Muscle and Fitness Hers Forums - View topic - Lean N' Mean 2009

lizzyb · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 5:35 pm Post subject:

Hiya Country!! Nice to 'see' you!!

I am fighting a bit of a bugg I think....woke feeling fatigued, and lightheaded. Ears aching and my throat/glands a little tender as well. I sooooo hate to miss a workout, it really is like brushing your teeth to me. I just feel 'un-done' if I miss one, but if I wanna be keeping on with keeping on, I figured I best just rest. Most likely due to a lapse in my glutamine regimen.....I ran out for a week, then got some and only got in 2-3days and then forgot to bring some with me over the week-end 'Course being up late playing footsies with DH wouldn't have anything to do with my lack of energy today either

Anyhoo.....diet is still on, and today is a low carb day.

m1) 4ew
m2) 3oz tuna
m3) 2c mixed greens + 3oz tuna, 2tbsp flax and balamic vinegrette
m4) protein n' water
m5) tillapia, zuchinni, broccoli, onion, in a feullette w/ 1/2c brown rice
m6) protein n' water + glutamine b4 bed

I am nearing the end of this month's program so I am really not concerned about about missing today's workout in that respect....I just hate missing period!
I am going to be sending in my pics and stats tomorrow to Linda. I am anxious to get her feedback because I see immense changes this time around....my body responded well to the carb cycling and the workouts as well - despite all the birthday cake madness of July celebrating both my son's and my own borthday (making a note of that indeed for future reference) I would like to continue leaning for another month or whatever......I'm in whole new territory here, so I'd really like to see where it goes for a bit. It's soooo cool and fascinating learning about one's body and how it reacts and changes......Using Linda's programs allows me to really pay closer attention to my body.....I am aware of the dieting/training principles she uses most times so it's not like I'm training blindly following whatever she says either.....so with that, she takes the guesswork out for me and saves me sooooooo much time. I hate planning out meals/macros.....to me it's like math and I suck at that too....
So we shall see where I take things for the fall.......to be continued....

kbeaudoin · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:00 am Post subject:

Still here checking in and reading your progress...I'm excited for you! Cool

lizzyb · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 5:10 pm Post subject:

Still feeling a little under the weather and debating if I'll get my w/o in or not. I got August's stuff and the workouts are even shorter....MORE intense, but shorter, so I may get started on that before the day is through.

Did my measurements and pics today. The numbers are really interesting too. I have gained in the right places and have lost in the right plances, all the while my weight has not changed......personally, I think that is COOL!!

June: July:
Weight: 120.2lbs 120.3lbs
Chest: 33.5" 34"
Waist: 27.25" 27"
Belly Button: 29.5" 28.5"
Glutes: 36.75" 37"
Upper Thigh: 22" 21.5"
Right Calve: 13 no change
Right Bicep: 10.75"relaxed -11.5"flexed July: 10.75"relaxed - flexed:11.75
~Happy with my results especially since I ate mostly like crapp the first half of the month. August's program will be good for kicking ass as well......I cannot wait to get into it too!! I won't be carb cycling in August either....

Anyhoo gotta go and see if I can talk my kids into letting me get my workout done before Daddy gets home from work, lol!!

kbeaudoin · Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject:

Great stats! Love your happiness with your progress and hope you are feeling on top of the world again soon!

britbabe · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 1:46 am Post subject:

Hey LizzyB, just checking in and catching up on your world!
You look great and are doing really well!
Glad you are feeling better and it's great that you are so pleased about your stats... I love that you are at the stage I want to get to where the scale doesn't matter, but the measurements do!

Very Happy

gfraast · Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 2:29 am Post subject:

wow, how are you doing this, gaining and loosing in the right places, pretty cool!!! Very Happy

congrats on your progress, have a nice weekend!!

lizzyb · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:10 pm Post subject: Official Start of August's Stuff

Hey, thanks ladies!! Cool

Back after the long week-end here (civic Holiday). Weather was crapp as usual, lol!! We took off out of town Saturday and it was sunny and HOT....by Sunday it was cloudy and thundershowers.....so decided to take off to Kingston to go shopping....both DH and I had seen things the last time we were there that we weren't able to pick-up due to poor tired, hungry munchkins. I got a great deal on a teapot......I'm an avid tea drinker and I have searching all over for a 6cup pot that has a loose leaf basket. Oh they are everywhere but it is near impossible to find one witha ceramic basket.....the metal ones rust in no time and the ceramic ones keep the leaves an even temperature as well.....anyhoo, I scored one after all the discounts for a mere $3.99 sweet deal!!
My headcold cleared over the week-end too, so I guess I was wise to take it easy. Eats were nice and clean all week-end long too......love THAT!!
We came home Sunday night and was pretty busy yesterday too, looking for new appliances......just looking. I was pretty bagged yesterday so I took another day to rest....active rest sort of stuff.....not being a sloth, lol!!

So now that brings us to today.....the official start of August's program......looks great, and lots of wiggle room too. The workouts themselves are killer......but there is wiggle room with the eats.....interesting. My gut tells me that I will do well with this one too.....Linda's feedback was uplifting as usual......and we will stay the course we are on......I'm stoked with my results over the course of a little over a year, and certainly continue to look ahead......I believe in progress, not maintenance, lol!! Though I'm sure there's a time and place for that too

anyhoo on with the day's stuff: Wk 1/ Day1: Crossfit

Turkish Getups: 2x10@5lbs (per side)
Dips: 2x10@35
Sumo Squats (weight touching floor): 4x10@45
Knee Push-Ups w/ Clap in btwn: 1x10
Oly Lift Combo (dead to reverse curl to oh press): 3x10@35,30,30
~I was tempted to just do bw ith the getups because it is a fairly technical move that proper form is essential with....but I've been practicing the form with bw since Friday and felt a wee bit confident.....5 is good enough for now, talk about a torso killer, I feel it all round my core (front, sides to back)

today's eats:
m1) smoothie: scoop protein, icecubes, water, 1/4c berries, 1tbsp Udo's
m2) 3oz tuna w/ sugar free jam
m3) 1c mixed greens 4oz bison, udo's and balsamic + pepper
m4) 3oz tuna, 8 almonds
m5) chicken w/ pineaple mango salsa
m6) protein n' water + glutamine b4 bed

here's the kicker.....no cardio, lol!!!
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lizzyb · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:28 pm Post subject: Day2 - EVIL "Puke Day"

Linda calls it "puke day", I added in the EVIL, cuz man oh man oh man, is my arse cooked for the evening after that crazy workout, lol!! The funny thing too, in all my arrogance I chose this one today thinking it to be more of a cakewalk than some of the other choices for the week......uh, my bad indeed:D In the comments section of my paper journal, I have written 'walking is so highly over-rated' for today's workout...... But alas I did make it through nonetheless....wimpering by the end of it all, legs all wobbly like a new born doe, lol!!

Day2 - EVIL "Puke Day"

Non Stop Circuit: Rest 5 and repeat 5 more circuits Twisted Evil

Overhead Squats atg: 20@16, 10, 8,15bar (behind neck),b.w
100 Mountain Climbers (last set was done using bench)
30 burpees (last 2 sets done using bench....due to fatiguing delts)
10 single leg squats per leg (used ball for this one) using just bodyweight

today's eats;
m1) breakfast wrap w/ side salad (drove DH to work this a.m)
m2) tuna, broccoli, hummus
m3) PWO shake w/ 8 almonds and 1/2c cherries (added to make up for missing meal)
m4) TBA- picking DH up from work and will most likely graba bite downtown to avoid rushour traffic....will be mexican of some sort, lol!!
m5) ff cottage cheese, 2tbs protein, and nut butter + glutamine b4 bed.
~ I may adjust the last meal but I am short a meal today, and doubt I will make it up.....I'm sure I can make up for the missing cals, it's the quality of cals I'm concerned with though Wink

lizzyb · Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:29 pm Post subject:

Day3 (yesterdays) - Pant Crawl and Cry

Lol!! Well maybe not so much this time around. Am impressed that it didn't seem as hard this week but then again I was under the weather the last time I did this workout. Relieved to see that I can actually do twice through, lol!!
Looking ahead to the week-end, will be out of town as usual. I will do one more w/o here at home and then I will do the light w/o with my bands while I'm away....the 15mins will get done and then some over the week-end as well.

Pant, Crawl and Cry: Sprint = 60secs on elliptical @ 75rpm

20 pushups
Sprint
50 crunches
sprint
lung over
sprint
30 v-sits
sprint
35 horizontal chins
sprint
30 tricep dips
sprint
100 calve raises on floor
sprint
rested 3mins then repeated the circuit
~not too bad, I'm in better shape anaerobically than I thought

today's eats were the red colums (tight)
m1) 4ew w/ cayenne
m2) protein n' water
m3) 1c mixed greens, 1can tuna, 2tbs udo's and applecidervinegar, 2 tbs chopped green apple and almonds
m4) protein n' water +glutamine (PWO shake)
m5) tuna steak, broccoli and quinoa
m6) protein n' water
~don't usually like to have this many shakes in a day, but couldn't really avoid it so no harm no foul.

No cardio done yesterday.

Today's w/o will be timed intervals: 3sets: 30 secs, 60secs, 90secs again no cardio component. Tomorrow will be a rest day and Sunday will be my light w/o day. Instead of having 2 full cheat days, I will keep things tight daily and allow one cheat meal/day for the week-end to = 2cheat days in the long run.....slow trickle refeed effect (my own terminlolgy, lol!!)

lizzyb · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:13 pm Post subject:

Wk2 - Day5: Timed Intervals

Everything so far is going great......Since I was away over the week-end I did the high rep w/o at the trailer. I did miss a workout on Friday so I was disappointed about that, but whatever....life happens sometimes, well more than just sometimes, lol! I'm feeling good so far as well too, energy is still up....I am snacking on almonds here and there if I feel a little pekish just to fill in the hungry gap with some healthy fats....but not large amounts.
Funny thing too.......I had renew my driver's license at the end of July and I finally got my new license in the mail yesterday. I had to have a new pciture taken and when I got my mug shot done, I had to laugh to myself because the lady at the DMV tells me NOT to smile......if you knew me in person, you'd know that this is a difficult request......anyhoo, I personally found it funny to be asked not to smile....like they really want to take the most horrible looking picture in the world of you or something, lol!! So naturally I was anticipating getting my new license with a pic of me looking like Karla Homolka or something, lol!! I was actually floored when I saw my new pic as I look like I have the best skin in town, soooo rested too......I look what I think I would look like if I ever had any sort of cosmetic surgery or procedures, lol!! Huh???? The reverse effect?? It's the first driver's pic of me that I can actually say I like. Cool

Anyhoo.....once again I digress Rolling Eyes

Timed Intervals: x3 @ 30secs, 60secs, 90secs (2-3mins rest between circuits)

Jax
OH Lunge@10 (arms were shaking on that last set!)
Burpees
Underhand DL to Curls@30(dropped to 25 for last set)
Mtn Climbers
Close Grip BB Press/Nose Crusher combo@30,25,15 for last set ugh!!

Eats
m1) oatmeal
m2) ff yoghurt
m3) ew, broccoli and hummus
m4) 2rice cakes and pb (no celery)
m5) x-lean turkey burgers (using those flat buns...90cals/whole grain)
m6) protein n' wate + 22 almonds and glutamine b4 bed

~in the eats dept., I ate icecream every day over the week-end...Friday: orange sherbet, Saturday: moosetracks(chocolate ribbens with choc.and pb cups), Sunday: butterscotch ripple, Monday: DQ hot fudge sundae (small).....that was basically all the cheats I had the rest of my meals for those days were on plan or near enough to. I figure that would be the same as 2 good cheat days, lol!! Very Happy

kbeaudoin · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:20 pm Post subject:

Lizzy, have you seen that funny youtube video titled "validation"? There is a drivers license photographer who wont let anyone smile for their picture until...well, you'll have to watch it! Funny there is actually a real person like that!! Hahaha! I like my license photo, too, and am wanting to get my hair cut like I had it then.

lizzyb · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject:

kbeaudoin · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:34 pm Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao

Here's the link!

lizzyb · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 9:57 pm Post subject:

Thanks K!!
That's the best 'short' I've seen in a long time.......great little film!

lizzyb · Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:37 am Post subject:

Pant, Crawl and Cry

Well....I just didn't get my workout done Wednesday at all.....felt fatigued and just couldn't bring my game on. Ah well, I took it as a rest day, ate according to plan.....I guess it's just the nature of the beast though, working with alot of anaerobic stuff this month....it will be fatiguing and to just expect that.....I noticed with yesterday's workout even that my cardio output was not as great as say the first time doing this workout, yet my strength endurance seemed to increase over time.....interesting nonetheless.....I wonder if getting any older has anything to do with it all or if it truly is to be expected, lol!!?

Yesterday my game was ON!! Got my workout done and felt great nonetheless.....I do really hate to miss. Yesterday I was hungry ALL DAY!!! I'm sure it's hormonal I cheated and had a handful of salt and vinegar chips AND a Lindt milk chocolate (like the sweetest taste of heaven, it was!!) Nothing cures PMS better than chips and chocolate, lol!!
Should be staying in town this week-end, so I'll be able to catch up on missed workout anyways, so not feeling too poorly about that. This week-end is the week-end my gal pal's getting married, but I'm not attending.....it's too akward getting babysitters etc.....she is doing a children's meal as well, but my two yahoo's wouldn't last well on a long day like that. Personally I am just not much in the wedding mood these days what with my own divorce troubles etc, I'm feeling somewhat syical about the whole thing (ya, I know, bah humbugg, lol!! My perogative)

Anyhoo yesterday's workout went down as:
Pant, Crawl and Cry: Sprint = 60secs on elliptical @ 68rpm

20 pushups
Sprint
50 crunches
sprint
lung over
sprint
30 v-sits
sprint
35 horizontal chins
sprint
30 tricep dips
sprint
100 calve raises on floor
sprint
rested 3mins then repeated the circuit

yesterday's eats:
m1) protein smoothie (ice, water, scoop pp, frozen mango and udo's)
m2) veggies and protein shake
m3) ew and onion wrap w/ 1c ixed greens
m4) same as m2
m5) 2 shrimp skewers (7shrimp on each), broccoli and snow peas, brown rice
m6) protein n' water + glutamine b4 bed

~so this was my yesterday

On a side note.....my veggie garden has been doing great so far!! I haven't needed to buy lettuce, swiss chard, onions, zukes, peas or green beans yet this summer......I still have spaghetti squash, beets, corn and tomatoes to come to ripen for harvest as well (fall crops). My beans and peas are almost near the end.....my zukes keep getting eaten by the deer (they like the flowers) and the deer are also munching on some of my corn too......anyone into hunting???