RJ's Diary

RJAZ520 said:
I have in the past been a chronic procrastinator, excuse maker, and overall a negative person. add a little emotional binge eating and a peanut butter and jelly addiction and its a recipe for overweightness.

I asked my self what i was waiting for? I really took the time to think about it, took some time to absorb that we only get one chance at life. Being a member of the video game generation I used the analogy

One Life... No Continues.

Thats my philosiphy, i no longer waste any of it, watching tv, most of it is spent improving, or reading, or on the internet looking up stuff that interests me.

I no longer associate with the negative beer drinking drug using, negative crowd that always seemed to pull me back when i tried to get ahead. Lifestyle... an important block. I understand this now more than ever.
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Hi RJAZ520

This was a really powerful post for me, as I feel as though you pulled the thoughts straight out of my mind! I had to do the same with my circle of friends. I simply can't do the things they do and expect to ever be healthy or happy. I even had to quit my job, which I really loved. Thanks for posting this, and congratulations on nearly reaching your minigoal SO early! Bravo ;)
 
Oh my God, Teammate? First, are you (gorgeous hunk) and I on the same team? And second, remind me what it is I'm supposed to be doing? I think we're walking???

I went to my diary to post something but now I'm completely distracted. You have that effect on me.
 
Strength Training

Full squat
30x5 30x5 30x5 30x5 30x5 (al level 1)

Nice day for squats, moved up in weight a little bit again, no knee pain at all, so next workout i'll move up again.

Bench (bowflex)
200x5 -3 220x5 -3 240x5 -3 260x5 -2 260x5 -2

Forgot to strap the rods again... so the resistance wasnt as tough, so i kept increasing till it felt right.

Row

250x5 -3 250x5 -3 250x5 -3 250x5 -3 250x5 -2

Time to move up on the rows!

Abs

SLACKER!!

only did one set of 8 reps 200 lb resisted crunches

50mins
246 cals
 
Ab workouts suck!

I dont know why, but i absolutely hate doing ab work outs. So i guess I'll take a moment to reflect, and see if i can get down to why.

The reason (read: excuse) that seems to shine brighter than the rest, is "why?" It will be at least 2 years, before im to the level where you would be able to see a six back.

At close 2nd is the rationalization is that it doesnt spot reduce, if those muscles get bigger its just gonna push my stomach out further!

Ok... so now what to do about it? I could easily use those excuses and dismiss any type of abdominal training. Instant gratification. But then whats next to go wit the same excuse?

So on to the reasons to do it.

One of my Interests: Brazilian Jiu jitsu, utilizes abdominal strength considerably. sure i have no idea when my schedule will allow for classes again, but it will help to be ready. I just shuddered at the thought of how painful the knee on belly drills are, some muscle might help with that :D

secondly... in two years I'll be glad i didnt skip my ab workouts. im old enough to know that two years only sounds long. in the whole scope of things sadly it goes by way tooo fast.

so time for a new writing on the wall...

"In Two years you'll be happy you didnt skip ab training"
 
RJ, I used to think that "ab work" was absolutely critical. It's part of your "core" after all. But now I'm doing squats and deadlifts, and frankly, I think the abs are just another muscle group. What is your "core" anyway? I think if you can do a good, heavy set of squats and deadlifts, your "core" must be pretty damned healthy, whether you have a visible sixpack or not.

It's not that we shouldn't do crunches. But I'm thinking there's no reason to emphasize them any more than any other muscle group.
 
RJ wtg on ANOTHER loss! wow your ticker is really moving there! I think we started around the same time here too.

Oh i didnt mention to you last night, It was around 11pm i was sooooo extremely hungry, i decided to make those tuna patties :D There were SOOOO GOOD!added onions to it though, and skipped the parmesan cheese. I used only one can, half an egg, i got about 3 small patties, and i topped it with a fine layer of miracle whip light.. Was yummy!

Here's my tuna recipe..Now it is time consuming, and it should last you about a week. I havnt done any totals for the calories, but pretty much all you have to do, is see how many cups you have at the end, and convert it into tablespoons..

Here is the original recipe, substitute the mayo and cheese with low fat(you already know:p ).

4 small cans tuna
16 oz tomato sauce
8 oz philadephia cream cheese
1/2 cup mayo
1 cup onions
1 cup celery
2 envelopes Gelatine, unflavored (brand Knox you can find this by the jellos)
salt pepper to taste.

In a large mixing bowl add the tuna, use a hand blender, and blend the chunks.
then, add the cheese,and mayo and blend again until creamy.


Set that aside for now, and you want to use a food processor or chopper for the onions and make sure you have no chunks left after chopping. do the same with the celery, then add to your tuna mix, mix again.

Now, last part. Take the tomato sauce in a small pan , and warm it up on low heat. Add the gelatin into the sauce and mix very well. When it starts bubbling, add it to your tuna mix. Blend well again. Add some salt and pepper to taste.

Thats it, now you want to measure how many cups you have, so you can figure out the calories.Then pour the mixture in small plastic glad containers.
Put it in your fridge and ready to eat in about 6 hours. Long wait but it's soo delicious. Best part, NO FISHY TASTE! :D

I eat this with Whole grain wheat thins as a snack, or as a tuna salad with bread.
 
AB workouts :maybe next year: I cant handle that.Im a wuss , maybe next year.For now, Im just going to walk around the world. :D
 
M2M ..you're FOLLOWING me again.......:D It's like i have a piece of toilet paper sticking out of my pants and she itching to yank it out :eek: :D I love this forum..
 
Hey RJ!

I can see your point in the whole "why" for the ab workout. I mean, I have felt the same at some point. The point I was going to make is one your pointed out yourself. In 2 years, you'll be very happy to see the results vs. 2 years down the road and you'll have a smaller stomach but then you'll have to do all that ab work to get the results you could already have had you done it 2 years previous. Not only that but you'll burn calories during your ab workout.. that's a plus. And another plus, the more muscle you have the more cal's your burn period. So, doing your ab workout has tons of benefits. And plus, if you're going to be doing work on your legs and everything else, why leave out your abs?

If you hate the ab workout a lot, (and I don't know how often you do them) but if you're doing them everyday, then maybe cut it down to 3 days a week or something.

A few days ago I posted how I couldn't stand cardio and how do you keep doing it. You replied to me a wonderful post saying:

i have a few different tactics, the most notable are my writings on my wall...

"Can't" crossed out

The mind has the power to convince the body it can do no more, when in fact it is capable of much more

One life... no continues

Prepare... for you know not what evil may come your way

also a lot of vizualization, the mind is a powerful weapon, i just got lost in it, and find the drive to push harder longer.
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If you think like that about your ab workout as you do the rest of your workout, you'll do just fine!
 
Hand Wraps... More than just a good idea.

Well i threw in a little heavy bag work today to mix up my cardio a little bit. it went pretty well considering i havent done any heavy bag work in quite some time.

im 99% sure i made a note somewhere about this before. but i didnt do it again today. I chose not to wrap my hands before putting my bag gloves on, and well, the bag gloves are just a little bigger to accomodate wrapped hands.

After i took my gloves off i noticed that i peel nearly a dime sized portion of top layer of skin near my pinky knuckle.

Thats gonna sting a tad when adrenaline goes down.

I poured some peroxide on put a bandaid on and went to my next cardio station.

I also have two blisters on the inside of my ring fingers.

as if this wasnt enough ive really wrecked my wrist before due to lack of support (and of course sloppy technique). luckily no injuries today.

so... note to self

HANDWRAPS... MORE THAN JUST A GOOD IDEA.
 
Cardio

Mixing it up
Today for cardio i thought i'd try a lil bit of circuit type cross training (if anyone knows what its called, thanks)

As everyone knows... long cardio is taxing mentally trying to keep you motiated, although i manage to do t with little tricks, it still sucks :D

so.. i mixed it up today.

20 mins on stationary bike,

Heavy bag work...

6 - 1min flurries w/ 30 seconds rest between rounds

Gazelle for 20 mins

cool down on stationary bike and, stretching.

1hr
476 calories
max hr 94% <--- heavy bag flurries
avg hr 62%

on a side note...
heavy bag can be a great HIIT workout.
 
Yeah, mixing up cardio is a great way to keep motivated. Some days it's just so hard to keep on the same machine for an extended period (esp when your mp3 player doesn't want to work anymore and you don't have any of your music! :mad: ... stupid thing) :p Yeah my mp3 player is acting up, when it loads, it keeps loading and doesn't stop, and it's only supposed to do the loading thing for a few secs... I just don't get why it won't stop, so cardio has really sucked without it. Thank goodness I'm starting cardio kickboxing!

I'm so excited, now I get to punch stuff too! I bought this one type of glove thing they have there (they're not like boxing gloves or anything). I like them a lot better then the big bulky type boxing gloves.

Well, good luck with your exercises, let your hands heal up a bit before you go back to punching things, hehe.
 
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