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lol Cym I feel lame that I DIDN'T get drunk on the fourth ;) I'm happy you had so much fun!!! And man this stuff is endlessly interesting. I'm starting to regard my body (I don't know quite how to say this without it sounding WEIRD) as my partner, rather than my opponent. Like instead of fighting against me, and being the source of depression, my body is working with me so that we can overcome it and succeed. I think it's so great that you're finetuning and revising your program to gain the results you want, and it's so cool that other people on here are able to help offer solutions. I read your and Blancita's exchange and I'm happy you guys can help each other. I'm gleaning tips left and right for when I get there. Hope you feel better soon!:)
 
I feel lame that I DIDN'T get drunk on the fourth
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Hey Sara, not lame, just smart, very very smart! it's safe to say that yesterday was my FIRST time actually drinking that much in years...and my last, last, last! Once upon a time I had a huge tolerance for alcohol..I mean I could put it away in vast quantities and not even get tipsy...then I quit drinking altogether just for weight loss purposes, and when I started back again a couple of months ago I'd totally lost that hollow leg...I'm seriously in the toilet today on an amount that most people could handle with a slight hangrover at most....So bad in fact that I went to work, stayed 20 mins., said to myself "oh Hell no" and promptly came back home.

I'm starting to regard my body (I don't know quite how to say this without it sounding WEIRD) as my partner, rather than my opponent
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And that is cool beyond words!
 
cym said:
So bad in fact that I went to work, stayed 20 mins., said to myself "oh Hell no" and promptly came back home.
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lol oh Cym!!! :hug2: You poor thing, I hope you sleep it off, and feel much better in the a.m.! Did you ever smoke? I don't know if that whole 'addictive personality' deal is crap, but I think that if valid, I do have one. I used to drink a ton as well, as well as smoke, eat, etc. Whatever I do, I go all out. By the way, your food from yesterday sounds so summery and delicious. Pina coladas..yum! And I don't even typically like sweet drinks.
 
Hope the hangover passes.

I saw this really cool little workout plan on a link in the Harsh Truth section. I emailed the link to my email so I can do the workout when I start back in the gym in August. I'll have to find the thread.. Let us know what you come up with.
 
I found your diary and photos in your sig VERY inspiring, you look amazing and so healthy.

I would be interested in that thread also, look forward to you posting it.
 
he he he Cym, sorry to hear about your hangover. I can't hardly drink anymore either...I get too sick. Oh well. On the upside, at least we can't ever become alcoholics! Get betterrrrrr.
 
Truslyver Thanks for that....and for the detailed response to my question in your diary...it was very helpful, I'm going to make sure I understand it first and then incorporate it into my own routine (with spotter present:doh: ). I actually use a wide grip (so I guess less tricep invovement?) and my form is exactly like the one shown in the "barbell bench press" rather than the powerlift bench press...which I now want to try.

Tom: OMG, are you kidding me? The difference between doing a bench press with a 70# loaded bar is day/night different than with two 35# dumbells. Jeeze, I had no idea.

Sara: that's a good thought. Someone else brought up the same idea recently...She had lost a ton of weight, quit smoking and in the process regained pretty much most of it back. She commented that "people like us" (those with addictive personalities) "should never take up smoking or drinking". The smoking is a non-issue for me, and pretty much the drinking now as well. I used to drink a lot just because I could and it didn't affect me....sort of like a party trick....when all around me were falling like pins, I was still standing, cold sober, glass in hand. Those were the days. :rotflmao: Something about my weight loss this time (I can only guess the change in bodyfat) just put a cap on that. I seem to have traded my addiction to food for an addiction to picking up heavy pieces of iron. Seriously, I walk in the weight room every morning, breath in the sweaty funk, and it's like "aaah, I'm home".

Blacita: Hey there Miss Losing at Warp Speed! I'm actually incorportating some of the stuff you gave me from your work-out into my new one. Right now I'm working off the outline of doing 4 days of weights vs. my current 3 days, I'm thinking along the lines of Heavy compound/light isolation/cardio/heavy compund/light isolation/core+cardio/rest. Super effective?? Optimal??? I honestly don't know...but I'm having more fun putting it together right now than a kid at Christmas.

Anna: Thank you! Yep, feeling 100%, lesson learned (finally) and ready to roll. Here's to being fit and sober! Great job on your new yoga btw (yep, I read even when I don't have time to always respond.:) )

Val: I guess you're just gonna have to drink for me and Anna and we'll enjoy it vicariously .. it will be sort of like reading food porn (almost, but not quite as much fun as the real thing:mad: oh, well)

HealthyHabit & Sanvean: Hi ladies and thank you for dropping by and leaving nice words. :hug2:

Well, obviously my sweet little Zen moment of "I am in perfect harmony with my body and want to change nothing" has...passed. It lasted, oh, about a week. I'm in the gym this morning basically just playing around with how I want to put stuff together for my new work-out routine, and what started out a couple days ago as "I just want to increase my bench" has morphed itself into an excited "yea, baby, 8 weeks of this and I'll be a lean mean well defined machine". ...complete with visions of a Pussycat Doll body dancing in my head. Scheduled myself for bodyfat test & measurements on Monday. Sigh..... I'm so damn predictable.:rotflmao:

Ouch, this is so long I think I'm gonna make a seperate page for my foods.
 
I seem to have traded my addiction to food for an addiction to picking up heavy pieces of iron. Seriously, I walk in the weight room every morning, breath in the sweaty funk, and it's like "aaah, I'm home".
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not a bad addiction to have.. though if you start bottling that funky smell and wearing it on evenings out on the town, an intervention might have to be staged...

I've seen it with a few people who've been thru various 12 step programs - one addiction is generally traded for another - I suppose as long as it's a healthier addiction then it's all good.
 
I have fallen in love with the combo of (cold) black beans/soy beans/daikon as a side dish.

Thursday food

fruits: 4-5 daily servings chosen from
apples, apricots, bananas, blueberries, canteloupe, cherries, figs, grapefruit, grapes, lemons, limes, papaya, pineapple, prunes, raisins, strawberries,[/b] watermelon


veggies: 5-6 daily servings chosen from
artichokes, avocado, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, califlower, chili pepper, daikon, garlic, ginger, mushrooms, onions, spinach, sweet potatoes, squash, tomatoes
******squash type: eggplant

grain/nuts/seeds/legumes: 4-6 daily servings chosen from
almonds, black beans, black eye peas, buckwheat, bulgar, lentils, flax, oats, pumpkin seeds, rice, walnuts, wheat bran, wheat germ, whole wheat
***additional: soy beans
*** whole wheat type: flat out wrap

dairy 3 daily servings chosen from:
yogurt, whole, skim/2% milk, cheese (any type)
***substituted soy milk for 2% milk
***cheese types: cottage cheese & 4 cheese blend

meat: 3 daily servings chosen from
chicken, turkey, fish
additional: ground beef, 97% lean
koren sliced beef

other: 1 daily serving each
olive oil
green tea
echitacea tea

optional:
sugar free pudding
 
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Did you end up wearing the outfit you had planned for the 4th or did it rain? I'm sure you were getting lots of compliments. I'm at that stage where I'm no longer fat just a bit chunky so people are asking when am I going to stop losing and "that's enough now", as if I'm anorexic or something. They've just become used to me at a high weight so going to a small size rather than medium = eating disorder (which I clearly do not have given how much I eat everyday).
 
though if you start bottling that funky smell and wearing it on evenings out on the town, an intervention might have to be staged...
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what??? you mean that's not sexy?

Blancita: yea...it was purty:) what do you think of my new split? suggesstions welcome.
 
Here's some food porn for you! ;)

This morning I had a muffin, straight outta the oven. "Strawberry Swirl," moist, warm, mouth-wateringly delicious with a sour-sweet strawberry flavor and citrus, like they used orange rind, and a rough-sugar crust on the top. It wasn't huge, though--just right! :)
 
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so people are asking when am I going to stop losing and "that's enough now", as if I'm anorexic or something. They've just become used to me at a high weight so going to a small size rather than medium = eating disorder
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Hey! That sounds familiar! When I was getting into the 21s of the BMI, people started saying shit like that!!! Now they stopped since I gained back 7 lbs! :rotflmao:
 
On second thought, food porn not such a good idea...
'cause it just inspires me to respond with totally inapproriate comments..such as:

....hmmm, rough-sugar crust on the top, sometimes I prefer my sugar a little rough on top too....

and.......

...yea, not too huge, but I bet it wasn't one of those pencil thin muffins either....

and.....

okay, Val, no more food porn!:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
 
Hahaha Cym, you crack me up. Your journal is so much fun to read!

How do you stay so disciplined on eating your fruits and veggies?

And... has anyone ever eaten a bunch of cucumber and felt hungrier after they finished? Seems like every time I eat cucumber slices, I'm far hungrier than when I started..
 
Oh man I missed food porn, DARN IT! I always miss the good stuff around here. I was checking out your menu and when I read you were liking the COLD Black beans I went nuts, I love those suckers!! yep, I love them with cold corn, peppers, avocado and lime juice, mmmmmmm,mmmmm Oh and I can't forget the cilantro. You write down so many different fruits, do you have a handful here and there?? Do you buy ALL FRESH? or do some come from the freezer?? I just can't seem to get so many varieties at one time without half going spoiled on me. What's your tip on that??? I need to go back a few pages and check out this 4th of July outfit conversation Cita was talking about. You know me and clothes. OH YEAH! Well I got brave and posted a pic today. I promised Sara I would. I hope in August I'll see a nice difference, that's when the next one comes out. I hope you had a great Friday, and I can't wait to stop by for some more great advise. Chow babes!
Kim
 
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Well, obviously my sweet little Zen moment of "I am in perfect harmony with my body and want to change nothing" has...passed. It lasted, oh, about a week. I'm in the gym this morning basically just playing around with how I want to put stuff together for my new work-out routine, and what started out a couple days ago as "I just want to increase my bench" has morphed itself into an excited "yea, baby, 8 weeks of this and I'll be a lean mean well defined machine". ...complete with visions of a Pussycat Doll body dancing in my head. Scheduled myself for bodyfat test & measurements on Monday. Sigh..... I'm so damn predictable.:rotflmao:
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Dude I'm so happy that you still get excited about exercising and bettering yourself. I wonder if I will keep it up forever. The answer is if I care enough I'll do the same things you're doing. Aw Cym you rock!
 
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