Lindsay Brin's 60 Day Slim Down and workout videos

tsquaredmama

I will continue to pray that things work out for you. I do commend you on your continued dedication to figuring things out and working together on it. Frustration can sometimes be overwhelming and, as usual , you continue to move forward towards your goals.

I started the week late. Took yesterday off, we went hiking with the kids. It was nice and the whole week from here on out looks like rain, so we took advantage of a long weekend. Dan has a physical and some other hoops to jump through to see if this conditional offer for another job pans out. I am trying to be realistic but cautiously optimistic. It's a difficult balance. But, in reality, whatever happens, happens and we'll have to adjust and move forward.

I did an outside workout yesterday. I set my macros to the Opt Leigh Peele thing. I'm not sure how long I'll be able to hold out on those.... but with no YMCA open for the week and my weight gain from smores and summer fund:blushing: - I figured I'd give it a whirl. Part of that 6lbs is bloating I'm sure, but part of it has been hanging out a little too long to be anything other than true gain. So either way, I've got to pick my path. After pulling 235 on dead lifts the other day, heading into a calorie deficit seems counterproductive. But we'll see. In reality, I'm taking each week as it comes at this point because I'm not sure if my goal is stronger or leaner. What I do know is they do not go hand in hand at this point....so we'll see.

jennieodwyer

Glad to hear you got some needed R&R. And nice profile pic too I might add! I know how hard it is to just hope for the best but knowing that it might not happen and all you can do is wait. I am there with the baby thing and my job. It is just a constant flurry of hurry up and wait. Sucks but what can you do.

Yeah my weight has been up and down. Partially due to the hormones and partially due to my eating. My weight was down about 1.5lb on Sat (probably from the major period bloat and also less doms since it was the day after my rest day). I was going to be hard core this weekend but that went to hell in a handbasket really quick.

I thought about doing LP again (back in the beginning of the year) but decided to just work the same caloric amounts and not work the ratios. I have found that if I am not planning it 100% I am not committed and tend to overdo it more on the weekends. Moderation really sucks for me. If I am am just trying to be relaxed about eating I tend to go way overboard. If I am really strict and refuse to even look at food that isn't on my plan I seem to fair much better. Too late to worry about it now since the last 5 pounds are the least of my concerns right now but when I do need a real cut (hopefully after having another kid) I will definately go back to LP 100% macros and all.

CLX is going well. I just moved into the second month and I enjoy the set up and shorter workouts. I have to say I am starting to get sucked into the Piyo hype. I really wish they did demo workouts. I think the concept sounds so cool but some non BB reviewers say the concept is nothing special it is basic body weight moves. So I am torn. I get sucked in so easily!!

tsquaredmama

I've been out and about. Haven't been on much. I do hope everything is going well. Haven't been checking in the last few days, just log food for the day ahead and that's it. Socially reserved lately? I don't know. :laugh:

YMCA opened today, so back at it. Another week pushing forward. I'm pretty quiet lately.

jennieodwyer

Have fun! We will be heading out of town on Wednesday so I will be MIA after tomorrow until the following week. Have a good one!

tsquaredmama

I hope you had fun!!! I've been on my normal game of up/down. Signed Dan and I up for a bodybuilding.com challenge for the next 6 weeks. Dragging him into accountability with me. He's soo pleased. :laugh:

Can I just tell you before I move on that it blows my mind how much work goes into just maintaining my current status?!:huh: It isn't like I'm striving to maintain competition leanness or anything so why is it so hard?!:noway: Anywhoo...that sums up my frustration. But I've found my solution. Make hubby participate in this challenge with me. :laugh:

What's new with you!?

jennieodwyer

Nice I can't wait to hear how it is going! Yeah I got side tracked for sure the last 5 days. I tried to be good but with being cooped up in the house (bad weather) with the inlaws all day everyday, surrounded by delicious food I basically stuffed myself silly. Boredom and stress eating = major gluttony. So I am sure I will be pissed off as hell come Friday. But I am in serious detox ask I am in FL in 2 weeks! Must get it together! Did you have a good weekend though? Doing anything fun for Labor Day?

tsquaredmama

We are having a party to celebrate Dan and my sister getting new jobs. It's exciting! Dan is going to be a federal correctional officer! So I'm sure tomorrow will be eats and sits! Lol.

What kind of weather extremes do you experience in August? How are you feeling?

I'm trying to get out of this stump. Struggling though! The next few weeks I'm the main house runner. Dan has hours for orientation that require me to get kids up take to school and pick up. With the commute to work, it's a tight schedule for the kids and me. So my anxiety about getting them where they need to be is higher than normal.

jennieodwyer

How was your weekend? Congrats on the new jobs! I am sure your new job is just around the corner. :laugh: We had a good weekend but yesterday we went out on my friend's boat and I burned the crap out of my back! I am hoping it is mostly gone by Friday since we are headed to Florida on Saturday.

I seemed to have kicked the bug I got but it took until Monday for it to be gone. So no workouts for me the last 3 days. My eating was fine on Sat, pretty bad on Sunday and then so so yesterday but I am hoping to see a loss this week since I was up quite a bit from vacation last week. I have learned that it isn't worth beating myself up about. I don't think I gained but you know... How are things with you?

tsquaredmama

Ouch! Hope the burn fades quickly! enjoy your trip.

Things are well here. Bogged down at work, but aren't we all?! The kids are loving school, being such trooper about having doing to before school care and a bit of after school care. Talan is doing football and doing fantastic. Tarren is supporting and enjoying watching his big brother. Home life is good. So who can REALLY complain?! Grumble a bit but no real complaints!!

I'm still on that wishy wash path. Nothing new on that. Eat great, eat a lot, eat great, eat alot. It's my MO. But I started doing Insanity yesterday and today because of time issues. It's been fun, a total butt kicker but fun. Did Lindsay abs yesterday and today too. she's just so pleasant!

jennieodwyer

I saw you start the Insanity. You go girl. I know I probably need more cardio right now but you know my feelings on it so CLX is right up my alley. I have gotten real lazy lately and I am doing only mostly the weight lifting workouts and calling my weekend business my cardio for the week. haha But I am sure I would get some of this vacation weight off sooner if I was really doing cardio.

tsquaredmama

Last weekend before Dan-o starts the new job. We are excited. Hopefully it pans out, we've hyped it up so much ya know?! :laugh:

I feel you on the lazy, i've been feeling icky lately. Moody and unmotivated. I need to get over it or I'll a chubby bunny by Christmas! :grumble: I'm not sure what my deal is.

We have our first football game with my little quarterback/full back big man tomorrow. He's loving it and it's awesome to watch. Football was my one sport I wasn't 100% behind. It's a little nerve wracking but it's been really good for him and he enjoys it. School 5 days a week had me nervous for Tarren and though he's struggling with some crying spells post-dinner time hours (I think he's just exhausted), schools been a really good thing for him too. So, all is well thus far.

I don't think we'll be doing any vaca type get away until at least Dan gets sent to 3 week training. When that is we have no idea. If it's during a non-snowy month, I might take the kids down for a long weekend (the training facility is about 14 hours away) at a hotel to watch Daddy "graduate". But other than that, just work school football and home. The usual.

jennieodwyer

I am back from vacation (4 pounds up as you can understand, haha) and back to the grind. How is the new job going for Hubby? I know how you feel about just not having you head in the game. I am right there with you. I know I need to get to it to get this extra weight off (clothes are tight and I am feeling flabby) but I just want to go out and eat on the weekends and not worry about every ounce. But I have serious work do to since I am 9 pounds over what I want to be starting out with another pregnancy and we are hoping #3 is our lucky number.

tsquaredmama

New job is good. Has me running a million ways to keep our household/children in order but that will come once we get the hang of it and he gets a set schedule. He's adjusting. It's a giant leap for him in terms of day to day given that you know, you are responsibility for inmates on a 300:1 ratio. It can be a bit overwhelming but that man can do anything he puts his mind to so that will come too.

Since posting my blog, things have been better. Granted it's only been a week. Saturday I over snacked. But I did not binge and call it a loss and just keep eating. So baby steps. My clothes continue to be uncomfortable and I continue to wear sweatpants to the gym vs. my normal work out clothes. But, again baby steps. I can't go diving into this thing headfirst anymore. I just get too frustrated with balls to the wall approaches and end up 2 steps back. So, just sticking with the plan which isn't hard core. Just consistent and steady. I'm hoping this will be the ticket. Plus, I didn't write it so I can't question it!

How are you!? How are you feeling?

jennieodwyer

Oh I missed your blog. I just went back to find it now. I could have written it myself. I am a weekend binger and because of that and my back to back vacations I am up about 10lbs from my low. So I am so right there with you about things being tight and uncomfortable. I really wanted to be under 130lb before I got pregnant now I am just hoping to get it even under 135. We are going in tomorrow to see if #3 is our lucky number and we have a keeper and boy it better be since my weight (I assume it is bloat, etc) has been climbing DAILY even though my diet has been back on track since getting back into town. Oh well as much as I hate being this weight for this if the kiddo sticks around it will be worth it.

I can't imagine doing his job. I would be freaked out all the time that I am going to get shanked or something. :laugh: Is it max security?

tsquaredmama

Ha! No, thankfully it isn't max or I'd be freaked out 110x over. It's medium security, but the types of inmates that they have genuinely surprised me. I'm not sure what I had believed, but I was thinking some robberies and tax evasion. Not so much. It's intense. I am glad it's only medium though, I can only imagine what maximum looks like. :frown:

Yeh, this is a constant struggle with the scale. On good days, I think we both are conscious of the fact that we are demonstrating good habits on a daily basis. We work out, we monitor our diets, we drink our water. On a general continuum, we are doing great things!! We just keep pushing past that into that leaner category so there's struggles. I'm sure it'll look like this for quite awhile because I don't see myself turning over to a full clean diet with rigidity any time soon! If the binging can decrease, my healthy feelings about the situation will increase so that's a win. :drinker:

I hope that everything stays on track for you with baby #3. Up some weight or not, you are a healthy Momma whose doing a wonderful job to demonstrate healthy habits to Josie and to take care of yourself for the future. \:bigsmile: I hope good news is headed your way.

We are heading to the ear specialist today to see about my little man's ears. He has to get a hearing test to determine if all these ear infections are impacting his hearing. So we'll hopefully have some information by days end. Then off to a late lunch with my Mom and Grandma. They are missing have the boys 2 days a week now that they both are in school. So, when I told them we were off this afternoon they decided to join us. Should be fun!!

jennieodwyer

Glad to hear isn't max. I would be flipped out too if it was max security. I am sore as can be in my upper body. I forgot how the CLX Lean workouts sneak up on you. You are all comfy doing a single exercise at a time then BOOM suddenly you are trying to do a bicep curl in one hand and a hamstring curl with you leg all hoping to not fall on your *kitten*! And jumping the reps to 12 really exhausts me for sure. I have had to stop and take a few breaths in some of the moves but I am sure I need it.

Well hopefully we will both get good news today. Is he having hearing issues or are you just checking because of his infection history?

jennieodwyer

Well sadly it doesn't look like #3 is going to be our keeper. It was measuring behind and not showing the development they were looking for at this stage. We are having a follow up sonogram on Monday to confirm but we can say with a fair certainty that the embryo stopped growing about 5 days ago. I am so sad. It does get slightly easier since you are used to it (less shock) but it also gets worse with each one since each one makes you feel more and more hopeless. Just have to make it through the weekend and then we can have our confirmation and move forward with the next round.

tsquaredmama

I am sorry to hear about the news. I cannot imagine the emotions. I do hope that through the weekend you were able to find some peace as you move on to the next round I continue to pray and send hugs your way. ((:flowerforyou: ))

Our weekend was football for Talan and football for Sunday tv viewing pleasure. Cooked with my Mom and attempted to shampoo the rugs (but the shampooer broke). We ordered new living room furniture so I moved everything out to clean up the rug before it comes in. I'll have to rent one because my Mom's Bissell appears to be shot.

Good workout this morning but binge on Sunday. My entire day centered around being in the kitchen, which led to eating and eating. Overate Saturday night as well. Epic failure on the no binge goal. Prepped for this week.

How is CLX?

jennieodwyer

Yeah it was not a particularly fun weekend that was for sure. The news on Monday was not unexpected. The embryo was still not growing normally and I would probably miscarry as soon as I stopped my medicines (which I did on Monday). They did schedule a D&C for Friday just in case I don't miscarry before then because I am leaving town next week. I wasn't thrilled about the D&C since I do think with enough time I can pass it on my own but I don't want to risk this happening when I am out of the country. Especially if something goes wrong and I need emergency care. I didn't think I would need it but so far it looks like I will as all that has been happening is minor spotting. So this one has been more stressful for sure than the rest solely due to timing and the fact that it isn't terminating on its own as easily as the first 2 did. Sigh.

Eating wasn't horrid but wasn't good for sure. I am sure I am up from this weekend but I am staying off the scale for obvious reasons. Enjoying CLX just 2 weeks left. Not sure what I am going to do after this. I planned on doing Lindsay Brin's prenatal workouts after this but well....yeah. So maybe I will look into something new or do S90 again. My biggest thing is needing it to be 45 minutes or less. Suggestions?

tsquaredmama

I truly am very sorry that this journey has been filled with obstacles. I hope that you are feeling alright today. You have been steadfast in your workouts. Hopefully that is a good outlet. It is all a lot to handle I imagine, but I am sure you are tackling each day as they come. We've been chatting on MFP for years now!! And I know you are a strong woman. Lots of hugs and prays continue from me to you!!!

i don't have much to report. I've been tired and crabby so I haven't been too steady in any arena. Hopefully this weekend is peaceful (though Dan starts night shifts) and I can shake off my crappy mood. Nothing really going on, just kind of eh. Probably just coming down with something. Rest and enjoy the weekend at this point.

Safe travel! You are a busy girl. Off on travels often lately!!! :drinker: :drinker:

jennieodwyer

Well D&C went as well as could be expected. I am feeling ok other than pure exhausting when I try to do too much. Like yesterday I tried to go about my business as usual without any meds and I totally hit the wall by 2pm. I was begging for my Advil and felt like I could have slept for hours. I was told that for about a week I could feel way more tired than usual. I am not sure if that is recovery or just from the changing hormones but I am feeling that for sure. I planned on working out today and tomorrow but I am now afraid of over doing it and feeling like crap on vacation so i am just going to skip the workouts today and tomorrow.

I am up and down with emotions with this whole thing. The rage and depression from it all is basically over and now I am just beat down. I am beat down that I have to start all over again and most like have to endure another one or two more miscarriages before one with finally stick. I have been avoiding the scale like the plague since my eating has been out of control and I feel like crap. I know some of it is bloat from the surgery but also I know it is fat from over eating this past week as well as being up from vacation last week. I am not going to worry about this week on vacation but I have to hit it hard next week since I want to be close to 130 before I get pregnant yet again (we start round 4 in the beginning of Nov).

I haven't figured out how I am going to do that yet. I am definitely going to cut some major calories (1500 and below) and stick to mostly protein but I don't know what I am going to do workout wise. If I didn't have kids I would be doing weights in the morning and cardio in the evening but lets face it. That isn't going to happen. I am only 2 weeks from finishing CLX but I think I need more cardio to get the job done. I expect I will need to drop about 10lb (maybe more) in about a month. ugh!

jennieodwyer

Well I am back and scared to get on the scale tomorrow. Haha. It was nice to get away but I know I gained some serious weight between this vacation and the stress eating from the week before. I will be thrilled with anything under 140 but I am not holding my breath for that. Oh well all I can do is work at it some more. How was your weekend?

tsquaredmama

I didn't even go anywhere and I still can't get it together. :ohwell: I keep saying tomorrow, tomorrow. And then I'm up until 2am and dont' get enough sleep so the gym is the last thing on my mind. I'm trying to behave eating but that's erratic too. This is probably the biggest rut I've been in in quite awhile. Not good.

The weekend was good. We did go to the gym Saturday and I kicked my own butt (however, it's the same workout I had done 3 weeks ago but this time I felt like I might die...thanks to poor nutrition I'm sure!!). And I cleaned like a feign all Saturday. And then Sunday....I meal prepped and didn't accomplish much of anything. And I didn't eat well either. I'm not sure what to do to fix this?! You'd think seeing the number on the scale creep up, or the fact my pants are right would...but it hasn't quite sunk in yet I guess.

I keep coming up with plans and then don't follow through so right now I'm just trying to figure out what the issue is so I can fix it. I am not quite sure yet!!

How was your trip?

jennieodwyer

Ok I am back now that I can post again! haha. I tried posting yesterday but with the updates I wasn't able to. Trip was fun and it took my mind off our current TTC issues which was nice. I did get randomly burned in weird places so that sucked but overall it was great to take a few days off. Now back to the fall grind! haha. I weighed in at just over 14lbs up so that will be fun getting off. It was already doing down this morning but isn't it crazy how you can put on weight in 2 weeks that takes 4 months to get off! But so is life. As annoyed as I am that I have to diet down and be hard core on the weekends (we shall see since we have events coming up) I have found some comfort in thinking of it as just a part of maintenance. This is ultimately (well when I was around 130-135) my overall goal weight. I will get down closer to 125 when I am really strict and I will get up to 140 when I letting it all go. But ultimately I have still lost over 50lbs and kept it off for almost 4 years so I have to be proud of that. Even if I am cranky that I have at least 10 pounds to lose!

tsquaredmama

First of all, this new set up on MFP is weirding me out. I couldn't find out posts to begin with, and now I'm not sure if this will go thorugh our now...so we'll see. Also I can not tell when you posted?! Strange. Adjustments I suppose.

Anyways, good attitude! You are right, I think maintenance is just as wobbly of a roller coaster (I'm feeling it myself). And so it's always a matter of moving and adjusting, accepting and altering. Such is life I suppose. But I think the outlook on it is right. Positive about the progress and continue to adjust and move forward.

I'm glad your trip went well. I think getting away was the perfect idea. Definitely sometimes just getting away from it all is exactly what the mind, body, and soul need.

Hubster gave me a pep talk last night about getting back on that gym/diet train. My mood has been foul, and that has worn me down physically and so my gym efforts mixed with Dan's crazy work schedule have really faltered over the last couple of weeks. Which, I already know NOT going makes me cranky so not going because I'm tired and cranky only feeds my crankiness! It's not a good cycle and I need to hop out of it. So we'll see. I can forge ahead with a perfectly laid out plan and fail at it. So I'm just taking it a day at a time. Today will be a late workout with fasting from 10pm last night until 1230pm today. I have all my homemade meals ready. So today should be good. Saturday, well I'll tackle the plan for that as it arrives. One day at a time right now.

jennieodwyer

One day at a time is right! Though I am trying to think of this as maintenance in the grand scheme of things, I did have a total freak out over the weekend when I realized this is the highest weight (over 140) that I have been at since July 2011!! Talk about reality check. Nothing really fits but I refuse to get new clothes so I am just wearing all my stretchy dresses and trying to focus on every day. The weight is coming down but way slower than it was going on. I am hoping that I am below 140 this week. I will not be really happy though until I am back under 135. One day at a time though. Well I am on my last week of CLX. Part of me is wanting to go back to Supreme 90 day because I need the firm kick in the *kitten* but the other part of me doesn't want to do anything too hard core since we will be starting yet another treatment round in the beginning of Nov. Maybe I will just do a few workouts and see how it goes. Part of me really wants to buy something new as well

tsquaredmama

Ohh..what new fun could you find!? T25? i know you love Shawn T!!!

Yeah, I'm still struggling to get myself under control. Today is ok. Yesterday was okay until 4pm and then not so okay. I really can't define my problem. I'm on the See Food diet it seems. Ugh. I had to pull out those pair of dress pants from the BACK of my closet because I wasn't in the mood to feel uncomfortable in my normal pants. So something has to give. I don't know if I'm not sleeping well or what. But that alarm goes off and I feel like I just barely shut my eyes. Probably tied right back into not eating all that well, so I'm not sleeping all that well, not exercising as much as I should so I'm not....you know that vicious circle. I'm going to have to just man up. But even though I know it, I can't seem to push myself into it!! A definite funk is what I'm in.

I have to study for my licensure exam so I'm hoping to tie in some steady state cardio with studying and kill two birds with one stone. Tonight is a lifting day so I'll get that in after work. But that's just a piece of the puzzle. I need to put this puzzle back together. Sheesh. I know it, I've just got to find the motivation to do it.

Are you ready for Halloween? the kids want costumes that we don't have around here and they are out of little man's size...so we are in crunch time trying to figure out if we are sticking with 'a Seattle Seahawk football player' and 'Ninja Turtle'. I think we'll have to take to the stores this weekend so they can peak around. Maybe find something that I don't have to ship! Lol.

jennieodwyer

Haha I know just what you mean about pulling out the "fat" pants to feel comfortable. I have been wearing stretch dresses to avoid that and finally bit the bullet when it got cold and pulled out the bigger pants. I have to keep telling myself it is just temporary. I 100% agree about the sleeping thing effecting everything. If I don't sleep, I am way more hungry, way more grumpy and have no interest in working out.

I am doing well with food and workouts but of course I have a lot of ground to cover and I hope all my good eating doesn't burn out before I get close to my goal (especially with Halloween). I do have family pics the following weekend so I hope that helps keep me in check but this weekend is a crazy one. We have a birthday party on Sat then my annual charity ball that night and then Sunday is my mom's Halloween party. So there will be some bad food for sure.

Speaking of Halloween, Josie is all set. She picked out a witch costume at Costco over a month ago and is happy as a clam so that was easy. Mike and I are doing Frankenstein and the bride of (since I had an old wedding dress). I need to hunt down green make up, neck bolts and white hair spray and then we will be set. I also need to get a dress for this event on Sat as well so I will be busy this week!!

I am doing some of Jessica Smith's YouTube challenge videos and let me tell you. I am crippled from the one I did on Sat. Just goes to show that changing it up can make a difference. I think I am going to stick with those a while because I like the idea of choosing my own adventure. Like my thighs are still so sore from the weekend so I chose kickboxing and low impact cardio. But I will say that the low impact cardio was not the best choice. It involved using paper plates as sliders for your feet and it worked my thighs just as much as the lower body weight lifting one did. Not sure how long I am going to stick with that but they are all under 45 minutes and free so I am on board.

tsquaredmama

Hey! I so need to take time this weekend and go into the attic because all but 2 of my sweaters are up there. Let's just say people probably are noticing that I REALLY like wearing this purple sweater!

Halloween. I can't believe it's already Halloween. From there it's a downhill slide to the rest of the holidays! My oldest is going as a Seattle Seahawks football player and my little one as Leonardo from the Ninja Turtles movie. They look good! We don't dress up. Besides college I've never been to a Halloween party...I should probably work on that!!

I saw you were trying something new on YouTube. That thing is so useful. We just got set up with a new internet provider so I bet my Apple Tv would work alot better for doing youtube videos now- I should give it a whirl. I've been enjoying the Strong Lifts program. 3 progressive weight lifting sessions a week. Then I add on a plyo day on Saturday. My next step is to start using morning cardio as a way to add study time. But I'm still working on that.

I dumped it on the plyo box 2 weekends ago and my shin is still healing. Deadlifts on Monday were rough. Nothing like dragging a bar with 175lbs up and down a bruised/swollen shin x5 times!

jennieodwyer

Uggh costumes and a dress was a huge fail. So the wedding dress I thought I was going to use didn't fit!! So I had to scrap the whole bride of Frankenstein thing. I ended up going to Salvation Army and got a horrific 80s Dynasty type dress and I am going to glam it up 80s style. Jury is still out on what Mike will be but if all else fails there is a red Elmo shirt that he can wear. So we will be in costume but boy it really was a fail overall. haha

Yeah so then the dress situation was also epic. I tried on a few old cocktail dresses I had yesterday and only one even remotely fit (one from back when I was still losing baby weight) yet it was still a bit clingy in the thighs. So I went out at lunch and tried on about 20 dresses and I really liked one but it was WAY too long and I don't have time to hem it so I will be rocking the slightly clingy size 10 dress. Ugh. Yeah and the scale was not my friend either. It was up just over a pound but I am sure it is due to hormones and bloating since I was a rock star this week. Still annoying as hell since I am still about 10 pounds up and as you said we are on the beginning of the holiday debauchery.

So....sorry I am a negative nelly. I am just ready to be back to normal!! Hope your shin is feeling better! Have a great weekend!