01-21-2010, 05:38 PM | #621 |
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This morning after my shower, I tried flexing to see if my workouts have done any good yet, and OMG!!! ^_^ I actually saw some defined muscles!!!! HOORAY!!! This is the third week of workouts, and things are going soooooo well. I'm working out by myself a few days a week, but on T/Th I work out with a friend who is trying to lose weight. We were already doing cardio exercise last semester, but this semester we're adding weights.
We do cardio for 20 minutes, then abs. We started at two sets of ten sit-ups, and we've been adding them up slowly. Officially we're up to 13, but today I moved up to three sets... I did two at thirteen, and one at 15 situps. Then I do two sets of ten 'roman chair' knee lifts. I'm also trying to do chin-ups... first day I barely did one, now I'm doing two... and today I got about... eh... two and a half? It's pretty wussy, but I'm workin' on it. I'm so excited that it's working!!!!! Maybe I wont be scrawny for my entire life . I also had a great voice lesson, so yay! |
01-21-2010, 07:59 PM | #622 |
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You've got me beat, at least. I've never been able to do a pull-up. Great job! Keep it up!
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01-22-2010, 04:22 PM | #623 |
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I've arranged a trip to Amsterdam for me and six friends for a few days this Easter. I found cheap airline tickets and I also got my hands on a flat near the city centre that we can rent for our stay for a reasonable price. Breakfast's included, even!
My friends are pleased I also passed my recent exam, which means there's nothing preventing me from accepting the offer of a physician assistant job (my first ever) this summer! It's going to be fun and the pay will great
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01-23-2010, 08:59 AM | #624 |
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Good news!
Congrats on passing the exam!
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01-23-2010, 01:38 PM | #625 |
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I'm happy today.
I don't know why. I just am. (LOL, the dreaded posting rule...ok, I'll write some more - I might be happy because I got 13 books for £1 today (£1 total, not each). I love library sales.)
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01-23-2010, 01:51 PM | #626 |
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I got a copy of Brothers Karamazov in Russian at my last library sale for 50 cents. Still kinda happy about that. I love books.
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01-23-2010, 01:55 PM | #627 |
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Do you read Russian?
My Russian is waaaay too rusty to actually attempt reading nineteenth-century novels. I have to rely on the Pevear/Volokhonsky translations.
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01-23-2010, 02:02 PM | #628 |
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No, but that's my goal (and I am actually working on it). I read their translations also. Brothers Karamavoz is my favorite book, and I read so much Russian lit I thought it would be good to be able to read the originals.
When I read "Demons" I kept wanting to call Verkovensky Volokhonsky. |
01-23-2010, 03:20 PM | #629 |
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The grocery store rocks .
I just slip on my iPod and listen to some soothing opera music while getting tons and tons of healthy food! Everyone at the grocery store smiles back at you, and pretty much everyone is so polite... Even my dad is getting into the healthy food spirit. He is on another weight loss kick, so I think the only 'bad' stuff I got was his diet soda, and I tried to get him lots of healthy snacks. So yay healthy food!!! It's such a blessing to be able to not have to worry about the cost because my parents are okay with the amount I spend. I think I'm actually spending less than they were, but I don't know that 100% for sure. Either way, it's a very good feeling to have food . |
01-23-2010, 03:29 PM | #630 |
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I think if you buy good quality food, you need less. Like if you eat $1 a loaf white bread with no nutritional value in it, you'll have to eat a lot. And, I've heard (would like to research more) that if you always eat crappy food, your body starts to shut down and has a harder time digesting. So eating good food is definitely economical, as well as healthy.
(is currently eating left-over chocolate frosting with a spoon..... ) |
01-23-2010, 03:33 PM | #631 |
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Yeah, I have to be careful though. I'm doing some simi-intense weight lifting, and the other day I started getting shaky and light headed. Apparently I wasn't eating enough, and what I was eating was too much salad and what-not to power my body... I had to cook up some hamburgers and potatoes, and then after I ate that I felt completely better. I need to balance my fruit/veggy vs. protein intake better.
The rest of my family isn't working out though, so the salad stuff is great for them . |
01-23-2010, 03:52 PM | #632 |
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Yeah I make sure to eat a lot of carbs and protein when I work out (finally getting back into it after the accident!) and not to eat to much when I'm not working out. I think it's really important not to starve yourself- not to let yourself get really hungry, because that messes with your metabolism too. When I'm running every morning, I eat breakfast, but I have to bring a lot of food to work because I'll be starving by the time lunch rolls around.
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I did have a super awesome workout today though . I'm getting to really, really enjoy working out rather than it being a chore. |
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01-25-2010, 01:26 AM | #634 |
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OMG!!!! YOU GUYS!!!!! O_O
I just flexed in the mirror and I TOTALLY SAW SOME AWESOME MUSCLES!!! My biceps are actually notably bigger, I think my forearm is a little thicker, my pectorals have definition (they used to not even have definition if I would flex), and my abs are starting to pop. I think my shoulders are a little wider too. THIS IS SUPER AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not be happier right now! I can't believe my muscles have grown so much in just three and a half weeks! O_o I figured it would take another month before I started to notice any sort of difference at all. |
01-25-2010, 10:28 AM | #635 |
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Oh Tessar, I have no arm muscles. After I first hurt my hand I stopped doing anything because it was too difficult/painful and now I have to get back to where I was all over again. I went to yoga Saturday and she had us do warrior 2 for like FOREVER. My arms almost died from it, especially the side with the cast. I'm going again today though and I'm starting running again. It's motivating that you're out there too, doin' your best.
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01-25-2010, 10:46 AM | #636 |
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Good on you Tessar! You'll be a Schwarzenegger or a Van Damme in no time
Seriously though, seeing notable changes in less than a month of lifting weights, will be a great boost for motivation. As for my own humble training, my muscles seem to be gaining strength so slowly that I don't notice any difference at all. Oh well
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01-25-2010, 08:50 PM | #638 |
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I like warrior 2 and trikonasana (?) a lot, but it was toooo looong after not working out at all. Oh and please don't become like Schwarzenegger. I think that's so ugly. :s Then again I like scrawny, feminine guys. I think a natural-looking, strong, thin physique is great though.
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I see . . . you want to be Billy Budd.
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