Nikegurl's IM COMP. Journal

[nikegurl]

thanks sweetie. i don't mind the hurting. i mind the workout itself being really hard and me being really weak AGAIN.

all i can do to fix that is to keep going but it was pretty depressing still to see all the harm my months off legs had done. not just weights either - i was huffing and puffing on my 3rd set of light squats (that felt heavy to me)

hope you don't hurt too much!

 

[david]

Legs! Legs! Legs! I feel you on that one!

Hi NG!

One thing my trainer had me do is variable angles and 20 reps each! 3 times over!

NG, Jenny and I are suffering!! Someone us!

Definitely NG, I hear you on your comment as well in the sense of "keep going". It can only get better. Believe me.. On my chest workout, my trainer makes me do chest, back and then 3 sets of pushups (15-20 reps!). I think the more "I think I can't" continue, the better motivatation it causes because I end up doing it!

Have a great weekend and an awesome workout (s)!

 

[nikegurl]

thanks babe! we'll get there if we keep going.

 

[hikerchick]

Hey Nikegurl! Wanted to give you a little cheer: Yay You!! The important thing is you are working hard now, so just forget about what you "should have done" or "didn't do" in the past and just focus on what you CAN Do now. I know you can do it!

 

[Jenny]

NG, where are ya??

 

[nikegurl]

i'm here. so freaking tired....been helping an older lady who lives in my building get to work at night during the bus strike and it's starting to wear me out. i went to the gym at 11:30 last night just so i wouldn't miss it. only slept about 4 hours and that just isn't enough for me....

all is well though. my meals are going to be lame today due to serious lack of variety but i'll post 'em anyway. (lots of tuna and shakes. boring and not the best but better than giving up on the day entirely)

 

[david]

Originally posted by nikegurl
i'm here. so freaking tired....been helping an older lady who lives in my building get to work at night during the bus strike and it's starting to wear me out. i went to the gym at 11:30 last night just so i wouldn't miss it. only slept about 4 hours and that just isn't enough for me....

all is well though. my meals are going to be lame today due to serious lack of variety but i'll post 'em anyway. (lots of tuna and shakes. boring and not the best but better than giving up on the day entirely)

The lack of sleep and the constant errands or in this case, chores of heavenly duties (older lady), I know.. can take a tremendous toll physically but mostly, emotionally. When I know I need to go to the gym and I can't it 's completely frustrating. On the other hand, going to the gym when mentally unprepared becomes AGGRAVATING!!!

It's good to hear that your diet is not full of garbag-o so at least you remain well in that dept. Don't worry NG, you've always seem to hit the target really well with your training... things will get BETTER!!!

 

[nikegurl]

thanks David for your kind words! it's a weird cycle. i truly like this woman and i really think it's the right thing to do but it's turned my schedule upside down....i'm not going to keep doing it after this week though. i'm barely sleeping.

but i'm still going to the gym so that part feels good!

 

[nikegurl]

been doing loads of reading on ckds...

thinking about trying it. not 100% decided but lots of things about them appeal to me. i'll keep reading up and order lyle mcdonald's books friday.

 

[Leslie]

I hear you on the CKD. I just read Ultimate diet and while I think it sounds promising, those full body workouts are not appealing to me.

 

[nikegurl]

yep - no way can i bring myself to change my training like that. i've heard of people using ckd or tkd without those full body and depletion workouts.

i'm still researching. it seems like most people who have used them are steering me more toward tkd since i want to keep my workouts intact. i just like the idea of ckd better....we'll see. i'm working out details.

tkd you have some slow burning carbs preworkout and dextrose post workout.

i've never personally been a fan of the post workout insulin spike though. also, it's a vague instruction to carb up still on occassion but not each weekend like ckd.

so eating wise i prefer ckd but seems that people are saying tkd would suit my workout style better.

i'll keep ya posted! (i may just do ckd and workout my way to see what happens)

 

[Jodi]

Definately NG don't worry about those full body depletion workouts. Those are in his books for the average dieter not a BB. Just follow your workouts and you'll be fine. If you want the Friday before your carb load you can do a full body circuit training just to be sure your fully depleted. just an idea but not necessary IMO.

 

[nikegurl]

thanks jodi! a LOT of people who have used CKD and TKD are urging me to keep the refeeds that CKD uses (to maintain leptine levels) and ingest some carbs (dextrose) post workout like TKD (to maintain workout performance)

Not sure if I personally can be in ketosis if I have the dextrose and I was leaning towards not having carbs after workouts.

still - i'm being urged to at least try it that way. i guess it can't hurt and it seems to work for some...

I'm still thinking it through

 

[nikegurl]

new journal started for my ckd which started today. i won't be updating this one.