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Well done! Weights are fun. Yesterday was a wash. Today I found myself with a bevy of pre-teens so hied us off to a park with steep trails. Spent one solid hour pushing them uphill, sprinting ahead and repeating. I’ve managed to stay within caloric range of 1000-1300, usually hovering in the 1100s, for a month now. I’m…

Oct18: total wash. Timing was off all day and a missed meal sent me spiraling. Caloric intake remained healthy in the 1100 range. Oct19: visited farm at higher elevation and hiked most of it, taking care to cover every mountainous path. Spent nearly four hours there. Actively clambered about on mountain paths for two of…

Oct 17 report out: took dogs to a park and ran hills. The steeper the incline, the more determined I was not to stop running. Downhill was always a sprint; two big boys on leashes saw to that. Walk a bit, encounter another hill and run up. Kept it up for an hour. Dogs rebelled after that.

Wonderful!

Oh, I only finished three full rounds with good form. My burpees were a joke by round 4, and I left weights completely alone by round 5. Ended up finishing what I could—jumps, squats and sprints—and jello-muscle moved to the shower. That workout kicked my butt, no doubt. But I consider it a good benchmark test. I’ll retry…

October 16 report out. Decided to try a routine found in another thread. It kicked my butt! And there’s a lot of room for improvement. Here following: Boxing to warm up then the main event. Starting at 10 working down to 1 and then back up, amrap. Punches Jacks Press ups Froggers Shoulder taps Squat jumps Lunges Burpees…

Ultimate starting weight: 220 Current weight: 214.4 Challenge goal weight: 199 in 6 weeks Ultimate goal weight: 130s. Will reassess when closer to goal 10/18: 10/25: 11/1: 11/8: 11/15: 11/22: 11/29: 12/6: 12/13: 12/20: 12/25:

I'm debating on whether to shamelessly rip a workout from the "What Was Your Work Out Today?" thread to try (firef1y72 is apparently a beast!) or YouTube a dance workout after getting in a 30 minute warmup later today. Will of course give a report-out end of day. So far, the only trouble I'm having is not what I expected.…

Excellent. Let's do this!

@redeve17 Thank you! And thanks for letting me join your challenge. This is fun.

Nope, just a fat woman finally ready to make a change. If I keep on at the pace I'm going, I should be in the 130 lb range by the middle of next year. I can handle that slow-and-steady approach if it means more muscle and no flappy skin at the end of the journey. I'm looking to lose roughly 6 stone ultimately.

CW: 214.4 Short term goal: 199 in 6 weeks.

Rest day. I’ve been working out for six days straight. Will update tomorrow with something more exciting. Today is just a lot of stretching and staying within 1300 calories

Report out for Oct 14: 30 minute walk down & up a leveled mountaintop; 2.5 km. 25 minute cardio and strength training workout. Stayed within 1300 calories. Aiming for a stone within 6 weeks, which averages out to slightly more than 2 lbs. a week. An aggressive rate of loss, but I'm a larger person so it's reasonable and…

It was day 1 for me. Any day is day 1, though.

Oct 14 report: 35 minute cardio midday on leveled mountaintop, down & back up. 25 minute cardio & strength training. 1300 calories consumed for the day, mostly in leafy greens and protein.

I'll be on here daily. I've bookmarked this and I tend to get obsessive over detail when I go all in.

Also, freeze a banana. Once frozen, peel and place in a strong blender. Blend. Voila! Fresh banana ice cream. There are any number of no-bake balls and bars you can make as protein pick-me-ups, too, without oils, fats or processed sugars.

I have friends doing something similar, and while I'm not by any means as hardcore, I do look for things I can offer them when they visit. Oh She Glows is a good vegan blog to start out with. You can also search Pinterest for 'plant based whole food' recipes. Off the top of my head, throwing kale leaves into the oven until…

I'm not on whatsapp but I'm very keen to lose 1 stone over 6 weeks. Whether I'm what you're looking for in a fitness buddy, I'm going to track progress here regardless. I'll update this evening with workout progress report. CW: 214.4

Count me in. Started actually moving, making a concerted effort to challenge my body somehow each day, 9 days ago, (Saturday, October 5.) Starting numbers as of October 1: 218 lbs. 41 inch bust, 47 inch hip, 42.5 inch waist Saturday, October 12 progress report: 214 lbs 40 inch bust, 46 inch hip, 41 inch waist I buy large…

Back again. I’ve bumped along this year, fielding whatever is thrown at me, but my fitness plan has been the non-essential to be shed when keeping vigil, supporting family, sheltering and providing for extra children... We may be facing one more death in this, our hell year, but it’s not here yet and I’ve not made it this…

Took a young crew swimming. To my surprise, we all swam for four solid hours straight. We must’ve needed it! After dropping off those not related to me and a promised salon stop for a young woman, I took my entourage to dinner at a buffet. My plate remained solidly in the plant based whole food realm. Double win. Pretty…

Met food logging. Today’s cardio was walking first dogs, then children, to local park and back. Muscle recovery today

Today has been an object lesson in why food prep is important. Oh, yeah, and that whole getting enough to eat thing. I’m working toward a plant based, whole food approach to meals for the family and fitness training of some kind daily. Was doing well but used up the last of our fresh veg this morning. B/t breakfast at 5:00…

June 3rd: was able to get 12.5 minutes on the rowing machine, a 6.5 minute improvement. Upped lateral pull weights to 35 lbs. Spent an hour swimming with friends. I found that my arms don’t tire nearly as easily and that I have more pull in the water. 4 days of strength training and I can feel small victories even if I…

June 1st update: 2 sets Concentration curls 2 sets Squats (Very) amateur hour on the tennis court 10 minutes boxing Meals are cleaner today. Successfully logged everything that went into my mouth. I’m struggling with the fact that I can only go 10 minutes at this or that before muscles quake and then give.

In keeping with this June restart and 10 lbs. changed mini goal, today, (May 31,) I have: - 5 minutes full out on workplace rowing machine - 20 minutes front and back lateral pulls workplace weights - 30 minutes bodyweight glutes/core workout at home - 5 minutes jumping rope at home It’s a start, which is miles more than…

Thank you for these monthly threads. I look forward to them when I come stumbling back. SW: 225 CW: 216 UGW: 140 June goal weight: 10 lbs changed—either lost or converted to muscle. I was dreading 2019 owing to looming family illnesses menacing the holidays. Unfortunately, the year has not disappointed. However, it has…

Day 5. Food situation bleak until notice that reinforcements will arrive tomorrow lifted morale. -Body Beast day5 Beast Cardio and Abs. Didn’t give 100% today and am fussing about it. Lethargic and hungry but am taking steps to change that. -C25k day5 done with more enthusiasm earlier in the day. Dog walk upped daily steps…