:hug: Rabbit! You did well, and I love your DD's cues to help you stay calm. :)

Okay, I've gone feeling tired this morning, to feeling exhausted with a headache and sore throat now as it's time to leave work. I'm going home, take some advil and have lf chicken soup for dinner. Bleck pretty much describes how I feel. Don't "they" know I don't have time to be sick???

:hug: Rabbit, you're a superstar! I like the guinea pigs weeeeeeeeeeek weeeeeeeeeeeeeek! :D

As for separate dinners... Well DF is a veggie, and I'm not in when he eats, so he usually microwaves his own ready meal or does himself cheese on toast (the picture of health!), then I come home late and either do meat and veg, or just a small snack. At weekends we tend to eat out, or I will eat a veggie meal/pizza :o

Yesterday no-one turned up to open the hall for us to train in, so I biked all the way there, and all the way back in the pouring rain for NOTHING :mad: I will be having WORDS. :tantrum:

Wedding flowers - the £££ is another reason I didn't really want a HUGE bouquet or anything, I think we've managed to get the minimum!!! One stem rose per bridesmaid seems pretty frugal to me! :lol:

Hullo, I am here but mostly lurking. It's good to hear from you even as Life tumbles slightly crazily about my ears. :dizzy:

I'm going to the gymn three times a week: at present I'm doing a 'maintenance' full body programme to get me back into things after some travelling. Edited to add: HIIT rowing one day, MIIT treadmill, terminally tedious steady state cardio on the third. I'm walking two or three days a week. Other movement includes the perennial wood-chopping and log-moving.

I'm seeing the physio about my knee which isn't really my knee but is my foot and my L glutes and my L vastus medialis. Exercises from him to do three times a day. I am in optimistic mood about this.

My food is on song.

And the result is .... I am losing pounds (7 in September) and inches.

Life is pretty Busy and Large. When the choice is exercise or post here, I usually exercise! No hard feelings, I hope.

:hug: all round and see you soon, I hope.

P.S. Also edited to say 'rabbit - you are doing brilliantly. I am so impressed!'

WTG Rabbit on staying calm through a very stressful situation, I'm sure. Your dd deserves a huge hug for her stress-busting idea. Gotta remember the guinea pig doing the hula -- too cute.

Got my w/t in last night, and actually added a set to make it three now. I'm currently rereading Bfl for Women, and plan to seriously start the challenge before next week. I've used this book in the past for some small changes, but now ready to buckle down into a challenge, pulling it all together.

Cindy - I love Tulips :) I asked the florist about tulips and he basically laughed. (We had already said we didn't want to spend too much on flowers) In the fall, tulips are major money.

Yesterday, I did my cardio workout after my chiropractor appt. I've been going to the chiropractor for a couple weeks because I just feel so out of whack. My neck is stiff, my upper back gets cramps, my lower back is starting to get occassional pain and my hips feel stiff. To add to it my knees have been bothering me. When I talked to my regular doctor, he basically told me I had a lot of muscular issues and I just needed to stretch. Although I am starting physical therapy in a couple of weeks for my knee. I used to have a lot of lower back pain a few years ago which went away after visiting a chiropractor for a while. I'm hoping that the various aches and stiffness will lessen with this chiropractor.

Hi LWL,

Thanks a lot to all of you for your thoughts. I am still in a bit of a daze. Went to work today, and now i'm sitting at my PC to figure out my new financial position. And to make an appointment with my banker over financing the house!!!

About the tulips...in autumn??? Not really the time of the year I'm afraid. Now is chrysantemum time, and they are lovely as well!! I have a couple of the big "mandarin" chrysantemums in a vase at my table and they are beautifull!

Pat - I hope you're recovering well!

have a great day all,
Rabbit

Thanks, Rabbit. I'm feeling much better than last night. I was in bed asleep by 8:30 and slept straight through til 5 am when my younger cat insisted she needed to go out - in the pouring rain! Managed to get back to sleeep easily and got up at the usual 6:45. Cat came in about 7:15 drenched to the skin and amazed that we insisted on drying her with a towel! :rofl:

I'm still feeling a little like a cold coming on, but I'm fighting it. :) I have more energy than yesterday, and as of now (10 am) I'm still planning to go to the gym.

Nelie - hope you're aches and pains resolve with the chiropractor. Do you do any yoga at all? My DH swears that it helps him.

Frus - I'm :tantrum: on your behalf as well. How totally irresponsible! Read over at UK Chicks that you're off to Amsterdam for a half marathon this weekend - good luck with that! I'm amazed at how much you gals in the UK and Europe travel, though I realize the distances are not as vast as in the US. Takes me 3+ hours on a jet just to get anywhere in the states. :)

Hi all got my w/t in today at lunch it's Tuesday and that means it's lunge day so I must take a second to complain about lunges...oh how I hate lunges let me count the ways :barf: :tantrum:

2Frustrated - I would really be upset about going to train in the rain and no one being there. I hate getting soaked:( . It goes back to my days in the Army when we had to go to the "field" and somehow it would always rain and no matter how deep you dug the trench around your tent you would still end up sleeping in a puddle.:dunno:

I haven't found my weights yet so I bought a band. Not the same but I did a not bad upper body today and enjoyed it. Beats heck outta doing nothing.

Hi LWL,

Too much chores 7 financials to attend to, so I decided to skip the workout at the gym to attack my backlog of work. This afternoon DD has to train for school, we are going to see if she can run for 7 minutes. So I'll join her & see what we can work out for excercise.

SusanB - good for you to have done the UBW with the bands! I have tried them, and although I like weights better, I agree that is surely beats having nothing. Do you also do stuff with body weight alone ? For UBW that would be stuff like pushups, pullups & dips. I also find these amazingly challenging, and of course you always have the bod with you!

Have a great day all,
Rabbit

:wave:

Pat, yes indeedy it is the Amsterdam half-marathon on Sunday. I'm kinda scared and kinda excited. I feel confident that I can do it - I ran a 10K on Sunday in 1:11, which is a good time for me, and I ran it all the way, so that was good too! However I do on Sunday I am going to treat myself to shopping in Utrecht on Monday :D I really like that place, it's super-trendy, and I have DF's credit card with me :devil: :rofl:

Today is a REST DAY :D I think I need it, that new workout plan I got on Monday is totally kicking my butt and I've only done 1 session! I can't wait to try it out properly next week :D I'm debating whether to train on Thursday, rumour has it that lots of people I haven't seen for a while will be back, and Lee does know that I'm tapering!! I suppose only I can control how hard I work! :lol:

Hi all! So is this a private thread or can anyone join in? :D

I've been cruising around a variety of weight lifting message boards and you all seem like a great crew. I'm just getting back to the gym after a couple months off. I'm doing a 3 day full-body routine I found on another board and after 3 weeks, I'm already seeing some great gains. I do cardio 3/4 times per week including 1 hike (I'm so glad the weather's cooling off so I can get outdoors again!)

As for food, I'm eating clean around 1300 calories, give or take. I'm still trying to figure out the ideal amount now that I'm restarting.

Anyway, hope you don't mind me jumping in!

Hi Sarynit,

WELCOME.
It's not a private thread, so join in! Are you following a specific plan or a scedule of your own? Anyway there is great support here.

Rabbit

Hi Sarynit :wave:
:welcome3:

Please join right in! Glad you found us :)

Mel

Not private ... they even let me come here.