Mon Apr12 2011
Intervals on the hampster wheel - 25min
PCH - 14reps
Ab and low back work.
My scale put me at sub-215 this morning. Thats 8lbs and counting. I seem to be doing something right this time. My strength hasn’t fallen off…yet.
Congrats on the weight loss. How has the diet changed?
My wife is a microbiologist and she firmly believes that some organism will kill off between 10-20% of the world’s population within the next 100 years.
Tues, Apr12 2011
Seated Mils (Machine) 5’s
180x5
210x5
240x5x3
DE Incline
185x3x8
Chest Support Row
100x7x3
Pulldowns Chin Grip
140x7x3
Pushdowns and Facepulls
100x10x3
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Congrats on the weight loss. How has the diet changed?[/quote]
No more football season…ie mega snack foods…and better monitoring of food intake via a logging program. Trying to stay under 150gm carbs a day, 30+gms fiber, 1gm protein per # of bodyweight and under 2800kcal a day for now. I also take a supplement to aid my metabolism. I may nudge both downward a bit as summer approaches. Depends on my progress at that point.
My only real weakness is desert, which I HAVE to have in the evening. It’s either ice-cream or cookies and milk. The most important thing that I do is log my food. Some people find that so anal. Those are the same ones who can never succeed at losing weight. It’s simple, not easy. I also tell them that if they feel guilty about eating, then maybe they should be looking for underlying issues. I never feel guilty about eating, ever.
good work. if you are smart about it you should be able to keep losing while maintaing/gaining strength
[quote]ruglayer09052000 wrote:
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Congrats on the weight loss. How has the diet changed?[/quote]
No more football season…ie mega snack foods…and better monitoring of food intake via a logging program. Trying to stay under 150gm carbs a day, 30+gms fiber, 1gm protein per # of bodyweight and under 2800kcal a day for now. I also take a supplement to aid my metabolism. I may nudge both downward a bit as summer approaches. Depends on my progress at that point.
My only real weakness is desert, which I HAVE to have in the evening. It’s either ice-cream or cookies and milk. The most important thing that I do is log my food. Some people find that so anal. Those are the same ones who can never succeed at losing weight. It’s simple, not easy. I also tell them that if they feel guilty about eating, then maybe they should be looking for underlying issues. I never feel guilty about eating, ever.[/quote]
My wife logs her food too. A leftover from the post surgery routine.
Yesterday, she consumed less than 1,000 calories, because she panicked when she weighted herself (still weighs every morning and evening). I gave her a lecture, as nicely as possible. Can’t build an ass if your body is having to burn all the protein you ate, plus some, just to keep going.
The slight (and I mean slight) weight gain is from lifting. Old habits are hard to break, though.
I need to log my food as well. I am afraid it would give me a heart attack, though.
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
[quote]ruglayer09052000 wrote:
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Congrats on the weight loss. How has the diet changed?[/quote]
No more football season…ie mega snack foods…and better monitoring of food intake via a logging program. Trying to stay under 150gm carbs a day, 30+gms fiber, 1gm protein per # of bodyweight and under 2800kcal a day for now. I also take a supplement to aid my metabolism. I may nudge both downward a bit as summer approaches. Depends on my progress at that point.
My only real weakness is desert, which I HAVE to have in the evening. It’s either ice-cream or cookies and milk. The most important thing that I do is log my food. Some people find that so anal. Those are the same ones who can never succeed at losing weight. It’s simple, not easy. I also tell them that if they feel guilty about eating, then maybe they should be looking for underlying issues. I never feel guilty about eating, ever.[/quote]
My wife logs her food too. A leftover from the post surgery routine.
Yesterday, she consumed less than 1,000 calories, because she panicked when she weighted herself (still weighs every morning and evening). I gave her a lecture, as nicely as possible. Can’t build an ass if your body is having to burn all the protein you ate, plus some, just to keep going.
The slight (and I mean slight) weight gain is from lifting. Old habits are hard to break, though.
I need to log my food as well. I am afraid it would give me a heart attack, though.[/quote]
Just keep telling her that us lifters prefer an ‘ass’ to a butt!!! I was told my ass was getting bigger and I said ‘thank you…I’m trying’!!!
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
And therein lay the crux. Science is supposed to be objective and truth seeking. But to some degree it has devolved into the same cesspool as everything else. Data is falsified, omitted and pulled out of thin air to reach a desired result, rather than whatever result the truth may yield.
[/quote]
And always has been, it is a human endeavor after all. The intrigue in the Royal Society, Newton, and Leibniz…
But then that’s what keeps them honest, or at least exposes their dishonesty and/or errors, as everyone is gunning to make their name disproving or at least refining previous work.
Long live the scientific method.
[quote]Null wrote:
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
And therein lay the crux. Science is supposed to be objective and truth seeking. But to some degree it has devolved into the same cesspool as everything else. Data is falsified, omitted and pulled out of thin air to reach a desired result, rather than whatever result the truth may yield.
[/quote]
And always has been, it is a human endeavor after all. The intrigue in the Royal Society, Newton, and Leibniz…
But then that’s what keeps them honest, or at least exposes their dishonesty and/or errors, as everyone is gunning to make their name disproving or at least refining previous work.
Long live the scientific method.[/quote]
Indeed! I have just become bitter, with age and exposure. All I really want from folks are two things (well, besides not being just plain evil)…1) some common courtesy and 2) to tell me the damned truth.
Anymore , everyone feels that they are too “special”, or they are just too oblivious, to exercise the former. And the latter is ignored for the sake of convenience and agenda.
I look at my autistic son, and the innocence through which he sees the world, and cringe, knowing how downright mean some folks are going to be to him, simply because he is different. And the difficulties he is going to have because he takes things literally, at face value, in a world where the truth and honesty are casualties of everyday life.
My boy was diagnosed with Asperger’s like 10 years ago. Pt, OT, GF/CF diet, and anti-fungal strategies has done wonders for him. I don’t think he COULD get diagnosed now. He’s worked hard, and such, but might just be luck…
I know with my scientific method rant, and GF/CF not passing double blinds. I read some of those (every one I could get my hands on at the time) and they included people who frankly didn’t meet the profile for people with potential to help. Experimental design is critical…
Hope your son is fortunate and keeps his strengths and can mitigate anything that might limit him. He’s lucky to have a Dad that puts himself in his shoes…
Learning to tell when people are lying, a critical social skill. The best resource I found was FBI and CIA training. It is broken down into concrete observational skills, which can be learned…
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Wed, Apr13 2011
Intervals on the hampster wheel 25mins
PCH - 15 reps.
My chins are getting better. Doing 3-4 at a time now. All ‘dead-hangs’.
Done editting…
Thurs, Apr14 2011
Sumo Deads 5’s
Let’s see…Worked till 2am. Slept like shit for about 3 hrs. Woke up, skipped breakfast (I’m an IDIOT) then proceeded with my workout. BIG MISTAKE!!! Felt like crap.
Sumos
205x5
245x5
275x4 Form got sloppy, skipped the 5th rep
Shrugs
265x7x3
Scaps
175x7x3
Fri, Apr15
PCH 16reps
Sun, Apr17
PCH - 17reps
Mon, Apr18 2011
Incline Press 3’s
185x3
215x3
245x3x3
245x4
Dip Machine
130x10
150x10
170x10
190x10
Krocs
100x11x4
Pullovers and curls
60x7x4
Nice presses, dips and krocs, Rug. Why 11 reps on the krocs?
And what is the “H” in “PCH”?
[quote]LittleStrick wrote:
Nice presses, dips and krocs, Rug. Why 11 reps on the krocs?
And what is the “H” in “PCH”?[/quote]
The bells at my gym only go up to 110 with no 105 in between so I’m gonna work up to 5 sets of 15 at 100 then move up to 110 and start over at 7 reps and work those up to 15. Hopefully, by then, I can talk the owner into getting some more bells, like to 150+. PCH is Pushups, Chins (full extension) and Hindu Squats (I dislike lunges)
Tues, Apr19
Intervals on hampster wheel 25min
PCH - 18 reps
Wed, Apr20 2011 Box Squats 3’s
200x3
230x3
260x3x3
Walkouts to 375 - Felt much more stable today
Leg Press
3ppsx3
4ppsx3
5ppsx3
6ppsx3
Some back raises and ghetto ghr’s
Thurs, Apr21 2011
Intervals - 25mins
PCH 19reps
Hindu Squats…something else to google.
Good work, with the workout and the challenge.
Fri, Apr22 2011
HS Seated Mils 3’s
195x5
230x3
255x3x3
DE Incline
195x3x8
HS Pulldowns
180x7
205x7
230x7
250x7
Cable Rows
140x7x4
Skulls
60x15x2
Sat, Apr23 2011
Intervals - 25mins
PCH - 20 reps
Sun, Apr24 2011
Hills on treadmill - 25 mins
PCH - 21 reps…This is starting to turn into a workout!