WW's New SUMMER Log ...

[WoNderWoMan25]

mmmm... yummy. lunch from joyous cafe. love this place!!

No AM Cardio, skipped the whey shake. Meal One is the usual 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese, medium apple, splenda, cinnamon, two cups coffee w/sugar free hazelnut coffeemate.

café salad w/celery, onions, carrots, organic italian (full-fat) dressing, one serving reduced fat triscuits w/turkey burger topped w/mushroom and feta. Hot tea.

100 Calorie Popcorn, 1-liter bottle water

**WORKOUT**CARDIO**

5 oz chix breast, salad, sweet potato, diet lipton tea.

One hershey dark chocolate miniature (dessert!!) protein shake w/skim milk before bed if I'm hungry for it.

Probably brings me to 1600 (or so) calories. I have been lazy about using fit day lately.

 

[ck2006]

I hope your mom is feeling better and so is your boob LOL (laughing but not laughing at that)

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

WORK UPDATE:
Last day is official now, Nov 15th

MOVE UPDATE:
I will be collecting unemployment because it covers all of my bills and working (off the books) part time for extra money through the holidays. New target move date is Jan 15th, 2007.

TRAINING UPDATE:
After reading Bunny’s bump, I decided that today is the day I get myself back on track. I need to take some steps forward … was getting discouraged by the lack of progress since I’ve returned to the gym post-op. I feel weak, and little things like the 25-lb dumb bell shoulder press (below) bum me out!! I am hijacking Bunny’s log for three reasons:
1. since she said to feel free to use anything she suggests, of course, with user discretion (!!!!)
2. because I already eat similarly and closely follow her ‘diet’
3. because I need a more structured training regime. I will need to fit in with both my diet and my trouble spots. I need to eat for the type of training I am committing myself to and also, need to find the exercises that work best for me and target my trouble spots (triceps and legs- overall but definitely inner thigh and calves).

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Day 1 (Low Carb) – AM CARDIO, PM Legs, Abs, Calves
Day 2 (Low Carb) – PM Shoulders, Tris, 30+ mins cardio
Day 3 (Low Carb) – AM CARDIO, PM Optional
Day 4 (Moderate/Medium Carb) – Back, Bis, Tris
Day 5 (Low Carb) – AM CARDIO, PM Optional - Legs
Day 6 (Low Carb) – Calves and abs @ home and/or walking @ stadium **OR** Legs if not done on Day 5
Day 7 (High Carb/Cheat Day) – OFF or walking @ stadium

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• I need to stop hitting snooze. Last night I set the alarm to the correct time, but didn’t actually turn it on to buzz at 5:30 AM. Therefore, I did not get up at 5:30 AM. I blame this on some kind of lack of motivation and a Freudian slip because my motivation hasn’t been turned ‘on’

• I am still learning what I can and can’t do with weights. Notice there is no chest workout listed above. Hanging leg raises for abs are also out.

• Like Bunny, I should say LOWER Carb. Today is a lower carb day and I had an apple early in the day – my 1st meal with cottage cheese. Everything else today is veggie carbs with ¼ cup sweet potato after lifting in the PM. Veggies are in my totals for the day. If I take the veggies out, my carbs for a lower day keeping the apple and sweet potato may range from 30-60 grams probably?

 

[*Bunny*]

she said to feel free to use anything she suggests, of course, with user discretion amen sista


• I am still learning what I can and can’t do with weights. Notice there is no chest workout listed above. Hanging leg raises for abs are also out.WW ... Can you find this chair
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/RectusAbdominis/WtVerticalLegHipRaise.html
and instead of doing knee/V ups, all you have to do is hanging pelvic tilts ... that's if you can balance on your 'bows without being in pain. Many people worry about how high ya get your knees up or kick your feet up bu t sometimes it's the little movements that count. You want some core work I would get into some type of pilates. I am really diggin' it... if my heart is beating like I'm doing cardio & abs on fire at the beginning of my 60 min session, oh gawd, you know SOMETHING is going on in there.


• Like Bunny, I should say LOWER Carb. Today is a lower carb day and I had an apple early in the day – my 1st meal with cottage cheese. Everything else today is veggie carbs with ¼ cup sweet potato after lifting in the PM. Veggies are in my totals for the day. If I take the veggies out, my carbs for a lower day keeping the apple and sweet potato may range from 30-60 grams probably?

IMO the veggies shouldn't really impact the totals too much. Some count every carb / every cal, or subtract out the fiber, but you should be ok to fill up on green veggies on a low day without too much problems. IF you're like me, the things I need to watch are oats, rice & potatoes.

Good luck girl! I'm glad I help motivate you!!!!

Made my day, thank you.

 

[BiggT]

By 5 AM, you had to be on like 13 hours of sleep, lol......I have the same problem though, what I am going to do is move the alarm clock all the way across the room so hitting snooze and rolling over is no longer an option.

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

IMO the veggies shouldn't really impact the totals too much. Some count every carb / every cal, or subtract out the fiber, but you should be ok to fill up on green veggies on a low day without too much problems. IF you're like me, the things I need to watch are oats, rice & potatoes. Ms Bunny, I checked this out a little more. Per fitday, a medium apple = 21 carbs. A cup or two of veggies like green beans or broccoli will be between 10 and 20 carbs (each) as well. You are right though... I get into trouble with brown rice and breads and even too many apples or sweet 'tatos. On low carb days, I try for Fiber = 25+. Seems to be on track to keep me full and also also, ahem... keep me regular....

Good luck girl! I'm glad I help motivate you!!!!

Made my day, thank you.

I am familiar with the chair you posted up the link for. No good yet - It is a weird pulling that does not hurt too much but is very uncomfortable. Do you think I will be better off w/roman chair sit ups?

Do you recommend a Pilates class? There is one I can make on Saturday mornings (which will be my day six if today is day one). There is also a class sometime during the week, I would have to check the class calendar. Often, only one or two people show up to take the class, and the instructor takes them into the Pilates room with those scary, bondage-ish looking machines.

Thanks for wishing me luck. I feel that I can relate to you on so many different levels... It is good to read how you were out of the gym and then resumed w/your training. And you know how the job thing goes, and I am so thankful to be out of here thirty days from now. And since the plan is not move until after the holidays, I will have extra time to focus on being fit & healthy!!

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

By 5 AM, you had to be on like 13 hours of sleep, lol......I have the same problem though, what I am going to do is move the alarm clock all the way across the room so hitting snooze and rolling over is no longer an option.

I said I was IN BED at 8 o'clock, I didn't say I was ASLEEP then. (I probably made it til 9 before I was totally out.) I also said I was embarrassed, ya big dork....

Moving the alarm clock is an option, but I've tried it before. I get up, hit snooze, and return to bed... especially when the weather turns cool and it's warm in my cocoon of blankets and pillows!! You don't normally work out in the AM though, do you?

 

[ck2006]

Schedule for training looks good!

 

[BiggT]

I said I was IN BED at 8 o'clock, I didn't say I was ASLEEP then. (I probably made it til 9 before I was totally out.) I also said I was embarrassed, ya big dork....

Moving the alarm clock is an option, but I've tried it before. I get up, hit snooze, and return to bed... especially when the weather turns cool and it's warm in my cocoon of blankets and pillows!! You don't normally work out in the AM though, do you?

Nope, I never do, but sometimes I have every intention of HIIT or sprinting and some very light olympic lifting or complexes to start the day, but the snooze buttom cans that idea.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

I have the same problem though, what I am going to do is move the alarm clock all the way across the room so hitting snooze and rolling over is no longer an option.

lol...that doesn't even help me. I crawl back to the warmth of my bed... sometimes having a plan to do a.m. cardio is best... putting your sneakers by the bed...strap 'em on and go outside... wearing the Moo-Moo and all, lol