budders
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Post by budders on Jul 1, 2020 20:17:48 GMT -6
For July, I'm going to focus more on getting in workouts than on my weight. I only lost 3 lbs in June, which is still moving in the right direction, but it didn't feel equivalent to the hard work and sacrifice. I kind of want to not weigh myself this month, but I doubt I'll be able to stick to that. Weighing actually keeps me pretty accountable and motivated even when it's not working as quickly as I like, so I don't think it's harmful to me right now to continue. Goals: -Close all 3 rings on Apple Watch every day -Stay within macros -Plan food out in advance everyday (I've gotten away from this, I think it might help)
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Post by budders on Jul 1, 2020 20:22:50 GMT -6
I rode the bike this morning. I have been working out in the afternoons recently, and it was nice to check it off earlier in the day. I found that I was more motivated to do other stuff around the house in the afternoon because I wasn't trying to squeeze in the workout. Summer school starts on Monday, so that will be short-lived, but my big kid will go to daycamp three days a week, so I'm planning to bring workout clothes to run near school on those days.
Food was great today. I feel like there must be something hormonal going on with my body right now because I've been really bloated in addition to a stagnant scale. Hoping it works itself out soon.
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jul 1, 2020 21:54:57 GMT -6
So I started my new job on Monday. H and I are still trying to figure out the right schedule on the bike, but today I rode at lunch and rinsed off and got re-dressed for my afternoon video calls. The workout itself felt good but I don't think I like the stress of rushing/showering/re-applying makeup, even at home. I think it will have to be before work or after, from now on. I need the zen of not having a hard stop, you know?
Today I did Cody's most recent 30 minute intervals and arms. Yesterday I did his pride ride from the weekend. I just love him.
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jorkzy
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Post by jorkzy on Jul 1, 2020 22:53:57 GMT -6
NSV: I live that thick thigh life. Have since I came out of the womb, and I’ve always been insecure. But today I wore shorts in public today for the first time in 10+ years. And guess what? No one cared. My black leather seats were VERY hot though. oh my gosh I LOVE this!! NSV for sure!
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Post by jorkzy on Jul 1, 2020 22:55:05 GMT -6
Legit lol. How are the stairs today?
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 2, 2020 5:27:55 GMT -6
60 min challenge ride today, didnt follow thr prompts because I havent got much sleep and feel exhausted. So i decided to just stay on for 60 mins and call it good enough.
Was at my mom and dads for Canada day and had an awesome meal last night and their neighbours invited us over to use their pool which the kids loved.
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 2, 2020 5:37:13 GMT -6
I dont think I hate any exercise as much as lunges
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pootsen
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Post by pootsen on Jul 2, 2020 5:40:50 GMT -6
I dont think I hate any exercise as much as lunges I LOVE lunges. Leg day is my favorite. I fully realize that’s a UO
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Post by CestLaVie on Jul 2, 2020 5:41:54 GMT -6
pootsen I love leg day too, but there is something about the way you're required to bend for lunge that feels like I cant haha. More yoga maybe would help
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Post by pootsen on Jul 2, 2020 5:48:11 GMT -6
Yes ladies, wear the shorts! And the swim suits and tank tops! My weight is clearly not where I want it to be but I’m also working on trying to be more confident and just wearing clothing that’s comfortable.
Today is strength- legs and abs. Food should be okay.
B- chocolate protein oatmeal with strawberries L- leftovers- Greek pork and taco meat, broccoli D- Lillie’s chicken, sweet potatoes, salad
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Post by chrispy1122 on Jul 2, 2020 6:47:58 GMT -6
My goals this month are to continue working out 5-6 days a week and to try to add some strength in 2-3 days a week. I lost 7 pounds last month, so I’d like to lose 5-7 this month as well. I’m also going to try to switch my workouts to the mornings before work. I did it yesterday and today and even though my body hated it, it was really nice to hang out with H after the kids go to bed instead of working out. Working out at night did force me to limit my glass or two of wine to one or two days a week, which I think accounted for some of my weight loss, so I’ll need to be more mindful of that.
Today did a 10 minute warm up run and a 30 minute interval run. I forgot to pack my lunch so I’ll need to figure out food for lunch and I think H is planning on grilling fish for dinner. I will probably have a beer or two tonight to kick off the long weekend, so I’m going to try to make sure to save some macros.
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abs
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Post by abs on Jul 2, 2020 7:01:05 GMT -6
I dont think I hate any exercise as much as lunges I LOVE lunges. Leg day is my favorite. I fully realize that’s a UO I love lunges, too! And burpees. They are an immediately effective for me. Now plain pushups? Nope. I can do like two and then I'm dead.
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Post by cnf on Jul 2, 2020 7:01:28 GMT -6
Oh gosh. I just did a 30 minute interval run with Adrian and my body was just a hard nope to everything. I only picked up 2.75 miles because I walked too many recoveries. Just tired and my legs were heavy and this baby is smashed into my cervix which feels awful while running. Just wasn't into it today. I also did a 10 prenatal yoga and I'm good at this point. Very done.
I just snarfed down some avocado toast and scrambled eggs. Not sure what the rest of my day will consist of. I have left over pasta plus I precooked a bunch of chicken curry and chicken cacciatore yesterday, so I should eat that stuff. It's healthier. We'll see how traumatizing DD2's dressing change goes later first and see how much I want to eat my feelings afterwards.
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Post by pearbear on Jul 2, 2020 7:05:06 GMT -6
I dont think I hate any exercise as much as lunges I have had so many lunges in my workouts this week and I HATE THEM!!!
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Post by pearbear on Jul 2, 2020 7:06:18 GMT -6
I LOVE lunges. Leg day is my favorite. I fully realize that’s a UO I love lunges, too! And burpees. They are an immediately effective for me. Now plain pushups? Nope. I can do like two and then I'm dead. What? I can't comprehend this. Nope nope nope.
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Post by pearbear on Jul 2, 2020 7:08:13 GMT -6
Ok, anyway, I'll stop ranting now Today was TT cardio and core day...my least favorite. Usually I skip the cardio workouts with TT or Madeline Moves and opt for a longer Peloton ride instead, but today I decided to actually do it. And guess what, it involved some lunges! Gross. But it is done and I feel good. I followed it with a short 15min ride with Cody. Also, boxerific, it was fun riding the Whitney ride last night with you! It was a really fun ride, though involved a lot more climbs than I expected. Climbs are my favorite though, so it made the time fly by.
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abs
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Post by abs on Jul 2, 2020 7:14:32 GMT -6
I love lunges, too! And burpees. They are an immediately effective for me. Now plain pushups? Nope. I can do like two and then I'm dead. What? I can't comprehend this. Nope nope nope. Ha! It's a love/hate relationship.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Jul 2, 2020 7:21:12 GMT -6
Legit lol. How are the stairs today? Walking in general is a problem. Add in that I almost had to bail on the deadlifts because I was cramping, and I almost didn't make it through the lunges too and yeah. I am on a serious push to get my electrolytes back in a good place. This is getting bad.
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Post by RunsforWineandCarbs on Jul 2, 2020 7:21:55 GMT -6
I dont think I hate any exercise as much as lunges I LOVE lunges. Leg day is my favorite. I fully realize that’s a UO Leg day is the worst.
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Post by RunsforWineandCarbs on Jul 2, 2020 7:25:44 GMT -6
OMG you all are killing it! Welcome all new comers, lurkers, once a monthers, - it's so inspiring to watch everyone killing their goals and not giving up! MelanieCarmichael, didn't you link the reddit strength program? Can you link it again? I need to grab the workouts. I donated blood last night and it took more out of me than i expected. I did a 2 mile fastish walk followed up with Robins 10 min pride core. I then went to breakfast with H and went ham on some eggs benedict.
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Jul 2, 2020 7:30:56 GMT -6
I bought one of the Sunny bikes to use with the Peloton app and did my first cycling class today. I still need to figure out how the resistance compares to the Peloton one but other than that it was good. Food today has been decent: B-Kodiak Muffin cup L-Quinoa with Kielbasa D-meatloaf muffins For exercise I did 20 mins on the bike, an upper body weight workout, then 20 mins of running. I have the same bike setup. I usually just try to gauge how hard the instructor seems to be working and how fast/easy their legs are moving. I think I approximate pretty well and my legs always burn and I'm dripping with sweat, so I figure I'm close enough! Same here. FWIW, I did find this on reddit: For my model Sunny bike, I figured out how many full turns it took to go from zero resistance to full-stop: it's 8 full turns. The Peloton goes from 0-100 in resistance, and I'm assuming that one full turn of the Pelton wheel would add 10 points of resistance. Therefore, one turn of a Peloton wheel would be about 80% of the resistance from one turn of my wheel. Since the instructors give out ranges, I just do a 1:1 ratio. If we're on a flat road at 30 resistance, I give myself 3 full turns. If we're starting a climb at 45, I do 4.5 turns and it's just the right amount of support to start climbing out of the saddle. There's a +/- mark at 12 and 6 o'clock on my wheel, so it's easy to quickly throw adjustments on and off. So far, it's matched up for every class I've done. But basically what budders said. If I'm feeling like I'm pushing through mud and I'm a sweaty beast, then that's about right. I've pretty much let go of not knowing exactly. Although I may try the reddit thing just to see.
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Jul 2, 2020 7:32:00 GMT -6
OMG you all are killing it! Welcome all new comers, lurkers, once a monthers, - it's so inspiring to watch everyone killing their goals and not giving up! MelanieCarmichael , didn't you link the reddit strength program? Can you link it again? I need to grab the workouts. I donated blood last night and it took more out of me than i expected. I did a 2 mile fastish walk followed up with Robins 10 min pride core. I then went to breakfast with H and went ham on some eggs benedict. Here you go! Total Strength Program
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Post by moosemom on Jul 2, 2020 7:32:32 GMT -6
June was meh for me. I got back to swimming which has been great but it has been so hot lately that running is almost unbearable. Going back to my mom’s next week, taking my bike and planning on some long rides with my brother.
I don’t know that I have any goals for July, kind of just keep on keeping on.
Y’all are kicking some butt! Way to go everyone!
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Post by gherkin on Jul 2, 2020 7:44:52 GMT -6
June was alright for me. I went back to the gym about 2 weeks ago after the covid break and it felt so great to be back. I didn't seem to lose too much strength over the break as all my lifts seem to be on par with what they were pre-covid. My cardio improved dramatically as I was forced to run and peloton more during at home workouts. So all in all, fitness is great. My food intake is where I am struggling; I just cannot tighten it up and keep saying that I am going to track my intake, which I do until about mid afternoon then it all goes to shit and I start nibbling while I'm cooking and before I know it I've scarfed down a bunch of junk.
For July I plan to focus on mindful eating and consistently tracking throughout the entire day at least for a couple weeks until I am in a groove and I can let up on the constant tracking. I will eat foods that make my body feel good and not ones that I crave but leave me feeling gross (breads, crackers, any processed carb really). More veggies, grains and lean meats for me which should be made easier by the fact that our garden is coming on strong and that makes it nicer and more fun to eat my veggies. Workouts will continue to be CF four times a week and at least two days of running/peloton.
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Post by sterling on Jul 2, 2020 8:00:10 GMT -6
I love lunges and squats, but not burpees because I’m not a monster.
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Post by Rusty Red on Jul 2, 2020 8:02:34 GMT -6
I do a lunge matrix for my running warm up. They aren't my favorite but I've resigned myself.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Jul 2, 2020 8:04:02 GMT -6
I do a lunge matrix for my running warm up. They aren't my favorite but I've resigned myself. Do 4 sets of 10 on each leg with a 60 sec rest between each set. Report back.
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Post by Rusty Red on Jul 2, 2020 8:05:25 GMT -6
I do a lunge matrix for my running warm up. They aren't my favorite but I've resigned myself. Do 4 sets of 10 on each leg with a 60 sec rest between each set. Report back. I was doing 5 sets of 10 on each (5 different types of lunges), but backed them down to 5 sets of 5 each leg because I got annoyed with how long it took. LOL
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Post by MelanieCarmichael on Jul 2, 2020 8:07:15 GMT -6
Good morning all!
I did the final workout in Week 2 of Road to the 5K and it was the 10 min Extra Mile with Matt W. I did 5 min of pre-run warm-up with Adrian, then prepped to beat my time from Week 1 (13:05, whomp whomp). Since I obviously can't get my stats on the Peleton app tread workouts, I had Runkeeper up. I was pleased to see my time drop to 12:23. But then I realized, that was my average pace as I ran a 10th of mile beyond 1 mile. When I checked my splits, my mile was 11:37! I have not seen that number in a good while and while it was certainly challenging, it was what I'd call comfortably hard. So I'm getting there.
I added on a 20 minute lower body strength with Selena. It was a "beginner" class because I thought I'd take it a little easier on my legs after that mile and change. Well, it was full of isometric holds for one-legged bridges, squats, and sumo squats - first with bodyweight, then with a weight, and I was sweating and shaking so much. So deceptively easy looking. But a good burn.
I followed up with a post-run stretch with Jess and called it good.
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Post by Rusty Red on Jul 2, 2020 8:12:28 GMT -6
GhoatMonket, are you happy in general with the coaching so far?
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