2 week challenge
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I did a bodyweight routine from Bret C. last night after work. I could only get through 2 sets....my hips were ON FIRE. Poop. I took some tylenol almost right after....good thing, because THEN TOM ARRIVED!!
And, I'm now fasting (no food OR water) because my eye surgery is this afternoon. The fasting isn't bothering me....but, for some reason, I'm crampy with TOM, and the inability to ingest meds is REALLY bothering me.
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I feel like I've missed so much over the last few weeks!
I'm feeling good that I'm finally getting back into a solid routine. We are currently wading through all the leftover booze from the wedding and deciding what gifts to keep/take back (first world problems, I know). My goal is to get back in the gym 3-4 times next week and keep that up until Honeymoon in mid October. I somehow from something have developed a very strange red itchy rash on my legs and arms - ruled out the fleas, bed bugs etc, so I can only surmise it is an allergy to something. Sigh...
Anyway! Onto happier news - the wedding was all I could have asked for and more. I was very worried about the weather (there was rain and clouds in the forecast all week), but it turned out perfect - cloudy for the pictures and sunny for the ceremony and reception. The whole thing went off without any major hitches. There was a slight wind storm later on in the evening that caused a tree to go down across one of the two exits to the park where we were married, but other than that, everything turned out great.
Our theme was "fiesta"... think lot's of bright red, yellow and blue. We had mexican food for dinner; chicken and pork tacos, beans and rice, these amazing potatoes and veggies and chips, salsa and tons of guac. Although I didn't eat as much as I probably should have, I definitely had enough to know it was good. I think the highlight of the night was the dance party. That's really all I wanted my wedding to be was a giant dance party, and it was
All in all, I'm glad it's over, but so glad we did it. Once I get more pics, I'll put some up.
I can't get the stupid pics to load in here, so here is a link to the three I was going to share - let me know if this works!
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Darn it, I'll edit and retry 0
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I can see the pictures!! they're UBER-tiny, but I can see how BEAUTIFUL you look in your dress!!! And how HAPPY you and your husband look dancing! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you, ever so much, for the wedding report....for some reason, I'm a total sucker for weddings and babies!0 -
I'm pretty amazed that I'm not THIRSTY. The "hunger" part I wasn't worried about (I don't eat before noon, anyway...), but I figured the only reason I can fast all morning WAS BECAUSE of all the water/coffee I ingest. Apparently not....
Anyway, I'm TOTALLY crampy and it is a b*tch that I can't down an ibuprofen or a tylenol right now....0 -
Keep it up lady, almost there!0
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Hi Everyone, I just joined the group. My goal is 9800 cals a week. From what I have read, it is the total cals for the week after you deduct what you burn for exercise? So if I eat 1700 cals in a day but exercise and burn off 300 cals then my cals that I count is 1400 for the day?0
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Welcome Determined! If you are tracking net calories that's exactly it - great goal! 0
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I love your dress! Great pics. I'm glad everything went well. Congrats!0
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My left cataract is out....my vision isn't "clear" like I thought....maybe tomorrow. Oh, and it wasn't "quite" the Sunday picnic they described....my blood pressure tanked on the table, they had to rush in to put in an IV with some meds, but I had NO veins because I was completely dehydrated/fasted, lol.
Anyway, next week I've got my right eye - now I know what to expect!0 -
Hi all, I'm new here. My goal from MFP is to eat 1200 cals a day--more on days I exercise. I've got two trips coming up, but I'm very motivated to stick with it while traveling.0
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beautiful bride, ram! love you had a big wedding party
I have been in this class all week, all day, it's harder than lawschool, fo sho!
Female Bible or whatever it's called is on body builiding:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/womans_lean_sexy_bible.htm
I see now it's kind of an early Jamie Eason live-fit trainer, but I like the pull ups and pushups cuz I want to be able to do that.
Tonight we did the cajun boil and it seems really hard to log but I will do what I can!
And welcome new ladies! When get back to the office I will try and get everything down, so I will post that and then you can let me know Monday how it went for the first week!0 -
Ram - Absolutely gorgeous!!!! You, the dress, the pics, the colors! Wow!! I'm obsessed with "Say Yes to the Dress", "Four Weddings" and "Wedding Island"! I'm planning our vow renewal for the end of February/beginning og March as it will be our 15 year anniversary...although my hubby deosn't quite understand why this is done, lol!!
Beeps - Glad you made it to and through the surgery :flowerforyou: Hope it heals quicky!
Amy - Thanks for the link! What class are you taking? And yum, cajun boil!!
Better - I didn't read the details on resting periods...I just continued when I felt ready to go. No more than a minute on any of them though.
Did Stronglifts workout B for the first time today. Loved it! Done in 28 min!! Gotta love that. Amy - here are the numbers from today:
Squats - 120# (+5) --> more than my body weight :happy:
Over Head Press - 65#
Deadlift - 125#
NSVs this week - I haven't done too well on food choices since the Spring...well, last night I went to our fave restaurant with some girlfriends...I passed on the margaritas, chips and salsa because I had a healthy Mexican meal at home. Then today my mother in law invited me to lunch. I skipped the bread basket, ordered a grilled chicken berry salad and even brought my own homemade vinaigrette!! Ok, I think my head is back in the game!!!0 -
Nice number, jenomaha....I think you're back in the game, too!
I celebrated post-surgery with a McDonald's quarter-pounder with cheese, medium fries and a diet coke. Now THAT hit the spot!
Followed up by chocolate, chocolate, chocolate and popcorn last night! I was over my calories (for sure), but TOM arrived, surgery day, etc and I felt like simply "giving in" and resting.
Today, I'm back at logging!!0 -
Once again I’m behind! So just a few quick comments:
Welcome new ladies!
Ashley—I’ve never done stronglifts, but in general, if you’re not sore afterwards you’re probably not working hard enough, at least not if your goal is to build muscle/strength.
Jen—great job making good choices with all that temptation around!
Beeps—Glad you made it through surgery okay! That’s scary about your blood pressure tanking…. For a pregnancy report, all is still going well. I'll be 33 weeks tomorrow, so just seven weeks to go! My weight gain has sort of tapered off even though I’m eating as much as I’m hungry for, but my doctor doesn’t seem to be worried about it so I’m not going to worry either. I've gained just under 20 pounds so far. Here’s the latest bump picture; clearly this kid is growing:
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Now THAT is a BUMP!!
20-lb gain is perfectly normal at this stage in your pregnancy....I can see why your dr doesn't care about that!
YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL!! I can't recall if you told us - son or daughter??0 -
Thanks Beeps! We're going to have a son.0
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Beeps - now that is a celebration meal!
Ris - You are only baby!! The rest of you looks tiny!! You look great!
Ok, tonight is gonna be a challenge. I have been way under all week, so I have wiggle room, as well as almost 1000cals left for tonight, but I'm nervous. Going to a baseball game with the hubby. The Omaha World Herald (local newspaper) is treating my husband's company in the air conditioned clubhouse suite with free food and alcohol. I hope they have healthy options and I only stick to a couple of drinks...weights at 8 a.m.!! Crossig fingers!0 -
Quick pop in to say Ris! So cute You look so happy, and what an adorable bump. 0
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it is a VERY cute bump!!! Can't wait to see the beautiful baby that's inside!0
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thanks for the cute bump pic! you look happy! all boys for our preggo NTH Girls!
Jen, you are strong! My goal is to squat 115. Can I ask regarding building up to it, would you try to just do one rep at the heaviest and then lower the weight if you couldn't complete the set? I just remember plateauing and not sure how to progress. and, Jen, I am in a Contracting Officer Representative training, it's a government role that requires certification so it's sort of intense. I am tired!
Here's the breakdown for the goals, which I am sure everyone is killing it:
Better_Balance: 10,000
Jenomaha: 8,750
ChLoE1130: 14,000
Beeps2011: 9,300
Shander7: 9,500
RisOnTheRun: 13,370
caitlinashe51: 8,800
kclynch: 9,800
Lynn5cmu: 8,400
ramalem: 10,500
DeterminedGir: 9,800
Asjerven: 9,100
Let me know if I missed you or got it wrong, I am pretty tired, as I mentioned. I have had a couple of low-cal days so I can have 1500 today and tomorrow, so I just need to be good:) go Rams:)0 -
Hi ladies any chance i can bomb in your challenge. Reading your posts you all seem to be organised and gettinf results. Good job to you all (even if there are treat days, we all need them).
Can i ask , are your calorie goals you eat before you add your exercise calories or after?. I find most days i struggle to get to 1200 never mind eat back couple hundred exercise calories.
My goal isnt so much to lose weight(always a bonus tho) as to lose inches and fit into my jeans. Iv been doing insanity for 5weeks and im bigger than i was to start, the only place iv lost inches is my waist nothing from hips and thighs , and these are my big areas . Im needing to figure out how to trim down so frustrating .
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Sorry ladies, this was not my week to be amazing. I only logged one day. I'm just trying to get back on track with work. I stayed at the school until 6:30 one night and 7:15 another! One morning I got up at 4 to make stuff. I love my job though. This 3 day weekend is what I need to be caught up at work and get my house in order. Next week I will be in the star hale gee and check in.
Ris- Love it! I gained much more than you by 33 weeks! But my weight did slow down in the third trimester. I think one week it actually dropped.
Ram- I can't see your pics :-( but I am sure you are beautiful and have I said congratulations yet?
Jen- you are STRONG! That is awesome!
Beeps- I love your PMS posts. I started my first week of school and my friends are still teasing me because I was so grumpy. I didn't eat much this month, which unusual. Hope you are recovering nicely.
I feel like I am missing some of you but I am sure you all are rockin it and I WILL make myself check in more at lunch next week. I need you girls to push me to meet my goals. I am so close to being out of the 130s!0 -
Recovery is WAY harder than I thought....my eye really wants to spend most of the day closed. The eye drops STING so much it has me crying for 5 minutes afterward. And, of course, you can't swipe your eye, wipe your eye, do anything....I'm DREADING this Thursday!
Anyway, 9,866 calories for the week. Not bad for the first week after vacation. But, I'll do better this week - I think I only got a BRONZE star for week 1....
Amy, thanks for organizing this challenge. Because I NEED IT.
I did do month-end tape measure for August and my belly-button waist was up 2 INCHES!! Hopefully some of it was period bloat, but unsure. Anyway, I'M TOTALLY COMMITTED to getting THAT off for September and to dump down 5 lbs (although I haven't weighed since early August, so I really don't even know what I weigh....). I won't jump on the scale until I take my gym pass of hold - which won't be until I can lift come later September.
2" is TERRIBLE. I'm totally grossed out by that. Boooooooooooooooooo.0 -
Ramalem - gorgeous! glad the day went well
Ris - loving that baby bump, so cute!
Beeps - I'm so sorry to hear about your eye, hope it gets better soon
Amy - I looked into the Female Fitness Bible as well and will be starting that this week using the gym at my husband's work, thanks for sharing
Right now my current challenge is simply to lay off the bread, pasta & sweets. I have been eating very badly lately and my belly is getting awfully puffy. I also start logging again tomorrow so that will be my other challenge.
My kids go back to school tomorrow at a new school. We went to a Parent's night/open house last Thursday and they are really excited so that is good. After I drop them off in the mornings I will be continuing to temp in the accounting office of a fitness center up the road from their school and then I go to my other job the next town over, then I come back and get them at after school care and then we have all of our activities. It's going to be crazy. I signed up for three dance classes a week. I will be doing Jazz on Monday nights and ballet on Tuesdays & Fridays. I was not able to take tap again because of a schedule conflict with one of my oldest daughter's martial arts classes, but that's okay as I am happy to be back in Jazz again. We are going to be doing a Broadway style dance this year which is my favorite.
That's all I can see now, have a great week everyone!0 -
Abi, the dancing sounds like fun and a good way to get exercise. I am not coordinated, a have no rhythm at all! I haven't been able to start the female fitness bible, but I am glad it was able to give you a plan!
Unfortunately, I took my dad to ER Sunday, The only bonus was no drinking at the Rocky Mountain Showdown and all the stress of the week I came in at 8905, well under my 9100 goal. So for a super horrible, stressful week, I get a platinum star:noway:
WHo else has their score for the week?
Beeps, I don't even know what color your star is, sorry, gotta look it up... Do you have to have more surgery Thursday!?0 -
Way too much to respond to, but I read everything on the way back from NC yesterday. We had a nice weekend. Of course ate and drank WAY too much, but still had fun. I actually only drank more than I intended (resulting in lots of fuzziness and a hangover the next day) one night, so that's not terrible. My Mom and I tend to drink TONS of wine, every night we're together, so we only did that once. I didn't log Saturday or Sunday and just went and back logged Friday, and I ended up at an estimated 11,598 net for the week, and that is with estimate 2500 calories both Saturday and Sunday which may be somewhat accurate. I snacked a lot Sunday and drank a decent amount of wine considering cocktail hour started a little before 5 and we didn't go to bed till 1am. I did get a hike in with everyone Saturday. I was sort of hoping for a little longer and more strenuous, but my parents are in their mid 60's. In good shape, but probably not wanting something nuts. We also had Daphne in her backpack, so carrying 25 pounds of baby makes things a bit harder. My Mom and I also walked about 45 minutes Sunday, hangovers and all. My proudest moment from the weekend were yesterday. I came home, unpacked us, took a 2.7 miles stroller run and had an unwhichfrom Jimmy John's instead of my usual French bread sub and ended up under calories despite having curly fries for lunch.
Less than 4 weeks till South Beach. I am motivated. We head to St. Louis this weekend and then I think we have a couple free weekends which means I need to focus on more activity and less booze on those weekends. I didn't drink anything yesterday and I don't intend to drink anything till at least Thursday, maybe even wait till Friday. Have a great week ladies!0 -
Hi Ladies,
I am just checking in here to say that I am back from a truly wonderful honeymoon in Spain and Portugal. I did manage to work out the first week a few times in Barcelona, but haven't done a single exercise in the last 1.5 weeks, so the last 3 weeks have been the laziest for me so far this year!! I am little nervous about returning today. I think soreness is on the menu for sure, but I think that I will be so glad that I did it! Oh, and gained freakin 5 lbs. Now I some calorie deficits to do too!
Goals:
1. Get back into my exercise routine: 3x per week lifting, plus 1-2 cardio or yoga, etc
2. Calorie deficit to shed a few pounds. Surely some of my work cloths are going to be tight and I hate that!!
Good luck on all of your goal ladies!!0 -
So I failed the challenge this week miserably, I was over my goal by about 800 cals. I am blaming on this giant cookie cake we had leftover from my husbands bday last weekend, needless to say it is gone now and I don't think he really at any of it.
My big goal this week is to control my sweets intake. I have been eating way too much chocolate, ice cream, cookies, etc. I really need to get it back under control. So that is going to be my main focus for the week.
I have still been going strong with my morning walks, averaging about 18 miles a week. That is pretty much it though, since I tweaked my neck a few weeks ago I have been nervous to do anything more. Especially since my sleeping positions are so limited as it is I don't want to risk making it worse.
Ris- you look adorable!
Better- you got this for South Beach just stay focused on the goal!
Amy- hope everything is ok with your dad!
Abi- I right there with ya with the puffiness! Lets do this together!
Beeps- good luck with your recovery!0
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