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Hi Ladies!
Wow, had a bit to catch up on here. Work gets in the way of my MFP time

Running miles vs cals...I run for miles strictly but I am currently in training so I have a schedule that I adhere to pretty much. Sometimes I will run for time only if I'm doing intervals or hill work. I need to have a plan and goal to be motivated so keeping track of miles and watching my time improve over the miles works well for me.

Cheese-I'm a cheese freak! I love it all but especially the finer cheeses....with good wine of course! But I unfortunately stay away from cheese because I will eat way to much in one sitting so I only eat it occasionally

Squats...me no likey! I'm paranoid about my knees all the time. I'd rather run my knees to death than squat them to death, lol!

Getting used to the BMF and seems that I have been pretty on track with thinking that I need to eat 2000+ per day unless it's a rest day. I'm coming in at about 2500-2700 burned daily per the BMF. The only thing that I was off on my guess prior to the BMF was my running burns but that was a nice surprise and justification for my feelings of gigantic hunger on running days!

Already jumped my horse today...so now I'm off to run. It's intervals today. I just added these

Have a great Friday everyone!

I got in an hour on the arc trainer. I am suppose to eat around 2500 calories today.

yay..(thats good right?)

definitely! I will see if I can do it!

you surely can...it's easy peasy. yummy whole wheat pasta with olive oil and herbs....parmesan cheese and some grilled protein (chicken/shrimp/something)....then a nice cup of cocoa made with milk and melted dark chocolate (or just cocoa powder)....and nuts as a snack...lots and lots of nuts OR hummus with pita chips.

Hummus with pita chips are the DEVIL on a diet. I cannot portion control that shiz to save my life. Its so yummy. I have to do hummus on wasa bread to keep myself in check.

So yeah do the hummus and pita chips DEFINITELY. I think the Athenos pita chips are actually some of the best ones - oddly since I think their hummus isn't very good.

Or you know, grab some water crackers and some yummy cheese and have a glass of wine. That's what I would do wiht lots of calories.

(Also, EESH, I'm hungry today and ALL our milk is gone bad including the almond milk so no protein powder for me til I go get some. But I'm working frm home so I can totally pop out for a bit between meetings .....ahhh who am I kidding, my calender is super empty today, YAY).

@fimm, Bulgarian split squats are one-legged dumbbell squats where you extend one leg out behind you & rest your foot on a bench. You hold dumbbells at your sides & squat down until the knee of the back leg almost touches the floor. They are HARD - for me, anyway, since I'm new to them. But WOW you can't beat them for a targeted glute workout!

Oh, I know, thank you. I've seen them in a book but not tried them. I'll give them a go sometime!

I got in an hour on the arc trainer. I am suppose to eat around 2500 calories today.

I bow before you! That thing is brutal!

I have 1027 calories left for dinner and evening snack. And that's why I don't get the "1200 and under" eaters, because I get twitchy if I have any less than 1000 by this time of day. I can't imagine how anyone eats only 1000 or less a day. I can't believe there was a time that I ate around 700-800 a day. And I'm so happy I didn't (permanently) mess up my metabolism doing that!

That's so funny. If I have anything less than 1000 by this time of day I start to feel a bit uncomfortable too. I do remember eating less than 1200 and I was miserable. Although I also thought it was temporary and could lose the weight and then eat crazy and it would never come back on.
This way is so much saner. I really wanted peace of mind and a sense of control. It feels good to exercise and know I can eat and do it again the next day.

So, question for you all: if you were invited to a Kitchen Tea/Hens night for someone that you really did not like, someone who made your life hell for a number of years but seems to think that everyone should forgive her for that - would you go? Have you ever been invited to something that you really did.not.want to go to?

Are your friends going? Is the food good? :laugh: Unless she totally did you wrong, like reprehensibly wrong, or you don't agree with her belief system, or you've got something better to do, then I'd go. If I truly didn't want to go to something, then I would know and wouldn't have to rationalize myself out of it. :flowerforyou:



Good midday, everyone!
I couldn't work out this morning because I was chauffeuring the kiddos around, but I finally got one in and ate lunch. Next week is my 6th week of the 6 Week 6 Pack, and then I'm going to start the Blast Fat Boost Metabolism DVD as well as lift, while I evaluate what I'm going to work on throughout the holidays. I mentioned before that I want to get a real barbell before committing to the NROLFW, because I don't have a gym membership. My husband also signed me up for a 10-week self-defense class starting next Wednesday. It's at a martial arts gym, so maybe after that ends I might look into their class offerings, like jiu-jitsu. I've taken a self-defense class maybe 7 years ago, but I need a refresher. Lately, I've been thinking about how I can protect myself with my kids in tow. One of my kids has autism, while the other two are spirited and lively, but also light enough to be carried off in a crowd. The thought really scares me that I'd be at a park with all three, and then someone comes and either attacks me in front of my kids OR tries to take one of them. I want to know how to defend myself and protect them, too. I'm sure whistles will have something to do with alerting people around me, but what if no one is around? :frown:

Ok, shaking off depressing thoughts for now..... it's Friday! :drinker:

Going to have dinner at the in-laws tonight, as we do every other Friday night, and I never know what's going to be for dinner. They are mostly vegetarian/some chicken, and many dishes end up with lentils. Not my favorite food, sorry. But my MIL is not a bad cook, so I have to budget with an open mind. There should be some birthday cake at the end of dinner, so that's a bonus. My goal is 2000+ calories today so I'm very happy about that!

Have a great day, ladies!

So, question for you all: if you were invited to a Kitchen Tea/Hens night for someone that you really did not like, someone who made your life hell for a number of years but seems to think that everyone should forgive her for that - would you go? Have you ever been invited to something that you really did.not.want to go to?

It would depend on a lot of things - if I cared to keep up the relationship with that person or for some reason felt like social norms required me to go and be polite (like all my other friends really cared if I went or not). I do try to force myself to go to social gatherings as they are really NOT my thing.

But otherwise I'd make an excuse.

I realized recently I am probably NOT building muscle anymore. I think I was in the beginning when I was very overweight and my body had plenty of fat to burn to fuel a deficit + some muscle but now even with my increased eating its probably not happening. That might explain why some of my strength progress is kind of stalled out right? I still have a lot of fat to lose though so I'm just going to have to suffer it out. I don't think I could stand to gain weight right now, the slow loss is hard enough.

Also if this little flap of flab on my arms isn't gone when I am done losing weight (or well, a year afterwards I guess) I WILL be seeing a surgeon. I *HATE* doing lateral lifts and seeing that skin hanging off there - its so icky.

So I think I've decided to up my base calories to 2300 for the next week and gradually work my way up to 2500 net. I think I've decided my maintenance is about 2250 net. I haven't gained anything yet on my "bulk".