Thread: The Official Dreamviews Fit Club

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Total sleep: 4 hours

How do you get through the day with only 4 hours sleep?

Name: Mysteryhunter
Current buddy (if applicable): None
Want a buddy?: Not right now, unless they can keep up
Cheat Day (Optional): Saturday, Wednesday
Physical Goals: Started last month @ 185lbs, and want to get to total weight of 205 lbs in two 1/2 months. My greatest weight ever was 202lbs.
Days you'll exercise: Mon, Tue -Thurs, Fri Sun
Cardio Routine: Limited to 15 mins, only once/twice a week: Fighting bow staff, squash, elliptical, exercise biking. Once at my peak weight goal it will be extra cardio to slim back.
Weight Routine: Legs, chest, glutes, abs, abs and more abs, obliques, Bi, triceps weights.
Current weight: 191 lbs and climbing
Why are you joining?: I'm committed to a healthier lifestlye, want to break a personal weight gain goal.

Ozzi, short answer: Provigil. It is my "miracle" med. It's used by me normally to fight against excessive daytime sleepiness, but on very rare occasions I abuse it to help me forge through a day when sleep never comes or I receive too little rest or if I have to drive for more than an hour (driving "hypnotizes" me and anxiety over falling asleep triggers cataplexia).

I am in awe of you MysteryHunter!

I guess I'll be the first to post embarrassing pictures.






I want those GONE lol. I want my stomach to be flat again.

Name: mysterious dreamer
Current buddy (if applicable): None
Want a buddy?: sure
Cheat Day (Optional): I'll try not to cheat (yeah, right)
Physical Goals: gain weight, do one-armed pull-ups, have 6-pack, do 100 push-ups, do 200 crunches
Days you'll exercise: every
Cardio Routine: partying (does that count? ), walking and any sport whenever I get a chance
Weight Routine: pushups 3 times a week, crunches 3 times a week, pull-ups 5 times a week
Current weight: 70 kg
Height: 178 cm
Why are you joining?: I hope joining will prevent me from slacking.

Name (Username suffices): mysterious dreamer
Cardio workout(s) done today: almost none, walked half an hour
Weight workout(s) done today: push-ups and pull-ups
Areas of body worked today: arms, chest, back
Current weight: look above, hasn't changed
Current buddy: none
Foods consumed today: breakfast: can of tuna; lunch: eggs and tenderloin; dinner: four slices of bread with turkey pâté; late night snack: banana and orange; had plazma cookies and eurocream in between
Drinks consumed today: glass of mineral water, glass of milk, 0,75 l of yoghurt, lots of ordinary water

Mysterious Dreamer, would you like to be my buddy? It sounds like you're just getting starting too. If not, it's all good

Jeff, mind if I add my own health template? I use to keep a log every day for years but I got out of the habit What I'm adding is abbreviated from the original lol and it also contains life goals.
I use a 0-10 scale with 0 being the absolute worst or lowest, 5 being neutral or balanced, 10 being absolute best or overkill.
It includes:
Meditation [thought for the day]: N/A
Mood [how do I feel emotionally]: 5
Meds [what did I take in addition to daily norms]: norms & half inderal, two naproxen, 1/2 Provigil
Diet [balanced or bad and what exactly]: 4
Health [how do I physically feel]: 5
Those are normally separated by Morning, Noon, Evening but I don't want to go into that sort of detail here, but jumble it together.
Then my Totals (which are also abbreviated due to current situation):
Studied: 0
Ministry: 0
Cleaned: 4
Exercised: 4
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 7
Total Sleep: 9 hrs
Quality of Sleep [Both for the night before and any naps that day]: 4
Notes [for improvements]: Get busy self

By no means do I want anyone else to go into such detail unless they have a similar plan, I just thought it would be easier to keep it all in one place.

With the current template:
Cardio workout(s) done today: Yard and house work
Weight workout(s) done today: Hauling
Areas of body worked today: Overall
Current weight: 128
Current buddy: N/A
Foods consumed today: 2 oz bag of chips directly before asleep and after waking (the same bag), Couple sips of Coke (breakfast lol); Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, small fries, 32 oz Fountain Pepsi.; about 2 oz of Chow Mein noodles (like Ramen) but I've lost my taste for them and couldn't finish it.
Drinks consumed today: 20 oz bottle "Power-C Vitamin Water"
Will have gone through 2 packs of smokes before going to sleep (as I did yesterday but forgot to record). *Edit* 1 pack

I'm going to bed "early". Goodnight everyone.

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Ozzi, short answer: Provigil. It is my "miracle" med. It's used by me normally to fight against excessive daytime sleepiness, but on very rare occasions I abuse it to help me forge through a day when sleep never comes or I receive too little rest or if I have to drive for more than an hour (driving "hypnotizes" me and anxiety over falling asleep triggers cataplexia).

I am in awe of you MysteryHunter!

I guess I'll be the first to post embarrassing pictures.






I want those GONE lol. I want my stomach to be flat again.

Uh... most opf that looks like skin to me. You can't loose extra skin, only tighten it... or fill it with abs.

Yeah- I mostly want to tone. But Ehlers Danlos gives me highly elastic skin. I can only pinch an inch, but I REALLY want to get rid of my "butt belly"

COMPETITION!!





First one to lose 15 lbs. wins $100.00 in cash

Catch: Must have a picture taken of yourself on a scale every 7 days so that we may keep visual track of your progress. (face not required to be shown but your name must be written down on paper and be visible within the picture.) Also must have paypal account. And yes...this is real.

If you are entering this competition. You can only enter this competition by saying so.

Requirements:

- Must consistently keep updating your log on the days you've set for working out.

Prize offering starts 2/14/2009 and ends 4/14/2009.

That sounds VERY nice, but I don't yet have a scale nor a bank account (so no paypal lol).
But I still love the motivation of this thread with or without the extra incentive

Cardio workout(s) done today: -
Weight workout(s) done today: upper body
Areas of body worked today: Biceps/triceps, shoulders, chest
Current weight: 193 (+2 lbs) (Goal to reach 205 lbs)
Current buddy: N/A
Foods consumed today: Protein, and lots of it.
190 grams.

Morning diet was very, very healthy & balanced.

I did not successfully reduce my "bad" fats this afternoon.
Blessed are those with the knowledge of the difference between true hunger and appetite.
I can not enter the competition as I am gaining weight

Saturday
Cardio workout(s) done today:None(Didnt go cause my legs were jellying again )
Weight workout(s) done today:None
Foods consumed today:8 medium pancakes, tin of herrings, 3 toasts, 6 slices pizza.
Drinks consumed today:500ml milk, 2 cups of tea

Monday
Cardio workout(s) done today:None
Weight workout(s) done today:None (Was supposed to have gym but regular teacher was away, so no open )
Foods consumed today:Bowl of cereal, half a bag of chips, nut bar thingy, jam sandwich(yeah i know -.-), lasagne.
Drinks consumed today:2xtea, 2 cups water

Gonna try to go for a run now, report back later.


EDIT:'Twas shithouse. I got about one lap around (600m) and the stitch started. Another two laps and the stomach and chest pains started, so time to head home. Only 1.2 miles.....now if i can only add 10 miles on to that ill be up to Ninja's standards I do hope these pains are only because im unfit.

Great job MysteryHunter and Ozzi.
Ozzi, I'm sure the stitches are just from being out of practice. Keep up the great work!

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Mysterious Dreamer, would you like to be my buddy? It sounds like you're just getting starting too. If not, it's all good

Jeff, mind if I add my own health template? I use to keep a log every day for years but I got out of the habit What I'm adding is abbreviated from the original lol and it also contains life goals.
I use a 0-10 scale with 0 being the absolute worst or lowest, 5 being neutral or balanced, 10 being absolute best or overkill.
It includes:
Meditation [thought for the day]: N/A
Mood [how do I feel emotionally]: 5
Meds [what did I take in addition to daily norms]: norms & half inderal, two naproxen, 1/2 Provigil
Diet [balanced or bad and what exactly]: 4
Health [how do I physically feel]: 5
Those are normally separated by Morning, Noon, Evening but I don't want to go into that sort of detail here, but jumble it together.
Then my Totals (which are also abbreviated due to current situation):
Studied: 0
Ministry: 0
Cleaned: 4
Exercised: 4
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 7
Total Sleep: 9 hrs
Quality of Sleep [Both for the night before and any naps that day]: 4
Notes [for improvements]: Get busy self

By no means do I want anyone else to go into such detail unless they have a similar plan, I just thought it would be easier to keep it all in one place.

With the current template:
Cardio workout(s) done today: Yard and house work
Weight workout(s) done today: Hauling
Areas of body worked today: Overall
Current weight: 128
Current buddy: N/A
Foods consumed today: 2 oz bag of chips directly before asleep and after waking (the same bag), Couple sips of Coke (breakfast lol); Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger, small fries, 32 oz Fountain Pepsi.; about 2 oz of Chow Mein noodles (like Ramen) but I've lost my taste for them and couldn't finish it.
Drinks consumed today: 20 oz bottle "Power-C Vitamin Water"
Will have gone through 2 packs of smokes before going to sleep (as I did yesterday but forgot to record). *Edit* 1 pack

I'm going to bed "early". Goodnight everyone.

Sure, buddy! I'm not exactly starting, just starting back after two months of pause, with added workouts.

Ninja's Running Guide

Thought I'd share my knowledge. First my experience, to show that I know what I'm talking about. I ran track and cross country in high school, I ran track in college for a division 2 team. I'm completed 2 marathon and am training for the Hawaii Ironman.

Stretching

It's important to know just know how to stretch, but when. Stretch lightly before your run, but not very much. Why would you want your muscles too loose when you go out, those muscles are what keep you stable. However, if you're too tight, you might pull something. It's better to be too tight than too loose. Too tight will result in muscle injuries, too loose will result in joint injuries. Muscles heal, joints don't.

When you get done with your run, start stretching, it will increase your flexibility and your muscles stretch too.

Start Slow

You aren't going to be able to run a marathon after a month of training. Start with only a few miles a week. That first week is hell, but you should see a huge improvement immediately, then it will kind of plateau and you'll get better slowly.

Don't train too hard. 2 weeks of overtraining takes 8 weeks of recovery to get better. Listen to your body. If your muscles are sore, you can push through it and keep training, if they really hurt, take a day or two off. If you feel aching in your joints, take the day off and take some condroitan.

Ice

When you're done stretching and showering and such, ice your body, wherever it is the most sore. Remember your joints always have first priority. If your muscle hurts and your knee hurts, ice the knee.

Even if you don't feel sore or anything, ice. This is preventative. Knees and shins are usually the first things to start aching so do them.

Good Shoes

Good shoes are expensive, but well worth it. Expect to pay >$100 on a good pair of running shoes. The good ones last longer and are better for your body. They should be soft and have a good cushion. High impact will cause permanent damage, so the better the cushion, the better your body will be. I recommend Nike Air 360 or 180.

Make sure that they fit perfectly. Don't worry about sounding rude t the guy in the shoe store. You're going to put a good 500 miles on these shoes, they damn well better be perfect. If there is any wiggle room, then you will get ankle problems and blisters.

The sole is very important. If you have an arch, make sure that the sole fits it perfectly. Just little bit of room is the difference between terrible shin splints and possibly a stress fracture, and healthy legs. This isn't too important as the shape of the shoe, you can always buy insteps to put into the shoe, that's what I do.

Hydration

Especially in the winter. Yes, the winter. The summer is equally important, but it should be common sense in the summer to stay hydrated.

In the winter you sweat less and people think this means that they don't need to drink as much. Here's what they forget: the air is dry. In the summer you take moisture in with every breath, in the winter you don't, but you still expel a ton of it. You know how you can see your breath in the winter? That's lost moisture, and when you're breathing hard that adds up very quickly.

Gatorade is best because it also has electrolytes that you also loose in sweat.

Stay the right temperature

In the winter, dress semi-warm, but not hot. Even in the winter, you can overheat with too much clothes on. I usually go out in shorts and a spandex top. That's plenty, your body produces more than enough body heat to keep you warm.

In the summer it's important to stay cool. Whatever you're drinking should be very cold to help regulate your internal body temperature, but what you were is important. Guys, don't mind what you look like, get a real pair of running shorts. Running shorts should come to about a foot above your knee, basketball shorts will make you very hot (and cause you to chafe)

Run shirtless if you're male, in a sports bra if you're female, nothing more.

For those of you who run > 10 miles / day. Shave. Most people think that distance runners shave their legs because of wind resistance, like swimmers do. That's not true. It's because without leg hair the sweat beads and is expelled easier, cooling us faster.

In a run that's very long (18 miles or more) you will overheat. No way around it, even olympians overheat. What you want to do is delay the overheating so that you have to push through less of it. That's the point of shaving our legs / chests / arms before races and those ice packs.

Wow! Very great and thorough guide, though I must say your avatar is very misleading. I used to think it was you until I saw the sex symbol and noticed you're a guy Even still, I see you in my mind as a dainty, fit and attractive woman. So when I read 'training for the ironman' I was even more blown away

I need to work on hydration probably more than anything. I drink, on average, about 24 oz. of coke a day and that's it. Since joining this thread I've been forcing myself to drink a 20 oz bottle of Vitamin Water before bed. I simply don't feel thirsty unless I work up a sweat which is rarely (even when I exercise, it takes a lot to make me sweat though when I do exercise it's rarely strenuous).


Thanks for being my buddy, Mysterious Dreamer Any goals today?
I'm going grocery shopping later tonight and buying more stress cords and a pump for my pilate ball. I think all my cords are at our "Farm" and I can either buy more cords for $10. or drive out there on about $20. in gas lol I'll be exercising with them this evening.
I NEED to get outside and pick up a million packaging peanuts that were blown into the yard during the wind storm, but I'm feeling very lazy and unmotivated today.

So far, I've only eaten about 12 small spoons of peach icecream and taken a few drinks of coke. I skipped breakfast but I'm having a Cornish Hen for dinner and I'll probably get some fries when I'm out later. I had 5 hours of sleep last night and I'm thinking about taking a nap

My goals for today are done!

Name (Username suffices): mysterious dreamer
Cardio workout(s) done today: walked hour and a half
Weight workout(s) done today: crunches and pull-ups
Areas of body worked today: arms, abs, back
Current weight: it's still 70 kg
Current buddy: Zhaylin
Foods consumed today: breakfast: some meat; lunch: same meat, rice and carrot; dinner: two bananas and two oranges; had plazma cookies and eurocream in between
Drinks consumed today: 0,5 l of yoghurt, lots of water
Buddy's performance: Still early to say, but your nutrition needs some work from what I saw. (McDonald's and cheeseburgers are a big no )

Cardio workout(s) done today: 30 min. brisk walk, pilates 30 min.
Weight workout(s) done today: ditto
Areas of body worked today: Legs, arms, stomach
Current weight: 128
Current buddy: Mysterious Dreamer
Foods consumed today: 12 small spoonfuls of peach icecream, few drinks of coke; 1/2 an Arby's Fish Sandwich, Med. Fries, 32 oz. Fountain Pepsi, Raisin filled Cookie; 20 oz.
Drinks consumed today: the above plus 20 oz. "XXX Vitamin Water"
Buddy's performance as a buddy (1/10): 10- helped get me off my butt
Rate your buddy's progress (1/10): 8 Dinner might've been a little better.

Mood: 5
Meds: Norms plus a gas-x *Edit It's 12:30AM and my bp is 137/101 pulse of 100 from sitting around doing nothing at all so I'm adding 1/2 inderal*
Health: 4 Feel run down, little energy, just generally "blah"

Studied: 0
Ministry: 0
Cleaned: 5
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 5
Total Sleep: 8 hours
Quality of Sleep: 4

Cardio workout(s) done today: Short walk through the woods.
Weight workout(s) done today: Back presses, crunches.
Areas of body worked today: Abs, arms.
Current weight: 145
Current buddy: Jeff777
Foods consumed today: Plate of dressing, chicken, and cranberry sauce for lunch, a few bites of a strawberry cheesecake in the afternoon, and stir-fried chicken with onions, garlic, ginger and green onions and vegetable fried rice (I cooked supper).
Drinks consumed today: A few glasses of sweet tea, cup of coffee (with sugar and milk), cup of hot chocolate.
Buddy's performance as a buddy (1/10): 10 - Started this thread and 'tis motivating me.
Rate your buddy's progress (1/10): 8 - So far, we'll say.

For yesterday

Name (Username suffices): NJ
Cardio workout(s) done today: 30-45 mins on track
Weight workout(s) done today: weight machines and fun stuff like that.
Areas of body worked today: upper and lower body
Current weight: 115
Current buddy: N/A
Foods consumed today: Tumbleweed dinner (dad' birthday lulz)
Drinks consumed today: Water

I weigh in tonight, so I'll have more information after that's done. I feel it would be more convenient for me to keep a weekly log rather than try to post here daily. I should get something typed up to keep track or keep my laptop on more often

Name: A. Star
Date of joining fitness club: 12/13/09
Current weight: 228.2

Fitness Report: This weekend I was at a youth event, so I averaged about 6 hours of sleep each night, less than usual for me. I took yesterday off of work to recuperate and I was very sore from DDR (at least a half hour to an hour 2/8/09-2/15/09) and an intense few hours of Paintball. Luckily the mud came out of my good jeans, but I think I need to buy new jeans as they were quite loose. I hope no one was behind me when I bent down behind the logs. I'm taking that as a good sign, though. I'm going for a walk tonight as my PS2 is still at our church and I think my sore body would start rebelling if I tried jumping around too much. A walk is just the thing I need to stretch my legs and I'll do so after weigh-in.

Nutrition Report: On a scale of 1-10 on how well I've eaten (1 being "anorexic" and 10 being "gluttonous pig") I'd rate it a 6 or 7. I didn't do too terribly, but I do still eat when I'm bored and I did a bit of this this last weekend. I balanced less healthy food with salad and some other vegetables, but I had a little more ice cream than I should have. Not too bad, but there's room for improvement.

Overall, I'm fairly proud of myself for this last week.

Goal for this coming week: Lose another pound and/or make my 10% goal of 24 pounds.

Mid-range goal: Lose another 6 pounds by the time I go up to Montana (3/28/09).

Long-term goal: Be under 200 pounds by the end of the year. Heck, yah!

Some people don't eat out a whole lot, but some people do. If you tend to visit a restaurant on a regular basis, you might want to think about just what you're eating. Eating well isn't about "eating less" but rather "eating right." It's okay to treat yourself once in a while, but you may be surprised what you're putting in your mouth. There are a number of websites with nutrition information and I would recommend taking a look before you go out to see what healthier alternatives might be to that 1-pound grease-bomb cheeseburger and cheesy chili fries.

Personally I've found it easier to think about what I'm eating from week to week. If I want to treat myself to something a little less than healthy, I can compensate by eating a few less calories/points throughout the rest of the week.

Anyway, here is some of the sites that I found about food facts and a few tools:
http://www.dietfacts.com/
http://www.myfooddiary.com/
http://www.healthydiningfinder.com/
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/ (Has an exercise calorie counter as well. I don't know how specifically accurate it is, but it can give you a ballpark idea.)
http://www.calorieking.com/foods/

If anyone has any more information or advice they've learned, feel free to share it. Thanks, ninja, for that information on running! I doubt I'll be running a marathon in the next 5 years (I'm just not a runner), but I appreciate your advice on stretching, types of clothing to wear, and a reminder to keep drinking water in the winter.

Cardio workout(s) done today: table tennis for an hour, walked half an hour
Weight workout(s) done today: pull-ups, push-ups
Areas of body worked today: arms, chest, back
Current weight: 70 kg (154 lbs)
Current buddy: Zhaylin
Foods consumed today: can of tuna, 100g of mini pizzas, four slices of bread with chicken pâté, cornflakes, banana, plazma cookies and eurocream
Drinks consumed today: 1,5 l of yoghurt, lots of water
Buddy's performance as a buddy (1/10): 10
Rate your buddy's progress (1/10): 8 - got of her butt. Vegetables and fruits are your friends. The sooner you realise, the better.

WOOT! Way to go everyone!!

Cardio workout(s) done today: 30 min. pilates
Weight workout(s) done today: 30 minutes of tubes
Areas of body worked today: arms, legs, butt, stomach
Current weight: 128
Current buddy: Mysterious Dreamer
Foods consumed today: So far: Cheese Stick for breakfast w/ about 3 oz. of Caffeine Free Coke; skipped lunch; Cornish Hen from yesterday and broccoli w/ cheese, 6 oz. C.F. Coke; Desert Parfait
Drinks consumed today: Can of Coke, "XXX Vitamin Water"
Buddy's performance as a buddy (1/10): 10 Great job!
Rate your buddy's progress (1/10): 10 Keep up the great work!

Mood: 4 Blah
Meds: Norms
Health: 4 Blah plus a cold

Studied: 0
Ministry: 0
Cleaned: 5
Recreation: 5
Groomed: 5
Total Sleep: about 8 hours I think all in all
Quality of Sleep: 3

Cigarettes yesterday: 2 packs
Cigarettes today: Will be about 2 packs

I'm freaking ticked off!!!!!

Gained four pounds.

So much for feeling good about last week...