Jay - Alright, I'm in for the winners thread! I'll post in my workouts and food - I always do better when I'm accountable.
And what does Benadryl do to over 60-65? My MIL takes A LOT of it and she has been having some health problems lately we just can't figure out, even after loads of tests.
I bought the book Strong Curves yesterday and am looking at trying their programs for the next few months. My problem is that I want a weight workout I can do a 3 days per week and I only have an hour or so to play with to exercise most days, not take the full hour so I can do a little cardio after, and uses the equipment I have at home. I have a pretty solid home gym, so most plans I can work around, but a lot of them are just so long per workout. I tried NROL - Life and the workouts were taking about 1:15 every day plus warm up and cool down. I'm hoping this one will work better - it focuses on different specific areas than I've targeted in the past, and the reviews I've read say it isn't as time consuming as some. I read the book last night, and they want you to do four days per week, but have some adjustments for if you only do three. I'm starting with the beginner one, since I've been half hearted with weights for a while. We'll see. If it doesn't work, I'll go back to Nia Shanks or Krista Scott-Dixon and their plans.
To catch up the weight workout from last night:
I did no warmup to speak of. Hadn't read the book yet so hadn't seen theirs.
Workout A:
A1/2: Bodyweight glute bridge/One arm DB row - 3x10/3x10x20#per
B1/2 - BW Box Squat/DB Bench Press - 3x10/3x10x20#per
DB Romanian deadlift - 3x10x15#per (started this one slower, as my hamstrings are terrible)
Side adduction - 1x15
Plank - 20 seconds, almost killed me. I remember when I could do over a minute
Side plank - 20 seconds per side
Food was good yesterday - have to finish building my meal, but ended somewhere around 1500 calories I think.
Working on cutting back on my simple carbs again - once I start the pasta, sugars and processed stuff I want more and more of it. And more still...
I'm probably going to structure myself to be fairly careful during the week with a treat like thing on one of the weekend days. I've learned that if I don't do that, I go nuts and binge off the wagon. Most of my recipes are built to be pretty healthy, even when they are things like tacos I make at home, and I have a list of restaurants locally that I know the preparation and can order menu items that aren't bad. I've been the most successful in my diet when I've made healthy meals at home most of the time, and when I've gone out I've picked one of the healthy choices that I love. Keeps me from feeling cheated. To that same end, I have a cocktail or glass of wine several nights a week. I have decided that there are some things I will give up entirely, and some things I won't. I just need to figure out how to balance in with those.
I'm at 146.4 today, was 149.8 on Monday. I have felt bloated, so I hope some of that is finally moving on.
My vision is to start my yoga back this weekend, Monday at the latest. I feel better when it is a regular part of whatever work out routine I'm in.
Allison- I really want my belly to look better. Wow.
Becky - hey there! Starting consistent patterns, again and again for me, is the hardest part of the whole thing. Once I get moving, inertia carries me. The getting moving is the big step, though. Eek.