dvlmn666

I warned you that I'd be reading your journal. Just things look pretty in order, your very organized.

now keep kickin some a$$

"When I use the word intensity I mean the ability to continue past and through the pain barrier where your mind pleads to stop and in fact convinces your body that you have hit failure, but you push through. How far you push through that barrier is the level of intensity with which you train." -- Twin Peak

TXDeb

Today's workout:

Seated Leg Press 75/12 115/12 195/12
Decline Abs - 3 x 20
Seated Leg Ext 75/12 95/12 95/12
Seated Leg Curl 75/12 75/12 75/12
1 Leg Lunge 3 x 12 @ 5
Decline Leg Raises 2 x 20
Hanging Leg Raise 2 x 20
Weighted Ab Chair 2 x 20 @ ??? (Didn't even check, just sat down and did them)
V- Sits 2 x 20
Squat Sled 3 x 12 @ 110
Lying Leg Press 3 x 12 @ 90
Deadlifts 3 x 12 @ 60
Decline abs 3 x 20

I cant help but feel like a wimp with my weights... I see soo many ppl leg pressing WAYYY more than I can. and after reading Jodi's journal with her freaky quads... I feel like an even BIGGER wimp!

Of course, the weights listed above are plates only, not the weight of the actual machine... Maybe I should find out what the actual machines weigh and look at it that way... maybe it will make me feel better about it. Anybody know?

Thanks for checkin in on me DV... least now I know somebody's reading

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

TXDeb

Current Weight
Your weight is 130 lb as of 05/14/2003.

Weight Goal
Your goal is to weigh 119 lb by 08/14/2003

Goal Progress
You are currently 11 lb above the target weight.

The deadline for your goal is 92 days (13 weeks, 1 days) away.

To meet your goal you need to lose about 0.837 lb per week.

yowza... at the current body fat... 119 should be 5% body fat for me!!!! Holy freakin six pack! That damn sure outta do the job, eh?

According to my calculations if i loose NO lean mass (and maintain my measly 114 lbs LBM) over the next 13 weeks... that should be the majic number.

I find myself still in that weight loss mindset (was 180 just a few short years ago) and wanting to see faster/more/better progress on the scale... but im afraid I'd better get used to slow changes, and make sure they dont go any faster than necessary or i'll risk robbing myself of prescious muscle.

Already down two lbs from start... dont ya love cleaning up the diet... does it every time! so gotta continually remind myself that 1 lb a week is enough...

so... this is my reminder of that... doing good so far.

Six pack here I come!

Back to work. SWAMPED with filing ive slacked on and a two sided dictation tape, so I'll check in tonight with foods for the day.

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

dvlmn666

Those numbers are pretty impressive, who are you watching do the big numbers? A few here do but they also have been working up to those numbers over time. Most women at my gym are lucky if they can to half those numbers.

Leg press machines the weight varied, I've seen between 75-125lbs without any weight added.

and your welcome, I warned you I'd be checkin up on ya. Metal fans gotta stick together ya know.

"When I use the word intensity I mean the ability to continue past and through the pain barrier where your mind pleads to stop and in fact convinces your body that you have hit failure, but you push through. How far you push through that barrier is the level of intensity with which you train." -- Twin Peak

dvlmn666

5%BF are you frickin nuts? That'd be stiration(sp) city for you. lol

"When I use the word intensity I mean the ability to continue past and through the pain barrier where your mind pleads to stop and in fact convinces your body that you have hit failure, but you push through. How far you push through that barrier is the level of intensity with which you train." -- Twin Peak

TXDeb

1. Jodi on here (She gave a new meaning to my wimpy feeling).

2. PPL on other boards that i've been chatting with for 2+ years now who consistently lung with more weight, leg press with more weight and squat with more weight.

3. Myself... who was stacking 180 lbs on the leg press just a few short months ago before slacking my ass off for a while.

Yeah... plain frickin psycho here. Self proclaimed even.

Food break... had to post a question about bf% readings....back to work now.

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

dvlmn666

I knew I liked you.

bet you mosh in the pits at the shows to don't ya?

hhahaha and about the lifting:

Well stop bitchin and get your a$$ to work and you'll get those numbers back up there.

oh yeah and read my quote by TP in my sig.

"When I use the word intensity I mean the ability to continue past and through the pain barrier where your mind pleads to stop and in fact convinces your body that you have hit failure, but you push through. How far you push through that barrier is the level of intensity with which you train." -- Twin Peak

katie64

Nice Journal..........I'm going to check out Miss M's workouts and the Beverly site, might get some more good info.........your right, Jodi does lift some serious w8, sounds like your outfits are going to be g8, good luck............K

Each of us conceals an abyss, though few of us are aware of its existence, and even fewer dare to explore its vastness.


Katie
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TXDeb

Meal 1: 9:00
3 egg whites and a touch of yolk
.25 c. bell pepper
.25 c. onion
.5 cup mushrooms
3.8 oz. ckn breast
.5 oz half and half in my coffee

M2: 12:15
1 can of tuna
1 roma tomato

Ahhh.... can I mention how nice it is to eat out of habit or because it's time and NOT because I just can't freakin wait another minute?!?!? well... it's DAMN NICE! Thank Goddess for mouthfulls of beverly supplements

M3: 2:45
4.6 oz. chicken breast
2 oz. salad mix
2 radishes
.5 roma tomato
1 T. red wine vinegar
1 T. Flax

M4: almost done cookin'
6 oz ckn breast
1 c. Italan blend veggies

M5: prolly a shake and berries... specially eating this late at night.

Water:
5 liters down as of now

Off to eat and maybe do some cutting and fitting and sewing for an hour or so.

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

TXDeb

oh... btw... dv... yeah, I mosh at the shows too

thanks for keepin up with me... im glad I noticed the Pantera reference in your journal.

Pantera fans rock!

Katie... yes do check out MissM's journals... some damn fine reading in there. Beverly did me well before...so I'm gonna let them do the hard work and all I gotta do is follow the plan... nice and simple and blonde friendly

Got a freak call from Jerimiah (sp) at beverly today... just wanted to check in and see how i was doing and talk about when to resubmit stats and shit... tripped me out... they never did that before when I used them. Cool though... Go ahead Jerimiah... make me accountable! I can hack it!
Anyways... now im off to eat.

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

Jenny

Hey Deb!

Everything looks great! You're an inspiration to all of us!

Jenny

J'Bo

Deb= i read your entire journal this a.m. and we have so much in common its funny.....

1.we both love Vin
2. capricorns
3. neat and organized anal freaks
4. we both sew
5. we strive to have the ultimate 6 pack
6. booby obsession
7.we think that Jodi is the liftin goddess

I think we are going to get along just fine..

You are doing just great and you will definately hit all your goals...5% thats crazy low....bb'ing no doubt right?

....and thats my $.02

TXDeb

Thanks Jenny! Glad you stopped in.

J'Bo... OMG... I know!!!! yer a cappy too, eh? Jan 7th here... day after Elvis' birthday.

Yes, 5% is crazy low... I hope I'm crazy enough to hit it. I *really* want to do bb over figure. Went to the emerald in seattle, my first show and was amazingly suprised how many of the figure girls had a 'cellu-butt'... we dubbed it the 'cellu-butt' division... then I went to the coleman classic here and there were quite a few cellu-butt's there as well.... I dont want to be in the cellu-butt division I dont do well in heels either! all I know right now is that I will be competing in in the September show... the August one is still up in the air... kinda would like a 'warm up' before I hit the NPC show... ya know?

I have ab greed... that's my problem! I posted this in the other thread, but it needs to be here in my journal too.. I want these abs...

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

TXDeb

M1: 9:30
4 oz. ckn breast
3 egg whites, 1 yolk
2 mushrooms
.25 c. onions/bell pepper

M2: 1:30
1 can tuna
1 roma tomato

M3: 4:30
(ate half of it all)
6 oz ckn breast
2 oz. salad mix
2 radishes
.5 roma tomato
1 T. red wine vinegar
1 T. Flax

M4: 7:00
Other half of M3 above

The supplements are definately kicking in... I can feel an overall higher body temp I think... I keep a sweater at work cuz I get cold and I've been wearing tank tops and on the verge of breaking into a sweat. Maybe I'll lighten up the supp load and save on the supplement budget a bit...dunno though. Scared to loose too fast and risk muscle, but at the same time, why not burn that fat off and have a couple extra weeks to fine tune the abs... hrm... not a bad idea if you ask me. Concern is loosing muscle mass... and the bev supps are supposed to save it... cardio is minimal anyways, I should be safe. I should also not over-analyze the hell out of it too!

Tonight is carb night... *really* looking forward to that. I just forced myself to eat the rest of lunch as M4 so that I can dig into my oatmeal and banana! YUMMY!!! Not hungry... but been looking forward to the taste of it all day!

Will do some ab work between now and then I guess.

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

J'Bo

what kinda supps you taken deb?

....and thats my $.02

TXDeb

A TON... bunch of stuff that Beverly told me to....

Supplements:
Ms Power Pak with Meal #1
3 Ultra 40 per meal
2 Lean Out prior to meals
2-3 MuscLean prior to meals #1 & #3 (take with Lean Out)
glutamine pre and post workout

I think it might be overkill... but who am I to say that? definately not experienced with the supplements.

before now I took creatine, glutamine, thermogenics and vitamins...

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

katie64

Your abs are already starting to look like that, wow, that's amazing, I'd like to just see my abs, LOL Have a good day...........

Each of us conceals an abyss, though few of us are aware of its existence, and even fewer dare to explore its vastness.


Katie
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TXDeb

Gosh Katie... Im actually wishing I was starting out with as many abs as I have in that pic... that was in jan with MAJOR week-o-hell prep, carb deplete, water deplete, potassium load.... im actually about 5 lbs up from that pic at the moment... bf maybe the same (the readings were skewed by all the above I think) but frankly... I dunno... next time I go through all that crap I'll do body fat reading before and after to see what difference all that prep makes bf wise.

But Im *really* focused on my abs of late.... and I dont wanna have to force them out with all that dehydration... I want em there always... not always being three days of hell away from them!

Got some upper abs emerging

2 outta six aint bad, eh? though I think I'm gonna strive for 8

Pic coming... gotta post meals and (lack of) workout for today!

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

TXDeb

Today's Eats:

M1: 8:45
3 egg whites, 1 yolk
.5 c. mushrooms, onions and peppers
4 oz. ckn breast

M2: 12:00
SW Chicken Ceasar salad (no crutons and no dressing) from Wendy's
chicken, romaine, corn, cherry tomatos, black beans and whatever the standard cheese is on these things.... no stats at wendys.com :-(

I have to wonder how the hell I made it to work today with nothing but breakfast food here and a can of chicken breast... what happened to being prepared?

Looks like M3 will be eggs, chicken and grapefruit.

M3: 3:00
.5 Grapefruit
5 oz ckn breast
(no eggs)

M4: 6-ish
6 oz. ckn breast
14 baby carrots
3 strawberries

M5: 10:00
4 oz tuna
1 roma tomato

Water:
6.5 liters

Shoulda got up this morning and did chest and back, but slept in... didnt get it done tonight either..... worked late on some deadline stuff and came home and cat napped on the couch for a while, played mom taxi for the teenagers and dropped them off at the movies.

Been thinking two weeks have passed since my last ab shot... and since I've been seeing those top two abs coming out I played around with the lights and the mirror and took some shots. Seems the flash always flushes them out so lighting and no flash sure did the trick... it was like instant abs! at least on film... so here's the two week progress shot from the first one on May 2nd... got *abs* now compared to the flat plain I was in the first pic... threw in a bicep too while I was at it.



And according to fitday...
The deadline for your goal is 89 days (12 weeks, 5 days) away.

I think I'll do just fine

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

J'Bo

you are gonna do great...boy your a hotty...
if you want your abs to show all the time...start building your plates by doing weighted ab workouts...

These are the ones that i find work the best:
-weighted oblique raises
-weighted decline raises
-swiss ball cable curls
-weighted iron crosses (these are killer)

....and thats my $.02

TXDeb

Kick ass workout this morning!!!!

Upped almost all my weights and was struggling my ass off to crank out those reps... outta be feeling this one real good this week....

Decline Bar Bench30/12 30/12 30/12
Med Grip Pulldown 45/10 45/10 45/12
Incline Bar Bench 30/12 30/8 30/8 <---- these were KILLING me!
Close Grip Pulldown 45/12 45/10 45/8
Flat DB Bench 17.5/12 17.5/12 17.5/10
1 Arm DB Row 17.5/12 17.5/12 17.5/12
DB Pullover 17.5/12 17.5/10 17.5/12
Bar Shrugs 30/12 30/12 30/12
Alt Front/Side Raises 5/24 5/24 5/24 <---wanted to STOP at 20 on every set!!!

So the Front/Side Raises were the only thing I didnt up my weights on... last week used 7.5... so that went down... I still say that im too wore out for those things by the end of the workout... need to either put them in the front or on another day... no doubt about it. to make up for wimping out and not sticking with last weeks 7.5 lbs I did them alternating for 24 reps total and could barely do another one after 20... every single time!

DV, I was thinking about your post pointing out TP's quote in your siggy the whole time

M1 down the hatch... ton of chicken cooking in the oven... was going to go to the Scarborough Faire today with my sis and all the kiddos... but turns out next sunday is the big jousting tournament. So we'll go next weekend and I can spend this gorgeous day on the bike in the wind... just the release I've been needing all week!!!

I think The Bar is having a poker run today... need to go get in on a hand and spend some time out in the real world for a change... staying away from the beer and shots is another story Guess I'll have to concentrate on the pool table or something other than the bar. Actually, I'd be happy to just stop long enough to say hi and have a cigg ( no preachin' on that one ya'll... I refuse to give up my NO calorie vices!) and bail right back out. Temptation is a terrible thing!

Scale says 129 this morning... and beleive it or not I want the freakin thing to stop moving so fast! It scares me! and this is where I get anal... I'm 5'6", so im fairly tall to be carrying so little weight... not that I think im a toothpick or something... but If i want to hit 5%... I simply must SAVE every lb. of lean mass that I have right now.... thus, the scale moving so fast scares me. If the abs keep coming in so nicely, I might bump that bf% goal up anyways.

Getting better acquainted with my calipers... taking measurements daily... NOT because im *that* anal about it... but because I want to become more proficient with my readings so that I can monitor what the lean mass is doing regularly. I've got 113/114 lbs of LBM now... any loss there and I risk looking more anexoric at 5% than buff... less than a lb. a week should get me to 119 and 5% on show day... so this 2 lbs a week shit is bugging me. Dont wanna come in too early... but at the same time wouldnt mind a few weeks of "maintenance" before show day either... will keep with the same program this week before I change anything... plus I'm due a check-in with BI next week anyways... I'll address the speed of the scale when I resubmit my stats to them.

I only do one day of cardio per week... may cut that out... was reading gopro's post on his 'no cardio/all diet' cut and thought it was quite interesting... considering I want to slow the weight loss... maybe ill have to to nix the cardio... might even get to eat some more too

Funny... but in all my life i've never been worried about the scale moving *too fast*... kinda ironic.

J'Bo... I toss abs in to my weight sessions a couple times a week and do 2 days of about 15 mins of abs with weights... the weighted decline always kicks my abs! I have a ab/exercise ball I use, and I also use my lat pull down by sitting on my knees on the bench and wrapping a towel around the bar so it's more like the "rope" pull down accessory... Grab that from behind my neck and crunch down! OUCH!!!! Trying to avoid the obliques a bit... specially with weights, cuz I've got a thick waist already and dont want to be to "boxy" looking.

Whats a weighted iron cross? I'll have to scope that out.

Anyways... chicken might be burning by now... and this post is looooooonnnnnggggg!!!!!!!

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

TXDeb

Quick check in here... food yesterday was on plan, but not typed up... today was snacking out of the fridge off and on... chicken, strawberries, grapefruit, cold left over sirloin, carrots, cauliflower.... dunno if i ate too much, just enough or not enough.

Yard was a jungle, had to go get a mower at walmart this morning and spent most of the day mowing the yard... a friend came over and hung out/watched me.

Im bushed and off to bed

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

J'Bo

sounds like a good weekend to me.

....and thats my $.02

TXDeb

It was decent J'Bo... I guess what I didnt mention yesterday that with the big mowing session (did I mention I was doing yard work in the TEXAS SUN for 4 hours???) I skipped my bi/tri workout... figured I'd swap the mowing for today's cardio and do bis and tris today...

Woke up feeling queasy... figured It was because I was hungry, had breakfast... felt WORSE... ended up in the bathroom at work which was YUCKY!!! Boss has two trials out of town and paperwork that I needed to do so I couldnt leave (ahh... the benefits of being the one woman office) ended up napping on the couch while he dictated the paperwork, typed it up and bailed by noon... not too bad... coulda been stuck there longer...

came home, still feeling like I needed to eat something so made some chicken, egg white, cauliflower soup... out of my fave chicken shakers... so it was kinda bland... helped *while* I was eating it... but didnt take long for my tummy to start feeling bad again.

Slept on and off on the couch all day till time to pick up the kiddo from school. Still feeling kinda queasy but made her some spagetti for dinner... decided I wanted some spagetti, so had a half a spagetti squash with stewed tomatoes instead... comfort food without *any* of the comfort of full carb pasta! Turned out pretty good... but not what I *really* wanted! Had a glass of vanilla whey to go with it.

So... workout today was: NONE

Food today was:
<b>M1: 9 am</b>
3 egg whites, 1 yolk
.5 cup onions, peppers, mushrooms
1 t. salsa
5 oz sirloin

<b>M2: 12 pm</b>
Soup made with:
3 oz ckn breast
2 egg whites
.25 c. cauliflower
2 green onion stalks

<b>M3: 4 pm</b>
4 oz chicken
1 orange
1 t. PB

<b>M5: 6:30</b>
.5 spagetti squash
.5 c. canned tomatoes (35 cal, 9 carb, 1 pro, 0 fat)
1.5 scoop of whey

It'll just have to do for today. Dunno if i'll eat again tonight or not... so far the tummy is feeling better for now, so i've got a few hours to mull over it before I get hungry again... ill make a decision then.

Welp... the big mowing session got the neighbors on either side motivated... they are BOTH outside mowing right now! They coulda waited... mine was WAY taller than theirs.... hell, I let my chihuahua outside to go potty and almost lost him! At least they have big dogs.

Anyways... thats my update for today.

~You laugh because I'm different... I laugh because you are all the same~

J'Bo

hope your feeling better babe...i hate being sick....kisses to you..
Hey how about another Vin pic? lo