Restarted Stage 3 yesterday. I'm sore! It's a good sore though. Tonight will be a run of some sort.

hey everyone!

I did workout 4B2 today. I had scheduled a sprint workout, but I wanted to get in 2 NROL4W workouts this week and today was the day, since I am going out of town tomorrow through Sunday. Tomorrow will be another rest day and I will run on Saturday.

I lost weight again this am...I am psyched this is going so well. Thanks all for your support! Date night tonight...going to avoid alcohol since I will be drinking at work functions the next two nights.

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emgel...I SO need my office reorganized! I work from home and my home office is a jumble of work files, personal files and books and piles and piles of things that get dumped in here every time we entertain. The lifting with your husband sounds AWESOME!

lb2ll...glad you are back on track AND glad you are sore! Enjoy your run tonight.

eve...as manic said, go to the stage __ thread to post questions. rather than paging through the questions, can you just do a search? I have never tried it inside this thread, but it works generally.

cowgirl...great job on pushing yourself in the workout. I think it was likely your caloric deficit from the day before. You spent all your energy on the workout!

beeps...that workout looks tough!!

LJane...that is interesting that your husband avoids the free weights! Keep working on him!

Breeze - congrats on getting started. I also do a lot of cross-training with my NROL4W

Eek, I'm no expert on lifting, ladies! I'm a newbie....I really am. I just research A LOT and I review as much data as I can to come to the conclusions that work FOR ME.

You are our "THE WOMAN'. :laugh:

eve - I have coconut oil. I bought some after reading about all the good benefits and what not. I like it fine. I use it a lot for curries and stir fries but I still use my olive oil for pretty much everything else. Some people will also tout the benefits of avocado oil - just use what you like. Coconut oil is high calorie but prob has some health benefits (my husband puts it in his smoothies...blech)

No food is magical (except for avocados which are magically delicious) and coconut oil is better than using canola oil (probably).

Not a helpful response? haha

QOTD: I yelled at my 20 month old as she was dipping her head to get a drink from the horses' tank this evening. I swear I can't blink without her doing something crazy! She is payback for all the bad things I did when I was little.

Mary, slow and easy.... Keeping all those muscles strong around your spine is the best thing you can do! I hope it doesn't bother you any more.
Coconut oil: I know it's a really healthy fat... I personally don't take it. Between all the bad fat I eat and the olive oil I try to get, I rarely am low on fat:) I take a CLA supplement for health benefits as well as a few studies that have indicated it is helpful at reducing BF%. That's the only supplement I take and I usually forget, lol.

QOTD - let's NOT have a bad parenting contest...I think I'd win. There is some of my parents behaviour I've been able to weed out (spanking), but the yelling is just too ingrained. if you asked my kids when I last yelled, they would tell you the more interesting question is when I last DIDN'T yell.

I am off for a few days in Chicago. I hate when work takes me away for more than a day and a half and I REALLY hate it when it cuts into my weekend. Today will be a rest day and tomorrow will be a long run day (hopefully it will not be too late a night tonight!

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Em - I thought of you last night when I saw the avocados on my salad...magically delicious.

Eve - I have no opinion on coconut oil, except to agree with emgel that I doubt there are magical benefits. If you rarely hit your fat target, maybe you should eat fewer "light" items. I find that fat helps keep me satiated.

I'm starting Stage 6 tomorrow. Any tips, especially for the reverse chin up? I am going to have to scout out the areas cuz I sure don't remember seeing a chin up bar anywhere.

This week I just did "stuff", squats, deadlifts, barbell rows, a bunch of core and abs and leg extensions and press and NOT ONE PLANK! LOL

Work is rather insane right now and the lead attorney on a particularly contentious case is going away on vacation for 2 weeks. I have lots of monitoring to do, both of our opponents and our co-counsel. I'm the lead paralegal, managing a database of millions of pages. It's very interesting, but yikes it's stressful right now! Glad I get to lift tomorrow. There's something really calming about being focused only on this bunch of weight in front of me.

Beeps, you might not think your the resident expert but I have to say that I always look to your experience! I read, and research and then ask and listen to what your take is before I make a decision. So quit blushing and put the tiara on will ya?

Mary, please take it nice and slow. That disc needs time to heal! You can still get a good workout and get strong again!

QOTD - never, as I never had children. That was my HigherPower watching out, cuz at the time, I was in a highly abusive marriage, drinkikng way way too much and would have been a terrible mom. My step kids were grown ups by the time I came into the picture, and my first grandson was born the year Mike & I started dating seriously.

My middle sister swears by coconut oils, says it's good for absolutely everything from cooking to moisturizing to conditioning hair, laundry etc. I say good for you, I'll stick with my olive oil.

Sorry I have been absent, I really enjoy our conversations and miss them when it's busy like it is right now. Hope you all have a rockin' weekend!

Just got back from Chicago. Sooo good to be home! I walked a ton, but ate junk all weekend. Hoping to get back at it tomorrow.


QOTD: I yelled last night. Hotel room and all. Nice.

Eve, hopefully you hear what you want to hear at the consultation. Good luck!

Morning. I've been sticking with my running and lifting routine so far. Food-wise I have been pretty good as well, minus a few small treats but I'm not sweating over that.

Tonight I'm hoping to lift. Hopefully I don't get super sweaty because I have poison ivy on my face. FUN!:ohwell:

What is star challenge? Help a newbie out!

Gold star for me this week. I actually was a little under, but with two church dinners and other things this weekend, it was a bit of a guessing game. I'm just going to call it even.

Jane, I want to do a chin-up some day too. I will have to gain some major upper body strength and LOSE some fat on the lower body. Maybe next year....

My end of month stats were fairly positive. I've lost another half inch from my waist and hips and 3 lbs and another 1-2% BF. Not too shabby. Hoping I can keep this up.

ETA: I wonder why my ticker hasn't updated? I've actually lost 20lbs now. Hmmm.