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Shan- I have a friend on MFP that absolutely loves Strong Curves and all the stuff by Bret Contreras. I have yet to actually purchase anything except NROLFW. I piecemeal stuff together, but I am really interested in Strong Curves. Could use more of that booty emphasis!

I have had a slow week in my fitness world. Busy family stuff + nagging UTI issues have thrown me off. But I am feeling much better and ready to go back to it! I only ran about 6-7 miles last week. And no star as I was 1400 calories over for the week, and likely missed 100 cals somewhere. Improvements in my consistent logging though. I used to stop logging if I was going over (used to as in last month- haha) but am making an effort to keep track no matter what.

Looking forward to hearing about your run Amy!

I'm on summer break!!!!!!!!!!!!

I weighed in today, after not having batteries in my scale for a week. No Change....which is good because my workouts have been off and I took a few days off. Now I'm ready to hit it hard. Going for a run...yes, a run....first time in nearly a year. Then, swimming!!!!!

I LOVE SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just checking in to say silver star for me...I was 546 over.

I got in 4 runs though (goal was 3) and all 3 of my chalean lifting workouts. So I would say overall it was a decent week!

I am late posting - busy weekend!
I get a silver this week - I was over too like Chloe but not as bad as it could have been with my sister-in-law here. We ate out a bit but I kept myself in check pretty well (one really bad day with lunch and dinner out). I managed to get in all my runs and even a long one on Sunday and another short one today.

I made a flourless chocolate cake for dessert tonight that was ohhh sooo good! It has over 400 calories in a piece if you figure 8 servings but it is way too rich to eat a full piece.

Amy - I am so glad you had fun on your 10K! That is what it is all about really!!
Steph - you will get back to your running form pretty quickly. I think it will surprise you how quickly it will come back.
Chloe - Great job getting in more running than your goal! I would count that as an excellent week!
Kelly - I am looking forward to swimming too, just as soon as the pool warms up a bit!
Beeps - have a good trip (didn't you just get back? :happy: )!!

My goals for this next week are to finish up the month strong -
running 5 days,
strength train 2-3 days,
stretching and abs every day!
1500 calories/day - 10500 for the week
hit my macros (again) - especially protein

I have managed to keep that pound off even with the higher calories so I am going to keep at it and hopefully see another drop!

My daughter is coming home on Thursday for a wedding and I can't wait to see her!

Morning ladies!

Just doing a quick check-in as work is crazy busy today. I got a silver last week - definitely was using that "eating for two" excuse that needs to stop this week. Gained two pounds in the last week and a half :sad:

I'll be back to check in with everyone else, but real quick, my goals:

4 days working out (2 lift, 1 Cardio, 1 yoga)
WATER
Limit the treats
Work on cutting down the carbs
Get more protein

Hey everyone! Thanks for checking in for the star challenge. I am still waiting to hear from Ris and Kelly.

I did okay over the weekend. I indulged a little more than normal, but not terrible. My friend, sister and I did some circuits Saturday morning (400 meters, 5 pushups, 10 sit ups, 20 squats) x4 and then walked the hills of the mountain complex. Sunday we walked about half an hour. She carried my daughter as she is training for a Ruck (sp?) event so it was fun. It was a nice relaxing weekend. We did a little shopping, had lunch out with 6 adults and 3 kids twice, grilled out for dinner at the condo, and spent the afternoon at the pool Saturday. I did not log over the weekend, so I get no star. I probably would have been over anyways.

I've got two weeks till vacation so I hope to eat well and get my workouts done. I should have gotten up this morning and ran, but my kid woke up at 6:30 and so we all just laid in bed for a bit and I may have fallen back asleep a little. I needed some extra sleep. I was up late over the weekend and didn't sleep incredible well. I think I can still manage 3 or 4 workouts this week maybe. We need to get going on house painting this weekend, so we'll see.

Hi to everyone! Let's have a great week!

I'm going with no star. It is probably silver but I'm to lazy to back log!I had 2400 calories left, didn't log two days, but I ate at home, nothing crazy.

This week WILL be PLATINUM- even though I was WAY over yesterday! It will be tough, but it just take two low days to make it work.

I agree with always logging. Sometimes I am surprised that I didn't go as crazy as I thought.

2 Week Goals
1. Log everything, be platinum
2. Three Lifts
3. 2 pilates/yoga
4. 4 Cardio - Like 30 min each or something

Oh, my sister in law wants me to get this groupon that has TRX and Barre. Who has tried TRX???

I am going to do 3 months of calorie-counting/control.

3 months of 3 x weekly weight-training...maybe 4!

I want to be right-on-target for September...so, I have to do this.

...and I can...

Ashley--sorry for the late check-in--silver star for me.

I'm way behind on this thread, as usual. Work has just been really busy lately and that's generally when I check in. Last week was pretty good exercise-wise, as I got in a few good (hilly) runs over the weekend as well as lots of (hilly) walks and some kayaking. Food wasn't great, hence the silver star, but so far I've been a little better this week.

My husband and I worked out a plan that he's going to take care of the baby Wednesday evenings so I can get a run in after work. I'll still be running a whole lot less than I did pre-baby, but I'm doing the NYC marathon in November so I need to start figuring out how to work in more days of running. It's less than ideal, but I think that I can probably get it done with a long run over the weekend, a short recovery run the other weekend day, and this new Wednesday run.

Work is calling, but I'll try to catch up with everyone when I get a chance!

Here are this weeks results:



I got a short run in yestserday. I'm not ready for these hot and humid temps yet! I'm planning on lifting at lunch today. I'm glad I checked in because I was totally going to go out to lunch today, but now I have remembered my plan! So far so good this week. I still need to go and backlog Monday if I want to try for a star this week. Speaking of, I will be out for June so if we continue, somone else will need to take over. I've got vacation and am thinking about breaking from logging for a bit. We'll see how I feel after vacation. I better run. I'm pretty swamped at work too!

Come join me, Amy!! I am at the 1,500 per day rate!! (Well, I go over a week, so that is 10,500 per week.)

Hi,

I was on the thread a in part 10 a while back and disappeared because my son went through a language regression and got diagnosed with autism. I have been dealing with getting him diagnosed and treated. Couple that with a fresh divorce and still living with my cheating ex who continues to screw everything with a skirt and in cutmd land you get carb loading! I've gained like 5 lbs and I'm feeling huge. Hoping for some inspiration to help me get it off. I realize that my ex was my major motivation to stay thin and I'm not ready to date yet but the pounds just make me feel ugly and I have enough problems!

Going to shoot for low calories the rest of the week and hope to jump in on monday