31/03/09

Training yesterday was great! Chest and biceps and a bit of calf's, only thing that wasn't so great was that when i was loading up the standing calf press and started my shoulder hurt. Couldn't load up more than 75kg, not happy, cant feel the shoulder today but it bloody hurt yesterday....
Had Special-K and cottage cheese (OMG YUMMYYYYYYY - took a picture but it looks like a road accident so Ill try again today lol)

We managed (just) to get the dog house out in the back, took the roof of and hooked it through the door and out on the backyard. Sweet! The dogs where mildly confused when they entered their beloved house and there was no roof LOL but it was easy to put it back on!
Feels a bit better now that were starting to get a bit of rain.

Ive booked a time with a sports massage fellow next week, first time ever for me and it will be very interesting to see what he reckons, everything is probably stuffed LOL but well see!

Some more comp photos

Weekend madness

Haha well not really, but busy as :D Had a a load of fun and got a million things done.
Im on a roll lol
Friday, training was WICKED! Did shoulders, biceps and abs, felt very strong! Did 40lbs dumbbell presses!

Ate a massive dinner and passed out on the couch lol
Woke up at 8 by the (not so) lovely neighbours that had decided that 8 am on a Saturday was a perfect time to park the moving truck outside their house, get in the (empty) back and slam around for 15 minutes and then take off :/
Did some house work, dog food shopping (they have such a cute little - or lanky rather - German shepherd pup there) and took of to a friends BBQ.
She had the most stunning wine ever!
I have just ordered (12) lol

Went for a wicked surf on Sunday with 2 girl friends (clean 1-2 feet - perfect Nelli waves) However since I hadn't used the board for a long long time the zipper was clogged up with salt water and no amount of me tugging at it would make it move. I got very desperate (and hot in my wetty) ran (well sorta) up to the surf life saving guy and he (laughed) and sorted the dilemma out... Saved my life lol



Went shopping after that, we have a game manufacturer coming on the 1st and second of April and we all need to look fancy. Since I threw my pants away when I moved I had to get some new! and (yes Maria - couldn't say no) I got a pair of awesome trackies (im such a sucker for trackies) Adding a random pic of me for good measure LOL

Have a great Monday X

FULL???

Okay, so I have turned my calories up, all good. However I'm full (I'm also astounded) because I'm finding it hard to keep my calories up because I'm full and not overly interested in food.
Its probably only cause its the beginning, but really, Ive only increased with 2-300 kcal a day, odd... really odd, for being me...

Just borrowed this game from a girl at work! LOL supposed to be fun :)

Protein Powder

I'm currently out of protein powder (and I tried to order double pro from gymvaruhuset or what it is called) but they refuse (now that's odd since they sent it to me before) to send me some :(
I'm not happy! I miss my double pro!!!

So I'm looking for another casein product that i can bake with. Tried BF's MAx's GTE (a blend) and it wasn't to bad. But I think its better to have a pure version even tho its more expensive.

I'm thinking Ill try the Optimum 100, but I'm a bit sceptic... A bit to expensive too..

The reflex one is a bit better price way but I have never ever heard of them EVER... hmmmm

Thursday

Well work is still very quiet but I refuse to go home today.

Anyway - did legs yesterday, dead lifted 2 4x90kg *itssoffreakingheavy* (did dumbbell deads, seated hammy curls and standing hammy curls as well) a bit sore today but a lot better than last time (might have something to do with the big bun of white bread i had after haha)
Quads went good too, squat (50kg), plie squats, extensions and single leg presses! Happy with that.

No training today!

in bed?

Yes, Im in bed, LOL! There is no work at work and I took the day off (ops) shouldn't really but hey, we have a stimulus package coming and I if I can afford it why not?
Training yesterday was good, did back, no chins (mainly focused on my rows this time) A bit tender in my body but not too bad.
I have started upping my calories now (feeling a bit bloated but thats to expect as I have added complex carbs and Im waiting for aunti flo too)
Im going for about 2500 - 2600 on training days, a bit less on off days. Ill keep at it this time and will try hard to not freak out when the scale gets over 60... might even throw it out hehe
So Im going to go off the schedule and hit the gym today (since i can go in a couple of hours - ie empy awesome gym) and have tomorrow off instead.
Got a text from Jenny yesterday about a BBQ *llllooooooooooove* BBQ's on Saturday to make a great thing of earth hour (great idea!) So everyone rememeber to turn your lights off on Saturday (heck - why not the entire day ;) )
earth hour
Have a great day everyone :)

9 minutes to go

Work is DEAD - we have nothing to do! my manufacturer hasn't supplied any new games :( Boring and I don't want to go home (cause that will be annual leave - and i need to save it) becasue pf this (same goes for tomorrow) *CRAAZZZZZZZY*

Spending these 9 minutes getting psyched for my chest/triceps and calf session at the gym! Will try to beat my pb this time. Food has been up so I should be able to LOL

Making chicken burgers for tea tonight, minced chicken breast fillets, salad, light cheese, avocado, tomato sacue and bee trot!

weekend

Every part of my body has been sore this weekend. Much better today and ready to hit the gym again! Sunday we spent at BF's parents place EATING - BBQ and lots of other yummies. YUM! very very nice! They are such a lovely bunch :) Went to the new part in harbour town too to check out the supplement store, but actually, they weren't that cheap so Ill still be ordering my stuff online... Woollies however was MASSIVE - humogous! LOL very nice and new and fresh :)

Old lady

That’s what I feel like today, legs yesterday and OMG I’m so sore today LOL Started with quads then ham mys, Squatted up to 6x50kg and dead’s up to 6x80kg. Its quite funny cause one guy at the gym came up to me and said. Wow you squat really good (im assuming he meant form wise as I go below 90 degrees cause I ain squatting a lot of weight) I said thanks and laughed cause I bench pretty much the same weight LOL

Shoulders today and I will mangle them! Really tagged, really enjoying going to the gym at 4.30, it’s a lot less people and its awesome!

I have also discovered an AWESOME nut butter in the supermarket. all natural and and tastes awesome! (expensive but hey I love it)




What is art??? I have bought some “paintings” for the lounge and the kitchen. Got the canvasses at the local cheap store for not much at all. I reckon they look good, however, some people might argue that its all manufactured crap. But I disagree, I find art to be something that you like to look at and that you find appealing…

Yawn

Did have a great sleep last night but for some reason I'm tired today. ODD. Ah well, the soreness is still there but a lot better....

Got a bit frustrated yesterday as I got an electrcicity bill for Justin Cre. A bit higher than normal, I looked and the dates was wrong. What had happened was that the when I applied for a closure of my account they didnt have access (odd since I had moved out and left the garage door open and they had access to the gas meter and that meter is besides the electricity meter) so they didnt contact me in any way just let the bill go on. So i got a guestimated bill for longer and they still havent done the reading and cancelled my account. Plus when you call them you get 4 different answers and get sent to other people ALL THE TIME - Im not happy and got frustrated and luckily BF where there and could take the phone before i had a dummy spit &*%($%(&*$&($^

Happy Wednesday

Managed to get out of bed in time, walked the dogs (Ive taken it down to 45 min) , got ready, jumped in the car got half way to work, quite pleased with my self until... I realised that i forgot lunch at home... So I have to run off to the supermarket and get some... Not happy... ah well...

And... to add to the pain - -- -- everything is hurting, my back, chest, arms everything!!! OMG!!!!! When I trained I felt really weak, couldn't do as many chins as normal... but man do I feel it today LOL

Specifying my goals a bit

Since things have changed in regards to the home trip. BF and I have had to set the travel dates in August this year. We have not booked the tickets yet but that’s only because BF is waiting for a last thing from work. We will go back *YAY* in the beginning of August and stay for about a month. :D So happy about this!!!! However this means that I won’t be competing this year, a good thing I reckon.

It Gives me some extra time to add some muscle. Since I have stopped the “dieting” now I’m going to stay on maintenance of a couple of weeks then start bulking again. I am wrestling with my mind a bit because I know that I need to go up a little bit more than a couple of kg and keep at it a little bit longer than I have been. I think it would be more efficient… But its quite hard to get your head around that LOL I’m thinking maybe 63, that would be about 5kg more than I am now. (Yes I know not a massive number…) Slowly tho.

Then do a mini diet before going home, refuse to diet on holidays. Then re-assess after the trip.
There is a competition in April/May here so I might aim for that for now (1 yearish) depending on how I feel. I really want to add some muscle…

Tuesday

Training yesterday was great! However very packed... One guy (older fella) looked at me and harshly whispered, Tony (gym owner) better not sell any more memberships cause its way to many people here now. LOL he's right tho, at 5.30 the gym is packed... not great... but i was lucky and everything from bench to weights got free when i needed it YAY LOL
Woke up this morning and got going really early, that mean I can leave around 4, a lot better, might see if this works from now on, beat the heat at the gym so to speak... well see how tired i am.. good to be able to do that with work tho. makes life a lot easier...

Work is currently really slow and we aren't getting a lot of games in. I guess I shouldn't complain but it actually gets a bit boring...

Easy week is over

and were all back in the saddle.
Spend the weekend taking it very easy. BF went shopping and we got a PS3 - read he did lol and hihi yes we played a "little" bit.




Other than that I bought the mongrels a new collar, Izzy got a black one and Jackson a brown one. Very pretty!

We went to the Lonsdale hotel for dinner, I had a rump steak and so did BF, he had a massive 400g one ;) Very nice, but the hotel itself isn't very cosy...

After a long hard week, its Friday again!

Me and BF had a BBQ yesterday, I started playing with the doggies. Tug of war, for some reason I have to play with them, one dog in each end of a towel. If I let go Izzy lets go to. Playing along and I decided I have had enough and let go, Izzy to, Jackson won, after happily prancing along with the towel he decides to pee on it… lovely, no more tug of war… *GAH*
I’m also practising with him, he normally barges inside when we open the door and I’m teaching him that he’s not allowed in without the work OK. So I’m normally the one training him. I was in the kitchen cutting up potatoes for the BBQ and BF was in the couch. Jackson wanted to get in, BF said he was allowed in but since I didn’t (I couldn’t see) he felt guilty and slowly slowly crept in throwing glances my way (to the kitchen) sneaking up to BF for cuddles. LOL BF was laughing soooo hard. I guess I’m the boss ;)

lol

Getting better

But still a bit off. I have been told no more dieting (yessir) lol and I reckon that that might be a good idea as I've been crook a bit to much lately. Im taking the rest of the week of from training and me and BF will do absolutely nothing during the weekend. Recovery is the word of the week.

I have bought a new silicone loaf pan and I tried to make low carb bread. Very very easy



100g Unprocessed bran
10g flax seeds
300g Egg whites
10g baking powder
and a pinch of salt to taste and water to make the dough smooth.
Mix all in a bowl and pour into loaf pan and have in the oven at full blast 220ish degrees for about 35 min.

It originates from the muffins :)

I'm sick

Again, driving me insane :(

Friday fun

58kg

The last couple of days I have brought my calories up to maintenance. I had lost half a kilo Wednesday (when i tried the scale i tried my normal one as a reference) so Its a bit to quick. It feels good with a mini break tho, not that i have much to go but probably good for the body. And as i don't have any stress in regards to this I might as well up the calories....
When I'm done (will go down another kg I think) Ill take a weeks break, only walk the dogs, eat at maintenance and recover.

Legs yesterday was excellent, 90kg deads again and i managed to do my squatting (not at pb but close) I didn't last time, too buggered. Really feeling it today tho MMMM taking today off as I did last week and will head to the gym Saturday lunch instead *excellent with no people there hehe*

So I hope you all have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!

Still raining

:) Its awesome! So fresh and I can already see an improvement in the garden :)
Made chicken burgers yesterday, went to the butcher and got fillets and made him mince it. They came out very nice! I had the burger with a bit of modified muffin (LOL), pretty much only egg whites, wheat bran and baking powder laid out on a pan and in the oven. Great!

And I ordered a scale a couple of days ago and i tried it this morning. Well, I must have done something wrong, I'm a 112kg LOL so I'm sending it back and hopefully the replacement will work better.

some days

are just like bah... today was one... went to gym, not very exciting, tired and hungry... bah!
Diet not so good are a bit over maintenance and still hungry LOL ah well - will go to bed real soon and hopefully feel a lot better tomorrow!

Some days...

This morning was really heavy, walking the dogs was a pain, like having 10kg weights stuck to my feet. GARGH! tired and heavy feeling. The weather is to blame, the rain was in the air and it was muggy and damp and heavy skies. Just waiting for the rain to come... and it did after the walk (good heavy rain) Felt like the last days of comp dieting (urg) not good... but a LOT better now!

At work with the rain hammering the roof and a massive cup of tea in front of me and low workload... Not bad!
I also had a good training session yesterday, chest, triceps and calf's, no PB's but good effective and enjoyable! have a read here- some good things about food and obsessiveness with clean eating.

Awesome sunday

Went on a ride yesterday to a place called Normanwille, down south. It was a very cosy sleepy little town! Very pretty and it was a great ride there! They had some sort of unofficial meeting for old cool cars. BF took a pictureHave had a very relaxing weekend! We watched Babylon AC with Vin Diesel. ehm, well, odd movie lol and long. I normally like his movies! Next weekend is a long weekend! mmmm looking forward to that!