Re: Mini Challenge - Life begins, anew!

[Guest guest]

So, now who all is doing the mini. Who all is doing a full out challenge?

I start tomorrow and will be doing two 8-week programs.

As many of you know, I broke my leg March 11th and was on crutches 8 weeks,

then another 6 weeks in a caste. My workout consisted of getting up and

down stairs on crutches, in and out of the bathtub from/onto a bench,

carrying multiple bags to and from my car while crutching to the office. It

was somewhat of a fitness program but then there was the reduced activity in

the form of no running or weight training. I have been gradually getting

the strength back in my right leg over this past month and am now walking 3

miles at a time and biking 5-8 miles.

Today I did a 3 mile trail walk (focused and pushing it) and then a 5.5 mile

bike ride. The ankle is sore but hanging tough. I am feeling confident and

able to attack a 6 day exercise program now.

Tomorrow is my start day. I will be doing cardio Sun/Tues/Thur and weights

Mon/Wed/Fri. I will likely add cardio on some of the weight days. My goal

is to burn 10-15 pounds of fat, regain my cardiovascular fitness, and enjoy

my body more. I plan to be fit and fabulous at 50.

~Kelley

[Guest guest]

Kelley,

I'm in for 6, 12, 52, then until age 100. I can not drop my BFL guard or I swell

up with fat.

I'm already feeling better about myself and my future. I'm back in control of

me! Even with the beers last night.

Let's do it!

Remember...

Progress, NOT perfection!

Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry

Re: Mini Challenge - Life begins, anew!

So, now who all is doing the mini. Who all is doing a full out challenge?

I start tomorrow and will be doing two 8-week programs.

As many of you know, I broke my leg March 11th and was on crutches 8 weeks,

then another 6 weeks in a caste. My workout consisted of getting up and

down stairs on crutches, in and out of the bathtub from/onto a bench,

carrying multiple bags to and from my car while crutching to the office. It

was somewhat of a fitness program but then there was the reduced activity in

the form of no running or weight training. I have been gradually getting

the strength back in my right leg over this past month and am now walking 3

miles at a time and biking 5-8 miles.

Today I did a 3 mile trail walk (focused and pushing it) and then a 5.5 mile

bike ride. The ankle is sore but hanging tough. I am feeling confident and

able to attack a 6 day exercise program now.

Tomorrow is my start day. I will be doing cardio Sun/Tues/Thur and weights

Mon/Wed/Fri. I will likely add cardio on some of the weight days. My goal

is to burn 10-15 pounds of fat, regain my cardiovascular fitness, and enjoy

my body more. I plan to be fit and fabulous at 50.

~Kelley

[Guest guest]

Awww ! Get your sh!t together! You know you can, and your

right....your tougher than this! I am in the same boat.....our move

to the country has been a great blessing as well as my worst

nightmare. Well, not my worst, but we have definitly struggled to

keep afloat, emotionally and financially. I am thankful to be

marrried to my best friend in the world, and to have the privelage of

having two amazing boys to keep me focused on priorities. I am

however pleased to know (or really, really hope) that the worst is

over. We are not out of the woods by a long shot but I will refuse to

let life screw me anymore than it already has! At least not without

one hell of a fight. My family deserves my best, and so do I! I will

get back on track with BFL mainly for the reason that it is one heck

of an attitude adjustment. I will need it to get through the

remainder of the year. We can do this !

LOL, I am sorry I am so damned hard core. I just don't know any other

way to be. I have never been known to ride the fence that is for

sure, haha!

I am happy to be back , and I am happy you are here too. Let's

handle our business one day at a time my friend, together.

Machelle

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> Mini Challengers,

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> lol This sounds like " Me & Mini Me " ... Anyhow, I would like to

be " Mini Me " as I move forward, once again.

>

> I have been gettng back to BFL basics, messed up a little,

yesterday with a bit of beer (okay, 3 or 4 pints), and a little over

eating (but, of good stuff), and I missed my upper body workout.

Otherwise, it was a decent week.

>

> I have skipped my lower body for quite some time, AGAIN. Last time

I skipped it for a while, I was able to still squat 400+ pounds.

Wednesday, I was only able to get 6 reps with ~300# (where I was once

doing the 6 rep set with 440#) and was then straining pretty hard to

get to 12 reps with ~250#. Ouch! What a HUGE strength loss! H-U-G-

E!!!

>

> My upper body has also weakened quite a bit, but NOT down to nearly

2/3 of the weight I was once pushing. Wow! How did I let myself

step this far backwards? And now, I start thinking of thinking about

this aging thing a bit more, and realize I have a rather long, uphill

road to haul.

>

> I went back as high as about 312/313 before catching myself and at

least dropping the food intake before I got too far out of control I

went down to ~299.5 before starting this, new " warm-up to BFL " .

Yesterday, I was at 303, but, I am hoping it is just the increased

hydration, once again as I am already one notch in on my belt.

>

> I am no where near as weak or carrying as much fat as I was back

when I started BFL in 2003. At that time, I could not muster up 12

squats WITHOUT ANY weight, and it was a big struggle to use my 15#

dumbbells for dumbbell flies. So, at least I am at a starting point

that is advanced of where I once was. And that's a good thing.

>

> This past year has NOT been a proper display of ANY kind of

personal progress. In fact, it has been an overall physical,

psychological, emotional, financial, social & even spiritual disaster

for me. And, every part of it was what I let happen to me.

Adversity hits all of us and it is what we allow it to do to us that

shapes our lives.

>

> I know I have faced much more traumatic events in the recent past,

but, for some unknown reason, I let this current round of life's

challenges, this past year, negatively re-shape my world. I hope I

have have relocated the right mental path and can start progressing

out of this personal black hole.

>

> Anyhow... I will not only be warming-up but, taking continual

steps forward to REALLY kick myself back into better shape, once

again.

>

> Now... Back to my Friday's upper body workout. I remain...

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> Transformingly yours,

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> Remembering...

> Progress, NOT perfection!

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