Great to hear about your training again. I’ve come to believe that different people respond differently to each and every weight loss strategy. Keep trying until you find something you think works for you.
Good luck with your training. I’m glad that I can inspire your squats. Squats are THE BEST! Today is my squat day. Very funny story about the name of your log in your OP. Keep up the good work.
5 mile run.
I think I’m going to switch to morning workouts. Evening workouts get skipped. They also make me wired so I can’t sleep all night.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
If you took two people: one was ‘paleo,’ and one was not, you put them on the same calorie level and the same training program who would get better results?
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Aww I thought this was going to be a joke, like “So a mollusk walks up to a sea cucumber…”
lower body day
squats: 10@45, 5@95, 5@115, 1/3@135
(laugh all you want but this is better than I’ve done in a while. I’m sticking to the morning schedule from now on.)
rdl’s: 10@135, 8@155, 3@175 (atrocious form on these last three)
leg press: 3x10@225
overhead DB carries: 6 lengths of the gym @ 25’s. These kicked my ass – I’m gonna do them all the time.
6 sprints, 30 sec on, 30 sec off.
I find working out in the morning far better. The gym is much quieter and I get the workout out of the way so I can enjoy the rest of the day.
Yeah, I like it better too. If I wait until the last minute at night, its hanging over my head all day. If I do it first, it’s done.
I tried having only one meal today. I was hungry, but I didn’t feel sick or tired. I’m going to try to keep this up for four weeks; in principle it should have some effect. If I actually do it and it has no effect, well, then, it won’t be my fault, but I’ll be pissed.
I’m psyched that you liked the OH DB carries. I agree w/Cal about morning training. In the past I always hit the gym first thing in the morning, but that doesn’t really work w/my schedule these days.
Good luck w/the nutrition. Figuring out what works best for your body is an ongoing project (for me at least.)
Upper body day:
bench: 10@45, 10@70, 10@85, 4@95, fail@105, 1@100 (not sure what happened there!)
push press: 10@45, 10@55, 3@65 <— at this point I got a sharp pain in my left arm that made overhead pressing twingey, and I didn’t feel stable enough to put appreciable weight over my head.
bb rows: 3@95 (hideous form), 6x5@85 (nice form)
lat pulldowns: 10@70, 10@80, 3x5@90
barbell reverse curls: 4x10@35
lat raises: 4x10@12.5’s
overhead dumbbell carries – 6 gym lengths @25’s
7 sprints, 30 s on, 30 s off.
I totally agree re: the nutrition. And I’m an IFer too. Just don’t forget to fuel for your next day! Its easy to undereat when your only eating one meal a day - which in theory is why it works so well to lean you out. But if your active, you need to remember to give your body some extra burning fuel. You’ll figure out what works best for you!
Putting up some great numbers there Alisa! Keep it up.
are you getting any stares with those DB carries? 
@Nimain: oh yeah. I look mighty silly. But they’re lots of fun. I like doing “fast” stuff with weights – carries, powercleans, speed deads. It’s probably the most fun of all.
@Masch: you and me, girl! it’s a little strange to eat so much in one sitting, but it’s nice that i can eat as much as I want.
Today’s dinner: chicken and peppers in tomato hot sauce, eggplant parmesan, Armenian string cheese, 90% chocolate.
Nice work today Alisa. Glad your having so much fun in the gym and feeling carefree at the dinner table. Looking good sweetie!
Lower body day. Dragging ass a little bit but I think I still put in a good effort.
deadlifts: 10@135, 5@155, 5@175, 5@185, 3@205, 1@225
good mornings: 10@45, 10@65, 10@85, 8@95, 5@115
lunges: 5 each leg@45, 4x5@95 each leg
leg curls: 8@30, 3x8@50 ← first time I’ve done these! they’re hard. but I need some hamstrings.
single leg dumbbell deadlifts: 3x8 each leg @27.5’s.
glute machine: 8 each leg @100
6 sprints, 30 sec on, 30 sec off.
dinner: tofu and veggies, fried chicken, cheese, mango, cashews.
I thought I hated fried chicken – turns out if you’re starving, it tastes good. Reminds me of my childhood. (Of course it’s not really nostalgic without the bulletproof glass: Harold's Chicken Shack - Wikipedia)
Seems that the IFing isn’t slowing you down. Great job on those DL and GM, not to mention the rest of your training. Lol re: Chicken Shack. Frying chicken in beef tallow, doesn’t that make your mouth water?
Well, by 5:30 I was really unable to concentrate. I got in an argument with my study buddy about complex conjugates… basically my brain went down to middle school math level. I was in FOOD FOOD FOOD MUST EAT mode. But I’ll give it time – I’m told your body adapts to this.
Other stuff…
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Training frequency. Because I’ve been such a lazy bum lately I’m kind of scared to take a day off for fear it will turn into taking FOREVER off. On the other hand if I’m literally lifting every day bad things will happen. Maybe I do something every day but let “off days” be just a little run?
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squats squats fuckety fuck squats. I hate 'em. I have a mental block with 'em. My squat is currently weaker than it ought to be. If I can DL 225 shouldn’t I be able to squat something more substantial? I probably WOULD if I weren’t so fricking spooked by them. grrrrr.
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I am a raging mass of horniness and I really can’t muster the discipline to think about anything but sex. Unfortunate. I have a midterm coming. I have to wait. But I wanna fuuuuuuuuck. I really wannnnnnna.
hehe you think I’m kidding, don’t you. If only you knew.
Alisa, I’ve never “seen,” this side of you!!
lol
I remember college. I know what you mean, somehow I got shit done. Usually by planning something fun for the weekend that fuelled me for the week.
I think that you need some kind of off day, a run, mobility work, stretching, handstand practice, yoga… Something that isn’t lifting. Just my opinion.
My best advice on the squats is to just keep doing them. You will learn to love them. I just know it. Do you do hip/squat mobility stuff before you get under the bar? If not, maybe that would help you to get into the groove and become one w/your squat.
I can’t help you w/the horniness. My man is working round the clock the last couple of months. We recently went 4 WEEKS without seeing each other! The heavy training helps a little, but not really. 
Good luck w/all.