Tiffany's Progress Tracking
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Tuesday - wine and ice cream for dinner HA this is full on past the splurge level.
However, I did stay with my maintenance goals and I did my walking, but no other working out...hung out with the richmond peeps and made some new friends, so given that I could have had a giant plate of pasta PLUS wine and ice cream, I think I did good with just wine at the restaurant and ice cream after...I could have done with just one scoop, but I didn't...so there's that...other than protein being a bit low it was actually pretty on target for maintenance.
I set my goals to the Feb values so I could start tracking against them and get used to the lower calories and insanely high protein...I was planning to do 8x8, but I'm thinking I'll do 8x4 the first week and 8x6 the second week so that I can kind of ease into it and see how my body adapts to the new routine...I'm going to be on this 2 months, so I don't really have to jump right into crazy town, and some of the moves are new, so giving my body time to learn proper form is probably a good idea...plus the weights combined with a cut are always when I seem more at risk for injury so that's another reason to ease into it...on the plus side, my protein goal is insanely high, so I should be able to provide plenty of raw materials for muscle repair/growth.
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Wed...busy day getting craft supplies for princess leia...
but...managed to sneak in weights, and I ate within my shreduary goal, so I'm calling it a win-win!!!0 -
Thursday...food was good, 8x8 was done...OMG hack squats will be the death of me...no weights even, just bodyweight and I was struggling and taking longer breaks between sets because holy cow, that's just brutal...but I kept form, so that was good...and deadlifts were fine, and calf raises were brutal, but good form...
I have officially increased my magnesium dosage to try and offset the needs of this new program because even with double the mag I was still feeling a bit twingy last night...not quite muscle cramps, but that like on the verge of a cramp kind of twinges...
and I got extra sleep last night1 -
Friday was only so-so...I didn't track closely, but I also didn't eat like crazy, so I'm probably alright...I did do all the weights, and yesterday I did 2 hours of roller skating, so I guess that counts as cardio...but friday/saturday the schedule was more tight and I just didn't make time for it...I probably really could have, but it would have been hectic, and I didn't...I need to be more on top of that.0
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Monday was solid - I did the workout, I was a bit hanrgy at one point, but I managed it with a reasonable snack...I could probably use more protein, but also have bunches of leftover chili and waffles, so there's something to be said for eating up the leftovers.
Today is a carb refeed day, so that's pretty epic, and I'm going to do the carb refeed at lunch, and then super high protein at dinner, so that I can hopefully not trigger any cravings or the hungry monster from the high carb meal.
We'll see how it goes.1 -
Tuesday...workouts done...wine consumed...not a good thing...but calories not great but also not horrible...<sigh>0
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I kind of jumped into Feb a bit early and never really did a January retrospective.
January was solid. Maintenance is always easier than cutting. Exercise was nice. I really liked the EDT style workouts because they are time specific, so you know exactly when it will be done per the wall clock. It was also something I could pause the clock on every time I had a side task to do and it was easy to track.
I was trying to be good about logging exercise, which turned out only so so, but it's exercise so it's not that big a deal. Honestly, I'm tracking February on paper, so the electronic tracking is a bit unnecessary.0 -
Wednesday was hmmmm...food was good, I stuck to salads since both lunch and dinner were social events...didn't exercise because we didn't get home until 10:15...
Can probably make it up tonight since the kiss concert means I probably won't be working out Friday...so if I stack wed/thurs and fri/sat it will be a bit of upper/lower both days, then sunday is just lower...hmmm...maybe I should stack the 2 lower tonight, then the 2 upper on saturday, and lower again sunday...yeah, that's a better plan...
In any case lunch and dinner are social events today as well, so I will need to plan ahead and be on top of the calories...and salad isn't really a thing at either restaurant...hmmm0 -
Thursday was another day where lunch and dinner were out with friends...I planned ahead...the plans had to be altered because they were out of what I wanted at the german place, plus, I didn't remember that their smallest beer is a half liter...so I logged it as 2 beers and only ate half of the replacement entree...which was easy because after that enormous amount of beer and the super richness of the food, I was done for anyway...
I did go home and workout for a while...I did all of Wed workout, but only half of Thursdays workout simply because my legs were giving out and I didn't want to keep going when my form was breaking down. I do feel confident that I did all that I could safely do...and even though I planned to skip tonight's workout, I think I can probably squeeze in half a workout just to finish up what I missed with fresher legs.
The only downside is that today my intestines feel like balloons and I'm super super bloated and gassy...<sigh>...oh well...lunch is out again today, but dinner will be chicken nuggets and pizza rolls before the concert, so I may be nice to my tummy and just have an omelette instead.
KISS tonight!!!1 -
Friday was good...I didn't eat as I planned because I got home and no one had cooked - which is a bit frustrating since everyone was home all day, and yet I come in late after being stuck in traffic and there is not food and we are supposed to be leaving in 15 min. We didn't get out on time, that's for sure...and it didn't really matter that much...we missed some of David Lee Roth, but we were there for all of KISS and the show was amazing!!!
Saturday was kind of terrible for food...we had a midnight snack after the show, and then dad's birthday...I just guesstimated on the logging, but I'm over by like a whole day's worth of calories...so that might just have wiped out half my deficit for the whole week...but, I got up early and did my cooking and had some drink and enjoyed myself, so I can live with that...I would have been ok with drinks or midnight snack, it was a bit much to do both...future reference, need to reign that in sometimes, too much splurging is not good.
Sunday was good - I didn't really track, was lazy and reading, but I also didn't just mindlessly eat or anything, listened to actual hunger cues, and just had a couple glasses of wine in the evening while working the foam for the slave leia belt.
Exercise was pretty good...it was a busy week and I was behind in many of my workouts but I made up all the strength training except for Sunday...I probably could have pushed through and done that one too, but really, I just didn't feel like it...I was lethargic and tired all day so I just took it as a rest day and did lots of reading.
Now is the time to get back on it and FOLLOW THE PLAN!!!
Also, thinking of just not drinking the rest of the month. There isn't a lot of room for alcohol when I'm at a deficit, and we don't have any more special occasions this month, so this could be good motivation to just step away from the wine and whiskey!!!0 -
I'm going to aim for having 200 cals left over at the end of every day this week...that should help me get back to where I should be if I didn't eat like an arsehole on Saturday...it's not a punishment, it's conquering my previous bad decisions!!!
I'm sorry for what I did when I was hungry!!! I can make amends to myself!!!0 -
Monday was good...yoga/pilates class was good, I would like more pilates and less yoga, but whatever...she's talking about expanding the class to 90 min, but I really feel like we need to be at 30 min of pilates before making it longer, this 15 min crap is not enough of a challenge...food was good, including being 200 cals under...I was so happy when it was finally dinner time!!! I even managed NOT TO SNACK while cooking dinner because I already knew I didn't have the calories for that and having planned ahead actually helped a great deal.0
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Tuesday was good...workout done...visited the chiro...food was on target, but not under...I'll need to work on that...I'm increasing my protein with breakfast and cutting back on dairy to make the extra calories for that...so, we will see how that goes!0
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Wednesday was not so good, but also not terrible...the extra protein at breakfast didn't offset the hunger...and we had senior night at the school for the indoor track team during the basketball championships, so we didn't get home until super late...on the plus side, I did try to stick to high protein as much as possible...so my protein numbers are decent...I had turkey/cheese rollups before the event...bbq sandwich at the event...I would have been ok if I stopped there, but by 9:30 when we got home I was starving again so I had hamburger and mac & cheese...if I had realized when I started cooking that I would be hungry, I would have just made burgers and mac separate so I could just have a burger and not the pasta...live and learn.
Today's focus will be all about the protein...eggs for breakfast...chicken for lunch (lots of it)...pork roast for dinner, maybe veggies, but no freaking pasta, the pasta just makes crave more and more food.
I got on the scale this morning and it said 159.6 which is several pounds lighter than where I would expect to be at this point in my cycle and with the fact that I can't get my rings on...I didn't weigh in at the end of January because the scale needed new batteries and I only just put new ones in yesterday...so...either I'm not retaining as much water as I think, or I may have lost some actual weight...it's kind of a win win.1 -
Thursday was a win...stressful, but I made room for a glass of wine at the end of the day and that preserved my sanity...did Wed/Thurs weights...no cardio...went to Mr. Louisa - a drag show for the high school boys, it was super entertaining.0
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Friday was a win, not only did I eat OK, but we escaped the kidnapping with 2 min to spare...no workouts though.
Saturday was also a win, did both fri and sat workouts...plus kept food in line...might even have room for some wine after I spend some quality time working on my Leia cosplay.0 -
Sunday was more maintenance...mostly because I had wine...I did do my strength training but no official cardio...unofficially I did 90 min of raking leaves which I consider a fair trade for cardio...the wine...if only I could pass up the wine...0
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Monday...protein was low, but calories were good...workout done...not bad for a Monday!0
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Tuesday...calories were good...strength was done...no cardio unless going to costco and pushing a shopping cart around counts...protein was ok but it could use some improvement...I'm still up on the scale, can't get rings on, and I'm so tired of the puffy life...
GAH!0 -
Wednesday...calories were good, probably, mfp was up and down all day so things got keyed in quickly more than accurately, but it's close enough...got taxes done so no workout, but I can probably make that up tonight since Friday will be a travel day and I haven't decided if I'm going to try to do workouts on top of all the yard work planned for the weekend...I don't think I would need to cart too much in the way of weights just a pair of 10's and 15's, so maybe.0
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Thursday...calories were top end...protein could have been higher...but overall not bad...did my workout and my make-up workout, so that's good...except that my carpal tunnel is just killing me today...ugh.
Tonight - the beach!!!1 -
Friday...despite a crazy late night due to car problems, I was good on calories.
Saturday...logged everything but way over...the lack of sleep really kicked in massive appetite...but, at least I logged everything.0 -
Sunday...lots of working out...food on target...0
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Monday...yoga/pilates done...food on target...standard day.0
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The March plan is intense...but I think I can do it...so far I've only missed one day in all of Feb, so it's time to step it up and get the ball rolling to be super beastly for Ravencon!!!
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Tuesday - workout done, even some cardio done while watching a movie, and let me tell you that was quite an accomplishment because I also did the costco shopping and chopping all the food into smaller portions and such...totally a challenge on the schedule, but totally done anyway...and food was mostly on point with a small slice of cake for Fat Tuesday!0
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Wednesday - strength done, no cardio, food on point...I got an evening call from a friend and spent an hour catching up with them, and pacing a bit, but not really cardio level...it was cool though, good to be making those human connections in the world.0
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I'm a bit late keeping up with things, but I'm still on target for food and exercise...daughter had wisdom teeth out and I just got caught up in house stuff...but nutrition and activity is on track.1
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3/5 - didn't post again, but actually totally on track...workouts were hard and I started getting a weird muscle pain in my upper middle abs (maybe just because I've been super bloated today) so I did only 6 or 8 sets...and I'm glad because now my back is all twingy...so, I'm going to move my deadlifts off of squat day to ease up the stress on the lower back for the rest of the month...and I'm going to space the squats out more, so one type at the beginning and the other type at the end so my back has some recovery time.0
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This weekend was such a challenge...just like a bone deep ache in the muscles...not doms...something else...maybe tendons??? No idea...also, stomach super not happy with me...too much beef...too much diary...not enough carbs...who knows...in any case, I did some tweaking, and I'm going to add some more tweaking...the lack of recovery just sucks the life out of me.
I moved my deadlifts off of squat night to ease up some of the complaints of my lower back.
I'm going to eliminate the weights on the squats for at least 2 weeks and see how I feel.
I'm going to reduce the weights on the curls by 5 lbs for at least 2 weeks and see how I feel.
I'm eliminating dairy, including cheese.
I'm reducing the beef to 8oz/day and adding in at least 6oz of some other meat.
I'm adding in more carbs, but still under 100g/day.
I'm keeping calories stable for now.
I have had lots of variations of DOMS before, but this feeling is something else entirely, so this is probably the first time ever in my workouts that I have genuinely felt at risk for overtraining. It sucks and I'd like to make it stop.1
