Lindsay Brin's 60 Day Slim Down and workout videos

jennieodwyer

Oh that is so cute! I hope Josie is requesting healthy meals when she get older. Great work on your bar. You are such a good DIYer. I can craft with the best of them but forget anything that you have to be handy for. Assembling pre made furniture is as good as I get on that front. haha. My weekend was good. We had a long house showing (fingers crossed) and I got a lot accomplished at home so I felt good about that. We tried taking pictures of Josie with my nephew to give to my mom but the weather was so cold and as usual Josie wasn't cooperative so we are lucky if we get on good shot.

In case you didn't notice, I did go ahead and increase my calories. I did an average of all the days I had been wearing the BMF and my TDEE was 2400. So I did my 35% on that number and BAM I got an extra 100 calories (go me). haha. I also finished (finally) the FLTS and the last thing it said was to cut as conservatively as your body would respond to (ie - if you lose decent weight at 1500 calories, go with that instead of dropping it to 1400) so we will see if 1560 is still cool for me or if I do need to drop back. Only time shall tell. grrrr. Why does time go so slowly when you are waiting on results??

So is your BCAA a powder or a pill? Do you take it before workouts or does it not matter? Sorry I am clueless on these things! I am all about the spaghetti squash. Go get yourself some girl! Sometime this week I will be attempting a zucchini fake pasta. We shall see how that goes. When you eat as little as we do you have to get creative!

Push is definitely different. I like they are shorter but I need to increase my weights and I am not used to feeling halfway normal (instead of dead) after a workout. But considering I am on a heavy cut I am ok with the overall intensity being lower. I do love those single leg moves though. The really fatigue my legs :laugh:

mamareese

BCAAs- I take powder. I read that the pills are cumbersome because you have to take so many, so often. I went with Amino Fruit Punch. I read a bunch of reviews that the taste isn't horrible and that it mixes up well. I've been happy with it. And with it being my first go of my own BCAAs, I didn't want to invest alot of money in it not knowing if I'd like them.

OOhh..I'll keep my fingers crossed about the house. Have you started peeking at all about houses that you want to buy?

I did notice you upped your calories, which coincidentally I did as well. I hadn't recalled that point you made about only dropping as much as necessary. What happened for me was I was actually talking to LaurnWhit about where we were eating at months ago when we were sitting at a decent weight. I realized 2 things (which 1 has been obvious I just haven't been doing much about it) that my calories were slightly higher last go around at LP and that my protein should always be around 100. The protein thing I've been aware of but hadn't been able to rectify until this weekend.

I looked up a recipe for spaghetti squash. My husband will definitely not being trying that but I may. Do you make a bunch up and refrigerate it?

jennieodwyer

I will check out the BCAA. Yeah the LP thing about the least amount of deficit is on page 140 (section 2). I just read this a few days ago since I hadn't finished the book when I started, haha. So I am going to go with these number for the first 3 weeks. I am trying to decide when I should switch to week 4 though. I started LP on Wed (the 2nd) but I don't want that to be my start/end date. I like it to be like on a Friday or a Monday. Stupid I know. So I think for LP purposes I will just had a few extra days and my official start would have been that Friday (the 4th). So that means I would switch to the week 4 plan on Feb 1st and I will finish the full 12 weeks on March 29th. Such a long haul isn't it? haha

Ok funny thing about Laurnwhit. We were friends but now we aren't. I am not sure if she unfriended me or if I did it by accident. I thought about sending a FR and just saying I wasn't sure if I did it by accident but if not no worries :laugh: Still thinking about it. So odd.

As for houses to buy, I did look at them a bit at first but didn't want to get to attached to anything so I have stopped looking for the time being.

I used to make a huge squash and then eat it for a few days but since I was the only one who ate it I didn't need 8 cups at a time! It does freeze but when you thaw it, it tends to be watery so I wasn't a fan of that. It does hold nicely in the refridge though for several days. Now I just buy smaller ones that only yield about 4-5 cups which is better for me. I will tell you though that I only have cooked mine in the oven and my friend who has done both says that it tastes better from the oven than from a microwave. I usually just use it in place of pasta for spaghetti and turkey meat balls. And if I have some left over I will add some laughing cow cheese and parm and make a little fettuccine. It is very mild so you can flavor it with whatever. I did see a recipe for cottage cheese and dry ranch and the spaghetti squash that I was intrigued by. Zucchini noodles are on the menu tomorrow. We will see how that pans out!

mamareese

So weird. I just made the decision this morning to extend weeks 1-3 out so my start/end day was a Monday. It just made keeping a calendar so much easier. Why did we start mid-week?! Damn holiday. I was trying to look at signing up for a race early Spring so when I started laying everything out...it just all was messed up with certain things starting one day of the week and others starting others.

That is also weird about LaurnWhit. May have been an oversight on somebodies part. Hmm...I got bumped over the holidays from this chick's FR list too. Not sure if it was the fact I couldn't hold it together 100% over the holidays or what? :blushing: But I had been perusing the forums and saw this lady posting and thought...holy cow, I got defriended! I don't think I've ever defriended anyone for anything other than inactivity. But to each their own.

Thanks for the tips on the squash. I will be interested to see how the zucchini noodles go. Nothing like experimentation for the purpose of survival! :laugh:

I suppose I should go back to work and stop hanging out on MFP!

jennieodwyer

Yeah me too. I haven't defriended anyone other than inactivity. The Laurnwhit was odd because we commented back and forth like you do with her. Maybe my singing annoyed her. :laugh: Ok its killing me I am going to refriend her and just see if she accepts. If not, no biggie, just want to know if it was a mistake :laugh:

Just mapped out on my calendar when I switch weeks so I don't screw up and forget to switch! Random question though, do you know why on week 9 the carbs are increased so much? Just sort of curious.:huh:

mamareese

I have NO idea on the carb increase. I think it's a shock to the system is my initial reaction before the 'big finale' drop in calories. But that's just a guess. I tried to be savvy and google it. But no luck. It's a good question though.

What a night. Holy hell do not have boys. :noway: I love my boys but sheesh. I took part of the afternoon off to get my oldest in to the doctor for his persistent cough, just to be cautionary since there's this big to do about flu and strep. Okay, no biggie right? Well, when I pick him up he's practically thanking me for getting him in to the doctor because he hurt his umm...right boy part. :blushing: And was in some decent pain. So we spend 3 hours at the hospital (thank God that there's nothing major going on) seeing the doctor and then having an ultrasound. My poor baby had an ultrasound on his little man parts! :huh: He was a trooper but you could just see the pain whenever they examined him. I of course lack those parts and could only imagine what he was going through! Poor guy. Needless to say, my afternoon snack and dinner plans got thrown off. I eventually managed to eat dinner and avoid snacking (thanks Talan for eating that protein bar out of my purse!) and say under calories. But it was definitely a little hitch in the plan. And it's already time to start cooking again. How is that possible?! :laugh: I swear cleaner eating is a work out in and of itself! :embarassed:

How are things on your end? I'm STARVING. But it is almost lunch time and someone in the office is cooking a pizza. Ugh. Soup or egg muffins today?! Heheeh...I'm in dieting funk right now, I suppose! Lol. And I'm debating between run and HIIT tonight. HIIT is on the schedule but I also am toying with the idea of running another race in May. So I would need to sub in some runs here and there. No biggie on that, I'm just a 50/50 runner. I either LOVE to go or LOATHE to go. There's no middle ground for me! :laugh:

jennieodwyer

I hear you on the sick kids front. I was home today with Josie. She had an ear infection so she was up all night and fussy as hell this morning. I couldn't wait for the doctor's office to open at 9 this morning. And usually her being sick isn't such a big deal since she usually just likes me to veg out on the couch and hold her while she watched Mickey Mouse but today she was in that weird cranky overtired but hyper sort of mood. She would go from wanting to jump around and climb all over me to whining and fussing in 10 seconds flat. I don't know where sleep deprived kids get their energy! But it was a simple fix and she would be back to normal after a good night sleep.

So what does your little man need to do to his man parts? Just the usual ice and advil? I hope he feels better I know how traumatic it is for men of all ages to have anything happen to their man parts. :laugh: COngrats on staying under in those circumstances. I know how hard that is.

Since increasing my calories I have been dealing well with the hunger. It was bad that second week when my appetite came back but I think I am adjusting plus the extra 100 calories is also nice. I did the last push video today and I think push 2 is my favorite because of the leg moves. Funny since burn 2 was my favorite of the burn phase :laugh:

Trying a new crockpot recipe tonight and also zucchini noodles so I hope it turns out decently. Feeling good on the diet now so hoping for a good number on Friday especially considering this weekend will be my first venture off of 100% planned meals since I started the diet. It is a birthday dinner for my mom and brother. I already know it isn't going to be good but I will eat in moderation but probably well above calories and for sure my macros will suck since one piece of cake is too many carbs for the whole day :laugh:

Laurnwhit and I are friends again. Not sure if it was a mistake or if she was giving me another shot. Oh I bought some BCAAs. It is the MGM brand reload. It tastes like *kitten* even in the watermelon flavor but I got it down. I will trying it again tomorrow but since it is cardio I am not sure if I will be able to keep it down! I do want to give it a shot though since I work out fasted. Its not part of any plan I just can't eat right before I work out and I work out first thing in the morning. So I will give it a whirl and see what happens.

jennieodwyer

Sorry MRM Reload, not MGM. Do you drink it all before the workout or during the workout as well?

jennieodwyer

Oh yeah and it is all natural which is why I am sure it tastes so bad. haha

mamareese

You are probably right that darn natural stuff is rough! I purchased some 'natural' whey awhile back and I'm still trying to force myself to choke it down. (Thus why you never see chocolate whey protein on my diary...because I just can't do it!) I definitely think the BCAAs are hit and miss. DH uses various brands-some he finds work great, some he finds suck. But I suppose that's the way with anything, right? I just mix it up while I'm letting the dogs out and setting everything up. Start sipping it and then drink the majority of it throughout the workout. Sometimes I'll mix a little more up for after if it's a bigger workout.

Little man was just ordered exactly as you noted. He is doing better. Thankfully. It was an experience but that's how parenthood is right? As long as he's good, I'm good. How is Josie? Feeling better? I know EXACTLY what you mean though. You want to convince them they need to lay down and rest but their little bodies don't want to do it! Insert fussiness here! I completely get it. I hope she is feeling better!!

I had Push 2 this morning. It was definitely nice and those 1 legged moves were a test of my balance. I always find my left side is horrible with balance in the AM. Today was probably in part due to not having glasses (broke those bad boys 2 nights ago) so I was going into the workout blind! Literally! But I also just seem to struggle with balance first thing in the morning so those types of move I end up dipping and slipping throughout!

I continue to be slightly concerned about this cut. I am still the same weight. I am going to watch sodium since I have been eating soup at lunch. But even so, I would think there would be a minimal drop even if I'm still holding on to some water. Granted I'm headed towards TOM but again, this is still a cut and I've slid calories down from where I was. I am really unsure at this point of what the reasoning is. My carbs are a little higher than the ratio. But maybe I'm just overreaching for how fast these things should come. I don't know. I'm confused for sure. I so wanted to see a loss this week after not having one last week. Frustrating.

After this LP cut, I think I'm heading back to the weight room with DH. Let him direct me for a while and set up for that race. 12 weeks of a cut will probably best be followed by focus on workouts and not food. :laugh:

How are you fairing? I'm glad the slight increase has been enough to stabilize your hunger. That's definitely a plus. Have you been adding it in the AM towards your workouts or using it to curb evening hunger?

jennieodwyer

Josie is doing better. She got a full nights rest last night so that was good for all of us :laugh: The antibiotics should be kicking in by the end of the day today so hopefully she will no longer need the ear drops for pain. They are the worst since the stuff is really thick. Its like pouring honey into her ears. I can see why she isn't happy with that!

I can understand your uneasiness with the cut. I was that way last week when my weight was up! My only advice is to wait it out because I feel like I am seeing more of a difference this week than last week. But I know what you are saying! Since it has worked for you before I would definitely try to stick it out. The scale was down for me on Wednesday but you never know. Everyday is a new battle with that thing!!!

As for the additional food, I sort of eat the extra calories whenever. Often it is in the late morning when I am hitting the beef jerky since I am so damn hungry. Yeah Push 2 is hard with the balance moves. I can't do the the single leg deadlift without falling over to save my life. But isolating the one leg really makes me leg work!!! haha

mamareese

Nice weigh in lady! :drinker:

How long are you still on this calorie/macro range?

I'm going to stick with it until the 25th. Like you said, makes figuring it all out easier. Wanted Monday but with Fridays weigh in, I'll just go with that.

Going to be a quite at home weekend. So hopefully that means eats should be on par. Only thing really planned is going to watch Dan coach tonight with the kids and then an eye exam (to replace those glasses I broke :indifferent: ) tomorrow. Spend time with the family and cook at home. I'm good with that.

My hamstring and booty are sore this morning- I love it! I may just do Push 2 every day all day. Not a good idea? Hmm..well, then every leg day is going to consistent of single leg moves and that's all!

jennieodwyer

I know Push 2 is my favorite with those isolation moves :laugh: Have you done any of the lean videos yet? Everyone says that they are considerable harder so I am curious! They are definitely longer that is for sure. :grumble: I don't mind working out longer but it just means I have to get up earlier which is why I am not able to do p90x. I am not getting up earlier than 5 to do that. So sorry! haha

The weigh in was good. I was pleased but it is still disheartening to know that I am still up .4lbs since before Christmas. It is so hard to fathom that 6 days of total crap requires over THREE weeks of hard cutting to get it off. It just blows my mind. At this point I would say it wasn't worth it. If I got it all of by now I would have said fine but the fact that I am still dealing with the extra weight tells me it wasn't worth it. :laugh:

Hopefully it will be all off next week but like I said before, I have a birthday dinner this weekend. I will not be going nuts but I am sure I will be over calories and macros will be way off. As for the rest of the weekend, we are picking up the little dog today (a 4 pound pom!) to bring her home for a trial run over the weekend so see if everyone gets along. She will stay with us until Sunday and hopefully all goes well and I can adopt her when the house sells. She is still getting all the medical treatment she needs for her skin (she came in with a skin infection) and up to date on all her medical stuff (getting a dental on the 30th) then she will be go to be adopted but the foster mom has agreed to keep her for me for as long as it takes to sell the house since we don't want to put her through changing houses. Fingers crossed everyone gets along!

As for the cut, I am scheduled to switch on Feb 1st. I have to admit, it will be hard to not work out all week haha. I never thought I would have said that right?:laugh: It is a few extra days since I did start on Wed so I would have been switching on the 30th but I wanted to do it on Fridays. It also works out that I don't switch on the 25th since the big stair climb is on the 26th and I know I am going to have to eat extra food and carbs the day before that so that I don't pass out :laugh: I can definitely tell how the lower carbs and overall lower calories have affected my endurance. So the last thing I need is to lower the calories and carbs the day before that thing! :laugh:

How was your weigh in?

mamareese

I have not tried any lean videos yet. I think I have another 1.5 weeks before I get to those. I hadn't realized they are longer. Oh boy, I better get 100% back into AM workouts by then. It's hard enough finding a 40 minute window in the evening, let alone a longer one! :laugh:

How was the birthday dinner? Everything go well?

I had asked my husband about a tray to put over the treadmill so that I could watch/listen to my Ipad during steady state cardio. This was on Friday. Sunday, I was in the gym with a perfect working Ipad holder enjoying a long session of steady state while watching 'No Strings Attached'. It was awesome. I had run Saturday so I just wanted to work on incline walking and the step master to hit the glutes. It worked perfectly, I was excited. He rocks! :drinker:

I stayed on target this weekend even with enjoying a little pizza Sunday. The kids had it Saturday and after cleaning all morning and bulk cooking, I needed a little splurge. Luckily, I accommodated it into my diary and just need to chug some water to dismiss the sodium issue. It was delicious and made having a salad for dinner worth it.

jennieodwyer

That is so nice to have a handy husband!! Well the birthday was fun but I went way over. I wasn't a glutton but once the dessert came out I was a goner. I logged it all and was just over maintenance for the day (as my BMF tells me). So we will see how much that effects my loss this week. As long as I still see something on the scale I will be happy since other than that one meal I have been rock solid and will be all week!

Yeah the lean videos are like 40-50 minutes. I did push 2 (my favorite) and my butt cheeks are feeling it now. Love it! I totally can't balance though on one side of the one legged dead lifts. I can balance fine on one side but I can't even stand up on the other so I have to keep my foot down. Hopefully I am getting enough of a burn.

Well the big climb is this Sat. I think I am going to switch out one of my cardio DVDs for that so that I can stay on track without having to do a workout after climbing 52 flights of stairs!!!

We had the new puppy dog over at the house for a trial run this weekend and it went well. There was a little hiccup at the end where Josie kept trying to chase her down and the dog had enough and growled but we were quick to nip that in the bud and think she will be a great addition once the house is sold. So I took her back to her foster mom with her adoption money so she is all ours but will not come to live with us until the house is sold (fingers crossed it will be soon since we had another 3 showings this weekend).

So are you enjoying your last week of higher calories and work outs? You are switching to week 4 on Friday right? It is going to be SOOOOO weird not working out for a whole week. Did you do anything during your rest week? I don't know what I will do with that extra hour of sleep!

mamareese

Today is going to be the start of the week from hell. I am soooo not looking forward to my 10am meeting. Ugh. I've spent eons prepping so let's hope I can advocate effectively today!

Sounds like the birthday dinner was yummy, without being over the top. A+ on that! Nice job. And I'm glad to hear the pup did well over the weekend. I hope for both purposes of simply selling the house and for being able to get the pup full time, that your showings prove to be fruitful soon!

I definitely can see the need to switch before the big climb this weekend. You are crazy! Good luck with that! I'm sure you'll do great-the nerves leading up to it though I'm sure are intense!

I think it's funny how we started LP on the same day and now we are so far off from one another it's crazy! Yes, I'm going with the 25th I believe. Is that right for 3 weeks if we started on the 2nd and I bumped start day to a Friday, right? I'm not losing my mind. When I read you were going with the 1st, I thought maybe I needed to reread LP. Let me know! If I should be extending, I will. I just get so caught up in the darn numbers game! But as for the workouts, I am going to stick with my 2x a week run simply because I am really hoping to build up enough base to run the May race. I want up my time/distance passed 2 miles but I don't want to go backwards on mileage. It's too easy for me to lose steam with running. Other than that, I think I'll pull out the Recharge DVD, Stretch DVD, and P90x yoga (maybe, it's pretty damn long) and than rest on the other days. I figure she talks about recovery so some of those DVDs could address that, right? I know my muscles are tighter than ever so I could use a good week to release some tension!! I definitely won't be up at 5am to do it though. If I recall correctly, her recover program is short and to the point right? So I figure Stretch DVD from turbo is 40 minutes- I probably won't be covering all of the DVD. Just enough to stretch out and release this old body!! Of course, then again by Friday I may decide a quick foam roll before bed and sleeping in is the perfect alternative!!!

jennieodwyer

Sorry I missed you yesterday things were crazy! Birthday dinner was good and I was over maintenance but not horrible (didn't make myself sick and it was just those few hours) however the scale is still showing a pound up from Friday even though I have been great other than that one meal. Booo! So I am hoping that goes down in the next 2 days and I can log a small loss but you know how to goes. Even when you do everything perfect you still can't always get a loss so if you go over maintenance one day chances are things are not going to be that good for you come weigh day.

Yeah so for the climb, we got our assigned start times and I have to say I don't know how in the hell I got put in the group I did. The first responders (the firefighters) go first at 8am and then the rest go in 15 minute increments until 11:30am. I made it to the 8:15 group (yeah the first group after the firemen) and it is 90% gym sponsored teams including 4 separate Crossfit block teams. I am like seriously? I am not trained at all and I am right after the first responders and put with all the crossfitters? I have no idea how this happened. I am hoping the zumba chicks that are also going at our time are as out of shape for stairs as I am. haha! I am raising more money than I thought though since I originally was just trying to raise $100 and now I am trying at raise $1000. Not sure I can get there with less than a week left but I am sure going to annoy the hell out of people to try to get them to help me! I will be posting the link again on my profile if you know anyone that wants to throw a little dough my way

I just realized I can't count and had my dates wrong on the LP plan. I started on Jan 2 (wed) and so the first 3 week would technically end for me today (the 23rd), not next wednesday like I originally had miscalculated. I planned on pushing it back and extra 2 days to get my weeks to end on Friday (which is the plan) but now I am not sure what the hell I am doing since under this plan I should be dropping calories and changing to week 4 this Sat but there is the issue of the climb. I need to eat more carbs and food to make it through the climb since my endurance is lower on the lack of food. Considering we are not supposed to even be working out in week 4, I am going to stay on the caloric plan of week 1-3 on Sat to get through the climb but I am not sure how to proceed after that. I have 2 options:

1) Stay on the schedule I originally planned and just make week 4 only 6 days. That would mean I would switch to the lower calories on Sunday (instead of finishing this phase on Friday and starting week 4 on sat)

OR

2) To make sure I get the full 7 days of week 4, I would have to extend weeks 1-3 through NEXT Friday and then switch to week 4 on Feb 2nd.

I am leaning towards option 1 since I think having on less lower calorie/rest day wouldn't make as much of a difference as having to complete an additional 7 days of week 1-3. What would you do?

mamareese

Is winter over yet? Because I'm about out of sick time. My oldest has had this ridiculous cough for over 3 weeks. He's been to the doctor- they dismissed it as viral and sent us on our way (this was last Tuesday). So this Tuesday the school sends him home because of the same cough. I take him back to the doctor, he says the same thing but since I mention school sending him home-he gives him 2 days off. Well today's the 2nd day and it's not like he sounds better...so what are the odds the school tries sending him back home again tomorrow? :noway:

Obviously the assigners for times spotted your 'pinned' bikini photo and thought this chick is going to kick *kitten*. Next thing you know, your up there with the big boys. :drinker: You'll do fine. After might suck a bit, but during you'll be fine!

I'm sitting at the same weight. And I'm just going to ignore it. Life's hectic, I've been eating fine with the program so if I see a loss, I see a loss-if I don't, I don't. (You can tell from that statement it's only Thursday...lol) But really, I've sort of come to terms with my progress looks likes this...drops 2-3lbs, fluctuate...fluctuare...sit at that loss for 7-12 months...lose a couple more pounds repeat. :grumble: It's like my graph is a drop...huge line across the months...and then another small loss. So, we'll see what LP brings.

Dan informed me a buddy of his just finished up Asylum and wanted to know if I wanted to give it a go. I honestly didn't have an answer. I was just like 'oh'. :noway: My brain wants to, my body is like F&^% that.

As for when to switch, I'm with you for the same reasoning. I have no background for my basis. But it makes sense in my head, and thus I support option 1!:laugh:

I spent this morning making pumpkin roll (3 of those bad boys). Luckily, I spent last night making Jamie Eason's chocolate protien bars and some protein icecream balls. So hopefully I can stay on track this low weekend. To be honest, I'm assuming it'll be my some salads and alot of protein shakes. :laugh: I've got to look back over the macros though because I've forgotten. Go figure!

jennieodwyer

Oh no! Can they give him some steroids or something to help clear up the cough? That stinks! Josie gets sick non stop since we haven't hit the first year of day care yet but it is just stuff like runny noses and coughs that last a day or two (other than the hospital visit we have been lucky that her stuff is quick to resolve itself). Hope he feels better soon and I hope things warm up for you. It is 70 here all week. Nice now but come June-Sept we will be hitting 100 and I will want to die. I just hope the house sells before then since the insulation on the 93 year old house sucks!!

Got my race packet for the climb today (it is getting all too real) and sent out some more emails begging for money so I am almost to my $1000 donation goal. So I am real excited about that. So whatever happens I can be proud that I raised all that money :laugh:

Yes it is all settled for LP. I will switch to week 4 on Sunday and then go to week 5 on Sat Feb 2nd. So now I need to know how you keep your calories and carbs low while getting enough fat when on week 4. I was trying to meal plan for next week and I struggle to get even close with the fat without going over calories. :grumble:

jennieodwyer

Oh course. Up .4lb hissssss!!!!! You would think for such a big cut the weight would be falling off right? Ok I am done now.

mamareese

So excited about the fund raising you did. Sheesh girl, when you put your mind to something BAM! it's done! Very nice.

And I loved your update on the wall this morning. So true. YOU know it's something stupid like hidden sodium or the scale was tipped a little on the bathroom tile. Something ridiculous because you have been doing phenomenal. Of course, yes we know it won't be easy given you are so lean already! But still...I have high hopes for this 'cut'. I do wish your sarcasm about 'the weight should be falling off' was true. I'd be so pleased if that were the case!!

I was surprised by the TINY drop. Again as I say every month, I'm at a guessing game with TOM. So I assume it'll show up soon and mess with the scale. Probably next week I'll log a gain as a result (even with a calorie drop!) so I'll take it for now. I did workout this morning simply because I wasn't thinking about it. I stayed up to monitor Talan's breathing and coughing situation so I could make an informed decision about whether to send him to school today. So once that was set into the schedule, the alarm went on for a workout and until I started up for the shower it never crossed my mind it was supposed to be a rest day. Opps. I needed it anyways. I do plan on a run tomorrow. We have Christmas at my Grandmother's (finally able to get everyone in the same place) so, although I am bringing diet friendly food and I hope to maintain self control, I don't think a run will kill me tomorrow! :laugh: I mentioned to Dan about the race in May and he's supportive of it. So I think it'll be good to stick to a couple runs even with the low week this week and get recovery the rest of the time. We'll see. If I feel like crap, I won't. But let's be honest, I'm not impeccable so a workout here and there won't hinder me. :bigsmile:

True about the weather. I saw Laurn mention about it being 70 by her and I sarcastically told her to zip it since it was - when I ran to get cough drops this morning. But like I said to her, I can buy myself a little time to worry about that spring/summer wardrobe where you Texans can't. (though while driving in this morning...chattering...I would have opted for ill fitting shorts over thirteen layers of clothes )

mamareese

PS. I'm starving. And I think it's mental because I ate the same breakfast yesterday and wasn't starving. Of course yesterday, I wasn't sitting at work staring at my computer with time to think about food!!:grumble:

dixiewhiskey

Just found this topic... could someone tell me more about it without making me have to read two threads with over 25 pages between them?

How does this program compare to 30 Day Shred in terms of results, program, etc,.)

jennieodwyer

Sorry to run in and out crazy day! Congrats on your loss! Climb tomorrow wish me luck!!

But to answer your question Dixie, I like the plan. I felt it was a good mix of cardio and resistance training. I would say I got better results with it than the 30ds since it was not the same thing day in and day out but it isn't as short as the 30ds workouts. I would recommend it though. My favorite video was the bootcamp video thought. You might just want to try that one out first. Lindsay also just came out with newer programs that I have heard good things about so you might want to look into those.

mamareese

So the climb went well? Why do you ever doubt yourself girlie? I knew you'd rock that *kitten*!! Are you feeling the after effects of the steady state?

How was it this morning to vary your schedule with more sleep? I have to say your Sunday diary was spot on. Nice job prepping for this week. My carbs will be a little high until I get rid of the prep food I made Thursday. I am anti-food wasting so I'd rather be a little over carbs and spot on calorie then waste delicious soup and Jamie Eason protein bars. If it were left over chinese, I could force it upon someone else. Sadly, no one wants my home made protein bars...shocking right?!:huh:

This weekend wasn't bad. I'm sure my macros at the belated Christmas get together were off. But I had a great leg/run day Saturday, so all is well. I stayed good on veggies & protein only veering a little to taste test my Aunt's dessert. Hide from it after that. :grumble: And yesterday was fine. We all seem to have caught Talan's cold/cough. More so my youngest with the cough. Dan & I just have the annoying sore throat sniffles. So the hubs and little man stayed home from school today. SHouldn't be hard to stay on track when you can't taste anything, right?

dixiewhiskey

Thank you!

jennieodwyer

Oh I am sorry to hear you are not feeling well Yeah the climb was WAY better than I thought. I was pacing it with my friend so I could have gone faster/harder but a slow steady walk up 52 flights felt like nothing. I guess I am in way better shape than I assume :laugh:

I was off on Friday with the food since Mike's mother wanted to take us out to dinner. I was still well under maintenance but over the LP plan and the macros were bad. But other than the 2 pieces of bread, I made the best choices I could make at an Italian restaurant! I really am not a fan of Italian in general so having to find a lean high protein meal there is even harder! I was hoping I would need those extra calories for the climb but not at all. It was over in 23 minutes. So it was like a bodyrock workout! haha I didn't need 400 extra calories for that!

Started on week 4 yesterday and I am still dealing with the fat. I either am way over on fat or under. I can't seem to find a happy medium :laugh: BUT the lower calories and lower carbs are not nearly as hard as I expected. I could probably work out on this without issue but I will give it a rest, haha. I think it is the extra fat and protein that is helping keep me full. I think my world is going to flip upside when we go to 50% carbs!!! Are you switching to week 5 on Friday or Sat?

mamareese

I suck at this week. Way over carbs yesterday. I finally decided to chuck the Jamie Eason protein bars in the freezer and hope that I can thaw them later. As good as they are, and as healthy...they aren't jiving with this week. Gave away my soup too:grumble: Kept today's since I didn't have a back up plan for lunch. But I had 2 more days with of yummy tortellini turkey soup. Delicious, filling and clean but unfortunately too high on the carbs for this week. Sad. I'm sad about it. :ohwell: As long as the food doesn't go to waste, I'll live! Going to have to go with salads probably for the rest of the week since I'm not due to grocery shop until the weekend. I can live with that. So onward and upward.

My scale was up 1lb today. TOM has got to be coming this week. If it doesn't, well...who am I kidding?! She shows up when she wants. But I'm chugging water like a champ today. Even though my carbs were higher they were still normal so that shouldn't have caused a pound increase. And I've made the calorie cut. It was just the carbs. So moving forward with all of this nonsense!!

I am switching on Friday. It just makes thing easier mentally for me to switch on a weigh in day. And I can get through the weekend on whatever plan without a big scramble since I have the time to cook up and prep whatever then. When we get to 50% carbs, I'm just going to hug on my quinoa and some wheat rotini noodles. :laugh:

I had to try out a new DVD I got last night. Figured since I od'd the carbs, it couldn't hurt. And it was only Jillian Michaels so nothing hard core. But I saw an ad in a Self magazine that was $4.95 to try her website and get the Shred and Shred DVD. I don't want her website but I figured for $5, I wouldn't mind checking out the DVD. It was a big change up from Chalene. But it was decent. There were some ju jitsu moves in there that I kept thinking 'my neighbors must think I'm crazy'...but overall I'll give it a B-. Today I'm resting. Stretching since my booty is soo sore from this weekend (gotta love that right?!) and resting. I'm looking forward to it.

I'd ask if you were all planned out for today but I'm sure if I peek at your diary- you are all squared away!

jennieodwyer

I COMPLETELY understand how you feel about wasting food. I am sort of neurotic about it. I freeze everything and anything if I think I will not be able to eat it and I make things work come hell or high water. Like for example, I wanted to get the Fage full fat greek yogurt but when my husband went to the store he could only find the Greek Gods brand in full fat. Ok no biggie until I realize that although the GG brand is less calories (for a much smaller serving) it was much lower in protein and much higher in fat than the Fage. Well I am not about to throw it out so I have been bending over backwards to fit that stupid yogurt in my diet this week! That is why my fat has been over a bit and my protein has been slightly under. I have no clue why that brand would have so much more fat and less protein. Oh well. It is just one week.

I am surprised that I don't feel any different with the lower carbs. I thought I would feel sluggish or foggy like a lot of people report when they cut the carbs way down but I don't feel any different, now granted I am not working out so I am sure that makes a difference but I just assumed I would feel crappier this week. The big pain of this week is clearly the planning!! It is really hard for me to figure out things to eat in the macros. And don't even get me started on Thursday! I always try to keep my sodium below 2500 on Thursday so I don't retain a lot of water for weigh days. Well good luck trying to get in all that protein without the sodium. So many of my high protein and higher fat items are sodium traps (cheese, meats, jerky, etc). I usually compensate with lots of fruits and veggies on Thursdays but that is a no go this week with the carbs. Oh well I will probably just be hungry that day. haha

See we are so different with our carbs. I am waiting to eat a chocolate chip cookie on 50% carbs week :laugh: I am sure I will be eating lots of fruit too but you bet your hiney I will be having some sweets.

Yeah it still seems weird to me to not be working out but it isn't as hard as I thought. I thought I would be chomping at the bit to get at it but so far I am ok. I do mentally feel like I am softer and don't have my usual morning pep from the workout but I am ok with it.

I am sure the scale was from TOM since you have been seeing some nice losses throughout. I got on the scale today and my weight was back down to what it was 2 weeks ago (before I had the little half pound increase with no reason whatsoever!). Of course it is nice to see it going down but I want to see more since I would hate to think I have been the same for 2 weeks on this cut (including this low cal, low carb week).


Funny that you bring up JM. A friend on mine that is doing CLX did JM's BR and liked it. The videos are also under 40 minutes a day and follow the usual JM style of circuit training/ compound movements. I must admit, if I don't see results after this round of CLX and LP diet, I might have to check it out. I go back and forth with things (as you know). I have always been a fan of weights but I feel I am in the "bulky stage" now. Where I have the muscle but still lots of fat around it. I am just not leaning out the way I would like. I have been trying to lean out with diet and keep the muscle mass I have with CLX but I wonder if I do need more of a burn like I was getting with the compound movements. LB's new Lean Out program also made me think about getting more cardio in and worrying less about slow lifting. I would be more willing to try JM's BR over LB's new programs since it seems like less "endurance" work than LB. I think some of LB's lean out was inspired by Insanity (just my opinion from what I have seen). I do like JM since I think you get a lot of bang for your time buck. haha. You get cardio and light resistance in a small amount of time. I did a lot of JM when I first started and got great results but lets be honest, it is easy to get great results when you have 40lbs to lose!!

Fingers crossed the lean phase of CLX works its magic in combination with the LP plan and I will be down to goal weight in March

jennieodwyer

Oh or I forgot. I was also eyeing the Jennifer Nicole Lee set JNL Fusion which is intervals of strength and cardio. Only 60 days but I heard good thing about it on video fitness (that site is evil). I like that in the 30 sec strength intervals you can go as heavy as you like or go lighter to get more reps. Makes me think it is more like S90 in the fast paced nature and adding a cardio effect to everything but I don't have to do 1000 reps with 2lb weights like a lot of JM videos. Always thinking of the next step right?

Ok yeah so I see why low carb diets suck you in. I realized that yesterday's weigh in was actually a pound less than the week before (so lower than it was 2 weeks about by about half a pound) and this morning it was down another pound. It might be a fluke but I am sure I will see something nice on the scale this week, but it is all fake! haha I know it is all from the diuretic effect of low carbs (combined with lower calories and not working out). I just hope if I do see a nice drop that I can maintain it through the next week.

I am happy though I just realized that even though I started CLX 2 weeks before LP, I will be finishing them at the same time since there are those 2 recovery weeks in LP that I am not following the CLX schedule. So that worked out wonderfully. However my birthday is 2 weeks before the end of both so hopefully I don't ruin all my hard work at the end like I usually do. :laugh: