Morning :happy:

SMFRN - Sorry about the hamstring, hope it heals quickly and painlessly for you

Sarah - Hooray for upping the calories/protein and losing the weight, it really is such a weird concept to embrace isn't it! Glad it isn't just me with the jumping lunges - after nearly 5 straight months of Jillian and i still struggle to get through them all at 'advanced' pace! Hope you get your workout in tonight - how's the last ewe to lamb?

How's everyone else doing? Hope you are all enjoying the Easter weekend


I jumped on the scale this morning and am back up ... i'm wondering if it is because i slipped back to not eating enough? I'm definitely getting enough protein (averaging 125g a day and if i've calculated right my LBM is 90llbs so anything over 90g is good) but still netting 1250 cals - hmm. Interestingly i checked my BF% before and after my workouts this morning (managed both at once RI30L2 and Shred L1) before workouts was 30.2% and after was 25.9%! So wish it said 25.9% all the time! :happy: Won't get a chance to post tomorrow as DH and I are out all day at the World Endurance Championship at Silverstone - a bit nervous about what i'll find to eat all day (it will just be burger vans etc) but i guess one day won't kill me! Thought about packing some bits and pieces but really don't want to carry anything round as the day will involve a lot of standing - should be good fun though

Hope you are all having a great weekend, whatever you are doing :happy: Di

Evening Everyone

Just a very quick one from me as i have now managed to get conjunctivitis in both eyes and am struggling to see the screen! Good job i learned to touch type years ago! :laugh:

Just wanted to say Hi, hope everyone is doing well - was an odd weekend for me but fully back on track today. Just hope eyes don't get any worse!

Fingers crossed i'll be firing on all posting cylinders tomorrow again! Have a great day :happy: Di

Good Morning everyone

jmht - Thanks for the water advice, i am soooo bad with fluid generally :sad: On a general day i drink maybe 4 large cups of decaf coffee/redbush tea, and maybe one glass of water - usually straight after my workout :ohwell: I think i'll make that a challenge for May - do you guys just sip water through the day, or do you down a whole glass every time you think you should? Glad the sodium is getting out of your system :happy: Great job with your circuits, which new rotation of JM are you going to try?

Sarah - Hoorah for sales and shows, sounds so much fun Glad things are happier for you now, great job choosing your meal out with family. Awesome job adding the extra ab work to your RI30, hope the run goes well

Good here, I found an old DVD i used to use which is a HIIT format (30 seconds of a power move then 30 seconds active rest (some of which i find harder than the power moves!)) I did two levels and found it suitably challenging and was pleased with the burn so i'm going to add it to my rotation. After four months i am getting a little bored with just the rip and shred although i do love them. I'm thinking i'll get ESNS and maybe make that my core workout for May (last full month before my holiday!) Any thoughts on ESNS?

Rest day today, we're changing our car so i'm off to town to sign paperwork - exciting Hope you all have a brilliant Friday, Di :happy:

Evening Everyone

erica - great job on completing RI30 - how were your results? Hope Body Revolution works just as well for you Your weekend sounds awesome

Ceal - well done getting back to exercising after being sick - it is so hard when your body is still recovering from being ill. I really hope it gets easier for you again really soon Do let me know what you think of your fitbit - i have been thinking about getting one for a couple of weeks now, just not sure it will be any more beneficial than a pedometer?

How is everyone else doing?

Sorry i was absent over the weekend, to be honest i had my fist 'wobble' in a few months! Realised i was totally obsessed with counting/logging/weighing/getting the HRM burn etc and decided to have a whole weekend off. Sadly i didn't manage to eat well and went a bit crazy, putting on 3lbs over the three days :sad: Right back on it this morning though, just over 5 weeks to my holiday so i had some serious words with myself and my totally committed to full focus again for the next 5 weeks. Started a new workout routine based round the Fitness Blender workouts and concentrating on strength alternating upper and lower body. Just felt like a needed a new routine - I'm sure i'll be back to Jillian soon enough! Just got to really try to eat well, and *enough* I think that's why I lost it over the weekend, tons of exercise and netting 1100 cals...still very much a work in progress but i'm trying my best!

Wishing you all a great start to the week, Di :happy:

Morning Everyone Phew! Don't know where the last two days have gone! How are you all doing?

Sarah - cake batter choc chip cookies sound *so* delicious! Did you have to make more in the end? Great job with the plank challenge with DS, I love the ab moves How are the workouts going so far this week?

Erica - Great job with the 4lbs and dress size down - excellent results Great that you are liking body revolution and brilliant that you are strengthening and upping the weights...I'm sure more excellent results will come from that

All good, but very busy here...honestly don't know where the days go sometimes! Thankfully i am making sure whatever time i do have is used for fitness! Loving the Fitness Blender workouts, thought i might try the 1000 calorie one today (although if my HRM is to be believed i wouldn't burn anywhere near that much!) but i am still sore from the earlier workouts so might do it over the weekend instead.

In other news i've ordered a new scale, it is an Omron BF511 and is supposed to tell you weight/body fat, visceral fat, RMR and has the hand held monitors which are supposed to be more accurate. My current one i've had for about 15 years and is a WW one, but i refuse to believe i haven't lost any bodyfat so i'm thinking it might just be old! It does fluctuate but only by about 3% and unless i weigh right after a workout i am nearly always 30% So we'll see, if the new scale says that too then i've got some serious weight training to do!! What scales do you all use?

Wishing you all a great Friday, its another Bank Holiday weekend here so we get Monday off too - wahoo! :happy: Di

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Evening Everyone

SMFRN - sorry, i've not done BR so can't help, but glad you are enjoying it. Totally get needing a break from JM, love her workouts, but sometimes you need something new Hope you get an answer.

Erica - maybe up the weights on BR if it is too easy? I've never done it so not sure that's even possible! Hope your wrist feels better soon and great job with 6w6p

Just a quickie to say i did wear my HRM for 24 hours! And of a totally sedentary day (spent a lot of the day in the car, just moved about to visit the ladies, make the meals etc and it came out as 1591 cals. From my hour test yesterday 55 cals x 24 hours x1.2 (the tdee for sedentary) I got 1584 so i'd say that's pretty accurate! So i'm really happy with that, I'm going to make sure i net 1500 on rest days and between 1500-1800 on exercise days and hopefully that will put me at a very slight caloric deficit so i can maintain as much muscle as possible while still losing a bit more weight

Definitely worth a try if you have an HRM and an hour to sit still!

Sounds like everyone is doing brilliantly with their programs, hope you all have a great weekend :happy: Di

Morning Everyone

jmht - Great job with your new challenge, especially with a head cold! Hope that passes soon and the rotation keeps on challenging you Let me know if you do try the HRM idea, it would be good to know if it worked for you

How is everyone else doing? Hope you all had a great weekend and a good start to the week.

Good here, although DS and DD have had a virus of some sort over the long weekend so we didn't get out much. Made a few poor food choices, mostly through tiredness/stir crazy inside-ness i think, but back on track today. Completed my arm strength this morning and plan to do a recovery type low impact cardio routine later. Only 30 days to my holiday from today - eeek!

Wishing you all a happy, healthy Tuesday :happy: Di

Morning Everyone

Lucy - great that you are 'throwing' yourself back in sounds like a great plan with the running and NMTZ - surrenders are tough, my arms most definitely start to collapse near the end! Nicely sore is good, hope that it keeps working for you.

Do let me know what you think about the 8 week plan from Fitness Blender - I am totally *loving* the workouts but i worried that food plan might be a bit too geared to the USA in terms of ingredients (and be a bit 'bean' heavy - i'm not a fan of beans!) The sample one i looked at also had cup measurements and whilst i do have cups i really prefer to weigh things on my digi scale! At the moment i am following their suggested make your own plan of Upper Body, Lower Body, Abs + cardio, repeat then rest on Day 7.

How is everyone else doing?

Not too bad here, managed to strain my serratus anterior muscle (under the armpit - i had to look it up!) which isn't too bad in terms of daily/cardio movement, but i found i couldn't do oblique plank raises on that side yesterday Will just have to try to avoid it until it has recovered i guess! Luckily lower body today and then rest day tomorrow so hopefully by Saturday it'll be better

Miserable weather here, so no chance of getting out for a walk with DS - paints and playdough it is then

Wishing you all a happy, healthy Thursday, Di :happy: