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07-04-2008, 12:41 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Maple Shade, NJ
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Hey Ginger, your workouts are looking great - I think changing it up, resting and trying new stuff only helps. If we look back to January our bodies were like "WTF is she doing?" Now 6 months later it maybe time to rest a little and change it up and have the body go through a "oh she is serious". You are doing great, its a mind game too - time goes so slow when your waiting for a result, hang on tight things will start to change and you will think man what was I so worried about. As long as you are still working out doing something and not totally ignoring your diet, it will all come together. I guess I am just trying to say your doing awesome and your on the right track, keep at it.
Sorry for the long post I was really wanting to ask what your coffee addiction is?
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07-04-2008, 02:09 PM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
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Originally Posted by gardengirl447
Hey Ginger, your workouts are looking great - I think changing it up, resting and trying new stuff only helps. If we look back to January our bodies were like "WTF is she doing?" Now 6 months later it maybe time to rest a little and change it up and have the body go through a "oh she is serious". You are doing great, its a mind game too - time goes so slow when your waiting for a result, hang on tight things will start to change and you will think man what was I so worried about. As long as you are still working out doing something and not totally ignoring your diet, it will all come together. I guess I am just trying to say your doing awesome and your on the right track, keep at it.
Sorry for the long post I was really wanting to ask what your coffee addiction is?
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Hi Heather,
Thanks and I know you are right. My coffee addiction is Tim Horton's. Nothing crazily fancy, regular coffee with sweetner and cream. 
It just hits the spot. 
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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07-05-2008, 08:59 AM
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Mom's little bodybuilder
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northern VA
Posts: 1,153
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Hey Ginger! I had lots of catching up to do in here since being away! Im sorry to hear about your food struggles. You're doing soo well and I know you'll get things figured out soon. |
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07-05-2008, 05:40 PM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,956
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July Updated pictures and Stats
Ok, I can't believe it's time to post pictures, again. I am also comparing the difference between June and July, because it seems that I made some good changes in June, after reading FLTS.
Starting stats
Jan June July Monthly change overall change
Weight 171 168 163 -5 lbs -8lbs
Chest 36 35 34 -1 inch -2 inches
Thigh 22.5 21 21 -0 -1.5
Hips 41 40 39 -1 inch -2 inches
Waist 35 31.5 30.5 -1 inch - 4.5 inches
Oh, and I finally figured out how to resize pictures, so I can put them side-by-side. Yee haw.
Jan Front July Front
 
Jan Side July Side
 
Jan Back July Back
 
June Front July Front
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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07-05-2008, 05:45 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 883
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Ginger, you've made really great progress even this month . Which of Leigh's programs are you following again? FLTS? (I'm thinking I'm going with that and OPT for Fat Loss next after reading some of the Metabolic Repair and following the directions that say to do the FLTS first.) |
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07-05-2008, 06:09 PM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,956
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Originally Posted by Karen411
Ginger, you've made really great progress even this month . Which of Leigh's programs are you following again? FLTS? (I'm thinking I'm going with that and OPT for Fat Loss next after reading some of the Metabolic Repair and following the directions that say to do the FLTS first.) |
Thank you, Karen. Yes, I am following FLTS and doing the workouts from OPT, although I am not doing the workouts as often. I am working up to it, though. First challenge was getting myself used to eating at a deficit, without feeling like I was going to eat off my right arm, LOL and next is factoring in more workouts, beside the cardio. My new theme is "baby steps".. LOL
Still trying to shed the darn fat.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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07-05-2008, 06:26 PM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,956
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Originally Posted by Littlemermaidklb
Hey Ginger! I had lots of catching up to do in here since being away! Im sorry to hear about your food struggles. You're doing soo well and I know you'll get things figured out soon. |
Thanks, Kara. I am working out the kinks and feeling better about it all.
I didn't do an official workout. Went to the park and walked 2 miles and ran some stairs, to spark my hr. Other than that and playing catch up on some house cleaning, that is it.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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07-05-2008, 06:51 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 466
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Looking good Ginny!  |
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07-05-2008, 07:05 PM
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Anne
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I'm with everyone else - seeing huge differences between the pictures. It's really amazing the changes over the six months. I think that will be the most interesting part here, seeing the six month differences.
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07-05-2008, 07:56 PM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,956
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Originally Posted by sveta
Looking good Ginny! |
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Originally Posted by realcdn
I'm with everyone else - seeing huge differences between the pictures. It's really amazing the changes over the six months. I think that will be the most interesting part here, seeing the six month differences.
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Thank you, Ladies.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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07-05-2008, 10:03 PM
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Senior Hamster
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 2,961
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Looks wonderful Ginger!!!
Sometimes I think it's hard to see huge changes in one or 2 months, but 6 months REALLY shows the hard work you've put in here. Way to go!
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Bytsi
Hamster training log
A lot of NEAT one day is NOT "useless" if the next day the scale doesn't move. -- Aoife
"Hunger is your hips screaming at you that they are disappearing!" -- Oprah
Be careful about reading health books - you may die of a misprint -- Mark Twain
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07-05-2008, 10:07 PM
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OMG Its a workout!
Join Date: May 2007
Location: YEAH!!! I can still do 95 lbs DLs
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Way to go Ginny. You look Fabulous!
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07-06-2008, 07:14 AM
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Scale Watch: Going down!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ohio
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Ginger, your progress pics are amazing! Just look at you! You are kicking ass, for sure!
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Jane
My Training Log
~This is an lolcat-free zone~
"If someone says I can't, then it makes me all the more determined to prove that I can."
-- Michael Phelps
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07-06-2008, 09:56 AM
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Willie
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 913
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Ginny, just checking in. You look awesome! Congratulations!
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--- Kate---
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.Theodore Roosevelt
26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
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07-07-2008, 06:56 AM
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Hungry
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,956
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Originally Posted by Bytsi
Looks wonderful Ginger!!!
Sometimes I think it's hard to see huge changes in one or 2 months, but 6 months REALLY shows the hard work you've put in here. Way to go!
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Originally Posted by SpacecityPaula
Way to go Ginny. You look Fabulous!
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Originally Posted by missjane
Ginger, your progress pics are amazing! Just look at you! You are kicking ass, for sure!
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Originally Posted by Willie
Ginny, just checking in. You look awesome! Congratulations!
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Thanks, Ladies. I am looking forward to more dramatic changes, now that I feel I have the tools to create them.
Sunday, July 6th
Day off. Took the kids to the pool and got in lots of NEAT, swimming.
Monday, July 7th
Got to the gym this morning for a 35 minute cardio session. 15 minutes on the step mill and 20 on the ARC trainer. It was a struggle.
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Ginger "The secret to becoming who you wish to be,
begins with believing you can become who you wish to be." - Thanks, K.
"Suck it up for a week or two and you'll be used to it. Part of the problem is the somewhat recent line that goes something like this... "If you're hungry, you're eating too little." Total bullshit. We're hungry because we're on diets." - Roland
My Training Log
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