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Workout Log, of Some Sort

Sq: 135lb

Walking lunges: 40lb dumbbells

etc.

25 pull ups in total (8 in a row)

Made my legs incredibly sore.  Still sore after the third day.  And I broke my husband who unwisely thought he would just "do whatever you're doing" when he came with me to the gym.  Why waste time changing out plates??

Finished third week of lchf diet. I've managed to keep very low carb.  Last night, I ate filet mignon rather than our standard pizza.  Not a bad switch!  So far I can't say I see much difference on this diet.  I'm not getting heavier, I don't crave carbs, I'm not constipated, workout energy is the same.  Of course, I have been eating fewer carbs for the last several years so maybe my body doesn't care.  I am so much enjoying eating steak whenever I want.

 

 

Workout Log Star Date, Um, 18 and Whatever 014

Sq: 125lb, but a bunch of reps

Walking Lunges: 35lb dumbbells

Leg Press: 350lb

Leg Curls: 95lb

Straight Leg Deadlifts: Just the bar

25 pull ups in total

I am sooo sore today.  I pushed extra hard and now I walk like someone without knees. The way my record keeping works, I like to keep track of my maximums since I generally prefer to work down until I feel "done".

Still on the LCHF diet.  What a fun diet and what interesting followers!  Did you know Sweden is completely overrun with people drinking butter coffee?  And eating rolled up cheese and meat filled with butter?  LCHF World is the exact opposite of Vegetarian World.  I like it here. 

Princess Katlyn

Katlyn is our tough cat - rode hard and put out wet, tramp stamped and pierced.  She spends the better part of the day outside with the strays.  And when we put out a treat, Katlyn gets first dibs.

Workout Log

BP 115lb! Slowly going up. 

SQ 135lb  Still wimpy, but heartfelt

DL 145lb  Not horrible, but I think (hope) I'll quickly go up in weight since I've just started doing them again

I'm taking a break in working out the legs.  I'll start back up maybe Monday.  Also, I've decided to go really low carb which is hilarious considering how long I was a vegetarian!  Taubes' books have swayed me on the soundness of eating fewer carbs.  My kids aren't sure what to think now that I'm switching out their whole grain cereal for real meat sausages and highly buttered up scrambled eggs.  They think it's a trick.

That's right, sweetie, you can eat the sausage.  I know it's real pig.  I know I told you before it was a sin.  That's right, put it on the fork.  No, it won't kill you.  Eat it!

Workout Log

Squat: 115lb 

LP: 270lb

Leg curl: 95lb

I want to start adding in straight leg DLs and good mornings, but it's hard enough getting the squat rack.  Yep, often the rack is being used by guys doing barbell curls. 

I do regular deadlifts during upper body.  Still at 115lb for those.  I'm going slow to ensure the rest of my body catches up with my muscles.

The gym has been unusually crowded this last week.  I wonder if it's from everyone making resolutions to get in shape.  I did not make a resolution this year.  I'm still thinking about what action I could take that would make a real difference.

Good Lifting Site

I've been reading the weightlifting/power lifting blog Lift Big Eat Big for a few weeks and have decided I really like it, especially after I read the entry about not being too quick to judge others' workouts. That's exactly the issue that has been bugging me about so many lifting blogs.  We can't know why everyone is doing what they are doing, nor can we have absolute certainty that what we do is the one and true path to perfection.  So, we should be careful mocking others.  Give me advice and data, not sarcasm and arrogance. Results speak for themselves!

Gun Show II

Here's me trying to show some muscle.  This is after five months of lifting fairly consistently...

I'm slowly building up the squats and deadlifts.  Leg workout tonight.

8 pull ups now. 

I am not a professional poser.

House Proud

Here are some more pictures of our home.  The living room is coming along.  My kids think I'm crazy.  I'm implementing ideas I've always wanted to try, like carpet on stair rails for the cats to scratch and an AV stand for our TV.  I hate stationary TVs where only one spot in the room gets a good view.  Now with the extra long extension cords and cables, we can move that TV anywhere we want.  And I do.

I like color.  Too much green right now, but I'll change that.

If you build it and fast strap it to your banister, he will ignore it on his way to scratch something expensive.

 

Just wait until my daughter and I yarn bomb this thing.  Then you'll drool with envy.

We finally got our couch!  They had promised it before Christmas, this is after five months from ordering it, and they had then tried to deliver it after Christmas!  I raised my voice just a bit on the phone which is unusual for me.  We got the couch on the 22nd.  And then the delivery guys didn't want to take it upstairs!  They said it wouldn't fit!  Hahaha.  It went up just fine.  We live in a normally proportioned and sized townhouse.  The whole experience was weird.  Why sell couches you don't actually want to deliver? 

But, the couch itself is great....so far.  Here are a few pictures:

Before the couch

After the couch

The dog is happy.