Exercise routines, tips and chatter?

[C~Q]

I understand your concern but really i'm not underweight. I'm 164cm (5'4) and I weigh 53.1KG so i'm in no way underweight. Thats pretty scary about your friend though I'm in a really hard place because my lower body is exactly the way i've always wanted it - my thighs are lean, my bum is perky (!) and I can see my abs. But...my face is thin, my chest is bony and I have no boobs and I really hate that It's like we were talking about before - you can't spot reduce and you can't spot put-on either! So I either put on weight and lose my lower body or maintain and deal with being flat chested.

Hoobs - I thought you weren't going to weigh yourself? Can't believe you caved lol! Honestly don't worry about the figures - muscle weighs more anyway. Have you measured yourself yet? Do you know the right places to do it?

Deanne - have oyu tried the workout yet? I didn't realise your DD was so little. Have you been to the Dr to see if it's ok to exercise? Also you might want to run over the exercises to make sure they are ok for post-Caesar - just a thought because I don't want to hurt you lol!

[paradise lost]

CQ i sent you a PM about my whole bf% phobias. LOL.

I know, i measured AND weighed, so that if i saw no change in one i could hopefully see a change in the other. I didn't take measurements in areas i read on or anything, i just took them in the places i usually see the changes. They were (nude): chest (over fullest part), waist (smallest part), over bellybutton (to take in back-fat lol!), hips (biggest circ i could get, around my butt), thighs (around biggest part), upper arms (ditto thighs). I didn't take the bodyfat ones you can get - i've done that before and on the same day, with the same numbers, i got 6 different answers, most between 23 and 25% (which i would figure is pretty accurate) but one at 19% and one at 32%!!! It's funny looking at the numbers though, you can SEE my curves - my true waist is about 2.5 inches above my bellybutton but there is FIVE inches in the difference between circumferences of my waist and torso-at-bellybutton! I am short-waisted, the top of my iliac crests is only 5 inches below my waist. But i definitely notice my waist gets higher as i gain weight (rather than bigger i mean) - it takes more for it to start to get bigger.

I'm a bit shattered today. We forgot to put the clocks back last night, then DD got up at 7.15 (BST), 6.15 (GMT). Now it's 00.12 (GMT) and i should be in bed! LOL. Instead of an extra hour in bed i got an extra hour in my day! No doubt tomorrow will be a sketch with DD's routines...

I'm doing my first fast tomorrow. I decided i wanted to somehow include fasting into my regular life (did a thread on it a while back) so at the moment my plan is to fast during daylight on the last monday of every month, but i'll see how i get on tomorrow. I'm going to take on water throughout the day, just no food. The day is short too, so i'm not very daunted, but i'm secretly glad that i'll be able to eat early enough that i can do your routine tomorrow night CQ

Bx

[C~Q]

Why are you fasting?!!!! I'll see if I can find your other thread...

[paradise lost]

Hey

Here's the thread on fasting i began.

In fact my fast attempt failed. I got to just after midday.

I have completely underestimated the difference between fasting while in a sedentary desk job and fasting while having to care for and entertain a toddler. BIG difference. Within only an hour of missing breakfast i was feeling exhausted, and within another hour i was feeling disconnected and (physically) cold, like my blood wasn't flowing right. This was all fine at a desk and allowed me to think of my task/fast and why i was doing it, but with DD it was just EXHAUSTING. At one point she looked at me when she was doing something i'd normally have sorted out in 2 seconds and gone back to playing with her and today i was somehow unable to deal with, and she said "mama's angry" and i thought, i am choosing to do this to her, to us, for no real reason.

Basically by midday i knew i would only be able to get to sunset if i sacrificed her day as i just couldn't cope with normal activities and so when her tuna toasted sandwhich arrived in the play centre we were in, i had 2 bites of it and ate her left-over salad and felt a billion times better. Since then i've had some toast, a cuppa, and of course 3 portions of fruit

Fasting certainly is worthwhile, but for me, right now, and forseeably until my babies are all cooked, born and grown to school-age, it's too much to attempt on a regular basis. I was planning on doing your routine again tonight CQ, but i feel exhausted right now (not enough sleep exhausted, which will probably be because i didn't get enough sleep LOL) so i'm not sure. I'll see how i feel after dinner, once DD is in bed.

Bx

[C~Q]

Oh you poor thing, I know exactly how foggy not eating can make you! I understand it is a spiritual thing but physically - yikes!

Been a crappy few days for me at the gym. On sunday I decided it would be a good idea to go for a sunbed (solarium) with my dark skinned friend (I am very pale naturally but have a bit of a tan now). We did it at 9.30am and I only had 10 mins. By about midday I was getting uncomfortable and by the eveing I was in so much pain! It's worse around the bits that don't normaly see the sun (only had on a g-string in the sunbed) - think burnt nipples Mon I didn't go to the gym - could barely walk! Tues I did PT - had to only do upper body as I can't bend lol! Trainer thought it was hillarious and kept making me do things that really, really hurt. After that I attempted Combat which was a bit of a joke really! Usually I then do another Combat on Tues evenings but I was just too sore Today I woke up feeling a little better and managed an ok effort in Combat. Hopefully i'll be better tomorrow as we're doing lower body and he won't show any mercy lol!

Hows everyone else doing? Bec hows your foot? MatildasMummy have you done the work out yet?

Hows everyone else?

[paradise lost]

Holy cow CQ, was the machine properly set up?! I can't believe 10mins would do so much damage and believe me, i am the WHITEST woman alive! At least you got a day off i suppose, but your poor skin!

I have had a funny sort of week. I did your workout on Monday, felt great. Then AF came which was a big relief but also gave me quite a dodgy tummy for a few days. One of DD's friends has been down with the winter vomiting thing again, so it's possible we had a mild case of that, but DD has been totally fine and i've just had random tummy pains and gas, which isn't unusual for AF-time.

Anyway last night i did feel decidedly rough and my gym-buddy was in bed also with stomach pains and so i ended up skipping pump. I didn't even feel up to doing your workout either, though today i plan to do about 30-40mins step and THEN the weights so we shall see how that works out

Anyway, i went and re-did my weights and measurements. My weight is weird. Last week i was 13stones/83kg. This week i am just under 12st12lbs but the line is RIGHT ON 81kg. This must mean the dials are slightly out, since i just checked and 83kg is ALMOST 13stones1lb. But anyway, i've lost about 3lbs/1.5kg in the last week and in my measurements you can see i've also lost 7cm overall, 2cm from my chest, 2cm from my torso at bellbutton level, 1cm from one thigh (one was bigger but they're now the same size) and 1cm from each arm. I feel much better too, my bones are closer to the surface in some places and i just feel good. I felt good before i weighed and measured too, so if there'd been no difference i'd have still felt good, because my body FEELS better to me at any rate.

I am so happy that i proved to myself i CAN lose weight. And it's actually been relatively easy. I've really enjoyed the extra workouts, i'm never hungry because of all the veg and fruit i'm getting in, and the few times i've craved sugar i either have a little (literally about 4grams) square of chocolate or a mug of hot chocolate, but that's happened about 3 times in the last 2 weeks. Because it doesn't feel at all like a diet (still having whatever i want at the weekends, but just craving junky food much less) it just feels really good. If people have asked "are you on a diet?" i just say "no, just trying to eat a bit better".

Anyway, that's my little woohoo! And i couldn't even RUN to assist with the weightloss, and given 2-3lbs is the most i'd WANT to lose in a week (i'd attribute some of the loss to being waterweight, from getting AF, or i'd be a bit concerned it was coming off so fast) so i'm kind of glad now. I'm hoping when i've lost a bit more my foot injuries will slow down. When you run your foot hits the ground with 3x the force of your weight. So and extra 5lbs might not be much on the body, but in the run it's 15lbs extra force on each foot every single time it hits the ground.

My foot has been pain free most of the week but i decided to give it a good chance to heal before taking it out for a run. Maybe next week.

Bx

[C~Q]

Yeah I know, was talking to my instructor this evening and she said I should complain as I shouldn't have been put under for that long It doesn't hurt anymore but the skin is really dry and flaky and I was really worried that the skin on my bb's would scar but the chemist said it wouldn't - I hope not

Hoobs thats great about your weights and measurements!!! You must be stoked! And it's good that your diet is sustainable and you're not hungry. There's nothing worse than being hungry! Imagine how you'll go when you're running again!!

I have 11 days left of the challenge! Last night was the last seminar and we had to write a goal for the next 11 days and mine is to do one unassisted chin up (yes I am ashamed to say I can't even do one ) Brett seems to think i'll be able to do it and I trust him so fingers crossed!

We did upper body today and at the end he said stuff ti we'll just do upper body from now till the end of the challenge - it's what I want to focus on and i'm pretty happy with my lower boday anyway.

I have had the best day today - Combat this evening was so good and I've come to a realisation about why I want to instruct. I love music and performing - I studied Performing Arts at college and used to act and sing and dance in shows and plays and things but then I lost my nerve. This way I get to learn chory, prance about to (sometimes) daggy music and have fun and get paid for it! What a great job. Ok, the money is crap but who cares - i'm doing it anyway so I might as well get something for it!

So as soon as I do my work experience I am signing myself up for the Combat workshop!!!