Lindsay Brin's 60 Day Slim Down and workout videos

tsquaredmama

Aww...I have avoided shopping even though I totally need to (seriously, I think my circulation to my thighs is being cut off in these dress pants ). I probably need to scoot my butt upstairs to see if any of the pants I put away, are more comfortable. I did grab all my sweaters but the whole thigh situation I totally relate to.

I have not been eating well. I cannot get into a motivated mood. I go to the gym, enjoy my Strong Lifts program, and 4 days a week get my exercise in. But, my mood sucks so my eating sucks. And I can't even tell you why my mood sucks- it just does. So every day is a roller coaster right now in terms of eating 'on plan' and eating whatever/whenever. I haven't been on a scale. At this point, I'm just moving forward trying not to be so moody one day at a time. I want to delete the paragraph because it is so negative nelly. But whatever funk I'm in, has my mood settled right now. So, for now I'm plugging along trying to get over myself.

The kids are stoked about Halloween. My parents are coming over to go trick or treating with us since hubster has to work. I pray he doesn't miss every holiday this season because of the new job. He tried switching shifts but no luck. But, they still get to go so they are ready to rock!!

We are getting Talan's impressions for his appliances at the dentist next week. Preventative orthodontist work is what they call it. They keep telling us this is the right way to go to help him down the road. So we'll see. It seems strange a 7 year old with appliances, but if it means less time in braces as a teenager he might thank us later.

jennieodwyer

Ahhh!! I was just logging my food on the MFP website and this little pop up comes up saying you posted on this forum. haha. So here I am promptly

We made it through the weekend. I wasn't totally nuts but this was my first weekend off plan (since being back) and I am sure I ate over my TDEE both days. So we shall see how the scale treats me this week. I too haven't been on since last week. Even if I didn't lose fat I should see a drop since I was artificially high last week due to water weight. So we shall see. But yeah there is a lot of stuff I don't fit in right now. I am not a happy camper. I know it will come off and I know it just takes a while but this is where I always crap out. Where I have been at it for like 2-3 weeks back and still feel fat and stuffed into my clothes just have to push through and know that my whoosh is coming and I have to just stay the course!

Sucks that hubby has to work! We were there last year when I was carving pumpkins all alone with Josie when Mike had to work the whole weekend before Halloween. Thankfully he only had to work a few hours on Sunday so we got our pumpkins done together and he will be home for actual Halloween.

Hopefully he will be like my brother and never need braces and the retainer will work by itself . If you have any pets make sure you keep them away from it. Dogs and cats have a magnetic attraction to retainers! I could never figure it out.

tsquaredmama

Good information on the dog/cats with the retainer. I do hope this helps in the long run. I knew he was going to need it, but sheesh- the timing threw me off. Fingers are crossed. We have that locked in on the calendar. And the electrician called to set up the appointment to upgrade our electrical panel. So home/kid things are under way.

Tomorrow is the big day...duh, dun dun. Halloween and it's 40 plus rain here. The irony is last Tuesday it was 78 and sunny. What happen?!

I've been getting in all my strength days as planned. Tonight is a rest day and I HAVE to stretch because as the weights on the barbell go up...the tighter my hip flexor seems to get. So I'm stuck at 160x5 on squats, 65 on overhead press, and I did manage to bang out the 185x5 for deadlifts...but they are my favorite so...you know.

Food wise. It's up/down. Nothing more to report on that really. I have good days and bad days. I'm working to make my good days more frequent then my bad. But, more importantly I'm trying to work on my mind and my mood because that's the driving force right now. So good things to come.

I didn't realize MFP now had alerts on when someone responds. Interesting. I can't decide if I do like the alerts on your food journal like 'this food is high in potassium' or if I'm just annoyed with that! lol

jennieodwyer

haha I know what you mean about the food alerts. I am always getting yelled at for sodium. haha. There must be a weather front coming in since we are the same way. It has been warm all week and it is supposed to we really cold tonight but I think it isn't supposed to kick in until after we are done trick or treating. That is the good thing about having a three year old. They tired out easily.

Well my weight was down to where it was 2 weeks ago which is good for the week but not overall. haha. Baby steps right? I just have to stick to it. Must...get....over...the...hump. Have a great Halloween!

tsquaredmama

My weekend was not good. I did plyos Saturday but that is the only successful thing MFP wise I accomplished. House wise we did move our 'toy closet' into the spare room so that the kids have easier access to the toys. Plus it gives the electrician more room to work with.

My weight is up 13lbs from my 'normal range' - some of that I know is from my workout, some from my water weight from this weekend, but most of it is from poor food choices. I asked Dan to let me send him pictures of my weigh ins for accountability. He's not going to harp on me or anything for the highs. Or do a dance for the lows. But, I just need some sense of accountability. I need to accept where I'm at and do something active about it. Mood positive or negative it doesn't matter. I have to move forward from this or I"m just going to continue to put on weight. And this isn't going to help my mood either. So, that's my first step. My second was hitting the gym this morning. I haven't been missing my workouts, even though they've been at night. But, I'm going to try to set up my day for more success by moving my workouts back to the AM. My strength is going to suffer which I am going to have to accept as part of the calorie deficit anyways. So let me get this out before my stats start to plummet. I hit 170lbs on a 5x5 squat. :-) I enjoy the heavy lifts. But without a set diet, I am not going to be successful. So I have to get on track consistently.

How are you? How was Halloween?

jennieodwyer

Ohhh girl!!!! I know how you feel. I was one a tirade over the weekend! I did really well. Saw some weight come off. Was thinking I was past the "hump", you know when you are working hard for weeks and finally are starting to see the results....then came Halloween. I was strong on actual Halloween. 2 small slices of pizza at the carnival and a few pieces of candy. Nothing crazy or over calories. Then comes Saturday. I ate well in the morning, then we go out with friends and I eat too many chips at the Mexican restaurant but the meal was still reasonable but I get home and eat nothing but candy! I started to get my first TOM since the D&C and it was doozy. Basically the rest of the weekend (Sat night-Sunday night) I barely at any real food just insane amounts of candy. I think it is by far the worst I have done in my own house. I know I have done with with drinking out or on vacation but this one took the cake for sure in terms of straight crap consumption. I think the evil TOM from after surgery was a huge factor since I usually can get this somewhat under control but not last weekend. Also didn't work out either...so...I am sure my weigh in is going to suck this week. If not for the food, then for the TOM and if not for either of those it might be bad from my new fertility med I am starting tonight. I go back and forth if I will even get on the scale this week or not.

Congrats on the squats! You are a badass!

tsquaredmama

Yep, TOM and halloween candy do not go hand in hand. I asked Tarren to hide his, but he thought I meant from Dad so he hid it in front of me. And then said, ha! he'll never get my candy! It was too funny. Monday was a good day, Tuesday was an 'eh' day. Today is yet to be seen. My nerves are bad with this whole orthodontist thing. I read too much about it on the internet last night so I'm second-guessing myself. (don't read on the internet late at night...not only do you not sleep but you worry too much!). But we are going to meet with the ortho today. Then running around like chickens with our heads cut off because Oldest has swimming promptly following his ortho appointment and Youngest has basketball at the same time. Thankfully Dan's working days today so he'll take Tarren. But, Tarren made me promise to sneak up to see him too. So running we will be!! And then I have to lift since Dan worked during my AM workout slot! Lol. It's going to be a long day...thank goodness I had yesterday off!! Hopefully it gave me enough in the tank to tackle today!!

Everyone (I shouldn't be so broad, so I'll say many people) struggles in a roller coaster path with these journeys. So, hopefully we are up that hill ready to coast into 'kick *kitten*' mode. It hasn't to be right around the corner right?

tsquaredmama

Mourning Strong Lifts 5x5 today. With the weights going up and my deficit going down, I'm at a point where I have to put in a pin in the program for now. If Dan could be with me to spot me, I could potentially keep going. But, I already notice a different after 2 days with squats this morning. I'm going to keep the exercises in my workouts but drop the weight a bit and keep pumping out good form. I'll definitely circle back to the program when the time is right because I REALLY enjoy it. It's fun to keep trying to get a certain weight and then move on up!!!

How was your weekend?

jennieodwyer

Haha! The strong lifts will be there when you are ready to come back My weekend was good. Eating was total crap Sat night but good the rest of the time (still too much junk in the house). I have eased up big time on the workouts due to my TTC situation. I am trying to just be consistent with moderate resistance and cardio and eat at a higher deficit. My head just isn't in the game for the hard core workouts at this point since I am constantly concerned it will affect out TTC efforts even when I am not actually pregnant. And then of course with the pregnancies I always have in the back of my mind that I might be pushing too hard and causing this (even though mentally I know that is not the case). So I am ok with just doing my you tube workouts for now since I just need something to do every day to keep me from falling off the wagon during this fun time. Just started another treatment round and really want to get my weight down more but I need to cut myself a break since I am on all sorts of meds that will mess with my hormones and weight. But I still hate seeing how high the number is and how tight my clothes are!! Ugh you know how it goes.

tsquaredmama

I can see what you are saying about the workouts. And honestly, the fact is you are working out, you are being consistent. So I think that carries more weight than anything. Being healthy. That's a giant commitment whether it's Strong Lifts, youtube.com, or Insanity. You definitely have a lot on your plate so never sell the efforts short that you consistently put out there!!


PS. I keep having to stand up and walk around my office today. Apparently DOMS has set in early. It's gonna be that kind of a day. LoL.

tsquaredmama

So today was Back and Bi. But of course I also started with Squats. Because I love them. Because they are my favorite. And because so long as I get to squat, I pretty much will show up for whatever workout.

Yesterday I had the day off. I did eat out but had a salad and small pasta dish from applebees. Stayed off the appetizers and larger meals. Kept my weight the same from Monday through today so that's a plus considering I had a small drop at the beginning on the week. Still 9lbs to go. But it's some movement!

jennieodwyer

Sorry I have been MIA. I have been sick as a dog and missed 2 days of work so far. I am also attempting to get ready for Josie's party this weekend while being sick and it sucks. In the mist of all this we got an answer as to why I was having the miscarriages. I have abnormal chromosomes that I am passing down. We have been recommended to try IVF with genetic selection to try to get pregnant with chromosomally normal embryos. Which is nice except insurance doesn't cover it so we are looking at $16,000 just to try a single round of it. I am glad we finally have an answer but damn. Talk about not having great options.

tsquaredmama

And then I went MIA! opps!

Well, hmmm. Answers are a step and I definitely can see where you are at with the limitations of the option. It's a lot to think about. Hopefully, you can talk about everything as a family to see where to go from here. Maybe AFTER the big party and once you are feeling better. You need to be feeling better physically for sure.

Speaking of the birthday party- What's the theme this year?

We finally have everyone's work schedule so can plan Thanksgiving now. Did you see they are pushing up Black Friday even more this year into 5pm on Thanksgiving Day?!?!? So frustrating. I enjoy Black Friday shopping with my Mom and sister for the sheer act of getting out and going with them. But 5pm on Thursday?!?!? Grrr.

jennieodwyer

Now I am back haha. I was all in tailspin getting ready for the party (my little pony theme) and getting figures for the IVF (it is now up to more like $20k, uggh). I am feeling better but still not normal which sucks. I still just feel under the weather. I tell you these kids bring home the worst plagues. I wanted to work out this morning but had just a rough night I cancelled that. This weekend was a mess for eating. I ate all sorts of crap and drank too much yesterday. I was very active with all the cleaning and decorating so I am hoping that helps. We all know thanksgiving isn't going to be the best day ever Just hoping to maintain like I did last week even though I know that might be a pipe dream.

Speaking of Thanksgiving, yeah I am not a fan of the shopping that day. I agree. I enjoyed a good black friday sale but I refuse to go out on Thanksgiving. Thanks but no thanks.

tsquaredmama

I struggle trying to find our thread every darn time. It's frustrating!!!!

Dan had to work a double yesterday, and he's on for Christmas. :-( so that stinks but other than that things are good. I'm still studying for this test, which keeps me up late at night so my AM workouts are up/down. But getting 90% of them in. My weight is still up, couldn't tell you exactly how much (sodium bomb!!!) but none the less- not where I wanted to be this time of year, but it is what it is.

Now it's time for online shopping and planning for the next few weeks. :-) I'll take it. The kids are excited, it's time to be festive and happy, right??! ! :-)

jennieodwyer

I just did as well! I had to log in like 3x to get "my discussions" to show up! Oh no he has to work on Christmas! That sucks I hear you on weight being up. I am sure mine is even higher than it has been from my eating (and drinking) over the weekend but I am getting on the scale tomorrow morning to try to put myself in shock and not eat as much tomorrow . haha

I am finally healthy again and ready to kill it. But that also means my appetite is back Have a Happy Thanksgiving!!

tsquaredmama

So I'm way behind the eight ball. This lack of motivation is carrying me through the last few weeks, even when I get a good day or two in- I slide right back. Plus having to search for the discussion (trivial, I know) frustrates me. I liked simple MFP. Lol.

I'm still way up, I'm still trying to get the motivation to push ahead each day, I'm still slacking on eating, and my clothes still don't fit. Prep cooked all day but we'll see how that pans out. I'm in quite the funk and I need to get my *kitten* out of it.

I've logged in enough to know that you've been consistent with your workouts, good job. How's everything else?

Sorry I'm such a slacker lately...I really don't have an identifiable reason for my status- it's just where I'm at unfortunately!? And I'm not having much luck talking myself out of it.

jennieodwyer

No worries. I was having my own drama to deal with. We had another miscarriage (that is 4) over the weekend after Thanksgiving but we finally got a diagnosis. My losses are from a chromosomal issue that I am a carrier of. So we are moving forward with prepping for IVF with genetic testing (to ensure the embryos are chromosomally normal) in Jan/Feb. I would like to get some of this weight off in the mean time since I am up 10lbs from my happy weight and it is straight flab. I have been buying bigger clothes also so I hear you!

I think we both just need to do our best to make it out of the holidays without a 10lb gain and then get down to business come January

tsquaredmama

Amen to that statement! No more gain would be fabulous. I hope thus new plan brings some good news. And, I am very sorry yo hear about the weekend. You have been doing a great job of staying on course with the workouts throughout the past weeks. Great job. I finished day 3 of couch 2 5k. Doing that 3z a week be gore my weights. Lord knows if it's after weights it won't happen,

How's the Christmas shopping? I have to get for the in laws and wrap EVERYTHING. Poops me out just thinking Bout it. These boys never sleep..don't they know how previous sleep is?!?! Lol

jennieodwyer

OMG I am still in a freak out mode about Christmas shopping. Almost done except for my in laws. Uggh! They are the worst right? I have been working out regularly but the eating is out of control. Damn all the sweets and parties! I am scared to get on the scale tomorrow!

tsquaredmama

So I'm only 11 days late to the party. Seriously been terrible for the last what...2 months? Not cool miss thang not cool. I should probably be more active and motivated soon!!

tsquaredmama

And now I'll have to posts since I hit some wrong button and posted already. LoL. Christmas was nice. Too short, I wanna go back. Ate too much. Said I ate too much, and then ate some more!! Hit the gym this morning with my Monday motivation. I'll let you know if I still have it by Wednesday! Kids are off until the New Year. So it's on to planning for our family New Year's Eve party. They asked for the traditional activity every hour, so they shall get it! Pinterest better have some good ideas!!

How are you?!?!

jennieodwyer

Hi!! I am back! For real I am back. Hitting the diet and workouts as hard as possible. I am up to 145 which is 15lb over my happy weight and boy am I feeling it! I am about to start IVF so I have 2-3 weeks to get off as much as I can before I am on the IVF meds and can't really work out (I think I am allowed to walk and maybe do the elliptical but that is it). I am back to S90 but it only for the next few weeks before I start the injections. I have been thinking about doing LP since that really helped me get the weight off back in 2013 but once again I am only able to do it for 2-3 weeks so I am not sure it is worth the trouble. But yeah 15-20lbs overweight is not my cup of tea. Oh well guess that is what 4 miscarriages in 6 months will do to someone. Hopefully it will come off fairly quickly. How was your new years?

tsquaredmama

New Years was awesome, besides Dan having to work all night. We spent it with my mom end 92 year old grandma doing fun activities like crafts and board games. Eating way too much food of course! Then this weekend was Christmas at my grandmas so more excuses to eat, I'm out of excuses now though. Lol. The kids are back in school and I'm off vacation so reality. My weight is definitely still high. Hovering around 165, which is scary. Amazing how quickly it finds it's way back.

How was you New Years?

I saw the S90 post today...good choice. Tough call on LP, it is effective but oh the math involved! I'm starting with conservative numbers so we will see if that's enough. My goal is to maintain strength because there's a max out deadlift competition next month that I want to do. I pulled 255 this weekend so I thought it might be fun.

Is the weather there good for walks? Low impact cardio (for short bouts ) is stress relieving. I've been doing the c25k app and those thirty minutes are almost Relaxing. For now at least.

jennieodwyer

The weather is all over the place! Some days it is 30 (like today) other days it is in the 70s. Welcome to Texas, if you don't like the weather just give it a minute I will most likely be hitting the elliptical if I am feeling up to it. If not I will just try to get as much movement as possible. I really have no idea what to expect. I started the S90 since it is my old go to. I have 3 weeks before the stims that I can work out and diet all I want. Once I start stims I am out of the game for about 2 weeks. I can start back up as soon as I feel ready after the retrieval. Some people said they were fine a day or two after. Some people had complications and were out much longer. But then I have another 2 weeks of doing whatever I want before the frozen embryo transfer (we have to wait almost a month to actually put the embryos back in due to the genetic testing we need to have done).

Ok random question about LP. I thought about going back and just copying some of the meals I did but I thought we did it back in Jan of 2013. When I looked at my meals and macros that didn't seem to be right. Do you remember when we did it? Was it 2012 or 2013? I guess I have blocked it out! Haha!

tsquaredmama

My email to you about it was 10/2012. I love the search function in email. I use it all the time at work since I save everything, it's so much easier to locate things with a few key words!!

I've been tracking on My Macros Plus, trying to see if I like it. I don't think I do. It was suggested to me since it's all grams and macros. You can set it for training days and non training days which is nice. But I have such a hard time tracking. Like today, was a no lunch day so I ate on the run. I didn't measure anything just tried to behave. Now, I had a lunch packed and snacks packed but couldn't get to the fridge to get it. So although it might be a nice app, it doesn't work so well for me right now. I just have to avoid binging and some of this weight should come off. Then when (if) things at work slow down I should be able to track better. Or I'll live off protein bars...that's easy enough to track. I made a delicious protein shake this morning but it gave me terrible belly pain an hour later. Milk and I don't get along before noon.

I'm sure everyone's different in terms of when they are ready to get back in the game, just take your time. You are a good, consistent work out girl! I have no doubts that if you need a month off, you'd still be able to jump right back in the game. I do hope it doesn't take long, but your consistency is note worthy!!

I'm back to the Y tonight since Dan's schedule doesn't allow AM workouts. The resolution crowd is filling the gym. I completely enjoy people getting into fitness, it's just hard when the gym is crowded. The kids and I are going to try going later to see if that helps. I'm just off the mentality that I need to go immediately following work before I settle into the couch cushion!!

tsquaredmama

I made it to the gym last night...it was close though! ;-)

jennieodwyer

Ahhhh thank you!! Then I know it has to have been 2013 (which is what I thought). Ok I will have to dig all that out then! Funny how you say about living off of protein bars since I am sort of doing that now. I am subbing in a lot more bars and shakes than I have in the past. What can I say? It is quick and easy. Great job getting into the gym.

I am basically back in the swing of working out and eating well again but you know how it goes since the weekend is coming. I am down 3.5lbs so that is good but I need to see another 1.5lb drop in the next week or 2 before we start the stims. And I want to be down close to 130 (11.5lbs away) before the transfer which will most likely be in March. Big goals right? I know it will be hard though since the meds will likely mess with me. But we shall see. Anything fun planned this weekend? For us all we have is taking down all the Christmas decor which is an all day event (3 full trees, 3 baby trees, and all sorts of other crap). Not looking forward to it but at least it will keep me from eating

tsquaredmama

I finally found the forum! I had to search with your username. Ugh, why is it so difficult for me?

I hauled our tree out the day after new years, we only have the one real one and one baby one. However, it is now just laying on the side porch. So....let's call it mild progress!!

Did you find the food journal entries you were looking for?

Sounds like you are doing well. Props to you. Keep at it. Just stay healthy and be active, that's the path to maintain sanity, right?!

The gym is crazy busy. I am going tonight without the kiddos, since Dan-o has a day off. He'll go earlier and then I'll go later. Give him some time with them and me some quiet time. Or at least me time. We'll see...he's coming off midnight shift so he's trying to acclimate his days off during daylight hours right now.

And we are off for our regular interval dental appointment to check on Talan's retainer....every 3 weeks on the dot. LoL.

jennieodwyer

haha sorry I just found it too!! For me I had to log in on the actual discussions page to get "my discussions" to pop up. Even though I was already logged in. So maybe that will help.

I really haven't had time to look again for the entries but I will this week. I am a rockstar over the week but you know how it goes with falling apart on the weekends. I am just barely under 140 so I still have a good 10 pounds to go. And this week is the last week before I start my injections and have been told 100% by the doctor only walking for those 2 weeks. So my diet will gave to be in check big time with the meds so that I will not have major work to do after the retrieval. But I do have doctors orders to eat fast food/pizza on the way home from the retrieval. How funny is that? You need to drink Gatorade and eat large qualities of salt right after to draw excess fluid from the ovaries. I was like sweet count me in! haha!

Stinks about the regular dental appointments. We took Josie for her 4 year appt and she failed the eye test so looks like we are off to that specialist. It never ends.