Roonytunes said:
T-Cake,
THANK YOU SO MUCH for posting this.... I needed to see this!
I am so paranoid about eating out. It has got to the point where I know how to eat clean and I know how to binge and call it a cheat, but I don't know how to go to a restaurant and order a normal sized portion without getting the fries and all the extras. Partly it's my mind's fault. When I see the friggin' menu, I start salivating and I CANNOT resist the temptation. That's why I love reading your log to see how you manage all your eating out at various establishments. I want to be able to get to that point too! You rock, girlfriend!
Thanks, Roons. That made me feel just awesome.
You rock too, darlin'! And yes, I'm the queen of going out to eat and making it work -- so ANYTIME you want pointers or suggestions, just stop by here or just PM me!!!
gymgurl said:
She has been a great asset to the board! We love you!!!
Thanks, babes!
I do my best to just be myself -- up or down -- and present myself as honest as possible regardless of how I'm doing. I think I am best at helping people who just need to know they're not alone in the struggle... and I really
really try on other threads and on here in general to just give the info that I feel other people could use. I mean, if someone wants to know about ME... they can come to my thread and read my babbling... but in all other cases -- I'd try to present things in a way I hope anyone can relate to.
Cause for small C E L E B R A T I O N!
Had my weigh-in today and, after two weeks of a gain and then a maintain... I dropped FIVE POUNDS this week! I'm down to 160.8! I started at 185 in February and 260.25 in '99.
That is a grand total lost of... 99.4 lbs!!! I have 0.6 to go until I reach the 100 mark! Ahhhhh!!! Very very excited! I'm burnin' major rubber now.
T-Cake's MEGA UPDATE
Friday, June 30, 2006
Exercise
* 60 minute walk outside, 9:30am, first thing on an empty stomach.
* No lifting/SuperSets today.
Food & Nutrition
B @ 10:30am
3 scoops ISO-AGB in 1 L Crystal Light
L @ 11:45am @ Panera Bread
Strawberry Poppyseed Salad with Chicken
1/2 sourdough roll
S @ 4pm
Peanut butter Clif bar
D @ 7pm @ Amigo's
Tortilla chips (~ 2 corn tortillas, whole) w/ 1/2 c. salsa
1 c. diced grilled chicken with 2/3 c. onions/peppers cooked (fat added)
1/4 c. melted cheddar (on top of chicken)
3/4 c. "refried" pinto beans
No lard is added to these at this restaurant!
"TREAT" @ 10pm
1 wine glass (3.5 oz) of red wine
Served dual purpose -- 1) I had a rough day emotionally... 2) Ulter wanted to get me out of the apartment to relax a bit and 3) I had WI the next morning and the wine is part of the tactic to release water. It put me over for the day, but I thoroughly enjoyed it, it relaxed me and I slept GREAT.
TOTALS
1742 calories
39% p / 32% c / 25% f
Had I anticipated the wine, I would have skipped the tortilla chips... but que sera. I enjoyed it -- no regrets!
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Exercise
* 60 minute outside walk @ 7am pre-Weigh-In, empty stomach
* SuperSet Day TWO Schedule for SHOULDERS (see below) @ 4pm
*
POST-lift 30 min. additional cardio on rowing machine 
T-Cake's SuperSET Day TWO -- Shoulders
Ulter had to rewrite it a few times for me because "we" don't want to overwork my shoulders. Curgeo had posted past information about this (amongst others here on EF) so I started today with two super sets as follows. Ab work is a must every time I lift, so that is listed as well.
SuperSet #1 =
Seated Military Press (Smith Machine) <SMP> & Arnold Press <AP>
SMP bar + 20 = x 10
Direct quote: "Ow... Mommy?"
AP 12 dbs = x 8
SMP bar + 20 = x 10
AP 12 dbs = x 8
SMP bar + 20 = x 10
At this point, wanted to just die...
AP 12 dbs = x 6
Aimed on all parts to land 8 to 10 reps... but I maxed out... I was goin' realllly slow the last few pushes on each of these. I levitated and made it, though!
SuperSet #2 =
Seated DB Side Lateral Raises <SLR> & Bent-Over Read DB Laterals <BLat>
SLR 8 dbs = x 10
BLat 12 dbs = x 10
SLR 8 dbs = x 10
BLat 12 dbs = x 10
SLR 8 dbs = x 10
BLat 12 dbs = x 10
Notes: Felt silly using smaller dbs, but I have to remind myself that this is a SMALL muscle group I'm workin' on. Decided to leave this set up how it is and try it again... form is decent and push is good... just going to focus on straightening arms more and lifting a bit higher on my up-swings. If I go to lighters weights, it'll be too easy... bigger weights will kill any good form I already have.
Ab Work
The usual...
25 lb plate oblique dips x 2 per side, no rest
40 mat crunches
40 ball crunches
2 sets x 25 each declined sit-ups
Food & Nutrition
B @ 9am
3 scoops ISO-AGB in 1 L Crystal Light
L @ Noon @ Applebee's with FL WWers Board Ladies
WWer Menu Chicken Tortilla Melt
Information found on Calorieking.com then plugged into Fitday as custom
LOTS of water!
S @ 4pm
1 T ANPB pre-workout
S @ 5:30pm PWO
3 scoops ISO-AGB in 1 L Crystal Light
1 c. red seedless grapes
D @ 6:45pm @ Sweet Tomatoe's
3 c. mixed salad greens
4 oz grilled chicken breast
1/4 c. chopped beets
1 c. red cabbage, shredded
1 T low-calorie BBQ dressing
1/2 c. sweet pickle slices
3/4 c. Sugar Free chocolate mousse (made with Splenda)
1/2 c. chocolate frozen yogurt
Ok, so at the restaurant, I put my stuff into my fitday and still had plenty of room left for the fro-yo... but just now as I'm typing this in, I realized I only entered 2 oz of chicken instead of 4 (I must have been thinking about the 2 cup things of chicken I put onto my salad when at the salad bar). Bad news -- I shouldn't have had the fro-yo... good news -- at least my protein is higher than I thought for the day AND I have that extra rowing in my corner!
S @ 9pm
1 T ANPB
Remainder of ISO shake from earlier today
TOTALS
1681 calories
43% p / 34% c / 22% f
Not as good as what I thought it was earlier... but whatchagonnado? 
All I got for now -- I should hope so! This thing was DAMN LONG!
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Cheer me on!
Gum. 
because my knees haven't hurt in a LONG LONG time! Thank goodness!!!
Does it get better than that?
That may be a way to spend my Tuesday off 
