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[Cattypuss]

I'm doing a happy dance here.

Just got back from the weekly Slimming World meeting and I lost three pounds this week.

So that's 34 pounds lost in the 20 weeks since I joined Slimming World.

ONE MORE POUND lost and I'll be exactly half-way to my goal weight I'm hoping to achieve that before Easter.

I also notice that I'm sailing nice and close to the point at which I'll no longer be obese (based on BMI) - merely overweight Three more pounds off and my BMI should be below 30.

 

[WriterDom]

I'm doing a happy dance here.

Just got back from the weekly Slimming World meeting and I lost three pounds this week.

So that's 34 pounds lost in the 20 weeks since I joined Slimming World.

ONE MORE POUND lost and I'll be exactly half-way to my goal weight I'm hoping to achieve that before Easter.

I also notice that I'm sailing nice and close to the point at which I'll no longer be obese (based on BMI) - merely overweight Three more pounds off and my BMI should be below 30.

Keep it up you are doing great. I've been trying to get my wind up on the elliptical. It's about the same as jogging except much easier on the knees.

 

[Homburg]

Cycle 3 Wave A
SQUAT DAY

Back under the bar, and, wow, did NOT feel like it. I was READY yesterday. Man, I feel like I would've torn up that bar. Today? Not so much. The difference was simple though - weather. Yesterday was gorgeous. Man it was pretty outside, and it had been all weekend. Today? Miserable. Grey, rainy, dark, awful. Felt like winter had come back. So my mood was down, as was LB's.

But the iron still beckoned, so it went up anyway.

155x5
190x5
230x3 Warm-ups done
250x5
285x5
325x11 Rep calc says 444#

Last Cycle, Wave A's top set calc'ed out at 441#, so I'm not really complaining.

We opted out of the assistance work today. Really should've been more active over deload week, if only to keep momentum going. Next time I think we'll take the first day off completely to give a long weekend, then do light work on the remaining two days.

Live, lift, and learn.

 

[Bandit58]

I went to the gym last night, first time for a few days. The colonoscopy wiped me out a bit and being a bit sore and sorry didn't make for working out. I think I did ok (bodycombat class) but seemed more tired than usual and had a bit of muscle soreness today as well.

Oh, and because the colonoscopy was unsuccessful I have to prep again for a CT scan tomorrow, so will be another few days before I'm back there

 

[kayte]

I went to the gym last night, first time for a few days. The colonoscopy wiped me out a bit and being a bit sore and sorry didn't make for working out. I think I did ok (bodycombat class) but seemed more tired than usual and had a bit of muscle soreness today as well.

Oh, and because the colonoscopy was unsuccessful I have to prep again for a CT scan tomorrow, so will be another few days before I'm back there

{{{{{Bandit}}}}} Hope the CT is over with and that you are feeling fine very quickly.

 

[Homburg]

Cycle 3, Wave A
BENCH DAY

Could NOT wake up this morning, wow. Took a while for things to get moving all over, ugh.

barx5 (felt like I needed the extra movement to shake off the cobwebs)
95x5
115x5
135x5 warm-ups done
145x5
170x5
190x12 Rep calc said 266#

Better effort than last cycle, so I'm happy. I tanked pretty badly ont he last rep. LB was surprised, as 11 went up as fast as the first rep did, so he figured I was good for 14 or so. Nope, barely got 12 past the hooks

Foot-supported pull-ups
1x9, 1x10

As I said in the intro to this program, the mainstay movements will remain the same, waving up and down to prevent stagnation. The assistance movements will change within their groove here and there. Foot-supported pull-ups are just pull-ups with the legs held straight out and supported by something.

In this case, I do pull-ups on the front top bar of the rack. So I just set the bar up on the pins where I bench. This puts the legs slightly above horizontal and removes a lot of weight. Handy for a fat-ass like me. The leverage, muscles used, etc are all int he same basic groove as a pull-up, but it is easier. It is the exact sort of progression in movement that I need if I'm going to reach my goal of dead-hang pull-ups without losing significant amounts of weight (which won't happen if I expect to reach my established lifting goals. I'm losing some weight, but the muscle gain is preventing the numbers from moving much.).

LB about died laughing when I finished my first set and said, "So this is what it must be like when the skinny guys bang out pull-ups. That bar comes atcha fast."

The idea from here is to move the hooks down a bit with each wave to provide less support. Once it gets low enough, it will be moved back up to the original position, and only one leg will rest on it. Et voila, progession with bodyweight movements.

 

[WriterDom]

I didn't have a lot of time for chest last night but I did get in 5 sets of 5 at 165. It was a good weight for me. Challenging but not so hard that I couldn't do nice slow reps with no fear of failure. Then some barbell presses that I really have started to like. I can really feel them on the second day. Next week I might switch up and do more of them first and not so much bar.

Today I need to do at least 14 minutes on the elliptical before finishing on the treadmill but if it feels good I might push it to 20. I don't like indoor stuff but I want to get my wind up to where I can do 30+ minutes. At a jogging pace anyway. I can walk forever.

 

[Cattypuss]

When I woke up this morning I reached up for a lazy scratch and found PROMINENT RIBS!!!!!!!!!

(Yes, my body-shape is THAT unbalanced - I am still at least 35 pounds overweight and my ribs are poking out.... you should see the size of my arse and thighs lol)

 

[Homburg]

Return of the intestinal bug interrupted things again. I was unhappy enough to decide that deadlifts wer enot a great idea, but LB wound up in the hospital. Whee. He's better now, but, damn, tired of this mess.

 

[Bandit58]

Back to normal gym workouts next week, although I will take it a bit light this week until I know how my body copes.

I tolerated the second procedure much better than the first, even though it was quite uncomfortable at the time

 

[WriterDom]

I try to get at least two Pilates and one yoga on my own outside of the one yoga class. Still working on my wind with the elliptical. I did 25 minutes Friday and should hit over 30 by next Friday. It's just a question of will now. Making myself do something I don't really enjoy that much. I'm sure I walked over 1000 miles in the last year but that doesn't do much for lung capacity.

I've got the weights down to 4 workouts a week. Back and shoulders, legs, chest, and arms. Sounds like a lot but if I can get back and shoulders and one elliptical done on Monday then it's just one thing in the gym a day for the rest of the week.

 

[Cattypuss]

Once again doing my happy dance - just got back from my weekly Slimming World meeting, and I've lost 3 pounds this week - after losing 3 pounds last week as well!

This week's loss is significant for two reasons -

(1) It takes me to more than half-way to my ultimate goal weight - I have now lost 37 pounds (in the 21 weeks I've been doing this diet), with 33 pounds still to lose.

(2) It takes me out of the "obese" catergory and into the "overweight" category on the BMI charts.

 

[Keroin]

Return of the intestinal bug interrupted things again. I was unhappy enough to decide that deadlifts wer enot a great idea, but LB wound up in the hospital. Whee. He's better now, but, damn, tired of this mess.

I feel ya dude. This virus just won't let me go - thank Cod I had been taking my asthma meds before it hit or it would have been much, much worse! All I've done in two weeks is one bike ride and several brisk walks and even those sent me into 90-year-old-man type hacking fits. Going to try the gym today. Cross digits.

Hope you and LB are feeling better soon.

Back to normal gym workouts next week, although I will take it a bit light this week until I know how my body copes.

I tolerated the second procedure much better than the first, even though it was quite uncomfortable at the time

Glad to hear you made it through Bandit. When will you know the results?

Once again doing my happy dance - just got back from my weekly Slimming World meeting, and I've lost 3 pounds this week - after losing 3 pounds last week as well!

This week's loss is significant for two reasons -

(1) It takes me to more than half-way to my ultimate goal weight - I have now lost 37 pounds (in the 21 weeks I've been doing this diet), with 33 pounds still to lose.

(2) It takes me out of the "obese" catergory and into the "overweight" category on the BMI charts.

This is HUGE! (No pun intended). Good for you CP, keep up the awesome work. Moving out of the obese category is such a win. Your body will love you for it. Hooray! Hooray!

*Tosses confetti*

 

[Homburg]

I feel ya dude. This virus just won't let me go - thank Cod I had been taking my asthma meds before it hit or it would have been much, much worse! All I've done in two weeks is one bike ride and several brisk walks and even those sent me into 90-year-old-man type hacking fits. Going to try the gym today. Cross digits.

Hope you and LB are feeling better soon.

We both managed to lift today. Decided to skip the deadlift entirely as neither one of us was up to it, so it was overhead press day. The official status is "Better, but not 100%. Not even 90%"

This is HUGE! (No pun intended). Good for you CP, keep up the awesome work. Moving out of the obese category is such a win. Your body will love you for it. Hooray! Hooray!

*Tosses confetti*

So we have WiiFit. Sure, it's not so hot for exercising, but it does some really cool things and is fun to play with. It also tracks BMI/weight, which is a feature that I find useful, and how I know that my weight has been trending slightly downward overall.

Aaaanyway, friendly little WiiFit told me today that a healthy BMI for me is 22, and that means 157#, so I have a ways to go.

I about died laughing. I could lose every cell of fat on my body, literally go down to zero body fat percentage, and I would still be well over that. And zero body fat percentage? Yeah, that is fatal. You need fat.

So a healthy BMI for me is nothing short of utterly ludicrous. 157lbs? C'mon, I would have to not only lose fat, but also shed a shitload of muscle. That's healthy? Really?!?

 

[Keroin]

So we have WiiFit. Sure, it's not so hot for exercising, but it does some really cool things and is fun to play with. It also tracks BMI/weight, which is a feature that I find useful, and how I know that my weight has been trending slightly downward overall.

Aaaanyway, friendly little WiiFit told me today that a healthy BMI for me is 22, and that means 157#, so I have a ways to go.

I about died laughing. I could lose every cell of fat on my body, literally go down to zero body fat percentage, and I would still be well over that. And zero body fat percentage? Yeah, that is fatal. You need fat.

So a healthy BMI for me is nothing short of utterly ludicrous. 157lbs? C'mon, I would have to not only lose fat, but also shed a shitload of muscle. That's healthy? Really?!?

Yes, yes, not the most accurate indicator but good as a general guide. And based on most people not being made of solid muscle, like you are H.

My BMI is 20.7, which I think is dead on for me, given my height, weight, bones, muscle mass, etc. The BMI chart is basically so that the WHO and such can have a way to make statistics. And, statistically speaking, those who fall into the obese category are at a much higher risk of developing a whole host of health problems. Not all, no, but most.

 

[BiBunny]

I've felt like complete and utter shit for the past six months. I don't have the money to go to the doctor to figure out why, so I decided if I'm gonna have to shuck out the money to go eventually, I may as well narrow down all the shit they may say is the problem beforehand.

Bought a cheap-ass thingie to check my blood sugar with a couple of months ago. Guess what? I may be a fat ass, but I'm NOT diabetic, and it appears that my insulin resistance has reversed itself. Don't ask, I have no idea.

It's kinda nice knowing that your metabolism, which has been fucked for so long, might be slowly un-fucking itself.

Took Homburg's suggestion about the electrolyte imbalance a few weeks ago. Not nearly as thirsty and achy as I was, thank God.

Did some serious research on vitamin deficiencies and decided that that might be part of the problem. If nothing else, it's cheap, and it's way hard to overdose on B vitamins, since they're water-soluble.

Been taking chromium, magnesium, and a B complex vitamin for about a week in addition to the electrolytes in the ghetto-ade that Homburg recommended. I haven't really changed my eating habits or anything (still too broke), but the way the black cloud over my head has lifted is nothing short of amazing. I don't know if it's the pills or the placebo effect, but, honestly, I don't really care at this point.

The Masterly One has been harping on me to exercise, but I've been telling him that between not feeling like getting out of bed and the asthma issues that I don't think I can do it. Since I've been feeling better, I decided to walk a little on the pretty days.

Saturday, I walked with Kitty and another of our friends. No idea how far we went, but I had to hit the inhaler a couple of times. (Yes, there was chest tightness; it was breathing trouble, not just pure fat-assedness.) It rained yesterday, so we didn't do anything.

Today, we walked over a mile. I could've kept going, but I knew I needed to come back and work. I didn't need the inhaler today, and we covered the distance at a fairly decent clip.

Yeah, a mile walk doesn't burn many calories, but it got me out of the house and away from our roommate I'm currently trying not to murder. It also gets the boy off my ass, and it makes me feel better to know that in spite of the fact that I'm disgustingly overweight, I'm not as out of shape as I thought I was.

 

[Homburg]

Yes, yes, not the most accurate indicator but good as a general guide. And based on most people not being made of solid muscle, like you are H.

My BMI is 20.7, which I think is dead on for me, given my height, weight, bones, muscle mass, etc. The BMI chart is basically so that the WHO and such can have a way to make statistics. And, statistically speaking, those who fall into the obese category are at a much higher risk of developing a whole host of health problems. Not all, no, but most.

This is why I'm irritated at the statistic. The whole idea was based off of actuarial tables used in health insurance from decades ago. It has nothing to do with health and everything to do with risk. SKinny people aren't necessarily more healthy, but they are less risky overall. And that risk is not just from weight-related health issues. It's also from activity-related issues. Some skinny-fat latte-sipping cafe-potato may have horrible muscle tone, be weak, and no ability to run, but he's also not likely to get crushed by a load of gravel on the work site.

What pisses me off about it is the usage of "obese" itself. Let's take one of my favourite examples, Pyrros Dimas. Dimas is the greatest olympic lifter of modern times and a fantastically healthy guy. At the last olympics he competed in, he was 5'8" and 187lbs of pure olympian bad-ass. That is a BMI of 28.4 and that is "overweight". At his height, 197lbs would be "obese".

http://images.beijing2008.cn/20070502/Img214044650.jpg

This guy is 10lbs from "obese"? Gimme a fuckin break.

I would rather see "obese" changed to "at risk", which is more accurate a reflection of the original idea behind BMI. Even then, it's insulting , because it does not even remotely take into account build, muscle, or bodyfat percentage.

You, at 20.8, are brilliantly healthy and active. Most people at that BMI aren't. They are just fast metabolism types who don't work to maintain weight and are no more active than the typical first-worlder. You actually squirrel those actuarial tables because your level of activity leads to greater risk of injury that makes up for general healthy resistance to the malaises that plague fatties like Pyrros Dimas.

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I've felt like complete and utter shit for the past six months. I don't have the money to go to the doctor to figure out why, so I decided if I'm gonna have to shuck out the money to go eventually, I may as well narrow down all the shit they may say is the problem beforehand.

Bought a cheap-ass thingie to check my blood sugar with a couple of months ago. Guess what? I may be a fat ass, but I'm NOT diabetic, and it appears that my insulin resistance has reversed itself. Don't ask, I have no idea.

It's kinda nice knowing that your metabolism, which has been fucked for so long, might be slowly un-fucking itself.

This is good news. Sure, it's odd as you don't have a cause for it, but I wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Took Homburg's suggestion about the electrolyte imbalance a few weeks ago. Not nearly as thirsty and achy as I was, thank God.

Did some serious research on vitamin deficiencies and decided that that might be part of the problem. If nothing else, it's cheap, and it's way hard to overdose on B vitamins, since they're water-soluble.

Been taking chromium, magnesium, and a B complex vitamin for about a week in addition to the electrolytes in the ghetto-ade that Homburg recommended. I haven't really changed my eating habits or anything (still too broke), but the way the black cloud over my head has lifted is nothing short of amazing. I don't know if it's the pills or the placebo effect, but, honestly, I don't really care at this point.

This is likewise good news. Dehydration just ravages my system. I wouldn't wish the effects I get on anyone, ugh.

The Masterly One has been harping on me to exercise, but I've been telling him that between not feeling like getting out of bed and the asthma issues that I don't think I can do it. Since I've been feeling better, I decided to walk a little on the pretty days.

Saturday, I walked with Kitty and another of our friends. No idea how far we went, but I had to hit the inhaler a couple of times. (Yes, there was chest tightness; it was breathing trouble, not just pure fat-assedness.) It rained yesterday, so we didn't do anything.

Today, we walked over a mile. I could've kept going, but I knew I needed to come back and work. I didn't need the inhaler today, and we covered the distance at a fairly decent clip.

Yeah, a mile walk doesn't burn many calories, but it got me out of the house and away from our roommate I'm currently trying not to murder. It also gets the boy off my ass, and it makes me feel better to know that in spite of the fact that I'm disgustingly overweight, I'm not as out of shape as I thought I was.

This is also good news! You are a font of good newsness!

 

[BiBunny]

Two miles today because the one mile yesterday wasn't really challenging. I think we'll stick with two miles for a week or so.

 

[graceanne]

We both managed to lift today. Decided to skip the deadlift entirely as neither one of us was up to it, so it was overhead press day. The official status is "Better, but not 100%. Not even 90%"



So we have WiiFit. Sure, it's not so hot for exercising, but it does some really cool things and is fun to play with. It also tracks BMI/weight, which is a feature that I find useful, and how I know that my weight has been trending slightly downward overall.

Aaaanyway, friendly little WiiFit told me today that a healthy BMI for me is 22, and that means 157#, so I have a ways to go.

I about died laughing. I could lose every cell of fat on my body, literally go down to zero body fat percentage, and I would still be well over that. And zero body fat percentage? Yeah, that is fatal. You need fat.

So a healthy BMI for me is nothing short of utterly ludicrous. 157lbs? C'mon, I would have to not only lose fat, but also shed a shitload of muscle. That's healthy? Really?!?

Yeah, my suggested weight is close to 100 lbs. I couldn't weight 100 lbs if I starved myself. I was about as skinny as a person can get healthily at about 130 lbs, and looked just fine at 150.

I'm not gonna share my BMI, but it's very high.

I've felt like complete and utter shit for the past six months. I don't have the money to go to the doctor to figure out why, so I decided if I'm gonna have to shuck out the money to go eventually, I may as well narrow down all the shit they may say is the problem beforehand.

Not to be a paranoid person, but could it be crohns or celiac?

 

[BiBunny]

Not to be a paranoid person, but could it be crohns or celiac?

Maybe not. *Crosses fingers* I'll go read, just in case, though.

It's great when Wiki is your doctor.

 

[Homburg]

Yeah, my suggested weight is close to 100 lbs. I couldn't weight 100 lbs if I starved myself. I was about as skinny as a person can get healthily at about 130 lbs, and looked just fine at 150.

I'm not gonna share my BMI, but it's very high.

When we were first dating, viv got down to about 115# or so due to a nasty case of mono, and looked awful. She couldn't stay healthy at that either, as she constantly got sick. She got back up to 135-140#, looked great, and managed to not get sick, yet that is "overweight" per BMI.

She was a swimmer throughout school, and a bloody good one, so she had pretty broad shoulders and a well-developed musculature. Oh well, muscle is unhealthy per BMI...

 

[Homburg]

Felt better today.

Cycle 3 Wave B
SQUAT DAY

155x5
190x5
230x3 Warm-ups done
270x3
305x3
345x10 Rep Calc says 460#

Everything felt light til I hit 345#, then it felt like weight. I gave a good effort, though I wouldn't call it a 460# Overall, I felt pretty strong. Feeling strong in general. This makes sense though, as I've been lifting again for, oh, four months now. I should be feeling pretty solid. Weight hasn't changed much, but body composition has. I am getting comments from people, and noticing a difference in how I move. Hell, my arms are obviously bigger, whee.

Pipe Walk w/ 4" pipe - 2 loops

Did two loops. I was kind of surprised, as neither LB nor I have had a good month what with the various bugs going around. Yet when I was nearing the end of my leg, he moved up to take and I agreed to do that second loop. I'm glad we did, but, wow, I was winded afterward.

Frog-lifts on the ab-straps - 1x12

Only did one set as my core was killing me from the pipe walk. Not going into the difference between frog-lifts and knee-lifts. It's a slight change that makes the movement harder, and vastly more embarrassing.

My core, it hates me. There's a little bit of hot pain near my belly button. That has me a little nervous as my dad just had surgery for an umbilical hernia. Self-examination found no abnormalities, and nothing it pressing through. I think I have just overworked a bit. Might be time to shuffle assistance movements around to put the pipe walk and leg-lifts on different days. That's a lot of core evil on one day at this point, especially after squats.

 

[graceanne]

I'm just really struggling with my give a damn these days. Everything is eclipsed by my wanting my husband.

 

[BiBunny]

Two miles (and some change) in about 45 minutes.

 

[FurryFury]

Way to go BiBunny!



Well, I went to the doc and she did NOTHING for me. I still feel like complete shit. I may have posted on this before because I can't remember anything after two months of "pain" or "discomfort" as the docs would like to term it. She didn't even seem to listen. She acted like I was part of a factory line and gave me all the same BS she gives everyone once a year. I'm super pissed. I'm also looking for a new doc.

And meanwhile I've decided I must pull myself up by my bootstraps and make myself well because no one else is going to do it. A key component to this is exercise. So . . . maybe tomorrow I will get to it.