Jacque's Journ(ey)(al)

[Jacqueline747]

Geesh I don't know what is going on with me lately but I went over my calories again for the day... still eating clean tho. I am wondering if the extra cardio after my work out is doing it to me? My body seems like it wants to refuse to just let go of this FAT!! lol
I did my first day of lower body HST today and 20 mins cardio.
I superset my whole routine.. doing 15 reps each
Squat
Leg press
seated calf
lying hams
stiff leg deadlift
side bends
vacuum (stomach)
adductor
abbductor
sit ups on incline
kick backs
cable curl (stomach)
dumbell calf raise

Since most of these were *new* exercises to me I kept the weights pretty low until I get the proper form. The deadlifts felt weird!! and so did the cable crunch!!

 

[Jacqueline747]

I'm late to the piece but just wanted to say welcome - the EF ladies board is quite a special place.

I'm interested in the sawmill you work at. What kind of timber? Do you make boards or just prepare logs? I work at a sawmill company too, but we make flooring on our site. I now know more about timber and saw kerf than I ever thought possible. LOL.

Glad you're here Good luck with your goals.

We cut everything from Fir to spruce. Our logs come in from the log yard.. go through a debarker (17" 22" and 34" debarkers) then they go through either the 4 saw or 5 saw and are cut to lengths. Then we have to lines. Canter and Chip n' saw which actually cut the logs into boards. We cut 2x4x8 all the way up to 2x12x20 footers. We used to cut 1x3's as well but not anymore. Then the wood goes to the sorters and then either to edgers or straight to the j-bar(green chain type thingy) and the boards are fed into lugs, scanned and dropped into appropriate sorted bins. Then off to the piler where the boards are stacked and then off to the kilns and then off to the planer.
Some of our wood gets shipped via train and the rest by truck. Our lumber even goes all the way to Japan!!

Have a wonderful evening and see you guys at 3am... Yark it's already 11:30pm I really should hit the hay!!!
NIghty night

 

[*Bunny*]

Geesh I don't know what is going on with me lately but I went over my calories again for the day... still eating clean tho. I am wondering if the extra cardio after my work out is doing it to me? My body seems like it wants to refuse to just let go of this FAT!! lol...

Normally, your body will tighten up over time from a healthy, clean diet. It does not happen at the same time for everyone, and make even take years for some .. depends what your working with too .... got pics?

We are often our worst critic ...

Remember it's a Marathon, not a a sprint ... those come later

Happy Hump Day!

 

[Jacqueline747]

This week has been really good..so far. Last week I had ABSOLUTELY NO ENERGY at work but had decent energy at the gym. This week I can actually make it though my whole shift without wondering when it's going to end..??

EEKKKKSSSS...PICTURES????? lol Well now....lol Can I suck in my stomach? lol

I dropped another lb today.. down to 192. I decided to weigh myself tonight before I went pee and then after. I dropped 0.5lbs just peeing. Yesterday I dropped a WHOLE ONE POUND peeing. That seems really odd to me..but anyways.

I finally went and bought some dextrose to add to my whey after my workout. Yeah and the kicker... I LOCKED MY KEYS IN MY TRUCK AT THE HEALTH FOOD STORE!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Boy I'm getting pissed at myself for this. That's the 5th time in like 4 months.
Oh yeah pictures.. I will try and get some done tonight. The problem is I just bought a new computer and can't seem to find the installation disk for my crappy camera. But I will search through all my boxes for it!!
Out to mow my huge lawn.
Will add more later.

 

[Jacqueline747]

One of my buddies called last night.. I asked him if he would take some pictures for me. He was all over that!! lol Even offered to use his camera..lol Ahhh.. yeah.. I don't think so. I don't need half naked pictures of me on someone elses camera.

*Bunny* Thanks for the insight!! I was reading an article the other day about women and training re: intense exercise and eating. It pretty much said women seem to do better with moderate exercise... eat less. Intense exercise they seem to eat more. I don't know... a little whishy washy to me.
I kept my cals lower yesterday.. though boy oh boy did I want something to eat before bedtime. I resisted!!! I was really looking foreward to cottage cheese and flax seeds with some almonds. I thought for sure my cals would allow for it.. but they didn't!! Maybe today.
I had a really good workout yesterday.. Upper body.. I ended up doing a couple exercises after my program was done. I did an extra bicep and tricep exercise. I like supersetting my whole routine.. though I know once I get closer to failure I will end up needing a couple 30 second breaks or so.
Full Body depletion on Friday.. then CARB UP!!! Yeeehhaawww!!
MENTAL NOTE*** RESIST Donuts at safety meeting today and tomorrow!!

 

[*Bunny*]

Great job on resisting the urge I was about to down cookies & milk and thought WTF and I thinking ...

I dropped another lb today.. down to 192. I decided to weigh myself tonight before I went pee and then after. I dropped 0.5lbs just peeing. Yesterday I dropped a WHOLE ONE POUND peeing. That seems really odd to me..but anyways.

Re: ^^^ scale ... After a huge "carb up cheat" I can drop 10-14 lbs in 2-3 days easy ... not odd at all when you think about what your body is doing & how it is reacting to the foods your eat ...

Use other means to track progress in addition to scale ... tape measurements , PHOTOS , mirror, clothes , US .. post pics

... women and training re: intense exercise and eating. It pretty much said women seem to do better with moderate exercise... eat less. Intense exercise they seem to eat more.

If your body & muscles are hungry you need to feed them, NOT starve them. YES, intense exercise should cause an increase in food for the body's working muscles ... I love food, LOVE to eat, and cannot simply eat less (GENERALLY SPEAKING) ... I'd rather train harder ... But I am abnormal

So yes, that would make sense if you break it down but IMO, & personal experience ... no amount of cardio or training can make up for a clean / healthy diet ... (credit to Mod Pinto) Period ...

 

[Jacqueline747]

Well down to 191lbs. Another pound.
No workout today but felt absolutely starving on my first break today.
TOTALLY resisted the 10 boxes of donuts that walked past me at work today AND all the bread sitting on the counter at my moms house.. ahhhhhh!!!!

 

[Jacqueline747]

I thought I would post my progress by date

May 23 205lbs -- starting weight
May 25 203 (-2lbs)
may 26 197 (-8lbs)
may 29 202 (-3lbs) after carb up explosion
may 31 200 (-5lbs)
june 02 202 (-3lbs) period.. normally gain 7-12lbs on my period
june 05 200 (-5lbs)
june 07 198 (-7lbs)
june 09 195 (-10lbs)
june 16 193 (-12lbs)
june 18 196 (-9lbs)
june 19 194.5 (-10.5lbs)
june 21 192 (-13lbs)
june 22 191 (-14lbs)

I know I shouldn't get caught up on the scale. I am usually the first person to tell everyone this. AND actually I stood up in a weight watchers meeting and lectured everyone on this. I don't think they liked me all that much!!
I do take measurements but I'm not all that consistent with them.. tightness wise.
I can't for the life of me find my calipers or I would do that as well.

How does everyone measure? Do you pull the measure tight or leave one finger under the tape? I don't really know how to do it properly.

 

[Jacqueline747]

Monday: Upper Body
Tuesday: Lower Body
Wednesday: Upper Body
Thursday: off
Friday: Full Body-- depletion workout I LOVE THIS WORKOUT!!

#1 2 eggs and 1.5 oz (went a little overboard today on cheese) 3tsp coconut oil
#2 3-4 cups cucumber 1oz almonds
#3 120g Tuna, 4 Tbsp mayonaise, 2Tbsp flax oil, 2Tbsp ground flax, 1 cup celery, 7 cups romaine lettuce
#4 I might have a piece of fruit pre workout.. suppose to fill liver glycogen before depletion workout to get ready for carb up
*** CARB-UP STARTS***
#5 PWO Shake Whey protein, banana, berries and low carb soy milk
#6 Hmmmmm... I am going to the drive-in theatre so WHOOOO KNOWS!!! muhahahah

I can't wait to get this work day over with!!! I plan on finishing my fencing after my workout. I really NEED to get my horses out of my old house and move them to my new place!!

********RESIST THE 120 DONUTS THAT WILL BE AT OUR SAFETY MEETING*******
***SIT AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM WITH NOSE PLUGS******
lol.. I have been resisting them for over a month and half now so this shouldn't be a problem. Though I really wanted to pop in on the safety meeting yesterday...ahhhh

 

[Jacqueline747]

Had a good full body workout today!! I was there for an hour and half. Which isn't too bad!! I superset my whole workout so it went pretty fast.
My stomach looked really good when I got home... but not now!!
Decided not to go to the drive in tomorrow.. I was asked to work overtime tomorrow at work.. and well.. I said yes.. Now I regret it tho..lol So the drive in is going to have to wait till tomorrow night. BUT I STILL ATE JUNK!!!
I raced home after the gym and had my yummy shake!!! No more plain whey, dex and water. This had all the goodies!! Frozen berries and bananas and soy milk!!(going to have to get rid of the soy tho. one day!!)
Then the cheat really started!! I ate a TON of cherries, strawberries, and 1 piece of whole wheat bread with butter. Yummy!!! Then I fell asleep... wolk up at 9pm and raced off to feed my horses. I have to get up at 3am tomorrow for work and it's already 11pm and OBVIOUSLY I am NOT tired!!! After my hour and half nap!!
On the way home I grabbed 1% milk and life cereal and chocolate and chips. Neadless to say I AM NOW OFFICIALLY SICK and I gained 5lbs in like 2hrs!! grrrrrreat!!!
Have a good night or morning.. whenever your reading this.