Debszies journal - BFL

[gmm]

Did cardio today, felt great, but i know i can push myself a little harder

:clap: Yeh-great when you enjoy it. Sounds like you are doing really well. Also sounds like you are very busy! Training should be a great way to have some "me time" for you.

Pleased to see another girl giving Bodybuilding a whirl - weight training is awesome.

Keep up the awesome work.

[nicksmith3]

Got sick of the barrage of questions and comments from work colleagues today. "You dont want a muffin? You sure? Why not? I can get you one? Why dont you want one?"

Grrrr work colleagues are the worst! They make you feel guilty for wanting to eat healthy, just so they don't feel bad about grabbing that extra mini pie or muffin. Total negative influences.

For sure VC!

Just tell em they need to start eating healthy or their fat ass won't be able to fit through the door... Could work... :grin:

[Debszie]

Great, excellent, lovely, my guts are bloated and cramping like crazy and I think i should be semi close to a toilet today. Just my body getting used to the protein? Am taking EAS 100% whey protein, 30g with water, 2x per day. Not lactose intolerant. Oww these damn cramps, damn this damn big bloated gut. :cry:

[nicksmith3]

Great, excellent, lovely, my guts are bloated and cramping like crazy and I think i should be semi close to a toilet today. Just my body getting used to the protein? Am taking EAS 100% whey protein, 30g with water, 2x per day. Not lactose intolerant. Oww these damn cramps, damn this damn big bloated gut. :cry:

Could be you getting used to the extra protein, which is why i 'ease' my clients into a new diet.. Throwing yourself headfirst into a high pro diet isn't the most logical idea..

EAS isn't really the easiest on the gut either.. I had troubles with that as well. Maybe try another powder?

[Debszie]

Thanks rose for your comments, really helpful and i appreciate the effort you have gone to help

i think, as you have said, i need to not stress so much and remind myself that this is only week 1 and it is an adjustment period for me , both physically and, well, organisationally!!

Diet today, cut down on portions, guts still a little churney, crampy and sore from the protein powders :?: but i dont have that stuffed full feeling

cardio 6am

M1 1/2 cup oats, 30g protein shake with water

M2 2 boiled egg whites and 1/2 a banana

M3 4 pieces of salmon sushi

M4 handful of unsalted cashews, 1/2 myoplex protein bar, coffee

M5 palm size portion steak, 1/2 cup brown rice, peas, broccoli, silverbeat

M6 undecided what i'll have - maybe 30g protein shake with water?? Or maybe my guts need a rest from it?

Legs tomorrow, first time for the week, cant wait!! Oh i so cant wait to start feeling results (patients Debs, patients!) like fat off the hips and gut, strong arms and legs, being able to do more than a 17.5kg bench press with shaking arms, and an arnold press of more than 3kg!! But im so keen and excited and cant wait to turn fat into muscle (and loose fat!) and no longer have 35.6% bf :grin:

[startinfromscratch]

awesome start deb - apart from the tumm issues, good to see you staying on the rails despite all the distractions! :clap:

[Lamborghinilova]

If you think it is the protein causing the problems, then i'd leave it for your last meal. whey isn't an ideal last meal anyway. possible a large glass of milk and some tuna?

i'd get others to approve of this suggestion before you go ahead with it.

[laurasaur]

and while we are on the subject of quicksand, steer clear from rice protein!!

ew. hope you are feeling bit more settled, and you are doing amazing for your first week so dont stress.

[Debszie]

awww thanks for the comments! yes i would love to try the protein, thank you! I will pm you with my cell phone number to jack it up

Did legs today with my pt, owwwwwwwwwwww. And tomorrow it will be oooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

Because this week has been getting the programme organised, its been a little out of sync. So tomorrow doing upper....then monday it will start from the beginning...upper - cardio - legs - cardio etc

Another lesson learned today - didn't bring ENOUGH food in with me and by the time i got home at 4pm i was starving and shaking. Skulled back a myoplex lite and now 2 hours later BANG my guts are cramping up big time grrrrrrr

Time to go get my kumara out of the microwave and get that salmon and veges ready, while the rest of the family has fish fingers, spaghetti and chips

But i am sticking to the plan and am already planning what to eat on my free day on sunday

[Debszie]

Saturday madness

2 adults in the house doing post grad study and one very bored child.

1 adult (me) with sore butt and quads from yesterday, the burn, the burn. Getting cranky cos of the essay. child tried to sneak a mouthful of my brownrice - "Get away from my rice, you've had chocolate, ive had nothing, leave my rice alooonnneeee!!!!" :madman:

Today - Upper body 8am

M1 a gross as protein pancake :puke: and a coffee

M2 protein shake and salmon & tomato on wheatcrackers, 1/2 banana

M3 ummmmmmm honestly no recollection, maybe i didnt have anything??!!

M4 brown rice and 1/2 banana, 1/2 a protein bar

M5 is gonna be grilled pork, a kumara and some green veges

M6 is gonna be a myoplex lite to see if my guts start cramping again

Stupid essay

Glad tomorrow is a cheat day :nod:

[Lamborghinilova]

How old is your Kid?

You might find that you could involve Him/her with some of your BFL efforts, which may help motivate you, and pressure you to keep your commitments. and provide you a chance to both bond with, and tire your kid out.

However, you may find that your son/daughter can't keep up with you, or you may find it is a rare chance for some alone time.

Just an idea. Good Luck

[gazza]

i've got a 1yr and 3yr old and they are always lining up at the table cos daddy's always eating.

i was on my way to work the other day and my 3yr old for something to eat, when i asked her what she wanted, she said she wanted fish, then informed me she wanted to eat it out of the can like daddy! i was half way to work when my wife text and informed me little miss 3 had eaten a whole can of tuna and wanted more :grin:

[Debszie]

awwww bless, thats really cute!

[Debszie]

Free day of eating

bacon, eggs and mushrooms for breaky mmmmmmmmm

Tomato + avacoado sammy for lunch + fijoa

Protein drink for snack

Fish n chips for tea (gross)

Magnum for dessert

enjoyed the breaky, felt guilty as heck all through the rest of it

Legs tomorrow 6am. Dreading it, considering my quads/hammys/some other random muscles are burning like F**K every time i walk, move, sit etc

If sitting on the toilet causes me to groan in pain, how will i handle doing cable squats and that other thingy where you have the bar in your hands and you stick your butt out and lower the bar down your thighs then squat to the ground and stand up again (too tired to try and remember what its called) :?

Sleep time I think

[teamfatboy]

Guess what, Debszie ? You're officially a bodybuilder when you make noises like that after leg day :nod: :grin: And confirmation was the fact the fish-and-chips lost its appeal!

Keep it up, the pain eventually moves to another part of the body :shock:

[Lamborghinilova]

Many body builders swear by stretching straight after a workout in terms of recovery. also, when you shower after, if you have time, try and have the water as hot as you can on the muscle group(s) you worked on for about a minute, then turn it as cold as you can for a minute, then repeat maybe 2 more times. this will improve bloodflow to the affected muscle groups, and help improve recovery. but at the end of the day, you will always have sore muscles the next day if you work them properly.

[Debszie]

Yesterday I had a new learning curve - DONT go to work with not enough food. DONT rely on protein shakes or bars to fully full me up - actual food is better! Ended up frantic in the supermarket before physio for my wrist so so hungry, my brain was saying 'just buy a croissant, just buy a croissant', but i hunted for a 1/4 chicken (sold out) or some shredded chicken (sold out) so ended up buying one of those ready made Horleys protein drinks which tasted like flavoured milk and still left me hungry

just now when i got home i SOOOO wanted to snack, got to learn whats ok to snack on. Had bought one of those Protein Cookies, which was real nice but did not feel/taste/seem like a proper protein snack, had an instant sugar rush and felt gross afterwards, and a little guilty

serving size 64g

kj per serve 1137

protein 15g

total fat 11.1g

saturated 3.1g

sugars 5.5g

sugar alcohols 8.5g (WHAT ARE THESE?)

cardio 6.30am - pissed a lady off for stealing 'her' treadmill

M1 - protein pancake with small amount of fruit salad and yougurt

M2 1/2 myoplex pbar

M3 chicken, spuds, tomato

snack - cashews

M4 protein shake

snack - the sugary tasting protein biscuit

M5 will be stirfry veges, noodles and ??? fish

M6 protein shake with 5g l-glutamine (sp?)

feel yuck and massive sugar hit from that bloody biscuit

week 2, day 2 of bfl waaaaahooooooooo!!!!!!! :pfft: :nod: :grin:

[laurasaur]

nice, keep it up I find week 2 the hardest of any plan, you just start to seee progress and then the laziness kicks in. dont let it happen to you

[Lamborghinilova]

You should find that you feel fuller by eating whole foods as opposed to protein shakes. this is due to your brain registering chewing, and telling itself(?) it is getting food. so you might find that combining a piece of fruit with a protein shake helps keep you fuller for longer. But since you were originally having problems with feeling bloated, this may not work. it is something you could consider, and would help you satisfy the BFL requirement of protein and carbs at each meal.

Another option to consider, but depends on whether you make your Protein shake with milk or water. Personally, I find that a shake made with milk fulls me up for much longer, but some people find they have problems with gas when doing this.

[Debszie]

Day 10 of BFL

7am Upper body

Im so embarrassed by the puny little weights im doing at the gym - but if people could see my puny little arms, you'd understand. But im so proud of myself that im doing it anyway :nod:

M1 protein pancake (waiting for me when i got in the door, made by my darling partner, what a guy)

M2 Protein bar,chicken

M3 Kumara, broc, chicken (read above brackets), coffee

M4 protein shake with milk (much nicer!)

snack - 2 pieces of chocolate, wrestled with myself for soo long about it, and had it anyway

M5 salmon, rice, veges

Word count of 3500 word essay - 2019. Time to pull finger. Oh how i want to snack, DAMIT!!!!!!!!!

[teamfatboy]

:ditto: Rose is right on the money... besides, as your journal grows (you are keeping at least a private record of the weights you use, right?) you'll see progress in all sorts of ways - what you lift will go up, the numbers on the tape measure will go down

And as for the two pieces of chocolate, it could be argued you did the right thing - at least you knew what you were eating, and can work around it. Mindless eating (in front of the tellie, or while working in the kitchen) is far worse.

[startinfromscratch]

Debszie, dont worry about the low weights, it sux to postem but trust me - its good to see your own progresssion! keep up the good work!

[laurasaur]

your partner made you protein pancake?! lucky!!! sounds like a keeper

[Debszie]

Ohh ohh ohh my man said to me this morning, and I quote "you're looking a little tighter" - MADE MY DAY!!! So it means all this bloody food im eating and missing out on currys and milky bars is starting to slowly work! And the 6 days a week at the gym, and the horendous leg work outs (arrgghhh those deadlifts!) that make me want to cry, its all slowly slowly doing something (slowly) \:D/

[laurasaur]

Ohh ohh ohh my man said to me this morning, and I quote "you're looking a little tighter" - MADE MY DAY!!! So it means all this bloody food im eating and missing out on currys and milky bars is starting to slowly work! And the 6 days a week at the gym, and the horendous leg work outs (arrgghhh those deadlifts!) that make me want to cry, its all slowly slowly doing something (slowly) \:D/

Woo babe after only a few weeks!! Imagine in a few months