Jamaica: I weigh every day too. Seeing the numbers helps keep me focused during the day. Also I've ignored your justifications of your supposed "fatness". I have decided that your body is fabulous and you just don't see it yet. But you will :drinker: :flowerforyou:
3/3 for last week. I hit my calories, lifted, and did my 3 runs. I am sick of running though :laugh: I'm going to be subbing yoga for running this week so MWF I do yoga and TuThSat I lift. I think I'll do two or three weeks of this schedule and then maybe go back to running. I did my first yoga work out tonight and I"m feeling great. I followed a Tara Stiles video which was oddly more challenging than I thought it would be. Have a great week ladies.

Hey welcome back sue

Nice job all of you 3/3ers

I need some new goals
My pt is helping me modify some exercises and when I don't have to balance/ use my core my strength is back.
I am 2/3 I did my 3 lifting sessions and I did some acupuncture / physical therapy. I did two "training runs" very slow walk alternating with running.

Jo nice squats!

Beepejaye I was rooting for Argentina- but at least our local women's team the Thorns won 7-1.

Red and Jamaica- yoga is amazing I need to figure out a time to do it regularly

There's some good stuff in this thread!

Jo, you are rockin' my socks!

Bepee, I'm gonna keep up with you this week and nail the protein to the wall.

I see quite a few people hitting all three goals! This is my week. I'm coming along!

Jamaica and Red, the batteries in my scale died in February and I still... don't care! YAY! It. is. so. liber-at-ing.

Red, I should do some Yoga... I have P90X Yoga and it just makes me tired thinking about it LOL

I am still so very sore from my first Stage 5 workout on Sunday. I rolled out of bed this morning and did a wee run. The first half mile I was a total cripple but the run ended up being quite fast and strong. I still feel cripple :drinker:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the drinking smiley :drinker: He really looks like me :drinker:

I need to take more pictures in Stage 5. I don't think I took any in Stage 4. My body isn't changing visibly but it's fun to see myself doing strong things

The other night, I was out with my DH for drinks (a rare treat) and he mustered up some courage to talk about my fitness. He doesn't understand why my body insists on retaining fat at the hips when I work out so much and eat so well. He wasn't criticizing me, he thinks I'm beautiful regardless, and he says he thinks I'm badass and that one else he knows works as hard as I do. So we got into talking about genetics and whatnot. It was a fun conversation. We're going to a B&B cottage tonight with a rose garden and a hot tub

bepeejaye - congrats! Great logging

Runzalot - I don't talk much with my hubby about fitness stuff - well, that's not strictly true. I talk, he half pretends to listen. I'm glad your hubby shows an interest. My hubby is NOT into fitness at all. He plays soccer once a week (40 mins) and because I moaned for MONTHS, he now runs about 6k twice per week. He only does it because I'll make his life miserable if he stops hahaha But I'm not saying it to be mean. He has a bad family history health wise and needs to look after himself. It's a bit annoying though how he managed to lose over 20lbs because I changed MY diet and stopped cooking rubbish food.... he didn't even try :grumble:
He's not overweight at all, but literally has no muscle lol... I can bench twice what he can and my bench is pretty feeble. I'm trying to get him to the gym but so far zero success.

Today is scheduled a rest day but I might get to combat tonight - might not fit in a workout Friday so can swap around. Yesterday was a horrid day on the scales.... but the same happened 4 weeks ago and accompanied by the pimples and terrible night's sleep, I am trying to blame impending TOM instead of the homemade fudge I have been consuming at an alarming rate :embarassed:

Thank you all! Thank you!! It feels great!!

Runz..about keeping up with the protein, .let's do this! we got this!!
I love the drinking smiley too!! To me, he resembles a big "wohooo!!!" :drinker:

Now coming off my Zumba high...aaahhhh...life is good!!

Dna can I get the recipe?

Beeps you got this

Runza it sounds like a nice evening with your hubby

Jo my DH is like yours in terms of exercise

Welcome back Sue. I hope you had a good holiday. Have you gotten your shoulder checked out? I hope its nothing serious.

Jo, your squat PB is amazing!! I am looking forward to doing back squats again and seeing what I can lift but at the end of stage 1 it was very little.

bepee, congrats on 365 days logging! what amazing commitment!

I weigh in almost every day too. Not sure why I bother since the scale hasn't been moving since November. But yesterday I weighted myself and I am down 2 lbs!! I weighed in again this morning and I am still down (the last time I lost a pound the next day the scale went back up and stayed there) so I'm pretty excited about that.

Red, how is the yoga going for you? I am sick of running too and having been doing it since stage 2, now I am just going for long walks on my non lifting days. I have been considering doing yoga but I can't find any free videos on the internet that aren't really annoying to listen to. Does anyone have any suggestions? ...oh never mind, I just found the Tara Stiles one that you mentioned before!

Jo, your description of talking to your other half about exercise stuff made me laugh. Thats exactly what it is like for me. I talk and he nods and say something along the lines of 'yes dear' while I'm jumping up and down with excitement shouting 'BUT I ALMOST DEADLIFTED MY BODYWEIGHT!!!' He just doesn't get it. He does tell me he's proud of me but he is not too interested in the details. Doesn't stop me from dissecting every gym session at him when I get home though!

dna, the yoghurt sounds delicious!

beeps, yes you will lose those 15lbs! I'm there with you! (Although for me it's about 10 I think) And I love your "try it out Tuesday" idea. I'm going to incorporate that into one of my workout days. There are exercises I've never tried but would love to.

runz, don't care about the scale?? Blasphemy I tell ya! LOL! MAJOR props to you. As you mention it, think I will try some P90X Yoga today. Let's see if I can survive 20 mins of it.

jo, my BF sounds like your husband. He plays soccer once a week and that's it. I convinced him to buy one of those all-in-one gym thingys because he has no interest in going to the gym at all. But he doesn't even use it! Ah well. I'm hoping when we live together I can get him to do more.

marieann, sending good vibes your way!

And for you ladies who think your husbands are not listening, that's what I thought about my BF too. He looks bored when I talk about nutrition and macros and squatting with proper form and all that other stuff. And he hates how I weigh everything. But surprise surprise. Last night he told me that when he was at work yesterday, some of the ladies were talking about losing weight. One lady was lamenting that she had been working out for 3 weeks now and hadn't lost even one lb. So he told her that I TOLD HIM that losing weight/fat is 80% your diet and 20% exercise. He also goes on to tell them how I weigh my food and keep a log of it all. In relaying the story to me, he actually sounded pretty proud of me!!! Amazing. I'm still in shock because to see his face when I'm weighing my food, you'd think the food scale was his sworn enemy.

HI Everyone,
Just a quick question. I am almost finished phase 1, and am just reading about phase 2. So I understand there are the lifting routines and the HIIT routines. Are we supposed to do a lifitng routine and a HIIT routine at every workout? Do we split them up? Do HIIT in the morning and Lift in the afternoon? Or do one on Monday and one on Tuesday?

Thanks
Sarah