becbec's road to recovery

[runveerun]

Great pics Bec bec! Looking nice and lean! It's scary posting them up but it's a great way to get feedback and to spot the difference in the next lot of photos!

[teamfatboy]

:ditto: what they said - takes guts to post pics, so well done :clap: :clap:

Remember that you're looking for improvements every day - what pics help you do is gauge progress over longer periods. I'd bet a choccie creme egg that if you were to take pics 3 months from now, you'll be amazed at progress.

[becbec]

thanks for your encouragement everyone :grin:

ahh, unfortunatley i don't think i'll be training today still really sore, maybe the MASSIVE dose of antiinflammatory steroid will help (and make me chubby :cry: )

maybe i should be posting on the steriod and prohormones forum :pfft:

[becbec]

feeling better this afternoon, i could have gone to the gym today but i'm gonna leave it till tomorrow just incase things flare up again

belly is still feeling a bit wierd, feels like it's tied in knots :?

m1: ON soy protein

m2: date scone (arg slip in the diet, oh well)

m3: 2 corn thins with pb yummmm

m4: nectarine

m5: serving of corned beef

m6: 3 corn thins with hummus

found a recipe book written by a woman with rheumatoid arthritis with really yummy recipes which follow the anti-inflammatory diet

[biggurl27]

So these recipes look good then?

[becbec]

yup! not gonna be home for dinner tomorrow but i'm gonna try them out sometime soon. I'll post them up here as most of them are low fat and high in protein so other people might be interested in them too

[vegas_warrior_nz]

hmm what pics are these being referred too :-s

[becbec]

hmm what pics are these being referred too :-s

they're on the other page

[becbec]

Muaha my doctor is gonna hate me, she never said anything about not doing cardio, just no weights... but they were like becca..... come play on me.... so i just had to!

Leg extensions (starting to see some muscles coming through here )

4 sets of 10x18kg's

Leg Press

ooo these were kinda hard

3 sets of 10x60kg's

Chest Press

1 set of 10x10kg's

3 sets of 10x15kg's

1 set of 8x15kg's, failed on the last two

Lying Leg Curls

1 set of 10x12kg's

2 sets of 10x18kg's

1 set of 10x12kg's

Seated Row

1 set of 10x18kg's (waaaay too easy)

3 set of 10x24kg's

Cardio

20 mins of HIIT bike

4 minutes at level 4

1 minute at level 5

1 minute at level 6

1 minute at level 7

1 minute at level 8

1 minute at level 4

1 minute at level 5..... and so on for 20 mins

went to level 8 for the last minute

3 and half minute warm down, phew i was sweaty

Exiting stair machine

great sucess :grin:

Diet hasn't been all that good today, including breaking my anti-inflammatory diet with a date scone and some salt and vinegar chippies, goddamn school cafe and friends that share :evil:

m1: ON soy protein shake with soy milk (mixed terribly and was gross!!), coffee

m2: 85g tuna, handfull of salt and vinegar kettle chippies

m3: date scone

m4: chicken, mint and almond salad

m5: raspberry twists (animation station on c4 tonight) haha

[teamfatboy]

Nice way to end the week - seeing the muscles everyone told you were there, AND mastering the "Exiting stairs Machine" LOL :clap: \:D/

[becbec]

haha sometime i'm so tempted to use the lift instead of the exiting stair machine! i might have to one day

got really bad stomach pains today so i'm not at school.

hopefully if i feel better i'll fit in a 20 min cardio session before i go out

[becbec]

belly feeling better now, off to the gym to do:

chest press

1x10x10kg's

3x10x24kg's

seated row

3x10x24kg's or till failure

assisted pull ups

1x10x6kg's wide grip

1x10x 6kg's close grip

x3

leg press

3x10x60kg's

and possibly 3x10x20kg's bench press

20 mins of HIIT cardio

foods

m1: ON soy protein shake with water, nectarine

m2: scrambled eggs (3 egg whites, 2 yolks, dash of soy milk)

m3: 3xpeanut butter on corn thins (probably too much there :pfft: )

m4: pre work out nectarine

m5: 2 x corn thins with hummus

[Big_J]

looking good for 17.. you need to ease up on the weights and recover or else itl just be an uphill battle that you will never get over.. then how are you gona train 100% and win any titles?

I say rest.. and cardio with the sly dog luigi :pfft: then once your all sweet gradually get back into the weights

[vegas_warrior_nz]

I have a question becbec, why did you do shoulder press yesterday to failure then again today?

and I see you did leg press yesterday and again today aswell?

Just curious?

[becbec]

looking good for 17.. you need to ease up on the weights and recover or else itl just be an uphill battle that you will never get over.. then how are you gona train 100% and win any titles?

I say rest.. and cardio with the sly dog luigi :pfft: then once your all sweet gradually get back into the weights

yeah, shows how much i know about training

will have rest days from now on

and don't encourage him :pfft: :pfft:

[becbec]

rest day today!

hands and knees quite sore and a bit swollen today and my tris, lats and quads hurt too!

m1: plum, 2 poached eggs

m2: nectarine

m3: 2 pieces of gluten free, wheat free bread with jam and nutbutter (was feeling tired)

m4: 2 pieces of gluten free, wheat free bread with hummus

m5: handfull of raisins

m6: steamed fish in lemon juice, with onion, brown rice

I think i'm eating too many carbs on my rests days so i'm gonna cut back from now on

[jesses]

rest day today!

hands and knees quite sore and a bit swollen today and my tris, lats and quads hurt too!

m1: plum, 2 poached eggs

m2: nectarine

m3: 2 pieces of gluten free, wheat free bread with jam and nutbutter (was feeling tired)

m4: 2 pieces of gluten free, wheat free bread with hummus

m5: handfull of raisins

m6: steamed fish in lemon juice, with onion, brown rice

I think i'm eating too many carbs on my rests days so i'm gonna cut back from now on

Lol i like it, good joke . What your eating there is not too many carbs. 300g of carbs per day is the rdi for maintaining your body and id would say you are barely hitting 200g. The only effect that much carbs is having is slowing your metabolism.

If its worrying you try a carb tapering system. Eat lots of carbs at breakfast, 80-100g, then taper down the amount per meal, 70-90g, 60-80g, 50-70g. So that gives you 260-340g range for the day and over 4 meals should take you to early to mid afternoon to eat. eat no carbs after 3ish in the afternoon and you will be fine

[becbec]

thanks for the advice

i'll give it a go!

i've noticed i've lost a bit of weight since i stopped eating normal bread, weighed in at 64.9 kg's yesterday

had a busy day at work today and my gym closes early so no workout today i really must go hassle my neighbour about her power bike!

m1: ON soy protein

m2: 85g tuna, orange

m3: egg, lettuce, avocado sandwich on wheat free and gluten free bread, yum yum!

m4: 2 pieces of pizza :oops:

m5: 3 chicken drumsticks

m6: cup of veges

[becbec]

feeling really motivated today

determined not to let my crippledness away from the gym! muaha!

workout:

20 mins HIIT cardio (about 230 calories)

I really wanted to do some hanging leg raises but when i got there it was gone :shock: :cry:

just did an ab workout on the mats for about 10 mins consisting of crunches, bike thingies, straight leg pulses

foodzz:

m1: ON soy protein shake, coffee

m2: 85g tuna, piece of 6seeds venderisomething bread

m3: pre workout banana

m4: 2 fillets steamed fish, salad

m5: 2 pieces of that bread stuff

m6: gluten free rasperry muffin (did some baking, HAD to try 1)

so much for minimal carbs after pm workout :oops:

[becbec]

Still feeling really motivated, realised it's probably just the 40mg prednisone haha but i don't care i feel gooood!

Had a doc's appt this arvo so only had time for 20 mins cardio after school before i had to go.

cardio:

20 mins HIIT

5 mins level 5

1 min level 6

1 min level 7

1 min level 8

1 min level 4

1 min level 5

1 min level 6

1 min level 7

1 min level 8

1 min level 4

1 min level 5

1 min level 6

1 min level 7

1 min level 8

1 min level 6

1 min level 8

3 min warmdown on level 1

about 230 calories, can't remember exact

heart rate was up to 190 at the end though.. is that good? :?

foods:

m1: ON soy protein shake, coffee

m2: 85g tuna in springwater, 1 piece of gluten free, wheat free bread

m3: pre workout banana

m4: handfull of almonds

m5: 1 corn thin with peanut butter and rasp jam

m6: chicken, cup of beans and carrots

Specialist says i can start lowering prednisone now, kinda looking forward to this and kinda not.

Pros: less water retention / cushing syndrome / it's bad for your bones / less appetite / be able to sleep properly

Cons: joints might start playing up again / severly decreased energy / sometimes i randomly faint :shock:

will just take it slow, leg workout tomorrow yay! :grin:

[jesses]

carbs straight after workout is ok m'dear thats how muscle is made. or at least preserved if you go technical. but after that meal continue the taper.

ah hanging leg raises, good exercise. If you can't do that try doing hip thrusters. you lie on your back with legs 90 degrees to the floor then thrust your hips directly up using your lower abs. great for down low on the abs. good practice movement too

p.s. if my explaination is shit try googling it

[becbec]

thanks

the hanging leg raise machine has mysteriously disappeared from my gym *do do do dooooo*

what do you use to do incline sit ups?

[jesses]

i dont usually do incline sit ups but a decline bench works well. looks around and see if they have one set up for decline bench press then ditch the bar and you can use it for sit ups.

one thing to watch with incline sit ups is you dont want to pivot at your hips. most people keep the backs straight while doing it and still think its a sit up. this just works your hips flexors.

instead try and get your shoulders to touch your hips by dragging your shoulders up your body. sounds silly yes but think about it like this. you abs go from your sternum to your pelvis. which is about shoulders to hips. so but trying to get your shoulders to touch your hips you are contracting your abs as much as possible.

[becbec]

that makes no sense :shock:

i'll ask someone to show me at the gym haha

[teamfatboy]

cardio:

20 mins HIIT

5 mins level 5, 1 min level 6, 1 min level 7, 1 min level 8

1 min level 4, 1 min level 5, 1 min level 6, 1 min level 7, 1 min level 8

1 min level 4, 1 min level 5, 1 min level 6, 1 min level 7, 1 min level 8

1 min level 6, 1 min level 8

3 min warmdown on level 1

about 230 calories, can't remember exact

heart rate was up to 190 at the end though.. is that good? :?

Um - 220-17 eq 203 Max HR approx, 190/203 eq 96% Max HR - yep, that's INTENSE, so it will have helped calorie burn (when compared to schlepping along at 65% for 20 mins) and it'll help with cardio-vascular fitness. The question to ask is 'how did you feel after 5 minutes/ 30 minutes?". If your heart-rate dropped quite quickly, that's good - but if it stayed elevated that's not so good...