Fallyn

Going well! I actually felt pumped to get my workout done today, and was glad to be able to focus on what I wanted to do instead what I had to do for others. As for updates: Sunday 10/13: weigh-in: 203.8 Considering my mess-up the week before I'll take my weight being the same. week summary: 2000 calorie goal: 7/7 workouts: 7/7 soda: 4.5/7 I promise I will post in my battle log soon, I just couldn't for this week b/c I have a confidentiality agreement with the gym for the classes we were previewing. Peace out -Fallyn

Hoo boy, been a long time since I've posted. I promise I've still been working on my challenge. It hasn't been going as well as I wanted, but I'm still chugging along. So the main reason for my sudden absence was that I got my monthly visit from mother nature last week, and unfortunately whenever that happens I get pretty depressed. It doesn't help that I consistently gain 3.5 lbs in water weight during my period either. Since there's a lot to update, I'll just make a summary list of what happened. Weds 10/3- Sun 10/6 2000 calorie goal: 3/5 Workouts: 5/5 Soda: 2.5/5 It was saturday that the trouble started. I was really grumpy all day, and really didn't give a damn what I ate or drank. I managed to keep my calories down under 2500, but still. Then sunday, when I weighed myself I was at 206.4, which really made me sad and led to my disappearance from nerd fitness for a few days. I know it was just water weight, as my period ended yesterday and I weighed in this morning at 203.4 but it was still really defeating. Summary for the week: Calorie goal: 5/7, mistake day used but I counted it as a failure Workouts: 7/7 Soda: 4/7 Then this week I've been having a really, really hard time reaching my 1900 calorie goal. I haven't managed it at all, though I have stuck below 2100 everyday. Thanks for the review, I've actually been thinking about that in the past few days and have decided to adjust my calories. I have seen this one, and the one I like to use is here: http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm I like that one b/c I can add my body fat% into it. According to that one (and yours) I should be aiming for roughly 2500 calories a day to maintain and around 1900-2000 for fat loss. Considering that I've been very consistent with my exercise, and that I was loosing .6 lbs with 2200 calories a week, I have decided to pause my calorie goal at 2000. So for the rest of this challenge, if I can stay there I will consider it a success. I will also keep my mistake day, but I am lowering it so I have to stay below 2300 (not 2500) calories for me to use it. Based on this my updates for this week are: 2000 calorie goal: 3/3 workout: 3/3 Soda: 1.5/3 One more thing to add: This week we are having our anniversary at the gym and as such we are offering free classes/demonstrations all week. Because I am now doing 2-3 demonstrations a day I am taking this week off from my own workouts. The things I'm doing aren't quite as intense as what I should be doing, but I need the mental break for the week. And thats all of it. Sorry if its a bit long and convoluted, but I have class in 5 minutes and wanted to force myself to post now, and not later. Hope all is well for you guys, -Fallyn

I think its perfectly fine to change goals a bit in the challenge. We're here for the long run, so adjusting it to what you need is always allowed. I'm having the same sort of trouble and am finding it really difficult to keep below 2000 calories a day so I'm thinking about just keeping it there for the rest of this challenge and then lowering it for the next. Hope you are feeling better!

Awesome on the sit-ups! And we should compare notes on the inverse rows, I feel like I'm stalling on improving with them and am curious to see how you go about them.

9/29 Sunday was my rest day Mon 9/30 100 squats--> 5 sets of 20, last 60 were jumping 80 push-ups--> 1 set of 20, 4 sets of 15 80 leg lifts --> 1 set of 20, 4 sets of 15 25 Plyometric squats --> 5 sets of 5 50 Inverse Rows --> 5 sets of 10 25 Hangs --> 5 sets of 5 Tues 10/1 45 Deadlifts--> 2 sets of 15 w/ 125 lbs, 1 set of 15 w/ 135 lbs 45 Bicep Curls --> 3 sets of 15, 20 lbs 45 Tricep Extensions --> 3 sets of 15, 17.5 lbs 30 BW Tricep Dips --> 3 sets of 10 45 Shoulder Presses --> 3 sets of 15, 22.5 lbs 45 Chest Flys --> 3 sets of 15, 30 lbs 45 Rows --> 3 sets of 15, 30 lbs 30 Front Raises --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Side Raises --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Inverse Rows --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs Then today, Wed 10/2 100 squats --> 5 sets of 20, last 60 were jumping 100 push-ups--> 5 sets of 20 <---- AHHHH I DID IT, I ALMOST DIED THOUGH 100 Leg lifts --> 5 sets of 20 25 plyometric squats--> 5 sets of 5 50 inverse rows --> 5 sets of 10 25 hangs --> 5 sets of 5

Monday: A little harder today, as I had gotten used to my meal sizes and didn't want to reduce them. And I didn't want to cut out a snack during the day, as I like to be able to answer my cravings with something instead of trying to fight it off. So instead I compromised, made a 'normal' size meal, and then fed the extra to our dog while I was eating. It was a bit of a waste of food, but at least I wasn't the one eating it. 2000 Calories Goal: 1 Workout Main: 1 Soda: 1 Tues. Nothing special to report, managed to have smaller meals without the dogs aid. 2000 Calories: 1 Workout Side: 1 Soda: 1/2 Hope you're all doing well. -Fallyn

Glad to hear your first bootcamp went well. Hope you two keep it up!

Hey there, just checking in to see if everything is going okay. Any status updates for us?

Sat. 9/28 A better day overall. 2100 Calorie Goal: 1 Workout Side: 1 Soda: 1; I had none! Sun. 2100 Calories:1 Workout Rest Day:1 Soda: 1/2 So the tally for my week two is as follows: 2100 Calorie Goal: 6/7 mistake day used Workout: 6/7 Soda: 4/7 And my weight was 203.8, so I'm down another .6 lbs from last week! At this rate I don't think I'll meet my main goal of 10 lbs, but since it was my eating I wanted to adjust in the first place I think I'm doing well. Here's for another week down, and for another good one ahead of us! Good luck -Fallyn

Looking good! I admire how you're able to keep your calorie count so well.

9/26 Took a rest day, see my challenge log for more 9/27 100 squats --> 5 sets of 20, last 40 were jumping squats 80 push-ups --> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 80 Leg Lifts --> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 25 plyometric squats --> 5 sets of 5, I even managed to do one where I jumped down, then back up again, all in one motion! 50 Inverse Rows --> 5 sets of 10 25 Hangs --> 5 sets of 5 9/28 45 Deadlifts --> 2 sets of 15 w/ 115 lbs, 1 set of 15 w/ 125 lbs 45 Bicep curls --> 3 sets of 15, 20 lbs 45 Tricep Extensions --> 3 sets of 15, 17.5 lbs 30 BW Tricep Dips --> 3 sets of 10 45 Shoulder Presses --> 3 sets of 15, 22.5 lbs 45 Chest Flys --> 3 sets of 15, 30 lbs 45 Rows --> 3 sets of 15, 30 lbs 30 Front Raises --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Side Raises --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Inverse Rows --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs I should also note that with these exercises I am doing free weights. So when I say 10 lbs, I mean I am holding a 10 lb weight in each hand. -Fallyn

Weds 9/25 Normal day, nothing special to report 2100 Calorie: 1 Workout Main: 1 Soda Reduction: 1/2 Thurs. 9/26 For some reason I was really sore in my upper arms/ deltoids today. We did move cattle on Weds, so it's possible that all the gate lugging got to me. Either way I ended up skipping my workout for the day, and I ended up going over my calories by about 200. 2100 Calories: Over by 200, mistake day Workout Side: 0 Soda: 1/2 Fri. 9/27 Unfortunately Thursday's defeat carried over into Friday. I failed completely on my soda intake, drinking all of the last bottle for the week (so now I have none for today) and I didn't even pay attention to how much I was eating. I probably went over by an easy 500, and I've already used my mistake day for the week. The only thing I didn't mess up was my workout, and I did complete my main workout as well as help pick up around 200 bales of hay in the afternoon. 2100 Calorie Goal: failed 0 Workout Main: 1 Soda: failed 0 Good news though! I am back on track for Saturday. I'm really not sure what came over me those two days, but while I was working out this morning I felt my motivation come back and I even did an extended version to make up for Thurs. Hopefully this will carry through for the rest of the day! I'm definitely glad to have you guys, and hope you're all fighting hard too. Best Wishes, -Fallyn

Sounds like a great trip! I hope you have fun

Well push-ups are a pain in the ass. Even if you just start by holding yourself up (without lowering at all) you'd still be strengthing those muscles. And your food plan seems like its working well.

I think it was because I was still recovering from the weekend. Spending Saturday night partying, and then having to be up for a 5:30 bootcamp on Monday morning might have had something to do with it. Thanks for the encouragement! I see you're doing pretty well too.

9/23 Workout Almost didn't make it through, and had to majorly slow down between reps and sets. Still it was completed. 100 squats --> 5 sets of 20; last 40 were jumping squats 80 push-ups--> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 80 Leg Lifts --> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 25 Plyometric Squats --> 5 sets of 5 50 inverse rows --> 5 sets of 10 25 hangs --> 5 sets of 5 50 crunches 50 frog crunches 9/24 45 Deadlifts --> 3 sets of 15, 115 lbs 45 Bicep Curls --> 3 sets of 15, 17.5 lbs 45 Tricep Extensions--> 3 sets of 15, 17.5 lbs 30 BW Tricep Dips --> 3 sets of 10 30 Front Raise --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Side Raises --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Inverse Flys --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 9/25 100 squats --> 5 sets of 20, 40 as jumping squats 80 push-ups --> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 80 Leg Lifts --> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 25 Plyometric Squats --> 5 sets of 5; I also did a few where I would jump onto the bench, and then jump from that bench onto one like 2 feet away. It was fun! 50 Inverse Rows --> 5 sets of 10 25 Hangs --> 5 sets of 5 Have a good day! -Fallyn

Update time! Monday 9/23 Calorie goal: 2100 I wasn't as hard as I thought to drop this week. All I did was decrease the size of my lunch by the appropriate amount, and then continued to eat as I had the week before. Yay for steady decreases Working out, on the other hand, almost didn't happen. It's been years since I last got really sick while working out, but for some reason today I started to feel sick halfway through. It's not like I was doing anything different, so I gave no idea where it came from. Still I pushed through and did manage to finish, though a much slower pace. As for the soda, I took an all important step on Sunday when grocery shopping and only bought 3, 2 liter bottles of the stuff. That's my allotted amount for the week, and if I go out and buy more I will fail the entire week. Wish me luck Mon 9/23 scores 2100 goal: 1 Workout Main: 1 Soda: 1 Tues 9/24 Another day, another battle. Nothing spectacular to report, and all is well. Scores: 2100 Goal: 1 Workout Side: 1 Soda:1

That's my goal! Same to you, of course Anyway, time for week one results With the addition of yesterday's success, my weekly tally is thus: Calorie Goal: 7/7, mistake day used with 300 calories over Workouts: 7/7 Diet Soda reduction: 4.5/7 Onto the new week. New allotted calories: 2100. Good work on our first week everyone, and good luck! -Fallyn

Lots of updates today. 9/18 100 squats: 5 sets of 20; last 40 were jumping 80 push-ups: 1 set of 20, 4 sets of 15 80 Leg Lifts: 1 set of 20, 4 sets of 15 25 plyometric squats: 5 sets of 5 50 inverse rows: 5 sets of 10 25 hangs: 5 sets of 5 50 crunches 50 oblique crunches 9/19 40 Deadlifts: 2 sets of 15, 1 set of 10; 115 lbs 45 Bicep Curls: 3 sets of 15, 17.5 lbs 45 Tricep Kickbacks: 3 sets of 15, 15lbs 30 BW Tricep Dips: 3 sets of 10 30 Front Raises: 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Side Raises: 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Inverse Flys: 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs Plank: 1 min 5 secs 9/20 Went to a Zumba class with my friends. 1 hr long and is pretty high intensity. There's at least one song where we're squatting the entire time 9/21 Ran a mile! Was wondering if I was still capable of it as I haven't run since before summer, but we finished it in 9 mins 36 secs. The rest of my workout was kind of a token effort. But I did two exercises each for arms, legs, and core. 9/22 Today will be my rest day, and I will resume with my main workout tomorrow.

Hi! I'm still alive I promise. And I've been behaving myself, just been a bit busy (see below). So yeah, I've been a little MIA for the past few days but only because I was off on a trip to see some of my college friends. It was for a birthday and she was the last one of us to turn 21, so you can see how it was a pretty big deal. Fortunately though all of us are fairly active, so even while visiting I still got workouts in. They weren't quite the same as what I've been doing (see my battle log) but they still counted. As for eating I have done a good job of staying within my limits. Today, Sunday the 22nd, is my last day of the 2200 calorie limit and tomorrow I will start with 2100. Sunday 22nd weigh-in: 204.6 lbs Start weight: 205 =.4 lbs lost. This makes sense to me, as 2200 isn't really enough to loose a lot of weight in a week. But still it's progress, and is a good set up for the next week. Now for my day scores: Day 3 Wednesday: 2200 Goal: 1 Workout Main: 1 Less Soda: 1 Day 4 Thursday: 2200 Goal: 1 Workout Side: 1 Less Soda: 1/2 Day 5 Friday: 2200 Goal: 1; This day was an over day, but I only was over by about 300 calories (alcohol) Workout Zumba Class: 1 Less Soda: 1; I had none!!!!! Day 6 Saturday: 2200 Goal: 1; I almost failed this as we went out for breakfast in the morning and again for lunch. Thank god that restaurants are now putting calorie amounts next to meals. I would've failed so badly otherwise. Workout at gym:1 Less Soda: 1; only had 3 glasses !! So there's my long list of updates. I've posted my workout details in my battle log, and am all prepped and ready to meet this week's goals!

I agree, it's still a related life goal, just workign on it in a different manner

Ha, I was avoiding saying anything about the push-ups 'cause I knew you were still having some trouble with them. But yes, they are the real ones. All the way down and everything. And if you ever want me to describe them, just ask. You probably know more of them than you think, there's always like 4 names for the same exact movement.

9/17 45 Deadlifts --> 1 set of 15, 95 lbs; 2 sets of 15,115 lbs 45 Bicep Curls --> 3 sets of 15, 17.5 lbs 26 BW Tricep Dips --> 2 sets of 10; 1 set of 6. I couldn't quite go down to a 90 degree angle, but I made some progress 30 Front Raises --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Side Raises --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 30 Inverse Flys --> 3 sets of 10, 10 lbs 50 crunches 50 frog crunches 60 oblique crunches 9/18 I had a super hard time today. I don't know if it was because I was tired and a bit sore from yesterday, but I had to go a lot slower between sets and I messed up a lot on my plyometric squats. 100 squats --> 5 sets of 20, 40 were jumping squats 80 push-ups --> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 80 leg lifts --> 4 sets of 15, 1 set of 20 25 plyometric squats --> 5 sets of 5 50 inverse rows --> 5 sets of 10 25 Hangs --> 5 sets of 5 Bicycle crunches --> ~50 (timed) Plank w/ knee raise --> ~20 (timed)

Thanks! Same to you. I hope your shoulders are feeling better. Day 2 Success again. I had to physically stop myself 3 times today from going to the kitchen and getting something. Knowing I would have to post about it helped a lot. I've also found that brushing my teeth right after I finish my calories for the day helps a ton with the cravings for eating more. I also completed my side workout, and have recorded it in my battle log. I have decided that the amount of diet soda I drink will be the target of my 'be healthier' goal. I have a bit of an addiction to it, and while I know its bad and I still drink plenty of water I really need to stop. For this challenge I will do my best to remove at least 3 glasses of the soda I drink a day, whether it be by not drinking it at all or replacing it with water. In the scoring for this I will allow for half-points, but only in this category. The other two are all or nothing 9/17 Score 2200 goal met: 1 point Work out Side: 1 point Less Soda: 1/2 point

Okay first day! Measurements: Arm: 14 in Thigh: 26 Lower stomach: 47 1/4 Below Chest: 40 1/2 I know these aren't necessarily where people measure, but they're the areas I want to track the closest. I plan to measure again at the end of the challenge, as well as take my body fat percentage. On every saturday I will weigh myself as soon as I get up. My eating was spot on today, though its a good thing I'm starting this slow because there was no way I was going to manage 1800 calories right off the bat. For my grading system I will be allotting a point every day that I stay within my calories goal, and will then tally them up at the end of the challenge. The same will go for my exercise routine. I will allow 1 error day a week, so long as that day does not go over 500 calories of whatever my allotted amount is. So overall for 9/16: 2200 goal met : 1 point Work Out Main: 1 point Be Healthier: I limited the amount of diet soda I had during the day to 6 glasses (I know, still a lot, but quite a lot less to me) and drank 3 Nalgenes of water. 1 point. My workout is recorded on my battle log, and I will post again tomorrow. Have a good day everyone! -Fallyn