Where is everybody?

Good news - had my body fat % retested yesterday. Although my weight is up by 2kg, my body fat % is down. Was 18.5%, now 16.9% apparently! I am quite stunned. Hooray for the lean gains!! I know it's not completely accurate, but at least it probably means my weight gain isn't all fat. It was weird because the areas where I feel bigger are the parts that have lost the most fat from the skinfold site - so maybe I'm just 'bulkier' there now. Who knows. Anyway, goal achieved. Thinking about what next.....

Bad news - rested 2 weeks from combat and did half hour yesterday. Woke up with bad ankle. FFS.

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Its cold. I'm considering hibernation.


Damn I just wanna eat everything in sight but I'm not actually hungry. Time to get up off my backside and get back into the studio. At least it's kinda sorta warm-ish up there.

I'll take my coffee strong and black today, just a hint y'know...

Oh my god, me too. How cold is it for you? Surely I'm colder here in SA. It was 4 degrees this morning... wtf?!

Tonight I jogged in a 5k. Woot!! It was interesting though I went way too early. I wasn't sure with traffic, parking, check-in and such, so I went early and spent hours wandering around in the city. Also was not sure where anything was happening or the start line. There was music playing from some radio station dj thing so couldn't understand what the drag queen said when instructions happened once got to the waiting point for things to begin. I kind of wish I knew someone there and wasn't alone. Hard pinning number to self and getting glow sticks to cooperate. But fun overall. So much neon, glowsticks and rainbows since it was a Neon Glow run for Pride. I did jog the whole way, which was a nice path along the river. My number was 200 but I'm pretty sure I wasn't that number in reaching the end. It wasn't time or anything but I did it and that's what counts. Now I can say I've done a 5k.

Dawn, that is awesome!!

Jo, I'm a bloody sook lol I moved from NSW to Qld to get warmer, and I've acclimatised
I don't think we've gotten below 9'C. The parents have been getting down to 0'C a couple of times - lots of frost there at the moment. And of course I'm happily sending my kids there in a couple of weeks during the holidays LOL

I keep seeing Cairns with temps of 27'C and Darwin with 30+ and I'm like... hmmm.... possibilities.... lol

Meanwhile we found a property in Tasmania that if we had the money, we'd gladly sell up and move. We're complicated like that rofl


My body is going "Woot! Rest week!" and my brain is like "but, but..." lol

Had an impromptu dinner with friends last night. I bought a pork roast on a whim (supermarket special) and started cooking it and the husband range friends and they came over with their two kids. Good food (the crackling actually worked!!), good wine (cider for me lol), and good conversation. We both made raw desserts lol I made my avocado mousse pie and she made a lemon slice - sooooo yummy! Hugely calorific, but zero cares given lol

Sunday morning hangover time here lol I'm just tired but the husband isn't feeling too good I think church will not be happening this morning

Even though my quads were a tad sore from last night's run, I went to the gym after getting called into work on my day off. It was a short shift though, just under 4 hours. Spent around an hour and a half lifting and I miss having my earrbuds. Still letting the ears get a break from them though, so suffered the random discussions overheard at the gym.

Stage 5 - B2

low bar squat 3x5 @ 110 - warm ups, okay but always feels heavy above 100

romanian deadlift/bent over row 4x4 @ 80 - okay but heavy for rows still

goblet squat 4x4 @ 40 - not bad, might try 45 next time
wide lat pull down 4x4 @ 80 - still heavy

back extension 4x4 @ 25 - challenge but not bad

YTWL 4x4 @ 7.5 - meh as always

leg press 3x8 @ 180 - still heavy for me

deadlift 1x5 @ 185 - so heavy, almost couldn't do 5th rep. Need to really work on these if going to increase to 225.

good morning 3x10 @ 50 - fine as usual

hip thrust 3x10 @ 40 - went lighter, still awkward, might try regular bar next time

Tomorrow is a usual work day and I have an online thing to get done by the end of the 15th, so good thing tomorrow is rest day. Think I will skip jogging on Monday too. So next will be Tuesday's day A. Four more to go in Stage 5 and I have the book again, so can get notes ready for Stage 7.

The end of the school year is always crazy.

I lifted today mostly because my body was starting to feel mushy.
And I've decided that if I am going to lose my mind I might as well look good.
Supposedly my brain should start to be better. I have cognitive dysfunction from depression- my mood is better I just can't think.
Currently it is pathetic.i understand dementia now-my memory is terrible and there are times when people are talking and I can't understand what they are saying. Then I get kind of angry- almost blaming them.
I have ordered Strong Curves. I think starting a new program will help to get my rear in gear.(pun intended)

@Julieboolieaz - Welcome back. Awesome picture. Sounds like you had a great time and did vacation right, enjoying the time and food. Snorkeling sounds interesting.

Rest day for me. I figured since I did the 5k friday, I could skip the cardio session today. Plus my legs were sore yesterday and a tad bit today after the run and saturday's lifting session. Will go to the gym tomorrow after work to do A3. And I looked over stage 7 but still need to write it down in my notebook. It looks interesting.

Got to the gym tonight. Got my DL back up to 120. I think by the end of S&P 1 I should have the big girl 45s back on there.

Julie I like your picture.

Just a short workout today.

Pudding what is a dieter?

Another busy Tuesday night in the gym. Even at 11 pm a fair amount of people were lifting . I don't like it cause I couldn't warm up with squats yet again but oh well. Also makes set up around the dumbbell locations a struggle at times to stay out of everyone's way but got things done. Hoping next A day, Saturday, to increase on some weights and warm up a little better as it's not so busy those nights.

Stage 5 - A3

one arm db snatch 4x4 @ 35 - heavy still

db one leg romanian deadlift 4x4 @ 30 - struggle on a couple reps but okayish
bar bent over row 4x4 @ 80 - still feels heavy, but i might try 85 next time

db one arm overhead squat 4x4 @ 12.5/25 - fine and will increase next time
db incline bench 4x4 @ 27.5 - wanted to increase but 30's were off somewhere else so kept it this time

reverse wood chop 4x4 @ 50 - different one than last time, used the one that was set up for what I needed

high bar squats 3x5 @ 135 - okay but will repeat

clean 3x5 @ the bar. I tried these cause I would like to 1. put the weighted bars back and I can't clean 80 yet (tried and it was so bad), 2. power clean looks like an interesting lift that I kind of wanted to learn. However, I don't think power clean is in my future. When I clean, my elbows stay down near my side. Still can't hold bar and have elbows out and not sure there is enough mobility to fix it. Will have to consider things on that one, but might still practice cleans. Now to get a little sleep before cardio time.

Dietbet is a website that runs games you can pay to participate in, and lose weight for money. They do short one month jumpstart ones (lose 4% of your starting weight) and six month-long Transformer ones (lose 10% of your starting weight). I started Feb. 17 and mine ends Aug. 17. The Transformers are obviously a bigger pot in the end because it's $25 a month, for six months, and as those six months go on many people drop out. I have won back over $50 so far in the first three months/rounds. In total I am only 4 pounds away from my final round 6 10% goal. Totally doable!