Fitness Diary, apostle83
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Well, I just ate my morning cereal and eggs, but I tried "better than eggs." Supposedly a certain amount equals 2 eggs, and there is no fat or cholesterol, but a TON of protein. (like 6 per serving, 4 servings equals an egg, supposedly). I CANNOT eat the equivalent of 4 eggs of this stuff!
I just cannado it captain!
Also, after my very intense leg workout on Sunday, I restricted myself to upperbody stuff because I was very scared I had overdone it. I'm going to go back in tonight and do lower weights at higher reps, just to stretch out my ligaments and tendons, or help them adjust. I'll do that for a while more. I do not want to hurt myself. I'm in this for the long haul.
Thanks for all your help and encouragement!
I just cannado it captain!
Also, after my very intense leg workout on Sunday, I restricted myself to upperbody stuff because I was very scared I had overdone it. I'm going to go back in tonight and do lower weights at higher reps, just to stretch out my ligaments and tendons, or help them adjust. I'll do that for a while more. I do not want to hurt myself. I'm in this for the long haul.
Thanks for all your help and encouragement!
Dude, "normal" weight loss is 1.5-3 lbs per week - I think you're doing great so far. I'd love to see a complete food log - not just "blurbs".. since this is your log, post it here, and if not comfortable, PM me.
No. You can do sets of 15 pushups until you're blue in the face, but as long as you're only doing 15 and not doing your sets back to back then you won't get anywhere. You need to progressively overload your routines, which doesn't necessarily mean that because your last set was 15 pushups, your next has to be 16. You need to make sure there's some kind of increase in your workload on - depending on how often you're working out - a weekly or fortnightly basis. Whether that increase, or overload, occurs by increasing the number of reps you do in a set, or increasing the number of sets you do back to back...
...You need to be writing down what you're doing so you can chart your progress otherwise you won't know where you're going. You also need somebody who knows what they're talking about to draw you up an appropriately balanced exercise plan. You can't just pump the pushups and expect that to qualify as a catch-all solution to strength training. Chin-ups, on the other hand....
It's been proven that people who work to a solid plan and write down their workouts as they do them show the best results in the long term.
Also make sure you're getting a full range of motion while you're doing your push-ups (or any strength exercise, for that matter). That means that when you've pushed up, your elbows are nearing full extension without being 'locked' out, and when you lower yourself down your nose is just about touching the floor. Ensure that you perform each rep slowly (try counting to 3 as you go down, then count to 3 again as you push up) and that you pause at the end of each rep and between the lowering and lifting phases of the exercise. You shouldn't just be 'bouncing' and riding the momentum.
Apostle, don't push yourself too hard at the gym. Overtraining (especially too early) will set you back.
I'm trying to. I'm only weight training 3x a week and the same with running at the gym. I WALK a lot, which is convenient with me having a puppy.
What I'm looking forward to is being light enough that running doesn't kill, because the puppy is USED to running two miles a day, and likes it.
Don't worry too much. Just don't eat that stuff all the time. Just make sure you don't go too hard, you don't want to burn out. There'll be weeks with no weight loss, some with weight gain, but if you keep to it more with weight loss.
1:30 - walked about 4-5 miles of trails with my dog at Shelby Farms.
2:30 - at a big bag of boiled carrots, another protein bar.
Just a suggestion (that has nothing to do with fitness) because I'd like to see this thread keep going.
I'd "watch" the double/triple posts, so you don't get warned and/or this doesn't get deemed a blog or something. Continue to post the food log, but perhaps keep track on paper/computer, then post once, at the end of the day.
Just my $.02.
I'd "watch" the double/triple posts, so you don't get warned and/or this doesn't get deemed a blog or something. Continue to post the food log, but perhaps keep track on paper/computer, then post once, at the end of the day.
Just my $.02.
6:30 am - walked 1.5 miles
7:00 am
1 container "Better than eggs" (2 egg equivalent, no fat or cholesterol)
1 cup raisin bran
9:30 am
1 Nitro-Tech Hardcore 30gram protein bar
12:15 pm
1 8 oz hamburger steak w/as much gravy as possible removed
2 cups grean beans
1 cup pinto beans
2:00 - walked 1.39 miles
3:00
1 Nitro-Tech Hardcore 30gram protein bar
1 green apple from washington
I'm eating constantly. I am constantly hungry. :/
7:00 am
1 container "Better than eggs" (2 egg equivalent, no fat or cholesterol)
1 cup raisin bran
9:30 am
1 Nitro-Tech Hardcore 30gram protein bar
12:15 pm
1 8 oz hamburger steak w/as much gravy as possible removed
2 cups grean beans
1 cup pinto beans
2:00 - walked 1.39 miles
3:00
1 Nitro-Tech Hardcore 30gram protein bar
1 green apple from washington
I'm eating constantly. I am constantly hungry. :/
... It keeps dropping. I only weigh on Wednesdays.
8/19/2008
6:10am
2 cups better than eggs (4 egg equivalent, no fat or cholesterol)
9:00am
1 Nitro-Tech Hardcore 30gram protein bar (peanut butter chocolate chip)
11:20am
1 slice papa johns pepperoni and sausage pizza, thincrust (supergood)
11:40
1 cup brussel sprouts
2 cups green beans
2:05
1 8 oz Chicken breast
1 small lettuce salad (fat free basalmic vinigarette)
Did
4:30
1 Nitro-Tech Hardcore 30gram protein bar (peanut butter chocolate chip)
6:00pm
Shiskabobs (8 oz beef sirloin)
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Well, I weighed in at 294. I'm actually shocked - I would have thought I would definately have lost more!
Oh well, it took me a long time to get this way, it will take me a long time to get better.
Also, I wonder if I'm adding muscle mass. If so, I guess I might hit a wall on "weight loss" for a while, and then just start changing body size. That said, I doubt it.
It did feel good though to get a haircut Tuesday night, and have my hair stylist drop her jaw and ask me how I'd lost so much weight in the three weeks since I'd seen her last.
Oh well, it took me a long time to get this way, it will take me a long time to get better.
Also, I wonder if I'm adding muscle mass. If so, I guess I might hit a wall on "weight loss" for a while, and then just start changing body size. That said, I doubt it.
It did feel good though to get a haircut Tuesday night, and have my hair stylist drop her jaw and ask me how I'd lost so much weight in the three weeks since I'd seen her last.
A couple lbs. a week is good, healthy weight loss. More, count yourself lucky.
Good job man.
Good job man.
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