Return of the Michigan 30 Day-Shred

lizf02

Mike wrote that last post of mine not me...i usually dont sound that smart when talking about fitness lol

manetta1

Fu is doing insanity. Got some new additions to the thread, see if they are as shy as the others. My friend Christi from MFP hasn't told me her weight yet and my friend from college wants to try, but shes unable to do cardio since shes injured, but would like support to just lose weight through nutrition. I'll add them in a bit, but right now i'm gonna relax.............. P90X NEXT WEEK soooooooooooo excited.

triben

good work on school mike. in know today was your long day. got my run intoday on top of p90x. felt good. I am much weaker and slower. that shoulder surg really killed my upper body strength. I am also slow. haha but I always was.

for Fu: if he is doing insanity I would expect that the would have seen more movement on the scale. Is your diet good? you have to be strict and make sure you are not eating above your allowed calories. also if you are imputing everything in mfpthis program tells you to each extra calories when you exercise. this is sabotage to me. If you are at 1500 calories for food in the day then only eat that. There was a birthday last sat right. if you had a real bad day that day food wise that could have erased your loses for the week

Fu tell us how it is going we will try and trouble shot.

manetta1

Man those bars og has. The fiber one bars, really fill you up and taste good. I recommend those if your not snacking on healthy things.

lizf02

Told you those were good!! And the special K 90 calorie bars are good too. Also Christopher and Jenny if you are looking to cut down some cals but still want your biggby fix they have a low cal menu now!! I tried a low cal caramel marvel today and it was awesome!! Tasted the same but I didnt have whipped cream and it was only 213 calories (tall) which is 240 LESS than the regular one!!!

triben

that is interesting about bigbe. cool. I will comt with the sugar free readbulls.

my experiment on the sled hill did did work. it was too short to get my hr up long enough. maybe will have to find a taller hill. maybe I can use mount holly or alpine valley. not sure if they will let me walk up the hill.

mike a little break on the diet ok. just don't go crazy. you need to change things ip. maybe startingp90x will give you a goal. just get an extra run in. also your body maybe crazing more calories if you did more cardio with running this week. stay strong.

manetta1

Ben:

I'm not too worried. I usually balance my diet out by the end of the week. Ya little addition with the cardio is possibly or maybe the lifting??? The 3rd month cd's of CHalean aren't bad, she supersets every move so your downtime is less. Seems to get my heart rate higher. I'm PUMPED for some P90x. What are the picture poses we have to take. I plan on taking them and seeing if I change. Today we did some tough running in the snow, 5 inches to estimate. Ran on a track slow pace but 5k in track-covered with 5 inches was a good workout. Figured with the addition of running this week than going back to the P90x calendar, body is getting shocked and things will feel tough. Are you still on it?

triben

I would have to show u the stances. come over and iwill measure your body fat.

I am still on it. I have to do legs and back when I get home on Friday. hope it is not a 14 hour day

manetta1

Nah I'm gonna wait till after p90x to get the bodyfat measured. I'm pretty sure I still sit around 7 percent so gonna run thru p90x and than c.

manetta1

haha 3 straight on the gains side!. Gained .6 this time, but ate shytty last week so no biggy. Excited for the p90x run.

lizf02

No p90x for me today. gained 1 pound this weekend too...its ok tho just gotta extra hard this week to get it off!!

manetta1

i'm not going to do p90x. changed my mind. just gonna stick to yoga

nofunforfu

I was even this week, holding at 163.2. Hopefully I'll get it down to 162 next week.

triben

down to 218. that is a total of 7 pounds. 2 pounds over the last 2 weeks which is good considering the week I had last week. Marie and I are going to try and work it real hard this this week. back in ICU starting Friday. will have to try and have a good weekend for weigh in next Monday. I want to be down a couple pounds and then maintain it while in ICU. Marie kicked but today. she did treadmill for 45 minutes with speed 3 and incline 15 and burned 400 plus calories. the scale did not move for her so she was a little bummed. it was hard for her last week with me gone so much and her watching the two kids. we will do better this week and next week

triben

looking for everyone. everyone having a hard time keeping up like me. mike classes kicking your butt? well last few days have been ok will push hard the rest of the week.

lizf02

Hey guys. I'm down to 133.4, its been a tough week havent worked out much and didnt eat a lot. Probably why I lost some. Lack of nutrition i guess. Im trying to get back on track with a crazy work and school schedule I am trying to figure out a new workout routine...If the weather stays a little warmer might go for a run.

manetta1

Hey:

Ya I've been all over the place. This no job situation is bogging me down. Trying to find a job plus studying has been occupying most of my time. Doing amazing in classes thus far so trying to keep the pace. I had to give a speech about being healthy HA. Anywho ya I am down to 172.6 so riding out these last few pounds till the 169 goal. I don't believe my body can achieve that though personally. I think my muscle mass is up and to get any lower seems virtually impossible even when I do more cardio. Now granted I went through 3 weeks of slight gains that tallyed like a lb and a half. This prior week i took the day before my weigh in off in antcipation of p90x so I was going to do the stretch video but old mans dvd player suxs. Anywho I lost weight which I wasn't expecting. My diet has actually been more protein and less veges in terms of the shift. The only other thing is I haven't took creatine this week either so maybe thats my weight loss as well. Anywho its still an idea about the water weight loss on a recover day that we talked about Ben. I talked with Justin over it and he said the same thing that he gains weight. Gonna do the same thing this week and HOPEFULLYYYYYYYYYYYY this time Tuesday I am doing p90x. Issues trying to plot the pull up bar somewhere and I don't feel encouraged to do lat pull downs instead. So basically my plan is to start p90x tuesday and have my lifts be tues thurs saturday. Now on top of the lift days i'm gonna throw in the 100 push up challenge which puts you on a program to do 100 consecutive push ups in a row. I think i can do 50 or 60 if I wasn't fatigued but 100 seems staggering. I am on the 3rd week of that and I am going to use that program which is like an added 15 minutes as a finisher to the lift days on p90x to make sure I hit every stabalizer pretty good. Are you still on P90x Ben? I figured your not doing it while your in the icu and when your out ur back on it, so ur like on a on and off program??

Fu are you liking Insanity? It can be tedious but 2nd month is hard. Level 3 drills are rough.


OHHH before I forget. Foam roller is a +. I've been using it twice a day and now it feels pretty good on my entire body. That plus some yoga and even Kempo cardio which you should borrow ben. Much better than the normal kempo and adds more flexability. I've noticed huge changes in my flexability. I can freaking do a toe lock on the balance postures in yogax where you grab your toe and stand up with your leg straight in front of you. Even in plyometrics I am feeling like i'm stronger, maybe I am using more foot muscles that I haven't used before who knows. So thats my peace. Got a few more things to do before bed.

Hope everyone is doing well.