C-tina's work out blog!

[Boss Man]

Keep pushing yourself and keep believing Christina, because you ARE worth it and I'm sure you'll be ready for another race soon.

[rockchick_82808]

Keeping everyone posted. I finally got better from infection. I am also on week two of getting up between 3 and 330am and getting to the gym at 4 or doing p90x at 4. This is going to be a good routine for me especially since overtime started again. I leave for work at about 6 am and don't get home until 7pm. Mondays I sleep in for an hr and Fridays I leave work at regular time. This way I get about 10 hrs of overtime a week. If I didn't live an hr away from work I'd have more of a life. Good news is apartment gave me a good rate on a month to month instead of paying for another yr. So hopefully next spring spring will have enough debt paid off to move closer to work but there has to be a gym near there. One step at a time things are getting better. Gonna rake in that overtime as much as I can until they say no. I want this shit paid off!

[Boss Man]

That's good to read Christina.

Keep on pushing and keep on believing because you ARE worth it .

[Alinshop]

It sounds like things are falling in to place for you.

[rockchick_82808]

Thanks you two!

Tonite was a huge achievement for me. I haven't run this far in months. I have been in and out of the hospital 4 times the past 2 months. That's not including doctor and urgent care visits. Needles to say I owe over a thousand dollars in medical bills right now. I have pushed so damn hard latley to not only over come the physical aspect but the mental and emotional ones too. It's been a rough yr and a lot of work to make a comeback but I'm doing it. I am so proud of how far I have come despite the odds against me.

[musculArgirl2]

Awesome Chris! Your half is coming up shortly isn't it?? can't remember when it is. Hope you are feeling better! You are definitely determined!

[rockchick_82808]

Thank you! Yeap. Sept. 21st is the half. This Saturday I go to ohio for the 9 mile obstacle zombie run! I can't wait. mom is going with me and will be cheerleader to help me survive the apocalypse. Lol

[Boss Man]

WELL DONE Christina, I am so proud of you.

[rockchick_82808]

[rockchick_82808]

the race was great! it was laid out as a 5k and then if you did the 15k (9.3 miles) you did it in 3 laps. i was really impressed with time only 16 min miles. with having to wait in line for obstacles not too bad. the people at each obstacle started to recognize me and then counted laps. they even told me i was one of the few that actually did the 15. some people got injured or just left after the 2nd lap. the terrain was tough since it was up and down hills in the woods and mud on top of everything else. Not to mention having to sprint away from zombies lol. The workers started giving me high 5s and cheering me on. A couple of them talked to each other as i did some of the obstacles and i heard them saying i was making great time and how they were surprised i even had any flags still attached to belt. lol i took a good steady pace on the course so i could sprint when the zombies came. A great challenge! I have great confidence that half marathon will go good as well. i tell ya what tho, im in a lot of pain already lol. i feel old. I still smell like mud after shower lol

[musculArgirl2]

You always look like you have so much fun at your races! Great job!

[Boss Man]

WELL DONE. Now go and clean yo again, because I don't think you got clean enough

[rockchick_82808]

So I decided to get started on the nutrasyatem. Idk what else to do with the food situation. I don't eat fast food, I don't eat junk food. I'm also having salads, soups, lean meat, veggies. I can't seem to budge on weight. The past few months I'm up and down the same 10 pounds. At this point I'm just ticked off. I am happy that physically body has gotten stronger and doing distance runs better than in the past but the weight I just don't get. mom has been on this plan and lost 40 pounds. I really hope this works bc I'm at a loss here at this point.

[Boss Man]

Well there's a partial answer for you Christina. Your body has gotten stronger, so if you gain muscle which in turn helps to burn fat, then your muscle to fat ratio will have improved, if that is indeed the case, but your weight will have largely stayed the same.

You could attempt to ascertain this by whether or not a waist measurement has gone up, down, or stagnated, so if the waist measurement had gone down but weight remained a constant, then muscle and fat re-sculpting has potentially occurred.

If the waist measurement remained the same over a period of time, then it could be indicative of no change.

An expanding waistline would indicate almost certainly more fat gain.

Also your body needs enough calories to respond to weight loss attempts also, in conjunction with exercise levels. So therefore anyone exercising 3-5 times a week, but consuming certainly 1,200 or less calories per day and potentially between 1,200-1,500 a day could find themselves stagnating and failing to lose weight beyond a certain point.

I also checked out that Nutrisystem and I would have a few concerns if I'm being honest.

For example, most of the breakfasts appear to be less than 150 calories and have little protein in them and many of the lunches and dinners are less than 200 calories, so if this was promoting weight loss by consuming about 1,200 calories a day, then that's not ideal especially if you were exercising as having 3 squares plus snacks would potentially only yield around 30-40g protein per day, unless you had a system of 3 squares a solid snack and two shakes, but then it looks a bit like less than 1,200 calories.

Example

Breakfast: Golden french toast, 120 calories, 5g protein, 21g carbs

Lunch: Broccoli and cheese melt, 200 calories, 10g protein, 32g carbs

Dinner: 1 Mushroom stuffed chicken breast, 240 calories, 23g protein, 17g carbs

Shakes: 2 vanilla protein shakes, 220 calories, 10g protein, 20g carbs

Solid Snack: 1 coconut almond bar, 160 calories, 7g protein, 8g carbs

So you've got 65g protein, which is no good for muscle building even in women really.

You've got 118g carbs, which is no good for exercise.

You've also got 1,160 calories which is too low especially for exercise and I'm allowing for 6 nutrient consumptions a day, bearing in mind I don't know what their plans are actually like without paying, as I didn't even see a basic outline, I:E how you structure a plan based on the number of snacks and shakes you'd have per day assuming 3 squares was the initial structure to build a plan around.

I'd be concerned therefore that this doesn't support what you're doing Christina, because the protein is okay as an RNI, (Recommended Nutritional intake), as that's supposed to be 45g per day for women or 15g 3x a day and the carbs might work if you don't exercise, but you do and should, because being stronger and fitter will be more beneficial in longer life than simply being slimmer.

On first inspections this system has some benefits if you don't mind being sedentary but for anyone looking to strengthen and lose weight, or indeed just lose weight and get fitter with exercise, the sample system I put together from their options wouldn't be something I'd promote, as around 1,000-1,200 calories per day and not even 200g carbs per day isn't adequate for exercise.

[rockchick_82808]

New mile stone! 10.04 miles today. Sore but feels amazing. Only 2 wks until the big day. I am so excited for this half marathon!