Gotta keep trying, eh?

How did you do on the test?

I've had a busy week but I'm back. My wife was able to accompany me to the gym today (she got hurt a couple weeks ago and had been unable to exercise).
 
I don't even want to type this entry. (This is for Friday, btw)

Food:
8:30 - Cottage cheese
2:30 - I cut the fat off a pork chop and cut it into cubes, then I cut a potato into cubes and pan fried them together in a drop of olive oil. I also had a little ketchup. And skim milk
5:30 - Sushi! Tuna roll and salmon roll.
7:30 - A few bites of chocolate ice cream and waffle cone...
Throughout the rest of the night - two shots of vodka chased with Mt. Dew, a hard cider and a bite of barbecue pizza.

I guess it doesn't look as bad when I type it out. I thought I was going to fitness hell.

Workout:
Squats 3x12@30
Deadlifts 3x12@30 - I think it's time to up it on the deadlifts
Bent over rows 3x12@15
Bench presses 3x12@30
Crunches 3x12
Side bends 3x12@20

No cardio, company came a few hours early and I didn't have time. We did go shopping and I'm going again today so at least that's walking.

Guess what? I CAN SEE MY ARM MUSCLES!! They're in there, I can see them!

I wouldn't stop flexing in front of the mirror. I looked like a douchebag frat boy.

Also...I think my boobs are bigger. At first I thought it was just me, but then I got a second opinion. Bench presses perhaps?
 
Ok Monday weigh-in time....164.5! Well..I'm hesitant to celebrate, mostly because last time I was down I went right back up again.

BUT!

This does put me past the ten pound mark AND past what was my steady weight for most of college (166)

Oh right:
Starting - 175
1/14/08 - 172
1/21/08 - 167
1/28/08 - 165.5
2/4/08 - 167
2/11/08 - 164.5

I'm really afraid it's going to go back up again next week and that's REALLY gonna frustrate me.

I don't know what I would do without you guys, it's really one of the HUGE things that keeps me going, being able to come on here and say what I'm doing, and getting support, advice, and a push in the right direction if I need it.

Thank you guys, I really mean it.

My goal for the week: MORE CARDIO!

I REALLY wish it would warm up out there. It's 4 degrees right now. I want it to get warm enough so that I can run errands on my bike, or at least just ride it around. I'll have way more fun exploring the city than I will staring at the hundred mirrors in the fitness center. I'll just have to keep my activities for before dark, it's a little scary out there, haha. I live in one of the uh...not better neighborhoods in the city, but once I get through it there are some nice parks around here I hear! Haha:). Eh it's not so bad. We're moving soon anyway.

On a completely unrelated note, I am now the Principal Clarinetist and Concertmaster of the University of Indianapolis Wind Ensemble! If you've ever been to a symphony concert or the like, the concertmaster is the person that walks on last after the band is settled. That means I give the tuning notes, yay! I get to be number one for a whole semester. Haha. Oh well, it's a good way to get sent off. I also have a big solo in a Bernstein piece, which is a little out of my element, but I'm excited. I told my parents to come to my concert this Friday, I had a surprise for them. I think they thought I was going to tell them I was getting married or having a baby or something. They should be relieved then I guess.:)

Ok, that was quite a tangent. Breakfast time!
 
Well congratulations - Concertmistress :) What Bernstein piece are you going to be playing? I just heard Dance Episodes from On the Town, and a suite (Tonight, Maria) from West Side Story arranged for violin and orchestra (Joshua Bell was the soloist).

And as for the weight - just keep your eyes on the prize. If it does go up even then you'll at least know it wasn't your fault.
 
kittyhartman26 said:
Ok Monday weigh-in time....164.5! Well..I'm hesitant to celebrate, mostly because last time I was down I went right back up again.

BUT!

This does put me past the ten pound mark AND past what was my steady weight for most of college (166)
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If you even think about complaining or becoming frustrated, for any reason, I will cut you. :SaiyanSmilie_anim:

Then I said something less scary and more along the lines of "Woot! Congratulations. :D"

Hard work tends to accumulate.
 
stingo said:
Well congratulations - Concertmistress :) What Bernstein piece are you going to be playing? I just heard Dance Episodes from On the Town, and a suite (Tonight, Maria) from West Side Story arranged for violin and orchestra (Joshua Bell was the soloist).

And as for the weight - just keep your eyes on the prize. If it does go up even then you'll at least know it wasn't your fault.
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It is Dance Episodes from On the Town, actually! I have the Eb clarinet solo in the third movement, although I'm playing it on Bb.

Joshua Bell is amazing. I saw this thing where they had him play in a subway where street musicians would play to see if people would notice he was a professional. Only like three did. It was kinda sad.


shellsy21 said:
AWESOME job KITTY!!!! AWESOME!!! :beerchug:


The boob thing scares me though!!! :rofl:
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You're scared because my monster boobs will eat you or because you don't want yours to get bigger? :) Bear in mind mine were barely there to begin with. There's really no way to go but up:rolleyes:
 
kittyhartman26 said:
Joshua Bell is amazing. I saw this thing where they had him play in a subway where street musicians would play to see if people would notice he was a professional. Only like three did. It was kinda sad.
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I saw that too - I think if they'd done it during the evening rush hour the results would have been different, as people would have more of a choice in staying to listen or going home.

I liked the Dance Episodes - the Philly orchestra played them with a real swagger - great fun. Because of this I know the solo you're talking about - nice. :)
 
Yeah I thought about that. They were labeling a lot of these people as uncultured or uninterested, I was like, most of them probably just have to get to work!
 
I am having a problem of a serious derailment. I didn't work out, and I ate well until about two hours ago when I had Doritos, pop-tarts, and hot chocolate. I don't know what happened, I just get in these stupid terrible moods and then I can't function. The worst is when it happens before class because then I just feel awful all day because I don't even have the strength to get myself to class. I finally made some progress and then I sabotaged it. My first instinct was to hide from the forum and pretend like I didn't do anything, but that goes against my goal, which is to be honest, and was also the beginning of all of my other downfalls. I feel like I don't even belong here. How can I say I want to be healthy and lose weight when I can't even say no to a bag of Doritos my roommate leaves out?
 
Everything will be okay. What shellsy said. **** happens.

Your degree of success will be determined by your ability carry on, and not some ideal of perfect discipline you're supposed to have. So, move along.

Also, that's a good girl. Don't you disappear on us. It wouldn't even make sense. You're doing great. :D
 
Let me say first that my first instinct was to disappear anyway, at least for awhile. I'm making myself post. Posting makes me happy:) What I want to do is sulk and wallow, but it's not the right thing, the right thing is to move on.

I mean this for most things in my life, not just the fitness part.

I came to somewhat of a revelation yesterday. It's not really a revelation, well, I knew it, I just needed to really believe it. There are many things that make a person unhappy, and I have a problem with focusing on them. I have too many good things in my life to waste time being depressed. Sometimes I make problems out of nothing.

I wanted to run away and sulk but really I don't want that for myself. Nobody wants that for me.

Thanks for your help guys, I hope this sticks with me.
 
I know fitday is notorious for being inaccurate, but it says on days I work out (about 30 min of lifting, 30 min of cardio) I burn 3114 calories a day.

Does that even sound close to right? If that's true, I should be eating a heck of a lot more I think.
 
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