prsnlfitness
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Cord,
I find your successes and your diary very inspiring. Keep up the good work.
-stranger wishing the best
I find your successes and your diary very inspiring. Keep up the good work.
-stranger wishing the best
Cord's Quest
- Thread starter Cord the Seeker
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Hello Cord the Seeker,
Sorry wanted to pop in to see what you were up to, so I left some crumbs.
Holy Smokas!!! 50 lbs in 4 months! Way To Go!!!
Did you have a good trip to Vancouver?
TTYL
Take Care
Sorry wanted to pop in to see what you were up to, so I left some crumbs.
Holy Smokas!!! 50 lbs in 4 months! Way To Go!!!
Did you have a good trip to Vancouver?
TTYL
Take Care
Cord the Seeker
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Hello Cord the Seeker,
Sorry wanted to pop in to see what you were up to, so I left some crumbs.
Holy Smokas!!! 50 lbs in 4 months! Way To Go!!!
Did you have a good trip to Vancouver?
TTYL
Take Care
Hi, RG!
You are always most welcome here. Thanks for the visit.
The Vancouver trip was great. Had a big family party in the park for my daughter's 6th birthday, saw some friends, ate some food, it was all good.
Yeah, I'm pretty pleased with the loss so far. Still a long ways to go, but I know I can do it.
Cord the Seeker
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I didn't get around to making a journal entry yesterday, so I'm playing catch-up.
Sunday was a pretty good day, overall. Steak and toast for breakfast, 2 pieces of pizza toast for lunch, and supper was a humongous green salad with chicken and some lt caesar dressing, and a big heap of cherries. Came home after work late that night and had some low-fat ice cream.
Hit the gym yesterday.
Stretching and warm-up
chin-up: alllllmost made it all the way up! Eyes peeking over the bar!
pull-up: about 3/4 of the way up
squats 150lb 5x5
lat pulldown 100lb 5x5
tricep pressdown 110lb 5x5
upright row 120lb 5x5
pec-dec 100lb 5x5
DB bench press 45lb 1x5, 1x3 (failed), 40lb 2x6, 1x5
pec-dec reverse flys 80lb 5x5
wrist roll-ups 10lb 1x5
good mornings 60lb 5x5
fooled around with a medicine ball for a few minutes
Then I rinsed off and hit the pool for a straight 500m swim.
Today was decent as well, although I overate at lunch a little.
breakfast was a piece of ww bread w/almond butter. Lunch was 3 eggs, 2 huge slices of dark bread (at least partly rye), one slice with peanut butter, and some home fries. Had tea and some more bread at a friend's place. Pre-workout dinner was a big lean steak, post-workout dinner (I'm eating it now) is a big salad.
Went swimming today. Although I'm not any faster, my endurance is better and my standard 1000m set just doesn't always feel like enough. So after I finished it I did an additional 500m straight. The cute lifeguard noticed my longer workout and commented on it.
Pretty tired now and will probably be going to bed early tonight. I think I'm on a sleep deficit - I was so tired this morning that I slept in 2 hours.
Sunday was a pretty good day, overall. Steak and toast for breakfast, 2 pieces of pizza toast for lunch, and supper was a humongous green salad with chicken and some lt caesar dressing, and a big heap of cherries. Came home after work late that night and had some low-fat ice cream.
Hit the gym yesterday.
Stretching and warm-up
chin-up: alllllmost made it all the way up! Eyes peeking over the bar!
pull-up: about 3/4 of the way up
squats 150lb 5x5
lat pulldown 100lb 5x5
tricep pressdown 110lb 5x5
upright row 120lb 5x5
pec-dec 100lb 5x5
DB bench press 45lb 1x5, 1x3 (failed), 40lb 2x6, 1x5
pec-dec reverse flys 80lb 5x5
wrist roll-ups 10lb 1x5
good mornings 60lb 5x5
fooled around with a medicine ball for a few minutes
Then I rinsed off and hit the pool for a straight 500m swim.
Today was decent as well, although I overate at lunch a little.
breakfast was a piece of ww bread w/almond butter. Lunch was 3 eggs, 2 huge slices of dark bread (at least partly rye), one slice with peanut butter, and some home fries. Had tea and some more bread at a friend's place. Pre-workout dinner was a big lean steak, post-workout dinner (I'm eating it now) is a big salad.
Went swimming today. Although I'm not any faster, my endurance is better and my standard 1000m set just doesn't always feel like enough. So after I finished it I did an additional 500m straight. The cute lifeguard noticed my longer workout and commented on it.
Pretty tired now and will probably be going to bed early tonight. I think I'm on a sleep deficit - I was so tired this morning that I slept in 2 hours.
Mikez0rr
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sweeeeet. a few weeks ago i did shoulders and then i went and played about in the pool for a few hours. gah. that shit is killer on ya. my buddy is a swimmer, he keeps trying to get me to go swim with him. im too dense, i sink like lead ha.
keep up the good work dude, you weigh as much as me.
keep up the good work dude, you weigh as much as me.
Cord the Seeker
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Good to see you , Mike.
Well, yesterday sucked ass, and I mean it sucked ass.
No exercise at all. None. Zip. Nada. Not a sausage. Bugger all.
For supper I had chicken-fried steak with sausage gravy. Think about it.
I'm gonna hafta bust my ass today. This morning I hiked for an hour and 45. It's a start.
Well, yesterday sucked ass, and I mean it sucked ass.
No exercise at all. None. Zip. Nada. Not a sausage. Bugger all.
For supper I had chicken-fried steak with sausage gravy. Think about it.
I'm gonna hafta bust my ass today. This morning I hiked for an hour and 45. It's a start.
Cord the Seeker
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Life sucks.
I worked my ass off yesterday. Hiked for 1hr 45min in the morning, then hit the gym for resistance training last night.
My reward is to find that I gained 4 pounds this week.
Life sucks. I suck.
It makes me wonder why I'm bothering to do all this, if it just isn't going to work.
And yes, that is just a subjective feeling at the moment, based on today's weigh-in.
Yes, I see how much I have lost overall, and how much healthier I am, and all that.
Right now, all I know is that I am a huge useless lazy blob that can't control his food intake.
I worked my ass off yesterday. Hiked for 1hr 45min in the morning, then hit the gym for resistance training last night.
My reward is to find that I gained 4 pounds this week.
Life sucks. I suck.
It makes me wonder why I'm bothering to do all this, if it just isn't going to work.
And yes, that is just a subjective feeling at the moment, based on today's weigh-in.
Yes, I see how much I have lost overall, and how much healthier I am, and all that.
Right now, all I know is that I am a huge useless lazy blob that can't control his food intake.
come on cord, don't sell yourself short. what you are is HUMAN. don't let things of yesterday hold you down today. Take what made yesterday bad and try not repeat the same mistakes. we aren't machines, and we all of creatures of convenience. its easy to fall to what's easy. we're in support of each other to make sure that when one of us stumbles, someone will be ther to pick you back up and tell you to hang in there!, there's a long road ahead of us. and slowing down and getting side tracked it a part of the process. we are here to push through! and that's what you'll do cord, push through. 46 lbs gone and you are mad because you gained four? i went on vacay and gained 6. came back and lost 11. it happens to the best of us. just keep moving forward. Heck they even have gains on the biggest loser and the meals are made for them in addtion to 8 hour workout session. slight gain here adn there is part of the process. embrace it love and accept it. then move past it. Stand tall and keep moving my friend.
fitforaking
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Cord,
I second what Kureransu said. You've done an amazing job. We started about the same time...look where you are...look where I am. Keep it all in perspective. Here's some questions for ya (with CORRECT answers provided!)
Q: So can you change this past week?
A: No
Q: Will it do you any good to dwell on this past week?
A: No
Q: What do you have control over?
A: Today only.
Q: Tomorrow?
A: No, today only.
Today is a new day! Pick yourself up...dust yourself off...and get back at it!
E.
I second what Kureransu said. You've done an amazing job. We started about the same time...look where you are...look where I am. Keep it all in perspective. Here's some questions for ya (with CORRECT answers provided!)
Q: So can you change this past week?
A: No
Q: Will it do you any good to dwell on this past week?
A: No
Q: What do you have control over?
A: Today only.
Q: Tomorrow?
A: No, today only.
Today is a new day! Pick yourself up...dust yourself off...and get back at it!
E.
4 pounds of MUSCLE Cord.
Mate - Ditch the scales and use clothes, your inner feelings of healthiness, and photos to monitor your progress.
I think you're doing an absolutely SENSATIONAL job with things. You look great and you don't quit. That's the perfect formula for success.
Cord the Seeker
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4 pounds of MUSCLE Cord.
Mate - Ditch the scales and use clothes, your inner feelings of healthiness, and photos to monitor your progress.
I think you're doing an absolutely SENSATIONAL job with things. You look great and you don't quit. That's the perfect formula for success.
I wish it was 4 pounds of muscle. Probably, however, it is fat (and hopefully some water).
I only use the scale once a week (usually). I take measurements once a month. Photos every three months. Test body fat every month (sometimes more). I look at myself in the mirror when I am weightlifting. Clothes size is changing slowly. I track just about everything I can measure. The scale is just the easiest, and (usually) gives me nice positive feedback.
If I was to go by the way I feel right now I would say I have accomplished nothing in 4.5 months, because I feel like such a lazy sack of crap.
Thanks for the kind words - I do appreciate it.
That's what I like best about this site - we all have each other's backs.
Couldn't agree more Cord.
....... that and the fact we're a bunch of hearty, funfilled love-buckets !!
And no - I don't know where love-buckets came from ..... it just rolled out of my fingertips.
thecabbie
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Cord, I've been in epic fail mode this week it feels like too. don't know why but the snacks and poor food choices are just begging me...
The exercise is okay but the food, good god I feel like I've fallen off the wagon and I'm sort of just being dragged along by it right now.
Sounds like you and I need to get a quick reality slap and pull out of the spiral NOW!
The exercise is okay but the food, good god I feel like I've fallen off the wagon and I'm sort of just being dragged along by it right now.
Sounds like you and I need to get a quick reality slap and pull out of the spiral NOW!
Cord the Seeker
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Exactly. My exercise has not been too bad, although I've taken two days off this week instead of one (one day just to wallow in self-pity). I have just been way bad on food. Not in a pop and chips way, but in a lazy not taking care way.
Had a 45 minute walk yesterday, and that was it.
Today I have had my 1500m swim, and am going to finally finish the last bit of fence that I've been putting off for too long.
Every day is a new day. I will keep working on myself.
Cord the Seeker
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Yes, I did, and it looks great. I'm quite happy with it. Smells good too.
Mmmm, cedar.
Mmmm, cedar.
Wow, QFT brother. I told the man over in his 12 Labors of Cord thread that he was like a freaking steamroller and he insisted it was more like a donut truck. ggrrrr
Aw Cord, c'mon man, cut that out. One bad week can in no way wipe out all the hard work you've done over the months. Really, I was more impressed by the way you just cruise on through everything than I have been by anybody's log. Keep that determination up and you can and will keep doing great, I know it!
Cord the Seeker
New member
Cutting it out.
Oh, I know, I just was in a bad mental place. Sometimes it is just something I have to go through in order to keep on rollin'.
Thanks for kicking me in the butt. I'm slowly getting back on track. Ate kinda okay yesterday - too much but reasonable choices. Didn't get half the exercise I wanted to, but still got in an hour's swim.
Today is a new day.