2 week challenge
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OMG Kelly! We're like weight sisters! Well, I wasn't 132 6 weeks after giving birth, more like 142. BUT! My weight is 132.5 right now, the highest it's been since losing my baby weight. My lowest recorded I think is 126, while I was nursing. I have been hovering in the low 130's all month, but with an upward trend. I've really been studying my weights and calories the last couple days. I need to be eating around 9000 calories a week to lose weight consistently. I'm considering cutting out the booze during the week during August with a few free passes. That'll save me some calories.
Beeps, that's great! I tend to lay around the pool/beach and drink a *kitten* ton of wine on vacation. And I eat cheese. And hummus. And snacky things. I do have plans to run in South Beach. The path along the beach is about a block from our hotel and I think about 3 miles round trip. I already mapped it.
I went to PF Changs last night becasue we had $50 in GC's (and still spent almost $40! with tip!). It was good, but I just am not a fan of chain places. First off, way overpriced. Secondly, so much salt and oil and sugar! It's amazing I don't feel like @ss today. Thirdly, we actually had to get in the car and deal with tons of traffic which is just annoying. OK, back to being a food snob and only like going to local places in my ecelctic neighborhood.
Lifted this morning and it was great. Hoping for a solo run this weekend and finish off with my last lift for the week. Have a great weekend ladies!0 -
kclynch, that's sucky about weight fluctuations - however, you know they can be caused by a million things (salt, anyone??) so no time to panic, yet. If you truly are paying attention to remaining in a calorie deficit, the weight will move off your body - just not in any linear fashion!
Better - once your daughter is "older", my bet is that family vacations will be about "movement", the way ours are! I'm actually very excited about this family vacation because, in my whole adult life, I've never taken a 2-week vacation. As in EVER. 1 week here. 1 week there. A couple of extra-long weekends. So, this is really some great quality time and I want to figure out how to DEMAND some "electronics-free" time from all of us!
Anyway, today I get to lift! In fact, including today, I probably only have 4 more lifting sessions until holidays. Eeeeekkkkk!!
It's a long weekend here in Canada, so the weather is supposed to be GLORIOUS and for the first time, all summer, NO COMPANY! So, I am SUPER-stoked to just have some "decompress" time on the horizon.0 -
Kelly--that sucks that you weight is up. Have you been logging consistently? I'd take a little time and go back and look through your food and exercise log and see if you can notice any trends. Maybe you just ate a lot of salty food the last few days and are just retaining water like Beeps said? Or maybe you haven't had as much of a calorie deficit as you think? But don't get discouraged, you just have to stick with it and the scale will cooperate eventually!
Ashley--You're allowed to be a food snob Local places are almost always better.
My vacations are usually a combo of Beeps's and Ashley's--lots of booze and eating but also lots of activity. It'll be interesting to see how it goes without being able to partake in the booze part; hopefully I won't just substitute excessive snacking.0 -
My suggestion is to become an AWESOME BARTENDER!! It's okay that you can't drink, but you can still be the BELLE OF THE BALL if you're the one folks are coming to for their martini refill or a lovely mojito!0
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Holy crap this thread moves fast - just quickly checking in, will catch up with everyone's posts later. I still have not been able to log. July was just too crazy, so we will see how August goes. I know I have eaten way too much bread & stuff because my belly is way bloated so I need to get that back under control. I am also looking at new workouts as I am all done with Les Mills Pump. I liked it, but I am getting bored & need something new. I will think about it over the weekend and will post a new challenge on Monday. Oh yeah I FINALLY tried the yoga class at the library down the street from my house last Saturday. I felt so good & so relaxed afterwards yet I was sore the next day so I know I still got a good workout so I am going to continue with that. Have a great weekend everyone!0
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kclynch - Perhaps you are gaining muscle? I've seen women who have gained and look BETTER than they did at their lower weight. Just a thought, but I am not sure what your aiming for.
Better - good job already mapping your run in South Beach! I totally feel you on the salt in restaurant food - it should be illegal to put so much salt in food. I also love the mom and pop type places to eat. Like when the chef comes out and talks to people to and asks how you like to food. Little touches like that.
Beeps - have a great time on your long vacation!! Sounds like well deserved too!
Riz - I think that I read you are expecting? Congrats :-) When are you due? What type of prego exercises are you doing or NOT doing?
Abigail - good work getting the yoga in! I try to sneak a little in here and there as well and always enjoy how it makes me feel.
Well, I have just finished stage 1 in nrol4w and feel great. I've been listening to my body and adding cardio HIIT when it feels right, so I don't over-train. I am exactly two weeks out from my wedding (hubby and I have been together for years have 3 kids, mortgage, etc., but this is the formal event with family and all). SO my focus is to shed 4-5 pounds over the next few weeks. I think it is doable and I will have extra incentive with my looming wedding. I am adding a jog 5x per week to help shed the weight. Wish me luck!! Also, wish me luck that I don't gain it all back while honeymooning in Spain :-)0 -
Hey ladies. Quick check in here. Had a so-so week. Drank too much Saturday for sure. Didn't eat a ton over the weekend, but didn't eat "good" foods. I had a great 4.2 mile run Saturday. It was tough, but felt really good. Also did lots of walking as usual. Stayed busy pretty much all weekend with the exception of 2 hours of blissful reading in the sun yesterday during nap time.
I'd love to get a couple good workouts under my belt this week, but my sister and her family arrive Wednesday right when I'll be getting home from work, and I have cleaning, laundry, and grocery to get done in the next 2 nights. Plus a couple other little things around the house, so unless I wake up in the morning, not looking good. I would love to lift one morning and run the other, so we'll see.
After they leave, I'm limiting drinking to Friday and Saturday and need to focus on diet again and consistently strength train. I've been doing 2x a week, and really need to be at 3x.
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Morning ladies. Wish I had time to catch up with everyone, but I just wanted to do a quick check in since it's been a bit over a week since I've logged in.
I've all but given up on logging at least until the wedding. I started having major stress about it last week (I don't have a coordinator, so I need to be 100% organized) and logging is the last thing I really need to worry about. I plan to get back on it the week after and hit it hard between the beginning of September and Honeymoon in mid October. I have somehow maintained my weight despite the lack of logging and working out (can't say I feel super great though.) I know that working out will help with the stress, I just need to find the time. With that being said, I do have a few goals for the next few weeks:
1. Get my walks in in the AM. Skipped it this morning because I slept so crappy...
2. Get a few runs in per week
3. Since getting to the gym for strength training has been a challenge, I want to add in some push-ups/dips, squats etc. that I can do at home with my runs
4. Keep my eating clean
Lamb - happy almost wedding, I'll be there in 3 weeks! I would love to try and lose some too, but simply cannot find the time/energy to fit workouts in. Kudos to you for getting it done! And Spain, so jealous. Whereabouts are you going?
Better - I hear you on the lack of time to workout...
Abigail - I love yoga and need to get back into it
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Hi, my weekend is still "on" since this is the holiday monday.
I had a great weekend. Fasted Saturday, in preparation for some food indulgence on Sunday. Fasted again, today. So, I feel REALLY in control of my calories, just now.
Work-outs will wane as this week bleeds into my long-awaited vacation time. We'll be SO active on vacation, I'm not gonna worry about anything - and I've photocopied some bodyweight exercises so that I can still get in a little bit of resistance training while abroad.
I'm not logging my calories for the rest of this month....well, at least until Aug 26th. Then, I'll be UBER-STRICT logger while I am on my "forced exercise break".0 -
Have fun Beeps!0
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Wow...you all are so after it!! Amazing!! My kids go back to school next week and I am more than ecstatic about getting back to a routine. Enough neglecting my weights and nutrition, time for the balance I had back in the Spring. I can't believe I was 2 lbs from my goal at Mother's Day and then lost it
Anyway, my husband told me today, when I hit my goal, he will book a trip to Vegas, so I have a great carrot dangling in front of me! I started the Bizzy Program from bodybuilding.com today with a friend, so excited about that. Can't comment on everyone but quickly:
KC - I am back to my strting weight on here, so I absolutely get it! But you are still here and I know you can do it!
Better - LOVE South Beach!! Enjoy!!
Ramalem - great goals!
Jewel - OMgosh, where in Spain?!?! I used to live there, absolutely love it there!! Sounds like you have a great plan
My goals:
1. No soda
2. No Alcohol Sun - Friday. Alcohol only Saturday (have a wedding)
3. Min. processed carbs
4. Bizzy Program 2x/wk, Body Pump 1x/wk
2 weeks ago I taught 9 classes/wk, last week was 7/wk and this week is 8. My friend has been restricted from exercise so I've been subbing...ya think I would've been losig weight, but no...just made me like crap. Not this week though. It's time for business.
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BEEPS!!!!! Have a BLAST in Hawaii!!!!0
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I am gonna have a good time....5 more sleeps!
I've decided to get a work-out in today, tomorrow and thursday. Friday is "team building" exercise with my team....it's a mini-putt thing-a-ma-doey, so can't do weights that day. And, Saturday I'm gonna aim for some cardio.
That's my plan. Oh, and trying to fast daily until supper this week to push my weight down so that, starting my vacation, I'm in a good spot.
I expect that my vacation won't be spent "eating and eating" given all the activity we have planned. And, no worries about "late-night-snacking" because there is NO PANTRY where we are going!
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Hi jen! Welcome back....LOVE THOSE ABS!0
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Sounds like a fabulous plan, Beeps!! You will rock it out like always!!!0
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I'm 146.8 lbs, today.
Boo.
I'd like to be down to 145 when I leave. And, if I could knock off 5 lbs (hell, a girl can DREAM, right!) while away, that would be 140.
Finish it off, post-surgery, with 3 more lbs and I'm GOLDEN.
THAT is MY PLAN!0 -
Wait!! What did I miss...what surgery, Beeps?!!0
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My high weight stuck. Boo. Not surprised. I've been eating whatever the last couple days. TOM also. South Beach is in 7 weeks and I have a pretty solid plan for August and September in regards to drinking. If I can do well with that, I can drop a few pounds just by drinking less. If I add in a good diet and strong workouts, I can get to my goal (126, which is a 6.5 loss as of this morning). We'll see.
I got both my morning workouts in this week! 2 mile stroller run yesterday and lifted this morning about 30 minutes. Switched up my routine and it felt great. (Done with KISS. It was OK. I did get a couple new moves I'll be rotating in.) So after this weekend, of which I pretty much intend not to log from today through Sunday, it is on.
This morning I benched (maxed 80 4x), squatted (maxed 115 6x), did high back rows (maxed 20 6x), and goblet plie' squats (maxed 40 8x). First time I'd done the goblet plie squats. I like them but my dumbells only go up to 40, so that's about as much as I can do. Still, nice to work the inner thighs. I also did a mini plank series.
Well I'm off till Monday after today, so enjoy the rest of the week, the weekend, and any vacations coming up! And good luck to the brides putting the final touches on your weddings!0 -
cataracts, jenohaha. i have O-L-D eyeballs (apparently).
I actually think you are TOTALLY LUCKY, Better_Balance, that you can just "drop drinking" and drop weight! I don't have any "vices" to "drop" to permit anymore fat loss. Booooooooooo. I already don't drink (very much), don't eat (bad) carbs very much, don't eat breakfast, etc., etc. I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO DROP (except "calories" themselves, of course!)
Also, you can do "goblet squats" holding 1 dumbbell in each hand (tight together at the chest) - that would end up being 80 lbs of weight, which is pretty HIGH, if you ask me!0 -
Beeps, you crack me up! Old eyeballs :noway: Wow, you really don't have anything to drop, huh?!
Better - I think taking a break from now until next week will be good for ya. I'm sure you will hit it strong for the next 7 weeks!! South Beach is a huge motivator!!
Ramalem- forgot to wish you well with your wedding too!!
Day 2 of the Bizzy Program done and I feel great. Nutrition has been right on and I even started my supplements again. The scale is moving and it feels awesome to have some control again! Man, did I need it!
Happy Hump Day all!! :flowerforyou:0 -
I think "feeling in control" is the name of the game, for sure.0
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I'm fasting until supper-time. Today. And then again, tomorrow. So, I will ingest SOME calories everyday, but not all of my calories (I hope).
I really want to see A NUMBER on the scale when I hit the gym on Saturday morning. With THAT NUMBER, I can go on holidays and really feel like I've accomplished SOMETHING.0 -
Hi! Glad to see everyone here but I can't really go back and read everything so I will just have to catch up on this page, anyway!
Lamb, where in Spain? We went for our 2nd Anniversary and we did Madrid, San Sebastian and Rioja. So much fun!
Jen, I forgot you lived there? Where were you again?
Last night was our 4th anniversary and we went for sushi and then got some wine and chocolate at another place. I feel hung over today!
My sister and nieces are visiting too, so I haven't been able to work out much, or take advantage of the unlimited 4 weeks of crossfit! I went to a couple of classes but I am not liking it very much because it's a lot of olympic lifts which I am terrible at (cleans-clean and jerk, power cleans, and now power snatch.) I just think you can do strength training without such lifts?!
So, I fear I will be quite out of shape for Warrior Dash, maybe next week I will go back to Spartacus!
I understand too, I am the heaviest I have ever been and it's not muscle, because I had a pair of shorts I took camping and I couldn't button them!0 -
asjerven - I am having the same problem with my clothes, my recent bad eating habits have been catching up with me & my belly is all bloated out so I am working on that
Beeps - that is so exciting that you are going to Hawaii - have a blast!
jen - I am also really looking forward to the kids getting back to school and getting a normal schedule again, they go back the day after Labor Day
I have been working out at the gym at my husband's work this week and I am crazy sore so I know that my at home workouts have not been as effective so I am going to keep trying to get down there. I've just been doing stuff from my fitness magazines to get some ideas for now. I might also look on-line as well.
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Beeps – I have faith…will be waiting to hear before you leave!
Amy – Happy Anniversary!! Your evening sounds wonderful! Enjoy your family time We will be in Estes and Breckenridge next month…cant wait!! Oh and I used to live in Zaragoza.
Abigail – Wow, not til after labor day?! That’s late!! I just started a modified version of the Bizzy Program from Bodybuilding.com…maybe you can check that out?!
This week has been great so far! The scale is down 5.8 lbs and I feel so much better! It feels so awesome to be back at the weights. Day 3 of weights tomorrow and a much needed complete Rest Day on Sunday! Tonight we are going to a Wine and Hot Air Balloon Festival, so there goes no alcohol on Friday, but I didn’t have any Mon-Thurs
which is an improvement from this entire summer :laugh:
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Hi Amy, Abigail, jenomaha!
My fast didn't go well, yesterday - but the day before was awesome. Maybe I'll try one day fast until supper, one day fast until lunch, and then repeat that over-and-over while I'm on holidays. Dunno.
I will weigh today, but had an unexpected team-building meeting at a chinese food restaurant yesterday.....so, I'm sure all that sodium will give scale weight a bump. Whatever the number is, is what it is, but I don't think it's a 'true' reflection of my pre-Hawaii weight.
I'm doing cardio today - I haven't done my usual Saturday class in about 4 weeks! Yikes!!
I'll miss you ladies....will try and catch up when there's wi-fi!0 -
Looking to find some additional motivation and support...was being really good and healthy, down 4lbs over all. Great high intensity strength training workouts, lots of cardio. Anyway, got home last night from a business trip (where I was healthy!) and basically ate everything in my house that's unhealthy. At least now there's nothing left in my house - but it made me feel awful. I've got to kind of restart and get back in the groove. My boyfriend is coming to visit in 10 days so instead of a 2week challenge, I'll do a 10-day challenge...
I'm going to:
1. Workouts - 3 days on, 1 day off
2. Not eat out
3. Not drink
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I always find that after some major binge is when I actually have the BEST motivation, in part because I actually feel so awful in a physical way!
10 days is a good enough time-frame to knock off the carbs and drink tons of water and push through bloat....you'll do great!0 -
Hey ladies! I took a little hiatus and now I'm back! Funny how a few of us seem to have gotten a little fluffy over the summer! I think we all need a break from time to time. I didn't even log onto the site since last Tuesday! It was nice. I drank tons, ate quite a bit, and only walked for my workouts until my 90 minute bike ride yesterday. Anyways, I am ready to clean up my diet, cut back on the booze, and focus on my strength training for the next 7 weeks. Here are my goals through my birthday (9/27) when i leave for South Beach:
1. 10,000 weekly net calories max.
2. Lift 3x a week
3. Cardio minimum of 2x per week
4. No alcohol during the week for August
5. 3 weeks with no alcohol in September
If I do this, I can get to looking good for SB. We do have a weekend away to St. Louis next weekend and Labor Day in the mountains with my parents (which = lots of wine), but I am taking a Dailey Method (like pure barre) class in STL as my friend teaches, and I also want to get in at least one good hike while in the mountains. And maybe some lap swimming at the pool.
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Hi ladies! I'm back from vacation. Overall I did well--I exercised every day (most days included both a morning run and an afternoon walk), I ate pretty well, and I logged everything. I was over my calories a few times, which I expected, but I did a pretty good job of resisting the sweets. I indulged in some M&Ms here and there, a few Oreos (but only 3--which is super impressive for me given how much I love them), and one cup of ice cream, but I don't think that's too bad given that I was gone for a week and there was temptation everywhere. The rest of the food was pretty healthy since we did almost all of the cooking ourselves (and on our one night out I just had fish). I think it would have been much worse if I wasn't making myself log everything. I pretty much weighed the same this morning as I did before I left.
Lamb--yep we're expecting a little boy around October 19. For the most part I've been doing my usual exercises (running, walking, riding the stationary bike at our house, and lifting weights), I've just been going a lot slower on my runs. I think I'm going to try prenatal yoga at a studio nearby, but I haven't got around to signing up yet. That's exciting about your upcoming wedding! It is a good incentive :-)
Beeps--have a great trip!
Jididier--welcome! Sounds like you have a good plan.
I've missed too much to catch up with everyone, but I see some great goals out there!0
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