12 week Challengers Feb 10

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Cathlete
Hi, thought I'd start us off today, havn't started us off before!

I'm feeling very up and down this past week and unhappy with my workouts and eating and all that.... I knew I'd get down again. BUT I've found a supersonic rotation that Cathe posted Jan 06 called Lets Work. I'm trying that now because 1. I really enjoy big Bad mad cardio and 2. I think that in all honesty (cardio) will be the only thing thats gunna shift this weight off my but and thighs.

I was all keen for the past week and half doing less cardio and heavy weights, but I enjoyed it and got a buzz outta it but ...... it didn't MOVE THE FAT. I've got to jiggle max the fat off! So I will try this rotation its hard cardio.

I think once (if ever) the weightcomes off I can introduce the heavy lifting then, I've got to shift the jiggle.

My eatings been pretty bad too, I've had terrible headaches all week and so I just eat sweet comfort foods. Oh Dear! I didn't want to my first start off post to be depressing so... I shall put myself and childs to bed, do another super cardio work out tommorrow and I'll stop bitching.

Lori - I so laughed at your post the other day complaining about your other half and then the other girls joined in. Men ! They must be the same the world over. It doesn't matter where they come from or what language we speak, Its all about them!

Have a great day ladies and enjoy your workouts/ and or rest days,

Andrea
 
Good Morning Girly Girls:)

What an awesome nights sleep I had last night! DH was away so I had the bed to myself plus I got his pillow!:) I bought him a water pillow for Christmas and I think I am gonna have to get one for myself:) I woke up in the same place that I fell asleep in. When I got up, all I had to do was the pull the covers back and the bed was made:)

My workout was a 6 mile run and PH abs.
This was what my run looked like:

Miles 1&2
.25 @ 5.6 MPR (incline 1%)
.25 @ 5.7
.25 @ 5.8
.25 @ 5.9
.25 @ 6.0 (incline 2%)
.25 @ 6.1
.25 @ 6.2
.25 @ 6.3

Mile #3
.20 @ 6.0 (incline 4%)
.20 @ 6.2
.20 @ 6.4
.20 @ 6.6
.20 @ 7.0

Mile #4
.10 @ 6.0 (incline 3%)
.10 @ 6.1
.10 @ 6.2
.10 @ 6.3
.10 @ 6.4
.10 @ 6.5
.10 @ 6.6
.10 @ 6.7
.10 @ 6.8
.10 @ 7.0

Mile #5 (incline @ 4%)
.5 @ 5.8
.5 @ 5.9
.5 @ 6.0
.5 @ 6.1
.5 @ 6.2
.5 @ 6.3
.5 @ 6.4
.5 @ 6.5
.5 @ 6.6
.5 @ 6.7
.5 @ 6.8
.5 @ 6.9
.5 @ 7.0
.5 @ 7.1
.5 @ 7.2
.5 @ 7.3
.5 @ 7.4
.5 @ 7.5
.5 @ 7.6
.5 @ 7.7

Mile # 6
.10 @ 6.0 (incline 2%)
.10 @ 6.8 (incline 5%)
.5 @ 7.2 (incline 5%)
Repeat 2x's
.10 @ 6.2 (incline 2%)
.10 @ 7.0 (incline 5%)
.5 @ 7.4 (incline 5%)
.5 @ 6.2 (incline 2%)
.10 @ 7.2
.10 @ 8.0
Burning 490 cals
I weighed after drinking 16 oz of water and I was 119.7. Not sure how accurate that was but Im sure I lost a bit of fluid while running.

Andrea** I know its hard to stay on the straight and narrow. Why don't you lift AND do cardio. Maybe like...2-3 full body workouts a week,lifting moderate wegiht, plus cardio. Men can be real morons at times. For the most part DH is pretty good but he knows when he screws up and I know it to b/c he doesn't stop phoning me. He must have called 5 x's on Fri!
 
Good Morning girls!

Andrea-Are you following any particular program? I can relate with your frustration,before starting bfl i was in (yet another) weightloss plateou that started in the spring of last year,so believe me-I know;-) The key for me(just like so many have said) has been clean eating and consistency. and the wieght didn't really starting coming off until the second/third wk. im sorry,you will find the right combonation for you and the weigth will fly off-How much weight are planning on losing agian?

Lori-Have a great day!

today is my rest day,and boy do I need it! Have a wonder day ladies!
 
Hi, everyone!
Wow, has it really been a week since I last posted? I guess I've been busy! I've been eating much better. I had been having all sorts of digestive issues, and I think I have found one of the problems. (Other than overeating;) ) I have always had 8 glasses of water a day. No matter what. I was stuck on that amount. Well, I really have been making an effort to drink more. Like 12 or 13 glasses. I always thought 8 was enough, but now I realize that when you work out intensely, you need more!!! I never was thirsty, but I guess I was still dehydrated. I'm feeling better. I also upped my weights last week. I surprised myself! I was inspired by how much some of you lifted, so I really pushed myself! Thankfully, today is a rest day!!! I earned it this week!!!:) I hope you all have a great rest of the weekend, Nancy J.~~~
 
Hi Everyone,

Today is a rest day for me and we are going to MIL to help her out with a few things and she is going to fix us dinner. Whenever we go there she fixs a big lunch followed by dessert. All of my DHs family is big 250 or better. He is the skinny one at 160 even though I feed him. Iam planning on walking on the treadmill when I get home to walk it all off. Tomarrow is my wt in day so I need to be careful today. Have a great day everyone.
 
Hi ladies, I feel much better 2day! Sorry for that "downer" post earlier. However, I get sooo frustrated with the lack of weight loss.

Amelia I only want to loose 5 kilos which is just over 10 lbs. But right now I'd be happy with a loss of 1. I had lost 1 but just like magic, it came back!

Lori you are amazing, your workouts are unreal.

Right then, I'm off, feeling pumped with my game face on.

Andrea
 
Just waving hi real quick! I did a 45min power walk this morning since it was relatively warm outside. It felt LOVELY. And then I had to come home to massive amounts of cleaning & laundry. I'm w/ the rest of you all on the DH thing...he managed to dump almost all of the cleaning/laundry on me despite the fact that I was gone almost all week.

Oh well. Other than cleaning, not much going on here so I think I'll just scoot and not bore you w/ the details LOL.

Have a great evening & see you tomorrow!
 
Hi ya Girls !

How's everyone's Sunday?

Mine started out nice and lazy like. Then I ended up a$$ high in laundry and things. Amazing how that happens :)

I did weigh myself today. No change in the weight but I did drop another 1% in BF. That's cool :) I'm not sure if I'll continue losing any weight. If I can lean out--tone up and get that BF down--I'll be a happy girl :) So right now I'm 120 (4 pounds to my goal weight I logged at the begining) and BF 10% I know I'm leaning out some cause last night people noticed :) Isn't that cool when they do? Course then you get coments-- "Are you eating?" "You are not sick are you?" People!!

x(

I just smile at them :) Takes a confident person to give a compliment so I ignore the negatives :)

Tomorrow is a 10miler--YIKES! My mileage will also start to increase as well as how many days I am running .I'm entering my 6th week into my training. Hope my legs will not fail me :)

The weather is changing here in NY. Dropping temps and high winds. When I see what happened to the areas hit by the tornados--I thank my lucky stars all I have to face right now is low temps and that nasty white stuff. I think of those poor families hit in that area--makes ya count your blessings huh?

Lori: MY DH tends to call me a lot on a day he may have done something a little *off* Men are typical at times :) We were to hit the movies this afternoon but he got busy on making a balancing board thingie--forget the name of it. So I cleaned while he played handyman. It is kinda neat device--core stablizer.

Ok--I best get my butt into dinner mode.

Have a good one everyone.

I may be back tonight :)
 
Andrea – Most of my weight is in my butt and thighs, too and I’m always wondering “Should I do more cardio (steady state, intervals), kickbox, running, hi/lo, heavy weights, circuits, full body workouts, splits (upper/lower, 3 day, 4 day, 5 day, 6 day) etc.?” Ah!! It’s all so confusing isn’t it? One thing I’ve found is that if I workout for more than 60 minutes I have to watch it because I’ll get hungry and overcompensate. That’s about the only thing I know for sure. Let us know if more cardio jiggles off your fat! LOL (I’m getting a mental image of those old-fashioned exercise belts. When were they popular? 40s, 50s?)

Lori – Wow, you were really moving on that treadmill! Good job.

Amelia – Enjoy your rest day!

Nancy – It’s hard for me to get enough water in during the day. I feel like I practically live in the bathroom already! One thing I do though is drink 16 oz. of water during my workout but I don’t count that toward my goal (mine is 10 cups) since that’s usually lost in sweat. Yay on being able to up your weights! Enjoy your rest day.

Roxie – How did you do at MIL’s house for dinner? That’s got to be hard. This advice is too late but I’d drink a lot of water and eat very slowly. When everyone is still eating and you’re sitting there with an empty plate is the most likely time people may offer you more than you want.

Andrea – I’ll trade you relatively warm for -4 degrees! It’s bitter cold here today so I took a nap this afternoon to stay warm – and because I was tired. Yep, laundry and cleaning is pretty much all I’ve done this weekend, too. Such an exciting life we lead! LOL

Kath – Do you have a goal as far as body fat %? 10% sounds pretty admirable to me. Sounds like you’re getting the weather we have today. Yes, you’re right – I’ll take cold temps over tornados any day. And count my blessings while I’m at it. Wish I had a handy hubby to make fitness toys for me.

I was so tired and sore last night after shoveling, snow shoeing and doing Forms class that I did all 3 segments from Stretch Max last night. Hamstrings are still sore believe it or not. This morning was Kelly Step Kickbox (her new one) for about 20 min. before I had to swap it out because I was spending too much time staring at the tv trying to get the moves (my 1st time with this one). I did the Imax3 no blast premix and then tacked on blasts 1-5.

Have a good night!

Sue
 
Sue,
We had roast, potatoes and carrots, salad, blueberry muffins, and pumpkin pie. Overall not to bad. For supper I fixed mac and cheese and smokies had just alittle bit wasn't really hungry. Again I had to much pop 1 1/2 bottles. I feel I did pretty well.
 
Quick check in and then I have to finish the post-weekend, back to reality clean up of putting the house back together.

Today's WO was Cardio and Weights. I did it right after a 2 hour nap so I was feeling a little sluggish. I had to lower my step height to 4" to finish the last cardio section. Eating has been good today, I'm not getting enough h2o, though, so I will work on that this evening.

I have removed 9 lbs!!!! I am half way to my goal. I am now in the solid 120's :) I wore my skinny jeans on Friday and they looked good, no serious muffin top hanging over. And last night, I took my fat jeans off without unbuttoning them. I am so glad to be seeing some real progress. I was getting a bit discouraged over a bit of a plateau, but consistency has been the key. I am still having the occasional Dove chocolate, but not eating the whole bag in one sitting.

Have a great Sunday evening all!
 
12-Week Challenge Check-in

Challengers:

This is another quick check-in to report my workouts for the sixth week of this challenge:

02-04-08 a.m. 4-Day Split Higher Intensity Step
02-04-08 p.m. water aerobics class

02-05-08 a.m. 4-Day Split Kickbox (cardio) + Gym Style Legs (standing legs and stretch) + Core Max (first segment)

02-06-08 a.m. 4-Day Split Lower Intensity Step (cardio, shoulders, and stretch)
02-06-08 p.m. Biggest Loser Challenge (team training with Laurie)

02-07-08 a.m. 4-Day Split Boot Camp

02-08-08 a.m. Step, Jump, & Pump (step and hi-lo premix)

02-09-08 a.m. Kick Max (boot camp challenge premix) + Core Max (complete core premix)

02-10-08 a.m. Stretch Max (stability ball segment)

My goal for the new week is to get through the week without dropping out of this challenge. Week 6 was not a good week for me. It was a stressful week at work, I did not sleep well at night, I did not have as much energy for my workouts, I had to decrease my weights, and I hit a plateau with my weight. The gym night with Laurie is what actually pushed me over the edge. On the bright side, I worked out every day, resisted the temptation to comfort myself with junk food, and kept from gaining a chunk of weight like I usually do when stress hits. One of my goals for 2008 is to finish what I start, so I may press on with this rotation if I have more energy in the morning. I may need to take a joy break and switch to lighter workouts like Supersets for a week so I can recover and get back on track.

Blessings,
Heather B.

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
 
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