2 week challenge
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Hi All!
KC - great NSV on the compliment! I never thought about my back until I started getting stronger and was pleasantly surprised to see improvement in a place I wasn't even looking for it! The front is glamor muscles...the back does the real work
Beeps - breakfast in bed sounds great! Those are the moments in life way more important than your diet
Chloe - nice control on the candy! I didn't really log Wednesday...probably a good thing!
Ashley - glad the scale moved! I hope mine does too next week...and carbs make sense. They cause water storage.
As for me, okay week. I have done crossfit and walked the last three days, logging yesterday fully and staying low on cals. I did feel fatigued and tired at crossfit yesterday so I am going to skip training today (with encouragement from one of the coahces) and just walk and probably go into the gym to practice some lifts tomorrow and row. Maybe yoga too?
I am starting to really get into applying for graduate school (yikes!) and it is making me anxious so I want to spend the weekend getting on top of my stuff, feeling good, eating well etc. before I have to go to Atlanta next Thurs-Sun. I can tell the next few months are going to get stressful and I want to be proactive as possible in keeping my health a priority (and probably renewing my xanax prescription).0 -
Ashley- Great job on getting all your workouts in and your loss!
Beeps- I am sure I will do some damage my birthday weekend as well....don't feel too bad about it!
I weighed in this morning, scale didn't budge, but I am not discouraged. I am actually kind of sore today, so I am wondering if it may be some water retention. Had a few more pieces of candy last night, I don't even know why, I really didn't want it. So far this week I have gotten in all of my workouts and stayed under cals. Going to dinner with some girlfriends tonight. Already prelogged what I will order and my cocktails. Plan on getting in a workout before so I should still be under calories.0 -
IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY - PAY ATTENTION TO ME, DAMMIT!0
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEEPS!!!! HAVE AN AWESOME BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!!!! :flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :drinker:0
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k, you peeps are AWESOME, lol!!
I am sick with a cold. I have to work late. I had to skip my work-out, todayI have to work all weekend. My daughter has early morning ice hockey. NOT FUN.
But, my husband and kids are trying REALLY hard to make sure I'm having a "happy birthday". I LOVE to celebrate, so will do that, somewhere, somehow.
Oh, on the "good news" front, I managed a 20-hr fast today. On MY BIRTHDAY!! How AWESOME is THAT!!??
My nice dinner out will consist of a ceasar salad (no croutons, dressing on the side) and a steak. YUM!0 -
I did fast until supper - had ceasar salad (it did have croutons and dressing - they served it table-side and it was for all 4 of us!), beef tenderloin in a red wine reduction sauce, truffle mashed potatoes and roasted broccolini. NO alcohol. NO dessert. My day came in <1,200 calories. Yay!
I couldn't get to the gym, today, due to son's basketball game. So, I think I'll be on an unplanned 5-day gym break. Oh well. I'll keep my nutrition in check.
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Beeps—Happy birthday!!!
Amy—I’m so glad your dad’s surgery went well! Hopefully they’ll be able to come up with a good plan going forward. You look awesome in your Halloween pic!
Ashley—awesome job on the burpee challenge! Once again I feel off the wagon. I had good intentions, I just kept forgetting…. And awesome job getting the scale moving down!
Kate—Sounds like you have a good plan for November. When you’re as fit as you are, I’m guessing even maintaining is a challenge! And good luck on your grad school applications!
KC—Awesome NSV!
Chloe—Awesome job getting in your workouts in last week!
My marathon went well. It wasn’t my fastest ever, but I made it under my goal time so I was very happy with that. Since then I’ve been back to logging and I’ve been keeping up with it.
I also have a little news. My husband and I have been trying to have a baby for a little over a year now, and I’m finally pregnant!!! So going forward my goals may be a little more nutrition-oriented than fitness-oriented (I don’t think that posting “keeping my heart rate under 140 bpm” is going to be all that inspiring to anyone).
So my two-week (and beyond) goals are to:
-Log every day
-Eat at least 75 grams of protein a day
-Do some sort of physical activity every day, even if it’s just going for a walk.
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Congrats Ris! That's great news! Is this your first?
Beeps, wow. No alcohol on your birthday?! Or dessert?! That's some serious willpower chick.
Hello everyone else. I need to get to work; just wanted to check in.
My week overall last week was a good one. I was only over on calories (1700) 2 days. Halloween and Saturday night. I drank too much Saturday, but moderated well the rest of the week so I call that decent on my alcohol goal. I got ALL my workouts in and a couple bonus walks. My macros were good most days, but not yesterday. I didn't eat that much just didn't eat well. I feel a little puffy today because of it. I plan on drinking lots of water to flush myself out. I plan on another great week and hope to see a little loss on the scale again. I'd like to get back down to my lowest (126) by Thanksgiving knowing I may put a little back on. I also hope not to go overboard during Thanksgiving. My sister is training for her first mini in January so she has 2-3 training runs to get done, so I hope to join her.
Have a great week ladies!0 -
Oh yeah. KC, you asked for this recipe. This is one of the many things I cooked yesterday. I make without the crust. The crust is good, but I don't think worth the cals:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/584218-amazing-60-calorie-protein-cheesecake
I also made homemade tomato sauce, harvested my basil plant and made a ton of pesto, made a pot roast in the crockpot that we didn't eat since it wasn't done till close to 9, protein cheesecakes and kale chips which turned out bad. I used too much oil and didn't spread them out enough. I threw them away. May try again with a lesser quantitity. I spent 3 hours in the kitchen!0 -
Thanks Ashely! Yep it's my first. And great job last week! Your little peanut looks adorable by the way :happy:0
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Happy belated birthday, Beeps! You have serious self control!
And congrats, Ris, that is so exciting, thrilled for you!
I have not worked out for a couple of weeks so I am going to get started with that, I think it will help my stress and help me sleep. My sleep has been so disrupted. My goal is to alternate strength training and jogging with one day of rest. For jogging I am going to try and get faster, my idea is to do couch to 5k but instead of walking working up to jogging, I will jog at my usual pace working up to 6 minute miles.
I am not going to diet though, I am going maintenance til February.
Kate, I thought you were going to start a bulking phase for winter? no?0 -
Hey ladies! Happy Monday....the weekend went way too fast!
Beeps- Hope your birthday weekend was great!
Ris- Congratulations! I am so happy for you!
Asjerven- Hope all is going well with your dad! Way to get back into it!
Ashley- Nice week! I am with ya at getting the weight now before the holidays! I have a wedding December 15th, so I am keeping that as a goal date. I would love to see 13Xs on the scale by then!
I did pretty good this weekend. I went over, but I was under throughout the week, so it kind of evened out. My goal is to basically net about 10,500 for the week (1500 cals a day). Did a little binging last night because I didn't eat all day until like 5 except for my protein smoothie in the morning, and that is way too long for me to go without eating. Goals for this week are basically the same as last:
1) Get in 5/6 days of workouts- 3 miles each day and strength (chest/triceps, shoulders/back, core, legs/butt- I basically just keep rotating between those 4 workouts)
2) Stay within cals
3) Eliminate processed foods and sugar0 -
Amy - good luck with the running goals, I tend to run slow myself and would like to get a little faster
Ris - congrats, that's wonderful news!
KC - nice on the compliments, your hard work is paying off
Chloe - good luck with the no sugar challenge. I was off sweets for the 4 weeks leading up to Thanksgiving, but I must confess that I broke it last night for a small piece of carrot cake - it was divine, but I am back now
Kate - good goals for November
Beeps - Happy belated birthday!
I am way behind on checking people's posts. I need to start logging food again. It will help me remember to keep up with everyone.0 -
Happy Monday! On Wednesday, I pulled something in my back doing bent over rows. Then, carrying my two year old around for trick or treating made it worse. I took a few days off. I still weighed in Friday and was happy to see a small loss. Then I ate a lot on Friday. I had planned a great day, but then a co-worker offered to get my lunch. Then I ate junk the rest of the day. My calories were fine the rest of the weekend but I ate a lot of processed junk and low protien. I checked my weight to see how much damage I had done, and it was the exact same as Friday. Crazy. I got up early today (love daylight savings!) and got in a great workout. I still want to try to increase y workouts. I really want to be down two more pounds by thanksgiving and try to maintain between Thanksgiving and New Years, and hit it hard in January.
Mama- which do you like better? CLX or Turbo Fire? I herad turbo was on sale but I'm not sure what type of workout it is.
Chloe- I've decided if the week balances, then it's all good. Have no idea if that's tru, but I like it!
Ashley- thanks for the recipe. Tomorrow I'm making quinoa pumpkin muffins but I'll have to try that one soon. Are you going to try the kale chips again?
Ris - Great job on the race!
Amy - I believe working out is the best cure for stress and insomnia. And counting calories can be very stressful, so I think you are making the best choice for YOU right now.
Abigail - it's so hard to get back to counting once you've stopped. i know I've been struggling with that.
Beeps, glad you had a great birthday!0 -
For jogging I am going to try and get faster, my idea is to do couch to 5k but instead of walking working up to jogging, I will jog at my usual pace working up to 6 minute miles.
Holy crap that's a fast pace! What is that, 10mph? I don't think my legs will go that fast. You go. I hope the working out helps with stress and sleep. I know it does for me. Hugs.0 -
Oops, I think I mean 6 miles per hour! a 6-minute mile is way ambitious!For jogging I am going to try and get faster, my idea is to do couch to 5k but instead of walking working up to jogging, I will jog at my usual pace working up to 6 minute miles.
Holy crap that's a fast pace! What is that, 10mph? I don't think my legs will go that fast. You go. I hope the working out helps with stress and sleep. I know it does for me. Hugs.0 -
Ris - congrats on 'baby' - that's very exciting!
Thanks for all birthday wishes....it was a terrible birthday weekend, made worse by the fact that we had to "fall back" in time. I spent the ENTIRE weekend working - 30 hours worth of work in 48 hours time, actually! That "extra hour" was NOT for sleep, pour moi, but for work. Ugh.
I haven't worked out since Wednesday. Will be skipping work-outs, I'm pretty sure, until at least thursday of this week....just way too many super-tight deadlines at work.
So, I'm very grumpy!
My diet was NOT in check on Saturday, so that bit. But, yesterday, I only got in 1,200 calories and today, since I'm skipping meals everywhere, I'll likely be on same track. It's good - it's actually what I want, except I ALSO want my work-outs!
So, unplanned "rest week" from the gym....without any rest, of course!
Have a great week - I will only be an intermittent poster this week.0 -
Oops, I think I mean 6 miles per hour! a 6-minute mile is way ambitious!For jogging I am going to try and get faster, my idea is to do couch to 5k but instead of walking working up to jogging, I will jog at my usual pace working up to 6 minute miles.
Holy crap that's a fast pace! What is that, 10mph? I don't think my legs will go that fast. You go. I hope the working out helps with stress and sleep. I know it does for me. Hugs.
I was way impressed.
Still impressed. Goals are goals and any goals are great!
No workout for me last night. Picked up the kiddo from day care, didn't get home till 6, husband out of town for basketball game, and it was dark out. I put on my PJ's, played-fed/ate-bathed-played and then vegged on the couch the rest of the night. It was nice.0 -
Amy--Gounds like you have a good plan. I find that doing some speed work when I'm running is a great way to de-stress too, you can just let it all out on your fasters bursts.
Chloe--Great job staying under your calories for the week! I think looking at things on a weekly basis is a good plan, especially if you want to leave yourself a little wiggle room for the weekend.
KC--Congrats on your loss on Friday, and for maintaining it! It's easy to get derailed from the healthy eating over the weekend, but I'm sure you'll get back on track.
Beeps--I'm so sorry you had such a terrible birthday weekend! Maybe a little retail therapy will help; treating myself to a nice pair of shoes always helped remind me that there are some perks to having a job like that
Ashley--Sounds like a nice night! Sometimes you need a restful evening like that.
Not too much to report here. So far I've been good on my goals--I've been logging, getting at least 75 grams of protein (usually more), and doing some type of workout every day. I even lifted some weights yesterday, which I've been neglecting lately. I was hoping to get in to work early today so I could take a nice long walk at lunch, but then I waited for almost an hour at the polls and still didn't get to vote because it would have taken another half hour after checking in to actually vote. So I'll still probably sneak in a walk at lunch but it will have to be on the shorter side today.0 -
Hey ladies. Things are still hectic here so I'm just popping in.
Congrats to Ris! And great goals! So happy for you! :flowerforyou:
Beeps- What a busy weekend! I hope this week is a bit of a slow down for you!! Things always seem to get unnecessarily crazy with the time change, why is that?!
Chloe- Great job last week!
Amy- I missed the pics until now-you looked great! Glad you got to wear the mermaid costume!! Hope that you can get in your workouts and break a little stress!
Ashley- I get that routine! Soon DH will be coaching and finding ANY me time because a constant struggle! Anything that involves pjs though...sounds like a win to me!
I know there's more but I can't see to respond! So KC & Kate I hope all is well with you both. KC I hope the tweak is feeling better!
As for me, I completely derailed from Friday through yesterday. Ridiculous. Between Halloween candy in the house and 2 sick kids back to back, I just went off my rocker. I cooked all last night to try and get ready to get my butt back on track. Should have seen this coming after lock down mode heading into my Grandma's party! Either way, I'm over it and ready to move forward.
KC- I remember your question about TF. I love TF. I didn't think I would since I'm uncoordinated! But, I truly enjoy it. Chalene is up beat and it keeps you moving. I get a great burn. So the combo of that with her strength training is awesome. Luckily, I only missed 2 workouts on my little derailing episode! So I'm about 1.5 weeks into the hybrid so far so good. Nice and sore, great burns, and I'm enjoying it! Hope that helps!!0 -
Ris! Congrats on the baby! Wonderful news
Amy - I was considering it, depending on my experience with maintenance which has been not great. I don't like my waist being up so I am going to cut down a bit (not as extreme or strict) and see if I can't get closer to my happy place before my birthday and holidays. I feel like I've essentially been bulking right now ( thought probably not with muscle) and I don't think I could handle going up more. Right now the goal is get back to close to post cut and maintain and get stronger with crossfit
Don't have a ton of time to catch up with everyone else but well done! I am off to a good start...I have travel this week and next and am just seeking to workout, cut a bit, and balance! I have 4 weeks to my 25th birthday and want to feel great!0 -
Ris- when are you due?
Beeps- Sorry about your crazy workload! I hope it gets easier soon!
Ashley- I was the same way on Monday...no kid to hang out with, but I got home put on pajamas, ate some soup and caught up on my DVR
On the Turbofire question....I loved it too! I think I might do something with that in the spring, maybe a hybrid of that and chalean xtreme.
Kate- when's your bday? Mine is the 30th, I want to try to see the 130s before then...so I have 3 weeks! I am resting at about 143 now, which for some reason is my body's happy place and it really ticks me off!
I have been doing pretty good so far this week. Had some late night snacking the past 2 nights, but kept it relatively healthy. And it wasn't mindless eating, I was actually hungry! I have my meals all planned out through Friday. Tonight it is 3 miles and legs day, looking forward to that!0 -
I did workout last night and it felt good. I am sore today but I kind of like it. I slept awesome last night so I think it was that and maybe the wine, but with wine it's a fine line, sometimes it makes the sleeping worse, or I wake up when it wears off.
I am going to try to do lifting three times per week and cardio 3 times, but some days I might have to combine them-like last night.
I learned that my dad's kidney cancer is a very rare aggressive form and still trying to figure out specialists and treatment.
DH and I are going to Disneyland with his family for Thanksgiving. It should be fun but I am just feeling too distracted to get excited about it.0 -
Reese--Nice work on moving forward after the weekend. We all have those kinds of weekends, but the important thing is to move on!
Kate--Good luck on balancing everything with the travel!
Chloe--I'm due around July 13th. So still a long ways off…. We're generally not telling people yet, I've just been telling my running buddies so that I don't have to keep making up excuses about why I can't run as fast as I used to (and of course you all know, I figured if something goes wrong I'll probably come here to vent anyways).
Amy--A little soreness is a good thing, it means you got a good workout! I'm sorry to hear there isn't better/more news about your dad's cancer, but hopefully you all will figure out a course of action soon. And Disneyland for Thanksgiving sounds fun! It probably won't be as fun as it would be if everything was 100% okay with your family, but hopefully it'll take your mind off things a little bit.
I found a delicious recipe for mac & cheese where you substitute butternut squash for some of the cheese and made it for dinner last night. So yummy. I highly recommend it for any mac & cheese lovers looking for a lower-cal version (as a bonus, someone put it in the MFP database): http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/creamy-light-macaroni-cheese-50400000115195/0 -
Hmmm, I just don't know! I deffinitly want to do CLX in January, but can't decide if I also want to get Turbo Fire- even if it's just to do later on....
I'm considering trying to "bulk" in January as well. I'm close to my gol weight and I'd love to put on more muscle. Around March, I did try the Eat More phillosophy, but I ended up gaining back everything I had lost prior. I really need to research it more and think about how to consume more healthy calories.
I admit, I added a couple hundred junk calories before. I would love to hear about your experiences.0 -
KC, I have seen some amazing bulks on this website. Are you friends with staphanielynn? Here is one of her many posts with great before and afters:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/stephanielynn76/view/putting-my-fat-into-perspective-and-other-comparisons-438148
Impressive indeed. My fear with a bulk is that I am not training hard enough or often enough (nor do I have the equipment to in my tiny home gym or the time), so a "bulk" would just be me gaining weight. I think as a female we have to train extra hard to put on muscle. I would love to do it, just afraid I would only end up getting chubby. But good luck!
Ris, I'm going to have to check out that recipe. Yum!
Amy, I'm glad you're getting some good workouts in! Sorry to hear about your Dad but I'm sure it's nice to know what's going on so you can move ahead with treatment. Hugs to you.
Chloe, I've been checking out your diaries and you're doing fantastic! And so consistent with the workouts!
Kate, hope your travels are being good to you.
Beeps, Hope you're not working too hard.
Abigail, hope you're doing well.
Reese, We all have weekends like that. Check out my Saturday; I darnk about 100 glasses of wine. But logged them all! I am trying to be very honest with my diary so I can see what's working and what's not. Good for you for getting back to kick @ss mode!
AFM, I've gotten a couple good workouts in so far this week. I'm still sore from my lift on Tuesday. I plan on lifting again tonight, hopefully getting a stroller run in Friday, and finishing off my 3rd lift over the weekend to complete my goals this week. I weighed today and stayed the same as last week. So maybe a loss next week. I'd like to lose 1.5 more before leaving town on the 21st. Better get to work. Have a fantastic day ladies!0 -
Just checking in. Haven't made it to the gym since October 31. I have put in 15-hour days every day since then, at work. I have about 4 or 5 more in a row (major transaction happening!).
I was terrible with my diet on Sat. Super good on Sunday and Monday. So, so on tues and it all fell apart, yesterday.
Today, too.
TOM is coming. I have NO idea how much I weigh or anything. I just know I feel like CRAP as I've had no more than 4 hours of sleep per night and I haven't been to the gym in a LONG TIME (for me).
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I don't think I had seen Stephanie Lynn before, she looks great, and we are the same age so that's always inspiring. Thanks for sharing!
I am still sore from Tuesday but I plan to run tonight, lift tomorrow...0 -
One of my mfp friends went to high school with her! I don't think I would bulk up that much. In fact, bulk may not be the right word. I do plan to eat more, healthy calories, reduce cardio, and lift HEAVY. I don't plan on eating 2200 calories and would freak out if i went up a full pant size. Maybe like 1800 calories and I'll aim for 1.5 grams of protein, but that may be hard since I HATE protein shakes. I don't know, I'm still research what different "bulks" look like. I did read if you bulk "slowly", you are more likely to gain more musle and less fat. They say typically when you bulk it's like 50/50, which I don't want. I need to read more and develop a plan.0
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