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Originally Posted by Witchblade
Can't the docs figure out what it is that causes the headaches?
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I don't like salt.). I need to go to bed at 11pm every night to get 8hours. Will do better.). And, I've been eating salt and drinking boat loads of water. WTF?))Fuck!!Fuck!!Fuck!!), 145lb:1x10, 155lb:1x10 Nagging headache. Worked on paving stones in side yeard (new raised patio, sloping pathway and circular patio/pathway in front of garage (where man-door is going to be installed).
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Still though, in seriousness, v.worried about money, health, wife, house, debts, future, potential surgeries, never hitting gym again. Mind is fried/spinning.
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On Tuesday when I worked out I'd had no pain in 2 days. 30 minutes after working out it started up again and it just keeps on coming.
Totally depressed about it. Decided to rip body fat down to lowest ever levels (for something to do!).
ALSO... ½mile jogging on the road around local park & sidestreets (1st time. See note at base). There's hope!
Whatever. Like I said, it's something to do. I've never been that lean before, so I've got to give it a go. Call me crazy. |
Originally Posted by Witchblade
Can't the docs figure out what it is that causes the headaches?
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I should avoid mechanics while cutting. Hell, I should avoid mechanics. Period.
) It must've definitely been a sodium thing. I couldn't be happier (well... I mean... I could be... but anyway... I'm cool.) No head pain... That means no MRI expense! No brain surgery. No pills. No B.S!! Wooohooo!! ) NOTE: 162-164lb s/b approx 5%bf if I was 9-10% @171lb. Man, I'll be crazy ripped at 164lb! Is that shit even possible without withering away?)
). My 1st ever race. I'll be happy just to finish without ever having stopped running! Oh well... tomorrow's another day. We'll regard this evening as an impromtu "refeed" ). Nice to have figured that out! I was worried I'd never be back in the gym. That'd've sucked! Sodium. Love sodium!
) - 2x7½(fail), 1x6½(fail) NOTE: Damn! Updating this I just now realized that I was doing sets of six before! I must've got confused with chin-ups! Hell, I did really well then! The 1st & 2nd set I almost-almost-almost got my chin over the bar on the eighth rep. On the third set I did the same thing on rep 7. With a 10lb DB between my feet that's pretty damn good, for me. I'm going to do that again! Full extension on all, but no hanging. [Me-52lb:1x8 warmup]), 75lb:1x10, 85lb:1x10(old max, now easy!) 95lb(new max):1x10 (all to abs, but wrist getting involved w/last 2 reps), 105lb(new max - couldn't resist):1x8(#8 not to abs). Gotta shift that scale into the 160's at some point!
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Originally Posted by SamEaston
...this is the first of a couple of days off the gym. Im chomping at the bit here, hankering for some exercise.
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Like I'm a "real" runner! Wife's coming too (though not running). She'll have my Pretzels, Banana and PPshake at the finish line (God bless her).
)) Listen to me... Mr Health & Fitness all of a sudden ("Little ol' 5k race doesn't really do it for me, blah blah blah!"). Heh-heh. ). I was pleased just to even be able to stand up and grip 305lb to be honest. I've never held over 300lb before. I remember having trouble gripping 245lb when I first started dealifting that weight. That's no problem now (so maybe there are some improvements afterall). As always though, I just want more, faster! I'm an impatient M.F.! Hopefully not LBM loss!)) - 2x8(awesome!
), 1x6½(fail). Full extension on all. No hanging. Chin pulled above bar all reps. I got up at 8:30am, had breakfast and went back to bed at 9:30am. At noon Mrs.G tried to wake me for some... shall we say... "extra-curricula"(sp?) activities, but I was just too tired. She went off to work and I got up about 2pm. From 2pm-4pm I thought how productive I could be outside if I would actually get off the couch. At 4pm I gave up on that idea and went back to bed. I got up again about 7pm. Then back to bed again about 10pm. Wife came home from work about 11pm. I got back up around midnight. And went back to bed (again, again, again!) about 1:30am. ), jonesing big-time for a cigarette. I swung into a gas station, bought a pack of Marlboro and smoked 3 before I got home! Aarck! Somebody stop me! I spoke to wife when I got home. She said she was still on her Nicotene-free cigarettes and was determined to stop smoking too (1st time she's been like that!). I went to bed and woke at 5:30pm (she'd been home 30minutes by that point). When I came downstairs she'd obviously been smoking Marlboros too! By the following morning we'd smoked the entire pack between us, vowed never to smoke again, and I'd driven to Walgreens to buy Step2 Patches and some gum. ) - lower back involved w/rep4).) - 205lb:1x10, 225lb:1x10, 245lb:1x8. Nice! 255lb(new max):1x5(Kewl!).
The life and times of Big G continue...
), 155lb:1x2½(1st time 2 unassisted. Spotter helped w/rep3), 155lb:1x1½+½ (i.e. spotter helped w/rep 2 and 3 - fun trying though!), 135lb:1x6, 1x5) Beat some of last week's numbers. Chest had a shaky feeling the rest of the afternoon. I enjoyed myself. That sounds really mean to say but I've done this before and she's never had any sympathy for me. Now she knows what I go through when I detox like this. It'll be soooo much easier to stay quit (for 6mo+. Correction: Forever!) if she's not on the couch smoking cigarette after cigarette all day, every day! She'll do it too, I bet. She's tough. Hopefully she remembers the pain and discomfort she's going through now, to keep her motivated to stay quit afterwards.
Need belt). BW:1x6, 1x4, 1x3½(fail)Awkward!), 1x8, 1x6½(fail). NOTE: 30lb DB between feet is hard to hold. ):1x5(just). Drank 8 beers last night and definitely not enough water). Not good, but at least I didn't smoke any cigarettes. Whatever it takes to get off the nicotene. I can lose a few pounds when I'm done (if need be). I can't lose lung cancer! Back to work this morning (although I honestly don't feel like it! - Used ½day vacation to come home early / finish yardwork). Kicking a mini soccer ball barefoot, in the house, at my dog, I misjudged it and kicked the floor! Hard! I knew it was broke the moment I did it. It felt like a blowtorch held right on my foot. My big toe has turned black and purple, has swollen up and h-u-r-t-s r-e-a-l-l-y b-a-d!! Limping is making my leg hurt becuase I can't walk properly. Plus, the pain from my toe is making me feel kind-of ill. I hobbled around the grocery shop to get some fresh fruit/veg, but didn't get anything else accomplished after that. This sucks. No squats, calf presses, lunges or deadlifts for me for a while. Fuck! My toes hurts. )
... Whatever! It's an indicator of something!). Must do better. Tired and a bit depressed today Re: Broken toe. NOTE: I'm 10lb heavier than the carb-starved me from last month - hence not 3x8 easily), 1x6½(fail), 1x4(pissed at results, did extra set, only just got 4. Oh well, try again next time.).), 115lb:10(9-10 not to abs), 125lb:1x8(#8 not to abs), 135lb(new max):1x6(5-6 not to abs), 115lb(extra set):1x7(#7 not to abs).) BW+30lb:1x8, 1x6½(fail), 1x5½(fail). BW only(3 extra sets w/15sec RIs & fast reps):1x8, 1x5(fail), 1x3(fail) Triceps fried!). I took it yesterday (for chest/shoulders) but couldn't resist using it again today (for back). Twice in one week can't hurt, as a one-off. This sucks. I'm going to be hobbling around like an old man for weeks, all from a split-second error kicking a mini soccer ball for a freakin' dog! Dammit. What am I going to do for leg workouts in the meantime? I've been feeling pretty pleased with my 165lb full-squats recently. I don't want 6weeks of rest and loss of strength. I'll have to figure something out. My legs have only just recently started to take on a THICK appearance compared to the rest of me. It's taken a year of some truly crippling workouts, but I'm happy with the results. I definitely don't want to lose 'em. If some disaster strikes and I find myself $2,500 out of pocket (and I've hit my max) I'll be at the doctors every other week (well, not really, but it would be free, if I did). But until then, I'm keeping my cash and I'm stayin' the hell away from those damned doctors. I still have $17k of $25k bills to clear following my wife's gastric bypass in '05 (She's down 300lb from 460lb to 160lb now BTW) plus she needs another $20k (on top of the $17k currently on credit cards) to have her excess skin cut off. ) Thank God for the gym! After an hour of ass-busting lifting I got back to the office feeling 100% better. I need to get my garage tidied up so I can do this shit at home on the weekends instead of relying on damned alcohol to rescue me from my post nicotene blues. There's something inherently calming about killing yourself in the gym. I love it. Had 6 miller in fridge (leftover from last night - told wife to buy 6 - she showed up with 12 - beers left in the fridge nagging at me all morning - drink me... drink me... ), bought 6 more, drank them all, then bought Heiniken Light and drank 3 of them too.