Pushed myself a little too much yesterday .. and made myself really .. woozy all evening. Not so well anyways and stressed out (had like 1.5-2 hours sleep that day).

Jogged a lot, with some sprints uphill. Came back after 30 minutes and did jump rope even though was feeling off already after stopping. Jump rope I'll just call it training since i stumble after 50 rotations - about 30 seconds, but yesterday I didn't give myself much recovery time in between (which was stupid on top of everything) .. maybe 30 seconds max. Definitely did it for at least 10 minutes when you know logically one should not do HIIT after cardio. Then I bent over to pick some leaves .. and voila, almost blacked out. Rest of the evening was spent feeling really light-headed and freaking out (silently of course).

The absolute funniest thing was that I was worried that if I passed out right then .... it means I won't be able to work out tomorrow. Getting a bit obsessed I guess.

May regret this later but .. well, here we go .. progress picture!

Side-by-side
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Late Dec 06 (172+) versus 11 May 07 (162 - 163)

Notice a difference in my upper arms - shoulders, mid-section quite a bit. My collarbones (clavicle) are surprisingly starting to show up in the pictures I just took. Very cool!

Major work still to be done
- Thighs (serious work)
- Upper Arms (from behind - triceps)
- Back (above the bra line)
- Mid-section (but pretty okay with how it's progressing)

This post has been edited by kirakracus: May 14 2007, 08:50 AM

wah lau eh... bikini pics *nose bleed*

you didn't hafta wear the same bikini, show some variety

can see that u lost some BF

This post has been edited by King83: May 11 2007, 10:33 PM

hey ur arms are not so flabby anymore and your tummy size is reduced! good job lady! congrats! no shit GOOD PROGRESS!

Not that sexy lah .. everything covered up!

Progress pics must wear the same bikini I think .. you know to see how it fits and all that. Plus I only have two - never worn them in public EVER so that's sort of been a goal of mine .. to finally be okay enough to wear them out.

Thanks! Glad to see that I'm not just thinking my clothes feel better Feeling very motivated these past coupla days .. woohoo

progress pic wear the same thing and take picture at the same angle. preferrably same lighting.

ok.. before any idiots starts to turn into a werewolf.. let's keep the thread clean...




























after me ok..

WOOHOO!!!

ok.. on a serious note.. i think what u lack is the full squat(pls throw the parallel out thank u).. i roughly browsed thru ur workouts and i think u need to throw out body pump as it is one class i absolutely object to as the form that they teach u is BS.. and in 3 months of squatting u'll be getting that sexy lower body that u want..

serious.. chicks who squat heavy(for their weight) long enuff will see the results..

besides everything else.. congrats!!! great improvement!!

This post has been edited by carlsuen: May 12 2007, 12:22 AM

You the WOMANNNNNNNNNNNN...You're really brave.
Congratz....I can see improvements there. Keep up the good work.

a second look, i noticed she lost fat everywhere....
even her thigh shrunk

lol .. thanks carlsuen

I'll try full squats in the future - is it okay if I start without much weights first?

Thanks shadowjass Still a long way to go but at least finally I can see that I can/will get there!

Just an update ..

Think I hurt my left arm last week. It has symptoms of tennis elbow from what I can gauge so I have to rest it. Today is the 2nd day with it and it has not gone away. I have to cut back my strength training - or not lift at all. Not sure what to do.

The flipside is that because of this .. I got an iPod Nano and the Nike + kit and shoes .. so will be doing loads of running.

it's definitely great to squat without weights for beginners.. but at least try to hold the 20kg bar la.. haha.. will be tough the first time, just get used to it.. watch tonnes of vid.. meet up with The Queen SydG if u need some lessons on squatting.. seems she's the pro around here.. haha!

regarding your tennis elbow, u gotta stretch more often and i think weight training in the long run will save u the injury and pain as ur muscle would be more accustomed to the impact of tennis thru some weight lifting..

Try cutting back on pushing movements especially triceps extension.

Thanks for the tip. So that means .. I can still do stuff with the arm and not just do a complete 100% rest? I'm just afraid it'll be permanent i.e. aggravate the tendons past a certain point.

Try doing light weights and see how things go. If it still hurts, it's wise to stop for a week or two.

Have to take a major break. It seems it is spreading towards my whole left side - my knee cap (back of thigh, calves hurt from time to time) and elbow (upper arm, forearm). The pain comes & goes whenever it feels like it .. though today there's more pain in the legs. No swelling though - so possibly not caused by over-exertion.

I'm guessing it's because of those antibiotics last week - final course on Friday evening .. and the pain started on Thurs-Fri, knee on Sat-Sun. Augmentin seems to give loads of side effects (like those gastric pains all last week) and it seems "joint pain" can show up even after a few weeks afterwards.

Later today finally getting some anti-inflammatory meds so hopefully this will help clear all this nonsense soon.

Edit @ Tue - Ibuprofen helped a lot, pain mostly gone but will give weights a rest until end of week. Will try treadmill work this evening, especially since I've got to start getting consistent for the Nike+ challenge.

This post has been edited by kirakracus: May 15 2007, 01:38 PM

Hmm .. I always say I'll "take a break" but then when I feel a tad better .. poof, back at it going full tilt.

Absolutely enjoying Nike+. Totally motivating and keep breaking my "personal best" for stuff - although I pretty much suck compared to everyone else.

Trying to work out every day on the treadmill for this week, 2 days in only but really love pushing myself.

thats good to hear, but how's your arm feeling?
don't really need to compare with others all the time... as long as you're progressing, its good.

Arm was better after taking Ibuprofen 1x. Should have gotten it earlier!

Well said. Keep up the good work girl.