Long Row to Hoe: Treasure's Log
I'm not really sure where to start this, so I'll start by introducing myself. My name is Treasure. I am a 34 y/o homeschooling mother of 4 and an herbalist, midwife, student, and a former long distance swimmer, diver, and triathlete. I have suffered many neck, back and pelvis injuries and have recently been diagnosed with RR MS (Relapsing/Remitting). After years of incompetent medical care, I have fired my doctors and have taken over my own medical care. I am going back to what I know worked after my early back injuries for keeping my body as healthy and whole as possible: training.
At this point in my journey, I have already lost nearly 15lbs. I began this journey just before Thanksgiving after two years of being nearly completely bedridden/confined to bed. I know I have a long journey, and I hope all of you will help me as I take each step down this road. Later, after my diet and training are on solid footing, I will likely be adding peptides to my plan, but for now this is just plain old diet and exercise. I began logging my foods back on December 12th and between then and January 12th lost 12.5 of the ~15 I've lost so far.
Twitz has helped me come up with a diet, which is found in my other thread here. I will be starting that diet on the 16th since I go grocery shopping on the 15th. During the intervening time, I'll be eating at roughly maintenance levels.
My weight training program is still being drafted, but my cardio plan is fairly well in place. For cardio, I will be alternating days of PACE cardio with endurance training. My cardio is split into two sessions a day with 1/2 of it in the morning and the other 1/2 in the evening (before supper). On days I feel good enough, I'm hoping to sprinkle extra little bits of exercise throughout my day. After each cardio session, I spend 10+ minutes on my inversion table to stretch my back and pelvis back out.
My next several posts to this thread will be to post what food logs I have from the previous ~6wks. When I began this log, I was working hard to remember to eat more than once a day, understandably, my calorie intake was shite. My focus since then has been to get my calorie intake UP, and improve the quality of food I was eating. You will get to see (a lot quicker than I did) how my diet quickly morphed. Any suggestions for improvements based on what I post here and what I posted in my diet thread are more than welcome.
Now, for my starting stats as of 11/14/12:
Weight: 254.8
BF: 50+%
height: 5'5 (or thereabouts)
age: 33
Current stats:
Weight: 240
BF: ~50%
age: 34
My goals:
1) Lose fat/weight (goal weight ~115lbs)
2) Regain muscle function and flexibility
3) Build lean muscle
4) Regain/build endurance
5) Return to competing.
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Originally Posted by Soar
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consider lowering the amount first. 
