I would love to do a challenge! I also have 10 lbs that I need to lose and would love to have it gone by the end of June! I actually think I need to decrease my cals a bit though. Thankfully I haven't been as hungry since I started on Stage 2. The whole of Stage 1 I was eating about 2200 calories and I was supposed to be at 2000. I haven't gained anything, thankfully, but I would really like to keep my cals at 1800 to see if I can lose.

Beeps, how many kids do you have, what ages? Lucky your folks are able to fill in!

I just did my first 3B, there were surprisingly few weights involved! It was so manageable I even did the HIIT straight after. I think after my experience with 3A and the body mat'rix I'm too scared to wait till the next day in case i've seized up by then...

3 whole days off now, and i must restock my freezer with yummy healthy meals to take to work, creep around while hubby is sleeping off his night shifts and get some cleaning done. Obviously i'll log my cals for that

I'm probably just driving myself BONKERS by focusing on a scale number while doing NROL4W, but, what the hey....why not??

I need a *challenge* to really keep myself focused....otherwise, I slip a little here, a little there....and VOILA, I'm so far off-track I don't even REMEMBER how I got there!

My *true* focus, of course, if body fat % loss, but since I don't know what my body fat % measurement is NOW, it's hard to tell what I want it to be in 10 weeks, lol!! (I've only been guestimating my body fat % thus far.)

Anyway, I'm hoping it's a bit of fun.

Fun is good, right???

Fun is definitely good!!

I really don't want to focus on the scale, but it's such an easy measurement to focus on. I would love to be at 20% BF in 10 weeks. According to my Omron hand held monior, I'm about 23% (it never reads the same number twice!).

I've got 3 kids. Do you have kids, Jen?? (I should know this from JP Fitness forums, I confess.)

Like you, Jen, I *had* to do the body matrix exactly where they said to do it in NROL4W, otherwise, my muscles were just too cramped the following day.

Right now, in stage 4, I'm kind of glad I can return to completing HIIT on my in-between-lifting days!!

Hmmm, do i have an imposter on another forum? I"m not on any others- ID theft?!?!

Hubs and I are kiddie-free types, and i have great respect for those of you who manage to accomplish parenthood and work, and lift weights to keep a killer body. It's all i can do to work shifts and work out, without the kiddie factor!

For those of you approaching stage 3, it's fun. Enjoy.

kc - no it's not hard at all. You put in your stats and then hold onto the handles. There is some variability with how hydrated you are, the time of day that you test. But even when I do test, I can do it three times in a row and still not get the same number. I don't know if it's because I hold it differently each time or what. Before I started Stage 1 it was registering in the area of 23.8% and after Stage 1, it was registering in the area of 22.8% with variances. So I don't actually know exactkt what my BF% is, but as long as the number keeps going down, for now that's all I care about. Here is a link to Amazon's site so you can see it.

http://www.amazon.com/Omron-HBF-306C-Loss-Monitor-Black/dp/B000FYZMYK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334953903&sr=8-1

I am such a slacker in posting here girls.....but almost done Stage 1 after my restart with it! There is a part of me that says I should have gone onto stage 4 instead of restarting, but I have been working on sticking closer to cals needed rather than eating in severe excess.

Love the challenge thing you all got going on!

Gillimen....I will post more on your profile, but just wanted to send you hugs. You will be back better than ever after the 3 months...I have no doubt!!!

Sam, I had that hormonal fatigue Monday. My schedule is all messed up. I am stressing ! I need to be on schedule! very anal, huh?

Beeps! I'm so jealous of the housekeeping thing. Part of it is my issues though... I'm home all day with the kids, and I have a hard time imagining how someone would clean up with the kids messing up right behind them. Plus, the one time we did have someone come in and clean, she examined everything she dusted and it drove me crazy. I was thinking... if she's this nosy right in front of me, what would she do if I weren't here?

KC - our kids are almost the same ages - my boys are 7 and 5, and my girl will be 4 in a few more months. Life is very... interesting.

I saw something about the Omron body fat monitor... I have one and I love it. I do NOT think it is 100% accurate, but it is consistent for me. Right now it reads around 20-21%, but I know I'm not that low. I carry almost all my fat in my stomach, hips and thighs, and I don't think it is sending the current all the way down. But it is very consistent for me, so it's good to have that additional measurement to keep me from freaking out about the scale as much.

Oceanity - great job sticking with it!

I have a question maybe someone can help me with... I'm still learning how the forums work. I've noticed that it doesn't show up in my news feed when I post on this board, but it does when I post in the forums. Are groups more private? I know the group is subject to be viewed by anyone, but I feel a little more comfortable posting here than on the open forums because of that... does anyone have a better understanding of how it works?

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Need to remember to post in here!

I'm at a new gym and the guys are PIGS. I'm not a mum but even I clean up. You can never find what you need.

Finished 2A yesterday thighs are aching! Even the bath hurt. 2B tomorrow night!