Tough time coping with not working out!!

[dalila]

hey there J, are those your legs?? Nice!!

I looked at only one gym because it has the reputation of being the best unisex gym in the city, in terms of facilities and equipment. So I thought " if this is the best, god knows what's the rest like!" I can still drop by there or somewhere else once a week or something like that to work out with different machines....

Yesterday's diet:
9.30 coffee
10.00 1/2 C CC, 150gm oats in LF milk and some dried cranberries
1.00 150gm braised fish, veggie, apple
4.30 1/2C CC, 2 WW biscuits in 1/2 C milk
7.00 PW Whey, oats, 10 chestnuts
9.30 250gm roast chicken, lots of lettuce and tomato salad, 5 teaspoons of ice cream

back and bis

Pull ups 1X15@ 12 plates asssitance, 4X10 @ 11 pl assistance (55lbs) slow negatives
WG pull downs ( the widest grip) 1X15 &50lbs, 4X10X55lbs
SS One arm rows 1X15 @20lbs, 4X8@25lbs with
Low row 1X15@42lbs, 4X8@50lbs

Standing BB curls 1X15@14lbs, 4X10@25lbs
Conc. Curl 1X15@10lbs, 4X10@12lbs
Unilateral Cable curl ( pulsing) 2X20reps @ 18lbs

NO abbies - had to rush home for a conference call!! Stupd work!!

 

[PreMier]

You think my chicken legs are nice?

Have you ever tried to do an unassisted pull up?

EDIT: what kind of icecream?

 

[dalila]

Errrr Jake I saw lots of chicken legs in chinese soups and trust me they don't look anythgin like THAT!! If those are your legs in the avi, they still have some good mass!! Don't you go all " I have a skewed image of my body" on me!!

Unassisted - hmmm I did, many time - AND FAILED . I've come from 15 plates, which is some 75pounds assistance to 11 plates@55lbs assistance in the last10 months, but have been stuck at 11 for a while now...any suggestions?

Ice cream - real full fat lychee with ginger Haagan Daze ( sp?) hehehe only real stuff for me thank you very much! I always prefer to have a little of the real thing than lots of the fake stuff.

 

[PreMier]

Sorry, I should have been more specific. So you cant do 1 pull up unassisted? Because if you can do one, then that is a start. Maybe do a couple sets of just one. Then next week, try 2 on the first set etc.
If not, then keep doing the assisted. But I would use fewer plates, and fewer reps. You seem to be able to do quite a few as it is.

 

[dalila]

J thanks a bunch!! I am gonna try that! I might be able to do 1!! I also think I will have to get a little mroe stict with my food, I am not doign any cardio, and the body fat hasn't been budging from 19.5% at all the last 6 weeks

 

[PreMier]

Yea, try to do one or two, rest a bit, then do another set. This is how I started out. And I could only do 3-4 when I first started this way. You will get there

Damn, does this mean no more ice cream? I was living so vicariously through you too What about doing cardio just once, maybe twice a week instead?

 

[dalila]

hehehe OK I'll still eat ice cream once a week just for you! Deal? LOL

Cardio, sigh, it will depend on how my back copes with it. I am planning to start some HIIT next week, and maybe just one high-intensity step class ( you are not allowed to laugh here, I really like my step class LOL). If mr. back doesn't complain, well and good if it does... and I hate stationary cycling ( the only cardio I am allowed right now), can't expres how much I hate it, I'd rather be fat than cycle in the gym!!

 

[greekblondechic]

Maintaining while injured and she's complaining!

 

[dalila]

hahahaha greeky you have a point!! Sorry I know you are right, and now I actually feel like an ungrateful child. The thing is, right now I am kinda in that phase where I don't feel any pain anymore, so I itch to do more, but still need to be very cautious...

 

[PreMier]

I forgot about your back! Do they have eliptical trainers at your gym? They are also low/no impact.

Oorite I will be checking for ice cream hehe

 

[dalila]

J there are a few elipticals in the gym but I can't use them either, soemthign about the posture and compressing the spine, yadda yadda yadda, I am suprised they allowed me to walk those paranoid docs!

 

[sara]

Most doctors dont know what they talking about.. sometimes you go there and you teach them things

 

[hikerchick]

J there are a few elipticals in the gym but I can't use them either, soemthign about the posture and compressing the spine, yadda yadda yadda, I am suprised they allowed me to walk those paranoid docs!

Actually, I agree with your doctor on this. I can't use the elliptical at all , the way your hips are set on the machine, always causes my SI joint to go out of alignment. If you have any lower back problems, this isn't the best machine for you. Are you able to walk a lot? That might make your back feel much better, it always helps mine. Except when I try to carry my 25 pound daughter in her backpack.

Hi girl! How's it going these days?

 

[fantasma62]

Hi my beautiful Dalila....


It's always so good to hear from you when you pass by my journal and at the same time shame me for not passing by yours, but I am seeing something in your experience that's beginning to scare me.
I played softball and have stopped because of a deep pain in the middle of my back every time I swong the bat....
It doesn't bother me when I lift or do any other type of workout....
hmmm...Interesting right?

Have a great day kid.....

 

[dalila]

tony please don't be silly, drop by when you can and no worries at all. And by the way it's funny you called me a kid, I am only a couple of years younger than you LOL. I'll be 31 in Jan. but it feels nice to hear it anyways!

Hikerchick, I am good thanks girl, just being busy at work and not loving it! Yeah I know you ( and the doctors) are right about elipticals, what I don't appreciate is that they put all patients in the same box. So no matter how mild your condition might be, they put you under same restrictions as the most serious cases, "just in case". I guess they have to cover their asses too.....But I found a really good doc, one of the best sports physicians here, and he workouts himself. He told me to slowly start doing everything I did before, just not as intense and to be very careful and observant as to how it feels.

Yesterday was a rest day. Didn't do much,just chilled out really, and read a ton of magazines, looking for ideas to renovate my kitchen.

diet:
9.30 coffee
10.00 2 WW buscuits, 1/2 C LF milk, 1/2 C cottage cheese, apple
1.00 150gm stewed gizzards ( ), spinach, bitter gourd
4.30 1/2 C cottage cheese, 15 chestnuts, apple
8.30 Fish Head noodle soup

 

[dalila]

hey everyone. J are you ready to enjoy an unbelievable weekend of pigging out? Ok I am not even gonna post it, but saturday was great till dinner time, then I went for a good friend's b'day party, and after about 6 glasses of wine ( 4 too many ) around 2am I was so starved I just ate whatever was in fornt of me, which was basically loads and loads of indian food - oily mutton curry, and even more oily eggplant curry sigh! Yesterday, I woke up with a hangover and coulnd't eat anything till 4pm!!

Note to self: YOU CAN'T DRINK AS MUCH AS YOU COULD IN YOUR 20S!! DRINK LESS!!!"

Saturday was chest and tris day:

Flat BB press 1X40@ 15lbs ( just the bar), 1X 15@30lbs, 4X8 @55lbs
Incline DB press 1X15X12lbs, 4X10@15lbs
Flat bench flyes 4X10X15lbs
Cable crossovers ( flyes) 4X8@36lbs

CG BB Presses 1X15@ 15lbs ( just the bar), 4X10@30lbs
Nose crushers ( lying lateral tri extensions with DB) 4X10@8lbs
Kick backs 3X10@10lbs
Bench dips ( legs on the floor, BW only) 3X15

NOTE: very short rest intervals. abt 15 secs.'

QUESTION : When you guys seriously overeat one or two days in a row, what do you do after that? Just continue with a healthy diet and regular workouts, or do you cut out carbs or even cut down calories for a day or two?

 

[sara]

It's recommended to eat with a healthy normal diet..

 

[Jill]

QUESTION : When you guys seriously overeat one or two days in a row, what do you do after that? Just continue with a healthy diet and regular workouts, or do you cut out carbs or even cut down calories for a day or two?

I ate a crapy meal Fri night and Sat night too Soooooo sun and mon Im just lowering my carbs a bit, to try and get rid of the bloat-oh yes and drinking TONNES of water. I guess its kinda punishment. Thats just me though.

 

[sara]

Jill calls it a punishment.. I call it my stomach can't handle food anymore

 

[greekblondechic]

Hrmm.. I didn't know the elliptical was bad for the lower back, I've been having lower back problems.. I will try walking, then jogging, then running, to see if my arches will hold up or not..

I think you can lower your carbs or calories OR do a bit of extra cardio and don't worry about it. Worry -> eating bad -> worry -> you get the idea!

 

[Jill]

Jill calls it a punishment.. I call it my stomach can't handle food anymore

That too

 

[PreMier]

Sounds like a good weekend. I ate a bunch too lol When I pig out, I always go back to the way things were. Its ok to indulge yourself on occasion, just dont do it too frequently.
I had icecream last night

 

[dalila]

thank you everyone, now I don't feel so bad! ( or maybe I should? LOL )

Jilly I am kinda worried about bringing my carbs lower cuz work is so demanding these days and I can't afford to feel sluggish or tired. Maybe I'll just cut down the evening portion ( carbs) for a couple of days.

Greeky and Sara, I started doing some cardio ( wasn't allowed before) and though am not in pain, my back is a little achie... now I cant decide if I should do it soon again or just rest...

Premy, the ice cream lord!! It's OK though you are working out hard now, it won't set you back so much. I had like gazillion litres of oil in those curries

yesterdy's food:
8.30 coffee
9.30 1/2C CC, 2 WW biscuits, 1/2 C LF milk
1. 30 100gm braised fish, 2 EW, 1 whole egg ( boiled), veggies
( no meal 3)
6.00 PreW ( whey + oats)
7.00 PW whey
9.00 shrim soup with egg noodles
12.00 1/2 C CC

Shoulders:
Smith press 15X35lbs, 12X45lbs 8X55lbs - 3 sets

Seated lateral raises 10X10lbs 3 sets
SS with
Seated Front Raises 10X8lbs 3 sets

Anterior detl presses ( machine) 10X37.5 3 sets
Rear lateral raises 10X8lbs 3 sets

 

[dalila]

another crazy day at work!! I hardly had enough time to eat at all!! Nowadays I have to wake up 30min earlier just to have my breakfast, cuz as soon as I open the office door, it starts....

The good news is, I just heard a good friend of mine who's getting married next month wants me to be a part of her Hen's nite party. That should be fun! The last hen party we had was an absolute blast!! Tourists were stoping the hen's entourage ( 15 of us) who were all dressed the same, and begged to take a photo with us! hehehe brings back some good memories. I will try but can't promise I won't get smashed for this one!

Today no gym - someone came to fix my broadband at home.

Diet:
9.00 coffee
10.00 LF yogurt, 2EW, 1 whole egg
1.30 150gm grilled mackarel, broccoli, mushrooms
6.00 2 EW
9.00 gm baked fish ( red mullet), veggie meddly ( lotus roots, green and red peppers) in orange sauce

 

[PreMier]

Hens party? lol Sounds like you will be causing quite the ruckus. And what are you doing on so late?

 

[dalila]

Hi J,I wish I could post the photos from the last hen's party, you'd laugh till no end, but I'd be a traitor and they'd kill me so no can do ha ha!

I was up working till midnite and this morning I've been up since 6am, now it's 7am and I have to get ready for work. laterssssss!!

 

[PreMier]

Have a fun day lol

 

[fantasma62]

tony please don't be silly, drop by when you can and no worries at all. And by the way it's funny you called me a kid, I am only a couple of years younger than you LOL. I'll be 31 in Jan. but it feels nice to hear it anyways!

Believe me, that kid remark I did not mean as an insult. Yeah, I know, you already know that. Thing is, I saw your photo and you look a lot younger than 30 By the way, I call my sister Kid and she's 32....
Either way, I always thought that one of the best compliments a woman can receive is to be told they look younger than they are, so there...

 

[dalila]

hey tony, I am a kid at heart and a big one at that!! . Hope you are feeling better by now.

Yesterday's day was plain nuts!! I was up from 5.45am went to bed at 1am today, and can hardly keep my eyes open.... and still so much to do, sigh....

I am not gonna post my diet in detail today coz it was very simple, I was running around the whole day, so I kept eating boiled eggs and whey and oats the whole day. For dinner I had fish and tiny piece of chocolate fondue cake.

No work out! My back is bugging me a little so I am taking it easy this week. I got my hair cut even shorter at the back, and now I look like I escaped from a 1920s movie!!

I hope you all have a good day tomorrow!

 

[dalila]

hey everyone, it's friday and I am a happy camper!! This week 's been just unbelievable, but that's just the way my work is, very unplanned, and at times peachie and at times leaves me no time to eat! I still did eat tho!!

9.30 coffee
10.00 oats and whey
1.30 some white rice, chicken beef and raw veggies
8.00 tandori chicken, salad

hope you all have a great weekend!!