GG's IM Competition Journal

[GoalGetter]

Happy happy everyone!

I know we don't ALL celebrate christmas, so I won't say just "Merry christmas" -- but happy holidays to everybody! I'll be offline most of today and tomorrow most likely (unless the family gathering is ubearably boring, in which case I'll hijack someone's computer in a quiet room somewhere and see who else is suffering and we can suffer together!)

But hopefully that won't happen. I have three family parties to go to tonight - my godmother and my uncle, my best friend's family and my dad's goddaughter's. Three stops, three meals, all of them containing black beans, white rice and some form or another of pork I'm sure. Not to mention desserts like flan, turron, buñuelos and arroz con leche. Oh boy. Kill me now.

Damn, this little post is taking a turn toward the negative right quick! Okaaayyyy! can ya tell i'm not a fan of the cuban christmas parties? hahahahaha!

OK folks! I'm out for now. Gonna go put in my workout, get some christmas cards (of course i left it up to the last minute), and maybe some candy from the chocolatier down the street from the gym (not for me, of course, but for the families). Then i'm off to the parental headquarters to do some laundry and get ready to partay...

Have a blast! And say hi to santa for me if you see him tonight!

Hugs, and all that schmoopy warm and fuzzy holiday good stuff!

Ivonne

 

[Burner02]

I can just imagine the debauchery that would ensue if all of us gutter-dwellers got together for a party. hahahahaha!

I'll have you know, CP, that this latest little conversation started cause you wondered if i had buns of steel! Instigator!

ok, what's wrong with that? I am sure it's a WELL rounded subject..

Not to sound like an ASS..BUTT..this seems like a good taopic to talk about all the way to the END....

Merry Christmas, Ivy!
Ill be here both Friday AND Saturday..gotta work..

 

[Velvet]

Merry Christmas hon Hope you have a marvy holiday!! Hey, I just got the new Tea Party CD from Lisa..it ROCKS..I Love the second last song..played it 5 times this morning, Michael wasn't impressed ha ha ha

See ya after the holidays

 

[naturaltan]

HEy NT! Thank you darlin'! Same to you and yours! HOw are you?

I am good thanks. Been pretty busy at work the last couple of weeks. Just thought I'd drop in and wish you the best. It's been a while since we've chatted ... I'm sure we can fix that in the new year.

 

[P-funk]

have a nice Christmas GG. Squeeze your ass one time for me.

 

[GoalGetter]

Burner: HAHAHAHAHA someone woke up extra witty today! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

Vel: NEVER heard of tea party. Will go educate myself in a few minutes! Happy happy!

NT: One can only hope, eh!? hahaha! I'll make an effort to not be such a flake in 2005.

Funky: Consider it squeezed. Rawr.

 

[GoalGetter]

Workoug - Christmas Eve

Total body, focus: Back

Rev. Grip Pulldowns
3 x 80lb x 8 <--- new pb
RI: 1:45

notes: i will go up to 85 next week, maybe 90. I did 75 last friday, and the 80 seemed like cake nearly through to the last few reps on the 3rd set. (mmmm. cake...)

Close Grip Seated Rows
3 x 80lb x 8 <--- new pb
RI: 1:45

notes: 80lbs was tough but that's up 10lb from last week,

Incline DB Chest Press
3 x 20lbDB x 15/15/12
RI: :30

notes: i was hoping to go up to 25lb db's for the last set but I would have not made it to my 12-15 rep range for this exercise.

Cable Upright Rows
3 x 40lb x 15
RI: :30
notes: nothign to say. i hate this exercise. why do i bother.

DB Walking Lunges
4 x 15lb DB x 20 (10 each leg)
RI: 30

Cable Side Raises
3 x 10lb x 12/10/8
RI: None... alternating sides

Superset:
Cable Curls
2 x 40lb x 15

Pressdowns
2 x 65lb x 15 <---- new pb

RI: :30

Roman Chair Knee Raises
4 x 20 (bodyweight)
RI: :30
notes: I'm adding weight to this next friday. it's time.

Cardio:

I ran a 5 K today, on the treadmill but still. 32 minutes, plus a 5 minute cool down after wards. Man that sucked. i used to be able to run a 5 k in under 30.

Stretching

DID AWESOME STRETCHING TODAY. WOW. It felt fucking great. I was lost in thought, so I held those stretches for way longer than usual. I felt like 5 inches taller when i got up to leave. hahahahahahaha!

Side note - i got myself a cheap sports watch at target. $9.99. With a stopwatch, alarm, calendar, and all sorts of fancy beeping noises. This made it so much easier to time my rest intervals, rather than squinting to see the clock on the wall on the other side of the gym, or counting seconds off on a song in my ipod... YAY! Gotta love Target. I shoulda done this sooner.

 

[Rocco32]

Wow, look at you working out on Christmas eve! Hope you have a great Christmas

 

[GoalGetter]

Wow, look at you working out on Christmas eve! Hope you have a great Christmas

Let me tell you about the chocolate i just ate... and then we'll see if you're still so impressed. hahahahahahahahahaha!

Thanks david! Same to you!

 

[Rocco32]

Hey Ivy, I'm always impressed by you!

 

[GoalGetter]

Hey Ivy, I'm always impressed by you!

rawr baby.... RAWWWRRRR.

 

[Rocco32]

rawr baby.... RAWWWRRRR.

Well now your just turning me on

 

[BulkMeUp]

Merry Christmas, GG.

 

[Burner02]

Burner: HAHAHAHAHA someone woke up extra witty today! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

thta was my witty self PRIOR to bed....
Imagine what I could do...aww...never mind...

WEll, I overslept..so I didn't make it to the gym today....I still gotta cook some food before friggin work..
;(
Looks like u got in a good workout for all of us!
Have a Merry Christmas, IVY!

 

[gwcaton]

Merry Christmas GG

 

[CowPimp]

Side note - i got myself a cheap sports watch at target. $9.99. With a stopwatch, alarm, calendar, and all sorts of fancy beeping noises. This made it so much easier to time my rest intervals, rather than squinting to see the clock on the wall on the other side of the gym, or counting seconds off on a song in my ipod... YAY! Gotta love Target. I shoulda done this sooner.

That's what I need to do. There's a Target close to me. I'm there.

Merry Christmas! Don't forget to shake your groove thang.

 

[BoneCrusher]

Merry Christmas GG. Your hard work and dietiery caution have already given you the best present anyone could have ... a good healthy bod!! The fact that it looks great is just the bonus.

 

[GoalGetter]

BulkMeUp: Thanks darlin' - same to you and yours!

Burner: You've got mail (well a PM, anyway).

Gary: Same to you babe! (God i love your avi! hahahaha i'm a sucker for a nice set of abs! hahaha!)

CP: I'd been procrastinating thinking I'd go and buy a nice, expensive sportswatch with all sorts of bells and whistles, but honestly, I wouldn't have used anything but the clock, alarm and stopwatch feature. So I passed by a big display of $9.99 watches at Target on my way to the register and found one that served it's purpose.

BC: THANK YOU! That was very nice of you! Where've you been?? I hope you are having a great holiday... hugs!

And as for my dietary caution, heh... that went straight out the window yesterday, at about 1130 AM when I had a little over 25 hersheys kisses (to start). BUt i'm back on the wagon today.

 

[GoalGetter]

Christmas Food Disaster and Damage Control

ok so i've not been around much today...

yesterday was a shitty eating day, but yeah... i knew it would be and I should not even try to fight it. the force was stronger than I am...

The force of chocolate, the force of cuban roasted pork, the force of cuban bread (this morning). I am surprised that despite my early morning chocolate binge yesterday, I managed to maintain some kind of control and composure the rest of the day. I ate super clean the rest of the afternoon, and then at the Christmas eve dinner, I had about 3-4 ounces of the leanest piece of pork that i could find, and a heaping plate of salad with some oil and vinegar, and water... lots of water. No desserts. The turron, the flan, the cheesecake (which i'm not even crazy about)... they were all taunting me with their varying shades of brown, honeyed, caramel, sugary goodness, glistening on the dessert table. It almost seemed like they were winking at me, like dirty old men, from across the crowded room. But I ignored them all and said, "no thank you, I am a lady." I had a protein shake when i got home instead. hahahahaha!

This morning had my regular breakfast, a little less carbs, and then three hours later had breakfast again with my parents. I brought them some pastelitos and cuban bread and croquettes, and I brought my own food, so that I could at least sit and eat with them as a family. Still, I had two slivers of cuban bread. Couldn't resist. Oh, and a tiny dollop of mayo.

Pan con mayonesa. Damn I hadn't had that combo since i was a kid.

But that's it. It's over. I've had nothing but good food the rest of the day. Italian-herb grilled chicken breast, lots of veggies, barley... I even made lentils. In fact, I pureed the lentils and made this AWESOME lentil soup. Well awesome to me, anyway.

Here's the recipe if anyone wants it. I just kinda made it up as I went, so if anyone has any suggestions for making a better version, please don't hold back!

Part 1:
8 oz. dry lentils
4 cups of water
1 bay leaf

Part 2:
4 heaping teaspoons of minced garlic
1 tbsp of taragon
1 pinch of ground ginger to taste

Bring all ingredients in Part 1 to a boil, then cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes, or until they are as firm or as soft as you want them.

When they've reached a consistency that you're happy with, pour it all (minus the bay leaf) in the blender, and puree the hell out of it until it is a thick creamy soup.

Finally add the ingredients from Part 2: about four heaping teaspoons of minced garlic, a teaspoon of taragon, and a pinch of ground ginger (more or less, depending on how much you like the taste of ginger).

 

[GoalGetter]

Workout - December 26

I was supposed to do cardio yesterday, but since i prefer doing it at the gym than running on the street, I moved it up to today.

Hit the gym bright and early since my client/friend cancelled on me for our morning training session...

HIIT CARDIO

3 minute warmup, moderate pace, level 6
15 30:30 sprints, level 10:level 6
2 minute cooldown

20 minutes total

STEADY CARDIO

Treadmill jogging/running

12 minutes at 4.3
8 minutes at 4.5
6 minutes at 5.0
1 minute at 5.5
1 minute at 6.0
1 minute at 6.6
1 minute at 7.0
2 minute cooldown at 3.0

32 minutes total

 

[P-funk]

god i hate cardio

 

[GoalGetter]

god i hate cardio

I have a feeling that after this weekend, you'd better start to change your mind about it, cookie monster! hahahahaha!

 

[P-funk]

no way, I am smarter than that!! I will just squat 3 times a week for 20rep sets...lol

 

[GoalGetter]

no way, I am smarter than that!! I will just squat 3 times a week for 20rep sets...lol

that's still cardio, sortof! hahahhahah!

 

[Burner02]

god i hate cardio

me too...of course, that is why I look like a fat bag...

 

[P-funk]

me too...of course, that is why I look like a fat bag...

me too.

 

[Burner02]

u going to the Arnold Classic in March, P?
If so...we gotta get bustin some ass to be looking for the ladies...

 

[P-funk]

u going to the Arnold Classic in March, P?
If so...we gotta get bustin some ass to be looking for the ladies...

righ tnow I am 98-99% sure I am going. Yes, we wil go out and pick up the ladies.

 

[Burner02]

I gotta get a couple closings done..to free up some moolah..butt..I WANN GO!
Meet some of these uber-hot IM ladies..and check out the midwestern women....
The beach boys highly rate them..

 

[GoalGetter]

righ tnow I am 98-99% sure I am going. Yes, we wil go out and pick up the ladies.

I'll be ready and waiting! hahahaha! where are ya takin' me?