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Hi all, I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving! I was really lax about my push ups this past week--mostly, I think because my in-laws were here and I was busy trying to keep my MIL from turning my kitchen into a TOTAL war zone (she's a great cook, but not so good at the cleaning up... :laugh: ). Anyway, I did an end-of-week 4…

Have fun at the game Katie! Say hi to my father-in-law if you see him there :wink: , and Go Blue!! I'm not much of a football fan (although I did go to Michigan), but from what my husband tells me about how their season is going, you're definitely going to need that beer. :frown: I will do my post-week 4 exhaustion test…

Katie, I am right there with you--much stronger lower body than upper! I just finished W4D3 (somehow managed to forget about it yesterday). It was a struggle, but I did it. I'm guessing I will also be repeating week 4. I don't know why I had so much more trouble with it than the previous 3... BUT I would like to point out…

Spinning!!:love: :love: :love: I don't have a HRM, so I don't know how many calories I burn doing it, but I know I sweat more in spinning than anything else. And since you are in charge of changing the tension knob on your own bike, you can really adjust to your own comfort/fitness levels, and it's easy to push really hard…

Thanks for the pep talk Katie--I'm in until 100 also! I think part of my problem yesterday was that I did push ups after taking a walk with my 30-lb 2-1/2-year-old in a back carrier, so my back and shoulders were sore already (and still sore today, but not sure how much of that is from Enzo or the push ups). Anyway, I have…

I did W4D2 today--I was supposed to do it Saturday, but didn't quite have it in me... Does anyone else think W4 is a lot harder than the previous weeks?

Hi there, I've been married for 9 years, but was just browsing the message boards, and had to weigh in here on the foods you mentioned, which all happen to be favorites of mine--I also LOVE brussels sprouts :love: cut in half, lightly steamed (overcooked makes them bitter and smelly), then sauteed in a tiny bit of butter…

I'm currently working on one hundred push ups with a few other people here. Check it out: www.hundredpushups.com. We have a thread called Push Up Buddies--you're welcome to join us!

Wow, I just printed out week 4--it looks hard! :noway: :laugh: But here goes...

jdavis, I often take more than the recommended amount of time between sets... I think that helps, but I don't really know how it affects the results. It's also OK to repeat a week if necessary. I started out week 3 in column 2, but moved back to column 1 because it was a little too hard for me. I think at this point I'm…

A couple of years ago my husband tried one of those cleanses--involved fasting for a day, drinking a glass of unsweetened cranberry juice every 2 hours or some such... anyway, it didn't help at all. He started seeing an Ayurvedic Practitioner after that, and she helped him out a ton, just with some simple diet and sleep…

Um, I think you answered your own question..... More water! :drinker: :drinker:

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I can relate to ALL of this!!! Thanks for posting. And I'll have to try the deodorant trick next summer! Thanks for the tip!!

I'm going to zumba tonight, but I'm going to go do W3D3 right now, before I go, because last time I did zumba, I was too tired for push ups afterwards. Then I'll be starting W4 tomorrow--still on the same schedule as you, Leshawn. Congrats on the 1 lb loss!! I find losing weight at this time of year very difficult--more or…

Another vote for Amy's. The lasagna is really yummy. :love: Probably high in sodium, however, like many others have mentioned, but I don't eat it very often.

OK, still behind here, and still not feeling great--this headache has been with me all weekend. But I'm trying to drink TONS of water today, and I did W3D2, but went back to column 1 instead of column 2. Still challenging, but a lot more doable. I did 15 in the last set (min was 12). Leshawn, get that scale out! It makes a…

Good for you!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Hi all, I have not been very good this week either.... I missed Wednesday, when I was supposed to start w3. I just finished the first 4 sets of W3D1, and... I don't think I can do any more right now, and I'm supposed to do at least 17. :noway: Not feeling my greatest today--I'm suffering from a migraine hangover, so I may…

I applaud all of you who get up early to run--I am NOT a morning person! The combination of the time change and a few sunny days have been making it easier to get out of bed this week, but I still don't get up early enough to run. I ran 3.5 miles yesterday, and I think I ran a little faster than usual (my timing is pretty…

Cindy, WTG!! I hope you had a nice trip. Katie, I'm glad you're feeling better, and congrats on the progress! I, too, will be moving on to Week 3--I just did W2D3, column 2, and since I did 16 in my last set, I know I can do at least that many! Yay! But I do have to admit, I took waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy more than 120 seconds in…

I'd just like to point out, also, that at 3 months postpartum, your body is still recovering from pregnancy and childbirth--it took you 9 months to gain all that weight, and it can easily take just as long to lose it. Especially if you are breastfeeding (even if not exclusively) your hormones will take a while to…

Nicole, I don't stop running during the winter, there are just far fewer races to sign up for. I haven't looked super-hard, but a quick reading through the listings on active.com shows nothing longer than 5k within a reasonable distance of me until March. 3 miles for me this morning--not my greatest day, but I got through.…

Leshawn, I know how you feel! I haven't noticed my shoulders and back so much, but I have noticed a big difference in how my right arm vs my left arm is looking. Left triceps is still pretty jiggly, while the right one is getting noticeably firmer. That's probably in part because I can't straighten my left arm all the way…

Just did mine--W2D2 column 2. Whew, it was hard, but... I did 15 in the last set (min was 13), which adds up to a total of 55 (modified) push ups !!! :happy: :drinker: :happy: :drinker: It just occurred to me, while reading cp005e's post with the list of numbers in it to add them all up. Now, that was not 55 in a row, but…

4.6 miles for me today, and it felt great! :happy: I'm not sure if it was the intervals on Saturday, or the prospect of not feeling so bad indulging in some Halloween candy, but I wish every day were like today! Betty, I feel for you--I sure wish I had a running partner! I hope she pulls through for your race. We are going…

My take on the beginning runner/pace thing--first of all, I :heart: Couch to 5k!! It got me back into running relatively painlessly after a very sedentary year after my 2nd son was born. But the other thing I have to say is that an old dog taught me how to run. Really. I always used to hate running. The first time in my…

Hi All, Katie, I agree with Leshawn! You go! I'm still thinking about adding the squats, but haven't started yet. cp005e, welcome! I'm impressed with how far you've gotten--gives me something to look forward to! I am doing modified push ups, and probably even with the modified ones am not getting as low as I should... but…

I'm another day behind :embarassed: but I just did W2D2. Cindy, now I'm feeling what you were feeling last week--I'm pretty sure I won't be able to do 16 when I finish W2, so I probably will also be repeating W2, but in the 2nd column. That's OK, it's all progress!! One of the things I love about this challenge is that it…

OK, I tried the intervals today--what a great way to run on a day when I was feeling less than good! My mile warm-up run was awful, and if I had been going out to just run I probably wouldn't have made it very far. :grumble: But instead I decided to do 5-6 min running, 1 min walking, and try to push myself during the…

Well, a 1-mile warm-up & cool-down would take up the majority of my run :laugh: I usually run between 3 & 4 miles, would really like to make it 5 on a more regular basis... but I will try some intervals on Saturday! Thanks!