[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Thanks! At the moment walking around the block is an epic journey and eating is agony. I’ve even been reduced to taking aspirin![/quote]
That doesn’t sound good. Is it the flu?
Hope you feel better, Merry Christmas
Hope you feel well enough to enjoy your Christmas dinner!
Hope you got this bug kicked!
Happy Holidays Alisa 
May 2011 bring you many happiez!!
Merry xmas!
Finally well again. (Turned out to be strep, we think.) Thanks for the good wishes.
3 mile run.
Also it turns out I’m allergic to seafood – New Year’s lobster blowout resulted in a head-to-toe rash.
strep and then a nasty full body rash?!?
I’m wishing you loads of health and good luck for 2011 Alisa…
first day back lifting. After, like, a month and various iterations of sickness.
squats: 10@45, 10@65, 10/10/10/10/3@95
Would you believe it? My legs just buckled and I had to sit down on the last set. I guess that was hard enough for me today.
hypers: 3x10@25
one-legged DB deadlifts: 3x10@25’s
step-ups: 3x10@25’s
abductors: 3x10@90
adductors: 3x10@90
So. I’m weak but I’m determined to get better. I’ve done this before. I won’t be missing workouts this time around. I did a lot wrong last semester, in terms of fitness and school and life in general; this is my time for discipline. I’m not setting goals for my lifts just yet, because I’m in such lousy shape I don’t even know what to expect in what kind of a time frame; I’m just going to be regular with workouts, push to exhaustion, and see where the numbers go for a while.
I’m back to eating clean. I’m not going to fuss around with counting calories; I’m just not going to eat starch or sugar. Everything else I’ll eat till I’m full. I’ve been living on pure carbs for a while so I expect some of the typical nausea (I had a little today) but it’s nothing I can’t get through.
I started a thermogenic, also. We’ll see how that goes. According to the ingredients it’s mostly caffeine and herbs, so I don’t think it’ll kill me, but if I get sick I’ll stop. At any rate, given that I’m always cold and tired, I’d really like a stimulant that makes me feel warmer. And if I get leaner I’ll be a very happy camper. I weigh 140 right now; same as last year and a perfectly good weight, but my body composition is shitty, so I want to be a “better” 140.
just my 2 cents Alisa, thermagenics screw up with your immune system in the long run and leave you weaker (less sleep, too much caffeine/nervous buzz). I would give myself a good couple of weeks/months of clean eating and lifting and such. Get your strenth back and then if you want to try the fatburners atleast you’ll be starting from a healthier point.
and eating the good stuff until your full will never be a bad thing to do.
Long card: finished in 30 min.
30 jumping jacks
30 half jacks
10 trunk rotations
10 windmills
50 pushups
15 chest press flings
10 windmills
25 tricep pushups
10 up back and over
15 cherry pickers
50 pushups
10 bend fore aft
200 situps
10 trunk rotations
50 pushups
30 leg lifts
50 half sit ups
quad stretch
50 b-builders
20 v-ups
20 lunges
10 trunk rotations
300 flutter kicks
100 hello dollies
10 bend fore aft
50 pushups
15 chest press flings
50 flutter kicks
50 crunches
10 inboard-outboard
10 up back and over
10 trunk rotations
10 neck stretch
25 tricep push ups
10 dive bombers
30 steam engines
30 boot slappers
hamstring stretch
30 squats
calf raises
calf stretch
and now I’m tired!
Alisa, its great to see you back at it! Being sick sucks. But it looks like you are handling this setback well.
There are exercises on your card I’ve never even heard of, but can just imagine…
most of that I had to look up on the internet. It’s some kind of military thing a friend sent me. The nice thing is I can do it in my room if the gym is closed or if I’m just daunted by the weather.
Upper body day:
bench: 10@45, 10@65, 5/3/2/4/4@85.
No, that’s not laziness, that’s actually where I stand right now. (I was trying for 5x5.) Sadface.
press:
10@45, 5x5@55
row:
5x10@75
upright row:
5x10@45
lat pulldowns:
5x5@75
diet is clean as a whistle. I know I’m doing it right because I need to pee all the time. (But I’m not even trying to go hungry: right now one of my goals is to be less sleepy in the daytime, so I can get more done, and I know not eating makes me sleepy. Any additional tips on increasing alertness would be great. As of now, I’ve just started caffeinating mercilessly.)
Don’t be so hard on yourself, you’re recovering from being sick!
The bench looks fine, as does everything else.
As for alertness, I have no idea.
Small meals, for sure. Fewer carbohydrates I believe? I guess just splitting your carbs up will be helpful. High carb meals make me want to take a long nap.
Those are obvious things though. I’m no help.
I’m eating low carb to begin with: no starch, no sugar. I do eat dairy because I like it and cottage cheese makes a good breakfast.
Oh I figured low carb when you said that you’ve been peeing a lot lol
Seems like you got it all to me. Dairy, low carb (assuming you’re having good fats like nuts and salmon and such for energy) and caffeine, I can’t think of anything else.
Glad to see you’re not sick any longer. Don’t worry so much about your strength levels just yet. Consider yourself in the crawl/walk/run protocol. Right now, you’re just crawling until you get back on track completely. Probably won’t take you very long, though. I’m looking forward to reading more of your “Hulk Smash” days! Picturing you like that is all kinds of hot, chica. Get after it!!
Hey Alisa!
Glad to hear you’re back at it and in full force. I like what beast said about being in crawl/walk/run mode. You’ll get there!
Anyways, nice training 5x10x75 on the rows is good stuff!
Also, sounds like you’re doing everything right with the clean diet and the alertness (just don’t forget you need your fruit and veggie carbs). Too many carbs make me tired too. And I’m also like you in that too few cals also make me tired, as do too few carbs for that matter! So I think you’ll just have to experiment and see what works for yourself! I like to eat very light during the day and then have one BIG meal at night - that helps keep my energy up.
Keep truckin!
Welcome back! Fibrous carbs (veggies) are good as Maschy says. For fruit, stick with berries as they’re low in fructose. Fructose = the sugar that makes you fat.
Glad you’re feeling better.
thanks for all the good advice. Yes, I’m definitely crawling before I run. Humble pie is anabolic.
I like fruits and veggies, don’t worry. I’m the kind of person who picks what I eat at a restaurant based on what has the best veggies on the side.