Been MIA, but I'm back!
Deena_Bean
Posts: 906 Member
I've been gone from this group for quite some time now. I stopped lifting for a period (really I stopped exercising for the most part altogether). Got married at the end of July, went to Hilton Head for a week with the family, went to Mexico in September, etc., etc.). So Ive been busy and all that and got out of the habit for a while.
At the end of September I decided that October would be my 'get back on the workout wagon' month. So far so good. I opted to do SL 3 days one week, 2 days the following week and cardio in the opposite pattern. I have only missed 2 days of my 5 per week goal - once because I gave blood and they told me to wait 24 hours before working out and the other time was yesterday because I forgot to turn on my alarm. So I'm back in the saddle and so far so good.
Where I'm at with the lifts since October 1 (the next lift weights will be):
Squats: 110
OHP: 75
Bench: 75
Rows: 75
Dead: 120
November I'm adding back in keeping an eagle eye on the calories - I have only been halfassing it lately.
Here's to a lovely Tuesday to you all
At the end of September I decided that October would be my 'get back on the workout wagon' month. So far so good. I opted to do SL 3 days one week, 2 days the following week and cardio in the opposite pattern. I have only missed 2 days of my 5 per week goal - once because I gave blood and they told me to wait 24 hours before working out and the other time was yesterday because I forgot to turn on my alarm. So I'm back in the saddle and so far so good.
Where I'm at with the lifts since October 1 (the next lift weights will be):
Squats: 110
OHP: 75
Bench: 75
Rows: 75
Dead: 120
November I'm adding back in keeping an eagle eye on the calories - I have only been halfassing it lately.
Here's to a lovely Tuesday to you all
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Nice! Your numbers look great so you must have retained a lot of strength during your hiatus. Keep on keepin' on!0
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I was scared I lost a lot of ground - the program had me start from ground zero because of the long break. I haven't failed at all and the first 2 weeks felt super easy. It's just now getting difficult so I imagine a failure is on the horizon within the next few weeks. That's ok, though, I'm not too far off of where I stopped last time 0
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Welcome back!0
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Congratulations on your wedding. I got married in June, went to Italy for honeymoon but forgot to stop eating pasta and drinking prosecco when we returned. I put on 8KG in 6 weeks.....ahh wedded bliss!! We both let the gym pass us by during that time but had a wake up call a few weeks ago and have hit the weight room since. So....I'm right there with you!!!0
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Yeah, we've both gained a little weight - he's tall and skinny by genetics, though, so him gaining weight isn't quite as a big a deal as me. Congrats to you, too 0
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Have to say, though, it's been most satisfying getting back to it!0
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I took a long break too. I started back at the bar basically because i'm resetting my metabolism and working up to higher calories.0
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Well I'm in good company with all of you who took breaks, too We can all stick together and wade through! 0
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