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Posted: 12 January 2009 03:08 pm |
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HEAR is what I did; ncreased to 10lbs for the most part of the workout. As well I increased reps to 6 at 4 sets=24 of each exercise (I still can not access the second one ). Then I did the broomstick in between each set so as not to waist time. Then I did 2 sets of 15 frog squats and 10 side squats on each leg w/ 3lb wieghts. It took 1/2 hour. I will go finish eating my fruit but maybe I will blend the rest w/ whey powder and water and ice cubes .
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Posted: 12 January 2009 06:17 pm |
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food scoop is.........................fruit smoothie w/ whey protien powder and water.=400cals
lentil stew, beet greens, serving of cashews=510 cals
about 11/2 quarts water and only plain yerba mate.
not too bad., probably have a salad laterwith some chicken or sesame stix on top.
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Posted: 13 January 2009 06:25 am |
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Cindy! You're welcome for the sore thighs Responding to what you posted in my diary: I have no idea what "frog squats" are???? but there are five million variations of squats so that's no surprise...not sure about HIIT on the rebounder as far as safety goes though because the bottom line of doing HIIT is that during the "intense" period the idea is to do whatever you're doing (i.e. running, jumping, peddling, etc.) at your absolute max so you pretty much want to be on stable ground or secure equipment - but if you're just talking about Intervals (where you go harder/faster) for a period and then slow back down, a rebounder could be a fun variation. About the more reps....this is what I tell clients: If you feel like you can do "more" then you need a higher weight not more reps of the same weight. Fewer reps with a higher weight vs. more reps with a lower weight....there's a long explaination why I favor this approach (which I won't bore you to death with) but ideally when you reach your goal "size" (notice I didn't say weight) you want a lower bodyfat percentage obtained by preserving (or even gaining a bit) lean muscle mass rather weight loss which includes a lot of muscle tissue loss (skinny but flabby & weak). Challenging yourself with heavier weights (vs. lifting a lighter weight a bunch of time) is going to get you further with this goal.....and no it won't make you bulky! Down the line, there's actually a place for incorporating lower weight/higher reps in a weight program - but that has more to do with working on other goals and isn't all that optimal in the stage you're at. Okay, that's my 2 cents.
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Posted: 13 January 2009 09:44 pm |
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Frog squats are awsome! danimae has a link to a sight about them if you are interrested. I can't remember what page of her journal it was on.
Yes interval training is probably what I want and I can google that and see what I come up with. Today I kinda did that where I walked 2 min jumping jacks 1 min walk ( more briskly than at first)2 min lunges 1 min walk 2 jump rope i etc...for 20 min. The counter dohickie said I actualy burned 300 cals, which if you ask me is a good 20 min workoout and I felt it sweat wise! BUt it might have read a bit high. In anycase I eel good getting it in and will go for 30 min on thursday.
So far food for the day is; fruit bowl w/1oz of cashews (mufas)=450cals
cup of javachi I made myself w/ goats milk and trader joes instant chai mix and coffee=200 ( but it was GOODDDDDDDDDDDDD)
cajun black beans and spinach ( homemeade and yummy!)=200
2 thin slices sour ugh spelt=150
cup of black tea w/ goats milk and 1tbs honey=100
so 1100 for the day-the 300 I buned off. I get 300 more to eat
which will probably be romain lettuce w/ 6oz grilled chicken and lemon juice for supper.
Well ended up with romain lettuce and a couple of bean/grain burgers and some mustard ketchup stuff. Wanted something sweet but there was nothing around so i gave it up. yes stayed w/in my range.
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Posted: 14 January 2009 08:54 pm |
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well I did find out that yes you do burn 150 cals for every 10 mins of jumping jack/lunge type exercise on the rebounder! It made me want to do cardio on it every day! Unfortunately I find it very hard to fit it in as I try to when the baby is napping like yesterdy. But today I could hardly get the wieght workout in and that in sections! She kept waking up and I had to put her back to sleep. That on top of living on the third floor and I am always afraid of disturbing other mothers putting thier little ones down. Anyway I will find a way I am sure I always do!
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Posted: 15 January 2009 11:04 pm |
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Well eat to live with a few variations.
Breakfast: fruit bowl with cashews=500
Lunch: Large salad ofromain,tomatoe, red pepper, onion,cucumber,1/2 cup grated chedder(variatio), and 1 cup ( atleast) of cajun black beans, and a few sesame stix. No dressing. It was delish! and very filling.=500
Supper: (could not eat all of it because I realy was not even hungry after thaat huge lunch )another huge salad with all the same veggies-cucumber but with a few cubes of smoked turkey and a little ranch dressing oh and remembered the mufas this time and had a few olives. ate 12 0f it and some spinach w/ onions( steamed).=400
So I will probably wrap the rest of the salad up for tommorow and that will be it for the day.
Exercise was 20 minn (300 cals) on rebounder and 10 min of ab exercises ( I do not know how much those burned had to be about 150?)
So I feel good about today and will go to bed in about 3 hours on this.
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Posted: 16 January 2009 01:46 pm |
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I just ordered eat to live. Is that pretty much what you are doing? How do you like it? And do you think it is working for you?
Sorry, don't mean to hammer on you. I just am curious at what I am getting myself into...
Anyway, sounds like it is going good for you. Your list of foods looks great! I hope some day I can conform to not eating junk. Or at least get it to minimal amounts.
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Posted: 16 January 2009 02:26 pm |
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Yes this is pretty much how I eat with a few variations like chicken occasionaly on a Friday night with my big salad and steamed veggies. Sometimes during the week I thhrough a few sesaame stix in my salad to make it more interrestig. The bean burgers I have made and have with bbq sauce or ketchup are realy good!
Just recently I started exercising regurlarly again s hubs bought me a rebounder with tracking device on it and suenos gave me a good workout on line to do. So this morning I actualy feel like I am acomplishing my goals again! I haven't checked the scale because last time I did I was way dissapointed but I did measure myself and got encouraged. I will post everything on on Sunday. This will give me incentive to be good this weekend and not give into all the rich food available (that I do not even have to cook).
So for today so far I have had a cup of cooked oatmeal with tiny raw sugar and 1/2 serving of cashews. Also drinking a large fog buster java with goat milk=?
I will figure out the calories later. Even though Furman says no need to count calories I do because of the variations. I don't want to be eating in the 2000 range. So far I have been able to keep it in e 1500-1600, which for me that is good. Soon I will go down more to 1400-1500 I think.
In any case this is working for me and junk food is just pretty much a non exist except for special outings like chineese buffet with my older daughter last week.
Then I made sur I had only friut for breakfast and that was my only other meal.
So that is what I do If you want more details just ask I do not feel hambered
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Posted: 16 January 2009 02:56 pm |
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Hey, thanks for the reponse. I may have more questions later after I get started on this thing. But, I am good for now.
Well, have a good day......I am sure sunday weigh in will go well for you...
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Posted: 16 January 2009 10:27 pm |
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Well workout today was great! did lying flys 3sets 0f 10
bench presses 3 sets of 10
standing rows 4 sets of 5
2 others I can not remember thenames of 4 sets of 5
and then I did 5 sets of 15 frog sqauts. and 2 sets of 10 push ups. then about 100 broom twist as I did them while I was "resting" the 30 seconds inbetween sets . I don't like to waste time. So food today was the oatmeal and cashews for breakfast an a gigantuous salad w/beans a little cheese 1/2 cup and jalepenos,and sesame stix. I could ot even finish it and I am still full! I should have eaten my spinach first because I did ot even finish that iethher and I just read that spinach is a fat burning vegetable, so sure wish I had!
I am going to continue to read suenos journal from beginning to end as it is inspiring me to stay on the right path. Just wish she would write a book. I mean make it ananomous if you have to but I can't realy print the whole thing off line ya know Just kidding! I probably would not be able to afford it anyway!
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Posted: 17 January 2009 09:44 pm |
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Well today has been a relaxing day, ( as much as one can with a 21month old and 3 boys!). IN any case food wise so far today has been pretty much the sameo sameo
breaffast:bowl of fruit w/ extra fat burning fruits in it like blue berries and cantalope. I addad a whole serving of cashews which was 210cal alone! So I asume it was probably well lets see; 1 bananna,1/8 fresh pineapple,1orange,1/8th of a cantalope, and some blueberries(maybe15). So maybe what? 350cals and then the cashew add up to560 cals! wow it is aalot for one meal but it is only fruit that digest pretty fast and the cashews are for the mufas. I think I could have had only 1/2 serving of them though
anyway on to the next meal....Lunch: a large salad made with spring mix instead of romain hearts,1/2 cucumber,2/3 cup fresh salsa (made w/ peppers, tomatoes, and onions),1/2cup clover sprouts, some homemade hung yogurt (fau sour cream) and 1/2 cup grated mozerela cheese (protien) and 4 calomato olives(mufas). I also had about 4 of the homemade wheat crackers beause it was my recipe and I wanted to see how they came out.=another 500calories
So hear i sit drinking some Trader joes chai mix and that is 130cals (it is one of the coldest days in vermont and I took the boys out sledding, so pat me on the back)
Adding all this together I am not ging to get down on myself because even though this is high it is all good food! But I have to be careful because 3 years ago before I got pregnant with my little girl I was way determined to do the brisk walk/jog thing for an hour every day. I would come home sweating like a pig and ccould nNOt get below 160 no matter how much I exercised. But I realized even though I was eating GOOD FOOD it iwas verry high in fat. SO I think this is one thing I am looking out for.. So even thoug I did have the mozerella and hung yogurt I did not have any dressing (which I usualy don't ) and I stayed away from the beans this time. Kinda like maybe have this if I don't have that sorta thing.
In any case so far it all adds up to1390 so far.
On the exercise front I did nothing today but I will take suenos example and tommarow will post my workout and food for the week. I think that will keep me acountable.
As I read her diary in more detail this time I am getting excited about the prospect of actualy obtaining a goal I have had for a long time!
I have alwys been on the bigger side for my hieght except when I was nursing my first 3 children then I was actualy in the 130's with only minnimak exercise of a daily brisk walk and some stretch type exercises I woulddo and then some airobics every other morning. I guess the consistency is what paid off back then. So hear is to reaching that goal and staying there!
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Posted: 18 January 2009 12:04 am |
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| soe what suenos said April 18,2006 was she started loosing more when she increased FOOD intake, i noticed not fat or carb so what kind of food? i'll have to go back and look. Does this mean I should stop counting cals and just adjust my fats etc..?
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Posted: 19 January 2009 02:24 am |
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Started my cardio workout that somewhat mimicked suenos: rebounderfor 1hour; 10 mins on 30 crunches 10 mins jumping 40 crunches et.. for over an hour actualy .It is funny because the pedometer attached to the rebounder read a calorie burn of 1027. Which I dunno? But it felt good to be sweating as much as I did.
So food today was: Breakie; fruit=250, and an eggwhite omlete no cheese but lots of veggies=250
After cardio I had 1/4 cup nut mix=180
Lunch; 6oz white meat chicken no fat on 2 slices of sour dough w/ sprouts and romain and a little olive oil and bbq sauce=550
Supper was a cup of oatmeal with some muscavo (natural sugar)=180
oh I also had a java chai, gottta stop drinking those cause my psoriasis is kikking up when I do =200
So tally is 1610 and if I realy did burn 1027 on the rebounder how much did I burn doing 210 crunches?
Well maybe someonewith some wisdom on the burning calories rebounding can help me?
I will look it up on this sight and livestrong for sure if they have it .
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Posted: 20 January 2009 05:27 pm |
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So I had 1/2 cantalope with a few blueberries and an hour and a half later a 4 egg white omlette with a load of veggies. andddddddddddddddmy java chai which I MUST STOP giving into every day! It realy is my only bad but the refined sugar in the chai mix along with the whole milk just does damage to everything else I am doing.
So at lunch time after the baby is laid down I will do my legs and abs and possibly 20 min on rebounder agai ( it is getting a bit addicting ) and then I willblack beans and some sme stix(?).
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Posted: 22 January 2009 10:44 pm |
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well this will probaly be the last time for a while that I will be posting,atleast by computer as hubs is taking the lapptop for a while for his busyness. It is probaly a good thing so I can get some sewing done!
In any case I did a realy good work out tonight and used my 20lb weights the hubs bought me! Not for the whole work out but I am pleased with where I am heading. I never posted my weight or measurments this week because I was a chicken to take them. Maybe I will have more confidence next week!
One of the women are making venison guyros for saturday lunch and I sure hope I caan restrain myself . Might not happen. In any case if I keep being consistant with the workouts as well as the cardio then I think i will do well.
Post later .
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Posted: 25 January 2009 08:11 pm |
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| well, on the phone again! Just wanted to do a short post and let everyone know the weights semm to be doing the job! In just a few weeks my belly is flatter than before my pregnancy and my energy is skyrocketting! I am just trying to figure inthe cardio at this point. I know it will happen.I just get anxious about it . By the way, I decided to not get on the scale or measure for a few weeks. I want to make sure my diet is staying healthy first.
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Posted: 29 January 2009 11:41 pm |
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| Well yesterday I had such stomach pains I coul hardly eat and did no exercise. Woke this am and had a slight bit of the same but whent on and by 2pm after a cup of joe was feeeling like doing the workout+. So I am feeling great now with 1900 cals in. Now I am reading in livestrong that if you are trying to loose fat and build muscle aat the same time you need to not eat at a deficit but eat back the calories you have burned off during exercise. Does this coincide with anything anyone else is doing hear? It is kind of a scarry idea, because I am now in the 160's and do not want to gain any back. But at the same time my stomach is getting flatter and I am feeling great! I also notice my legs firming up. But I haven't been eating back the calories. Should I start or keep going with what I am doing in staying between 14-1500 cals a day and burning about 500-800 ( depending on cardio vs weight days). Any advice is welcome!
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Posted: 1 February 2009 01:03 am |
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Ok so my new food goals are as follows;....
Breakfast= apple (or other fruit), 1 cup oatmeal (no sugar), a boiled egg=260
snack= 1oz cinnamon aalmonds or mixed nuts=160
lunch=large salad w/ tofu or chicken, loght dressing, brocolli or cauliflower=300
snack=protien drink w/ bananna and water=200
supper=beans and salad and veggies=300
snack= almond =160
mate w/ milk and honeyy 1, joe w/ goat milk 1=200
=1600 cals total
Exercise= S/T/TH= cardio on rebounder w/ abs inbetween every 10 minutes for 1 hour.
M/W/F= full body resistance with the program from suenos without the legs. Legs will be 8 min butt routine and 8min legs routine. Along with stretching and abs on this day.
I will have to keep comming back to this page to remeber what I want as a goal.
Tommarow( if i don't chicken out ) I will post measurements and weight.
I know I am shrinking and firming up because my clothes (and the mirror) are saying so. It is just looking at actual numbers that scares me.
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Posted: 1 February 2009 04:56 pm |
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Ok this is the first of Feburary and although I forgot to measure and weigh this morning I did sneak a peak of the scale before exercising at 10:30. But I will wate to post until tomarow when I do all the other rigamamroe.
So far breakfast has been=medium apple and a hard boiled egg, along with a cup of yerba mate with milk and honey=250 cals
burned 312 on the rebounder and did 100 crunches(?)
Lunch will be tofu veggie sandwiches with lots of tomatoe and cucumbers, onions and lettuce. Do not know calories on this yet, will have to look it up. -300cals and another mate w/milk and honey.=100
snack was 1ozcinnamon roasted almonds=170
So during nap I did 30 more minutes on the rebounder which burned another481 cals and 60 pushups (ladies type) and another 100 crunches. Altogether burned about 800 cals, did 60 pushups and 200 crunches.
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Posted: 2 February 2009 12:33 am |
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So supper was a large green salad w/ cucumbers, tomatoe, amd peppers and a few carrot squares. A portion of sesame stix and a little garlic dressing. Then I had a bowl of broccoli. This was yummi and verry satisfying! I will have a protein drink before bed Which will bring my calories to around 1400. This is a good day especialy right before my weigh and measure day tommarow!
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Posted: 3 February 2009 02:15 am |
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good exercise day! 1hourof full body workout with weights for the upper body and intense lower body workout called "8 min workouts". They might be short but they get yoou sweating,especialy the 8 min butt exercises! I don't realy know how to track those type of exercises, except maybe counting them as calinetics? So that only gives about 386 cals an hour. Oh well I am still at a deficit with that.
So food was healthy and clean. Alot of protein from oatmeal, sunflower seeds, a white bean chicken chili I made and one protein bananna drink I had before bed. Also had almonds and a piece of chees and 2 eggs. The rest of the day was loads of salad and brocolli. I did have a few slices of sour dough bread with the chili yumm.
So calories in were 1600 out 386(?)
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Posted: 11 March 2009 05:02 am |
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well happy to say that even though I haven't been posting I have been doing well and am actualy down to my prepregnancy weight of 165lbs. I am actualy,probably less but do not know, scale wise because my digital scale stopped working after I accidently poured mop water on it. But some off my prepreg clothes are looser on me than they were prepreg. So if any of that makes sence,well good!
I have madey exercise program priority this far. But this week was seek and have missed 2 days. Back on it again tommarow!
Still have 30lbs to go and hope to meet that by June? Don't know if that is realistic though. Maybe more like August or so. Well working my way down in any case!
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Posted: 11 March 2009 07:30 pm |
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Well I just got a new scale and just finished inputing all my info. This one is not going in the bathroom! I won't weigh until tommarow so want to make sure I'm being good the rest of the day.
This is my eating plan and exercise routine. Which I am a little off of this week cause of a terrible bug I had over the weekend that has knocked out my strenghth something terrible! But hear it is as it has been going;
Breakfast : oatmeal w/1tbsp natural peanut butter and2tbsp muscavo sugar and an apple.
Lunch : usualy sometype of bean soup with either chicken of ground turkey in it and a salad and kale.
Supper : generaly salad whole grain toast and more veggies
Snacks are usualy almonds and a cup of coffee or mate with milk and honey.
This all adds to roughly14-1600 daily.
My exercising has been the body for life routine with3resistence days and 320 minute aerobic salutions days.
I like it but want to get it in in the morning instead of afternoon to get it done with for the day.
So there we are. I will be posting again more regularly and am anxios to drop down to my next mini goal of 150.Last edited on 11 March 2009 07:32 pm by 50lbs2lose
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Posted: 12 March 2009 03:27 pm |
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Why do I resist getting on the scale so profusely? I did good yesterday and even extended my rebounding aerobics so I ended up burning 500 calories. And then only had curried chick peas with spinach (yum). And I did even hop on to see what it might read after breakfast and lunch. It was higher than what I was thinking but being in the middle of the day I knew it would be about 4lbs heavier. So I know I am still in 160s.
Well it is a beautiful day hear today and I hope to get out for a nice long walk later!
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Posted: 13 March 2009 06:13 pm |
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Ok so hears the skinny on today so far! Children have been sick with some terrible stomach bug. So I have not gotten a lot of sleep at night. Therefore not much energy for exercise during the dayBut I am nursing Abigail now and she will nap for a good 2 hours so I will do my rebounder and possible weights. I shouldndo upper body but only got lower in once this week and that is where the real damage is soo I guess I will see how much I will do.
As for food so far I started off bad but recouped real fast and so I do not feel so bad about my flub up beginning. Husband is trying to add quick breads (healthy, whole grain, made with honey kind). So he tried a blueberry bread last night and sent a loaf up this morning, just in time for my cup of joe to be done. Well you can not think after little sleep and fresh coffee that I could resist can you? But I had an apple an hour latter and a big healthy salad at lunch no meat or cheese or sesame stix (I absolutely love those on my salads but they are high in calories). I did have some avocado though. So I would say I am at 900 for the day and it is 1:10 hear. Getting ready to burn 500 of that. So not too shabby.
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| Hey Cindy! Sounds like you're still doing wonderful and I'm glad you're sticking with the weights. Man, if you could see my face you'd see a big grin!! Hope the kiddies are feeling better soon. Everyone I know, including at work, has been sick with some funky upper respi thing for at least the last month - cept me Don't know why it's passed by me but I'm not questioning!
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Posted: 15 March 2009 10:10 pm |
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| well today is a good day so far and i hope it continues on for the week. i did my wegh in and measurements and although i am up 3lbs from what i thought(168 not 165) i know it could be muscle as i am surely firming up. So all is well and the sun is shinning.
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Posted: 18 March 2009 09:21 pm |
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Well I joined the spring challange and hope this will give me incentive to go the extra mile. Ha ha!
in any case my exercise is consistant and things are looking good in the mirror, but scale is sitting at 166. Not bad and should not go by the scale alone, I realize just being anxious I am sure. Well I'll keep posting as I can
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Posted: 19 March 2009 02:53 am |
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| So I did the BMR calculator again and for a moderate lifestyle it gives 2,274 as an unadjusted calculation. So I assume -500 is something like 1,774 (which I'd a little high for me) and then -500 for the calories I burn exercising would bring me around 1,274 calories for usage. Is this right? I am more like staying at 1,000. I think this is going well. Any advise is welcome.
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Posted: 19 March 2009 04:05 pm |
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So today has been good so far with breakfast being a egg white, spinach omlettte and coffee. I want to keep things low today as I have been on the high side lately. I plan on burning 500 calories on the rebounder and doing my 300 crunches.
I'll post more later
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Posted: 19 March 2009 08:46 pm |
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Well, burned 600cals instead of 500 because the little one slept longer so I just kept jumping to see how much I could burn. But I only got in 30 crunches because I did not want to stop.
So I have taken in 1,342 cals and burned 600. This is with out supper.
So I am at a 766 cal deficit if eating 1500. Should I eat supper or not? I guess I'll see how hungry I get. Feeling good though.
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| Well I ate back all but 271 calories which just leaves me at a deficit 771. So maybe I will lose 1.5 pounds this week instead of 2? Anything getting me into the 50's is good with me! I just would like to see 155 by the end of April. That is 6 weeks away so I know I will have to have atleaat a few weeks at 2lb loses. The problem is I get so very hungry a few hours after I exercise and I end up eating back more than I should. But some people say you should eat them all back and you lose faster? How do people hear feel about that one? Maybe it is only in the case of weight lifting? I do not know exactly but I am a little scared to try it again. Although to be honest when I did it last that is when I saw a large drop on the scale; 171 down to 165! I was shocked! So why do I question it? All in the mind I suppose! I will give it a shot again and see what happens.
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Posted: 20 March 2009 02:48 pm |
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Well today will be a high day because it is Friday and we always a nice meal somewhat late in the evening along with horsdevours and gooood bread and dessert. Not a low calorie day! So instead of starving myself and then stuffing myself I decided to just eat normal good for me food all day. Then tommarow I will eat only fruit. Keep it low like up day down day and see how the scale is on Sunday.
Woke up feeling FIRM. So all the exercise I'd doing some good. But the scale sits at 166.8. Not worried as fat burning, muscle strengthening will do that for a little bit. I will still do my weights and possibly some rebounding this afternoon.
Breakfast was sour dough raisin/walnut toast with coconut oil and jam ,oatmeal with muscavo and peanut butter. 2 cups of mate with mill and honey ( no coffee!). So yes,good food but probably too much of it. That is why I need only grapefruit and apples tommarow.
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Posted: 20 March 2009 06:47 pm |
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I am sitting hear nursing Abigail typing from my itouch wishing I had enourmous amounts of energy to exercise atleast 300 calories worth on the rebounder as well as weights. But I feel DUH, that is what I said. DUH. No energy. Guess I just need to lay her down, change into workout clothes and give it a go.
Did not eat lunch yet because breakfast is sticking to me.
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Posted: 21 March 2009 02:44 am |
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| So this was an up day but my stomach is so not use to eating like this. And it was even less rich than conventional meals. I skipped lunch and burned 500cals on rebounder instead of weights. But it was our families Friday night meal so this is what we made for 35 people: appatizers of spinach balls (baked but made with too much oil!), carrot stix and a mustard dip. Then for supper I made a roasted veggie lasagna with only a little mozeralla and homemade pesto rub. I haveti say it was one of the most enjoyable lasagna I have eaten ( even if I did make it myself). I think because it was not so heavy with slot eggs and ricotta etc. And we had steamed kale along with a toss salad and rosemarry foccasa bread. Then dessertvwas peanut butter cookies and orange julius. I only had a cookie and I had no bread. But the rest was filling enough. So definately will have a down day tommarow.
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Posted: 21 March 2009 06:44 pm |
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| Well it was suppose to be a down day but already up to 1200 caps :s! hock: what hapened! Well breakfast was good with half a grapefruit and a balance bar. I thought I would keep it at that until we came in from working with the horses and a Greek salad,reviled egg, foccacia bread spread was all laid out for us. Since it was "just salad" I gave in and fixed a big plate of it. And there went the down day. Because the rest of the peanut butter cookies came out after that ! Well start now and keep going down.
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Posted: 22 March 2009 04:15 pm |
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today is deffinately a down day, more like a fast day. I took my intestinel 1s last night ,woke up and drank almost a quart of water, some plain mate and then a cup with milk and honey. Then I made a cup of green tea and half way through it I started feeling realy sick to my stomach! Yuck. So the made it to the bathroom but instead of throwing up I had expelled everything the other way. Feel a little better now but not great. So I brought up a bunch of apples and grapefruit incase I want to just eat fruit. But for now only having my green tea and water.
The big question is should I exercise or not? If not taking in many calories should I burn off any or will that leave me feeling too weak?
In any case I have gotten a lot of encouragement about the way I am looking this weekend, and all from those who I see everydY around the house.y little 9 year old even said I looked skinnier than I use to. And my 15 year old girl wants to start exercising with me. That's acbiggy because I could never even get her to go for brisk walks or do sit ups before. She is a small girl but I have allways believed in exercise being good for a body be it big or small. So I am happy about the way things are going
One goal I have is to be able to ride our sway back horse ( the other 2 are begiens and too big and scarey) but you have to be 150 lbs or under. So I want to get there this summer and have a few good rides.
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Posted: 23 March 2009 01:22 am |
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| Definately a stomach bug! And on top of that I started from today! So tonight I thought it would be ok to weigh myself because basicaly I am "cleaned out". But with ttotm and being evening it was not a good idea. I am not even reporting. But tommarow is my weigh in day for the spring challange and I realy want to be down not up! Especialy with this digestive bug and realy considering how well I did last week in general. But I have to keep reminding myself that the scale is only part of the truth. Itvis reqly how my clothes are fitting and how I am looking. So there is my pep talk for the night. Nursing abigail , going to bed. Will officialy weigh and measure tommarow.
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Posted: 23 March 2009 06:43 pm |
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| Well the news is..... 164.2 today and that with my cycle starting and all. I also did the tape measurement thing and I am minus 15.5 inches ssinfe September! So today is an up day and already I have had a large bowl of oats with 2tbs peanut butter some muscavo,, little milk and a java chai for breakfast. A lunch was a cup of split pea soup an d 4 pieces of garlic toasties. I wanted to have my large salad with avocado sesame stix and catalina dresing but I am just too full! I will do my full body workout with dumbells and eat it right after that.
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Posted: 24 March 2009 12:34 am |
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| So did not eat the salad until supper time. Which after talying it up it came to whopping 1023 cals! So I alittle over 2070 for the day. But I did dog whole body workout which took over an hour so I figure I burned 500 with that. Everything I ate today was nutritiuos so I do not feel at all bad about it. I might have some vanilla ice cream with chunky peanut butter mixed in later as my bad for my up day, seeing as how tommarow is another down day. But I don't have to be bad just can if I want to.
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Posted: 24 March 2009 05:52 pm |
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| yes another down day ad a little hardee than last one. But we are going to Plymouth tommarow so do not want to jeperodize my up day. so far today ad an apple and a bowl of steamed kale. getting ready to have a cup of joe w/milk and sugar. So 250 will be the tally forthis day so far. i .want to do my 20 min. on rebounder but that buenes300. How good is that on a low day? We will see
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Posted: 25 March 2009 12:36 am |
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 well I could have done better but gave into acup of lentil stew and garlic toast. So I am saying1000cals even if it is a little high. I can`t say I feel too bad because my up day was healthy except for the icecream. But tommarow is another story. We are taking the whole crew to Plymouth for our grand daughters dedication. So definately an up day! I will report my weight in the morning.
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Posted: 26 March 2009 11:10 pm |
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| so far today 734 cals in and I am about to do my rebounding and crunches which will burn between 300-400 cals. So it will keep me in my down day. Looking forward to weighing tommarow as I am not flowing much at all anymore and thud is my third down day.
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Posted: 27 March 2009 04:36 pm |
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well today is an up day but I am not gorging just eating normal.. An interesting
weigh in this morning 167. But I realized I was bloated in my hands. Must have been the jalepeno cheese roll I gave into last night. Calories were still under 1000.
So we go on with the day.
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Posted: 1 April 2009 04:07 am |
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Well I am dropping the aDD woe because gives me too many excuses and I didn't feel like I was keeping up my exercises. So back to what was working. Oatmeal with peanut butter in the morning, beans and greens for lunch and large salad witheitherprotrin or carbs for supper. So that is what I did today alng with45min of full body dumbel resistance. I'll be hurting tommarow for sure. But good news is I am using 20lbs for almost all of the exercises now.
I didgive inane had some burtucci pizza my husband brought home. I was behind 400cals now I am over by 50. Other than that I did realy well today. Even drank over 3quarts of water. Good day over all.
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Posted: 1 April 2009 05:13 am |
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Hey Cindy! Just caught up on your diary and thought I'd drop you line. Terrific that you've gone up in your weights (I mean the iron ones, not the scale LOL)!! If you don't mind a little 2 cents, as long as you're both continuing with a challenging exercise routine including both weights & cardio, you might want to not dip too low in cals for a prolonged period...one of the things about lifting is that it's what happens in the following that the work is really done...short bus explaination is that the process of lifting tears down your muscles while the repair (strengthing) takes place over the next 24 or so hours. And the repair process requires nutritous fuel - (complex carbs, protein) to do its work at maximum efficiency. So bottom line (IMO), if you're more sedentary and don't do a regular weights resistance program, and don't care about whether the weight lost comes from muscle or fat - then it doesn't matter. But, if you're looking to lose more fat than muscle, strenthening the muscle you retain, require enough energy to exercise daily as well as recover properly from the exercise AND don't want to end up negatively effecting your metabolism - a repeated string of very low cal days is soooo not the way to go.
Woops, this ended up a tad bit longer than I started out to write....
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Posted: 1 April 2009 01:28 pm |
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Yep woke up retaining water from the Burtuccis pizza last night! I knew I needed more calories but should have made a better choice.
Thanks suenos. It's funny you posted that because I was already thinking that way, so I feel comfirmed.
Woke up hungry and bloated. I'll have some lemon water and my oatmeal with peanut butter.
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Posted: 3 April 2009 12:08 am |
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| Strangest scale thing ever! I got up this morning and weighed in at 165lbs. Went to pee and decided hey wonder if that was like half a pound or something so steped back on the scale and it read 167! Off and on again a d still 167 !!!!! So I decided I liked what I saw the first time !
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Posted: 3 April 2009 02:54 am |
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| lol...that is VERY weird. I guess that just goes to show you that no scale is 100% accurate. Is it a regular scale with a needle or a digital one? I have a standard one and I have to adjust it to make sure the line is right on zero....just a thought.
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