Posts by sadinplaid

I'm certain it's not good for you, but I haven't given up the fake sugar in my black coffee or my diet coke. I've lost 110 pounds - I've given up the Wendy's Baconator. I just won't give up diet coke.

Hey Bugs, sorry to hear you're having a crap day.

My throat hurts. Cause I chain smoked like 6 cigarettes after my job interview today. After waiting two weeks for this interview, they tell me to wait 2 more days for their final decision?? BAH!

I'm out too chicks. I've rotted on my couch long enough! Have a good night!

I tend to throw things away when I clean. Sometimes it comes back to bite me on the rear. (Like the time I thought I'd organize all of my husband's computer games into a cd book and threw out all of the boxes the games came in without realizing the access codes are in the boxes...)

Original Post by pteresa19:

how does picking at your toe nails make your finger nails grow?  this I have to know.

 lol, it's magic really. I'm a fidgety ex-smoker and have to pick at something. Usually my nails get the brunt of my nervous tic, and they always look like crap. I've been leaving them alone for almost 2 weeks, but I had to refocus my fidgets elsewhere =)

I live in Georgia. My tomatoes did great this year, but all of my onions and peas died! I still don't understand how I killed the onions...

I just got my degree in finance. I'm working on my MBA, unemployed right now. The interview is at a nonprofit organization that does credit counseling to help people get their debt under control. I really want the job - not just because I need a job - it's really what I thought I would do when I changed my major to finance. My goal is to convey my eagerness without sounding like a desperate lunatic on Wednesday. =)

*throws popcorn at the dog*

Melkie - emailing dad - I'm sending him the link =)

Teresa - eep! I didn't think you were even old enough to have three kids those ages! I can't wait til my daughter starts school. *sighs dreamily at the thought*

hallooo, *passes the cream*

today is so lazy. my dog and i have been laying on the couch since we stopped laying in the bed.

what you been doing?

Original Post by melkor:

Original Post by sadinplaid:

Original Post by melkor:

Hehe - well, a lot of the women doing the workout feel they've had their butts lifted ;)

 There's actually quite a few strength standards for various lifts - and women tend to max out a lot higher than you'd expect based on the pink dumbbells you're shown with in Shape and Self. I have a lovely video of little 97-lbs Suzanna deadlifting 245lbs ;)

 Holy crap! That girl lifts more than my dad! Lol. I thought I was hot crap when I went up to 70 pounds on the deadlifts =) My grip strength is already maxing out. I hope my hands catch up with the rest of me.

Like Dan John says - "Guys, if you are getting your deadlift up to 280lbs, you're lifting about as much as our strongest high school girl trainees."

 You have a lot more potential for power than you're aware of.

 I'm gonna have to pass that Dan John quote along to my dad just to taunt him motivate him.

Original Post by abbeyhunter:

Original Post by sadinplaid:

Bah! Ha! Naked ladies. In high school my grandmother was trying to connect with me, so she would watch MTV and report things to me - like when she saw the new video from Cootie and the Goldfish (Hootie and Blowfish). I loved her for trying (and for giving me a story to make of fun of her with forever).

:)  Parents/grandparents can be amusing. I guess they mean well though and that is what counts.  Plus, I am sure i will be the same way when i get older.

 I have every intention of being an out of touch loon when I'm old. It already makes me sad when I hear bands I've loved forever on the classic rock station. *doesn't understand these younguns and their lady lumps* =)

Bah! Ha! Naked ladies. In high school my grandmother was trying to connect with me, so she would watch MTV and report things to me - like when she saw the new video from Cootie and the Goldfish (Hootie and Blowfish). I loved her for trying (and for giving me a story to make of fun of her with forever).

I haven't even looked up the others on here, though it makes sense they'd be here. My friend and I that do it together have been talking about trying to figure out where women tend to max out on the dead lifts.

 I've discovered I have muscles in my butt! (i know this because they hurt when i walk down my stairs) =) I'm on week 4 of the nrolfw, and I feel freaking awesome.