BFL Check-in 5/18/03 - 5/24/03

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FitNut

Cathlete
Hi all! I figured it was time to start a new thread with the start of a new week. :+ I titled this one with a date instead since we now have so many new people and we're all in different weeks!

As most of you know, last week was a tough one for me. I was sick w/the sinus infection and overall felt like crap! Finally feeling better today and ready for a new week.

My goals for the week:
1. Get re-focused on plan!
2. Get tons of sleep so I can kick this sinus cold in the butt!
3 Tons of water!
4. Add variation to my food choices.
5. Eat all 6 meals! (or at least 5 minimum!)
6. Hit 10's on all workouts!
7. Do not miss a workout

It is going to take a ton of work for me this week to get back on track! I really fell off the wagon being sick. I was only eating like 2-3 times a day and just had no appetite. I went shopping tonight and bought a ton of good and different stuff. Lots of good meat from the deli :9 I think my eating the SAME thing EVERY DAY has been hindering my progress. So, this week it is different food for me!

I am on week 11 of the first challenge and week 6 of the 2nd one since I started over.

I skipped today's workout as I was just way too busy and want to make sure I get over this cold. So, tomorrow night it is cardio and LB for me. Need to make up the LB from today:) Yesterday I did PUB and it felt FAB!

Well, gotta go eat dinner. Hope you guys had/or are having a FABOOOO weekend!

Here's to a good week and us all staying focused! We can do it!
 
Hi everyone,

Well the weekend came and my body didn't want to do any workouts so I took the whole weekend off from working out. Feel better today. I think it was time for a needed short break. This morning I got up and did CTX upper body (I have to go home and finish with bis and tris).

This is week 11 for me. Just two more weeks to go, I can do this. Not sure what I plan on doing afterwards.

I was looking at the April 2003 Energy for Women mag and seen in there that the lady did cardio everyday for 30-40 minutes and one body part. I am wondering if I should try this for the next challenge.

I just don't know, I guess I need to think about it since I only have a couple weeks to go on this challenge. Anyone have ideas??

Rhonda
 
Good Morning.....I am on my last week!!!!! Pics are taken Sat. am. I hope I can see a difference!!!! I know my pants are alot looser....

Rhonda: I saw a rotation once, in Kathy S.'s rotation, it was called Lanette's Body Part Killer: The Slow/Fast/Slow/Fast rotation. I would love to give this a whirl for awhile. I do not know what volume of her rotations it is in, but I did get it from her. Every day you do one segement from PS, then one from PH, then MIS, then CTX. One body part per day. Instead of MIS, or PS, you can mix in Slow and Heavy. You also add 30 minutes of cardio to any 3 or 4 days except your leg day. I am really considering this. You can also mix the Pyramids in there. Check it out!!!!

I had the most awesome cardio workout yesterday. I used to do this before when I did a Challenge. Our schools are about a 1/2 mile away and there is a road that is in between thwe high school and the middle school. This road is about 3/4 mile long. First you go up a slow incline, then it levels off for about 50 feet, and then BAM!!! You go right back up. It is a killer. I went up it 4 times on my bike. It took me 45 minutes to do it. I rode around another area for about 10 mins. to get a warm up. Then I come down thw hill and ride around the high school, which would be at a 5, and then I start back up again. It was different, fun, and I enjoyed it. My legs were so sore, I am going to do it again tomorrow morning.

Well, have a good ady everyone.
Lori S.
 
Lori S

Thanks for the suggestion of the rotation. I finally found it and it does sound like a killer. Just wondering how I would fit in the workouts. I could probably squeeze in all the weight workouts in the mornings but would need to do the cardio in the evenings or something. You wouldn't know how long you could do this rotation do you?

Rhonda
 
Hi everyone! Looks like ya' all are doing good. I'm gonna' have to check out that rotation since I am looking for something different.

I am finally feeling better today. I am doing cardio tonight at the club... my favorite STEP class! Yeah!!! She always kicks my butt. Then, I will do LB. uuggghhh! Scares me a little bit about combining LB and cardio in 1 day as last time I combined LB w/this step class I couldn't do anything by Thursday! So.... will probably take it a bit easy on the LB and not go totally crazy.

Tomorrow is UB and will probably do a combo of a few Cathe tapes at home?

Today I am doing good on the diet! Have been successful at mixing up my food choices. Feeling so much better. I really want to get out of this plateau!

Well, gotta get to work! Catch ya' later :+
 
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to check-in and see how everyone was doing.I sort of fell off of the band wagon a couple of weeks before my holidays and then I took a full week off while I was gone.I think my body totally loved me for it.I have never taken a week off in the last 4 yrs.
I am going to try Mays Rotation now.My body for life journal is half completed, maybe some day I will finish it.:eek: Right now I am just going to focus on this rotation and some clean eating.And no more mindless eating.
My little girl was stood up in the kitchen the other day. I was eating something and she was waiting for me.Then she said, why are you eating that? And I said , I don't know.And she said,well, are you hungry? I said, No.....she couldn't understand why I was eating when I wasn't hungry.I guess b/c that is the only time that a kid eats.Or atleast mine anyway.
Anyway, I just wanted to see how everyone was doing and how the results were go'in.
Good Luck everyone,
Lori
 
Hello, Hello!

I am just as excited as LoriS! :7 This is my last week too! Yes! I can’t believe I stayed with this for the full 12 weeks even though I had some days of no motivation. This group was great for me because when I wanted to quit you wouldn’t let me. The last time I did this I lasted about 5 weeks! :( Which was pretty sad because I was seeing improvements but the call of other more exciting rotaions lured me away!

LoriS – wish I could say that I have dropped a pants size or something but no such luck for me but I know it was because I was so inconsistent. If anything my abs are fuller .. and that’s the pleasant way of putting it! But that could be from the added fruits to my diet. The pasta I’ve been sneaking, the soda….. I don’t have to go on do I? Hey! You know what? I take that back! I took some of my measurements last weekend (forgot to mention this last week) and my abs were down ½ inch! Actually I should say my waist was down the half inch and my lower abs ¾ inch. So I suppose I do have some good news.

Near the beginning of the challenge I took my measurements. For core region I measure in 2 areas – waist line (above my navel) and lower abs (about an inch below the navel). I know it’s strange but my lower abs are a major focus point for me! So it gets it own measurement time! :)

So my goals! Hmm, well let’s see!

1. I still need to work on the water. Picked up some lemons over the weekend to add a slice or two to my cup.
2. Cut out the sodas (started cold turkey yesterday)
3. Cut out the pasta (started today)
4. Stick to the planned workouts this week!
5. Do some additional lower ab training

So for those of us on our last week let’s make this one as great week 1. I plan to give my all! I’m doing sheer joy of completing the challenge not because I’ve done so well. But a celebration is a celebration no matter how small the achievment (in my case only ladies)!

Fitnut – did you come up with any split combos? I had planned to work on some over the weekend but I was constantly sidetracked! I’ll try again this week!

Will stop by tomorrow!
Angie :7
 
Hello Ladies! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I had to take my little one to the doctor Saturday morning. He was running a 102 degree temperature. It turns out that he has a double ear infection. I never would have guessed. He did not have any other symptoms besides the fever. On the bright side he is feeling better, still whinny, but better.

Time for me to get back with the program. I took Saturday off as my free day for the 1st week and then Sunday I took my free day for this week. I did not eat too bad, but bad enough to want to start doing better. I've had the same feeling that Lori Hart just shared about not being hungry but making myself eat. I can't help but wonder if that is really benefiting me or if I should stick with a 1600 calorie diet, and eating when I am really hungry. In any case, today has went well so far. I'll try to hang in here for at least 2 or 3 more weeks to give it a fair shake. I may need to reevaluate at that point.

I'm so excited. This morning I preordered the Body Blast DVDs. I also ordered Ab Hits (DVD), CTX Upper Body (VHS), and MIS (VHS). Can't wait to get them. They should hold me over until I get the Body Blast DVDs.

Have a great day!
 
Kristi!

I'm trying to hold out until the end of the month before pre-ordering. I want to order a few other tapes but haven't decided which. Ab Hits is on the list! I'm also considering Circuit Max and one of the step workouts.

Oh well, we'll see! :)

Angie
 
Hi all! All I can say is I am getting sooooo bored of this program! I think I really need a change! uuuuggghhhh! I am in week 11 of the first. I think I am going to finish on week 12. I am going to just ignore I ever started the 2nd one and continue on my first! I just need a change. I am also in a serious plateau!

I spent some time talking to one of the trainers at the club tonight. He was just asking how BFL was going. I told him about getting off track with travelling, being sick etc. and then hitting a serious plateau. He said I need a metabolism shocker! He said for 1-2 weeks I should totally take it up a notch, do some extra cardio, extra weight training and all totally different foods than I ahve been eating.

So, I took his advice. Tonight I worked out for 2 hours and it felt soooooo good! First I did the Reebok Power Zen class, then I did a 30 min. cardio express then I liften for an hour. The Power Zen class used the Reebok core board. Wheeewwww worked my core! Then the cardio kicked my butt. Then, I kicked my own butt on the weights. It felt sooooooo good. I was sweating like crazy.

I still need to look at that May rotation you guys were talking about. I am not sure what I should do for the last 2 weeks of BFL. I guess I am going to keep going with the food for the most part. However, I think it is time for some more cardio and some endurance wt training!

What are you all going to do next? I really need to do some planning!

Kristi - I am so happy for you ordering those tapes! Should be fun!

Pfive/Rhonda/LoriS - keep up the good work! Almost done!
 
What kind of results have you ladies had so far? So far I have lost 1 1/2 pounds. My goal is to lose about 6 more pounds and tone, tone, tone, but I keep running into the same problem, plateauing. I always plateau at 130 pounds, I am now 131. I think that I might have to deviate from the BFL workouts because even though I have only been technically doing BFL for 2 weeks, I've been continuing the same workouts since the last time I started the challenge with you guys. I'm going to continue the eating plan though. I think that it has alot of merit.

I can't wait for my videos to get here. They should be arriving today around lunch time and will hopefully be helpful in breaking out of my plateau.

I read a little article in June's M&F yesterday. There is a training technique that Jenny Lynn utilizes that I think might help me. I've considered doing it, and maybe now might be a good time to incorporate it to break me out of my plateau. She uses descending sets. After warming up, you do 1 set of 15 reps or however many you can eek out with your heaviest weight. Then you drop the weight 10 pounds and do as many reps as you can. Continue the process until you are down to about 10 pounds. I have tried this method at home before, except I dropped 5 pounds at a time since I can't lift as much at home as I could in a gym with a squat rack, and my legs felt like jelly after I finished. This may be just what I need to shock my system. It would be nice if Cathe put a tape out with these sets.

Keep up the good work ladies. You all are very motivating to me in my fitness journey.
 
I don't know what I am going to do next. I might try one body part per day, the rotation I suggested to Rhonda or Angie, I think. I think I am going to power blast one body part per week, and the other days, do 1/2 of the rotation on a body part, and do some cardio. I missed my cardio workout yesterday. I was gone the whole day, and I did not get home until 8:15 last night, and I was just too tired. I will add in a little extra cardio today. Have a good day everyone.
Lori
 
I’m here! I was tired last night so I rested up, went to bed early, got up this morning at 5:15 (no alarm) and put in Muscle Endurance! So wonderful! Had a great workout! My legs and back are tingling now! It feels soooo good!

I am one to agree that BFL can get boring so I plan to spend my ‘free’ time doing endurance workouts (PH, ME, CTX UB and LL). I may throw in MIS here and there but for the most part the videos I mentioned.

So I’m assuming this means we’ll pick up BFL again sometime late June or just after July 4th? Like you Fitnut, I need to start planning what I want to do this next time around right now. I know me. If I don’t have a plan right off for BFL, my start is shaky and that leads to extra rest days and breaks! I’ve created my own training pages and some to record my meals. Just finished putting them into a binder last night. So I’m ready as far as that is concerned. Now I need to stock up on mrp bars, mrp shakes and some whey. I’ll have all of that by next weekend. I’m even considering getting some EAS ThermoDynamix or CLA.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done a workout longer than 75 minutes (talking mostly MIS here). It’s been a few years, actually since I last taught at the gym!

Kristi – are referring to the M&F June 2003 or 2002? I have both and want to read this article, check out Jenny’s routine. M&F not M&F Hers, right?

LoriS – I tried the one body part per day using the CTX series and I was pooped by the end of the first week. The very next week I switch to total body (PH). How do you do it? Will you do CTX or some other method?

Angie
:)
 
Hi Angie!

The small article, 1/2 page long, is in the new M&F, not HERS, I'm assuming it is June 2003 that I got in the mail maybe 3 days ago. It is near the back, the last 1/3 of the magazine. When I go home I will try to remember to look it up and tell you what the page number is and the title of the article. I think that it is interesting how some of these bodybuilders train. It is amazing that they all don't follow the same routine.

During lunch I looked at the M&F magazine. It is actually the July 2003 issue. The article is titled Training Ups & Downs. Her small article is on page 196.
 
I need to get this magazine! Don't even get it? Do you guys have it delivered or do you just pick one up now and then? Is it worth the subscription?

Today is cardio for me! Feeling so much better after my kick butt workout lastnight. Thank goodness for EAS Betagen. It helps my recovery soooooo much. My legs were so sore when I went to bed lastnight. I took some more Betagen right before bed and even though they are still a bit sore this morning.... they are much better and I think I should be able to get a pretty good cardio workout in:)

Think I am going to do Imax2 and some treadmill running! Yeah!

Eating good so far too!
 
My husband has a subscription to M&F and I steal the magazines from him all the time, mostly before he gets a chance to read them. However I go to the local WalMart to pick up M&F Hers, I should subscribe. I've never missed an issue since they started it. Most of the articles are redundant since I have read their magazines for so long, but they normally have a couple of great articles with some new workout ideas or great recipes to try.

Yesterday was a bad eating day, but today is going great. I was also too exhausted and run down to workout last night. I'm really hoping that I don't get the flu bug that has been going around the office these last few weeks. Tonight I will do PUB. I'm going to make myself do it if it is the last thing I do tonight.
 
I have been doing terrible this week. I have had the worst menstrual cycle ever, I missed 2 workouts, and yesterday I ate terrible. I am going to try to get back on track. My stomach has been so upset, I have had the D. word for 5 days, I do not know if I will work out today or not. I am going to still take my pic though, but this has been a real bummer.
Lori
 
Kristi - I should have known! x( I had the July issue in my bag and took it out this morning before leaving for work. :( Oh well, I'll just read it this evening when I get home.

Fitnut - I think that most of the time the magazine is worth having. I pick up M&F Hers in the store though but only after flipping through it to make sure I'm not going to be re-reading the same old same old info. :eek: But generally I alternate subscriptions every other year. I grabbed a card the other morning out of Energy and will consider adding this one to my list of subscribes. I do need another because I've not renewed several magazines and M&F is the only one coming to the house right now! And it's MINE not hubby's. :D

Does anyone subscribe or regularly read Energy or Muscle Media? What are your thoughts?

Lori - sorry you're going through such a horrible state of PMS! It seems as though every other month I get like that. x( What is with that! One month I can't workout due to fatigue, low energy and a 'I just don't really care' attitude, I'm extremely irritable and eat horribly. The next month, I have energy galore and only slightly irritable. Try to figure that one out!

Anyone have any ideas/suggestions for herbal or other remedies to help control all the above symptoms?

So last night I did not finish up Muscle Endurance. All I had left to do was shoulders and abs. But I did do some inner thigh work! :) I got up this morning did the kickbox protion of 10-10-10, then ME shoulders and abs. I am trying to make that transition to morning workouts. Once school is out I want to do all my workouts in the morning! Then maybe by the fall it will feel more natural to get up early to exercise. Although come fall, I'll have to change the time, rise maybe a half hour earlier.

Since I had the beginnings of a migraine last night and feel some throbbing this morning I may not do anything tonight. Or maybe just some light cardio and call it quits. More cardio may help to ease this muscle soreness. Last night when I got into bed I could feel the soreness in my hamstrings and triceps. this morning it's hams, tri's and chest! :eek: I think I'm really going to enjoy tackling ME! Next week I was going to switch to Boot Camp but I may continue with ME until I get bored and need a change. It's been a while since I've been sore like this! It feels great!:7 :7

See you later,
Angie
:7
 
I just had my sis-in-law take my pic. I am so sick and feeling so horrid, I just want to get it over with. I know this is crazy, but I am seriosly considering trying low-carb BFL. My bro and sis are doing it, atkins, and they both look great. I would eat healthier, I don't know, I am really considering it. I am going to go to the low-carb board and read up a little bit. BYE!
Lori
 
Hi girls!

LoriSax - cheer up girlfriend! All I can say is PMS sucks! I feel for you and am sending you cyber hugs! Mine finally ended this weekend. Since then I am finally starting to feel better.... ugggghhhh! I still feel bloated though. So, now that I am finally getting over the cold I am finally starting to work out like normal again. Anyway, you have come soooooooo far. Try to keep your chin up. Think of the past 11 weeks you have accomplished and how you have worked your butt off. Don't let 1 week of PMS blow it for you mentally or emotionally! Maybe you should just add 1 extra week so you can end with a bang??

What is the low carb board? Where is it? Is there a low carb bfl program? I need to do SOMETHING different as I am in such a stinkin' plateau!

Tonight I did killer cardio step class at the gym and then lifted my upper body. I am going to spend some time this weekend working a new rotation. I will send it to you guys once I figure it out.

This next week is my week 12 I think of my first challenge! I am sooooo glad to be almost done!

Pfive - sounds like you need some rest girlfriend! Listen to your body! I did this week and I feel soooooooo much better. Yesterday I was all gung ho about workin' out. Then, once I started I felt super tired, weak etc. So, I just did 2 segments of 10-10-10 and called it a day. Figured I was better off resting and then going to the gym tonight for one of my fav classes. Well, I made the right decision. Tonight I rocked and felt totally rested. Listen to your body! Nothing wrong with a little rest sometimes. Ya' figure we have all been working REALLY hard for WEEKS. It is weird that we are all getting burnt out at the same time, huh!

Chat w/ya' later!
 
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