I'm with Jen- things have been chaotic at work...something about 'almost back to school time' makes my job workin' with the kiddos mass chaotic this time of year!!

Things are good on my front. Fluctuating back down on the scale...was way up last week but it's back down this week. Blaming TOM and sodium because a 4lb drop has to be related to that!

Missed my workout yesterday for some QT :bigsmile: with DH so made up for it today. And there's a possibility of more QT time with him @ the gym, if my Dad takes the kids to the fair tonight. If so, I'll be hitting up 1RM tonight on Deadlifts, squats and bench press. It's been a while. Not sure there will be a change...but it's fun to hit that up a few times a summer with him.

I finally got 'before' pictures and measurements (total slacker, just wasn't feeling it mentally) So for whoever asked about stats. I'm 5'8.5", weighed 157 (damn it) this morning (which is still up 4lbs from beginning of summer), 37.5-31-36. What does that make me a pear?

Well, an hourglass might have a more defined waist....but, if your waist measurement was similar to your bust/hips, you'd be a "boy figure" - i.e. just straight up-and-down.

As it is, I think you are hourglass and, as you whittle your waist away, this should be pretty noticeable, I'd think!

Wooohooo, what a blast tonight at Disco Zumba!! So glad it is over though, that was a lot of work making up and learning all that choreo!! Now I get to sit back and relax on my trip tomorrow!

Ok, got my measurments this morning:

Weight: 115.2 (goal is 110)
Height: 4' 11.5
Chest 34.25
waist: 27.5 (has been 25 at one point :grumble: )
Hips: 34.5
Thigh: 19.25 (smallest was 18.5 I think)

I've gotten in a ton of exercise this week and I'm not sure if I should rest tomorrow or not...Mon weights and HIIT, 55 min Aqua Zumba (I don't usually teach this and it's like HIIT/Interval training) Tues 45 min Gold, 55 min Zumba, Wed Weights, Thurs 55 min Zumba, Fri 45 min Gold, 55 min Zumba Toning, 55 min Zumba. So yes, 5 days straight of exercise. What do you all think?

Abigail - your quinoa sounds great!!! I will share my recipe when I get back!!

Mama - hope things settle down for you soon!

Amy - you said you can only focus on one thing at a time...but it sounds like you are making good strides and effort to be conscious of your food too!! You go girl!! Sounds like training is going well...keep at it!

Well, after yesterday's three-a-day, I decided to give myself today off :bigsmile: (see Abigail, not a machine :laugh: ) We will be walking around The Plaza to shop, be dancing at the concert and then walking around the Power and Light District before/after the concert, so I will still be somewhat active. I've been at a good defecit all week, so I plan on having a cheat lunch (chips, salsa and margarita) but plan on having grilled chicken or salmon for dinner, and then just sticking to vodka waters tonight. I will try to log as best as I can, but I am not promising anything :blushing: Tomorrow will be right back on to normal!

Have a fantastic day ladies!!!

Hey ladies. I did well on my goals last week: 4 days of 6w6p (well my last session got cut 5 minutes short because baby woke up) and I ran twice. I've been working on my speed on the mill and its not terrible. I typically hate the mill.

My eating and drinking was decent. Yesterday I had a burger and beer for lunch (but salad on not crinkle fries!) and pizza for dinner, but it was Dominos thin crust so I actually stayed within my calories. I just learned I can customize my cals so I think I am going to aim for 1800 max for a while. I have been trying to stay between 1800-2000 a day and that is basically not restricting at all and I feel like I need to pull in the reins a bit so I'm going to see how I do with 1800 as a goal this week. Is it time for new goals or is that next week? I may look at my carbs soon too. I keep talking about it and not doing it.

I'm really torn about my diet. I am able to eat so much more while nursing and it not affect my weight and I need a bit more cals than normal to sustain milk supply. Sometimes I think I should just enjoy the time while it lasts, but I also feel like it's going to be shocking to my system if I go from free for all to "restrictive" again once I stop nursing. I dunno.....what do you all think?

I'm liking my workouts and feel more focused so that's good. This will be week 3 for 6w6p so technically next week I'd step up to level 2. I was debating adding another week in since I'm only doing 3-4x instead of 5x, but I think I'll be ready to move on. I think I am starting to see my abs "toning up" but there is a big layer of fat/skin on top. I'm hoping it will eventually dissapear and not a permanent result of having a baby. If that's the case, I'm totally getting a tuck after baby #2.

Alright, I went happy medium and changed my max calories to 1900 (I was aiming for 1800-2000, so this is still pretty much on track). I also changed my macros to 40% carbs, 30% protein and 30% fat. That still gives me 190 carbs a day. I guess that's what happens when one eats so much...... I'm interested to see if I can make this. Oh, and I'm supposed to have 143g of protein a day. That will be tough. So its an experiment of sorts.

Amy, enjoy your Reeses.
Reese, hope you back feels better.
Kate, sounds like you're refocused!
Chloe, sounds like you have a plan as well!

I think its good that we are all realistic and try to stick to something but understand life happens and adjust. Hope everyone else is doing great and had a fatnastic weekend!

Why won't this stupid site let me type out S-H-I-T-T-Y without the hyphens??????

Soooooooooo lame.

Beeps- Sorry to hear about crappy (hey...it let's you use PG words, lol) news. Glad you are keeping a good perspective about it. Still sucks though!!

Amy- Cutting season sucks. I'm over it.

Things are good on my end. Knocked out every workout on my 'to do' for the past 3 weeks. Adding a couple extra workouts in when I had the energy. Took my active rest walk this morning with my Mama. Chat and a nice cool morning is a good way to start the day. Crazy busy at work. But it's going fine with all my prep cooking-thank goodness. DH, however, is eating me out of house and home. I wish I had an Iphone so I could take a photo of all the food I prep him (only to have to do it again in 2 days!! :sad: ) It's crazy how many calories that man puts away to build muscles- it's like having my own buff Michael Phelps! He looks so good and is doing so well -the inspiration he offers just from his hard work is enough incentive to keep me in the kitchen!! :laugh:

Amy, mama and kclynch, thanks for the well-wishes. It wasn't good news, for sure. But, today is a new day and I have a million reasons to be thankful. I am thankful. Not least of which for the support I receive here.

Beeps - I'm sorry for the bad news! If there's one thing I've learned in my relatively little work experience its that for every opportunity that disappears, another one usually fills its place in time. Its Just sometimes hard to see them. I hope that's true for you here!

Reese - sounds like you're back on track and big congrats on getting ALL your work outs in! And way to go on feeding DH you're a wonderful wife!

KC - welcome back!

I took 2 week measurements today...I didn't want to but i also didn't want to be thrown off my schedule...I lost more inches most placed! I up a little in my neck (which doesn't matter and is potentially even good) but other than that I am the same or less. So from June 25th I am halfway through and I am down 10.5 inches total. No loss in the stubborn waist but some on loss on my thighs, pouch, butt, bust and arms. If I can keep whittling, this will be good.

I feel encouraged to get that positive indicator even though my weigh is refusing to budge from the 141-143 range. These stage 7 work outs are a monster so far and I am hopefully this high intensity will just what I need to breakthrough.

chui - do you mind if I ask you "how many" places you are measuring?? It always seems very disconcerting for me to read "I'm down 10 inches!" if I don't understand the context (i.e. "down 10" when only measuring bust, waist, hips, for example, is MORE MEANINGFUL, to me, than "down 10" when measuring neck, biceps, over chest, under chest, natural waist, belly button waist, hips, upper thigh, middle thigh and calf). So, if I could understand that, I'd have a better visual of what has gone on for you, during your successful cut!

Amy - what's the "mermaid cut", again? (PS - CONGRATS on the 30-min run!! That's AWESOME.)

Chole- Have fun on vacation! You'll get back to it, love the attitude.