Nice work on the new thread!

Beeps--Of all the places to get stranded, Palm Springs isn't too bad! Though it would have been nice if they had figured out that there was a problem with the plane a little earlier....

I got my run in this morning rather than last night, and it felt good. It's supposed to be a nice weekend so I'm hoping to get out there again at least on Sunday.

The weather here is sucky (today) - cloudy, windy, maybe 14 degrees?? Forget it.

I'm stressed because I don't know what's going on back at the office. I'm stressed because I have to use up a stupid "holiday day" for today - and, frankly, if I'd wanted a "holiday day", I'd have booked us out on Saturday and just enjoyed a full week here!

Anyway, I did a 90-minute weigh work-out....am nicely sore all over. Am feeling less-stressed.

We're heading out to a mexican restaurant for lunch and then back to the dumb airport. I don't get home until late tonight. Missing oldest son's concert - which he is TOTALLY bummed about. Our young ones were in TEARS last night because we didn't make it home.

Thank GOD for a VERY FLEXIBLE nanny. Love her.

Everything else will work out in the wash, I expect. My husband did get another day with his mom, because they rescued us from the airport and brought us back to their condo. Since he only sees her once a year, this was a gift.

Hey ladies. Bumping for later. I'll catch up at lunch.

Well....my weekend had some highs and some lows. I went to PT Friday morning and got some adjustments and felt SO much better than I did after my hard last Sunday run. I was flying down steep hills, hitting the pavement hard with long strides, and it just rocked my body. My PT got on me about better form (again) so I need to work on that to have long term pain free running. The good news is that he thinks this Friday may be my last session!

Food was so-so and ranged from sensible eating out at restaurants (we ate nearly all of our weekend meals out.....) to the dreaded fourth meal.....White Castle at about 1:00am Saturday night/Sunday morning. :noway: First time I've done that in a LOOOOONG time. I drank a decent amount, but actually paced myself pretty well on Saturday considering I drank ALL day long pretty much. I didn't log anything from after lunch Friday through yesterday, but I sort of doubt I'm going to go back and log it. I'll estaimte for my spread sheet.

Saturday morning was my 5k. I was awake from 4:30 till right before the alarm went off at 6:30 so I was beat. I still managed a good time, about 29:30 so I was pleased with that. I went for a nice long walk with the baby and found a great little neighborhood park walking distance from my house yesterday. I see lots of play time in our future there. The weather was gorgeous yesterday so I was glad to be out in it. I was super groggy when I woke (from lack of sleep and drinking all day), but felt about 100% better after getting my blood moving.

I did have a little sort of epiphany over the weekend after going to PT. Well, something I already knew, but reminded myself. I am never going to be a super fast runner. I don't particularly like running long distances. I will always run and need to be okay with the fact that I run 9:30 - 10 minute miles and I prefer to run 2-3 miles. I don't have to be excellent at it.

I also realized that only doing running for the last 7 weeks has left me less than pleased with my body. My stomach is so jiggly right now it's not even funny. My weight is only about 3-4 pounds off from when I was actually starting to see some defninition, but I feel like since cutting out strength, circuits, interval training, my body is getting squishy. So needless to say, I am ready for this mini training to be over. I debating cutting my runs from 3 to 2 and adding in some strength training 2 days a week and may very well implement that. But then I feel like I'm half @ssing 2 things....so I don't really know. I have 7 more weeks of training. 2 weeks after that is our FL trip. I think I can manage lifting 3x a week and 2 days of running. Then I have about 3.5 weeks between FL and Bonnaroo, so maybe I could 30 Day Shred or 6 week 6 pack religously for that. I wrote myself a workout plan for the week and I think I'm going to revise it to 2 runs (long and short....probably 3 miles and hopefully 8 although my parenst are in town this week) and 3 days of lifting. Thoughts?

Sorry for the long post. I tend to think out loud on here about my goals, etc.....

It's good to hear from everyone. I hope you all have a great week! I'm so ready for spring. The mid 60 degree day yesterday has me itching for me sunshine and warm weather.

I'm Day 1, too....

I'll think about my "2-week-challenge"....although, really, it's gonna be about:

1. keeping my calories <1,350 per day;
2. fasting until at least noon;
3. no late-night snacking;
4. no bingeing; and
5. weighing only once-per-week.

Better - I'm not a runner, so I don't feel qualified to weigh-in on the different options you have presented. I hope the girls return to this forum, soon!

Thanks Beeps! Welcome back Jen!

I went ahead and made up my mind after I wrote my lengthy post. I'll be running 2 days and lifting 3. I lifted last night and it felt great, so I think this will be good for me. I'm not really worried about being able to finish the mini. I could probably honestly bust it out now if I had to. I am in good enough cardio shape, my body is strong enough, and mentally I can do it. I have a time in mind I'd like to stay under (135 minutes) but if not, no biggie. I made myself a workout schedule for the rest of the month and I'm feeling good about it.

I also went back and logged, best I could, my weekend. It is so helpful to watch the numbers in detail. I used to aim for 1200 calories a day for a long long time, never log on weekends and couldn't figure out why I wasn't losing. Well Saturday is a prime example: breakfast out, daytime party with booze, cheese, cupcakes, etc., more drinking, late night fast food and BAM I had over 3,000 calories, negating any deficit I had during the week. Sooo....here are my goals:

1. 1 "short" run
2. 1 "long" run
3. lift 3 days (I'm doing 4 moves a session: set of 15, 2 sets of 8 and a set of 6)
4. 1350 calories a day; I can eat back exercise calories
5. 1 cheat day not to exceed 2,000 calories, and yes I should log it. I really do want to watch the numbers and make sure I have either eaten at a deficit enough through the week or burned enough throughout the week to cover my overage on my cheat day.

That's it. I'm sore today and it feels soooo good. So this is my plan really up until my vacation starting May 11. I have some plans for a 24 hour juice fast and some detoxy type things the week before too. In between FL and Bonnaroo I think I'll switch back and do 6 week 6 pack 4x a week since I had such good results before with it. But who knows what I'll feel like then! So that gets me through the summer.

Welcome back, Jen!
Beeps- Glad you made it home. I'm sure the weight gain is mostly water bloat.
Chloe- Sounds like a good plan. Start your day off with extra protein and that should help with the carb cravings - so they say. I have been extra bad with the carbs this past week.
Ashley- That's sounds like a good plan. I love cardio, but I see better results when I add in the weight training.

I feel frustrated because I wa on a roll last week and then had to take a week off of working out and my eating went down hill. I did weigh in Monday and nothing changed. I don't know if I want to go back to to LP or just stick to the old 40/30/30....I'll decided by onday. I did leg work today, mostly floor work with weights. When i was laying on my right side, I felt a slight discomfort in my shoulder. Right now, the joint is bothring me more than the muscle. I want to to bicepts/tricepts tomorrow, but do you think lifting the weight over head will aggravate my shoulder??? I don't have a 2 week plan right now. Hopefully by Monday.

Better – Nice to see you on FB…I giggled when I saw your comment about the muffins They were a hit by the way!! My entire family loved them! Your plan really looks great!! I think writing it out like that puts it into motion!!

Chloe – I love that you have a plan and will continue this lifestyle while pregnant. I wish I had found fitness with both of my pregnancies :huh: It will be so nice to watch your progression throughout your pregnancy!

KC - You can get back to your good eating…like you said, you were doing well, you can do it again! Lifting overhead (depending on the actual exercise) could add aggravation to your shoulder. You should, however, keep it moving and blood circulating through it. I hurt my joint and there were definitely some tricep exercises that hurt. My trainer had me do some exercises to strengthen my rotator cuff and here is a link to some - they really helped http://www.summitmedicalgroup.com/library/adult_health/sma_rotator_cuff_injury_exercises/
Definitely give it some time to feel better.

Beeps – glad you are in the groove! It’s so nice to be able to get right back to your routine. You have been doing so fantastic!

I got my weights in last night with my son, I love lifting with him. Food has been great too. NSV today, we went to a restaurant with my FAVORITE chicken jalapeno soup…so not good for you. My other two friends ate it, but I had a salad with a grilled piece of salmon on top :happy: Yay! Day 2 and I feel GREAT!

Beeps, that's an old pic I'm using as my motivator :grumble: Lol!! Yay for your daughter being on board!! I think your plan is great. Ease her in

I am with you on the low cal thing! day 3 for me and so far so good. Weights planned for sometime today, but first a healthy lunch with my hubby and getting fitted for new orthotic inserts...I have overused mine

Happy Hump Day ladies!!

I'm just checking in too. My motivation has been pretty low lately, so I've done okay with nutrition and exercise but not great. With the time change I haven't been able to get up early to work out (except today, when I was meeting a friend for a run so I HAD to get up), but I'm hoping to take advantage of having more daylight in the evenings and working out after work more often until I can start getting up earlier again. I haven't been running as much for the last few weeks and it's definitely affecting my mood for the worse. I've been loosely logging during the week, though I've had a few meals out here and there that have made it tough. I've given into a few cravings for desserts, but I haven't gone overboard. I'm hoping to be more inspired next week with some goals!