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Thanks ladies. Yeah Nessie - it's funny, as I had only been dropping by 100 cals after about a month on each number per day - so I thought that I was good to drop by another 100, but it seems that it wasn't so and that I needed that extra protein shake per day to keep losing (or wee piece of ginger crunch :wink: ). So right now I'm on 1800 per day, which I'd have thought was quite high for losing, but if it's working then I'm more than happy to eat more - love my food!

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Yep, I'm about as slow as they come :lol:

Wow, it's amazing the DOMs you get when you make a change to the regular workout - had sore hammies for the last few days after my last leg workout. Started the new thing last week, 4 days of weights then a cardio day, then back to the 4 weight days. Squats, lunges and SLDLs fall on Day 4, and today was that day. Today I felt like I'd totally killed them even though I was using relatively low weights (3x12 then another set of how many I could manage). Definitely felt it when I finished and walked down the stairs, will hurt tomorrow I think.

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So just when I was starting to get back on track with the weight/fat loss, and feeling bloody great about it, I got struck with a particularly nasty cold. Just a cold, but I haven't had one in about a year so I've been all sookie lala about it and a bit man flu-esque and drama queeny.

Did manage to haul my ass to the gym though - but the workouts were extremely minimal - 3 or 4 x 12 of fairly light weights for 2-3 exercises. Pretty much the bare bones so that I felt like I was at least doing something - not sure if it was a help or a setback, but it made me earn my afternoon couch rests. But mostly I've spent the week self-medicating with cupcakes :oops: Lucky for me I've now discovered 'fluff' (thanks Ronin!) and they are half the calories and just as yum, so they are my new medicine.

I did manage a .2kg loss this week so far, so that'll do if nothing better shows up on the scale by Sunday.

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Care to elaborate on this 'fluff'? I'm always on the look out for decent treats!

Oh absolutely - I'm sure Ronin will be happy for the love to be shared!

You take a pack of weight watchers jelly and make it up as per instructions. When it's set you add a 250g tub of cottage cheese and 2 scoops of protein powder, then mix it all up. Ronin said he uses somethng called a 'magic bullet' to mix it - I'm not actually sure what that is, but we've got one of those hand held blender things and I used that and it was brilliant - made the consistency really nice and not at all cottage cheesy looking, all lumpy and horrible like cellulite! It ends up kind of like instant pudding and tastes brilliant.

Ronin says that makes 2 serves, but I made 3 out of that lot and they were big serves. Might do it 4 serve lots in future, as one serve last night was super filling. But here's the great bit - it's fewer calories than sludge and way less fat. Also because there is more volume you feel like you're getting a more filling treat, and because of the cottage cheese you get casein, so it's great for a pre-bed snack. Also more protein. Slightly more carbs, but only by 1 gram, so nothing really.

I've only made it once so far, with strawberry jelly and strawberry PP. But I see that there are lots of yummy flavours of jelly, so I might get me some vanilla PP to have a more neutral flavour to go with the jelly. Ronin said he's also had the blackberry and raspberry jellies with choc PP, which sounds intriguing, so I might try that next!

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I've had a couple of days doing the early gym shift this week. Not really my ideal time, but better than missing out altogether because of work stuff. Unfortunately my cold has really knocked me, and I've found my workouts a huge effort so I've really taken things easy - yesterday was 'upper body' (bench, close grip bench, bicep curls and incline DB press) and today was 'lower body' (squats, SLDLs and lunges) just so that I could have a mini all over workout of all the main bits.

Weights were fairly pissy for all, mostly around 3x12 but for some I couldn't even manage 12 reps on lighter weights than usual. I think I'll do the same thing for the next couple of days as I'm still feeling a bit crap - so will do just enough to feel like I'm doing something, even though it's not really anything. Then I think I'll have a cardio day on Saturday so I can watch 'House Guest' while on the bike :lol:

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Lol I love house guest!! I cant work out why I like it so much :-s

But have missed it the last two saturdays because I like the guy that takes body combat at the same time just a wee bit more :pfft: (he looks like TK off shortland street straight up 8) )

Hope you feel better soon missy. So annoying getting sick coz you feel like all your training goes backwards grrrrr......

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Lol I love house guest!! I cant work out why I like it so much :-s

It's not as good as the other similar show that used to be on (can't remember the name), where the narrator was just such a smart arse about the contestants, he was actually the highlight of the show! But houseguest is funny, it's hilarious seeing what other people think will be a winning kind of night/menu. It certainly makes cardio easier to bear, so I'm currently scheduling cardio for Saturdays to take advantage of the entertaining tv - Sunday morning tv is just way to uninspiring (well, at least the channels on offer at my gym).

Hope you feel better soon missy. So annoying getting sick coz you feel like all your training goes backwards grrrrr......
Being sick sux! Stick at it and train where you can and you'll bounce back fine.

Thanks guys. Yeah, I can't believe how much it's knocked me. I feel like I've got spaghetti legs right now, just no energy. But I'm trying to do a little each day as I can't bear for all my hard work this year to disappear because of a couple of weeks of feeling like poo, and I figure that 3x8 at a low weight is better than 0x0 of 0 weight.

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First time back at Thorndon for a regular lunchtime session after 2 weeks of feeling like poo and fitting in the odd very low intensity workout here and there. Walked up the stairs and almost tripped over a large number of sexy beasts in white. Wasn't quite sure who they were, but a lot of staring and committing faces to memory, then some googling has confirmed that they were the Kiwis rugby league team, who I have to say are a LOT better looking in person than in these team photos http://www.nzrl.co.nz/kiwis-player-profiles.aspx Ruben Wiki was particularly tasty :nod:

Good workout. Doing my warmup rowing for 10 mins I burned an extra 15 calories than normal, with a row of Kiwis alongside me, so clearly they were inspirational :nod:

Found weights hard though after a couple of weeks of very little, so just did minimal back/biceps workout, and will work to improve more next week.

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Ruben Wiki was particularly tasty :nod:

:lol: bit of eye candy aye :lol:

Glad to see you're back into after being sick. I'm sure you'll be back to your usual training in no time. KUTGW :grin:

Thanks! All I need is a magic shirt with amazing strength giving properties and I'll be back on track!

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BF today 20.2%, from the starting point of 26.8.

On the one hand that's \:D/

But on the other hand, visually I don't really see that much of a difference. Still have bingo wings/dinner lady arms.

Guess I just have to keep going and try and get into much lower figures to actually see my arm muscles :?

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Wicked BF figures :clap:

Perhaps you're being a little harsh on yourself - I've seen dinner ladies before, they don't look like that! - or if you're seeing definition in other places, maybe it's just a legacy issue that will take a little more time to address.

Should I see whether the Kiwis are training again - maybe Ruben can give you some pointers :)

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Hope they're there this lunchtime - I went rowing crazy yesterday with Ruben barking orders at his boys on the rowing machine - and since my ipod is home sick I'll be able to listen to every word!

You're probably right about legacy re the body fat thing. Just really annoying!

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17.7%??? I think my Tanitas might have malfunctioned! My weight has stayed the same over the last week, and I haven't suddenly come over all buff unfortunately :pfft:

Unless the change in macros has made a difference - maybe? I've added a lot more fat into the diet over this last week. I'd run out of fish oil caps a while ago and not got round to replacing and thought 'meh, I won't bother' since I'm eating lots of oily tuna and salmon. But then over the last few weeks tennis elbow has come and buggered things up - and one of the recommended things for that is fish oil, so I've added 3 caps 3 times a day, plus I've often been taking out my oaty bar and swapping it for sludge (more fat and protein, less carbs).

I know Tanitas aren't the most reliable of instruments for measuring BF - but I weigh every morning first thing on waking (after the toilet!) so it's as 'all things equal' as I can possibly be, with 8 -10 hours fasting and an empty bladder, and I haven't found there to be wild fluctuations generally speaking. Once I'd gone from say 26 to 24, the readings would invariably be between 24-25, not crazily above or below, and similarly, once I'd gone to around 22, the readings wouldn't go over 23 for the most part.

So the previously reliability gives me some hope that I've been doing well and it's starting to catch up. Maybe.

I'm in the final push now - 8 weeks til my target. I did have a weight plan in mind for the last eight weeks, but the tennis elbow might require a rethink. I don't want to give up weights - and it's not affecting my lower body, so no excuse to not squat! So I'll take it relatively easy for the next 2 weeks on the arm (it's mostly biceps that are a problem, can seem to still do most other things fairly ok) - training plan is:

Day 1 (Sun) - upper body

Day 2 (Mon)- lower body

Day 3 (Tue)- cardio

Day 4 (Wed)- upper body

Day 5 (Thu) - lower body

Day 6 (Fri)- cardio

Day 7 -(Sat) cardio

I'm going to stick with lighter weights 3x12 for the next 2 weeks and then reassess, with a view to increasing the weights slightly and maybe dropping to reps of 8.

I've worked the days so that I can watch House Guest Omnibus while I do cardio on a Saturday :pfft: I've tried doing cardio sometimes on a Sunday, but seriously, the TV on offer is dire (no offence to those who like Q&A or Waka Huia, but I find those programmes far too dull and need something light and fluffy to get me through cardio, and House Guest does it - considering coming back in the afternoon for an hour of cardio while 4 Weddings is on too!!). I've got a perfectly good iPod (back off sick leave now, all better - yay!) - but when there is visual stuff right in front of me (as at J'ville), I wanna watch it and get engaged in it, and I freely admit I'm a reality tv junkie.

So here's hoping for a BF that stays in the teens (I can't see me making any further losses now if that 17.7% is to be believed), and perhaps a kilo or so off (the arms!) in the next 8 weeks.

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