Cut me a V please

[broadys]

Hi all,
hope its ok to start a journal here as I am not a competitor but just love how hardcore this site is and find the unrelenting passion and sacrifices made to achieve top physiques inspiring.

I guess that's my aim to achieve my top physique like I did back in 2008/2009. I was down to approx 125 pd, 13% bf and happy with upper body muscle mass. Lower body always takes a while to respond for me. You look up endomorph in the dictionary and you will find me standing right there waving at you. To say I hoard fat in my lower body is an understatement.

Today as I speak or type as you will I weigh a whopping 155 pds on my small 5ft 4 frame. A little back history on what happened during those last few years.
I suffered a pretty significant back injury which put me out of serious training for a long time. Then I landed my dream job which I had spent the previous 10 years working towards HOWEVER after been in the high stress corporate world for 1 year I had gained nearly 18pds and lost all sense of my true self. Work consumed all aspects of my life - sleep, health and family. The stress eating, long hours and no time for exercise has resulted in person I no longer know. Its like the fun fitness gal in tracky dacks and runners was replaced by a serious woman in corporate wear and court shoes. The constant problem solving and decision making was only made bearable by what I called "choc-o-clock" the daily dip into the top drawer to seek the sugar fix that would see me through the afternoon/evening work load but NO MORE- I am reclaiming my life. I have given up the corporate pay packet and put my runners back on.


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Thats me heading off to work a year ago and the 2nd photo is me trying to squeeze into the size 10 jeans now

My Goals
I want to get back into my size 10 levi's, I want more time with my family and I want to be super fit for tough mudder 19 Jan 2013. These are my goals and this is me reclaiming my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Plan
I worked out a long time ago how sensitive I was to carbs, bloating, weight gain, fatigue and "carb coma's" to name just a few symptoms.
I will be doing Dave's female diet a perfect mixture of ketoing and bodybuilding diets. Thankyou Dave.

I am training 5 days heavy weights (I love the iron) and pretty much as much cardio as this endomorph estrogen loving body will tolerate lol.

I have exactly 22 days to tough mudder and need to zap as much fatty crapness off this body as I can in that time. I dont want my team mates to be doing hernias while trying to haul my fat ass over those berlin walls.


I am open for new experiences and always learning!

I am glad to be here

In case your wandering about my journal name, its because I am absolutely 100% dinky di in love with V cuts and no-one does it better IMO than.....

[The Prodigy]

Welcome to RX Girl!

[broadys]

Thankyou so much, I have lurking for a long time and I thought it was about time I stepped out from behind the curtain and started participating.

[broadys]

Using this clip as a reminder I what I have achieved in the past and a reminder that I can do again I just gota believe its possible.
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Cant wait to get that orange headband again

[The Prodigy]

This is a great place! You will get tons of diet, training and supp advice! We are an open bunch!

[broadys]

This is a great place! You will get tons of diet, training and supp advice! We are an open bunch!

I do have a question if thats ok re the cheat meal, according to Dave's diet you get 1 cheat meal a week but given how close I am to my event (approx 3 wks) and given how well I feel on keto do you think there is a physical need for the cheat or does it serve more a psychological purpose? Would I achieve greater results by foregoing the cheat meal at this point?

[broadys]

All is going well, the last 2 days I have trained both mornin and arvo. Body is def sore but I am welcoming back DOMS with open arms means my new training program is having an effect.

LEGS
Morning session
squats - ass to grass form 3 x8
DB walking lunges with kickbacks 3x 8
band abductors- 3 x 12
leg extension 3 x 8
leg curls 3 x 6
standing calf raises 3 x 12
30 min SS cardio

arvo session
1 hr MIIT

My biggest challenge has been getting my 6-8 cup a day coffee addiction down to just 2.

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and this is the cup I am likely to drink it in
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[tankygirl]

HI Broadys! can't wait to see your progress!! welcome

[broadys]

HI Broadys! can't wait to see your progress!! welcome

Thankyou

[broadys]

Omlette

shoulders -my favorite gym day
ohead BB press 3 x8
ohead DB press 3x8
side delt raises 6x6
mil press 3 x 6
9 min HIIT

pwo shake
tuna and green salad

and then the diet turns to shit, TOM hit me with a vengeance and then I hit the kitchen with a vengeance, You know dieting would be so much easier if I didn't have these stinkin hormones to deal with. All the good work I have been doing in the gym gone to shit I dont know why I do that to myself. Its not like I have time for these set backs. I am really starting to have serious doubts about doing this event.
Can anyone recommend an anti estrogen that is avail in OZ or any others strategies employ to reduce estrogen?

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[IslandGirl]

Tough Mudder is not a joke! Excited to follow someone training for it! Have fun with it!

[broadys]

Tough Mudder is not a joke! Excited to follow someone training for it! Have fun with it!

Thanks I am shitting bricks a bit, I am no where near as fit or fabulous as last time I did it at the beginning of this year. I was actually fit enough that I wanted to set myself a real tough challenge and I did it both sat and sun and pulled up not to bad.

[broadys]

Hit a personal best today, had my husband spot me for the first set just to be sure

chest and tri's

tricep pushdown 6x6
tricep exten 3x 8
bench press (PB 46 pds) 6x6
incline bench press 3x 8

DB flyes 6x6


no cardio due to TOM
Still working on the ketosis thing

[swingslammer]

Just curious.....why are you cutting out coffee? As long as you don't use a ton of creamer and real sugar?

Good luck though.

[broadys]

Just curious.....why are you cutting out coffee? As long as you don't use a ton of creamer and real sugar?

Good luck though.

Thankyou for your support,

I do use cream- 2 teaspoons per cup.
I read Dave recommends 2 cups of coffee per day.
I do use a sf caffeine drink pre workout and also 2 hydroxycuts pre workout.
I am a shift worker so have abused coffee in the past to try and keep me awake