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You look great, way to go! I can't see how you need to lose almost 50lbs more though. Toning up will do wonders for you.

About the socks, I figured. But I didn't realize DL ruined your legs so much! Now I'm scared. Thanks for the well wishes for my DH. Hopefully he will be better soon and this won't be a long term pain. Roxylola, that stinks. I hope tomorrow is a better day for you.

There is a member here, TheFitHooker, who lost weight while pregnant. I think I render reading her doctor told her how many calories to eat. Remember that will be different for everybody. I ate whenever I was hungry, but tried to eat a lot of veggies and fruit. I gained about 15 pounds, but gained almost 10 when going…

^^ Hahaha, funny! @ Iwoodrof, cute socks! Can somebody please explain to me the importance of socks for deadlifting? I don't really get it. Is it because pants can get in the way or something? I lifted tonight but missed over a week. A bunch of things happened, we had company, then it has been way too cold to be in the…

Way to go! I really need to work on my flexibility, yours is awesome! I started SL 5x5 a couple weeks ago, I can't wait to see where I am at in 6 months or a year.

Wow, you look amazing! Way to go!

You are all doing so great! Week 1 - 181 Week 2 - 185 (started a new work out and I am retaining water) Week 3 - 182.6 Week 4 - 181.4 Week 5 - 181.2 Week 6 - 181.0 Week 7 - 179.6 Week 8 - 179.2 Week 9 - 178.6 Week 10 - 176.8 Week 11 - 179 (started lifting heavy) Week 12 - 178.8 Week 13 - 176.6 4.4 pounds lost for challenge…

Thanks for posting! How much stevia did you use?

Thanks for making the clarification. I actually read it as exhale going up, so I would have done the same.

I will focus on my core more. I try to do that but with so many other things I have been focusing on it might have been neglected lately. Curl toes up, or try to. That is what I have been doing. Got it. I will move to no toe curls after I have better range of movement in my heels. Right now I don't think I have a choice. I…

No ****. I will get my husband to record me next time and maybe it's not as bad as I thought... Thanks. ETA: I didn't mean no **** as being a smarta$$ in case it came out that way. ;)

You are? I know you can, but I thought it was just until you can do it properly. My issue is that when I have a wider stance, feet pointed out I fall forward. If I keep my feet a little less wide (but wider than hips) and try (I say try because when I am done sometimes I see one or more of my feet turned out a bit) to keep…

I read part of a pdf for squats. I haven't finished it yet though. But when I stand wider with my feet turned out I seem to fall forward more. *I don't actually fall, I just come forward and I read/saw that the bar should go straight up and down, not move forward or backward* So all this practice I am doing with body…

Hmmmm, I have heard to put plates with a ramp type thing under my heels, but not toes. I might try that, thanks!

Thanks for posting! I am happy to hear it can be overcome. Hopefully practice will help me get to the point where I can squat with proper form.

I am trying to stick my butt out but I just arched my back more and it felt good. For your stretching, it sounds like what I do with door handles or a pole. I don't wear heels often. I have boots with heels, but I don't wear them much because they are not water proof and not good in ice which we get a lot of here. My nice…

I can totally feel it in my hips. Maybe it will help me in other areas because right now my hips, knees, and ankles are all hurting. I did the calf stretch too just now and it is almost identical to the other stretch I was doing except I wasn't stretching the calf. I can do two for one now. Thanks! Now, when I do the…

In the house no shoes. In the garage they are a cheap slip on flat shoe. They were the flattest shoes I had as the others have some support (runners, boots, etc). I am trying to, yes. If I do the form like I do when holding onto something without holding onto something I fall back. The problem with scrunching my toes in is…

Hahaha, I have been doing the one that is like squatting to go to the bathroom in the woods and praying. I just tried your recommendation. I am not sure I feel the same thing as I go down, but I am trying. I feel like I am getting a bit better, but I don't think I am very low. I will get my husband to record me so I can…

They don't look like they are turned inwards (maybe very slightly), but they sure feel like it.

I have an empty 12.2 pound bar I can use. I am practicing BW squats, but my hips are pretty sore from stretching them yesterday.

JoRocka, I found a video I was watching on mobilitywods for hip flexor stretches before squats. My son hit the back button and every time I go to watch it now it says the page doesn't exist. In trying to find it on YouTube but there are so many! I did another stretch on YouTube which was pretty much squatting at a wide…

Steph, those cookies and the rest of the food sounds delish! We had bacon wrapped shrimp when we decorated our tree. Yummy. For Christmas I won't be bringing my scale. I will try to estimate everything, but some things it will just be a guess. I'm not too worried. I plan on going over and I don't really care. I won't go…

I don't know what a foam roller does, but I have heard of them. I'll go look them up. Do you mean a hockey puck? I don't know what a hockey ball is... Maybe I can use one of my dogs balls? I will try putting the bar higher, but my neck might not be able to handle it. I can't even have that spot massaged. I have been…

Flats. Nothing when I do body weight squats when I'm practicing. My weights are in the garage and it's freezing out there so I just slide on flat slide on shoes as they are the flattest I have.

Do you mean just bending over or squatting? I can touch my fingers to the ground with just bending over, but I have to bend my knees. I'm not very flexible anymore. I have been doing some yoga on YouTube.

My issue is I go forward then and isn't that bad for your lower back?

OK. I didn't do yesterday because I wasn't sure. Plus I have had a bad headache and neck pain for the past week. I keep the bar low because I have some issues at the base of my neck. I didn't want it resting there. Maybe I'll try and get it lower?

Also, I can keep my heels on the ground when I hold onto the doorhandles or anything that keeps me back. I just can't do it on my own, it's so frustrating. I have been doing ankle, calve, and go flexor stretches. Hopefully I get some improvement. So I'm not sure if I should go up in weight for the other lifts? Won't I be…

Kgeyser, I can squat pretty low, parallel with knees or lower, but on my toes or with my feet pointed out and a wider stance. I have been doing bodyweight squats all around the house to try and practice. It doesn't seem to bother my calves, but I just can't get my heels on the floor as my ankles won't let me. I have been…