Dedicated newbie looking for input

[yorkshirelass]

Trex - I know, they are one of the most evil inventions ever, but I just can't seem to help myself haha! I'm just like you with the daily flucuations, and it's TOM right now too wihich makes it worse, so really I should just bin them.
Mrs P - WOW, inspirational!
Rebecca - I'm doing just that, some family down time, bit of swimming, some chores and a bit of shopping ready for our holiday in a weeks time, and then I'll hopefully be fighting fit for next week. Oh and one more thing - I think you need to check yourself out in the mirror more, your back is what's inspiring! But I thank you for your comment.

Yorkie

 

[Mrs_P]

Trex - I know, they are one of the most evil inventions ever, but I just can't seem to help myself haha! I'm just like you with the daily flucuations, and it's TOM right now too wihich makes it worse, so really I should just bin them.
Mrs P - WOW, inspirational!
Rebecca - I'm doing just that, some family down time, bit of swimming, some chores and a bit of shopping ready for our holiday in a weeks time, and then I'll hopefully be fighting fit for next week. Oh and one more thing - I think you need to check yourself out in the mirror more, your back is what's inspiring! But I thank you for your comment.

Yorkie

Thanks so much Yorkie
But the one that's inspirational is you, you've made great progress !!
Keep up the good work !!

 

[yorkshirelass]

Trex - Thank you so much for the Platinum Member thingy - I'm not sure what all this Karma stuff is right now so I need to check it out!!

So I woke and felt almost 100% this morning, and the little ones are fine too so I popped them in the creche and hit the gym for the first time in 8 days!! Can't believe I've had to take 8 full days off training, but what can you do, life gets in the way sometimes!

Warm up - TM incline 2, speed 6, 7 mins

Legs
Smith x80 rep set, 15kg + bar, x20 lunges each legs, x20 wide stance squats, x20 feet together squats
Leg press, 150kg (330lb) +machine, x15,x12,x8,x8
Leg extension, 50kg (110lb) x15,x12,x12,x12
Standing ham curl single leg 25kg (55lb) x12,x12,x8
V Squat machine 85kg (187lb) x12,x12,x12
Glute pushback single leg 45kg (99lb) x12,x12,x12
Good girl 105kg (231lb) x15 x15 x15
Bad girl 105kg (231lb) x15, x15, x15

Shoulders
Smith machine upright row 15kg (33lb) +bar x15
DB overhead press 12kg (26.5lb) x15
Bent over reverse flye 8kg (17.5lb) x15

Ran through this as a super set 4 times.

Boy did I feel weak in the gym this morning. Leg press weight's up, but just because I couldn't be bothered to switch the plates haha!! Not as many exercises per body part as normal and not as many reps either but at least I'm back in there hey!

Yorkie

 

[trex74]

Trex - Thank you so much for the Platinum Member thingy - I'm not sure what all this Karma stuff is right now so I need to check it out!!

So I woke and felt almost 100% this morning, and the little ones are fine too so I popped them in the creche and hit the gym for the first time in 8 days!! Can't believe I've had to take 8 full days off training, but what can you do, life gets in the way sometimes!

Warm up - TM incline 2, speed 6, 7 mins

Legs
Smith x80 rep set, 15kg + bar, x20 lunges each legs, x20 wide stance squats, x20 feet together squats
Leg press, 150kg (330lb) +machine, x15,x12,x8,x8
Leg extension, 50kg (110lb) x15,x12,x12,x12
Standing ham curl single leg 25kg (55lb) x12,x12,x8
V Squat machine 85kg (187lb) x12,x12,x12
Glute pushback single leg 45kg (99lb) x12,x12,x12
Good girl 105kg (231lb) x15 x15 x15
Bad girl 105kg (231lb) x15, x15, x15

Shoulders
Smith machine upright row 15kg (33lb) +bar x15
DB overhead press 12kg (26.5lb) x15
Bent over reverse flye 8kg (17.5lb) x15

Ran through this as a super set 4 times.

Boy did I feel weak in the gym this morning. Leg press weight's up, but just because I couldn't be bothered to switch the plates haha!! Not as many exercises per body part as normal and not as many reps either but at least I'm back in there hey!

Yorkie

No problem! it's good for a week, and it's great for doing searches, and there is tons of great info on this site.

 

[yorkshirelass]

Weigh in / Measurement day today - only a week and a half since the last one, but that's because we're going away tomorrow camping for a week so I want an accurate record of the exact damage the holiday food will have done to me when I get back!

Another 3lbs and 2.5inches off in 10 days - not bad for week 14 considering I had a full 8 days off training. I'm pleased. Food's been really clean though so that's why.

Also, had to go shopping a couple of days ago and I am now in size 12 trousers (I think that's a US 8, or have I got it backwards and it's a 16)!! Anyway, that's 3 full dress sizes down in 3 months on the lower body, and 2 for the top.

Very disappointed when doing my lower body bf% at the gym this morning though, it's moving soooooo slowly. Upper body however on a handheld monitor had dropped 8% in the 3 months.

So wish me luck with the holiday food ladies, it'll be tricky I know, but I'll be trying hard to make good decisions wherever possible.

Also, if I walk over a couple of farm fields from the camp site we'll be staying at there is a gym/pool complex apparently, that we can use on a visitor pass for £5 a day so I'll definitely be training a few times
to counteract any bad food decisions!

So ta-ta for now,
See you in a week
Yorkie

 

[Babygirl7997]

Wow yorkie! This thread has been very inspiring! I am also new to the game, been training for going on 6 months and loving it and feeling great. I also have 2 small kids, two boys, 3 1/2 and 9 months who are also always getting sick!! Lol the little germ magnets they are! It is a guaranteed week off from the gym if one catches something because it causes the whole house to catch it

Anyways, my question for you.. Something I am having a hard time with, and being a mom of two babes contributes to this imensely, is the soreness Im experiencing from training each muscle group so vigorously. I go as heavy as I can and by the 4th day of my training when Ive covered each muscle group I can barely sit down on the toilet!!! Let alone pick up my 23 pound 9 month old while chasing after the toddler lol! Do you get sore from such heavy weight and how do you deal with it? Or is it just the price we have to pay?

Keep up the good work!!!

 

[trex74]

Weigh in / Measurement day today - only a week and a half since the last one, but that's because we're going away tomorrow camping for a week so I want an accurate record of the exact damage the holiday food will have done to me when I get back!

Another 3lbs and 2.5inches off in 10 days - not bad for week 14 considering I had a full 8 days off training. I'm pleased. Food's been really clean though so that's why.

Also, had to go shopping a couple of days ago and I am now in size 12 trousers (I think that's a US 8, or have I got it backwards and it's a 16)!! Anyway, that's 3 full dress sizes down in 3 months on the lower body, and 2 for the top.

Very disappointed when doing my lower body bf% at the gym this morning though, it's moving soooooo slowly. Upper body however on a handheld monitor had dropped 8% in the 3 months.

So wish me luck with the holiday food ladies, it'll be tricky I know, but I'll be trying hard to make good decisions wherever possible.

Also, if I walk over a couple of farm fields from the camp site we'll be staying at there is a gym/pool complex apparently, that we can use on a visitor pass for £5 a day so I'll definitely be training a few times
to counteract any bad food decisions!

So ta-ta for now,
See you in a week
Yorkie

Camping is the best!!!
I don't find it surprising at all that your lower body fat is coming off slower, that's the way it is for me too. I am quite lean but with a few lumps in the lower body.
-butt cheek fat
-just under the butt on the hamstring fat
-upper thigh inner and outer

all resistant to my efforts so far, but if i lost any more off of my top my ribs and clavicles would burst out of my chest. attractive. lol.
just keep at it, you're doing great

 

[yorkshirelass]

So I'm back from roughing it for a week in a farmer's field - a fab time was had by all. I was so full of heavy cold, aches and pains, headaches, earache etc. that I didn't make it to the gym once!! We swam everyday though and had a few good 3 hour + hikes. Hiking while piggy backing a 4 or 2 year old a lot of the time too so at least there was some exercise involved in my holiday! Very impressed that they both managed a 522ft climb by themselves one day though, with only a tiny carry up the very steepest bit.

Needless to say with being so poorly, that comfort food came into play in a big way - oops. Steak and chips, fish and chips, icecreams at the beach etc. So I felt huge from bloating by the end of day 1. But I'm pleased to report that jumping on the scales this morning I've only gained 1 lb so I'll be back to where I was in no time.

Question for you all regarding fat burners. I have two in front of me and wondered which you think is the better ingredient lists:

1. Bitter Orange peel 975mg
L-Tyrosine 900mg
Caffeine 459mg
Green Tea 300mg
Pantothenic Acid 90mg
There's also small amounts of black pepper extract,cayenne pepper, biotin in this one

2. Green Tea 500mg
Bitter Orange Peel 420mg
Caffeine 225mg
Cayenne 200mg
Phenylalanine 25mg
Green Coffee 10mg

Reason I'm asking is mainly cos of the huge difference in L-Tyrosine and Phenylalanine levels when my understanding was these were pretty much the same thing and one of the best fat burning ingredients....why so low in number 2.
I'm also starting L-carnitine too.

 

[yorkshirelass]

Wow yorkie! This thread has been very inspiring! I am also new to the game, been training for going on 6 months and loving it and feeling great. I also have 2 small kids, two boys, 3 1/2 and 9 months who are also always getting sick!! Lol the little germ magnets they are! It is a guaranteed week off from the gym if one catches something because it causes the whole house to catch it

Anyways, my question for you.. Something I am having a hard time with, and being a mom of two babes contributes to this imensely, is the soreness Im experiencing from training each muscle group so vigorously. I go as heavy as I can and by the 4th day of my training when Ive covered each muscle group I can barely sit down on the toilet!!! Let alone pick up my 23 pound 9 month old while chasing after the toddler lol! Do you get sore from such heavy weight and how do you deal with it? Or is it just the price we have to pay?

Keep up the good work!!!

Hey Babygirl, thanks for popping in. Firstly well done for training hard with two young children, I so know how hard it is to fit it all in when they're this little so I take my hat off to anyone else doing it. And you are so right about the germs doing the cycle of the whole house, so annoying. I used to have a great immunity to things like common cold etc. but since having my gall bladder out a couple of years ago I seem to catch everything the kids pick up. Even though the gall bladder isn't related to immunity I've seen a huge difference in how often I'm ill!!

Anyway, soreness. It's actually a bit strange for me this time round as I'm not suffering anywhere near what I used to. I'm going as heavy as I can right now, going to failure, walk out of the gym absolutely exhausted and barely able to manage the stairs but still I'm not getting really sore, a bit but not how I used to feel. I've been putting it down to high protein diet repairing muscles super quick but I really don't know. I'll swap ya - I really miss the pain actually!!

Yorkie

 

[Mrs_P]

Hey Babygirl, thanks for popping in. Firstly well done for training hard with two young children, I so know how hard it is to fit it all in when they're this little so I take my hat off to anyone else doing it. And you are so right about the germs doing the cycle of the whole house, so annoying. I used to have a great immunity to things like common cold etc. but since having my gall bladder out a couple of years ago I seem to catch everything the kids pick up. Even though the gall bladder isn't related to immunity I've seen a huge difference in how often I'm ill!!

Anyway, soreness. It's actually a bit strange for me this time round as I'm not suffering anywhere near what I used to. I'm going as heavy as I can right now, going to failure, walk out of the gym absolutely exhausted and barely able to manage the stairs but still I'm not getting really sore, a bit but not how I used to feel. I've been putting it down to high protein diet repairing muscles super quick but I really don't know. I'll swap ya - I really miss the pain actually!!

Yorkie

I hear ya with catching everything your kids get, I'm the same way & boy do school kids bring home viruses..lol
Looks like your working hard, keep up the good work, I too love to feel the pain after a good..lol workout.