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O my gosh I can't even possibly imagine how over my calories I am this week. I get like negative medals. I was doing great but this weekend we went away for my sister's bachelorette party and there were margaritas, fajitas, inappropriately shaped but delicious cakes, and bagels galore! So NO stars for me this week - but it was a fun weekend!
Working late tonight but hopefully can jump on the elliptical when I get home. Gym tomorrow for some lifting!0 -
emgel i feel ya! im in the negative medal cathegory too. using my bfs birthday as an excuse, but i better do a reality check on myself me thinks.
beeps: my father in law had his eyes done almost 3 years ago and was back at work a week after. he works nights and both the journey plus his job involves driving and he had no trouble.0 -
I expect that the rate that there is "night trouble" with eye surgery is VERY low. But, doesn't matter - we can't take that "one-in-a-million" chance....not when I rely on myself and my husband to be good drivers, at night, when the kids have various sporting activities! No. No. No.
THIS IS ALL THE RESULTS I HAVE, SO FAR, FOR STAR CHALLENGE APR. 22 - APR. 28, 2013
Date: Apr. 29, 2013 (check-in date)
Handle of Participant Week 4
Beeps 2011 PLAT *
emgel9 NO*
lcuconley
chubbycowgirl GOLD*
fratgirl713
jcjsjones
suelegal
mcbellnz
luvmy4sps
samntha14
lazyjane75 SILV*0 -
Hey, I'm back (the return of internet is a beautiful thing). I have some catching up to do as I sit here fighting off a Spring cold. Too much stress, not enough sleep or exercise, piss poor diet equal a sick Sam. have a great week lifting and I'll catch ya later.
Beeps I haven't logged food in ten days. Take me off I guess. My diet this month was complete crap this month anyway. Man is my body paying for it ( As I sit here with milk and cookies) I'm a bloated mess.0 -
Oh, yep NOW it says 20. Wonder if my account just hadn't refreshed when I posted earlier.
Sam, hope you feel better quick.
Where is everyone this week? Must be a busy Spring.
I will throw a QOTD : What's the funniest and/or most embarrassing that's happened to you during a workout?
For me it wasn't funny at the time, but it is now. When I first started NROL4W I had never gone near the squat rack. For the first several times I used the barbell for deadlifts, I put the weights on with it sitting on the floor. I had no idea you were supposed to put it on the rack first. Of course, once I started back squats I figured it out. Amazing I never hurt myself during those first workouts!0 -
QOTD: Sometimes I apply powder to my bottom to help with the perspiration and/or fat friction. I didn't notice until I got home that I had a big white powdery butt on my black workout skirt I must have applied WAY too much and it seeped through the spandex and cotton :ohwell:
Worked out today! I didn't wanna but I went. I HATE step ups. Not sure why . But out of all the lifts in NROL4W, it is the one I despise the most. Lunges would be next.
Hey SamBAM! it will be ok. This is a life time fitness thingie . We will have those chocolate cookies and milk kinda day.0 -
Cowgirl, great results! It's SO nice seeing improvement each month
Congrats!
Emgel, that sounds like a fun weekend! I try not to beat myself up over going over cals every once and awhile. I figure, I work out regularly and eat healthy as well so I don't see it completely stalling my progress... unless it turns into a daily occurrence.
I'm feeling great getting back into Stage 3. I completed my second A workout. I was doing planks and my husband came up next to me and was like "Damn! Do you lift?" Apparently my arms were all muscle-y looking when I was doing planks. I will take that as a NSV! Tonight will be a run of sorts hopefully at least 3 miles. I have some last minute shopping to do tonight so I'm not sure I will have time for much more than that.0 -
Hi everyone! I wanted to jump in here because I just started the program. I'm trying to gain a bit of weight and would like as much as possible of it to be muscle
I'm really trying to focus on meeting the 40/30/30 macro goals and not having a big deficit at the end of each day. I'm looking forward to getting stronger SO MUCH. I'm a bit worried about the workouts, though. I have been lifting weights and am concerned that I won't feel like I am doing much the first few weeks. We'll see!
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Hi everyone...sorry that I have been MIA lately! Went to a conference on Saturday and did not get home until 2 on Sunday...drag!! I was pretty good on the eating side, but drank a lot! I ran on Saturday morning (almost 10k) and lifted last night. Tonight, I have a soccer practice, so I am trying to decide if I work out at lunch.
Beeps - I get another bronze star this week. I have been exercising enough that I am happy with my net calories, but there is "always something" as far as hitting my calorie target for this challenge.
swimmer - welcome to the group! I am confused: if you are trying to gain weight, shouldnt you be eating at a surplus?
lb2ll - that is and awesome comment from the hubs!! how did you get poison ivy on your FACE?!?
QOTD - just last night I was stretching before my treadmill warm up. I bent over and banged my head right on the treadmill monitor thing. There was a guy facing right toward me while he was stretching on the ground...I could tell he was trying not to laugh at me!
sam - please get back on the horse!! you are doing so well! I agree with manic that we all have "those kind of days", but it sounds like more of a trend for you.
manic - not sure why you hate the step-ups the most. I find that they (with the exception of the FSPPs that you have not done yet) are the most cardiovascular for me...I pause 20-30 seconds between legs.
LJane - oh, the weekend you describe is going to be my life shortly. My hubby is headed to Atlanta May 6-26! I am really going to have to shift my workout schedule.
Cowgirl - congrats on your progress!!! that is awesome!
breeze - sounds like you are on a roll! keep it up!!
sue - congrats on the lat pulldown...I am really looking forward to stage 6 in a few months!
jessica - I was in chicago, too! I am sure I did not see you as i was at a conference, not out doing fun stuff!0 -
swimmer - welcome to the group! I am confused: if you are trying to gain weight, shouldnt you be eating at a surplus?
Thanks! Yes, I probably should. My calorie settings are already set really high, though, so what I call a deficit is really maintaining. I should get my terminology straight! 0 -
samntha - calories in v. calories out is SO BASIC, and yet, the EASIEST thing to mess up....I feel for you, but am really glad you are back, and posting!!!
manic - step-ups REALLY work my quads, and not my glutes....because I am so quad dominant. If you want MORE glute action, I'm going to suggest you sub-in "one-legged get-ups" in place of the step-ups. Not sure you'll "like" them anymore than the step-ups, but I bet they'll fire your glutes!!
LB2LL - YAHOO on the "comment" at the gym.....doesn't THAT feel good???!!!!!
swimmermama - if you are an "experienced" lifter, I suggest you skip Stage 1 and move directly into Stage 2 of NROL4W.
lcuconley - welcome back! Your answer to QOTD had me ROFLMAO!!
No work-out, today.....trying to get rid of the last of inflammation, am water-loading today, and then will deplete overnight in order to take my weights, measurements, photos tomorrow. It's MONTH-END reporting, for me! I'll lift tomorrow and get back at it....0 -
I'll post update to the "star" challenge today....am still waiting for "reporting in" from:
fratgirl713
jcjsjones
suelegal
mcbellnz
luvmy4sps
QOTD: Without a doubt, working on "single leg" work STILL has me bobbling around in the gym. I FEEL like I have "good balance", but then I'll up my weights, or something, and I'm just a mess. So, single-leg deadlifts - TOO FUNNY. I'm always glad when there are FEWER people around me, in the gym, when those show up (called "T-bends" in my venus work-out plan).0 -
manic - not sure why you hate the step-ups the most. I find that they (with the exception of the FSPPs that you have not done yet) are the most cardiovascular for me...I pause 20-30 seconds between legs.
Oh yes, I have done every workout. This is my 2nd time around with NROL4W. I finished the program last September and I am back for more punishment. Plus, I hope for better results than last time (cutting calories).
Beeps, explain that get ups? Yes, I would like more glute work out. The quads get plenty of work out during squats, imho. Because I do feel the quads working more during the step up no matter how hard I try to "squeeze the glutes".0 -
Hello All!
So I have re-committed to the good eating (thanks for noticing my good diary yesterday KM!) AND logging which I am often a slacker on. One bachelorette weekend and my stomach was NOT happy.
Did a nice long cardio workout last night and tonight is lifting with the hubs! He even started RUNNING (this is huge, he HATES running and has refused to do it for as long as I can remember). He and the puppy ran one mile yesterday =D
QOTD: this happned just two weeks ago! I was lifting at the new gym with hubby and the person on the squat rack next to us didn't re-rack the oly bar properly and I said to my husband "ugh I hate when people don't re-rack their weights right!" When I went to fix it my husband told me just to leave it. Well, 5 minutes later I walked around our squat rack to pick up my water bottle and walked RIGHT into the oly bar! It was loud, embarassing, AND made me mad for not just re-racking it properly!
I am going to try a LIGHT run this weekend to test out my hip again...lifting and the elliptical have been fine, but I haven't given running another go in awhile.
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I'm JUST like you, manic....I am VERY quad-dominant, so I don't even do back-squats anymore....have to try and propel movement to my glutes, which are lazy and just DO NOT fire (at will).
A "one-legged get-up" reading for you is below:
http://fitbie.msn.com/exercise/single-leg-bench-getup-men
Interestingly, it says it works the "quads", but this move, I feel when I squeeze my butt all the way up! It is TOUGH. I had to start with a bench that was about 4" HIGHER than a weight bench! Slowly, I've been working my way down....because the height of the bench (lower is better) really does matter. But, I still cannot do more than 4 or 5 reps from a flat weight bench.
YIKOS!
Also, HIP THRUSTS are WAY better for my glutes than any other exercise I've ever found....Bret C's website has TONS of info on "hip thrusts" and TONS of "how to" videos!0 -
Single leg Romanian deadlifts are probably my favorite leg exercise. They do a great job firing my hams and glutes, while strengthening my abs and lower back in a "non-threatening way". They don't hurt my back, hips or knees. Yep. I like 'em.0
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Hmmm I could totally get behind those get-ups. I might have to try some next lifting day.0
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I am asking for posters to report in for the period Monday, April 22 - Sunday, April 28 for the FOURTH WEEK of the STAR CHALLENGE!
I was in bed with a yucky tummy all day yesterday and playing catch up today. Beeps, I'll tally and post when I get home tonight.0 -
just wanted to pop in, to say i had really good day intake wise. very satisfied tummy, 3 meals, 2 snacks, even a cheeky wine, ok macros and all within my calorie limit.
im going to bed being a happy bunny
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beeps - I LOVE how the link you sent was specifically for *men*. We bad!
eve - *pat on the back*
sue - sorry you were feeling bad...a yucky tummy is the LAST thing you need!
em - I sound like a broken record on this topic, but I am SO jealous of spouse who exercise together...I remember when we were newlyweds...sigh.
manic - oh, I did not realize this was second time 'round for you...cool!
off to soccer practice!0 -
oops..guess I'll jump on the challenge minus the measure thing...though I will measure tomorrow because I should do that.
Thank you. I have been under calories every day..barely today..hard to get enough on my workout days.
Is it odd that I feel hungrier on non work out days? My husband's theory is that that's the day of recovery and I need more fuel then...I'm going with it as so far I don't feel hungry or dissatisfied.
I am still rather strong...and building every workout...love that.0 -
I am asking for posters to report in for the period Monday, April 22 - Sunday, April 28 for the FOURTH WEEK of the STAR CHALLENGE!
I was in bed with a yucky tummy all day yesterday and playing catch up today. Beeps, I'll tally and post when I get home tonight.
Whoop another platinum Beeps, I'm under by 687 this week!
I don't have much to post. I haven't workedout since Saturday, tho I was out and around on Sunday. I was going to go this morning but thought I'd better give myself one more recovery day. Stage 6B tomorrow morning.
I have to scroll back and see QOTDs that I've missed.
ETA funniest/most embarassing thing that happened in the gym was doing my first FSPP in the squat rack with an oly bar for the very first time. I was totally unpreparted and squatted, lost my balance and went right to the floor, right in front of all the meatheads that were there that morning. I was too embarassed!
Beeps, those get ups look HARD! I might have to try a couple here an there!0 -
breeze: im the same, actually was just asking the ladies about their non-lifting day hunger experience a little earlier in this topic. and as it happens, i straight off thought what your husband suspects, so yeah... lets just go by that 0
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breeze: im the same, actually was just asking the ladies about their non-lifting day hunger experience a little earlier in this topic. and as it happens, i straight off thought what your husband suspects, so yeah... lets just go by that
I think I`ll follow my body`s cues on that. It`s not like I`m craving cookies..just need one more `thing`` to feel satisfied.
I`m on deadline so gym time is at 1130...house is a mess and it`s so tempting to clean it up first but no...work..gym..then more work....then I can fix the house up again.
Working at home has its challenges
But flexibility for the gym isn`t one of them..have a great day!0 -
Good morning everyone!
Scale was nice to me again this am! Love starting the day out that way! I played a little soccer last night and did my jog to the track/sprint workout/jog (hobble!) home. I really need some yoga to help me recover so that I can lift tomorrow.
breeze - your priorities are straight! I am a true believer that if you are really hungry, you should eat. You just need to make good choices. I agree with you that I LOVE building strength!
sue - great job on the challenge! Losing your balance on the FSPP sounds scary! How did you get up?0 -
Howdy. Im in stage 1 of the nrowl, how long did your workout generally last. Mine are lasting about 30 minutes give or take, and i know that as i go along theyll get longer with the added workouts, but am going ot fast or something?0
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when you were in stage one how long did oyu workouts generally last, not including a warm up. Mine are only running a little longer than 30 minutes and im wondering why theyre so short,0
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Alright, here's my End of Month 16 Progress Pic.....enjoy!!
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beeps, great job and awesome transformation. There is hope for me to get rid of my saddlebags!
Breeze, I'm hungry soooo hungry the day after lifting!
Today is another lifting day. Thanks Beeps for the inspiration. :drinker:0 -
Today I lift, too....CAN'T WAIT!
When I actually did that 16-month SIDE-BY-SIDE I was like, "yup, this *kitten* works...."0
