searching for serenity>>>wanting to get ripped!!

[lakergirl]

Hey everyone!!

While I am VERY new here, Ive been lurking around ever since Jen (Atherjen) told me about it here! Ive decided to start a Journal, to chart my progress.

My goals are not as extreme as many of you on here (although I LOVE reading about them, and I admire everyone for their dedication and accomplishments!), but Ill post em anyway!

I want to lower my body fat % to around 15. I want to get stronger, and get toned, Ive started weight-lifting and I LOVE it. I had gotten a bit offtrack ,the past three weeks, got my wisdom teeth taken out, the had 'dry sockets" painful and a pain in the ass , but Im back now!!

Some current/random stats!

Age-19
Height-5'2"
Weight-115 (Just gained 7 pounds of MUSCLE!! yeah!!!)


I can currently do 67 military pushups!! Im in a "bet" of sorts with a friend for september, to see who can do the most, I think I just may kick his ass!! um... what else. I am OBSESSED with the lakers (and Shaq is as good as GONE today, and summer pro league starts!!), im the manager of my uni bball team, I love going to the gym.... and I think Atherjen is freaking CRAZY! good crazy, dont worry jen!

Soooo, I hope everyone here wil welcome me, you all seem so damn great! and so knowledgable!! I guess thats it for now.


Opps. one more thing, as for diet, I am trying to eat healty for me, but nothing too extreme, just trying to eat fairly clean.

-lg

 

[gwcaton]

LG,

Welcome to IM and good luck on your goals. No doubt you will find the feedback you might need here at IM. Lots of knowledgeable and freindly people here .

Gary

 

[atherjen]

Hey girl!! Glad to see that you began a journal here!! You will get unbelievable support and advice from others here to help you reach your goals, which Im certain that you will... your will and hard work thus far are impressive! Your doing great!

Good work on the weight gain and pushups!

are you still training with that girl from the bb team?

hows Halifax these days?

 

[Var]

Welcome to IM and good luck!

 

[kvyd]

Lets see some diet and workouts posted.

 

[lakergirl]

^^^ mmm, give me a little time there kvyd!! Ive had some important spl lakers bball to watch~!

Jen!! Hey!!! :bounce: its so great to talk to you. Hali is going ok.. you know, it seems lately all everyone wants to do is drink, Ive been staying away from that scene, I dont like working so hard all week then going and doing that, I feel like its just taking me back a step. I love love love your journal, its crazy!! as for your picture!! I apologize! wow, I was posting late last night... no contacts in... haha didnt really look as closely as i should have,, jsut saw shor hair (or hair pulled back) and assumed boy!! oops!! for real though, you are such an inspiration. As for my baller, Im not training with her right now, shes in chi-town for the summer. I did recently get back from a trip to my university town, to see two of my girls who did stay here to train all summer. it was good. one told me i was ripped.. haha it made my day!!

gw and var, thanks for the welcomes!! I appreciate it!!

diet

meal 1 - 2 egg whites, orange juice, w/w toast w pb
meal 2 - f/f yogurt, half a grapefruit
meal 3 - chicken, baked potato, broccoli
meal 4 - openfaced w/w tuna sandwich
meal 5 - mandarin slices, mango, and grapes


exercise
cardio -40 minutes on bike


ps.. I LOVE sasha vujicic, lakers rd 1 draft pick!!! hes gonna breakthrough!!!

 

[kvyd]

Heh sorry I was so hasty...lol

Diet looks Pretty decent could use some more protein. Might wanna watch the carbs before bed.

 

[gwcaton]

Ahhhhhhh the Lakers !!!! Let show how old I am .. Jerry West . ever hear of him ? LOL

 

[lakergirl]

^^^ I LOVE jwest!! I suffer from the whole not being able to function when Im stressing about the lakeshow1! hahaah!! and his 3/4 court shot, yeah.. if only it would have been a three!! Jerry IS the lakers. I want him to come back!! Magic is the man though, he will always be my favorite!!! awesome that you are a lakers fan, at least I HOPE you are!!

 

[lakergirl]

off day~~

30 minute walk

diet
3 egg whites
2 pieces of ww toast w raspberries

granola bar

tuna w piece of toast

oatmeal

orange/mandarin slices

chicken/vegetables/bakes potato

man. I am LOOOOOVING sasha Vujacic.. wow.. what a steal!

 

[lakergirl]

ugh.. missed yesteday.. trip to the dentist.. frozen mouth. toothache, didt feel like doing anything.. but.. haha I didnt eat anything but egg whites and then just water and a strawberry smoothie since my face was frozen! guess thats kinda a good thing!

today was: Chest and tris

chest! I benched 95 today!! I was feeling strong! yeah!! that felt good.. but I am already feeling sore! oops
bench press
decline press w/ free weights
overhead tricep pull down
skull crushers

new machine for chest/tris -did some sort of flies.. not really sure the name! Ill check next time


cardio
45 minutes on bike
30 min walk
why am I so much weaker with free weights as opposed to the bar when benching? any reason?

Ill post diet later.

 

[lakergirl]

wow, what a DAY!!

Kobe Bean Bryant will remain a laker for the next 7 years, so basically is is pretty safe to say that this is now kobe's team, and kobe will most likely remain a laker for life!!!

On a sadder note, Derek Fisher will be signing a deal with Golden state. Im happy for Fish, but Im gonna miss that class act!

as for me!! I was running around doing errands all day. I had an interview for a position at futureshop.. here's hoping.

Diet

meal 1- w/w toast w/ strawberries and half a grapefruit
meal 2- fruit salad
meal 3- iced tea, chicken breast on w/w bun w/ tomato and lettuce
meal 4- iced cappachino (nonfat milk, ice and cappachino mix)


workout
45 mins on bike
15 on elliptical

no weights (I felt DEAD today!! )

I did a body bar class, and I used a heavier bar than I did the last time. I ay as well have done weights, because i was dying by the end anyway!!


now its back to waiting for KOBE'S press conference!!

 

[Jenny]

Hey Lakergirl sorry I haven't stopped by earlier to welcome you here
You're doing great

 

[atherjen]

futureshop? thats where I bought my messed up computer! lol Hope you get the job. Which one?

Things are looking good, great work on the bench press!
need to try for more protein in your diet too

 

[ncgirl21]

Hey Lakergirl Welcome to IM!!

 

[lakergirl]

hey everyone!!


thanks for the welcomes!!

Jen, Im not the greatest with computers, so we shall see.. I wanted to geta communications position wit phones and cameras and such, but the guy interviewing me said he was gonna send me to the computer position, so who knows! As for getting protein, what are some other ways to get it? I try to eat a lot of chicken.. sometimes pb, I dont really know what else. Your pictures btw, are crazy!!

Jenny! Hello, I just looked through your journal last night~ you have some crazy progress and it looks like you have the perfect workout partner in your eggy! thanks for stopping by!!

ncgirl HI!! thanks for the welcome! its pretty great here huh?

 

[Stacey]

Hey Lakergirl! Glad you started a journal!! I love the lakers too!

Keep up the great work, and good luck on the job hunt!

 

[lakergirl]

Hey everyone. wow what a day, it seems like it went on forever! dont you hate those days? I couldnt sleep last night for the life of me, I was up until around 4am. Then I was up at 9. So restless. I had the worst headache. aw well its all better now!!


Lamar Odom, Caron Butler and Brian Grant had their press conference today introducing them as lakers!! wahooo!! I was so happy, like I cant wait!


ugh.. I kinda skipped out on the gym today.. OOPS.. i just felt so tired and weak from not sleeping.

meals
meal 1- ww toast, egg white and grapefruit
meal 2-tuna sandwich openfaced w/w bread
meal 3-tomato soup
meal 4-pizza (I scrapped off all of the toppings and I just had the crust. But damnit! why did I do that?)
thats it for now.

Stacey, thanks for stopping by, I hope you have fun this weekend! and Im sure youll look great in your bikini!

 

[Jill]

I think the toppings of the pizza are the best part , silly girl!!!

My bf Steve loves bb too-he also loves soccer, football, and poker- he is obsessed with sports.

 

[M.J.H.]

Welcome to IM lakergirl, great to have you here. Nice to see a new face. Diet is looking pretty clean, really keep up the hard work. And if you skip the gym because you're feeling sleepy and tired, that's a good thing, your body probably appreciates it.

Good luck achieving your goals!

Any pictures you could maybe use as motivation?

 

[greekblondechic]

Hello! Welcome to IM!

Some other good sources of protein might be lean beef, tuna, fish, cottage cheese, carb countdown milk (if u have this), yogurt (I eat the carb countdown yogurts..low carbs higher protein!) and protein powder. im sure there's some I'm missing..

 

[atherjen]

yupp all the protein sources Vivian mentioned are great! try to incorporate a variety of them! if you like them that is...
did you find out about the job yet?

LOL I would have ate the toppings instead of crust! might as well just eat it all anyways as a treat!

 

[Jenny]

Jenny! Hello, I just looked through your journal last night~ you have some crazy progress and it looks like you have the perfect workout partner in your eggy! thanks for stopping by!!

Hey! Thanks, I'm very happy about my progress and my workout partner He kicks my butt when I'm lazy and vice versa
Don't worry about the weekend sins, just clean it all up today and you'll be fine
Have a good day!!

 

[lakergirl]

hey everyone.. well sunday... hmm i cant really remember all that i ate, but i know that it was supposed to be my day off, but because i skipped out on the gym on saturday, i went and did cardio and aabs.

today.. i went to teh gym.. did some more abs! and then 30 mins on the elliptacal. then I did legs.. and wow are they SORE!!

meal -1- 2 egg whites/english muffin/ketchup
meal -2- chicken with soup
meal -3- grapefruit/banana
meal -4- smoked salmon/.5 cup of brown rice
meal -5- fruit salad

 

[atherjen]

diets looking better and better! how about some protein w/ meal 3 and 5

you did leggies AFTER cardio??? are you nuts? lol Im just playing, but seriously, it is by far best to do weights before cardio, youll have far far more energy. and IMO if you can do a lot of cardio after aleg day, then you havent pushed yourself hard enough

you getting all this heavy rain down there too?

 

[lakergirl]

jenjen!!

yes im getting all of the damn rain. it makes me sooo tired and lazy, i hate it.

As for cardio before weights, i usually dont do that, but i was only going to do cardio and abs.. then i got sick of the cardio scene (as i usually do), and i could tell i was only halfassing it, so i jsut gave up and decided to go do some legs!

im a little worried now though..had to go to the dentist..hmmm that toothach Ihad awhile back. not so much the problem.. rather its a wisdom tooth.. Im scared im going to have to get them taken out.. hrm,, is it weird taht the first thing i think of is how long ill be out of teh gym if i end up getting taht done?

 

[M.J.H.]

Great point Jen, I think weights should always, always be done before cardio. Deplete muscle glycogen during the weight session so you burn off fat with the cardio.

 

[atherjen]

I think we get the point that you agree Mikster! 4X

 

[lakergirl]

Hey! Wow, I had my first chest workout since my 95 pound bench press. Im not sure what to think.. since today I could only lift 85! How could I have gone down 10 whole pounds in less than a week? I mean, it couldnt have been a fluke that I did the 95, so I dont really understand.

Regardless of how my workout disappointed me, the mirror didnt today! I can see my abs really starting to come, especially by my hips, if that makes any sense to anyone, its cool. hehe I love it!!

Diet so far
meal -1- 2 ww toast with peanut butter, fruit salad
meal -2- snack was sf jello with mandarin slices in it

thats it for now

 

[atherjen]

thats not too surprising on the bench press situ. All depends on energy, gylcogen stores(less equals sometimes more weaker), and exactly how much MIND AND FOCUS went into it, that plays a huge role despite what some think. Patrick (P-Funk) is the master of that

good to hear about the abs coming in! stick with it!

*you need P-R-O-T-E-I-N*