Ceasefire

Checking in! Hope you're doing well. =)

I think there's obviously going to be instances where it's more flattering than others. Asking about undergarments, which are worn under clothing for a reason, seems inappropriate. A passing whistle, not so much. My trainer deals a lot with self-defense. During one of his classes he challenged us to stare at people when we were out and about. In one 'game', he'd suggest picking a person (or peoples) and making up a story in our heads about why they were there, what they were doing, etc. It's supposed to help you be more aware of your surroundings. The other game he likes is to literally stare at people, at the back of their heads - apparently perceptive people will be able to tell when they're being looked at and turn around. So yeah. I might seem like a creeper at the grocery store, but you're all part of my secret, social experiments.

I wish I could do costume runs. I've seen some really awesome Lumpy Space Princess costumes lately which have my inner-nerd squealing with glee. You guys better post pictures of your outfits!

Just got done watching the Squirtle episode of the series with my son. Yeah. Ash lucks into a Pokemon almost every episode, it seems. XD

9/17/13 A loss, can it be?! 122.4lbs today. I'll take it. The lowest I've seen on the scale yet is 121.9, so I'm hoping to see that (and beyond) real soon here. Half an hour tabata workout. Inverted rows.Kettlebell swings (I used 28kg, 24kg for double-handed and 16kg for single-handed).Russian Twists with 15lb dumbell.Body-weight crawls (I did a variety of Bear and Crab, both backwards and forwards, Inch-Worm, Lizard, and Gorilla).Overhead presses (One round of chest presses) with 20lb dumbells.Frog-Push ups (floor and feet on box).Lunge with arm raises (front, sides and prisoner).2 mere minutes of ab-exercises and then stretches. Advanced class: Kettlebell Snatch straight into lunge, 10 each side (I used 10kg bell).Gobelt squats with above kettlebell.Super(wo)man pushups, 10 each side.Sots Press (with baby, tiny 5lb bells). Because ow.And repeat x3. Follow up with 3 minutes of jump rope and then Megan let us go for the night. Thank goodness, because I was almost about to barf during the Sots Press. Dinner ended up being a mere 400 calories. I'm at 1000 for the day and I know once I submit my diary on MyFitnessPal, I'm going to have a lot of friends warning me of the dangers of eating too little. I really hope I made the right decision opening up my diary again... --- I'm likely to get it double-checked out, so thanks for the concern/push. =) Cramping eased up, thank goodness.

Today's mini-check in: No bread? Erm. I had a slice of 'cracked wheat' bread because the kids didn't want it at breakfast. I did pair it with some delicious almond butter. Please tell me this somehow negates it. Or don't. Either way, it's less bread than I usually eat, so... Count calories? Check. Although dinner is looking mighty minimal today. I might double-check my calories for the week as there's a chance I'm going to a Russian restaurant this Saturday and I hadn't really considered the calorie content...huh. Workout? Preemptive-check. I'm going for half an hour of bootcamp and then 'Advanced Class' which I'm hoping will be more kettlebell focused and less body-weight focused as my hips just aren't feeling it today. One of my trainers is actually trying to encourage us to buy a Withings Scale. His partner, my main trainer, said it made her crazy. I'm not sure I'm at a place where I'm ready to document my measurements daily. I'd take a daily fluctuation if the trend was downward, but with my nasty eating last week (my stomach was SO not happy) I'm just worried I've set myself back even further.

There can never be enough sunshine! Yes. <3

I love the goal which involves you picking up garbage! A friend of mine has a 'mimimum of three garbage items before I can walk home' rule. I think it's really admirable. =) Good luck!

...of 'pick up other peoples crap'. Seriously. I feel like I never make headway in any of my huge 'organizing the house' projects because every day, without fail, I will be cleaning up behind the rest of the family who see the dining table as a dumping ground, the living room as a second closet and the bathroom floor as a laundry hamper. Anyone else feel like they're stuck in a timeless loop of cleaning up after people?

I don't know. I think the boots kind of throw it off. I want on of these:

Thanks guys! I appreciate the support already! I weigh in again tonight after having not weighed myself on my week off. I'm kind of nervous.

Which body weight workout are you doing? I'm interested in taking a look! Way to rock it though. Trust me, your body will be thanking you.

Welcome! You seem to have a pretty firm grasp on your goals and that's admirable! Which yoga poses are you hoping to hold in particular? Honestly, I've not looked into Bikram yoga much, it sounds intriguing!

Sounds too simple to be true, right! =) Welcome. How's the training for the 5k going?

Welcome! I've always wanted to Cosplay too, so I admire your inspiration and goals! I wish you well on your journey. =)

I absolutely love the layout of your thread. Your goals look solid. Awesome~

Can I be absolutely honest and say if someone commented or whistled at me, I would feel flattered? It's been years since anything like that happened to me. I think my ego could use the slight boost right now. Take it as a compliment. Either thank them/smile, shrug and ignore it or give them the middle finger/tell them where to shove it. I guess we all react differently to these kind of actions.

You might need a username change for that one. The fun thing about having bought that shirt is that it's going to be a CLEAR indication of fat loss. You'll try it on again and it'll fit better and better until, eventually, it might be too big and then you'll curse yourself for having not bought an extra. XD

I'm totally in. I'm a busy-ish mom of two and my fitness and diet sometimes take a back seat to everything else going on. I'd definitely love to have more friends who are in similar positions. I am participating in this 6 week challenge, I'm a 1st timer. =)

Ah, I wish I could target fat loss too. You're on the right track though! You'll see changes in that 'gut' in no time. =) Sending you a friend request on MFP, because I can~

9/16/13 Ew. TMI for a moment, because this is my thread so suck it. Since a month after my daughter was born, I've had an IUD. Since then, I've barely had monthly periods and things have been awesome, but for the past few months, I've had reasonably irritating periods. I was hoping I'd be done with them as it's one of the 'perks' of an IUD. I'm contemplating asking my OB/GYN if this is normal or if I need to get checked, because I'm cramping and generally feeling really bleh. Which does not make me feel happy considering today is the day I got back on the wagon. Made my overnight oats last night. In total, my breakfast was around 600 deliciously filling calories. Dinner is pork chops with BBQ sauce (because I found them in the freezer and I have, no kidding, at least 20 different bottles of various BBQ/asian/etc sauces in my fridge that need to go away already) with a variety of vegetables. I'm steering toward green beans and asparagus, but I'm also toying with baking some brocolli and cauliflower. I've already logged the calories for the entire lot, but might edit as I go along depending on how much veg I feel like. Here's my issue now. This brings me to a mere 1200 calories. I'm trying to decide if I want to go through my numbers again (I suck at math) because when I was eating last week and NOT logging my calories, knowing full well I was going 'over' most days, I still lost weight. The entire thing frustrates me. Is anyone here good with the numbers and would be willing to help with stats? Is there a thread here where we can go crawling and begging for assistance? My husband is working for Habitat for Humanity today and then he's going to his university to sign up for another 2 years of school. I'm honestly split with how I feel. I support my husband and what he wants to achieve for his life, but let it never be said that I am not an awesome wife, because in choosing his career path, I yet again need to put mine on hold. So yeah. At least I can feel awesome about that. Going to get a workout in if I can bribe my daughter to nap. If not, I'm hoping we can take a brisk walk (it's frickin' cold today) with the kids or if the husband will be willing to stand at the park with them while I run around the lake again. I'll have to send a text to see if that's something that I can do...if not, there's always this: MyFitnessPal Bodyweight Workout. We shall see. --- Thanks Wren! Honestly, I'm struggling with life crap right now and it's taken me a little time off to realize that I want this more than anything.

Huzzah indeed! Congratulations. =)