My good days, my bad days, my random thoughts

Holy crap I've been slacking on the diary. It's been another busy week/weekend but I should be getting in here regardless to update this thing.

Numbers for the rest of the week:

Thursday:
Cal: 1999
Fat: 34g (16%)
Carb: 314 (58%)
Pro: 119 (25%)

Friday:
Cal: 2170
Fat: 45g (20%)
Carb: 312 (54%)
Pro: 138 (27%)

Saturday:
Cal: 1835
Fat: 33g (17%)
Carb: 266 (55%)
Pro: 119 (27%)

Sunday:
Cal: 2055
Fat: 65g (31%)
Carb: 225 (40%)
Pro: 136 (29%)

I didn't get back to the gym since Wednesday and I didn't get much in the way of walking in yesterday or today. Yesterday I was on the road most of the day and today I was apparently too damned lazy. It happens.

My neck is still worrying me. It's pretty good for the most part, but I can still feel that it's not quite right. When I move it certain ways (no way in particular, just as I go about my day) I feel the strain in it still. So I'm wary of picking the weights up still... even though I know I should as I'm seeing more and more muscle loss as I go (I'd wager about 5 lbs so far) and I know I could stave that off if I could start up my routine. I would just lose my mind if I aggravated this again and had to go through another week (actually longer) of this.

I weighed-in this morning at 191.6. I'm pretty sure that's inaccurate. Regardless, it's the best info I have right now so I can now say that I'm more than half way to my first goal of 170 lbs! So f'n eh!

I'm curious to see if the weight is corrected in tomorrow's weigh-in or not.

Have a great week, everyone.
 
Whoa that's a pretty big drop? It happens, glad you aren't putting much stock in it (because if you don't, and it happens to be permanent, then that is very satisfying). I think I weighed in at 166 a few days ago and basically dismissed it because it seemed ridiculous. [Trying to beat the scale mentality]. Glad to hear the neck is on the mend; try to be glad it's not your lower back.

I truly believe in muscle memory. I'm betting you will start to see muscle gains within the first month of taking up your routine again since you worked out in the past. When I started back, it only took about 6 weeks to get back to my strength levels that I had left 5 years prior when I used to lift a lot of weights. have a good week bro
 
193.6 this morning. That's more like it and much more in line with what I would expect to see.

I'm going to the gym this afternoon. I'm still debating what to do when I get there... more elliptical or try to start my routine. I hate this. I want to start so bad.

I haven't checked with my doctor yet because he's a useless asshole. I have no respect or faith in him whatsoever. So if anything I'll go to a walk-in clinic if it remains aggravated or if I make it worse at the gym again.
 
thedarwinfish said:
I haven't checked with my doctor yet because he's a useless asshole. I have no respect or faith in him whatsoever. So if anything I'll go to a walk-in clinic if it remains aggravated or if I make it worse at the gym again.
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lol, time to find a new doc, Fish. ;)

You could try your regular routine on a mini-scale. Start lighter (or slower) than you normally would and if your neck seems to handle it, gradually increase it. If you can go all the way, great. If not, at least you'll have found out that you can't handle it yet before hurting yourself further. If you get into it and find you still can't do what you'd like . . . walk-in clinic bound you should be. :D (Just my two little cents.)
 
There is something called sympathetic muscle stimulus, or something like that. What it means is that when you work out one muscle group, other muscles get the benefits even though they aren't being worked out. A lot of PT is based on this. So if your neck is pothering you, try working something else. Legs and abs lower back or whatever. That way you neck gets some help without the strain.

As far as the doctors go, I try to avoid them. It all seems to be guess work as far as I can tell. (Also, I wouldn't listen to anything I say, because I really don't know anything.)
 
Trops, that is what I'm aiming for today. Gym was closed yesterday (holiday) so today would be my Day 1 and that would be back, biceps and abs. So I am thinking I will go with that even though I was doing biceps when I strained my neck -- I could've been doing anything, it was just a freak movement when my body was straining to maintain form. I am just going to do a couple light-weight warm-up sets to see how each exercise feels and bump the weight up as I'm able.

I got my post-workout protein drink ready to go if I go with the weights. :D Here's hoping!
 
Back exercises can strain your neck, too. Especially behind the neck pull downs. From what I've been told, you should not go behind the neck with those. Keep it in front to keep the strain from your neck. Cable rows and dumbbell rows are my favorite for that.

Good luck.
 
Trops said:
Back exercises can strain your neck, too. Especially behind the neck pull downs. From what I've been told, you should not go behind the neck with those. Keep it in front to keep the strain from your neck. Cable rows and dumbbell rows are my favorite for that.

Good luck.
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Agreed. No pulldowns in the works. I've planned on cable pull-throughs, hyperextensions, bent-over rows and cable rows for back. That could change depending on what's available. I would like to have done deadlifts, but I am nervous about them with my neck. Maybe. We'll see how I'm feeling come game time.
 
Today was a good day. Got to the gym, workout kinda blew. It was way too busy and I didn't really feel like it was as good as it should've been but it was certainly better than nothing so I'll still take it.

The free weights area is full. So full. So good luck getting a) the weight you want or b) a spot to do your exercise in. Plus I'm still in HUGE NOOB mode so it's all a bit intimidating. It'll come around.

Neck... so far feels exactly as it did earlier. So that's awesome. We'll see how it feels when I wake up in the morning. Last time I f'd it I didn't realize how bad it was until the next day. But so far, I feel good about it.

After the workout I came back home and took the dog out for an hour long walk.

Diet for the day:

5:30am
2x Egg Creations (Southwest)
1 Kraft fat-free single
Whole wheat english muffin
15g natural peanut butter
0.5oz strawberry jam

9:30am
Banana

11:00am
Banana

12:00pm
1 Whole Grain Jalapeno
7.5g colby cheese
40g Black forest ham
55g Oven roasted turkey breast
28g Angus roast beef

2:00pm
Apple

3:00pm
1 Whole Grain Jalapeno
7.5g colby cheese
40g Black forest ham
55g Oven roasted turkey breast
28g Angus roast beef

5:45pm
1 scoop whey protein
25g dextrose

7:30pm
1 cup chili
2 red pepper turkey & chicken sausage

Calories: 1992
Fat: 47g (22%)
Carb: 234 (43%)
Pro: 164 (35%)

Protein was higher than necessary but that's not a big deal. All in all I'm pretty happy with the day.

When I get more comfortable in the gym and get a groove going there, I'll be in a much better spot. Everything right now is just so hit and miss. Not getting the machines I want, not knowing which weight to go with... the whole feeling out phase. Can't wait for it to be over.

And now I'm off to bed. I can barely keep my eyes open as I type this. Hope everyone had a good day! Until tomorrow!
 
Im glad you are doing better Fish. Drop us a line this morning and let us know if you are still ok. I can see how it would be rough in a busy gym. Hang in there buddy.
 
Woke up feeling as I did before. So I didn't re-aggravate it. That's awesome. Now if only it had been a better workout, this would've been perfect!

I was a little bit worried. There were a couple times in the course of the workout where I felt the neck acting up. Looks like it was just regular strain on a now sensitive point.

I think I will be doing chest and triceps next and legs/shoulders last. That gives my neck the most time to settle down. I would like to go tomorrow but I don't know yet if that's possible. Might have to be Friday.
 
I realized that I've been doing my daily weigh-ins for over a month now. I started doing daily weigh-ins a while back with plans on tracking the averages from week to week and charting the progress as well.

Apr 18 2008: 206.8 lbs, 31.9% bf, 140.8 lbs lean
May 15 2008: 196.6 lbs, 29.1% bf, 139.4 lbs lean

Difference: 10.2 lbs, 2.8% bf, 1.4 lbs muscle lost

It's nice to see those monthly differences. Hopefully next month goes similarly well.
 
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I realized that I've been doing my daily weigh-ins for over a month now. I started doing daily weigh-ins a while back with plans on tracking the averages from week to week and charting the progress as well.

I started April 18, 2008 at 206.8 lbs and 31.9% body fat. After four weeks: 196.6
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Way to go Fish - that's awesome :D
 
thedarwinfish said:
I realized that I've been doing my daily weigh-ins for over a month now. I started doing daily weigh-ins a while back with plans on tracking the averages from week to week and charting the progress as well.

I started April 18, 2008 at 206.8 lbs and 31.9% body fat. After four weeks: 196.6
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:hurray: Great job, Fish!
 
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