SixZebra’s Workouts

Well, i’ve pretty much met my goal as far as far as bodyfat.  Didn’t make the weight goal but that just means more muscle!  Now its just a matter of maintaining till next weekend when I leave for vacation.  I’m taking the dive trip of a lifetime and going to roatan, an island off the north coast of Honduras.  Thanks to my brother, who is going with us, I just might know more about this  island than some of the people who live there!  Now that I’ve gotten my bodyfat down  I can go buy a bikini and not feel so self-conscience in it.

I did a nice little hammie workout last night.  
Seated Leg Curls - #55 x 15 ( 4 sets)
SLDL - #95 x 12 ( 4 sets)
Lying Leg Curls (single leg) - #45 x 15 ( 3 sets)
I love the look of my hams; unfortunately, i hate working quads so my legs look better from the side.  From the front - uugghhh. 

Its friday!!  not like that really has any meaning cause I still have to work tomorrow 1p-11p.  But when I get back from vacation I go to permanent 2nds with permanent off days.  For those who have never worked a f’d up shift day in and day out - I lack the written skills to adequately describe the elation I feel at working permanent hours.  Eating the same time every day, going to bed/waking up the same time every day!   Geez, just thinking about it puts a smile on my face. 

I was just editing my shoulder press weight.  The tracker they have on here is cool.  Delighted to see my presses have increased by #12 in about 1.5-2 mths time.  Combination of perserverance and No-explode! 

Wow, I achieved something I didn’t think I could do.  Buffycat got me motivated enough to see if I really could do #45’s on incline bench.  So what the heck, I tried them today in my chest workout.  WOW!  I thought I was going to be stuck on #40’s forever. 

Incline DB Press - #45 x 10 ( 4 sets).   Thanks Buffycat!  You totally inspired me today!  My mind was holding me back I guess.  No more though!

I’ll post this for all to see.  I will never, ever keep Easter Candy in the house again.  Especially those cartons of chocolate covered marshamallow eggs.  Its just not right.  The crap is already on sale!  The only escape is to throw out what is left and NOT go to ANY stores for the next week.  Its everywhere!  Anyone ever go to Meier’s on a holiday?  When the candy is on sale?  If that’s the face of America, we are doomed. 

Had a great time at the 67th Annual Cincy BB’ing Show lat night!  I finally got to meet some members that I met on this board!  And they did great!!  Two of them wound up winning their class!  AWESOME!   This was also my first show where my scores COUNTED (I was a test judge prior to this).  Geez, that’s a lot of work.  But very rewarding.  I went from being a total lard butt to being a competitor to being an NPC Judge.  To me, that’s pretty cool.

As luck would have it, my gym is closed today.  So I didn’t get to workout yesterday, wtf; I sure hope Gold’s is open cause I’m going to have to go down there and get an overpriced daypass to get my workout fix in. 

Well, after a meeting with all the bosses, it was decided that we could work a permanent shift!!! I’m so excited for so many reasons  First off, it means I get into a routine of working out and DIET for the first time in my adult life!!!  To those who do not work a rotating shift, you might not realize how detrimental this type of shift can be on your health and fitness levels.   In fact, I think most people do not realize this.  Except us on here of course….

So this new shift thing doesn’t start for another 6 weeks or so.  I’m hoping to kick my habit of taking prescription to get to sleep.  It would be soooo nice to go to sleep at the same time every day without drugs.  I can imagine the next time I go into pre-contest mode (july) that I will do much better.  YAY!!!!

Crap!  My bf loss almost came to a screeching halt.  All because of some stinkin’ chocolate chip cookies.  I was losing pretty steady then what should appear??  Some freaking chocolate chip cookies.  Famous Amos in case you were wondering.   Freakin’ stinkin’ damned cookies!  I still managed to drop 1/2%.  So I’ll still make my goal of being in the 11’s by this saturday.  Won’t make the weight though.  But that just means that I’ve not only managed to scarf down a whole box of famous amos, but also put on a couple lbs of lean mass AND dropped some bodyfat in the process. 

My whole life is about setting unrealistic goals then meeting them.  So now its time to come up with another goal which will be to continue dieting for another 2.5 weeks so I can make it in the 10’s.  Right in time for vacation!

Well, i’m going to have my bf checked this am.  From the looks of things, i’m almost where I want to be as far as bf.  If its not there exactly, I’ll change up my diet a bit to reach it then just maintain until its time to go pre-contest, again…
It seems i’ve kinda levelled out for some reason.  Guess my body got used to the same thing day in a and day out so I know its time to change things up a bit.  Oh crap, maybe its that my husband works for Keebler and he brings freaking cookies home everyday and i started with just one cookie…..You can’t eat just one!!!  I hate keebler, If you see my before pic, that is a keebler butt right there!