What would you Do Over?

Skeemer

I'm pretty pumped this morning. As many of us do, I've struggled with weight since even before having children. I did really well with the Body For Life program after I had DS but quit after two weeks. I can't even remember now why I did quit. The diet is pretty strict so I'm going to guess that's why. I started doing Jon Acuff's 10 Day Do Over & decided that Body for Life was my do over for the next 10 days. With the exception of a BBQ sandwich yesterday & a few m & m's, I've stuck with the plan. Here's my measurements.

January 2nd -

Bust - 44       Hips - 49      Stomach - 48

January 8th -

Bust - 42     Hips - 47.5     Stomach - 44

My weight hasn't changed. I suspect from replacing fat with muscle. I don't care about the details because I have room in my jeans.

I hope this encourages someone here to go after "it". Whatever your it is. Here's the information for the free Do Over download & the free Body For Life info for anyone wanting to look. If anyone has questions I'll be happy to help. I'm not quitting this time.

https://acuff.me/10ddoc/ <-- Do Over free download

https://bodyforlife.com/ 

Skeemer

emilillies said:

I did Weight Watchers a couple years ago and lost about 20 pounds. Before I started I was about 160-165. I am currently 188 after my wedding (2013) and LO. I started WW again yesterday and I am determined to succeed as well. 

Excellent job, @skeemer! I saw a post on FBthe other day that said "In three months you will thank yourself". Imagine how good we will feel in three months time!!

Thank you for starting this thread. Maybe we can make this a place to encourage each other and AW our success! 

That is an awesome idea! Let's do it. There's nothing wrong with being proud of accomplishments.

Good for you! You're right, in 3 months we will both have changed a lot. I read that it takes a month for you to see progress & about 2 months for other people to see progress. Here's what I remember about the first time I did Body for Life. I only did it about 2 or 3 weeks & quit. But I remember going to a wedding & someone said, "Wow! You look great! You have curves!" I was stunned that someone else could see it in me. That should have encouraged me to keep going but I think my problem too was lack of preparation. I didn't grocery shop like I should or pack a cooler for being out & about. That is going to change this time.

I'm proud of you for trying it all again. It takes more courage to restart than to start at all. Don't forget to take before pictures! I'm doing that monthly since I had DD. I can see various changes in my body. Good luck!

queenieM

Awesome! Keep it up! I'm trying to get back to my pre pregnancy weight (147 at my lowest and good muscle tone from working out). Am currently somewhere around 176ish, although I haven't been on a scale in a while because it just makes me mad. But my winter coat no longer feels like a sausage casing, so that's progress!

Skeemer

@queenieM Thanks for the high five I told DH last week that I had been feeling like a busted can of biscuits. Lol. I love your sausage casing analogy.

queenieM

Skeemer said:

@queenieM Thanks for the high five I told DH last week that I had been feeling like a busted can of biscuits. Lol. I love your sausage casing analogy.

Oh man our poor DH's! Mine had to listen to me incessantly complain about being fat and not exercising yesterday. The poor guy is a saint!

mcvgal

I love the idea of coming back in 3 months to AW. I am trying to focus on bringing my lunch and snacks to work everyday. I had GD during this last pregnancy and followed the diet. It seemed hard at first, but then it became second nature to follow. Granted I can now allow for sweets/carbs back in my diet, but I am going try planning my daily food again.

Skeemer

Thanks for the support everyone. I hope I can offer y'all the same.

Here's my progress from October to November when I was doing a challenge to walk/run 50 miles from Halloween to Thanksgiving. I can see a little bit in the thighs & love handles. I sure would like to have a nice comparison pic by the end of January.

@zerozeroone That is one thing I liked about the Body For Life exercise plan when I was working. It's an every day thing but it's designed to take VERY little time. I was in & out of the gym in about 30 minutes usually.

ETA: I had to fix the pic. But now I've learned by stretching the pic up & down I look thinner.

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Awesome! I definitely tend to lose inches before pounds so I take measurements in addition to weighing myself weekly (I'm doing WW) otherwise I'd get super frustrated. I find I have the most success when I do circuit workouts like Jillian's 30 Day Shred/Ripped in 30. I've been following WW but slacking on the exercise so I need to focus on getting back into it. I start with a small goal of like 30 min of workout 3x a week so that it's easily attainable and I don't get discouraged if I'm not doing it every day.

Ideally, I want to lose 15 lbs before we go on vacation this summer but I don't know if my body will actually drop the weight while I'm still nursing. When I did WW after weaning DS1, I lost 10 lbs in a month. This time I've only lost 5 lbs in 3 months so far. When I started my goal was just not to gain more weight while BFing which I did last time, but I still wish the scale was moving a little more for me. =\

nolemomma14

@Skeemer‌ this is awesome! I feel so much better about myself when I fit into my clothes better, even if I haven't lost all of the weight I want to yet!

I love the idea of using this thread to motivate and check in!

I'm past my pre pregnancy weight at this point, but I was about 25-30lbs overweight prior to getting pregnant, so I would still like to lose another 15lbs or so! Meal planning has been a big help! I recently joined a mom and me exercise class. My goal is to go 3x a week, and on days that I don't go, at least go for a long walk/jog!

ladytiffany24

Ya'll are kinda inspiring me! I hadn't been too into getting back into some sort of workout routine and eating better, but now i'm feeling like I have to! Don't want ya'll to show me up.

Great results for so many of you. Great job!

Any advice on finding time to workout with a needy 6 month old is welcome!

jnnfrrose6

I'll chime in too. I work with a trainer, but he's also a body guard for a musician who recently went back on tour, so we'll have longer breaks between workouts and I really don't get motivated to work out with out having to meet up with him. Also didn't help that I broke my foot and couldn't really work out for about 6 weeks. I'm just happy I didn't gain any weight in that time. Now that I've gotten the all clear to get back to my normal routine and my trainer should be back in town for awhile (minus this weekend when he has to travel for another appearance), I'm hoping to really get back on track and make a difference. I do a lot of grazing during the day, somI'm really going to focus on that and what I choose to snack on during the day.

Skeemer

All right you guys, since I've bared my fitness soul to you this morning I'm off to the gym. I like to go early & I lose motivation severely along the day. Right now my mom has the children & while my house is a disaster I know I'll have so much more energy for family time & cleaning tonight if I work out. Today is upper body day. #BeastmodeMama

mcvgal

@skeemer thanks for motivating me go work out this evening. There's a group fitness class I like to go to on Thursdays, but always find an excuse to bail out at the last minute.

jessafishy

I want to get back into writing my novel.

Skeemer

mcvgal said:

@skeemer thanks for motivating me go work out this evening. There's a group fitness class I like to go to on Thursdays, but always find an excuse to bail out at the last minute.

Let's do it today Mcvgal. If we don't do it today then we won't do it tomorrow. I never regret a work out but I sure do regret it when I let it go. C'mon, let's get it done!

Skeemer

jessafishy said:

I want to get back into writing my novel.

The Do Over booklet is awesome & there are a ton of writers that can give good advice on the facebook group Jon Acuff put together. I hope you're inspired like I was. DH decided his do over was to restart our churches website that never got off the ground.

alohababy14

That's awesome @skeemer! I love Beach Body programs (but I buy them cheap on eBay...). I did Insanity before I was pregnant and had insanely awesome results. I started doing Turbo Fire around 10 weeks postpartum and loved it, but I broke my foot at 3 months. It really discouraged me and set me back. I have started walking to ease into exercising as my foot continues to heal but I'm hoping to kick it up a notch soon.

Skeemer

I made it to the gym & I wanted to do it right or not at all. The Body for Life program calls for upper body, lower body & cardio high intensity training to be done on separate days. As you guys know, the life of a mama doesn't always provide so many trips to the gym whenever I'd like.

I read that weight training maximizes weight loss & to keep from being too tired to weight train, cardio can be done last. So despite the heart rate blah blah Bob Loblaw, I did weight training first & cardio last. Overall I felt it was a great work out but I could have done much better on my shoulders.

I hope you're all busy writing novels, being active & inspired. Thanks everyone for your interest in this thread & your support today. I'm looking forward to everyone's posts as we all move forward.

mcvgal

So because I posted on here that I would be going to class I felt more obliged to work out last night. I got home from work to somework news from DH. Nothing to bad but a big schedule change that will impact several things. It's better for him but I wasn't too happy about it. Discussing the changes made me miss the workout.

However since I felt a need to be acountable, I made myself do a 3 mile walk video at home while carrying 20lb DS2. It's stillnot the same as the 1 hour class but pretty proud of myself for making no excuses and still getting a workout.

mcvgal

Thanks @mamalacy21

Skeemer

mcvgal said:

So because I posted on here that I would be going to class I felt more obliged to work out last night. I got home from work to somework news from DH. Nothing to bad but a big schedule change that will impact several things. It's better for him but I wasn't too happy about it. Discussing the changes made me miss the workout.

However since I felt a need to be acountable, I made myself do a 3 mile walk video at home while carrying 20lb DS2. It's stillnot the same as the 1 hour class but pretty proud of myself for making no excuses and still getting a workout.

In my not so humble opinion, the rest of your post is out the window & the "I made myself" is what stands out. You conquered your mind & made yourself do it. You'll never regret the effort. *high five*

Skeemer

First...some Bob Loblaw. Because I love him.

Second - I was able to get to the gym early today which was AMAZING however every other person was there early too. This was my plan & I did it. I thought briefly about punking out & doing a halfway job for the last 8 minutes of my HIIT but I knew I wouldn't be proud of myself if I went home knowing I crapped out for no reason. I consider today a success. Because I rolled out & got it done. Happy Friday folks. Move your hiney...you won't regret it.

And today's inspiration staring me in the face. Had I not gave up 2 years ago, I'd be a whole lot different today.

argonne

I am returning to marathon and im gonna rock that shit, so I've got a good traning plan. It was shit weather here today, so I ran my 9-miler on the fucking treadmill. I was about 1.5 miles in and I was thinking it would be nicer to gouge my eyes out with a hot poker, but I got through that bitch. Please, lawd, let it be better weather next week.

Skeemer

Morning friends. Looks like you're all doing terrific with moving ahead. I haven't been able to get to the gym since Friday. Sunday I was going to go & a friend delivered our new couch set that afternoon. Yesterday DH was seriously exhausted so I hung around so he could rest up some. I'm going to try to get back in the groove today. My eating has been still on target. I thoroughly enjoyed my "free day" on Saturday. I hope to hit the gym for my upper body workout tonight when DH gets home.

mcvgal

So I made it to Zumba class on Saturday morning. Only the instructor did 40 minutes of aerobics then 20 minutes of strength training, so it was a different mix for me. I really have to remember to get my strength training in. I taught my own class yesterday and plan to do a workout DVD at home tonight.

I also planned ahead my breakfast for this entire week. I made egg "muffins" on Sunday and loaded them with veggies then individually wrapped them. It was made a big difference just being able to grab something and run out the door to work.

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ZeroZeroOne said:

@mcvgal my husband made egg muffins too! They're pretty good and so easy to take to work.

Egg muffins with spinach, garlic, goat cheese, turkey bacon crumbles, and hot pepper flakes! These are my fav to make. Yummy.

mcvgal

iheartmyshiba said:

@mcvgal my husband made egg muffins too! They're pretty good and so easy to take to work.

Egg muffins with spinach, garlic, goat cheese, turkey bacon crumbles, and hot pepper flakes! These are my fav to make. Yummy.

yum goat cheese! those sound so delicious

Skeemer

Alright folks, I'm fighting. It's cold. I'm tired. It's getting dark. I have SO much stuff to do at home. My parents just picked up DS & I have only DD here who I think is getting ready to nap. That means I could get a whole lot done around here.

Ugh...I NEED to go to the gym. I NEED to do so much around here. Help!

Skeemer

mamalacy21 said:

@Skeemer‌ could you divide and conquer? Pick one household chore that will make you feel good to have done AND go to the gym?

Excellent suggestion! Thank you! Yes, I'm going to do it & I'm going to the gym. I'm going to try to leave by 6:30 so I can be home to help DH get the kids to bed.

The aggravating thing is that right now our house is like a tetris puzzle. DH needs to install the heater in DD's room so DD can sleep in there (we have central heat but it's just cold in the kid's rooms with the windows), so I can fold up the pack n play, so I can clean up the dining room area.

It seems like everything is in the way & it's all like a Tetris puzzle. Our new couch & love seat came. Now the old love seat & recliner is on the other side of the living room. The love seat needs to go to my parents, the recliner needs to go to my office at the church & it's raining so I can do neither.

UGH! I want to become a minimalist.

Anyway, if I don't report back here tonight or in the morning with my work out plan...blast me. I'm serious.

Skeemer

mamalacy21 said:

I've done well with my diet following weight watchers. I get bad sugar cravings and am usually starving when I get off work. I need to find some healthy grab and go snacks. Still zero motivation to work out.

Jif has to go cups of peanut butter that you could dip apples or celery in. My favorite to go is pre made protein shakes, protein bars, string cheese & apples.

Skeemer

Remember when I said to holler at me if I didn't go to the gym tonight? Weeeeell, DH is having problems installing the heater, I'm now putting DD to sleep & DS is coming home in 30 minutes so I can put him to bed. it's not for lack of trying. I'm rocking the baby in my gym gear.