Monday Check in!

the_ladyplumber

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What’s up everyone. I just wanted to check in to see how y’all were doing?! Now that summer is coming to an end and the cooler weather sets in, any intentions for the next season??

Mine is to take my annual holiday coming up and when I return, be more present and less scrambly as life is always super hectic in the summer time.
 
I would really like to see myself finish up the 40+ house projects I have going on so that I can give myself an excuse to start decorating for the holidays!!
That’s amazing and I hear you there!
I have several travel plans (to places that ACTUALLY have fall) and I'm spending my free time trying to catch up on my reading goal before the end of the year!
that’s great!
 
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What’s up everyone. I just wanted to check in to see how y’all were doing?! Now that summer is coming to an end and the cooler weather sets in, any intentions for the next season??

Mine is to take my annual holiday coming up and when I return, be more present and less scrambly as life is always super hectic in the summer time.
Boy Mary-Anne, this is a great question and I'm stumped. I'm going to zag away from work with my answer.

I'm almost 48 and really focused on being healthier now as a better investment in my future. Currently trying to figure out why no matter what I seem to do, I can't seem to change my weight set point. On the one hand I'm stronger in every lift than I was in high school, in better shape cardiovascularly, blood work is good, etc, but still something is off.

I had esptein barr in my early 20s and it seems to flair up and drag me down. So learning better balance I guess is the answer I could have stated simply
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I found as I got older, it was getting easier to get fluffy. I did CrossFit 4-6 days a week, ate healthy but still found my body composition wasn’t what I was thinking it should be for how hard I worked.

I hired a trainer, and it got worse, then another and another, then the more I learned, the more I realized not all of them were as educated as I thought they were. But like doctors, dentists and trades people, they’re not all the same and finally found one that knew their stuff and the changes in just a few short weeks was insane. I actually found her on Instagram once my algorithm changed to a lot of fitness oriented posts. I started an 8 week challenge that was pretty reasonable in cost and started from there. Realized my eating healthy wasn’t exactly as balanced as I thought, cut down on CrossFit and focused more on weight lifting. Bam, 8 weeks I was damn near shredded.

I do often fall off the wagon when I’m busy, but a quick 8 week challenge is a great way to reset the program. There’s a bunch of dudes I follow to that I have seen people make huge transformations if you ever wanted to give one a try I can send you their profile.
 
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I found as I got older, it was getting easier to get fluffy. I did CrossFit 4-6 days a week, ate healthy but still found my body composition wasn’t what I was thinking it should be for how hard I worked.

I hired a trainer, and it got worse, then another and another, then the more I learned, the more I realized not all of them were as educated as I thought they were. But like doctors, dentists and trades people, they’re not all the same and finally found one that knew their stuff and the changes in just a few short weeks was insane. I actually found her on Instagram once my algorithm changed to a lot of fitness oriented posts. I started an 8 week challenge that was pretty reasonable in cost and started from there. Realized my eating healthy wasn’t exactly as balanced as I thought, cut down on CrossFit and focused more on weight lifting. Bam, 8 weeks I was damn near shredded.

I do often fall off the wagon when I’m busy, but a quick 8 week challenge is a great way to reset the program. There’s a bunch of dudes I follow to that I have seen people make huge transformations if you ever wanted to give one a try I can send you their profile.
I think beyond that all, which is great advice, I've got something else I need to figure out. At least I'm happy :):):)
 
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