Hey Betty! Just saw your squat video. Form looks really good to me.
I miss you! Keep up the good work.
Hey-
I’m still here…
Getting ready to change things up a little!
I need to stop being lazy and keep up with the cardio…along with that I’m going to start
‘Starting Strength.’ Gotta buy the book first though 
So I’ll finish out the week with a rep. day and a dead day…
I’m also following the ‘ZONE DIET.’
I plan on weighing/measuring myself in about three weeks, which is when I meet with the nutritionist again and get my blood levels re-tested…
yeehaw!
Today is my first day of the new program I’m doing! I’ve been doing Ws4sb, but I think it was too much for me,and I had to bastardize it anyway…
I’m in need of an ego check though, cause I need to get rid of a lot of weight on my lifts and basically start over…but I know in the long run it will be for the best!
Also, I’ve never done power cleans before, so I hope to not look like too much of an idiot… :I
I saw your squat video today. I also saw the guy behind you watching the whole thing very carefully. Maybe you helped him out with form tips 
From what I could see they didn’t look bad but it was hard to tell because your top half was out of the frame for most of the video. How did they feel?
Next time get jojo the watcher to video you if he’s going to stare the whole time anyway
Well, that was fun!
It feels good going back to focusing on good form…I realized in my squats I had been coming up with my chest first, instead of my butt…oops!
OS- in answer to your question, they felt really hard!!!
In doing some more reading I discovered that the WS4SB program is for the more advanced, and I don’t consider myself there(yet) I don’t even know how I ended up doing it!
I had to lower a lot of the weight I was up to, but now I can focus on slowly bringing it back up, (the right way!)
I am very surprised at the talk I hear where I work out…I was doing squats, and I heard two guys talking…one said to the other, “you should do some more exercises like that…” and the other guy said, “no way, squats are bad for you knees, I’ll stick to running!”
And when I first got there, some fuktard was using the one and only squat rack for curls and lunges, grrrrr…
Hey Mom-in-MD
just watched your squat vid. If you don’t mind some feedback read on.
For the most part it looks good. However, when you lower your torso tends to lean forward a little too much and I think I saw some curving of the back on one of the reps.
When you’re looking at your bottom position on the squats take a look at your shin angle and your torso angle should run parallel to it. Hope that helps.
Hey,
I seem to keep losing you, but I found you again. I have been posting mostly on the V-Diet forum. Working towards my goal of starting V-Diet again on Sept 1st, so I am getting all my ducks in a row.
Glad to see you are doing good. I will check in on you from time to time.
fitnesslady
Hey- Thanks for stopping by J.F.! I was just taking on too much weight than what I’m ready for I think…its more of an ego thing I think…
Thats why I switched to Starting Strength…
And since I’m used to doing assistance exercises from the WS4SB program I will keep them for now…
I keep wondering if I’m going in the right direction…I mean, any lifting is going to be better than none, right? And since my main focus is fat loss then I shouldn’t be too concerned…
so why am I? lol…
Hey Karen! THanks for checking in on me!! Don’t be a stranger…
[quote]mominmaine wrote:
Well, someday at least
Hope you don’t mind me joining you ladies over here. I could use all the motivation I can get,and you all certainly do that for me without even knowing
My main goal right now is fat loss…I highly enjoy lifting heavy things lol but am only able to make it to the gym on weekends…
For now I am doing www.menshealth.com/bellyoff..and the rest of the days are steady state cardio… It’s pretty challenging! Someone also refered me to Ross Enamits stuff, and am looking into that next!
Um, ya…now I feel like the shy girl in class![/quote]
Hi
I thought I’d chime in, as I’m bored at work and just counting down the minutes. Anyways if your main goal is fat loss I really suggest that you dial in your diet.
I believe, as do many others, that as far as gaining weight / loosing weight is concerned most of the results come from how much your eating and what your eating. So get your diet in order and watch those pounds drop.
Good luck!
Agreed Kensai. In fact Berardi sent out a newsletter a week or 2 ago on some studies they did on people.
Those that went through tough workouts barely saw any change with weight or body fat after 12 weeks.
It wasn’t until proper nutrition was applied that the results showed.
It backed up what I’ve known for years. I’ve said that nutrition accounts for about 70% of weight loss combined with weights and cardio, looks like I was even underestimating it.
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
Agreed Kensai. In fact Berardi sent out a newsletter a week or 2 ago on some studies they did on people.
Those that went through tough workouts barely saw any change with weight or body fat after 12 weeks.
It wasn’t until proper nutrition was applied that the results showed.
It backed up what I’ve known for years. I’ve said that nutrition accounts for about 70% of weight loss combined with weights and cardio, looks like I was even underestimating it.[/quote]
FYI It’s gone over in this article http://www.T-Nation.com/free_online_article/sex_news_sports_funny/learn_something
Have you gone back to the dietician?
Sorry I haven’t been around much. I have been over on the Velocity Diet forum, getting motivated for my 28 days. Get some prep. days in now. I am switching out my snacks or two of my meals for protein shakes. The first couple of days I am adding almonds or pistchios. Eventually I will log only 1500 calories on lifting days and 1200 on non-lifting days, so I am trying to log what I am currently consuming, so i have half an idea of what I have doing and what I need to do.
I hope you are doing well and getting the correct help with your thyroid and diet.
I’ll check back later.
fitnesslady
Yep, proper nutrition is the story of my life! Especially now that I have been diagnosed as being hypothyroid…and for anyone reading that doesnt know what that is, it basically means my metabolism sucks and its harder for me to lose weight…
I have given up all grains, and only get my carbs from fruit, veggies,beans and from incidentals like nuts…
I just FEEL better, and Im sure Ill feel way better when the meds take affect…
I havent been back to the nutritionist yet. I wasnt slated to meet back with her until the beginning of Sept. But Im not sure I really want, with how generic she was!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Yep, proper nutrition is the story of my life! Especially now that I have been diagnosed as being hypothyroid…and for anyone reading that doesnt know what that is, it basically means my metabolism sucks and its harder for me to lose weight…
I have given up all grains, and only get my carbs from fruit, veggies,beans and from incidentals like nuts…
I just FEEL better, and Im sure Ill feel way better when the meds take affect…
I havent been back to the nutritionist yet. I wasnt slated to meet back with her until the beginning of Sept. But Im not sure I really want, with how generic she was!
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Whenever I prepare for summer and want my 6 pac to show I cut the cars; remove most grains (breads, pastas, potatoes, dairy and sugar from my diet and only get carbs from the sources you listed above my energy levels soar; I drop a few percent in bf in the first few weeks and I usually feel so much better. To my body type and genetics a high carb diet is the devil.
How are you doing with SS? How long have you been doing it? And how do you like it; would you suggest it to another female?
I like the program ok…I just started it, and had been doing WS4SB…
It feels weird squatting three times a week, but what the heck!
I find it difficult to add 10-15lbs each workout though…so I stay with the same weight until it’s easy, and add 5-10 pounds instead…
I really like getting back to basics and focusing on form…this is only my second week…I would suggest this program to anyone, especially if you are knew to wanting to learn how to lift heavy.
I tried inverted rows instead of chin ups yesterday, and I really feel it in my back today!!
Heres yesterday workout:
SQUAT:
2x5xbar
1x5x65
1x5x75
1x3x85
3x5x95(up 10 pounds from last week)
BENCH:
same warmup sets
3x5x95
INVERTED ROWS
3 sets to failure
2x3(with legs straight out)
1x5(with knees bent slightly)
Back extension
3x10-holding a 10lb plate
PLANKS
30s,45s,40s
Only going up from here!! Its kind of an ego check, cause I know I can bench and squat more…
Hi Mom-in-MD
Just catching up on your progress. Hope your HT treatment will be dialed in soon.
In the meantime, the dietician you saw is a moron. If she had just parroted the typical high-carb, low-fat dogma, that’s to be expected, but to not recommmend fish oil at this point is professional malpractice.
I mean, I recently read a review article about it in the Saturday Evening Post! mostly quoting someone from Harvard. So while low-carb diets are still shunned by mainstream medicine, fish oil has gone mainstream, and she must be living under a rock.
I would refuse to see her again just for that reason, personally.
If there’s anything you SHOULD be doing for your health and body comp, it’s drastically increasing your intake of fish oil.
The Zone diet is pretty good, especially the Omega Zone which emphasizes, of course, high-quality fish oil. The Zone (IF I remember correctly) aims to keep blood sugar and insulin low by eating small meals with protein, plenty of low-glycemic carbs such as veggies, and a little healthy fat in each meal.
Portions of higher-impact carbs, like oatmeal or pasta, are kept small to keep glucose and insulin down. I have eaten this way and done really well. Some people complain about the complexity of the of 40-30-30 ratios, but as long as you’re in the ballpark and eating the right foods, you’ll be fine.
I would highly recommend, though, at some point at least trying a lower-carb approach for about 6 months. I prefer foods similar to those recommended by Christian Thibaudeau (though I include a larger variety of fruits and vegetables and will NOT eat horse meat).
I believe CT’s food choices, particularly for fats, are better than the dairy-heavy choices many people seemed to make on the traditional AD.
I believe the huge impact of any diet comes from specific food choices. You can take any macro ratio breakdown and eat crap. I recommend minimizing dairy products and grains. I feel better, have more energy, and stay leaner when minimizing dairy.
I am OK with 30-50 grams of my daily protein coming from greek yogurt and/or Metabolic Drive, but with lots of other dairy products I don’t do so well.
One final recommendation. I believe there is a big energy impact of eating a breakfast HIGH in protein and LOW in carbs. One book I read on circadian rhythms claims that this breakfast pattern affects the circadian rise and fall of certain hormones all throughout the day and night.
From personal experience, I tend to believe it. If I have a protein+fat breakfast, I feel energized ALL DAY. By comparison, if I eat carbs for breakfast I feel more sluggish or even fatigued. Even on my cheat days or high-carb days, I have stuck to my protein+fat breakfast so that I will feel good all day long.
I realize that this goes against the concept of eating P+C in the AM, and P+F at night. That concept was certainly a good idea to try given the data on insulin sensitivity; however, I have done it both ways extensively and say without hesitation that a P+F breakfast is the way to go for me.
Thanks for stopping by Andersons!
The only dairy I get is cottage cheese, and the occasional yogurt.
I’ve been following the ZONE for a couple weeks now, and I feel great! I haven’t even added any grains back yet(accept for 1/4 cup of all bran in the mornings)
I planned on weighing in on the 26th, cause it will also be two weeks since I started taking my meds…
Today’s workout
WALKED FOR 10 min…
SQUAT-
warmup 2x5xbar, 1x65x5 1x5x75 1x3x85 1x2x95
3x5x100(up 15pounds from last week)
PRESS-
Warmup-2x5xbar 1x5x65 1x3x70 1x2x75
2x5x80 1x5x70-(seems like I shouldn’t have moved up to 75-80 just yet)
DEADLIFT-
1x5x160lb(up 25pounds from last week)
LATPULLS-3x8x75lbs
DB BICEP CURLS-3x8x25s
FLUTTERKICKS
3x10(3-count)
How are you feeling with the DL and squats? The weight seems to be moving up quickly for you. That’s a good feeling isn’t it?
I’m enjoying taking my time and focusing on form…with the west side program I felt all this pressure to put up big numbers every week, even though I wasn’t ready…