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abnormalapathy
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Posted: 9 May 2008 12:51 pm |
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I had a quick chat with the trainer yesterday afternoon (he's back after a bike accident) and we agreed to start today. We also agreed that my weekly rate will stay the same whether I show up for one session or three. It is what it is, and maybe this is a good way for me to keep motivated so I'm not wasting money. So, this afternoon, the torture begins. I say that lovingly, of course. 
He's informed me that we will primarily be doing circuit training. He's created a mix of 8-10 exercises including cardio and compound movements using my body weight for resistance. To shake things up a bit, some days we'll head outside to a nearby park for other activities. He asked if I rollerblade (I don't...2 bad ankle fractures on the same ankle would do that to a person), but I do have quad skates, so we talked about playing street hockey once I get my balance back. I haven't worn those things in years. He's warned me that it will not be easy, but that in the beginning I'll have longer rest periods and we will aim to finish the circuit twice per session. In the not-too-distant future however, I'll have shorter rest periods and we'll aim for three circuits per session. I'm super excited about all of this. I know that this will be the push I need. I get too bored to get up there on the elliptical 5 days a week. Also, I've been instructed that I still need to supplement these workouts with 2 of my own each week. Bicycling is great, and if that's what I choose to do, then I just have to get it done.
This will all involve a serious shift in my schedule. I will have to get to bed on time or early each night and I will have to be diligent at work so I can get out of here on time as well. I will still have homework to consider as well as the time I'm volunteering with an organization to assist homeless teens. This means I will probably see my boyfriend less, but it will make our weekends that much more important to me.
To prepare, I stopped by the grocery store last night and stocked up on Weight Watchers whole grain bread, greek yogurt, reduced fat peanut butter, organic fruit preserves, bananas, and blackberries. I see a lot of peanut butter sandwiches in my future, which is fine with me because I love them. He told me to keep PB&J and bread in my drawer at work and said next week we'd go to the grocery store to find snacks, since I'm a snacker. Even a few triscuits with PB wouldn't be terribly bad, and would be far better than the candy bars I've recently taken up with again.
Meal 1 was two slices of WW bread, 2 TBsp PB, 1 TB raspberry preserves and a large banana. Meal 2 was 6 oz. greek yogurt. I've reached my goal of 2.0 litres of water today! Meal 3 will be two slices of WW bread, 3 oz. low sodium turkey and 1 oz. reduced fat muenster cheese. Meal 4 is a small tomato and basil soup, mixed green salad with peppercorn dressing. Snack will be a medium banana. This is what I've packed with me today, and I've already come to learn that planning is the big battle for me. Meal 5 was a light English muffin, a Boca soy burger, 0.5 oz low fat muenster cheese and 8 oz. baked vegetarian beans.
I haven't purchased a heart rate monitor yet, but the trainer will let me use his until I buy one. I will try to do that soon. My stimulus package money just came in and though I was planning on saving it like most of America, maybe I'll splurge JUST a little and buy something I need anyway - the Polar F6.
Post-Workout: I feel like I want to die! But in a good way! The circuit was killer...we did things like push-ups, lateral pulls, these core exercises where I had to walk from a men's push up position, squats, jumping jacks, football exercises where you kind of throw yourself on the ground extend your legs and get back up again...geeeez. I think we were both impressed that I did as much as I could. I mean, I'm back up to 205 pounds now, and it seems I'll be officially weighing myself on Fridays. Eeesh. We got through the circuit 2x with longer rest periods than I should have taken because he had to explain everything to me too.
Workout Time: 38:00 (includes warm up and cool down)
Calories Burned: 334
Average HR: 139
Time in HR: 26:00
Overall, I'm very pleased. I mean, considering I was in my target heart rate zone for only 26 minutes I burned more calories than if I was on the elliptical for 45 minutes. I'm paid up til next Friday and I'm rearin' to go! He claims I'm gonna be the best female softball player on our team by the time he's done with me. He may be right!
Last edited on 10 May 2008 02:32 pm by abnormalapathy
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zenobia
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Posted: 9 May 2008 04:35 pm |
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hhmmmm... now you got me interested in that book 
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abnormalapathy
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Posted: 9 May 2008 06:46 pm |
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| Which one? I haven't read the Dawkins book yet, but "Eat Pray Love" is beautiful. I've dogeared and underlined and highlighted so many passages...
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abnormalapathy
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Posted: 14 May 2008 03:05 pm |
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The last few weeks have just been frickin' terrible. Like I needed this right now, my boyfriend broke up with me over the weekend. We were together for 3.5 years, so this is really tough. And we live together so it's even THAT much harder.
I spent Saturday-Tuesday wallowing and crying under the covers. I'm still not eating properly. I've lost 6 pounds in 4 days, but I do not recommend this Break Up Diet to anyone. It sucks.
I think I found a new apartment. It's a lot of money, but it's near the water and it's still in my same neighborhood so I'll be near my family. I have to send the rental application today and I should know in a few days if I got it or not. It's really nice, but I'm not looking forward to being single/alone. Ugh.
My trainer worked me over like a dog on Friday. I'm getting ready for another heart-pounding session today.
Edit: Well, that didn't exactly go as planned. I almost passed out after 9 minutes. No joke. He made me lay down on the mat with my feet elevated for a while. Then he dragged me across the street, picked out some meal replacement shake and instructed me to drink it. It's gross, but I guess it will help since I'm not eating properly at all these days. After all of that he sends me this email, "Well in the 9 minutes of exercise you did, you burned 154 calories. So you were on your way to a lot of calories burned. We'll burn them next time. EAT!"
Last edited on 14 May 2008 05:59 pm by abnormalapathy
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Tratra
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Posted: 14 May 2008 11:19 pm |
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Sorry to hear that...break ups suck, but especially when you're living together. But good for you for picking yourself up and already looking at apartments. Keeping busy is definitely key. And ya know, if it's meant to be, he'll be back!
And 154 calories in 9 minutes?! #%@&!, I have to meet your trainer! That's great!
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hoofprints
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Posted: 15 May 2008 01:03 am |
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Good luck on the new apartment. Everything happens for a reason, one day you will know this one. Thinking of you....
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mollymoo24
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Posted: 15 May 2008 01:38 am |
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I am sorry about the breakup Abby. Everything seems to be happening all at once in your life right now. You are strong and you will be OK. Please take care of yourself. 
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Theresa
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Posted: 15 May 2008 06:54 am |
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I feel for you Abby. Just remember that you have all of us here for you. You keep up with the healthy eating and excercise and a couple of months down the line you will make him eat his heart out when he sees how hot you look.
Remember you are a strong and intelligent woman and the world is yours!
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abnormalapathy
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Posted: 15 May 2008 12:41 pm |
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Thank you for the support, guys. It means a lot to me right now. Trata, I don't think it's that he worked me so hard, I mean we only did a few exercises, but I think that because I'm stressed, my heart is just pounding and I'm burning away here. Today, I'm up to a 6.6 pound loss for the week; it's just ridiculous. Official weigh-in is tomorrow afternoon.
I turned in the rental application last night and my real estate agent thinks I have a very good chance of getting the apartment. I hope so. I want to know for sure that I have a place lined up so I can start figuring out how I'm going to afford to furnish it, etc. The issue is that I don't really want to spend too much because I don't think I'm going to be there a year from now. I keep coming back to this list of life experiences I want to have that I always compromise when I get into a relationship and guess what's been number one since I was 13? The Peace Corps. Crazy, I know, but I promised myself I would complete the application before 1 September (what would have been our 4th anniversary). :( We'll see. I may not even get accepted.
Things are going amicably between us at least, so that is one major stressor that I don't have to deal with. Now if only my appetite would return. I actually NEED the gym as a distraction these days. In other (good) news, I found someone locally to play tennis with. We have our first match tomorrow night. The first (and last) time I played, I tore my ACL, so here's to hoping history doesn't repeat itself.
Edit: I am proud of myself. I am doing much better with food today. Meal 1 was 1/4 cup cottage cheese with 1 TB jelly (gross, I know, but I stopped fighting it and tried it and it's pretty good) with 12 oz. V8 fusion pomegranate blueberry juice. Meal 2 was a Zone Perfect Nutrition Bar. I probably shouldn't kid myself by calling these things "meals" but it wasn't like I sat down and ate all of that at once, either. So I've had that, which is only about 420 calories so far plus 1.5 litres of water. Meal 3 was a PB&J sandwich with 8 oz. V8 Splash strawberry and kiwi juice. (This is more food than I've eaten all week, combined). Meal 4 was a large salad with lots of veggies and only 1 TBsp balsamic dressing. Meal 5 was a light english muffin, 3 oz turkey breast, 0.5 oz reduced fat muenster cheese.
We worked out for 46 minutes, but it wasn't as intense as the first day, probably because he really doesn't believe that I'm trying and actually feel better than yesterday. Caution is better than valor, I suppose. Anyway, I burned 383 calories with an average HR of 140 and a max of 173.
Last edited on 16 May 2008 02:53 pm by abnormalapathy
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abnormalapathy
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Posted: 15 May 2008 12:41 pm |
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Theresa wrote: I feel for you Abby. Just remember that you have all of us here for you. You keep up with the healthy eating and excercise and a couple of months down the line you will make him eat his heart out when he sees how hot you look.
Remember you are a strong and intelligent woman and the world is yours!
Thanks Theresa, but it wasn't about me. It was about him just wanting to be alone. He always thought I was hot and still does...he just doesn't want a committed relationship. :(
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Theresa
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Posted: 15 May 2008 12:47 pm |
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As long as you know that his not wanting to commit is nothing to do with you and it is his issue. You are an awesome, intelligent,strong and beautiful young lady. Just take one day at a time and you will see that each day is easier than the last.
The Peace Corps sounds like and amazing goal and I think you must definately put in your application as soon as you can.
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abnormalapathy
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Posted: 15 May 2008 03:35 pm |
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Theresa wrote: As long as you know that his not wanting to commit is nothing to do with you and it is his issue. You are an awesome, intelligent,strong and beautiful young lady. Just take one day at a time and you will see that each day is easier than the last.
The Peace Corps sounds like and amazing goal and I think you must definately put in your application as soon as you can.
The application process can take anywhere from 6 months to a year (a year if you have medical conditions that need to be cleared). Waiting until the very end of August would give me just enough time so that if I'm accepted I can likely finish out my new lease and give enough notice to my boss so I can be replaced and train the new person.
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Theresa
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Posted: 16 May 2008 06:30 am |
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| We all can see on the forum that you are a very strong and determined young lady and I am therefore confident that whatever you decide to do and whenever you do it, you will be an outstanding success. You go girl!
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abnormalapathy
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Posted: 16 May 2008 03:12 pm |
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Well, the official effect of The Breakup Diet is a 6 pound loss for the week. I am back to 199 pounds. The trainer told me to prepare for this weight to come back on quickly because that's "how it usually happens." But I'm hoping that if I continue the training that I can kind of curb that.
I'm back to not eating, though I really want to. I want to become interested in food...the taste, the smell, the texture. But I just feel so miserable right now that I don't care about it at all. Today I've had 12 oz. of grape juice just so my sugar levels won't drop enough for me to pass out. The trainer isn't happy about it at all. Frankly, I'm not either. Fine, I'll eat a sandwich. I will make myself eat a sandwich.
I bombed my linguistics final last night, but I hope I can still get a decent grade overall in the course. My math final opens up tonight, so I'm going to try getting that out of the way. I have two papers to write for my mass communications class and I hope I can get them done too, but I don't know...we'll see.
Otherwise, my mother is coming to BK tomorrow to take me and my grandmother out to lunch.
Edit: I got the apartment! I'll move in the weekend I get back from Europe!
Last edited on 16 May 2008 06:32 pm by abnormalapathy
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Hisgal
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Posted: 16 May 2008 09:48 pm |
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Abby,
Sorry to hear about the break-up...........I'm sure that is very painful for you.  And I know the weigh gain is painful............been there, done that 
I'm glad you are hanging out here with us............we need to stick by each other! Are you still finding those wonderful english muffins? I was getting them at Wal-Mart and then suddenly they weren't on the shelf anymore!  After a couple weeks they came back *sigh of relief*
You'll just have to join the rest of us who are struggling! We got to hang together! Good luck in the new apartment.............hope all goes well.
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