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Eat the prunes!

School started. :noway: It's been rough. :grumble: :grumble: :grumble: I did Workout 2 from Stage 7 two and a half weeks ago. Not sure what to do next? Start over? Keep going?

Back to work this week. It's been wild and I've managed to squeeze in a Stage 7 workout here and there. Swimmer, what DNA said. Besides, looks to me like you're rockin' that dress! Pudding, do we get to see squishy baby pictures? :happy: DNA, a random day with reckless abandon sounds like it's good for you :flowerforyou:

I decided to skip Stage 6 and move onto Stage 7. Started today... :noway: I haven't been eating at a deficit. And I reserve the right to complain if I don't lose any fat :grumble: :laugh: Everyday is a new day. I can do it today. Yesterday, last week don't matter. The August heat is oppressive and I really have to…

Sam, I have one cupcake boutique near my house that is worth 500 calories. It's a once-a-year thing. I really prefer to bake in my own kitchen. Last night: Impossible Pumpkin Pie Cupcakes with a dollop of Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing. Beeps, that is some day at the gym! :noway: I agree that we should all be saying…

I ran 2 miles this morning and spent 3 hours prepping 10 freezer meals. Apparently, laziness wasn't on my agenda. I need to work on that. Kroger had some Hatch Pepper Seafood Salad that looked pretty good to me. I tried it last night and it's amazeballs. Good for the protein, too! I read about imitation crab meat online…

No photoshopping but I also don't post the photos that show the bad and the ugly :tongue: My cheeks roll over the back of my thighs :blushing: Since I was ten. I guess I think if it was different, it would be easier to shop for pants :grumble: :grumble: Probably not, though. I've never met ANYONE (or any woman) that says,…

I've been working this program pretty hard since February and I have almost nothing to show for it here at the end of Stage 5. I see everyone else's recomp pictures and I wanna know where my recomp is? :sad: :sad: :sad: I even hate the effing airbrushed fitness model on the cover. I also bought Drop 2 Sizes and it has…

I'm feeling rather negative. Today is B AMRAPs for Stage 5.

Geez, where have I been? :huh: Sam, I hope you're feeling better today! :flowerforyou: I made a Vanilla Cream Cheese Pound Cake with Vanilla Cream Cheese Glaze last night :love: :love: :love: Got my lifting done today. Been doing well with my new calorie deficit this week. Only AMRAPs left for Stage 5 :drinker:

Yeah, Manic, hang out with us. We take all kinds here :laugh: This week, I'm working on a calorie deficit. Need to fit into my professional clothes in a few weeks :indifferent: It's been fun eating at and over maintenance and I've gained only very little. This shouldn't be too hard. Y'all might remember that the batteries…

You win best post of the day :laugh: I've been bloated today. Don't know why :huh: Then, I thought it would be a great idea to take progress pics :noway: In a bikini bottom that has never, ever been flattering on me :grumble: I should drop those photos and the bikini bottoms in the trash. I'm so sick of torturing myself.…

I'm 2/3.

Sam, does he want cake? Jo, your "kicked their *kitten*" totally cracked me up! :laugh:

I took videos of some of my lifts this morning. My favorite is when I nearly dropped 25 lbs on my face :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I was all f*** this! On the other hand, it was cool to see some muscles poking through that I can't seem to capture in photos. :drinker:

I love all the squat talk. Thank y'all for checkin' out my pictures :blushing: Yesterday, I took a photo of my my 25 lbs single arm dumbbell snatch :love: :laugh: We went to a water park last night and lost DS for 20 minutes. First, we said :frown: and then :sad: :sad: :sad: and then we found him :explode: and then we…

Beeps, I don't think the squats are doing anything for my glutes either. Based on your pictures, I think our bodies are about the same.

:love: :love: :love:

That is awesome news about the deadlift, Beeps! I'm gonna get there someday. I lift at home. The entire point is to lift heavy. If I can't do something as written in the book because of equipment, Google is my friend and I do something else. I like arm curls. I use a standard bar that I bought from Amazon. It's about 10 or…

Sam, sorry you had to deal with that kid. I know how stressful that is :sick: Somebody mentioned heat. I don't belong to a gym anymore so I have to do all my running outside. Here in south TX, the humidity is over 90% every, freakin' day :sick: :sick: I am balls to the wall for my goals this week. I think I'm gonna make…

I'm liking Stage 5. I snatched 25 lbs today!

Beeps, 3 days of lifting is totally respectable :flowerforyou: I Googled the "tube" and couldn't find anything :laugh: I guess it's like a belt to help bring the abdominal muscles back together? Today, I lift. Pmag, nothing wrong with deloading. It's refreshing and it's still progress. Ain't got a clue about mine craft.…

Nevermind. If my quads had a face, they'd look like this :noway: I tried. I ended up going for a run. I can run with broken legs.

I lifted yesterday and I'm lifting again tonight. I want my 2/3 :tongue: DS is having his first sleepover tonight. I'm out of calories and won't be having any wine :sick: :laugh: I made them cookies that we will have at 8 with popcorn and a movie. I'm going to fix dinner in a bit. Meatball subs.

OMG I love celebrating with wine! :drinker:

Beeps, y'all look awesome! Got my lift/HIIT done. My calories/macros are planned out for the day including peach pie. Bring it on! :drinker:

Welp, I'm not going to get a 3/3 this week. Having family visiting from out of town has made it so hard to focus. They're leaving this morning and I will continue on the best I can. Pmag, I could get a squat rack but I have no space for it. :frown:

Thank goodness I don't care for ICEEs :noway: Bepee, what the heck is on that salad? Candy? :laugh: We're going out to eat tonight and I want a slice of my peach pie TODAY... Hmmm... We'll see how this goes. I've already gone over two days this week. I missed all the front squat talk? I don't do any back squats because I…

There's some good stuff in this thread! Jo, you are rockin' my socks! Bepee, I'm gonna keep up with you this week and nail the protein to the wall. I see quite a few people hitting all three goals! This is my week. I'm coming along! Jamaica and Red, the batteries in my scale died in February and I still... don't care! YAY!…

Stage 5 A1. Gettin' it done! Pudding, today it's 3 sets. Got stuff to do, right?!!