Hehe, thanks Ink…not going for max efforts…still in diet land…I hear ya though!!
Grny- I will be getting a check up within the next couple weeks…do you mean talk to someone about training? I don’t feel like how I am training is hurting anything. Maybe overtaxing other stuff by dieting could be bad…
Hallowed- awww, pretty like a pony??
speaking of dieting, I made it my 6 weeks!! Happy with my progress…but not really sure where to go from here, tbh. I feel bored and getting burnt out. I have a feeling I am back to where I started late Spring(low 170s), before I started consoling myself with baked goods through the Summer.
I would still like to get into the 160s, for my height, 5’9", and the amount of muscle I carry, that would be best to maintain. It’s GETTING there that has been the challenge. If I can GET there, I have to figure out how to staaaay there.
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Hehe, thanks Ink…not going for max efforts…still in diet land…I hear ya though!!
Grny- I will be getting a check up within the next couple weeks…do you mean talk to someone about training? I don’t feel like how I am training is hurting anything. Maybe overtaxing other stuff by dieting could be bad…
Hallowed- awww, pretty like a pony??
speaking of dieting, I made it my 6 weeks!! Happy with my progress…but not really sure where to go from here, tbh. I feel bored and getting burnt out. I have a feeling I am back to where I started late Spring(low 170s), before I started consoling myself with baked goods through the Summer.
I would still like to get into the 160s, for my height, 5’9", and the amount of muscle I carry, that would be best to maintain. It’s GETTING there that has been the challenge. If I can GET there, I have to figure out how to staaaay there.
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Maybe take a diet break for two weeks? Diet break may be difficult without a scale though. It would mean eating to maintenence cals. Do you know your maintenence cals? Still eating clean but no calorie deficit.
During this whole process of losing the pounds(gaining 10-15back) and losing again I haven’t counted a single calorie.
I’m either a carbophobic or I have tricked myself into believing that I function best without them.(a little of both)
I got my leanest in March- May(with NOOO crazy crash dieting) by eating proteinzz, good fats, veggies and fruit. no free meals, no refeeds.
Im here, sorta…been dealing with insomnia still. Trying to make it through the day til bedtime is, needless to say, a challenge!
I had an orientation with a girl this morning. First one in a pretty long time. I swear I got the nuttiest of people. First she was late, by 10 minutes. I was just packing up and getting ready to walk out too. And then she tells me right off the bat that the only thing she is interested in is taking classes. The girl is 270 lbs. I was like ,‘ok. you gotta do what keeps you coming back I spose.’ I didn’t even try with this one.
I managed to squeeze in a quicky workout…
-Circuit 1/10 reps of each-
walking lunges- 70
hangin leg raises
db bench press- 45s
1 arm row- 50
straight arm pull down- 35
tricep pressdown- 35
repeat 3x
10 reps—
close grip cable row- 90
incline db press- 45s
oh tri ext- 35
step ups- 70
side bends- 45
front raise
cg bench
The PTs really have to sell themselves in these times. Classes and fitness coaching or whatever they call it is making people feel like they don’t need PTs anymore.
Switching from diet to maintenance mode is so hard, it took a while for me to transition to that non-diet mentality.
im at least an inch shorter and i feel most comfortable in the 170s.
years ago, I’d dieted down to 130 and was an abercrombie size 2. i woke up one morning and hated it, so i started eating my face off and gained weight. every 10lbs i wanted 10 more. got to 160 and said hmm, more muscle plz. so i hover around some unknown # and go by the mirror.
i know you have goals, and want to feel finished, but i want you to look at how far you’ve come and what you’ve accomplished.
do what you need to do to like yourself, just stop to reevaluate things sometimes.
Nik- it is going to be pretty hard to make the switch. I’m nervous.
CB- 170s look better on you. If you stood us side by side, we’d look very different! Your solid, where as I, am squish.
My BF is higher than yours for my weight/height. I have about 20 lbs to spare… I’ve been that anorexic looking 135lb girl. Even then I wasn’t happy. I still saw flab.
I’m gaining more confidence, but don’t totally dig what I see when I look in the mirror. How will I know when I’m ‘done???’
I know I’ve come a long way(thank you for mentioning) and I have every intention of not going back there.
It can happen so fast…
I work work work to get the weight off and I slack off in the slightest and it starts piling back on. My body WANTS to be fat.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
I’m gaining more confidence, but don’t totally dig what I see when I look in the mirror. How will I know when I’m ‘done???’
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When you look in the mirror and go “yep” and keep on going on your merry little way. You’ll get to that point, and not nit-pick at every detail. When you’re comfortable, you’re done. IMO
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
I work work work to get the weight off and I slack off in the slightest and it starts piling back on. My body WANTS to be fat.
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That’s bullshit, I’ma be real.
When that happens, your metabolism is screwed. Take a break with the dieting, then a week or 2 later, come back.
You saw my cheat meal once and was like “OMG, there goes all your work down the toilet.”
But guess what, I eat that cheat meal every week like clockwork and the next day my body comp is BETTER. Hell, last night was my scheduled cheat and I had half an XL NY pizza and 6 zeppoli (fried dough COVERED with powdered sugar) and I only gained 1 pound of water (which doesn’t even show in the mirror).
Shit, I feel like I look even better in the mirror today than yesterday.
Try something new. You already do the lower and lower calories and figured that it’s not working.
Insanity is doing the same things over and over hoping for different results.
You can take what CBear, Hallowed and I tell you with a grain of salt but I know that when I do something that’s not working, I change it.
On another note, your progress is amazing and humbling. I’ve only read a few pages of your previous journals but saw how much you changed and I just want this to be your year, you know? You’ve broken through plateaus before and you will again.
I will never believe that we’ll be content with ourselves, which is a good thing. I like the idea that I have to constantly be better than I am, that’s what drives me. But let’s just get to that (stealing Ink’s word cuz I like it) “comfortable” level. Where we still need to change for the better, but “DAMN, don’t I look good as is”.
From a genetic stand point my body wants to be fat. It doesn’t want to be lean and it gains weight very easily. Im not saying this for pity, it is what it is. I’ve never been a small girl and have always had to ‘watch my weight.’
I didn’t mean that what Im doing isn’t working, cause it is! I’ve lost over 8 inches, 2 pant sizes and X amount of pounds in 2 months.
I have a vision of what I want to look like. I know that to get there with my body type I have to do more and be more strict… And thats fine. My body is always waiting for a chance to gain.
I feel ya. A few cheat meals over the course of a few days and I gain fat instantly and notice it instantly. I think it really is harder to keep fat off if your body was used to carrying extra fat for a time(like mine is), but the upside to that is you’re challenged to consistently eat clean and always think of your health. The only thing that really screws with my progress is alcohol though because as long as I am eating at a suplus and training harder I’m gaining muscle along with the fat. When I add alcohol to the mix my training gets effed up too.
I had a dream I was in a wheel chair and couldn’t walk. I woke up thinking “man I’m lucky to be alive, to be healthy and whole and able to lift and be happy”. I keep saying it’s the journey. I don’t want to be 60 looking back thinking, “what did I do all this time? critic myself? diet non-stop?”
not for this Frenchie. Goals are good but always question motivation.
I just caught up here and just saw the jean pics! Damn girl! You are doing great! let’s cut out this negative talk…tests have shown that it kills puppies… and gives nuns herpes.
Seriously, you are hot! Now i hope you are sleeping right now!
My motivation is to be able to fit in my pants. My motivation is to wear a bathing suit in public without feeling insecure(although I am a modest person) My motivation is my kids. To be a good example. To do all things in a healthy manner.
But deeper than that, my motivation is to be healthy and not let the obesity that runs in my family get the best of me. Every single one of my Dads siblings died because of an obesity related complication…doesn’t help that they drank like fish and smoked like chimneys. But still…
On another note it’s a refeed today and I’ve been dreaming of oatmeal and butternut squash.
my favorite rep/set range would have to be this day…4x6-8…size n strength, grrr!! A good way to bust through some plateaus as well.
I’m feeling the pressure to train for a PL meet. My real interest if I was going to do anything like that is a strongman comp. The furthest one out is next June in CA. grr
MiM - I’m with you. My body wants to be a squishy pear. My frame is similar to my mother’s. She was always around 170-180lbs at 5’8.5 and most of that was below the waist. My body’s a little different because I started lifting weights at 18 (seriously at 20) so I carry some muscle on top, but it still wants to store a lot of fat on my hips and thighs. As you say, it’s always waiting for a chance to gain. I recently relaxed my eating and put on 10lbs very quickly, much to my chagrin. I think it’s terrific that you’ve done as well as you have - keep at it.
Hmm…that’s interesting. Its so strange how our bodies are pre-disposed to certain body compositions. I mean, no matter how hard I try I will always carry fat on my arms and legs, which is actually problematic b/c if i put on muscle in those places, these parts just blow up! (see avi for ex.) Anyways, as you said, you’re motivation will get you there. And I’m certain that whatever you put your mind to you will accomplish - look what you’ve accomplished thus far?! Amazing.
YES!! Strongman comp would be awesome for you!! There’s really no other comp closer to you? Meh.
Nice training in here. Great numbers you’re putting up. MiM is definitely in rawr mode! love it!
Cal- glad you can understand where Im coming from! Sorry you are going through the same thing, atm…thats what happened to me at the start of warmer weather…let the eating get lax and BOOM BOOM POW, I put on weight like crazy…next thing I know, hubby comes home for his break and Im not looking as cute as I did before he left…*sigh
Maschy!!! Was wondering when you were gonna show up again…Glad to see you getting back at it.
Purty good training today.
4x6
1a- lat pulldown- 100
1b- MP- 75
2a- split squats- 4x6x100
2b- RDL- 4x8x115
3a- step ups- 3x8x75
3b- smith machine glute thingy(thanks NIKKI!!!)- 3x8x10es—kinda awkward at first—
holy crap is right!! That’s an ass-load of work and some seriously awesome numbers - 100 split squats, 115 RDLs, 75 step-ups! I better step-up my game here.
Actually, I think i might just steal this entire workout…
pretty like a pony?? 
I haven’t counted a single calorie.
