I thought I just had seasonal allergies, but it seems I really do have a head cold. I only feel better when I back up my allergy pill with psuedephedrine. I'm not a happy camper and vermin at work adding to my stress does not make for a happy Sam. On the bright I get to conveniently miss the gym because hubby has a training session tonight. aww shucks.
Happy lifting ladies!!
Welcome Jo and Beeps I like your little ditty.

woohoo! looking good beeps!

I made it to the gym. Yay me! :bigsmile:

As yall know, I am constantly switching things up. I decided to up my cardio and scale back "SOME" lifting. After that 11 day vacation from exercising , my buns and calves are screaming.

I can't access my news feed so I can't catch up with my friends. I've been MIA too long. I'm itching to get back in tune with yall.

^^ this! Great job

My part B was great today! Deadlifts lifted my mood today.... love big lifts :-)

Yes, the DIY element is hard to get used to. Gotta look into what I need to do for Basic II now..... looking forward to a change about again though :-)

Beeps, Eyes on your own Barbell lol
Feeling better but trying to catch up on paperwork...as soon as I get off the damn internet.
Jo my DL is similar to yours 8 reps of 120, but where see where we go on Friday
My squat is always the most (8 reps of 135) I'd love to see what my 2 rep max is, but I feel I'd need someone to help out with that. Don't want to go for that last rep and fall in my *kitten*

I had a weak day at the gym - I've been tired and depressed but today was tough so I am going to give myself points for going to the gym. I forgot my gloves couldn't increase my deadlifts and stayed the same on everything.
My dls are seeming harder and the stinking bar is higher. Which bugs me'!!!
I can't wait for the weekend as for a change hubby and I are both off!

I am going to chalk it up to too much work and get back there sat am with this thread as motivation - y'all lift heavier than me!

I feel like I'll never look like yall :sad: I can't do back squats or heavy dead lifts anymore (due to discs).

I am way too fatty.

I can't control my eating.

I am hormonal and disgusted with myself so I just wanna give up and binge!!

but on a positive note , Sam, your back looks great!:drinker:

Don't be so hard on yourself! Fat to lose? Add more cardio. Can't control eating? You are probably setting unachievable goals. I know I can't give up wine and chocolate - so I work it into my diary (take a look!). I'm hormonal too. Working out makes me feel better. Burn off the frustration!

I looked at your profile.... I have 3 kids too. I'm - after many years - in the best shape of my life and can honestly say I am damn proud of the effort and work I have put in to get to this point. I'm not going to say it was easy - because it was freakin' tough. But I'm amazing..... and you are too. You just have to go through the process to realise it :-)

I feel like I'll never look like yall :sad: I can't do back squats or heavy dead lifts anymore (due to discs).

I am way too fatty.

I can't control my eating.

I am hormonal and disgusted with myself so I just wanna give up and binge!!

but on a positive note , Sam, your back looks great!:drinker:

Mary I'll show you my tummy so you can feel better

Geeks I have a protein cheesecake recipe if you want it the key is to have a good tasting vanilla protein powder

Beeps I'm going to keep lifting til my back and arms look as awesome as yours !

Sam the tummy is the hardest but your back looks great.

No lifting for me today- i swam and my hip was acting up so I used a float and just swam arms which sucked but maybe my arms will start looking like y'all

fat to lose? don't add more cardio - eat less food. Period. You are ingesting too many calories.

Ok, I can't see her diary so can't really comment on her particular case, but in general, I don't agree.

She's already said she wants to eat more. Cutting cals is not going to help. Eat the same cals, burn more off. I'm a HUGE fan of eating.... I have to work out to eat what I want to eat. And I'd much rather do that than go without the food I want. Being hungry makes me miserable

Here's the thing, when you deprive yourself of calories for too long, you end up binging. Sound familiar? THen your body WILL store it as fat. We can debate starvation mode, but this is one thing that has been proven. Short people need to eat less, that sucks major, but I'm a big proponent of eating at or just below TDEE, and unless you under 5 ft. 1200 a day just isn't good enough. I strongly believe that the reason I can eat 2k a day, is A: I've built enough muscle to sustain otherwise I'd be at 1700-1800 and B I've never under-eaten a day in my life. I may have damaged my metabolism by eating food that was less than nutritious, but I've found success by controlling my macros better.

I am 5'1.5" - I have to eat carefully because when I have a pain flare I can't workout. Well I always lift because sometimes it helps
But I can't do repetitive cardio to burn cals . It took me six months to lose 3 lbs.
I am feeling sorry for myself, so I should just go to the gym

Oh wow. I've been missing out. Lots of crying and whining.... I wanna join in! :drinker:

I already mentioned on the last page that I've been slacking off. Yesterday, I lifted. It was a weenie session but it was good for conditioning my brain "remember? this is what you do". I'm gonna do a weenie session part II today and then have a normal week starting tomorrow.

Thanks for posting your stats, Beeps Mine are almost identical to yours right now except I have an additional 1 in my hips. My problem is I obsess too much. I look at my "progress" pics and get hung up on the cellulite. I'm a damn healthy woman and I should give myself more props :drinker:

I'm 5'6" and I have hypothyroid and hashimoto's. I log my weight lifting time but I don't eat back those calories- too hard to measure. I do eat back my running calories. I net about 1600 a day for slow fat loss. It seems to be working.