Wow Dawn!!!

Dna - I have one 'fat pic' in my profile pics but not sure how to post still (I know.... epically useless!)
No recent pics either.... prob have some fat to lose before I'd look any different tbh.

Working lots but have done a workout every day this week. Nothing amazing, just working on form and 'showing up'. Motivation is low but that's due to other life stressors. It's ok. Progress is not stalled, I'm just not super excited.

Is anyone else thinking of buying the new book from NROL? Comes out soon. Called STRONG I think. Wondering if it will be much good for someone who has been lifting for a few years..... any thoughts?

Thanks everyone.

Jo - What helped on mine so they weren't gigantic was I used tinypic.com. When you add the image to that site, you can pick a size. I used the website/email one for that but the forum one is also decent, bigger but still not take up the whole page big like just posting direct on the site (I don't use the phone app for posting anything). However, to add my dress picture to my profile, I have to resize it on my computer first because my cell phone has the image files too big for many sites like this one.

Today was upper power and before work gym time. I still have freight to do at work. Did okay and saw a couple things I need to post in another thread. For now, the work out:

9 - Upper Power

bench press 3x4 @ 95 - challenging but okay
db incline bench 3x9 @ 30 - felt heavy but managed
bent row 4x4 @ 95 - still heavy and couldn't get the fifth reps to be decent
lat pull 3x8 @ 70 - not bad
OHP 3x5 @ 70 - tad better than last time
bar curl 4x10 @ 30 - meh, probably can try 40 next time or maybe the ez curl bar
skullcrusher 3x10 @ ez curl bar - tad better, maybe will add the 2.5 plates next time

Now to figure out lunch and food for work.

Good on you Dawn, hate the rain but sometimes it can be a blessing during an otherwise sweaty run!

Rest day for me today - hurrah! I have lifted x 3 and combat x 2 already this week. This rarely happens before the weekend and my body is tired. I was concerned Thurs combat would affect my upper body lifts yesterday as was quite stiff but ALL my lifts went up either reps or weight. Very exciting. And on Thursday, one of my new combat instructors (who is awesome) said she'd seen me workout in the gym and called me a 'beast'. One of the few occasions that can be taken as a compliment hahahaha - feeling good. My new gym has more women that workout than my old one, it's good to see but sometimes intimidating. Always good to have some fresh motivation though. One of the PT's just won 1st place in a national figure comp last weekend too - hoping to line her up for a PT session at some point!!

Have a great weekend ladies

Leg day for me today.... after a crazy hectic shift at work.... motivation was low but once I started, all good. Had pretty much 2 days off this weekend, just a walk yesterday. Seemed to have helped as all reps achieved and increased on 3 out of 4 exercises.

Tired now though!

It's odd how many of us seem to be at a low point lately. Me included.

Stay strong everyone... physically and mentally. Look after yourselves. Workouts are hard when there is a lack of enthusiasm/ motivation. I've found that by sticking to my workout plans however, that it can give me some feeling of control and strength over my life. Lately my endorphin rush has been missing, not sure why. Wish it would come back though, it motivates my day!

I'm back. I lifted today - not awesome, but good enough, and that's the main thing

Had a chat to the husband last night and I feel a little better. I also just opened Word and wrote and wrote and wrote.... sometimes a bit of verbal diarrhea is what's needed, and a listening ear

My brain is still being stupid, but less so. I'm working my way slowly through my to do list for the day and I don't feel like shoving chocolate down my throat - which is probably a good thing as all I have left is half a block of Lindt dark 80% cooking chocolate (which is lactose free, and I love, but I also need to bake with it occasionally lol).



I'm going to go read through some of the lovely notes my customers write me and remember the nice conversations I have with the post office peeps at least three times a week (I should probably live there lol) and remind myself I've worked hard to get to where I am and I do deserve it. My husband, the kids and I deserve the lifestyle we've worked long hours and many years for and are still working towards (end goal is moving away from the city with a passive income of some sort so we can focus on stuff we really love and let the kids have a little more freedom). It's not the same as everyone else, and that's okay. If someone wants to try and tear us down for that, then that says a lot more about them then us. We're a family and we matter to each other and that's all that's important.


And that was a little more wordy than I was expecting. I'm obviously still processing stuff


Go forth and lift stuff (whether heavy or 'light'), move those awesome bodies and be glorious.

Live your life the best way you can, in the way that is all about you and the ones you hold most dear. And don't let anyone try to take that away from you

Thursday morning lifting. Not too bad though the squat rack and power cage were both in use when I got there. I did warm up over in the deadlift spot while waiting for one to open up but the guy was nice and let me know when he was finished. I added some good mornings since I had the time, first in warm up then since I'd done a set figured I'd do a couple more after squats as the rack had become open after my first set on that. I did forget my notebook so had to use google sheets on my phone to keep track. Not bad overall and soon I can get ready for work.

12 - Lower Hyper

good morning and front squat warm up with 55
front squats 3x10 @ 75 - not bad, just slight ache in wrists
good morning 2x10 @ 65 - I like these and might do them in warmups at times
barbell lunges 3x10 @ 55 - same weight from before, eh lunges
leg extension 4x10 @ 70 - okay here though tad heavy by end
leg curl 4x10 @ 60 - same, not bad
seated calf 4x10 @ 70 plus two extra weights - eh, calves

That is it. Next up is freight.

Ok, I dunno if this pic will work but here goes.... I am posting this because it makes me feel better about last years' shorts no longer fitting my much bigger butt This is me yesterday

Jeepers I'm on a roll..... here is one last pic - me being 'skinny fat' about 4 years ago (with the youngest child)