My Very Own Get Fit Diary

Mrs_Doyle

Going Demented wrote:

I have the same bother Mrs Doyle. When i eat before i go i want to puke, especially on the rowing machine. When i dont eat before i go i just want to get out of there as fast as i can and cant be assed.

I've taking to having a slice of brown bread before i go cause i dunno what the answer is to what to eat.

And by the way i think you already look fantastic in your bebo pictures.

Ha, thanks very much, but I must admit, I have mastered the art of cropping out fat arms and wobbly belly's

Maybe I'll just opt for a bit of brown bread, toasted, and a cup of tea, when I get in from work and then, as sleepy said, I'll have something more substantial when I get home.

hunnymonster

It is very much an individual thing and a case of try until you find something you can stomach. Some of the more common things are

flapjacks made with honey
cereal bars (not very good for you but ultra convenient)
banana
energy drinks
milk
rice pudding
soup

I'm sure I'll think of more in a while.

catherine22

hey mrs doyle, congrats on the workout, it certainly looks like it will keep you entertained and if you dont mind i think i will be stealing a few of your exercises

anyway keep up the good work

Mrs_Doyle

catherine22 wrote:

hey mrs doyle, congrats on the workout, it certainly looks like it will keep you entertained and if you dont mind i think i will be stealing a few of your exercises

anyway keep up the good work

Ha! Thanks, and go right ahead, steal away

Mrs_Doyle

Hey hey!
So did my work out for the 2nd time last night, and I am happy to report that it didn't hurt half as much as it did the first time, and I am not hurting half as much today as I was the last day, so.... Yippee!

Dr4gul4

Mrs_Doyle wrote:

Hey hey!
So did my work out for the 2nd time last night, and I am happy to report that it didn't hurt half as much as it did the first time, and I am not hurting half as much today as I was the last day, so.... Yippee!

not to throw to much innuendo into one sentence, but it will only hurt you really badly the first time :rolleyes:

Remember though Ms D, if it gets to easy, dont be too afraid to list a higher weight ok, it wont kill you. but of course wait for 3 - 4 weeks before you do that.


Otherwise... keep it up

catherine22

Hi Mrs Doyle

I was wondering if you could post an example of your daily diet. Im struggling with my eating habits and am looking for ideas

thanks

Mrs_Doyle

No probs.
Well some days I'm good and some days I'm not so good, and some weekends I am very very bad


Mon - Fri my diet would go something like this

Breakfast - Sultana Bran

Mid Morning break - two slices of McCambridge brown bread, toasted, with a cuppa tea.

Lunch - Maybe a baked potato and beans, or beans and brown bread, or soup, or the odd time I will have a Weight Watchers meal.

Dinner - well lately I have been having rather odd dinner habits. I often feel a bit sick if I eat before the gym, so I might come home and just have a boiled egg and cuppa tea, before I go, and then have my dinner when I get home.

I know my dinner aint the best, it usually involves whatever my mammy makes, which could be Shepard's pie, or chicken stew, or chops, mash and veg.... etc, typical Mammy dinners.

I'm a terrible cook, but I am trying to master one or two healthy dinner dishes.

Can anyone recommend some easy to make healthy dinners?

kindle

healthy quick dishes that are easy to cook hmm not always the healthest but if your in a rush
beans on wholegrain toast. the sugar free ones, protein and carbs
scrambled eggs on wholegrain toast, good source of protein and eggs are also a good source zinc and other goodness
to be fair the above are on the go quick fixes but they are certainly a damn site healthier that takeaway etc
A more wholesome meal thats easy to make is veg & meat (chicken/beef) stirfry. If your keeping your carbs done you can have it on its own otherwise you can have with rice or noodles or whatever. Cooking instructions are easy dice and cook the meat take it off the wok, get a crap load of veg, lob it into the wok and then stir it around till its cooked, i like my veg crunchy so usually 5 mins works for me. Probabley takes about 30 mins all in all. Also if ya dont have any fresh veg handy you can throw in frozen veg. when it comes to cooking the best thing to do is experiment see what you like what you dont like when it comes to recipes improvise if theres something in you dont like!

Mrs_Doyle

ALREADY POSTED THIS IN FITNESS FORUM, JUST WANNA KEEP MY LOG UP TO DATE:

My Bum is gonna vanish, I just know it!!

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OK, when I was skinnier I had no bum. Honestly, I didn't even have a little crease where my leg stopped and my bum began.
I have always been top heavy and at my slimmest I would have been a size 8/10 on bottom and a 12 on top.
When I put on a bit of weight one of the only positives was the fact that I finally a developed a bum, and some hips, and I looked more in proportion.

When I had my assessment in the gym a few weeks ago I made clear that one of my main goals was to tone up my arms, and back, which have become fairly flabby in recent months.

My work out is as follows:

Bike - Level 7 - 10mins
Treadmill - Walk 3 Mins 7kph - Run 2 Mins 9.5kph - total 20mins
Stepper - Level 10 - 10mins
Cross Trainer - Level 5 - 10mins

Then to the weights
3kg weights

Bicep Curl - 3 x 20
The one were ya lift your arms straight out - 3 x 15
Frontal Lift - 3x 15

Lateral Pull - 9.5kg - 3X 20

Shoulder Press - 5kg - 3 X 15

Sit Ups - 3 X 20
Side sit ups - 3 X 20

Now I have to say, my legs are really toned right now, I can feel the muscle in my thighs and calf without even clenching, and I am delighted with that, but, the downside is that I can already see my hips and bum beginning to shrink and I really don't want them to.

Ideally I would slim down on top, and stay exactly as I am right now on the bottom half.

Is there anything I can do to make sure I don't lose too much weight from my bottom half?

Mrs_Doyle

Just a teeny addition. Something very weird, very strange and very startling has been happening.

I have started to make a few friends (through friends of friends etc) at the gym and, well, I don't know how to say this........................................

Sometimes, just sometimes, well, I kinda look forward to going!!! :eek:

Sleepy

Now make sure that you're not becoming one of the gym bunnies who goes to the gym and exercises her gob for more time than her body, but having a few people to chat to in the gym is a good thing.

When you'll really know you're hooked is when you start looking forward to the DOMS.

Mrs_Doyle

http://www.fitday.com/webfit/publicjournals.html?Owner=Mrs%5FDoyle


I set this up today (thanks for the tipp off G'em!)

So you can all poke holes in my diet now

Mrs_Doyle

ALREADY POSTED IN FITNESS FORUM, JUST KEEPING MY LOG UP TO DATE.

OK, so I went shopping last night and here's what I bought:

1 Loaf of High Fibre Brown Bread
1 pkt Mixed Nuts and Raisins
6 Tomatoes
1 little bundle of scallions
10 Mandarin Oranges
6 Pears
4 pkts Wholegrain Rice
2 Chicken Fillets
4 Turkey Breasts
Pasta
3 tins Tuna
2 tins of Beans
2 tins of sweetcorn
1 jar korma sauce (healthy living variety)
1 jar of Chicken tonight (diet option)
6 Large Eggs
1 pkt Muesli


I think that's everything, cost me over €50

So that's my hoard anyhow.

Made up a chicken Korma last night, using the wholegrain rice, and it was absolutely gorgeous. Lets just hope every meal is as appetising.

Oh and when I was finished making it I realised it I had made far too much for one sitting, so I stuck half of it into a storage box and put it in the freezer, check me out!

Mrs_Doyle

OMG I dunno what I did differently at the gym last night but I hurt- everywhere!!

OK that's an exaggeration but my thighs are killing me and I must have pulled something in my back as it is so bloody sore.
My left shoulder blade feels like someone danced on it.

Oh, poor me

hunnymonster

Pain is temporary, quitting is forever.

Some types of pain are actually good and others are bad. Did you do something differently or do you really think you've done some damage?

Mrs_Doyle

hunnymonster wrote:

Pain is temporary, quitting is forever.

Some types of pain are actually good and others are bad. Did you do something differently or do you really think you've done some damage?

I don't think I have done any permanent damage. For some reason I just couldn't manage the shoulder press last night.
I was only pushing 5kg so I don't know what went wrong.
I am supposed to do 3 x 20 but was really struggling after 1 x 20 and 1 x 10, so I gave up and moved to the lateral pull instead.

Kinetic^

It sounds like your experiencing DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). After your very first workout on a particuler muscle group, they'll last from about 3-7 days.

Once you've got over the initial DOMS, they'll last for only a day or two for subsequent workouts of that muscle group. They're good pain.

How did you do the lateral pull? Sitting straight or leaning back? Did you pull it behind your neck or in front of your chest?

Mrs_Doyle

Kenny 5 wrote:

It sounds like your experiencing DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness). After your very first workout on a particuler muscle group, they'll last from about 3-7 days.

Once you've got over the initial DOMS, they'll last for only a day or two for subsequent workouts of that muscle group. They're good pain.

How did you do the lateral pull? Sitting straight or leaning back? Did you pull it behind your neck or in front of your chest?

Sitting straight up and pulling in front of my chest, why?

Kinetic^

Just wondering, ya might have been doing it wrong.

If you feel you can't get the 10 reps, go till you can't no more so you might end up getting 7/8.

Mrs_Doyle

Kenny 5 wrote:

Just wondering, ya might have been doing it wrong.

If you feel you can't get the 10 reps, go till you can't no more so you might end up getting 7/8.

Well I am usually OK-ish. I mean I struggle a bit but I get there.
Right now the pain is up the left side of my back, from my lower back , I actually can't turn to look over my left shoulder without it really hurting.

I took a dip in the pool after the gym, nothing strenuous, thought it might loosen me up but it doesn't seem to have worked at all.

Mrs_Doyle

Ah anyhow, pain aside, I was just looking back through some old snaps, and couldn't help but notice the very obvious change in my shape (for the worse), if only I had have noticed it at the time, I might have been able to do more about it......*sigh*

Ah well, onwards and upwards, and all that jazz!!

I always thought you had a great arse

Mrs_Doyle

Hey, hey!!!

Check it out! In the first post of this thread I attached a picture of my old jeans (my goal jeans) and my new jeans.

Well guess what...... a few months ago I couldn't get those goal jeans up over my thighs, and now, well admittedly, they are pretty tight, but I can actually manage to zip them up!

I reckon if I can drop another 7lbs, those jeans will be the perfect fit - at long last!!!!

Hoooooooray! I am absolutely delighted! (Hence all the exclamation marks:D )

hunnymonster

wow cngratulations. well done.

Mrs_Doyle

hunnymonster wrote:

wow cngratulations. well done.

Thanks!

My mam told me I looked like I had lost a bit of weight. I wasn't weighing myself, cos I was afraid that if I did, and didn't see the loss I was hoping for, that I might give up.

So I decided to give the jeans a try instead, shock of all shock, they actually zipped up.

r3nu4l

Wow, well done Mrs Doyle! Once you can comfortabley fit into them you're going to have to give yourself a new goal (it'lll keep you motivated!). Any thoughts yet?

Mrs_Doyle

r3nu4l wrote:

Wow, well done Mrs Doyle! Once you can comfortabley fit into them you're going to have to give yourself a new goal (it'lll keep you motivated!). Any thoughts yet?

Mmmm, well those jeans are a size 10, and have been my goal jeans for a long time now, so I would be truly delighted for them to fit me comfortably once again.

However, once I get into them, my next goal will be to tone up my tummy and achieve some muscle definition. I would love to have the kind of tummy I could show off and be proud of.

CathyMoran

Delighted for you, though I always thought that you had a good figure to begin with - well done.

Dragan

Fair play Mrs Doyle, nice to see another person putting all the good intentions into practice and reaping the rewards.

Smellyirishman

Congratulations Mrs Doyle, looking good.

FX Meister

Didn't think much until I saw the jeans compared side by side. Nice one

congrats missus

Mrs_Doyle

I had an accident about 10 days ago, (said accident involved me, a man hole and, appearance wise, was startlingly similar to something you might see in a Tom and Gerry cartoon!) anyhow, said accident left me with some pretty bashed up legs, so I didn't go to the gym at all..................


Until yesterday!

It is amazing how quick your body forgets how to work out.

Last nights work out absolutely killed me, it was like starting from scratch all over again.

happened to me last week as i hadn't done yoga in two weeks

hamstring injury ouch!

Mrs_Doyle

Gonna go back to the gym tonight, just do a light work out, similar to yesterdays.
Enough to break a sweat, but not enough to kill me.
Just wanna ease myself back into the normal regime.

r3nu4l

How did the gym go? Aches and pains today?

I'm seriously impressed by your achievement. I've fallen off the wagon in the last week so I'm going back to the gym tomorrow!

Mrs_Doyle

r3nu4l wrote:

How did the gym go? Aches and pains today?

I'm seriously impressed by your achievement. I've fallen off the wagon in the last week so I'm going back to the gym tomorrow!

Thanks, that means a lot.
I'm a bit achey today alright. My legs are fairly sore.

I'm booking a summer holiday, for the first week in June, and I would love to have the following measurements by then:

CHEST - 36 (38 when measured last month)
WAIST - 28/29 (30.5 when measured last month)
HIPS - 36 ( 37 when measured last month)

Mrs_Doyle

My bra's are too big for me! Sounds like a funny thing to get excited about, but I could do with losing an inch or two from my bust.

Here, Here for the boob reduction

Kinetic^

Mrs_Doyle wrote:

Here, Here for the boob reduction

Not sure your bf will like that

Congrats on the progress so far, keep it going.

Mrs_Doyle

Ha ha! I wear a DD bra, so even if I drop to a Dcup, they will still be fairly big

Covenline

Mrs_Doyle wrote:

Ha ha! I wear a DD bra, so even if I drop to a Dcup, they will still be fairly big

Any chance of a pic? We could give you a second opinion:D

Mrs_Doyle

Hey guys,

So some of you might remember I posted a pic here in March (which was deleted about 10mins after it was posted ).

Well I had started to feel a bit of a difference in my clothes, so I thought I would slip into the auld polka dot bikini once more, and take a picture for comparison.

I have attached the March and May pics here. To me it looks as if my waist is actually bigger now then it was 2 months ago, but I am hoping that's because I've lost a bit of weight off my hips, so maybe my waist just doesn't looks as small by comparison anymore???

Mrs_Doyle

P.S Only 2.5 weeks till my holidays, wonder if I could drop another few pounds/inches before I go away?

Sleepy

A very noticeable improvement Mrs Doyle!

You're right on the weightloss from your hips has changed your waist/hips ratio. For the better imho.

Keep up the good work!

Mrs_Doyle

Sleepy wrote:

A very noticeable improvement Mrs Doyle!

You're right on the weightloss from your hips has changed your waist/hips ratio. For the better imho.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks a million!

It has been a very slow and steady process, with a fair few relapses, but I'm starting to notice a change now (at long last).

I'm kinda raging I didn't take a picture back at Christmas, as I was at my heaviest then, and it would have been a great basis for comparrison.

Please God I'll take another snap in July and it will contain some more positive changes

Dr4gul4

Quite a noticeable difference Mrs D. Keep it up but don't over so it ok


To pull an only 1 out of the bag

Malteaser!

wow, well done so far!! you're doing a great job! Definately a noticeable difference!! keep it up!!

Mrs_Doyle

Thanks again

Ya know, I was kinda hoping for a bigger change, and for it to happen faster, but I guess this way is actually best.

I can't remember the last time I actually ate a slice of bread, or a roll, and I don't even miss the stuff at all.

I know its clichéd, but it really is all about changing your lifestyle.

I have changed by eating and drinking habits bit by bit, and I have increased by exercise, and slowly, but surely, its paying off.

I'm glad I didn't crash diet, or fad diet, because I know that once the diet was over I would have gone right back to my old habits.

As it stands, I really do feel like I have a diet and exercise regime that I can, and will maintain.

G86

Hi Mrs. Doyle,

I've been looking at your posts for a while an your doing great

I'm the same kind of figure as you, top heavy with slim hips, and Ive one Q..where did you get that bikini?! I find it really hard to get decent bikinis as they're all designed for pear shapes an have little or no support.

Oh and hey well done, your progress is very motivating