Looks like you are making fantastic progress. Shopping for smaller clothes is always a nice little reward. Have fun!
Overall progress has been good lately, but this weekend was BAD! Family decided to go to Six Flags Frightfest, which was a blast. Sure there were tons of coasters, and constant walking, but a theme park is a dieters nightmare! I snuck in some protein bars, but I still ended up needing to eat at the park too. I went for rice and kung pow chicken and even ate the peppers which kinda burned in my stomach but I figured I needed any advantage over the food.
I did at least manage to do a fasted incline tread for 30 minutes that morning, but I was really not where I wanted to be when it came to food. When we were on the way home Sunday we stopped at Logan’s for my Mom’s birthday dinner, and that of course included delicious carbs and some dessert which I did only take two bites of, but I really should have tried to be strict there. The bonus was that we got home in time for me to go to the gym. I did my usual lifting about 2 hours after the carb loading at lunch, but I still felt guilty over the weekend today. My lifts were good though and my pullup numbers jumped over last weeks’.
Squat 5x5 160lbs
Overhead Press 5x5 55lbs and felt strong this time
Deadlift 1x5 145lbs I still want more…
Pullups 3/F 7/8/5
Planks 3x30sec
Overall I think I did okay since I was 173 this morning which is up about a pound, but I didn’t eat well over the weekend and I don’t think I drank enough either. I won’t delude myself and make excuses for it, but I hope it’s just a bit of bloat… I didn’t get new clothes either and I’m not sure when I will. I tried on some 10s and they fit, I just didn’t like the look of them.
I may have problems just because I am trying to shop in thrift stores though. I refuse to spend more than 5 dollars on clothes I plan on getting too small for. There is one little happy bit of news though. Last Halloween my mother bought me some cute panties that were way too small and they fit comfortably now, so all hope is not lost. ^-^
Given the crappy food temptations that surrounded you on the weekend, I think you showed a lot of discipline.
Rather than apologize, I think you should be proud of staying on track under the circumstnaces and getting some exercise in. Great job.
One of my passions is riding coasters (passion? more like religion!) and when I do my coaster holidays I end up eating park food for two weeks. It can be a nightmare in some parks, but it’s usually possible to find something not so bad.
Unless you you overate 3500 calories, I’m sure that lb is just water…when we go to places like that, I just plan on the indulgences…but not go overboard, kwim?
you can do pull ups??!
I have no idea how much I weigh atm, but I have a feeling we are neck and neck…
I love coasters a lot, like run from one to the next a lot… 
I don’t think I overate that heavily, just wasn’t a clean weekend. I may have been in trouble if I had caved in and eaten a funnel cake though! I swear they must just have fans to blow that scent all over the park. I do wish I had done better, but under the circumstances I think I made the best choices of those available.
Mom-in-MD, I forgot to put in that those pullups are band assisted. I’m not that good yet ^-^ I will probably be moving down to the smaller bands though to see if I can do it, so my numbers will probably go down big time the rest of the week for my pullups.
Long time no see guys…
Unfortunately, even though I was progressing well, I have had to stop lifting for a while. I was doing my normal workout and lifting less than my current max on squats when I felt a tweak in my back. I stopped doing my big lifts for that day and went on to things that didn’t involve my back at all. I figured it was my arthritic disc acting up again and it would get better with some rest and heat therapy. When I got home I lay down on the couch with a heating pad on my back, but within a few hours I was in so much pain that my boyfriend had to take me to the urgent care clinic. I couldn’t sit, couldn’t handle bumps in the road, and I couldn’t even handle lying down without constant intense pain. It was a few hours before the doctor could see me and they basically said they had no clue what was wrong gave me a steroid shot and 3 scripts to fill. I got tramadol, flexoril, and mobic.
I went to my spine doc a week later because the meds were not helping with the pain and he took some x-rays and said it was not cancer, a problem I hadn’t even considered. He told me it was probably my disc, and not necessarily something I did at the gym. It could be anything from fast weather changes, to my body hating me that day. He suggested we take a conservative approach and not consider surgery until I had suffered a bit more than a week. He wrote me new scripts, for a med I am allergic to… I got them to change it, and he ended up giving me a stronger tramadol script and a celebrex script along with instructions to start physical therapy. Well meds weren’t strong enough so a few days later they put me on Tylonol 3 for the pain instead of tramadol. Turns out when I take flexoril and Tylonol 3 together I still felt pain and get crazy loopy to the point my boss sent me home because I was walking funny and I didn’t even realize it. Thankfully my boss is awesome and said if it helps I can lay down on the floor and teach my kids.
Last Thursday the physical therapist took less than 20 minutes to tell me that it was joint compression causing my pain. He pushed and prodded on my spine, gave me some exercises to ease the pressure, and did ultrasound, electro, and heat therapy. After the first physical therapy session I finally felt relief from the pain, but only for an hour. It was the first time I was pain free for the last 2 weeks, which is a miraculous feeling. It gave me a bit of hope that I could get better and get back in the gym.
I’m still in pain even though the injury was 3 weeks ago, but it gets a little better with each PT session and I’m doing all sorts of stretches for my back. I’m finally back in the gym, but I’m in machine land rather than free weights because I can’t do anything that may compress my spine too much. I’m hoping I can start with light free weights next week, but it is a bit of a crap shoot right now. Despite all this I haven’t gained weight. I’m down to 172 even without great diet or any exercise in the past two weeks.
TLDR: Hurt my back on All Hallows eve, I am crying through opiates some days, just now starting back in the gym with light machine work with dim hopes of eventually getting back to heavy lifting
awwww, so sorry to hear that. you were on such a roll! Glad to hear you have managed to maintain all your effort you’ve put in thus far…
you’ll be back at it in no time!
rehab is also part of T-Nation lifestyle.
get better soon.
omg this totally sucks. I feel really bad for you 
It must feel horrible to have come so far, just for this to happen… grrr…
In the mean time can you start re-hab with low impact stuff like swimming??? It’s good to crosstrain and get lots of rest/breaks from the gym. I actually find I am doing better if I take a whole week off here and there, and continue to do other things like yoga, dancing, riding, etc. It’s not reasonable sometimes, what we expect from our bodies. Sounds like this was just an unfortunate accident though.
Try to stay positive, and keep taking good care of yourself… Just keep visualizing yourself getting better, and feeling the way you want to feel.
HUGS,
bre
New reader to your training log and sorry to hear about your back. I’ve been battling back issues over the past year with nerve issues and SI dysfunction in my lower back. I had good success with PT exercises. In order to build my lower body strength and functioning back up, I did a lot of body weight exercises focusing on full range of motion. I am in the process of retraining myself how to squat with weight as I used improper and body damaging squat form.
Good luck with Rehab, and don’t quit , the pain is temporary I promise.
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