<p>I have a lot of old dress clothes in a suitcase and I just rummage through them. There are two suits that I don’t think that I’ll ever fit in. I’d have to lose 20 pounds to fit in it and that isn’t happening.</p>
<p>abasket- that’s funny. I would not think it was as funny if it were MY H!</p>
<p>10.1 humid miles done. A LOT better than the course from hell last Saturday in Charlottesville. Got a Route 44 Sonic iced tea afterwards. I found 72 cents on the ground at the end of my run! Profit!</p>
<p>Wore the new Brooks wear-test shoes. They were pretty good. I think the Brooks soles on the Pure series are very slippery. Any wet pavement etc leads to no traction. That’s one complaint. Otherwise, fit well and ran well.</p>
<p>The young Ironman is heading to Maryland for a big half-ironman tomorrow (Eagleman). It was his backup race if he didn’t qualify for Kona at St. Croix. To say he is less than pumped would be an understatement. It is going to be hot and humid again, but he thinks there will be a could cover, which will help. He considered dropping back to Aquabike (leaves out the run) but he didn’t. </p>
<p>I’m going to spend the afternoon at the Hawk watching Vandy in the baseball Super Regional. GO DORES!!! Lots of sunscreen- although right now it is still partly cloudy.</p>
<p>Thanks for the shoe report, MOfWC! Brooks, headquartered here in he greater Seattle area, should have taken foreseen these wet pavement traction problems!!! :)</p>
<p>Good luck to WildChild!</p>
<p>abasket, lol. Mr B would rather go to the dentist than clothes shopping, so it took me several trips to the mall to update his wardrobe with pants that would not fall off, because at a certain point even a belt would not help. :)</p>
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<p>That’s a good problem to have. I had the opposite problem – realizing that nothing will button and having to buy bigger pants! Now, that’s frustrating!</p>
<p>Two days in Philly to see D’s new show. Lots of rain–couldn’t walk outside, but managed to get in an hour on the treadmill in the hotel gym both mornings. </p>
<p>Congratulations on 20, CJane!</p>
<p>Hope your injury is on the mend, BCE.</p>
<p>Re bone density–one time where having a large frame combined with strength training and lots of walking/gardening has benefits. Last bone density test-- my doctor said, “keep doing what you’re doing because it’s working.”</p>
<p>Short interval day before heading down to Columbus for the state track meet. </p>
<p>Great weight loss stories this week.</p>
<p>11 miles easy, 1:29. Gorgeous day with a nice overcast and not too many “my way or highway” personalities on the trail. Saw a bunch of ducks, Canada geese, and a lovely hummingbird who was hovering over honeysuckle bushes. Mr B is nowhere in sight, so I’m going to chill out on the grass and read CC. :)</p>
<p>abasket - a good problem, but I can imagine frustrating!</p>
<p>CJane - wow fantastic! I’ve had the same strange weight patterns. Gained 5 pounds at a reunion, lost almost all of it in a few days. I’m one pound over my last low, but hope that the major party season is over for a while. I’m still hoping to lose 5-10 more pounds, but am not expecting quick results.</p>
<p>I think I finally got rid of some clothes that will never ever fit again. I think having kids permanently stretched my rib cage and hips so that I’ll never ever be quite the same shape.</p>
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<p>Gary Taubes has a lengthy explanation of hormonal changes that explain why women change shape. Estrogen counteracts insulin at the cellular level changing how efficiently fat cells store fat when told to do so by insulin. But, it’s selective. Younger women tend to store fat in the hips. But, as estrogen levels decline the insulin signaling shifts around and the prefered fat storage site becomes more like men – in the belly. Crazy stuff that all starts to make sense when you look at fat storage from a hormonal regulation standpoint.</p>
<p>Ok, need reassurance here. I lost 19 pounds in around 10 weeks - the right way - faithful tracking thru WW, using Fitbit to get steps, cardio (running, bike, elliptical), w some Pilates and hot yoga for fun. I would like to lose 22 more, but that is ambitious. So, weighed in this morning and am flat vs last week. Panicking that this is a plateau … </p>
<p>Today - 30 min Couch to 5K, 1 hr Pilates, 1 hr circuit training, and about to do 1 hr hot yoga an hour from now. Yesterday i took a 20 mi bike ride. Eating is totally on track - I’m not doing any of that “kidding yourself” stuff.</p>
<p>19 pounds in 10 weeks is a LOT of rapid weight loss. That rate will be impossible to maintain as you get closer to your goal weight. Plateaus (and slowing of the overall rate) are inevitable. So no need to panic.</p>
<p>From an exercise standpoint, I’m seeing a whole lot of cardio and not much resistance strength training. To set yourself up to maintain your new ripped physique, it’s really important to not shed lean muscle mass in an effort to make the scale go down. I’d shift a bit to more strength training.</p>
<p>Thanks. I want to start Chalean Extreme (it’s like a P90x/insanity - definitely weight lifting) but have been told maybe wait to lose 10 more lbs as the weight loss will stop. I am definitely stronger / more muscular than 10 weeks ago. My clothes are definitely loose on me, maybe down a size or two. I’m 5’4", average build and hide my weight well.
I’d like to weigh 132; I was in my 120’s for most of my life but the inevitable pound or two a year caught up w me.</p>
<p>Oh- I do do circuit training once a week w a trainer, and the Pilates does incorporate strength moves. I’ve been focused on training for this 5k next week, so I can’t help but always think cardio first, but am open to thinking differently. I’m not eating low carb per se but my refined carbs / sugar are naturally down from eating on WW.</p>
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<p>Because of the fast pace and insufficient rest, those programs are really cardio disguised as strength training. Cardio conditioning is fine for building better cardio conditioning, but not a substitute for real resistance strength training!</p>
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<p>I think this is a major flaw A LOT of runners make. Yes, cardio is obviously important. “If you want to run long distances, you gotta run!” But strength training is needed to get most runners over the hump. If you just keep running, you will get hurt. Just ask MOWC :)</p>
<p>You are doing great. Really. Listen to Coach iDad. But listen to me and keep running, too! :)</p>
<p>Yes, Idad, I can’t argue that heart monitoring/etc isn’t a good thing. I just cant bring myself to do it; for me it takes all of the enjoyment out of hiking/exercising. I don’t go overboard anymore on anything though; all my years of exercising has given me what I hope is an innate sense of proper exertion. I stay in the “moderate” range…weights, exertion, hikes, eating. Can’t restrict too much anything food wise, but try to be moderate. My weight (I never ever get on a scale anymore, just go by how clothes feel) and pulse, etc are all pretty good. </p>
<p>Emeraldkity - kudos on the bone density! I am curious, how much Vitamin D? Did you get any “natural” vitamin D from sun exposure??</p>
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<p>IDad, will you do me a favor and look at the Chalean Extreme online and tell me what you think? To me, it seems very focused on weights - and pretty heavy ones too (for a girl that is). Her whole thing is about muscle building. Curious what you think.</p>
<p>Well, that was “fun”.</p>
<p>A new metabolic circuit from that random workout program I found on the internet. I changed it up a little, but it consisted of four exercises back to back with no rest:</p>
<p>Reverse lunges with 2 x 20 lb DBs (8 per side)
Romanian deadlift - 100 lb hex bar (8 reps)
DB Snatch 20 lb DB (4 per side)
DB squat press 2 x 20 lb DBs (8 reps)</p>
<p>Rest for 90 seconds.</p>
<p>Repeat three times for a total of four sets.</p>
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<p>I started out with 25 lb DBs and knew I was in trouble right off the bat. Grabbed the 20s. Substituting the 100lb hex bar for deadlifting the same two 20lb DBs definitely kicked it up a notch, but the reverse lunges to start and the squat push presses to end were really the kickers.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl:</p>
<p>I watched this one:</p>
<p>[ChaLEAN</a> Extreme Burn Circuit 1 (Full Workout) - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>It’s a little hard to tell because I can’t see what they are doing on the TV. I would agree that at least this workout is a strength workout. That part’s good. The bad part is that I really only liked the pushups. Too much combining “deadlifts” with “flys” and so forth. The result is not enough emphasis on the basic movements. For example, this girl’s squats and lunges were not good. Kinda surprising, really, because this girl’s pushups suggest that she does a lot of workout programs and is quite fit. Someone that young and fit should not be doing half squats where the thighs don’t reach parallel to the ground. That’s what I had to do when I was a 250 pound fat guy. Likewise with the lunges. Her back knee should be going all the way to the ground at her age.</p>
<p>I think it’s a systemic problem with workout videos, which just don’t do enough coaching. Sure makes me appreciate how lucky I have been with the iPod, book, and video programs I’ve done.</p>
<p>I hate to recommend anything from the idiots at Rodale, but do yourself a favor and grab this program:</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.rodalestore.com/catalog/product/view/id/940/s/drop-two-sizes-dvd-program/[/url]”>https://www.rodalestore.com/catalog/product/view/id/940/s/drop-two-sizes-dvd-program/</a></p>
<p>It’s on sale for 25% off – something like $26 for a three month program. Six DVDs. I’m in the middle of the second month and haven’t even looked at the third month, but this a really outstanding workout program. Definitely the kind of thing you could do two or three times through at different fitness levels with heavier weights and get benefit each time. The three 15 minute warmup routines are worth $26.</p>