Beeps - feel bvetter.

LB2LL - I hope you fight it and have a great run tonight.

I took another rest day, my back is so much better, but I can still feel a little pain. Who would of thought I would be mad because I couldn't work out....oh how things have changed!!!

QOTD - I just read A discovery of Witched and Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness. She has not finished the 3rd book yet which is frustrating as I hate to wait for anything.
I am now reading a Lee Childs book, can't remember which one.

jcjsjones - Water for Elephants is one of my fav books.

Hi Ladies! I just finished workout B1 Stage 1 (not sure about the nameing - anywho it's the 2nd workout in stage one) and am drinking my shake. I've been immersing myself in the Nrol4w and EM2WL for the past week to essentially brainwash myself and hopefully fuel some new good eating and workout habits. I've got to say - if I didn't have MFP to track everything - I'd be eating all the crap all the time like I used to (as in 3 weeks ago) lol. My hubby has been lifting for quite a while (all his life) and he's just staying out of my way - I think he's afraid anything he does might derail my new lifestyle. I've done all the calcs and think my calories are just where they need to be - but can't stand the fact that I have to wait and see. I want to know my numbers are all right, right now!!! Moving on.
Can I just say - I thought I would hate the deadlifts - but don't. And I knew I would hate the lunges and they are just as bad as I remember. Need to get a bigger swiss ball - I'm way too low for the crunches.

Km, my tempo runs are constantly increasing until I hit half marathon day. Right now I'm up to a 40 minute tempo. I typically do a 10 minute warm up then increase to race pace or a bit below for 10 minutes then do increases every 5 or so minutes. I then do a 5 minute cool down which is at my warm up pace.

My hill run is outside. There is a road that's a few miles long that is chock full of rolling hills. Where I start the run from has sharp inclines and after the rolling hill road there's about a mile of flat and then it's back to some moderate hills until the finish. It hurts and it's hard but it's great. On the treadmill I like to switch it up and do gradual inclines to about 12-15 (obviously my speed is MUCH slower during these) and go back down to flat where I will do a 1-2 minute sprint. I haven't done one of those in awhile.

Yikes this was long...

Ok, now that was a workout. 2x15 @ 85 for Deadlift. I even surprised myself with that one. I did get some stares when I was doing my inverted rows though. I'm hoping they were staring at my deltoids popping from my tank. Oh yeah take that boys lol I did the BWM as my metabolic workout today. First run was 3:13 and second was 3:54. I didn't dry heave, but I did have to sit down for a few minutes because my legs were shaking so bad. My best ever was 2:32. I was actually shocked when I looked at my stop watch because it felt way slower.

As a side note I really need to stop eating fast food. Even though I choose low calorie options, the food doesn't stay in me long enough to be of any nutritional value. ALso, I will NEVER go commando at the gym again! I had to wrap my sweatshirt around my waist before leaving.

here I am!!

Starting over today and it was brutal. 24 body weight squats almost caused me to pass out. I did 24 (total) lunges with 10 pounds in each hand because my pride was hurt.

I tried something different. The first round of Nrol4w, I did cardio last. Today and future workouts I will do cardio first. I hate getting on the treadmill/elliptical when I am physically spent. My goal this time is to lose fat. After I lose the fat I will increase the lifting and less cardio. What do you think?

yeah, Sam! You are burning more calories due to the increased muscle and less fat!!:drinker:

If I ever get there...........

what does "commando" mean in this sense?? (Just no panties??)

manic - I think you'll be spending precious energy that should be spent on LIFTING on the dumb cardio machines....that's what I think.

but but BEEPS!

i didn't lose weight last time or fat because I didn't do much if any cardio. WHy is it when I say I am in, I want junk food and to eat like crazy.

Ok, I posted this on my diary but no one answered. So here's my stupid question, Do you measure the beans only and no juice? I measured beans only tonight since they have the calories then added some juice.

I wear a skirt to work out in . Can you imagine if I went COMMANDO!!:noway: The poor young men in there. It would be like seeing their momma.:bigsmile:

Anyway, I am feeling the soreness. getting up from bed tomorrow will be a challenge!

I have a lot to think about and consider this weekend. I am not happy with my results. In the 3 months I have been following NROL4W I have not lost any scale weight, my body fat goes down a little but then back up. I have lost maybe 2 inches from my waist and a little from other places. I still have a lot of fat to lose.
Now I do know that my eating has to change, and I have partied way too much the last few weeks. That is changing starting today.

I workout in the mornings, this is what works best for my family, so I want to keep to mornings. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays are lifting days, Wednesdays and Saturdays are cardio.
For me to lose the fat I need to make more time for cardio, lifting is not enough at the moment. However I do not have time on lifting days to do any cardio.

I am considering finishing stage 3, then taking a break from NROL4W (this thought does make me a little sad). We have everything I need to do stronglifts at home. So I have to make the decision.
Cardio 3 mornings in the week and 1 weekend day. Lifting - Stronglifts 3 evening per week at home. Working out at home in the evenings is fine for my family, so this will work.

If I do this, I will come back to NROL4W, as I do really like it, I'm just not sure if this is the right time for me.