Adriana's Journey

[adriana]

why is it still raining? finally, a winter that acts like winter and it's been too much

well, with work and war i haven't been able to do much of anything all week long. kept the girls at home on friday "just in case" there was an attack here and that way they wouldn't be stuck in a bomb shelter over the weekend. well, 4 girls at home, plus my soldier son....... not much got done other than laundry and cooking .

thank God i'm feeling great and all the good eating and exercise of the last 6.5 months is now kicking into gear and i'm able to keep going for 18 hours each day.

today i'll be going back on track 100%, since things are pretty quiet around here. no gas masks. no sirens. no missiles. i pray to God that it stays this way.

i'll post my new schedule later in the day.



(sunday morning edit):
okay, so it ended up being another work day for me yesterday - at least i got all the graphics ready for the text yesteray and it'll take me only a couple of hours today, instead of two days. food was excellent, which ALWAYS makes me happy !!

[MuscleMama]

:confused:

I don't get it. ... Why do people post their diaries and nutrition/training logs on a public message board?

(I'm not being mean or anything, just really curious. I scanned over the stuff and it feels like I'm reading someone else's diary or something.)

~ MuscleMama ~

[adriana]

each person is just doing whatever they feel like doing. some people like to *expose* themselves this way, some don't. that's the beauty just doing whatever you want to do

for me it keeps me focused. i'm also just about the only woman in my city that works out the way i do so i can't share anything with anyone on a daily basis. this way i don't feel so alone.

to each his own, or something like that

take care,

adriana

[MuscleMama]

Ah ... I see (I think). But ... wouldn't it be better to write these things down in your own private journal - as opposed to publicly posting your daily thoughts, what you eat and what you lift on the Internet?

While I can certainly understand your wanting to be a part of the lifting community (and these boards are great for that), the logging and diary aspect just seems like something more personal that you'd keep for yourself in your own notebook.

Happy training,
MuscleMama

[adriana]

here's the plan for today --

Workout:

back

* dumbbell bent-over rows
12 x 4 kilos
10 x 5 kilos
8 x 6 kilos
6 x 7 kilos
12 x 4 kilos supersetted with
12 x 4 kilos

* seated row machine
12 x 17.5 kilos
10 x 20 kilos
8 x 22.5 kilos
6 x 25 kilos
12 x 15 kilos supersetted with
12 x 15 kilos

biceps

* standing dumbbell curls
12 x 3 kilos
10 x 4 kilos
8 x 5 kilos
6 x 6 kilos
12 x 3 kilos supersetted with
12 x 3 kilos

* standing cable curls
12 x 3.75 kilos
10 x 5 kilos
8 x 6.25 kilos
6 x 7.5 kilos
12 x 3.75 kilos supersetted with
12 x 3.75 kilos

abs

* regular crunches
x12, x10, x8, x6, x12, x12
* hanging leg raises
2 x 10

cardio
* morning: 30MAS on treadmill & 20 m stair stepper
* evening: spinning


Meal Plan:

Meal 1 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 250 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, 10 almonds, green tea

workout

Meal 2 – 4 egg whites + 1 egg omelet, sautéed onions, banana, green tea

Meal 3 – 4 oz grilled chicken breast, baked sweet potato, 2 cups mixed steamed vegetables

Meal 4 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 125 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, large tangerine

spinning

Meal 5 – 5 oz water-packed tuna, apple, 2 cups garden salad, 2 slices lite whole wheat bread

* ½ tablespoon olive oil throughout the day

this is a 36p/42c/21f balance, 1700 calories

back at it today

a GREAT morning workout -- sure does feel good to be back in the gym

just found out i can't make the spinning tonight -- can't leave my little girls alone with the possibility of a missile attack still on the table. i'll do it tomorrow morning instead.

[adriana]

i'm sooo happy with yesterday. i worked a lot, worked out great and ate like a good girl

i must say that there is a heavy feeling in my heart for all the coalition losses in iraq yesterday. my prayers go out to all the families and loved ones of these good, brave soldiers. i pray that the captured will be treated a whole lot better in the coming days than they were yesterday.

around here, life is strangly normal. of course, we're suppose to walk around with our gas masks slung over our shoulders (the masks that i never even bothered to get any of us) and the t.v. is filled with news all day long....... but thank God it's not like the first gulf war and all that mess !!

here we go with another day...........

Monday Workout:

chest

* dumbbell bench flyes
12 x 5 kilos
10 x kilos
8 x 7 kilos
6 x 8 kilos
12 x 5 kilos supersetted with
12 x 5 kilos

* chest press machine
12 x 12.5 kilos
10 x 15 kilos
8 x 17.5 kilos
6 x 20 kilos
12 x 12.5 kilos supersetted with
12 x 12.5 kilos
need to up weights a bit next time.

triceps

* rope pressdown
12 x 5 kilos
10 x 6.25 kilos
8 x 7.5 kilos
6 x 10 kilos
12 x 5 kilos supersetted with
12 x 5 kilos

* bench extensions (skull crushers)
12 x 2 kilos
10 x 3 kilos
8 x 4 kilos
6 x 5 kilos
12 x 2 kilos supersetted with
12 x 2 kilos
ouch? my arms were shaking at the end !!

cardio
* morning: spinning + 20 m on stair stepper
ended up doing 30 min on the pesky statinary bike and then 15 m on the stair stepper, wrapping it all up with 12 min. cool-down on the treadmill
* evening: 5-7k walk, probably on treadmill since it's raining today
5.8k on the treadmill and 10 min on the stair stepper this evening. boy do i love cardio!!


Meal Plan:

Meal 1 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 125 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, 10 almonds, green tea

workout

Meal 2 – 4 egg whites + 1 egg omelet, sautéed onions, banana, green tea

Meal 3 – 4 oz grilled chicken breast, baked sweet potato, 1 cup mixed steamed vegetables

Meal 4 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 250 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, large tangerine

cardio

Meal 5 – 5 oz water-packed tuna, apple, 2 cups garden salad, 2 slices lite whole wheat bread

* ½ tablespoon olive oil throughout the day

this is a 36p/42c/21f balance, 1700 calories

we'll see how this all goes today --

in the words of Dave Draper.............. "I gonna go fetch me some muscles"

okay, so i'm a retard when it comes to reading the gym classes schedule and i was 15 minutes late to the spinning class -- can't do much with retards. i'm actually glad tht i didn't make it because i don't like doing cardio before weights, whatsoever ! i pushed hard with the weights and did an EXCELLENT workout. yay me. then i did the morning cardio like my life depended on it. i'm feeling good

[adriana]

time is going by too fast lately. anyway to stop it a bit?

i have no idea how i'm going to get to the gym today.... way to much to do and not enough time in which to do it but i WILL do legs today.

Tuesday Workout:

legs

* leg presses
12 x 70 kilos
10 x 80 kilos
8 x 90 kilos
6 x 100 kilos
12 x 70 kilos super setted with
12 x 70 kilos

* leg extensions i do these super slow
12 x 10 kilos
10 x 12.5 kilos
8 x 15 kilos
6 x 17.5 kilos
12 x 10 kilos super setted with
12 x 10 kilos

* leg curls
12 x 22.5 kilos
10 x 25 kilos
8 x 27.5 kilos
6 x 30 kilos
12 x 22.5 kilos super setted with
12 x 22.5 kilos

* adductors
12 x 30 kilos
10 x 35 kilos
8 x 40 kilos
6 x 45 kilos
12 x 30 kilos super setted with
12 x 30 kilos

* abductors
12 x 30 kilos
10 x 35 kilos
8 x 40 kilos
6 x 45 kilos
12 x 30 kilos super setted with
12 x 30 kilos

cardio

45 min. doing 5 m. intervals on treadmill + 30 laps in pool this feels sooooo good after the legs workout !

no evening cardio


Meal Plan:

Meal 1 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 125 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, 10 almonds, green tea

workout

Meal 2 – 4 egg whites + 1 whole egg omelet, 2 slices lite whole wheat bread, 3 tablespoons humus, 1 small apple

Meal 3 – 4 oz grilled turkey breast, 1 cup steamed vegetables, small baked sweet potato

Meal 4 – 1/2 cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 250 grams cottage cheese, 2 tangerines, green tea

Meal 5 – 5 oz chicken breast stir fried with 2 cups vegetables, 1 cup brown rice

* i use ½ tablespoon of olive oil throughout the day

this is a 33p/45c/22f balance, 1900 calories


let's have a great day everyone

[Kitara]

Originally posted by MuscleMama
:confused:

I don't get it. ... Why do people post their diaries and nutrition/training logs on a public message board?...

wouldn't it be better to write these things down in your own private journal - as opposed to publicly posting your daily thoughts, what you eat and what you lift on the Internet?

It's a way for others to give their advice/encouragement. If there's something posted that you think "Hey, she could do better than that by doing this." then by all means, post it. Maybe if someone forces themselves to write down what they eat publically they'll be less inclined to eat the 3 candy bars you want. So, like adriana said, they use it to keep themselves focused.

For people new to fitness reading the journals it gives an idea of different eating/workout schedules. Also, for some, it gives ideas on how things work. If there are 3 diaries of people using x supplement and all are achieving the goal I want then I might try to use that supplement. The journals are not only helpful to the people writing them, but also to people reading them and I think they are a good idea. Of course, I'm too chicken to post my OWN journal .

Adriana - keep up the good work. Your enthusiasm is contagious. .

[MuscleMama]

Kitara:

Thanks for the explanation. I can see where it would help - both the writer and the readers.

Hey, the title says: "Arianne & Adriana's Journal," yet all I see are Adriana's posts. What happened to Arianne - did Adriana kick her a-- or something? LOL

Adriana:

Keep up the good work, girl! You can do it. Just believe in yourself and you will succeed.

Train smart,
MuscleMama

[adriana]

thank you soooo much for the support and encouragement.

after these past three days i'm surprised that i'm able to get up from this computer chair at all !!

but i sure am......... i'm going to finally go do the legs workout that i've been dreaming of since tuesday. i had a print project that needed to be done in time and quite literally worked like a madwoman for 3 days straight. i worked for 20 hours per day for 3 days and did nothing else

it feels GREAT to get such a big project done and sent off to the printer, so i'm not complaining at all. ! even my ex-husband pitched in and came to help with the kids and house tuesday and wednesday. isn't that sweet of him? it was nice that the project was for his job

so....... today is just like tuesday, since tuesday just didn't happen this week. this morning it'll be legs and cardio, this evening SPINNING !!!

ohhhhh yeah....... it'll feel great today to just take out all my energies and release crazed up mind in the gym

oh, and my eating was pretty good these past days. i didn't eat exactly like i had planned since i just didn't move from the computer. but there were others who took care of me and they did pretty well with most of my food. i ate clean and stayed in the 1700-1900 calorie range. not enough protein though and i can feel the difference today

back on the track today

i barely made it through my workouts today. just way too tired from the past three days. i worked really hard in the legs weights session and i felt super good with myself afterwards. spinning was a bit lackluster, but i'm glad i went since i hadn't moved too much during the day.

[adriana]

it's soooo beautiful today. this is much more like it's suppose to be at the end of march. i think it's suppose to stay this way through the weekend -- time for a hike tomorrow.

i'm resting today. i'm just worn out. *rest* is going to be a relative term today since i have to do all the usual housework that was left undone all week. i'll come back in a bit to write out my meal plan. i have to be super careful on these days off since i have a tendancy to hold on to fat when i don't exercise, even when i eat real clean.

i'll be back.................

oh my ! i was too tired to do anything right today. i slept all day long and ate whatever came to my hand, which wasn't much since i slept all day long. i did get in lots of delicious fruit like a couple of bananas, 2 apples and 3 or 4 tangerines. they sure are handy in times of exhaustion.

[MuscleMama]

Adriana:

You still didn't answer my question. ... The thread's subject heading reads: Arianne and Adriana's Journal. Yet, you're the only one posting anything. Where are all Arianne's posts?

(I'm still thinking that you surpassed her in strength and kicked her ass, disabled her to type.)

Keep pumpin',
MuscleMama

[adriana]

i didn't mean to not answer.

i have no real idea what has happened to Arianne. i'm in touch with her via email and she's doing wonderfully on the body for life program. she has said a few times that she'll start posting here, but i think she's very limited for time.

i'm sure that she'll just show up one day.

in the meantime, let's just keep thinking that i kicked her butt with my incredible strength

adriana

[adriana]

if i write the truth i'll look really insane here !! but the truth is the only thing that can be written, so here goes:

i slept ALL DAY on friday..... well, slept and watched some t.v., and then slept some more. no housework, no cooking, no nut'in got done. i even ordered two pizzas for the kids dinner i did have two slices of mushroom topped pizza. eewwww.... i hadn't had pizza in about 5 months. it was tasty, but too heavy and i got bad heartburn to boot !!!

oh but now i feel SOOOOOOOO much better !! it's 5:30 a.m. on saturday morning and i feel like a million. sometimes we just have to check out for a bit to be able to come back to life in better shape.

here's the plan for today:

Meal Plan:

Meal 1 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 125 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, 10 almonds, green tea

long walk

Meal 2 – 2 hardboiled eggs, 2 large tangerines, small apple, 2 slices lite whole wheat toast w/ 30 grams humus

Meal 3 – 4 oz grilled turkey breast, baked sweet potato

Meal 4 – 1/2 cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 125 grams cottage cheese, apple, green tea

Meal 5 – 5 oz grams water-packed tuna, garden salad

* 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil throughout the day

this is a 43p/37c/20f balance, 1600 calories


Saturday Exercise:

my youngest daughter and i are going for a long 15k walk this morning. the weather is suppose to be beautiful and there is no way i'm not moving my body today and taking advantage of the springtime.

we're going to head out towards the new business center that they are building on the outskirts of town..... there's a new bowling alley out there so we just might bowl too. the great part is that there is nothing but rolling hills and wild flowers all the way out there.

i'm really looking forward to the day .

3-1/2 hours later and we're back home ! what a wonderful walk. what a wonderful day. time to eat and rest a bit, then continue with the never-ending piles of laundry! we got there and turned right around and came back home. i think the girls were just too blown away by the distance back home to think much about bowling - LOL -- they were so sweet and cute during the entire walk, taking up a storm and keeping me giggling the whole time.

[adriana]

i ate perfectly yesterday. i was a bit hungry in the evening, especially since i stayed up so late, so i ate some cottage cheese and almonds. about an extra 120 calories. no big deal.

we're starting a new week today. the various government offices are starting to strike today in protest of the emergency economic plan that was unveiled about two weeks ago. the situation is only going to get worse in the next few weeks. a bit scary.

it's a beautiful day outside. spring seems to have begun to settle in and it feels wonderful. here's the plan for today:

Workout

back

* dumbbell bent-over rows
12 x 4 kilos
10 x 6 kilos
8 x 7 kilos
6 x 8 kilos
12 x 4 kilos supersetted with
12 x 4 kilos

* seated row machine
12 x 17.5 kilos
10 x 20 kilos
8 x 22.5 kilos
6 x 25 kilos
12 x 15 kilos supersetted with
12 x 15 kilos

biceps

* standing dumbbell curls
12 x 3 kilos
10 x 4 kilos
8 x 5 kilos
6 x 6 kilos
12 x 3 kilos supersetted with
12 x 3 kilos

* standing cable curls
12 x 3.75 kilos
10 x 5 kilos
8 x 6.25 kilos
6 x 7.5 kilos
12 x 3.75 kilos supersetted with
12 x 3.75 kilos

abs

* regular crunches
x12, x10, x8, x6, x12, x12
* hanging leg raises
2 x 10

cardio
* morning: 30MAS on treadmill + 20 m stair stepper
* evening: spinning


Meal Plan:

Meal 1 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 250 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, 10 pistashios

workout

Meal 2 – 4 egg whites + 1 egg omelet, 2 tangerines, apple. green tea

Meal 3 – 4 oz grilled turkey breast, baked sweet potato, 2 cups mixed steamed vegetables

Meal 4 – ½ cup oatmeal + 1/4 cup 1% milk, 125 grams 1.5% cottage cheese, large tangerine

spinning

Meal 5 – 5 oz water-packed tuna, apple, 2 cups garden salad, 2 slices lite whole wheat bread

* ½ tablespoon olive oil throughout the day

this is a 36p/42c/21f balance, 1700 calories

i'm very excited to start this new week. i didn't do my plan 100% last week, but i still did good given the extreem pressures and stress that i had, not to mention the horrible lack of sleep. i'm proud of myself for having made the real lifestyle changes that it takes to keep eating well and not just resort to all the old bad habits i had for so many years (there is still 1/2 pizza in the fridge and it doesn't even look appetizing !). in my book this is total success.

i'll be very busy with work this week, but not the same as last week. it'll be much more organized and on my terms. the printer is not waiting for anything this week only web design work all week, which is what i long for now.

onward and upward folks !!!

my morning workout was very good. there was a bit of an interruption when this guy that was supersetting his whole workout was using too many pieces of equipment and weights; i had to set him straight, then i got back to my biceps workout. i hit that treadmill real hard, as well as the stairstepper. should i be looking for resistance or speed on the stair stepper? i get my heart rate up there with both, so it probably doesn't really matter, does it? now to work for some hours.

oh hey ! i completely forgot to mention that my jeans are fitting even looser today! yay. i also saw a 1 pound loss on the scales at the gym. i like this