CoadyMarie

Count me in for having a bad weekend. Drank way too much on Sunday night, skipped my workout Monday and Tuesday, and now I'm trying to play catch-up, which I hate. Doing alright today though - at least I got my lifting in.

I skipped last week because I strained something in my back, got back to it Friday and promptly skipped Monday - great start to the month, sigh. Deloaded on everything because of the break. Squats: 5x5x75, but form didn't feel great. I wish I could get this right - I've been lifting since May and I feel like I've gone…

Back to posting in the check in thread after forgetting for a couple weeks... only to report that I skipped my workout today (achey legs ugh). Hopefully I will have something more interesting to say Wednesday :laugh:

Go back to posting in the workout thread! I think I've forgotten for two weeks now.... Mainly I want to work on form, especially on squats and deadlifts. I'm weirdly able to bench more than I squat now (damn cavey knees) Want to bump all lifts up by 10 lbs as well (well, maybe except OHP)... I want that 100 on squats!

Running day for me - two 8 minute intervals and nailed them on the first try :) Met goal as well. This week's averages are going to be up thanks to eating maintenance half the week, so I didn't log my weigh in, but I was only up half a pound.

If it helps, I find that if I weigh in (usually at 7 am) on a day after I worked closing and had dinner at 10 pm I always weigh more than if I ate at 7pm.... hopefully tomorrow will be good for you :)

So much better - on the lower calories I slipped up more often, completely obliterating my deficit in the process, and I didn't see much progress. I also found myself thinking about food slightly obsessively, which I don't think is good. Now I'm seeing steady (if slow) progress and rarely want to binge. It's not as if I…

Well I didn't realize how hot it was until I was already out, otherwise I might have wimped out. Did well today though in the cooler weather - actually didn't hear the prompt to stop running the last interval and made it another minute or so until I realized I could stop :) also I flipped through my running log and I just…

Hi lambie! I definitely know what you mean about "sticking" - up until a couple weeks ago I always bounced between exactly 131.5 and 128.5, with an occasional 130. I was using TDEE for a while using an online estimate, which told me 1500 gross cals/day, but it wasn't working for me (both in that I didn't see any consistent…

Kiwi - Sorry to hear about your little one. I hope she is feeling better soon :flowerforyou: Gen - not to mention, a good excuse to get a massage :) It was weird not doing lifting today, especially since I didn't work either - so even though I ate at maintenance I didn't actually get to eat more. I think I'm going to do…

Nope, it's flat flat flat. One of my problems is that I have short little legs so I'm a little shuffly anyways, and when I run properly, picking my feet up and leading with the chest, I end up going faster. It feels more natural this way so I think I'll just stick with it. I know the feeling - like all your hard work has…

Kiwi - that's awesome! Congratulations :) Dana - yeah I'm really excited for wicking - I've been wearing cheap cotton blend athletic stuff from Walmart and similar places and I'm always so sweaty and gross. Running time: holy! I thought I was as slow as a turtle, but I guess that's why it's taking me so long to progress…

Ashley - impressive pushups! As for low carb bread, I know it exists but no idea where to get it. I usually aim to hit protein goal first, which then naturally gets me to my fats goal, then just go to town on whatever - that usually gives me a pretty good balance. Kiwi - probably just have to give it a while to settle at…

Thanks guys :) It's weird how that one half pound feels like such a hurdle - but now that I've gotten there I feel like I might actually make it. Now trying to decide whether to go for a run right away in case it starts raining earlier than expected or have breakfast and go later, because for some reason I woke up STARVING…

Hi, welcome to the group! :) I'm also "not fat, but heavier than I used to be" - we can definitely do it!

Dana - I agree with Gen - if you're hungry you're hungry, and it's probably better to eat than drive yourself crazy trying to stay under once in a while. Hope the rest of the week goes better for you :) Gen - mmm, burger and fries sounds amazing Yesterday I ran Week 4 again - made the whole thing for the second time, yay!…

Nice job on the 5k, Gen! Glad it went well - definitely a reason for beer and popcorn :) Forgot to check in over the weekend, but I was good. Did my run Sunday instead, today did my lifting and went for a walk. After a short shift tomorrow I'm off work until the weekend so I'll have to be good and do some walking.

Oh you poor people who have lived without eating poutine :laugh: Ashley, that's so cool - it will be good to know exactly what your dealing with. I've been flirting with the idea of getting a rough bf % estimate over in Eat, Train, Progress but also don't really want to post underwear selfies on the internet.. Kiwi, I'm…

@Ashley, I hear Nova Scotia's beautiful - haven't managed to get out there yet but I'd love to! @Gen, Definitely! I lived by the canal for nearly four years and I really regret not getting in to running while it was right there. Ah well. Also, poutine is the greatest! @Kiwi, enjoy your treat day! Good day again yesterday,…

@Gen, up until six months ago I was in Ottawa! Sadly no longer thanks to uni loan repayment, but I'd love to move back someday :) Tried to go for my run during a break in the rain this morning, but it started up again after about 5 minutes - the cold, soaking kind too, not the nice refreshing kind. It did motivate me to do…

Sounds like everyone's doing pretty well! I'm in Ontario, Canada That is tough. I know how you feel - I moved back in with my parents about 6 months ago and my dad drives me crazy because he really underestimates amounts and always puts loads of oil etc. in. He's working in the city now so I get to do my own cooking 5 days…

Welcome b4wed! Awesome job so far!

Hi Ashley! Welcome!

Gen, I agree with Dana - probably just temporary. I know when I go up it always takes a couple days to go down again. Dana, sorry to hear your day didn't go well yesterday. Hope the rain holds off for you! So.... I made it! Finally got week 4 down - ran all the intervals of 3,5,3,5 minutes. On my last five I was just at…

Congratulations Kiwi! Pretty good day for me. Did my lifting, met goal, and had an ice cream cone. That's it for sweets for me this week - making another pie Friday (summer fruit, whyyyy are you going to be gone soon?) and I'm trying to only do sweets once or twice a week.

That's great, congratulations! I do the same thing with a big loss - you feel like you can relax a bit once you clear that big hurdle. P.S. honestly, I'm not that upset about the workout/pie - it was just the last straw after a long week and I needed to vent a bit. Back on the horse now :)

Thanks Kiwi :) I restart my weeks on Sundays luckily, so I'm just putting it out of my mind.

Update - ended up up only about 250 over, so maintenance. And in a much better mood now - sorry for all the whinging and moaning earlier :) but that's what the internet's for, eh?

Gen, Good luck! Kiwi, nice job! Dana, I do find it useful - mainly because I am awful at estimating my activity Early post today just to rant, so feel free to skim over if you're not into whining :) I just really feel the need to complain right now. I'm just in a really awful mood - I missed yesterday's workout and now it…

Oh, definitely an easy jog - I saw it mentioned on the C25K board to go at a pace where you can still breathe only through the nose, and that trick seems to be working. I always eat my exercise calories too - if I didn't I'd be living on nothing! Actually I'm not sure I could force myself not to... when I see upwards of 50…