2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

[NDAlum]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

What have you been eating?

Almonds
Salmon
Fruit
Chicken breast
Paleo chili
Unsweetened Almond milk
Almond butter
Paleo pancakes (eggs/almond butter/applesauce/cinnamon)
Eggs


Water all day errday

[bh446066]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Day 4 of the Paleo lifestyle

First 30 days are hardcore paleo

Highlights:
Food is good
Not that hungry
Craving a diet root beer
Feel sluggish
Energy is normal

So far a big "meh"

But I've got to fight on for 30 days!

10% done!

You keeping snacks around? This WILL work, you just need to gather a head of steam (takes a few weeks). I'll eat the biggest crow sandwich on the thickest, richest bread you can find if this doesn't drop the pounds off you. You exercising as well?

[NDAlum]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Yes I'm working out with traditional weight lifting and running

It's not hunger...I don't know how to describe it lol. I have snacks: banana chips/fruit/almonds

I need to fast forward 10 days!

It's the combined pain of not having diet soda and my body being sore from working out. I believe it will work...the process is just not feeling great right now.

I'm happy to have my girlfriend doing it with me!

...It's me being a little girl. I was around 210 lbs with bf% about 10. Fast forward a year and I've let myself go to 230 and about 16%. I can't erase the year in a week!!!

Having a girlfriend has been terrible for my healthy lifestyle!

[bh446066]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Dude....I wouldn't give up the caffeine.....gotta have SOME pleasure! That's just me though. The most frustrating part about diet/exercise plans, is that it takes 3-4 weeks to REALLY start seeing some results. The best part is, though, by the time you start seeing the results, you've created a habit, and you have no problem continuing the process. You've made a lifestyle change. If you stick to it, you'll reap the rewards.

[cjonesfan921]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Yes I'm working out with traditional weight lifting and running

It's not hunger...I don't know how to describe it lol. I have snacks: banana chips/fruit/almonds

I need to fast forward 10 days!

It's the combined pain of not having diet soda and my body being sore from working out. I believe it will work...the process is just not feeling great right now.

I'm happy to have my girlfriend doing it with me!

...It's me being a little girl. I was around 210 lbs with bf% about 10. Fast forward a year and I've let myself go to 230 and about 16%. I can't erase the year in a week!!!

Having a girlfriend has been terrible for my healthy lifestyle!

You are preaching to the choir.

I was around 175-180 pre-gf, it's been over 2 years, I'm at 205.

Part of that is the past year, and the office job, as well. However, more fun to blame the gf.

[NDAlum]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Dude....I wouldn't give up the caffeine.....gotta have SOME pleasure! That's just me though. The most frustrating part about diet/exercise plans, is that it takes 3-4 weeks to REALLY start seeing some results. The best part is, though, by the time you start seeing the results, you've created a habit, and you have no problem continuing the process. You've made a lifestyle change. If you stick to it, you'll reap the rewards.

I love diet soda, the girl enjoys coffee. We're going 30 days hardcore 100% paleo to kick things off. After the 30 days we're going to do the 80/20 thing. I'll have a few diet sodas per week and she'll have a cup of coffee each day.

I can't wait for the 30 days to be over!

You are preaching to the choir.

I was around 175-180 pre-gf, it's been over 2 years, I'm at 205.

Part of that is the past year, and the office job, as well. However, more fun to blame the gf.

I could point it at myself for eating too many sweets...but I'll stick to blaming the gf!

[WazzuRC]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

I love finally having a job. No more sitting around in front of the computer all day and snacking. In just the first two weeks of eating a lot healthier lunches with no snacking, I've lost almost 5 pounds. Now I just have to start working out when I have time.

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

I use syntha 6 protein. It recommends no explode for pre workout. Anyone had any experience with no explode.?

Sent from Jesus EVO

[bh446066]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

For those that don't know...my wife is a trainer and CrossFit gym owner (they call them "boxes"). Anyway, she left me a workout to do during my lunch break at her place earlier in the week. When she asked me how it was.....I misguidedly said "No more soccer mom workouts. Don't be afraid to come with the thunder.". That is going to cost me. Cr@P, she's giving me a "Chipper" tomorrow:

No rest---or rest as needed---30 minute time limit:

-15 clean and jerks
-30 toe ups
-30 box jumps
-10 muscle ups (ring dips if I pus$ out and can’t finish all 10)
-30 push presses
-30 double unders
-15 overhead squats
-30 pull ups
-30 burpees
-lunge walk the perimeter of the parking lot holding a 45-lb weight over my head


I think I’ll keep my mouth shut from now on…
DO NOT sass the wife!

[duke776]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Was able to gain back the 10 pounds I lost near the end of last year/beginning of this year. Back up to 6'2 (or 6'3 according to skyline chili ha) 180.

Really enjoying working out in the mornings this quarter. I have class from 10am-1pm MWF so I work out at around 7am or 8am. It feels amazing, still glad I enjoy working out this much.

When I started about 10 months ago I never would have imagined I'd enjoy it this much. I never thought I'd see this kind of progress either, because I was always rail thin. But I've put on 25 pounds since starting, and love the way I look. Some of my friends think I'm crazy, but being cut and bigger than I used to be is just a great personal achievement. I do it for myself, and I do what works for me.

I don't have a specific goal to reach, but I'm certainly not going to settle for where I'm at right now. Hard work and self motivation, that's why I'm where I am now, and that's why I'll get to where I want to be as soon as I can.

Love reading this thread

[Feared]

Re: 2012 FITNESS CHALLENGE

Was able to gain back the 10 pounds I lost near the end of last year/beginning of this year. Back up to 6'2 (or 6'3 according to skyline chili ha) 180.

Really enjoying working out in the mornings this quarter. I have class from 10am-1pm MWF so I work out at around 7am or 8am. It feels amazing, still glad I enjoy working out this much.

When I started about 10 months ago I never would have imagined I'd enjoy it this much. I never thought I'd see this kind of progress either, because I was always rail thin. But I've put on 25 pounds since starting, and love the way I look. Some of my friends think I'm crazy, but being cut and bigger than I used to be is just a great personal achievement. I do it for myself, and I do what works for me.

I don't have a specific goal to reach, but I'm certainly not going to settle for where I'm at right now. Hard work and self motivation, that's why I'm where I am now, and that's why I'll get to where I want to be as soon as I can.

Love reading this thread

Question, how would you describe your current physique now as opposed to before you started?

any celebrity or athlete you can relate to.

[AUChase]

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I use syntha 6 protein. It recommends no explode for pre workout. Anyone had any experience with no explode.?

Sent from Jesus EVO

I'm a Syntha 6 user, as well..

I've heard from a few sources that the NO products are good. I'm thinking about buying some at the beginning of the month. It's supposed to be a little healthier than the jack3ed and c4..

[duke776]

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Question, how would you describe your current physique now as opposed to before you started?

any celebrity or athlete you can relate to.

So I went on ESPN.com and looked through NBA players to find a similar athlete and I wanna say Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks is a good comparison. On both NBA.com and ESPN.com they list him as 6'2 180 (my height/weight) and I looked at pictures of him and we look pretty similar build wise.

http://www3.dmagazine.com/media/events/image%20of%20Jason%20Terry%20of%20the%20Dallas%20Mavericks.jpeg

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursnation/files/2011/05/mavricks-jason-terry-306x388.jpg

I'm still not a big guy by any standards, but I'm getting there. When I started I was flesh and bones basically (155 lbs). Just barely anything, rail thin. Now I look much better. I don't know the exact word, but it just looks right. I feel the Jason Terry pictures are right on with how I look. Now obviously he's always wearing his jersey in his pictures, but by the eye test we look the same build. I'm not the best at describing things, so maybe if I can find comparison pictures I'll throw them up here.

The one thing I definitely need to improve is my chest, my brother pointed that out to me when he was home recently. It's not like it's crazy un-proportionally smaller, but it needs a little improvement.

I'm still just 19 years old, so I've obviously got a lot of time ahead of me, but I am determined to continue progressing. One because I love the way I feel when I am working out consistently, and two because I feel a sense of self accomplishment when I look at myself in the mirror or step on the scale and have added more (good) weight.

[Feared]

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Yeah I've been skinny pretty much all my life, I've gained 20 lbs in the past few months but I'm still looking to add more lean mass.

I'm getting more muscle definition and it's feeling great, but I'm not really as ripped as I'd like to be, but it keeps me striving to keep working and going hard.

Hope you achieve the goal you're looking to hit.

[iAM-IncReDiBLe-]

I'm a Syntha 6 user, as well..

I've heard from a few sources that the NO products are good. I'm thinking about buying some at the beginning of the month. It's supposed to be a little healthier than the jack3ed and c4..

Yea ima order some next Friday. See how it goes.

Sent from Jesus EVO