Weight Watchers ......**Monday**

teddy16410

teddy16410

Cathlete
Happy Monday!
Decided to come home late yesterday to take advatage of fabulous weather ! Had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed getting away. Starting to feel like nice warm Houston around here again!
Off to read whats been happening all weekend and will bb to chat in a few!
 
Welcome back, Traci!!! I am glad that you had a wonderful weekend and fabulous weather! The weather here has been really nice as well!

I am getting to the point in my 3 day (night) schedule where I would NOT be offended if someone decided to come to work early from the day shift so I can go home!!!;-)
 
~~~~~~~~~ Two Weekend Personals! ~~~~~~~~
You all were chatty!! LOLOLOL
I'll do them a few at a time so I really know whats going on!


;-) AMY: Nice job on being the earlybird poster! You really took that literally didnt you?:+ Very cool about keeping the weight log! It will amaze you how much more you can lift by simply expecting to lift a bit more or do just a few more reps each workout! Glad you also tried the GS as alternating. If you dont fatigue yourself so early you can really get alot more work out of each muscle group! ^^^^5 on pushups to boot! What a great weekend you had!

;-) Cheryl: Congrats on masseause noticing your how your body is changing! Thats GREAT too that you had someone critique your backside muscle development! I know I cant see clearly whats going on back there! 123...? 123....? Do scales actually register that low?}( I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!! What a phenominal way to start your weekend! I swear this clean eating is the ticket... The body I want (& BF%) just doesnt come without cleaning up the food act! Maybe all that lifting is good for you too cheryl? I swear my 44 year old body cannot live without lots of heavy lifting now. Its amazing isnt it? You have certainlky found the current magic your body wants! I am so HAPPY DANCING for you! Just curious Cheryl... How long was SH legs without shoulders? Thats in my rotation but I need to know how to plan my cardio that day based on time. On your clean eating... I hadnt realized before that you werent eating so much animal protein anymore... about how many meals a day are you eating chicken/turkey vs egg whites?

;-) Teddygirl: Hope your weekend away from the gang didnt leave you totally depressed! LOLOLOL I hope you got to hang with your sister or grandkids and do VERY fun things! Any Scrambled Eggs this weekend????? Welcome back to real word Monday!

;-) More are a coming!!!!

Lori- Jane - gidget - Belinda - I think I saw Kali ???? - I think I saw a Jessica???? OH MY I MISSED TOO MUCH!
:7
 
~~~~ More Personals:+ ~~~~~~~~

Lori-
Thats GREAT that you are getting Toscas book! Probably nothing "new" but it is written in a way that made it all click for me. As always I think even if you decide to not adopt it 100% every little bit helps immensely. Those 3 pounds scale weight can be just about anything so I have no doubt it will be heading back down soon! Hope The Firm Super Cardio was perfect for you! I believe that part of my success the past months have been from shaking things up with various instructors too. Great way to keep the body guessing! BTW: Lazy days are a good thing! Hope you enjoyed it!!


Jane -
Hope your weekend was terrific! Looking forward to hearing what you've been up to!

Gidget -
^^^ 5 on being able to run 5 miles straight! That IS awesome after 8 months of big time body changes!! Great job on cleaning the house of tempting sweets! I keep it pretty clean around here now.. Outta site outta mind is true for me! Your weekend workouts were AMAZING! Awesome way to just get it all done!

Belinda -
Hope Saturdays rest was just what your body needed! Funny about the 1 drink... I'm a lightweight now too! My DH said he likes it cuz I'm "a cheap date" lolol

Kali -
Great to see you again! Glad you are happy with the new job and hope your new "diet" works for you. Sorry for the weight returning but I say that as long as you learn one more thing about yourself & food/excercise habits it is not all in vain. Its such a process learning what our bodies can and cant tolerate. I completely relate to the wanting to hide syndrome but found that when I do my funks last much longer. Hard to be in a funk when so many awesome women are overcoming challenges & obstacles to achieve their goals. You are obviously in a new mindset - you did GREAT at that party.... Its one meal choice at a time and 1 workout to do at a time and that will give you 1 pound & 1 inch at a time. You'll get "there".

Jessica-
So happy to meet you! I am away from boards most warm weekends as we leave town but am a chatt head all the rset of the time! Your first post Saturday about weight loss stalling once you started exercising sounds like classic TOO FEW CALORIES! (clean) Also be sure and up your water intake! I'm sure all the others are giving awesome advise as that is what this group does best....A very educated AND successful wt loss group. We arent all just talk- we've actually been successful! Ha- theres a concept!!! lol. I dont do WW either (but have in the past) so whatever route you take we are here for you! Another Tosca / Sparkspeople person? WONDERFUL! On the calories... I'm very much in Cheryls range... She & I are almost identical in personal stats and weight/BF stats. 1600 clean calories is good for me most of time. I zig zag all week (occurs naturally with hunger levels... My weekly average is usually between 1550-1700 depending on my rotation. I eat more protein when I'm in muscle building mode and a bit less when I am in leaning out mode.


I think thats everyone! Have a great day..... Once I figure out exactly what workout I'm doing I shall report in!:+
 
Good Morning,

I had a nice relaxing weekend :) what about you guys? I finally found balance for my rotation. Instead of doing S&H + GS’s I decided to do GS only if I have the time I will add on either S&H or PUB. Or just repeat UB cycle:p :p

This is what I done:

Sat: Scrambled Eggs + GS Chest
Sun: KPC + GS Back (did back twice w/add-ons)

This morning, CM1 + GS legs

I just got to work, will chat later, and caught up with weekend posts.

Teddygirl~
 
Good Morning Ladies,

Just a quick check in before I bath the little guy. He is out in the next room talking to himself so he should be o.k for a couple of minutes.

Traci, great to hear you had a nice weekend. DH wants to go into the city this weekend but Rylan is having his needle on Friday and we may have a cranky baby for a couple of days so I think we need to stay home...although I to would LOVE to get away. The only other thing is, Im gonna want to shop for clothes when I go away and there is no point in doing that when I still have baby weight to drop. Ill just go in their and spend all my money on the kids so prehaps its best I stay home:) And while you were enjoying your weather, I was enjoying a snow storm;(

Amy, I use to hate those 3 night shifts. Im not a nurse but I would work a nursing schedule, but since having a baby 3 night shifts in a row doesn't seem so bad!;) My job isn't nearly as tough as yours either so I think going back to work in Nov is going to be a piece of cake, I'll actually get time for myself.

Teddygirl, have you not come up with a rotation yet? LOL:) Im still searching for one, but right now I am enjoying getting back into running and trying out the new workouts.

Well, i think I am going to run shortly and do B&G after lunch. I went to bed last night at 12 and Rylan didn't wake until 5:30 and then again at 8:15 and we didn't get up until 10:30! So I don't think I need to nap this afternoon, so while he is napping Ill work out:) And man...I had some weird dreams from 8:30-10:30 I kept dreaming that I am calling DH on his cell phone and I either can't remember the phone # or I keep pressing the wrong numbers! And I had to reach him b/c I was on a train in a snow strom and I couldn't remember what I did with the baby! ( and we don't even have trains around here!):7 Then i made coffee and had coffee grinds in my cup...then when I looked Dh had taken the veggie peal out of the garbage from the day before, company came over and did something to my walls....goes on and on!!! Weird stuff.
Hope everyone as a good one!
So much for a quick check in!:)
Lori:)
 
LoriG- LOL on the wierd dreams! I know that I have them as well, but thankfully don't remember much about them except for the first few minutes after I wake up.

I was going to say something earlier when I was at work, but can't remember what it was. Oh, well. If it's important, I'll remember eventually.

Today is a rest day for me (as usual, but also scheduled in the rotation). I have another one scheduled on Friday, but I think that I'm going to try some yoga then. I have to hop into bed and sleep fast. DH's appt is at 1130, so at least I'll get about 2 hrs before we leave. I'll check in later!
 
Good Morning...yesterday was my most successful day so far on Core. My portions were great, and my food was awesome. I am happy with myself.

Everyone sounds like they had a great weekend.

I am going to do LL today, and maybe the floor work from B&G's.
BBL, Lori
 
Hi Gidget,
Yep I’m doing Fitnessfreaks rotation. However, I tweak it, mainly cardio I also added on another day of legs. Therefore, I wont get a rest day, unless I feel I need it. And if that's the case I'll combine an UB workout like Bi's & Tri's. I like it.

This is what my week looks like thus far, going to add on another CM hitting abs 3x week

S: GS Chest + Scrambled Eggs
Su: GS Back + KP&C
M: GS Legs + 67 CM1
T: GS Shoulders + Low Max
W: Butts & Guts (overall legs) + CM2
T: GS Biceps + IMAX
F: GS Triceps LIC
 
Good morning everbody,

I couldn't check in yesterday since my DD had to write 8 essays x(She is a journalism communications Major with minor in marketing). The last couple of weeks she had to write a lot of papers. So please don't kick me off the WW if I don't check in more than once.:) :)

Traci welcome back. I am glad you had a wonderful weekend. :) It is going to be nice here today, in 70`s. I'm going to sit in my yard.

Cheryl I had beef fajitas last night:9

Kali yesterday I ended up doing Low Max Step Cardio Combo :D
How are your legs feeling today? I always feel B&G:)

Amy enjoy your rest day:) How do you like FF rotation so far?

Gidget I think it's great that you picked up running again:) After I am done with Cathe's Feb. rotation. I would like to start running again. I (always) really enjoyed it:D

Teddygirl are you not doing FF rotation:( :) :)

Today is High Step Challenge for me;(

Does anyone of you own a Vita-Mix machine? Well I bought one on Saturday but I am not sure whether I should keep itx(

Hope everbody has a great workout!
Belinda
 
Goooood Mooorning, everyone! Here's to a happy new week!

Traci, I'm so glad you had a wonderful time at the Bay.

Yes, the weight lifting has turned out to be the magic ticket for me. In fact, horrors, I can only see myself doing a circuit occasionally anymore - I seem to be doing so much better with concentrated weights on just 1-2 bodyparts a day coupled with concentrated cardio (mixed up day to day as to type) - that is, except for my beloved BootCamp which is a wonderful "shock your body" kind of overall workout for me since it changes activities every 60 seconds or so.

On animal products - I've been having chicken or turkey once on most days, and occasional cheese but except for that, no animal products. But the egg whites seem to really be adding something. A devout Vegan nutritionist I know vows that eggs are the bodily fluid of another species; aren't meant for human consumption and (sorry this is a little graphic) simply form a rubbery coating on the inside of your intestines that prevents the rest of your nutrients from being absorbed. I don't think I'm believing him quite that far. If I weren't an athlete, maybe it would be less of an issue... there are strong studies to show that keeping animal products to 10% or less of calorie consumption will statistically give you all the benefits of a 100% vegetarian diet - but those egg whites seem to be doing me a whole lot of good.

I am also seeing on SparkPeople that even with all this good eating I am still low on iron, calcium and B-12. Hmmm.. My naturalist doctor said to just skip multivitamins altogether unless you're investing the $70-80 per month for whole food vitamins - that anything else is just a waste of money and time. I may have to find something, though, even if I just take it every other day for added assurance.

This morning I tried Cardio Kicks for the first time along with the yaya cardio party... decided I'm too spoiled by Cathe's fun choreography and my love of running to enjoy kickboxing so I just did 30 minutes of that and finished up with All Step (30 minutes) and B&G Stab. ball abs, 15 min.

Traci, the lower body portion of S&H with the warm up was 40 minutes. If I'd gone into it after cardio and skipped the warm up, I'm guessing it would have been 31-35 - but there is a breakdown of the times on the box, I think.

A wonderful morning to Amy, Belinda, Kali, Teddygirl (welcome back!!!) Gidget, Lori and Jessica! Here's to a wonderful day!

Cheryl
 
P.S. - WI this morning - 124.4. I knew the 123.2 from Sat. was too good to be true as a permanent number quite yet :)

Still, I'm happy to be seeing progress. Gotta take the ups with the downs :eek: ;( }( :D

Cheryl
 
Just finished New York Body Plan Circuit... GREAT full 45 minutes! Then I did his 5 minute stretch... My abs are really feeling it from the compound moves. Thinking about a CC3 run or bike ride for extra leg work.


CHERYL: Lololololol: I'll take your 124 & you can have your 123 OK? DONE DEAL!!!! So about your protein.... Are you eating protein with every meal and just using beans & legumes? I am curious because your wt loss has really been steady and usually as we get to those super low #s it just isnt that quick.... Trying to pluck your brain so I can be at goal (solid) by end of March.:7 Tell that devout vegan dude to stop trying to mess with you on the visuals! UGH!!!!!!! Took me YEARS to be able to eat a full egg because of someone planting a visual seed....lolololol My naturalist doc said the same thng about vitamins.... said GNC brands were listed as #5 worst quality in last years medical journal. I did purchase a supplement pack that she sells (or I can get online but $$ is same) that gives me extra of 5 vitamins. I think its 50.00 for a 2 month supply - not bad and far fewer pills than I took before.

AMY: Enjoy rest today!!!! Hope DH's appt is non- stressful!

Teddygirl: I just KNEW SE were on your plate this weekend! Sounds like you are really excited about digging into your new rotation! Good for you....STICK WITH YOUR PLAN!

Belinda: Kick you off? NEVER! If I cant get kicked out of the WW'er checkin for not being on WW, you certainly cant be kicked out for not checking in 1 day! LOLOL.... maybe we need to change the name of group! I bet people "lurk" and think FRAUDS! lol
Enjoy HSCH!

LoriS: ^^^ 5 on a great Core day!!!! maybe its just the ticket for ya!! Enjoy Meaner Legs!

Gidget: I know what ya mean about getting away and shopping... My double edged sword is always getting away & eating! I travel to experience food! I am such a foodie after dating a chef for so many years.... THANK HEAVEN my DH is so NOT a foodie.... We'd be broke & fat! Enjoy your run and B&G if you add that on! Its so pretty here today I may just hit the road for a CC3 run myself... already got my circuit in today.
 
Teddygirl, your rotation looks pretty good. Let me know what results you get from it. I was never good at following rotations b/c I only did what workouts I was in the mood for that day. But now that I haven't done them in a while, I may be able to follow a rotation.

Cheryl, I don't think I would whine about 124!:7 How tall are you? The only time I reached 125 lbs was during christmases. How weird is that? I guess with all the running around, I would always lose weight but after the new year the 5 lbs would creep back on.

Belinda, I really enjoy running. Ilike it b/c I don't warm up for very long so it feels as if I get my workout done faster.I use to watch movies before I had Rylan though. And I would always pick the scary ones b/c I could never watch scary movies while sitting:) I ran 10 miles a couple of times while watching them. Cathe says that running helps tone up the middle, and thats where I need it most.

Traci, my DH loves to eat so he is my downfall. Thats also my other problem when going away. For some reason we feel like we are on a mini vaca and we can eat whatever we want. Sweets are my downfall so I usually have to make a trip to Dairy Queen or something like that. But DH loves sitting down to a nice steak meal with all the trimmings. Meals aren't my problem its ordering the dessert after:9

Well, so far its 2 here and all Ive done is house clean but I am ready for my run. Rylan is awake but he as been feed so I may just put him in his swing and start my workout.
I will be back later,
Lori:)
 
Cheryl, my goodness, you are on the ball woman. Niceeeee:)

Tracie, glad your get away was fun and safe:) I tell you my UB is sore. I am so excited about doing OBP, man oh man. Now, I can really go harder and longer :D I want to caught up with you Ms X :p

And everyone else keep up the good work and STAY focused:7 :7

I asked this ??? on open forum, between the two which do you prefer?

High Step Challenge or High Step Training? Thanks
 
Traci - Add me to the list of dyed-in-the-wool foodies. I am a veritable gourmet. One of my tickets has been that I am choosing foods I consider yummy at all times - and if weren't for SP and structure, I'd be in a lot of trouble! None of the listen to your body/eat-what-you-feel-like-it programs have ever been successful for me.

Before SP, I'd been eating typically 2 PB/oatmeal muffins with a little soy margarine or a bowl of oatmeal for breakfast... lunch maybe spinach/mushrooms/tomatoes in a bag with 2 T bacon bits sprinkled over instead of dressing, plus a grapefruit cup... snack of 2 Dove dark chocolate squares, and dinner maybe a can of tomato soup with 1/3 c. shredded colby melted in plus a piece of wh/wh toast with soy margarine, and maybe a bedtime snack of an ounce of walnuts or a bit of pumpkin pudding or 2-3 sm. healthy oatmeal cookies.

After SP, breakfast is more typically a smoothie of 7 pumps of egg white, 1/2 T flax seed, 1 scoop soy protein powder, and a piece of fruit. And now I'm trying to get some turkey or chicken in once a day.

Just the soy protein/7 eggwhite pumps is giving me 30 g of protein a day I wasn't getting before and I'm seeing a nice difference from that.

Yesterday I didn't do the egg whites, but I ate chicken twice.

I love black beans in salads, chick peas, etc., but I really haven't done that many legumes... just force of habit, I guess.

If you ever want to look at my nutrition, my username on SP is marathongal and the password is meekodog. You're welcome to peek :)

As excited as I am, I have honestly only lost 2# a month for the past two months, although I believe I'm picking up a little more muscle as well, and that weighs in the balance. If I can just get 5-6 more pounds of fluff off of me, I'll be thrilled and everything after that would likely just be fine-tuning with the trainer's input involved.

I've never done weights so steadily before. I just don't do it productively by myself or at the gym... the classes were a disaster... having the trainer 3-4 times a week isn't practical.... I have to say that above all else, Cathe has gotten me over that hurdle.

A long message! Sorry to ramble -

xoxoxo,
Cheryl
 
Hey Girls,

Just checking in to report my workout. I did B&G first b/c I didn't know how much time I was going to have and then I got a 3 mile run in after. I don't like running after a leg workout b/c my legs feel weak but it wasn't to bad this time.
It was a good workout but I think I like GS legs better. Who am I kidding? I just hate work legs in general.

Ill check back later,
Lori:)
 
Afternoon WWer's... had to work this past weekend so didn't have a lot of time to post (when do I ever!!). Working today and tomorrow and then finally Wed I'm off.

I'm going to my weigh-in tomorrow night (GULP)... and judging from what my scale is telling me, I'm going to have to pay..... I've really been struggling lately with eating. My workouts are fine... just can't keep the crap out of my mouth. I'll walk in with my head down and hand her my wallet.... oh I'm so not looking forward to this....

well... off to do my workout BC/ME bonus combo... although I don't think it'll help me by tomorrow. I've done well so far today with eating.
 
Hi again - Jane, good luck with the WI - with all the stress you've been through, it's no wonder you've struggled!

Lori/Gidge - I'm 5'5" and very small boned. No place to hide any crimes. Any extra weight seems to find it's way to the classic girl zones, to my middle, and unfortunately to the shape of my face - aagh!)

Teddygirl, sounds like you're set for a good month!!

Don't know if anyone's noticed... but there are some mean posts going back and forth in the rotations forum. Ouch! I'm so glad our group is so good to each other - just had to say it :)

xoxoxo,
Cheryl
 
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