Tiffany's Progress Tracking
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Friday was also not perfect...still tired...did all my normal workouts, but no extras...ate about 400 cals over, but I was 500 short yesterday, so I think I'm good overall...no driver in, but the hamstring is not being twingy today, so that's AWESOME!!!0
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Saturday was the granddaughters birthday party, so no formal exercise, but lots of activity running errands and setting up for the party, then running around with all the kids during the party...had 3 glasses of wine, but other than that food was pretty good...didn't log, but probably under on protein...need to snag some tofu or something so I can get my protein back up where it needs to be...no issues with the hamstring.0
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Sunday was a sleepy cuddly day...early in the morning my hamstring was being twingy again, so I decided to skip legs/back for the day...basically took a rest day...didn't track food either, but didn't go crazy, so calories are probably in line...went for an allergy treatment, but she decided I didn't need any allergy treatments and did a hormone balance instead...so far I don't feel any different, but we will see.0
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Monday was goodish - I didn't want to overdo the hamstring so I didn't walk during ballet...except to walk over to the brewery and have a scotch ale...but I managed to make it fit my calories, so it's all good...and I did pilates after I got home, so all my normal workout - went light on the stairs - plus pilates...that's pretty good...even if the day did include beer!0
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Tuesday was right on track again!!! YAY!!! My food was good, protein was a tiny smidge low, but close enough to keep me happy. Exercise was good, all my normal workouts plus P90X and my glute routing in the evening...I cut the weights on both down to 10#, and I only made it about 3/4 through P90X because my carpal tunnel was just killing me...but so far today my hamstring is doing ok, and I call that a win!!!0
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Wednesday...I just could not seem to stop eating...ended up 600 cal over for the day, but on the plus side, plenty of protein...I was doing good until ice cream, need to avoid sweets except late at night when I will sleep through the subsequent cravings for more!!! Had in person meeting yesterday since upper management was around, so not cube workouts or stairs, but I did my walking...and then I had to pick up the child from CC so no evening workout.0
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I hate days where I'm a bottomless pit, they suck. Seems like you've had a pretty good week/weekend though. Glad to read that your hamstring is doing okay!0
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Thursday was pretty darned amazing...protein in, calories within limit...almost 3 hours of exercise...a day to be proud of all the way around!!!
I even cooked the carnivores hamburgers on the grill and got some extra reps in on my biceps...crazy...1 -
Friday was good, less exercise but still some, food was in line...the day was lazy after I got home...watched From Dusk Till Dawn 1, 2, and 3...did exercises on the commercials...it was fun.
Measurements this morning - static...<sigh>...I worked the crap out of biceps and they didn't get bigger...a bit sad...however, aunt flo is coming to visit soon and I haven't gained weight like usual, so hoping to be down a bit after she leaves...0 -
Saturday was awesome, food was probably low, but I had 4 glasses of cider to make up for it...lots of gardening and carrying stones and mulch and such.
Sunday was even better, tons of sex and a little gardening, taco salad for dinner and 2 glasses of wine - FUN!!!
Battling yellow jackets all weekend, that was the only not fun part!1 -
Monday - so freaking tired of eggs and tuna all the freaking time...need to get some other seafood before I go bonkers...day was good, all the normal workouts...went to a 'steal the glass' event at a local brewery and I was bad and had a glass of mango sour...I'm not usually a sour fan, but the sweet and tart was a perfect combo in this particular one...it was a fun little date night and of course I didn't work out when I got home, but I didn't eat much either, so overall I still came out ahead for the day.1
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Tuesday - I messed up a bit on calories today...normally a strength day, which means extra food, but halfway through the day I realized it was a recovery week, so not extra food...my food for the day is under what it would have been on a strength day, but way over what it should have been for a non-strength day...and I had extra meetings so I didn't get any stairs in at all...I will need to be careful the rest of the week.0
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Wednesday - I felt terrible all day...woke up congested and headachy and had itchy, watery eyes all day...did the standard workouts, no extra in the evening...good was good...went to bed crazy early and slept immediately.0
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Thursday - felt better...slept a ton, was in bed before 9 and overslept until 6am...but feeling a bit better is good...had happy hour after work...usually that's an even which causes me to go over, so I usually schedule it on Tuesday or Thursday when I have strength training and get more calories...but somehow I ended up scheduling it on a recovery week, so no extra calories allowed...I had a spoonful of peanut butter before heading to the brewery...one glass of wine at the brewery...and no food...I wasn't even hungry...going to have to remember the PB trick for the future...once I got home I ate a yogurt so I could take my vitamins for the evening...calories were in line...exercise was normal...did some light core work while watching Gotham...not sure this season is going to be any better than last season, which was fairly lame...wanted to stay up for Orville, but was too tired, so took a shower and went to bed early again...a good day all around.0
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Hopefully you feel a ton better today and are able to have a great weekend!0
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Friday was good...overslept again...walked...did cube workouts...nothing fancy0
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Saturday was a mostly sleeping day...I got up and took the girl to pilates/ballet...massive headache, but did some walking, only about half as much as usual...then went back home and slept until like 3pm...then got up and did adults stuff, groceries, cooking, etc. No other working out, but on the plus side, I didn't eat much either so my calories were in line...I was back in bed by 10pm...definitely a mostly sleeping day.0
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Sunday was a play in the lake day - actually didn't eat too much for a change at a lake party, just a few chips/dip and one normal plate of food, and I was driving so I didn't drink too much either, just a few spiked & sparkling in the afternoon and nothing but sparkling water with dinner and after...still had a ball and got a ton of sun...what a great way to end out the summer!!!0
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Monday - I feel soooo much better!!! And it's totally amazing how good normal can feel!!! Today I learned that tall-dark-and-handsome has a name and he's hawaiian...but I might just keep calling him tdah anyway...today I walked and did cube weights, and only briefly did stairs because people were in the way, then walked more, and did pilates...food was pretty on point, so a super good day all the way around.0
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Tuesday was totally, epically awesome - food was good, of course it's my first eat-more day in over a week, so it would be hard to go over at that point...I got some cube weights in, but meetings were actually pretty short which I'm totally not complaining about...got some stairs in despite all the people who seem to think the stairwells are for socializing...and my usual walking...did my chest & back, plus my glute workout WITH 25 POUND DUMBELLS - yes, that's a new one for me, at least for chest & back, I have done that on glutes before...I felt totally badass and she-hulk after that...made my whole day amazing...then I went and had a neurotransmitter reset done, in the hopes that this resolved my food migraine triggers...I'm not really feeling a lot of hope, but it can't hurt to try.0
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what a super awesome day !
I can only imagine how hard you've worked to earn that bad-*kitten* crown
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Wednesday was not good, but probably as good as can be hoped for...woke up with a huge migraine - why do all my migraine treatments cause fracking migraines...supposedly it's called a healing crisis...I hate it...so, I took feverfew in the morning...then ate and took OTC drugs at 9:30am and again with lunch around 1pm...then skipped the drugs with dinner...with the extra meal I ended up at maintenance level for calories, but given how crappy I felt I just wasn't worried about it...on the exercise front, I did my walking (slower pace than usual), some cube weights, a little bit of stairs, and yoga/pilates class in the evening...so exercise was actually way better than a normal migraine day.
I have decided to give keto a try for at least 2 years to see if that will fix this migraine problem. In children with epilepsy, 2 years of keto produces permanent brain chemistry changes and they can go low-carb without a return of symptoms. No one has studied this in adults to determine if the changes are permanent. However, keto and migraines have been studied in adults and are far more effective than drugs for chronic sufferers. I don't know what they call chronic, but I think this sucks, so I'll try it. At least 2 years. Still kind of researching what supplements I may or may not need, so far I'm already on everything they recommend either for carpal tunnel, or peri-menopause, so I think I'm good.0 -
Have you looked into the correlation between ketosis causing hormonal changes in women? I've read bits and pieces, but I'm definitely not an expert. It might be worth looking into though if you haven't already.0
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Thursday was pretty awesome, food was on point, and I even managed to make up the 500 calories I was over on Wed, stuck with my new keto goals, no issues there...plus I managed my glute weights (25#) and my shoulder/bicep/tricep weights...started at 20# for shoulder and bicep, and 15# for tricep, but by the end I was down to 10# for shoulder and tricep, and split between 15# and 10# for bicep...I really pushed hard, and even increased the reps on deadlifts - I don't want to move the weights up on the lower body until the upper body catches up a bit, so for now I'll just focus on more range of motion and adding reps. I was hoping to be able to curl 35# by the end of the year, but last night I couldn't even do a single rep at 25#, so I'm not sure that's realistic. I'll keep trying.
Hormones and keto - to my understanding most of the hormone shifts with keto are due to adding fat to the diet - fat being the building blocks for your body to manufacture hormones...this is a particularly abrupt shift for anyone who was low fat prior to going keto...since I already have a fairly high fat diet, I'm not really anticipating a huge impact...I did cut carbs down in my goals, and those did shift to fat, but I was already eating a diet of sufficient fat, so I don't know that the extra fat will even matter.
I will keep track of cycles and such and keep an eye on it...so far my acne is clearing up, but it gets terrible when I have a migraine and then usually clears up afterward, so that's not exactly a change from normal.
Today I am going to have beef - which I normally avoid because it triggers migraines...we are going to five guys for a team lunch, I will skip the bun to keep it within keto goals...I should know within about 4 hours of eating if it's going to send me to migraine hell or not. In theory my neurotransmitter reset should have cleared me of all migraine triggers...today is the day for that experiment...keeping my fingers crossed!!!0 -
I hope the lunch goes well!0
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Friday was on point! Did my walking, did some GoT exercises while watching Inhumans in the evening. Food was mostly on point, protein was a bit high, but carbs were low, so should still be good for keto and calories were in line...day 3 went well overall...lunch at 5 guys was epic and super delicious, bacon cheeseburger with lettuce, tomato, pickles, saute mushroom, and saute onion...I haven't had beef in ages...dinner was a pizza made with a chicken/parmesan crust - I messed up and didn't cook it at the right temp, so it wasn't crispy like a pizza except on the edges, however the taste was spot on...I used sour cream with spices for the sauce (basil/salt/pepper/garlic) and topped it with veggies (mushrooms, roasted red pepper, artichoke hearts, black olives)...it tasted amazing even it it was more like a casserole than a pizza...next time I'll cook it at the right temp and hopefully get something more pizza like.0
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The not quite a pizza sounds delicious! Hope you're having a good weekend and feeling better!0
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saturday - keto day 4 - was good...I walked during ballet, and had to taxi children around quite a bit, then did some gardening when I got home, then started sorting toys and rearranging the playroom to prep for halloween decorating...I didn't do my weights, I was pretty tired after all the other activity...I will do them today...I did, however, eat like it was a lifting day, so I guess if I lift today I will have to try to keep calories down - that's not how that's supposed to work, I need to keep this on target and not get backwards again...<sigh>...keto eating was good, I did have 2 small glasses of pinot grigio to see how it would impact me, didn't make me feel any different...apparently some people are ok with alcohol on keto and others are not, so far I feel awesome, but I'll keep an eye out for cravings or any other signs that I may be kicked out of keto...0
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Sunday - keto day 5 - awesome day started with amazing morning bedroom fun. P90X Legs & Back in the morning...I thought I was going to die every minute of it, but I pushed hard and finished. Then relaxed and had some coffee...showered and had some lunch...went to the fabric store and got the finishing touches for my costume...went to target and got candy and such to make halloween goodie bags...then finished playroom cleaning and reorganizing - the pile of stuff for goodwill is amazing...it's nice to see the kids outgrowing the bulky toys finally, but there is still so much stuff in this house...then made another keto pizza with crab and shrimp for dinner which was delish...so, plenty of activity/exercise and food was on point...awesome day10
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Monday - keto day 6 - solid day, food good, lots of walking...actually had a good attitude and functioned well on only 2 hours of sleep...I'm guessing it's the change in diet...not sure...but that was kind of an amazing feeling.0
