Lindsay Brin's 60 Day Slim Down and workout videos

jennieodwyer

Well funny that I ask about the fitbit/bodymedia device today. My mom gave me my last Christmas present and it was the Jawbone Up (the new version not the failed beta test version, haha). I am excited about it since it is a lot easier to wear and keep up with than the fitbit and the big arm band. This is just a bracelet like the Nike Fuelband. So far there is no integration with MFP like the fitbit but that is ok since I will be doing my own thing and just adjust the numbers myself old school style. Can't wait to dig in :laugh:

Sadly I didn't get my weights (I am sure my parents didn't want to deal with it) but no worries I plan on making the investment myself as soon as Christmas passes. Maybe a new years deal will come out? If not I will keep checking craigslist or just take the plunge and buy retail with the end of year bonus we got :laugh:

mamareese

That's exciting about the Jawbone up...I had never heard of it. You'll have to let me know how it works out. I looked at it real quick. I don't have a smart phone so I'm not sure how it would work for me. I'll have to keep digging. Dan is asking about my 'last minute gift'. I'm sure he won't like me suggesting this item...but a girl can try right? :laugh:

I saw your pics too. There is such a difference! I mean I know that line is just a vanity line for us (I can say that because I have it! ) but it is something that I know my eye is drawn too. So it's awesome to see that 1 visit and you've found some improvement. That's great. You may have mentioned this but when did she suggest you'll need to come back?

Heck ya, by the weights yourself! I think that kind of thing makes people unsure. I know Dan asked everyone for weight bands that he uses for benching. And all of our family was like 'eh...not so sure about that!', even though I knew exactly where to get them and to get them cheaper. Something about those fitnessy things tends to make people unsure, at least in my experience. I know I asked for workout DVDs last Christmas and my sister looked at me like 'you have got to be kidding me!'

Got in CLX Burn Circuit 1 and the weather was nice enough to get the dogs off their fat butts and out the door. Heck, I think I've accomplished more this morning than I did all day last Thursday! Did a quick run to the grocery store after my workout because my oldest told me that our snack selection was weak.:laugh: He likes his Boston Cream pie Yogurt and baby carrots for school lunches. So off Mama went at 6am!

Now it's time to try and wrap up a few things at work today and tomorrow- survive the final push to wrap presents and pick up those last minute gifts (and batteries) and then head into Christmas. We have Christmas Eve with the in-law grandparents and then Christmas at my parents on Christmas. Those should be the only two 'food' themed events. Dan's mom is coming up to celebrate Christmas the weekend after Christmas but I'm in charge of cooking so I can ensure myself some appropriate options! Then I'll be safe until my Grandma's Christmas which probably won't be until after the New Year. We stay in for New Years so safe there. In my head that didn't sound like a lot of food themed events but now that I type it out- I'm a little scared!!! :huh:

jennieodwyer

Yeah I had not heard of it either until I was doing my research :laugh: People think I am weird for wanting fitness gifts but apparently gadgets are totally acceptable gifts

Yes as for the Botox I am very pleased. I told my mom last night and she said should could see a difference in the line and that it looks really natural (ie - my forehead wasn't crazy frozen). I was actually quite pleased with her response since I was expecting her to be all disapproving and worried about side effects and such. So that was nice. I will send you the pics of the before and after (not looking all crazy) but my mom says the results look better in person :laugh:

The Botox lasts up to 6 months but results vary based on your metabolism. Basically if you work out alot (as we do) your body will metabolize the botox faster and so the effect will not last as long, booooo. So the lady that did it said I can expect about 4 months. But that is 4 months of the lack of movement. I suspect (but could be wrong) that it would take a month or 2 for the line to come back once I can make that face again. So I am hoping that even if it wears off after 4 months, I can get away with only getting it done every 5-6 months. If I can make it last 6 months it is totally worth the cost. If it burns off really fast because of my metabolism and I only get like 3-4 months out of it, I would have to rethink the cost. If it was cheaper I would be signing up for a decades worth right now based on the results. Hopefully since now Dysport had come out (Botox's only FDA approved competitor), the price will be driven down a bit.

I started using the thigh band with the CLX Burn It Off DVD. Boy my butt cheeks are feeling it right now! I like it :happy: I am excited about that since I only used the band in like 2-3 exercises and I definitely could feel a difference and I was only using the light resistance band (the set i bought has light, medium and heavy resistance). From what I can tell, it appears the CLX band (which I never had) is a light or medium resistance. The heavy band I have is much less stretchy than what I see them use in the video.

My weight is going to be way up this week with all my indulgence but that is ok since I think I am seeing some real progress in my thigh from CLX. Check out the pics on my blog. They are crappy but that muscle in my upper thigh was never visible before. Now I am not sure if that is a sign that I am just building that muscle up or if I am losing the fat around it. I am ok with either though since in my experience (with my arms and abs) the muscles come out first and I start looking sort of "bulky" and thick since there is still too much fat on the new muscle and then out of nowhere, when I least expect it, the fat seems to dissipate and I start looking leaner. Fingers crossed this trend will continue in the thighs and butt!! Things are definitely happening with CLX I just hope they are good things :laugh:

I know I am weird but I am sort of looking forward to the LP diet. I think it is what I need in order to push me to get the goals I want. I am going to have to be really crafty with the macros though. I wish she had some high protein low cal recipes in the plan (not her outside cook books) that might help. I will be googling some bodybuilder recipes for sure.

Go wrap things up (both at work and presents :laugh: ) and get ready to party! Don't worry about the diet the world is ending tomorrow anyways right? :laugh:

mamareese

Well holy cow a week has went by. What the heck have I been doing?

How was your Christmas? Traveling? Any trips down the Mountain aside from on skis? :drinker: :drinker:

Ours was good. The kids had a blast, they seemed so appreciative this year it was nice. The extended family was great. All good things. My only complaint is I ended up on the couch for most of it. :sick: It started off Sunday night. I take a med from my dermatologist that I've been taking for a year. For some reason after staying up late Sunday to wrap present, I took it later than normal and work up in the middle of the night thinking I was having symptoms of a damn heart attack. My shoulder hurt, I was sweating, and my throat was on fire. I had a terrible time explaining it to my husband because it definitely wasn't heart burn (2 pregnancies taught me what that feels like). So all day Monday I suffered through the baking, the prepping, and all the other last minute holiday to dos. By Monday night it was more bearable but I spent most of Monday eating 0 and trying to drink anything I thought might help. Monday evening we heading to my grandparent-in laws. That went alright since the burning had slowly started to subside. Wake up Tuesday thinking hallelujah the burning is gone! Only to realize it's been replaced by flu like symptoms. I spent 90% of the day either under a blanket freezing/burning up or in the bathroom. Yesterday was a little better. Today the nausea is gone and I'm back to work but my whole body feels about 99 years old. My neck feels out of place, my back is aching. It's so weird. And apparently it's all from taking the pill and then immediately laying down?!? I have no idea but it sucked. :noway: :noway: So needless to say I haven't worked out. But 1) I'm too 'eh' body wise to be worried about it 2) missed out on ALL the food because of this so what's there to worry about!? :huh: It's a Christmas for the books though, that's for sure. I tried to make it up to the kids by putting together 250+++ pieces of Legos for them last night multiple times. We had a heck of a snow storm and ended up with 14 inches of snow. What better way to spend that kind of night than at the kitchen table with Lego instructions?

Did things go okay for you and all your travels? I didn't think to look how far out the storm reached. We are still getting a little bit but this is the rate we expect this time of year so we are a little more prepared for that!!

jennieodwyer

Oh no!!! Are you feeling better?? Do you know what you had? Do you think it was just a side effect of the meds? That is horrible! at least on the bright side you were able to lose weight.:laugh: But I am sure you would rather have just felt better!

Our trip was nice. Lots of snow in Jackson. Josie apparently is not a huge fan of the snow and barely would play in it. She hated having to wear and hat and mittens the most. I was fairly disappointed that she didn't want to play in the snow or go sledding or anything. Apparently it is the age though. Mike's parents said all the grandkids were like this when they were toddlers. oh well.

I don't downhll ski but I did try some cross country skiing which was definitely more my speed. Other than that I sat on my *kitten* and ate crap non stop. haha Hence the 8 pound weight gain. Some of that is definitely water since I ate pizza, fries and a burger yesterday but i would estimate about 3-4 pounds of that is fat. haha I knew it was coming. But seeing 140 on the scale (which I hadn't seen since 2011!!) sucked *kitten*. I am looking forward the the cut since I know I need it bad but the next 12 weeks might be rough to say the least :laugh:

Well I was all excited about my Up and it is a cool device BUT they seem to have software calculation issues. I think it does a great job measuring steps and sleep but the calculation for calories is way off. Even the BMR is 200-300 calories too low according to the formula they say it uses. I emailed the manufacturer about the calories being off and they told me calibrating it should fix it. I will be calibrating it at lunch today but honestly I don't know how calibrating it will do anything different since that is only supposed to make the mileage count more accurate since it calculates the stride distance. So I will calibrate it today and see if that fixes it but if not, it is heading straight back to the manufacturer and I am getting a body media from costco :laugh:

Oh the power blocks went on sale and I found a 10% off coupon so I got them yesterday. I was able to get them for $224 + tax which was awesome since prior to this, I could only find them for $300 :laugh: Can't wait to break those bad boys out tomorrow :laugh:

jennieodwyer

owwwww check it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=535-jeaYHLk

haha

mamareese

Okay so I just watched the Brin thing. Ummm....first of all, we know we love Lindsay but whose her production team? She can't be channeling hard core, mean girl in the promo and then go back to your best, fit girlfriend in the actual videos!!?!!

So glad you got your weights and seem to be enjoying them. Awesome for that. How is the Jawbone UP? Still having trouble with it?

I was going to start the cut right after Christmas but with not feeling good my eating has been up and down. I'd eat a little of Mama's cooking and then be out for eating for the rest of the day, or I'd eat some soup and feel like I'd ate a steak and potato meal. It's been weird. Hell, we ate at Applebee's the other day and I could manage 1/3 of my penne meal. Dan enjoyed that though-lol! So I'm going to start up tomorrow too. I'm hoping that between forcing myself to eat regularly and healthier foods-my stomach issues will resolve themselves. If not within 2 weeks, then I'm off to the doctor. Apparently the meds that I take for my face can great ulcers and other intestinal issues. For now, I'm erring on the side of it's an inconsistent eating approach that's the issue. If that doesn't solve it, I'll look elsewhere.

New Year's plans? We are doing a small at home thing. I took to Pinterest (go figure) and have some activities planned for the kids, one for each hour of the night. We were never big go out people, even before kids so this way the kids get the point of New Years and we get to stay home. Win/win!! :laugh:

jennieodwyer

Awww how good of a mommy are you that you have activities planned? I am just running errands today (hubby is at work) working out and then have a party to go to tonight.

Loving the weights but the Up is going back as we speak. The band was awesome and I think it did a good job of counting steps but the software was way off. Basically all the calculations were SO low for me even when I was walking over 11,000 steps a day and working out hard. I knew it wasn't just me over estimating either since my resting burn (BMR) kept reading 1000-1200 depending on the day. First off, BMR shouldn't change day to day unless your stats change and secondly, my BMR (according to their own formula they claim the UP uses) is over 1400. I talked to their support team 2x about it and they just said to keep calibrating it (which I did) but it was the same thing. So back it went. Just in time though since Costco dropped the price of the Body Media Link to $119 right after CHristmas. That includes a 12 month subscription to their website as well (saves $66 over getting it direct from Body Media) so I was sold. I mean it is a no brainer. The UP was $129 and this is $119 (granted I had to pay tax but that only brought the price up to $128 so it was still cheaper). And the Body media supposedly does SO much more so we will see. Costco has a 90 day return policy on it so I am going to give it a whirl. The only down side is the band on the BM. The UP band was sooooo cool. But if it doesn't register correctly then it is useless.

Well the holiday weight is slowly coming off. I was up 8, yes it was honestly 8 pounds in the Xmas week. That was my weight on Friday. And I have gotten off 3 pounds since Friday (through working out, diet and no more salt overload, haha) but that still has me at 5 pounds up but I am sure the cut will take care of that no problem :laugh: I am hitting it hard core come wed!!!

Happy New Year!!!:drinker:

mamareese

Dun...dun....dun....it's here. Are you ready?!! :huh: OF COURSE YOU ARE READY! Let's get this done!! :drinker:

How was that for peppy and ready to rock on Day 1 of the cut!??

New Years was good (except the dog eating the steaks I had out to cook so we had Chinese instead), yesterday was a nice day with the boys and my Mom, and today is the day to start getting rid of the fluff from the Holidays AND THEN the extra fat that's been hiding on this body for too long! I'm ready. ( a little tired after my first 5am workout in what feels like FOREVER but ready!)

I prepped everything but dinner. We are having paninis and soup for dinner a la the Mama's new panini maker. So I have everything ready for lunches and snacks from now until Saturday. Then it's back to prepping. We may need to discuss food/recipes so that we can survive this little adventure!!

How was your New Years? Did you have a good time? Still loving the new weights?

jennieodwyer

Oh no! The dog was happy for sure but I am sure you were MAD! I know I would have been. I am glad that you had a good break though. I had fun and hung out with some old friends. I am ready to get down to business. Even though the food and booze is fun, it overall makes me feel crappy in the end so I am ready to get back on target.

I have today all planned out and dinner for tomorrow so we will see how that works out. My calories are fine by my macros are off. Ironically it is that I am too high and protein and too low on fat. Oh well I will be my best with it.

Today was my first 1 calorie workout. haha. I thought that would just be easier than having to try to keep track of my calories and macros with that extra amount added on top. That and this will hopefully prevent any backlash from peeps saying I am not eating enough :laugh:

So far so good. The scale better be down on Friday but I am sure it is still way up from before Christmas. Oh well I knew it was coming. I actually joined my first ever challenge on MFP and the initial weigh in is this Friday. It matched up perfectly with the cut (12 weeks) and the weighs in are on Friday so I thought what the hell. Hopefully it will hold me a bit more accountable so I am excited about that. (I am weird, I know)

Pants are tight. Time to get some action!!!

mamareese

I am so sorry about your pup. That's terrible news. How are you holding up? I wish there was a 'big hug' smiley face! I'd send that your way for sure.

I did see you got up and got in a kick butt workout this morning. Awesome job. Mine was more weak sauce than awesome. I just had NO energy. Not surprising with a big drop and I know I'll adjust. I wasn't even really that hungry yesterday but the lack of energy was evident this morning. Add in the fact I had a big handful of days with no workouts when I was sick over Christmas and you get a crappy workout today. Hopefully another well planned day of eating and a good night's sleep will make tomorrow's better.

How is the LP going for you? Day 1 is down. Are you all planned out for Day 2?

mamareese

And yes on the 1 calorie...I have the amount of calories I need for week 1-3 for LP burned into my brain but when I read your concern of it throwing off your macros...I hadn't thought of that. So back to 1 I went!

jennieodwyer

Yeah it is rough. Josie keeps asking for Roxie and when we explain it to her she seems ok and runs off but then maybe 2 hours later she will be asking about her again. I was sad when I woke up since Roxie always got up and followed me into the office when I worked out. So I was sad but the cardio distracted me and I worked out some of my frustrations then came the Recharge workout. Yeah I almost had to turned it off since the whole time I was just thinking of Roxie and how she would be laying on me when I was doing this or wanting a pet when I was doing this stretch. It was just too much time to think but I made it.

Then I was breaking down on the way to work since Josie saw Roxie's bed on the way out the door and got all excited and was asking for her again and I again had to tell her that she is gone and went bye bye. So for, no lie, 10 solid minutes in the car Josie kept repeating "bye bye Rox" and whenever I would say yes bye bye Roxie we will miss her she would say "I do". I know she is fine but it breaks my heart and sent me into a crying fit.

And this has started WWIII with my husband and I. I am not saying I do want another dog right away but my husband originally said "lets talk about getting another one" and I was really touched since I know he didn't want to get another pom. He knows how much I love having a little companion dog and that is part of why I am taking this SOOO hard. It is like there is a void. I love having a dog follow me and wake up with me in the morning and meet me at the door. I have always had dogs and not only do I miss Roxie I feel like I am missing out by not having a dog. So I was so happy that he wanted to make me happy and offered to get another dog (even if we didn't get one right away, the fact that he was willing to make me happy really meant something to me). Well that all changed when we got home that night and he basically said he doesn't want to deal with another dog so that was it. Sorry about Roxie but go ahead and grieve and be done with it. Yeah that didn't go over well with me especially in my depressed state.

In terms of the fight, it isn't the actual dog it is what the dog represents. It is that he knows the possibility of getting another dog makes me happy but he doesn't care or "thinks I will get over it" since he doesn't want to deal with one. So it is just the crappiest day of all time.

Yeah as for the calories, I would love to see what my net is and all that with adding in my burn but then I had to do alot more math with my macros so I just went the easy way. Day 1 went fine on LP. I was hungry in the morning but once I got the call about Roxie yesterday afternoon, I had no appetite and had a hard time getting in all my calories. Depression really is the best diet for me :ohwell: Today is also planned out for LP (although my macros still are not 100%) but the calories are in line. Tomorrow is my first weigh in. It should be down from that crazy high of 140 (then 139 the day after the sodium binge) but I am sure it is still up from pre Xmas weight. I am hoping for 135lb which will be 5lbs down from last Friday but still 3lbs up from pre Xmas weight. That will be my starting weight for the LP program (and the challenge I joined). For the challenge I said I wanted to lose 10lb so that would put me at 125lb goal weight which I would be thrilled with! Hope LP can deliver that Are you starting LP again?

mamareese

I did decide to jump in with you (total follower). I thought what the heck since I needed to 'cut' somehow, I know LP works for me and I know I finished out Insanity with having the support of other people being along on the journey. Hopefully your determinism keeps me focused on the end goal!

Great job on the weigh in. How are you feeling with the drop in calories? Adjusting better? How are the workouts? I know she lays out workouts in the book. Someday I'd like to give the whole program a go, just to see if little cardio with lots of weights works for me. I'd be okay only hopping on a treadmill because I wanted to, not because I needed to! :laugh:

I can understand your frustration with the changing of the husband's mind. I'm sure in his head he's probably thinking he doesn't want to see you or Josie go through this again. But I totally get what you are saying. As difficult as these moments are, all those wonderful times with a dog are something you want to not miss out on. I get it. And hopefully once things settle down, you can both be on the same page. It's frustrating when your emotions are already raw.

You were definitely right about the '1' calorie thing. I'd just gotten back into the habit of logging it. It's nice to see but sometimes seeing it freaks us and our MFP pals out if our net is low. I know there's big theories about not netting below your BMR but I figure I'm okay with listening to my body. Yes LP says XXXX calories and so long as my body is responsive to that...I'm good.

We'll see what the rest of the 1st week on LP brings. I just realized our weigh ins weren't even after a full week of cut. So maybe next week will bring some real fat loss! Oh the excitement!

jennieodwyer

So glad I will have a buddy on this LP journey. I will be sneaking all sorts of peeks at your diary to try to get food ideas. So far I am surprised the food planning and macros is not as hard as I expected. I am basically just eating a bit less of what I had been eating. I guess I was eating more protein and less carbs than I thought. I am sure I will totally reverse on this when I hit week 4 when the calories drop and the protein goes up to 50% but it is only for a week so I can suck it up. I can't really tell though how I am handling the lower calories since I am in my depression lack of appetite mode from Josie. Hopefully this will help me ease my body into having less calories (you know 1400 vs the 4000 I was eating over Christmas) so maybe when I do get my appetite back I will not have such a big issue with hunger. We will see. So far the only issue I am having though is the mental block about no cheat meals or cheat days for the next 12 weeks. That gets me. When I see a restaurant I want to try I just think I will wait until my cheat meal and that satisfies me. Now when I think, nope I just can't do it now, it makes me mad. Yes I will eat out for a special occasion or something but not having that one meal sort of makes me mad. haha

Yeah the 1 calorie thing is sort of a beat down but it is the best way for me to stay on target with calories and macros instead of trying to back them all out after adding in workout calories. Plus I prefer getting questions about why I only burned 1 calorie instead of people flipping out that I only netted like 800 calories.

Yeah I was curious about the workout program LP provides. It looks very doable. I appreciate that she provides a basic workout plan that doesn't require tons of equipment (like benches and bars). And that you can do the cardio on any type of machine available. If I did another round of this plan I would give the workout program a try.

Yeah our weigh ins were only 2 full days (at least for me) haha! So that was still impressive considering I ate and drank like crazy on NYE. So here is where I am at. I was at 132 when I left for Xmas. I was up to 140 last Friday. Today I am 135.4 so I still have over 3 pounds to go to get back to where I was before I left. boo hiss. I am hoping that happens this week but over 3 pounds is a tall order for us goal weight girls. So I am starting the LP program (even though I was 2 days into it) at just over 135 and I am hoping to lose 10lbs if I can get to 125lb or just under I would be thrilled. 120-125 is my ultimate dream weight and where I think I need to be in order to really lean out my arms and lower body. I am hoping LP will get me there but sometimes it seems like the impossible dream. I hope that it can provide consistent losses (versus losing 3-5lbs the first 2 weeks and then stalling out the rest of the way) but only time will tell and that didn't seem to be your experience so hoping for the best.

My BM band is coming early and should be here today! I am very excited. We will see what my TDEE really is (or as close to it as possible). My TDEE is estimated at 2200 according to the all the LP calculations. If my average TDEE is considerably different I am going to base my cut numbers off of the band since LP says: pairing the device with her FLTS is as close to fat loss as you can get http://www.leighpeele.com/gowear-fit-and-bodybugg-a-comparison :laugh:

mamareese

Which BM did you get?

jennieodwyer

The link. Go it from Costco when the Up was acting all crazy!

http://www.costco.com/BodyMedia-FIT™-LINK-Armband.product.11680102.html?catalogId=10701&langId=-1&keyword=body+media&storeId=10301

mamareese

I just checked it out...you have until January 20th to decide if you like it! (sale ends then! hehehe) I wondered if it was that one or the Core. Did you go with that based on research or the sale? I can't tell if there's a ton of difference. I totally should not be online browsing right now!! :noway: :laugh:

mamareese

Did you get the BM all set up? How are you liking it? I saw that you added your burn to your diary notes. Smart girl, I like that idea. I may or may not steal it...the lazy part of me says why deal with the HRM if I don't have to...the motivated part of me says you know you'll work harder if you put the darn thing on!

I'm glad you decided to do LP. I definitely like teaming up for 'challenges'. As awesome as it is to check in with someone daily, I enjoy the conquering of something together. I definitely wouldn't have made it through Insanity without our little 'insane' group. I have to admit although I stayed in calorie range my food choices were not the best this weekend. We had a minor hiccup over the weekend and ended up taking off to my parents out of the blue right when I was about to break my fast. Ended up at McDonald's so I just tried to behave as best you can there. It ended up alright but definitely hit the sodium load with that. I cooked up a storm for everyone on Sunday though so we are set with good choices this week. My banana protein bread isn't the yummiest but it's better than opting for something less healthy.

You did good over the weekend. Props to you!! My Dad's birthday is Wednesday so I'm going to be a good girl and avoid the cake. Cake I can avoid. Oreos I cannot. :laugh:

I see you set your UGW too. I think at this point mine is 145. If I can get there, I'm sure I'll reevaluate but I think 10lbs off (if it were fat) would get me settled back into the athletic look that I'm striving to get back too. You know that 'when I was 22!' LoL. We'll see. I'm setting it at 145 and we'll go from there.

Let's keep kicking butt though because knowing I have company is awesome!!

jennieodwyer

Yeah the only difference between the link and the core is the bluetooth capability. I prefer the bluetooth one because I love seeing all the goods right there on my phone but yeah I went with it because of the sale and Costco has a great return policy so if it stinks or isn't working out I can just take it to my store and get all my money back within 90 days. So far I would say it is much more accurate and does a lot more than the up but there is still the issue of calories burned when doing traditional cardio (bouncing around) being well tracked but circuit training (like lunges, pushups, etc) barely registers. I am on the fence about doing the off body option which some people recommend for workouts it can't track. Which means you basically take it off and then manually add the type of workout you did during that time. Its like MFP in that respect where you type in the time and activity you were doing when it was off body and it tells you the estimated calories burned. Or just letting the BMF numbers ride. The numbers are just SOOO off for those types of activities (400 vs 150) and you could say "well you are not working that hard" but seriously my HR is usually higher doing those things than running. Even when I look at the off body option and I input circuit training for 40 minutes it says 350. So I am just torn on that. But other than that it has been great. I need to walk more! :laugh:

Yeah I did well with food over the weekend. I am in it to win it but I am sure as soon as I have to eat out or go to some event I will not be so awesome. I will say though. I am feeling the adjustment hard this week! I am HUNGRY!!! :grumble:

I have been weighing in daily for fun (this is my motivation haha) and it was going down nicely (.25lb a day, which greatly pleases me) then this morning up 2.5lbs with no cause so random. No worries just interesting. But I feel good and the abs were popping this workout! This is my first real cut (I have never gone below 1500 daily) and wow it definitely makes a difference on your workouts. Apparently food is where you get your strength and energy from :laugh: Glad I have company on this

mamareese

Yeh, I had random weigh ins the last few days as well. I am glad you posted about it. I was down another 1.5 over the weekend (mind you though within calorie range my sodium was high so I was shocked I was even down anything) and then yesterday and this morning I'm back up to my weigh in from Friday. So I'm not sure. I'm going to chug water and I took a fiber supplement since I"m struggling against nature at this point. TMI. And see where all of that lands me.

I saw your post about the BM #s and the varied responses that you got. I have no good advice since I'm totally inept about those things! But I hope you get it figured out so that you are happy with it!! It definitely would be nice to have a little science on our side.

I agree about the impact on workouts. It definitely makes a difference and it's a struggle to determine if a major cut is worth it in the long run. Slow and steady is definitely the optimal way to go, but when you keep hitting that proverbial wall- hardcore cut seems the only way to go! I am just hoping that for me it forces me to be aware mentally more than I have been over the holiday season. I need to have that feeling of having my head in the game!

Today was my rest day (random but I wanted and had time to get 2 workouts in over the weekend) so I'm back to Turbo Fire tomorrow. I wanted to check out the Lindsay Brin Fierce free trial workout but I couldn't get it to play through. I saw the weight loss one on amazon for 55 but the lean out one was 75 I think. I'm not in the market for anything new right now (except a tighter butt and that doesn't come in a box!) but she's doing a great job marketing it. Her emails are so friendly I just want to be like 'sure, send me a copy! I want to see how FIERCE you can me Ms. Brin!'.

jennieodwyer

OMG just deleted my entire reply to you soo annoyed.

fast recap: yes, still up 2 pounds on the scale for no reason. really annoyed but I know it must head down eventually. My biggest concern is that I gained 6 pounds when on vacation in June and never got the last 3 off. Now that I gained 8 at Christmas on top of that 3 I worry I will not be able to get all of that off (I am sitting at 137, uggghhh). Just trying to wait it out and at this point I know there is nothing more I can do. I am doing everything I can. It will suck if I have to post a gain on my challenge though. haha

Yeah as for the BMF, after doing the Burn intervals and barely getting 7 minutes (out of 40 minutes) of "vigorous effort" I realize I have to adjust the METs on the band (1-3 METs they seem sedentary, 3-6 METs are moderate and anything over 6 METs is vigorous by default) Problem is I have to kill myself to get it up to 6 METs and I can't sustain it for more than a minute at a time. Ok I would be fine with that if it was like super vigorous. But it is stupid (at least to me) to consider that whole burn interval workout (expect for the total of 7 minutes I got up to 6 METs) was moderate effort which is the same effort as walking slowly for 40 minutes. You can adjust the vigorous METS down and I think I will need to do that to make it make sense at all. Basically, if I am doing cardio that is making me sweat and my heart race it should be vigorous or at least something higher than walking at a slow pace. I am going to adjust it and see if that helps. I agree that the HRM monitor is probably high since I have a high HR BUT I don't think the workout #s are legit on the BM either since you look at any activity calculator and it will give you higher numbers than this.

Ok sorry if this is short and illegible but as I said I am annoyed as crap that my original long post was deleted!!

mamareese

Hey...I'm surprised after the frustration of a MIA post you even attempted another one! :laugh:

We'll see what Friday brings. I checked the scale but I was at my parents this AM so I can't really say where I'm at. Their scale and our scale are too different breeds I swear. Check again obsessively tomorrow, I'm sure! probably tonight...who am I kidding. That's the only thing about a 'cut' I swear I spend just as much time weighing and logging myself, as I do my food! :blushing:

I am operating off a late night workout today. I have been having wicked dreams. Strange, strange dreams. And as a result haven't been sleeping great. DH is doing a late workout, I might as well too. Kids will enjoy the opportunity to have Kindle/computer time, I'm sure. :laugh:

Sounds like the BMF requires a lot of brain processing (at least in the set up week). I do hope you get it figured out, and thank goodness for the return policy for the just in case.

I stayed on par last night but I'm feeling whooped today. I need to get focused on adding protein in, I just hate to do it in the form of a protein shake since our calories are so limited I"d like to EAT REAL FOOD instead of a protein shake. I'm going to have to think harder heading in to week too. I might just be snacking on turkey meatballs every damn day!! :laugh: :laugh: Upping my protein to where it should be might help. I know my body would feel better if those darn fiber supps would kick in. Why is it that I struggle with this when I'm eating well, not when I'm eating poorly? Isn't that the opposite of normal?!

jennieodwyer

Got on the scale again and it was down those 2 pounds (yea!) and back to where it was on Friday. So I am thrilled that we I am back to where I was BUT also annoyed that I am not losing like 10 pounds a week on this cut! :laugh: We will see what Friday brings. You never know. Hopefully it will all be magic in the next two days. :laugh:

It seems I am starting to adjust to the calories. I am still hungry (and boy this totally makes you obsessed with food doesn't it?) but some of the side effects like the headaches are starting to subside, which is great since I thought my head was about to pop off yesterday morning during my workout.

Yeah I am intrigued with the BMF. I did drop the METs on the band (which affects how calories are calulated based on your perceived efforts). This just changes the calculation for how things are added up but it doesn't effect how the band registers your movement. I think the big flaw (as many have said) is that it seems over estimate the effort level for things that involve lots of steps (and arm movement) but underestimates the effort level for things that you are not moving around a lot for (but are still killer). But my TDEE on average for the days I have worn it is 2399. which is about 200 higher than LP and that is without any adjustments and even having a low calorie count for strength training so who knows. Maybe I am burning more with the workouts but the TDEE works for me at this level so I will keep playing around with it and probably if I am still seeing my TDEE be higher over time (even with the practically non existent weight lifting burn) I will probably use the LP deficit numbers off the new TDEE and see what happens. It is not alot of extra calories but what little there is always helps, especially if I am still seeing losses :laugh:

I hear you on the protein. My go to snacks are the tuna and also 2 pieces of deli turkey with laughing cow cheese rolled in them. Also got some more jerky from costco that will also be a good snack for protein. RIght now I am ok on my carb and protein levels but it will get ugly come week 4 for sure! :laugh:

I totally hear you on the fiber as well! It doesn't matter how much fiber I get in my diet from foods, if I don't put the benefiber in my shake in the mornings I don't poop. As simple as that. I also have to use colace occasionally as well not to have rabbit turds. TMI to the max but hey it is what it is. :laugh:

mamareese

Love your honesty at the end of last post. Hehehe.

I'm EXACTLY where I was last Friday....to the ounce. Precisely! It's odd. But whatever, better than where I was the Friday before. I agree I want (need, actually) to be dropping pounds like flies. But I've got to give it time. I did just come off a holiday of up/down eating. My poor body probably thinks this is just a slow down to gear up for a feast!! :laugh: :laugh:

Glad the headaches are gone. That definitely helps when those subside. I was a good girl and avoided eating at McDonald's even after being trapped in their playland for an hour with my children. I said 'no' to chicken nuggets and fries. How I have no idea because they smelled delicious! But I figured, I just had to give in to them out of lack of options last weekend. Yesterday I had an option to wait for my pre-planned meal (which ended up not working either and I had to go with a Lean Cuisine...lol....but you get hte point!!

I'm on for another late night workout. At this point, it's just working better for me. I'll probably go back and forth through the winter from 5am to 7pm. But if it's done, I guess it really doesn't matter what time it gets done in. I am scheduled for a HIIT workout tonight though so as terrible as that sounds- I will be done within 30 minutes so that's a plus.

I see you got roped into some challenge/stairplan thing? What's the scoop on that?

jennieodwyer

Sorry to make a late pop in but I was a busy bee today. I too am the same as I was last friday this morning but I have been watching my sodium and hope to see some sort of loss tomorrow. But as you say, we must give it time :grumble:

So the stair thing was a friend of mine here in Dallas. She is the one who actually introduced me to MFP 2 years ago when I was using a different app. She only recently (about 6 months ago) go back on the bandwagon to lose weight so she still has a way to go to get to her goal weight but this was something she wanted to try. I agreed to sign up thinking even though it is last minute and it would be horrible, we would be sucking wind and dying together. Yeah....until I got that training thing that basically laid out a 4 week plan to get you to be able to climb the stair master for 30 minutes straight. Ok whatever we are both just going to take our sweet time lugging our butts up there. That was what I thought.....until I realized the reason she wanted to do the climb (over a 5k or whatever) is because she has been working the stairmill for months as her cardio source and she can do the 30 straight minutes on the stairmill. So even if I am in better overall shape than her, she is seriously conditioned for those stairs, haha. So I might be all by my lonesome. Sort of sad but its cool. This is a big deal for her to finish since this is the lowest weight she has been since high school and she has never done anything like this. So basically I am taking one for the team to support her. My husband is also going so we can suck at this together.

Great job at Mickey Ds! We are holding it together. May we both see progress tomorrow!!

jennieodwyer

Well I love just over a pound this week which is great considering I was up 2 pounds most of the week. Still annoying considering I am running about a 1000 calorie deficit everyday. But that should, in theory, equal 2 pounds a week on average loss. And for the last 2 week I have lost a little over 4lbs so the numbers are adding up correctly. But I am still 2 pounds higher than before I left for Christmas so I hope the losses hold out. All my measurements are about half an inch up as well since before Christmas. I have a long way to go basically. I just hope I can keep the motivation going since I am still hungry here and there and often I just can't eat things that don't fit into the macros. Which is fine if I am seeing results. I guess my concern is that I will see another pound loss here and there but then plateau (which is what always happens). Honestly, if I was starting this at the weight I was before Christmas I would be thrilled since I would have been below 130 (which again as become the bain of my existence). But it was my fault I put 8 pounds on in 6 days. The piper must be paid. 6 days of fun = 4 weeks of hell to get back. Oh if only I was morbidly obese and could drop 20 pounds in a week :laugh:

How did you do? I start push phase tomorrow!! :drinker:

mamareese

I had nothing but I'm not that surprised. This 'low' is where I've been hitting and bouncing back from for eons. I can never even hold it down here. So we'll see. I'm going through Pinterest trying to find some protein heavy recipes. I'm assuming the under 100g of protein isn't helping my case either. Things are always tight around the holidays with DH being off work at those times so my eating hasn't been at liberty with what I would shop for or desire. Hopefully I can hit up some good sales this weekend and make an impact on that low protein intake.

I'm bummed but not much I can do about it. We'll see what next week brings. For now I'll just keep trucking along. Glad you saw a loss. Understand where you are frustrated too. Even knowing the 'reasons' or at least what we can assume to be the reasons it's still a PIA. I've only got about a month before we have an event where I'll start worrying about appearance. So for now it's time to protein it up, sweatpants it to the gym and get it done. :laugh: :laugh:

jennieodwyer

Yes I am constantly on the look out for high protein recipes. Especially now this this diet. My go tos are rotisserie chicken and chicken in the crock pot with salsa and beans. I am digging up some chicken crock pot recipes for this coming week. But I still have a spaghetti squash that I could cook and some turkey to make meat balls. Pulled out a big bag of frozen shrimp so that will be dinner for the next 2 nights. Have you tried the biggest loser pancakes with the egg whites and cottage cheese? They are great.

I need to come up with more creative ways to eat veggies. Going to try some zucchini "noodles" or sticks soon and hopefully learn how to roast kale. Veggies and meat are the only way to survive this diet! haha

quick question. You take BCAAs right? Do you think they help?

mamareese

Sorry for the late response. Been a busy weekend! We finished up the work on the 'bar' built in that Dan & my Dad put up. Got it all stained and polyed It looks great. And then my MIL made a quick trip up to give the kids their Christmas gifts. It's been an active weekend though. The weather has been unusual. It was 60+ so I took advantage with a couple runs. The kids got to use their new skateboards and the dogs got in a couple walks. It was nice to be moving and not strapped inside because of the weather. How was your weekend?

On the BCAAs front, I do like them. I don't know if it's a mental thing or what. The first week I forgot I owned them so I hadn't been taking them. I have been over the past week though. I don't know if this is accurate but this is my perception. In terms of it affecting hunger, if I drink if during the workout and then throughout early morning- I feel like it impacts my hunger and stamina (for lack of a better adjective!). If I forget to mix it up before the workout and don't get it in until after, I find it not as effective. Obviously, it's intent is the workout but with the hunger benefit this is what I've noticed for myself.

I made up some egg muffins for this week. They taste fine, just a lame snack. :laugh: But I've got get prepped for the next part of this cut or I won't make it. I haven't tried the pancakes. They sound good and I always think 'I'm going to make pancakes' for dinner but never do! With not eating breakfast, I miss out on eggs and pancakes which are great options. I may just have to start having breakfast for dinner!! I have never tried spaghetti squash. I've read about it, just never ventured. I stick to what's safe and that's probably why I ended up faltering after a couple weeks. I need to broaden my horizons!!

Our refrigerator is so packed that it's ridiculous. I found a recipe for a healthy soup for me (with turkey meatballs for protein!), Dan's stand by chicken and rice, and the egg muffins for my 'snacks'. And my children are acutely aware of this 'eating for a healthy body' thing so they of course requested their own Tupperware meals. Extra chicken and turkey sausage for them. With some cheesy mashed potatoes. They crack me up. My youngest told me yesterday while I'm polying the bar that I need to work 'these 3 muscles right here' so that I can lift things like Dad. Too stinkin' cute.