Replies
-
Ramalem - Ramalem, wear those stretch marks with honor! They are a symbol of love!!!
-
Happy Belated Birthday, Jen! Hope you had a great day!!! We took our trailer out and had rotten phone service, so I wasn't able to get into the forums. I've had to delay stage 3 because I twisted my ankle several weeks ago. I tried some of the movements required and boy did it twinge. I plan on getting back into it next…
-
Blue - you might consider mixing the food you just bought with the high protein one - will help the cat adjust to the new food and help you use up the bag you bought. Our cat is what I call a regurgitator - she will randomly regurgitate the food. Consistency varies and sometimes she will eat it, It seems to have helped a…
-
Jen - if your maintenance is 1800, a cut to 1400 is around 22% which is pretty steep cut since you are close (I think) to where you want to be? If you just want to lose 5-10 pounds, I probably wouldn't cut more than 10-15% from your maintenance level.
-
Backwards feels so awkward... I did them fine in stage 2 though. The biggest issue is the jumping/landing sequence. I think I'll just do an extra set of jump squats or other lunges to make up for the jumping lunges.
-
Hi ladies - question for those of you who are ahead of me... I started Stage 3 Monday but didn't do the BWM's at the gym. Started doing them this afternoon and decided to ask y'all a question. Lunge jumps.... OMG... the jump squats I think I can do but when I tried the lunge jumps my knees did not like me. Search of MFP…
-
Jen - after leafing through my future stages and with the number of dumbbell exercises and lunges, I wouldn't be surprised if adding the amount of weight lifted decreases. Hand strength starts entering into it, using a barbell would be very awkward on some of the moves and some of the moves just won't allow large amount of…
-
Hi romiga! Feel free to pop into the Starting Nov 1 (part 3) and I'm Starting Stage 1! threads - there's a wide range of folks in those threads. Susan
-
Chris - welcome back! Hope you get feeling better soon!!!
-
Christine as in clambert? Oh, my!! Hope she feels better soon!
-
When I first started dealing with the bar, I would lift one end and then the other to get it on the position I wanted. Another tip is to not load the weights on until you have it in position.
-
Awesome, Red!
-
When I started WW in 2006, points were essentially 50 calories per point. Points were based on age, height and weight (and some other thngs). You decreased 1 point for every 10 pounds lost. By the time they changed to Points Plus around 2011 (dates get fuzzy LOL), my daily intake was 18 points (900 calories) plus the extra…
-
Count me in as an OCD numbers geek - tracking weight since 2006 when I first joined WW. I don't have my intake records back that far, but I do have them since 2012 when I got my fitbit. Just trying to find that sweet spot that will allow a steady weight loss. I'm pretty sure I screwed up my metabolism w/ WW so the usual…
-
MFP needs a like button - Maya, that was an wonderful post!
-
Ah, Sunshine - you aren't alone in this... You just happened to post in a lull time.... We all face fears when we challenge ourselves. When I started this program at the end of March I wondered what the hell a 52 year old woman was doing, thinking of lifting those big hunks of iron. Will I be stared at when I enter the…
-
And AMRAP Stage 1 B is done - Deadlifts 30# 30 reps, Dumbell shoulder press 5# 30 reps, Pulldown 40# 31 reps, Lunge 3# 15 reps and 30 Crunches. Boy those weights felt light! Just for grins, I went back to the seated row and moved the weight clear down to 10 pounds. I did 110 of them and probably could have kept going for a…
-
Congrats on the 50#! Moving on to a strength program is a good idea - burn off some fat and increase your strength so the body increases it's basic burn rate is a win-win! I'm doing the AMRAP's for stage 1 now - Keep pushing the weights higher each time even if it just 5 pounds and you'll be amazed by what you can do when…
-
Thanks everyone for the encouragement! Stage 1 AMRAP A is in the books. Squats 20 pounds 45 reps (boy that 20 pounds felt like nothing!), Push ups 10 on the floor, 13 from a weight bench and 27 from where I started which was about 45 degrees (no, not all at once - worked them in between the other exercises but not a single…
-
I haven't looked at stage 2 yet - figured to do the AMRAPS and take the rest of the week off. I'm kinda glad to see the DL and pull downs are still there 'cause I want to continue to challenge the weight level I reached.
-
Can't add much except my encouragement. Nothing more frustrating to be doing what you think you should be doing and weight just goes up - that's been my story for the last couple of years. I don't want to jinx it, but I've been following Heybales' suggestions and I "think" I'm seeing a turn around. My thread with him is at…
-
This may a duplicate post for some of you since I posted it in the "I'm starting stage 1" thread.... Wheeeeeee....... Last Stage 1 workout is in the books! AMRAPS next week 'cause I really want to see how many reps I can do now with those lower weights! I added an extra workout for stage 1 (24 total instead of 16) because…
-
Wheeeeeee....... Last Stage 1 workout is in the books! AMRAPS next week 'cause I really want to see how many reps I can do now with those lower weights! I added an extra workout for stage 1 (24 total instead of 16) because I had never lifted weights before. Here's my beginning and ending weights (note - dumbells noted are…
-
I think Jen is talking about this spreadsheet that MFP member Heybales put together. Here is the link to it: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Amt7QBR9-c6MdGVTbGswLUUzUHNVVUlNSW9wZWloeUE I got this link from his MFP page.
-
Hi PLUMSGRL - I'm about done with stage 1 but am in that 50+ group. Take a look at the "Starting Nov 1" (OP candiceh3) and "I'm starting Stage 1" (OP NzHornedOne) threads - there is a wide range of folks at different stages including several currently in stage 1.
-
Cat - I'll be right there with you. I have 1 more Stage 1A and 2 more Stage 1 B's to go then the AMRAP's. I'm not sure about my form either, especially on the dead lifts, but I'm going to keep at it. I think I'm about ready to do the push ups from the floor. I've been doing about a 30 degree to get the reps in, but I have…
-
Still pretty new at doing this but I wanted to ask..... I would be concerned about doing a deadlift and then watching your side view due to the body mechanics of the lifting and then turning the head..... Perhaps do it with verrrry light weight?
-
Hi Chelsea - I started on 3/31 but have added an additional routine on each as I am totally new to weights. I did my first Stage 1 workout 3 today where you move up to 3 sets of 10. I started out at 15 pounds and have moved up 85 pounds on the squats and deadlifts and 75 pounds on the seated rows and lateral pull downs. I…
