Over here !!!
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Thanks Lisa1
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Mon- chest✔
Tues- legs✔
Wed- arms
Thurs-cardio/abs
Fri- rest
Sat- back
Sun- shoulders1 -
Thank you all;)
@KristinaMTL its a new week;) i was with you in the eating junkfood. It was so yummy but its time to put that behind us. Having the sun out is a nice motivator. Ive been outside a lot lately;) even the hoards of black flies aren't keeping me away.1 -
HFM Training - Week 14
Sunday - rest
Monday - 6 km steady run
Tuesday - 6 km fartlek (always feels like am writing a bad word)
Wednesday - 15 km long run
Thursday - rest
Friday - 8 km steady run
Saturday - rest
Had two great runs Monday and yesterday, but then smack/boom, a nasty one today. I hit a wall and have to admit it, I cried when I had to cut my long run short at 15 km (it was supposed to be 18 km). I had the morning off, waited to almost midday to start, and only realized after I started that it was pretty hot out and no shade at all. Not sure what happened but think that I overheated and my back started hurting a lot, after having no pain on my recent runs. Just feel destroyed and filled with self doubt.
So please bear with me as I post this gratitude list to dig myself out of this new hole. I am grateful for this experience as I learned to be mindful of tempature and pace, and to listen to my body. I am grateful that I was able to run 15 km, in my nice new shoes and on a beautiful day. I am grateful that this happened now and it will help me have coping tools for my upcoming race. I am grateful that I have a few more weeks to train and work on my back. I am grateful that I am part of this supportive group. I am grateful that I live close to a great bakery where I can pick up dinner tonight for my family to give myself a break from cooking. I am grateful for a hot shower and the foot massager that I bought last month! I am grateful for my running as it has given me so much.
Ok, done for today!
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Mon- chest✔
Tues- legs✔
Wed- arms✔
Thurs-cardio/abs✔
Fri- rest
Sat- back
Sun- shoulders
I really haven't been feeling it this week but I'm pushing thru and pressing play.1 -
So please bear with me as I post this gratitude list to dig myself out of this new hole. I am grateful for this experience as I learned to be mindful of tempature and pace, and to listen to my body. I am grateful that I was able to run 15 km, in my nice new shoes and on a beautiful day. I am grateful that this happened now and it will help me have coping tools for my upcoming race. I am grateful that I have a few more weeks to train and work on my back. I am grateful that I am part of this supportive group. I am grateful that I live close to a great bakery where I can pick up dinner tonight for my family to give myself a break from cooking. I am grateful for a hot shower and the foot massager that I bought last month! I am grateful for my running as it has given me so much.
Ok, done for today!
I LOVE THIS!!
You are so right! We must remind ourselves often of all that we have to be grateful for. This was just what I needed to read this morning. Thank you!!1 -
@KrystinaMTL
You know what I will say to you because I have already but once again, Dont be so hard on yourself. You will get back there. Nothing has changed. You are still committed to your goals and this was just a small speed bump in the big scheme of things. Sometimes we need that reset to shake us up and help us move ahead. You have made some real progress in recent months and you know it. Don’t let this last week make you forget that. Let me remind you...YOU ARE A ROCKSTAR!! YOU ARE FREAKING AWESOME! AMAZING! INSPIRING!!
I honestly couldn’t keep this up without you.
We are all here for you and if ever you need reminding of how great you are and how far you have come, we will happily tell you.2 -
I am ready to hit the reset button and make a plan for myself next week. I got a really good workout in today. It is amazing how much that helps the get more motivation. I have to do something totally different right now. This weekend will be busy for me so hopefully I can get a workout or 2 in.
Monday: Step aerobics /Abs Buns Thighs
Tuesday: Elliptical or run 45 min - arms
Wednesday:Step aerobics/ Abs Buns Thighs
Thursday: Elliptical or run 45 min -stretch
Friday: off
Saturday: Step aerobics/ Abs Buns Thighs
Sunday: ?
Why is it so dang hard to get motivated again?
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Hi everyone,
Will record my exercise in a post later today. Just wanted to address everyone re the motivation issues many of us have been experiencing.
Thanks Bianca for your tremendous honesty, postitivy and support, it really helps all of us! Krystina, you are never a Debbie Downer and you never have to be embarrassed about anything! So you ate some junk food (I would live on it if I could)! You already are a great success!! You too Jamie and Jenny!!
None of us seem to be feeling it right now, and I am seeing it all over the MFP community. We all have different reasons. We are very far away from January, and the postivie energy of the new year. Maybe we feel we are not where we thought we would be. Maybe we are downright tired and stressed as life happens in spite of our plans. Maybe health issues are getting in the way. Maybe we are bored with what we are doing and need a change, but can’t figure it out. The warm weather is here and that is great, but we are moving into a more bodycon time where we cannot hide behind sweaters, coats etc. Maybe we feel like we are trying and trying and it just is going nowhere. It just seems so effortless for some people to be at their ideal weight, to be skinny. Why do others have to work so hard? It can be hard not to feel resentful.
As a fluctuator, this is a dangerous time for me. I am almost halfway to goal and in my past two attempts, this is where I give up. But, this is the time to dig deep and remind myself that it is a mental game, just as much as it is calorie counting and exercise. I need to look at why I give up. A big part for me is feeling like I just will never be successful so why bother. Another big part is feeling resentful that I have to make this effort at all. But if I go deeper, these reasons just do not hold water. I know that I can be successful because I already lost 18 lbs. And so what if I have to work hard to lose weight?! I have worked hard for many things, most of the best things in my life. If I am really honest, the good far outweighs the bad, so why waste time being resentful?
The mental stuff is hard, but it is ok to take a pause to regather our thoughts, and reset if we need to. It is ok to fall because each of us can (and will) get back up again. That is what being fierce is all about!
One more thing, I give myself permission to make myself a priority and to welcome and enjoy great things into my life! I deserve it, & we all deserve it!!
A big hug to everyone!!
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Wow Lisa.
What can I add other than: Damn right, girl.
You said it all.
Like I said to Bianca yesterday in a side email : This journey is the hardest thing I have ever ever ever done.
After I posted here on the 7th I continued my binging for another 2 days. Only on wednesday afternoon did I FINALLY get the courage to go and workout in an attempt to turn things around. I swear, it's like trying to push a school bus to make a 180 degree turn with only my mind and my entire body to do it. And so I did, as Jamie said, it's the working out that makes the difference for me. Amazingly. (Why am I still amazing at realizing the same thing seem to forget every friggen single time, don't ask). It's like if I worked out, I wanna the right stuff to fuel my body the right way and therefore I feel good and want to repeat it. If I don't work out.... ohhh.... that whole domino effect happens, in the negative. I know you all know what I'm talking about.
So the thing for me seems to be: Just go workout girl. Things will be better after your workout. Every single time.
SO this takes me to Day 3 of my being back "on track" type-a-thing.
I don't feel like Wonder Woman but I don't feel like a huge pile of crap like i did 3 days agao either so I guess that is something to be grateful for to add to Lisa's list.
Here is my plan for the rest of the week.
I call it Week 6-Take 2- Monday: Binge and feel sorry for yourself
- Tuesday: Binge and feel sorry for yourself
- Wednesday: Bulk Chest+Bulk Legs and see the difference working out can truly make on your morale
- Thursday: Bulk Arms + 50 minutes on the treadmill
- Friday after work: (bike to work and back) + Bulk Back
- Saturday after work: (bike to work and back) + Bulk Shoulders
- Sunday after work: (bike to work and back) Beast Abs + Treadmill (or Beast Cardio)
I haven't weighed in as I know I'm up and I sure don,t need the scale to tell me the actual number. I just don't have the heart to see it. I vowed to Bianca that I'll step back on it a week after my period which is coming in the next week and take it from there with the daily weigh ins again.
No need to beat myself up about a number that will only discourage me and make me regret these last 7 days even more. I don't need that.
Trying to take Bianca's and Lisa's words of wisdom and be kinder to myself and not judge myself so harshly but that is still something I need to work on...
All I have is today, is right now and the choices in front of me.
Let's just keep going. Even though it's not the bestest of times for anybody right now, let's just keep on going... together.
I love you guys
K
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- Monday: Binge and feel sorry for yourself
- Tuesday: Binge and feel sorry for yourself
- Wednesday: Bulk Chest+Bulk Legs and see the difference working out can truly make on your morale
- Thursday: Bulk Arms + 50 minutes on the treadmill
- Friday after work: (bike to work and back) + Bulk Back
- Saturday after work: (bike to work and back) + Bulk Shoulders
- Sunday after work: (bike to work and back) Beast Abs + Treadmill (or Beast Cardio)
Ate a bit more than I needed last night but still a good Day 3.
Day 4 at work all day and the hitting the shoulders !
Thank God for the Beast and the Bulk Series which I really do like !
Have a great weekend ladies !
And a very Happy Mother's Day to all of you !!!!!!!!!!!!
Your children are so lucky to have some seriously Fierce and Strong Determined Woman as Mothers, to show them what a Real Woman looks like.
Be proud ! Savor the moments ...
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- Monday: Binge and feel sorry for yourself
- Tuesday: Binge and feel sorry for yourself
- Wednesday: Bulk Chest+Bulk Legs and see the difference working out can truly make on your morale
- Thursday: Bulk Arms + 50 minutes on the treadmill
- Friday after work: (bike to work and back) + Bulk Back
- Saturday after work: (bike to work and back) + Bulk Shoulders
- Sunday after work: (bike to work and back) Beast Abs + Treadmill (or Beast Cardio)
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Can't say the food intake is where it should be but it isn't where it was last week either so I choose to see the glass half full as opposed to half empty.
Right girls ?
I'm learning....
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Mon- chest✔
Tues- legs✔
Wed- arms✔
Thurs-cardio/abs✔
Fri- rest
Sat- back
Sun- shoulders✔
I never got in my back workout. So I will start with that today. Thank you all for the encouraging words in this group. My motivation has been nonexistent. I got a nice nsv last night at work. I was taking a gentleman's vitals and he grabbed on to my upper arm. Then kept squeezing and then said wow you've got some muscle. It made my night;)3 -
Monday- back
Tuesday- chest
Wednesday-legs
Thursday- arms and I'm gonna try for cardio/abs to catch up
Friday- back
Sat- shoulders
Sun-rest2 -
HFM Training - Week 15
Sunday - Rest
Monday - 18 km long run
Tuesday - Rest
Wednesday - 8 km steady run
Thursday - 6 km steady run
Friday - 4 km fartlek run
Saturday - rest
Well I took I long rest last week, meditated and it just took the pressure off. Still, I was a bit nervous to run today, but I made it!! I put on a good audiobook & went very slowly. Only 3 more weeks including this one and one of those weeks will be a taper week with just a few runs.
Jenny, I love your NSV!! Krystina, you are doing great & thanks for the Mother’s Day wishes! Hope that you all had a great weekend!!4 -
Monday- back✔ and chest✔ I was feeling productive so I got both in today since I was asked to work Thursday now.
Tuesday- legs
Wednesday-arms
Thursday- cardio/abs
Friday- back
Sat- shoulders
Sun-rest4 -
Great NSV Jenny ! Those little moments sure do go a long way into reviving our motivation huh ?!
18 km Lisa !! This is the last stretch ! So inspiring to see you go through this program !
You guys’ runs inspired me last night after work to get in a run of my own, outside, in the park, with the sunshine and the happy people everywhere like I used to do so often before the switch of focus to strength training. It felt great !! It was my version of Beast Cardio, doing 45mins steady jog, with no Garmin, no fitbit, no HRM, no nothing, just me, my iPod and my legs. It felt great. Outside sure is medication for me.
I am feeling my groove growing back inside me....
Can’t even tell you the sense of extreme relief it brings...
Oh and i apparently misscounted as it was Week 5 tha5 was a repeat and now am in Week 6.
Yup, found tha5 out when I filled my calendar...
So this week- Monday morning: Bulk Chest ✅
- Tuesday after work : Bulk Legs
- Wednesday after work : Bulk Arms
- Thursday after work : Bulk Back
- Friday morning : Run ?
- Saturday morning : Bulk Shoulders
- Sunday : Rest
Let’s go !
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Week 6
- Monday morning: Bulk Chest
- Tuesday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Legs
- Wednesday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Arms
- Thursday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Back
- Friday morning : Run ?
- Saturday morning : Bulk Shoulders
- Sunday : Bike to work and back + Rest ?
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My period started and I have been off the wagon for a couple days but have been trying to get back at it today.
My workout schedule for the week:
Monday-felt too blah to workout so rest day
Tuesday- bulk legs- DONE
Wednesday-bulk arms
Thursday- beast cardio
Friday- bulk back
Saturday- bull shoulders
Sunday -rest
I MUST TRY TO BREAK THIS PLATEAU! I need some movement on the scale and my recent hormonal inspired eating is not helping. I am hoping to get myself back on track and try to make some progress. I CAN DO THIS!!!2 -
Hit the RESET button this week. I had a good finish to my last week and got in a couple workouts. Ready to get back to feeling good and strong.
Monday: Step aerobics /Abs Buns Thighs
Tuesday: Elliptical or run 45 min - arms
Wednesday:Step aerobics/ Abs Buns Thighs
Thursday: Elliptical or run 45 min -stretch
Friday: off
Saturday: Step aerobics/ Abs Buns Thighs
Sunday: ?
I hope everyone has a great week!
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Monday- back✔ and chest✔
Tuesday- legs✔ just did them at 230 am in my nurses station during a slow time. I did not use weights and added extra reps to try and make that up. I have a head cold and I've been dragging all night so it wiped me out even without the weights.
Wednesday-arms
Thursday- cardio/abs
Friday- back
Sat- shoulders
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- Monday morning: Bulk Chest
- Tuesday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Legs Kicked my *kitten* !!!
- Wednesday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Arms
- Thursday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Back
- Friday morning : Run ?
- Saturday morning : Bulk Shoulders
- Sunday : Bike to work and back + Rest ?
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Hi ladies, I used to be a part of this group when it was the melting beachbodies, but seeing how things have changed decided to rejoin. Yall be fierce and I'll be ferocious lol4
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Hey Scotty's back !!!
Welcome home buddy- Monday morning: Bulk Chest
- Tuesday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Legs Kicked my *kitten* !!!
- Wednesday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Arms
- Thursday after work : Bike to work and back + Bulk Back
- Friday morning : Run ?
- Saturday morning : Bulk Shoulders
- Sunday : Bike to work and back + Rest ?
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Monday- back✔ and chest✔
Tuesday- legs✔
Wednesday-arms✔
Thursday- cardio/abs
Friday- back✔ im not up to cardio yet. Ill put that at the end of the week
Sat- shoulders
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Welcome back Scotty1
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SBMI
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