Chali12’s BodyBlog

If lifting in the morning…
1/4c dry measure oatmeal, 1 scoop protein, 1/4c strawberries
After lifting is 1 pro shake, 1/2 banana
2-3hrs later 4oz chicken or salmon, 2-3c salad w/vinegar and hot sauce (zero cal) as "dressing" (what can i say..i know i have weird taste..), 5-6 almonds
Repeat above meal
130kcal protein shake, casien.
Omega-3 supp: 7g/day
Will have 1tbsp of natural pb with the fat drained out is I’m really having cravings

If not lifting the morning, then take out the pre-workout meal and add in one more "real food" meal later. On these days I do fasted morning cardio. Lately I’ve been hitting up my new elliptical machine, which i loooove…and it doesn’t aggrevate any of my overuse injuries

yeah this sucks, but i figure if i don’t ask i don’t get a resolution, right?

i’ve been doing a lot of reasearch but not really coming up with anything..

anyway, my problem is that for the past almost year or so now, i’ve been getting up about 1-3x/night to pee. it’s obviously interrupting my sleep cycle and not allowing me to heal properly..which is bad enough. to top it off, about 6-7 months ago i gained about 30lbs and none of it has budged since…even though i’ve always, ALWAYS kept my diet very clean. i’ve tried bouncing calories and carbs, all over the place to see if any of that would help; nope, it hasn’t. i even went on a poynter program and have still not lost an ounce. i’m not sure what’s going on but it’s really messing up my life. anyone have any ideas?

i DO HIIT, since doing the poynter program i’ve switched it to 15-20mins post-workout, either jumping rope or the elliptical (i can’t run because of my hip injury). since then i’ve actually started doing it about 3x/week, with longer cardio sessions (35-40mins, or an hr of kickboxing always pushing as hard as i can) mixed into the week as well, so about 4x/week. I can’t give my weight schedule because that would be a breach on contract, but it’s poynter so you know it’s good.

anyway i’m really pissed off that i’m not getting results and wondering if my other issue has anything to do with it?

I’ve heard this argument go both ways…I do a lot of reading on topics like these and was wondering what the general opinion was?

My workout schedule for tomorrow is this:

Fasted morning cardio (30mins-1hr, depending if I run or kickbox. If I can run I will, but I have bad achilles tendons and need to be careful)

A few hours later, I’ll be lifting and that should take anywhere between 30-45mins. It’s higher reps, ranging from 8-25.

I’m switching up my nutrition plan for fat loss…it’s always been low carb, but I was last advised to have oatmeal, even though I’ve been avoiding carbs. It’s only 1/4c dry, but still. Could I have two slices of lite toast (whole/7 grain) instead? It’s 80kcal total from toast, whereas oatmeal is 75.

Also, should I include carbs in my post workout meal? This one is generally obvious but seeing as how I’ll be lazing around theh house afterwards…

Also help on my last blog post would be great..thanks..

Concerned about the next phase of workout…reps went from 5 all the way up to 8-10 for 3 sets, 15-20 for 3 sets, and 25-30 for another 3 sets, for each body part worked (2-3/day, plus usual cardio).

I’m worried that I’ll lose some strength…my bench went up to 75lbs and I want it to grow. I’m worried with the new rep scheme that I will lose the ability to bench 75lbs and slow down progress there. All lifts went up pretty much but I’m most happy with bench.

What do you think? Will I lose strength? I’m not sure how long this rep scheme lasts but I’m thinking at least a month or so.

Ultimately my goal IS fat loss….the thing that bothers me with this new higher-rep scheme is that I hear some people use it when cutting, BUT I did it today and despite no rests (except to change weight, b/c I really did not need any breaks even when I hit failure at the end of the rep/sets), I did *not* get my HR up…which means fewer calories burned. I’ve always been into heavier lifting, it causes more muscle to build so that makes sense to me to do it that way. Feel free to set me straight on this..I’m hoping I’m wrong. But heavy weights=more calorie burn+afterburn=more fat loss+more muscle tissue; and more muscle=more fat loss.

Still trying to get ripped…following the PFDP hasn’t done a thing in 5 weeks (it even changed my workouts from 6 days of cardio with 3-5 days lifting to 4 days lifting and 3 days cardio, and upped carbs pre-lifting). Clean lifestyle (low carb, especially at night-as always!) hasn’t done anything for months. I’m confused as to why. I’ve tried placing my calories all over the place; 1,200 to 1,500 and even carb cycling and I haven’t lost an ounce.

I just want to get ripped… I really just want to start seeing some changes in my body.

For the sake of cutting calories, should I just cut carbs completely? I really just don’t know what to think anymore. I always stick to keeping them earlier in the day anyway, for example pre-lifting (in the morning) and post-workout (cardio or lifting). Pre-lifting is 1/4c dry oatmeal with 1 scoop protein, and post is 2 slices light bread (40-45 calories per slices, about 15-20g carbs) with 1 scoop protein. The rest of my diet is of course 6oz meat with 1c veggies (2 meals like that) then 1 scoop casien protein shake at night.

I’ve added honey and noticed I feel a *lot* better during the day, now the problem is to just keep eating that under control lol…just kidding. I’m determined. I’m just pissed that I put in all this effort and get *nothing* for a reward. Help?

EDIT: Just wanted to put in full details…lifting schedule changed. I’m lifting 6x/week now, but will only be lifting in the morning about 3x/week. So 4 days of morning cardio (which, whenever I do cardio, it’s a given that it’s fasted morning cardio). On the days where I’m lifting, I’ll eat about 1-2hrs pre-workout. Food: 1/4c oatmeal, 1 scoop protein. Post lifting is 2 sliced low-carb/lite bread (80 calories altogether, 17g carbs, 4g fiber..bread actually works as a simple sugar in the body so I figure it’s better to have something I actually *like* rather than candy, ie. gummi bears which I *hate*) with 150kcal, 30g protein shake. Rest of the day is 2 meals of 4-6oz meat with 1-2c veggies and at night it’s the casien protein shake. Obviously as stated before..6g omega-3’s/day about about 6-10 almonds/day. I *know* I really, *REALLY* can’t have peanut butter in my diet…if I do, I *will* overeat it. It’s a huge weakness of mine. Other foods I have no problem with, but there’s just something about peanut butter.. Anyway I told trainer I can’t have it and the reasons why, and he said to just do as he said. No can do, I found out the hard way.

I’ve been sticking with those program to a "T" (so to speak) for coming up on 5 straight weeks. I see people make incredible changes within 6 weeks, but I have not lost ONE OUNCE, haven’t dropped even half an inch ANYWHERE, or ANYTYHING AT ALL! I’m really pretty furious. What a waste of money. I’m really honestly shocked this isn’t working out for me..and at the same time, I stated my body is super-sensitive to carbs and I *need* a carb-reduced diet to lose *anything*. I was told no, no, to just stick to the plan, it would work.. WELL, IT’S NOT!

I’ve been *living* the clean lifestyle and exercise hard for years. I don’t understand *why* I can’t get any results with this plan. Part of it is being hypo of course, which is why my weight hasn’t gone down even on severly reduced calories these past 3-4 months. But I would have thought that hiring someone to help me drop body fat would yeild *some* kind of results. NOPE! If I had the money I’d probaly try to find someone else who’d be more willing to help customize my nutrition program (which, as I stated has been clean and perfectly calculated and measured for years. I know what I’m doing. What I don’t know is why this isn’t working.) I just want to drop body fat. Gaining muscle would be fine too..except for the fact that it is not happening.

After a month I said I’m not getting results at all and was still told to stick with it. Well I’ve been sticking with this (clean eating) for years and nothing. I was hoping to lose some weight (fat) by now, or even see a little difference. Nothing. I’m completely crushed.

This is what I’ve been on, been uploading progress pics..

For me, cardio has been reduced to 3x/week. I’ll either do a 30 min HIIT running session, or running trails (also 30 mins, high intensity pace…seriously my HR is like 170+-192+, I like it ) or kickboxing for about an hour (I also keep that high intensity). So 4x/week I’m lifting weights.

I lifted for an hour this morning and only burned 320kcal..is this normal? I was pushing as hard as I could, lifting as heavy (except for the finishing 25reps at a lower weight, but even then I try to fail out a bit on those) and taking as short rests as possible. I felt exhausted afterward. I haven’t been able to do the post-lifting cardio (15min HIIT which is optional anyway) on mon&wed because I’ve been waaaay too exhausted to do so. It is partially due to sleeping problems and horrible, horrible nocturnia (even when I don’t drink anything hours before bedtime!!)….but still. Is it ok that I’m this tired after lifting? I guess it means I pushed myself, but still, so few calories burned..it makes me nervous.

One thing I am excited about is my new elliptical..one that doesn’t hurt my knees. It’s an eclipse, it’s the only one I’ve found that I like I will be doing a lot of HIIT on that I am sure.

Yup…just found out I have it. That explains a lot.

"Severe hypothyroidism", to be exact..supposidly the 2nd worse there is?

The insomnia, weight gain, constant feeling of cold, etc. Not that I’ve used that as an excuse to bloat up. It just means I have to work that much harder.

I knew it ran in the family but I didn’t think I had it. I guess all my hard work HAS paid off, to keep me from being huge. I’m lucky I’ve only gained 27lbs (130 now) and not more.

I have a problem. It’s been getting worse over the past few months. Before, I would just wake up in the middle of the night a lot (embarassingly enough, I was getting up to go pee; even if I didn’t drink hours before bed).

Now I’m just not sleeping. Last night I had to take benadryl at 2am just to pass out. And I am still getting up. Out of the past 4 nights, 2 nights I did not sleep *at all*. For the past few weeks I was only having maybe 1 night where this would happen out of every 2 weeks, but like I said this is getting progressively worse fast. My bf’s mom has some stuff that may work so I’m hoping for that…but if not I’m looking into ALRI’s products.

Just to clarify I don’t take any stims in the afternoon. I’m actually not taking any at all and haven’t for a month. At least a month ago I could sleep. Now I’m stuggling to pass out for hours, every single night. I’m lucky if I can fall asleep but I’ll still wake up about 2-3 times at least..

I’m really interested in getting a personal trainer to try to help me get very lean, but I can’t do HIIT more than 1ce a week if I’m lucky due to my hip. I lift 4-5 days per week, and do cardio every day, unless I take a day off to do just high intensity lifting (ie normally this’ll be leg day, because my HR gets high due to circuit training/heavy lifting and sometimes throwing in drop sets).

A pretty typical week will look like:

1-3days/week: 1-1.5 hrs high intensity cardio (HR avg. 156-186 or 190 if I’m lucky, but it doesn’t drop lower than 156 throughout the whole sessions and noramlly stays within 163-170+. I basically just push as hard as possible thoughout the whole session, only taking breaks for water). My cardio is kickboxing with jumping rope intervals

2-3days/week: 30 mins-1 hr cardio (see above), then lifting for about 40+ mins

1 day/week: either 30 min HIIT (running or bike), then 30-40+mins lifting, or I’ll do the HIIT in the morning and follow with weights a few hours later.
1-2/week I’ll do a full hr+ cardio in the morning, then do 30-45mins lifting later in the afternoon.

Sorry if that’s confusing at all. Calories stay between 1,200-1,500, ALWAYS a clean diet (I hate junk food anyway), and I keep carbs to fiber one cereal in the morning with 1-2 strawberries, and then veggies (lettuce, zuccini, squash, or broccoli) throughout the rest of the day. I think the only real flaw in my diet is that I love steak and have it 1-3 nights/week. Gotta work on that….