Damage Control April!!

Hi Ladies,

No morning workout today, and not sure there will be one tonight either. I've been working on getting all the junk out of our basement and garage. I had 1 large bag of clothes and 4 boxes of misc stuff...rollerblades, pads, cleats, bike helmets etc that I put out for donation today. I need DH to help with the garage, a lot of that stuff is his and I'm definitely not throwing it out without his consent. I feel like a hoarder with all this old stuff in our house.

Last night I raked all the dead grass up, water the lawn and DH put down some weed & feed. We are starting to see a few dandelions. We wanted to give the weed killer time to work before we get snow on Thursday, 3"-5". It's been so warm lately that I'm not sure it will actually snow that much, or if it does it will melt quickly.

Beth-I'm glad to hear you are reaping the benefits of your yoga class. It's such a nice feeling cleaning out all the junk from my house. I really want to move, but I don't want to be put in a position where we have to rush to get everything taken care of. We need to have some cement work done around our house/porch, sump pump re-plumbed etc. During tri-training I try to get in 1 or 2 days of full body weights, MM/PH/MIS/ME etc. My focus is on running/biking/swimming though. Those come first and if I can fit in the weights I will.

Missy-300 minutes equates to 5 hours. You could do 30 min of weight training and 30 min of cardio 5 days per week no problem. You got this! Remember why you are doing this, to improve your health and yourself! :)

LL-Max 30 and Cathe w/o's are totally different. Shaun T's focus is all body weight work. I lose strength doing those w/o's, just as I will now during tri training. My focus is on 3 cardio events and I'm much weaker at the end of the summer. What I gain though is endurance. It all depends on what your goals are. You have a great plan. I know how difficult it is being a busy mom and wife. I'll have to check my email and read the letter. I think exercise and nutrition both play a part in being healthy. I don't intend to ever stop exercising. I also know I will not reach my goals without improving my nutrition. I'm working on ditching the chocolate habit as it is definitely keeping me from where I want to be. I enjoy my 1 glass of wine each week. Normally I have a 3 pieces of ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate everyday. I'm going to try to first cut down to 1 square a day and eventually to 1 square per week. Being a chocoholic, this is really difficult for me.

Tina-what are you up to?
 
LL, it sounds like you are doing what you want to do and that is best anyway! I know they call them workouts, but I like to think I get to exercise/workout instead of feeling like I have to. There have been enough times in my life when I was injured or sick and couldn't workout/exercise...and it felt horrible! So I always say...do what you feel like doing!

Beth
 
Today was M3D35 and the bonus legs from M1D12. DH and I did planks together tonight. I'm really ready to be done with STS for a few weeks. ONE. MORE. DISC. My DD just bought our DS a half dozen chicks, which are currently residing in his bedroom. There's a queue of curious cats and dogs outside his door. :)
 
Hi Ladies,

I finally finished STS last night. I used 55#'s for biceps and it the last 2 of each of the 4 sets was super tough. I totally overate yesterday though and feel pretty crappy today. Hope I learned my lesson.

I'm not sure what I will be doing next. Hopefully a hybrid of Xtrain and RWH in addition to my tri training.

Beth& LL-I totally agree. If the workouts are fun then the time spent doing them is much more enjoyable.

Tina-almost done with STS too. I have an ab wheel, do you think that your husband could use one of those? Planks are amazing for flattening the abs.

bbl
 
Yesterday morning was M3D36 (YAY!!) and X10 FBC, last night was a bike ride with DH. Today was Amy Bento's Body Box, which is pretty low key compared to her other workouts. I'm hoping to get up early enough tomorrow to do all of BM2. Saturday is a planned day off.

Diana, I had to back down on my weights on disc 36. I moved a ton of pellets (literally a ton) across our basement, so my wrists are sore. There just isn't an easy way to pick up a 40lb floppy bag from the floor and then hike it into a shoulder height pile. Even if I was 100 %, I never would have been able to do 55#. You rock! :) DH doesn't have an ab wheel. He's so cautious now, I don't think he would even try one.
 
Hi Ladies,

I've been having trouble getting my rear end out of bed in the morning. Last night I did TTM Extreme and my ab challenge. I aslo ate much better yesterday. This morning...nothing. Tonight I may tackle BR Day 30 or X10. I really don't want to get in the habit of evening w/o's. It's simply to easy to blow off working out at the end of the day....especially on a Friday.

We got several inches of snow, but now it's pouring rain and foggy. We fertilized the lawn a few days ago so all the moisture will really help. Yesterday I booked travel for the girls summer visit. :) Today we should be able to pick up our car from the shop. Not happy about all the money spent between travel and car repair, what are ya gonna do.

I'm hoping to talk to DH about buying a new house and determining when we want to do that. We are working through our To Do List, but really need to meet with a real estate agent to make sure we doing the necessary things to the house.

Tina-Woo Hoo for finishing STS!!! I think it's week 3 when I can lift the heaviest. I wasn't sure if an ab wheel would be okay for your DH or not. It's stretching/lengthening as I know you mentioned crunches were a no no for him.

bbl to see what everyone else is up to. Happy Friday!!!
 
Hi all, I'm here looking for some inspiration for a Friday night after work workout! I SHOULD do upper body weights, but I'm not feeling it...tired! I may do HCUB...

Diana, you and Tina rocked STS round 3! 55 lbs for biceps...yikes! Congrats to you both. We've been biking and I did PLB yesterday.

Beth
 
Started Friday: No wo for the passed 2 days. I just couldn't get to bed early enough to get one it. And today I did but it's only because I didn't get out of bed until 7 and then I didn't get down to start school until 10:30!! And we need to leave at 1 to get JTrain to volleyball practice and then straight to church, unfortunately it's at the alternate church today, so a bunch extra driving. He needs to be back at church for his Philly Missions Trip overnight.

So I'm glad I got it in. But like Hubby says, everything I do sacrifices something else that should be done. I just can't do it all all the time. Do this morning I did RWH chest shoulders triceps. I planned to do the whole workout but I am still not back up snuff. I think that Max 30 really messed me up. Someone told me they are for more for endurance. So it's no surprise that I lost some strength. But I did the premix with no finishers and had to lower my weight a few times.

Today Saturday: I did RWH CLB with and mixed in 50 min. I really liked this one!! I wonder does anyone know if there are other workouts with abs mixed in??

Beautiful day her 80° and sunny!! Unfortunately B has the stomach bug!!!! My family can seem to get a break! I sure hope it doesn't run thru all of us. Washing like crazy and staying home from church tomorrow.

So I'm wondering, what do you is the best app for tracking food, exercise and that shows fat, protein and carbs? I have the WW app, I like it for everything except it doesn't measure fat protein and carbs.

A FB friend had great results with Avocare. But it looks like you drink a meal or two and take a bunch of pills. And a MLM with no exercise. And it was $182 in Amazon with some scary reviews.


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Hi Ladies,

Yesterday was a 45 min run and 30 minute swim in tri training class. I'm not sure what I will do today. I'm tossing around BR day 30, X10, or legs. I'll pick something out when go downstairs. I thought about running outside but it's only 40 degrees out. I also need to plan what I'm going to do next. I'm going to check out the Xtrain and RWH rotations and see if anything strikes my fancy.

LL-I recommend myfitness pal for tracking your calories, fats, proteins, carbs, fiber etc. Prior to using MFP, I used fitday for many years. I switched to MFP since it syncs with my fitbit. The food list is very extensive, carries name brand foods and restaurant meals as well. You need to schedule your w/o's just like you do all your kids activities. When you plan your weekly schedule, it will be easy to see based on the day's activities which days you can w/o and which days are rest days. Don't stress about not getting in a w/o, it happens to all of us. There are only so many hours in a day. This is why I don't schedule rest days, they just happen naturally on days when I have to go to work early, sleep in, or am just busy. My granddaughters Mom sells advocare and also loves their products. Just remember, there's no magic pill.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!
 
Diana-45 min run AND 30 min swim? I'd be completely exhausted!! I don't know how you do it! I'm the same way with wo's, I planned AOLIH today but I wanted to burn more calories in less time, so I did RWH Low impact 1 premix 3 that has the second half of LIH 2 tacked on in the end. Then I did 28 min of YogaRelax timesaver 1. A total of 60 min and 500 cal. burned. I know there is no magic pill, but I'm always hoping! :) I also have learned not to schedule a rest day, for the same reason. I'm thinking legs and abs tomorrow. So I put but and guts timesaver in workout manager, 49 min and about 500 cal. But I might change my mind by the time I actually get down to the basement to workout!




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Hi all,

Nice new pic, LL! Sounds like you're getting some decent calorie torching workouts in using RWH. As much running around that you do it's a wonder you have time to eat much!

Diana, tri training sounds like a blast! Have you started biking too?

I biked 4 times last week, did two upper and one lower body weight workout. Today I'm resting.

Beth
 
Beth- thanks! I meant to put the other one back. But didn't get around to it! It is from inside the play area way up high at the Crayola Factory last week.

So I put my username on wrong in my fitness pal. I can change it but only once and all the variations of LadyLep are gone DefLepLady LadyLeppard DefLepGirl I accidentally typed in DelLepGirl. Boo! I want to change it to I'm not sure what DL variation... Also, how do I connect my Health app, which tracks my steps, to MFP? I click on more->steps and then iPhone but it doesn't stick, when I get out of that part of the app, and go back on, it's back to do not track steps. And so I've tried to keep my phone in my pocket most of the afternoon and have about 2200 logged. Sounds pathetic to me. So how do I make them connect? Do any of you use Fitbit or Jawbone or something else to track steps and have it link to a fitness app? I see that mapmyride can connect to MFP, so I tried to connect those, I think it worked. I think wearing something on my wrist would be easier than trying to keep my phone on me ALL THE TIME. I just don't like tone that connected...do you workout with the wrist thing on? I think I'm starting to see the appeal of the the new Apple watch!!

And no one else has gotten the stomach bug yet. I hope it stays that way![emoji40][emoji40][emoji40]


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Friday was XT Legs, Saturday was a rest day, and today was a 50 mile ride and pilate abs. I'm so excited to go to bed tonight.

LL, I like your new profile picture. I second using MFP. You can manually upload your steps into it, if the app won't upload on its own.

Diana, nice job on the tri training. I'm not sure if I can make it this entire week without lifting weights. I was thinking of doing the weight workouts from RWH. I've only done them once so far.

Beth, nice job on your workouts. How are you enjoying all that quality time with DH on the bike? Are you keeping track of your miles?

Off to bed! :)
 
How do you manually upload them? I really like how the scanner works so easily! And I've eaten all my calories for today plus 35 more. Today I didn't have lunch but a late breakfast and 2 afternoon snacks. My dinner was over 800 calories though! I think a lg green salad, sweet potatoes, steak and string beans might be a bit much if I eat breakfast and lunch! I ate 1939 calories today, 25% carbs, 54% fat and 21% protein. I ate right on for protein, about half the carbs and more than 1.5 the amount of fat. Odd. I would have thought the percentages would have been different with those numbers. Or maybe I'm missing the relationship between the 2?? Ok I just changed the macronutrients to fat 40%, carbs 20% and protein 40%. Now it's telling me I'm over my fat by 25, over my carbs by 20 and under on my protein by 95.

Here is what I ate today:
Protein shake: 1T flax seeds, 1t peanut butter, 1C cashew milk unsweetened, 1/2 banana, 1/2 bad mixed frozen berries, 1/2 scoop protein powder and 1 scoop chocolate greens.

Snack 1: carrots with 1T hummus, 1oz cheese in 2oz turkey breast with mustard.

Snack 2: 2 chicken sausage patties

Dinner: listed above, steak was 6oz and 1t butter and olive oil each and 1t red wine vin olive oil dressing

Dessert: milk chocolate, 3 oz bar

I'm full but I didn't get all my protein in. But I'd love some more chocolate. I wish I had used my calories on dark chocolate...but JTrain didn't like it so I finished it!


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Hi Ladies,

Yesterday was BR Day 30 and UB Trisets. This morning was LB trisets. I may try to run tonight after work. I'm not very happy with the tri-training class only being 1 day per week. I much preferred the 2 days. When it was 2 days, it run/swim one day and bike/swim the other. With it being only on Saturdays, one week is bike/swim and the next week run/swim etc. That means I have to do a lot more training on my own. My tri training partner can't do any impact work so I'm stuck doing it on my own.

I will probably sign up for the swim class that is T/TH since that is where I need the most practice and it is not something I would do on my own. Also, I'm running in the Graffiti Run next Saturday and will miss my class.

Beth-I biked once, a week ago in tri training class. Once the temps are a little better and the roads are dry, I'll venture out on my bike more. I know how you have time for all that you do with your long shifts. Do you work less days per week since you work 12 hour days?

LL-I don't have an Iphone so I can't help with that. I've had the fitbit flex for 2 years now and love it. I have an android phone and both the MFP app and fitbit app work with my phone. When syncing with MFP, I log all my activity in MFP and it updates my fitbit dashboard. Some of the issues I think you are having with MFP is because it will change your macros/calories based on your activities. If you exercise it may be adding those calories back in. I know my goals are 1400-1500 calories and a minimum of 112 grams of protein. I just make sure I hit those each day regardless of what MFP indicates. Yep, I wear my fitbit all the time for every activity. I wear it swimming, biking, running etc....all the time. 1 night a week I do have to charge it but I try to do it overnight.

Tina-Nice Job with Xtrain! I'm still trying to come up with a rotation to work in with tri-training. 50 miles is awesome! Bet you slept good. I'm not real familiar the the RWH w/o's either since I've only done them a few times too.
 
So I decided this morning to make this a Max week. Today was DM, tomorrow is KM, Wed. will be MM, Thurs. will be either LM or TTM and Friday will be BM2. DM was a major sweat factory for me this morning, love that workout!

LL, I played around on MFP but couldn't find where to add in steps. Sorry, I thought you could. If you go to the HELP tab and post your iPhone upload step question, there might be a fix for you there.

Diana, I've been thinking about doing Trisets soon, it's been over a year since I've done them. How many races have you signed up for? I don't know how you keep your schedule!! :eek:

Have a great night. :)
 
I did Butt and Guts premix time saver standing glutes and stability ball abs, 49 calories! It was tough! I had to break on the one legged squats on the bench! And the abs we tough too! I don't think I've ever done those before. I like it!

As for yesterday, the schoolroom is back together enough to work in but the dining room is still a wreck. But didn't want to put together the room and then decide to change it. I never made it outside, but I did get the wreath put away, Easter and winter stuff away.

Diana- so did you Max 30 all 2 months? And how do you use them now? Just throw one in when you want a 30 min HiiT or a 30 min strength but no wts? My goals are to lose 20-25, fit comfortably in my clothes and have definition. I have it in my arms/shoulders but my abs look like a square upside down'U' and then a bunch hanging over. It's like my abs want definition but there is too much fat, loose skin and stretch marks for that to happen! So I'm trying to track differently, aim for every other day ab work and better sleep. Did you read the article about sleep in Cathe's newsletter today?? I so need tone getting more sleep!!! My calorie goal in MFP is 1390 to lose 2 pounds per week. I'm wondering what macronutrient percentages I should use. My carbs are way up today and yesterday before he chocolate. The only starches I ate yesterday and so far today are sweet potatoes and a few red potatoes. All my macronutrients are close to equal today.


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Hi all!

I rested on Sunday and Tina, I guess we had the same idea about a week of workouts. You are doing Max-which I like that idea and will do it sometime. I am doing a week of Bootcamp. Today was BM2 Bootcamp-78 minute premix. It made it much easier to do the step circuits and to lift heavier on the upper body since it was split up. Tomorrow I'm doing BC from 4DS-Bootcamp lower body circuit. I've never done any of these premixes so I'm kind of excited to try something new! Also on tap this week: Bootcamp from Intensity, Bootcamp 4DS upper body circuit, and Hardcore Extreme Interval Circuit-since I couldn't find another bootcamp premix. Anybody know of any more that I missed?

Good to see everyone is working out hard. Diana you are doing a lot of races! Too bad about the training only being once a week.

LL-good luck with the diet. I have used livestrong's my plate to track sometimes.

Beth
 
Hi Ladies,

I'm working from home today so I didn't have to get up so early. I started reading the forums while drinking my coffee. I saw drillmax that Tina posted and decided to get my drillmax on!!! It should warm up a little by lunch time so there may be a run later today. The swim class also starts tonight.

Regarding MFP, I don't think there is a place to add in STEPS, but you can add activity. When I walk at lunch, the steps are tracked on my fitbit, but I add my walking activity to MFP.

Tina-thanks for the drillmax encouragement. I haven't done that one in a very long time, simply because it's too long to do on a workday. I'm lucky to get in 45 minutes in the mornings. I was already planning on doing MM this week too. Your rotation sounds great. One of my goals for this year is to participate in a race once a month. I'm on track and have even had a couple months with 2 races, Feb and April. I think there's 2 in May also. This weekend is only a 5K and should be fun.

LL-I never did the 2 month Max 30 rotation. I've never even done the Month 2 discs. I only did a couple weeks of the Month 1 rotation and just throw them in on occasion. My ab section responds best to BR 30 day rotation! Those circuits have so much variety of weithed ab work it's crazy. I hear yah on the extra skin, stretch marks etc. Eliminating bread, potatoes, and a lot of fruit has helped me the most. If I have fruit in my protein shake, it's only a 1/4 C max.

Beth-what a great idea...the bootcamp w/o's are so fun and fly by. I used to do the 4DS KB/BC! I can't think of any that you missed. Are you doing the original bootcamp, is that the one from Intensity series? I can't keep them all straight. Biking, biking, biking...I need to get on my bike more. The nicer temps will help. It's just unfortunate that I have to ride by myself which isn't nearly as much fun as riding with my training partner.

bbl
 
It's 2pm and no shower no wo yet but I have worked on math with CDawg, history with B (who still isn't feeling quite right), made a double batch of pancakes from scratch (I had a yogurt instead) and cleaned up a bunch of vomit from Little K. :( and sorted a little more of the school room mess. I guess I should work with JTrain now after I check on Little K and then I can say its ok to take a break for myself and workout and shower! I put about 13 differ short upper body workouts in workout manager last night including 2 mini cardio bonuses that I may do first: one is 9 and the other 11.

Midnight: I did the 2 cardioid before dinner and Burn Sets back and biceps after the kids went to bed. The 2 cardios were the bonus cardio from LIC and BM2. Total of 56 min and 465 calories burned! I stayed under my calories by 100-200 yesterday and today, Sunday was over by 35. So I'm thinking this is pretty good, if I can keep it up! So I'm around 1600 cal per day. Not sure what I'll do tomorrow, I have AfterBurn scheduled, but I'm a little afraid of it! Maybe I'll do a 30 min premix and add abs or something. I really enjoyed the BM2 bonus cardio and the one from LIC too!i may have to add them in the next few weeks too! The last consecutive days were: upper body/cardio, legs/abs, HiiT, upper body, tabata/abs. Souj I might be up for a circuit tomorrow. Is AB considered

So just when I thought B was getting better, Little K got it and B is throwing up and having diarrhea, which never stopped. :(

Oh, OT note, we finished God's Not Dead movie tonight! Loved it!! I highly recommend it. Gotta go to sleep, I fear I'm going to be up a lot tonight
like I was last night!


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