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Fine! Gonna start my own log with blackjack and hookers. Hi guys. I've posted here before. Started running long distances over a year ago, lifted some weights, ran too much, got fat, drank milkshakes, back to square one. Plan for the log is to eat food, lift heavy poo poo, run sometimes, and lose fat. Emphasis on lift heavy poo poo because gains. Goal: deadlift 250 pounds by 12/31/13 Other goal: fit into some tight-rear end pants I currently can barely button. I no longer wish to be a member of the muffin top club:  Other crap: I will eat sufficient calories based on the Katch-McCardle formula. TDEE - 20% while cutting (for now). Will re-evaluate and increase to maintenance when appropriate. I was DEXA tested a couple months ago by a lab as well as caliper tested. I did a skin fold test - average of 3 readings this weekend. BF% - 25% Height - 60 in. Sex - ladyparts Age - 28 BMR - 1347 TDEE 2034 average Current intake - 1500-1700/day cutting. Current weight -135.8 Current 1RM deadlift : 195 lbs Will post butt n pants pix when I'm home from work. Have been losing since Dec 3rd - started a new lifting program at 142.6, clothing barely fitting. .85 lbs/week average even with the holiday fat Fest thrown in. Eating the above level of calories save for a couple weeks eating 1400. Weight doesn't tell the full story, however. Focusing on the fit of my clothing I've made definite progress. I've lost 2% BF since the DEXA in October. I aim for lower carb on lift days with no running. Higher on run days. I was toying around with keto for a while but it zapped all my energy. No thanks Kinda done with trying to restrict myself too much on eating and get to a more normal state of mind. Cutting slowly now and feeling pretty awesome. I still run but not as much. Hoping to do a few quality trail races this year. Mud + beer + "racing" = good times Ok that's it I'll post pix late. divinemisscopa fucked around with this message at Feb 1, 2013 around 13:52 |
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Have seen some of your comments in other peoples' logs. Looking forward to following yours. 
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| # ? Jan 28, 2013 22:51 |
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Welcome back!
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| # ? Jan 28, 2013 22:53 |
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Welcome back!! Gonna kill that deadlift toxx for sure.
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| # ? Jan 28, 2013 23:06 |
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Hell yeah, I'm in. Good luck, I'm sure you'll ace it
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| # ? Jan 29, 2013 00:56 |
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InEscape posted:Welcome back!! Gonna kill that deadlift toxx for sure. Agree with this, you'll rock it no problem! Good luck.
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| # ? Jan 29, 2013 01:06 |
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Was gonna get pix, too busy watching Biggest Loser and prepping my stuff for tomorrow. Drama on the BL ranch tonight, mmm hmm. Here's a workout all nicely formatted: Push-Up: - 15 reps - 15 reps - 15 reps - 15 reps Standing Dumbbell Triceps Extension: - 12 lb x 8 reps - 12 lb x 8 reps - 12 lb x 8 reps - 12 lb x 8 reps Lying Barbell Triceps Extension ("Skullcrusher"): - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps Close-Grip Barbell Bench Press: - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps Dumbbell Bicep Curl: - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps Incline Dumbbell Curl: - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps Alternate Hammer Dumbbell Curl: - 25 lb x 8 reps - 25 lb x 8 reps - 25 lb x 8 reps - 25 lb x 8 reps Close-Grip Standing Barbell Curl: - 40 lb x 16 reps - 40 lb x 16 reps Elliptical Trainer: - 0:30:00 || Moderate Crunch: - 50 reps - 50 reps Oblique Crunch: - 20 reps Reverse Crunch: - 30 reps Toe Touches: - 30 reps Scissors with Hold (Beach Scissors): - 10 reps Russian Twist: - 50 reps fito2sa Eats: 1592 total calories 34 g fat 201 g carbs 138 g protein Tis good to be back 
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| # ? Jan 29, 2013 01:19 |
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Where are these hookers and blackjack you mentioned? Nice log
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| # ? Jan 29, 2013 23:07 |
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Side view at the gym this morning Food for today: 
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Got some nice muscularity goin' on there.
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AmericanBarbarian posted:Where are these hookers and blackjack you mentioned? Nice log Probably at the huge Sands casino in my city. Apparently Richard Simmons goes there every weekend, or that's the rumor, so blackjack, hookers, and fruity men in tight pants up in there. Fitocracy won't let me copy and paste on my iPad. No idea why. Today was leg day. Gonna hobble up and down the stairs at work now: Squat, 1x5@45, 3x5@135lbs Barbell rear lunge, 3x20@105 KB Step up, 4x8@60 (1 30 pound kb per hand) KB single leg squat, leg on chair, 4x8@60 Leg curl, 4x8@84 Leg extension, 4x8@55 Standing calf raise, 3x20@70 Tried to do abs, hurt so bad from let raises yesterday I wimped out. May try again tonight while bumming around the house or just give it a rest. Had to cancel a cruise reservation for April yesterday due to boyfran's class schedule. Only lost $50/each and now have a credit to use with Carnival for 2 years. Because of this, I signed up for a local half marathon during the week we were supposed to be away. It was the one I set a Toxx on last year. Don't really have an official goal for ths year just anything under 2 hrs. Gotta gradually build my weekend runs up to 10 miles.
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| # ? Jan 30, 2013 13:24 |
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Food for yesterday. I always get raging hungry on leg day. No idea, ate some fluff. Had only 1/3 of a Victory Prima and dumped the rest because it was awful. Shame.
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| # ? Jan 31, 2013 12:07 |
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Rest day today, unplanned. Felt like crud when I woke up this morning and didn't make it to the gym. 1610 calories. Had sushi at lunch with my boss during a lunchtime status meeting. I got a combo that was pretty good - one Cali roll, 5 small nigiri pieces, small salad w/ginger dressing. Made baked chicken nuggets tonight that were delicious - take a chicken breast or 2, coat with a couple tsps of olive oil, then coat the chicken in some seasoned bread crumbs & parmesan. Bake at 425 for 8 minutes, flip them over, bake another 8 minutes.
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 02:11 |
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I lifted some things and did some "speed work" Deadlift: 135x5 warmup, 155x3, 185x1, 195x1, 200x1x5. Callouses, representin. Lat pulldown, 4x8x84lb Cable row, 4x8x84lb Straight arm pulldown, 4x8x96lb 1-arm DB row, 4x8x45lb Lying TBar Row, 2x8x50lb. (dunno what the fuckery is up with these but don't like them, hurt my shoulder so I stopped at 2 sets) Abs: 50 crunches, 30 bicycles, 50 Russian twists, 20 toe touches, infinite soreness, cannot cough, so much pain. 4x400m @ 1:45 per 400m, walk 400m (3:45) as break between sets. First time I have ever done planned speed work. I need more of it in my life. I'm going to update my first post with my muffin top pants pics. These pants are size 4 petite. And get ths - I have a pair of pants from the same brand, Banana Republic, in nearly the same cut and fabric and they fit perfectly. Women's clothing sizes be crazy.
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| # ? Feb 1, 2013 13:48 |
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Calories: 2082 Ate doner kebab for dinner! I'm a little ecstatic knowing that we now have a Turkish restaurant right down the street. I also had 2 Samoa cookies today which put me at maintenance. It was nice to have a meal out, though. Went for a walk at lunch today and froze my rear end off. And in weird health news I have been taking magnesium supplements for the last 7 days to help prevent charlie horses. I was getting some bad abdominal pain, bloat, and (stinky) gas everyday for the last few days. I tacked it up to eating stuff with protein powder in it. The abdominal pain got pretty bad today and I knew it wasn't normal and not the result of my workout. Did some research and found the Natural Calm magnesium supp that I'd been taking caused the same effects to a number of others. Sooooo...no more Natural Calm for me. Sucks, because I just bought a huge jar of the stuff. Does anyone use it? I'll ship it to you at no cost.
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| # ? Feb 2, 2013 01:09 |
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Today was good. Got a bunch of stuff done around the house, went to the gym, went out for lunch, did chores at the barn, now watching Robot Chicken with the boyfriend. Lifts: OHP, 5@45lb, 5x5@50lb DB Shoulder press, palms in, 4x8x20lb Seated bent over DB delt raise, 4x8x20lb Upright DB row, 4x8x25lb Straight arm DB raise, 4x8x15lb DB Reverse flyes, 4x8x20lb Run: 4 miles, 34:46 Food porn!  Adana shwarma  Borscht. Post workout meal of champions.  Santa Fe crockpot chicken - dinner tonight. So good. Topped with cilantro, salsa, and Greek yogurt. Total calories today: 1670
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 01:49 |
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Ran a 10K race this morning in the snow. 22 degrees. Unghhhhhhhh. 56:38 (I think) - all I know is I lost sight of the clock at the end when someone taller than I passed by and blocked my view. Woe is the life of a short runner. Rad pink long-sleeve tech shirt was worth freezing my rear end off :  Off to Philly IKEA for the afternoon to get some frames and a shelf. Living room walls are bare and sad.
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 17:39 |
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Just got back from a week of meetings in Monterrey, MEX. Just about got stuck down there but after a bunch of phone calls got on another flight with another airline to avoid this stupid Nemo Nor'Easter storm that's hitting the northeast. Ughhhh, what a mess. Anyway, HI, I'm back. I spent my week in meetings, did some swimming, drank some tequila, walked a lot, ate some ceviche. Feeling refreshed.
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| # ? Feb 8, 2013 23:38 |
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Push-Up: - 15 reps - 15 reps - 15 reps - 15 reps Seated Triceps Press: - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps Lying Barbell Triceps Extension ("Skullcrusher"): - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps - 45 lb x 8 reps Reverse Triceps Bench Press: - 45 lb x 5 reps - 45 lb x 5 reps - 45 lb x 5 reps - 45 lb x 5 reps Incline Dumbbell Curl: - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps - 15 lb x 8 reps Dumbbell Bicep Curl: - 20 lb x 8 reps - 20 lb x 8 reps - 20 lb x 8 reps - 20 lb x 8 reps Alternate Hammer Dumbbell Curl: - 25 lb x 8 reps - 25 lb x 8 reps - 25 lb x 8 reps - 25 lb x 8 reps Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment: - 60 lb x 8 reps - 60 lb x 8 reps - 60 lb x 8 reps - 60 lb x 8 reps Russian Twist: - 30 reps - 30 reps Crunch: - 30 reps - 30 reps Bicycle (abs): - 30 reps - 30 reps Toe Touches: - 30 reps - 30 reps Elliptical Trainer: - 0:32:30 || Intense! fito2sa It's nice to be back home and have use of a normal gym.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2013 23:00 |
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How much Natural Calm were you taking each day? Just a little bit more or less can make the difference between "yay, health!" and "oh gawd, I never want to touch my booty with toilet paper again because ouch ouch ouch". But if you're not willing to give it another shot, I use it and I know Frown Town uses it, and probably a few others as well. I vote that if you want to send it to someone, send it to Frown Town because she is awesome.
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| # ? Feb 11, 2013 23:16 |
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Voodoo Doll posted:How much Natural Calm were you taking each day? Just a little bit more or less can make the difference between "yay, health!" and "oh gawd, I never want to touch my booty with toilet paper again because ouch ouch ouch". But if you're not willing to give it another shot, I use it and I know Frown Town uses it, and probably a few others as well. I vote that if you want to send it to someone, send it to Frown Town because she is awesome. 1-1.5 tsp daily. I had a small measuring spoon in the bottle. I definitely didn't get the laxative effect of magnesium but got horrible bloating, pain, and gas. It was very weird.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 02:21 |
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Workout: 3 mile trail run in 30:40. Snowy, muddy, partially frozen, challenging, good stuff. Wanted to make it 4 but my legs were beat at 2 miles. Switching back to a 3 day lifting split because 5 days was just too drat much - not enough time for muscle recovery. I held on to the 5 day routine for 70 days. Not bad. So, gonna follow this for a change: Monday - Shoulders and arms, Speed work or sprints Tues - Run (mid-distance) Weds - Legs and Back (squatz n deadlifts) Thurs - Run (mid-distance) Fri - Chest, back, and delts Sat - Run or race, long distance Sun - lazytime We have more daylight now, so I can go back to running outside during the week 
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 23:45 |
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I have no creativity in creating workouts nor am I an expert, so I am going to play it safe and follow Starting Strength. I hesitated doing it last year because of the power cleans, but hey, they seem badass now. I ate some Girl Scout cookies and Carvel ice cream at work today. Will probably increase my lifts tonight at the gym. Because carbs.
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| # ? Feb 14, 2013 19:30 |
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Yesterday's first session of Starting Strength. I left the book at home and forgot what the warm-up/work set pattern was, so I improvised. Looking at the book as I type this my sets made sense. This was refreshingly simplistic. Better than doing so many dumbbell lifts. I will add some more accessory work (pull-ups, hanging leg raises) but I don't want to overdo it. My deadlift and OHP increased each by 5 lbs. Cookies FTW. Barbell Squat: - 45 lb x 5 reps - 115 lb x 3 reps - 115 lb x 3 reps - 115 lb x 3 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps Standing Military Press: - 45 lb x 5 reps - 45 lb x 5 reps - 55 lb x 5 reps - 55 lb x 5 reps - 55 lb x 5 reps Barbell Deadlift: - 135 lb x 5 reps - 185 lb x 1 reps - 185 lb x 1 reps - 185 lb x 1 reps - 205 lb x 1 reps - 205 lb x 1 reps - 205 lb x 1 reps - 205 lb x 1 reps - 205 lb x 1 reps - 135 lb x 1 reps Lat Pulldown: - 84 lb x 5 reps - 84 lb x 5 reps - 84 lb x 5 reps - 84 lb x 5 reps - 84 lb x 5 reps fito2sa Went out for Valentine's Day to a local gastropub with the boyfran. It was awesome - mushroom & soba noodles as the first course, petite chickpea cakes with marmalade, sauteed mushrooms, & slaw as the second, and challa-bread pudding for dessert. Bought "Intuitive Eating" for my Kindle. I've been dabbling around with stopping calorie counting. I've sort of hit a point where I'm not feeling overly obsessive about dropping my weight and fretting 24/7 about what I eat. I was weighing out vegetables the other day and felt ridiculous. I know drat well I battle my weight the worst when I restrict too much and then want to binge (and I had a couple bad days last week in Mexico). I feel more satisfied eating whole, healthy foods and not filling my days with fake foods to "save" on calories. I know everyday can't be like yesterday where I had a cup of ice cream w/girl scout cookies AND a dinner out, but that's one day. At the end of the day yesterday, for once, I didn't mentally punish myself for eating those things. I enjoyed the holiday and had a nice meal out with someone I love (yeah, gag, I know). Next experiment - see if I can keep a container filled with Lindor truffles in my cupboard and enjoy 1 each day as a dinner dessert. Control: Jedi level. Isn't going to be easy but man, I'd love to be in a place where I can keep a bag of Ghiradelli squares in my house and eat only the serving size everyday. I used to have that "power" back when I lived alone in 2006-2008. No idea where the hell it disappeared to...
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| # ? Feb 15, 2013 12:05 |
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Challah bread pudding? That sounds heavenly.  It's interesting to see that we both started at more or less the same spot ("DISTANCE RUNNING RAH RAH RAH"...plus some lifting), and have now gone the same way - focusing on lifting, doing some running for fun/calorie burn/cardio/whatever, and whittling away at our physiques, but not to the point of obsessiveness. And did you finish "Intuitive Eating" or did you just buy it? I'd be interested in seeing if you think it's worth reading.
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| # ? Feb 15, 2013 14:57 |
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Zugzwang posted:Challah bread pudding? That sounds heavenly. The runner evolution! I'm really enjoying running to train for a few local events. Running to the point of obsessiveness sorta burnt me out. I just want to enjoy it. Not go crazy about it, you know? Intuitive Eating is interesting. I think I finished about 1/3 of the book. I'm through the parts that describe various patterns of eating and I fall between the yo-yo dieter and orthorexic (it must be healthy!!!) eater. I've been stuck in patterns of both. I'll restrict food groups, restrict calories, only to be able to do it for so long before my brain revolts and wants to devour an entire cake. IE takes more of an approach that we shouldn't be trying to deny ourselves anything, but it's a (long) learning process of learning to come to terms with when we're hungry, feeding our hunger, and learning in time what the best foods are and what we truly LIKE to eat. Good example: I was buying that Arctic Zero stuff because it was low cal. Don't really love the taste of the stuff, it was just filling the void of eating ice cream. The other day I had 6 ounce cup of tart raspberry yogurt with fruit and almonds on top and it hit the spot. I love soft serve yogurt and ice cream, and I'm not crazy about any reduced sugar concoctions. So the lesson is: enjoy the good stuff, and over time you'll find it probably takes a much smaller portion to satisfy your want for it. And along with that, we can't label things as "good" and "bad" - mentally doing this may set some up to binge on these "forbidden" foods later. True with me. I'm experimenting now with leaving a big container of Lindor truffles in my cupboard. So far, so good... Lifts! Power clean and press is hard, but very rewarding. Felt like a bad rear end doing that lift, albeit not with much weight. Hopefully going to go enjoy a run today on a local trail. The weather seems to be holding out. Barbell Squat: - 45 lb x 5 reps - 115 lb x 3 reps - 115 lb x 3 reps - 115 lb x 3 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps - 135 lb x 5 reps Barbell Bench Press: - 45 lb x 5 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps - 75 lb x 5 reps Power Clean and Press: - 45 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 2 reps - Dude. Hard. Pendlay Row: - 45 lb x 5 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 65 lb x 3 reps - 85 lb x 5 reps - 85 lb x 5 reps - 85 lb x 5 reps Hanging Knee Raise: - 5 reps - 5 reps - 5 reps fito2sa
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 13:04 |
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This past week looked like this: Monday morning: SS day B, flew to Oklahoma, had delayed flights, sat in United lounge and felt like a high roller. Tuesday morning: ran 3 miles on hotel treadmill, drove to plant, long meeting, late lunch, late dinner. Weds morning: no workout, meetings, delayed flight from Tulsa to Chicago, spent the night in Chicago courtesy of United (Intercontinental hotel is sweeeeeet), got about 3 hours of lovely sleep despite awesome hotel bed. Thurs morning: up early, got through security in record time, walked around Chicago O'Hare several times. Bored. Tired. Another delayed flight home. Got home and finished work and took a nap. Friday: full day at work, did not work out. Saturday (yesterday): cleaned house, ran errands, laundry, made big dinner, got a bday cake, our friends forgot we invited them over, me and boyfriend ate alone. Yup. Tonight I would like to go to my "other" gym that has late weekend hours and lift. I'm a little frustrated. I fly to Omaha tomorrow from Newark and I'm there til Thursday. Gonna punch something if the flights are all hosed up again. Luckily my hotel has a gym. It's also in bumfuck, Nebraska in winter so it won't exactly be a hopping place. I gotta get to it with prepping for the half in April. By get to it I mean do weekend long runs and not be a 3-4 mile slacker runner as I have been lately.
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| # ? Feb 24, 2013 14:53 |
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Hello. I spent the last week in Sioux City, IA. Now I'm home. Mon: 5k run, dreadmill, 27 min Tues: dumbbell lifts - bench, flyes, curls, dips, presses, hammer curls, push ups, 20 min elliptical Weds: 4 mile run, 37:30 Thurs: nada Fri: Starting strength "A" Today: 7 mile run, trail, 1 hr, 6 min 7 miles is the longest I've run in a while. Felt good, man. Finished "Intuitive Eating" on my flight out to Omaha/SC on Monday. I then read "Ditching Diets" by Gillian Riley which resonated with me far, far more than IE. It gets into the "after" of overeating. You're free to choose what you eat but consider how each choice will make you feel. Are you eating because you're unhappy? Are you unhappy because you feel like crap from your overeating? It describes in detail how we need to hang more with our feelings and understand when we are only experiencing an addictive desire to eat. We also need to be very in tune with our nutritional needs and focus on eating wholesome, real food. This doesnt include fakey diet food, sugary junk, etc. There are some good discussion boards online for the DD book. They have helped me beyond belief in a few days time. Sort of gives me peace of mind I'm not alone in having my life overrun by dieting and food obsession. Funny how it seems so simple but I have such a messed up mindset from on and off yo-yo dieting.
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Hm, since last posting I've maintained a lifting schedule of 2X per week, running 2-3X per week, and a day of walking/x-training, then one day of rest. Feel like poop today and skipped an 8 mile run in favor of taking care of house stuff. We are converting a spare bedroom with random, mismatched furniture into an office/gamercave with kickass modern furniture. Part One: Remove all the things. Part two: add nice things with money from getting rid of old things. Part three: Enjoy. I'm stuck in part one still. The room had become a storage area for random "stuff" that didn't have a home and now the "stuff" either gets stored properly, tossed out, or sold. So today I have sold about 100 pounds of weights/plates, cleaned out 3 bags of clothing and bedding to donate to Goodwill, cleaned out an old aquarium that we'll be reusing downstairs, and started cleaning out an old dresser. And I've been tending to a sick cat who needs to go to the vet first thing tomorrow. And, not to be whiny about running, but:I could run but I'm completely scared from last week's long run experience: I had a fast food sandwich last Saturday evening in the first time in ages. It was one of those new reubens from Arby's. I ate half of it, no fries, and had a glass of homebrewed blood orange hefeweizen (ohhhh so good). I go out on a run Sunday mid-day on a local bike trail. At mile 6 out of 8, and heading back toward my car, I double over with severe abdominal cramps. After resting for a minute, I then decide unless I want to have a horrible accident, I'll walk quickly back to the park bathroom about .25 miles away and closer to my car to get home. I get there and the loving thing is closed for maintenance. Fuuuuuck. Call my boyfriend who was luckily home sounding absolutely frantic "gonna die, need bathroom, come pick me up NOW" So he does - he is prone to the same thing after running so it's cool. Go to the closest open public restroom. Again, loving closed. I then, absolutely crazy at this point, run into a local brewpub (packed) and have to walk by a whole bunch of people looking ashy and panicked and doing a creepy run/walk with my legs close together in bright spandex to get to the drat bathroom. Unghhhhhhh goddamn Allentown ghetto Arby's. I realized something very valuable after this: very few local trails have facilities that are open right now. I'll have to make more time for my long run next weekend and go to the one trail that actually has port-a-johns along the route just in case 
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| # ? Mar 17, 2013 20:34 |
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Lifting today: Squat - 45x5, 95x5, 145x5x5 Bench - 45x5, 65x5, 80x5x5 1 arm DB row - 45x5x5 on both R and L. Lat PD - 84x8x3 I am trying hot yoga for the first time tonight. Hydrating like a crazy person today in preparation. Eep. I have found myself eating a lot more junk (sodium, sugary stuff) lately. Not binging on stuff but choosing chips over an apple as a snack. I think this happens when you go on a free for all with eating habits ala "intuitive eating." Free for all...not so good. Making an effort to make much more health conscious choices at the store and restaurant is something good. Healthy and whole foods (some calorie dense)...good.. Eating too few calories during the week, avoiding carbs, and binging on the weekend...bad. Buying Oreos "just because I can" is not good. I have no "rule" preventing me from eating them, but would rather not because I know there are much better and more filling choices. Learning process.
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| # ? Mar 19, 2013 19:58 |
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The "just because I can" mentality gets me almost every time I go to the store. I am a grown-rear end woman, and I can buy ALL the candy.  Good job cleaning up the eating, and goon speed.
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Workouts this week have been good. Monday - Squats (145lb 5x5), Clean & Press (65 3x5), Deadlift (various warmup weights, 210 1x5), Lat PD (84lb 8x3) Tuesday - 5 mile trail run, 48 min Weds - Squats (145lb 3x5, 135lb 1x5), Bench (85 5x5), DB Row (50 lb 5x4 R&L), Cable Row (96lb 5x5) My 250 pound deadlift goal is on its way. Oh yes. I decided to join some classes at my gym and take part of their phys therapy eval. $20 more per month membership, but unlocks a lot of benefits. Looking at my squat and some of my issues with running I may have a hip imbalance. The same imbalance that started to cause me pain last August. I have a feeling I need some PT work to help with form, strength, and balance. I get an hour-long eval tomorrow afternoon at the gym to check form, mobility, movement, body fat, weight (yikes), measurements. From there, I can take part in two classes of interest - large group personal training (which might as well be named "this is Crossfit but we'll get sued if we use the name" and yoga. I have a 15K mud run on Saturday. This is both exciting and terrifying. Had a stressful rear end weekend at home when SO decided it would be a super idea to go buy a 60 gal saltwater aquarium setup. Yeah. I was excited on Sunday because I had cleaned out the spare bedroom that we are converting into a dual office/study. We've really done well with setting up the other rooms of the house and this was the last room (project). Sooooo...after hauling out a dresser, weights, a bed, and 6 bags of Goodwill stuff, SO insists we need to go to Petsmart and buy a cat house or tree because we removed our one cat's hiding place (under the bed). I was planning at this point on going out for a run to take advantage of the weather, but whatever it could wait a couple hours. So we go to the store. As pet owners know, this place is expensive. There happens to be a large fish tank on clearance that catches his eye and he decides to buy it. It doesn't fit in the car. We take 1/2 of it home, then come back to pick up the other. From there, we head to a specialty store to get the remaining equipment. Total bill at this point is nearing $1000, he's being incredibly cranky and short with me, and I'm mentally done with the day. Then, it's time to go hunt down 60 gallons of purified water. Ha...ha...ha. We end up at home and put the tank in its place. It's too big. Move furniture around to fit it elsewhere. Floor isn't level at all. At this point I finally say that it was quite an impulse buy and I wasn't moving around anything else to get this monstrosity to fit. Also, dropping nearly $1000 on absolute impulse just seemed ridiculous to me. I've been saving pennies and cutting coupons to have more money to pay off my student loans and this whole business was a slap in the face. He heads off to work (night shift) grumbly and then apologizes the next day and we took all the stuff back to the store. Ugh. So another weekend of missing a run. After he left for work I went on Amazon (while drinking rye on the rocks, heh) and bought a huge cat tree to put in place of where our furniture was moved for the monstrosity fish tank disaster. Look at this happy catte. King Catte 
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Your SO sounds like an idiot babby jerk! No offense... That cat tower looks like you'll get about as much amusement out of it for 1 tenth the cost and one hundredth the time and money spent caring for and moving than a loving saltwater ecosystem.
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| # ? May 24, 2013 18:28 |
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Speaking of strength gainz... I stopped running completely. Ran a 10 miler at the beginning of the month and realized running just wasn't making me happy anymore. Since then I had a consult at my gym, got a lifting plan designed (buillt upon Starting Strength), and started going to a large group cardio intervals class 2x per week. Deadlift max is 220 lbs. Yisssss. I feel awesome. Hunger levels have begun to normalize,, my knees and hips don't feel as wonky, and I'm in and out of the gym in 50 minutes. The class is a lot of fun - we use heavy ropes, tires, hammers, box steps, etc and do a variety of circuits. Time flies by. I get measurements taken every 6 weeks, then after every so many months once closer to body fat goal. Really like that the owners and trainers are not all about weight loss but push heavy lifting and eating to support activity. They also push the "small meals" theory but whatever can't win 'em all. I need to come out of not posting on here and encourage all of you other awesome people
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