Oh Mel,
You so cracked me up!!! Thanks for the laugh but I now have to and fetch a paper towel cuz I have coffee on my monitor!

I have totally disappeared from this forum for the last few days, and when I come back it is to a funny post about breast implants that made me inhale my coffee! I was actually just thinking something similar last night - I took pushups out of my routine for a while in the post breast implant healing process, and am just now getting them worked back in. Went back to them too fast initially, and they hurt a little, plus I think they were pushing the implants further out in the pockets before, so took them out for the last month and started back last night. I was just observing last night that I don't go down nearly as far on the chest to floor pushup with 32DD as I did in January with 32AA. I did some last night with my hands in the a diamond pattern lined up with the center of my chest, haven't done them like that before. Uh, oww! My arms and back totally felt those.

I am so behind on the posts here I'll never catch up...

Cheryl - on the pushups! And yes, post pics! High five on the pounds and inches lost!

Kim - bad weather often travels with me on trips, too... Except when I went to Seattle - it was unseasonably sunny and hot while I was there.

Fran - Wow! You look fantastic! I'm so inspired by your dedication to the plan!

Mel - I had a friend who has done similar rides for AIDS funding - he biked across Canada in the first one, and is training for one across a big chuck of Europe. Wowzers. I sent money, too, and thanked him for the invite to sign on and join his team.

Alena - comparison pics are good! I have some from February, and plan on taking some more after I get back on track with the eating and strength training for the summer.

Lydia -congrats on the pants and the pretzels!

Pat - I found that Vista didn't like a lot of my components... my USB hubs, my printer, my external card readers... Grr...

I got in some strength training last night, and am determined to get back on the plan. I've made a lot of excuses to myself the last month, and comforted myself with the fact that when I did exercise I did a lot... ex. - 60 mins of strength training and 75 minutes of running at the park, or 45 mins of yoga and 90 mins of treadmill in the the same day, sometimes back to back. Well, what I accomplished was wearing myself out for the next day, which led to several more days with no exercise. So, back to a rational plan. I'm going to review my lifting workout, and make some revisions this weekend. I'm also going to get some 10lb dumbells, because a lot of the exercises I've been doing with the 8s are at the point where I need to step them up a little. I have gotten up to 260 'pounds' of resistance on my squats on the Weider (I know it doesn't equate to actual weight, no matter what the user's manual says).

Good weekend everyone!

Morning A goregous day here, cool this morning, but the afternoon/evening should be lovely. Too bad I have an indoor commitment tonight.

Shannon - I am determined to get this #*&&*( Vista machine operating this weekend. I've resigned myself to a new printer - and am rationalizing it by getting one that will print photos. The email is the most annoying part, and my ISP has just suggested that I remove Outlook, and use the windows mail. Hope that works. I have it forwarded to my gmail account, but I don't care to have all of DH's email, and he certainly doesn't want mine which has a lot of quilting and knitting stuff!

This weekend looks to be nice weather, so my plan is to work in the house in the morning - amazing what needs doing after two weekends away - and then work in the yard/garden when it's warmer. My flower beds are in need of attention. Grass is not ready to be mowed yet. DH fertilized yesterday and he'd like some rain to soak it in before we mow. He did put my clothesline up so I can hang laundry outside - I love line dried sheets/towels.

I'll also be be planning my BFL meals, as I've committed to doing this second challenge. I have no travel plans til the end of June, so I have 7 full weeks to be in my own routine before any of it is taken out of my control! Which reminds me to go see what the cruise ship offers for a gym. I got my tickets, etc. yesterday, so I'm totally psyched now.

Yeah, thanks for the advice, Kim and Mel. Unfortunately, with my new Crossfit habit, I can't afford the implants...dang! My running joke is that the first 40 lbs came straight off my boobs. I seriously need new bras. I've sorta got the National G (o-graphic) look going on now, lol. I'm hoping I can take up some of the skin space with the huge pecs these push-ups are gonna give me.

Speaking of the push-ups, I got 7 in a row today, on my first set, before I got stuck at the bottom. On my second set, just on the last few reps, because I was so out of gas at the bottom, I tried treating it like a lift, taking my breath at the top, holding it, and trying to just touch the floor and get right back up, then breathe again, hold, etc. That seemed to help, so I will try that again. Pretty stoked about the 7 on the first set, anyway!

Today's CF WOD was running. It's because I got up this morning and thought, "we just did a metcon with running yesterday, so he wouldn't make us run today...I'll wear the sweat pants!" Yeah, I was burning up on the run, and half prepared to take those muthas off and run down the street in my underpants. Okay, not really, but it figures that the ONE day I don't have the running pants in the van is the day we're doing nothing but running, lol.

The WOD:
Run 1 mile
Rest
Run 800 meters

My times were 11:24 and 5:09, both PRs by a couple of seconds over the same workout last month. Considering I started out last year with at least a 17+ minute mile, I'm pretty stoked about 11 anything!

Shannon, sounds like a plan. I think it would be better to do something each day, and build up your time, rather than wiping yourself out and talking yourself into a rest day the following day.

Pat, good luck with the computer. I haven't heard good things about the vista, so I'm holding onto my old XP for as long as it continues to work!

Yeah, that was my plan... it pretty much stopped working The new machine itself is very nice and very fast. It's the compatibility that's killing me.

Oh, and too bad about running in the sweat pants - I always wonder how people at the gym do that - I get way too hot. Sweats are for putting on to go home and shower.

Pat- ditch outlook and windows explorer email and download firefox and mozilla. They work a lot better than exploder. I have Vista on my laptop and haven't so much had problems as am annoyed by it. Change annoys me in general, tho.

Another good day

Shannon. I had to read this a few times:
Your implants???? Where did you keep them? I assuming you meant the push ups!


Tomorrow is a full body workout, then lots of cleaning and garden clean up and grocery shopping for Mom's day brunch.

Mel

Mel, I thought the same thing when I read Shannon's post - like, wait, they're removeable!!

Hi,

I'm back after way too much days off. What with the job, the yardwork, the home improvemtns stc etc. I really have to juggle to keep time in for me and my sceme of improving my looks and my health!

Unfortunately, the pounds keep creeping on, and i keep trying to devise ways to stop this, so I'm in for the new BFL challenge starting monday. Again, on my own conditions: I managed to work in exercise in the past BFL, so I'll continue with that, alternating lifting days with running days. my running has improved to the point that Ii can now do 10 minutes at 7 km/hr easily, so that will be my starting point. And i'll start again with monitoring myself on the nintendo, and cutting out the butter, mayonaise and sugar. I'm not ready yet to cut out wine but in the last BFL i did manage to limit that to weekends, and 1 - 2 glasses.

Cheryl - huge kudos on the crossfit training. Very impressive!

Fran - great pictures, looking forward to BFL stretch 2

pat - I'll be there for BFL2, nice to do it together again.

Have a great day all, off to do some house pinting,

Rabbit

Good morning ladies,

THe promised rain didn't happen - only some sprinkles.
I thought I did a lousy job at the gym last night (shoulders and back) but I am hurting today so that makes me feel good.
Thank you all for making me laugh! I love this little corner of 3FC.
Pat, good luck with the ****** Vista!! LOL


A question for the knowledgeable crowd - is there any exercise for middle delts? All the exercise I see featured (mostly in Oxygen) target either posterior or anterior delts but how the middle one?

Alena

Just a flyby today, ladies, sorry! The CF report:

WOD:
3 Muscle-ups or 9 Pull-ups (PU for me, green band)
30 Wall Ball (ran out of wall ball spots, so I subbed 2x15# DB Thrusters)
6 Sumo Deadlift High Pull (50# for me)
5 Rounds for Time

My time was 20:10. I'll be able to go to 65# next time for SDHP, but this was my first time doing these with weight, so I didn't want to be struggling with the weight when I was trying to get the form right. Mine was a pretty typical time for this workout today. This was definitely a metcon from heck, and there was lots of cussing and grunting during the workout, then lying on the floor groaning in pain at the end. I did not lie down, as I was pretty sure my legs would stop working if I did that. I just walked it out for about 5 mins afterward to keep from cramping up. Today I busted out the pull-ups. My mental state was that the DB Thrusters were going to be the hardest part, and they were, so I was danged if I would be caught hanging under the pull-up bar, thinking about how much my hands were hurting. So, I just psyched myself up to knock the pull-ups out 9 straight each round, and that worked great. I was also able to knock out the SDHP each round without breaking the set, which is how I know I need to up the weight next time. All the women and men doing the Rx'd weights had to break these up after the second round, except for a handful of firebreathers who aren't normal humans, anyway.

Great metcon, kicked my butt. Thankful that tomorrow is a rest day!!!

I am SOOO sore today! I did a major leg workout yesterday and my--ahem---derrier is complaining significantly. Ay-yi-yi!!

Bigger boobs would help with pushups for sure---but also for chest press. I think it is unfair that I have to bring the bar down farther than another woman who might be more----endowed!

Midwife, I can totally relate. Saturday's workout is catching up to me today. I need to install some handicap rails in the bathroom, just so I can sit down without falling. I hope tomorrow is something nice, like max lift day, but I think we have to draw another girl WOD tomorrow. If it's Fran, somebody kill me so I don't have to do it.

Okay, I'm off to bed. I'll check in tomorrow to see what the news is from the weekend. I spent most of the day working on the chicken coop, since it was sunny for most of the day. Made some good progress, but still not done.

Hey all!

I feel good today partly because I had a good productive day yesterday! I went riding on my trike, did about 12 miles of hills (I think I need to move back to Denver where it is flat...) Also moved around heavy deck furniture, cleaned the house, etc. My legs are sore this morning and even my usual morning walk with the dogs was a bit painful I love riding my trike, I get honks/waves (good ones) and if I'm stopped, people will ask me questions. I usually don't like having attention called to myself but its fun.

Hey chickies. Back on plan and starting Challenge 2 today!!!!

Coming up with new exercises for my ubwo and lbwo. All these sore bumms stories are giving me encouragement to work my glutes and quads really hard! HIIT cardio will consist of fast walks on huge inclines. Loving it! Tried on all my summer clothes yesterday and had to move some to the "too big" discards, and all of the others fit. None of them are too small anymore! Aiming to be down to just one pair of the tighest ones that still fit by August 31. All others will be in the too big pile!

Have a good week!

funny!