The vegas airport is one of the best people watchig places anywhere.. plus it's got a plethora of slot machines that you'll never win anything but it's fun to watch the people who think they will
Journey, Not A Destination
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The vegas airport is one of the best people watchig places anywhere.. plus it's got a plethora of slot machines that you'll never win anything but it's fun to watch the people who think they will
be_gone_soon
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Wow the wedding is getting that close???!!! I have been gone a long time. I hope everything turns out just wonderful. And I am with you too many kids and 2nd graders at that are too too much!!
I have been gone a long time. I hope everything turns out just wonderful. And I am with you too many kids and 2nd graders at that are too too much!! 
The vegas airport is one of the best people watchig places anywhere.. plus it's got a plethora of slot machines that you'll never win anything but it's fun to watch the people who think they will
I'm a huge people watcher.
This society never ceases to amaze me.
Wow the wedding is getting that close???!!!
Thanks very much!
when you've spent as much time in airports as I have, waiting out flight delays especially, people watching became a huge hobby
people are way more entertaining than television is and often do stupider things bethann1156
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Hi Steve! I have to second what mal said about people watching in "Lost Wages"...I love people watching and there is no better place than Vegas!
I so envy you heading out to Hawaii! Bruce and I have been talking more and more about going back again! You won't want to come home....seriously.
Hope you can catch up on your reading....I finally picked up a book I got for Christmas and am several chapters into it. Laying around the pool and beach is a perfect time for reading! I always take a book down with me and start out reading, but usually get distracted with people watching again....LOL!
Have a great day!
I so envy you heading out to Hawaii! Bruce and I have been talking more and more about going back again! You won't want to come home....seriously.
Hope you can catch up on your reading....I finally picked up a book I got for Christmas and am several chapters into it. Laying around the pool and beach is a perfect time for reading! I always take a book down with me and start out reading, but usually get distracted with people watching again....LOL!
Have a great day!
when you've spent as much time in airports as I have, waiting out flight delays especially, people watching became a huge hobby
I concur. People are so entertaining.
I'm sure I've "entertained" a few people in my time though.... I'm far from perfect, lol.
Hi Steve! I have to second what mal said about people watching in "Lost Wages"...I love people watching and there is no better place than Vegas!
I so envy you heading out to Hawaii! Bruce and I have been talking more and more about going back again! You won't want to come home....seriously.
Hope you can catch up on your reading....I finally picked up a book I got for Christmas and am several chapters into it. Laying around the pool and beach is a perfect time for reading! I always take a book down with me and start out reading, but usually get distracted with people watching again....LOL!
Have a great day!
Haha, thanks Beth.
Ya never know. I know a guy that went out and never came back. Low probability since I will be married then.
If I were single, I would way high probability.
I am less spontaneous nowadays.... although still very spontaneous relatively speaking.
Mal's world of fantasy
Mal spots steve in the airport
mal Drools creating a big puddle on the floor
Unsuspecting passengers carrying way too much crap in their hands, slide in the drool pile and cause a 10 passenger pile up
Hilarity ensues
When I had my website, I used to muse about that often, not about you mind you, but about how I would aways write about the silly things other people did and their eccentric behavior I really wondered how many people were dong the same thing with me - that I'd be sittin there typing into my laptop laughing as I'm writing of their antics... I'm sure there were others doing the same thing abouot the crazy lady looking at her computer screen giggling demonically
Mal's world of fantasy
Mal spots steve in the airport
mal Drools creating a big puddle on the floor
Unsuspecting passengers carrying way too much crap in their hands, slide in the drool pile and cause a 10 passenger pile up
Hilarity ensues
When I had my website, I used to muse about that often, not about you mind you, but about how I would aways write about the silly things other people did and their eccentric behavior I really wondered how many people were dong the same thing with me - that I'd be sittin there typing into my laptop laughing as I'm writing of their antics... I'm sure there were others doing the same thing abouot the crazy lady looking at her computer screen giggling demonically
Haha, so true. If you look around though, everyone does it. It's human nature. That's why I like psychology. I think in another life it's what I was, or what I will do.
Michelle01
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Put this into context for me.
When are you doing all these exercises.
Three times per week. Tues, Thurs, Sat for the weight routine. In the am after breakfast. Usually peanut butter toast on these days.
The rest... Mon and Fri I run (if you can call it that). Sun I swim about an hour (mile and a quarter-ish). Wed rest/yoga. I also do yoga on Sundays before bed. Even though I stretch before and after each day of whatever I'm doing, I feel less flexible than I did 15 lbs ago. Also the backbends, I can get my head off the ground though my hands are on blocks. I couldn't do that a couple weeks ago. (reverse bow position/aka wheel/aka chakrasana pose)
I also swim randomly throughout the week when I bring my daughter to the pool. I bike ride randomly throughout the week with my husband. I play DDR about once a week (songs that get my heart rate to about 180 for two-three songs, then 140-150ish for one song). Take a 10 sec break between each song while the next loads. And when my kid wants to play outside I jump rope for about a half hour. So far it's been about two weeks since I last did that, so jump roping is inconsistent.
Every time you train, are you doing all of them? How many times per week? Etc, etc.
I do all of them (except the pull-up, will do that soon, it was one of my favorite to do before we moved). Three times per week. Up to 12 reps. One set right now. Total time... 20 min-ish. I haven't timed it, but I do it before work at about 4:30 am. Much more than a half hour, and I don't think I could get up any earlier though. I'd fall over dead before I had all my old ladies out of bed if I got up before 4! My arms look better. I'm currently in love with my middle deltoid. It's sooooo cute.
What are your goals?
The short version-Increasing muscle mass. I've been between 2-3 lbs from my goal weight this past week so I'm nearly ready for the next step of increasing. I think I did pretty well with maintaining what I had. Maybe not efficiently, but it got done .
The long version-According to body fat measurements I've not lost much lean tissue. At first, nearly none to increasing lean tissue. Then last time I was down 2 lbs from one week to the next but my body fat percent stated I only lost a little less than 1 lb of fat. Week prior lost .5 lb lean tissue. 3 weeks prior to that though I was not loosing weight but decreasing body fat percent. Unfortunately my measurements for body fat are circumference measurements. I don't think they're the most accurate but I figure a decrease can be measured accurately even if the percentage isn't accurate. Sort of like a ruler. If it starts on 3 in instead of 0, all measurements will be off three inches, so increases and decreases would still be accurate, just not the actual measurement. Current circumference measurements state BF at 22.7% from 32.8%. Decrease of 10.1% BF.
I'm thinking if this trend continues of loosing lean tissue, I may as well give up the last 2-3 lbs and just start to increase muscle mass. I've pretty much killed my muscle mass in years prior. I've had a history of anorexia and I was very much the definition of the "skinny-fat" in that article I read from someone's blog. Then gained some in college and decided to do it right this time.
My first goal is to be about 18% BF and see what I'd like to do once I get there.
Current limitations- no gym membership. If I had one, I don't know that I would go. I've never used the memberships I've paid for in the past. I like things staring me in the face so I feel obligated to do them. My weights sit right in front of me in the living room. If it were a day to run, I'd have my running shoes right where I need to step so I'd have to walk over them to avoid them.
Current bonuses-When it comes to swimming, I'm at the pool with my daughter anyway. So, long as I'm there... I swim. Pretty much anything in front of my face I will do. I like doing pretty much anything once I actually start doing it. I don't hate/dislike any type of exercise.
When are you doing all these exercises.
Three times per week. Tues, Thurs, Sat for the weight routine. In the am after breakfast. Usually peanut butter toast on these days.
The rest... Mon and Fri I run (if you can call it that). Sun I swim about an hour (mile and a quarter-ish). Wed rest/yoga. I also do yoga on Sundays before bed. Even though I stretch before and after each day of whatever I'm doing, I feel less flexible than I did 15 lbs ago. Also the backbends, I can get my head off the ground though my hands are on blocks. I couldn't do that a couple weeks ago. (reverse bow position/aka wheel/aka chakrasana pose)
I also swim randomly throughout the week when I bring my daughter to the pool. I bike ride randomly throughout the week with my husband. I play DDR about once a week (songs that get my heart rate to about 180 for two-three songs, then 140-150ish for one song). Take a 10 sec break between each song while the next loads. And when my kid wants to play outside I jump rope for about a half hour. So far it's been about two weeks since I last did that, so jump roping is inconsistent.
Every time you train, are you doing all of them? How many times per week? Etc, etc.
I do all of them (except the pull-up, will do that soon, it was one of my favorite to do before we moved). Three times per week. Up to 12 reps. One set right now. Total time... 20 min-ish. I haven't timed it, but I do it before work at about 4:30 am. Much more than a half hour, and I don't think I could get up any earlier though. I'd fall over dead before I had all my old ladies out of bed if I got up before 4! My arms look better. I'm currently in love with my middle deltoid. It's sooooo cute.
What are your goals?
The short version-Increasing muscle mass. I've been between 2-3 lbs from my goal weight this past week so I'm nearly ready for the next step of increasing. I think I did pretty well with maintaining what I had. Maybe not efficiently
, but it got done . The long version-According to body fat measurements I've not lost much lean tissue. At first, nearly none to increasing lean tissue. Then last time I was down 2 lbs from one week to the next but my body fat percent stated I only lost a little less than 1 lb of fat. Week prior lost .5 lb lean tissue. 3 weeks prior to that though I was not loosing weight but decreasing body fat percent. Unfortunately my measurements for body fat are circumference measurements. I don't think they're the most accurate but I figure a decrease can be measured accurately even if the percentage isn't accurate. Sort of like a ruler. If it starts on 3 in instead of 0, all measurements will be off three inches, so increases and decreases would still be accurate, just not the actual measurement. Current circumference measurements state BF at 22.7% from 32.8%. Decrease of 10.1% BF.
I'm thinking if this trend continues of loosing lean tissue, I may as well give up the last 2-3 lbs and just start to increase muscle mass. I've pretty much killed my muscle mass in years prior. I've had a history of anorexia and I was very much the definition of the "skinny-fat" in that article I read from someone's blog. Then gained some in college and decided to do it right this time.
My first goal is to be about 18% BF and see what I'd like to do once I get there.
Current limitations- no gym membership. If I had one, I don't know that I would go. I've never used the memberships I've paid for in the past. I like things staring me in the face so I feel obligated to do them. My weights sit right in front of me in the living room. If it were a day to run, I'd have my running shoes right where I need to step so I'd have to walk over them to avoid them.
Current bonuses-When it comes to swimming, I'm at the pool with my daughter anyway. So, long as I'm there... I swim. Pretty much anything in front of my face I will do. I like doing pretty much anything once I actually start doing it. I don't hate/dislike any type of exercise.
Happy Tuesday to you... just some humor for you
Cracked Up Glossary Of Common Gym Terms
If you’ve ever had occasion to visit a gym, you’ve no doubt heard people talking about "feeling the burn" and "pumping up." But did you ever wonder what people were really saying? Here are some common terms and phrases that will help you to learn what is really going on in the gym.
Now that you’ve got an idea of what is being said at the gym, you’ll be able to converse comfortably with the natives. You will be completely understood in any gym in the world when you walk in and say "I just did two sets of high intensity intervals and now I’m ready for some forced reps" or "I’m taking a lot of meal replacement supplements because I’m bulking up."
Cracked Up Glossary Of Common Gym Terms
If you’ve ever had occasion to visit a gym, you’ve no doubt heard people talking about "feeling the burn" and "pumping up." But did you ever wonder what people were really saying? Here are some common terms and phrases that will help you to learn what is really going on in the gym.
- In The Zone - Tired and incoherent during a workout. Commonly described out of the gym as "spaced out."
- Extended Warm-Up - 20 minutes at low tension on the stationary bike then 20 minutes of casual stretching then a shower.
- "Just One More Rep" - Said to a spotter during a set. Really means: "Lift the weight for me."
- Forced Reps - For the reluctant exerciser, every single rep of a workout is a forced rep. This is especially true when they have a mean trainer.
- Hack Squat - The position a cat gets into when he’s coughing up a hairball, commonly mistaken as a leg exercise.
- "Can I work in with you?" - Translation: "Can I remove all your weights and sweat all over your bench?"
- Drop Sets - What sometimes happens after doing a hard set of dumbell bench presses. A triple drop set occurs when you drop two dumbells and yourself to the floor.
- Bulking Up - Name for the phase during which an otherwise healthy trainer will try to get bigger and fatter on purpose.
- "I’m maxing out" - Translation: "I was going for 6 reps but I put too much weight on the bar and only got 1."
- Cool-down - Sit on a bench and drink from a water bottle while talking about how much more you’ll lift next time.
- Olympic Bar - Athlete’s nightclub.
- E-Z Bar - "How dare you! I’m not that type of bar."
- Squat rack - The lonliest piece of equipment in the gym.
- "It’s all you!" - Said by spotter during the last few reps of a set. Translatation: "It’s mostly me."
- Pro-hormones - Hormones that have lost their amateur status.
- Meal Replacement Supplement - Cold pizza and warm beer.
- Clean and Press - Surprisingly enough, it’s a shoulder exercise, not laundry instructions. A variation of it is even known as the Hang Clean and Press.
- High Intensity Interval Training - Occurs when there are two or more flights of stairs leading up to the gym.
- Skullcrushers - An exercise where you make like you’re going to bash your own head in with a barbell, a.k.a. lying tricep extensions.
- "Hold the contraction at the top and squeeze for 10 seconds" - Said by a personal trainer when he or she wants to punish the client for missing a session.
Now that you’ve got an idea of what is being said at the gym, you’ll be able to converse comfortably with the natives. You will be completely understood in any gym in the world when you walk in and say "I just did two sets of high intensity intervals and now I’m ready for some forced reps" or "I’m taking a lot of meal replacement supplements because I’m bulking up."
Tell me what to get rid of, what to keep, and what to add. Please
Push ups (finally on my toes up to 11!!! (with wide base for hands- will narrow base when I get to 12)), Bicep curl, Shoulder press, Bent over row, Dead lift, Tricep extension, Front and lateral raise, Flye prone, Lat pull down supine, Flye supine, Chest press, Squat ¼ time, Lunge ¼ time, Lateral Lunge, Step up forward, Lateral step up. I want to add pull ups, but currently my thingey for doing them is laying flat un-set-up on the ground in my garage. Hubby has promised to make room for it somwhere in our apartment.
You said you are doing 1 set of each. Change this. I'd rather see you do 3 sets of each for now. Hopefully you can fit this into the same amount of time once I tell you to drop some things.
Do pushups OR chest presses. No need for both.
Other things I'd get rid of:
Tricep Extension
Front and Side Lateral Raises
Prone Fly
What is a supine Lat pull down?
Supine Fly
Why are you not doing full squats? Is says you are doing 1/4 squats.
Same question with your lunges?
Both step up exercises
Get the pullup bar hung!
Basically, while you are dieting, I'd stick with the basics. If you are going to stick with a full body routine 3 times per week, an example of what you can do is:
Day1:
Chest Press 3x6
Rows 3x6
Shoulder Press 2x12
Pullups 2x12
Saxon Side Bends 2x15
Day2:
Full Squats 3x6
Romanian Deadlifts 3x6
Full Lunges 2x12
SHELCs 2x10 (do you have a stability/exercise ball?)
Day3:
Push Press 3x6
Pullups 3x6
Pushups 2x12
Rows 2x12
Weighted Crunches 2x15
Legs only once per week for now since you seem to be pretty active already!
You should progress as each week goes on. By that, I mean up the intensity. So week 1 might be a 3 out of 5 with regards to rating of percieved exertion.
Week 2 a 4/5.
Week 3 a 5/5
Week 4 a 5/5
Week 5 and on.... let your body be your guide. If you feel run down.... it's time to reduce intensity, possbily make some changes to the program, and work your way back up.
It sounds like you don't have a lot of weight at your disposal since you are training from home, so I doubt you will be pushing your body to the point where you need to take a break or reduce intensity within the first 6 weeks.
Remember, rep range determines weight. So where you are asked to do less reps that means GO HEAVIER.
It's fine if you don't want to join a gym. But you should still make sure you have adequate tools at your disposal if you are going to train from home and you can afford it.
Have might want to think about investing in some more "tools." Possibly a bench and a bar with some plates.
Squatting with *enough* weight is difficult without having some sort of rack.
The short version-Increasing muscle mass. I've been between 2-3 lbs from my goal weight this past week so I'm nearly ready for the next step of increasing. I think I did pretty well with maintaining what I had. Maybe not efficiently
Well, the program I outlined above was assuming you were still going to be dieting.
You are having problems with these last 2-3 lbs. What is your current caloric intake and what are you stats?
How long have you been dieting without break?
And don't let the number on the scale be your only guide in determine whether or not you want to continue cutting or possibly start bulking.
I mainly go by the reflection in the mirror.
Tough call. You can drop it and see how the weight treats ya. Personally, I'd probably keep it unless if felt like over-kill.
There are no hard set rules as to what is and isn't over-kill. It's dependent on many things.
Biking really doesn't elicit the elevation in EPOC that something like the calisthenics does.... but that doesn't mean you won't be burning more calories with all this additional biking that could offset the elevated EPOC from the calisthenics.
My point: It's your call.
Random Thought of the Day:
There is no way I am going to be as lean as I had hoped for Hawaii. And guess what? I don't even care, haha. I'm there to relax with my WIFE without any cares in the world.
I just can't stick to the "plan" 100%, which is required to get very lean in my case, with so such a crazy schedule right now.
I've been kicking my ass training-wise. But nutritionally I've screwed up enough to derail me.
I'm certainly leaner than I was 2 months ago.
But I'm for from the uber-lean I had planned for.
Roll with the punches though.
AND COMPLEXES ARE KICKING MY ASS!!!!!
There is no way I am going to be as lean as I had hoped for Hawaii. And guess what? I don't even care, haha. I'm there to relax with my WIFE without any cares in the world.
I just can't stick to the "plan" 100%, which is required to get very lean in my case, with so such a crazy schedule right now.
I've been kicking my ass training-wise. But nutritionally I've screwed up enough to derail me.
I'm certainly leaner than I was 2 months ago.
But I'm for from the uber-lean I had planned for.
Roll with the punches though.
AND COMPLEXES ARE KICKING MY ASS!!!!!
I like that attitude... you are going to be in a place close to paradise wiht the woman you're spending the rest of your life with - who cares if you aren't as beefcakey as you wanna be
I think Krista likes the way you look right now Curvie Girlie
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I know exactly how you feel.
Either way, Mal's right, you're right, that's the right attitude. You're healthy, you look great, and without hardly any fat, how the hell are you going to be able to float in the water?!?!?!