Ris- Thanks for the welcome. Hope your little one cooperates with a workout for you today!
Shanaber- Thank you too! Good luck on your race on Sunday and great job rocking those muscles!

Im excited about this challenge and adding a new support group. I feel a new energy to keep those cals in my goal set and make the workouts count. So far today I have done about 10 minutes of climbing/running stairs while waiting for the bread cart with my kids. I am finishing up the homeschool part of the day with them and then will do back of the body strength training.

Thanks for the welcome, is it Amy? I would love to send a friend request your way. I am so stoked about you guys and your focus on strength and calorie accountability!
I would LOVE to be dressing up for weddings this summer! I had two last summer, but none on the books for this one.
I can do 3 sets of 3-4 chinups and 3 sets of 8-9 assisted pull-ups (with a band). I struggle to gain reps on push-ups but have broken through my 8 to 9 and 10 (sets of 3). I have done some Zuzka- another great and crazy site! One thing that I noticed helped my push ups was burpees... I am not sure if it was the momentary rest off my arms between each push up.
Today was a win on my water, workout and cals!

steph--that's impressive you can do chinups! I've never spent much time working on them but I've only ever been able to do assisted pullups. I'm better at pushups, though I got out of practice when I was pregnant. I should get back to those. And burpees. A while back we had a burpee challenge on this thread, maybe we should bring that back (no everyone on this board is a fan)

Amy--nice job not drinking last night!

shanaber--you look super muscular in your picture, and that's definitely the right thing to focus on! No one but you sees the number on the scale. I think a lot of people would agree that it's better to focus on body composition.

I finally got in a short workout last night. It was just 15 minutes but it was enough to make me a little sore today. I have a running date tomorrow, and I'm going to try to get in a good workout Sunday as well.

I also have a cookie in my bag to eat tonight. It's already logged (along with some wine :blushing: ) It's taking a lot of willpower not to eat the cookie now! But I know I'll enjoy it more later when I'm at home relaxing and not at work.

Friday night i snacked....i knew my period was on the horizon and i chose to NOT challenge myself on that day, lol!

Last night was mother's day supper out....meal was quite late, but i fasted most of the day to prep for it!

Did cardio on saturday. Hope to weight-train today.

BOOM!

Beeps - Lovely moms day gift and it looks great on!
Steph - I am still struggling with the pull ups - I can at least get movement up on the bar but no real pull up (no band). I try every time I do hanging knee tucks though and I know one of these days I will be able to at least one!
Ris - I hope the cookie was wonderful! Sometimes I hold things off and then they fail to meet my expectations but then I am not so anxious for them the next time...
Amy - I am going to check out the website and workout/blueprint!

Ran my half today - no PR - too many brutal hills and it got too hot. It was colder than expected at the start - 45 degrees and nearly 80 at the end with 2 huge hills in between. The view from the first one was awesome (see picture - yes those are runners way down the hill) but by the 2nd big hill at mile 11 I had nothing left, it was hot and i didn't really care about anything but getting finished. I don't know my exact time but I think it was between a 10:30 and and 11:00 mile which is ok by me!

Hey ladies. The board moved fast while I was partying my @ss off. :drinker: I drank all weekend Thursday - Sunday. Drank a lot Friday at the track (FUN! but cold) and a lot at our party. The weather was perfect Saturday and we had about 20 people and 6 kids (all under age 4) throughout the day. It was our first bigger party with a lot of kids and it went really well. So I had a good weekend but barely logged and only ran once and walked once last week. BUT! This morning and I got up and ran and I'm motivated to get back on track for May.

May Goals
1. Monday morning run
2. Stay under 10,000 calories weekly
3. Lift 2x a week around 30 minutes
4. Circuits class
5. One other day of cardio
6. Don't drink like a fish
7. 1/2 pound loss a week

I really enjoyed my run this morning so I may bring back some morning workouts. I also want to get my husband motivated to do something.

Here's my Oaks get up:

Great running, shanaber!!

kclynch - UNDER is GREAT!! Congrats!

Better - you look HAWT, HAWT, HAWT!! Totally great colour on you and TOTALLY great style to show off THAT BODY! BOOM!

Ris - yay for babies with clean bills of health!

Today, i lift....Wednesday I lift....Friday I won't because I'm leaving for Europe! BOOM!

I was over for the week by 150 even with upping my total to 1500/day but it was because I ate too much before and especially after the race (starving!). This week I will be eating lots of protein and hopefully back on track with total calories and all my macros. I plan to run 3-4 times along with my strength workouts but the running will depend on how my legs are doing. They had motivational signs going up the hills and one of them said 'Your legs will forgive you.... eventually'. :laugh: Hoping mine will soon! Have puppy agility class tonight and I am not sure how I will manage running/moving for that...

Better - you both look great but you look awesome! Did you actually watch the Derby? I heard a horse from California won

Kelly - Good job on being under! The race was in Escondido California - near San Diego but inland. We ran through farmland and vineyards and ended at the San Diego Safari (Wild Animal) Park. The hill in the picture was between mile 6 and 7 and was actually a service road at the back of the Safari park. There was another at mile 11 that was a bit bigger and about did me in :frown:

Beeps - are you excited? All packed and ready to go?

Ris - nice run over the weekend! So glad the baby is feeling better and you both will be able to sleep better!

Have a great Monday everyone!!

Morning ladies!

Lot's to catch up on. I was 150 calories under my goal last week, and considering I was out of town visiting friends all weekend, I'll consider that a win. Hoping I can keep the momentum up this week and be good about not eating out and getting workouts in!

Better - your dress is SO cute and looks so great on you! So glad your party went well, and great goals!

Ris - so glad to hear the babe is a ok!

Beeps - so exciting about your trip! let the countdown begin!

Abi - I totally feel ya on the traveling situation. Good luck getting back into the swing of things.

Shan - Glad to hear the race went well. Good luck with puppy class tonight.

My goals for this week:

-Lift 2x
-Yoga 1x
-DVD workout 2x
-80oz of water/day
-Keep cals in check

Hope everyone has a great Monday.

Amy, Mother's Day in Canada is the second Sunday in May....but, I will be away from my family when it arrives (I'll be in Europe!), so we celebrated EARLY.

I won't be bringing the pretty necklace with me....alas, I will wear it when I return!

BOOM!

My *kitten* hurts....so, the weighted hip thrusts did their job today!

Thanks for all the compliments!

I still need calorie goals from ramalem, asjerven, shanaber, kclynch, and chloe. If you're all participating...... Let me know if I left anyone out. Our challenges run Monday - Sunday.

I had a so so Monday. I was under but barely and I like Mondays to be low. I was sort of in a funk so ate some Easter candy. I feel pretty good today though. Plan on lifting during lunch.

Better - my calorie goals for May are 13,650, but hoping to be under this week as I don't officially need those extra 200 cals a day until next week. Thanks for taking care of the challenge!

I can't even begin to respond to everybody I am so behind! We were out of town until yesterday and I haven't logged at all and I was way over I am sure.

Ashley- My cal goal for the star challenge is 12,250

My 30 day challenge started yesterday. I have a little over 30 days until my next vacation and I need to be bikini ready. So here it is....

1) Platinum Star every week- NO EXCUSES
2) No eating after the baby goes to bed @7:30
3)I haven't figured out my drinking goal yet, but for now I am just going to not drink at all for as long as I can then establish a limit once I can't take it anymore :laugh:
4) run outside 3 days a week Chalean 3 days a week AB workout 3 days a week

I really want to be serious about this for 30 days with no cheating.

Hair turned out great! I now have honey-blonde streaks throughout the front of my hair....perfect for Europe! (Yes, yes, yes, I know, I'll be in a ponytail the whole time and nobody will notice, but who cares?!?!?)

I didn't eat supper until nearly 9 pm (hair appt ran late), so I chose popcorn! Nope, I didn't snack AFTER supper....my supper was snack food!

BOOM!

I hope to go lift at the gym, but my tummy doesn't feel good....will have to wait and see.