yes, dp! i consider myself expert in working mom financial matters so i will be glad to be of service. only because i live it breathe it everyday, so really i'm only an expert on myself. but i will try to be of service.

dp! You're always rocking it in this thread. There's totally nothing wrong with a little niggly self-doubt and worry from time to time either, you seem like the kind of person who invests a lot of yourself in the things you're passionate about and that's really admirable and that's also exactly why you do so well and achieve. But maybe it also means you might take it a little harder when **** kicks you in the *** a little bit. But you'll kick it right back and you definitely know that, even if you forget or doubt it for a moment.


^Today was exactly this again. I'm really supposed to leave a recovery day between these runs but I'm busy for the rest of the week so figured I should shoehorn whatever I can into what little free time I have. (despite the rain again, I feel like I'm always talking about rain, but ****. it's constant.)

My legs are gonna really hate me tomorrow but I feel good and I'm glad it's done.

I get that neggy self-doubt thing as well sometimes. "why the hell am I even doing this?" Just have to let all that go.

Good going geek! And great idea to use the microweights to slowly inch up!

you were a smoker and you quit? how long ago did you quit? it was so so hard for me, but one of the best things i ever did for myself.

i should take a look at slim in six. mix up my cardio days. wth. also i hear the "ripped in 30 days" is a really good one, too.
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thanks, mambo. and i think you're spot on. i get super obsessive and one day like that can be enough to push me out of it. i'm glad i haven't given up so far. if i lose one more pound it will be 15 in three months. it's made a difference and i do like chomping at the bit to get better lifts. this thread and another one keep me excited, too. i love reading about what other people are doing.

DOMS are fun.

yes! i'm really glad you're around these parts. and those microweights are kick ***, prude. i am going to improve my bench, for sure.

after weightlifting, the family went out to the nature fitness trail. i did fifteen minutes of the c25k and sorta ran out of gas, but i was expecting that. lifting really does wipe me out.

it was so pretty out there, i took a picture. it rained today and made everything a bit sharper instead of sorta washed out by all of the sunshine we get.

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Insanity is what I really want to do, but when I tried it, I measured my heart rate through the classic counting and timing myself method, and I came up with like 240. I'm sure that I miscounted, but I want a heart rate monitor before I try it again, so that I don't, you know, drop dead or something.

Cardio is what's up, though. I've done a lot of lifting in the past, but I think I really want to get down to a healthy weight before I worry about it again. I've done a lot of being 300 lbs but able to bench 250, but I'd really like to meet in the middle so that I'm finally able to bench my own body weight, at some point. :P

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