ROCKtober
brisingr86
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There was some great progress (except by me) in September, but the fall marches on and it's time to start some new goals or re-dedicate to previous ones. I thought we could focus on strength/toning this month? Keep up the great work and let's rock October!
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So...I had a pretty rough September, really no losses and barely attempted nutrition goals. October has potential to be a bit tricky too, but want to rededicate. I'm starting the month with some hard core dress shopping so hoping that will give me a kick in the pants. Goals for October 31:
Strength:- First: start working with weights at the gym. modified SL5x5 with dumbbells so I don't have to find a spotter: 45 lb goblet squat, 30 lb each arm for deadlift, 25lb each arm for overhead press, chest press, renegade row
- Second: 2 minute plank
Weight: healthy BMI (<150lbs)
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Hello ladies! As I'm approaching my goal it seems like the weight isn't coming off as expected but I am almost there! My goal is 125 and I'm currently at 131.4 with my next weigh in being this upcoming Friday. I am experimenting this week and not eating any exercise calories back while staying in the green with my nutrition. I'll keep you girls posted on Friday! I had my first dress fitting (it went great) my second fitting is going to be probably this Friday! Wedding is t minus 18 days away
I have 3 weigh in's before the wedding and my goal is to loose 4.5lbs 0 -
Congrats on being so close to goal smontes! You can totally make it. Glad the first fitting went well. Hope everything else is coming together for your big day too! Don't forget to share your experience with everyone.0
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Hey smontes! Your wedding day is so close!!! And you're super close to your goal too so I hope you're feeling good 0
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My goal for October is to hit 126 lbs.
I also want to start working my booty out so that it will really pop in my dress (fit and flare). Lots of squats and donkey kicks in my future. Anyone have good workout moves that really lift the butt?0 -
@brisingr86 I love your title!
My biggest goal right now is to get my rear in gear and get consistent with my workouts again. I used to LOVE to workout, but since January I've been very sporadic because I let one thing or another get in the way and I've been acting like I stepped in a big pile of excuses! Not this month!
My goal for October is to workout 5-6 days a week and reach a total of 1000 minutes of workout time!
I'm going to ROCK the October workouts!
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My goal for this month is to keep and develop muscle tone and to get under 160 which puts me in a healthy weight range. I'm going to aim for 153, as that would mean reaching my goal of 147 by the end of nov, but let's see!
Sw:161
Jill, squats, squats, squats with kettle bells, and more squats!0 -
I was hoping to have a better weigh in this morning, but my official October SW is 132.4.
Still going to aim for 126
Let's go ladies!0 -
woooo healthy weight, scale read 159.8 this morning and i needed all the encouragement i could get after writing until 3am and then waking up with only 10 mins to get the kids to school! 0
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Got 105 minutes down in the first 2 days! Woo-hoo that leaves 895 minutes to go! 0
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fitfor30th wrote: »woooo healthy weight, scale read 159.8 this morning and i needed all the encouragement i could get after writing until 3am and then waking up with only 10 mins to get the kids to school!
Congrats! Great job at managing to stick to your weight loss goals even during a time when you're super busy! So easy to stress eat, so keep it up!
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another 165 minutes down
so 730 minutes to go! 0 -
Congrats to Jools on reaching her healthy weight! Hopefully I can do the same this month (need to get down to 150).
I'm with Jill on being a little disappointed with SW for the month (Oct 1 SW 156.8) and on the squats. I got my dress this weekend and ended up with a fit and flair (had been thinking I'd be in an A-line) so definitely would love to tighten everything up. I've got some extra time though. Jill, how are your workouts going?
@smontes16 : how did the fitting go? You still on track for your target loss? Hope everything is coming together for the wedding.
@MsMarlaJean : Way to go on killing those workouts! What kind of workouts do you do? With the duration, be careful not to start to hard and injure yourself, or get burned out. Hope you're finding that enjoyment of exercise again.0 -
@brisingr86
I change things up for the Fall/Winter (Oct thru March); I just started back up at a gym here where they offer Cardio Boxing, CIZE and Elite Fit classes that I do Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Then on Mon, Wed, & Fri I go to our Parks and Rec Center and usually use the Cardio room, ellipticals, treadmills, step machines, stationary bikes, rowing machine. I do have access to their weight room, track and swimming pool and use them sporadically, but mostly stick to the cardio room.
Excited to see your dress...I love the terminology "Fit & flare" sounds fun! You'll make 150, I believe in ya!
Bought our tickets this morning for a dress shopping trip in Vegas and Seattle in January...Hopefully I can be down at least 15 pounds by then!0 -
Another 125 minutes down for 10/6 & 10/7!
605 minutes to go!0 -
Congrats on finding your dress! I have a fit-and-flare, too
I'm been doing squats whenever I have the opportunity..only probably around 50 per day, but it's better than nothing. I had to reschedule my fitting so it's not until next Tuesday. Can't wait! Hoping my butt doesn't look too flat! I need to get on those donkey kicks, since I find those really get things perky. Just have been super busy the last week. Still walking a lot. Gonna try to stay really good about the eating all week, so that I'm feeling great when I go try that dress on. It's crazy how much seeing a number on a scale affects my perception of myself. If the scale is up, I feel fat and feel like I can see it in the mirror. If the scale is down, I feel great. Gotta work on that!
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Checking in:
SW (Oct 1): 156.8 (probably inflated from a big dinner out the night before)
W1 (Oct 8): 154.8
Nice to see the scale is being kind, but failing on the fitness goals. I got a one treadmill session while I was at my parents (sort of) for approximately 72 hours. I haven't touched a weight or gotten to the gym. I think I'm going to have to try making morning workouts a reality. Fall shows are starting again and there's a few that my fiance and I always watch together (and he's not going to be happy if he has to wait to watch DVR) and I'm having trouble getting home from work early enough to get to the gym/workout and still be home for the shows (and it's not open late enough to let me go after). I shall take inspiration from @MsMarlaJean to get those minutes in. Need to start following Jill more too and just do squats whenever I have a few minutes than thinking I need to have an hour to do a workout to do a few squats and/or kicks. Hopefully scale progress will continue and next week I'll have better progress on strength goals.
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Oh! Didn't even realize it was a week in already! Good job on the loss, Sarah! Good luck with trying to improve on your fitness goals. Sometimes I'm really consistent with working out, and sometimes (now) I go weeks (months?) without a formal workout. My friend is going to start working out with me in my home gym, so that'll force me to pick up a weight I did go for a run just now on my lunch break even though no one else from my running group showed up.
SW: 132.4
W1: 129.8
Feeling good. Back under 130 again, and hopefully I can keep going down from here! I feel like a bunch of weight dropped off my thighs recently. Unfortunately my arms are still bigger than I'd like for my strapless dress. They look ok from the front, but I feel like they're still too big from the side. But of course I'm too lazy to actually work them out, which might tighten them up. Just hoping a few more lbs will do it.0 -
@brisingr86 aww...thanks I'm happy to inspire!
So because of my fitness funk since January the scale inched up on me to the tune of about 18 pounds...part of my motivation to get my rear in gear this month was the fact that I was back in the OBESE category according to the BMI standards, generally I don't like to take a lot of stock in BMI because everyone's body is different and there are so many variations. However, today I got on the scale and while I still have a ways to go I was happy to see I am back in the "overweight" category and not in the other
Cardio Boxing tonight so I'll be back to log more minutes later, but just had to share that small win!0 -
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Congrats Jill on getting back under 130 (and saw you're even lower today)! I'm definitely going to need some arm work too.
Great job on that milestone @MsMarlaJean. You do have to balance BMI, but it's a starting point for an idea of healthy weight. It's great to no longer be in the "obese" category. Soon you'll be back in the "healthy" category. Hope Cardio Boxing was a blast!
Way to go Jools on the loss! Official weigh in as healthy weight. Hoping I'll be joining you in that category by the end of the month.
@smontes16 , I'm sure you're swamped with wedding a little over a week away. Hope all the last preparations are going well and you're pleased with your progress. Don't forget to let us know how everything went and share any lessons learned (and pictures!).
Keep up the great work everyone! Sounds like everyone is off to a pretty good start to ROCKING October.0 -
100 minutes done for 10/8 & 10/9 Woo-hoo!
that leaves 505 minutes to go to reach my goal of 1000! At this rate I'm gonna be increasing that goal number
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE!0 -
Congrats ladies Hope you all have a wonderful weekend, keep logging and work towards your goals. 0
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Another 165 minutes done 10/10 & 10/12.
Only 340 minutes to go until I reach my goal for ROCKTOBER! Gonna have to up it by the end of this week because if I stick to plan I'll only have 25 minutes left by Sunday...Hmmm...thinking about how much to increase my goal to...
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I'm checking in with week 2.
SW (Oct 1): 156.8 (probably inflated from a big dinner out the night before)
W1 (Oct 8): 154.8
W2 (Oct 15): 154.8
I had apple crisp for dinner last night and have been a little loose on my eating habits (also ToM), so I'm ok with maintaining this week. I still failed pretty miserably on working out, but I did discover I probably set some of my goals too low. This morning was my first strength work in months and my first run in almost 2 weeks.
Goblet squat: Goal 45; CW 35 (light to moderate effort), increasing goal to 60 by end of month
OH Press, Bench Press, Rows: Goal 25 each arm; CW 12 (couldn't find a 15 or 20 at the moment; doubled reps with 12 was about right), keeping goal as is, but stretch goal is 30/arm
Deadlift: Goal 30 in each arm dumbbells; CW 60 on a bar, increasing goal to 90lb bar
5k: Goal: <40 min; CT 38:09, new goal <35 min
Plank: Goal 2 min; CT 1 min, keeping goal as is
I finally resolved to go back to morning workouts. Hoping I can stick with it (choice between getting the couch time with the fiance to watch our shows together in the evening or sleeping later; I chose I'll make myself go to bed earlier and get up to do the workout in the morning so I can still chill with him in the evening [and less opportunity for evening functions to interfere]). I'm going to keep on this until Thanksgiving and then will re-evaluate if I need to give up evening shows and workout in the evening if I'm more consistent.
How did everyone else do this week?
Seen in the status updates that Jill's on a losing streak (the good kind; and the dress looks amazing!). How are the squats and such going? Do you use weights or just body weight?
Jools, how is your strength training going? Staying under 160? I've probably asked before, but what kind of workouts do you use for your strength program?
Marla Jean is doing awesome burning the minutes and the calories. Did you decide what to increase your goal to? Since you just about finished in half month, do you push for 2000 minutes? Or just double whatever you've achieved today and try to match the 2nd half of the month to the first half?
Good luck to SMontes with nuptials coming up this weekend. I hope everything goes smoothly and is a beautiful beginning to a wonderful lifetime with your new spouse.0 -
SW: 132.4
W1: 129.8
W2: 130.4
Still trying to shed the pounds from the weekend (Thanksgiving up here in Canada). It's been dropping off all week at like a lb per day, so I know most of the gain/loss is all water weight.
My next fitting is on November 11th. Ideally, I'd like to be at 125 by then.
Squats are still happening everyday, but not very many and just here and there throughout the day I'll knock out 10 or 20 any time I get a chance (mostly body weight, but I'll grab a kettle bell or whatever when I'm in my home gym).
I was honestly shocked that my butt has totally disappeared since last time I tried on my dress. I kinda knew because my hip measurements have gone down a lot and it was looking kinda flat, while my waist stayed the same, but it's gone! The seamstress even said, "you have a small butt"
I feel like overall the dress looks fab, but I want a bit more booty to make it sexier...that's the whole point of a fit and flare, right? Need those curves. I honestly might end up resorting to spanx with butt pads. Never thought not having a butt would be an issue for me, haha!
Good on you for committing to the morning workouts, Sarah! I can barely wake up to get to work on time lately 0 -
Ha, so I went to a wedding in Dublin. Total blow out Monday to Weds, back on track now but probably not going to weigh for a week or so! Gains demoralise me A guy at the wedding did ask if I pump iron, and what my squat weight is!
I've had to drop a couple of workouts, but mostly I do body pump, sometimes LBT, sometimes body attack
I found a weights programme a while ago and use that at least once a week with 20 mins of uphill interval sprints. The weights are squats 3 sets of 8, bench press, should press, shrugs, bicep curls, tricep extensions and then some canter lever stomach exercises with legs out and wreight over head.
Then at home I search you tube for 20-30 minute kettle bell routines and do that with a 12kg kettle bell.
Keep rocking october everyone else! thinking of dress shopping on the 30th
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oh yeah, deadlifts and rows too.
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been keeping my steps up, as inspired by Jill! Taking the stairs and long way round everything!0
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224 minutes done for 10/13, 10/14, 10/15 & 10/16
Raised my goal to 1600 minutes.
If I did the math correctly, that leaves 716 minutes to go to reach my new goal... 0
