Yup that plan get's my thumbs up too. Seems perfectly reasonable

Good morning, all!

I am FINALLY back in town for an extended stretch - it's been such a crazy busy summer! This past weekend was my husband's family reunion, so we stayed with his parents for a couple days. Thankfully, in addition to all the food, we got in some pool volleyball time, so I didn't miss out on exercise altogether. It was *AWESOME* to be back in my own bed, and I'm really looking forward to next weekend, when I have absolutely NOTHING planned :bigsmile:

Today I'm starting Phase 2 of NROL4W. At least, I'm going to try.... One of my knees is still sore from a couple of weekends ago - I think I tweaked something attempting to water ski - so hopefully I can work through that. If it's too sore, maybe a chat with my doctor and PT friends might be in order, as well :frown:

Debbie - hope you figure out what's causing the stomach pain, and feel better soon!

Hello again good people of Thirty Somethings, hope you're having a good day. My day has been bloody awful if I'm honest. I was stuck in the office all day trying to have a management meeting with my boss. Trouble is the man's an imbecile and after an hour i wanted to shoot him. After 9 hours I was very much at the end of my tether. But I'm home thankfully and can relax a bit. At least I'm well rested for my trip to the gym tonight. I've spent an entire day with my backside planted firmly in my office chair!

Going to be Biceps and back this evening and a little cardio on the stepper. Nothing too serious although now that I'm doing three sets instead of two for each exercise it works up a sweat.

They did get me the pre-auth pretty quickly and I go in tomorrow. I have to fast for 4 hours! and drink a jug of liquid before, ew. The bloodwork all came back normal so that's good.

Dee- I preplan my day for at least the meals, my snacks I generally enter as I go since those vary. It helps that I pack my lunch the night before, and first thing at work I enter it all, plus I meal plan for dinner (for sanity's sake, nothing to do with dieting).

Susan - I'm officially cracking the virtual whip, get back at it tonight! :happy:

Emma - I hope the knees hold out!

Paul - I hate office days like that, sometimes I think I'm smarter than 90% of the people here. Ok, I think that all the time :laugh:

I realized that I've finally met my biggest monthly goal (get under 140) which means I'm less than 10 lbs from my goal weight. Trouble is, as I look in the mirror I'm not sure if 9.5 lbs is going to get off enough of the belly flab. I guess I'll have to see when (not if!) I get there and re-evaluate.

On the plus side, this is a weight I haven't seen since before babies! :bigsmile:

SG - did you make it to the gym?

Emma - it's stupid hot here too. How are you liking the fitbit so far?

I was about a block from work this morning and got a call that the power is out, so they sent us to work from home. First I went to the DMV to get my car inspected, which went way faster than I thought. I might finish cleaning my daughter's closet out before I start actually working.

Sandra - yay for weight loss!

I think the weekly chat thread is a great idea.

Sandra - that is great you are doing the treadmill! I really want/need an exercise machine in my house. By the time I get home from work, take care of three kids, and eat dinner, I am usually wiped out and just want to sit down a few minutes.

Debbie - I'm sorry the doctor couldn't figure out your stomach troubles. Could it be an ulcer or kidney stones or something??? WOW WAY TO GO on being below 140 at at a pre-baby weight! We should meet up again this summer and do something active!!!

Emma - I'm behind, what is NROL4W?

Susie - maintaining is also good! I never could maintain before, only gain or lose. I was able to maintain after my crazy trips in the month of June so I considered that a success and now I'm losing again.

Paul - sitting in an office chair all day is awful, some of my work days are like that. Glad you can get to the gym!

Dee - what a difference 20 days can make - way to go! I use the mobile app when I'm on the go, but prefer entering at my computer. I rarely pre-log food since I never am organized with eating enough to plan ahead! I do the barcode scanner most of the time with my phone when I'm busy though, it's really helpful.

SaraGrace - good for you to fight your natural reaction to say no to the gym! You will feel great afterwards. I've heard good things about the FitBit. Maybe I should get one.


I'm down a couple pounds since my busy month where I gained weight in South America, so I'm close to where I was before. I'm hoping I get there by the 27th, that's my mini-goal. I need to get up BEFORE the kids and get a run in, before the day gets too hot. I used to do this but lately two of the kids have been waking at night due to coughing so I've been too tired. Now that they're all sleeping again I think I'll start this tomorrow. It necessitates going to bed earlier, I have to be motivated to do this though!

Emma - I'm behind, what is NROL4W?

The New Rules of Lifting for Women by Lou Schuler; it's a book that outlines a weightlifting program designed for women (runs about $15 on amazon.com). It outlines why lifting heavy weights is really good for you, emphasizes workouts that strengthen large muscle groups (as opposed to isolating smaller muscles), and pushes the idea that simple calorie/carb/fat restriction isn't really the best way to get "in shape". All-in-all a pretty good (and fast) read, and so far the lifting program is kicking my butt - my quads and shoulders are SO sore today.

Debbie - Barium...sounds *delicious* :sick:... good luck today!

Hi all! Been a pretty busy week for me, but I feel like I'm finally starting to get back on track. So far I have got all workouts in as planned and I have actually really logged everything I have eaten. I'm a bit surprised that even with going to happy hour last night I still ended up at my TDEE so no big overages! That may change by the weekend but we shall see.

So I'm sort of considering taking a break from MFP, like maybe just taking a week off logging. Has anyone ever tried that? I mean, there has to be a point where we can stop using this right? Sort of a test I suppose.

Had a great NSV last week. I bought a pair of size 6 capris from NY&Co. 6!!! Now I know that's not the same as the size 6 I could fit into at Express when I was in college but still! I've been a solid 8/10 for the past, I don't know, two years now? Clearly the lifting is doing something even if I'm not losing weight!

Hello! I had a busy day yesterday and I totally blew my calorie count out of the water! :ohwell: I had a good breakfast and then my friend and I ate chinese for lunch at 1... but by 4 when I eat super at work I just had ice tea. When I got home my husband needed my help in the hay field, I didn't get back in until midnight then I had chips and salsa :huh:

This weekend I have a birthday party for my little niece, Family gathering, in my family, always means eating alot of good fatting foods. I'm not a emotional eater at all but get me in a crowd having a good time and let the yummies be munched.

Oh, and glad your test results came back okay Debbie!

I seem to have hurt my hip flexor on the left so I guess the broken treadmill is good timing

I'll have to work on core strength now which is also very much needed (after 2 c-sections) so I guess my focus for the next week will be on that.