RE: My journey to a healthier, happier me

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ORIGINAL: Jeudrietr

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Btw, what's wrong with having water while working? I'd do it all the time. Just keep a water bottle nearby, I don't see how it gets in the way at all. And that kind of health is generally promoted.

It's just not allowed where I work, unfortunately!

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ORIGINAL: Jeudrietr

December 25th, 2007

I am not even going to lie.  I pigged out majorly all day today and last night. 

But, I got a new dumbbell set, some protein powder and some other stuff for Christmas and I am starting over again tomorrow.  I'm sorry, but I'm going to live my life and eat on holidays and everything.  If I plan on eating healthy for the rest of my life, I have to be able to eat poorly sometimes to keep sane.  I can't just eat chicken, brown rice and vegetables forever.

Anyway, tomorrow I'll just get right back on track.  It's not a big deal.

Yay.

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ORIGINAL: smoundzou

I'm not sure if you've ever heard of or tried Tabata, but I've been doing it for several weeks now and from what I can tell, it's really helping me keep fat gains down while I'm bulking...

since you mentioned you're wanting to shed some fat around the waist.. Tabata is an excellent way to burn fat with minimum muscle loss.  The routines are very short but intense.. Each set lasts for 30 seconds, 20 being very intense and 10 seconds of rest for total of 8 sets per exercise.  Right now I'm doing 3 exercises, no weight or very light weight..
Squats-bar only
Thrusters-10lbs weights
Sprints-treadmill

The routine is a total of 12 minutes and it has been a job just working up to that 12 minutes!!!  

Sounds like it might be something that would be good for you.  Do a goole on Tabata routines.. you can do it with almost any exercise and again, high fat loss with minimum muscle loss.. Can't beat that..

Goodluck

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ORIGINAL: Jeudrietr

I'll start with some stats.

22
female
5'8

Start:
156lbs
32 inch stomach (at belly button)

December 11:
145lbs
29 inch stomach

I've made good progress over the past few months but it's time to get more serious.

I'm making this journal just so I know that I have to come here every day with an update.  I'm hoping that it'll keep me motivated.  I will write down what I eat, how much I exercise, and just how I'm feeling.  I'll also include anything that happened that may have affected my results, such as feeling overly depressed that day.

My goals are pretty simple.  I want a flat stomach, but I don't really care about numbers on the scale.  I'd like to gain muscle, strength, endurance, and just stop feeling tired and run-down all of the time.  I'm hoping that getting into better physical shape will also improve my self-esteem.

Ready, go..