Emmzies corner

[emmzies]

I miss my sunshine runs and cardio adventures

Where have they gone? :-s

They are stuck up in the rain clouds which won't go away. Here i was getting used to sunshine... silly me, this is NZ! :doh:

Hang in there Emmzies daylight saving starts this Sunday..Yaye \:D/ ...summerz just around the corner for sunshine runs and cardio adventures :nod: ..and the scary dudes won't come out till much later :jail:

So very true Bar-belle :grin: although i hope the scary dudes don't come out at all...... omg hurry up and arrive already summer! I can taste you... I need you. :pray:

Wednesday Training: Legs

• Squats 10x5 @ 20kg

• Lunges 9kg 12x3, 10kg 12x1

• Leg Press NONE :shock: Broked! :cry:

• Mountain climbers 2x 20

• Leg extension 57kg 12x3

• Lying Leg Curl 39kg 15x3

• Glute machine 60kg 15x3 (each leg)

• Hip adduction 64kg 12 x 3

• Hip abduction 68 kg 12 x 3

• Cardio: 30 mins cross training - 70% HR

Wednesday Diet:

M1: 1/2 Cup oats, 1/2 cup trim milk

M2: Salmon salad, apple

M3: half protein bar, some sugarfree jelly-bellys :grin:

M4: blueberry smoothie

M5: Beef stirfry

M6: 2 corn thins w/ PB, tea, coffee

[rose]

some sugarfree jelly-bellys

Mmmmm gelatin =P~

"Classic experiments demonstrate however that, with the addition of gelatin, the biological value of mixtures can be increased. For example, the addition of gelatin to beef results in an increase of the biological value from 92 to 99.

Therefore, gelatin can complete and increase the amino acid composition of other protein sources.

Gelatin also appears to be beneficial to athletes for muscle growth and metabolism, as it contains lysine, which is important for muscle growth and arginine a precursor of creatine, an amino acid important for the energy metabolism of muscle cells." :grin:

[emmzies]

Gelatin also appears to be beneficial to athletes for muscle growth and metabolism, as it contains lysine, which is important for muscle growth and arginine a precursor of creatine, an amino acid important for the energy metabolism of muscle cells." :grin:

:shock: So Jelly-belly's are pretty much a health food? Sweeeeeeeeet thanks Rose. I'll have to add them to every meal :grin: *grabs a handfull of coconut and buttered popcorn ones* =P~

Thursdays Training: Abs/Shoulders

• Front raises 10kg 10 x 1

• Side Delt Raises 9kg 10 x2

• Rear delt flies 30kg 12x3

• Push ups 12x4

• shoulder press (machine) 30kg 12x5

• Ab crunches (on sb) 30x4

• Medicine ball twists 6kg 40x3

• Side plank 1 min holds each side x 3

• Plank 30 sec holds x 3 ( :evil: hate u!)

• Leg raises 10x3

• Cardio : 30 min cross training

Thursdays Diet:

M1: 1/4 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup milk

M2: 4 egg whites, 150 g tuna, peppers and carrot

M3: half sculpt bar, coffee, tea, 25 g beef jerky

M4: Fish and steamed veges

M5: Coffee probably

Update One: 3+ weeks on

So its been just over 3 weeks since i started my workout overhaul to get past this neverending plateau. I know these things take time and I'm in no hurry which is why I generally avoid weighing myself more than once a month.....

But since I have been working out harder than ever before and eating more carefully than I have done for a while, I decided to weigh myself last week to see if there had been any change, as I certainly feel there has (muscle tone wise anyway).

The result? A huge FAIL. I have put on 2kg. :banging:

This is why I hate scales. :evil:

Before I get the "your weight fluctuates " excuse - that doesn't apply. I know it flucuates which is why I waited 8 days to weigh myself again before i got disheartened enough to vent on here.

And then there's the 'muscle weighs more than fat' excuse: but no, that doesn't fly either. I could not have gained 2kg of muscle in 3 weeks. My BMI is now 23.6 which is at the upper end of the healthy scale, when it was 22.9. Granted my measurements have gone down slightly all around, and according to my ultra paranoid mum I am heading down the too-much-muscle-for-a-female road (HAHA yeah, right :roll: ) , but that does not explain the 2kg gain.

Perhaps I should start eating a lot less, or get some stupid hardcore thermo weight-loss supplements, which I have always wanted to avoid. :shrug: I can't workout more than i am, anyway.

Tis just a rather disappointing result. But I will try not to be too depressed. Hopefully the next update will be better news.

On wards and upwards (as long as its not on the scales :x )

[Travel Express]

Wow... that's random putting weight on. Maybe when you weighed yourself it was at a fluctuating stage?

Wish I could put on 2kg in 3weeks :grin:

[becbec]

Don't let that dishearten you Emmzies, you're doing a great job :nod:

[Chillicat]

Granted my measurements have gone down slightly all around

I'd just focus on that. How are your clothes feeling? You said that before you got on the scales you felt like there had been a change - I am guessing you mean you felt a change for the better? Then if both of those are the case, bugger the numbers for now.

[runveerun]

Scales lie.

How do your clothes fit and measurements and BF readings are a better way of finding out how your going. You are working hard and eating right!

[IronHyde]

well 1 litre of water is equal to 1kg. So if you were not hydrated when you last went on the scales and this time you have had a lot of water before going on the scales you will easily be heavier, Just a thought. but as others have said, don't bother going by the scales, just go by your feel good factor as ultimatley that is what it comes down too!

[teamfatboy]

I'm with the others on this one, Emmzies... scales will mess with yo' head.

Do your clothes feel looser? What are your girths doing? Are you weighing yourself at the same point in the day with respect to workouts/ meal times? Or, since it's three weeks, are there other factors which could explain things like two kilos of fluid?

These are just some of the factors which can influence what the numbers actually mean.

Then there's the effect on your strength and fitness.... my thoughts - don't change anything yet - give it another week, but then DON'T weigh yourself too frequently. In five years of working with my PT, we've almost never gone more frequently than monthly scales/ girths/ skinfolds - and often a lot less frequently than that.

So keep focussed, don't let one parameter throw you off-kilter.

[emmzies]

Thanks for the support guys :nod:

I'm definutly not loosing movitation over some random numbers. :naughty:

This perhaps just reinforces why i only weighed myself like 10 times in total (in 2+ years) when i lost my initial weight. I hate the darn liars, always have, always will. :twisted:

To answer your questions:

- Yup my clothes definutly feel looser and fit better, particually the tops!

- I definutly feel like I have toned up quite abit in a short period. I also feel heaps stronger.

- My measurements have decreased by a few cm's but nothing signifigant i.e waist, hips, but i can finally see some sort of muscle emerging from beneath the fat! :pfft:

And yup I'm very careful about when i weigh myself to eliminate influencing factors. On the rare occations that i do rely on stupid scales, I always weigh myself in the morning first thing.

You guys are right though, scales do mean crap all. I really want to get a BF measurement done. i think i should look into that. :-s

Hmmm those scales which measure BF %: does anyone reccomend them?

[teamfatboy]

I really want to get a BF measurement done. i think i should look into that. :-s

Hmmm those scales which measure BF %: does anyone recommend them?

My 2c worth... one-point skinfolds are good, but four-point skinfold measurements are better. They are a good idea every two-three months or so.

The Tanita scales are only a tool. Have a search on here for threads discussing them, I think you'll find:

a. the numbers differ more widely than is helpful (it's only simple maths in the gizmo, based on biometric averages (the average bone mass for height, etc);

b. they rely on consistency on your part to give accurate results, and because body fluid may vary, the results can be misleading if you're dehydrated/ over-hydrated;

c. their principal advantage, IF you manage their limitations, is that you can get "a measurement" yourself (which you can't do with four-point skinfolds) and you can track general trends, if not accurate %bf.

[rose]

Hmmm those scales which measure BF %: does anyone reccomend them?

Only if you ignore the actual BF% reading it spits at you and focus instead on the number decreasing.

Their accuracy is questionable and they vary considerably from model to model. I'd ditch scales altogether and go with a pair of jeans, a tape measure, a camera or any combo of these. As TFB says, scales f*ck with your head.

So Jelly-belly's are pretty much a health food?

Yup! Eat them with every meal to increase the bio-availability of other protein! :pfft: 8)

[Chillicat]

Hmmm those scales which measure BF %: does anyone reccomend them?

Only if you ignore the actual BF% reading it spits at you and focus instead on the number decreasing.

Yep, agree. I have Tanita body fat scales, and I find that although my weight stays fairly similar, (within about a kilo or so range up and down, and generally very predictable based on how much I've eaten the day before), the body fat is up and down and all over the place, though also more or less within a percentage point. I tend to take readings every morning first thing over a week, then average it. I found that way that for the most part, if eating clean, I'd notice a small but consistent decrease in the average per week. The only times it's jumped up has been when I've had a major blow out (one 4 day one a while back), or when I went on holiday for a few weeks and my eating wasn't as good as normal.

They're also not like regular scales as they make all kinds of calculations based on what you tell it about your age, gender, and whatever else to give you your bf reading - so it's not so much a case of jumping on and you get an exact measurement of what your bf is in an objective way (like when you jump on scales, you don't have to give them all that information). For example, I just switched mine from normal mode to athlete mode, and instantly my bf went from around 28 to 22.6!!!

So as the others say, they're good as a general guide to increases and decreases, but not for obsessing over.

[Peachy]

Sometimes when I go to my mums house for dinner I weigh 2kgs heavier after having dinner and dessert!! :shock:

Mainly coz I stuff myself coz its good food but I agree with what everyone else is saying its definately how you feel and how your clothes fit :nod:

Sometimes the scales will show I've lost weight but my clothes are tighter??

To answer your questions:

- Yup my clothes definutly feel looser and fit better, particually the tops!

- I definutly feel like I have toned up quite abit in a short period. I also feel heaps stronger.

- My measurements have decreased by a few cm's but nothing signifigant i.e waist, hips, but i can finally see some sort of muscle emerging from beneath the fat! :pfft:

\:D/ Theres the proof that what your doing is working!! :clap:

KUTGW Emmzies :grin:

[bar-belle]

On wards and upwards

That's the spirit Miss E... :nod:

according to my ultra paranoid mum I am heading down the too-much-muscle-for-a-female road (HAHA yeah, right :roll: )

:pfft: snap, mine says that to me too!! Drives me spare :pfft:

[emmzies]

Uh oh :shock: its the early hours of monday morning and the accountability from a weekend of mindless indulgence and partying sets in when i remember about this journal .... :doh: damnit. Hmmm possibly a little bit of a 3day guesstimate follows, but nevermind.

:pfft: snap, mine says that to me too!! Drives me spare :pfft:

Haha but at least your mum has a reason to say it, you have a decent amount of actual muscle unlike me! :pfft:

Sometimes the scales will show I've lost weight but my clothes are tighter??

Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I did an experiment a while back, and not going to the gym for over a week made me LOOSE weight and i was eating the same amount and wasn't sick... it happened twice. :-s

\:D/ Theres the proof that what your doing is working!! :clap:

KUTGW Emmzies :grin:

Thanks Peachy :grin:

So as the others say, they're good as a general guide to increases and decreases, but not for obsessing over.

Hmmm thats definutly interesting advice Chillcat, TFB and Rose, thanks for your input. I honestly don't think i wil bother with them then, considering how much scales piss me off already. I don't wanna add another potentially inaccurate guage to the mix really. :-s As you say Rose, i think tape measure and a camera will be sufficient for now, untill i get a proper bodyfat reading done.

In conclusion, Fk you Mr-Scales. :twisted:

Right....moving on.

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Fridays Training: Rest Day

Fridays Diet:

M1: 1/2 Cup oats, 1/2 cup milk, coffee

M2: Coffee, half sculpt bar

M3: Salmon salad

M4: Apple, 25 g jerky, coffee x2

M5: grilled fish and veges

M6: popcorn and m and m's

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Saturdays Training: Back/Triceps

• Cardio 1: 15 min run at 12.8kmph

• Negative Wide-grip pullups 4 x3

• Db Bent over rows 20 kg 13x2

• Seated cable rows 12 x 3

• Lat Pulldowns 15x4

• Tricep dips on bar 7x4

• Tri Extensions (dumbell overhead) 9kg 13x3

• Cardio round 2: 20 mins cross training - 80% HR

Saturdays Diet:

M1: Protein pancake, coffee

M2: half sculpt bar, apple

M3: light mocha frappachino

M4: thai chicken stirfry salad

M5: this supposidly low fat ice cream stuff (um, with oreo's in/through it :shifty: ), tea

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Sundays Training: Um, another rest day :oops: (i didn't get time)

Sundays Diet:

M1: 4egg white spinach omlette

M2: cashew steak thai salad

M3: coffee

M4: mexican ceaser salad

M5: Reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly badly deathly rich chocolate cake (but it wasn't my fault that i ate it. I couldn't be rude. I honestly didn't want it but when the birthday boy offers it to you you can't really say no, particually when the guy that baked it is looking at you intently for your approval of his awesome baking skills :shifty: )

Looking forward to normality returning now. :pray:

[emmzies]

Mondays Training: Chest/Biceps + back/triceps + legs (too much energy :shock: )

• DB Incline Bench Chest Press - 10kg 12x3

• DB Incline Flys - 9kg 15x3

• DB Bench Chest press - 10kg 12 x3

• DB Flys - 9kg 12x3

• Cardio 1: 10min HIIT treadmill 17-19kmph 1min:1min

• Mountain climbers 20x3

• Leg press 112kg x 3 - I have lost SOOO much strength since i starting splitting workouts and stopped doing it everyday

• Negative Wide-grip pullups 5 x3

• Seated cable rows 35kg 12 x 3

• Lat Pulldowns 35kg 15x3

• Ez-curl bar - Bicep curls -21's: 7kg x 4, 8.5kg x2

• Push ups 13x5

• Cardio 2: 15 min 80% HR cross training.

Mondays Diet:

M1: 4eggwhite spinach omlette, tea and coffee

M2: salmon salad, tea

M3: half sculpt bar, demon energy shot, 3 packs gum (that combo sure makes lectures more bearable)

M4: 100g tuna, seeds

M5: too much steak, steamed veges

[Travel Express]

Mondays Training: Chest/Biceps + back/triceps + legs (too much energy :shock: )

• DB Incline Bench Chest Press - 10kg 12x3

• DB Incline Flys - 9kg 15x3

• DB Bench Chest press - 10kg 12 x3

• DB Flys - 9kg 12x3

• Cardio 1: 10min HIIT treadmill 17-19kmph 1min:1min

• Mountain climbers 20x3

• Leg press 112kg x 3 - I have lost SOOO much strength since i starting splitting workouts and stopped doing it everyday

• Negative Wide-grip pullups 5 x3

• Seated cable rows 35kg 12 x 3

• Lat Pulldowns 35kg 15x3

• Ez-curl bar - Bicep curls -21's: 7kg x 4, 8.5kg x2

• Push ups 13x5

• Cardio 2: 15 min 80% HR cross training.

Mondays Diet:

M1: 4eggwhite spinach omlette, tea and coffee

M2: salmon salad, tea

M3: half sculpt bar, demon energy shot, 3 packs gum (that combo sure makes lectures more bearable)

M4: 100g tuna, seeds

M5: too much steak, steamed veges

Hows the DOMS today?

[Sakura]

- Yup my clothes definutly feel looser and fit better, particually the tops!

- I definutly feel like I have toned up quite abit in a short period. I also feel heaps stronger.

- My measurements have decreased by a few cm's but nothing signifigant i.e waist, hips, but i can finally see some sort of muscle emerging from beneath the fat! :pfft:

That's awesome Emmzie! \:D/ Be proud chickie. 8)

[emmzies]

Hows the DOMS today?

Its freakin NASTY! :twisted: Well, nasty-good....depending on how you look at it.

DOMS is the most satisfying change I've had from splitting my training, never really got it when i was adopting the WTFIFL (Whatever The f*ck I Feel Like) training regime 8)

That's awesome Emmzie! \:D/ Be proud chickie. 8)

Thankys girl :thankyou: Its definutly a boost to the old ego.

Far out i love training, I wish i could marry the gym.

Tuesdays Training: Legs

• Squats 15x4 @20kg, 12x2 @25kg

• Lunges 9kg 12x3

• Leg Press 115kg 13x4

• Mountain climbers 3x 20

• Leg extension 56kg 12x3

• Negative Wide-grip pullups 4x3 -I love these now :grin:

• Lying Leg Curl 39kg 15x4

• Glute machine 57kg 15x3 (each leg)

• Hip adduction 64 kg 12 x 3

• Hip abduction 68 kg 12 x 3

• Cardio: 30 mins cross training - 70-80% HR

Tuesdays Diet

M1: 2egg white vege and tuna omlette, tea

M2: 2egg white vege and tuna omlette

M3: Blueberry and peach smoothie

M4: sculpt bar, coffee

M5: grilled chicken and veges

M6: oh the possibilities.......

Damnit why won't my protein powder arrive! :x I'm so protein deprived.

Does anyone know the normal shipping time for stuff from bodybuilder.com? I ordered it about 10 days ago. Loving the strong NZ currency :grin:

[Luigi]

i hope you mean bodybuilding.com otherwise you just got scammed

[emmzies]

Haha woops, yeah i did mean bodybuildING.com.

[laurasaur]

I've had stuff in a week but up to 3 :/

[Sakura]

Loving the strong NZ currency :grin:

Ooooo, good point. :nod: A good time to order from overseas.

[vivalamia]

When I ordered from them it took about 1 week, I was suprised! Check if it hasn't been backordered... or you can track it with the info they give you?