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Love it! thanks for the warm welcome :flowerforyou: I had started out doing circuit training, then a bit of NROL after I picked up the book, then switched to another program, now thinking about Insanity for a push to get back into fall. I was hoping to get back into NROL but I packed it up and now its in storage because our place isn't ready for us to move in yet
I love lifting heavy, it makes me feel strong and when I mean heavy, it means heavier...would like to lift really heavy...although I've had some problems with my squats and deadlifts causing me grief for days...perhaps my form??
Anyway, I'm always up for advice, I've sent a few of you friend requests so you can see my profile/diary, I find it interesting to look at how other people "spend" their calories, so to speak.
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I love Vancouver! We went there a few years ago. We had perfect weather and such a good time. Welcome!
That story is sad, Blue. I don't know why some people just insist on getting in everyone's business. And all it takes is one person to ruin a perfectly good thing. I hope it works out for that family.
I'm actively doing nothing right now
I loafed most of the day and then had a 2 hour late day meeting. Fun. Came home, made dinner (mm, pasta for two meals today! The only macro I'm concerned with is vitamin C! :bigsmile: ). Now I"m going to loaf and go to bed early. I'm not feeling too badly so I'm hoping all the zinc I'm spraying (I've been taking Zicam since I got home from work feeling shoddy yesterday afternoon) is doing some good.
Have a good weekend! Enjoy that pizza, Meg! The little one's hungry!0 -
Happy Belated Birthday, Jen! Hope you had a great day!!! We took our trailer out and had rotten phone service, so I wasn't able to get into the forums. I've had to delay stage 3 because I twisted my ankle several weeks ago. I tried some of the movements required and boy did it twinge. I plan on getting back into it next week.0
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Thanks! I hope your ankle heals soon. My arm's feeling much better--I can turn the steering wheel w/o pain--but it's not gone yet. I think it's kinda tight, too. No matter since I feel sickly 0
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We all seem to be nursing injuries of some sort!
SO ... I decided to do the 30 day shred for the rest of September! I think I've even convinced Wes to do it with me! Last time we tried it Jillian kicked his *kitten* lol. He had never done a squat or a lunge before so he was a hurtin' puppy! At least now he's familiar with those moves after working with the PT. It will be interesting lol. I find her DVDs to be quite effective.
Runaway diet today. Had a bacon cheeseburger for lunch again :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: And can't forget the fries - they were awesome! Fresh fried potatoes! With gravy (it's a canadian thing) Went for sushi for dinner. The one thing about eating like this? I'm waaaaay under on my sugars! In fact, if I hadn't had a drink at lunch, they'd be at 12 grams for the day! Sugar is good but got no other nutrients lol
Hope your cold is lifting Jen!0 -
i'm hoping today's the bottom of the cold. I was hoping yesterday was but today's worse, so now that's my hope! the runny nose of yesterday has turned into congestion. I didn't sleep well last night which is likely not helping. Charlie the cat woke me up twice shortly after I went to bed with his shenanigans, and then a tickle n my throat woke me as well. I fell soundly asleep after midnight. Bah!
My plan today is to watch football and nap.
I love fries and gravy! Mmmmmmmm.0 -
I'm paying for those fries and gravy today lol. Scale was up three pounds! I also didn't drink that much water so that was a huge contributor too! Oh well today is another day! Although I'm not sick, my plan is similar to Jen's - watch tv and nap! :drinker:0
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Happy Monday - it's friggen snowing here! It's going to turn into rain but geeesh! It's still early September! Go away already and come back in December!
I definitely stuck to my plan yesterday but TOM was knocking on my door so I managed to devour an entire bag of jalapeno kettle chips and a large mars bar! Not one of my better days that's for sure! I'd been pretty good about staying away from that kind of stuff but TOM sure makes us do weird things. I blame it all on him :bigsmile:
Today is another day and hubby and I started the 30 Day Shred together this morning. Man, she's tough! NR really helped as I had no trouble at all using 5lb weights (left the 8lbers for Wes). I shouldn't laugh but he's so un-coordinated LOL I give him kudos for even attempting it! That's what he gets for telling me he wants to do weights again LOL Maybe after this we can do NROL4Life together although he's never really one to stick with a plan for long. We'll see how it works out. He's out of town for the next two days but we'll do it again on Thursday morning. Once winter settles in and we're no longer heading out to the trailer on weekends we can get a workout in then too.
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Morning ladies!
Blue - I saw another friend post that it was snowing in Calgary this morning... sigh. We hit 90 freaking degrees over the weekend, not that I want snow, but low to mid 70's would be nice. I've always thought of gravy and fries as the Canadians version of ranch dressing and fries. I say, give me both with my fries please! I loved Shred, and definitely plan to do it after the baby is born since I don't have to leave home to do it. Also, Mars bars are totally underrated.
Jen - I hope you're feeling better.
Hi SK!
I've been eating way too much pizza, and finally on Saturday night I told the hubbs it was time to make some healthier choices. So Saturday night through yesterday I made mostly healthy choices, and should have no problem keeping up with that until Thursday... then I leave for CA for our "babymoon" if you want to call it that. I don't plan on holding back, and already have a list of restaurants I want to try and few reservations ha ha. You can see where my priorities are :laugh: I pretty much plan on sitting on the beach, eating and then we are going to the Seahawks v. Chargers game in San Diego on Sunday. I'm pretttty stoked! This week can't go by quickly enough.
My workout goal this week is to get a gym workout in today and Wednesday and a yoga session in tomorrow. I'm also hoping to get a swim in while I'm down there since our hotel has a pool. I know Sunday will involve a lot of walking too, so I think I should sort of balance out what I expect to be a glutinous weekend.
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Morning Everyone!
I managed to have a decent weekend even though I worked on Saturday and ended up having pizza since it was brought in by the company for lunch. Ate pretty well yesterday even though we went down to Washington to do some shopping for a few hours and ate out for lunch. Saw a gain on the scale yesterday and this morning but I'm thinking that might have something to do with not getting in enough water so back to it today with healthy eating, drinking lots of water and getting to the gym after work every day this week. That's my goal this week. 5 x 60 min. workouts, eat according to plan Mon-Fri and drink 2L of water/day minimum.
Hope you all have a good start to your week
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Sounds like fun, Meg! Enjoy the trip and the quiet--it's the last of either you'll have for some time!
I've done 30 Day Shred before--it's brutal. You have fun with that, Blue.
Good on you, JL.
I'm still sick. feeling better--not as congested--but still sick. And everything tastes like *kitten* from the zinc spray. Ick. I think I'm done with it. I'll take my chances.
The good news is I only had to go to work for an hour today, so I can catch up on stuff I didn't do at home while I sat on the couch all weekend. It was high 80s and humid as hell Fri and Sat; yesterday was loads better. I'd go for a walk but I"m still really tired, so I'll take one more day off. Tomorrow I'm hoping to be more or less back to normal.0 -
How are you feeling today Jen? Hopefully better!
JL - how I envy you to be able to cross the border so easily to go shopping! It's pretty much a day trip for me just to get there LOL I just make the best of it when I do go. Of course you had to have lunch
That's part of the fun.
Meg I will gladly trade for your 90 degrees! Anytime. Bring. It. On! Why I live in this climate, I'll never understand LOL Your CA trip sounds wonderful - how awesome you get to catch a game too!
It was snowing again this morning - big fluffy flakes that should only ever fall on Christmas Eve :laugh: Yesterday's snow didn't stick around but it's dark and gloomy again today. Calgary got a ton of snow! What a difference only a couple of hours distance makes.
Wes left for the airport as I was getting up this morning so I did the Shred again by myself. Thankfully I did all those squats and lunges in NR - it really does make the Shred so much easier. My arms and abs are hurting this morning tho. The chest flies and all those crunches!! No real crunches in NR!
I'm booking my 2015 Christmas trip this week! We are going to cruise Hawaii :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Can't wait - I've never been and every time I watch Hawaii 5-0 I really want to go LOL With the trip to Denmark in the spring I only had a few vacation days left but the timing seems to work. I turn 50 next year (ACK!) so it will be a year to remember. The couple we travel with at Christmas - she turns 50 too. She's 3 days older than me - I remind her of that constantly LOL We might try to squeeze Vegas in there too sometime around the big day(s). I won't have any money left after all that but oh well! :bigsmile: And who knows what the diet will be like LOL YOLO right? :drinker:0 -
Jen, Yes, I hope you're feeling better today!
Meg, 90 degrees?? wowza, it was 28 deg here over the weekend, which is low 80s and that was warm enough for me!
BB, I'm very lucky I can cross the border within 20 min of leaving my place. I've been a tourist in Seattle more than I've been a tourist in Vancouver it feels like sometimes. And what is with the snow in Alberta right now? I was talking with some of my branches in the prairies and we still can't get over that its snowing in early September. Its times like these that I'm happy to be on the West Coast And yes, you should definitely book that cruise to Hawaii, you won't regret it. I went there 2 years ago for my first trip to the islands and I can't get enough of Hawaii time. I've been the last 2 years and I'm booked to go again in a month! Cannot come quick enough - although I don't feel quite ready for swimsuit season...but I'm getting closer each day (as I munch on my lunch dessert - an apple).
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What the eff is with the snow, Blue? that's crazy! I can't even. I think I'd curl up and die if I saw some right now, given how long the winter was.
I'm ok--still sniffly but better. I think I'll skip the walk today as I'm beat--my sleep's been off all week--and I'll get it in tomorrow.
Work was good--one class had outdoor ed today, so that was fun, esp since it's only in the 70s today. I even wore a sweater. Yay for sweaters. I do, however, want to eat all the carbs. Funny thing about cooler weather. I'd give my arm for a pumpkin donut. Instead I ate m&ms, which I never eat--a whole packet from the vending machine! Good thing I've been undereating my TDEE for several days!0 -
Wellll I just ate a giant cookie :blushing: oops. So much for my controlled eating this week before vacation!
Blue - Hawaii is amazing. You'll have a blast!
JL - Where in Canada do you live? I spent a lot of time between Bellingham and Vancouver in college as I went to Western
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oh, I meant to ask, Blue--when will you be in Hawaii? we'll be there just after the new year.0
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We will be there Dec 2015! Not until next year but as I was informed when I declined the insurance - it's 472 days away :bigsmile:
I'm not really a big fan of Christmas. I hate the commercialism of it all. While I like to buy gifts for people I hate it when it's more of an obligation than something I want to do. Last year we went away for the first time and loved it! I don't need snow for it to feel like Christmas - I'll take the sun and sand of the Caribbean any day :laugh: We are cruising again this Christmas - Southern Caribbean this time! And this year we will be on the ship for Christmas and New Years.
People around here just call me the Grinch I have a Grinch in my office - he's my year round decoration :bigsmile: 0 -
What a morning - not a great start to the day. I was stuck at a train for 30 min this morning coming to work. My turn was just the other side of the tracks - ARGHH!! For some reason the train was just not moving! To turn around and go the other way would be about 10k and then the traffic heading the other direction was also backed up so it was a no win situation. So I sat. And waited. And waited...
This was after waking up at 2 am and not being able to go back to sleep :grumble: No workout for me this morning. Which is probably a good thing - I'm really feeling the DOMS from the Shred. When I talked to Wes yesterday, he's feeling them too :bigsmile: We will try again tomorrow!0 -
Ugh sounds like a tough morning Blue - hopefully the rest of your day gets better!0
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Now I see why you wrote that I win on FB, Blue! Sounds like you've had a rough one, too. We should meet for a cocktail to get past our days. Oh, wait.0
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Yeah sorry about that Jen - harder to type using my phone so I keep it short and sweet :laugh:
I'm in for a cocktail! :drinker: Anytime :bigsmile: We don't have to be in the same place to enjoy one together do we?0 -
lol--virtual distance cocktail!0
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No trains this morning - YAY!! For the first time this week I actually go to work on time! I hit some sort of crazy traffic on Monday too but I was only 5 min late that morning. Not 30 min like yesterday!
Wes's flight got in later than scheduled so I waited up for him. Neither of us felt like getting up early for a workout - 2 days in a row now I've jammed. I've got to stop that. At least get up and ride the bike for 30 min! I'm not working tomorrow so I can get a good one in.
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Morning ladies! Sorry you guys had crappy days yesterday Blue and Jen... but hey it's almost Friday! YAY! I will be joining you ladies in a virtual distance cocktail in t-minus (hopefully) 10 weeks! I hit the 30 week mark today... eek!
I'm pretty proud of my workouts this week - went to the gym Monday and yesterday. Did incline walking and leg strength on Monday and incline walking and arm/back strength yesterday. I also got to my yoga class on Tuesday. I'm hoping to get a swim in tomorrow morning at the hotel pool and lot's and lot's of walking over the weekend. It's funny, there are times I'm feeling like I'm slowing down, and times I have so much energy I don't know what to do with it.
I had to do a double take last night in the mirror but to my horror, I'm getting stretch marks on my belly. Just two patches below/on either side of my belly button. :grumble: I don't know why I thought I would escape them... I started getting them in 5th grade during my first growth spurt, so I should have expected it. Sigh, such is life... there is obviously a good reason for them.0 -
Doesn't lots of moisturizer help with stretch marks? I think being fit and exercising is also supposed to help (says the woman who's never been pregnant! LOL) Or am I just repeating old wives tales?
Great job getting your workouts in! I think we always think of vacation in terms of food but there's usually so much more walking involved than we realize. I remember being in Vegas last year and hitting over 20k steps one day from shopping alone! We had dinner at the cheesecake factory so any benefit gained from the steps was pretty much gone in one bite :laugh: But oh, so worth it! Enjoy your vacation!!0 -
I think cocoa butter is supposed to help. I have them from growth, too, but not of the baby variety
Another rough day at the OK Corral. My first year class had outdoor ed this week--teambuilding exercises, ropes course. I'm counting it as my exercise today. I came home and had a stiff drink, leftover pizza. I find guesstimating pizza from the amounts in here such a challenge.
new tattoo tomorrow--I'll let you know how it goes! Nice job, Meg!0 -
Stretch marks are genetic. If your mom or dad has them and you gain then lose weight you will have them.0
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She's preggers. Similar but different 0
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Happy Friday! :drinker:
I woke up with a horrible sore throat and my head feels like it's about to burst instead of our virtual drink Jen, I think you sent me your cold lol.
I know what you mean about logging some foods. We had a catered breakfast brought in last week - quiche. It's tough to pick one that seems reasonable.
I have some cousins in town from the coast so were having a family dinner tonight. In our family that usually means more booze than food :drinker: I was hoping to get a workout in but I really don't feel like it. I'm thinking a nice nap is more in order.
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Sorry I infected you!
I got my regular loop walk in this morning (I can't recall if it's 3.25 or 3.5). Cleaned the house some, got my new tattoo, and went to a beer fest tonight. Not a bad day! I thought for a while it was going to be another beast of a day but it worked out
Enjoy the family dinner!0
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