H&F 10/23

[katespade]

How is everyone doing?

[katespade]

We've been letting life get in the way of our workouts lately, but we finally got back into it on Saturday. It's sad to see how much progress is lost after taking just a couple of weeks off. I've had to drop weight on almost everything, which is really frustrating.

The plan for this week:
Mon - Pull strength
Tue - Cardio
Wed - Leg hypertrophy
Thu - Push hypertrophy, Cardio
Fri - Pull hypertrophy
Sat - Cardio
Sun - Leg strength

I'm supposed to run a 5k with some friends on Thanksgiving, and I haven't done any cardio training lately. I haaaaaate cardio, but I don't want to be the only person in my group who ends up walking it so it's time to step it up.

[katespade]

Mental health has not been great. October is a really tough month emotionally, and I'm ready for it to be over. I've also noticed myself slipping back into a lot of disordered eating thoughts, which is never a good thing for me. That is not a a cliff that I need to fall off of right now.

I have a therapy appointment on Friday, which is probably pretty good timing.

[katespade]

suzv - Soda was so difficult for us to give up. H and I both still get really crazy cravings, and we stopped drinking it in February. We even had to stop eating certain foods that we always used to eat with sodas, because just eating the foods make the cravings worse.

[wineandcheese]

I actually did a few workouts last week before work! Hopefully I do it again this week.

[katespade]

ewall - Way to go! It's so hard to get back into it after taking some time off! I'm sooooooo sore today, thanks to leg day on Saturday and push day yesterday.

wineandcheese - Awesome! What types of workouts are you doing?

[wineandcheese]

katespade I do fitnessblender.com youtube videos. Free and can do them anywhere I go.

[luv2rn4fun]

Way to go ewall and wineandcheese!

I am doing pretty good with my steps, especially given how hot it is here and not having much time before we can't be outside. But my diet has been horrible and I need to work on it.

DH is getting a mountain bike for his birthday and I am hoping that it helps motivate me to eventually get back on my bike. I have a $5k bike just collecting dust in the garage 🙁 Would like to run more and bike...both will be more realistic once I am not nursing and L is down to one nap! For now I will just try to get my steps in most days when we are all healthy.

[MrsMB]

Workouts are good. Eating hasn't been as good. I need to step it up there. It's harder to avoid breakroom stuff now that I'm sleep deprived and back at work.

I'm increasing my weights for leg day tomorrow and glutes on Friday. Monday I'll go up for arm day.

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I'm in the final week of the Blogilates Beginner's 2.0 calendar. It's made some real improvements in my flexibility and muscle definition. The next step is to work in some cardio. I need to buy a sports bra so that I start jogging. We own a jogging stroller and I like walking so I think working in even a little jogging shouldn't be too hard... even though I HATE running.

DH injured himself using the treadmill so he's walking rather than running on it this week (he won't quit, which tells you that he's more determined than me).

I think I'm getting my cycle back because I want to eat constantly & my anxiety is through the roof. If not, PP hormones are fun!

Our eating has been a bit better since we're in the midst of a family weight loss competition. DH is doing well but I was the smallest to begin with so I'm at the bottom. I got to my pre-pregnancy weight, which I'm happy with but the competition continues another 2 months so I'd like to reach my lofty goal set by Fitbit. It's only 5 lbs away but I haven't seen that number on a scale since before high school.