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New Server Hardware.

jdv — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:48:17 GMT

As a response to this thread: http://www.darkmesa.com/front-desk/2...yone-else.html We've looked into the situtation and have upgraded our hardware to allocate more resources. The slowdown issue should be resolved now that the additional server has been synced to handle additional bandwidth and users.

Darkmesa Updates For April, 2009

jdv — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:11:10 GMT

Hello all, here is a list of changes and updates that have been made:

Added Skins:
- Darkmesa Dark 2009 Skin
- Darkmesa SFW Skin

Removed avatars
Removed signatures
Replaced images with hyperlinks
Removed profile pictures

Added Policies:
- Privacy Policy: darkmesa - Privacy Policy
- Terms of Service: darkmesa - Terms of Service
- Forum Guidelines: http://www.darkmesa.com/front-desk/4...4-18-09-a.html

Portal Features
- Updated Portal with new Modules
- Added RSS feed: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/darkmesa

Misc
- Updated All Skins to include Arcade links
- Added larger selection of Arcade games
- Reorganized forums, added and renamed.
- Added mobile redirection away from Portal and directly to forum.

Day 9

BlackArtemis — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:19:55 GMT

ok so now that I am studying and working I am swamped. Tomm I will be getting up around 6am and getting back home around 10pm, so yeah... The level i will be recording my intake will change (and at some point be edited to be more in depth! I promise >_<)

cals
2,323

carbs
256

fat
80

protein
142

This is cause I had two sandwiches, one cheese steak and one turkey egg and cheese and 4 bowls of cereal.

I WAS STARVING all day, now that I am stressed i feel like I need more, just from now on it will be a little bit cleaner and close to 1800 cals rather than the 1200 I was running on.

now for some cardio...

day 8

BlackArtemis — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:00:44 GMT

lost 3lbs this week, finished my exercise in the morning (chest and back) all the way through

now off to class and work.

ugh exhausted from today,

cals 1,290
carbs 113
fat 20
protein 162

from 6am-11pm
workout, 3 classes and 7hrs of work...

keeping up with my health, if not my blogs.

Day 7

BlackArtemis — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 02:25:31 GMT

Ok gonna be fast,

today was a rest day

I ate

2cups of cereal and 1 1/2 cup of milk for breakfast

lunch was:

9oz of chicken and 2 slices of cheese on 2 large rice cakes

dinner was

9oz of chicken
3oz of eye roast
3 small slices of italian bread (probably not even = to 1 slice of bread)
1 cup of applesauce
4oz of pecan pie

gonna write up the numbers tomm, but I have my first day of class tomm, and work, so be patient, now I am off to do some cardio ;)

Day 6

BlackArtemis — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:05:35 GMT

So today was kenpo, or Cadio Kickboxing.

I usually scoff at this, I think it's kinda lame, like cardio plus a lame karate class, but it was different today. I enjoyed it a lot. I took 3 hydroxycut and grabbed my purple wraath and went at it 30 mins after waking up and I felt great!

Forgot to thaw my chicken, so I had

breakfast

3 egg beaters w/ 2 servings of turkey pepperoni.

meal total

260 cal
12.5g fat
1g carb
36g protein

happy because I did the calorie and protein calculations in my head w/o referring to my charts with nutritional data.

I will aim for around 200g protein 130ish g carbs and under 40g of fat for today.

snack:

granny smith
serving of pepperoni

150 cal
4g fat
22g carb
17g sugar
5g fiber
9g protein

lunch:
6oz of tuna fish
3oz of baby carrots
1 protein bar

485 cal
8.5g fat
4g carb
6g sugar
6g fiber
72g protein

dinner
9oz od skinless chicken breast
1 cup of Thai Jasmine rice (BTW only rice form Thailand is worth your money)

470 cal
3.4g fat
45g carb
62.25g protein

Snack:2

3 homemade peanut butter tandies
estimation based on other recipes

added as a snack after I calculated my meals for the day.
250 cal
12g fat
30g carbs
20g sugar
2g fiber
2g protein

total:

1615 cal
40.4g fat
102g carb
43g sugar
13g fiber
181.25g protein

Day 5

BlackArtemis — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:32:35 GMT

OK here we go

Food

Breakfast

2cup of frootloops (says other carbs, don't know if they go into the 28 carbs listed as well or not)
1.5 cup 2% milk

365 cal
9.5g fat
73.5-94.5g carbs
48g sugar
2g fiber
4g protein

Snack:

1 green apple
80 cal
22g carb
5g fiber
17g sugar

Lunch:

6oz Tuna fish
3oz Baby Carrots

215 cal
1.5g fat
4g carb
6g sugar
3g fiber
41g protein

Dinner
1 medium cheese steak w/ 2 slices of Provalone
A sliver of pecan pie

880 cal
33g fat
105g carb
16.5g sugar
4g fiber
42.5g protein

total
1540 cal
44g fat
204.5g-228.5g carbs
87.5g sugar
14g fiber
87.5g protein

Well today I was told family was coming over and there would be cheese steaks, so I kept my cals low until dinner.

I shouldn't allow myself such large servings of sugary cereal any more as well.

When I started this diet I promised myself the odd cheese steak or piece of pizza would be fine, so I don't feel I feel off the wagon.

it is 10:30pm and I have yet to do the back and legs exercise, due to a headache I was having, gonna try again after this.

Day 4 (fixed)

BlackArtemis — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:14:35 GMT

9pm and I am just about to do the yoga cd, this should be fun, I have been looking forward to becoming more flexible.

Here's what I ate, I will do the calories etc later.

breakfast:

3 egg beaters w/ 61g pepperoni but this time on half a raisin bagel. I also added some Vietnamese hot sauce to it :sammich:

3oz of blackberries

and 8oz of Tropicana OJ

500 cal
9.9g fat
60g carbs
32g sugar
9.5g fiber
36.5g protein

snack:

2-3oz cherries
1 granny smith

100 cal
27.5g carbs
21.5g sugar
5.5g fiber
.5g protein

lunch
a bowl of knock off fruit loops (1cup)
with 1cup of 2% lactaid milk

(OMG I love cereal)

1 slice of american cheese

3oz of baby carrots

340 cal
10g fat
58g carbs
31g sugar
3g fiber
15g protein

dinner:

6oz tuna fish
30g pepperoni
2 slices of American cheese
3oz of baby carrots.

340 cal
8.5g fat
8g carb
6g sugar
3g fiber
52.5g protein
I am guessing I ate about 1700 calories, let's see if I am right, but now for some yoga!

aaaaaaaaaaaaannd screw yoga! :slow:

Got sick of being told what to do while looking at the ground, having to stop pause rewind and get back to it.

I will watch it later and try again next week, so i did chest exercises and 100 sit ups.

Total:

1280 cal :shock: felt like a lot more than that!
28.4g fat
153.5g carb
90.5g sugar
21g fiber
104.5g protein

a lot of carbs and sugar :/ but the fiber and protein are up.

P90x day 3

BlackArtemis — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:48:10 GMT

Good mood today, the shoulders and arms segment was the first one for me to be able to finish all the way through

I woke up late and started to eat at noon though

still on 2 pills 2x daily for hydroxycut and I drink 1 scoop/24oz of purple wraath

breakfast:

pepperoni and cheese omelet on a bagel
30g pepperoni 3/4 egg beaters w/ yolk 1 slice of 2% American and 1 4.5" bagel

total:
535 cal
12.8g fat
61.3g carbs
2.7g fiber
42.4g protein
5.9g sugar

snack 1
green apple

80 cal
22g carb
5g fiber
17g sugar

since I mess up my eating schedule, I will do 3 snacks

snack 2

2oz tuna fish
1 slice of cheese

total:
105 cal
3g fat
2g carb
17g protein

dinner:
8oz eye roast
3 rice cakes
3oz black berries
61g Bryers no sugar added butter pecan

914 cal :eek:
54.5g fat
45g carbs
60g protein
9g fiber
8g sugar

day's total

1634 cal
70.3g fat ouch
130.3 carbs
139.4g protein
16.7g fiber
30.9g sugar

So I went really high on that fat content, I should have check out the eye roast before I ate it.

The carbs should probably be lowered as well.

I need to do more reading into my diet, the calories was a good amount, I drink 3 or more liters of water a day. I have also spent the last few days moving furniture and will do more in the coming days.

This is a very big learning process for me, and it will probably take me 2 weeks to get this diet set.

forgot, I had a piece of trident gum. not much, but I want to record it all.

P90x Day 2

BlackArtemis — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:21:19 GMT

Sitting down here at 8:20 trying to get myself ready to work out.

This is going to be hard when I need to wake up at 6:45 to do this.

Gonna try that tomm.

I will report in after breakfast

Exercise:

Today I jump up to two pills per dosage of hydroxycut hardcore.

Ok today was plyometrics and it kicked my ass, again I wasn't able to finish the exercise (1hr). I can lift weights for 1hr, or do cardio for 30 mins, but my asthma kicks in hard when I have to run or jump around like a kangaroo, which is what it was.

So I finished up with some weights 1/20 sets at a quick pace and targeted muscles I used yesterday to make up for the fact that I couldn't finish.

Goals:
I think it might take me 3 weeks to really be able to do all these exercises all the way through. I will stick at it and take it slow. 2 days in a row now, 88 more to go haha!

Diet:

I am jumping up my calories today, I felt really low on energy yesterday.

Breakfast
My own chicken cheese omelet on a bagel

3/4 cup of egg beaters
2oz skinless chicken breast
1 slice of american cheese
1 large bagel

total:
535 cal
10.25g fat
61g carbs
49.5g protein
3g fiber
13g sugar

I wanted a larger amount of calories to start off the day. Gonna aim for breakfast being the biggest meal.

lunch:
I had some pho with extra beef
An estimation total of:
600 cal
10g fat
77.5g carbs
45g protein
4g fiber
0g sugar

Those carbs in those noodles were quite a bit. Im at 1100cals, I don't want to go over 1700 including at least 1 snack and dinner. I will have 3oz of carrots and a green apple in an hour as a snack. For dinner, perhaps rice and chicken and 2 slices of cheese.

snack:
3oz of baby carrots

35 cal
0 fat
3 carbs
1 protein
2 fiber
6 sugar

Dinner:
1 cup of jasmine rice
6oz of chicken
3oz of baby carrots
1/2 cup of mott's applesauce

580 cal
7.25g fat
79g carb
50.75g protein
3g fiber
31g sugar

Total:

1750 cal
27.5g fat
220.5 carb
12g fiber
50g sugar

Great calorie count IMO, I never felt hunger pains today, but my carbs were WAY to high. I didn't think about how much would be in that Pho when I ordered it. But it won't be the downfall of me. Rice is the Achilles heel for me, since my wife is Thai and we eat lots of rice.

p90x workout and diet day 1

BlackArtemis — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:22:37 GMT

My measurements
Height 5 feet 8 inches
Weight 192 pounds (nekkid) :naughty:
Waist 41 inches (across belly button)
Neck 16 inches

Body Mass Index: 29.3 kg/m2
Waist-to-Height ratio: 0.60
Percent Body Fat: 28.6%
Lean Body Mass: 137.1 Lb
Minimum caloric requirements: 2192 Calories per day

I woke up damn late today (11am) because I needed the sleep after a crazy week

Today I begin my workout and diet

As of 2:15pm est I have eaten

Breakfast:

1/2 cup of egg beaters
on a half of a large toasted plain bagel
8oz of OJ

meal total:
340 cal
2.5g fat
56g carb
13.5g protein
1.5 g fiber

snack 1
1 slice of kraft singles American cheese
1 granny smith apple

snack total:
125cal
2.5g fat
24g carb
4g protein
5g fiber

early dinner
6oz of tuna
3oz of carrots
2 slices of kraft singles American cheese
6oz fruit sorbet

(what was supposed to be lunch) total:

505cal
6.5g fat
63g carb
48g protein
3g fiber

dinner:
6oz skinless chicken breasts
1 rice cake (don't even know the nutritional value)

165cal
1.5g fat
0g carb
39g protein
0g fiber

Total day:
cal 1135
fat 13g
carbs 143g
protein 94.5g
fiber 9.5g

I have drank 2.5+ liters of water as well.

Workout:

omg I am shaking and I want to vomit, and I didn't even finish the program, the p90x kicked my ass. next Monday is time to try the chest and back exercise again. My goal is to finish it with less reps and a slower pace...

Thoughts:
I can afford another 300-500 cals, I will add a second snack, I feel my fiber is a bit low, I will switch to a high fiber muffin or bagel in the morning. Not sure if the carbs are too high or not, so I skipped the rice when I ate the chicken.
I need to learn how to calculate daily calorie percentages from carbs/proteins etc

Please feel free to comment on what you think, the diet is ever evolving, so if you feel i am a little carb heavy not enough fiber etc, mention it :)

90 straight days of dieting and exercise, short term goal, 1 week straight!
long term goal, no gut by 2nd anniversary (3/31/09)

bmi info from Diet Calculator, Body Fat Calculator

calorie info not found on packages obtained from
CalorieKing - Diet and weight loss. Calorie Counter and more
Calorie Counter, Diet Tracking, Food Journal, Nutrition Facts at The Daily Plate
Calorie Counter Database - Free Online Diet Program

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Work out 9/22/08

BlackArtemis — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:11:21 GMT

20 mins on elip

100 twisting inclined situps

20 mins on bike

100 inclined sit ups

20 mins on the elip

50 uhh leg sit ups? Sit on a bench and kick your legs out straight

50 situps in an ab chair

New work out program

BlackArtemis — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:13:00 GMT

I have been continually going to the gym, but after I return and then eat, I either forget or am too tired to post here.

The past three days I switched to this due to slow weight loss.

MWF: 20mins cardio 100 sit ups X 3

TTH: Shoulders, back, triceps, biceps, delts, pecs 4x12 and 200 sit ups

I can do the full stack (300 or so lbs?) on the leg press so I decided to cut them out of my routine until I begin a bulking stage. Besides all the cardio keeps them firm.

I got lazy 9/10/08

BlackArtemis — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 16:06:26 GMT

Hey i got lazy after a week of a hurt neck and I didn't record my last three work outs.

Basically I have doubled my weight from 10 to 20lbs on my shoulder exercises and have added another 5lbs on my bicep lifts.

I added more situps and now I can push myself much harder on my runs.

I am still at 181lbs, not weightloss, infact I think it's a 1lb increase, but physically I have lost quite a bit of chunkiness around the midsection. So maybe I have lost muscle, but this goes against the whole "cant lose fat and gain muscle at the same time" I and confused!

work out 8/25/08

BlackArtemis — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:32:47 GMT

20 mins mod on an elip on a high setting

20 mins mod on a bike on a mid setting

4x15 bar+10kg ( the bar ||--\/--\/-\/--\/--|| )
one time with a wide grip one time with a close grip

concentrated bicep curls 5x5 10kg

75 inclined situps 25 w/ 20lbs

I don't think I've gained weight, but my runs are getting much easier and I've really been slimming down my stomach. I plan to post pics soon

pics from jan 2005 mar 2005 april 2008 and now