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Hang in there branfran, your husband is right. 0.5lbs is a decent, steady amount to lose each week. I know how hard it is to resist the 'screw it's sometimes though :) It can be really frustrating when it feels like things aren't working, but you're doing a great job!

At the moment I'm doing physio for a knee issue, so my exercise routine consists of physio-approved exercises- my prescribed rehab exercises (which are boring as hell) cycling (which is okay, when my knee is good enough for me to do interesting stuff like intervals) and walking (which is also okay). I'm trying to…

I've decided to take a step back from tracking for a while. Which probably sounds like an excuse, but it was starting to do my head in. I have calories and macros running through my head constantly. How many I have left, how many can I burn. I'm definitely not going to let myself use it as an excuse to pig out or skip…

I am so, so sorry for your loss threatsofpizza. *hugs* I still get teary when I think about my dog and he passed away 9 years ago. It's a devastating blow, and it's perfectly okay to let diet and weightloss take a back seat for a while; do whatever you need for yourself right now.

That's a mindset I'm trying to get out of at the moment too- I've used a TDEE calculator, upped my daily calories and I'm aiming to eat close to that every day as opposed to 'earning' extra calories through exercise. Just because it felt like I'd 'earned' those calories, therefore I should use them, and to be honest I have…

Right there with ya avskk. My Saturday didn't start off too badly but culminated in some at home drinking with a bunch of friends who broke out the tortilla chips, salsa, and chocolate. It threw me off a bit because I'd allocated myself some extra calories for a few bottles of beer on Saturday but wasn't anticipating all…

Glad to hear you had a fun couple of days bhnguyen82! And I'd wager a significant amount of that 2lbs is bloat. I can gain 3lbs+ in a day from Indian food, beer and salty stuff very very easily but it usually goes away soon enough. I've had a good couple of days, I've gotten the crazy snacking slightly more under control…

If I knew how snacks worked, I wouldn't be in this position :laugh: thanks avskk, I'll give that approach a try. Part of my problem is that I usually do have around 200 calories to spare at the end of the evening but I try to resist using them for some reason. But 200 calories on a healthy snack makes more sense than 400+…

I'm up to 45 seconds on my side planks and with great form :) I thought I'd never be able to do these correctly, let alone for more than 30 seconds.

Grr. I ended up snacking on chocolate biscuits and chocolate squares while vegging out with the housemates yesterday. It's so silly, logically I KNOW I'm not hungry and I KNOW I don't need to be eating sweets but I just can't say no to the junk. I threw out the biscuits (I don't normally buy them but they were left over…

Yeah, as I expected my weekend was not so healthy. On the plus side I didn't gorge myself beyond the point of full like I usually would. I tried listening to my hunger cues for once (zomg intuitive eating!!) and ended up skipping lunch both days and having larger breakfasts and dinner out. 3 nights of booze though, ugh.…

LOTS of planking (side planks, prone planks) in my rehab exercises, along with wall squats, so that's good :happy: It's better than nothing, it just feels so strange to go from HIIT and squats/deadlifts to 15 minutes of 'gentle' cycling and 30 minutes of stretches and bodyweight exercises. On the plus side, at least I have…

I'm not a low carber either, but I stopped buying bread, pasta and potatoes because I feel like I can get a lot more bang for my calorie buck with other items. Plus if I have bread lying around the house I'll tend to snack on it. Buying a scale and figuring out portions was a biggie for me. My mind was blown the first time…

My week has been okay. I stuffed my face on Tuesday with some amazing chocolates my boss brought back from his holiday, I have no friggin self control with sweets. The chocolate was right in my line of sight at my desk so like the sneaky *kitten* I am, I moved it to the area where the interns are. They fully devoured it…

I'm Nut Buttahface. I'm here because I stuff my face with too much nut buttah. My diary is locked but the key to open it is my username (feelgoodnic)

Height: 5'6" CW: Approx 148-150 (need to get batteries for my scales) GW: 136-140 Workout goal: Currently doing physio for a knee injury, so at the moment it's physio exercises daily and building back up to being able to bike and weightlift again Food goal: More water, less booze. MUCH less sugar.

My biggest challenge is alcohol and fun times and socialising, basically, anything that takes me away from routine. I'll be on point all week and then the weekend happens and it's all **** yeah I want the most calorie-filled dish on the menu, followed by dessert, washed down with 5 sweet cocktails and a half bottle of…

Forgot to say Jo, congratulations on the squat PR! That's so impressive :) well done!

Yeah, so my last workout of Stage 7 was last Friday... and I woke up with a sore knee again so I had to skip it :( I was planning on taking the week off but I then decided to see if I could fit in the last workout. Unfortunately my knee didn't get any better so I went to a physiotherapist today to get it checked out. Turns…

jo, I apologise, I haven't had a chance to read any further in Supercharged so I haven't gleamed much new info from it but I've set aside time for it tonight to figure out the workouts and stuff :) It feels I'm over my slump, hurray! 2 good workouts and I even got up early on Monday to fit a spin class in. On Sunday I hit…

My squats need work, definitely. I should probably be focusing on them more than my deadlifts :) I find I'm not sure what I should be aiming at, because I haven't done a back squat since Stage 1, whereas nearly all the stages have included deadlifts in some variation or another. I think it's partly all in my head as well.…

Workout 6 done today... I'm going to repeat the 6 workouts so this is my halfway point! Added 2.5kg to my deadlift bringing it to 52.5kg, I'd love to see 55kg (or more!) before I finish this stage. Aside from that I ended up dropping my weights to 8kg for the squats and step ups to get the full 20 reps in... 9kg was just…

I thought my leg felt okay this morning, but then it started hurting like crazy when I tried to do lunges :( so I skipped those today. Luckily the rest of the workout was pretty much upper body and arms and I then had some extra time to do some serious stretching at the end. Thanks for the advice makinitcount, I've never…

I was supposed to be spinning today but I'm taking an extra rest day. Embarrassingly enough I feel like I pulled something in my butt :( I did a LOT of walking over the past few days and I had a huge blister on my foot (non lifting related!) so my gait was a bit funny, between a music festival on Sunday and there was an…

Ha, jo_marnes, I'm in a similar position! I felt so weedy with my 22.5kg bench. My dumb bell benches were also at 10kg each. I kept trying to do 12.5kg but could never get more than 3 reps or so, it was really annoying that there's no 'in between' weight I could use, from 10kg upwards the increments are in 2.5kg instead of…

I'm considering Stronglifts as well, there's a lot of things about it that appeal to me. I like squats/deadlifts/rows and it looks like it would also take a little less than the 1.5 hours I sometimes need for a NROLFW workout! I'll see how Stage 7 goes and have a think about it.

I had to drop my weights a little to get all the reps in, and even at that I could only do 15 reps. I'm trying to increase by 1 rep every workout so I should be at 20 by the end. Is anyone else planning on doing this stage twice (for 12 total workouts)? I'm hoping to because I want to figure out what I'm going to do next!…

Congrats on the PR suelegal! That's an impressive number! Workout 2 was today, these really are intense, I was covered in sweat and had a bright red tomato face by the time I finished, but it feels good at the same time! I'd never done an incline bench press before so I was a bit self conscious, did 2 sets of 22.5kg x 8…

Oh boy! I've skipped ahead to this stage (I'd like to revisit Stage 6 when I've dropped a bit more weight, but for now cutting fat is my main goal) and I can tell fun times are head. My *kitten* was thoroughly kicked by the first workout and I only did 15 reps for each exercise! My back squat today was 30kg, it's something…

Workout 3B done today... only 2 left! Things really came together this morning. I've been struggling to get to 41kg on the lat pulldowns, and all of a sudden today I just sat down and banged out 4 sets of 4 reps x 41kg without a problem. Added 2.5kg to my romanian deadlift/barbell row today bringing it to 37.5kg... I…