WW's New Log - Counting down to the Cruise

[WoNderWoMan25]

Hi--good luck first of all--I am green with envy about the cruise!! My favorite tricep exercise are bench dips with elevated feet--adding a plate in my lap.

How do you like the glucorell?

Cruise - This will be my third cruise, first one with the boyfriend. I'm already excited so thanks for the good luck wishes!

Tricep - I've been doing dips - I can get 4-6 unassisted during each set. If I want more, I need someone to 'help' by guiding my feet. I haven't done bench dips with elevated feet in a long time and I'm going to switch to them this week. Thank you!

Glucorell - I really like it! I think I'm pretty carb sensitive and it def. helps with bloating after eating carbs. But today, WHOA. I took it around 1:50 PM. Didn't get away from my desk to heat up my 1/2 cup rice, broccoli and chicken until 2:30ish. I started to feel weird, almost light headed. Ever experience this?

 

[Allie-Cat]

Cruise - This will be my third cruise, first one with the boyfriend. I'm already excited so thanks for the good luck wishes!

Tricep - I've been doing dips - I can get 4-6 unassisted during each set. If I want more, I need someone to 'help' by guiding my feet. I haven't done bench dips with elevated feet in a long time and I'm going to switch to them this week. Thank you!

Glucorell - I really like it! I think I'm pretty carb sensitive and it def. helps with bloating after eating carbs. But today, WHOA. I took it around 1:50 PM. Didn't get away from my desk to heat up my 1/2 cup rice, broccoli and chicken until 2:30ish. I started to feel weird, almost light headed. Ever experience this?

Just got my glucorell and YES in the mail--yikes--I hope someone knows the answer--it looks like it definitely needs to be taken right before eating huh??

Anyway--I am going to be cheering you on girl!!!!

 

[nelmsjer]

Suggestion: protein at every meal, food if possible. You're missing protein at your mid-morning snack.
Response: Sometimes I need to force myself to eat in the AM. Which is why a nice, light shake works just fine for me around 7 AM. Around 11 AM, I've warmed up a bit to the idea of more food, but I have a question. How many grams of protein with the AM Snack (Oatmeal)? Can I add in a few oz of chix, turkey, or even a handful of nuts, scoop of cottage cheese?

Yes, to any of your suggestions on food. Regarding grams, it really depends on your overall caloric intake, but 20-25 grams certainly isn't going to hurt.

Question: Did you say squat 205 for 6 reps? Free weights or Smith machine? Full range of motion?
Answer: I did 205 for 5 reps, needed assistance with the 6th. (quick mental crunch = One 45 and one 35 pound plate on each side, plus the bar which I'm told is 40-45 pounds.) This is free weights and a full range of motion- thighs end up parrallel w/the floor. Does this sound right? FYI, for a long time, I was just going with 100-135 pounds; not seeing results and getting frustrated but also never realizing I could go much heavier. Is this TOO heavy? I don't want to get too bulky, and I already def. carry more muscle in my lower body. I've started to work legs 2x a week. One heavy day and one light day.

It's good you're switching to 2 days per week, and the heavy day, light day is smart, too. Nice job. I originally asked because I wanted to clarify which kind of squat you were doing. What you are doing is very impressive. It is not too heavy, since your body can handle it. IF, and ONLY IF, you discover that your legs are growing and you don't like it, then a change could be made. Otherwise, I heavily suggest sticking with them.

 

[iceprincess]

WOW 205lbs for 6 reps!! Someday SOON I TOO will be able to do that!!

You go GURL - great job!

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

nelmsjer --- oooo oooh. did i get a 'very impressive'? niiiiice. i should print this out and pass it on to several guys in my office who don't believe my work-outs (cardio or weights) are 'for real'....lol. Wondering- why do they even ask then...

are there any other exercises you recommend i add/keep in my leg days, or that i remove? depending on the day i'll do walking lunges, leg press, hack squats, free weight squats, leg extensions for quads/leg curls for hams, Straight-back Straight-leg Deadlift or Straight-leg Deadlift, Outer Thigh Leg Lift for thighs and booty....

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

WOW 205lbs for 6 reps!! Someday SOON I TOO will be able to do that!!

You go GURL - great job!

This encouragement is so nice and I want to relay a SINCERE THANK YOU to you all. I don't have many cheerleaders - my own mother told me the other day that my shoulders will soon begin to look too manly. Another 'friend' recently questioned my 'lunch bag' the size of a grocey bad and questioned if I was eating too much... etc etc.

I however- feel more toned in the upper body now than ever before. So yeah, GO ME!

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

CARDIO BREEZE ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON - WOOT!!

NOTES- calves are still sore from monday night

5:30 AM, coffee, and abs and 30 hard core gut renching minutes on the elliptical

6:30 AM, one glucorell
7 AM, 1/3 cup oats, protein shake with 25 g protein, water, ice, 1/2 banana

10:45 AM, one glucorell, one seaspure
11 AM, 3/4 cup cottage cheese w/4 strawberries

1:30 PM, two seaspure
large salad with cukes and red pepper and 6 oz Tuna
12 whole wheat triscuits

off from the gym tonight- gotta file those tax returns - finally

7:30 PM will be dinner - contents - no clue!

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

The most horrible workday of my life yesterday afternoon! And no- I am not being overly dramatic.

So what did I do? Left work, washed the Caddy because SPRING IS HERE! Then I took two more sesapure and went on with my evening.

Dinner-
shared a bottle of cabernet w/the bf
some grapes, some cheese
6 oz chix breast

 

[nelmsjer]

Post up your workout schedule

 

[WoNderWoMan25]

5:45 AM Cardio Breeze

6 AM 45 minutes cardio
20 mins on the treadmill- HIIT
25 on the bike, steady pace

7 AM
2 sesapure
protein shake with a few strawberries, ice & water
1/2 cup oats

10:45AM
two glucorell

11:10 AM
1/2 cup oatmeal with sugar free 'maple' syrup
1/3 cup cottage cheese, in attempt to get some protein in with every meal or snack

Lunch later, brought salad greens with cukes and red pepper with 6 oz can of tuna.

Fell off the ANPB wagon.

Went roller blading over the weekend... nice stretch of road by the resevior but damn am I sore today!

Light leg day tonight anyway....