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Scaling back after an 18 months hiatus
Hi ladies! I was doing Stronglifts 5x5 from January 2015 to October 2015. Then, I got pregnant, and I stopped lifting around the beginning of my 2nd trimester because deadlifting and squatting was sending my heart rate to the roof, which was not compatible with all the growing a tiny human thing. I gave birth at the end of…
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Pump that iron!
Hi fellow MFPers! I totally support the fact that women should lift heavy because but I'm not currently talking about that kind of iron. I'm 30 weeks pregnant now and I started to have vertigo episodes and general diziness because of an iron deficiency that is, apparently, totally normal in the 3rd trimester.…
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Weekly goals: 2/03/2015 to 8/03/2015
I did not have a good week last week, and I am really bloated from my food and booze binge. I'm up +4 this morning (for sure, this is mostly water weight) and I have not lose weight in the last two weeks, so I want to get back on track and will try to be at least down 1.5 from my lowest at the end of the week. Goals 1) Be…
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Is my body starting to fall apart?
I started lifting on January 4th and I have been doing great progress since. Here's where I am now: Squat: 120 (currently deloaded to 110 because I strained my back sunday night, but my max is 120) DL: 130 Rows: 65 Bench: 65 OHP: 50 Here's my problem: I have all sorts of pain that appear at any time. At first it was DOMS…
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Goals for this challenge
Time to set new goal as a new challenge is around the corner. I easily reached my goal for the Valentine's day challenge (by easily, I mean that I didn't need to change drastically what I was doing). I'm now at 236 pounds, down 43 from the beginning of this journey. I am now on a macro-conscious diet break week, where I'm…
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Chit chat thread
So, I read in the goals thread that some of you are thinking about joining a yoga class. I'm not a big yoga fan (I'm no good at being flexible and balanced), but I do some exercise on my own, with the help of my Wii balance board (so tech savvy). I'm not convinced I can do a class, though. However, there is a ton of…
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Weekly goals 2/23/2015 - 3/1/2015
So! Diet break as come to an end. I'm a little up this week, but it's most likely fluid retention (had homemade ramen yesterday night, boy, those are sodium bomb). Back at it this week, and I have a "cleaner" week on my plate, to balance things out after the diet break. Here are my goals for the week: 1) Keep sodium intake…
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Friday, February 13th goals
I officially reached my goal for this challenge. Yay! Today is my double eating out day, so I'm not sure if I will be logging or not. I'm starting a week-long macro-conscious diet break tomorrow, so I will probably treat today as a cheat day. Hope everyone is doing ok! :) Goals for today 1) Choose wisely while eating out…
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Thursday, February 12th goals
I feel like I'm the only doing the goal thing these days (along with Stephany ;) ), but still writing it down because, you know, habitus and motivation. Scale was down again this morning (yay), and I am .4 pounds away of reaching my goal for this challenge. At this point, I'm already calling it a success, because I'm…
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February 11th goals
Hi! I hope everyone is doing fine! I think we may have found people to rent our apartment, so stress is going down a little. I had a crappy night of sleep and it was cold as hell this morning, but I make it to the gym anyway. I'm proud! I reached my goals yesterday, and I'm seeing some move on the scale, so I'm happy and…
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Tuesday February 10th goals
Hi gals! (and I think there's also a guy involved in here, so hi to you too! ;) ). I did great with my goals yesterday, and my back is definitely feeling better this morning. I think that we also found some serious people who wants to rent our apartment, so I hope the stress will go down from now on. How is it going on…
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Monday February 9th goals
I hope everyone is doing fine and had a good weekend. I'm pretty exhausted this morning, we had a lot of visitors for our apartment this weekend, and none of them wanted to rent it in the end. I'm starting to stress a bit about this, and stress isn't good on my weight loss, so I hope it will be ok. I'm writing my goals for…
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Friday February 6th goals + weekend goals
I'm right down with Stephany about this: wheeeeere is everybody?! There's only a week left to this challenge, we need to rock and kick some butts!! I had a weird day yesterday, feeling a little bit hungry and, at the same time, feeling to exhausted to exercise after work. I skipped cardio again (but I will do some this…
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Thursday February 5th goals
I'm still fighting something, and went to bed (again!) at 8:30. Maybe it's the cold weather that give me the feeling that I need to hibernate, but still, it's a little weird to sleep that much. Today is date night with my husband, so I'll probably stay up at least until 9:30. ;) Goals, really smooth today 1) Follow my…
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February, 2nd goals
Hi! I hope everyone had a good weekend and a good Superbowl party. I had fun watching the game, and I would have been happy with the game either way because it was a good show. Here are my goals for the day: 1) Follow my eating plan and try to limit snacking. 2) Exercise - Done! Workout B from Stronglifts was done this…
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Recovery day hunger is killing me!
Hi gals! I posted the same question on my profile, but I think that your answers may be more appropriate. So, here is my problem: I ate my 450 cals lunch about 35 minutes ago and I definitely could eat another portion (like, another 450 cals plate!) right now. I know this is a side effect of weight lifting, but I'm so…
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Friday, January 30th + Weekend goals
Hi! How is everyone doing? I kinda reached goals for yesterday, except exercising, 'cause I spend an hour and a half on the phone with my dad who was a little bit sad (you know those stories where siblings start to fight after the death of their parents? well, it happened to my father, and I think that he is fed up about…
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Wednesday, January 28th goals
I didn't reach my goals yesterday. I went over my calories by a tad, went over my low sodium goals, and didn't exercise. It's not that bad, but overall, it was so-so. 1) Follow the plan, stay under calories (I have to make up for yesterday) and watch sodium 2) Workout: done. I made Workout B from Stronflifts 5 x 5 this…
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Tuesday, January 27th goals
I did ok with my yesterday goals, except that I went over my sodium goal because of some nifty leftover Doritos we had from this weekend party. I've ate them all, so no worries, it won't happen again. I was still pretty under my calorie goal, though. I also roasted a pork shoulder during the night, so I now have plenty of…
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January 20th goals
Today is hubby's birthday! Yay!! Birthdays are fun, but birthdays also mean going out, eating rich food and drinkng wine, so I'll have to be careful today (and this week in general, because I organized him a HUGE surprise party on Saturday). I did reach all of my yesterday goals, but I'm still bloated from PMS, so no…
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January 19th goals
I've reached my goals for the weekend, except that I went a little bit overboard with Saturday night's dinner. I'm trying to make up for this, because this week is my husband's birthday, and I don't have much room for mistakes. Here are my today's goals: 1) Log accurately and follow my eating plan. 2) Workout. DONE! I was…
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January 16th goals
I did a good job on my yesterday goals, except the fact that I was way too much hungry to workout before dinner. I ended up doing it straight after dinner, and it was kind of fun, my aerobics feeled easier, and I was faster and stronger, so it was good. I did 12 burpees (yay, PR!) and I want to try to do 15 this weekend.…
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January 15th goals
I reached my yesterday goals with ease. Working out in the morning really help a lot to stay on track all day, because you already know how much calories you have to play with. I expected at least a small loss, but nothing this morning. There's probably a little bit of water retention, but I think that the main culprit is…
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January 14th goals
I did great with my yesterday goals. Apartment hunting is a little depressing for me, and I resisted the urge to eat chips and drink beer to comfort myself after a deceiving and stressful visit. I'm proud of that. My work productivity isn't at its best, but I'm slowly getting out of my slump. Today's goal 1) Log accurately…
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January 13th goals
Ok, so back from the dead (or at least, it was what it felt like to be around metal heads for a couple of hours). I didn't sleep a lot, so there's some chance I won't be exercising today, but I had a good day yesterday, and I finished my day with 200 cals left even if I went out for dinner. Happy! Here are today's goals:…
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I don't know where to start!
Hi gals! I am planning on starting heavy lifting next week and I have a few questions before starting my program. 1) I've lost 40 pounds since april, but I have 60 more pounds to go in 2015. I want to start lifting now because I want to look more toned (and I think that it will help with all the skin issues), but I don't…
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Dec. 17th goals
Yesterday went really well. I'm glad I reached all my goals AND I had the energy to do my little to-do list. I'm feeling a lot better! I'll try to exercise a little today, maybe half of my usual workout, just to start the machine back. Here are my goals for today: 1) Follow my eating plan and log accurately. 2) Exercise…
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Dec. 15th goals
I hope everyone had a good weekend. I didn't reach all my weekend goals, but I was able to manage my dinner parties without gaining any weight (which usually means a slight loss because of the water weight), so I'm happy. I've catched a cold, so I won't be exercising at least for 2 or 3 days, because I want recover before…
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Dec. 12-13-14 goals
Well, I survived hangover. It was not the worst I ever have (not even close to), but it was office Christmas party and I slept about 4 hours before going back to work, so I was pretty burned all day. Today's already feeling better. I am going out for lunch today, and my husband want me to cook lasagna tonight, so I'll try…
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Dec. 9th goals
Hi! Everyone is so quiet these days! How everyone's doing? I reached all my yesterday goals (I finally created a 300 cals deficit, so I'll have plenty of calories to play with on Wednesday, yay!) and I did everything that was on my to-do list. I was so tired when I went to bed, I'm sure I went straight into coma instead of…
