Jenscats Back on Track Log

[jenscats5]

OK Folks - I need to desperately get back on track. I feel horrible & look worse. I am SEVERELY bloated still and it's painful.

My eating plan will be about: 150g protein/125-150g carb/35g fat daily.

Weights will be on a 4 day split of 1 week of Power Core Lifting & the next week is Volume High Intensity Lifting then back to Power Core.

I'm going to keep cardio in for right now to try & drop some of this weight.

 

[jenscats5]

Sunday October 9th

Waking Temp: 98.1 @ 10:00am
Weight: 140.2

**OMG!! My weight is soooo bad!! I'm hoping a lot of it is retained water cuz I look extremely puffy. God this is embarrassing!

10:20am
1 Glucorell

10:40am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + 2 packets Splenda + cinnamon + 1 tsp. Glutamine

1 Trex + Multi

 

[*Bunny*]

I was waiting for this. I do this every moring and I am glad you are posting your weight too DO NOT BE EMBARRASSED, seriously.


Last time you saw in person I was under 150. Not I'm sitting pretty at 170 (I think LOL )

It is WATER, IT WILL go down with a clean diet (of even just a week).

Remember it will always appear worse than it really is to you, no matter how tight, bloated, and sick you feel.



I'm so glad you started another log

 

[jenscats5]

I was waiting for this. I do this every moring and I am glad you are posting your weight too DO NOT BE EMBARRASSED, seriously.


Last time you saw in person I was under 150. Not I'm sitting pretty at 170 (I think LOL )

It is WATER, IT WILL go down with a clean diet (of even just a week).

Remember it will always appear worse than it really is to you, no matter how tight, bloated, and sick you feel.



I'm so glad you started another log

I'm hoping doing so will keep me "accountable." My short term goal is to eat cleanly until Friday nite which is my hubby's B-day & we're going out to eat.

I now know how the guy who did the movie Super Size Me felt....

 

[courtneybcca]

sweetie dont worry!!! this is normal after competition... IT SUCKS!!! I know but that its impossible to retain comp shape... think about all the water depleting etc that you did.. I know your brain understands that but no one wants to let there heart believe it.. dont worry most of its just water... and you LOOK BEAUTIFUL!!! dont let a number on the scale dictate your happiness!!!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Holy crap yeah Jen I would say a lot of it is water as much as 10-15 lbs could be depending on what you ate post comp how much sodium etc was in it.

 

[jenscats5]

Sunday October 9th

Waking Temp: 98.1 @ 10:00am
Weight: 140.2

**OMG!! My weight is soooo bad!! I'm hoping a lot of it is retained water cuz I look extremely puffy. God this is embarrassing!

10:20am
1 Glucorell

10:40am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + 2 packets Splenda + cinnamon + 1 tsp. Glutamine

1 Trex + Multi

**Begin Power Core Workout

~ 11:45am - Walk to gym; 30 mins
(it was quite difficult walking - felt very uncomfortable)
Chest/Tris/Abs
Flat Bench DB Press: Warmup with 20lb DBs - 2x12; 35lb DBs - 3x10
Bicycles: 3x30
Lying Tricep Extensions: 15lb DB - 1x12*; 20lb DB - 2x6*; 15lb DB - 1x10*
*each arm
Incline DB Flye: 25lb DBs - 3x10
Incline DB Press: 25lb DBs - 3x10
Cable Rope Crunches: 90lbs - 3x15
Glute Press: 50lbs - 3x10* *each leg
Hanging Leg Raises: 3x15

Walk Home - 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 277 cals burned

**I'm a mess today!! I feel sort of light-headed and just uncomfortable all over. And I whacked my left middle finger with a DB - got it in between the DB & the rack - at the gym. It's swelled & bruised up nicely. Hurts like hell!!

2:00pm
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash, black pepper & red pepper flakes
1/2 cup cooked spinach, from fresh
1/2 cup 'waved mashed sweet potato, no skin

1 Glucosamine + Calcium

3:10pm
4 Levorex

3:30pm
1 Diet 7UP
(I have horrible horrible heartburn today - hoping this will help!!)

4:30pm
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash, black pepper & red pepper flakes
2 cups romaine lettuce + 2.5 oz. grape tomatoes + 1.25 oz. red bell pepper + 2 oz. cucumber + 5.8 oz. radish
1 tblsp. Newman's Own Low Fat Sesame Ginger Dressing
(2 tblsp. of what I had in the bottle - which I had thinned with vinegar)

Scrip

6:00pm
1 D-root

6:15pm
1 Glucorell

6:45pm
4 oz. baked tilapia - baked with black pepper, Mrs. Dash & red pepper flakes
2/3 cup coleslaw (still have a lil leftovers)
7 fresh broccoli florets
1/4 cup homemade salsa (on the fish)

1 Glucosamine + 1 Vit C + 1 B-Complex

9:00pm
1.5 scoops Designer Whey Choc. Peanut Caramel protein powder + ice + water + 1 teaspoon Glutamine
1 tblsp. Crazy Richard's Chunky ANPB

9:25pm
4 Colon Cleanse Caps

**Drank 1 gallon of water today + 1/2 gallon Crystal Light......

10:25pm
1 Melatonin

Totals: 1401 cals, 42g fat/28%, 110g carb/27%, 19g fiber, 150g protein/45%

 

[playmatesky]

Jenn,


You are a woman with drive! You will accomplish what ever you have in mind baby! Go get em!

 

[jenscats5]

Monday Oct. 10

Waking Temp: 97.5 @ 8:10am
Weight: 133.2

8:30am
1 L-Carnitine + 2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex

8:50am
Applied YES (after showering/exfoliating earlier)

9:00am
Brisk Walk/Light Jog around Riverfront (flat surface); 45 mins
HR Monitor shows 197 cals burned

**I think my HR monitor needs a new battery - wasn't working the whole time I was out.........I was able to jog a bit too - I'm less bloated today (still puffy tho but not as much) and my skin doesn't hurt today. Nice to see I dropped some water from yesterday too. I'm also trying to "redo" my mental state again - goes back to how I was brought up - that I DON'T have to eat it just cuz it's there & I DON'T have to eat it all at once.

9:50am
1 Glucorell

10:05am
Omelette: 6 egg whites + 2 tblsp. Salsa + 1 slice Kraft FF Cheese
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 tsp. Glutamine

1 Trex + Multi + 1 Glucosamine

 

[Evil_Frisky]

Don't feel bad hun, We all go thru this post comp water/weight gain. Ask any of the girls and all will tell you it happened to them.

Its alot of water, trust me.

Right now I'm like walking Jello, Bill Cosby would be proud

 

[Miss24k]

YAY for the new log

The after effects of competing can really put a number on your sanity, please do not make me bump up my "miserable threads"

Just remember keeping that competition leanness is not doable year round.

 

[jenscats5]

YAY for the new log

The after effects of competing can really put a number on your sanity, please do not make me bump up my "miserable threads"

Just remember keeping that competition leanness is not doable year round.

Thanks Friskers & Missy!!

No - I know I could NOT maintain that - for my sanity & everyone around me!! LOL But I don't like the Stay-Puf Marshmallow Man look -- It's not a good look for me.

But - yes competing does do a wonder with your brain doesn't it?? Whew!

I was proud of myself last nite - kept the ANPB to 1 tblsp!! Kept telling myself - the jar will still be there tomorrow. Don't have to eat the whole jar tonite........

 

[courtneybcca]

look how much water you droped in a day
no worries !!!

 

[playmatesky]

What are your goals right now? Since your not going to compete right now, what are your goals?

 

[exotic_island_girl]

Hi jen

 

[jenscats5]

What are your goals right now? Since your not going to compete right now, what are your goals?

Right now I want to simply get back on track with my journal & eating well + dropping the excess water/bloat. I'd like to keep my weight (if possible) around 125-130lbs and over the winter add some muscle. Oh and I've got 2 5k runs I want to do in Oct & Nov......

 

[jenscats5]

Monday Oct. 10

Waking Temp: 97.5 @ 8:10am
Weight: 133.2

8:30am
1 L-Carnitine + 2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex

8:50am
Applied YES (after showering/exfoliating earlier)

9:00am
Brisk Walk/Light Jog around Riverfront (flat surface); 45 mins
HR Monitor shows 197 cals burned

**I think my HR monitor needs a new battery - wasn't working the whole time I was out.........I was able to jog a bit too - I'm less bloated today (still puffy tho but not as much) and my skin doesn't hurt today. Nice to see I dropped some water from yesterday too. I'm also trying to "redo" my mental state again - goes back to how I was brought up - that I DON'T have to eat it just cuz it's there & I DON'T have to eat it all at once.

9:50am
1 Glucorell

10:05am
Omelette: 6 egg whites + 2 tblsp. Salsa + 1 slice Kraft FF Cheese
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 tsp. Glutamine

1 Trex + Multi + 1 Glucosamine

11:30am
4 Levorex

~ 11:50am - had hubby drive me up to the gym
Legs
Squats with Std Bar, each heel on a 25lb plate: 10lbs added - 1x20, 1x20; 15lbs Added - 1x20; 25lbs Added - 1x15; 30lbs Added - 1x10; 40lbs Added - 1x8, 1x8, 1x9; 50lbs Added - 1x6
SLDLs w/Std Bar: 50lbs Added - 1x10; 60lbs Added - 1x10; 65lbs Added - 1x8; 70lbs Added - 1x7, 1x8, 1x8
Standing Calf Raises, Standing on Step, using Smith Machine: 140lbs - 1x20 Toes Forward; 140lbs - 1x20 Toes Out; 140lbs - 1x20 Toes In; 140lbs - 1x20 Toes Forward

Walk Home - 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 356 cals burned

1:20pm
1 Glucorell

1:40pm
3.5 oz. baked chicken - baked with black pepper, Mrs. Dash + red pepper flakes
2/3 cup 'waved mashed sweet potato, no skin

2:00pm
1 Trex + 1 Vitamin C + 1 B-Complex

2:45pm
1 Caff Free Diet Pepsi

4:00pm
4 oz. baked Tilapia - baked with Mrs. Dash, red pepper flakes & black pepper
1/4 cup homemade salsa
1 cup Acme Cut Green Beans

1 D-root

4:30pm
Walked down the Riverfront (the long way) to Iron Hill Brewery with hubby so he could get a couple of beers. I had 3 glasses of water! Annnnnndddd they have this AWESOME dessert I looooove (warm choc. cake filled with peanut butter topped with chocolate sauce + ice cream) which I SO wanted - but I didn't get it. Annnnddddd I can still fit into my size 4 jeans!!! Whoo Hoooo!!

7:00pm
Take out salad from Iron Hill: 3 5/8 oz. plain grilled chicken + 2 slices avocado + some pico de gallo + a little shredded cheese + lettuce + jalapeno pepper slices
Got the chipotle-ranch dressing on the side & used about 1 tblsp.

1 Glucosamine + calcium

9:40pm
1 scoop Desinger Whey Choc. Caramel Peanut Protein Powder + ice + water + 1 teaspoon Glutamine
Picked at the ANPB.....guessing 3 tblsp.

10:05pm
3 Colon Cleanse Capsules

10:50pm
1 Melatonin

Totals: 1532 cals, 54g fat/33%, 105g carb/23%, 19g fiber, 163g protein/44%

**Drank 1/2 gallon Crystal Light + 1 gallon water + the 3 glasses of water @ Iron Hill + 1 bottle of water for supps........almost 2 gallons today!!

 

[jenscats5]

Tuesday October 11

Waking Temp: 97.4
Weight: 129.2

**Still dropping water it looks like!! Yay!!

8:30am
1 L-Carnitine + 2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex

8:50am
Applied YES (showered/exfoliated earlier)

9:00am - Drove to gym
Elliptical: 30 mins; 1.97 miles; adjusted level every 5 mins - finished at level 10
Stair Climber: 20 mins; Level 5; 52 floors climbed

HR Monitor shows 313 cals burned

9:45am
1 Glucorell

10:10am
6 Hard Boiled Egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine

1 Trex + Multivitamin + 1 Glucosamine

**Drove to tan + grocery store........

1:05pm
2/3 cup Acme Classic Coleslaw (the last of it!)
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash + black pepper + red pepper flakes
Few dashes hot sauce

1 Vitamin C + 1 B-Complex

**Vacuumed, swept & mopped kitchen floor, prepped food........

3:05pm
1 Glucorell

3:25pm
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash + black pepper + red pepper flakes
2/3 cup 'waved mashed sweet potato, no skin

3:30pm
Scrip

 

[playmatesky]

Right now I want to simply get back on track with my journal & eating well + dropping the excess water/bloat. I'd like to keep my weight (if possible) around 125-130lbs and over the winter add some muscle. Oh and I've got 2 5k runs I want to do in Oct & Nov......

Thats great goals. Good for you.
I have a friend who is a trainer that had a 5 k run this last weekend. Anyways...he got home from partying at 3 am and did the race at 7am. WTF? lol Thats whack!

 

[jenscats5]

Tuesday October 11

Waking Temp: 97.4
Weight: 129.2

**Still dropping water it looks like!! Yay!!

8:30am
1 L-Carnitine + 2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex

8:50am
Applied YES (showered/exfoliated earlier)

9:00am - Drove to gym
Elliptical: 30 mins; 1.97 miles; adjusted level every 5 mins - finished at level 10
Stair Climber: 20 mins; Level 5; 52 floors climbed

HR Monitor shows 313 cals burned

9:45am
1 Glucorell

10:10am
6 Hard Boiled Egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine

1 Trex + Multivitamin + 1 Glucosamine

**Drove to tan + grocery store........

1:05pm
2/3 cup Acme Classic Coleslaw (the last of it!)
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash + black pepper + red pepper flakes
Few dashes hot sauce

1 Vitamin C + 1 B-Complex

**Vacuumed, swept & mopped kitchen floor, prepped food........

3:05pm
1 Glucorell

3:25pm
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash + black pepper + red pepper flakes
2/3 cup 'waved mashed sweet potato, no skin

3:30pm
Scrip

~ 6:30pm
3.5 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash + black pepper + red pepper flakes
2 cups romaine lettuce + 2 3/8 oz. grape tomatoes + 2 oz cucumber + 1 oz. red bell pepper + 5/8 oz. radish
Black Pepper + Mrs. Dash
Red Wine Vinegar + 1 Tblsp. Newman's Own LF Sesame Ginger Dressing

2 Hershey's Kisses
12 Green Peanut M&Ms
(was craving chocolate)

1 Glucosamine + Calcium

9:15pm
4 oz. baked Tilapia - baked with Mrs. Dash + black pepper + red pepper flakes
1 cup Acme Cut Green Beans
2 tblsp. Homemade Salsa

10:00pm
1 Melatonin

~ 11:10pm
Was lying in bed reading - listening & feeling my stomach growling. I'm starving!! So I had 2 tblsp. CR Crunchy ANPB

Totals: 1797 cals, 62g fat/33%, 149g carb/30%, 22g fiber, 159g protein/37%

 

[buffalogal]

Walked down the Riverfront (the long way) to Iron Hill Brewery with hubby so he could get a couple of beers. I had 3 glasses of water! Annnnnndddd they have this AWESOME dessert I looooove (warm choc. cake filled with peanut butter topped with chocolate sauce + ice cream) which I SO wanted - but I didn't get it. Annnnddddd I can still fit into my size 4 jeans!!! Whoo Hoooo!!

That's awesome Jen!! Glad to see you're back logging again...

 

[BOWTECH]

Remember after a comp your body will go into what they call a survival mode. It will hold lots of excess water because you were straving (so to speak) your body of the water it was used to prior to the comp. You will soon regulate back to normal and be back on top again! DO NOT get depressed your diet plan rocks and you definately know what you are doing! We are all here for you!

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Baby, I KNOW what water retention is NOW ..... only 3 more months of ME being a bloated fool, lol Even my feet are getting fat!

lmao


Seriously, I am glad to see you logging, I think it will help you get back on track. Not to mention, setting some other goals (the 5Ks). Hope you meet your goals of adding muscle! Keep it up!

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday October 12

Waking Temp: 98.2
Weight: 126.2

**There we go!! Abs pretty flat this morning and apparantly more water has dropped. Best of all my temp is back up - was a little low last couple days.

**Decided to skip am cardio today.....

8:20am
2 Glucorell

8:35am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
1 Cinnamon Raisin bagel + 2 tblsp. cream cheese
1 mug Decaf Coffee + 2 tblsp. CoffeeMate Low Carb Fr Vanilla Creamer + 2 packets Splenda

2 Sesamax

9:15am
1 mug Decaf Coffee + 2 tblsp. CoffeeMate Low Carb Fr Vanilla Creamer + 2 packets Splenda

11:00am
1 Cremesavers hard candy - I'm craving sweets and figured this would be a good substitute

11:30am
4.5 oz baked Tilapia - baked with Mrs. Dash, red pepper flakes + black pepper
1 cup cut green beans
2 tblsp. homemade salsa (Whew! This stuff is SPICY!)

1 Trex + 1 Multi + 1 Glucosamine

**I have a headache....

1:15pm
4 Levorex + 1 L-Carnitine

***I forgot I can have Jello now!! Yay!! Made some Jello so I can have something sweet when I want it.......

1:40pm - Drove up to tan - I was bored and my package expires tomorrow. Hmmmmm - may renew for 1 more month. May keep my nails another month too!!

2:45pm
1 Glucorell

3:00pm
2/3 cup mashed 'waved sweet potato - no skin
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash, red pepper flakes & black pepper

4:15pm
3 tblsp. CR Chunky ANPB

Scrip + Calcium + 1 Glucosamine

 

[treilin]

See you just dropped about 14 pounds of water!! You're doing great...

 

[courtneybcca]

yeah hun see nothing to worry about... MUAH I hope you are feeling better!!!

 

[que_66]

126.2 ??????

I think my left breast weighs that much........

You still look fan-tabulous and continue to inspire this chubby chic!

 

[aandd]

126.2 ??????

I think my left breast weighs that much........

LOL! I can only dream of boobs that big.

 

[jenscats5]

LOL You gals are all so funny!!

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday October 12

Waking Temp: 98.2
Weight: 126.2

**There we go!! Abs pretty flat this morning and apparantly more water has dropped. Best of all my temp is back up - was a little low last couple days.

**Decided to skip am cardio today.....

8:20am
2 Glucorell

8:35am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
1 Cinnamon Raisin bagel + 2 tblsp. cream cheese
1 mug Decaf Coffee + 2 tblsp. CoffeeMate Low Carb Fr Vanilla Creamer + 2 packets Splenda

2 Sesamax

9:15am
1 mug Decaf Coffee + 2 tblsp. CoffeeMate Low Carb Fr Vanilla Creamer + 2 packets Splenda

11:00am
1 Cremesavers hard candy - I'm craving sweets and figured this would be a good substitute

11:30am
4.5 oz baked Tilapia - baked with Mrs. Dash, red pepper flakes + black pepper
1 cup cut green beans
2 tblsp. homemade salsa (Whew! This stuff is SPICY!)

1 Trex + 1 Multi + 1 Glucosamine

**I have a headache....

1:15pm
4 Levorex + 1 L-Carnitine

***I forgot I can have Jello now!! Yay!! Made some Jello so I can have something sweet when I want it.......

1:40pm - Drove up to tan - I was bored and my package expires tomorrow. Hmmmmm - may renew for 1 more month. May keep my nails another month too!!

2:45pm
1 Glucorell

3:00pm
2/3 cup mashed 'waved sweet potato - no skin
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash, red pepper flakes & black pepper

4:15pm
3 tblsp. CR Chunky ANPB

Scrip + Calcium + 1 Glucosamine

6:00pm - Walked down with hubby to Riverfront Market for produce then home........

~ 7:30pm
3.5 oz. 3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash, red pepper flakes & black pepper
2 cups red leaf lettuce + raddichio + 2 oz raw cauliflower + 2 oz cucumber + 1 oz red bell pepper + 5/8 oz radish + 3 oz tomato
1 tblsp. Newman's Own LF Sesame Ginger Dressing

2/3 cup red wine (5.33 oz)

2 Sesamax

7:45pm
12 Green Peanut M&Ms
Rest of the bag York Peppermint Bites ('bout 1/4 of the bag)
(Got a HUGE sweet tooth tonite!!)

8:05pm
1 Vitamin C + 1 B-Complex

~ 8:15pm
1/3 cup SF Jello + 2 tblsp Lite Whipped Topping

1 Creme Savers Hard Candy
**The sweet tooth continues......Ugh!!**

10:05pm
4 Colon Cleanse Capsules

**I'm hungry, but I'm going to forgo eating anything else cuz my carbs & calories are too high today - especially since it turned out to be a rest day.

Totals: 1799 cals, 54g fat/28%, 171g carb/35%, 17g fiber, 134g protein/31%

 

[jenscats5]

Thursday October 13

Waking Temp: 98.2 @ 8:28am
Weight: 125.8

8:55am
2 Cardio Breeze + 1 L-Carnitine + 4 Levorex

9:05am
Applied YES (showered/exfoliated earlier)

9:15am - Drove to gym
Elliptical - 30 mins; 1.99miles; steadily increased level - finished at level 10
Stair Climber - 20 mins; 52 floors; Level 5

Shoulders/Traps/Abs
DB Shrugs: 50lb DBs - 5 sets of 10
Leg Raises on Flat Bench - 1x15, 2x20
Twists on Decline Bench - 20 twists in top crunch position, 20 twists in bottom crunch position (1 set is 20 of each) - 3 sets
Lateral Raises: 10lb DBs - 1x12; 15lb DBs - 1x5; 10lb DBs - 1x12; 15lb DBs - 1x5; 10lb DBs - 1x12
DB Shoulder Press: 20lb DBs - 1x10; 25lb DBs - 1x7, 1x10
Push Press w/Standard Bar: 0 weight added - 3 sets of 6
Rope Cable Crunches: 100lbs - 1x10, 2x12

HR Monitor shows 497 cals burned

10:45am
1 Glucorell

10:55am
6 Hard Boiled Egg Whites + Black Pepper
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 tsp. Glutamine + 1/4 cup blueberries

1 Trex + Multi + 1 Glucosamine

Drove to tan + grocery store, then home........

12:25pm
4 Levorex

1:00pm
3 oz. baked chicken - baked with Mrs. Dash + black pepper + red pepper flakes
2/3 cup 'waved mashed sweet potato, no skin

1/3 cup SF, FF Raspberry Jello + 2 Tblsp. Lite Whipped Topping

1:20pm
Scrip (double dose)

2:52pm
2 Sesamax

~ 4:00pm
Well, T talked me into going down to Iron Hill Brewery.......didn't take much convincing!!

Had: 1.5 pints of Lite Lager; Turkey chili + some tortilla chips; some of T's french fries with some ketchup; AND I got my dessert!! "Double Chocolate Hill" chocolate cake, warm peanut butter center, chocolate ganache...

Then we went for a walk along the Riverfront.......

~ 7:15pm
2 Sesamax

9:00pm
1 Glucosamine + 1 Vitamin C + 1 B-Complex + 1 Calcium

xpm
1 Melatonin

Totals (guess-timating here): 1835 cals, 50g fat/25%, 230g carb/47%, 22g fiber, 88g protein/20%

**Had trouble falling asleep.......

 

[jenscats5]

Friday October 14

Waking temp: N/A
Weight: N/A

Today is my hubby’s B-day so I took the day “off” from dieting, etc……Went out to breakfast then dinner……Didn’t record any food for the day ……

But I: : : :

 

[jenscats5]

Saturday October 15

Waking Temp: 98 @ 9:11am
Weight: 138

**Well after yesterday, I'm bloated & puffy again. Not a pleasant feeling. And obviously retaining water again......

~ 9:30am
4 Levorex + 1 L-Carnitine

10:00am
1 Glucorell

10:30am
6 Hard Boiled Egg Whites + Black Pepper
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 tsp. Glutamine + 1/4 cup blueberries
1 Diet Pepsi

1:15pm
1 Lean Cuisine Baked Chicken Florentine meal
Added: 2 oz. chicken + 1 oz. red bell pepper + 6 broccoli florets

Multi + 1 Vit E + 1 Glucosamine

2:30pm
1/3 cup SF Raspberry Jello + 2 tblsp. Lite Whipped Topping

***Just realized I forgot to take my Trex today......no wonder I can't wake up!! Too late now........

3:00pm
4 Levorex

**Well, my day became shot to hell after this......very indulgent to say the least. Had a Bloody Mary for happy hour, then steak, asparagus & balsamic-carmelized onions & raddicchio for dinner. Not bad. Oh, plus a glass of wine. Still not bad. Then came the brownie bites, candy & Peanut M&Ms. Hubby yelled at me too............

4:00pm
1 Bloody Mary

~ 5:30pm
Dinner + Junk

~ 6:30pm
2 Sesamax

 

[jenscats5]

Sunday October 16

Waking Temp: 97.6 @ 7:42am
Weight: 137

7:55am
2 Glucorell + 1 L-Carnitine + 4 Levorex

8:10am
1 mug Decaf coffee + 2 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. Low Carb Coffeemate

8:50am
Omelette: 5 thin spears asparagus + 1 slice FF Cheese + 6 egg whites
2 link Morningstar Farms veggie sausage links
1 slice WW bread + 1/2 tblsp. SF Blackberry Jelly

1 mug Decaf coffee + 2 tblsp. Low Carb Coffeemate + 2 packets Splenda

9:25am
1 Trex

10:00am - Walk to gym; 30 mins
Back/Bis/Calves
Did the last weight workout that I was supposed to do Friday but skipped
Assisted Machine Pullups: 60% - 2x6; 50% - 2x6
DB Deadlifts: 30lb DBs - 1x7, 5x10
Standing DB Hammer Curls: 15lb DBs - 3x10
Incline DB Curls: 20lb DBs - 1x7, 2x6
Angled Seated Calf Raises: 180lbs - 1x10; 200lbs - 2x10
Standing Calf Raises, on Step w/Smith Machine: 140lbs - 3x15 (Toes Fwd)

Elliptical - 20 mins; 1.36 miles
Walk Home - 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 399 cals burned

12:30pm
3 Glucorell

~ 12:45pm
6 Veggie Patch Spinach Nuggets
Chicken Sub (homemade): mustard, hot sub peppers, 3.5 oz chicken, tomatoes, pickles, radish, cucumbers, bell peppers, 1 slice Kraft FF Cheese on loaf-style bread (white)

8 Peanut M&Ms

~ 1:15pm
2 Sesamax

1:30pm
1 Trex

7:15pm
1 pouch (5oz portion) Acme Wild Pacific Salmon, baked
2 cups red leaf lettuce + 2 oz cucumber + 1 oz bell pepper + 2 3/8 oz tomato
1 tblsp. Newman's Own LF Sesame Ginger Dressing

2 Glucosamine + Multi + Vitamin E + Vitamin C + Calcium + 1 B Complex

7:45pm
1/3 cup SF FF Chocolate Fudge Pudding (made with skim milk)

~ 10:00pm
1 Melatonin

~ 11:00pm
1 tblsp. TJ's Crunchy ANPB
(stomach was growling)

Totals: 1791 cals, 43g fat/23%, 195g carb/42%, 20g fiber, 149g protein/36%

 

[jenscats5]

Monday October 17

Waking Temp: 98.1 @ 8:07am
Weight: 133.6

8:20am
1 L-Carnitine + 2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex

8:40am
Applied YES (showered/exfoliated earlier)

8:45am
Brisk walk/Light jog around Riverfront; 45 mins;
HR Monitor shows 285 cals burned

**Forgot to take the Glucorell before I ate.....Darn!

9:45am
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine + 1/4 cup blueberries
Omelette: 6 egg whites + 5 thin asparagus spears + 1 slice Kraft FF cheese

1 Trex + 1 Multi + 1 Vit E + 1 Glucosamine

**Drove to shopping.......big loop....

1:15pm
4 oz. baked Tilapia
1 cup Acme Cut Green Beans
1/4 cup homemade salsa (my sweet Lord this year's batch is HOT!!)

1 Trex

1:45pm
1/3 cup SF/FF Chocolate Fudge Pudding

~ 2:45/3:00pm (I forget)
4 Levorex

3:15pm
1/2 oz. whole raw unsalted almonds

3:30pm - Walk to gym; 30 mins
Chest/Tris/Abs
Incline Press w/Standard Bar: Warmup with bar alone - 2x12; 20lbs added - 3x15
DB Incline Flyes: 25lb DBs - 3x12
After last set of Flyes, 1 set of Incline bench presses to failure: 20lbs added - 1x21

Reverse Cable Pushdowns w/D-ring: 20lbs - 1x12*, 3x15* *each arm
~Supersetted with~
1 Set of Lying DB Extensions to failure: 15lb DB - Right arm - 1x16; Left Arm - 1x19
Then fail out on close grip bench press w/Standard Bar: 10lbs Added - 1x25

Bicycles - 3x30
Hanging Knee Raises - 2x20, 1x25
Rope Crunches: 100lbs - 3x12

4:50pm - Leave gym; Walk around park, then home - 1 hour
HR Monitor shows 323 cals burned

6:05pm
2 Glucorell

6:25pm
8 oz. red wine
1.5 cups cooked Ronzoni Healthy Harvest WW Penne + 3.5 oz baked chicken +
1/2 cup Acme Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
7 Tropicland Broccoli Florets

6 Ivin's Spiced Wafer Cookies

7:00pm
2 Sesamax

7:10pm
1 Vit C + 1 B-Complex + 1 Glucosamine

8:15pm
Scrip + Calcium Supp

9:30pm
1 scoop SportPharma Chocolate Protein Powder + ice + water + 1 teaspoon Glutamine
The rest of the jar of TJs Chunky ANPB (3, maybe 4 tblsp?? Dunno! Guessing 3)

10:05pm
1 Melatonin

Totals: 2101 cals, 56g fat/25%, 212g carbs/37%, 30g fiber, 152g protein/31%

Ended up eating some Tastykakes - so the numbers above are inaccurate. I won't bother posting the new ones.....

Edit: Actually here they are: 2621 cals, 76g fat/27%, 294g carb/42%, 30g fiber, 156g protein

**Fortunately 1 whole box & 1/2 of the other box of Tastykakes went bad on me (got moldy) so I had to throw them out.

 

[jkmom]

Hey Jen! Keep up the great work! I have been following your success and admire your determination! You are an inspiration - BTW great article on post show rebounding! I have not done a show but the article helped clarify things. Thanks again!

 

[8x271]

hey jen, thanks for logging this. im on post show rebound and i'm so afraid to get onto a scale to see what damage i have done. i seriously admire you posting your weight and everything. i just hope i can follow your lead and get out of my sugar/fat/donut-eating funk that i'm in.

 

[jenscats5]

hey jen, thanks for logging this. im on post show rebound and i'm so afraid to get onto a scale to see what damage i have done. i seriously admire you posting your weight and everything. i just hope i can follow your lead and get out of my sugar/fat/donut-eating funk that i'm in.

Girrrrrrrlllllllllllll - I HEAR ya screaming!! Hard isn't it?? What a struggle!!

 

[buffalogal]

~ 12:45pm
6 Veggie Patch Spinach Nuggets
Chicken Sub (homemade): mustard, hot sub peppers, 3.5 oz chicken, tomatoes, pickles, radish, cucumbers, bell peppers, 1 slice Kraft FF Cheese on loaf-style bread (white)

This sounds wonderful!! Where did you find these?

 

[jenscats5]

This sounds wonderful!! Where did you find these?

Shop Rite

Veggie Patch is the brand name.......

 

[jenscats5]

Tuesday October 18

Waking temp: 97.8 @ 8:20am
Weight: 132

**Got a new digital thermometer yesterday for $4.99!! No more squinting to try & figure out what my temp is with the old-fashioned mercurty thermometer.

**Feeling very tired & lethargic today - hardly got any sleep last nite. Going to skip the Trex today....

~8:45am
2 Glucorell

~9:00am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine

~9:30am
4 Ivin's Spiced Wafer Cookies

~ 10:30am
2 packs Tastykake Vanilla Cupcakes

2 Sesamax

11:50am - Walk to gym; 30 mins
Legs/Calves
Leg Presses: 50lbs Added to Sled - 3x25; 70lbs Added - 1x20; 90lbs Added - 1x15; 110lbs - 2x10
Standing Calf Raises using Smith Machine + Step: 140lbs - 1x20 (Toes Fwd); 1x20 (Toes Out); 1x20 (Toes In)
Leg Extensions: 80lbs - 1x15; 90lbs - 1x10
Back to Leg Press for a 50 rep set - 30lbs - 1x50
Angled Seated Calf Raises: 200lbs - 3x15
Leg Curls: 40lbs - 1x20; 50lbs - 1x15; 70lbs - 1x12; 80lbs - 1x8; 90lbs - 1x5

Walk Home - 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 399 cals burned

2:30pm
1 scoop Sportpharma Chocolate Protein Powder + ice + water + 1 teaspoon Glutamine

Multi + 1 Vitamin E + 1 Glucosamine

3:35pm
3.5 oz baked chicken + honey mustard

2 Sesamax

**Another bad day........Ended up walking down to Iron Hill Brewery with T where I had 3 pints of Lite Lager, a bacon cheeseburger, got a salad instead of fries tho but it had oily dressing on it (yuck!) & some coleslaw (about 1/2 cup)....... Took Glucorell (4) & Sesamax (2 more) throughout the evening........

Then we walked home where I proceded to have candy & polished off the Tastykakes....... *sigh*

Put it all into fitday & it's very very ugly.......

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday October 19

Waking Temp: 97.7 @ 7:56am
Weight: 132.2

8:36am
1 L-Carnitine + 2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex

8:55am
Applied YES

9:00am
Drove to gym

Elliptical - 30 mins; 2.06 miles
StairClimber - 15 mins; 34.5 Floors; Level 4
HR Monitor shows 235 cals burned

**Forgot to take Glucorell before eating again!! Grrr!!

10:15am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine + 1/4 cup blueberries

1 Trex + 1 Vitamin E + Multi + 1 Glucosamine

12:00
1 Glucorell

12:20pm
1 cup Ronzoni Healthy Harvest cooked WW Penne
1 Pesto cube (homemade, frozen)
3 oz. baked chicken
2 3/8 oz. tomato

Scrip + Calcium

2:11pm
4 Levorex

3:15pm
3 oz. baked chicken
1 cup Acme Cut Green Beans
Red Wine Vinegar + Mrs. Dash

1 Glucosamine + 1 Vitamin C + 1 B-Complex

~ 5:30pm
3 3/8 steak
12 grilled thin asparagus spears
Sauteed onion & radicchio
Hot Sauce

After Dinner: 1 Diet 7UP

8:05pm
3.5 oz baked Tilapia
1 cup cooked Birds Eye Chopped Spinach
1/2 cup homemade salsa

**Hmmmn - can actually see some semblance of my 4 pack tonite too....weird after yesterday's feeding frenzy......

8:23pm
1 SF Creme Savers Chocolate/Caramel Candy

10:45pm
3 tblsp. CR Chunky ANPB

11:00pm
1 Melatonin

Totals: 1657 cals, 54g fat/31%, 134g carb/28%, 24g fiber, 165g protein/42%

 

[jenscats5]

Thursday October 20

Waking Temp: 98.1 @ 9:04am
Weight: 128.2

9:27am
2 Glucorell

9:45am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
1 Cinn. Raisin bagel + 2 tblsp. Philly Swirls Brown Sugar & Cinn Cream Cheese

1 mug decaf coffee + 2 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF Half & Half

10:05am
1 Trex + Multi + 1 Vit E

1 mug decaf coffee + 2 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF Half & Half

**This evening will be a challenge as it's my step-daughter's B-day & the plan is to go out to eat......

11:35am
4 Levorex

12:00pm - T came home for lunch so I had him drop me off at the gym
BUT once I got there a skiing buddy finally called me back about some skis - so I ended up talking to him for 45 mins......

Shoulders/Traps/Abs
DB Presses: Warmup: 15lb DBs - 2x12; 20lb DBs - 3x12
Rear Laterals on Incline Bench, Facing Bench: 15lb DBs - 3x10
Lateral Raises to Failure: 10lb DBs - 1x16
Barbell Shrugs w/Standard Bar: 50lbs Added - 3x15
~Superset With~
DB Shrugs: 50lb DBs - 1x20, 1x16, 1x15

Leg Raises on Flat Bench: 1x15; Holding 5lb DB between Feet - 2x15
Twists on Decline Bench: 3x20* *20 reps in top crunch position + 20 reps in bottom crunch position
Rope Cable Crunches: 90lbs - 3x12

Treadmill - 30 mins - 5 minute warmup; some running, some walking on incline
Walk Home - 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 252 cals burned
**Calorie burned reading is incorrect as I forgot to turn the monitor on till halfway into weight workout........

2:36pm
1 Glucorell

2:45pm
3.5 oz baked chicken + 3 3/8 oz tomatoes
1 frozen homemade pesto cube
1 cup cooked Ronzoni WW Penne

1 Trex

3:00pm
1/3 cup SF/FF Chocolate pudding made with skim milk

3:12pm
1 Glucosamine + 1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C

**Another nite of over-eating....... *sigh*

 

[jenscats5]

Sunday October 23, 2005

Waking Temp: 98.2 @ 9:28am
Weight: 134.2

**Desperately need to get back on track.....will try this again!!

9:50am
2 Glucorell

~ 10:15am
1 cup chopped sautéed white potato (cooked with Cooking Spray)
Omelette: 6 egg whites, 4 asparagus spears, 1 slice Kraft FF Cheese

2 Chocolate Covered Espresso Beans

10:40am
1 Cardio Breeze + 1 L-Carnitine + 1 Trex + 4 Levorex

**Showered, exfoliated & applied YES.......

~ 11:30am - Walk to gym; 30 mins
Chest/Tris/Abs
Bench Press w/Standard Bar: Warmup with bar only - 1x12; 50lbs Added - 1x9, 1x10, 1x10, 1x7
D-Ring Reverse Cable Pushdowns: 30lbs - 1x8*, 1x8*, 1x8*, 1x7*
*each arm
Incline DB Presses: 25lb DBs - 1x10; 35lb DBs - 1x8, 1x7

Bicycles - 3x30
Hanging Leg Raises - 3x15
Cable Rope Crunches: 90lbs - 1x12; 100lbs - 1x10, 1x12

Elliptical - 20 mins working, Level 4; 2 minute cooldown; 1.39 miles
Walk Home - 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 384 calories burned

1:45pm
1 Glucorell

2:00pm
2 slices toasted Wonder 100% Stoneground WW Bread
3 oz. baked chicken + 1 oz cucumber + 1.25 oz tomato + 1 lettuce leaf
Dijon Mustard

2:20pm
1 Trex + 1 Vitamin E + Multi + 1 Glucosamine

3:25pm
1 Dannon Light N Fit Carb Control Peach Yogurt (4.4 oz container)

4:00pm
Scrip

5:00pm
1 Glucorell

5:20pm
1 cup cooked Ronzoni Healthy Harvest WW Rotini
1/2 cup Acme Traditional Spaghetti Sauce
3 oz. baked chicken
Red Pepper Flakes

1 cup steamed green beans, from fresh
Black Pepper + Mrs. Dash

5:40pm
1 Glucosamine + 1 Vit C + 1 B-Complex

7:30pm
3 oz. steak
10 grilled asparagus spears
1/4 sauteed onion + 1/2 sauteed radicchio head

9:45pm
1 scoop Designer Whey Chocolate Peanut Caramel Protein Powder + ice + water + 1 tsp. Glutamine
1/2 oz. whole unsalted almonds

~10:30pm
1 Melatonin

Totals: 1542 cals, 35g fat/22%, 154g carb/35%, 25g fiber, 158g protein/43%

 

[mermaid]

**Desperately need to get back on track.....will try this again!!

Jens, I can't imagine what it would be like to come off the back of a competition diet, but did you find it difficult in the beginning? I had read that you started out around 170lbs - was it easy for you to accomplish the initial loss?

I'm asking because I'm 7 weeks in to my program and I have found it VERY hard the past week or so. I can't stop thinking about bad food

 

[jenscats5]

Jens, I can't imagine what it would be like to come off the back of a competition diet, but did you find it difficult in the beginning? I had read that you started out around 170lbs - was it easy for you to accomplish the initial loss?

I'm asking because I'm 7 weeks in to my program and I have found it VERY hard the past week or so. I can't stop thinking about bad food

I was 170lbs in 1996 - that's when I began my fitness journey.....

I was 140lbs in June when I started my competition diet. And it's been EXTREMELY DIFFICULT!! I'm still struggling to get back on track - I've been obsessed with food. So I went from not caring about what/when I ate to literally losing control over what I ate, etc.

 

[believeNme]

yeah Jens..... it's weird. I never competed, but I was able to not eat ONE sweet for a year and a half at one point! I felt good about myself and found i didn't even want it. Then i went away to Australia for 3 months, and when i got back its been a constant battle ever since =( I now understand the word "yo-yo" dieting! BUT on a positive note..... i will never give up =) Even this weekend ( i still was BAD) but i found it getting a little easier. Maybe it will keep going that way? I hope =) Im just so proud of you for losing 30! then competing! I don't have the discipline to compete! ( i tried =) lol!)

 

[jenscats5]

yeah Jens..... it's weird. I never competed, but I was able to not eat ONE sweet for a year and a half at one point! I felt good about myself and found i didn't even want it. Then i went away to Australia for 3 months, and when i got back its been a constant battle ever since =( I now understand the word "yo-yo" dieting! BUT on a positive note..... i will never give up =) Even this weekend ( i still was BAD) but i found it getting a little easier. Maybe it will keep going that way? I hope =) Im just so proud of you for losing 30! then competing! I don't have the discipline to compete! ( i tried =) lol!)

Thank you!!

It's been very *difficult* to get back into a "normal" way of eating.....

Still trying tho!!

 

[jenscats5]

Monday October 24

Waking Temp: 97.9 @ 7:53am
Weight: 131lbs

**LOVING the digitial thermometer!! SO much easier to use!! Yes, DaisyGirl you were right - as usual.

8:05am
2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex + 1 L-Carnitine

8:30am
Applied YES

8:40am - Drove to gym
Elliptical; 30 mins; 1.92 miles
StairClimber; level 5; 17 mins; 44.2 floors
HR Monitor shows 389 cals burned

9:45am
1 Glucorell

9:55am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine + 1 tblsp. Trader Joe's Dried Pitted Cherries

1 Trex + Multi + 1 Vitamin E + 1 Glucosamine

Grocery store.......

12:30pm
1 Glucorell

12:45pm
Sandwich: 2 slices Wonder WW Bread + 3 oz. baked turkey breast + Dijon Mustard + 1 oz. cucumber + 1 oz. sliced tomato + 1 lettuce leaf

1 Diet 7UP
2 Trader Joe's Choc. Covered Espresso Beans

1 Trex

2:00pm
Scrip

3:00pm
4 Levorex

3:30pm
3.5 oz baked Tilapia
1/2 cup homemade salsa
1 cup cooked Bird's Eye Chopped Spinach

 

[Miss24k]

Thank you!!

It's been very *difficult* to get back into a "normal" way of eating.....

Still trying tho!!

Give it some time, you'll get back on track eventually. Believe me I know, it took me awhile to get back on track, hell I went through the "depression part also", not only could I not stop putting junk in my mouth but I wanted to cry, and couldn't stand looking at myself.


One weekend I think I ate enough to feed a whole family for a week or maybe a month.

Just keep trying to get it straight, and don't beat yourself up over it. It will come back to you.

 

[jenscats5]

Give it some time, you'll get back on track eventually. Believe me I know, it took me awhile to get back on track, hell I went through the "depression part also", not only could I not stop putting junk in my mouth but I wanted to cry, and couldn't stand looking at myself.

I feel exactly this way - you read my mind!!

One weekend I think I ate enough to feed a whole family for a week or maybe a month.

Just keep trying to get it straight, and don't beat yourself up over it. It will come back to you.

I've eaten like crap for 1 whole month!! 1 day at a time!! Plus - I'm not buying anymore junk food either!!

 

[jenscats5]

Monday October 24

Waking Temp: 97.9 @ 7:53am
Weight: 131lbs

**LOVING the digitial thermometer!! SO much easier to use!! Yes, DaisyGirl you were right - as usual.

8:05am
2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex + 1 L-Carnitine

8:30am
Applied YES

8:40am - Drove to gym
Elliptical; 30 mins; 1.92 miles
StairClimber; level 5; 17 mins; 44.2 floors
HR Monitor shows 389 cals burned

9:45am
1 Glucorell

9:55am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine + 1 tblsp. Trader Joe's Dried Pitted Cherries

1 Trex + Multi + 1 Vitamin E + 1 Glucosamine

Grocery store.......

12:30pm
1 Glucorell

12:45pm
Sandwich: 2 slices Wonder WW Bread + 3 oz. baked turkey breast + Dijon Mustard + 1 oz. cucumber + 1 oz. sliced tomato + 1 lettuce leaf

1 Diet 7UP
2 Trader Joe's Choc. Covered Espresso Beans

1 Trex

2:00pm
Scrip

3:00pm
4 Levorex

3:30pm
3.5 oz baked Tilapia
1/2 cup homemade salsa
1 cup cooked Bird's Eye Chopped Spinach

4:00pm - Walk to gym; 30mins
Shoulders/Traps
Standing Lateral Raises: Warmup w/10lb DBs - 2x10; 15lb DBs - 3x5
Push Press w/Standard Bar: 1x6, 3x10
DB Shrugs: 50lb DBs - 5x12
DB Shoulder Press: 20lb DBs - 1x10; 25lb DBs - 2x7

Walk Home; 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 291 cals burned

~ 6:15pm
4 oz. baked chicken
Takeout Greek Salad
1.5 Tblsp. Newman's Own LF Sesame Ginger Dressing

Small Handful of Hot N Spicy Chex Mix

1/3 cup SF/FF White Chocolate Jello Pudding made with skim milk

7:00pm
1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C + 1 Glucosamine

9:00pm
3 oz baked chicken
1 serving takeout cooked Broccoli Rabe

6 Peanut M&Ms

10:00pm
2 Dietex (going to finish off this bottle)

10:45pm
1 Melatonin

Totals: 1763 cals, 48g fat/26%, 149g carb/31%, 176g protein/43%, 20g protein

 

[que_66]

I just looked at your before and after pics posted here: http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413240

You made those changes in 2 months?????? OMG that's awesome!!!

Take the before pics and tape them to the mirror and then put the pink suit on and compare - I'm sure you'll see that you look fabulous so don't be so hard on yourself. I've decided that when I fall off the wagon - I might as well do some push-ups and look for loose change while I'm down here.

 

[mermaid]

I just looked at your before and after pics posted here: http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=413240

You made those changes in 2 months?????? OMG that's awesome!!!

Take the before pics and tape them to the mirror and then put the pink suit on and compare - I'm sure you'll see that you look fabulous so don't be so hard on yourself. I've decided that when I fall off the wagon - I might as well do some push-ups and look for loose change while I'm down here.

Exactly!!! Jens is inspirational to many of us on this board

 

[Gymgurl]

You are doing great! Get the sweets out of the house...that will help...Your just easing back into your program is all lol

 

[jenscats5]

Tuesday October 25th

Waking Temp: 97.9 @ 8:07am
Weight: 130

**Muscles are sooooore this morning.....loving this new workout program!!

**Another interesting note: my "." was due on the 18th and it's now the 25 - nothing! Couldn't skip @ contest time could it?? Grrrrrr! LOL

8:20am
2 Glucorell

8:30am
1 travel mug decaf coffee + 3 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF 1/2 & 1/2

8:40am
6 Hard Boiled Egg whites + black pepper
1 Lender's Original Cinn Raisin Bagel + Philly Swirls Cream Cheese

9:20am
1 Trex

11:30am
2/3 cup mashed 'waved sweet potato
3 oz. baked chicken

1 L-Carnitine + 4 Levorex + 1 Trex

 

[skittles]

Good job Jens

 

[jenscats5]

Tuesday October 25th

Waking Temp: 97.9 @ 8:07am
Weight: 130

**Muscles are sooooore this morning.....loving this new workout program!!

**Another interesting note: my "." was due on the 18th and it's now the 25 - nothing! Couldn't skip @ contest time could it?? Grrrrrr! LOL

8:20am
2 Glucorell

8:30am
1 travel mug decaf coffee + 3 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF 1/2 & 1/2

8:40am
6 Hard Boiled Egg whites + black pepper
1 Lender's Original Cinn Raisin Bagel + Philly Swirls Cream Cheese

9:20am
1 Trex

11:30am
2/3 cup mashed 'waved sweet potato
3 oz. baked chicken

1 L-Carnitine + 4 Levorex + 1 Trex

12:00 - T came home for lunch, so I had him drive me up to the gym
Legs/Calves/Abs
**Warmup on Elliptical 5 mins
Squats w/Standard Bar: 30lbs Added - 3x20, 40lbs Added - 1x15; 45lbs Added - 1x10; 60lbs Added - 1x5; 70lbs Added - 2x5; 80lbs Added - 1x4
SLDLs w/Standard Bar: 50lbs Added - 2x10; 70lbs Added - 1x8; 80lbs Added - 3x5
Standing Calf Raises on Step using Smith Machine: 160lbs - 1x20 Toes Fwd, 1x20 Toes Out, 1x20 Toes In, 1x20 Toes Fwd

Flat Bench Leg Raises w/Hip Thrust: 3x15
Crunches on Decline Bench w/25lb Plate: 3x15
Crunches using Ab Bench: 1x20, 1x25, 1x30

Walk Home; 30mins
HR Monitor shows 477 cals burned

2:20pm
2 Glucorell

2:50pm
3 oz baked chicken
1.25 cups cooked Ronzoni Healthy Harvest WW Rotini
1/2 cup Acme Traditional Spaghetti Sauce

Multi + 1 Vit E + 1 Glucosamine

3:10pm
1/3 serving SF/FF Jello White Chocolate Pudding made with skim milk

~ 4:30pm
few handfuls Peanut Lover's Chex Mix

~ 5:30pm
Scrip

6:45pm
2 Glucorell

6:50pm
3 oz baked chicken + mustard & horseradish

7:00pm
5 baked Shrimp Potstickers + hot sauce + mustard

16 peanut M&Ms

1 Glucosamine + 1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C

8:00pm
2 Dietex

**Starting to feel crampy.....

9:45pm
1 Melatonin

10:00pm
1/2 oz unsalted whole almonds

**Stomach was fiercely growling........and wow! my muscles are SORE!! May take tomorrow as a rest day.

Totals: 2009 cals, 55g fat/26%, 234g carb/44%, 144g protein/30%, 21g fiber

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday Oct. 26

Waking Temp: 97.7 @ 7:48am
Weight: 131.4

**Pretty sore this morning - upper body still sore & legs are sore - but it's a GOOD sore!! Just didn't feel like doing cardio this morning either. Still feeling crampy, but nothing yet.

8:10am
2 Glucorell

8:30am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine

1 mug French Vanilla Coffee + 2 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF 1/2 & 1/2

**Watching "The Biggest Loser" this morning - and the theme song hit home a little with me - "What have you done today to make you feel proud??" Foraging for M&Ms in the fridge is NOT going to make myself proud!

9:10am
1 mug French Vanilla Coffee + 2 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF 1/2 & 1/2

 

[scorpiogirl]

OK, Jen. I have to say it.....where did you get the M&M's and the Spicy Chex Mix? You need a spankin'?

C'mon, Jen - you can do it!!!!!!! I KNOW you can do it!!!!!! As Mermaid said, you ARE an inspiration to a lot of us!

 

[jenscats5]

OK, Jen. I have to say it.....where did you get the M&M's and the Spicy Chex Mix? You need a spankin'?

C'mon, Jen - you can do it!!!!!!! I KNOW you can do it!!!!!! As Mermaid said, you ARE an inspiration to a lot of us!

My husband is an EXTREMELY picky vegetarian - that's "his" stuff......I've just got to stay away from it. Sometimes easier said than done.

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday Oct. 26

Waking Temp: 97.7 @ 7:48am
Weight: 131.4

**Pretty sore this morning - upper body still sore & legs are sore - but it's a GOOD sore!! Just didn't feel like doing cardio this morning either. Still feeling crampy, but nothing yet.

8:10am
2 Glucorell

8:30am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine

1 mug French Vanilla Coffee + 2 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF 1/2 & 1/2

**Watching "The Biggest Loser" this morning - and the theme song hit home a little with me - "What have you done today to make you feel proud??" Foraging for M&Ms in the fridge is NOT going to make myself proud!

9:10am
1 mug French Vanilla Coffee + 2 packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF 1/2 & 1/2

Went shopping today.......WHY can't I find any cute sweaters??

1:05pm
3 oz baked chicken + 1 cup fresh steamed green beans

1:30pm
1 Trex + Multi + 1 Vit E + 1 Glucosamine

Went to get my nails filled.....walked both ways - 30 mins each way

Got home around 4:30pm..........walked down to Iron Hill Brewery.
Took 3 Glucorell 1st
Had: some of hubby's nachos, chili (maybe 1 cup), 2.5 pints of Light Lager, shrimp appetizer (4 fried shrimp with fruit sauce), Chocolate Hill dessert (chocolate cake with PB filling)
Had 2 Sesamax while there.........
Walked home.........

3 Tums EX upon getting home...

Some Chex Mix....

 

[jenscats5]

Thursday October 27

Waking Temp: 97.7 @ 8:49am
Weight: N/A {forgot to weigh myself!!}

~ 9:10am
2 Cardio Breeze + 4 Levorex + 1 L-Carnitine

9:20am
Applied YES

9:30am
Brisk Walk/Light Jog (3 cycles jog) around Riverfront (flat surface); 45 mins
HR Monitor shows 290 cals burned

10:30am
1 Glucorell

10:45am
Omelette: 6 egg whites + 4 small asparagus spears + 1 slice Kraft FF Cheese
2/3 cup dry oats + cinnamon + 2 Packets Splenda + 1 teaspoon Glutamine + 1 tblsp. Trader Joe's Dried Pitted Cherries

1 Diet Pepsi

~ 12:30pm
4 Levorex

1:06pm
1 Glucorell

1:30pm
3 oz baked chicken + 2.75 oz tomato + 1 homemade frozen pesto cube
1 cup cooked Ronzoni WW Healthy Harvest Rotini

1 (single serve) pack Ghirardelli caramel filled chocolate square

1:50pm
1 Trex + 2 Sesamax

**Spent the day packing & getting my stuff together......and cooking....

~ 5:00pm
Scrip

5:45pm
4 oz. baked Tilapia
1 cup steamed fresh green beans

6:00pm
Multi + 1 B-Complex + 1 Vit C + 1 Glucosamine

7:00pm
1 mug Swiss Miss Diet With Calcium Hot Cocoa made with water + 1 tablespoon FF 1/2 & 1/2 stirred in after mixing

 

[Miss24k]

Do I need to come over there Jens

 

[jenscats5]

Do I need to come over there Jens

Obviously - YES!!

 

[scorpiogirl]

My husband is an EXTREMELY picky vegetarian - that's "his" stuff......I've just got to stay away from it. Sometimes easier said than done.

Ask him to hide it from you - at least until you get a grasp on the diet again. He would be a big help to you if he would.

 

[Gymgurl]

Come on girl......you can do this...plus i love reading you r log!

 

[jenscats5]

Come on girl......you can do this...plus i love reading you r log!

I've decided not to keep a log for a while as it was kind of stressing me out - which I think led to a lot of the over-indulging in junk food/sweets.

Plus once I'm up in VT - I'm not going to write down my food on the slopes!!

Just trying to keep a balance right now......when I get bored I want to snack!! I need to come up with something to do when I feel that way.

 

[Sassy69]

Its just a phase you go through when you've been dieting alot. Especially when you've completed your goals and then what? You want a break from the discipline, want to just eat whatever w/o a comment or feeling like it screwed up something.

I think I finally hit "bottom" 2 days ago - I have absolutely no interest in eating crap anymore so I think I'm out of that phase. If this is true, I should be fine on about 97% strict dieting just out of habit. But I know that I just needed to go thru that phase to deal w/ what's going on in my life & where I just came from. I've been comp dieting since last December. Now I'm not real sure where I'm heading with this as I don't think the GA comp schedules have been posted for next year. That leaves me "goal-less", so I sort of have to sit down & just come up w/ some sort of "maintenance" training - and not really like muscle maintenance but more just "this is how I train as a normal person instead of a competitor". That's been particularly hard for me.

Besides, you've got a diff kind of exercise coming up. If anything I'd just make sure that you work on your quad strength & leg /lower back strength & flexibility for skiing! Reduce potential soreness from using muscles in a new way & quicker recovery.

 

[jenscats5]

Its just a phase you go through when you've been dieting alot. Especially when you've completed your goals and then what? You want a break from the discipline, want to just eat whatever w/o a comment or feeling like it screwed up something.

I think I finally hit "bottom" 2 days ago - I have absolutely no interest in eating crap anymore so I think I'm out of that phase. If this is true, I should be fine on about 97% strict dieting just out of habit. But I know that I just needed to go thru that phase to deal w/ what's going on in my life & where I just came from. I've been comp dieting since last December. Now I'm not real sure where I'm heading with this as I don't think the GA comp schedules have been posted for next year. That leaves me "goal-less", so I sort of have to sit down & just come up w/ some sort of "maintenance" training - and not really like muscle maintenance but more just "this is how I train as a normal person instead of a competitor". That's been particularly hard for me.

Besides, you've got a diff kind of exercise coming up. If anything I'd just make sure that you work on your quad strength & leg /lower back strength & flexibility for skiing! Reduce potential soreness from using muscles in a new way & quicker recovery.

I'm trying to get out of the "feeling guilty cuz I'm not busting my ass doing morning cardio" mental state. Once I start skiing a lot - I won't need it anyway. And nothing gets you more into skiing shape than skiing itself.

I keep realizing - WOW! I can have X!! I've been struggling with meal ideas as I've gotten "used to" not being able to have X, Y, Z like seasonings, etc.....LOL

I was also set up with a very nice, different & challenging workout plan which I AM LOVING!! Hubby's bitching - so I know it's good!!

I've got my comp schedule for next year already: June 17, July 15, August (end), Sept (end) & October 1st?)!! Yikes!!

 

[treilin]

Hey lady! I haven't said hi in a bit. I have been keeping up with your log though. I just kinda went through that same phase as you. My food is now better and like Sassy I'm out of the cravings and eating whatever. It just takes time, and you'll come around. I start getting antsy when I start eating like that and then I end up eating more. So just relax and don't think it's the end of the world. You'll snap out of it!

 

[Roonytunes]

I'm trying to get out of the "feeling guilty cuz I'm not busting my ass doing morning cardio" mental state.

This really HIT home, Jens...exactly what I'm feeling. I nowhere went through anything you did with comp dieting, but just decided to move into maintenance mode after 4 months of cutting, but still struggle with guilt and similar issues that you're dealing with. So I totally understand, girl!!

I still am relieved instead of being annoyed when anyone cancels plans involving food or drinks. I know that's not healthy!

 

[playmatesky]

Oh Yes guilt is just awesome isnt it? :C
I always feel guilty about eating a peice of something yummy. lol I hate that.
I want to do a comp diet "but" without the diet. lol Workouts are the easy part to me. Its hard when you are always with someone who wants to party and eat what ever. That is everyone around me. Urgh! Jen, when you are ready to start your comp diet....would you like a partner? I was thinking this a.m.....hmmm...maybe I need to partner up with someone with a similiar goal. Why? Because no one that I know workouts and eats the way I do for the exception of my trainer but she is 47 now and done with competitons. I dont want to compete but it is a true inspirational goal that I have to reach. I eat clean now but I was thinking on Jan 1st I want to plan a 3 month comp style very strict shit to be ready for Spring.
Jen, at least you have already done 2 shows. And you know that you are totally able to do it when you put your mind into it. You rock!

 

[necia]

Hi Jenz,

Thanks for visiting my log and welcoming me back. I see it's not only me or you that's been struggling with our eating. It must be the season or the weather, lol. Don't worry, both you and I can do it(damn I sound like Dora!) But anyway, I'll be reading and I'll be around.

Necia

 

[jenscats5]

Thanks all!! It's GREAT to have all this support & encouragement!!

It's been a real struggle getting back into "normal" mode......I'm trying to be more relaxed about my diet......can't wait till ski season kicks in - with skiing for hours on end - I'll have built in cardio!!!

Sky - Sure!! Hop on board early next year!!

 

[playmatesky]

Sky - Sure!! Hop on board early next year!!


Sounds like a plan Stan! I means Jens! lol

 

[jenscats5]

OK - I have to try & get back on a tracking plan now as I have a small goal for myself!!

My hubby at work is a coach of a Jeapordy type contest & his team won tonite which means they go onto a larger competition at the end of Nov. which I may go to - so I need to look good!! LOL

 

[playmatesky]

You are so funny! I know what you mean. I was doing so good and then last Friday it was my bday so a lot of my friends and I hung out for 4 days and partied like crazy all of those days with hardly any sleep. Since last Friday I havent ate right or worked out. Besides a little run I just did. I feel like a cow now and Im like....okay I am going home to make a short term goal. I wish we could just be fit by pushing a button. Damn!

 

[jenscats5]

You are so funny! I know what you mean. I was doing so good and then last Friday it was my bday so a lot of my friends and I hung out for 4 days and partied like crazy all of those days with hardly any sleep. Since last Friday I havent ate right or worked out. Besides a little run I just did. I feel like a cow now and Im like....okay I am going home to make a short term goal. I wish we could just be fit by pushing a button. Damn!

I've been eating like crapola for a little over a month!!

Still been exercising tho!

 

[jenscats5]

OK let's see if I can do this again.......Starting over!! I want to wear my size 4 jeans at the end of the month!!

Friday November 4

Waking Temp: 97.6 @ 7:40am
Weight: 136.8

8:15am
1 Glucorell

8:30am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
2/3 cup dry oats + 2 packets Splenda + a couple dashes of Apple Pie Spice + 1/3 cup frozen blueberries (from fresh)
1 Diet Pepsi

1 Trex

**Did some errands....

11:55am
1 Glucorell

12:10pm
2 slices toasted Wonder Stoneground WW Bread
Mustard
3 3/8 oz. baked chicken + 1.25oz tomato + 1 lettuce leaf

12:16pm
1 Trex

2:00pm
1 Single Serve pack (1oz.) Planter's roasted salted peanuts
1/2 cup Friendship 1% cottage cheese

Scrip + 1 Glucosamine + Multi

 

[buffalogal]

Thanks for posting all this Jens.

Makes us all feel normal when we go off track! Just hang in there...

 

[jenscats5]

Thanks for posting all this Jens.

Makes us all feel normal when we go off track! Just hang in there...

I think I've taken "off track" to a whole new level......

 

[skittles]

Jens, your doing great.

Like Sassy said, you just dieted so hard, of course you are craving junk. Remember you have been dieting since Jan (just harder for comp).

You are still working out. I'm sure you want to gain some muscle before next comp, so I don't think you should be stressing over the cardio.

It's time to relax & ski. You are in off season! The cravings will come to an end! Don't stress

 

[jenscats5]

Jens, your doing great.

Like Sassy said, you just dieted so hard, of course you are craving junk. Remember you have been dieting since Jan (just harder for comp).

You are still working out. I'm sure you want to gain some muscle before next comp, so I don't think you should be stressing over the cardio.

It's time to relax & ski. You are in off season! The cravings will come to an end! Don't stress

Thanks girlie!! It's weird - I want to add more muscle but I'm hating losing my definition & don't want to get too bulky!! LOL

Don't want to get bulky!! But bulky in a bloated, overfat kinda way.....

Now if we can only get some snow!!! *snow dance*

As for the cardio - I wanted to run in a 5k tomorrow, but my left knee has been hurting today - so I'm going to skip it & just do the one I really want to do on 11/11 ---> THAT after-party is killer!! That will be my next cheat meal.

 

[jenscats5]

OK let's see if I can do this again.......Starting over!! I want to wear my size 4 jeans at the end of the month!!

Friday November 4

Waking Temp: 97.6 @ 7:40am
Weight: 136.8

8:15am
1 Glucorell

8:30am
6 hard boiled egg whites + black pepper
2/3 cup dry oats + 2 packets Splenda + a couple dashes of Apple Pie Spice + 1/3 cup frozen blueberries (from fresh)
1 Diet Pepsi

1 Trex

**Did some errands....

11:55am
1 Glucorell

12:10pm
2 slices toasted Wonder Stoneground WW Bread
Mustard
3 3/8 oz. baked chicken + 1.25oz tomato + 1 lettuce leaf

12:16pm
1 Trex

2:00pm
1 Single Serve pack (1oz.) Planter's roasted salted peanuts
1/2 cup Friendship 1% cottage cheese

Scrip + 1 Glucosamine + Multi

Walked up to the drugstore & back.....no gym today....

~ 4:00pm
1 Glucorell

4:20pm
2/3 cup mashed 'waved sweet potato, no skin
3.25 oz. baked chicken
1 cup Bird's Eye broccoli/red pepper/mushroom veggie blend + added broccoli & cauliflower

1 Vitamin C + 1 B-Complex

6:08pm
1 Dietex

6:15pm
1 TJ's/Fage Total 0% Authentic Greek Yogurt (5.3 oz container)
Stirred in: 1 packet Splenda + 1/4 cup frozen blueberries (from fresh) + 1/4 cup Kashi Good Friends High Fiber Cereal

{Wanted a snack & I remember *someone here* suggesting this - and I LOVE IT!! Will definitely get more of this yogurt.....}

7:00pm
1 Calcium + 1 Glucosamine

9:30pm
2 tblsp. CR's Chunky ANPB*

*I put the PB in a little dish instead of dipping out of the jar so I wouldn't overeat!! So far so good!

9:30pm
1 Melatonin

Totals: 1607 cals, 48g fat/28%, 156g carb/34%, 25g fiber, 147g protein/38%

 

[playmatesky]

Wanted a snack & I remember *someone here* suggesting this - and I LOVE IT!! Will definitely get more of this yogurt.....}


That was me....I have it all the time.
At first it taste whack but you develope a taste for it.
I make it with cinnamon,flax meal, and either strawberries or blueberries. Yummy!
Also..I use it as a sour cream replacement. I put 2 tbs of thr greek yogurt on a whole wheat pita, 3 oz of ground turkey with salsa mixed in, and add a slice of Trader Joes Jalepeno Yogurt cheese on top. Yummy!!! U gotta try it!

 

[jenscats5]

{Wanted a snack & I remember *someone here* suggesting this - and I LOVE IT!! Will definitely get more of this yogurt.....}


That was me....I have it all the time.
At first it taste whack but you develope a taste for it.
I make it with cinnamon,flax meal, and either strawberries or blueberries. Yummy!
Also..I use it as a sour cream replacement. I put 2 tbs of thr greek yogurt on a whole wheat pita, 3 oz of ground turkey with salsa mixed in, and add a slice of Trader Joes Jalepeno Yogurt cheese on top. Yummy!!! U gotta try it!

Well I'm SO glad I remembered!! OMG!! It was so goooooood!! I added 1 packet of Splenda for a sweeter taste cuz I wanted more of a dessert.

I also added to the Recipe Thread some ideas for savory ideas I think would be good.......your pita pocket sounds good too!!

 

[jenscats5]

Saturday November 5th

Waking Temp: 97.6 @ 7:56am
Weight: 133.4

**I wanted to do a 5k run this morning, but my knee was hurting yesterday. Felt better this morning, but why chance it??

~ 8:30am
2 Glucorell

~ 9:00am
Omelette: 6 egg whites + 2 button mushrooms + 1/2 small chopped onion + chopped green bell pepper + 1 mini roma tomato
1/2 cup sauteed chopped potatoes, with peel
1 TJs meatless breakfast patty

Throughout the morning:
5 cups (#5 line on the coffee pot - 2 Travel Mugs) of coffee (1 brewed packet) + 5 packets Splenda + 4 tblsp. FF Coffeemate Cinnamon Creme Flavor

10:10am
Scrip

~ 11:00am - Walk to gym; 30 mins
Back, Bis, Calves
Cable Rows: Warmup w/40lbs - 2x15; 60lbs - 1x14; 70lbs - 2x12
Angled Seated Calf Raises: 200lbs - 3x15
Cable Rack Pullovers: 60lbs - 3x12
Cable Rows to Failure: 60lbs - 1x20
Machine Curls: 30lbs - Hammer Grip - 1x15; Wide Grip - 1x12; Hammer Grip - 1x10; Wide Grip - 1x12
Assisted Machine Pullups: 70% - 1x12, 2x14

Walk to grocery store - 25 mins
Walk from grocery store to home - 30 mins
HR Monitor shows 216 cals burned*
*I think this is incorrect.......

2:15pm
Shake: 1 tsp Glutamine + 1 Scoop Sportpharma Choc. Protein Powder + ice + water

~ 4:15pm
Large green salad: ~ 2 cups romaine lettuce + cucumber, radish, tomatoes, bell pepper, broccoli
1 tblsp. (actual) thinned Newman's LF Sesame Ginger Dressing

4:35pm
2 Glucorell

5:00pm
5.75 oz grilled steak
~ 8 small yellow broiled "smashed" potatoes
~ 1 cup sauteed mix of radicchio, onion, bell pepper & mushroom
Worcestershire sauce
~ 11 large shrimp with some sauce
1 glass of red wine

Dessert: ~ 1 cup chocolate/peanut butter Chex Mix

6:05pm
2 Sesamax

8:15pm
1 Multi + 1 Calcium + 1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C + 2 Glucosamine*

*Don't know if taking these all at once hurts or helps, but I forgot to take them earlier......

Totals: 1672 cals, 29g fat/17%, 176g carb/40%, 17g fiber, 144g protein/36%

**Ended up having some ANPB as I was feeling nauseated and hungry...

 

[jenscats5]

Sunday November 6th

Waking Temp: 97.6 @ 8:40am
Weight: 133.8

9:15am
1 Travel Mug of French Vanilla Coffee + 3 Packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF Cinnamon Creme Coffeemate

9:52am
1 Glucorell

10:10am
Omelette: 6 egg whites + 2 white button mushrooms + 1/2 cup Birds Eye Chopped Spinach + 2 Baby Roma Tomatoes + 1 slice Kraft FF Cheese
2 Morningstar Farms Veggie Sausage Links

1 Travel Mug of French Vanilla Coffee + 3 Packets Splenda + 2 tblsp. FF Cinnamon Creme Coffeemate

Scrip + Multi

11:50am - Walk to gym; 30 mins
Chest/Tris/Abs
Flat Bench Press w/Standard Bar: Warmup with bar only - 2x12; 40lbs added - 1x10; 50lbs Added - 2x8
Flat Bench Leg Raises w/Hip Thrust: 3x15
Lying Tricep Extensions: 20lb DB - 1x6*, 1x7*, 1x7*, 1x8*
*each arm
Bicycles: 3x30
Incline Press w/Std Bar: 20lbs Added - 1x10; 30lbs Added - 1x8, 1x10
Cable Crunches w/Rope Attachment: 100lbs - 2x12; 120lbs - 1x8
Cable Pressdown: 60lbs - 1x25
Pec Deck: 50lbs - 1x25

Walk Home - 35 mins

2:00pm
3.25oz baked chicken + 2/3 cup mashed 'waved sweet potato

Calcium + 1 Glucosamine

~ 2:30pm
4 pieces PB M&Ms

3:00pm
1 Caff. Free Diet Pepsi

3:45pm
3 oz. lean steak
1 cup Bird's Eye Broccoli/Red Pepper/Mushroom combo + added broccoli
Hot Sauce

3:50pm
1 Glucorell

4:10pm
1/3 serving (of package) Jello Choc. Fudge SF/FF Pudding
1/4 cup whipped cream

6:50pm
4 oz. baked chicken
Large salad: 3 cups romaine lettuce + 2 oz cucumber + 2 oz tomato + ~ 4 broccoli florets + 5/8 oz radish
2 tblsp thinned Newman's LF Sesame Ginger Dressing (~ 1 tblsp. actual)

7:00pm
1 Glucosamine + 1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C

8:30pm
2 Dietex**

**Damn!! I am STARVING!!

9:40pm
2 Tblsp. CR's Chunky ANPB

Totals: 1564 cals, 48g fat/30%, 122g carb/29%, 15g fiber, 153g protein/42%

 

[jenscats5]

Monday November 7th

Waking Temp: 97.6 @ 8:25am (Does this never change?? LOL)
Weight: 131.8 @ 8:35am

**Can't sleep....hanging out watching TV for a while....got hungry - thought maybe a "carb" would help me sleep.....

1:53am
1 Glucorell (last one!! I'm all out!!)

2:05am
1 Cinn Raisin Bagel + ~ 1 tblsp. Philly Swirls Cream Cheese
6 hard boiled egg whites

**Dozed off around 4am - got about 3-4 hours restless sleep....woke up @ 8:25am........

8:40am
1 L-Carnitine + 4 Levorex + 2 Cardio Breeze

8:50am
Shower, exfoliate.....applied YES

9:05am - Brisk Walk/Light Jog around Riverfront (flat surface); 45 mins
HR monitor shows 274 cals burned

9:55am
1 Glucorell (I had another bottle I forgot about!! Whew!!)

10:20am
Pancakes: 6 egg whites + cinnamon + 1 tblsp. Flax Meal + 1 tsp. Glutamine + 2/3 cup dry oats + 1 packet Splenda
Blueberry Syrup: 1/4 cup SF syrup + 1/4 cup blueberries
2 links Morningstar Farms Veggie Sausage

10:55am
1 Trex (hoping this will wake me up!!)

12:00pm
Scrip

**Did some errands.......

1:30pm
1 Glucorell

1:45pm
1 Lean Cuisine Roasted Garlic Chicken Meal + 3 oz. added chicken
1 cup Bird's Eye Broccoli/Red Pepper/Mushroom Mix

1 Diet 7UP

2:00pm
1 chocolate cupcake, no icing, homemade from standard boxed mix, used egg whites & applesauce instead of oil & whole eggs

Multi + 1 Glucosamine

4:00pm
1 packet (1 oz.) Planter's Shelled Peanuts

5:00pm - Went for a walk with T around the Riverfront.....did not measure this evolution with the HR monitor

6:30pm
1 Glucorell

6:45pm
2 Seafood America Crab Cakes, broiled
Salad: 2 cups romaine lettuce + tomato, cucumber, radish, bell pepper
1 tblsp. (actual) Newman's LF Sesame Ginger Dressing

1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C + 1 Glucosamine

**Well I screwed up the rest of the day!! AGAIN!! Ended the night with some ANPB then 2 cupcakes - 1 frosted..... This is SUCH a struggle.....so I'm going to have to keep doing cardio -- Yay me!!

Totals: 2607 cals, 97g fat/34%, 284g carb/40%, 27g fiber, 167g protein/26%

 

[jenscats5]

Tuesday November 8th

Waking Temp: 97.1 @ 8:22am
Weight: 132.4

~ 8:30am
1 L-Carnitine + 4 Levorex + 2 Cardio Breeze

8:50am
Shower, exfoliate.........applied YES

9:10am - Drove to gym
Elliptical; 30 minutes; 2.02 miles
HR monitor shows 215 cals burned

10:15am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + 1/2 small box raisins + 2 packets Splenda + Apple Pie Spice + 1 tsp. Glutamine

**Cleaned the house (dust, vacuum, 1 load laundry)

~ 1:00pm
~ 3/4 cup homemade turkey chili + 2 tblsp. Shop Rite shredded cheese

Dessert: 1/3 cup (1/3 pakage + 2/3 cup skim milk) SF/FF instant Choc. Fudge Jello Pudding

Multi + 1 Glucosamine

1:45pm
1 Levorex

3:15pm
3 7/8 oz. baked chicken
~ 2 cups Bird's Eye Sugar Snap Pea Stir Fry

1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C

~ 3:45pm - Walk To Gym; 30 mins
Shoulders & Traps
Lateral Raises: 10lb DBs - 1x10; 15lb DBs - 1x6, 1x6, 1x5; 10lb DBs - 1x10
DB Overhead Presses: 15lb DBs - 1x10; 20lb DBs - 1x10; 25lb DBs - 1x8, 1x6, 1x8
Barbell Shrugs w/Standard Bar: 50lbs Added - 1x10; 70lbs Added - 1x10, 1x12, 1x10, 1x12
Front DB Raises: 8lb DBs - 3x10; 10lb DBs - 2x10
Machine Shoulder Presses: 40lbs - 1x12, 2x10

Walk Home via park; 1 hour
HR Monitor Shows 315 calories burned

 

[velvett]

Your temp was 91?

 

[jenscats5]

Your temp was 91?

OOPS!! Meant to type 97.1

 

[velvett]

OOPS!! Meant to type 97.1

THANK GOODNESS

 

[jenscats5]

Tuesday November 8th

Waking Temp: 97.1 @ 8:22am
Weight: 132.4

~ 8:30am
1 L-Carnitine + 4 Levorex + 2 Cardio Breeze

8:50am
Shower, exfoliate.........applied YES

9:10am - Drove to gym
Elliptical; 30 minutes; 2.02 miles
HR monitor shows 215 cals burned

10:15am
6 hard boiled egg whites
2/3 cup dry oats + 1/2 small box raisins + 2 packets Splenda + Apple Pie Spice + 1 tsp. Glutamine

**Cleaned the house (dust, vacuum, 1 load laundry)

~ 1:00pm
~ 3/4 cup homemade turkey chili + 2 tblsp. Shop Rite shredded cheese

Dessert: 1/3 cup (1/3 pakage + 2/3 cup skim milk) SF/FF instant Choc. Fudge Jello Pudding

Multi + 1 Glucosamine

1:45pm
1 Levorex

3:15pm
3 7/8 oz. baked chicken
~ 2 cups Bird's Eye Sugar Snap Pea Stir Fry

1 B-Complex + 1 Vitamin C

~ 3:45pm - Walk To Gym; 30 mins
Shoulders & Traps
Lateral Raises: 10lb DBs - 1x10; 15lb DBs - 1x6, 1x6, 1x5; 10lb DBs - 1x10
DB Overhead Presses: 15lb DBs - 1x10; 20lb DBs - 1x10; 25lb DBs - 1x8, 1x6, 1x8
Barbell Shrugs w/Standard Bar: 50lbs Added - 1x10; 70lbs Added - 1x10, 1x12, 1x10, 1x12
Front DB Raises: 8lb DBs - 3x10; 10lb DBs - 2x10
Machine Shoulder Presses: 40lbs - 1x12, 2x10

Walk Home via park; 1 hour
HR Monitor Shows 315 calories burned

~ 7:15pm
3.75 oz baked chicken breast
1 cup sauteed broccoli rabe with 1 clove garlic & a little grapeseed oil
4.25 oz smashed baked yellow potatoes

Large glass wine

7:45pm
2 cupcakes (made from standard box mix, but used egg whites & applesauce)
12 peanut butter M&Ms

7:50pm
2 Sesamax

**Finished up the evening by snacking on candy & frozen cookie dough.......I had a real "sugar fit" tonite....Calories are off the chart for today.....

 

[mermaid]

How is broccoli rabe different from broccoli? I'm not keen on regular broc but would love an alternative.

 

[jenscats5]

How is broccoli rabe different from broccoli? I'm not keen on regular broc but would love an alternative.

It's more like a "green" than it is a broccoli.......do you know what collard greens are?? Or other "leafy greens" (not spinach)?? It's got large stems (like big thich spinach stems) with leaves & small, teeny-tiny broccoli heads.

If you can find it, make sure you boil it first for 5 minutes, then saute with garlic & oil......it can be bitter, which is why you want to boil it first.....

 

[mermaid]

It's more like a "green" than it is a broccoli.......do you know what collard greens are?? Or other "leafy greens" (not spinach)?? It's got large stems (like big thich spinach stems) with leaves & small, teeny-tiny broccoli heads.

If you can find it, make sure you boil it first for 5 minutes, then saute with garlic & oil......it can be bitter, which is why you want to boil it first.....

LOL, I remember collard greens from my South Carolina days and I have to admit I didn't like them much! I'll look out for the rabe though, I'd like to try it. I'm not a "green" fan although spinach is OK.

 

[Roonytunes]

Jens, just wanted to say thanks for pointing me toward the Quaker brown rice cakes from a while ago. I found them today and like them a lot more than the Trader Joes ones I've been eating. The huge added bonus is they're only half the calories (35 cals as opposed to 70 cals) and also 7g carbs and not 17g carbs. I'm sure not having any added salt also helps. So these will be permanently replacing my Trader Joes staple from now on....

 

[jenscats5]

Wednesday November 9th

Waking Temp: 97.2 @ 8:26am
Weight: 134

~ 8:50am
2 Glucorell

~ 9:15am
1 Lender's Cinn Raisin Bagel + 1 tblsp. Philly Swirls Cream Cheese

2 travel mugs of Decaf French Vanilla Coffee + 4 tblsp. FF Cinnamon Creme Creamer + 5 packets Splenda

~ 10:00am
1 TJ's veggie breakfast patty
6 scrambled egg whites + a drizzle of catsup

1 Trex

Errands.....

1:00pm
3 oz. baked Chicken
2/3 cup mashed 'waved sweet potato

1 Trex