Anna's Training Log Part 2 (Part 1)

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Week 1: Day 5

Bench: 1x5-65,75,85lbs; 1x5-95,105, 1x7-115lbs; 4x12-85lbs
lateral raises: 7x12-10lb Dbs
DB military press: 3x(8-25lb dbs+10 diamond pushups
curls: 1x5,6,7-20kg
Conditioning: 10min kickboxing on heavy bag

  • felt decent physically- weights moved well, got a nice shoulder and tricep pump, kickboxing felt REALLY REALLY awesome. I thought my conditioning had gone to shit, but 10 min felt a LOT easier than expected

OTOH, I look unbelievably fluffy and bloated. I’ve seemed to have lost all definition and there’s definitely more fluff around the love handle area. I’m pretty sure there’s a fair bit of water retention from my salt binge yesterday and that it’s nearing that time of month…
HOWEVER, there’s also been times when my BF “stairsteps” and new pockets of fat seem to appear overnight (ie what happened during the pandemic)

Anyways, new plan: 1500 -1600 kcal on non squat/deadlift days, 1800 on squat and DL days. Hopefully that’ll take care of fluff. I need accountability

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Would you ever entertain an idea of eating more to take care of this fluff, or is that strictly off the table?

Safe to say the old plan was bottom right at this point?

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8927

Yeah, but I gained fat eating 2k calories, which means that I was eating too much

I don’t train hard enough and don’t have the mental energy to push more right now with my academic stuff

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Would you be willing to employ such an approach if it did not require training more but possibly training less?

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Yes.

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This shit wasn’t here a couple of months ago :sob:

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You’ll get it off eventually Anna, just remember if what you’re doing is not working then try something different.

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8932

I have that too. Had it at my leannest.

Final question for now: would you use an approach to eating that allowed for more calories and less activity that resulted in a heavier bodyweight for 6 months followed by a lighter bodyweight for 20 years?

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That would be nice

I’m not too confident in my ability to lose the weight though

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It would be nice indeed!. Would you follow such a plan though and make that tradeoff? That’s more my question.

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Get what off, her skin?

I don’t think any of this gets fixed without a long hiatus from these forums and years of intensive therapy.

This is a life threatening condition we are dealing with here, and many eating disorders revolve around obsessive counting of calories and even if the strategy involves eating more and weighing more, the counting and tracking and obsessing may still be just as damaging.

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I have no idea of what her goals even are, I was just thinking maybe she wants to look muscular in the abdominal area

But she would have to eat more to build muscle. But eventually going that path would make her look less “fluffy” in the end.

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Very much strongly concur. I am more interested in where these lines in the sand exist.

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If I could (basically) guarantee that ill be able to get the weight off, I’d do it.

I don’t have confidence in myself.

I have a friend who used to be where I was in terms of body comp. She decided to gain weight and stayed there

She’s happy being there, but I’m not

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You could guarantee this with the aid of a professional. Are you saying you are open to that?

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That’s the main difference. She did not ‘fail to get the weight off’ she chose not to.

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Week 1: day 6

10 min weighted walk- 25lbs in pack, 3% incline, 2.7mph
10-1 of devils press-25lb dbs, 20alt lunges btw sets, ~16min
15min elliptical
Some handstand practice

  • planned to do a longer walk, felt good with cardio but neck was acting up, devils press ladder was awesome- went by really quick and got HR up, elliptical is nice

Notes:

  • Still bloated and soft :sob:, I’m still thinking it’s mostly water bc my feet are somewhat puffy. Digestion is also feeling off
  • as much as I’ve been complaining, my workouts have been feeling pretty great, especially when it comes to cardio. I love the luxury of being able to do 2 a days
  • I think I might be someone who does better on higher carbs. I’ve been having better energy overall since replacing some of my fats with carbs
  • I’ve noticed even though I am softer (ie more squishy around the belly), I still LOOK decent. I think ab training is paying off and there’s more definition at higher bodyfat levels. Same with my legs. I can see more separation even though I’m at a higher BF %
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Week 2: day 1 (yesterday)

Press: 1x10-45, 1x5-55lbs; 1x3-65, 75, 1x6-85!!!; 4x12-55lbs
Flyes: 5x12-15lb dbs
Btn press: 4x8-45lbs
Incline reverse fly: 4x10-15lbs
Z press: 3x10-25lb dbs

  • only slept 7 hrs so was quite tired, happy with press- rep PR, everything else was fine, the flyes were harder than expected
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Awesome job! Carb power! Glad you are experimenting with the carbs and liking the results!

8944

It concerns me that posts like this get so many likes, and so little response.

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