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Crafty, great job! Runz, awesome on the 2lb loss. About to head to the gym. Super sore from shoulder/ back workout yesterday. I am not sure if I can lift anything with my arms.

You are welcome! AND WELCOME. we all love to lift and will graciously share what we know first hand or what works for us. Really focus on your form in this stage and steadily increase your weights without sacrificing form. IN a few short weeks, you will be amazed how strong you are.

kc2, are you just beginning? If so, focus on form and increase your weights as you can. Stage 2 isn't so easy . Once you get to the Body weight Matrix in stage 3 :laugh: :laugh: . Pardon me. :flowerforyou: Many of us have been there. We thought the same thing. I finished the program last September. I started it back up a…

Cowgirl, I can't look at your diary! I open it up and you eat like a bazillion calories and yet you are losing weight! AWESOME That being said, what 1200 calorie mindset do you have ?:wink: Sam, yeah, I'd take it as a "he remembers me." We live in such a small town people have said that to me a few times. Runz, go running!…

Afternoon ladies. Even though it is a Saturday, I made it to the gym! YAY ME! Welcome Crafty! the only soap I've made is bar soap to liquid soap. Didn't turn out well. I love the handmade soaps I see at fairs and gift shops.

Yes, I will eat more today. My body needs it but I hope to make better choices the rest of the evening. Which is hard to do when I can't go to the grocery store until next week. We are really trying to eat what we have in the house and not spend $$ at the grocery store this week. That being said, no fresh veggies, fruit,…

I'm hungry today! VERY HUNGRY!

I did not want to lift because I just didn't wanna.:sad: Yes, I am whining. But I had to run an errand and went anyway. I had to decrease all my weights . Not sure why other than the arm workout yesterday affected my shoulder and back today. Anyway, glad I went. My mood is better and I didn't let stress and hormones…

I don't think I made any resolutions. If I did, I don't remember. I am in one CRABBY mood today. Tomorrow I see the gyn for yearly. I wish he would yank these ovaries out. Yep, just looked at calendar and it's 11 days before TOM. Right when my hormones are crazy.

Only had the one cookie :glasses: Runz, I appreciate and look forward to your honesty! hahahahahaha So I can ask the runzalot mean to the bathroom.:laugh: Beeps, instead of getting shorter with age you are growing! woohoo Sue, since I have let my son guide me these past couple weeks I don't think I can return to NROL4W.…

OK, where are you ladies at!!! My little one wanted to have a tea party. I was trying so hard not to have sugar today . One cookie surely won't kill me , but it made me want more.

35 minutes of lifting. Worked on my shoulders and back. And slowly adding cardio back in so I can help the process of losing body fat. It's been 5 days since I worked out! UGH! I am gonna be sore tomorrow. I couldn't pull up my half of weight on the assisted pull up today :frown: Not sure why . I had to set it on 96 pounds…

jewel, lifting is it. I have taken a disliking to any cardio. I don't mind a leisure walk on a nature trail LOL I can't swim so that's out. I decided not to workout today. Weekends have always been my time off from any form of exercise. I'll try to do 4 workouts next week if I am still targeting muscle groups.

cowgirl! 175 pounds!! AWESOME! runz, Stage 2 is a killer ! I think it was my fave stage . Sue, NIGHT! :yawn: I have worked out 3 days this week already. I am itching to go back , plus, my son is telling me I need to do more days since I am targeting muscle groups instead of compound moves. What do yall think? I

Sam, thanks for the links. The closest one is an hour away but I did send a request form for the one nearby.

Ok I am not doing negative chin ups. I am doing the assisted chin ups where my body is lower , and I'm pulling my chin/weight up to the bar. OH, I think I pulled 86 pounds on the assisted chin up Also, because I can't do back squats (bar resting on shoulder that has atrophied muscle) I've been using the squat machine. My…

Sam, I am curious. Are you doing your body weight? I hope to get there eventually. What is a negative chin up? Is that what I am doing??

OH I forgot to tell yall what I did yesterday!! You know, I skipped stage 6 in the book last year because I wasn't interested in a pull up. WELL! Since I am letting my son guide me these next few weeks ....... I tried the assisted chin up machine! I pulled up half of my body weight 10 times! :bigsmile: SOOOOOOO, my…

Sam, do what works for you, babez :bigsmile: I am happy that you found it. Bonnie, IF you can properly do the lift with a higher weight , YES INCREASE. Beeps, I would love to know the Venus plan/diet but we just don't have the funds right now. (trying to debt snowball.) Sue, YES, tell them to crank it up. Today I worked on…

Beeps, I know! I've admired your pics. I look just like you did before your fat loss. slow and steady (I try to remind myself)

Bonnie, just wait until the guys start noticing you in the "big boys area". The best compliment I have received from a guy : The strongest woman in the gym. I was in "their" area the entire time today. Felt good too. Last week my son wanted me to do shoulder presses sitting down. A few of you remember I have nerve damage…

Hi everyone! I read the post and know I'll leave someone out. So I'll just keep it generic and say good job . Keep lifting. Beeps, I"m a size 12 whether I am at 155 or 140. It's the lack of fat loss. I am really trying not to focus on the scale and just lift. I read online that with my high body fat percentage I need to…

Bonnie, we were all there at one time! :flowerforyou: SAM! NO! No day off . :tongue: I haven't been in the gym all week, and he wrote down a workout where I could get 2 days in (my goal this week) All shoulders, back, and glutes. Tomorrow will be legs and arms :bigsmile: Next week will back to routine of 3 days a week .…

Got to the gym today. I let my son figure out a workout for me. Because this is the first time in the gym this week and I wanted to get 2 days in . He had me to do all shoulders, back, and hamstrings. YIKES I can feel my glutes tightening up. Bonnie, I concur with Beeps. That's how my weeks look.

Welcome, Bonnie. You'll love lifting! or I hope you do. I have to get to the gym today!! Or I won't get my 2 days in this week. Sue, thanks. I've been so busy with kids . tomorrow won't be any better.

TOM today. My lower tummy hurts. in fact, I hurt all over :sad: Zero energy. A/c unit quit working in the house. Zero motivation to workout. I am determined to get in 2 days this week. I WILL! Sam, I didn't dare step on the scale this weekend. Saturdays are my weigh in day but I knew TOM was near. Lines at the parks stink.…

Major soreness today! At least I can sit without grimacing so I guess it isn't that major. Sam! 800 cal salad. I never buy salad when I am out to eat. I can eat that at home. Eating out is my nemesis. At home I can control what I eat. jewel, I can't offer you any advice. I never stick with one thing long enough to see if…

BEEEEEEEPSSSSS! FOLLOW ORDERS! :bigsmile: Got my 2 days in this week. better than nothing. Prefer 3. I added a little to stage 2 and deleted a little. I am bored with the program . Guess that happens when you repeat the program for a 2nd time. Anyway, instead of crunches I did the apparatus where you hold your body weight…

I suffer extreme fatigue too! Plus, my legs and other regions :blushing: ACHE horribly. It seems the older I get the worse the symptoms become. OOOOOH, SAM! I want a deep muscle massage. I bet it hurts but feels so good afterwards. Not so good with my water today. Ya know, the radiation literally fried my saliva glands so…

GREAT everyone! Drink up that water especially since it's so hot and we are perspiring like crazy in the gym/outside. I will only get to workout twice this week. Hubby has been gone all week and I took youngest child to gym with me. She was good but neither of us like her sitting up front by herself. It's an open area and…