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07-25-2006, 04:01 AM
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| IMPC Contestant  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34   |  Thanks DF and DNYC, I appreciate the encouragement and kind words  I am definitely looking forward to getting the tummy out of the way!  Good luck in IMPC DNYC, I'll be cheering you all on!
__________________ Nov 2008 - ??? - IMPC '08 is on!  Nov 2007 - 158.4 lb - Saw Abs! Nov 2004 - 282.5 lbs My Transformation: Transformation Story My Journal: DawnMarie's Bounce Back Journal @ OSB |
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07-25-2006, 04:01 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34 |  End of Log Progress Charts Here are the updated charts for end of the log, including a new chart to show % based strength increase. Summary stats to follow. Measurements  Bodyfat  Daily Weight  Fat Mass vs. Non-Fat Mass  Strength 
__________________ Nov 2008 - ??? - IMPC '08 is on! Nov 2007 - 158.4 lb - Saw Abs! Nov 2004 - 282.5 lbs My Transformation: Transformation Story My Journal: DawnMarie's Bounce Back Journal @ OSB |
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07-25-2006, 04:02 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34 | End of Log Summary Stats These charts and numbers along with my progress pics speak volumes as it is, needless to say I am a very happy girl!! However, I will have final thoughts on my progress, the plan and all the supps in the next day or so. Weight Change: -5.6 lbs BF% Change Caliper: -10.9% BF% Change Scale: -5.2% Fat Mass Lost: - 10.1 lbs Lean Mass Gained: +4.5 lbs Inches Lost: 2.75 inches Inches Gained (calves): + .5 inches Clothing Size Change: - 1 to 2 sizes
__________________ Nov 2008 - ??? - IMPC '08 is on! Nov 2007 - 158.4 lb - Saw Abs! Nov 2004 - 282.5 lbs My Transformation: Transformation Story My Journal: DawnMarie's Bounce Back Journal @ OSB |
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07-25-2006, 01:08 PM
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| IMPC Contestant  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Northern VA
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 6 | DM: So much awesomeness! And you'll probably lose another size after the swelling goes down too. Your pictures continue to inspire approval from friends of mine looking over my shoulder. Normal reaction "Who's that chick? She's HOT!" I know I've only seen 12 weeks of your journey here but I'm inspired. You really are transforming and it's a wonderful thing to bear witness to. Don't be a stranger. Arghlita |
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07-26-2006, 01:40 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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That would be awesome! LOL...can't imagine that, too funny, but it is flattering, thank you.Thanks for following along and for all your support. Remember: You really ARE transforming too!!! It is just harder to see it in yourself while it is happening. And I will be watching adn cheering for you!! Keep it going girl, you can do it!!!
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07-26-2006, 01:41 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
Posts: 880
Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34 | Update 7/25/06 Tuesday Very hectic day today and one of those days where it seems things in the universe are just working against you.. - Dragged my butt out of bed early on 4 hrs sleep to get my son to registration to find out the website was wrong and it starts tommorrow, during work hours only - nice. And oh I would have know that if I read the email (the one I signed up for but they never sent to me) - Commuted 1 hr each way to work and hit major traffic, then still got off work late - Went to the gym FINALLY, excited to bang some iron and de-stress, I was greeted by a roped off parking lot and a big sign "Closed due to power outage, reopen tommorrow". Hope I will get another chance before I am out of commission Arrrggghhh!!!  Ok, I feel better now .....on the bright side:- Discovered a cool health food store by my office called Wild Oats, they had the arnica montana I had been searching for. It is a homeopathic that is used to reduce bruising and swelling from trauma or surgery and is recommended by alot of Drs. - I resisted the urge to buy the giant "healthy" chocolate muffin at Wild Oats...OMG it looked SOOOO good! - I drank lots of water and stuck to my diet plan - Sore throat I had this morning seems to be going away, looking forward to some sleep...soon I hope! - T-2 days!!! One more work day left! Enough rambling, hope everyone had a great day and hope to have final thoughts tommorrow. Alot on my mind today, a bit nervous, and very busy and need to wind down a bit and do some chores so I can try to turn in early.
__________________ Nov 2008 - ??? - IMPC '08 is on! Nov 2007 - 158.4 lb - Saw Abs! Nov 2004 - 282.5 lbs My Transformation: Transformation Story My Journal: DawnMarie's Bounce Back Journal @ OSB |
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07-26-2006, 05:58 AM
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| Pink Members Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Vancouver, B.C.
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 27 | Hello DM, Once again, I stopping by to see what's up and get an update. WOW! those charts are something else, very meticulous. I couldn't track stuff like that. I wouldn't have the patience  The big day is almost here!  You are gonna be one gorgeous chicky when all of this is done with a stunning mid-section. I am SO jealous  Take care and keep us updated |
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07-26-2006, 02:53 PM
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| IMPC Contestant  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: at home
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 10 | Oh DM!!! I just wanted to stop by and wish you the best for your Surgery! Come back on as soon as you feel up to it and let us know how you are doing K gurl? Excited for you and cannot wait to see your after pics! Let me know how everything goes so I know what to expect for mine that I will hopefully get very soon I have about 15-20lbs left to lose until I hit my goal.
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07-27-2006, 02:04 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Yeah, guess I went a little overboard on the charts..lol..what can I say, I am a geek and a little OCD about my weight Thanks I hope it will go well too and am anxious to see how I will look. I've never had this much of any syrgery before so a little nervous but it'll be fine. Just want to to get here already! Really, you should not be jealous because I know you will also have a stunning midsection and you will not need to undergo surgery to get it either! Keep on rockin the IMPC and then all the way to the stage!! I will update as soon as I can afterwatrd. My procedures will be at 2 pm on Fri, about 5 hrs long and then I will be overnight in the hospital. In case I am still a little drugged for my 1st post-op update, I give a disclaimer now: I am not responsible for anything I saw under the influence Have a great night JJ!
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07-27-2006, 02:11 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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I defintely will update and will definitely post after pics I have been asked about befores but not sure I want to "let it all hang out" publicly (meaning my fat) :o I may put some up on a surgery-related before/after site where I have an account with password for those interested. I am thinking about it. I will certainly let you know how it goes and can PM me any questions if you don't want to post them Wow, you are close! Keep up the great work!! I have read it is good to be within 10-15 lbs of goal. The closer the better in my opinion. I had changed my goal from 150 to 125 a while back based on some "ideal weight" charts I had. After talking with EME and going by the mirror, I felt that was not really where I needed to be based on my body and the muscle I carry. I think my original goal of 150 was more realistic and doc said I didn;t need to lose more so I think it will work out for me, I am close (see update coming)! From now on I am going by the mirror to gauge my progress (I will still do weight and BF because I am anal..lol) but I think if I keep replacing fat with muscle someday I could maybe be 135-145 if I got really lean. We'll see...I plan to keep getting the fat off and get shredded one of these days!!
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07-27-2006, 02:13 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34 | Quick Update - Wednesday 7/26/06 Happy Hump Day! Last day of work for me and T-1 more day until my surgery! Things are hectic getting everything wrapped up at work but I got some extra sleep and have maintained my weight despite not working out yesterday so that makes me very happy Still hovering at 162.2 lbs.Trying to continue to up my water intake. Sticking to my diet today and then tommorrow I am going to attempt to do a modified Carb Up/High Cal day. I will be on the road to various appointments so it will be a challenge but I will try to get clean cals as much as possible. I figured it would be good to refeed before my surgery since I will likely eat very little, if anything, on Friday. Excited to take my "official" before pics at the Dr tommorrow!! Thank you to everyone for continuing to follow and your patience while I get the final thoughts completed. I plan to post them as soon as I can get some uninterrupted time to work on them, likely tonight or tommorrow at latest.
__________________ Nov 2008 - ??? - IMPC '08 is on! Nov 2007 - 158.4 lb - Saw Abs! Nov 2004 - 282.5 lbs My Transformation: Transformation Story My Journal: DawnMarie's Bounce Back Journal @ OSB |
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07-27-2006, 02:14 AM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34 | Update: Afternoon Weigh-In - Wednesday 7/26/06 Drumrolll please..................... 160.6....  A new PR! I am SOOOOO close to my goal of breaking into the 150s!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yet so far....one more day to go..might have to skip the carb up and got for the 159!!!!!!!!!!!!!
__________________ Nov 2008 - ??? - IMPC '08 is on! Nov 2007 - 158.4 lb - Saw Abs! Nov 2004 - 282.5 lbs My Transformation: Transformation Story My Journal: DawnMarie's Bounce Back Journal @ OSB |
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07-27-2006, 12:09 PM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34 | Morning Weigh-In 7/27/06 Thursday Look what I saw this morning!!! A new PR!!! I made my goal of hitting the 159s before surgery - woo-hoo!!! I am SOOOO happy!!! I have not seen this number on the scale since 8th or 9th grade!! I had to weigh 3 times across 2 scales to believe it was true! Yipee!!    P.S. Started on final review. Plan to post later today. Lots of errands and appointments today including the big pre-op visit with official before pics - eek it's getting close!! Planning to have dinner out with the family if all goes as planned today. And now...time to carb up and eat some pancakes!!! Have a great day everyone!
__________________ Nov 2008 - ??? - IMPC '08 is on! Nov 2007 - 158.4 lb - Saw Abs! Nov 2004 - 282.5 lbs My Transformation: Transformation Story My Journal: DawnMarie's Bounce Back Journal @ OSB |
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07-28-2006, 02:06 PM
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| IMPC Contestant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Florida
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Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 34 |  FINAL THOUGHTS Okay so here it FINALLY is...sorry it took so long!! I was out all day and fell asleep last night in my sons bed trying to get him to sleep! Needless to say I am now a hungry girl and no more food for me. So much for my pre-midnight last meal. Oh well, I am sure I can "live off the land" for a while LOL I am very excited and nervous and wearing my little black gramma coverup! hehehe Took some pics and waved bye bye to the last parts of my former self - good riddance!! Well, Mom will be here soon, I've got to drop off some prescriptions to make sure I have my arsenal of drugs for later , then will be outta here about 10 am. I will be offline until sometime tommorrow, hope to get to do an "I'm alive" post LOL, hopefully in the evening tommorrow.THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to everyone for your tremendous support and encouragement!! P.S. I have official ok to take supps again 2 weeks post-op. I will be taking Shred-XS for my next log and thanks to Millennium Sport I will be testing it as a sponsored log. Thanks Millenium! I will post a link to the new log here as soon as I get it up.FINAL THOUGHTS/REVIEW - SUPPLEMENTS Basic Cuts, Designer Supplements Energy: Energy is good, smooth and seems to taper off off gradually without any crashing. Seemed to work especially well when combined with Xceed pre-WO. No jitters like Ephedrine. Not as potenent as Stim-X or AMP, but no unpleasant sides either. Can be taken in the afternoon and doesn't interfere with sleep. Appetite Suppression: Controlled appetite but didn't completely kill it to the point you forget to it, this is a good thing IMO. Dosing: I found 2 caps 30-45 min pre-WO to be effective for me putting me at 4 caps most days. Occasionally for a very long day, I added 2 in the afternoon. This put me at 6/day but I had no problems and was able to sleep without issues which is nice. Side Effects: Only increased thirst and the expected effects of a thermo (warm/energy). You know it is working but it isn't overpowering or uncomfortable. Other: Inexpensive compared to other similar products Overall: I think lack of side effects, inexpensive cost and the shorter acting energy that wears off nicely are big plusses. IMO this a great product, I enjoyed taking it, would definitely take again and would recommend it to others as a staple/daily type stim. I really liked the fact that I could alternate with other stims even if I took them during the same day and didn't have any problems. Sesamin, Scivation Effectiveness: Because there were no sides, it is difficult to comment on the effectiveness. I did lose body fat, some in stubborn areas, and fatty areas seemed to become softer over time. I can't say 100% that this was due to this product although I do feel that it is the type of supplement that may enhance effects you would get from your diet and exercise plan rather than have an specific effect to can feel. Dosing: 2 caps per day, evenly spaced Side effects: None Other: Comparable to other similar products. Overall: Having no sides was a plus, however, I am undecided as to the extent that this product helped/promoted fat loss. It is hard to tell. Not sure if I would take again or not. Xceed, Designer Supplements Effectiveness: I didn't really get the "pumps" others describe from this product except maybe once or twice but I definitely felt it gave me an energy boost and felt stronger and more performant during workouts when I took it. Stacked great with Basic Cuts and Xtend/Excell pre-WO. Mixability: M |
