Never 2 Late 2 Chase the Dream (it's better than liposuction)

[tcoy777]

Welcome back!! Its great to have moments of affirmation like that.

[Espi]

That was a very touching description of how things went between you & your daughter

[Bytsi]

Great post Karla, amazing journey you are on... Thanks for sharing it with us!

[GinnyLou]

Wonderful description.

[foodfromafar]

What an amazing gift - seeing the results of your hard work reflected in the eyes of others!

[kfisherx]

Today was workout day and boy did it feel weird to workout. I really am glad I decided to keep my two trainer training days or I would be a complete slug by now. Being lazy is so easy.

This AM I did a walk for lunch break. 30 min brisk through the woods and back.

Tonight I did gym workout Quads and abs.

Warm up
tready for 5 min at 5% incline and 4.5 mph
BW squats 1x20

Squats
1x15 (95lb)
2x10 (110lb)
1x10 (95lb)

calf raises (standing)
3x15 (90lb)

walking lunges
2x15 (50lb)

ab superset (3 times)
prone jack knife (with a pushup from bosu turned over) (10 reps)
Bosu reach and stretch crunch (15 reps)

I was going to RussianShuffle to finish it all off but my hammies were crying a bit and my IT band in my right leg was tight. Basically my body was telling me to be cool and ease in.

It's funny the gym was quite warm tonight. I figured since outside was so nice there would be nobody in the gym but it was packed. I guess people do not like workout outside anymore.

I am eating a pizza right now off my deck overlooking the valley below. It is 60 degrees and I have a jacket on. I love living here....

[beach_plums]

Welcome back. And thank you for your earlier post. It really hit home for me. You're such an inspiration.

[kfisherx]

Stats for the week. I am not sure 100% on the cals because I ate out so much in the past week. I also did not do hardly any exercising. The good news is that I did not drop too much weight this week and bf is down. I saw the scale at 123 several times as well so I know that I am moving in the right direction.

	Date	lbs	bf%	weekly avg cals	weekly avg protein in g	weekly avg carbs in g	weekly avg fat in g	weekly avg macro % (P, C, F)
	4-May-08	133.8	19.5%	2656	263	266	69.4	38,39,23
	27-May-08	130.2	17.4%	1696	193	163	37.1	44,37,19
	3-Jun-08	129.6	18.4%	1784	190	182	41.2	41,39,20
	10-Jun-08	128.2	17.8%	1648	192	166	38.8	43,37,20
	18-Jun-08	125.6	16.6%	1538	167	165	37.2	40,40,20
	24-Jun-08	124.6	16.8%	1587	165	151	44	40,36,24
	30-Jun-08	124.2	15.6%	1721	188	165	43.2	42,37,22
	Day	Exercise	Duration in hours	Avg HR if cardio		Total lbs	Total bf
	Tues	lift w/David = Bi, Shoulders, pec	1	NA		9.6	3.9%
	Wed	walk on beach	1	NA
	Thrs	lift w/David = back and cleans 5.6 mile walk	1	NA		This week	This week
	Fri	Walk	1	NA		0.4	1.2%
	Sat	REST	NA	NA
	Sun	Walk	1	NA
	Mon	Walk Quads	1.5	NA

[Brentv]

Karla, your progress is a real testament to your hard work. You have every right to be proud of what you have done. Personally, I wouldn't chalk it all up to "good genetics," but rather tell them it's the result of two years of focus and hard work. That's what gives people something to think about, and perhaps encouragement that they could do the same should they want it badly enough. To call your results good genetics is the same as giving them an excuse that they're soft and weak because of their bad genes. Neither you nor I accept that excuse. Pretty much anyone over 30 with a hot body has put in the work to make it so.

[GinnyLou]

Your numbers look amazing, as usual.

Thanks for all your input in my log over the food. I appreciate it.