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</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">I really ate a lot, a lot of food. I logged breakfast, but after that forgot to take pictures so decided to take a day off. The result... too. much. food. To list some of it, chicken, bbq chicken, a lot of buckwheat, Russian pancakes w/ apple, fried asparagus, cheese stuffed pierogis, a personal pepperoni pizza, almonds, sunflower seeds, half of a family sized bag of m&ms... </div>Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-41136566872862652822012-01-17T06:14:00.000-08:002015-01-20T14:47:36.110-08:001-15-12 Four words: peanut, butter, banana, sandwiches.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Breakfast peanut butter banana sandwich- the bread was toasted, so that makes it breakfast.</div>
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...so I ate the rest of my friends as well. Food from Four Aces Dinner.</div>
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90% dark chocolate :)</div>
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This is an oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookie... too good, I actually had two- the other picture got deleted...</div>
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...and some more tuna salad. So good- so tuna!</div>
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Wheat thins, roasted red-pepper hummus, and a chicken, provolone, Dinosaur BBQ sandwich.</div>
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...Forgot to take a picture- it was a spinach salad with <span style="color: yellow;">red</span>, <span style="color: orange;">yellow</span>, <span style="color: red;">green</span>, and <span style="color: #38761d;">orange </span>peppers along with some pieces of bbq chicken.</div>
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From Germany- courtesy of Alan!</div>
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Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-70815091194080823812012-01-08T17:20:00.000-08:002012-01-08T17:26:21.048-08:00Photo Food-log mayhapsFellow journeymen and woman of yesteryear, I have returned. At least for now, this night. I am also currently watching The Season of the Witch with my parents. Movies mainly cheesy with some forced shock value, but interesting. I do feel guilty for taking time to watch a movie, but I figure I can be a little productive and post here as well. It's been about three weeks since I've been working out I think, though this past week I've been doing some moderate cardio. to get my body back into being physical before tackeling a new workout routine. In addition, I have started a food journal by taking pictures of everything I eat. I'm not changing my diet per se at the moment, just trying to examine my food intake. It's been two days, and I believe my suspicions may be true that I eat too much. <br />
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In this exercise, the hands are placed by buttocks to maintain balance while the legs are brought into the chest, then extended from the body. You will definitely feel this in your thighs as well as your abs (possibly more in your legs the first several times), and that is because it is a core workout. That means, along with your abdominals you are working several stabilizing muscles. This is a good thing.<br />
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Here, my ab ripping silhouette demonstrator has her arms raised and in motion. I place my hands just behind my back, shoulder width apart, but this would add another level of stability control if one were so inclined. After completing 25 rotations of the 'bike', then go straight into 25 rotations in reverse. You can think of this as two workouts and when you're done be even more impressed with yourself!<br />
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Ok, so I may not be the first one to post the descriptions of these workouts, but that just makes locating images easier. Again, to the left you can witness the workout and let your imagination rest as to translating my descriptions. Tony is doing the easier version- the 'wide leg' sit-up. Then it shows a woman with her legs crossed doing the same motion, and believe it or not, that is the 'crossed leg' version of the sit up.<br />
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<b><span style="color: green; font-variant: small-caps;">Fifer Scissors</span></b><br />
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You begin these by lifting one leg just off the ground slightly, and raising the other as far as you can while keeping it relatively straight. When I do these, I count to three seconds before switching to the next rep. It is important to do these slowly to get the benefit of doing the exercise, so if you don't trust yourself to count, look at the second hand of a clock or a get a timer. Feel the burn!<br />
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<b><span style="color: green; font-variant: small-caps;">Hip Rock and Raise</span></b><br />
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Put your feet together, <i>lock</i>in the distance between your knees, <i>rock</i>backwards, then <i>raise</i> your legs lifting your buttocks off the ground. Be carful here not to bring our legs back towards your head too far, concentrating on raising them up.<br />
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<b><span style="color: green; font-variant: small-caps;">Pulse Ups (Heels to Heaven)</span></b><br />
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As a reminder: do not do these exercises as fast as Tony Horton is demonstrating in these gifs! Also, as with the last exercise, be careful not to let your legs move back towards your head during the raise. Keep them as straight as possible, which may be difficult at first, but as you become stronger and more limber from stretching you will eventually be able to.<br />
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<b><span style="color: green; font-variant: small-caps;">Roll-up V-up Combo</span></b><br />
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With this workout, 'rolling up' to your feet is the first rep, then 'v-ing' up to your feet is the second. The entire motion depicted on the left then is 2 reps. As your begin to lie back down from the 'roll-up', begin lifting your legs for the 'v-up'. These are one of my personal favorites.<br />
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<b><span style="color: green; font-variant: small-caps;">Oblique V-up</span></b><br />
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If it is your first time doing these, you are likely going to have trouble. It is an awkward motion that required some core muscles I personally did not have developed enough when I started, and it will be hard to tell that you're doing it right. With your top arm above your head, your other arm just in front of you for balance, and your weight on your hip, your aim is to bring the elbo of your top arm to meet your knees half way. Don't forget to get the same amount of reps on the other side to prevent any unwanted unevenness.<br />
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<b><span style="color: green; font-variant: small-caps;">Leg Climbs</span></b><br />
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I am putting this here for the sake of completion, though this is the exercise I habitually skip in this ab regiment. For me, I do not find it to be very beneficial and I am certainly not alone in this judgment. Still, if you would like to do it, it is basically what you see to the left. Supposedly, the less 'hand-holds' you use to reach the summit of your foot, the harder it is.<br />
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<b><span style="color: green; font-variant: small-caps;">Mason (Kayak) Twists</span></b><br />
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Finally we come to the Mason twists, the last portion of this absational session. With legs off the ground, pivot from the waist from side to side (I like to lightly pound the ground to accentuate my count) 40 times. In the video, Tony tells you your goal is 40, but once you get there, he actually keeps going until about 80. The idea here is to fatigue your abdominal muscles to get the maximum workout possible. As you continue to do this routine regularly, you'll find you are able to complete it with increasing ease. Here is a good place to add some more reps. <br />
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If that isn't enough, and your yearnin' for more of a burnin', then go ahead and try for 30 reps on each exercise. Just remember that your form is crucial in getting a good and safe workout with the best results- so don't shoot for numbers, shoot for results. This means that even if you can't get all 25- that's ok! To quote Tony Horton, the P90X man himself, do your best, and forget the rest. Your best is not the highest number of reps you can do, it is pushing your body to the limit without sacrificing form and safety. This is when you will see the best results. Also, this should not be done every day. Your abdominals require time to recover just like any other muscle, so working them out 3 non-consecutive days a week is optimal.Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-91607971645600114512011-11-10T06:28:00.000-08:002011-11-10T06:28:12.907-08:00Day 2 Week 3Here is my workout from last night:<br />
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This workout thing has been going really well, and now in the midst of week three I am already feeling a lot better! In future posts I plan on giving you the low down on each exercise I am engaging in, hopefully with colorfully diverse images from the web and my sad Mac counterpart to MSPaint, "Paintbrush".Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-46844739176808734972011-11-07T19:47:00.000-08:002011-11-07T19:47:42.460-08:00Day 1 Week 3Here are the results of tonights work out:<br />
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Very exhausted right now so I won't be able to go into any detail on it tonight- gotta get that sleep so I can run in the a.m.!Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-18229532115336219962011-11-06T20:48:00.000-08:002015-01-20T15:15:29.209-08:00Weekend TemptationEvery weekend I drive from my residence by my college to my parents about an hour away. This is an amazing thing, and truly a blessing especially after having been too far away to do so for the past 4 years at my undergraduate university. There is one problem however. Like anything, the familiarity of this house brings with it past habits... namely my eating habits... particularly the amount I eat... specifically that I eat way to much with nearly zero inhibition as to health of said eats. Well, usually I anticipate this and try different things to psych myself up to fighting these familiar habits like: eat less leading up to the weekend, stay up late Friday night so I spend more time sleeping that eating, eat more leading up to the weekend... nothing really works. Well this weekend I accepted my fate, and went in to it knowing full well that I would succumb to the variety of foods at my family halloween party. I indulged Yesterday, but only to slight nausea and mild acid reflux. An improvement! Today, I managed to control my portions and feel incredibly good about my intake. I am excited to be propelled by this encouragement through my week. I find that like anything in life, it is important not to swing the pendulum to quickly (like in the sink or swim scenario I mentioned in an earlier post) as it tends to come swinging back rather quickly and to the opposite degree.<br />
I hope you have all enjoyed your weekend and were able to participate in at least some healthy activity or successful diet management! Tomorrow I hit the gym on Leg Day 1, week 3. I know it is going to be a great success and very satisfying!Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-2546713102258412192011-11-05T09:59:00.000-07:002011-11-05T18:28:25.113-07:00Day 4 "Week 2"Technically this is week two of my routine, but the first time I actually did the workout for Day 4. Regardless, here are the results of my endeavors this evening:<br />
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Today felt really good. I had a long day, and little sleep the last couple of nights... but I feel improvement, especially in my cardio. My ability to move from one set to the next is becoming quicker, and my warm up runs are not nearly as painful as they were. This is a good sign my friends, I can feel it- I feel it in my lungs!<br />
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As far as my eating goes, I would say I've been moderately conscious. During the day I have a decent ability to manage portion intake, but in the evening I tend to lose my force of will. I am slowly working towards reducing this. What I am not doing is trying to starve my self during the day and inevitably binge at night, as binge eating is one of the most counteractive activities to a healthy diet, and is really plain not good for your, showing to have strong correlation with obesity and related diseases such as Type II Diabetes and hypertension.<sup>1</sup><br />
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<small><sup>1</sup>Streigel, RH. Why Men Should Be Included in Research on Binge Eating: Results from a Comparison of Psychosocial Impairment in Men and Women, <i>International Journal of Eating Disorders</i>. <b>2011</b>, <i>early view article</i>.</small>Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-86571151935307265432011-11-04T09:53:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:46:15.593-07:00Workout Log ExplainedLet me explain, as I feel that some of the understanding behind what I'm doing would be appreciated. We will go back to the exergensis of it all.<br />
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This past summer I engaged in a workout routine that brought me to a new place in healthy physique, confidence, and stamina. I was running quite a lot (for me, 4 to 6 miles at a time... judge ye not) at least in the beginning as I trained for a 5k obstacle course benefit for the Foundation for Fighting Blindness. During my training, likely because of my inexperience/ lack of participating in such exercise since childhood, I hurt my knee. I ran the race fine, but took it easy on the cardio after that. Lifting though was still something I could and wanted to do, and my best friend was an incredible motivator in helping me achieve advancement and actually getting me to go to the gym. As I alluded to, during this past summer I got to be in the best physical shape I had ever been in. Still, and not to demean my success, I would not say I was in fantastic shape, and less so where I have set my goals. Unfortunately, Seth (my best bosom) moved to Florida and in deep mourning and feeling enervated from the separation, I stopped going to the gym. Ok, that is not entirely why, but I did rely on him for a level of inspiration. Still, the real culprit was my evolving life which, amongst the loss of seth (R.I.P.), was moving, beginning graduate school, etc.. So, up until two weeks ago, I had been building a stability in survival and only went to the gym two or three times within two months. Now however, the spirit of Seth is upon me and I have also partnered with somebody who is equally motivating in going to the gym. In fact, the routine which I posted in my previous post and will be doing for a total of six weeks, is a compilation provided by her brother who is a fitness trainer.<br />
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To talk a little bit about this routine. It consists of a four day rotation with a 'cardio day' (loosely placed) between Day 2 and Day 3.<br />
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<b>Day 1:</b> <i>Legs</i><br />
<b>Day 2:</b> <i>Chest and Back</i><br />
<b>Day 3:</b> <i>Arms and Shoulders</i><br />
<b>Day 4:</b> <i>Legs and Abs</i>.<br />
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I am always up for trying something new, and I feel like this routine covers pretty much everything. I generally do a warm up jog for about 10 minutes, then I stretch all the areas I plan on working that day along with those I worked the day before.<br />
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As I go along and gain momentum, strategy, and time optimization, I hope you will see my attendance at the gym become much more regular, my knowledge and understanding developed, and a steady influx of health tips, theories, and inspiration attend this blog. As well as being a place to share knowledge, testimonies, and insight, I see this blog as a social experiment in how exercise evolves for someone, beginning with minimal health consciousness and routine to continuous consideration and a steady routine with defined goals. I do not have those goals yet, but I will. The driving force of this evolution I believe begins with an understanding of the importance of a health conscious life. The positive effects of applying effort to this is something that I see time and time again with my flux of determination in exercise. Without fail, a few weeks in to any routine I am more confident, more determined, etc etc, and most importantly, simply more excited about life. There are many ideas I'm just mentioning here that I will flesh out in later blogs. Lastly, part of the reason I am starting slow and not just jumping into a rigorous regiment of exercise and conscious eating is that this has never proven to be an effective method of change for me. Often times throwing yourself into a sink-or-swim scenario like that results more in a sinking, as you realize you do not yet have the endurance or motivation you aspire to. Then a declining cycle begins that can easily drown you.Donjonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10111402333100429481noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-395767154057085162.post-15987692950278168622011-11-03T19:14:00.000-07:002011-11-04T09:59:42.563-07:00Workout LogIt took me unprecedented amounts of time to enter my work out into an excel to share with you. It was fun, but like I said, unpressidentist. Also, posting such spreadsheets, at least as far as I can tell, is a headache. I know it is possible through google docs, but I had already spent so much time modifying the template, I didn't want to have to go through the process again. So instead I give you pictures of my log! Behold:<br />
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