ive done 1000-1200 for breakfast the last 3 days.

7/30/2010 12:29:35 PM

I have been poking around a lot of blogs lately and this made me laugh and sort of reminded me of this thread:

Quote :

"No fruit. Fruit is bad. Fruit is sugar. Wait! How can fruit be bad? Fruit is ok...you should be having some fruit. You don't have enough green vegies. Only leafy vegies. Green smoothies, oh wait, those are too high calorie. Splenda is bad. Stevia is unproven. Diet Soda is horrible, coffee is bad, dairy is bad, wheat is bad, flour is bad, sugar is bad, gluten is bad. Too much protein, not enough protein. Protein powder is helpful and the body absorbs it FASTER. Protein powder is BAD because the body burns more calories when you eat real food. Drink more water. Too much water is bad. Don't drink water with meals or it ruins digestion. Protein bars are a good snack, protein bars are bad for you. Meals have to be precisely 40/40/20 or no, wait, 40/30/30 no wait 60/20/20. Every 3 hours you must eat. Deli meat has sodium. Don't eat red meat. Go fat free. No, you need fat. This fat is ok, this fat is not ok. Count calories. Don't count calories, count fat grams. Eat salads, don't eat salads. You can't ever drink. Cheat days are bad. You must have a cheat day to confuse your body. No one needs dairy. Dairy helps with weight loss. Avoid everything white. Go on the Zone. Atkins always works. Shakes only. Slim-Fast. Frozen meals are the curse of the devil. Avoid salt. Only egg whites. A few egg yolks are ok. Carrots have too much sugar. Only eat clean. More fiber, less fiber. Lo-carb, moderate carb, high carb. Calories: don't count calories. Calories don't count, fat counts. Calories don't count, carbs count. Shoot for 2200 calories if you are training that hard!! No! You still have to keep calories LOW even if you are working out. Stagger calories. Stagger carbs. Cheat day vs. Cheat meal. Do you see the madness here? There are all these opinions and ideas about what works best- and I am not saying that the people that told me this or that were WRONG. For THEM, a certain way works. WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY OF EATING AND "DIETING" AND TRAINING THAT IS SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM FOR US. ONLY FOR US. What works for ME might not work for you. What works for you might sound hideous to me. "

7/30/2010 3:35:34 PM

^ haha that does sound oddly familiar....

on a side note - i have felt like shit this week. eating crappy (i feel like) and not getting enough exercise (in my mind) - just hope that i don't gain too much weight when i weigh in tomorrow....

7/30/2010 3:42:54 PM

^^ +100

7/30/2010 4:05:42 PM

^^^hahahaha

7/30/2010 4:56:10 PM

LunaK, try the things in Skwinkle's post. It will probably help you out.

7/30/2010 5:02:43 PM

You trying to be helpful ThePeter?

7/30/2010 6:18:31 PM

Quote :

"still at 0 bout to go workout"

primal.

7/30/2010 8:10:34 PM

Skwinkle ftw

7/31/2010 3:46:18 AM

Woohoo only gained .2 pounds this week. I thought it was going to be a lot worse

One week left in the competition and I've got a substantial lead over my sisters

7/31/2010 7:40:22 AM

what do you win?

7/31/2010 9:16:58 AM

$150 bucks

New clothes and a new pair of shoes

And bragging rights of course

7/31/2010 9:35:00 AM

Awesome! I'll be going into the gym tomorrow, its only open until 3pm on the weekends. Might focus on some rehab work on my knee, its been killing me lately.

7/31/2010 9:43:14 AM

last night cody and i went out at a friends for wine and filet mignon.

it was awesome.

but i wore shorts and i'm really happy with the way my legs looked as compared to other times)



YAYYYYYY for improvements!
im about to post a couple of pics

7/31/2010 1:01:45 PM

Worked out at Lifestyle for the first time.... the gym's legit twice the size of my old gym aha.

Except for almost being T-boned by a douche driving a Ford Mustang that tried to drift, but ended up skidding out on the wet pavement and driving over the island/divider, my first day at LFF was pretty good.

7/31/2010 6:51:03 PM

this thread makes me want to go to taco bell

7/31/2010 7:46:20 PM

god somehow i've been gaining weight on this trip....

can someone tell lucy to check her tww plz kk thx

8/1/2010 7:33:14 AM

yesterday was the first actual cheat i've had in a while.


i mean ive had drinks and bad food in the past few weeks but it has been very planned and fit into my cals.

yesterday was a blowout.



but i had fun

8/1/2010 9:22:53 AM

I'm comparing a picture I took today and the first pic I took, and it doesn't look like I made any progress...might have even regressed in some areas

I'll try taking the same angle and see what happens though

8/1/2010 9:25:17 AM

^you just reminded me:




one of the pictures taken friday night....i'm so proud of my legs

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 9:47 AM. Reason : still have a lot of work to go though]

8/1/2010 9:45:06 AM

as a leg guy, i gotta say "Dammmn gurl"

8/1/2010 9:50:40 AM

8/1/2010 9:57:20 AM

Since I'm coming home Tuesday, figure this is my "end point" for my challenge. [What follows is an analysis of my before and after. If you don't care, skip ]


Left is 6/19, Right is today (8/1)

I made calculations based on the pixels (using the selection tool in MSPaint; it gives the size of the box in the bottom right corner in X vs Y pixels), using my ear to ear as reference for scaling. Yes, I did make an excel spreadsheet . You can tell by the pixels that the right image was scaled a little bit, but it was to get my body the same size as the one on the left.

Quantitatively, biggest increase appeared to be my deltoids and shoulders. Trap height and deltoid thickness were around 25% increase in pixels. Nipple to deltoid saw an increase of 11%. Every other measurement I made ranged between 1 and 3%. I lost 1-2% of pixels around my waist (using where my shorts sit as the measurement point and the top of my love handles). Only significant area where I appeared to lose pixels was going from the top of my left armpit to the top of the deltoid, which was a 1% loss, but seeing my increase in deltoid size I'm not sure why.

Aside from numbers, I made significant strength gains and feel my shoulders are much bigger. I feel much 'thicker' overall. My core appeared to lose definition, and I also got a lot paler, so clearly I need to go do some ab work outside.

Of course I'll continue to work out, but this seems as good a spot as any to check the progress.

My weight stayed roughly the same around 185. I could never get enough food in, so that goal I missed.

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 10:15 AM. Reason : weight]

8/1/2010 10:05:58 AM

^nice analysis!!

8/1/2010 10:14:33 AM

Good work, Joie and Peter!

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 11:05 AM. Reason : bg]

8/1/2010 11:05:17 AM

I see bigger delts in pic 2, but bigger biceps in pic 1... not seeing any other differences tho.

But either way, you're still very tasty lookin. Can I use your abs to wash my clothes?



Oh yeah, I'm also interested in doing this...I know I've gained weight recently, so would anyone be interested in starting this challenge thing over? I feel like I've missed too much in this thread.



[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 4:25 PM. Reason : dd]

8/1/2010 4:20:24 PM

Leave it to TWW to measure their gains in motherfucking pixels instead of inches.

But seriously, grats on the improvements, sounds like you've been able to make some substantial changes in less than a month and a half. That's awesome.

8/1/2010 4:33:54 PM

Haha, thanks guys. I don't have any other way to measure at the moment, and all I had for analysis from before was the picture.

8/1/2010 4:49:03 PM

Quote :

"Oh yeah, I'm also interested in doing this...I know I've gained weight recently, so would anyone be interested in starting this challenge thing over? I feel like I've missed too much in this thread. "

The challenge aspect of this whole thing is a personal one. Despite the thread title, you can start at any time.

8/1/2010 5:35:37 PM

^agreed

im gonna still post workouts/questions/pics etc etc in here until our wedding next year
and then probably after that too

(this is joie)

8/1/2010 5:38:38 PM

Yeah, but I was wanting some competition... I find it hard to challenge myself :/

And this thing is 70 pages.

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 6:34 PM. Reason : sdf]

8/1/2010 6:33:42 PM

Quote :

"primal."

basically...primal food choices, intermittent fasting (only eating roughly between 1-9pm)

8/1/2010 7:22:09 PM

last week of the competition with my sisters.... 2 a days from here on out

8/1/2010 8:19:05 PM

Quote :

"Yeah, but I was wanting some competition... I find it hard to challenge myself :/"

You're just going to have to get over that.

The problem with trying to have an actual "competition" is that the goal here shouldn't be "haha, I was able to lose 5 pounds before that fatty" it should be "I'm making strides to improve my physical well-being and overall appearance".

Ultimately we're all competing with ourselves in some way: I'm competing with my ridiculous sweet tooth and never-ending stomach, Quinn is competing with his tiny stomach and lack of desire to eat, TKE-Teg and NyM410 seem to be competing with their love of beer, etc.

Anyone can change their diet and lose 10 pounds for a competition. If you want to get any benefit from this thread, you're going to have to challenge yourself.

[Edited on August 1, 2010 at 10:29 PM. Reason : .]

8/1/2010 10:29:07 PM

I miss the LFF already.

8/2/2010 1:04:54 AM

Pushups this morning with a minute rest between sets:

Set 1 - 25
Set 2 - 30
Set 3 - 25
Set 4 - 25
Set 5 - 40
Set 6 - 20
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Total: 165

I'll be swimming in about 5 hours.

8/2/2010 5:18:52 AM

7,000M swim. MS: 200m repeats holding 2:15 or better.

32 x 200m track workout leaving on the :55, holding 32 or better.

90km OG on the bike, staying in the saddle while climbing. AVG 325 Watts or better.

8/2/2010 6:49:43 AM

^how long have you been training? The type of work you're doing is what I imagine/assume elite athletes do as the only way to still challenge their bodies.

8/2/2010 8:00:16 AM

I've been racing on the elite men's circuit for seven years now.

Originally, I was not going to post in this thread. But, after reading it thoroughly, I am rather motivated by many of your results. I'll probably just keep reading and post occasionally when I really need to get motivated--like today.

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 8:19 AM. Reason : .]

8/2/2010 8:17:40 AM

shit you can come train me.... that'd get me into doing olympic distances in no time

8/2/2010 8:22:42 AM

Quote :

"COME TRAIN ME"

8/2/2010 8:39:08 AM

^^^ that's great, congratulations. my aspirations are on a much lower/realistic level for now. do I remember you on here years ago talking about things like the tabata method and HIIT?

8/2/2010 8:42:40 AM

fucking tabata kicked my ass this morning

8/2/2010 8:44:08 AM

Quote :

"do I remember you on here years ago talking about things like the tabata method and HIIT"

You have a really impressive memory.

8/2/2010 9:01:43 AM

oooh! Hay Lius! How YOU doin'?

8/2/2010 9:16:14 AM

Oh wow. I didn't realize you were Iheartkisses. I should have stalked profiles better. Fail.

[Edited on August 2, 2010 at 9:25 AM. Reason : ]

8/2/2010 9:24:38 AM

you stalked me well enough

8/2/2010 9:35:31 AM

^^^^ haha, yes i am known by friends and family for my memory skills. thanks for the advice you've given in the past and please feel free to post anything new.

8/2/2010 9:46:22 AM

Quote :

"Oh wow. I didn't realize you were Iheartkisses. I should have stalked profiles better. Fail."

I was lucyinthesky as well. Unfortunately, I lost my password.

8/2/2010 9:54:14 AM

Whoa, i remember LiusClues.

8/2/2010 11:18:42 AM