RJ's Diary

the attack of i want a pop tart

Yikes... well it started as an idea in the back of my head... I want a pop tart... they're there... I want one. Then i retook control figured i was a little hungry for sweets. i munched on the rest of my strawberries.... worked for a little while... but then it came back... so i ate some carrots... didnt work. i gave in and had one

190 calories. ok not bad... i can deal with that... i made sure to eat it slow and enjoy it... not much later i rationalized with myself that the other one would get hard so i had to eat it... LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND. heh

190 more calories

well... it coulda been a value meal at mcdonalds with a large soda.

did a night workout to help counteract
15 mins
154 calories
max hr 78%
avg 66%

For dinner i had stir fry beef with onions and broccoli with teriyaki sauce
 
Knee pain

Was going to work on legs today.. but still a slight pain in left knee when even doing body weith squats. im sure its caused by the impact of getting out of my work truck at every stop... hopefully it improves as my weight decreases.
 
Strength Training

CHEST on bowflex

Press
100x20 160x14 180x12

Decline press
160x8 160x8 180x7

Flys
100x15 120x14 160x10

Decline flys
110x12 120x11 130x11
 
lunch

left over spaghetti
according to fit day it came out to be like 1100 calories. wow...

note to self... check BEFORE you eat it :)
 
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wow... ok... i did good last night. I went to the movies, took a bottle of water. no popcorn no soda no junk of any kind... well I did give in to about 3 bites of an unsalted pretzel with cheese.

bad thing is i only got 4 hours of sleep... didnt eat breakfast before work. but i did stop at subway to have oven roasted chicken breast sandwhich on wheat with no mayo just a little splash of ranch

munched on some peanuts... came home broiled some tilapia had a baked potato and i had some oatmeal while it was cooking cuzz i was hungry! heh

calorie count so far
1567

gonna go do some strength training right now i was gonna go walking but my knee was like popping today.. im gonna give it some rest and see what happens. im just gonna double up on my strength training since i wont be doing cardio
 
Strength Training

(Bowflex)
Back
Wide grip pulldown
100x20 120x14 140x12

Narrow palim in pull down
140x14 160x14 180x14

Rows
160x16 180x14 200x10

Bent over Rear delt row
100x10 140x10 160x8 (not full motion... bowflex gets heavier towards bottom... this sucks)

Shoulders
side lateral raises
10x20 15x14 20x8

Upright x over delt rows
80x18 100x15 120x14 160x10

feels goodim gonna turn up intensity next workout again
 
short of skipping brekfast yesterday ithink i did pretty good. but i only got 1796 calories in yesterday i spaced them out so hopefully it was enough to prevent some catabolism
 
Today is arms day! my back has no sort of soreness whatso ever... i wonder if im hitting it intensley enough... the numbers would indicate that i can go up in more weight, so i will do so next workout. gonna give it to my arms today :)
 
Weigh Day

300lbs

While initially slightly dissapointed i didnt make it out of the threes today it is a sacrifice im willing to make. im pretty sure that i have gained a MINIMUM of .1 lbs of muscle :) so thats what kept me out of the 290's i can wait a couple of days. its coming.
 
I agree. Be patient, you are working out a lot! Your diet foodwise looks great. I think if you are strength training, you tend to gain a bit in the beginning(musclemass), but lose faster days ahead..So keep up the good work! I notice you also mentioned negative calorie food. I have posted something about that a few days ago about catabolic foods, but no one ever responded.. Do you count those calories towards your intake? For now i am, and i can eat around 500 neg cals a day, that would mean i am eating only 900 calories a day. Not sure if i should increase my regular calories or not. What do you think??
~JO~
 
There is articles both ways as to wether or not it truly does create a negative calorie effect and well ive decided to count them as intake just in case... using fitday digestion is already calculated into your calorie uses per day... besides... i figure at the very least if they truly do have a negative caloric effect its like a bonus side effect.
 
Crazy -

My impression on the whole "negative calorie" business is that digestion is already accounted for in your BMR - and that while celery and such foods may have negative calories, it's not much.

From Snopes.com "Yet as enticing as all this [negative calories] sounds, the dietary bankroll built by this approach would be very small, probably amounting to no more than a few dozen calories a day. In a world where it takes 3500 calories to work off a pound of fat feasting on celery would only make the mearest difference."

I'm curious as to what you are eating for 500 negative calories in a day.
 
Strength Training

ARMS
On bowflex

Standing curls
35x15 40x11 45x10 50x6*

Sitting curls
35x15 40x15 45x12 50x11**

Tri pressdowns (bar)***
100x16 110x12 120x7 130x6

Tri pressdowns (handle)***
40z16 45x12 50x12 55x10


*cumalitive 50 not the 50 rod theres a difference)
** sitting shortens the range of motion on the rod translating to less resistance
*** lower pulleys adjusted so that resistance starts lower enabeling me to get it start position which is still upper chest level

Overall my arm workout felt good i think it was a decent intensity although i dont think i was using optimum weight... will adjust again next workout
 
Llamabean said:
Crazy -

My impression on the whole "negative calorie" business is that digestion is already accounted for in your BMR - and that while celery and such foods may have negative calories, it's not much.

From Snopes.com "Yet as enticing as all this [negative calories] sounds, the dietary bankroll built by this approach would be very small, probably amounting to no more than a few dozen calories a day. In a world where it takes 3500 calories to work off a pound of fat feasting on celery would only make the mearest difference."

I'm curious as to what you are eating for 500 negative calories in a day.
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yep... the digestion reason is exactly why i count em, but even the way shes doing it she's still losing :)
 
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