Hi everyone, I'm glad Monday is over. No time to workout and I had to cover my BF shift at work which had me driving all day yesterday and going to our main office which I hate. Now its fill with ppl I don't know or don't like. The girls there used to be so horrible to me which is why I'm glad I no longer have to go there. Luckily for the most part they just ignored me. I got a few comments from my team lead but thats all.
My youngest is sick now and its heartbreaking. His throat hurts and he won't eat, just keep saying his tongue or his mouth hurts. He spent half of Sunday sleeping on my lap. I will be veryhappy when this bug goes away for good!

dna-good to see you back, I've been wondering how my fellow shorty has been. Sorry to hear things have been so busy & stressful, hope it clear up soon.

Love, good to hear your back is better.

Doumc- missed you too, it sucks you haven't been feeling, its sucks even more that you've been busy and not feeling well.

Sam- you don't suck, I don't bother logging on the weekends, I just don't feel like it. Awesome news about your son!!

Jo-Congrats that's a lot of deliveries.

I'm glad those of you who have tried strong curves like it. I still haven't decided between that or strong lifts but I'm leaning more towards strong curves.

Jamaica-like Love said, I don't go to parallel...I'd fall down! Lol! But, when I tried it up on a box I did better...and used 5 lbs in each hand and at actually seemed better? and I'm in for the 1" by Christmas plan!

Beeps- you're such a lean girl...where will you find 7 lbs?! And btw, I thought of you the other day, my dd said "boom" after she killed a beautiful spike in volleyball. :bigsmile:

Mouse-:hugs: sounds like working out in the garage is a good thing with all the stress. Hope things get easier soon!

Julie – I’ve been throwing in a set of squats during the S3-B workouts, usually right after the partial single leg squat/lat pulldown super-set.

Beeps – seems like an awesome goal, good motivation to keep you strong through the holidays!

Mouse – best of luck with everything, it can be so overwhelming when so much is going on, it catches up with us sometimes :flowerforyou:

Jamaica – I agree with lovetowrite, I don’t think you’re supposed to get to parallel on the single-leg squats, but it does seem weird not to! I’m all for the losing 1 inch goal… I’ll need to start actually measuring, I know I should have been doing this all along but I’ve just been monitoring my progress with how I look. It’ll be nice to have some actual stats.

Love – I’ve had a guy tell me that “only professionals” should do the exercise I was doing (um… lat pulldowns :noway: ) and try to show me something else I should do instead - I just left as soon as he was finished talking to me - but nothing that’s been recurring, that would be really irritating. I would tell him you appreciate him trying to help you out, but you’re doing your own thing & would appreciate being left to focus on your workout. Polite, but cool.

So I’ve been coming in 200+ calories under my goal here and there recently, just different circumstances and days where I haven’t been able to eat everything I planned. It hasn’t affected my energy levels at all yet, but makes me a little nervous so I’ll be keeping an eye on that the rest of the week. Keep it up, ladies!

Thanks! I've been feeling like something is missing without them... How low is your normal calorie goal? I've upped mine recently to try and determine my true TDEE (hopefully then I can lower it and lose some fat!).

Love-there's a guy who's always at my gym and fancies himself a trainer type. He has a few of the ladies there taking his suggestions and gave me some suggestions on my prone jacknife move. I thanked him, tried it once, and went back to my way . I try to keep my eyes down on my log sheet and seem confident . Good luck!

Jo-40? Nice!

Ali-sorry your little guy is sick . Hope he's better quickly!

Dou-2x a week is great! You've been sick! Don't sweat it. Progress!

I'm doing well, feel good and happy. Need to finish my high calorie experiment and see if I can find my actual TDEE and then reduce it from there. I really do want to lose a bit more fat, but am content with getting stronger while I figure it out. I'm torn btw dropping calories to try to lose some weight, but don't want to lose momentum with the weight training.
Today I did my Zumba, and will lift tomorrow. I like lifting days .

Beeps..lol..I think that is pretty good - for endurance...when it comes to lifting heavy things, you can hold your own!! :flowerforyou:

>>Coming of Zumba class high.....aaahhh...the addiction!!:drinker:

Got mine in too - bench press not improving but at least consistent. Wasn't really in the mood. Upped weight on BSS, nothing else.

Oh my it's HOT. I worked up a really good sweat in the garage this morning with lifting - at 5am. Seriously, if it's that warm that early, I won't even consider lifting later in the day.

32'C today I think they said. Not too bad, but still hot lol

We've gone from cool weather last week to stinking hot today.

It's only Spring...

Rang my parents today. They are supposed to be coming up tomorrow to spend some time with us and the kids and then babysit on Sunday when we go to TEDx. They are sick. Like really sick - can hear my father (who never gets sick) coughing and spluttering in the background sick. They had my nieces and nephew last week because... my SIL was sick.

Oh joy.

I told them to take it easy and if need be, I'll do the ring around on Friday/Saturday for other babysitters if they can't make it.

Or else I won't be going to TEDx :sad:

Trying desperately to think of other people who could look after our kids from about 7.30am to after 10pm on Sunday... Yeah, the IL's are seriously last resort.

My poor Mum is gutted. She's been planning this trip for months. We were going to get started on Christmas shopping and stuff.

Think positive thoughts! All will be well, they will get better quickly or I'll find a replacement... positive, positive, positive.

Where's the wine....

Hugs to all you who are busy, stressed, sick, etc!
dna, I hope you find a sitter!

Bakeralison1, I've never done Keto. As long as you are keeping your calories where they should (not too low), you should be ok.

Jo, if you're able to maintain your strength given your current stress level, I'd call that a WIN.

1 inch off the waist by Christmas- that's a perfect challenge. To make this happen, I need to really count every bite, hit my macros, and keep my weekend eating in check! Lifting 3X weekly. I may add some cardio too.

DNA, oh no! I hope your folks feel well enough to come watch the kids for you. I know you were so excited about going to TEDx.

So, did 4B1 today and creeper guy was there but I never made eye contact with him and my face stayed very stoic. He never approached. Ha! I went to the gym working on 3.5 hours of sleep and I still managed to do 3x8 deadlifts at 125 pounds. I have no idea where the strength came from but I'm so glad it was there!!

Beeps, I've had my fill of sleepovers with my oldest daughter (she's now 21). I don't miss that at all! I'm so happy my youngest daughter (9) has a very small circle of friends. And she's not interested much in having them sleep over. Phew!

Beeps..lol..I think that is pretty good - for endurance...when it comes to lifting heavy things, you can hold your own!! :flowerforyou:

>>Coming of Zumba class high.....aaahhh...the addiction!!:drinker:

Going tonight woo hoo!! I miss my instructor though

Speaking of slightly creepy behavior...Last night I'm doing single legs squats while standing on a bench. I ended up with an audience, I get down to parallel on one leg. One brave soul even gave me a "damn girl how do you not lose balance?" I just thanks and kept it moving. Then I was doing back squats and an obvious newbie dude was staring at me the entire time, I caught him in the mirror. I'm going with "He was watching my form" and hoping he wasn't watching my *kitten*.

Oh how could I forget?! I squatted more than my BW tonight! 130 freaking lbs. I can't say it was easy, but my form felt good MOST of the time. Except for 1 rep of set # 2 where this guy stood in front of me watching me and it distracted me and made me lose form. After that though I got back in the zone and blocked him and everyone else out. It went great after that.

FINALLY I've met a performance goal of mine. Next stop: squatting with the 45 lb plates OR DLing 1.5 x BW.

Jamaica nice job

I will wish everyone good luck on the lose an inch

I went to a check out private schools fair - I wish I went to my kids soccer practice instead.

I saw a physical therapist for my jammed finger- now I have a splint for ten weeks. I hope it doesn't affect my lifting too much.

Sam he was probably checking you out but you probably looked awesome.


I received my weightlifting singlet in the mail since I have had two glasses of wine tonight I will try it on. It is fairly hideous. Stay tuned for pictures.

DNA you have to go to Ted .i hope you find a sitter . I also hope your parents feel better.

Hang in there Jo

Welcome baker-

Ok, so I have been put on new medication by my doctor for a trial so hopefully that will give me the energy to lift. My workout on Tuesday sucked because I was so tired. :explode:
I also need to remember to take my waist measurement in the morning before I start filling my belly so that I have a starting point to lose 1 inch from. At the minute its so big that it shouldn't be a problem!

DNA, you have to make it to the ted talk!! I hope something works out for you.

I never seem to get creepy people looking at me in the gym. In my old gym there was a slightly annoying guy who liked to talk for 20 minutes between sets but he did spend ages one day helping me with my form for the front squat so I can't really complain about him. Having people interrupt you during a set (or a sprint) though is very annoying. I think I would just ignore them until I was done.

Jamaican, your lifts are amazing!! My squat numbers are still really low. I don't think I'll ever make it near body weight. I'm at about half my body weight now and not progressing. Also i think my form still sucks but the trainers in my new gym are a but useless. I asked one for help with my squat and deadlift form (mainly just to let him feel like he was helping because he kept harassing me to let him do me up a prgoramme) and without even looking at me doing them he told me not to go to parallel on my squats because that would hurt my knees, and when lowering the bar on the deadlift, only to bring it just below my knees before raising it again. I told him 'thank you very much but I will continue to squat as low as I can and to deadlift from the ground'.

Baker, I am also no help on the keto question. Sorry. There is a keto group on here somewhere though so maybe you can find support there?

Today I lift!

Julie, you summed up the thread very nicely, thanks :)And great work in the BWM!
Jamaica Girl you are rocking it. How many reps did your powerhouse self bang out?
What's the good word DNA, you getting to TED?
Pm I think the singlet looks great. You picked good colors.
Dou, catch me up, what's the medication for?

I know a thing or two about exhaustion. The hypersomnia was kicking my butt today, always does during my cycle. Came home and crashed for over an hour after fighting to stay awake on the drive home. I REALLY hate these days. No lifting when I'm exhausted like this. I can lift sick, I cannot lift exhausted.

I did make it to the OBGYN for my annual. Their new fancy scale does BMI (mine is 24, whatever that really means). My weight has not changed at all really, but I made a point of pointing out I carry more muscle than average. "I may be the same scale weight but over the last 2 years I've lost 22 inches." Dr. was impressed and declared me "Perfect". Well, perfectly healthy at least Updating family medical for this year was truly depressing; however, it reminded why I try to take good care of my health, especially when asked about my children.