Pmag-sorry about the fight with dh. Mine is a spender and we often disagree on that too. Glad work and your kids schooling is going well though!

manic, congrats on getting back into it. I know the pain of gaining back weight. I just can't seem to stop the scale moving in the wrong direction. I have completely lost my will power when it comes to eating.

Julie, congrats on finishing stage 4. What is a pumpkin patch? we don't have them here.

barbell, your weights are amazing! I am in awe.

Ali, I love love love that story about the boys. I am such a feminist so i think its great teaching them that women are not weak and need to be protected by big strong men. And it is also cute!

JL, I really like that idea of taking time off every two months. I think I will try something like that. It might help me to stay on track if I know that I will have a week off from logging in the future. I'm fairly certain I would gain more than a pound though!

Jo, I hope you managed to get some rest and that your uncle is ok. Sounds like an exhausting day both emotionally and physically.

ok I have lost track of who said what now. Regarding the YTWL's, I hated them because they made me feel so weak. But I loved them because I really felt that they were working my shoulders and back.

Who was talking about going back to study to be a nutritionist? people have been shouting at me lately because I have been saying that that is what I would like to do. But I have spent the last 10 years training to do something else and I couldn't face any more studying so it is never going to happen. I think it would be so interesting though.

Had a big blow out on wine and cheese yesterday. And peanut butter ice cream. But that's ok. I rarely do that. I'm not working out today - am going to spend time with my boys before I leave tomoz. And visit Dad who is missing Mum. Got to pack too.

Will do combat before I leave tomorrow, then can work out while I'm away. Hoping to have more opportunity seeing as it'll just be me idling away the time! Will check in with you girls regularly.

BTW, how do we add pics? Can we do it from iphones yet? Or does it have to be on the computer?

So I'm glad the week is over.

Beeps nice job with your nutrition.

I've been pretty focused on strength/power but diabetes is in my genes so I will need to stop eating cake!!

Bb cowgirl you always impress me.

So no lifting today but I biked to work.
Soccer is canceled again so we have time for Heavy Lifting- at a pumpkin patch.

Nutrition is important for everyone-- but I wish I could just pay some money and test out.

Lately I am on a rant about people needing expert help for something they know. Like if you have breast fed four babies for a year each, you can teach someone to breast feed.

Rant over- family is good and I am cuddling dd while watching how to train your dragon= awesome end to the week

cowgirl, good job on those hip thrusts! I'm at 215 on the regular ones as of 2 weeks ago but I'm taking a little break from thrusting. Only because I need to reduce my gym sessions for a couple of weeks. Have a lot on my plate. So no thrusting and no complexes.

manic, don't worry about what you can't change. Just keep going, you're doing great.

beeps, congrats on getting that scale moving in the right direction. I need to do the same.

Remember how I said I'm up only 0.8 lbs since starting this diet break? Well as of this morning I'm up almost 2 lbs! The last 2 days I went on a fast food binge. Fast food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And no healthy choices at all.

So tomorrow begins a new week and a recommitment to getting all this fat off. I am going to be trying to get 30% of my cals from protein. I also need to work on getting in some sort of activity every single day. It can, will and must be done. No excuses.

Oh my gosh everyone is so busy. I don't think I could possibly comment on everyone's posts. Sorry, I'm a sucky friend. I'm not even getting on here every day like I used to. I got in two lifts and a zumba class this week, that has to be good enough for me. Happy lifting ladies.

Hiiiiiiii!!!! I'm back you guys and definitely missed you! These new forums completely confused me. I spend a great deal of time looking for part 20 of this thread and then being mind blown when I finally opened this page up to see 300+ pages. And all the good emojis are gone! How will I give you guys flowers for a job well done? I'm so behind on everything that's happening in this thread that I couldn't possibly comment on everything but the way you ladies stay busy is astounding to me! Kids and husbands and doctorates (well done Dr. Dou!) and wedding planning and homeschooling and rocking hot dresses at family functions (I'm looking at you beeps). You guys are heroes! I'd been working out sporadically but am finally back on the band wagon. I have spent the last few months losing weight consistently but eating horribly. I had frosted flakes for dinner every night to celebrate the fact that I was single-because I didn't have to cook if I didn't want to anymore get it? Anyways I realized that I can lift and eat horribly and lose weight and not get the body I want or I can start focusing on getting close to my macros again lift keep losing and get the body I want. So last week or maybe the week before I cleaned up my diet and started eating better. I like how I feel so far. I stay fuller longer, have more energy, and my lifts were definitely better this week.
+ I've also started dating again which means eating out more or dating a guy who works out religiously and is able to eat 3000 calories in a day and maintain some semblance of a six pack and tricks you into thinking you can eat like him too. I realized he was lying after realizing that I had gained back the last four pounds I had lost. I have thankfully shed all those pounds and have also shed him since he understood macros but nothing about being a mature adult. So I'm back on track and switching up my workouts. Next week is my last week doing NROLFW and I was debating between doing NROL Supercharged or doing starting strength. I'm leaning towards supercharged since that seems to have more variety than starting strength. Starting Strengths workouts are shorter but they're the same things over and over and I don't think I can deal with that. For those of you doing Supercharged how do you like it? How does it compare to NROLFW? Do you think Supercharged is harder? Has given you better results?
+ I added sprints into my work outs too. Instead of doing the BWM or anything that comes at the end of these stupid workouts I just run sprints every other day. Takes about 15 minutes and leaves me feeling like I've been working out for the past hour. I honestly think they're the reason why I lost the weight so fast. Anyways have a great weekend ladies!

Hello welcome back red
I had a good session this am so the rest is working.
I benched 75, squatted 145 (form was terrible though) and dld 140. I wish my hip thrust was like bb but it is not my focus.
I might have to cut next month though- I will ask my trainer . I am up to 112 today.

Hi everyone. I'm thinking about starting New Rules and I wanted your opinion. I belong to the Y and I am part of a bootcamp program that meets for 30 minutes 3 days a week. I love my bootcamp group and don't want to give them up. It's a strong group that really supports one another. At bootcamp, we do quite a bit of running with weighted or body weight exercises mixed in.

I was thinking I could add New Rules 2 days a week so I wouldn't burn myseslf out. I realize it would take longer to complete the program, but the point is to improve not finish as quickly as possible.

Thoughts? Would I still get the results?