r/30lbs
Crunches 50
Stage 1 Special Workout B
DB Deadlift 51r/30lbs
DB Shoulder Press 19r/30lbs
DB Pullover 26r/15lbs
Lunge 24r/30lbs
SB Crunch 25
Starting Stage 2 on Monday and continuing with my easy walk/sprint,stepup, jjacks intervals. Looking forward to doing some different exercises. I am going to try to find something to help increase the height on my stepups. I do the exercise on a step that is between our family room and living room. I can't do them on a weight bench because of arthritis issues-screaming pain. So my hubby is looking for a board so I can raise the height gradually. All in all pleased with Stage 1 results and will reevaluate after Stage 2. It was after my 8th week of Chalean Extreme the results were really noticeable for me-hope to see the same thing with NROL for Women.
Did 30 minutes of Jari Love's Get Ripped 1000 today. Ugh made me feel like a total out of shape slob. As usual the resistance part was no problem but had to make a lot of adaptations on the cardio. My knees are really bothering me lately-arthritis is flaring up so I need to start a round of Sam-E, this works better than gluc/chon/MSM for me. Interesting it burned no more calories for me than when I do WATP so I think I will stick with those dvds or try just the Get Ripped dvd for variety.
Walk/jog in place intervals today-reduced walk to 3 mins. I also did 30 mins of WATP-kind of embarrassed to post that with all the buff people here on JP but it gets me moving.When I was first diagnosed with Fibro and could barely move this is what got me going-there was no way I was gonna do the Sit and Be Fit videos lol. The pain in my knees is better-interesting I switched back to CLO-I had started taking fish oil capsules to save calories but it doesn't work as well as the CLO for me.
Brisk walk warmup 5 mins
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
NROL for Women-Stage 2 A1
DB Push Press 2/10/30
DB Step Ups 2/20/50
DB One Point Row 2/10/40
Static Lunge RF Elevated 2/20/30
Push Up-45 Deg 5/8 weak & shaky
Plank 60/60
DB Woodchop 2/20/15 need to go heavier
Walk/Jog Intervals
5 min brisk walk warmup
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog
3 min walk
1 min jog
3 min walk
1 min jog
3 min walk
1 min jog
3 min walk
Started Stage 2 today and did my workout in the morning instead of afternoon. Will need to work on DB Push Press as any explosive movements are harder for me. I have some type of inner ear inbalance on my right side-it never bothers me unless I am going down a long flight of stairs or going down in an elevator and then I get vertigo. So I touched the very tip of my foot to the wall if I started to fall over on the DB One Point Rows-was very careful not to use any weight just tried to balance myself. I can still do planks. I am 5'6" with long legs and long arms-they are even a bit longer than my husbands-and I have always been able to do planks-not that it wasn't hard but I did them. Still can't do pushups but not worried about that. I can definitely go heavier on the woodchops next time.
Arthritis knee pain was screaming today even in warmup. But I pushed through the pain carefully and slowly-didn't rush and by the time I did the intervals it was feeling better.
I felt really good and energized after yesterday's workouts so I took a 30 minute walk. Got my new WATP dvd and tried it today-The Big Burn-2 Miles of Intervals and also took another 30 minute walk. Feeling pretty good except ankles were a little sore at the onset but were better by the end of my walk. Geez I remember those days I used to wake up and nothing hurt lol...too late to start whining now.
This weeks challenge is to keep my calories at 1900 for weight loss. According to my gowearfit I burn 2500-2600 cals with exercise and I would like to see a loss this month. If I drop my cals below 1700 I wake up hungry in the middle of the night so aiming for 1900. It's really hard to go by the scale weight for me as I have horrible water retention that masks a true scale read. So I am going by how I feel and how my clothes are fitting and so far so good.
Stage 2-B1
DB Deadlift 2/10/40
Bulgarian Split Squat 2/18 & 16/25
DB Pullover 2/10/20
Reverse Lunge from Box 2/10/20
DB Prone Cuban Snatch 2/10/20 may need to go lower was exhausted
Swiss Ball Crunch 2/10
Hanna Side Flexion 2/10
Reverse Crunch 2/5 really tired and sweaty
Prone Cobra 2/30 seconds didn't care about finishing these-was tired
Intervals-20 min
4 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
1 min jog in place
3 min walk
OMG! This workout was hard! Sweaty and tired afterwards-definitely need to go lighter on the evil Bulgarian Split Squats and maybe the Cubans too. Took an easy 20 min walk after the intervals. I really enjoy my PWO shake-I was tired and sweaty.
2 days of keeping calories in the 1900 range and will work on today. According to my gowearfit my burn was 2710 yesterday with over 12,000 steps and calories were 1818-a really good day. Highest burn I have had in quite awhile.
The Road Back to Health
I napped for awhile this morning but still have that tired and wired feeling-the doc said I might until my body gets used to the Cytomel. I may workout tonight or have another rest day and get back on track when I'm feeling better.
Taking today off as a mental health day and feeling much better. Gave myself 24 hrs of poor me and it's time to move on. 
. I really had to push myself thru it and then took a nap afterwards. 
I know I made progress during the 8 wks I was following the Chalean Extreme program-my back boobs went and showed great defifinition (for me) in the upper body-my 16 yr old son couldn't get over it lol. Right now I am in major jigglypuff mode and it looks disgusting but my husband pointed out especially in my legs he can feel hardness under the layer of jigglypuff. So I will probably have to concentrate on walking after the surgery. How long before you were able to exercise after your surgery Gen?
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