jolyn’s BodyBlog

….but I am back today.  Yesterday was just cardio on the arc trainer for 35 mins same as last week friday with the 5/2min intervals.  Food was same as usual with 1321 cals   39/36/26…  I hope these ratio’s are ok lately, I have for the longest time done 40/40/20 and now that I don’t have my eggs in the morning I am a little off kilter.  Change is good right:)

Today was legs and wow I must have been slackin lately cuz I could really feel this workout and I didn’t really even have much weight going on because I am still trying out this new workout, I know lame excuse to be lazy huh….  Not to mention I was sore from sunday’s workout which is super cool….

 So here it is:

Triset 3×10

BB squats - I used just the bar

Lunges - No weight

Squat Thrusts or at least that is what we used to call them in gym class…  It is suppose to be burpee’s but I don’t have enough room to jump in my basement, I would hit my head and that wouldn’t be good.

Superset - 3×10

DB Stiff Leg Deadlifts - 20lb’s

Stability ball curl - they do work boy did I feel them!

Meal 1 - bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - banana and cottage cheese

Meal 3 - Chicken Monterey, veggies, and a salad - The boss took us out!

Meal 4 - Muscle Milk

Meal 5 - Almonds

Meal 6 - Pasta, lean ground beef, sauce, mushrooms and onions.

Cals 1571  37/31/32…  My salt intake is probably a little high today so I will need to drink more water  ha ha imagine that me more water ……..

So I am terribly impatient oh that’s right I already mentioned that.  I received my Oxygen mag yesterday and there was a workout in there that I thought I would try..  Boy do I suck at some stuff……  anyways it is a triset and superset workout.  Lift ever other day and cardio on the other days.  Here is what I did today, I went light because I have never done trisets and some of the exercises and I need more practice:

Tri-set 3×10

Deadlifts - 45lbs

B/O rows - 45lbs

Leaning 1 arm reverse flyes - 8lbs

Superset 3×10

pushups

B/O reverse Flyes 8lbs

Superset  2×10(I suck at these)

Birddogs

Supermans

Meal 1 - 2 ww waffles, pb and honey, skim milk

Meal 2 - almonds

Meal 3 - salmon and ww bagel

Meal 4 - chicken, potato, broccoli

1152 cals 32/25/43

This just means that I work my weekend bartending job as well and I will be up for 21 hrs:)  gotta love money woo hoo….

Cardio day today on the Arc Trainer and this is what I did:

5 min warm up - HR up to 140ish

5 min - HR around 150, 75-80%

2 min - HR around 170, 90-95%

5 min - HR 150

2 min - HR 170

5 min - HR 150

2 min - HR 170

5 min - HR 140p - 150, 75%

4 min - cool down

So is this interval or HIIT?  The guy working out next to me which is a friend of mine that I told to shut up said that since my resistance was at only 30 and because I wasn’t sweating that I am not working hard enough…….  Any thoughts?  I told him that it did’t matter because my HR is where it is suppose to be, hey what do I know I am the fat one……

So because I work in a bar/restuarant on the weekends it really screws up my eating…  10-12hrs shifts with no real break and definately not able to eat timed every 3 hr meals.  But I am moving so the cals should be burning.  Here is what I hope my food to be……

Meal 1 - bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - Banana and Muscle milk light rtd, this stuff is crap it’s like drinking pudding! 

Meal 3 - Chicken, broccoli, and a potato

Meal 4 - Chicken, broccoli, and another bagel and I am still hungry

Meal 5 - nut crunch bar

Meal 6 - chicken, tossed salad, and probably a potato of some sort

1523 cals    42/30/28  Not really drinking any more water but I am in the bathroom quite a bit:)

Hope you all have a great weekend see ya back here on Sunday!

Is just way to boring!  So I have to put myself deep in thought about something so that I can make it through without feeling like my 35 min walk is 10hrs long  ughhh……   So the question that came to mind while walking was, am I really working hard enough to get this fat off?  Is my HIIT really HIIT or is it interval training?  Do I lift enough weight?  Am I really lifting all I can lift or should I be struggling to do more?  Am I fat because for the last 2 yrs I have felt like I am doing what I am suppose, it worked in the past, or I have medical/hormone/thyroid issue but…. is it simply because I am lazy and need to work harder?  I still dont’ have the answers to these questions but it got me throught the torture of steady state cardio and I am one more cardio session closer to skinny:)

So as you have already figured out it was a cardio day which I did after a leg/ab workout! I did 35 mins on the treadmill at a HR of 140 which is 75%.

Leg ext/Plie Squats 37.5, 42.5, 47.5, 52.5, 47.5, 25

Step Ups/1 leg lunges 5,8,10,12,10,0

Decline situps/v-ups on the bench

 I ate a lot today!

Meal 1 - Bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - Muscle Milke light

Meal 3 - gr beef, baked scoops, onion, sour cream lt, 2% cheese

Meal 4 - Cottage Cheese and a banana

Meal 5 - almonds

Meal 6 - chicen, red potato, and broccoli

Cals 1461  38/31/32

I really want to switch my lifting routine!!!!!!   But I won’t……  or will I????? ahhhhh…. 

So it was spinning again today for about 45mins…  Hr was pretty good  140ish - 165ish, could have stayed on the higher side more.

Meal 1 - Bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - Muscle Milk Lite  ( yuck it was all clumpy in the bottom)

Meal 3 - Gr beef, baked scoops, onion, 2% cheese and sour cream.

Meal 4 - Banana

Meal 5 - Same as #3

1348 calories 

Well I am going to take the advice of "trainwithrae" (have you seen her, wow!!!) and add some cardio.  She is recommending that instead of 2 -20 min days to make it 4 -35 min days.  So that is what I did yesterday 35 HIIT on the Arc Trainer.  I keep thinking I want to change my lifting to a 4day split as well but I keep reminding myself to be patient one thing at a time or I won’t know what is working arrggghhh!!!!  Instant gratification ya know……….

Upper body today and I need to go up on weight next time on most of it:

Flyes/Ball Pushups - 10,12,15,20,15

Side Raises/Upright Rows - 5,8,10,12,10,12

B/O Hammer Rows/Reverse Flyes - 10,12,15,20,15,8

O/H Extension/Kickbacks - 12,20,25,30,25,12

Incline Curls/BB Curls - 10,12,15,20,12,25

Meal 1 - Bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - Muscle Milk Light

Meal 3 - Chicken, rice, cauliflower

Meal 4 - cottage cheese and a banana

Meal 5 - Extra Lean Gr Beef, baked scoops, 2% cheese, and Lt Sour Cream:)

Cals 1357   40/30/30….  Do we really have to discuss water??????

So lets see Saturday was a cheat day/ Rest day.  I did enjoy myself a little cuz I went out with a friend and it was my first weekend night off work since Thanksgiving so I had a few drinks.  But sometimes I need to do that right? So yes my punishment for that is I was up 2lbs on the scale this morning, could just be water weight…….

Yesterday was leg day

Leg ext/Plie Squats 37.5, 42.5, 47.5, 52.5, 47.5, 25

Step Ups/1 leg lunges 5,8,10,12,10,0

Decline situps/bicycles

Food not so good for Sunday because I am not awake long enough lol

Meal 1 - Bagel w/pb and 1% milk

Meal 2 - protein shake

Meal 3 - wheatables w/pb

Meal 4 - Chicken, broccoli, and brown rice

1135 cals - oops!

Today will be cardio but I am not sure if I want to hit the Arc Trainer or do a spin class….

Meal 1 - Bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - Protein Shake

Meal 3 - chicken, broccoli, and brown rice

Meal 4 - banana and cottage cheese

Meal 5 - chicken, cauliflower and brown rice

1324 cals… thats better 

So I got on the scale this morning and I was down 4lbs total since the last weight in so I was pretty optimistic……  But I only lost .58% which was not enough to beat my competitor this time.  So I am guessing that most of what I lost was water weight but hey that’s ok right……  I have 28 days to get my a** in gear or I will end up buying two tickets to the Tigers game arrgghhh!!!  I am already buying beer and hot dogs cuz of my last 2 weight in’s.

 So today was cardio and I got on the Arc Trainer for 25 minutes of HIIT…….  And I have to bartend tonight for about 9hrs so that will keep me moving.

Meal 1- ww Bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 protein shake

Meal 3 - Turkey Wrap

Meal 4- I need to  figure this one out quick cuz I have to leave for work

Meal 5 - Probably chicken, tossed salad, and baked potato

 So I get measured tomorrow morning for the 2nd month of my competition and I am feeling pretty good about:)  Please keep your fingers crossed for me tho.  I am trying not to get too excited just incase but I would love to see a 1.5% loss….    So I had an awesome upper body workout tonight to prepare me for the morning!!!!!!

Flyes/DB chest press - 10,12,15,20,15,15

Side Raises/DB Shoulder Press - 5,8,10,12,10,12

B/O Hammer Rows/B/O BB rows - 10,12,15,20,15,30

O/H Extension/Kickbacks - 12,20,25,30,25,12

Incline Curls/BB Curls - 10,12,15,20,12,25

Meal 1 - WW Bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - Protein Shake

Meal 3 - Burger, beans, Wheat thins

Meal 4 - Cottage Cheese and almonds

Meal 5 - Chicken, angel hair, salad, glass of wine.

1398 cals,  this is a guestimate because I had dinner out this evening……   I am still hungry tho so I better go to bed so I don’t munch.

Just got home from an awesome 45 min spin class oh yeahhhhh!!!!!!!!     HR 158-171 for the whole ride…   Ready for my weigh in on Friday:)  My competitor is buying hotdogs at the game whoo hoo……..  I was also down another lb this a.m..  I know I know yes I was on the scale 2 days in a row but I was feelin skinny this morning and I just needed some confirmation.  At this point I need as much positive reinforcement as I can get, thats what I need and that is what is going to pull me out of this pathetic 2 yr slump!!!  I will be fat no more………………………………..

so obviously it was a cardio day today so enough said now on to the food portion…..

Meal 1 - Bagel w/pb and yogurt

Meal 2 - Myoplex

Meal 3 - Extra lean burger and potato

Meal 4 - Cottage Cheese and banana

Meal 5 - Same as lunch but added some green beans:)

1392 calories and yet not enough water, somebody shoot me!