Good morning and congratulations everyone on a great month. You guys really helped me to be mindful of what I was eating even if I did flub it up enough to not lose much. It's a win for everyone when you use a group like this for support. I hope everyone has a great holiday. I know I will, I'm heading out to the range with two of my best friends. Nothing says it's a holiday like throwing hot lead down range. :-)

Here is a list of those who made it all 31 days. Congrats!

beerbikegirl
GoodDaytoYou
heronh
Hmrjmr1
Howie
markd_cronenw
MarkMcElvy
montana_girl

Have Fun Lad!
And Congrats all you groovy guys and groovy gals! (yep I'm that old) See ya Wed Night!

Well happy labor day everyone. Stuck in the house instead of canoeing. Looked @ the forcast night and they were showing 30% chance of rain over the next couple of days. Woke up this morning to a down pour and now they are saying 60-80% chance of rain and thunderstorms through Wednesday...

John- good job on moving that 1RM up! Deadlifting is one of my favorite movements and, in my opinion, one of the most useful ones. Keep it up!

Back home. One note about vacation that always seems to get me...I never drink enough water. When I'm home I drink around 150-200oz a day but away I am lucky if I get 50. I think it's something to do with always being on the move. Maybe I will invest in a better water carrying system for days like that.

Happy labor day!

Happy Tuesday Folks! I hope all is well with all of you. ay 2 of de load week fightin the urge to lift.

Don't give in John! Just day dream about how hard you're going to hit it next week and let your muscles/joints/hormones recover! What are you doing for your deload? Dropping to 40% effort? Or are you just checking out and not doing the gym at all? I've heard all different kinds of deloading before. I usually drop to 40% and concentrate on nailing my form.

Planning a hiking trip today for Wheeler Peak, NM. It's the tallest mountain in NM right by Taos. A friend of mine did the ascent and descent in 5 hours. It takes most people 5 hours to get to the top! He's the one taking me so it's going to be an interesting experience... Have a great Tuesday folks!

Any kind of cheese cake sounds good. LOL I didn't do so well last night at least food wise. Me and the wife had a date night and ended up getting pizza and watching the sunset. We had an awesome sky last night!

Tinder, that sounds like a great hike!

Mark, I feel ya. One of my dogs leaped into some tall grass yanked my arm, then came out with with a dead squirrel in her mouth. I shrieked, that startled her to dropped the squirrel. There were times when I pull stuff from her mouth that I don't want to know what that was.

The tomato sauce came out good and we had meatballs and zucchini with the sauce.

Howie, awwww date nights are the best.

My boyfriend and I just had our first consultation with Jef Fry, it was very informative and he is just what we need! so we've decided use his services. My boyfriend was laughing in the other room when I was trying to explain to him that I do like to drink without sounding like a lush :laugh: He said its fine for me to drink twice a month.
He also said that he thinks that my metabolism is suppress because of my increase in activities. I do Muay Thai 4-6X a week, 60-90min per session. Plus I walk my dogs 45min-90min a day. On top of that I spend a good amount of time gardening every week. He wants me to start off by doing 2 small carb nites a week instead of one big carb nite a week to start and maybe in the future carb backloading. I am VERY excited to see progress since Ive been stuck (again) for a month now.

Tinder - Body Weight movements and walking is deload week for me. Squats,, planks, pushups, leglifts dynamic warmup and static cool downs. probably a couple of total rest days in there too. Saturday have a 15 mile ruck walks Probably won;t have a lot in it since I haven't done more than 5 or 6 miles in quite a while. Its to raise awareness for Carry the Fallen a non profit committed to reduce veteran and military suicides. We lose 22 a DAY to this, thats over 8,000 a year and we think its actually UNDER reported. (My guess is probably half again as much). Found out today it has been moved back to This Saturday. So gonna roll with it. Not the elevation you're doing but hey gotta go with what you got. Have fun with it lad.

Heron the tomato sauce and meatballs sounds great. Have fun with the Jeff Frye stuff. I've heard nothing but good stuff about him.

Howie - Have no regrets, Date Nite with your Huney is always a winner. You are a fortunate man to have someone to share the sunsets with.

Get plenty of rest for the pulled muscles, only time and rest can heal em lad.

I know I've missed some folks but I've got a quick turn around tonight and have to toddle off to bed, C ya tomorrow night and keep on Jammin'!

Hmrjmr1 out.

Tuesday. 1st day of school here...which means I officially have a high schooler. Kiddo just left for his freshman year. Damn time flies.

Kim - Believe it or not you're only just starting to feel the acceleration of time flies.... Strap life on like a seat belt cause time is about to take off....! Enjoy the ride.

Happy Wednesday Everybody.

Wednesday morning folks! They were talking snow again for today, but I don't think it will quite reach us. Bummer!! Dogs were moving a bit slow this morning. I think I wore them out a bit yesterday with the longer hike. High energy dogs my keester