Amy....YAY on the "several push-ups"! Pull-ups are H-A-R-D. I only even try them a couple times a year because I STILL CANNOT DO ONE!

Chloe - h*ll YA working out everyday is a "win"!! For SURE! that is NO easy task, mama!!

My quads are killing me. They shouldn't be. the lower body work i did, today, was weighted hip thrusts and T-bends. Gawd-d*mmit if I am STILL getting TOO MUCH QUAD and NOT ENOUGH GLUTE!!

Beeps, are you pushing through your heel with those hip thrusts and squeezing your glutes at the top of the thrust?? I did one legged weighted hip thrusts on Sunday (shoulders on the bench, rest of the body off the bench) and my glutes are still screaming at me!

I've had a great week. I tried Insanity at my gym on Monday and it was an hour of pure torturous plyometric/body weight hell! I still hurt! Not sure if I will do it again. It was a challenge and a nice switch. Yesterday, I tried Pilates on a reformer and I was amazed at what a good workout it was. Classes are expensive though, so I probably won't do that again either. Then today, I did the elliptical for a little bit while my son played bball, so I've really switched things up this week!

Sounds like everyone is moving along nicely!! Keep it up, ladies!! Sorry I don't have time to comment on everyone, I'm trying to pack and get things ready for my trip and I have to teach at 6:30 tomorrow morning and then do weights!!

Good Morning! I've had a few good days. I'm feeling pretty proud...but yesterday I saw a friend who has lost 20 pounds in just over two months and weighs 115. I know, I know...and she admits she ate VERY LOW and has lost muscle mass....but I'm still a little jealous. She has a very small frame and probably weighed 100 pounds when we were in high school. I am only 5'0 and would be happy at 120.

Beeps- I know ti's common for the quads to take over in a lots of booty exercises because they are a stronger muscle group. No ideas how to stop it though.

Shanaber- I know I focus more on a balance week rather than day. it helps me. If my carbs are high one day, the next day..or two days later, I try to eat lower carbs. Same with calories.

jen- Great Job

Chloe-I think you are doing great with steady, consistent loss.

Hey ladies. A lot to catch up on so I'll just quickly check in. I've had a good week. I've been under almost all days, slightly over Tuesday, but more than made up for it on Monday. I'm thinking I may try to make Mondays very low, like I think I had around 1000 calories. I never felt super hungry that day; had the protein shake for lunch and a sensible dinner. Maybe I'll try that at least every other week till vacation. Which is about 7 weeks away!

I also saw a 1 pound loss yesterday! It has me motivated again. That's the lowest weight I've seen this year. So I've got 2.5 pounds to lose in 7 weeks to hit my goal. I can do it!

I got a nice run and some walking in yesterday and the weather was pretty nice. A little chilly, but nice and sunny.

Well I had a dr. appointment this morning so should technically be working so I better run. Have a great Thursday!

Wow am I far behind! Been dealing with sick kiddos. My youngest was out of school Thursday & Friday & then my older one got it over the weekend and missed Monday & Tuesday from school so I am way far behind at work. They had a nasty cough & runny nose accompanied by a low grade fever & all over yuckiness. My husband had it too for a bit. Thank God it never hit me. I am hanging in there. Anyways, I cannot wait for Easter Sunday to come. I need sugar! Hopefully I won't go too overboard, but I am not making any promises.

Now I need to go back & get caught up on everyone.

My quads are fine today.

Sorry you're having a hard time Kelly. That is so frustrating and I have definitely been there. I hope you find what works! Could just be water retention. Maybe from your diet but maybe also from workouts? Are you drinking tons of water?

Shanaber that pizza sounds yummy. I love pizza.

Beeps, glad you're feeling good.

Abi, hope you all get healthy soon!

Jen, sounds like you are right back in it. Just like that!

That's all I can see. Hi to everyone else!

So I had my circuits class last night. The chick teaches two classes at my office a week, but I just do the Tuesday one. I really liked the class. We had 8 stations. Each station we'd do 8 rounds of 20 seconds work, 10 seconds rest. There was some rowing, TRX, kettlebell, barbell stuff (I did clean and presses....holy cow.....), incline treadmill, etc. etc. etc. It was a great workout. I wanted to do another round of 32 minutes.

I ate a lot of candy yesterday and was just hungry at night. I had almost 400 calories after dinner and only a tiny bit of it was booze. (Poured a glass of wine and didn't finish it....I don't like riesling.....). I was over a little in cals, but not much. I felt good this morning so decided to step on the scale this morning and it was 0.5 pound less than yesterday. So I am feeling good and hope I keep moving in a good direction. I really want to keep things in check this weekend: dont' overdo it with drinking or Easter meal and get two good workouts in at some point. I may go for a run after work. It's kind of nice to get a workout done before the weekend has hardly begun. So we'll see. Have a great weekend ladies!

Ashley- since I'm not working, I may not be drinking as much water so I will focus on that for the next few days. I will redesign and record on Mon. I can think of lots of excuses, water weight, gaining muscle but not losing fat, sodium, carbs, etc. but that fact is, I have been working pretty hard for a month with zero results - maybe a slight change in inches. I will measure next weekend.

Beeps, thanks for supporting me. :laugh: I know that I can't actually go 100% clean and I am am doing it to 1. Help control calories and 2. Try to keep my energy up. I think when I eat junk, I get tired easier. I have a friend on here who just hit under 130 today (she was that low last spring too) She eats lean cuisines everyday and protein bars. She does all home workouts. She has lost and maintained over 60 pounds for several years and she is like 5'7. She did a good blog about convince food.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/jennieodwyer/view/in-defense-of-convenience-food-1-year-later-205525

I know I don' t HAVE to eat clean but I need to change SOMETHING because what I am doing isn't working. If I could go back, I would have never gained the weight back. When I was working out 5 days a week, I didn't have to be as strict to maintain. I just can't seem to LOSE!

Jennie was my first friend on here. When I started, she was at 1 year. She was so inspiring. She is really good about commenting on all exercise post, which was really motivating when I started - and still is!

I decided to do a little extra Pilates today. I use to do it a lot and might try to add it back in. Forgot how GOOD it feels. Anyway, off to the library. Everyone, have a great weekend!

kclynch - i 100% agree that if what you are doing isn't working, it would be insane to keep doing THAT and expecting a different result. Good for you for changing it up.

Today is scheduled cardio.....ZOOM!