Hey Kim! Happy Saturday! What a fun time that sounds like with you Momma.
I'm fascinated by your dexa info. I'd love to know more. I bet it gives you more determination if nothing else. I love hacking. But I've been advised to take ANOTHER week from tracking anything.
I'm dying with my new work load and the Masters and the kids' stuff and everything. Going to really try to check-out mentally today and tomorrow. Off to the beach!
I love the "don't track - just try to eat sensibly" approach. I am learning to trust myself to do that. It isn't going to get weight off but if it helps me maintain, we should be ready to get back on it in a few weeks. I'm just SO burned out and I've been sick and (insert more excuses here).
So we are down to the last few days! Hope you guys are ready to record!!

Carol

Not sure which one we're using so here is post from the other thread
Well Workout went great New 1RM for dead lift 295 a 20% increase in 90 days, Incline Press 1RM 105 a 60% increase. Did Karen (14lb wall ball to 10ft line from a squat and return on catch) 150 reps in 18:43. That set my baseline for that one. Arms are a little tight at the moment but the burn is gone so great time with Son Dan.

Some food fpr thought here. For weight loss / gain should we consider the natural rhythms when we set out goals? Consider the paleolithic model. This time of year late summer food is in abundance, veggies/ fruits are starting to peak (though many veg's have been available since probably April) Game is sticking close to water sources because of the heat so hunting is less of a strain, You're body starts to accumulate some fat. Chief starts prep for southward mobility. Fall rolls in and by late November Fruit (sugar) has peaked veggies have peaked and game is at its fatest. Things are so abundant you take a day to feast and honor the spirits for such good fortune, (more fat accumulates and you start walking south faster a bit further each day) Winter solstice comes and once again feast on the last of the southern harvest finish what ever you can still find. Time to hunker down since the big game is going into hibernation. Winter rolls in and food and game is scarce by mid season you are in starvational ketosis and you are burning fat to survive (drop maybe 15% of your body weight by mid Feb) Spring equinox comes and things are really tough, you've now lost 30% of your body weight, but signs of warmer weather are creeping in and you look to the migration North but got to get some strength back before the trip. You gather what you can and make a small feast and pray to the spirits for good weather and hunting in the coming year. Mid spring You've managed to catch some of the bigger game coming out of hibernation and you are strong enough to move all day again early veggies in the southern climes like cabbage and onions are abundant so you start walking the harvest north more and more appear as the weather warms and buy Summer solstice you are now at your peak of strength and lean without being in starvation mud July you are back farthest North. So when we set our goals should we not consider this circadian sort of rhythm in our goals? Just wondering what you all think on that one..

BTW thanks for the shout out on the PODcast Carol. Got to get a Webcam this weekend.

Kim - Dexa interest me as well do you get the BF breakdown as well (sub-cutaneous vs visceral)

Have a great day all.

I wish the forum had a lot of things Mark. One is being able to edit the headers and the big one would be to get email notification of post.

Hope everyone had a great Saturday. Got some honey do's done and got out the camping gear.

Happy Sunday Folks!

Rae - Hope your feeling better soon.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Heron - You are so right. Burned out is such an understatement. I AM at the beach right now but I'm in the bedroom finishing some papers that are due tonight. But when I woke up the first 2 hours were spent trying to catch up on work things that have deadlines coming up.
Yesterday was Carb Nite. I was told to not overdo it because I'm not really being strict with my UCL days. *FAIL* We have people here and I'm sorry but it was just too nice to enjoy everything. I probably didn't overdo it as much as I think I did.

John - this will sound dumb but what about people who live in the northern hemisphere and move to the southern hemisphere. Do you think the seasonal changes have an effect on them? They're opposite. I'm fascinated by this whole topic of trying to align yourself with how we have evolved.

SO who all will be recording with me on Sept 3rd?
Have you tried to start up a google hangout yet?
Make sure you have a google+ account.

Howie: Can you post the names of the winners on Monday or Tuesday? I'll need them to email me so I can get the google hangout link to them.

But hey… we are ALL winners, right?? What a great month of community sharing. It has been crazy stressful for me but I always knew I could find some friends here that would give me a smile and some motivation. THANK YOU!!

Whoo Hooo! Day 31! I will be there Wednesday evening Carol and I will post those who made it all 31 days tonight after they finish signing in.

Carol I thought the whole idea around Paleo was so you do not have to think about it so much. It seems like you are thinking about your diet more so now than ever. I hate to see you stress out about it so much. Take care of your self.

Well seem to have found Homeostasis for me 245 +- 5lbs seems to be it. Found my Minimum effective dose of exercise to complement that. BF% is at 22.2 % for me, was 22.4 % last month. Measurements changed slightly but nothing significant. Belly is still 1/2 in smaller than my hips so I'll take that for now. Next week is deload week, so will re-evaluate and configure a program that should create a slight caloric deficit while maintaining my 1RM capability at a minimum and maybe improving it since I should still be in a state of rebuilding after my prolonged De-conditioning period. It will be interesting to say the least.

Yeah! It's been an amazing August everyone!!!