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awww yan, i don't know what to say.Yanick said:hey GG hang in there. i don't know if this will help or not, but on the rare occasion where i'm tempted to eat crap i think of the suffering that you are going through and decide that my diet is cake compared to what you are doing. keep it up you're doing great
mmmm.... cake....
walked on the treadmill today -- will post whole workout in a bitp-funk said:
THanks for cheering me on Michael (and everybody else who has sent PM's emails or talked to me on chat). It is really encouraging to know that people are pulling for me at times when i feel like I'm done pulling for myself. Thanks for keeping me going, guys....archangel said:
Workout - April 12, 2005
The depletion workout today was chest and back:
pushups - 18, 11, 9, 9
seated rows, 40lb, 20 x 4
cable crossovers/flies, 15lb, 20 x 4
closegrip pulldowns, 40lb, 20 x 4
all exercises were done with one-minute rest intervals
Then i walked on the treadmill at a warp-speed of 3.7 mph on a 0.5 incline for 30 minutes. My heart rate barely broke 100.
In addition to all this, because i've been training people all day, 've had to demonstrate various exercises, and i've had to walk up and down this HUGE MOTHERFUCKING STAIRCASE like 10 times to go to the bathroom which is downstairs. God forbid the damn architects implement a restroom on ever floor of this gym. I think i'm going to wear Depends tomorrow. hahahaha!
I am in the bitchiest mood ever. EVER. i don't think that i have been this easily annoyed or this bitchy in a looooong time. as a result, all my clients today got their asses handed to them in 30 minutes or less. I did some of the best personal training i've ever dnoe in my life today. i was a god damn drill sergeant. i hope nobody hates me.
i also did something smart. i called my morning client (6 am) and told her i won't be able to train her tomorrow. my next client won't be until 10 am and i really really really need to rest. so that is what i'm going to do. i am going to take some melatonin after this last meal and go to bed and sleep in.
The depletion workout today was chest and back:
pushups - 18, 11, 9, 9
seated rows, 40lb, 20 x 4
cable crossovers/flies, 15lb, 20 x 4
closegrip pulldowns, 40lb, 20 x 4
all exercises were done with one-minute rest intervals
Then i walked on the treadmill at a warp-speed of 3.7 mph on a 0.5 incline for 30 minutes. My heart rate barely broke 100.
In addition to all this, because i've been training people all day, 've had to demonstrate various exercises, and i've had to walk up and down this HUGE MOTHERFUCKING STAIRCASE like 10 times to go to the bathroom which is downstairs. God forbid the damn architects implement a restroom on ever floor of this gym. I think i'm going to wear Depends tomorrow. hahahaha!
I am in the bitchiest mood ever. EVER. i don't think that i have been this easily annoyed or this bitchy in a looooong time. as a result, all my clients today got their asses handed to them in 30 minutes or less. I did some of the best personal training i've ever dnoe in my life today. i was a god damn drill sergeant. i hope nobody hates me.
i also did something smart. i called my morning client (6 am) and told her i won't be able to train her tomorrow. my next client won't be until 10 am and i really really really need to rest. so that is what i'm going to do. i am going to take some melatonin after this last meal and go to bed and sleep in.
thanks hooker. i can't wait till saturday. i am having a half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. i've fantasized about 40 different ways in which i'm going to devour the hell out of that little sandwich.BritChick said:You poor low carbed wench... I feel for ya, hang in there not much longer and enjoy your sleep in!
depletion - to deplete/use up all the glycogen stored in my muscles...What exactly is depletion training, never heard that term before.
GoalGetter said:thanks hooker. i can't wait till saturday. i am having a half of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. i've fantasized about 40 different ways in which i'm going to devour the hell out of that little sandwich.
depletion - to deplete/use up all the glycogen stored in my muscles...
I do so love it when you talk dirty to me!!!
LMAO at your peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Thanks for the clarification.
ok last sodium day today. thank the fucking gods in heaven, on mt. olympia, on television -- whatthefuckever. i am so sick of this.
good morning everyone... off to work i go.
good morning everyone... off to work i go.
GoalGetter said:ok last sodium day today. thank the fucking gods in heaven, on mt. olympia, on television -- whatthefuckever. i am so sick of this.
good morning everyone... off to work i go.
awww, you are so cute when you are crabby.
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GoalGetter said:
... the joys of competition dieting. Sounds like fun. Hang in there GG.
hahahaha. you say that NOW.P-funk said:awww, you are so cute when you are crabby.
So this morning the minute i walked into the gym and realized i'd have to go up and down the stairs multiple times a day to go to the bathroom, i decided to call my afternoon/evening clients and cancel on them or reschedule them for another day next week.
I have NO ENERGY. I AM BEAT. I AM RUN DOWN. Just looking at that fucking staircase makes me want to pass out. And some of the clients I have tonight require wayyyy too much patience. Something I just don't have much of today. Thankfully everyone was undestanding and didn't have much of a problem with my last-minute cancellations.
Except my 330. Jesus. that woman is another story altogether. She brought in this book from 1988. Bless her heart, at least she is REALLY REALLY motivated to get in shape and stick with a workout plan and is punctual as hell and interested in knowing everything possible about fitness and nutrition. That is awesome. But she brings in this book, "The 6 week fat-to-muscle makeover" by Ellington Darden i think is the author. The book was published in 1988. It is the late 80's version of the superslow/power of 10 book put out by someone else more recently. It's a total body workout, three times a week. One set, SUPER SUPER HEAVY, 6-8 reps, 10 seconds concentric, four seconds eccentric, rep to failure.
She claims she did this fifteen years ago and her body changed dramatically in just six weeks, and that she wants to do this again because she knows it works for her. She just wants a trainer to push her through to make sure it is true failure at each exercise.
Never mind that in fifteen years she has had two kids, her hormones and her body have changed, and there are other ways to achieve similar results that are better suited for who she is TODAY. No. She wouldn't hear of it. For someone as hungry to learn more as she is, she is really closed minded about this program. she gave me the impression that if i didn't train her using this program that she would keep looking until she found a trainer that would. Honestly i'm only going to be there about a month more or so, so i'm humoring her, and using it as a personal experiment for myself. let's see if this does work for her, fifteen years later. i'm sure there is something i can learn from this experience too, you know?
Anyway, the whole p oint, why i started talking about this woman: i playfully said to her on the phone that I was abotu to pass out (meaning i was really beat, nothing more) and thought it best to go home for the day because i would not be able to do my job effectively... and she says, "What? You are about to pass out?! Why are you calling me? call 911! what is wrong?!" She takes everything so literally.... jeez. I almost lost it with her and thoguht twice before sarcastically explaining to her that i was kidding. But then i was afraid that she would misunderstand my saying i was kidding and think i'm a lunatic, and that i like to randomly call people and tell them i'm going to pass out or something. she exasperated me over the phone, so i was glad to be able to cancel on her too, or i fear i might have been a little ghetto on her today.
so now i'm home. sipping water, waiting for my next meal, which isn't coming quickly enough. im fantasizing about the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
in a little while i'll do my arms and shoulders depletion workout with my wimpy dumbells here at home - as if i'll even be able to lift them up. seriously. hahahahaha! and then i'm going to cook up some more boiled chicken and pass out. for real this time. i'm taking melatonin and calling it a day in a few hours.
I AM NEVER EVER EVER GOING TO FUCKING DO THIS AGAIN. well, except for the week of june 25, because i'm not quitting this competition. But after that, forget it. this is not for me. The reward isn't worth the sacrifice more than once.
On my horizon, I see something a little more competitive and physically engaging: obstacle courses. At least i'm gonna give that an honest try as soon as i've taken a week off of training after my comp in june. That will be my first week off of training in over a year. I started weight training in march of last year, and did it straight march through july, 3-4 times a week. In july, hired a trainer, and did that straight 4 times a week, cardio 6 times through october, and continued that same type of schedule into december, where i switched into a total body, 3 times per week routine before falling back into four times a week in january through now. I should have taken a break somewhere in there, and never did.
ok i am fucking rambling... it keeps my mind off of eating. sorry.
I have NO ENERGY. I AM BEAT. I AM RUN DOWN. Just looking at that fucking staircase makes me want to pass out. And some of the clients I have tonight require wayyyy too much patience. Something I just don't have much of today. Thankfully everyone was undestanding and didn't have much of a problem with my last-minute cancellations.
Except my 330. Jesus. that woman is another story altogether. She brought in this book from 1988. Bless her heart, at least she is REALLY REALLY motivated to get in shape and stick with a workout plan and is punctual as hell and interested in knowing everything possible about fitness and nutrition. That is awesome. But she brings in this book, "The 6 week fat-to-muscle makeover" by Ellington Darden i think is the author. The book was published in 1988. It is the late 80's version of the superslow/power of 10 book put out by someone else more recently. It's a total body workout, three times a week. One set, SUPER SUPER HEAVY, 6-8 reps, 10 seconds concentric, four seconds eccentric, rep to failure.
She claims she did this fifteen years ago and her body changed dramatically in just six weeks, and that she wants to do this again because she knows it works for her. She just wants a trainer to push her through to make sure it is true failure at each exercise.
Never mind that in fifteen years she has had two kids, her hormones and her body have changed, and there are other ways to achieve similar results that are better suited for who she is TODAY. No. She wouldn't hear of it. For someone as hungry to learn more as she is, she is really closed minded about this program. she gave me the impression that if i didn't train her using this program that she would keep looking until she found a trainer that would. Honestly i'm only going to be there about a month more or so, so i'm humoring her, and using it as a personal experiment for myself. let's see if this does work for her, fifteen years later. i'm sure there is something i can learn from this experience too, you know?
Anyway, the whole p oint, why i started talking about this woman: i playfully said to her on the phone that I was abotu to pass out (meaning i was really beat, nothing more) and thought it best to go home for the day because i would not be able to do my job effectively... and she says, "What? You are about to pass out?! Why are you calling me? call 911! what is wrong?!" She takes everything so literally.... jeez. I almost lost it with her and thoguht twice before sarcastically explaining to her that i was kidding. But then i was afraid that she would misunderstand my saying i was kidding and think i'm a lunatic, and that i like to randomly call people and tell them i'm going to pass out or something. she exasperated me over the phone, so i was glad to be able to cancel on her too, or i fear i might have been a little ghetto on her today.
so now i'm home. sipping water, waiting for my next meal, which isn't coming quickly enough. im fantasizing about the peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
in a little while i'll do my arms and shoulders depletion workout with my wimpy dumbells here at home - as if i'll even be able to lift them up. seriously. hahahahaha! and then i'm going to cook up some more boiled chicken and pass out. for real this time. i'm taking melatonin and calling it a day in a few hours.
I AM NEVER EVER EVER GOING TO FUCKING DO THIS AGAIN. well, except for the week of june 25, because i'm not quitting this competition. But after that, forget it. this is not for me. The reward isn't worth the sacrifice more than once.
On my horizon, I see something a little more competitive and physically engaging: obstacle courses. At least i'm gonna give that an honest try as soon as i've taken a week off of training after my comp in june. That will be my first week off of training in over a year. I started weight training in march of last year, and did it straight march through july, 3-4 times a week. In july, hired a trainer, and did that straight 4 times a week, cardio 6 times through october, and continued that same type of schedule into december, where i switched into a total body, 3 times per week routine before falling back into four times a week in january through now. I should have taken a break somewhere in there, and never did.
ok i am fucking rambling... it keeps my mind off of eating. sorry.
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Wow ... you really a woman of vision Ivy. You're not going to let this stop you from competing. When you say you're going to do something, you mean it! From everything you've wrote in your journals, you've done. I can't say enough how much respect you've garnered from me (not that is means anything) but I know in today's society, many ramble on about what they want and how they will do it, very few actually follow through.
I wish you the best in this upcoming competition. You've worked so hard to be where you're at!
Stephen
When you say you're going to do something, you mean it! From everything you've wrote in your journals, you've done. I can't say enough how much respect you've garnered from me (not that is means anything) but I know in today's society, many ramble on about what they want and how they will do it, very few actually follow through. I wish you the best in this upcoming competition. You've worked so hard to be where you're at!
Stephen
Damn....naturaltan said:Wow ... you really a woman of vision Ivy. You're not going to let this stop you from competing.
I wish you the best in this upcoming competition. You've worked so hard to be where you're at!
Stephen
Thanks steve. I'm flattered.
Honestly, I just don't know any other way. I have quit many things half way in my life, up until a certain point. But in the past few years, I have tried my best not to make excuses, which has led to me not being a quitter. Quitting isn't an option most of the time now, since I have no excuses most of the time.
i will quit my bitching wheni take that first bite of the PB&J on saturday.Jodi said:
But the real question is, what type of jelly will you use? Lol, you could even cut the bread into small pieces and use a different jam for each piece. Just a suggestion if you are indecisive.
no no. i am going to go to Atlanta Bread Company and order a peanut butter and jelly sandwich from their kids' menu. they have this awesome apricot or peach preserve. i can't remember now, it was so long ago the last time i had it but it was great.aggies1ut said:But the real question is, what type of jelly will you use? Lol, you could even cut the bread into small pieces and use a different jam for each piece. Just a suggestion if you are indecisive.
If for whatever reason i can't make it over there, i will go to jerry's famous deli and order their pb&j instead. it's down the street from me.
that way i don't have to buy a loaf of bread, and jars of PB and jelly which will then sit in my house and tempt me to eat up... my family doesn't have white bread, peanutbutter OR jelly so i can't go over there and pilfer through thier kitchen for this stuff....
OMFG. i just caught a glimpse of my legs in the mirror. i am soooo bloated that my calves/knees/lower thighs are almost the same exact width. just fat tree trunks. my legs look HIDEOUS. i am going to cry now. can't wait to start dropping this water tomorrow.
Just wait, you wil look DYNAMITE!!! You'll see!!!
I am out of faith until furhter notice. hahahaha! I need to see to believe. ya know? And right now, i see my legs are bloated and i believe that there is no way in hell that in two days my body is going to go back to what it was last week at least. i KNOW it will (it should!) but it just doesn't feel that way. it feels impossible right this second.Archangel said:
I understand what your sayin, but believe me, you will be just like Patrick, lookin like your both carved outta Granite!!!
workout - april 13, 2005
yeah, this one last thing before i go to bed now...
depletion workout - arms/shoulders (couldn't finish it, was getting blurry vision and lightheadedness, so i stopped)
Shoulder presses
10lb/20 x 4
RI 1:30
Bicep Curls
10lb/20 x 3
RI 1:30
Tricep OH Extensions
10lb/20 x 3
RI 1:30
yeah, this one last thing before i go to bed now...
depletion workout - arms/shoulders (couldn't finish it, was getting blurry vision and lightheadedness, so i stopped)
Shoulder presses
10lb/20 x 4
RI 1:30
Bicep Curls
10lb/20 x 3
RI 1:30
Tricep OH Extensions
10lb/20 x 3
RI 1:30
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA-- if i start looking like patrick, will that make him gay?Archangel said:
ugh.. thanks michael... we'll see on saturday when i am ready for my pics, how these little ol' legs of mine look...jeez even my toes feel swollen.
Good night, mike (and everyone else!)
Nite Ivy, take care!!!
Send me a pic please and NO, I am not kidding. I want to see how much water you are retaining to see if you may need to cut sodium a day earlier or not during the real prep week.GoalGetter said:
woops. i was dead asleep when you made this request. just woke up. lemme take a look-see and see if they still look like that this morning....Jodi said:
.... nope. they are much better this morning. my knee area last night though. wow. it was disgusting. at least today you can tell where my calf starts, and where my thigh starts. i also weigh like 5 pounds less this morning. wtf. maybe because i actually slept like 9 hours for a change... ??
Morning sweetie, just one thing ...YOU GO GIRL!!!! You are amazing in your resolve and dedication...you are my hero 
Hope you have a wonderful day 
Hope you have a wonderful day 
hang in there girlie - you're doing great
wish i'd had jodi around when i did my one (and only) contest. i freaking woke up bloated like you mentioned the day of the damn show
i didn't know a thing about sodium loading/dropping and i did the carb deplete/load for the first time the week before my show. you're working damn hard and you've got the best people in your corner. i know you're going to be pleased with the outcome.
wish i'd had jodi around when i did my one (and only) contest. i freaking woke up bloated like you mentioned the day of the damn show
i didn't know a thing about sodium loading/dropping and i did the carb deplete/load for the first time the week before my show. you're working damn hard and you've got the best people in your corner. i know you're going to be pleased with the outcome.
