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Manifesto Yesterday I got out of the shower and knew, knew that something had to change. Long hours on a computer, working mostly from home, and an irregular fitness/diet plan had made me crabby and apathetic. Uncool. My workload has increased again and I've no time to be some version of a morose bean bag chair. It's way easier to be productive when life has structure, which is why this is starting now and not when work stuff is non-crazy (because that will never happen). This log is all about getting fit, eating right, and making time management my bitch. Current Stats-to be completed this weekend when I find my tape measure. I love stats. There will be oodles of stats in this log. Sex: F Height: 5'9 Weight: 232 Age: 26 Pics March 5th, 2013  Graphs and Breakdowns TBD Goals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z2cyuA_pAA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2a8_436Nek Run a mile by June 1st. Contraindications Bad knees. I had a log here some time ago and injured my knees by lifting too much, too fast, and running on a track on my off days. 80 pound squat/deadlift in two months isn't a lot, but it's worth it to go slower and not screw up my knees again. This problem will most likely go away once I strengthen my quads and lose some weight. Plan Weights: Stumptuous full body beginner program 3x weekly. I've used this a bit and really like it so far. Cardio: 20 minutes on a bike or elliptical, 3x weekly. Food: Eating 2000 calories daily, not really caring about macronutrient ratios right now. Tracking Food:My Fitness Pal Weights and Cardio: Excel Day One: Today was spent on getting this log up and running and finishing various errands around the house. Did not log food for today. Just starting has been super productive: I got a ton of stuff done today. Hooray for motivation! Weight lifting will start this weekend when I regain access to weights. Today's exercise: Wii Dancing, 20 minutes. PuppiesAndKitties fucked around with this message at May 2, 2013 around 04:30 |
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| # ? May 19, 2013 22:31 |
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I am super rooting for you! It's so hard to stay motivated to work out when you feel like time is just flying all over the place and you can't get a drat thing done. You're going to rock it, and your toxxes will be blown out of the water in like five seconds, so prepare to make new toxxes!!!
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| # ? Mar 7, 2013 04:03 |
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PuppiesAndKitties posted:Sex: F I am your height and age (until next Wednesday) and was the same weight when I attempted to fix things last year! Definitely following this log and rooting for you so hard! PuppiesAndKitties posted:Contraindications I do this, too! I've managed to not do it this time by starting with just a handful of squats here and there the first few days, then easing into more substantial workouts. I'm still easing in, but I'm getting there. You can do it!
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I am quite enjoying the fact that there has been a huge influx of 5'9 and taller ladies logging lately! What sort of knee issues do you have when you run? I have a bum knee and I've found that wearing a compression brace has helped tremendously over the past few months. I just have some cheapy one too. I wore it when I was lifting a lot too and it really did seem to help keep my knee feeling okay.
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NCentralPositronics posted:I am super rooting for you! It's so hard to stay motivated to work out when you feel like time is just flying all over the place and you can't get a drat thing done. You're going to rock it, and your toxxes will be blown out of the water in like five seconds, so prepare to make new toxxes!!!  Thank you. Sapid posted:I am your height and age (until next Wednesday) and was the same weight when I attempted to fix things last year! Definitely following this log and rooting for you so hard! Thanks! I'm feeling pretty good about this. stabbity posted:I am quite enjoying the fact that there has been a huge influx of 5'9 and taller ladies logging lately! Hooray for tall women! My problem, ultimately, is being too fat and too weak, but the more technical term is patellar tracking disorder. The muscles/ligaments around my kneecap are too weak to hold me up properly during strenuous exercise, so they tend to get strained/sprained when I work too hard. What kind of brace do you have? PuppiesAndKitties fucked around with this message at Mar 7, 2013 around 04:59 |
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Looking forward to seeing your progress!
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MyPlate posted:Looking forward to seeing your progress! Thanks! Well, today was interesting. Finished dancing last night, went to bed, woke up at 3 am with a dry barking cough that scared the bejeezus out of my dog. Went to the doctor, turns out I have bronchitis. Ain't nobody got time for that. Certainly not me. Still going to try lifting this weekend. I really don't feel too bad, but I sound terrible. Did log food though! Calories 2,030 Carbs 179g Fat 94g Protein 84g Sodium 1653mg Sugar 53g Came in about 300 calories under goal, but wouldn't be surprised if it was higher due to not having a food scale at the moment. That will get fixed this weekend. Also, the doctor's office says I actually weigh 232, not 235, so  .
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PuppiesAndKitties posted:What kind of brace do you have? I have this one. Like I said, it's super basic but helps keep my knee feel more stable throughout the run, and I haven't had any awful knee pain since I started running regularly wearing it. If it ever gets bad again, I will probably upgrade to a better one, but for now it's been great and helpful.
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Yay more tall ladies! Watching dis log
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Huzzah! Today was better than Friday last week, but not as good as I would have liked it to be. Currently about a day behind on my to-do list and exceeded my calorie budget by just a smidge (drat you sushi). Tried a little cardio; got winded after five minutes then called it quits. This bronchitis is weird; it doesn't feel bad until I try to do something. Excited to do weights tomorrow! Food: Calories: 2,349 Carbs: 190 Fat: 75 Protein: 126 Goals for tomorrow: Buckle down and completely catch up on to-do list Lift a weight! Also: That knee brace looks sweet. I will give it a try! PuppiesAndKitties fucked around with this message at Mar 9, 2013 around 06:38 |
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Success! I completed everything on my to do list and lifted weights (by way of moving furniture). Huzzah! Calories: 1,969 Carbs: 212 Fat: 78 Protein: 67
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I did not log foods today.  Everything else was pretty good, only one thing undone on the list for today.Rest day, lifting in the gym tomorrow. If I start out squatting and deadlifting the bar and increase it by five pounds every week I should hit 80 by May. That seems reasonable.
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Super reasonable and very very doable. I think you'll be at 80 way sooner!
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| # ? Mar 11, 2013 05:51 |
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PuppiesAndKitties posted:I did not log foods today. Oh dude you'll get there way faster than that! It's nice to have a conservative goal to start with but I think you're selling your abilities short  I look forward to your lifts shooting up!
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Yay! Another tall woman log. Granted, I'm more like 5'8", but that's tall to me. You're going to hit those toxxes in no time.
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Thank you everyone for your support. Today. Was. Awesome. I got a ton of stuff done, did awesome at work, stayed within calorie limits, lifted weights, and still have a couple hours to chill and do whatever before bed. A couple hours without worrying about something I was supposed to do today...amazing. Food: Calories: 2,253 Carbs: 123 Fat: 101 Protein: 142 Weights: Squats: 45lb x 15 (2 sets) Dumbbell press 10lb x 12 (2 sets) Lat pulldown: 27.5 lb x 12 (2 sets) Calf raises: bodyweight x 15 Back extensions: 60 lb x 15 (2 sets) The gym was pretty good. Still unstable at the bottom of my squat, my knees wobble when I ascend/descend. Going to stick with my original plan of increasing squat/dead by 5lb per week; I'm mentally capable of way more but my knees aren't. Plus the stumptuous plan is high rep/low set, so it's still plenty of work.
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Today was okay. I'm way tired and have DOMS onset, but powered through on all fronts and finished satisfactorily for the day. One thing left undone on list, a couple other items proved much gnarlier than expected. Bit of a tough day; got some disappointing news that will take some effort to work around. Made it to the gym. Biking was probably not as high intensity as it should be- heart rate stayed around 100 bpm the whole time. Pedal faster? Increase resistance?  Exercise: Stationary cycling, 23ish minutes (got distracted by food network) Guesstimating on food since I don't have accurate calorie counts. Apart from a cupcake and a cocktail it was pretty healthy. Today's food
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| # ? Mar 13, 2013 04:49 |
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That is so wonderful that, even though you were having a crap day, you made it to the gym! That's a huge thing, for sure. And on the stationary bike, I found that if I just worked on pedaling faster, my heart rate went up a lot more than if I increased resistance. Whenever I increased resistance, my legs would just feel tired really fast, which wasn't ideal if I was going to lift later. Just my two cents!
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Cool cool, I will try no resistance and higher speed tomorrow. Today was a mild shitshow. Productivity: lol Food: shitshow (future note: don't go without breakfast and then show up to a meeting where someone bought a ton of pizzas) Gym: Decent Set my macro goals at 40/30/30 Carbs/Protein/Fat. May change it later. I'm coming up with a way to operationalize my productivity, food goals, and gym workouts for the day. It'll be interesting to see if these numbers go up or down over time. Here's a tentative scale, going to fine tune this over the next couple days (add in even numbers) and code my previous stuff once I'm done.  AWFUL PUNS Coding 1 is the worst, 10 is the best. For food: 1- Carbageddon: Didn't log anything, ate the moon, had no remorse. 3- Eggscuses: Logged something (~25% of meals) but did not log majority of food. Macros don't matter at this point because so much is missing. 5- I can't believe it's not butterface: Logged roughly half of meals for the day. Again, macros are moot. 7- Velveeta: Logged most food (%75), macro ratios were way off. (>=20%) 9- Buff-alo: Logged all food (~95-100%). Macros are within 10% of target. 10- Shredded: Logged all food (100%), macros are within 5% of target. Exercise: 1- Lazy Pile: Did nothing physical. May not have left bed. 3- Slug: Took a walk or something. Did not lift a weight, did not ride a bike. 5- Half-rear end: Started to lift a weight or ride a bike, but didn't finish. 7- Pokey: Lifted a weight or rode a bike; not best effort. May have had crappy form, or not paying attention. 9- Metal: Lifted a weight or rode a bike; put in great effort. Good form, good concentration. 10- Kickass: Set some PRs, did amazing, etc. Productivity: 1- Paint Drying Observer: Did nothing. Made no attempt to do anything. 3- WoWzer: Did something, but not very productive. Thing(s) accomplished were not on to-do list. 5- Mother is Disappointed: Did a few things(~%20) on list. 7- It'll do: Accomplished half of list. 9- Excel Da Vinci: Accomplished ~80% of list. 10- Hooray Yahweh: Did all the things. Ugghhh I spent way too much time on these. Will post workout tomorrow. Today's scores: Food: 7 Exercise: 8 Productivity: 3 Overall: 6
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I love your scores, that is amazing.
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Got absolutely slammed today. Will be very busy tomorrow and also Saturday. Planning to update on Sunday. Still made it to the gym! Cycling was good, turned me into putty.
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Hey I'm not trying to be mean and I'm glad you made a system to quantify your overall laziness or not laziness but as a 300lb fat man my deficit calorie requirement is like 2150. That is set by some arbitrary program and I often actually eat less than that. Just throwing that out there.
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PuppiesAndKitties posted:Squats: 45lb x 15 (2 sets) Whatever this plan is, you need to scrap it. This is simply ADVICE I am not attacking you. Scrap whatever fuckin book or blog that is telling you that this is enough for a days worth of activity. For instance, 15 bodyweight calf raises roughly equates to walking up 15 stairs. If you are going to circuit train and hit different muscle groups in both your upper and lower body you need to VASTLY increase the volume. At the weights you are lifting you are better off increasing the volume to multiple sets and if lingering issues are causing you pain it may be worthwhile to spend extra time either stretching or determining some sort of rehabilitation program to get past it. I am not a doctor, however I have had to deal with lingering injuries for literally years and years and years and still be a fat person who tries to lift something relatively heavy. YOU CAN DO MORE THAN THIS BECAUSE I BELIEVE YOU CAN. This whole "change" thing is not walking up 15 stairs. GOOD NIGHT NOW.
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 01:45 |
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Up your heart rate by spinning your legs faster(you may need to add a little resistance). 100bpm is wasting your time, aim for ~140 ish or a bit below.
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wtfmoses posted:Whatever this plan is, you need to scrap it. The stumptuous program is straight out of the beginner quick start guide. It's fun, I like it, and I'm going to keep doing it. Calories are probably too much, I read to "add a zero after your weight" but didn't see the numbers below. Thanks for pointing it out. Thanks for believing in me. I definitely can lift more weight. Most of me can lift more weight, in fact. The problem is, the one weak link is my knees, and I have to strengthen those before I can start aggressively lifting. Have. To. This is not a stretching thing (I talked to a PT about it) and rehab is basically what I'm doing. Please don't keep pushing me to lump on more weight; if you manage to find my old log you'll see I made incredible gains in a very short amount of time and it's very tempting to say "WHATEVER HTFU" and just blow past what I've planned for the day. I know these are not normal weight lifting goals. Injuries suck. Setbacks due to injuries suck. I've been down that road and I'm not doing it again.
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Ok well I'm just gonna take that as a "No thanks" to all the things I said which is cool. At the very least I would try my super very best to say no to eating a bunch of pizza. Working in any office you are going to be bombarded with coffee and donuts and pizza and all sorts of awful poo poo. Stand up and do 15 bodyweight calf raises to the nearest grocery and get something that isn't going to make things worse.
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You say you have bad knees in the OP. Should you be running? I'm pretty sure running is a really bad thing for knees, perhaps you could change the cardio goal to another type?
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Sharks Below posted:You say you have bad knees in the OP. Should you be running? I'm pretty sure running is a really bad thing for knees, perhaps you could change the cardio goal to another type? Running is indeed a bad thing for knees, I've been been doing a stationary bike.
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PuppiesAndKitties posted:Running is indeed a bad thing for knees, I've been been doing a stationary bike. Why is your toxx/goal this: PuppiesAndKitties posted:
Running a mile requires you to build up the muscle chain by... you guessed it... running! You will have to again go back to this PT you talked to and ask what you can do to rehab these injuries. This is a MUST you have to work on. I rehabbed both back and shoulder injuries by simply stretching and and doing band work and listening to what my body was saying NO PLEASE STOP to. C25K is where you need to be for this sort of training. Again. I'm just trying to help. I want you to SUCCEED wtfmoses fucked around with this message at Mar 15, 2013 around 02:21 |
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Though I know wtfmoses is a little prickly, I think his advice is solid and you should give it some thought. As a formerly quite large person (still lots to go!) whose first log was FULL of mistakes and important lessons, mostly doled out by goons with varying degrees of patience, I really recommend that you at least consider what he's saying. Best of luck to you
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wtfmoses posted:Why is your toxx/goal this: I'm hoping that by May my legs will be strong enough (and I'll be small enough) to try jogging- it's not my toxx because I'm not sure it'll work out. If it is, a month should be enough time to get up to a nonstop mile. I did C25K before and it's a good program. Like I said, I want to get there eventually. I just need to grit my teeth and slog through the babby stuff so that my joints don't fall apart when I start putting in serious effort. My PT told me to take it slow and that women frequently have these sorts of injuries. It just takes time and some unglamorous work to fix.
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| # ? Mar 15, 2013 02:27 |
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Get a better butt and your knees will thank you.
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Today was crazy but I'm doing my best to stay on the wagon. Yesterday: 1s across the board. No log, no exercise, nothing done on list. Today: Better. Still crazy, but tracked food, biked, and did several things. A bit over on calorie count, macros are better than they've been. Food: Calories-2,190 Carbs-271g Fat-86 g Protein-132g 45/33/22 split Exercise: 20 minutes stationary bike, 3.75 miles Productivity: List 85% complete Score: Food:8 Exercise:9 Productivity:9 Total: 8.7 Absolutely wiped. Tomorrow should be more chill. PuppiesAndKitties fucked around with this message at Mar 17, 2013 around 04:24 |
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Took a day off and it was grand. Cleaned my house, mixed some cocktails, and was generally chill.Exceeded calorie counts by a bit. Posting measurements tomorrow. Exercise: Rest day Food: Huzzah 7.5 Productivity: Rest Day
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Sneaking in a mental update before the other one tomorrow: Holy crap do I feel so much better than I did two weeks ago. My concentration, productivity, and general happiness are leaps and bounds above what they were. I still eat too much, but feeling happier (and less tired, and leaner) is amazing.
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| # ? Mar 18, 2013 02:34 |
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If you are gonna link your MFP things please take your food or whatever off private so we can see. People smarter and nicer than I can give you food advice.
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MFP diary set public, thought I did it earlier but apparently that was something else. Massive headache this morning, thrown off course for the rest of the day. Still made it to the gym, didn't track food.
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Okay. Still don't have time to post measurements. It'll get done this weekend, I swear. Today! I ate a hilarious amount of carbs. I rode a bike for twenty minutes and 4.20 miles  .I accomplished about half the things on my list. Food: 7 Exercise: 10  Productivity: 7 Total: 8 Edit: Tag fail
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Tired. Today was pretty cool and yesterday was too. Food 8 Rode a bike: 20 minutes, 4.25 miles. 9 Productivity: meh. 5 Total: 7.3
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This week was less nutty! Took a day off Friday and just decided to move my rest day up to Fridays as it seems like that's when everything sorta hits the limit for the week. Made it to the gym every day, food has been less successful. Yesterday I went to McDonalds, then puffed up like a balloon and spent the rest of the day feeling like greasy poo poo. Ugh. My rear end is shrinking! Really, really wanted to run today. You know how when the endorphins start kicking in after ten minutes into a workout and your brain is just like "WHEEEEEE!!!". That was today. I did not run. But I will!  Still bloated and puffy as gently caress from eating too much salt at McD's. Measurements tomorrow. Edit: I got distracted and didn't log poo poo, 5s across the board for last two days. PuppiesAndKitties fucked around with this message at Mar 25, 2013 around 04:26 |
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