Roonytunes 2006

[momsgettinfit]

Thurs, 3/16

Day 19 of 20 – cheat meal-free and alcohol-free

Scale weight: 120.5lbs

6:50am: Cardio

10 mins warm-up on elliptical
30 mins speed/agility HIIT drills
(obstacle course with sprints, ladder work, hurdle jumps, side shuffles, weave jog, suicide runs)
3 min cool-down on elliptical

8:45 am:
6 oz baked rainbow trout (seasoned with lemon juice, curry powder and black powder)
1 small homemade banana protein muffin
15 stalks steamed asparagus
1 peach

11:45am:
½ cup cooked oats
1 packet splenda, dash of pumpkin pie spice
1 cup egg whites
1 apple

2:30pm:
3 oz marinated chicken breast
1 small homemade banana protein muffin
grilled veggies: spinach, eggplant, onions, mushrooms, hot peppers

4:45 pm:
3 oz marinated chicken breast
grilled veggies: spinach, eggplant, onions, mushrooms, hot peppers

5pm to 8pm: Evening Class
Lot of pressure to eat provided dinner and snacks (they actually ordered wraps instead of pizza just for me because they thought I'd eat that instead. I will admit it was a sweet gesture), but I didn’t budge. I know my co-workers mean well, but I just didn't feel like explaining my clean eating habits to them. And the "wraps" turned out to be huge-ass strombolis when they arrived

8:45pm:
2 tbsp almond butter

Totals: ~1325 cals (134g carbs, 136g protein, 32g fat)
Macros: ~39c/40p/21f

Kudos for them for the effort and to you for sticking to your guns!!!

 

[Roonytunes]

Fri, 3/17

I finish my 20 day challenge of no cheat meals or alcohol today!!

Scale weight: 120lbs

I get my measurements done tomorrow morning. Regardless of what the tape measure and calipers say, I think I look leaner. I’m especially happy that I was able to increase my carbs to 40% and not experience any negative consequences. I had always thought I was carb sensitive prior to this. I love the extra energy that I’m having these days!

6:50am: 50 mins Cardio/Plyometrics

23 mins on elliptical in increasing blocks of incline
20 mins Plyometrics:
Circuits of walking lunges, squat jumps, regular push-ups, diamond push-ups, dumbell pushups with lateral lifts, hanging knee raises, pull-ups (with trainer holding legs), suicide runs (3 cones, 6ft apart) and ending with 4 stretches of 50 feet short sprints
2 mins Stairmill
5 mins cool-down on elliptical

9 am:
8 oz baked cod (seasoned with lemon juice, curry powder and black pepper with diced tomatoes and onions)
1 small homemade banana protein muffin
10 stalks steamed asparagus
1 peach

Noon:
½ cup cooked oats
1 packet splenda, dash of pumpkin pie spice
½ cup egg whites
1 apple

3 pm:
3 oz marinated chicken breast
1 small homemade banana protein muffin
grilled veggies: spinach, eggplant, onions, mushrooms, hot peppers

6:45 pm:
6 oz baked cod (seasoned with lemon juice, curry powder and black pepper with diced tomatoes and onions)
small salad – greens, baby tomatoes, cucumber, diced onions/celery/pepper and banana peppers with lemon juice/black pepper dressing
.
9:30pm:
2 tbsp almond butter

Totals: ~1300 cals (133g carbs, 141g protein, 28g fat)
Macros: ~39c/42p/19f

 

[gemini269]

Hi rooney... =) Congratulations on going that long and reaching your goal of not drinking/eating junk that long!!! I know it's really hard! I must have missed it, but what prompted you to do it? I recently decided I wanted to do the same. Mainly because my boyfriend, ( EX-boyfriend as of tonight!!! --- it's a GOOOD thing =) drank like a FISH and i ended up swimming right along behind him. Not only did it leave me depressed alot, (i have bi polar disorder, and it's strongly discouraged to drink in that case =( but i felt bad, gained a few pounds, and my gym workouts have lost their UUumph! =) So.... if you don't mind... how and why did you do it? how do you feel now? And do you think you'll keep it up? THanks girl =)

 

[Roonytunes]

Hi rooney... =) Congratulations on going that long and reaching your goal of not drinking/eating junk that long!!! I know it's really hard! I must have missed it, but what prompted you to do it? I recently decided I wanted to do the same. Mainly because my boyfriend, ( EX-boyfriend as of tonight!!! --- it's a GOOOD thing =) drank like a FISH and i ended up swimming right along behind him. Not only did it leave me depressed alot, (i have bi polar disorder, and it's strongly discouraged to drink in that case =( but i felt bad, gained a few pounds, and my gym workouts have lost their UUumph! =) So.... if you don't mind... how and why did you do it? how do you feel now? And do you think you'll keep it up? THanks girl =)

Hi Gemini I’m sorry to hear about the boyfriend situation.

I decided to do a “no cheat meal/no alcohol” stretch for myself because I just wasn’t making the gains I wanted. I was working out hard and eating clean all week, but I think I was pigging out far too much on my weekly cheat meal and the alcohol didn’t help either. I’d be bloated the next day and it seemed like I kept putting on the same few pounds of water weight and taking them off by the end of the week to repeat the cycle again over the next weekend. I also just wanted to see if I could stand up to the mental challenge.

At the end, I truthfully didn’t miss the actual eating out and alcohol much, but it did put a damper on my weekend socializing. On the upside, it was great to wake up with lots of energy and feeling good each morning. Plus finally seeing my scale weight go down was awesome!

While I’m not giving up drinking entirely, I do plan to watch my consumption as much as possible until I reach my cutting goal. Sure, there will be special occasions where I’m sure I’ll drink up and want to party, but I plan to be cautious about how often those occur. Let’s see how it goes….

Good luck to you! It’s not easy but I think the end results make it worthwhile.

 

[*Bunny*]

Roony. WAY TO GO GIRL, on completing your challenge. I had an in-depth discussion with Ulter on how alcohol consumption can hinder fat loss, even with a healthy diet & training regimen in place, and even while incorporating a week cheat meal (no matter how large).

(I am not preaching to you, but for those that do read your log & may not ever post) It’s not that you have to ever give drinking or cheats up, sometimes do what’s necessary to determine what the culprit is that may or may not be hindering your progress, and push past that bump… and I’m SO PROUD OF YOU, that you were able to try it out & see that for yourself.

 

[momsgettinfit]

Good Morning roony!!!! Great Job overall girlfriend!!!!

 

[believeNme]

Hi Gemini I’m sorry to hear about the boyfriend situation.

I decided to do a “no cheat meal/no alcohol” stretch for myself because I just wasn’t making the gains I wanted. I was working out hard and eating clean all week, but I think I was pigging out far too much on my weekly cheat meal and the alcohol didn’t help either. I’d be bloated the next day and it seemed like I kept putting on the same few pounds of water weight and taking them off by the end of the week to repeat the cycle again over the next weekend. I also just wanted to see if I could stand up to the mental challenge.

At the end, I truthfully didn’t miss the actual eating out and alcohol much, but it did put a damper on my weekend socializing. On the upside, it was great to wake up with lots of energy and feeling good each morning. Plus finally seeing my scale weight go down was awesome!

While I’m not giving up drinking entirely, I do plan to watch my consumption as much as possible until I reach my cutting goal. Sure, there will be special occasions where I’m sure I’ll drink up and want to party, but I plan to be cautious about how often those occur. Let’s see how it goes….

Good luck to you! It’s not easy but I think the end results make it worthwhile.

Yeah... no worries on the ex!! lol=) this is our 4th break up in 4 months! That equals once a month which equals i should have payed attention tha first time Anways... I went 4 months last year with no chesta or alcohol and i did feel better and lost a good bit of weight, eventually life situations came about and i turned to both for comfort C'est la vie... But i am proud of you!! =) I think I'm going to try what you did starting monday until my birthday. I'll have ten weeks exactly. ok, maybe thats a LITTLE steep.. lol!! but, ALOT less! Thans Rooney... Have a fab day!

 

[Roonytunes]

I got my measurements redone this morning with my regular trainer. Body fat has slightly dropped a whoppin’ 0.3% to 15.6% now since 2/7/06.

However, measurements showed a lot of redistribution.

Chest – 30.75” (up 0.25”)
Bi – 11” (same)
Waist – 23” (down 0.75”)
Abs – 28.75” (up 1.25”)
Thigh – 18.75” (down 1.25”)
Hips – 38.75” (up 0.75”)
Shoulder – 37.75” (up 1”)

I am actually trying to grow my upper body to match my lower body, so the shoulder and chest growth is something I’m happy with. My trainer even mentioned that it's possible that instead of cutting down to 11% and bulking back to about 15-16%, there could be a chance my body will redistribute fat to get the proportions I want while staying at 15%. Now,that *would* be nice!

We had a discussion about how my upper body is cut and my lower body has a spare tire in the hip, butt and thigh area still and so now, my lower body workout is going to change – less weights and slower controlled movements. We’re going to focus on the glute muscles more. I am also supposed to do Winsor Pilates for the lower body twice a week. Upper body training stays the same since it seems to be working as planned. And I will continue with the cardio as well.

In terms of diet, I get to keep the 40p/40c/20f macros. To shock the body, I can drop my serving of fat (around 180-200 cals, 15-18g fat) out every few days, which will create a small calorie zig-zag.

So onward and forward…..let’s see how this next lag goes!

 

[Roonytunes]

Thanks for all the well-wishes, ladies! I couldn’t have done it without your support.

Sat, 3/18/06

Scale weight: 119.5lbs

7: 45am
10 oz Isopure whey drink – apple melon

8:15am (Lower Body Workout):
After measurements and my two trainers discussing my body type (I have a female trainer who does my measurements and gives me my diet and a male trainer who I train with regularly – I love my male trainer but he just can’t see my bare ass and hips like my female trainer does so she was telling him that we need to alter my lower body workout to get rid of the sticky fat deposits), I had a very painful workout of slow movements. I seriously thought I would start on the last few reps.

Leg Press:
Sled + 90lbs
2 sets of 8 reps of very slow motion up/down with wide leg stance with toes pointed out & 8 reps of very slow motion up/down with toes together
Sled + 50lbs
2 sets of 9 reps of very slow motion up/down with wide leg stance with toes pointed out & 9 reps of very slow motion up/down with toes together
Sled + 40lbs
2 sets of 9 reps of very slow motion up/down with wide leg stance with toes pointed out & 9 reps of very slow motion up/down with toes together

Sumo Deadlifts:
2 sets of 10 with bar + 5lbs (we focused on form and I have homework now to practice form further on my off days)

9:30am: Cardio
5 mins steady-state elliptical
*100 jumping jacks
5 mins steady-state elliptical
* 3 sets of short suicide runs (3 cones, 6ft apart)
* 40 push-ups
5 mins steady-state elliptical
* 30 squat thrusts
5 mins steady-state elliptical
* 4 continuous 50 yard sprints
5 mins steady-state elliptical
* 4 continuous 50 yard sprints

10:15am:
10 oz Isopure whey drink – apple melon

11:15am:
½ cup cooked oats
½ cup egg whites
1 peach

1:15pm:
1 home-made banana protein muffin
1 tbsp almond butter

I have a guest for the rest of the weekend, so I will be busy entertaining. However, I picked my restaurants of where we’ll be dining and have a good idea of my meals for the rest of the weekend (think tuna, salads, turkey burgers, egg white omelets etc.)

Tonight is the much awaited cheat meal. I picked a Greek restaurant (www.estiarestaurant.com) just because they offer a lot of “clean food” in terms of grilled fish, meats and veggies and use olive oil for most of their cooking. However, I will also be having wine (Bunns, I’ll make sure I throw back one for ya :), a few bites of dessert and am meeting up with my friends afterwards for a few cocktails.

Have a GREAT weekend, everyone!

 

[getnfit06]

ENJOY yourself Roony, You deserve it!!!