StephanieShine’s BodyBlog

I am completely settled into my course schedule now and back to the laziness of dorm life. I have upped my average calories by 300 or so, back where they were before the semester started and my weigh is also back to where it was. The 2 week average is 114.1 but some days were high, around 155.5. Looks like what ever was making me sick and fat at home is still around, or I am more sensitive to it. This is going to be tough and I have alot of figuring out and experimenting to do. I am pretty sure it is some toxin, not my calorie balance, that is making me fat and keeping on the pounds.
Lifting time has been limited so I am angry at that, I do squeeze in cardio workout in the afternoon. I really need to step it up in this area! I also have been forgetting my morning supplements and I haven’t been bringing my water bottle around with me. Before I focus on removing this toxin (dairy, wheat soy?) I have to get the basics down first!

While reviewing my last two week weigh in results I optimistically said, "I learned my lesson - continue to feed myself only the freshest, natural and organic foods and stay hydrated and rested!" Well . . . Just because I learned it doesn’t mean I implimented it. And I clearly didnt, gaining a little under a half a pound. Totaling 4 lbs since I have been home in this unhealthy, hectic environment. My digestion issues are getting worse. I either wake up starving or I can’t eat breakfast at all. If I do I feel extremely tired. When I do eat my stomach feels very tight and painful, then suddenly about 30 minutes later I switch right back to starving. I have a feeling my food isn’t being digested/absorbed properly. No one should be physically hungry right after a meal.

I’ve stopped taking the Dialene because even though its caffiene and some capsasin extract, its still a stress to my body and I dont want to burn myself out. I need to take more days off and try to get more sleep and have less coffee.

The Good
Have Fruit & Veggies Every Day - Mixed Fruit and a Cucumber Bean Salad
Lift 4 Times This Week Minimum - Shoulders & Cardio Today
Don’t Spend Any Money - Bought 2 Odwalla Bars and a Naked Blueberry Drink with Meal points - So that doesn’t count as money
Try A New Food Daily - Banana Protein
Study Anatomy A Solid Hour Daily - Yay! Accomplished =] Even recited some muscles while working out

The Not So Good
Write At Least 4 Articles - None today but I got alot of views on my articles
Remember Supplements - Even with them sorted out and sitting
Wake Up & Go To Sleep At The Same Time -  Couldn’t sleep til 2 am last night and woke up at 11. Not sure how things will go tonight. Its 11 pm and Im not even drowsy =/
De-Clutter 1 Clothing Drawer - Not today

Slept 2 hours past my alarm. Got out of bed at 10 and had breakfast at 10:30. Took a little bit more eggs than usual, so I couldn’t finish them all. I also got an english muffin with peanut butter. The fiber from the english muffin and fats in the peanut butter made me so full that I couldn’t go straight to the gym. I waited until 1 to workout.

I had my sample of Super Pump during my hour long workout and that upset my stomach a bit too. I felt not weak, but fatigued. It was a weird effect. A combination of me not eating anything two days ago, not working out for nearly two weeks and having my period. I can’t say for sure if super pump helped or hurt with all these other things interfering. My stomach felt weird after to and the thought of my creatine drink made it more upset. I had a small piece of fudge to get some post-workout sugars but I will have a proper recovery meal when I feel settled.

Woke up, took a Pre-workout NO, worked out Legs and some Chest for 45 minutes burning 220 caloires. Then back in my room I took Optimum Vassive-C5 and then had some oatmeal. NO didn’t effect me much.

Ah! Way to many carbs. Over consumed calories by 647!

I didn’t make it to the gym the first few days back from break and for the past few days I have been enduring a cold. My fat mass is at it’s highest in my life now. While my muscle mass is too, this amount of fat is incredibly and deeply unacceptable to me. Especially since the days of "sunny and 60" are here. Windows are opening and so are the boxes of summer clothes. But I am embarassed. I can’t and won’t wear anything less than jeans and a belly hiding shirt. I blame this on college.

But it has inspired me to go deeper into my expiraments with raw and vegan foods. I am currently sprouting lentils and almond in little bowls in my dorm room. I got some Optimum vanilla soy protein (to my dismay contains dairy) and Optimum vassive-c5 post workout drink. My order came with alot of other supplement freebies that I can’t wait to try. I also have decided to cut back calories and add in cardio to me weekly routines. Im only doing this for 4 weeks, or as soon as I lose 5 lbs of intolerable fat. I know I sound harsh here, but it motivates me.

My cold looks like its on its recovery swing, atleast I hope that all this hot tea and sleep has done something. So if I am not feeling congested tomorow I’ll try weights and If I am congested but well rested in the morning I need to get on that elliptical!

I didn’t train at all this week. Strange how the body and mind work, last week I was enthusiastic and pumped out 10 hours in the gym. This week was less than 1. Earlier today I was thinking about my reasons for not working out each morning this week. Instead of focusing on that I made a mental list of what went wrong and the exact steps I can take next week to fix it.

Reason 1 - Snow Day - Suck it up, bundle up and walk to the gym! Another big snow day like that one is unlikely because the seasons are starting to change.

Reason 2 - Sick Day - Need to focus on prevention of this more! While I am trying to ween off of my nightly preventative migrane medicine, I still need to keep track of how many I take per week. Getting better sleep, balanced training, remembering my fish oil and upping the fruits and veggies while reducing preservatives, dyes and chemicals will help with this and everything.

Reason 3 - Too Tired - Alarm went off at the usual 7 am. Didn’t get out of bed until 9 am. Need to start my nightly routine around 10 instead of the usual 11:30 pm.

Reason 4 - A Project was Due - Stick to my academic plan so I am not cramming hours before the class. Stop wasting time online and go to the library more for better focus.

Reason 5 - Waiting! - My roommate never wakes up before 11 and often willingly skips her classes. I should not plan my breakfast, training and post-workout meal around her time - We can enjoy time together when we both are free, but in the mornings I have more important things to do!

Starting tomorow I’ll be back in full swing. I am using today as a super catch up day and not going out again tonight. I need to catch up on everything training wise and I have alot of exams, practicals, quizzes, papers and presentations all due before spring break next friday. I’ve already made arangement for that week to be not only a catch-up week, but a get ahead week. I am not going on vacation or anything so I bought a week pass at my favorite home town gym and I am going to bring most of my textbooks home with me to brush up on old, relevant material and then get ahead so the rest of my semester can be a breeze.

I am excited to go training now. I had a big salad, almond butter and a Slimquick energy shot and I wrote this blog as my stomach settled. Now I am antsy to go to the gym. For once I am not sure what I am going to do. I usually have a specific plan to prevent over/under/unbalance training but since I have accidentally taken the week off my entire body is rested and ready for anything!

Woke up at 7 am today for a class at 8. The professor never showed, he probably got snowed it. This frees up 2 hours for me to do whatever before my normal gym time. I am going to use the first hour to finish my NO drink mix and let it and breakfast settle then I’ll head to the gym an hour earlier. Should be done by 10 instead of starting at 10, which is perfect timing to wake my roommate up for a post work-out meal in the cafeteria. Eggs, Milk and BCAAs baby.

My chest hurts to pull on my winter coat and my shoulders will hurt when I wash my hair. My biceps and triceps only hurt when I extend or flex them. Gotta load up on that glutamine today.

Its been awhile since I did any real, consistent training and its been even longer since I blogged about it. Now that I have my own car I am free to go to the gym whenever, with whoever and for as long or as little as I’d like. In order to reinspire myself and get myself back into the groove and the mindset I was in at the begining of May (the peak of my training, nutrition and supplementation) I’ve pulled out the back log of oxygen magazines (I went months without reading them), I am starting to read articles here again, downloaded a few podcasts to listen to on the way to the gym, created a well thought out meal plan for the week, re-stocked up on the essentail foods, have been getting more sleep and lastly been putting my body before other interests of mine such as getting ready for dorm life, learning french for paris, saving money and being simplified and organized.

Whew I’d say thats quiet a good list to have accomplished in the past 3 days. I am really sore from yesterdays leg, back and chest workouts and Im saving Shoulders, biceps, triceps and abs for tomorow when I can go with my younger brother. But I have an hour to kill before I go to work and Im thinking about loading up my mp3 player with some more podcasts and just hopping on the bike for a little while.

Calories - 1267
Fat - 40 g
Carbs - 128 g (39 g Sugar, 7 g Fiber)
Protein - 98 g

For a leg/back day I probably could have had more protein but I was a little crunched for time and money. The carb intake for the day overall was higher than I would usually want it to be, but low for a training day. However the carbs were only at breakfast, pre and post workout so I am still fueled up! Tomorow it’s back to school after a 4 day break. I’ve already got out my morning supplements so I dont forget any.