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Good morning all! The husband is back at work, I've had my caffeine and the sun is shining, so I'm in a good mood LOL Back at the gym properly this week. I've decided to keep working through my second round of Supercharged and I'll buy Strong during my next book purchase (we buy about 20 books at a time lol we love getting…

Happy birthday Jo! And awesomeness on the deadlift! :smiley: Back at home. Wandered into the gym for a light weights session yesterday morning and I went and bought another yoga mat so I can do some stretches and light yoga upstairs when I feel like it. Did that this morning - gorgeous way to spend the morning with the sun…

Merry Christmas all! ❤️ I've already been for a run along the beach, took the kids on an inflatable Wipeout course here at the resort and have enjoyed lunch lol Small boy wants to head back to the beach or pool in a little bit. I'm starting to feel my butt and legs lol Should sleep well tonight

Good morning all! I'm done lifting until after Christmas. Star Wars tonight, won't get home until about 1am, so no, I'm not hitting the gym tomorrow LOL I'm also contemplating deleting the MFP app. I really do need to cull my 'friends' list down to just you lot and the couple of local peeps I chat to frequently. I will…

LOL manic, I'm sorry, but that made me giggle. You and my daughter would get along really well - she hates step ups too :smile: Today is my 15th Wedding Anniversary. Damn that's a long time lol That's 18 years together... Actually speaking of my almost-teen, I better go toss her out of bed so we can get some stuff done…

manic, yeah, Coeliac is hereditary and runs in my husband's family. His mum, him and our boy all have it. One of his sisters is sensitive to gluten but was inconclusive with testing, she decided not to go for the biopsy and is partly gluten-free. We linked it back to the sausage sizzle at the church Christmas Carols.…

Beeps, maybe put the scale away for a bit, because that b*st*rd really does *kitten* with our heads. It's 1am. Both my boys are sick. They've been accidentally glutened. I f*cking hate Coeliac Disease. As you can see, this is all gearing up for a brilliant (sarcastic) Sunday. And a great start to the school holidays...

I think I may have to get Strong too. I'm happy to plod through what I'm currently doing, but it would be nice to have another book to read, and like Dou, I like the way Lou writes. Today's achievement so far (its 9am), is that I did a gym session and I haven't completely lost my *kitten* with the kids (only a little bit…

That's it too Dou - lifting makes me feeling awesome. And capable. I can lift things, and move things, and carry things for people (so long as I can get my short arms and little fingers around them lol). A 14+kg tray of mangoes this morning was nothing. I even carried it one-armed while I held a door open for someone…

I'm not even on the chart LOL (serious shorty here at 4'9 & 89lb) However, at last check, my 1RM was a little over 110lb, so maybe I'm doing okay :smile: I started with just bodyweight, then dumbbells and then bar.

Why I lift... So I don't fall apart later in life :wink: Actually that's pretty much it. I really, really enjoy it, and the bonus is it keeps my body hanging together. Which, seeing as I have a high possibility of currently starting menopause at 36yo (just waiting on test results... which reminds me, I need to ring my GP…

From memory I think I repeated Stage 1. I used the initial bit to learn form, work out substitutions (I lift at home and had very minimal equipment back then), and just felt the need to go over it again. I still do that sometimes - repeat bits and pieces or extend stages if I feel like I need to work on something a little…

Dawn - wowzers! You look brilliant! And I'm jealous you can wear a strapless dress... I have no boobs :# lol I'm around. Work is speeding up. I have 3.5 weeks until my December break. And I just got through two rush orders lol (which, of course, is why I'm messing about on the internet, obviously). Talking about programs,…

Good morning all! A dreary overcast day here. My business planning weekend didn't turn out - husband was meant to be going away to help with harvest, but it's raining... and then we got hit with a storm (hail, wind, rain etc) on Saturday so yesterday was spent cleaning up. Some water got into the garage, so there were a…

I don't count :smile: I used to, and I check macros and stuff on occasion, but I've spent the last year trying to apply what I've learned and transition to mindful & 'intuitive eating'... it's not easy, but I'm getting there :smile:

Woohoo! :smile: Twice mine lol Awesome job Dawn!! I'm currently about to throw something at our internet connection as it keeps dropping out and it's taking me twice as long to get anything done. Oh well.

Beeps - yay! on back to Venus-lifting :smile: TOM has finally reared it's head here... the cycles are getting longer :cry: stupid PCOS. And today is a bad day, painkillers aren't even taking the edge off. But. I managed to get a light lifting session in this morning before I was awake enough to argue with myself :wink: I…

Sometimes I take a break, sometimes I don't (that's helpful, isn't it? lol) In general, I've found myself taking a full week's break every 2 months-ish. Sometimes that lines up with the end of a stage, sometimes it doesn't. I've learned to listen to my body and do what it says. Most of the time :wink: If you have a…

Dawn, it's funny isn't it? A year ago there is no way I thought I'd be able to do the stuff I'm doing now. My low rep weights are now the ones I use for high reps, and I jumped in the pool the other day and did an easy 1.6km before I got bored. All that steady consistency over time really adds up.

I have caffeine... may have needed the double shot though :wink: Slept in this morning, so I'll hit the gym before lunch. At least Basic Training is relatively short. My sleeping sucks lately. The husband is using our bedroom for his study, and he has an exam next week. Which means I haven't been able to go to bed when I…

School went back today for Term 4... I know this term will be insane with all the end of year/Christmas/school fete etc etc stuff happening. There will be a swim meet in there somewhere and a couple of excursions too. In relation to programs, I'm going around again with Supercharged. The weights I am using are at least…

I want Jo's arms. Seriously. :sunglasses: Saturday afternoon, long weekend, we have five extra people in the house. They, my husband and my boy have gone to Monster Jam so it's just me and the girl. So I'm working LOL I promised her a swim in about half an hour. It's so beautiful and warm today - the weather has really…

I'm back. I lifted today - not awesome, but good enough, and that's the main thing :smile: Had a chat to the husband last night and I feel a little better. I also just opened Word and wrote and wrote and wrote.... sometimes a bit of verbal diarrhea is what's needed, and a listening ear :wink: My brain is still being…

Saying hi :smile: My brain is kicking my butt this week, so I'm laying a little low. I managed to get a partial workout in yesterday before I needed to stop. And then spent the rest of the day not far from bed. Apparently there is some sort of bug going around, all I know is I felt pretty bad. On top of that, I'm slipping…

A dash of skim milk or just black, depending on the coffee.

Dawn, that's freaking awesome!! Yes, let's have some photos people! (I'll find some later lol) Maybe we could have daily or weekly themes or something? Get some action happening around here :) (or maybe just so I can have something to read while I'm procrastinating... its okay, I'm also waiting on a customer's email, so…

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I have weights like that. They are doable but feel heavy. Eventually they get less heavy, but it's a random time frame, and usually the more impatient I am, the longer it takes lol First day of school holidays and you better believe I slept in. Which meant the husband had to literally run to the train :naughty: because I…

Just saying hello *wave* Feeling a little sensitive at the moment, which may or may not be the rainy weather, or the fact I hurt my foot (it's much better today, but a few more days rest may be required), or because I've had several snarky comments lately about my body. Yeah. That. Bought a cheapy suspension system from…

lol I'm extremely vertically challenged and as such, weigh very little, so my numbers will probably be the smallest :wink: But as of last week, my deadlift max was 63kg/138lb... If you're interested in working out the relevant ratios, I am 4'9 (145cm) and weigh a measly 40kg/89lb (yes, I am the size of a 10 or 11 year old…