*SlimmerMe's Progress Log- (part two)*

~ Yesterday

Meal
chocolate delight made with whey
coconut oil, cocoa, almond slivers
natty peanut butter
coffee

Meal
Kashi GoLean cereal
peach
skim milk

CARDIO: pool laps for 25 minutes, sprints included

Cashews

Meal
Grilled salmon
jasmine rice
asparagus
Pinot Grigio

~Today~

Meal
chocolate delight made with whey
coconut oil, cocoa, almond slivers
natty peanut butter
coffee

Meal
Kashi GoLean cereal
peach
skim milk

couple protein bars, 20g protein, 3g sugar

CARDIO: Speed walk 24 minutes

Meal
Grilled salmon
jasmine rice
asparagus
Pinot Grigio

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Originally Posted by SlimmerMe

CARDIO: Speed walk 24 minutes

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Lol. No offense. But that's more then less just moving like walking, I wouldn't go as far as to say cardio lol. Unless your a bodybuilder that hates cardio lol.

^^ all in the interpretation, I suppose. Thanks for popping in, Marsoc.

~Two days ago

Meal
chocolate delight made with whey
coconut oil, cocoa, almond slivers
natty peanut butter
coffee

Meal
Kashi GoLean cereal
peach
skim milk

couple protein bars, 20g protein, 3g sugar

Cardio: Pool jog 35 minutes

Meal
Chicken
salad with cranberries, pecans
Pinot Grigio

~Yesterday

Meal
chocolate delight made with whey
coconut oil, cocoa, almond slivers
natty peanut butter
coffee

Meal
Kashi GoLean cereal
skim milk

couple protein bars, 20g protein, 3g sugar

Cardio: Pool laps 25 minutes, sprints included

Meal
baby back ribs
baked potato
Pinot Grigio

Weekly UPDATE

Since beginning of challenge lost: 14.8

(challenging pre-Christmas scale number below)

Lost: 9.8

Lost 2 sizes

This week:
7 cardios

Back on track.

Steady. Steady. Steady.

Thanks for following...

...SlimmerMe

~Today~

Meal
Chocolate delight with whey
coconut oil, cocoa powder
cocoa nibs, almond slivers
natty peanut butter
coffee

Protein bar 20g protein, 3g sugar
sugar free soda

WORKOUT: LOWER BODY--
Squats x 50
Plié up and down x40
Plié on toes up and down x40
Floor- side leg lifts x100
Floor- bent leg lifts x100
Floor- side leg circles x40
Floor- inner thigh lifts x40
All fours, kickback x40
All fours, side leg lift x60
All fours, bent leg lift x60
All fours, donkey kickback x40
Dead lifts x50
Abs x100
push-ups x50

NOTE: ^^ Not necessarily in this order

cashews

CARDIO: Pool laps 25 minutes, including sprints

Meal
Grilled shrimp
sauteed spinach, asparagus, strawberries
Pinot Grigio

I miss the pool, glad you are still utilizing it!

Keep up the hard work babe!

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Originally Posted by SlimmerMe

Howdy howdy howdy! :1genie:

I'm back!

Update: Kept off 30-40 for a long time (even took off 48) but continue to hover around 20-25 off.

So.

Will be logging in.

Goal: 20 off in 12 weeks.

Will log in every single day. Starting in a few hours...

Meantime... Missed everyone.

SlimmerMe

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You lost 30-40lbs of fat etc..? And managed to keep it off, then it came back that quick. Was it actual BMI increase or was it just the weight of the food in your digestive track ?? I know the difficulty of getting weight off and keeping it off..is it drastic. ? No offense just wondering the details

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Originally Posted by SlimmerMe

~Today~

Meal
Chocolate delight with whey
coconut oil, cocoa powder
cocoa nibs, almond slivers
natty peanut butter
coffee

Protein bar 20g protein, 3g sugar
sugar free soda

WORKOUT: LOWER BODY--
Squats x 50
Plié up and down x40
Plié on toes up and down x40
Floor- side leg lifts x100
Floor- bent leg lifts x100
Floor- side leg circles x40
Floor- inner thigh lifts x40
All fours, kickback x40
All fours, side leg lift x60
All fours, bent leg lift x60
All fours, donkey kickback x40
Dead lifts x50
Abs x100
push-ups x50

NOTE: ^^ Not necessarily in this order

cashews

CARDIO: Pool laps 25 minutes, including sprints

Meal
Grilled shrimp
sauteed spinach, asparagus, strawberries
Pinot Grigio

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I'd suggest adding more weight and lower the reps. Build some more muscle opposed to just burning calories...you can do that by running. I'd say if your weight training then actually make it work...lots of people,want to and do lose a lot of body fat. But then they are left looking like a deflated balloon. Since they lost lots of muscle and they have no form or nothing solid at least..
I like how you take coconut oil. I'm a big fan of the good fats and love that it's a MCT (medium chain triglyceride ). But yeah. So add weight and drop your reps. So ur body will burn more calories with the heavier lifting opposed to 50-100 reps. Plus the more muscle mass one has on their frame the higher their metabolism is revved up and the more calories you burn each moment..so get a little muscle,and form, raise metabolism, burn more calories, still lose weight from your dieting etc. and be all you can be.
Just maybe something to think about, I always assume everyone has thought of or thinks about the stuff i may comment about but it surprised when someone says "o I never thought about that " I guess we all have different perspective. Most Importantly have fun with it. And for just ONE time only. For just once each week treat yourself to whatever cheat meal you want. It keeps you motivated and makes your training which should be fun, makes it not so strict and slavery like lol..that will raise your metabolism from the extra calories etc..and so the next day when you resume your diet, your metabolism will be reved up and be burning more..but mainly it allows you to let lose and cheat,so you continue your training and don't stop cuz of the strictness

[QUOTE=SlimmerMe

Notes:
Pancakes...coming soon.


....SlimmerMe[/QUOTE]

Awesome.lol. Maybe you should come up with a way to use the coconut oil in the mix lol I'll be waiting for the recipe if that's what's your going to post lol thanks

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun

I miss the pool, glad you are still utilizing it!

Keep up the hard work babe!

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Now I really miss the pool. End of summer. Yep. Closed. Thanks, Cajun!

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Originally Posted by Marsoc

You lost 30-40lbs of fat etc..? And managed to keep it off, then it came back that quick. Was it actual BMI increase or was it just the weight of the food in your digestive track ?? I know the difficulty of getting weight off and keeping it off..is it drastic. ? No offense just wondering the details

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Hi Marsoc. Thanks for all of these questions. Appreciate it! Here's the scoop. For my first challenge, my first thread, my goal was to lose 20 pounds in 12 weeks. I did. Then continued to lose even more. In fact, lost a lot more. If I remember correctly, lost 48 pounds which was a bit on the scrawny side. Then hovered between 45-40 for quite awhile, then between 40-35 for even longer.

So when I saw this pattern, I hopped back here. (after being gone for a couple years) This past Christmas did me in, hence my return. I knew I'd straighten up if I admitted...well, you get the idea. So I started logging back in-- to get back on track.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Marsoc

I'd suggest adding more weight and lower the reps. Build some more muscle opposed to just burning calories...you can do that by running. I'd say if your weight training then actually make it work...lots of people,want to and do lose a lot of body fat. But then they are left looking like a deflated balloon. Since they lost lots of muscle and they have no form or nothing solid at least..
I like how you take coconut oil. I'm a big fan of the good fats and love that it's a MCT (medium chain triglyceride ). But yeah. So add weight and drop your reps. So ur body will burn more calories with the heavier lifting opposed to 50-100 reps. Plus the more muscle mass one has on their frame the higher their metabolism is revved up and the more calories you burn each moment..so get a little muscle,and form, raise metabolism, burn more calories, still lose weight from your dieting etc. and be all you can be.
Just maybe something to think about, I always assume everyone has thought of or thinks about the stuff i may comment about but it surprised when someone says "o I never thought about that " I guess we all have different perspective. Most Importantly have fun with it. And for just ONE time only. For just once each week treat yourself to whatever cheat meal you want. It keeps you motivated and makes your training which should be fun, makes it not so strict and slavery like lol..that will raise your metabolism from the extra calories etc..and so the next day when you resume your diet, your metabolism will be reved up and be burning more..but mainly it allows you to let lose and cheat,so you continue your training and don't stop cuz of the strictness

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Thanks for this and yes, I know and yes, I realize this is optimal and yes I know I need to hear it again and again and again. So thanks.

It's the "have fun with it" which keeps me going. I just simply prefer to approach this with what I know I'll do as opposed to what I might not. There's a fine line.

But. I might start to switch it up. So ya never know. Your reminder's reminding me.

Cajun's reminded me and Tbody's reminded me and Nach has reminded me and Girlgymrat has reminded me and many others have reminded me and if I didn't list a name, you know who you are and I appreciate it---- so maybe your reminding me, Marsoc, is what I needed to hear one more time.

Appreciate this, Marsoc. I do.

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Originally Posted by Marsoc

Awesome.lol. Maybe you should come up with a way to use the coconut oil in the mix lol I'll be waiting for the recipe if that's what's your going to post lol thanks

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Pancakes coming soon meant eating pancakes soon. And yes, I love my coconut oil in muffins and chocolate delights and such-- but not my pancakes.

Again, thanks so much for popping in, Marsoc. I really appreciate it.

SM

WEEKLY UPDATE

8 cardios

Yesterday, swam a mile.

^^ just short a few meters.

Back on track.

Thanks for following....

...SlimmerMe

I really was just curios to maybe help in anyway. I hope you don't think I was being a butt head to you. And I appologize if I was coming off like a drill seargant. Lol. Best wishes for you. I bet your doing more then me at the moment. God willing soon very soon I can start my training. Thanks ma'am

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Originally Posted by Marsoc

I really was just curios to maybe help in anyway. I hope you don't think I was being a butt head to you. And I appologize if I was coming off like a drill seargant. Lol. Best wishes for you. I bet your doing more then me at the moment. God willing soon very soon I can start my training. Thanks ma'am

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Didn't cross my mind. I appreciate all the help and support and needed to hear it, once again.
Repetition. Is how we learn. Thanks again, Marsoc.

SM

~~ Tuesday

Meal
Kashi Golean
skim milk
coffee

protein bar, 20g protein, 3g sugar

cashews
sugar-free soda

CARDIO: speed walk 30 minutes

Meal
Chicken satay
rice
peanut sauce, cucumber salad
Pinot Grigio

~~ Wednesday

Meal
Kashi Golean cereal
skim milk
coffee

Protein bar, 20g protein, 3g sugar

CARDIO: speed walk 22 minutes

Meal
chicken satay
rice
cucumber salad, peanut sauce
ice-tea sugar free

Cashews
sip of Pinot Grigio

~~Thursday

Meal
Kashi GoLean cereal
skim milk

Protein bar 20g protein, 3g sugar

CARDIO: speed walk 22 minutes

Meal
Grilled salmon
rice
asparagus
Pinot Grigio

~~Friday

Meal
Chocolate delight made with whey
cocoa powder, coconut oil
sliced almonds, cocoa nibs
smear of natty peanut butter
coffee

Meal
Kashi Golean cereal
skim milk

Protein bar 20g protein, 3g sugar

CARDIO: speed walk 22 minutes

Meal
Chicken parmesan
sauteed spinach
Pinot Grigio

~~Saturday

Meal
chocolate delight made with whey
cocoa powder, coconut oil
almond slivers, cocoa nibs
natty peanut butter
coffee

another chocolate delight

WORKOUT: Upper body with barbells -1x5 with bigger barbell. 1x10 with medium. 1x15 with lighter barbell--switched it up depending on the size of the barbell.

Floor:
Chest Press with a twist
Overhead fly to the side
Overhead fly
Triceps
Standing:
Bent over rows
Military Press with a twist
side lateral
biceps
hammers with a twist
triceps
upright rows
downward dog
Abs x150
Push-ups x50

^^ not necessarily in this order

CARDIO: speed walk 24 minutes

Meal
Grilled salmon
rice
asparagus
Pinot Grigio

Wow you seem to be firing on all cylinders! Keep up the great work.

Slim how are you? Good to see ur still at it! :)

Still killin it SM!

Slow and steady wins this race ;)

Where yat sugar britches?

Ran away. Literally. Hopped a sailboat.

Dock to dock.

No scale.
No rules.
No regulations.

Logging in soon.

FASTED CARDIO.... TODAY

CARDIO SPEED WALK....today

DOG WALK.....today

and that's all I'm reporting. For now.

SM

Damn nice for you!

HI!!!!

Sounds like you have been living it up and on a boat!

:7up:

She's gone again!

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Originally Posted by Marsoc

Lol. No offense. But that's more then less just moving like walking, I wouldn't go as far as to say cardio lol. Unless your a bodybuilder that hates cardio lol.

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A bodybuilder that hates cardio... that sounds familiar!!!

HOWDY! Back to reality.

And here we go, again. Will be logging in for a bit. Starting NOW.

Missed you!

SM

~~ THURSDAY, Day 1

Meal
chocolate delight made with
cocoa powder, coconut oil
almond slivers, cocoa nibs
natty peanut butter
coffee

CARDIO: high intensity bike ride for 30 minutes

Protein bar 20g protein, 3g sugar

Meal
smoked salmon
capers
sugar free soda

Meal
wedge salad
grilled chicken
bit of Pinot

Well hello there missy!

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun

Well hello there missy!

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Well hello there yourself! Glad to see you. Always.

SM

DAY 2

Meal
chocolate delight made with
cocoa powder, coconut oil
almond slivers, cocoa nibs
natty peanut butter
coffee

CARDIO: high intensity bike ride for 38 minutes

Protein bar 20g protein, 3g sugar

Meal
wedge salad
egg
blue cheese crumbles

Meal
pork tenderloin
green beans
half-baked pototo
little pinot

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Originally Posted by kelkel

Damn nice for you!

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Yep!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun

HI!!!!

Sounds like you have been living it up and on a boat!

:7up:

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Yep!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun

She's gone again!

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Back now....

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Originally Posted by tbody66

A bodybuilder that hates cardio... that sounds familiar!!!

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No doubt

Quote:

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Originally Posted by rhoag

Wow you seem to be firing on all cylinders! Keep up the great work.

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Thanks rhoag!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by --->>405<<---

Slim how are you? Good to see ur still at it! :)

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Thanks 405!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by NACH3

Still killin it SM!

Slow and steady wins this race ;)

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Thanks Nach!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by RaginCajun

Where yat sugar britches?

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Here.

good to see you back slimmer welcome home...

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ghettoboyd

good to see you back slimmer welcome home...

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Thanks ghettoboyd! Nice welcome back.

SM