tolygal Member

Hi - I'd like to join!

Name: Tonya Age:42 Height:5'3 Start Weight (29th June):215 Goal Weight (14th Sept): 190 29th June:215 6th July: 13th July: 20nd July: 27th July: 31st July: Weight goal for this week: 3 Weight lost/gained this week:

Bumping because I don't have time to read all the responses right now, but I also wanted to quickly say that I have just recently added running to my workout plan. I typically focus on lifting (with elliptical intervals immediately following when I have time), which I do three days a week and then I used to rest the other…

Sorry, I just saw this (I wish MFP gave notifications when someone quoted or replied to you....). I'm not really using any lifting program right at this moment. When I first started, I used NROLFW. Then I just did my own thing for a while and then started NROL for Life. Now I just sort of do my own thing - I have a typical…

I've been lifting for a while now, and I've never seen the scale move (noticeably) due to muscle gain, although my shape certainly has. Plenty of times it moves up because I eat poorly and I gain water or fat, but any muscle I have gained hasn't seemed to have had much impact on the scale. However, I don't mind if/when the…

Holy crap!!! Nice job!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

I think that if you find a GOOD PT and stick with him/her for a full program, then yes, it would be worth it. I've tried several different trainers at a couple of different gyms (not from PF) for 1 to 3 sessions. I couldn't afford to keep going to them for any length of time - I just wanted them to help me get a program…

Why just girls? I'm sure plenty of people would like that, but I, personally, enjoy being able to go with my husband when we can and propbably wouldn't join a gym for women only. Plus, I enjoy people watching, and it's more fun when you get both guys and gals around!! And I like watching how men lift (some men, that is).…

Sorry - one more.... child care!!! Reasonably priced, of course...

Oh - and no silly "girls section"

Oh - and open 24 hours (I go at 4:30 a.m., so gyms that open at 6:00 don't work for me)

Multiple squat racks!!!! Every gym I've been to has only 1, and it sucks. Especially when people are using the space for things that you don't need the rack for....grrrrr. Plenty of benches and free weights. Multiple hight boxes. One gym I go to has great tall boxes for box jumps and step ups, but it doesn't have any…

Honestly, I take 90 minutes because I can!! :smile: I get up at 4 a.m. and hit the gym by 4:30 or so. I have to be home by 6:20 so my husband can leave for work. I only get 3 days because he gets the other 2 days plus a weekend day, so I try to hit everything that I can in that time. That's the only time of the day I have…

I'm doing a full body routine, although I've been thinking about changing that. But I'm not sure how to do that while still doing squats and deads. I currently do them on opposite days, so I have to do some research on how people do split routines while still doing those excercises.

Ya, that's how I got pregnant (missed a pill)..... I didn't think it would hurt anything and I could "catch back up." Um - no such luck.... Better use some protection for about a month or so (unless you're lucky).

Bumping for ideas and to mention this site where you can search for music based on bpm: http://jog.fm/

Last spring I ran a 5k with a friend (first one I'd ever done with someone), and we talked ahead of time and agreed that we would run our own pace. For a while, we kept pace but definetly didn't end together. It worked out great, but you should definetly set the expectations ahead of time (assuming you want to go at your…

In that case, you should probably ask a specialst. Have you asked your physical therapist? I could throw out some thoughts, but wouldn't want you to injure yourself more trying something. Good luck!!

Answers will depend a lot on why you can't do squats, which you didn't explain.

I am squatting 185 currently (squat rack - for some reason, I felt the need to clarify). I still have plenty of fat to lose, but even so, my legs and glutes haven't gotten bigger. The shape has improved nicely though - even with the extra fat on top, my legs and backside are much improved. As the fat is reduced, they will…

Is this for real? I know that juicing removes those benefits, but I thought that if you use the whole fruit, not just the juice, you get the benefits. Obviously you are mixing everyting up into a drinkable form, but everything is still in there....isn't it? I've never heard this before. I have a smoothie almost every day…

Don't do them on your knees - do them on an incline, against a wall or the counter or the couch or a stool, etc.. When you do them on your knees, you don't get the same core strengthening and progress as you do if you do it on an incline (I'm probably not explaining this exactly right, but you're missing some key strength…

I used to feel the same way. I never felt full unless I had a total binge, and other than those moments, I always wanted something to eat. I was never satisfied no matter how much I ate - I always "needed" something more (and I was eating plenty of protein - nearly 150g a day). Watching calories (I was eating 1500 - 1800…

Could it be that they were trying to hide the numbers from.....themselves? Even if they are trying to hide it from you, who cares? Personally, I like to see my numbers and don't care if anyone else sees them, but again - I don't understand how these little things cause people to get irritated.

Exactly this for me, so try not to take it personally. Also, sometimes I want a better view of a certain tv channel that I can't get from one that's down further (I read the closed captioning)... I'm not saying I don't understand....if given the choice, I try to leave space in between, but I can see why it happens. Things…

I get up at 4:00 a.m. and am at the gym by 4:20 or so. I do a 5-10 min warmup, then lift for about an hour and then do about 20-30 minutes of intervals. I do this on an empty stomach and feel fine (and I don't think I have any strength or stamina issues during lifting or cardio). I used to eat before working out, but at…

Thanks!!! :bigsmile: I'm rediculously proud of this accomplishment! My new goal is to do 5 in a row :-) How do you try for a pullup? Since you're pulling 175 on your lat pulldowns, I'll bet you could train for pullups relatively quickly. My lat pulldowns are at 130 (I sit relatively upright on them to try to mimic a…

Deadlift: 195 lbs (3 X 5) Squats: 165 lbs (5 X 5) Bench Press: 100 lbs (3 X 6) Barbell Bent Over Row: 100 lbs (3 X 6) Lat Pulldowns: 130 (3 x 6) Pushups (boy style): (3 x (15, 13, 12)) Pistol Squat: 0 on the floor (but I'm getting close!) Pullup (unassisted): 5 X 1.5 (progress!!!!!!!!!!!) I've been lifting for about two…

Congrats on your weightloss so far!! I have been eating fruit and have been doing okay with it, but I've been trying to choose mostly berries and grapefruit, which, according to The Primal Blueprint are on the best choice list. I believe that list included berries, apples, peaches, pears, grapefruit and bananas if I…

Multiple pull-ups (I can now do one at a time, but I want to be able to do 10 at a time) Pistol squats (I can't even do one quiet yet) Deadlift 200 lbs (I just hit 190 lbs)