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Me too. I get hours of entertainment out of them. It probably makes me a bad person but I really enjoy all the arguing that goes on. Some people are just so easily offended! I lifted today. My last B workout of stage 3. Now I just have to repeat A and I am on to stage 4. Wohoo! I am celebrating with a glass of wine!…

Sam, I'll be there in how ever many hours it takes me to fly to you! I never think of buying bagels but there was a thread on here earlier today about them and I have been craving one since! Your first date story is hilarious! You know you have found the right man when he can get passed you throwing melted cheese at him on…

Welcome Robin! And good luck with the workout. I get the fear sometimes too of going into the weights area in the gym but I honesty don't know why. The guys (and occasional girl) in there are lovely and I have been there long enough that now I have chats with some of the lads in between sets. No one has ever so much as…

I am in awe of your BWM numbers Pudding, I still am nowhere near your beginning time! This morning was meant to be my last A workout of this stage but I wasn't feeling well when I got to the gym I managed to get as far as finishing the dumbbell bench press and then I had to leave in a hurry to get to the toilet :sick: I…

Yep, i definitely agree, i come away from the gym feeling like I haven't really accomplished anything. Can't wait to get back to stage 4 and do some real lifts! (although my legs will hate me when I get there!)

Sounds like everyone is doing really well. jamacianlady, congrats on sticking to your goals and seeing a loss. I have gotten a bit more used to the calorie amount and I think I like having the same amount to eat everyday, it stops me from trying to convince myself that the two hours I spent wandering around shops counts as…

What?? thats 32%??? I looked at the photos and thought 'wow, that is the body I want'! I had a similar experience when I got a DXA scan, i thought I was at around 32% and it turned out I was 38%. 38% body fat!! I was disgusted. That was last November but I don't think i have gone down much. I will lose it but I have no…

Manic that is excellent news!! jdgro, even with this programme and eating at a surplus you are unlikely to put on 8lbs of muscle. I can't remember what the numbers are but it is incredibly difficult to put on muscle. Even if you do, if you are eating at a surplus you will also put on fat. As far as i understand it the…

Turns out I was wrong. Its not hunger. its low blood pressure. now I'm off to find somewhere dark where I can lie down for a while...

Marieann, wow thats a long drive! I hope you have a great weekend and don't get hit by a tornado! I hated the AMRAPs too. For the next time they come up I might try using the timer but if I still hate them then I am going to skip the rest of them. Congrats on getting through the BMW Sunshine! I did it yesterday too.…

I am officially half way through stage 3. I don't particularly like this stage, I don't get to lift heavy weights so I lack the satisfaction of seeing how heavy i can go! I think I just miss deadlifts!

Hi everyone. I have been really bad this weekend. I was out for a friends 30th on Sat night and drank lots and lots of wine. and then ate lots and lots of food! I think I actually went over maintenance calories last week. Its hardly surprising that I am not losing any weight when i do that most weekends but by mid week I…

i think you are right to take a break Sunshine. I was tempted too because I was so sore after the first workout. My hamstrings have been tight all week! But I know that in a couple of weeks I won't have access to a gym for a week so I will be forced to take a break then. I did A2 today and I almost didn't want to go into…

In stage one my shoulder hurt when I went up in weights for the shoulder press. I dropped the weights back down and while it was still twingy it didn't hurt. Its fine again now because I didn't have to use it during stage 2. is it only for certain exercises that it hurts? Can you modify them in some way?

have you tried 3B yet sunshine? I did it yesterday. I found it easier simply because it didn't have the BMW. Even the interval training seemed easy in comparison! I liked the Romanian deadlift with bent over row. i did it with 30kg (roughly 65lbs) but think I could go up a little next week. single leg squat my balance was…

I need to get better at keeping up with this thread, it moves far too fast for me! :smile: Yesterday I did stage 3, workout B and didn't find it too bad. The YTWL were really hard even though I only used 5lbs dumbbells! and i only fell over once doing the single leg squats so overall I think it went ok! My hamstrings are…

Gender: Female Age: 30 Height: 5'8'' Starting weight: 176 Current Weight: 144 Goal weight: 135-140 Activity level: Sedentary Weight loss goal: 0.5 pounds per week Calorie Goal (Net): 1540 Average Calorie intake: 1888 Exercise: NROLFW three times a week, walking or jogging a couple of times a week (I run if my legs feel up…

My whole body hurts today! I think I will cancel the run I had planned for this evening and just do some yoga and a walk instead.

I just started stage 3. wow that BMW is hard!! I don't like high reps so even the 24 squats were a little difficult but when I got to the lunge jumps and the squat jumps I nearly died. I had to keep stopping to prevent my legs from just collapsing under me! I got 2/3 last week. I lifted 3 times and hit my protein but went…

I just did my first workout A. Ouch!! the BMW almost killed me. I think i might have set a record for the slowest time ever, it took my over 5 mins both times although I was faster the second time round. ah well, at least I have room for improvement. I found the squats with one arm overhead really hard, i started with…

Haha, i was much better than you, I only drank half a bottle of wine so I managed to lift with a hangover yesterday. :smile: Then last night I drank lots lots more and ate all the foods. I managed to go for a 30 minute run today but I don't think that was enough to undo all the damage. Ah well, as long as I've had my fun…

Beeps: I love that post. thanks for sharing it. And congrats on the loss!! thanks for all the advice on the starting weights ladies. I definitely have a tendency to underestimate my strength when starting a new level and start far too light. I think ill start the squats with 20lbs as my heavier weight. I am in the middle…

How do you get the bar on your back without a rack? or do you use dumbbells? My gym has one power cage and no squat rack and it is almost impossible to get at. Funnily i don't get nervous about hurting myself, i get nervous before each time i do a different exercise that I suddenly won't be able to do it and that I will…

Thanks Sue, i have one more B workout in stage 2 so ill give the lateral raises one more chance but do them from the swiss ball. if that doesn't help then in stage 4 ill do the ones you suggested instead. I'm slightly jealous of all you people with constipation issues. i have completely the opposite problem, today I…

I know how you feel. Today one guy was using the rack for most of the time when i was in the gym and when his friend came in he called him over and told him to use the rack when he was done! In the end I did my FSPP with dumbbells which I don't like doing because its hard to keep my arms up straight, they wobble all over…

Thats interesting, I use 4 risers with a step on top and it does have me pretty much parallel, and I am tall with long legs! Are you really tall Ari or do our gyms have different size risers? I do them with 30lbs dumbbells and I couldn't go any heavier because I am always about to drop them by the end I can't remember who…

Thanks guys, I will definitely try the mixed grip next time because yesterday the barbell was very close to falling!

I figured that was where you were. and that when you talk about being cold for winter you actually have the same temperature as we have in summer when we think its really hot! :smile: The six week challenge is a great idea. I can get so lazy about tracking if i don't have any accountability. does someone keep track of how…

I'm trying to but I give myself 10 minutes to read the forums on MFP and it takes me 20 minutes to catch up on what everyone else is saying so that i don't have time to post. Love that this thread is so active! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Red: I'm really sorry to hear that. that sucks. Just keep lifting and take out your tension and stress on the bar! Dnamouse: where are you from? talking about winter when I am getting excited about the sun coming out is confusing me! Sunshinelively: quark is very similar to cottage cheese but it has a smoother texture. it…