st_rider's Journal

Feeling good....and Jason's Deli

Oct 14 2008 07:10

Well, I wouldn't have believed it, but it seems like the MH "See Results in 8 Days" claim had at least a kernel of truth to it. All those compound exercises and short but good cardio turns seems to be working.

One week into the 6 week workout, and I'm finally feeling like I'm back to where I was at the beginning of August. Too bad the scale still says the same old number, but I feel pretty good about how things are going now.

And Jason's Deli kicks ass. Fewer items on the salad bar, but way better, and whole boilers instead of the mashed up egg mixture.

Scale said 188.5 this am. Crazy scale.

6 week workout

Oct 09 2008 09:48

100 cal (according to the machine) warmup on elliptical

3x10 of

Dead Lift, 135 lbs

Squats, 135 lbs

Dumbell Bench Press, 100 lbs (50/side)

Chinups (okay, I can't do 10, 3x5) 195 lbs (or one me)

Push Press, 80 lbs

Hammer Curl, 25 lbs each side

Back extension w/ 25 lb plate

Reverse Crunch w/ 15 lb dumbell

Shoulder round-the-worlds, 15 lbs

Seated Calf Raises, 125 lbs

20 minutes on strider-elliptical @ level 5.

Random thoughts and hopefully optimistic

Sep 24 2008 10:31

Today: 188 lbs., gym tonight

Tomorrow: Pre-trip prep, pack, dreadmill.

Friday: Leave for Hawaii! Long flight, long days, then....

Sunday: Century ride!

Then, the real vacation, and here's where I get nervous. Lots of beach, shirt-off time, lots of bad food choices available and eating out every meal. I'd really like for wife to not have to be embarrassed by me on the beach. It would be nice to come back home and not have gained, or hopefully even burned up some fat. With good discipline, I'm sure I can do it. How disciplined can I be.

still, and again

Aug 05 2008 06:51

2 days in a row below 190.

5 days in a row missing the gym.

hungry, tired, flabby, yucky.

I dunno what to do. 9 months into this, and no significant loss, no muscular development, no nothin. blah. blech. crap.

Results and goals

Jun 12 2008 01:08

Posting this here too to find it later...

6-11-08

Story:

It's been a little over 6 months that I've been at the gym. So last week I went to get a fitness assessment to check my progress, hoping to get some good news, at least better than the progress that the scale wasn't showing. Frustratingly enough, a different person did the assessment than in December, and the results were significantly less than motivating. So I had the December person do it today, and it felt much better, even though the numbers aren't too different. So it's been slooooow going, (wow, look at that average, just under a whopping 1/2 pound a week!) But the measurements show progress that the scale doesn't. So it's not dramatic, and not nearly as cool as the big numbers other folks seem to get, but everything is going in the right direction, and I'm feeling much better now. Thanks CC!!

Then to now...

Weight: 212-200

Body fat: 23%-18%

Waist: 36"-33.5"

Bicep: 13"-13.5"

Calf: 14.5"-15"

Chest: 42"-41" (actually, that's not so great, but we'll just say that was chestular flab going away.)

New Goal: 15% Body Fat by July 15. Thats 8 lbs. in a little over 4 weeks. Doable with proper calorie counting and exercise.

Dang it's late. gnite.

Success and frustration

Jun 04 2008 19:15

Just got back from body fat assessment at 24 hr fitness. 6 months and a day since my first one. And after MILES of running, elliptical, and stairstepping, after untold weights raised, pushed, and pulled, after a gabillion crunches, after salad, salad, chicken, and salad, I've managed to drop ....

3 FREAKING PERCENT!! 3!!?!

Biggest Loser folks get 3+ percent in A WEEK!! I get it in 6 months?!?

That's right. 3. I was lookin for 15%, woulda been happy at 18%, but no, I'm still at 20 percent. I suppose a loss is good, and weight's been s l o w l y going down, but I picked body fat as measurement instead of weight, thinking (hoping) increased muscle was impeding the scale drop.

Here's the kicker - I plugged the measurements from 24 hour into about 6 different online calculators, they all came out less than 13. Maybe 24 hr has "inflated" their chart numbers to keep people coming back?

I was gonna have my third burger of the year if tonight went well. bye-bye burger.

New goal: 187 lbs/ 15% bf.