Lindsay Brin's 60 Day Slim Down and workout videos

mamareese

I'm going to have to check out deadlift form specific to my concern. Because I watch myself and it looks correct I'm obviously missing something. I make sure to push through squats with my heels, head up, all that good stuff, but no luck. I find it ironic because if I do floor work from Butt Bible (which isn't difficult, just burns!) I feel a major burn with this. I may just need to add some booty work on non lifting days.

Ohhh...a good food processor is an excellent mother's day gift! Excellent idea! I'd definitely go with that first. I have to come up with something I need/want soon! S90, maybe?!

I'm down to 59 days of being 29 years old. I feel like I'm back to being on a good path. If I can just hold it steady! I was glad to see that TOM and water weight drop back off so I settled back to my low weight. Now, I can just push forward with the strength training and NO crazy weekend eating. I always hesitate to log weight the week of TOM but I'm trying to be more consistent instead of wishy/washy. So I did, and luckily it came right back off. Big PHEW there!!

We found out we can get our carpet installed next Friday so we have one week to finish up the work in the living room. Luckily it's slowing down with the renos and I can find time to cook regular healthy meals. My oldest has his first tee ball game Saturday - mind you it's snowing today!! :grumble: So it'll be a busy weekend. I hope yours is wonderful and that you get rested up for your next week of taking on S90 and prepping for summer!! Have a great weekend!!

jennieodwyer

Less than 2 months and you join the 30 club WOOO HOOO :drinker: Congrats on your weight loss. Glad you are back down to your low low and ready to get it even lower I was down .6lb today which was fine. I was hoping for more (aren't we always) but half a pound is just what I needed to stay on track to be at 125lb in six weeks. I was more excited to see the BF% on my BIA to be at 19.8-19.9%. I broke 20% which was a big goal of mine. I know they are not the most reliable and of course I want to be lower (ideally 18%) but breaking 20% was so sweet!!

The only thing I know that helps to feel the pull in the hammies on deadlift is to make sure you are pushing your hips back (back very flat) and to keep the weight very close to your shins (some people actually scrape up their shins by accident when using a bar because it is that close). Other than than I got nothing to help you :ohwell: But I will say that squat do not really give me a burn in my hammies or glutes. Maybe it is because my body has adjusted to them but I feel my it in my butt alot more when I do those split squats and pendulum lunges with heavy weights. I was just thinking I might need to add something else to the mix for my butt since S90 only had 1 specific leg workout (although it is killer). I will have to look into the Butt Bible. I want something that does moves with weights to work the butt and legs vs more of a pilates style workout where you are doing a endless amounts of floorwork exercises like fire hydrants.

Glad you hear that things are slowing down at the house for you and you can get in your healthy meals. I can't believe it is snowing since it is over 90 degrees here! Crazy!! Have a great weekend and lets try to keep ourselves in check and now ruin all our hard work :laugh:

mamareese

Morning J-dawg! How was the weekend? Saw you were up and at it killing another workout. Mad props to you for that! Getting it done and out of the way! Great work. :drinker:

And another congrats on last week's weigh in with the BF %. Awesome progress...you keep tacking on completed goal-taking them out one at a time! Great job. Breaking 20% is something to be super proud of. Reliable or not, it's what you consistently use as a marker so it's definitely showing your progress!!

It was a busy weekend of tying things up on the living room renos and awaiting the arrival of our carpet. Which is coming with perfect timing, since my MIL will be in town the 8th. I'll have just enough time to clean up from the reno and get everything back in order before her arrival. I'm grateful for that. DH has worked really hard on getting this down so I'm glad it's coming to fruition.:happy:

On the workout/eats front, I'm trying not to be concerned about the scale too much right now. My eating was relatively well over the weekend. No major binge fests, a little more snacking than necessary but I stayed in my calorie range. Without adding in exercise calories, I've been at 1750. NROL suggested above 2000 to start with to try and find 'maintenance' to work off from. I was too nervous to start there so I backed off some but didn't want to go too far. They reiterate that cutting calories too much will result in less than desirable gains. And with trying to focus on strength and muscle gain now, I'm trying to listen. I'm going to finish stage 1 at 1750 (so long as I don't chicken out). But I've got to make sure that 1750 is cleaner on the weekends. It's too easy to be able to go with a couple oreos here or some extra chocolate chips in my yogurt when you have 1750 every darn day!! :laugh: So that's my goal for this week. Tighten up the choices, not just the calorie allotment. And up my green tea drinking. I've been downing way to much caffeine from Diet Pop while doing this reno that even DH commented on it. Not wise..not wise at all. :laugh:

I also watched a lot of videos on deadlifts and squats. DH explained that even though we don't have a regular squat rack the guys have adapted the gym to allow for free weight squatting- so I'll be trying that tomorrow. Super nervous about that since I have been using the Smith Machine thinking there wasn't another option. I have today off from weights, going to walk but they suggest no HIIT pre-lifting day. And I did my HIIT Sunday. (Plus a little Butt Bible for booty action!!) So the schedule is going well.

Big man has another teeball game tonight. He's doing so well and little man is being so supportive that it's a nice break from the madness and stress of regular life. I enjoy the 1.5 of little 5-6 year olds whacking at a ball and picking flowers!! :flowerforyou:

jennieodwyer

I love it when little kids pick grass and flowers when playing little league sports. I think it is hilarious and I remember doing it as a kid when I played soccer.

Glad to hear your weekend went well. Mine was so so. On Saturday I was crazy active after a hard workout so I ate quite a bit but it was all good food but it was more calories then I am used to having (around 2000) even though I was still under from all the exercise I had that day. It was yesterday that was the big question mark. I went to a party knowing I was going to go over calories. I knew I would and that was ok. I sort of wanted to see if I could have one cheat meal and go over just once and see if I could hold out or if it would derail me too much. Of course I didn't track it until after and I was WAY over what I thought I would be and felt bloated and crappy after (of course).

So we shall see if one spike/cheat day is acceptable to my body or not. It was mostly carbs, fat and crap so we shall see if I did myself in for the week or if I can eat more once during the week. Since the eating plan with S90 is 1600-1950 calories and I usually have only been eating 1600-1750 on a daily basis maybe I can get away with alittle more with a cheat day (famous last words right?)

I have been killing it on the workouts though. I upped all my weights today and I think I will be crippled tomorrow. :laugh: My theory is if I want to eat like I am on a bulk I better lift like I am on a bulk I will probably do a weigh in check on Wednesday just to see how bad I did or not. Not weighing until then since I know I need the time to get the water weight off from all the carbs and sodium and it would just be discouraging.

Today is halfway through my second round of S90! This round seems to be going by so much faster! I think it is because I am committed to working out more on the weekends this time so it isn't taking me as long to it through it. Kettlebell tomorrow then Tabata on Wednesday. Good luck with your squats!!!

mamareese

I know I'm terrible because I'm not hardcore...but, personally, I think it's great that you did that this weekend. If we were figure competitors I'd tell you you were nuts. But we aren't! We're Moms, wives, working women, ladies just trying to balance being healthy & fit with enjoying life. And because of that I think that being able to find out if there is any room for 'just enjoying a party' is there or not. There's got to come a point where we push ourselves but still find balance. Because if I can't eat some damn brownies on my 30th birthday- what's the point of looking good but not enjoying a little splurge?!?!? :laugh: Half joking vent aside-seriously, props to you for continuing to see how your body responds in different situations.

I reread the nutrition section of NROL. It indicates that you should expect an initial gain after being in a calorie deficit and then if after Stage 1 you are not seeing progress-then to readjust your calories. I reran the numbers and the book suggested 2,000 on non workout days and 2300 on workout days. I couldn't do that...I mean, I COULD but I just couldn't. So I went with 1750 across the board with the understanding that if I am hungrier on workout days, I will eat more protein options. The books repeats not to just slash 500 calories from the top. But what's a girl to do? I figure my calculations are probably off anyways in terms of what I'm actually eating because even with the best scale and measurement instruments- there's always probably a user error.:laugh:

Loved your quote to about eating like a hulk, lifting like a hulk. Too funny! :laugh: You are getting it done though, that's for sure! My kids finally gave me a little props that 'Mommy if you are going to the gym, you'll get big gunz now too'. Since typically they tell me I have baby gunz. I told them I'm working on it for sure!!!

jennieodwyer

Your kids are so cute. At this point Josie just likes to stick her finger in my belly button :laugh: Hey whatever works. Yeah I am all about experimenting. It is just so hard since I know I spend months plateauing because I was going nuts on the weekend, but there is a big difference between what I did on Sunday (like 2900 calories) and what I did on for 2 straight days (like 4000 calories a day for 2 days straight). I also was not working out as much on the weekends as I am now. But you never know, so we shall see.

Tomorrow is the first look at the scale to see where I am at. If it is the same or just up at small amount since Friday I know I am in good shape since I don't watch my sodium except for the day before weigh ins and that be can as much as a pound difference in water weight. If I am up over half a pound, well then that doesn't spell anything good for the Friday weigh in. Let us pray :laugh:

Yeah I keep thinking well if I lift as heavy as possible then maybe all that extra food will just turn to muscle and not fat. A girl can dream right? I TOTALLY get what you are saying about eating 2000+ calories. I am the same way. I keep trying to get myself to eat 1800 calories on a daily but always feel like I just can't. I sometimes get there if I am really hungry that day but for the most part I am not that hungry at 1600-1650 and my gut keeps telling me that I will lose faster or more weight if I just eat less. Even though I know that isn't always the case. I think I just fear the damage too much and that I will gain initially and not be able to get it off or have to go right back down and basically wasted a bunch of time and effort. So I totally get what you are saying. Maybe one day I will have the courage to eat 1800-2000 on a regular basis. :laugh: I think my NROLFW calorie intake was around 1900-2000 as well. I can't quite remember. Great job though and keep pushing!!!

jennieodwyer

Yes I went back and checked my calories according to NROLFW. My maintaince is 1940 on off days and 2181 on workout days. So subtracting the 300 calories for weight loss, I would be able 1640 on rest days and 1881 on workout days. That actually is right about the numbers that the S90 day nutrition book is at 1600-1900 for women (there is no calorie calculations in S90 but that is what most of the meal plans total each day for women). Both also recommend the 40/30/30 ratio so it is nice that there seems to be some consistency among plans. For the most part I am alittle on the lower side of those numbers 1500-1750 but I like leaving some wiggle room for miscalculations or the weekend splurge. But at the same time I know I should be eating up to 1900 calories on workout days but I just can't do it unless I am really hungry. I think I will be able to do it better when I am at a maintaince level and not still trying to lose weight.

jennieodwyer

Oh and one more thing (I am alittle scatter brained today with 3 posts :laugh:) I think I might be getting better with the KB since my wrists don't look as bad a they usually do. Now my callouses are another matter but I prefer that over bruises all over my arms!

mamareese

Glad the form is improving- I'm sure your wrists appreciate that! The callouses I can totally relate to. Deadlifts kill my hands!!

In theory, I sure do love the idea of NROL's numbers but alas, I wouldn't make it clean. LoL. I'd be undoing any work I did do in the gym. This cut back from those numbers allows me that little room for a treat here and there but the rest I've kept pretty much exactly to my normal eating schedule as it was before getting back in to the gym. I will be grateful when pay day comes on Thursday though because my fridge and freezer are looking pretty bare. As a result, my choices are getting less and less go to healthy meal options!

How was the look at the scale? Things were you thought they'd be with the wiggle room? I hope so! As hard as you work on those workouts, you deserve to have a little cushion going in to the weekend. Granted, I know all to well about taking that cushion to far. But you know what I mean!!!

jennieodwyer

Ugghhh the scale was not so great but how bad it was I don't know. I have a digital scale and the numbers were all over the place. It kept bouncing from 128.4 to 129.4 to 130.4 and then back again. I think the 130.4lb was either total crap or some sort of retention. I would like to think that it is 128.4lb because that would put me in place to see a tiny loss on Friday but more than likely it is 129.4lb which is 1.5lbs up from Friday. I can expect/hope for my actual weigh in weight to be about 1 pound less since I cut way back on my sodium but that leaves the extra half pound :mad: Which isn't that big of a deal but still not what I want to see. Either way I am trying hard to make it up and pushed myself really hard this morning with the evil Tabata workout even though my legs were like lead weights from the KB workout yesterday. Hoping these next two days make a difference!!

mamareese

F the damn scale. Okay, probably not great advice but really...F that scale!! Watch that sodium, as you do, and Friday will be fine. Even if it is up a little bit, don't fret- sometimes that up/down might not be a direction reflection of just food intake but also the wear and tear after a hard week of workouts.

I'm a little giddy today...I'm skipping out the last 2 hours of work so that I can hit the gym with DH. Haven't done that in a year. He's going to check my form for the NROL workouts and then we'll do a strength test to find my max on the major lifts. Deadlifts, squats, and bench press. So I'm excited. Sort of like a date, just at the gym!

I'm trying not to work myself up about Friday's weigh in. My # is up, but my go to jeans (you know the pair you find yourself wearing at least 2x a week :laugh: ) are fitting great. My stomach feels less bloated than it has. So the number is up, but I'm feeling good. So my thought it...stick it out. The book clearly says (as do alot of the peeps on MFP doing NROL) that the first few weeks are going to be a mental struggle to not cut back on calories. And I'm going to stay the course. I only get a few months to do the 'gym' thing a year. I need to really go at it 100%. And scary as that is and as weird as that is it means more food, heavier crap to lift.

My grocery list is huge though! LoL. DH is trying to pack on a few more pounds as he tries to hit 355 bench. I'm trying to eat more without eating crap. And two growing boys...hell, I'll be at the grocery store for hours finding everything. :laugh:

jennieodwyer

Yeah screw the scale. If you feel good and things fit well, good for you!!! I have days like that when I see more definition and I can see noticable changes and that makes whatever the scale says so much easier to take. I am noticing separation in my thighs (which is amazing since I carry so much excess in my thighs) and also I think my butt is getting better. It seems to be slightly less saggy and also there seems to be less "fall out" in the bikini bottom. I was checking it all out last night since I am halfway through this round of S90. I was tempted to take midway photos to see if the back side looked any better but I didn't want to discourage myself so I am going to wait. Often I think I see a big difference and then the pictures don't show it so I get mad. So I am just going to avoid all that for now :laugh:

I feel decent about the weigh in tomorrow though. If it is up, it should be alittle and even though that sucks I know I look good and usually the weigh in after my weight is up alittle is a fairly good one where I am down the increase and then some. Also one of the perks of lifting heavy. Its not falling off the wagon, it is just an unexpected bulk cycle :laugh:

That is so cool that you can workout with your hubby. I would love that. Especially if we were on the same page with lifting and goals. I am so jealous :bigsmile: Enjoy it and I want to hear how very sore you hamstrings are tomorrow :laugh:

mamareese

I'm not even going to cuss. I'm sure you saw my post. And yes, you read it right 5.6 lbs. The scale was 156.2 or some crap. But whatever. Clean up the snacks, keep at the calorie range and lift heavy ****.

My strength test is what I came to tell you about. :bigsmile: Squat 135lbsx4 , Deadlift 185lbsx3, and Bench Press 100lbsx1. Felt good. Was sort of disappointed on the bench press but last years high was 90 so I shouldn't complain since I haven't bench pressed since last summer! I was excited and DH was impressed. He helped me on my DL form. He said I'm jerking to much so my back is doing too much of the lifting and not my thighs. Luckily, he got to critique me through the strength test and then NROL's workout called for 2 sets of 12 reps of DLs so he watched me through those to make sure I'd been paying attention to his advice. Form on everything else was spot on, lat pull downs he just had me tweak my shoulder blades but said form wise I'm good and should consider moving up weights. It was fun. He lifts so much damn weight it's scary. Seriously...it's scary! He had like 5 45lb plates on both sides when he was dead lifting. I can't even add that high. He's impressive. Very impressive.

I was pretty stoked so I had to call my Dad and give him my #s. He was a big power lifting guy back in the days of my high school. Boy did the high school boys I dated love that. It's nice though because he and DH can relate on that even though he's not into now a days.

So even with a crap *kitten* # on the scale, it's a good week over all.

I saw your post about the scale. .5lbs as the comments say isnt much. But I know how you feel about the fluctuations and how aware you are of your intake vs output with workouts. As I've said yesterday, I wouldn't doubt some of it has to do with the S90 and maybe a little from the 'liberal weekend'. But you know your body best and how it responds to the various factors you expose it to. If tightening up on the weekend will lead you were you want to go, tighten away!! Either way, don't ever forget how amazing your results have been and how fast you've bounced back to being 'out of Mom jeans' since having Josie. THAT is a transformational story and one you haven't finished writing as you work on body recomp. 480+ days of killing it and mastering your body= AMAZING!! :flowerforyou:

jennieodwyer

Yeah 5.6lbs is total, 100% crap!! There is no way you gained that, at least not in fat. Maybe water weight and muscle!!! Hehe. I know if sucks *kitten* but that is BS plain and simple. I hope you don't let it deter you from the path!! Yeah as for me the half pound is nothing. The only thing that annoys me is that I only lose a pound last week so basically I am even for 2 weeks which frustrates me since I was trying to hit a goal by June. But hey what can you do. It's life.

The weight is actually the least of my concerns today though. My husband was dealt a hard hand yesterday in terms of his job hunt (he is been out of work now for 18 months) and it just starting sinking in for me today. Yesterday I was all about trying to keep a brave face and keeping moral high but then this morning it really hit me and I had all sorts of emotions. I wanted to say eff it all at that point and eat some crap (and I am not even an emotional eater) but I was able to get a handle on it. I burned off some energy and anger by power walking and running some stairs at work. I thought it would just keep me away from the food but honestly it did make me feel better. I should remember that :laugh:

Congrats on the lifting!! Don't you just feel like such a beast after lifting? I hope your hamstrings were nice and sore today. I like your profile pic. Don't take this the wrong way but your husband is kind of studly. Loving the half sleeve tat! Sounds like working out together got you all hot and bothered in more than one way:laugh:

Don't let the scale mess with you and I will not let it either. I am going to keep things as good as I can on the weekend and try to hit closer to 1800 the other days so I am more of an even keel. (versus eating 1500-1650 calories a day to try to make up for the 3500 calorie weekend day). Have a great weekend!

mamareese

Here's my motherly forewarning: The 2nd child is the 2nd for a reason because it's true, if you had him/her first you'd reconsider having another...and not because they are terrible or anything but because the 2nd one can be so anxiety inducing it's insane! The same little man who just had stitches in his head back in October (and staples the summer before that...) Now will be getting a cast for a fractured wrist bone. Yowser. It's been an interesting weekend.

Luckily, he's a trooper. Tough as nails like his Daddy. So schedule went on as usual and I did get my workouts in. I switched up my Sunday rest for a Saturday rest. DH was sick on top of the broken bones. So there was no leaving him with the kids for a workout. Heck, he took 2 days off and that machine never takes an unscheduled rest day!

I have to say I do feel like a beast when I lift. I totally understand (again, after forgetting since I don't have heavy weights at home) what you meant when you said 'lift & eat like Hulk. Definitely more hungry but definitely feeling the 'grrrr' when I hit those weights. It's such a welcomed escape lately, I tell you what!!!

Thankfully, despite everything that's going on, we did finish our living room. And for doing it ourselves with a tight budget, I must say it turned out fantastic. It is so nice to just sit and relax in a nice, newer living room. Plus, we even got curtains so I can go back to doing TF HIIT at home if I desire. I've been avoiding it since we didn't have curtains and I didn't think the neighbors needed to see me sweating like a piggy!! LoL

How was the weekend? Did you tighten up to see what the results will be or stick with trying to find a little wiggle room? My eats were calorie correct. But still more snacky than I should be. I spent the better part of Sunday cooking and prepping for myself and DH. That stink butt dropped a few pounds with a 48 hours bug so he's back on bulk mode. Don't know how he does it!!

jennieodwyer

I am so sorry to hear about your son! I hope he heals quickly. On a side note, don't say that about second kids. I don't think they can be any more of a handful than the one I have now is!:laugh: I think she makes the case everyday to be an only child. Yeah, you know the hubby is stick when they have to take off. Glad you were able to get your workouts in though and so great to hear that your project turned out well. I am sure it is so satifying to have it all done and can now truly enjoy it.

For me this weekend, I kept a handle on things. I had a Mother's Day lunch for my mom and it was prepared foods (chicken salad, pasta salad, etc) I did my best to estimate the calories and I kept my portions small. I even only had 1 Hungry Girl Margarita instead of 2 like I planned. So I was little over my calories but still under maintance and the biggest thing is I ate and stopped when I was full. So I wasn't feeling way over stuffed or sick like I was last weekend. So I think that was a huge plus. Hopefully that will make a difference on the scale. I am also trying to hit 1700 each day as well so hopefully that will help as well.

I did venture out in public (well in front of my parents, grandmother and siblings) wearing a 2 piece for the first time since having the baby this weekend. I wore a two piece at home on Saturday and was feeling particularly confident so I decided to take one out for a spin with the family on Sunday. I don't know how well I pulled it off though. No one commented at all, which makes it hard to judge. Are they not commenting because they are horrified and don't know what to say or just no one thought anything about it? I was hoping for "cute suit" or something. But no there was nothing, so I am still unsure if people were thinking I should have just covered up more or not. Oh well. We will be on a beach in a few weeks together and I will be wearing all different types of swim suits so they can just sit back and enjoy the stretchmarks :laugh:

mamareese

I wouldn't fret about the lack of comments. I know I try to avoid (even if I think someone looks awesome) saying too much about bikini attire because you never know the response you'll get. When we took the kids with some friends to a water park last year, the girl we went with had awesome oblique muscles. I told DH how great her stomach looked but it felt awkward mentioning it to her. Especially since she doesn't actually workout. I figured she'd think I was weird for checking out her stomach! :laugh: I'm absolutely positive you looked fabulous so you should continue to flaunt it in whatever water, beach, summer scene you can!!!

And great job over the weekend. I'll be interested to see how things turn out at the end of the week for you. I truly find it hard to believe that with how on par you are during the week both with eats and workouts that you aren't leaving yourself a little wiggle room over the weekend. Something to the effect of what you did this weekend sounds like a reasonable balance.

My little man is great..he loves his little cast and the great part is 3 weeks it comes off! Just in time for vacation (camping trip). The Dr. said it was a very minor break and he'll bounce back super fast. He looks so darn cute and cuddly with his little blue cast. I have a girlfriend who says the same thing about her 1st little boy. She tells me all the time 'I think I got the 2nd one first!!' LoL. My oldest is just so laid back, so easy going that my 2nd (as wonderful and amazing as he is!) is more of my wild child. So for us that old adage of 2nd one 1st rings true!

Got into the weight room early this AM. The electric kept going in and out from 330am on this morning so when it finally kicked back on at 5 I headed my tush out the door. Got in a good workout and a good breakfast. Lunch is packed and I'm feeling pretty confident with this week. If I can continue to eat fine at my parents, I should be setting myself up for a good week. I did check the scale (which I know we should avoid!) and I'm down 1lb from the 5.6 from last weigh in. I keep checking the boards for people who have upped calories and started things like NROL and see similar situations. Plus I put my HRM on this morning and burned 250ish calories during my strength workout so really that isn't that far off from 1540 + exercise calories. Nothing like I was thinking. So sticking with it. Which I haven't been great at since we all did Insanity. I need to complete something and check it off my to do list. Speaking of which, I need to sign up for that 5k. Yowser!

jennieodwyer

Thanks. I feel good overall about the bathing suit but I am sure you know that girl that loses a little weight and then squeezes herself into something she shouldn't be wearing because she never was able to wear it before (like skinny jeans, or shorty shorts or whatever). She thinks she looks great since she never was able to fit into something like that before but the rest of the world is slightly horrified. Yeah you know that girl. I just want to make sure I am not that girl :laugh: Thinking I look all good since I lost the baby weight but people looking at my stomach thinking what the hell is she thinking not covering up the skin and stretch marks :laugh: I talked to my mom about it (who would be brutally honest) and she said she liked the suit but she did notice the stretch marks. Which is fine because honestly I think she was looking for them since she knew I had them. Not in a mean way but wanting to see what they looked like since she last saw them (like a year ago when I first showed her).

When I went ahead and posted the pictures, the response confirmed my thoughts. That with or without stretch marks I look better in 2 pieces. My sister in law, who was there, posted that she thought it looked good. So I am feeling better about it. Only one random guy said the one piece. It was sort of funny. But I do think it is a cute one piece.

Well I am glad the little man will heal quickly. That is one thing that is amazing about kids. They rebound so well from stuff like that. It would take forever for us to heal with something like that, ahh youth

You and I both know there is no way that still eating at a deficit is not going to make you gain 5lbs. I can't imagine your frustration since I haven't had that high of a jump with dieting (off the wagon yes but no when just changing up the diet) but there is just no way. Stick with it girl and I know it will pay off. I have been eating more veggies to get my totals up to 1700 and above the last few days. I have to say that I do feel better. Even though I wasn't really hungry on 1500-1600, I often would feel really tired or just run down. I think the little extra food (and maybe because it is mostly coming from carbs) it is improving my recovery and energy levels. Now we shall see how that translates on Friday. :laugh:

This weekend should be interesting for me though. On Saturday night we are going to a dinner party at a big Brazilian steakhouse. You know, one of those places where they keep bringing you meat (they they cut off the stick for you) throughout the dinner. I think I should be ok with it though since I will avoid the bread and stick with meat and their salad bar. The big thing will be all the free drinks. I am such a sucker for free drinks at restaurants since we rarely ever get them. Drinking is a triple threat for me since 1) the calories in the drink; 2) I eat way more when I am drinking and usually the day after; 3) even if I just have a few drinks I really struggle to workout the next day (I totally get why athletes don't drink). So..... we shall see if I can avoid that. Then my husband is planning something for Mother's Day and he said it isn't going to be too unhealthy so we shall see what that is. Now go register for that 5k :happy:

jennieodwyer

Oh and as a side note, did you see that the new girl on Bodyrock.tv got herself some new porn boobies? :laugh:

mamareese

I think I was that girl. LoL :laugh: I had this conversation with DH about how when I lost a good amount of weight when I first started out I had more confidence than I do now. Which turns out to be a little ironic. But it's like you finally see a change in your body and feel good about it. Granted I wasn't running around in a monokini mowing the lawn :noway: but I hesitated less with pulling on clothes compared to now. Now it's like, the longer I work at it the more I digress about my body. I think it's probably a common issue. But I'm definitely noticing that that 'ah ha' feeling has been gone for some time as I settle in to fighting those last few pounds!

Sounds like you've got a fun weekend plan. Enjoy it. I'm with you on the drinking though. Thus why I don't' partake often and glad the opportunity to do so doesn't arise much. I'm a feign for terrible late night food options after a night of drinking. And then spend the next day on the couch with something salty!!

I did read that 'Lisa' aka I wear spanx to workout was getting new boobies installed....I'll have to go check out the 'afters' :laugh:

jennieodwyer

Oh I am sure you are not the girl I am thinking of :laugh: But I totally understand the difference in how you feel about your body. I am going through it right now with the bathing suit situation. Which I now think I am over though. In addition to all my MFP support, my sister in law who saw the bathing suit in person, told me she thought I looked great (unsolicited after she saw my post). So that is good.

I have no issue with new boobies but what is the deal with skinny ripped chicks getting HUGE ones that look crazy. She looks so small and then has the crazy globes standing at full attention. So far I don't think she has done a workout video with them in. So that should be interesting. Hey everyones opinion is different but I think the size, shape and position of some of those implants are just comical. But hey to each their own. My opinions on boobs (both mine and others) have definately changed since I lost weight. Its funny.

Way to work the abb ripper :laugh:

mamareese

I figured with an extra 'b' I might get an added burn of 1.5 calories instead of 1...but, alas, 2 was all I got- not a fancy 2.5.

Darn it, I forgot to look at 'Lisa's' boobs. How do you forget a conversation about boobs? Seriously! LoL :laugh:

Moved on to a change in NROL again today. Down to 10 reps x 3 instead of 12 x 2. I should have worn my HRM because my HR was up there. Couldn't believe how whooped I felt. The only down side is I'm constantly starving. I'm up in the calories as it is. How can I be starving? It's insane. I try to make smart choices (aside from My sister baking last night!) and I still go to bed hungry. I'm going to have to pay more attention to protein. Because this Hulk needs fed!! :laugh:

jennieodwyer

Oh I was just talking about this yesterday. When I switched from 1400-1500 to 1750-1800, I had a hard time eating the extra calories at first. I just wasn't really hungry when it was time to eat but I knew I had my energy was way low. Fast forward 3 days and I am starving even with the 1750-1800 calories. What is up with that? I hear people say that though especially when change bulk/cut cycles. It is hard to get in the calories when switching to a bulk then when it is time to cut you are starving and wondering how the hell you ever ate calories that low before. :laugh:

Yes go check out the tatas. They are worth a gander. And there answers my question. They get them that big and cartoon like because people (including me) look at them. :laugh: Get that protein in girl. Hope you like tuna. Its my bestie

So glad tomorrow is a rest day. I could use the rest and extra sleep (I get to sleep in until 6am). I have been trying to get an idea of what to expect on the weigh in tommorrow but for the past 2 days the numbers have been all jacked up! They have been bouncing all over the place and they have been incredibly low. Which would be awesome but I don't believe it. There is no way I lost 2-4 pounds this week and the fact that I couldn't get a single consistent number indicates to me that something else is going on. I was thinking low battery or something but then my husband gets on and says it was fine for him and was registering the same number 2x and it was what he was expecting so who knows. Since I did up my calories alittle and I might be rebounding from the gain last week I could see a nice loss but the numbers were just way to good to be true. Boooo. Hope the scale figures it out by tomorrow and is doesn't go way high haha!

mamareese

I love how they stay like perfect little globes when she's on the exercise ball. :laugh:

I do hope that you are seeing another loss! I have heard (and Lord know we 'hear' a ton of things) from that Eat More Weigh less group so of the ladies are seeing that initial drop off after upping the calories. Sort of like a 'thank you' for feeding me. I haven't seen it...grr...but maybe it is an actual loss! Keep the sodium down and we'll find out come tomorrow!! I know I'm sucking down the water myself.

Tuna-gag-going to have to either carry a dozen of eggs with me or hold my nose when I eat tuna. :laugh:

mamareese

Hey, I just wanted to touch base with you quick since we are MFP buddies :flowerforyou: I didn't want you to think I dropped off the face of the MFP world.

I am taking a little vacation from MFP. As I continue to struggle with making progress towards goals, I find myself becoming more and more frustrated. I get on here daily log, have it in my head constantly about weigh ins or calorie checks or whatever, and then come Friday I get so deflated that I want to derail forever. Granted, I'm at least to a point where I don't go that route but that sense of 'failure' is ever present lately.

I am still up 5.4lbs. I had a feeling 'eat more to weigh less' wouldn't be a method that would work. But I promised myself that I'd complete the program as is. And I still need to give it more time to be fair but...if a huge calorie deficit doesn't...how does a tiny one?! I dunno!!

Between trying low calorie, low carb, eat more to weigh less, get in the scale, get off the scale..push harder - rest more...I'm just becoming to overwhelmed. You know, as we talk almost daily, I haven't seen any real progress since Insanity. And even that was modest. I have had my ups and downs. But given that I workout 5-6x a week, eat pretty healthy, and still at least don't show some signs of gains with progress photos/losses on the scale. I need a break. I know it sounds so defeatist. I just have to get my head on right.

I don't plan on going away forever. I just need to walk away from the daily constant of being on here reporting all this stuff and then showing not much for it. Now, I'm not a total tool. I will say that I"m healthy and relatively fit. But with months of no achievement towards my set goals. I need a moment to step back and take a breath. To just go at this as a daily normal routine without all the logging. And I know I've taken a couple day break before from calorie counting and maybe this is all this will because. (and it will if I lose control without MFP around!! :laugh: ) But for a few weeks...I'm going rouge. :devil:

And I just wanted to give you a heads up. Tell you congrats on your loss, I'm glad it stuck!! keep at it as I know you will. And flaunt that hard work as summer approaches! You've earned it!

jennieodwyer

Hey girl!!! Well thanks for letting me know. I can't imagine how frustrated you might be. I have had my frustrations short term but thankfully I have been able to work out the kinks along the way so I can imagine you are ready for a break. I would be the same way if I was going through what you have been going through.

Enjoy the time off and take a break. It helps alot of people. I am sad to see you go for a while but I completely understand and hope you will come back every once in a while to say hi. You do look awesome though. I know you are not where you want to be but I just wanted to make sure you know that from an outside perspective you are looking hot! :bigsmile:

I am due to finish S90 in the middle of June so in case you are not back by then I will be sure to message you when I have posted my befores and afters for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the time off and if I don't talk to you before then, have a wonderful 30th birthday!!!! :flowerforyou:

mamareese

Though my plan had been to stay off MFP until my birthday. I just can't do it. With trying to hit macro ratios, it's almost impossible not to log. If I was smarter I could probably do it :laugh: , but even with making sure I eat X Y Z throughout the day- I am not 100% that I'm getting in what I need to get in. So here I am... lol. :flowerforyou:

Only a week. Ridiculous. :laugh:

I'm still up to 157 which is where I've been since upping my calories and though I feel like a big chubby butt. I'm still trying to see this through. I will admit that I skipped ahead to Stage 2 of NROLFW. Just felt like Stage 1 wasn't intense enough. I"m sure it would have been fine but I only have so long in an actual gym so I needed to hit fast forward on the remote here!!

How are you?? Still killing the S90??? No doubt in my head that you are! I had to giggle the other day because Stage 2 has Bulgarian Split Squats and when the DOMS set in I thought - Jennie suggested this! You were right. My glutes have been screaming all week. I love it. Luckily, I'm finding success in lifting heavier as I go so even though the scale sucks- I have those NSVs to hold me tight.

I think it's just one of those funks. And not just a weight loss funk but the turning 30 funk. Ya know? DH went through the whole age issue when he got closer to 30. I wasn't feeling too concerned but the more I think about it the more I think that even if it's not about feeling crappy about turning 30- it still that feeling of 'should have accomplished XX'. Eh, funk be gone- I've got work to do!!

I am feeling the parental 'ugh' since I had to make a choice between running the 5k or attending my son's baseball game. DH was fine with me choosing the 5k but, as a mother, I just couldn't justify it. My girlfriend has signed us up for one on the 16th which pending no schedule changes will be perfect. I just hate setting these goals and then not getting to follow through on them. But, sacrifice is what parenting is about now isn't it?!

jennieodwyer

Yea!!!! You are back I knew it was only a matter of time I was lonely though while you were gone. If you weren't on I was going to message you and tell you that I was back up from my crazy loss last week (not a huge surprise). Looks like I am back to my pattern of up, down, up down. Oh well I am over it. I know it isn't fat since I am still eating at a deficit so who cares? haha Annoying yes, life altering no :laugh: Screw the scales right?

Yes I am kicking it on the S90. I am on my last month. Which might have also been why the weight was down so much last week. S90 has the last week of each month very light on lifting. It is mostly cardio and abs with some lighter full body lifting. I think they do this so that you are lower in weight at the end of each month (both from the additional cardio and from the rest your body gets from all the lifting - ei no DOMS that should effect the results) since I think they assume that is when people are taking weights, measurements and photos (at 30, 60 and 90 days). So that is another factor. As for when I finish, that is sort of up in the air. I leave for the beach with 6 days left on the program (almost all cardio). I am thinking about calling it completed 6 days early since I don't want the one week off then back at it for 6 days to effect the results. I will still do the workouts when I get back but I think I might just call it completed 6 days early for the purposes of pictures and measurements. I so wish I could get it all done before I leave since I would like the (maybe) benefit of the extra cardio days in the end but I think that is just the smartest thing because I am not interested in doubling up on any days.

Ahh yes the Bulgarian split squats, challenging both your butt and your balance. :laugh: They are like the deadlift for me, I don't seem to really feel it until the day after. I feeling like stretching when I am doing it and I don't get the bad fatigue like I do after lunges but the next day WOOOO I feel it baby :laugh:

I know what you mean about being in a funk. I wasn't in a funk about turning 30 but I was when I changed professionals (sort of) a few years back. Since high school, all I wanted to do was practice family law. So I went straight to law school from college, took the bar, rose through the ranks of non-profit to private practice and I got my dream job. I was doing exactly what I wanted: litigating very high end divorce cases for lots of money. I was living the dream but I HATED it. Hated it so badly that I cried almost every Sunday night knowing I had another week of work ahead of me. I couldn't sleep and wasn't eating and ended up needed to take anxiety medicine just to get through the day. It was that bad. I kept with it because 1) I was so good at it and 2) it was the only thing I ever thought I wanted to do. Being good at something you hate makes it so much worse because then no one understands why you don't want to do it but I digress. I didn't know what end was up and where to go. I ended up falling into my current position of negotiating contracts a few years ago and it all worked out but for a long time I was in a funk that I wasted time going to law school and I was a failure, etc, etc. Now that has all past and I have gotten some great perspective. I love having a work/life balance that I never could have done before. I never would have had Josie and if by some accident I did have her, I would be the world's crappiest mom if I continued to work 10-12 hours a day at a job I loathed. The money was nice but it wasn't worth my happiness. So I understand a funk especially about things not being accomplished but things have a way of working out for the best (even if we don't agree with it at the time:laugh: )

And PS I could NEVER do the math required to do my macros on a daily basis. haha!

mamareese

Those muscles look ah-mazing! Great nice pic!

Struggles of adulthood are enough to make grown women cry, aren't they? And I think that's what it boils down too- trying to achieve something simply for the fact of completing a road you set out on or changing course because that's what feels more right as we move along the way. Always such a delicate balance we leave ourselves in!! :blushing:

It's been a busy friggin' weekend. LoL. Today is DH and my 7 year anniversary. We decided to do a ropes/balance type challenge course instead of opting for our regular eat dinner come home routine. It was so much fun but I'm covered in bruises *since I'm not graceful on balance wires!* and my upper body has been spent for 2 days.

It works out that I have some extra rest time since my workout will be tonight. My oldest has come down with something and is sleeping off a night of vomiting. Oh the joys!! So later on deadlifts and bulgarian squats will be on my to do list. Time to match up the DOMS in my arms with DOMS in my legs!!!

bikinisuited

Bump as to next exercise plan after brazilian butt lift program!