Tiffany's Progress Tracking
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Friday was good, maintenance for the first time in a week which is nice, and lots of protein, and total body for cardio, and hot tea in the evening rather than cocktails...all in all quite nice!!!0
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Sat and Sun were good, poverty, workouts done, no adult beverages...lucifers waterfall is finally gone and I feel pretty peppy about everything...
need to get on a scale so I have good start of month measurements!0 -
January results:
up 4 lbs
down 3/8 inch in waist
not terrible...not great either...I did have that week that was mostly maintenance, but was actually very adherent most of the month...so...tweaked it by adding 3 days/week of doubles, tweaked the supplements (notably increasing DIM and adding a tumeric one that's supposed to help with menopause hormones)...and now it's onto phase 2 of beast - let's get bulking0 -
yesterday could have been better, I didn't do my 2nd workout because I forgot to even look at the calendar...need to get back in the doubles mindset...it was just stretching, so no major calorie burn, but still, need to get on it...at least food was good and I didn't snack0
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Wednesday was great, both workouts, poverty calories, protein met without a shake, and no alcohol
no alcohol on whiskey wednesday and while spending two hours on the phone with a friend in GA
had a vitamin water instead, it was great
today 158.6 (-1.4 lbs) and 29.75 (-0.75 inches)
nice progress, I'm sure at least some of that is the bloat and water from lucifer's waterfall trailing off, but it still feels good to see progress in the metrics0 -
thursday was solid - both workouts, poverty calories, protein a little low, but just not in the mood for a second shake
traveling to the beach friday, so I'll miss my second workout unless I slam it into break time...I should have gotten up early to do a morning and then lunch one, but my slack *kitten* surely didn't...<sigh>0 -
weekends are such a challenge
did great on friday, fit in both workouts and poverty calories even while traveling - super big win
saturday lots of work on the shed, maintenance calories plus drinking to celebrate a neighbors upcoming wedding, on target except no workouts, it was a stretching day so I'm not super worried
sunday it all falls apart...more work on the shed...plus drinking in the evening which I should have skipped...plus more food than necessary, so another maintenance day, plus no workouts...I should have gotten my booty off the couch and done the working out instead of doing the drinking...
one day already derailed...really need to pull it together1 -
Monday was good...food on point...made up a workout...all in all fantastic...1
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tuesday was mediocre...food mostly on point (like 100 cals over)...2nd workout not done due to getting home from costco super late...hate to miss stretching again, but needed some tv downtime and was still too full from dinner...not great but also not terrible, I really wanted to stuff my face and eat a lot more...stress???0
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week has been a bit of a mess, but food has been mostly good...missed some stretching and ab workouts, had to cut back the weights on chest/back/shoulders due to shoulders being super unhappy...also lots of painting and such, so more stresses and odd movements than just working out..fun times...
drinking on sunday...maintenance on monday...other than that at least food has been good!!!0 -
definitely sick...whooping cough, yay...no fun
been doing weights...sometimes a second workout but not usually...food was good except yesterday and today are maintenance...not going to sweat it while sick...feeling so very ugh and on so many meds and herbals...
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February results...gained 2 lbs but lost an inch
160 to 161.8
30.5 to 29.5
My glutes have gone from a little flat to nice and round...going to keep the 1 leg day for march while increasing the glute days from 1 to 2...I was also able to progress the counts in Feb (24 to 32), but I think I'm going to go from 3# ankle weights up to 4# ankle weights and drop the reps back down to 16 or 24 depending on what I can do day 1 with the heavier weight. I was also very consistent and only missed 1 glute day in the entire month.
I will continue with Beast in March, now onto Phase 3...I'll probably keep the weights at their current level, mostly because I don't want a repeat of the back/shoulder problems I had early in Feb when I tried to progress the weights...March will be full of raking leaves, and hopefully I can get out and walk more as well, so not progressing on the other weights is fine. going to keep in the cardio-ish light weight total body 3 days a week as I feel that really helped...not only because there's almost no walking happening with the feb weather, but also because it keeps me from reaching for a snack immediately after work. I was very consistent with most of my weights, I only missed 2 the whole month which is pretty amazing given that I was dealing with injuries and whooping cough, go me.
I'm still aiming for losing some belly and growing some more glutes, so all other weights just need to maintain so as not to lose muscle, not worried about progressing those other lifts at this time.
Food - I had alcohol 7 times in Feb rather than the planned 2...while it's not that hard to fit these little splurges into my calories, it does detract from meeting protein goals, and it jacks up my hormones more than it did when I was younger...it brings back the night sweats, and hot flashes, and difficulty sleeping, and I'm pretty sure that's at least part of what's making it even more challenging than usual to lose the belly fat...I have increased my DIM and will stay on the higher amount for march...I will aim for zero alcohol days...on the plus side the trip I have planned is with someone who doesn't really drink, so that usual vacation temptation will be lessened...I'm also working through this vacation except for 1 travel day, so keeping to routine and keeping to my workouts should be easier...I need to pack/download things to watch so that I can have entertainment while lifting...I had 5 maintenance days and 1 day I didn't really track, so overall very consistent on food...
Why is the scale up? Well, I'm still dealing with whooping cough, so that could be some water retention from the meds/herbs to handle those symptoms. Also, my glutes are more round, so at least some of it could be water retention from the lifting or actual <gasp> muscle growth!!!! <squeal> That would be truly exciting...my belly has that wrinkly skin look it gets when it's shrinking, and the side abs are getting more defined...my love handles are definitely a bit smaller, so overall I'm headed in the right direction...better than January's no progress...even small progress is better than nothing.
Stretching and abs remain something I really need to strive to hit goal on...I always sacrifice those first, but I really need to stop doing that and focus more on making them fit and making them as much of a priority as I do my weight and cardio workouts...always room for improvement.0 -
I kind of love that I started this when I was 40...
Weekend was good, did one workout only a day, not doubles...but the whooping cough is still making me fatigue fast, and I did spend as much time as I could manage working on leaf raking...super looking forward to when I don't have 2 acres to deal with...
I'll just keep on keeping on...the march plan is done...even got a plan to stay on target while on a week vacation...keep on keeping on...the grind never stops...feeling very positive about it today, like looking forward to the grind never stopping...maybe this dumb cough is finally losing it's grip on me!!!0 -
March and April sum up:
I did good...I did the things and logged the things...and while my weight went down and then up some, my inches on my waist have been slowly just going down, and I can really see that my belly button fat area is noticeably smaller...
I haven't been on here to do the journaling, but moving is a thing that is consuming much of what little spare time I once had...still doing the things!!!!0
