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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 04 May 2009 20:07
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 04 May 2009 20:46
Thank You!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 05 May 2009 20:37
Tuesday 5th May

A most excellent second day of my shape up challange, my legs are VERY tired!
Cardio today:
10min Tread - 5.5km/p/hr holding 4kg DB
10min Step L5 4kg DB
10min Bike 100 watts
5min Step L5 4kg DB
5min Tread - 5.5km/p/hr 4kg DB
Phew!

Foodage:
1 (preWO-5.45am)23g oats+5g honey+shake
2 (breakki-8am) 46g oats+shake
3 (10.30am)150gCC+2scan
4 (lunch-1pm) 100g tuna+100g rice+salad
5 (3.30pm) Homemade humus+veggies
6 (6pm) shake
7 (dinner-8.30pm) edit: chicken+veg stirfry
Protein - 193.65    Carbs - 141.9   Fat - 40      Kals - 1733

Edit: 3/4L water

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 05 May 2009 21:28
Wohoo !!!! x

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 06 May 2009 22:13
Hi huni, you're going well too, I'm glad to see.

Chest+Back superset WO today:
Chest Press: 15x3 – 20kg
Reverse Chest Press: 15x3 – 20kg
Bench Press: Failure+5 x3 - bar
DB Chest Fly: 15x3 – 6kg
Back Bar Row: Failure+5 x3 - bar
Reverse Fly: 15x3 – 6kg
Smith Press-Up: 15x3
Smith Pull-Up: 15x3
Cable Flye: 15, 20, 25 – 3.75kg
Cable Row: 15, 20, 25 – 10kg
PowerPlate Press Up: 30x3
PowerPlate Row: 30x3

REALLY enjoyed it, Mark (hubby) even joined me for a couple of sets, then he was knackered, bless. 
Then 1hrs spin tonight, phew!

1 (preWO-5.45am)23g oats+5g honey+shake
1L water during WO
100mg vit C + 1 heaped tsp glutamine
2 (postWO-7am) shake+2tbsp/20g maltodextrin
3 (breakki-8am) 46g oats+shake
1L water
4 (10.30am)150gCC+2scan
1L water
5 (lunch-1pm) 100g tuna+100g rice+salad
1/2L water
6 (3.30pm) Homemade humus+veggies
1/2L water
7 (6pm) shake
1L water during spin (+1000mg C+glutamine)
8 (dinner-8.30pm) Tuna steak (+wasabi, mmmm!) n salad
Vits: Pharmaton+Berocca+Calcuim/Magnesium
Protein     Carbs       Fat           Kals
168.4        153.4        46.5          1674


VERY pleased with the day!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 07 May 2009 08:32
Well done with your great start to the shape up challenge
 
 

 

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 07 May 2009 22:06
Thanx Caz, feeling positive, just need to keep it going!
Looking forward to Birmingham at the w/e!

Cardio
10min Tread 5.5km/p/hr 4kg DB+10min step L5 4kg DB+Xtrain 5min X2

1 (preWO-5.45am)23g oats+5g honey+shake
1L water during WO
100mg vit C + 1 heaped tsp glutamine
2 (breakki-8am) 46g oats+shake
1L water
3 (10.30am)150gCC+2scan
1L water
4 (lunch-1pm) 100g tuna+100g rice+salad
1/2L water
5 (3.30pm) Homemade humus+veggies
1/2L water
6 (6pm) shake
7 (dinner-8.30pm)
Vits: Pharmaton+Berocca+Calcuim/Magnesium
Protein     Carbs       Fat           Kals
168.3        154.9        51.6          1727
Thought I might not make it to gym this morning, legs felt REALLY tired but I made it and did full cardio WO.
A good day
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 09 May 2009 11:03
Cardio
10min Tread 5.5km/p/hr 4kg DB + 10min StairMaster L5 4kg DB +
5min Bike 100Watt + 5min StepXtrain
5min StairMaster L5 4kg DB + 10min Tread 5.5km/p/hr 4kg DB

1 (preWO-5.45am)23g oats+5g honey+shake
1L water during WO
100mg vit C + 1 heaped tsp glutamine
2 (postWO-7am) shake+2tbsp/20g maltodextrin
3 (breakki-8am) 46g oats+shake
1L water
4 (10.30am)150gCC+2scan
1L water
5 (lunch-1pm) 100g tuna+100g rice+salad
1/2L water
6 (3.30pm) Homemade humus+veggies
1/2L water
7 (6pm) shake
1L water during spin
8 (dinner-8.30pm) Salad at Giraffe with girls (not included in macros, but was really good/ not cheat)
Home 12am, hungry: baxters luxury seafood chowder+125g roast salmon slices (included in macros)
Protein     Carbs       Fat           Kals
170.9        177.9        70             1993.5


Another good day, drifted a little with the late night snack, but very rare for me and I have been on the lower end of my calorie range past couple of days and could feel body was in mega fat burning mode/ zone.
Off to gym for cardio inabit, have had egg whote+oat omelette 4 breakki. BBQ planned for tonight, chicken thighs but a lot of fat will burn off on BBQ and I never eat skin, no alcohol and a treat of a mini magnum!
Tomorrow will be fine as off to Birminham and there'll be loads of suitable foodage around! I'll take chilli out of freezer to have when we get back.
REALLY excited!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 12 May 2009 20:27
Well BodyPower was good but not great.
It WAS great to see everyone and Nicole... guest posing, very insipartional, just a shame we had to wait untill 2.30 having been there since 10. There wasn't really enough/ big enough to fill the time, for me. But credit crunch for co.s so maybe knowing door, next year there'll be more exhibitors, maybe a bit more bling?
Also the commentator annoyed me, massively bigging up the men who were on stage and hardly mentioning the women, GGGggrrrr.
Diet was good tho. Had a chicken subway wrap and a bag of ovenbaked crips & diet coke. Had chilli as planned when got back and proPudding + a glass of orange juice later.

Monday - Legs
Slept in! So worked thru lunch, finished early and did b4 spin, ouch!
Romanian Deadlift: 15x3 - bar
Hamstring pendulam: 1x35
 Squats (to box 16"): 21'sx3 - bar
Leg Press: 3x15 - 100kg
Smith Lunge: 8 each x 3 - 10kg
Bosu Lunge: 8 each x 3
 PowerPlate Squat + PowerPlate Deadlift: 30 sec each static x 3
 Leg Ext: 15x3 - 15kg
Stairmaster: 1min fast(9)+single + 1min slow(6)+doubles x2+1min fast(9)+single
Spin - 45min

Tues - Cardio
10min Tread 5.5km/p/hr 4kg DB + 10min StairMaster L5 4kg DB +
5min Bike 100Watt + 5min StepXtrain
5min StairMaster L5 4kg DB + 10min Tread 5.5km/p/hr 4kg DB

Foodage:
1 (preWO-5.45am)23g oats+5g honey+shake
1L water during WO
100mg vit C + 1 heaped tsp glutamine
2 (postWO-7am) shake+2tbsp/20g maltodextrin (mon legs – not Tues as cardio)
3 (breakki-8am) 46g oats+shake
1L water
4 (10.30am)150gCC+2scan
1L water
5 (lunch-1pm) 100g tuna+100g rice+salad
1/2L water
6 (3.30pm) Homemade humus+veggies
1/2L water
7 (6pm) shake
1L water during spin
8 (dinner-8.30pm) Mon: Mackerel salad+100g rice Tues: turkey ariabiata+100g rice+30g lowfat cheese
Vits: Pharmaton+Berocca+Calcuim/Magnesium
Mon: Protein   Carbs    Fat    Kals
         170.9      177.9     70     1993.5
Tues: Protein   Carbs    Fat    Kals
          205.05    164.9     47.6   1936.5


Feeling REALLY good, can feel the weight dropping off!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 12 May 2009 20:33
So good to see you ! And I get to see you next week huzzah !

Keep it up lovely lady ! x

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 12 May 2009 20:37
Didn't spot you at the expo missus!!! If I had I would have grabbed those crisps out of your hand
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 12 May 2009 21:15
Hehe! they were only 99kals and 2.5g fat, & I'd been spot on rest of day.
I saw you whizz by at one point, but ddin't see you again.
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Yay, lots of girlyness!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 13 May 2009 14:30
Was lovely to meet you Fifi! You and Kitty must've JUST missed each other, just after we saw Nicole P-S together, she came over with Tan :-)

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 13 May 2009 17:21
Tsk, unbeleivable!
I realised I must've seemed a bit of a t*#t introducing myslf so eagerly, I was forgetting you'd seen my pic from Monster
Was great to meet you too, hope to see you again soon.
Pissed I missed Carly earlier in the day.
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 16 May 2009 12:17
Hiya!!! See you've entered the shape up comp!!! Great news :-) I'm looking forward to see how you get on. All the best of luck :-)
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 18 May 2009 13:45
HelloOo!
Thanks huni
xx

Having a bitova wobble today!
 
REALLY enjoyed BNBF meet on Sat, but now wondering whether I've set myself the impossible task.
I feel soOo big. Thinking I should tweak diet?
I tend to be close to 1900-2000 cals a day which I know most of you would say is too high, But where to cut? I seem to need all the meals and amounts I have. Thinking of lowering morning carbs slightly. I need to have carbs at dinner as in the long run I stick to the diet if I do, if I don't then I end up on a two weekly binge cycle, so in long run's couter productive.
Having said that I should prob just stick with it. I haven't weighed myself this past two weeks and when I stuck to this programme in Jan for the month I lost 8lb's!
Just a non-logical female moment!
1 (preWO-5.45am)23g oats+5g honey+shake - could ditch honey or could have 10g maltodextrin in shake and lose oats and honey?
1L water during WO
100mg vit C + 1 heaped tsp glutamine
2 (post WEIGHTS WO-7am) shake+2tbsp/20g maltodextrin - is 20g too much maybe lower to 10g?
3 (breakki-8am) 46g oats+shake - 46g oats is ok I know but could lower?
1L water
4 (10.30am)150gCC+2scan
1L water
5 (lunch-1pm) 100g tuna+100g rice+salad
1/2L water
6 (3.30pm) Homemade humus+veggies - could/ (should?) try to make this more cottage cheese than chick peas so less carbs, as mentioned above in long run keeps me on the straight n narrow if I have this to look forward to each afo.
1/2L water

7 (6pm) shake
1L water during spin
8 (dinner-8.30pm) 150g-ish Meat/fish + 100g rice + veg
Vits: Pharmaton+Berocca+Calcuim/Magnesium
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 25 May 2009 21:24
I'm still here, slogging away!
MAJOR ebb and flows with how I think I look, caught a glimpse of myself on way to 5am wee at w/e and thought WOW! my shoulders and chest looked ripped. Then today after oats and a couple of shakes my stomach was slightly bloated and with the fat still there, I'm thinking why I am killing myself like this, it's such a waste of time, i'm never gonna do it!!??!!
But i'm always gonna train hard and heavy and count every calorie so i may as well stick with it and put the OCD to use.
Also prob in need of a rest day. I have docs at 8am tomorrow so no am sesh, then chiropractor after work so no pm sesh. So did Sunday to make it up but now I've done 7 days in a row! and 3 of those are doubles!!
I'm sure i'll feel better at the w/e after weigh/ measure, but niggles there that i'll've killed myself for a pound!?!
Feel happier with diet plan that i've cut it to more like 1700 than 2000, that should speed things up. And my worst cheats over the past 3 weeks have been on agreed cheat nights and just chicken thigh instead of breast, no skin, blerghh. And a mini-magnum. Alcohol free for 3 weeks (bar 1 glass champagne for anniversary thurs).
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 25 May 2009 21:30
You're putting so much effort in and it will be showing ! You just wait until weigh/measure day !

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 25 May 2009 21:36
Thnx Welshy, I know, bloody women's minds!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 31 May 2009 20:42
Oh dear................
Having a VERY bad weekend!
Was going to hide in MT shadows and not post for a while but PT said I should post.
 
Was feeling quite good & slim Saturday morning, so I weighed and measured..........
............NO difference! I’ve killed myself for a month for NO difference!!??!!
WHY did I bother?? Every biscuit, every slice of cake I say no to at work, why??
If I’m going to have dis-ordered eating, which BB is, I may-as-well go whole hog? I’m not losing body weight/fat this way?
This resulted in a bender that included ¾ of a bottle of red, 2 magnum’s and a ham sandwich!!!
 
I then sobered up and compared the photos, also taken sat am, with my 3rd may photos. Mmmm, Mark & PT reckon they can see definite differences, PT even said if I'd shown him photos and not stats he would've thought we were right on track.
But I’m not so sure, how can there be if there’s no measure difference?
Fair enough no weight difference as with all the stairmaster work etc. I’ve been doing my leg muscles will have got tighter/ denser and will be weighing heavier, but they should be measuring less?
PT reckons you can see that they look harder, but my unreasonable female brain’s being pretty harsh!
Had a pow-wow with him this morning and feel better.
 
I had just tweaked my diet last week as I was closer to 2000 cals than 1700 for 3wks. So gonna stick with the tweaked diet and see how it goes. Will prob weigh in 2 weeks this time to check I’m on track.
WO’s will now include 2 runs, PT reckons at this stage it’s the best activity for weight/ fat loss. Will keep one stairmaster session to keep glute activation.
Mon – AM Legs PM Spin (45min)
Tues – AM 50min cardio – 10 incline treadmill, 20 stairmaster, 10 bike, 10 incline treadmill.
Wed – AM back n Chest superset WO PM Spin (60min)
Thurs – AM 50min cardio – run/walk
Fri – Arms+Shoulders + tabita sprint set
Sat or Sun – 50min cardio – run/walk
 
Tweaked Diet:
Meal           Protein     Carbs       Fat           Kals        
1 (preWO)   15.5          11.5          1.5            118.5        20g whey Shake+10g Dextrose(5.45am)
2 (postWO) 15.5          11.5          1.5            118.5        Post WO shake 20g whey+10g Dextrose
                                                                                  (only after weights)(7am)
3 (breakki)   23.5          31.5          9.5            297.5        46g oats+tsp Udo's+shake 20gwhey(7.45am)
4 (Snack)    21.3          12.75        3.75          164.5        150gCC+2 scan bran (Scandinavian bran
                                                                                  high fibre/ bran crisp bread)(10.15am)
5 (lunch)      26.5          23             6.5            250           100g tuna+100g rice+tsp Udo's+3 sticks
                                                                                  celery+splash balsamic+tsp curry powder
                                                                                  (12.30)
6 (snack)     16.1          26.25        11.75         270          Hoummus (homemade fortified with fat free
                                                                                   cottage cheese) + raw veg (3.30pm)
7 (snack)     15.5          1.5            1.5            78.5          shake – 20g whey (6.15pm)
8 (dinner)     26             23             6              255           Tuna steak+100g rice+salad
                                                                                   leaves+corgette+asparagus (8.30pm)
Totals          171.4        176.4        37.5          1744        
 
Do I need dextrose post WO? My understanding is that it’s needed to raise insulin levels to enhance protein synthesis/ uptake by muscles? Was having 20g but lowered it to 10g.
Had been having 23g oats pre-WO but feel that was too many cals and maybe body was concentrating digesting carbs when should be working out? Also good time saving not to eat real food at 5.45am.
Would like dinner to be carb free, but I feel MEGA hard done to if I don’t have my rice!? So will try to have some carb free dinners but have calculated rice into macros to allow for having it.
I had had a mini-magnum on my sat pm cheat, but have now bought pepsi max to have as sweet treat. Will try not to have regular so it feels like a treat when I have it.
 
So a few tweaks, but nothing major as I don’t think I’m far off getting results I want,  just surprising how strict and consistent my body needs me to be in order to get the changes I want.
Also found Saturday’s results a bit tough to chew when everyone else is doing so well and even worrying about losing weight too quickly!!??!! Bitches! Hahaha, not really 
 
All comments on diet etc VERY welcome, please?!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 31 May 2009 22:54
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 01 June 2009 11:30
Just been reading your journal, very good read.

Best of luck with your goals :-)
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 01 June 2009 13:08
Ahh thanks, Stevie & thanx for leaving a comment.

Thanx Kitty.
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 01 June 2009 18:51
Hey Fi *hugs*

I know how you feel, I've been there before sooo many times.

You're working your ass off iin the gym and being a total saint with the food and when you can't see any progress down in black and white it does make you wonder why you're bothering. BUT I can see a difference in you, so noticed it at Monster Gym so even if the scales and tape don't tell you the full story, trust what you're seeing in the mirror.

Why don't you take some more pics and compare them side by side - I bet you'll see some progress then

Keep going and keep kicking ass .. RAAAAAAAAAAH it up lady !

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 01 June 2009 19:26
I have taken photos, but still not convinced tho Mark & David reckon there definite chnage. Hey ho, on we plod, little loew on RAAA at the mo, lol!

Good leg sesh this am, missed spin tonight as someone wanted to view house, but they haven't flippin turned up! GGGgggRRRRrrr!!!

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 02 June 2009 13:29
Good cardio sesh this morning: 10 tread 2.5%inc with 6kg DB's (up from 4kg), 20min stairmaster with 4kg DB's - hated every second this morning! But still did it! and 10min treadwlker thingy - a treadmill with individual treads which have vertical movement to make it like wlkaing in sand. Was gonna do 20 but was hard on butt after stairmaster! Had done my 40mins tho.
Diet spot on, ratatouille taken outov freezer for tonight for with breast from rost chkn Sun and 100g brown rice (frozen portion from batch cook, ready to blast in micro)

New agent coming round tonight to take photos of house. Gonna go with who's selling house we're buting as should gee them into action a bit more to crack two sales.

After having to console me/ walk on eggshells most of the w/e, Mark had got me new headphones last night to cheer me up, pink skull kandi ones, VERY cute!
I like being spoilt!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 02 June 2009 22:15
Cardio is an absulte pain in the butt but needs to be done, well done for  keeping at it
 
 

 

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 03 June 2009 09:00
Yeeeehhhh, I like pressies too

Do you listen to an mp3 player when you're doing cardio? Or have you some other form of distraction?
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 03 June 2009 09:08
Thanks Caz, I just kept thinking s'only 20mins out of the 24 hours there are in the day, suck it up if you want a but anything like Nicole Pritcher... or tickle or Carly!

Yeh kitty, MP3 as there little in the form of eye candy in the gym at 6am, altho I try to get to gym early for spin mon+wed pm as there's quite often some in the gym of an evening, mmmmmm, *drifts for a moment*.
Demitri from Paris is my album of choice at mo, into soulful uplifting house, lots of positivity in the lyrics to keep me going and a fantastic beat.
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 04 June 2009 13:20
Had a good back+chest sesh yesterday and spinning last night. I was a bit hyper in class so LOTS of whooping and singing, GREAT fun!
Had dinner at gym with girls, but took a beef sarnie with me, wanted to know exactly what I was eating rather than worrying about not enough protein in salad and not knowing the weight of the carb portion.
Cardio this morning, managed 3 miles running on the treadmill again!
Walk 0.5km, run 1.6km (at 8km/p/hr) x 3
REALLY enjoyed it, I can totally zone out running on treadmill, although I must concentrate on my core to protect my back.
Felt loads slimmer after!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 05 June 2009 13:43
Arms & shoulders today.
Was enjoying pump in shoulders but then someone was on assisted dip machine, so threw me and 4got to do tabita sprints!
 
Had a boost at work today tho. Our advisor, who goes out on appointments, hadn't seen me for a while as he's out n about, and he asked had I lost weight, syas you can really notice a change. So feeling quite motivated at mo

Noticed the other week that I now have calf muscles which is exciting!
And noticed the other day that I now have 'ikkle pecs peeeking thru!
I noticed it flex the other day, now I do it in the mirror everytime I go to loo at work, lol!!!.............Which is quite a bit as I drink 4L water a day!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 06 June 2009 13:03
OMYGOD!
And back down we go.............
weighed self same time as last week after breaki (and after loo). ........
Sill nothing!!!
That's at a week of 1700 cals.
My body is being depressingly resistant
But on we plod, I've no other choice eh?
Was just feeling loads slimmer this am, thought I cud've bagged maybe 3lb but at least 1!!??!!
Pepsi max at the ready, bring on another week of cardio, packing/ unpacking/ re-packing gym bag and washing tupperware, what else am I gonna do with my time? lol!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 07 June 2009 13:20
Try keeping off the scales for a few weeks... I know it's hard, I jump on the scales a few times a week just to be nosey but I think it's clear to see the scales really aren't telling you the fully story and they're ****** with your head.

I KNOW you've made changes, I could see that and clearly other people can see it too ... all the scales are managing to do at the moment is upset you when you're doing soo soo well.

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 07 June 2009 21:30
Hey Fi! Sorry I keep meaning to play catch up in here then for get again so I've just gone through you last couple of pages. Sounds like you are having a bit of a bugger of a time. I think there could be a bit of a problem with the amount of meals - this could lead to more room for error UNLESS you do weigh absolutely everything which with your OCD I'm think you may be doing anyway.

I think I can safely speak for all of us when I say that losing weight properly is really hard but it is doable.

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 07 June 2009 22:04
Thanx guys.
I know a girlfriend at gym said if it was only the scales and body weight I was bothered about I could go back to slimming world, as I did do really well there couple of years ago.
But that's not what I want eh.

I do hear what you're saying Welshy but everyone on here competing weighs weekly and if it's not woking something needs tweeking? And I've only started that this week as I CANNOT go another month without a pound loss, s'just not right, esp not at the weight I am with the amount of body fat I have to lose.

Hi Tan, you have had a few things on, I knew you were busy!
Yeh, I do weigh everything, but not quite veg like caz.... yet!

Have  swapped afo hummous for more cottage cheese with high fibre crisp bread+tsp EVOO, slightly less carbs saves me 70 cals. Plus having my oily fish dinners on cardio days when I'm minus the post weights WO shake so cals even out a bit more.  So I'm defo at 1700 cals but under rather than over. See what this brings for the week, although I'm not gonna hold my breath.
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 10 June 2009 13:43
Have been up and down so far this week.
Quite down monday just going thru the motions, managed carb free dinner just veggies and 150g chicken (cooked weight) Legs am spin pm
Up a bit Tues. 3 mile run am. Had Chriopratic appointment last night and car died! Luckily as I rolled into the car park of the clinic!
So had my appointment then called rescue service! The coil had melted, gives the spark to the spark plugs?
Emailed the chap who did my service, just called to see when he can do, and he's at house chatting to Mark and car's fixed!
Chriopractor went well. Thinks it all bad/ glute tightness/ pain stems from neck! I clench my jaw asleep. And that tightens muscles and knocks ligaments out so jaw clicks. 10% of population are with me and there's nothing to fix it. Chrio reckons left hip flexor is weak cos signal not getting down spine cos of neck prob and then cos of weak hip flexor the left glute and wotsit band muscle are overworked/ tight. Makes sense. So if we sort jaw and keep rest ticking over with some decent massage should sort. And Bupa policy may be able to pick up the bill!
Had veggies and an 80g pack of beef with a bit of homemade hummus 4 T last night, was starving when got home! But whilst hummous was carbs I hadn't planned don't feel bad a bout it/ them.
 
Had morning off gym, to let body recover.
Felt a lot slimmer this morning, two girls in the office commented also. Seems like my body's really responding to the exchnage of carbs for fat. Hopefully the scales will be kinder on Sat.

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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 11 June 2009 07:45
Come on you, you know you can do it. Don't just go off scales, use tape measures, see how clothing is fitting, look in the mirror, use photos etc etc. If others are commenting then it's obviously working.
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 11 June 2009 13:29
Yes ma'am!
I am doing all methods of assessment.
But damn my social conditioning and hormones for making need the worship of the scales also!
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 11 June 2009 13:59
Fi, I'm the last person to tell you not to keep jumping on the scales. What I see annoys the hell out of me at times but I also laugh about it as I know if it goes up one day it ain't going to be fat so I make sure I judge more from the mirror.
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Re:Figure Contestant Wanabe - 13 June 2009 12:34
I've had posting issues, seemingly to do with firefox?! Am now in via explorer?!
 
So on Thurs I was going to post:
OMYGOD!!!
Just found some photos from 2 years ago when I was at my heaviest 13st 7lb!!!!
Will show you at the end of this 12 or 16 weeks.
DEFO good insipartion tho!
Can hardly belive it's me and that I let it get quite so bad
I must take myself to task and look at those if I find myself feeling down, and realise just how far I've come and what I have achived already
Just in the back of my mind is how much farther forward I would be if I hadn't let it slip in the first place!?!
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Today I'm at:
What the *#~x
I suppose a 1lb is better than nothing, but I really, truely was soOo good this week!
Thought my tummy looked loooooods smaller, 2 people at work commented this week!4 or something silly!
*#~x, *#~x, *#~x, *#~x!!!!!
BUT I'll still do it all again next week!
Slimming world is in the back of my mind, just to get some bloddy weight off. But don't want to sacrifice my bulk earlier this year.
*#~x, *#~x, *#~x, *#~x!!!!!
 
Sorry everyone, hopefully a more positive post soon.
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