Journal #1 - The beginning

[Emma Lanni]

Originally posted by Fitgirl70
HI Emma....ya know, I've never used a measuring scale or cup in my life!!! You are so correct about it being a "way of life"! I"m so onboard with that.

You're doing great though, keep it up and keep up the positives.

Thx, Fitgirl!
I figured I could get into somewhat of a conscious "plan" without being so paranoid that my chicken wasnt perfectly 4.4275 oz.

Hopefully, I can stick with this, be rewarded over the weekends, and keep the "cheat foods" to very small portions. I want to be reasonable about what I restrict but not go too crazy with what I indulge in.

 

[Emma Lanni]

Does anyone know if there is a sticky on HIIT somewhere? Im trying to figure out if Im indeed wasting my time jogging 2.5 miles or for 25 mins after lifting...

Running steadily can't have that much of a negative effect can it?

 

[PreMier]

Originally posted by Emma Lanni
Thanks for the note. Do you find it tough swallowing all of those pills? Most people do like 10 right? So would you take 2 per meal you think?

Hi Emma-
Yes, I think 10 would be plenty for you. I take 10, but they are super concentrated. Otherwise I would be taking 15-20 lol. Yes, if you are eating 5 meals, 2 per meal would be fine. However the best thing would be to add them in where one of your meals is low in fat. I am not that good with diet yet, so maybe Jen or Jodi will help

About HIIT, it is proven to be much more effective than traditional cardio. It burns a lot more fat, and helps increase your metabolism. I dont think there is a sticky here... If you have any Q's about it though, I can try and answer them.

 

[Emma Lanni]

Thx Premier - you rock

So here is my new experiment. If any of you are reading this and find this bogus, let me know. But somehow I think it may work.

Starting today, I am sticking to eating 5 times a day, but I not "meals". just foods that are "ok"

I want to detox my body of all carbs that Ive gorged on for the past 2 weeks. and then reintroduce the slow burning body essential carbs back into my body slowly.

My cousin told me about this method. She competes as a figure fitness model and recommended this to me. Tell me what you think.

She told me for a couple of weeks to rid my body of all carbs but veggies, nuts, and cheeses. stick to my main 3 meals a day with protein (duh), fibrous veggies (gotcha) and some sort of EFA (need to go shopping tonight).

between breakfast and lunch, I need to eat another meal similar to the 3 meal above, or eat a cup of nuts, or low fat cheese. If I can add a fibrous veggie, that is most recommended. Otherwise I can make up for it in the next meal.

Anyway, I avoid all fruits (including berries) for a little while until my body gets used to being without carbs. The bad part about this is Im going to be so tired. I think Ill just stick to light lifting and cardio since I wont have too much energy.

Then after my body has grown used to the lack of carbs, I need to slowly bring back carbs into my body and test out how my body responds. Like, I will eat an orange with lunch and see if I bloat. If I bloat, maybe the next day I will eat strawberries, if that makes me feel ok then I will eat that and bring in grapefruit the next day.. etc. Then the starch. I will bring in oats. If I bloat then I will try a piece of whole wheat bread.. and so one.

The point is to figure out how my body responds to all the foods that ive been too afraid to eat. And that way I can enjoy eating the foods I like and know exactly how my body takes it.

After I have figured it out, I can pretty much eat "normally". I just need to make sure I take a good multi-vitamin and drink loads of water and stock up on a crapload of veggies and protein and EFA's.

We'll see what happens.

 

[Emma Lanni]

Firday May 14th, 2004

calves wayyyyyyy too sore to lift. cant do it today.

late p.m swim

1 hour lap swimming - or til I die

power swim
alternating 2 laps freestyle, 2 laps breassttroke.
1 min rest between


then im sitting in a hottub and stretching my damn legs

 

[Emma Lanni]

Meals for today:

9:00am - eggs and 3 med slices tomatoes
11:00am - pistachios
2:00pm - 1/2 chx breast, romaine lettuce w/1/2 TBS vinegrette dressing, 1 hard boiled egg
(4:30pm -swim-)
6:30pm - pistachios
9:00pm - 1/2 chx breast, romaine lettuce w/1 TBS sugar free caesar dressing

Going shopping tonight. I have flax caps. wonder if I should finish up those before I invest in fish oil. Dont want to waste

 

[PreMier]

Do you have a credit card? Fish oil is cheapest online, so you could order online... and finish the flax while waiting for them to arrive.

http://www.vitamaker.com/fishoil-100.html?ovchn=OVR&ovcpn=overture&ovcrn=fish+oil&ovtac=PPC

 

[atherjen]

have you tried using www.fitday.com ?
it doesnt appear that your eating enough.. by looks, although I dont know what your servings sizes are. regardless of the "detox" that you are following somewhat, I would make sure your getting adequate energy(calories)

 

[Emma Lanni]

Premier, I am proud to say I invested in fish oil caps on Friday. Took 3 Friday, took 4 on Saturday, and 6 yesterday.

Except I forgot to take them with me today. Gonna have a late start for dinner tonight. maybe I'll take 3 with dinner, and 2 more at snacktime. Im still out of multi's though.

Atherjen,
I used fitday and for my cals today I found to be almost 1400. I think when I calculate the fish oil caps in later it will be ok for now. When I start eating oats again and fruit, maybe my cals will go up considerably.

 

[Emma Lanni]

May 17, 2004

Lost 2.5 lbs since Friday on this "Detox" thing. But I know its all water, so we'll see what happens next.

a.m - empty stomach

Circuit Training

abs, legs, back, chest, arms

crunch 1 set x50
obliques 1 set x 50
resist crunch 3 sets 12 alternating reverse crunch 3 sets 12
squats 2 sets 15 alternating lunge 2 sets w/9 lb bar
bent over row 2 sets 15 w/12 lb bar
chest press on ball 2 sets 15 alternating skulls on ball 2 sets 15 w/9 lb bar
ball grip exercise 9 lbs 1 sets 12
1 set 15 calf raise, no weight
8 chins assist
6 dips assist

25 min interval run/walk. 30 second sprint alternating 40 second walk. those suck

 

[Emma Lanni]

Meals for today

11:20am - 2 eggs (whites), 1 small tomato, 2 extra lean turkey bacon slices
1:15pm - cashews, part skim string cheese
3:15pm - steak, mesclun leaves and caesar dressing
5:30pm - 1 egg (white), 1/2 c. cottage cheese (2 fish oil)
8:00pm - ground turkey burgers, no bun, fat free american cheese, romaine lettuce w/balsamic vinagrette (3 fish oil caps)
dessert - fat free-sugar free jello pudding

Ive been a little weaker as predicted in my workout regimen, but still feeling a lot better and a helluva lot less bloated.

Had 6-7 liters of water each day over the weekend so I think that helped a ton

 

[Emma Lanni]

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

p.m swim later on today.
6 Power laps alternating breassttroke/freestyle, 2 minutes rest in between 1 hour duration

 

[Emma Lanni]

Meals today May 18

1030am - scrambled eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded chx
1230pm - cashews and part skim string cheese
230pm - 2 small skinless chicken tenders (grilled), 3 scrambled egg whites w/ff cheese, green beans
630pm - cottage cheese with mesclun lettuce
900pm - grilled chx and romaine w/balsamic vinegrette (3 fish oil)
dessert - ff, sf pudding

 

[Emma Lanni]

Originally posted by Emma Lanni
Meals today May 18

1030am - scrambled eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms, shredded chx
1230pm - cashews and part skim string cheese
230pm - 2 small skinless chicken tenders (grilled), 3 scrambled egg whites w/ff cheese, green beans
645pm - cottage cheese with mesclun lettuce (2 fish oil)
900pm - grilled chx and romaine w/balsamic vinegrette (3 fish oil)
dessert - ff, sf pudding

Is it ok to have fish oil with meals so close together?

and I shouldnt be uneasy about the directions saying to only take 1 with each meal, preferrably 3 times a day, should I. When I found that out I thought I was overdoing it

 

[Emma Lanni]

May 19, 2004

p.m - Interval run, sprint 30 seconds, walk 30 seconds for 2.5 miles

 

[Emma Lanni]

May 19, 2004 Wednesday

Meals for today

9:00am - scrambled eggs cooked in CO, tomatoes, mush, peppers
11:30pm - cashews
2:30pm - chx breast on romaine w/1 tbs balsamic vinegrette
6:30pm - 1/2 chx breast
9:00pm - turkey burgers w/ff cheese, no bun or condiments, romaine w/1 tbs caesar dressing (4 fish oil)

 

[PreMier]

Originally posted by Emma Lanni
Is it ok to have fish oil with meals so close together?

and I shouldnt be uneasy about the directions saying to only take 1 with each meal, preferrably 3 times a day, should I. When I found that out I thought I was overdoing it

I was going to wait for someone else to answer, but they are all gone Bastards

Anyway why did you take them so close together? They could easily be added to the other meals. And I dont think its possible to OD on fish oil

 

[aggies1ut]

If the fat intake in the meal is low, I don't see how taking fish oil caps in consecutive meals hurts any. Also, lol don't worry about how many caps you take a day. Hell, unless I eat salmon or something, I take 9 fish oil caps a day.

 

[Emma Lanni]

Great. Got a little scared for a minute. didnt want to start
looking like a fish. Thx Aggies and Premier.

Thurs May 20 2004

a.m. circuit training (empty stomach) - no cardio

abs - crunch x50, obliques x50

SuperSet legs
squat 3 sets 12 9 lb bar
lunges 3 sets 10 9 lb bar

back - bent over row 3 sets 20 9 lb bar

superset chest / arms
chest press on ball 3 sets 15 9 lb bar
skulls on ball 3 sets 12 9 lb bar

superset arms
bi curls 3 sets 12 9 lb bar
front to upper raise 3 sets 10 9 lb bar

5 chin assists
5 dip assists

and I felt fat, so did 3 sets ham curls 30 lbs

 

[Emma Lanni]

Originally posted by PreMier
I was going to wait for someone else to answer, but they are all gone Bastards

Anyway why did you take them so close together? They could easily be added to the other meals. And I dont think its possible to OD on fish oil

I forgot to bring em with me to work, so I panicked and sucked em down.

 

[Emma Lanni]

May 20 2004 thursday

So Ive been soooo weak and exhausted (as predicted). This lack of carbs on my detox is killing me . I ran 2.5 miles yesterday and almost died Cant wait to start eating carbs again.

I am taking out the ff/sf pudding from my dessert snack because it is making my water weight fluctuate and not doing one good thing for me. I went up 1.5 lbs Anyway, its made with skim milk, but milk is milk and its the culprit, so no more.

Meals for today - 6 liters water, 1 multi vit
1130a - egg whites, spinach, 3 fish oil
130p - cashews and 1 string cheese
400p - ground turkey, ff cheese over mesclun 1 TBS balsamic vinagrette, 1/2 pickle and 3 fish oil
600pm - cottage cheese, and 2 eggs (white only)
830pm - turkey burger no bun, ff cheese over romaine w 1tbs caesar, 3 fish oil
dessert (930) - 1 hard boiled egg

That should be better. and I should be getting enough cals today. Need my energy!

 

[PreMier]

If I ran 2.5 miles I WOULD die

 

[Emma Lanni]

I bet if I attempted to surf, I would fall right off my board and drown. Thats how weak I am I bet my 10 year old brother can kick my ass right about now.

May 21, 2004 Friday
My workout today:

p.m swim
1 hour relays b/ween me and my buddy. 10 freestyles/10 breaststrokes alternating. We'll see if I sink.

 

[Emma Lanni]

May 21 2004 Friday

Meals for today

9am - 1 hard boiled egg, tomatoes (3 fish oils and a multi)
11am - nuts and a pickle
130pm - ground turkey, ff cheese, over romaine w/balsamic vinagrette (3 fish oils)
330pm - string cheese and 1 egg (white only)
(5pm swim)
730pm - grilled calamari over romaine and beans w/sf salsa olive oil dressing
dessert - who knows. a tomato?

 

[Emma Lanni]

Short week this week. No workout today. This week should look like:

M: none
T: circuit train
W: swim
T: circuit train
F: none

Monday May 24, 2004
Meals for today

930am - eggs, mushrooms, ff cheese (3 fish oil)
1130am - cashews and ff cheese
130pm - 3 hard boiled eggs (1 whole, 2 whites) over caesar salad (3 fish oil)
330pm - 1/2 pickle, 1 egg (white only)
700pm - steak caesar salad
900pm - 1 hard boiled egg white and ff cheese

 

[PreMier]

Hi Emma!

How was your weekend?

 

[Emma Lanni]

Hey premier! It was uneventful - it stormed the whole weekend through. Good waves, but really bad motivational weather oh well, this weekend should go better. Hope yours was better than mine!!!


Tuesday May 25. 2004

Meals today:
1115am - steak and eggs, tomatoes (3 fish oils)
130pm - cashews and cheese
330pm - chx breast over 3 C mesclun w/ caesar dressing (3 fish oil)
600pm - 1 small chx breast
830pm - cod w/broccolii

 

[Emma Lanni]

Tuesday May 25, 2004

Workouts today
a.m circuit training - empty stomach

abs
crunch x50, obliques x50 each
reverse crunch/tight crunch (elbows together) 3 sets 12

legs
squats (feet forward, shoulder width stance) 12 lb body bar 3 sets 12
squats (feet out, wide stance) 12 lb body bar 3 sets 5
lunges, 12 lb body bar 3 sets 5 (each side
hams curls 30 lbs, 3 sets 12
calve raises no weight 3 sets 12

back
bent over row 12 lb body bar 3 sets 20
front raise to over head 3 sets 12

chest
chest press on ball 12 lb body bar 3 sets 12

arms
skulls on ball 12 lb body bar 3 sets 12
curls w/9 lb body bar 3 sets 12

shoulders
front raise w/ 9 lb body bar 3 sets 12

5 minute jog, 15 minute walk

 

[Emma Lanni]

So so far, this detox thing has been boring as hell

I miss my oatmeal and I really miss oranges. Hope I can eat them later. I have a feeling my body will bloat a little but we'll see.

Next week Im going to reintroduce carbs back. I will start out with 1/2 c. oats for breakfast and see how I feel that day.

Then I will bring back and orange too.

I'll stick to one starchy carb (oats, whole wheat bread, etc) a day and 1-2 fruits a day for a little while and have my body get used to it.

My clothes are fitting better I think. My flab is slowly firming up and I dont feel so flabby anymore though nothing is really changing with my actual pant size or weight.

I just feel a hell of a lot better. So stay tuned

 

[Emma Lanni]

Wed May 26, 2004

Workouts today
p.m power swim. 1 hour relays. freestyle/breaststroke

Meals for today
930am - scrambled eggs, tomatoes, mushrooms (3 fish oil)
1130am - cashews and cheese
130pm - turkey burger patty over green beans w/1 tbs butter
330pm - 2 hard boiled eggs
730pm - grilled chx breast over broccoli
dessert - sf jello