Chillicat's journal

[Chillicat]

I must note also - I didn't even have the tiniest bit of cheese, and cheese is my favourite, so I'm very proud of me :nod:

\:D/

I just remembered - there's still half a block of cheese in the fridge from last week, which I'd completely forgotten about. This is unheard of - cheese generally doesn't stand a chance in my house, so I really must have turned over a new healthier leaf :clap:

[Chillicat]

Extra back and biceps today:

Bent over rows 20kg 1x8, 22kg 2x8, 25kg 1.8

Bicep curls EZ bar (the heavy one at my husband's gym, so need to use lighter weights on it) 2.5kg 3x8, 1x5

One arm rows 10kg 4x8

DB Bicep curls 7kg 2x8, 6kg 2x8

Arm curl machine 37.5lb 1x8, 1x5, 20lb 2x10

Seated rows (machine) 45lb 1x10, 60lb 3x8

Lat pulldowns 60lb 1x8, 75lb 8/8/5

Oh, and I started off trying out some pull ups, but couldn't manage any, so did some chinups - 3!!! Managed 2 sets of 3, then came back later and did another 2 sets of 2. I'm so pleased!

Food yesterday:

1. Oats, yogurt and PP

2. Protein shake with banana

3. Yogurt and PP

4. Yummy pork goulash my husband made, with a wee bit of kumara mash

5. Peanut butter wrap

Today's food:

1. PS and banana

2. PS and banana

3. Yogurt and PP

4. Salmon/cottage cheese/corn quesadilla with spinach

5. not sure yet

I was another half a kilo lighter this morning - 59.5kg. Still finding it odd that I've lost a kilo in the last 2 weeks, as I'm force feeding myself most of the time. I'm never full and uncomfortable, but never hungry, and Saturday night I ate more dinner than usual since my husband had slaved all afternoon on this lovely slow cooked pork, so odd I should weight lighter.

Not much change in the body fat though and that's what I'm trying to lose, not weight! Maybe I need to go easy on the peanut butter wraps. But they're so yum!!

[yello]

Oh, and I started off trying out some pull ups, but couldn't manage any, so did some chinups - 3!!! Managed 2 sets of 3, then came back later and did another 2 sets of 2. I'm so pleased!

\:D/ good on ya! I can't manage any pull ups yet either..don't know why they're so much harder!

[Chillicat]

Oh, and I started off trying out some pull ups, but couldn't manage any, so did some chinups - 3!!! Managed 2 sets of 3, then came back later and did another 2 sets of 2. I'm so pleased!

\:D/ good on ya! I can't manage any pull ups yet either..don't know why they're so much harder!

God yeah, they're so hard - I can barely do half of one! But I'm going to keep trying every back day, and will just keep doing as much back work as I can in the hope that the muscles will get stronger and one day it'll surprise me and happen, just like the chin up did the first time I did one.

I'm actually really enjoying having something relatively small to aim for - one pull up doesn't sound like a huge thing, but the day I do one, I'll be celebrating!

[Chillicat]

Yesterday was chest and triceps:

DB chest press 12kg 12/10/8/8

DB Flyes 8kg 3x8, 9kg 1x8

Pressups 12,10

Tricep extensions 10kg 8/8/6/6

Seated dips 61kg 2x8, 70kg 1x8, 79kg 1x8

Arm extensions (machine) 20kg 4x8

Tricep pulldowns 15kg 4x8

Food:

1. oats, PP, yogurt

2. salmon/corn/cottage cheese wrap

3.PS

4. 1/2 PB wrap

5. yogurt and PP

6. beef mince biryani (home made) - small portion with lots of spinach and peas

7. PB wrap

Bit heavy on the peanut butter yesterday I admit.

[poos_n_wees]

Nice work with the DB chest presses :grin:

6. beef mince biryani (home made) - small portion with lots of spinach and peas

Ooh LOVE biryani..

[Chillicat]

Nice work with the DB chest presses :grin:

Thanks - can feel it today.

Today I did legs/glutes:

Smith squats: 50kg 3x8, 53kg 1x8

Smith lunges: 20kg 1x8, 30kg 3x8 (this might have been a mistake though, as later I felt one of my knees twinge, and since I've got knee problems and always struggled with lunges, I think I might have to drop back to 20kg for these and not be silly).

Deadlifts: 22kg 1x8, 25kg 1x8, 27.5kg 2x8

Sumo squats: 15kg 1x8, 17kg 3x8

Seated leg press: 8/10/10/8 (it was on this last set that my knee felt a bit twingy, so stopped)

Seated leg curls: 42kg 8/8/5/5

Seated calf raises: 25kg 2x8, 30kg 2x8

Swiss ball hamstring thingys: 10/10/8/8

Bridge: 4 x 10

Standing calf raises - 3 angles, 3x10

Food:

1. Oats, PP and yogurg

2. Salmon, cottage cheese and corn wrap (last of Sunday's quesadilla mix!)

3. Protein shake (was meant to be pre-workout, then decided the weather was too crap to go to gym at lunchtime)

4. Protein shake (actual pre-workout!)

5. Half a peanut butter wrap

6. Pork stirfry with a wee bit of noodles and a mountain of veges

7. Don't know yet!

[VampireChick]

I'm gonna try those peanut butter wraps up the mountain this weekend

[Chillicat]

I'm gonna try those peanut butter wraps up the mountain this weekend

Yeah, I reckon I'm going to get me a 1kg jar of PB when I go on my trip at the end of next month and stuff my pockets with them every day!

[VampireChick]

Nice! Yeah I'm becoming an addict. Secretly (well not anymore) I eat it out of the jar whenever I get home :shifty: =P~

[Chillicat]

Yeah me too! I'm a bit concerned I'm having too much and that it's really not helping me with trying to lose body fat though But I did average body fat counts for the first couple of weeks I've been using it, and overall there is a slight drop so far - so as long as it keeps going down I'll keep eating them. But I might have to cut down a bit After workout a small one is probably ok, but the before bed one on top of that is a bit naughty.

OK, tonight I'll have yogurt and PP, not PB wrap. Decision made!

[VampireChick]

Yep I totally hear ya. PB is my weakest link at this stage.

[teamfatboy]

Then don't, whatever you do, try the Kai Ora organic PB - that stuff is awesome!

It's probably just as well you can't get this in New Zealand...

[Chillicat]

Oh yum, that looks good!

Odd thing is that I never liked PB as a kid. I only had my first PB and jam sandwich when I was in my 20s. I guess I'm making up for lost time now!

[Chillicat]

OOOh can totally feel the glutes today!

Just did a bit of low key cardio (fat burning) on a bike today, and some abs too.

Food:

1. Oats/PP/yogurt

2. Tuna/chickpea wrap

3. PS

4. PB wrap (a whole one - very naughty - I normally cut them in half and keep one at home in the fridge til the next day, but I thought I'd just bring today's and tomorrow's in and save one til tomorrow - that didn't happen!)

5. 2 pieces sushi, some manner of meat and veg on a stick (there was some leftover catering at work and it was right on time for my 4pm feed, so decided to have that instead of yogurt since I was just having soup for dinner)

6. Corn and potato soup, ryvitas with PB

7. Yogurt and PP

[runveerun]

Bridge: 4 x 10

AKA Prone hold? AKA Hover?

4x10 my god! You're a machine!

[Chillicat]

Bridge: 4 x 10

AKA Prone hold? AKA Hover?

4x10 my god! You're a machine!

No, not a prone hold. Um, I'm not entirely sure how to describe it, but it's something that targets glutes and I saw it recommended about 3 times in one issue of Oxygen mag so decided to give them a try. I'm not sure what they might also be called. I'll see if I can find a pic.

[Chillicat]

Here we go, found it http://thebuffgeek.com/blog/exercise-hi ... te-bridge/

[Specter]

?? did you go inot the gym at 5.30am chillicat? I woke up..thought about going down...but went back to sleep :pfft:

[Chillicat]

?? did you go inot the gym at 5.30am chillicat? I woke up..thought about going down...but went back to sleep :pfft:

Nope, I don't do mornings. Tried a couple of years ago, and I don't mind it too much in summer, but buggered if I'm getting out of bed that early when it's cold and dark

[Specter]

?? did you go inot the gym at 5.30am chillicat? I woke up..thought about going down...but went back to sleep :pfft:

Nope, I don't do mornings. Tried a couple of years ago, and I don't mind it too much in summer, but buggered if I'm getting out of bed that early when it's cold and dark

Im up in Crofton Downs so not to far for me to travel to bodyworks...I will head down in a hour and train. I found that training early in the morning really helped get me through my day at work...

[Chillicat]

My favourite time to train is the middle of the day, as it gives me a really nice break to the day. As long as my work is cool about me taking a long lunch (and starting work earlier to make up the time), I'll keep doing that.

I do mornings sometimes if I've got stuff on during the day that means I can't get away at lunch or after work, and I don't mind it - it's just probably my least favourite time to train.

[teamfatboy]

My favourite time to train is the middle of the day, as it gives me a really nice break to the day. As long as my work is cool about me taking a long lunch (and starting work earlier to make up the time), I'll keep doing that.

I'd like to do lunchtimes - and my boss is cool with it, even if it amounts to two hours...but the team that works for me reacted badly to it - apparently it was disrespectful to them not to be in my office during lunchtime! WTF?

Interestingly, my team didn't seem to be so perturbed if I went for an hour's run on the waterfront at lunchtime - that was acceptable, but spending the same amount of time training weights wasn't.

[rose]

apparently it was disrespectful to them not to be in my office during lunchtime! WTF?

:discussion:

See now that's why orifice politics totally fucken suck. That's just whack shit man.

Burn them :flames:

[Specter]

My favourite time to train is the middle of the day, as it gives me a really nice break to the day. As long as my work is cool about me taking a long lunch (and starting work earlier to make up the time), I'll keep doing that.

I'd like to do lunchtimes - and my boss is cool with it, even if it amounts to two hours...but the team that works for me reacted badly to it - apparently it was disrespectful to them not to be in my office during lunchtime! WTF?

Interestingly, my team didn't seem to be so perturbed if I went for an hour's run on the waterfront at lunchtime - that was acceptable, but spending the same amount of time training weights wasn't.

Seriously!? I though your lunchtime was your own personal time? I would be telling the rest of the team to go f%&k themselves! Or are they all out of shape and get intimidated by you?