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@hcdo you sound like my twin! Well, except for the running part. I run away from running. LOL. I'm in Houston, so I understand the heat issue. I commuted by bike all through last summer, but we were lucky as the heat index didn't get much above 105. It was a cool summer.

@dcresider- did I read that correctly? The Violent Femmes?!?! Have loved them since the 80s! Lucky girl!! Think I still have their cassettes.

@modmom1- the legs aren't so bad today but they were heavy during my run. That's the thing about running though- you either feel like Paula Radcliffe or you are wondering who tied cement shoes to your feet.

Today was arms- biceps and triceps and the dreaded abs... my weakness. Hate working on them. It hurts (waaaaah) and I seem to improve very slowly. Although I am able to do 3 sets of 10 pike sit ups now which was a dream a couple of months ago. Still no washboard showing up though
Ended it with a 30 minute HIIT run on the TM. No more running outside as we saw a black cougar today. This is a picture of its footprint

Aaack!
Sunglasses are for scale! They weren't spit out!

A black cougar @60to35??!! Ack!!!

For the abs, I've started using ankle weights and man does it really work those hard lower abs when doing exercises like pike, starfish, mountain climbers, hollow body, etc.

@kar328

Wow! Awesome results. Glad you know for certain it's working.I have thought about doing the bod pod. What does it entail? I think I may be the small %age of the population the BMI charts don't work for: short, muscular, large frame. I'm less than 10 lbs away from normal range and it still says the same as when I was 55 lbs away.

Would love to know for sure as it really irks me sometimes!! Unless of course I'm doing it completely wrong. LOL

Welcome! Hoping we get own group, too.

megemrj wrote: »

@kar328

Wow! Awesome results. Glad you know for certain it's working.I have thought about doing the bod pod. What does it entail?

Welcome! Hoping we get own group, too.

It involves no food or exercise for the two hours before the test. You have to wear either a bathing suit, or compression shorts and a sports bra, as well as a swim cap - the idea being you want no air pockets on your body to mess up the measurements. All jewelry off as well. I left mine off at home, but didn't take the Fitbit off till I hopped in First you get weighed on their scale (I weighed at home before I left, in the same outfit, minus the cap and was happy to see my own scale is within tenths of a pound of theirs). You sit in the pod - and they close the door for 45 seconds, open it, do it again and if this is your first time, then do it one more time while you breathe in and out of a tube (holding your nose closed) as you follow the in/out instructions on the computer screen. Then you're done and get a printout of the results and go over them. As someone mildly claustrophobic, it was really easy and I didn't even close my eyes. I chatted with the woman about how close to maintenance I was and was looking for a final weight goal, so she then also plotted out two different weights and how the body fat numbers would correlate, one being 9 lbs and one 12 lbs away. It even accounts for the amount of muscle you'd lose, while losing fat, in my case she used a 10 % loss.

I took the results to my dietician who thinks that since I'm an "athelete" (still find it weird that she calls me that) I would end up losing 5% instead and we settled on a number. And I'll do the test again when I get to it.

60to35 wrote: »

@dcresider- did I read that correctly? The Violent Femmes?!?! Have loved them since the 80s! Lucky girl!! Think I still have their cassettes.

@modmom1- the legs aren't so bad today but they were heavy during my run. That's the thing about running though- you either feel like Paula Radcliffe or you are wondering who tied cement shoes to your feet.

Today was arms- biceps and triceps and the dreaded abs... my weakness. Hate working on them. It hurts (waaaaah) and I seem to improve very slowly. Although I am able to do 3 sets of 10 pike sit ups now which was a dream a couple of months ago. Still no washboard showing up though
Ended it with a 30 minute HIIT run on the TM. No more running outside as we saw a black cougar today. This is a picture of its footprint

Aaack!
Sunglasses are for scale! They weren't spit out!

@60to35 - I wish I still had my cassettes but hubby made me throw them away and replace them with CDs which are now useless. LOL!

@kar328- I am laughing right now because I read your first post as "I am down to 103" instead of "I am down 103". I was thinking, "and they want her down another 10- to 93?!?!" That's harsh, regardless of height! Then I re-read it and realized that's how rumours get started! Anyways, superb job on the 103. Truly an awesome task.

I think I was 103 lbs once. At the age of 10.

Welcome @hcdo, @vegasfit, @kar328

Thanks! Glad I had some free time at work and was able to find log on here rather than trying to socialize with the coworkers. I'd love to be part of the group.

Kar328 - wow! What a fantastic transformation. I have considered getting my body fat tested. I just don't know if I would want to pay for it out of my own pocket! I am thinking of adding it to my Christmas wishlist.[\quote]

This was $85, which was the highest I've seen listed. I was reading the forums and some other sites that mostly said $25-$45. To me it was worth it and it's probably something I'll do once a year after I hit my goal. I also get my Resting Metabolic Rate tested yearly, last year's numbers showed me that I lost too much muscle mass doing cardio and the dietician told me to start lifting and recommended one of the trainers (my gym is a wellness center).