don’t be discourage, weight is a fickle thing…remember its how you feel in your clothes too! Keep up the great work! GO Sledding! (=
ah crucifix hold!
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
when the schools close the daycare at the gym closes…[/quote]
that’s dumb. should be the opposite.
Thanks Roxi! I’m not stressing too much about it!
I’m thankful for my losses and am grateful to be maintaining…I guess it would be a different story if I was sitting here typing about how I’ve ballooned up 10lbs…but I haven’t! happy dance
I know what I need to do to cut more weight…but by training the way I am, and keeping the eats clean, I have a feeling the rest of the body comp changes will happen on there own without having to go the hardcore dieting route again! At least I hope so!
not a good nights sleep here…I was up with Julia between the hours of 330-530am…she kept throwing up 
She never throws up!!
I didn’t get to bed til after midnight, then Julia, and my back!! I was dancing around like an idiot while doing dishes yesterday and I pulled something! rolls eyes I had planned on lifting today…we’ll see how I feel after I’ve got a pot of coffee in me, LOL! I gotta orientation anyway…
Oh, the girl I had one with had the balls to text me that night saying she ‘couldn’t afford it.’ You can’t afford $30 a week?! Stop buying your junk food and just give the money to me!! DAMNIT!!! That pisses me off something fierce… Im going to start telling people to think of it as an ‘Investment in there future.’
Cause it kinda is!
Bobbi-I know, the rules at the gym are so lame sometimes…but generally it’s a good place…they allow chalk! grin
wahoo…SCORE!
Made it to the gym, had a decent workout and then had an orientation…
And now I have a new client…that makes a total of TWO…go me! 
My new tagline-‘You can’t get strong walking on a treadmill.’
Now I have a nice confidence boost…going on these orientations is liking showing up for a blind date…everything appears to be going well, but when you ask to meet again you get blown off…its nice to not get rejected!! smile I just need to build up more confidence… or swagger? is that what the kids are saying now? lol
Training
warmup-mobility shoulder stuff
Incline db bench
4x8xworking my way up to the 45s…felt good…
Tbar row-
4x10x45
Low cable row-
4x10x10
Cable fly-
4x10x25(on each side)
Lat raises-
3x8x8s, with a 30s hold at the top on the last rep…
Hammer curls-3x10x20s
Tricep pressdowns- 3x10x45
stretching, birdogs, abs
All took 45min!
it’s not ‘kinda’ an investment, it IS an investment
Thanks for the clarification, , Bobbi ;/
So here is my ‘cutting plan,’ for the rest of Jan…
Not too extreme, but Im noticing I’m allowing too many things back into my diet that I need to tighten up…yes, you can still have too much of a good thing!
-No dairy accept for one whey shake pwo or 1 cup of ff plain yogurt in the morning…highly disheartened to learn that my cottage cheese has corn starch in it, BLECH!!!
-1 piece of fruit daily
-2 handful of cooked brown rice,oatmeal quinoa or beans on training days(1 serving in the morning, one pwo)
- up to 50 grams of fat in the forms of flax, olive oil and fish caps
The rest of my cals coming from lean protein and as many green veggies as I want…
This should take care of the ‘last 5 pounds.’
oh ya, utilizing P+C for the first half of the day and P+F for the second half…
I’m trying to find some stairs I can start running as part of my conditioning! sounds like fun…Im not giving up on the jogging though. But I think I’d get more out of stair running/hill sprints, especially for strongman training…
More clients - go you!
closing in on 45 on the incline bench - bitch.
Congrats on the clean eats mama, let us know how that goes. I might follow suit.
oh, I can do the 50s…just takin it easy on the shoulder 
Deadlift
1x5x135
1x5x150
1x8x170
used an overhand grip as suggested by the strongman fellas…
Leg press
4x8x225
Single leg ext
3x12x60
Barbell hip thrust
3x10x135
single leg db dl?
3x8x25
15 minutes on the bike to get the cackle out-level 8
db side bends-3x12x45
stretching
Eats:
845am-1 whole egg
1 pear
1 packet(organic) maple oatmeal
not enough protein
first time in FOREVER that I’ve had a carb besides fruit for breakfast!
1130-muscle milk- I know, dairy, blech…but I was starving!
130- black beans on a bed of romaine w/salsa
4?
6- ground venison
brussel sprouts
Good ole metabolism must be kicking in today…I’m starving!!
Even after lunch, I knew I could still eat more.but pounded the water instead…
For my 330 feeding I settled with a whey shake, which was BLECH, so I only got half down…a scant handful of almonds(about 10) and a moose stick
oh and my afternoon cup o tea…vanilla chai…mm.
Already looking forward to dinner…changed it up…chicken breasties w/thai pb sauce(gonna mix some natural pb and sweet chili sauce and see what happens)
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
oh, I can do the 50s…just takin it easy on the shoulder ;)[/quote]
Double bitch. And those DLs are looking hella strong.
Please, do tell, what is a moose stick?
looks like we are going to be doing the same eating! (= However your dinner sounds much tastier than mine(=
hehe, our friend gave us some home made moose jerkey a couple weeks back…
The chicken was AWESOME!! I surprise even myself sometimes…
I’m still hungry though ;/ I had about 5 oz of ckn and a whole bag of steamed asparagus…
I think its good to be a little hungry though…means things are working!
Soooo, I’ve been thinking…aaaand I’m going to start training more…I figure if I want to LOOK like I train, then Im going to have to TRAIN MORE…
Gonna start with upper/lower every other day…am I nuts? probably. Don’t answer that.
Depending how it goes anyway…hopefully I don’t break down and I recover alright. I haven’t trained more than 3x/week in a pretty long time…most being 4x/week summer of 08!
My focus is still strength, but I also want to be more conditioned…so in between days I’ll do my intervals and body weight stuff…If it interferes with the main 5/3/1 stuff then I’ll cut down…
I have the time for it now, while the kids are in school…
Eats!
2 whole egg+2 eggwhites
1 apple
leftover ckn+brocoli
Pre workout-1 cup yogurt+ celery and pb
ground venison/bean stew…
I may have to train this evening…my daughter isn’t acting like herself
Little one snapped out of it…guess she just felt like being quiet for the first time in her life! 
You being such a young 'un, I don’t think training more will interfere with your recovery. Go for it!
Wow, you’re stepping it up!