Weightloss Challenge Now to Dec 31st - Aug 10th

[Fembot40]

Welcome Brandee! : )

Today was back to back STS Meso 3 discs 31 & 32. Phew! I'm determined to finish this on time. I'm so ready to get back to some circuit work!

Had a big honking ice cream last night and enjoyed every bit. This vacation is starting to get better. : )

Good luck with the new diet limitations Melanie. I'm interested to see what your results are. I think my son has a wheat intolerance and would love to try to get him to go glueten free, but it just seems like such a chore. Hope it goes well for you. : )

 

[trotchase]

Today was my gardening day with Dad. Loving it Just a lil bit ago I did Lower Body Blast. I had only done that w/o I think once before. I like it! Nice change with different moves than just weights. It was a burner tho as usual with Cathe I did all the reps except for those darn elevated lunges...they always get me!

As I type this I am on a Fitdesk trying it out. It is a stationary bike with a desk for your computer. It is just for extra activity nothing with much resistance for a hard cardio w/o. I sit so much for the day that I need more movement! So I couldn't resist b/c I had a coupon, they ship for free and they will pay for return shipping if I don't like it in 30 days. So far I've been on it for 30 minutes and you don't even realize the time goes by. Altho my butt is going to have to get used to this. Tina how do you ride for so long on such a small seat?!!

Tina Im glad you are enjoying vacation indulgences! It is good for your body to take a break like that and eat maintenance calories (or even slightly more) for a week before hitting it hard again. I think Tom Venuto from BFFM states you can do it every 16 weeks to reboot your body and bust through plateaus. My problem is I've been doing that every week for the last few months

Sue I enjoy kickboxing! I haven't done the 4DS in quite some time. which leads me to Rhonda's post about kickboxing...

Rhonda I like your rotation! It seems to have a lower body emphasis which I am focusing on as I am pear shaped. I may have to try that out for my next rotation. thanks for sharing I have all of Cathe's KB dvds and I have TurboFire by Chalean that I consider to be kickboxing so I can use all of those. The only thing I would change is to do the leg w/o on Wed and the total body on Fri to do upper body then on Mon and Fri just to space it out a lil.
Wow. Your collection sounds just as bad as mine! lol. too bad we aren't closer to each other or we could swap things out! I try other instructors but always seem to come back to the best... Cathe. I do like to do Leslie Sansone walk videos when I need lower intensity. this year I tried Chalene Johnson doing her TurboJam and then TurboFire and I like those too. I'd have to go check my dvds to even see who I have cuz I haven't done em!!

Shereta great job on doing hills they aren't easy and for keeping your pace for that half mile. I have a good understanding of what it takes to knock those out so kuddos And just keep telling yourself that you are going to effortlessly complete that 10 miler tmrw night. I am learning that accomplishing things is more a matter of your mind telling you that you can or cannot!

Hi Brandee...welcome! there are a couple of runners on here as well which is nice for you. Melanie and Shereta are the ones doing long mileage and going to run a half marathon soon. Sue and I are doing run/walk intervals to increase our endurance.
I finished STS a few weeks ago and I believe Tina and Melanie are finishing up Meso 3 too.

Melanie I'm just concerned that you will be getting enough carbs. What are you substituting in place of grains? As a runner you need your carbs to fuel your runs and replenish your glycogen stores.
Im glad you took a your rest day. Are you feeling better? this w/e sounded like you were a lil under the weather.

Hi Renee! I couldn't leave you out I know you are a late poster. Hope you are having a good day!

Catch ya all later

Gina

 

[ReneePruitt]

Gina, we were warned by hikers coming down that it had just happened a few yards ahead and his family was by him. Not something I wanted my children to experience. I assume it was heart problems. The rangers at the bottom said they sent their fastest man up with an defib., but he was too far up. I don't know how they were going to get him down, it was just before Tuckermans Ravine and the trail is basically rock stairs. Those rangers must be in top physical shape!

So sorry for your hiker experience wow. Id be so sad for his family too.

 

[ReneePruitt]

Yes I am a late poster lol... I ran 3 miles today. I was going to do crrossfire but man it was so nice I couldn't resist! ! 85 degrees so much better then 105 .. I have not been outt running inages because of the. Pf I went once last week and ttoday but my time stank! ! Before I got injured I was able to do three miles in 32 minutes that took forever to get to that point and then injury. Took me alot longer today! I kept telling myself to just enjoy the movement of my body and take it easy so ill be able to do it again. But it is frustrating and my foot is sore now lol. But it is always sore really. One day I pray ill b well again. I was thankful to be out there again!

 

[rcsaros]

Hi everyone,
This morning was KPC with Cathe.

Gina - where are you? I am in MI. I was thinking about putting the leg workout to the middle of the week so maybe this coming week I will do that. I found this rotation in the rotation forum as I was search for fat lost rotations.

Renee - hope your foot starts getting better. You did well I am sure, 3 miles is a lot to me. I don't run or jog. I got on the treadmill after work yesterday and walked for 30 minutes. I think my endurance for that has gone down since I haven't been doing much walking lately. Need to get back into it.

Hope everyone else is doing well.
Rhonda

 

[trotchase]

Renee great job on the 3 miles! My PF is acting up a lil too with the running. I am rolling my feet on golf balls now as I type It hurts so good don't worry about the time it's taking you. the most important thing is you're out there! The speed will come. I am learning myself that slower is better (Thanks Mel )

Hi Rhonda. I am in northern Ohio - Youngstown. I guess we aren't that far away, but far enough! I will add my run/walk sessions to the weight days as I am training to run a few races this fall. I may have to sub out one KB to do a 3rd session as well. I'll see. I have just a lil over 3 weeks left on my current rotation. time to figure it out! I don't have any kickboxing scheduled tho so you are making me anxious to get some of those in!
Walking is the best way to reintroduce your body to working out! Over time, when you feel stronger, you can add in jogging intervals. Could just be for 20-30 secs at a time and then walking a few minutes to recover. Let us know if you are interested. Sue is following a plan like that & I play around with differing run/walk intervals to keep me interested in jogging!

Speaking of which, I really enjoyed my run/walk today. For 5 minutes I rotated 20 secs of walking, 20 secs of jogging, then 20 secs of sprinting. I did 4 cycles like that with 2 minutes recovery walk in between each cycle. I finished with a slow 10 minute jog to get to my 3 mile goal today. Warm-up and cool-down is always additional milage I don't count. I do each for 5 mins. I was sweatin buckets by the end Just when I was getting fatigued with a high heart rate from the cycle, the recovery walk was just what I needed to do the next one. Im gonna end up using this routine a lot as you can always adjust the speed as you improve. And the time flew by!

I hope to do CTX upper body later today. I did Coremax #3 after my run earlier. I was fearful going into it, but I ended up liking it.

Have a good day and work outs!!

Gina

 

[gonnabea5]

Hey All

Well, the first month of my 5 month challenge didnt yield the 10lb weightloss that I was hoping for. So, next month, I will ease up on my goals and tame my sweet tooth more. I will aim for 8lb loss between now and Sept 15th.

Was working hard all day. I know I walked 6 miles at work today trying to get caught up. Then I couldn't 'empty' out when I got home so I felt sluggish during my run. I could only get 8 miles out this evening. But I'm satisfied with that seeing that I did hills yesterday, had little sleep and walked so much today. I will attempt 10 Saturday after next. I've also noticed I only did weights once this week. PMS week really puts a hurting on me. But at least I lost those 2 pounds I gained. So all in all, not a bad week at all.

Who checks in first tomorrow, please close this thread and start a new one. Please and thank you.

 

[suethepooh]

The last two days I haven't worked out. Been working furiously all week, I need to do a better job of making sure I work out even when I get busy. Have you ladies put up pictures of goals or maybe motivational quotes that get you going? I need something that'll break through my "not right now" thinking. I've also been hungrier past two days and overate yesterday, kept control today . still no sugar, but I really want some!

Shereta - I was thinking about you & your long run tonight! You did great with what your body provided . congrats on the weight loss, we all know it's not easy!!!!

Hey Rhonda, I was surfing the forums recently and one suggestion for helping to burn belly fat was kickboxing, I immediately added it to my plan for the month. I mostly like it but I feel pretty jerky trying to do side kicks

hi and welcome Brandee!

Melanie, how's the wheat-free going? Your brain needs carbs so if you feel out of sorts, you might want to make sure you're replacing grain carbs with something appropriate.

Tina - totally jealous of the ice cream (and vacation)!

Gina I can't wait to hear more about your fit desk! I think I'll try some of your interval run/walk too, seems like a good way to build up endurance.

Renee - take it slow and don't reinjure yourself 3 miles of running is awesome, no matter how fast or slow!

Sweet dreams ladies