Sam-that's wonderful about your mom! And Zumba too!

DNA-at least your body remembers doing handstand push-ups...i think my body would think I've taken leave of my senses if I tried such a thing!

BWM-it's 24 squats, then 12x2 lunges, then 12x2 jump lunges, then 24 jump squats...as fast as you can! The you rest twice that time, and do it all again, hopefully faster! it's tough! But effective

Ali- maybe we could do SL together but still post here? I like you guys!

Beeps-boom! Good for you!!

We're trying to plan a vacation for next year too. Dh wants to do Europe, which would be lovely, but not in the budget . Leaning toward a Caribbean cruise-which are more reasonable and would still be a blast!

SL with added weight on the Oly bar went well today....still went deep on the squat...I have to keep looking in the mirror, and readjusting form.....

What is all this crazy talk about handstand push-ups?!
Y'all are hardcore! I could do them when I was in high school. But now I can only do a few.
Pudding, I can't do the push-ups and rows either.

I can't reply to you all, but keep up the great work!
The kids have been sick this week, so we are completely out of routine. I think I can still get my workouts in now that they're better.

Ok ladies, this is going to be pretty long. I'm including a TL;DR at the end so feel free to head there directly.

I've come to the really hard decision that I am going to take a break from trying to lose weight, and attempt to maintain for the next month and a half. I rented my wedding dress a few months ago and it fit nicely. Tried it on recently and its a little big now (even after adjustments). If I continue to lose weight, its not going to look good on me at all. And I LOVE the dress so I really don't want to have to find another one. I feel really bad that I have to stop now. That's going to be like 1 1/2 month of 0 progress . The thought actually made me depressed for a few days. But I've since come to accept it.

Another bad development, it seems I'm developing arthritis. My mom has RA and I always figured I'd get it too (although I really hoped I wouldn't), but I didn't know it would happen this soon! Yesterday I had to fight through the pain to do my push ups (my wrist hurts). I'm sitting here bawling my eyes out because I'm thinking of being a cripple for the rest of my life (I don't want to live on prescription drugs whose risks outweigh the benefits in this case). I know I need to see a doctor to be diagnosed, but I'm afraid to have it confirmed.

My left knee hurts. I videod my squat and realize that my knees go way over my toes. I tried squatting just the bar but same result. I've since come to the conclusion (and I could be wrong) that my core is weak. I'm therefore going to start spending some more time working on it.

This is my last week of Hypertrophy III. Which means I start Strength and Power I next week. For the first time since starting Supercharged, I am not looking forward to starting a new phase. Just too many things going on with me right now. It's hard to look forward to anything.

TL;DR version:
I'm eating at maintenance for a couple months.
I may have RA.
My knee hurts.
My squat form sucks.
I'm sad.

I hope everyone is doing better than me

PS. I saw the video of dna's handstand pushups. Totally badass! Never in a million years could I do those.

Everyone sounds like they're doing well!!

Jamaica-:hugs: sorry yours sad . But, your dress is getting too big? That's encouraging!! Plus, eating at maintenance will be good for your metabolism!! I hope you'll see a dr for the RA. Hopefully it's not that. But I guess with your mom you know a lot about it and how to treat it? They diagnosed my 14y.o. Dd with jra last year, incorrectly. But I researched the heck out of it and learned a lot! Diet can really impact it. Hang in there! Wedding is coming! You'd better post pics!,

Ali-bruising? Gah! Hope they heal quickly! Enjoy your day home tomorrow. Beautiful weather bonus!!

There's a video of DNA doing handstand push-ups? How'd I miss that?

Love-I hope to start 6 with you on Monday!! I'll be doing slightly lighter weights than you...

Bb-Glad your little ones are better! Enjoy your workout!

Jo-that's great!! Makes the whole day better!! WTG!!!

I'm doing well. Rest day today. Both my dd's play competitive volleyball. Sat. Is tryouts for the younger one, next sat. Is tryouts for the older one. In between there are 3 evaluations at the gym for them...translation-my schedule is full of volleyball mom running. $$!! Too! But, I'm hopeful they'll both make teams at the same club and that may make practice nights easier? We shall see...they're new to this club and apparently everyone else has figured out that it's a great club. Too much competition will make it tough on my girls. We'll see. Looking for backup plans now...just in case .

Jamaicanlady-- you are going to look beautiful. If your wrists hurt for push-ups change your grip. There are variations where you hold a block in each hand or do knuckle push-ups instead.

I had a busy week but my lifting was fun today. I keep failing dls at 165. I think I need a shorter warmup. My shoulder is still sore but dls and even some rows were ok.

Beeps I wish I could sleep - I ve had some insomnia lately.

LOL I'm whipping through quickly to pop in a link to my Instagram with a video of my handstand pushups I did today - terrible video, but you get that when you entrust the child with the iPhone

http://instagram.com/teenytinyfitnessfreak

Bedtime soon for me!

Jo where or what do you want to be????

So, not much progress visible in the pics from stage 5. But, inches are encouraging.

Chest: 33"-->32.5"
Waist: 29.5"-->29.5"
Belly button: 35.5"-->34"!!! Yay!
Hips: 40"--> 38"!!!! Yay!!

My legs feel tighter, but still plenty of fat to burn through there. Lower belly much improved! Definitely don't feel like stage 3 or 5 made a huge visible impact. But in sure it improved my imbalances and combed with CN I'm getting leaner.

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Oh, and here is my progress pic from before NROLFW and after stage 4 (this morning)

This is crazy amazing!!!!!!