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Leg day today... Blah! Legs are my favourite part to train but since the whole back saga it is a no go zone... blah.... blah... blahhhhhhhhhhhh

So I stretched.. did Smith Machine squats with.. deep bored sigh.... no weight on the bar.. another sigh...
Stretched... did 100 none stop leg presses with.... deep bored sigh... 20 (never know if it is kilos or pounds cause I usually use the leg press beast and plates) on the white helpful machine... sighhhhhh..
Stretched... did 3 sets of 30 leg extensions with.. sighhhhhhh... using 20 thingies (this used to be 50-65)...
2 sets of lying leg curls..... (ohhh yeah there where stretches in between the these and the extensions...) on number 2..... mind numbing....
Bored... walked for 10 mins uphill on an incline of 4... almost cried with boredome and went and got Hubby to stretch my Hammies for me...
The whole time I concentrated on using my TA's to hold me in and up and threw in a couple of pelvic floor exercises just to make sure I was actually still alive and hadn't died of boredom and gone to leg training hell.... LOL

Thought the Magnesium was aworking and I had reached fully loaded due to frequent trips to the loo to empty (sorry more naty mental pictures) but last night was woken FOUR times with leg and foot cramp... JOY!

Now its time to go to work... but Yay its Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow is chest day and thank the Goddess I can get back to smelly iron and heavy plates!!!!!!!

Wow!

Ok, so by 6pm last night I was almost crawling around on all fours as my legs and groin were so sore from the massage and the release of toxins...

WOW!! I am finding this so enlightening and astounding and amazing and just plain WOW! Yesterday I puffed up like a blow fish on steroids and then seemed to release all the nasties in the obvious way (sorry for that mental picture) at about 8pm and just plain ached and went to bed...

This morning... NO PAIN... Well at least until Hubby helped with the Hammy stretches as I was shown to do and then my usual Hammie stretch pain came back but nothing else...

I still have bruised pressure points but I am certainly feeling much better. Justin has also been loading me up on Magnesium to stop my continual muscle cramps (which I have suffered from for years) and they have stopped. Last night would be the first time in years where I haven't woken with my foot cramped up... another YAY!

So although I am still puffy and bloated and look pretty yuk in my eyes I feel so much better already, and I will just have to live with the puffiness until my muscles and back are free and long and stretched and that's ok because I may not look like I want for now but I know I will look soooo much better soon...

This is the head space I used when I was first starting out with the weight loss and training... just be patient and do what you have to do every day... things will get better if you are consistent and believe.

Trained Biceps and Triceps today and instead of cardio finished with the stretches which was enough work for me... tonight I will add some cardio if my legs are ok with it...

Relaxing?? I don't think so....

So yesterday I trained back and did my 30 mins of cardio on the cross trainer, had no problems during the back training but by the end of the cardio my left leg was aching... which was annoying as it has been my right side that has been playing up...

Then after work I had my first session with Justin at Healthy Life on Bribie for a remedial massage.....


oooookkkkkaaaayyyy... now if you are all my "friends" why did someone not be friendly enough to warn my of the pain involved in this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Relaxing???????? I don't think so!!!!!!


Ohhhhh alright, I know its my fault and I will now admit that since I have NEVER stretched before, during or after training, EVER, I am totally to blame for the fact that my muscles are big bunches of knots and cramps and can not move in any full range of movements in any directions.... at all.... anywhere...

Justin had this nervous little laugh whenever I totally failed at every stretch and in the end I think he was worn out from nearly 3 hours of pushing, pulling and pressing me with my muscles rebelling at every move.


I was horrified at how bunched up I was, I just never realised, I thought that was just me.. when he told me to relax, he would than say.. "no.. relax... no, let go.. ohhh ok that is relaxed... Cath you need to learn to relax, NEED TO!!!" LOL


At one point he was trying to stretch my Hamstrings and my left one just cramps instantly! Honestly one movement and wham CRAMP! (and head shaking from Justin) So lots of hammy stretches for me...


Turns out that since I have had this back injury for years my legs have compensated for my Transversus Abdominis muscle not working properly due the back injury. So my legs are over compensating and when I train my Abs all I am actually using is my hip flexors and upper back, he was shocked at how far I can lift my leg without "turning on" my ab muscles at all...

I came home totally exhausted and sore, woke this morning to lots of sore points but no leg or back pain.. So todays training was lots of stretching, stretching, stretching, then training my Trans Abs, and a few other small concise Ab exercises then I tried for the cardio but my body is tired so I stopped at 15 mins and walked home...


I am looking forward t the next session with a bit of trepidation... seems the more "homework" I do the less pain I will be in when he works on me again, so boy am I doing my homework!!!!! LOL

So my advise for today is Stretch and have regular massages or else you will end up a bunched up cramped old lady who now has a remedial massage on her fun list right up there with tooth extraction!!!

Mexican Maggot

Or Tequila worm, either way that's what I went to my staff Christmas party as last night...

That was the final thing I did on a weekend away from stressing about food, size, shape, or anything vaguely resembling a diet...

I enjoyed a weekend where I ate what ever took my fancy and yes that did include several cakes and slices, wines and bourbons, Salmon steak with a pretty pitiful excuse for a salad, but I did not even look at the fries.. even when I am in the "don't give a shit" mode with food, I just can not put oil laden potato into my mouth.. ick..

Then the staff party where the Mexican theme carried through to the Nacho chips and dips, greasy nacho with a tonne of cheese to plonk on your plate and try and eat with your fingers.. heavy sour cream.. I actually only had a tiny bit of this as it was the end of the weekend and really I was well and truly over the everyday food that others eat.. I did have a couple of bourbons but mostly just pretended with the Ginger Ale looking like I had Bourbon in it..

The party was boring as bat shit, seems that my workmates consider standing still drinking until you are a slobbering mess a party, so while everyone was working on reaching that point I came home at 10pm as I was totally hanging out for a cup of green tea to wash away all the sweetness from the ginger ale...


Hey don't get me wrong, I love a good party.. but this was not one.. unfortunately cause in the end I was looking forward to it, shame that there seems to be a rule that says if you want to be thought of as a man you must never wear a costume to a costume party... so out of about 40 males 3 dress up... WTF??? But at least 90% of the women got into costume and looked pretty good too.

The other reason I came home at 10pm was that I was getting up at 4.30 so we could get back into the gym big time... yep a weekend off has aroused the beast and I am about to head down again for some evening cardio... that's on top of the training and cardio this morning... Head down arse up and onwards...

Ok........ so I just got back from 30 mins on the cross-trainer and feeling pretty fabulous... in a drippy, sweaty, kind of way LOL

Took a bit of a mental slap around the head to get me thinking straight again and without the constant motivation I get from Hubby I would never have been able to get back to this point, but as he wisely says...

You have two choices if you want to get leaner... eat less, or cardio more... If you don't want to get leaner don't whinge about it... if you do want to get leaner.. eat less or cardio more.. simple...

So back on track, still eating a bit more than my precontest diet, still enjoying bananas and blueberries, avocado and cottage cheese, and if I want to do that I have to cardio a bit more... simple..

Now off to prepare dinner & tomorrows meals...

What is that rattle?????

Thank you all for your positive and helpful comments...

I really didn't blog for them, I just felt that sometimes it is easy to hide the down bits in this lifestyle and I have been doing that a fair bit lately... but again, thank you for the support.

Yesterday I saw Justin at Healthy Life and I now have more potions and pills to help my back problems... so that's the rattle you an hear in the distance... so many pills I rattle when I move LOL!!! I have now added Muscle Resuscitation magnesium , Sea Minerals, joint powder with MSM and Glucemic Balance (to try and calm the 3.30 sugar cravings I battle every day) to my already long list of multi vitamins etc that I consume every day...

I will also be going back to see him to be pulled and pushed about on Tuesday and he has given me stretches to do in the meantime to loosen my tight bunched up Egor like muscles LOL

When he asked me about the last time I had a massage, I think I saw tears in his eyes when I told him I have only ever had one in my life about 15 years ago.... hmmm could be hard work for him on Tuesday...

Yesterday was also Formal day and Hubby was asked by the family of a disabled girl, who requires an electric wheelchair, if he could take her to her Formal in our Chevy...

Now Hubby being the lover of all things bling was ecstatic about the prospect and even bought new pointy hubcaps for the event!!! I am pretty sure he was using the Formal as an excuse for them but hey who am I to query all things blingy with the master himself...

So with new shiny hubcaps, specially bought ribbon to match her dress and 2 hours of polishing and primping (The Truck that is not the young lady!!!)...

She was really happy and her family were wrapt... yay!