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I love banh mi from the bottom of my heart. Good choice!

I'm also feeling like I need a real diet break. Last one was during my holiday in New York and Abitibi (lol, that will make sense only for a Quebecer), where I didn't log during 8 days. I looked back on my Libra app yesterday night with my husband, and on those 8 days, I gained two pounds that I lost immediately after (two…

@canadianlbs sorry about your work problem. I hope it get better soon, because there's nothing worse than being unhappy at work. Hang on. xx Workout B this morning. I was tired at I felt it. Warmup: 13 min. elliptical Squats: 1x5 @ 45, 1x5 @ 65, 1x5 @ 85 and 5x5 @ 105. This felt surprisingly good, even if the first set…

Where did I judge your life? I judged your diet, and I stand my ground, not because I want to bother you but because it is worrying for me to see people eating less nutrients than what they need to be healthy - well, not just to be healthy but to maintain their body functions. Congrats on eating more nutrient dense food…

Hey, I totally forgot to write down my goals for today. I had a bad day too (cue Daniel Powter song), and I ended up skipping cardio because too tired to do anything. I went to bed at 8:30 (second day in a row) and I had to take cough suppressant to fall asleep (because I was coughing a lot, not because I like the feeling…

And that is not a proper way to feed yourself. You body need fuel! I browsed your profile when, on your last post in this thread, you said you were accidentally fasting by eating 700 cals in a day, but I thought you may be following the Intermittent Fasting protocol, so I let it go. Now, I clearly see that you are eating…

Girls, you're rockstars! All of you! Seriously, I was almost dying after my work day yesterday, and I went to bed at 8:30 for a second day in a row. I didn't have any energy to make my cardio, and I skipped it. Again. But the last thing I read over the internet was this thread, and all your check-ins encouraged me to go to…

Picture not that much pretty, but food was awesome! Seared yellowfin tuna with a sesame-soy-pineapple glaze on a green salad with fresh coriander, red onion, avocado and mandarins, everything doused with a tahini-ginger vinaigrette spiced with some Sriracha. Sooooooooooo good. I will make this again, fore sure.

I reached yesterday goals, except that I didn't cook the broccoli soup. We went to bed (husband and I, both!) at 9 o'clock and we were profoundly asleep 15 minutes later. I woke up this morning at 5:20 (that's when I wake up when I go to gym before work), but as it's boring cardio day today, I didn't have to go to the gym…

First time I'm setting goals for the month. Let's try! 1) Lift 3 times a week and do cardio at least 2 times (I would shout for 3, but in the last two weeks, I didn't have energy to do more than two, so let's say I'm playing safe now). 2) Lifts: - Squat: 110 (currently 95, ready to do 100) - Rows: 65 (currently 60) -…

I probably won't reach my goal for this challenge, but I'm getting closer. -1.2 pounds this week. I'm not sure with the total, I think it's about 5 pounds since January. Ok, I checked it out, and I'm definitely down 5 pounds, wich is 62.5% of my goal. If I'm losing 1.5 pounds each week, I'll reach it! Wow, that would be…

Workout B for me this morning. Warmup: 13 minutes elliptical Squat: 1x5 @ 45, 1x5 @ 65, 1x5 @ 75, 5x5 @ 95 and (just for fun) 1x5 @ 100. It felt heavy, but I think I'm ready to bump to 100 pounds. Overhead press: 5x5 @ 45. I thought I would be able to jump to 50 (I did two sets at 50 last week), but the bar felt incredibly…

OMG, those two look amazing. And I love the idea of pairing spicy mouhammara with fried eggs. Thanks fort sharing those inspirations :)

Fantastic! You're an inspiration.

Yesterday was an hectic day and I did a crappy workout. Today was much better! It was boring cardio day, but it turned out not that much boring, with some mean intervals on my elliptical (10 sec. sprint/10 recovery, 20 sprint/20 rec., 30 sprint/ 30 recovery, and so on), and then, I did a little circuit, alternating kettle…

This is amazing!! Congrats! :)

I'll check for those tomorrow! Thanks!

I can try those ideas for the protein powder, but I don't have sweet tooth. Like, not at all. So, eating normal yogurt feels already sweet, I'm not sure I won't find it overly sweet. I remember a friend of mine doing pudding with Jell-0 pudding and whey protein powder. Have you ever tried it? Well, it would be sweet too,…

Workout A today. I think I may have figured out the row for good. Warm up: 13 minutes on the elliptical. When I hit 100 cals on my HRM, I stop, 'cause I don't want to impair my lifts. Squat: 1x5 @ 45, 1x5 @ 65, 1x5 @ 75, 5x5 @ 90. Felt better than the first times I did this load. Grip seems better to. Pendlay row: 1x5 @…

Yay, Québec alliance FTW!! Thank you everyone for your answers. I've been lifting for about a month now. I'm not sure if I can increase my protein goal for now because I (almost) never hit it anyway. I should probably work on eating as much protein as I should in first place (before increasing the macros target). But…

35/30/35 carbs-fat-protein which is about 160 g of carbs and protein for 61 g of fat. I had the same suggestion about losing a pound a week instead of 1.5, but I still have a lot to lose (probably at least 60 to 70 pounds) and I don't know if I'll have the willpower to eat at a big deficit during more than a year. But that…

Ohhh, I missed that! Happy birthday Katro!! Pffft. Turnong 30 si so overated. I did that in september and nothing happened. You will be fine, you'll see. ;) @symba1130 good job on ROCKING!! that's nice :) Congrats for the big girls plates!

I'm also feeling that my everyday goals are the same. That's kind of boring and it may not help me stay on track. However, I did ok with yesterday's goals (food, exercise and water were all good). Here are the ones for today: 1) Follow my food plan and try to limit snacking. Log accurately. 2) Exercise (cardio) tonight.…

I workout in the morning on the day I lift. By that, I mean that every monday, wednesday and friday, I'm leaving home at 5:45 and I'm in the gym at 6:30. By the time I finish my workout and shower myself, I'm in office at 8:10. The other day, I workout just after work, at home. If I wait after dinner, I won't lift my butt…

Workout B this morning. I tought I would deload on each lift because my back hurted a lot yesterday, it felt ok this morning, so I proceed as usual. Warm up: 15 minutes elliptical Squat: 1 x 5 @ 45, 1 x 5 @ 65, 1 x 5 @ 75, 1 x 5 @ 90. I played a lot with my grip and it felt a little bit better. OHP: 1 x 5 @ 30. 1 x 5 @ 45,…

Stephanie, you're so close from a hundred pound lost, you must be so excited!! I'm excited for you! ;)

I may have hurt something I my lower back this morning, it's so stiff now, and I feel the paiiiiiin. Hu. :'(

Ok, so here are my progress on my 15 goals. 1) Still doing Stronglifts, and I'm doing good. 2) January 11th: -1.6 January 18th: -0.6 January 25: -1.6 Total: -3.8 3) Did my cardio this week in the form of spinning. Yay! 4) Still waiting for negotiable sidewalks, 5) No burpees this week, because I was spinning in the gym and…

I'm so sad I'm on a low sodium week (thus avoidind soy sauce), this is exactly my kind of food! You served it with gai lan?