7 Day Motivational Thread... Who's In?
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You see that's the difficulty with sober statements like that. I can say it sober and mean it, but with alcohol in my system there's really no telling....
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Pec Deck/Flyes 3 x 10 reps (chest)
Lat pulldowns 3 x 10 reps (back)
Dumbbell curls 3 x 10 reps (biceps)
Leg extensions 3 x 10 reps (quadriceps)
Leg curls 3 x 10 reps (hamstrings)
The amount of weight should be enough to create resistance and fatigue but not so much that you have to sacrifice good form to complete the task. This hits each of the major muscle groups outside of calfs and abs. Calfs are hit in just about any cardio and abs should be worked almost daily with exercises like crunches, twists, knee ins. Weight training is a process of damaging the muscle and it repairing itself in a stronger state. Thus a muscles should be given 48 hours to recover before training them again. 3 x week does that. As you progress you may start to add additional exercises until you get to a point where you split the muscle groups up into different days. that is what I have done now. I have Legs(Quadriceps), Deltoids/triceps, chest/hamstrings, and Back/Biceps. I hit the muscle group of that day with multiple exercises and really fatigue it out to exhaustion. But hen it doesn't get hit again for at least four days sometimes 6.
Hope that helps. I'm not a professional so ymmv.
I have been diving 8 years. I am pretty hardcore by most recreational divers standards. I do a lot of technical diving which means stuff like caves or decompression diving (deep stuff). I am hoping to go after a women's world record for depth on a rebreather ( a particular type of diving equipment) this May. That's the driving force behind my weight loss and cardiovascular training
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Darlene. Woo hooo. Great news on the job, so happy for you.
April. Hope Wed goes well for you and your son.
Mern. Glad to hear you are feeling better, I hate those sinus headaches, so painful.
My mother hardly ever used a swear word and even then it was pretty tame, she used to say she had never said a bad word until she had us kids lol. Recently she was very angry at something and she said it was all a load of S**t and I was shocked, and quite amused actually lol.
I read a lot of boarding school for girls type books when I was young and my swearing took the form of "Crikey" Damn or Blast. I seldom swore around my kids and I find it funny and
quite endearing that if my eldest son is explaining about an angry encounter he has had and he swears, he always says" Sorry Mum for my language." Now I work in an almost all male
environment and I just don't hear the swearing any more. BTW my girlfriends and I can get
pretty potty mouthed when we need to, we're no angels.
What to give up for lent? I think it will be chocolate and then I will celebrate the end of Lent with a giant Easter Egg, or is that not the way it works?
April. Hope Wed goes well for you and your son.
Mern. Glad to hear you are feeling better, I hate those sinus headaches, so painful.
My mother hardly ever used a swear word and even then it was pretty tame, she used to say she had never said a bad word until she had us kids lol. Recently she was very angry at something and she said it was all a load of S**t and I was shocked, and quite amused actually lol.
I read a lot of boarding school for girls type books when I was young and my swearing took the form of "Crikey" Damn or Blast. I seldom swore around my kids and I find it funny and
quite endearing that if my eldest son is explaining about an angry encounter he has had and he swears, he always says" Sorry Mum for my language." Now I work in an almost all male
environment and I just don't hear the swearing any more. BTW my girlfriends and I can get
pretty potty mouthed when we need to, we're no angels.
What to give up for lent? I think it will be chocolate and then I will celebrate the end of Lent with a giant Easter Egg, or is that not the way it works?
OMG my daughter started complaining she had to actually put her dirty dishes from the living room (where she is NOT supposed to eat) into the dishwasher and after a lot of "stuff" from her in general, I turned into Tony Soprano (um just the accent and the profanity, not the you know violence.) I am not proud of this lapse with the language. To punish me, she said she was no longer hungry (even tho I made dinner early because she was STARVING and had to get to concert choir.) So I said Good, now you have more time to do the dishes. NOW.
I am going to Hell (should I say "the bad place"? ) It is true. I gotta control my frigging temper and my trashy potty mouth. So yeah that goal for today: trashed. Thing is, I wasn't even that angry, just tired of hearing the kvetching. OY VEY stop the kvetching already and put the frigging dish in the frigging dishwasher. Is that asking too much, I ask you?
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#100
Just checking in. Another "in control" day. Other than being a miserably cold, wet, dreary day, everything else was wonderful. I am so ready for Spring! Foods not the cleanest, but calories are definitely under control... as long as I don't snack tonight. lol
1. Keep calories around 1200. 1289, 1069
2. Log whenever possible. Yes, Yes
3. Keep a water bottle with me at all times. Yes, could have been better
4. Get at least 2 long hikes in this week. 0, 0
5. Take multi-vitamin and supplements. Yes, Yes
6. Minimum of 3 fruits and veggies a day. Yes, Yes
My meeting went exceedingly well. All signs are good to have her back home for the weekend. The nursing staff is completely stunned by her recovery... maybe they will finally start to encourage others to get to a larger facility for the laparoscopic version of her surgery, cutting the recovery time from 8 weeks to 2. I'm so glad that we took a chance and transported her out of this podunk little town. Members of the medical staff actually come to her room just to look at the small incisions for such a major procedure. She feels like quite a celebrity. lol I'm so proud of all that we have accomplished. It just goes to show that you have to take control of your own medical decisions and look for your own answers when no one else will. If you are ever in a situation where doctors tell you that the situation is hopeless, always press on until you find the key to the door that will open new options.
1. Keep calories around 1200. 1289, 1069
2. Log whenever possible. Yes, Yes
3. Keep a water bottle with me at all times. Yes, could have been better
4. Get at least 2 long hikes in this week. 0, 0
5. Take multi-vitamin and supplements. Yes, Yes
6. Minimum of 3 fruits and veggies a day. Yes, Yes
My meeting went exceedingly well. All signs are good to have her back home for the weekend. The nursing staff is completely stunned by her recovery... maybe they will finally start to encourage others to get to a larger facility for the laparoscopic version of her surgery, cutting the recovery time from 8 weeks to 2. I'm so glad that we took a chance and transported her out of this podunk little town. Members of the medical staff actually come to her room just to look at the small incisions for such a major procedure. She feels like quite a celebrity. lol I'm so proud of all that we have accomplished. It just goes to show that you have to take control of your own medical decisions and look for your own answers when no one else will. If you are ever in a situation where doctors tell you that the situation is hopeless, always press on until you find the key to the door that will open new options.