Sparrows Experiment

well I blew it big time at my party, so back on the wagon...one day at a time

Monday:

B-
S-6 egg whites, 1 serving hot oat bran cereal
L-1 can tuna, 1/4c brown rice, tomato, onion, pickle, in lettuce wraps
S-cottage cheese, 15 almonds
D-1c diced grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, small side salad w/balsamic and olive oil
gym:
Spin class 1 hr
bulgarian splits 3x12 22lb bar
SLDL 70# 2x12
body rows 2x12
superset pause bench 60# 2x12
decline push ups 3x5
DB press 20# 2x12
superset
lateral raise 8# 2x12
Assisted chins 60# 2x12
assisted dips 50# 2x12
stability ball pikes 3x15
abs on bench (falling legs)
 
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D-1c diced grilled chicken, steamed broccoli, small side salad w/balsamic and olive oil
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Hey woman....I see you ate a salad with a vinagrette dressing, so have you thought about making your own dressing? Don't know if you would be interested but I thought I would pass it along for a dressing.

I haven't tried it yet, but I'm planning to sometime either this week or next. If you try it, let me know what you think.
 
Thanks She! I'd have to sub sugar free jam for the real deal but it definitely looks yummy! I WILL try it! I mostly do boring ol vingear and oil. once I blended up vinegar, oil, flax seeds and garlic. That was rather tasty and I felt virtuous for how healthy it was :) I'm usually in a position where its like "just get it down the hatch before kids need something" lol.

I'm very motivated today. I'm off to my spin and junk and I'm going for a VERY light diet today. keep ya posted
 
Workout went well. My legs are shaking again, thats a good thing :) means I actually worked hard :D
Spinning was challenging and I can always tell when I've eaten too much crap cause I sweat way more and my breathing is way more labored :( My body definitely felt poisoned this morning. Weights went great and I did all I posted and did it with excellence. My body rows were feet on a bench, which was totally different than the step I used last week :eek:! VERY challenging, but in a good way. I was exhausted after my last rep of my last set.
I missed breakfast. I felt like puking this morning :( but I did have the eggs and oatmeal when I got home. So far so good.
edit: the rest of the day went pretty well, stuck to plan for the most part. I missed the afternoon snack as well as the salad part of dinner but I'll try for the snack before dinner and be 150 cals short of my original plan due to the oil and the salad. I hate thinking about this all so much...but for now I think I have to.
 
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Good workout:
Treadmill: 30 min
5 min 6.5 warm up
2 min 8.1/ 2 min 6.5 alternate over and over
Swimming: 45 min 2500 yds
I wasn't too sore this morning and felt really strong in my workout. I ran fast and it was easy so that was encouraging. My upper body felt very strong swimming today.
B-1 scoop whey, 1c ff milk
S- (between the run and swim at the gym) 1 "detour" protein bar
L-chicken breast 1.5c chopped broccoli w sm. amt of teriyaki, 1/2 of a ravioli :)
S-1/2 cottage cheese, 15 almonds
D-Chicken n veggie stir fry w 1T olive oil
 
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your diet is an eye opener ;) much cleaner then mine and i thought i ate pretty clean!:) i am upping my calories to 1200 today. wish me luck. thanks for the info. i will keep checking back. :)
 
Good luck! Today's diet is 1200 cals. I'll try and fit a PM snack in too but lately its been hard. I'm working on upping as well. We can work on it together!
 
B-Protein Plus protein bar
gym
L-1.5c stir fry veggies, large chicken breast
S-1/2c cottage cheese, 1T natty butter, celery sticks
D-Tuna quesadilla melt: 1 can tuna w/ 5 chopped olives, celery, ff sr cream to blend, 2 sprouted low carb tortilla, 1 oz mozz. cheese, side salad with raw veggies balsamic dressing
Gym:
Spin 1 hour
Split squats w 22 lb 3x15
SLDL 70lb 2x10
body rows 2x15 on 3 tier step superset w/pause bench 2x12 60 lb
DB lifts 2x15 15lb superset with lateral raise 2x15 8lb
lat pulldown 2x15 70lb superset w/ bench dips (feet on bench) 2x15

Pushed it today through pain and fatigue. Wednesdays are always like that, but I handled it better than I usually do and I even have a spark to go back tomorrow, which is typically my day off. We'll see.
 
I keep very tangible short term goals:) Right now my tangible goal is hanging in my closet! :D
 
Today I'm feeling kinda down on myself. I guess I just feel like I work really super hard and achieving the goals I want seem out of reach. My body seems SO resistant to change. so resistant, in fact, that it seems to almost rebel and do exactly what I DON'T want it to do.
I work on losing weight....I gain weight
I work on shrinking legs....they get bigger
I work on a running goal....I get injured
I eat super clean to burn fat...I seem to gain fat-in all the wrong places :(
The only think my body does REALLY well is that when I do weights...I PACK on the muscle..which isn't necessarily the goal. I don't care if it comes on, as long as the fat LEAVES.

I'm super frustrated. I mean, I was getting these results eating BAD and doing sub par workouts, so why am I sacrificing so much?! ERRRRRR :mad:
 
Maybe putting on muscle is the answer - would help with burning the fat that's for sure. And as you know we all have days where nothing seems to go right - doesn't mean you're not on the right, just that it might take some unexpected detours. Keep on fighting the good fight though.
 
yeah, I know we all have these days, and I'm sure I'm due for one :rolleyes:
maybe I"m just tired. lol
Well I seriously feel like i have a ton of muscle. I can see my muscle all over. I now have distiction in my abs, I can see the distinction in my arms and shoulders (delts), my chest is even showing new muscle..which is weird, never had that before. My back is the most muscular. Lats especially, my back is in a "V" which I'm not sure looks so dainty on girls:rolleyes: I'm solid, I'm not complaining, but almost too much so because it just keeps building on top of itself and the places I do have some fat are places many girls struggle with: upper thighs, lower abs and if I let my diet go a little I get some nasty lower back flab. Maybe I'm trying to be totally perfect and thats not realistic. My body fat still shows 14.9-15.8%. For me, I guess its about the clothes, when they start getting tight despite all the hard work its depressing. My routine is in place to maintain muscle, but cut fat but its just adding muscle and the fat remains :( If I were a guy I'd be like "bring it on" but..no. If I stop doing my weight routine then I have a new issue-lack of muscle to burn the fat...and more fat since there is less muscle UGH its a lose lose situation.
 
I should have such problems :)

But seriously - you should strive for excellence, not perfection. I know that clothes getting tight is normally a major alarm but in your case I don't think it is. You're not adding fat, you're adding muscle - big, big difference. (Personal bias here, I've always liked gals with toning/muscle, but that's me). Why not let the body add muscle and see where it takes you, as that's obviously the direction the body wants to go. Just a thought?
 
m body does the same thing...i gain muscle quickly...ad i knw the scale will ever read the # id like so ive come to terms with that and focus on shape, but its discouraging when the style is slim legge jeans and mine dont fit right even though the waist bags...i think too whe i get cravings it from this muscle gain my body saying feed me! but you worj b wirk spend hours at the gym...really sweating not like the other chicks who come w/ a full face of makeup that doesnt move and youre running suffers b/c of pain, your weight fluctuates. someone nce said who needs motivation when youve got habit...its then that i think about how good of health i really am in and justify me insecurities w/ how enviable that is to most people.


ps how do you like spinning? isnt that the sweetest class??

keep up the good work! youre awespme & a real motivation!! :)
 
haha I know what you mean about those gals. We have many in our gym and they look at me all sweaty and drained looking with their little noses all wrinkled up like "ew" haha. I don't care if they're there, they're good entertainment :) as long as they're not on MY machine! lol
Well I appreciate you Stingo and momof3, for your encouraging words. What you said about health and being the envy of many because of the fitness level makes sense and does put it into perspective. I think this is all just another "faith walk" where I just kinda have to do what I think is right and works for me, and what is fun and go with it and see where it takes me. We live in such a "fast food" society that even I'm guilty of extreme impatience when it comes to results. Especially the closer you are to a goal. It can take EONS of consistency, but eventually I think it happens. I think too if I can focus on the "habit" and not the "motivation" (i.e. clothes fitting) than I'll be better off. Eventually my habit will lead to what my motivation was in the first place without it depressing me along the way...if that makes sense :D I am grateful for my body. It can do awesome things that many people strive for and I really have a blast. Its a rush and I like the challenge. Thats why I liked the training for the half marathon. It got my eyes off my BODY and focused on my ABILITY which made it more enjoyable.
Anyway, thanks a lot for the words...and momof3- I DOOOO love spinning. I really really look forward to it! We lead similar lives, sounds like you'd be a good workout buddy!
 
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haha I know what you mean about those gals. We have many in our gym and they look at me all sweaty and drained looking with their little noses all wrinkled up like "ew" haha. I don't care if they're there, they're good entertainment :) as long as they're not on MY machine! lol
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lmao

When was the last time you changed up your workout routine?

BTW, you look EXACTLY like my cousin. Kinda weird lol
 
Well I ended up going to the gym to de-stress and do 60 min eliptical. It was fun to do that again, its been a while. I didn't eat too well today. I think my mood got the best of me. It wasn't BAD, just not great. As usual.
This is my plan for tomorrow:

walking lunges w/12 lb weights
hyperextentions (no wieght but arms behind head)
DB press/lateral raises 15#/8#
DB row 20#
decline push ups off bench
assited chins/assisted dips
*3000-3500 yd swim (120-140 laps)

7am B-1 scoop whey in water, 1c go lean cereal 250
10am Post Workout: 1 serving oatmeal, 6 egg whites 200
1pm -protein plus protein bar
4pm (I'll be at my parents house but I'll figure something out)
6pm
10pm tea w/ milk
 
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I just changed into a new routine. Like 2 weeks ago. I change it up quite a bit. I get very bored easily :rolleyes: I have a theory that all moms have A.D.H.D :D It just comes with the terrirory. lol

My workout this morning went well. I ditched the decline pushups and the delt exercises..not on purpose, I just did stuff out of order and forgot them! lol. I swam FAST today. I feel very strong in the water again but I only did 2500 yds (100 laps) of all sorts of things. It was a quality workout though. My suit is so shaggy its kinda see-through and practically falling off! haha I hope nobody watches me under water :rolleyes: *note to self, get new suit SOON* I'm becoming less and less sore from my new routine, swimming after weights wasn't a big deal and in the past its been a challenge. I've eaten to plan today and I feel good.
 
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