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Hey there i can understand why your exhausted your program makes my head spin..your doing a great job and im sure your seeing heaps of the goals that you have set being achieved..reading your journal gives me hope and inspiration that one day i might be able to do some of the things that you have done or are doing!

AS for the sciatica its very painful i find it morseo when the weather changes i used to put voltaren cream on my hips when i was working and it did help a little but my issues there are now being helped by morphine twice daily wouldnt be recommending that unless you have serious issues but im sure a hot pack works wonders as well...just be careful and dont overdo it that pain hurts and once it put me in hospital for eight weeks when it was at its worst...i couldnt stand or sit only lie down and when i moved my butt cheek and down my right leg to my ankle hurt like crazy!

I hope you had a great night out and enjoy your weekend your a champion!

Take care

Judexx

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thanks jude, I've been keeping the electric blanket on just to keep my leg/bum warm...it seems to be helping but the riding on a bike tends to inflame it, I've noticed.  Need some padded shorts! :D

Today is the day.  I've been waiting a very long time for it, with times where I thought it wasn't possible.  But I feel I can achieve anything now.  I'm under 100kgs, 98.9kg to be exact now!  You can not wipe the grin off my face!

I lost 2.2 kgs this week, that 1200 calorie limit appears to be working!  I will have to stick with it!  My body fat percentage has also gone down 1.5%.  Yippee!!   Oh and time to set a new goal.  I've reached my 30kg mark.

So now some short term ones to be:

• 90kgs
• 8.9 kgs in 7 weeks. (a S.M.A.R.T. goal)
• body fat to 35%
  

Today, I'm having a break from the gym and just doing hockey...I might do some more laps at hockey though.  My sciatica is still aching....ARGH!  But can't help but feel it's all worth it! :D

Have a good weekend everyone, I hope you are all doing fantastic!

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Hey there Mel what a joy it was too read that you have reached one of your very important goals your in the two figure club now!! CONGRATULATIONS  you have done so well and you are sure working hard for it!

I feel for you when i read about your sciatica as i know first hand how painful it is but your not letting it beat you which is great and that electric blanket will sure make a huge difference, for me heat was definately the key factor in helping me feel better..I really hope you keep improving!!!

Keep up the great work and im sure the next set of goals that you have set yourself will be here in no time!!!!

Good JOB!!!

Warm regards

Judexxxxxx

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hey mel, 98.8 is so excellent, keep up the great work, the flying feeling that must give you, will be a huge inspiration to continue with your journey.

poor honey on the sciatica ,  take it easy.

hope you had a great weekend

hugs faline

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Congrats. on cracking the 100 -  YAY YOU!!!

harri

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HW: 97+ kg
SW: 73.3kg
CW: 67kg
GW: 63kg

Thanks guys, feels so great to be under 100.  It's definitely the lightest I've been in around 10 years or so! :D

Yesterday, I took a day off but went to the gym at home and did the following:

Warm up:

• None
  

Weights:

• Lunges 15 x 3 each leg
• Bench Press DB 20 x 3 10 kgs
• Lat Pull Down 20 x 3 70 pounds
  
• Shoulder Press 20 x 3 9 kgs
  
• Chin Up 15 x 3 43.9kg (my weight subtracted by the weights I put on)
• Tricep Dips 15 x 3 my body weight
  
• Leg Press 45 degrees 20 x 3 50kgs
  
• Situps 80 front, 20 each side
• (I'm gonna try and work in a Sumo squat here now...to work on my legs)
  

Cardio:

• Bike 30 mins 15.9kms
  

Stretching

• 15 minutes

Burnt

• 699 calories, 40% fat

Today I might go on the x-trainer at lunch for half an hour before going to training tonight!  :D

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missmel06:

Today is the day.  I've been waiting a very long time for it, with times where I thought it wasn't possible.  But I feel I can achieve anything now.  I'm under 100kgs, 98.9kg to be exact now!  You can not wipe the grin off my face!

3 Cheers for Missmel,

Hip Hip Horay!!!

Hip Hip Horay!!!

Hip Hip Horay!!!

an absolute stunning effort, and one that allows you to have the grin on your face for a long time.. well until you reach your next goal, which shouldn't be long.... keep up the great work, have fun at hocky... last time I played ended up with a bleeding nose, so it is not my thang.. and counting down the kilos to your next goal...

Well done

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Happy New Year
Mac
"Comfort is an illusion. A false security bred from familiar things and familiar ways. It narrows the mind, weakens the body and robs the soul of spirit and determination"

thanks Mac! :D

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just back from the gym and I pushed it yet again!

Warm up:

• Rower, 5 minutes just over 1km
  

Weights:

• Situps 80 front, 20 each side

Cardio:

• X-trainer 30 minutes, 5.21 kms
  

Stretching

• 15 minutes

Calories

• 513 calories, 30% fat

My calories eaten today already are 1016 calories... :( Not sure how I stuffed up but oh well....this week my diet has been out of whack!

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OK, little tired from my workout today, but worked through it and gained another PB on the cross-trainer! :D 

I also started a new exercise to try and focus on my sides of my legs up top.  Everywhere else seems to be toning up, except in this area.  I read a few books and the sumo squat seems to focus on this area...

Warm up:

• None
  

Weights:

• Sumo Squat 15 x 3
  
• Bench Press DB 20 x 3 10 kgs
• Pull Down 20 x 3 52.5 (2) - 50 (1) kgs
  
• Shoulder Press 15 x 3 17.5 kgs
  
• Chin Up 15 x 3 48.9 (2) - 43.9 kgs (1) (my weight subtracted by the weights I put on)
• Tricep Dips 15 x 3 my body weight
  
• Back 20 x 3 35 kgs
• Stationary Lunges 10 x 3 each leg
  
• Situps 80 front, 20 each side

Cardio:

• X-trainer 30 minutes, 5.24 kms
  

Stretching

• 15 minutes

Calories

• 626 calories, 35% fat

My calories for today, so far are 750 calories.  So I have to eat some more tonight...no carbs though! :(

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mel you are doing so fatnastic, wish i had half your determination.

and what on earth are sumo squats, im kinda imagining sort of doing the sumo wrestler thing, legs bent hands on thighs,  one leg up then down, then the other up then down.

hugs faline

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yesterday was a really crappy day for me.  I didn't end up getting to the gym because of meetings at work.  I ended up running a little more at training but then we only played a game, so I most likely didn't get much of a workout!  And, to top it off, my sciatica was aggravated last night...

Today, worked very hard to cater for yesterday:


Warm up:

• None
  

Weights:

• Sumo Squat 20 x 3
  
• Bench Press DB 20 x 3 10 kgs
• Pull Down 20 x 3 52.5 (2) - 50 (1) kgs
  
• Shoulder Press 15 x 3 17.5 kgs
  
• Chin Up 15 x 3 43.9 kgs (my weight subtracted by the weights I put on)
• Tricep Dips 15 x 3 my body weight
  
• Back 20 x 3 37.5 kgs
• Stationary Lunges 10 x 3 each leg
  
• Situps 80 front, 20 each side

Cardio:

• X-trainer 30 minutes, 5.34 kms, 5093 strides
  

Stretching

• 15 minutes

Calories

• 620 calories, 35% fat

I have a hockey match tomorrow in Bendigo, which may be a little hard...and I may go to the gym and do half an hour at least.  It just depends on my weigh in tomorrow...I bet ya I've put weight on!

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barely worth mentioning, only lost 0.1 of a kg this week.  Grr!  Oh well...I knew it was gonna happen and now I just have to work harder this week and get more off.  Today I have hockey and I won't be doing a run this morning...too sore...my sciatica's been playing up all night...voltaren here we come! :D

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Have you taken measurements? With the amount of excersizing you do, you're bound to develop more muscle tissue and even if you lose fat, muscles weigh more then fat, relativaly speaking. I bet cha, you'll have lost centimeters instead of weight!

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Hi Missmel,

Don't get disheartened with "just 0.1". Scales sometimes lie about what's really going on. Keep it up - you're doing great with all the exercise you are doing.

 

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Cindy
Enjoying life - and discovering the things I CAN do!