Happy Eaters Forum

@skwigg, I've been reading your posts about Lift with Cee, and I checked out some of her Q&A videos, and looked at a few of the workouts. I, too, have been feeling like my workouts have been getting to be too short/too easy, and would like in increase my strength and bone density now (I am in my 40s) rather than try to catch up 10-15 years from now. Now that I am eating adequate protein, I'm thinking this may be effective. I don't think I can currently lift as heavy as what Cee is doing, but I will get there, I imagine? I know that in order to get stronger, your muscles have to get bigger. However, I don't want to have to buy new bigger clothes. Is body recomposition a thing with these workouts? They seem slow. You said y awhile back you pick one from the 30 min series, and do it 3x/wk with days in between. That seems doable. Are you still sticking to that? I have looked at a few other programs, but they are either longer or more days (which I don't have time for). Currently, I am doing 10-20 min. of Zuzka-style workouts daily, plus 10-20 min. of yoga, and about 20-30 min. intentional walking per day. If I am going to longer workouts, they need to not be daily. Any thoughts appreciated!

Skwigg asked in her journal how we found ourselves at Happy Eaters? I came from the Body for Life Women's Club. Or was it something even before that? We followed a woman's story / blog and it turned out she wasn't real..or wasn't what she told us she was. It was bizzare and someone called her out on it. The whole site blew up. I think you then took over the moderation. That was late 1990s, early 2000. CRAZY! I was trying to lose fat and become strong. I didn't know how to eat. I had no clue. Time goes by so quickly I can't even believe it. I remember when you began your blog and did a transformation contest. I remember Leanness Lifestyle. There were many of us that began our own blogs at that time, following your cue. I continued my blog until last year. It became solely my ultra running race reports and pretty repetitive. I mean, how much was there to put in a race report that was new and fresh after 25 years! I was no longer a brand new runner and no longer amazed that I could run such long distances. I learned over time that my body needed plenty of fuel to perform, that lifting kept me strong and that I would never eat only 1500 calories a day that I felt I needed to earn. SO thankful those days are gone. I feel like I am entering a new place again. Seems that every 20 years a new lifestyle unfolds. I found yoga in 2017 after injuring myself and not being able to run for 18 months. I practiced hot yoga almost every day during that time then went to yoga teacher training for a 300 and 500 hour certification. When I healed I began to run high mileage again. I wasn't going to do that. I was going to keep away from ultra but there I was. I'm still teaching yoga, practicing yoga, meditation, lifting and running. I'm more into being kind to my body instead of pounding it into the ground. I do still run and have a few ultra races on the calendar this year but nothing like all the prior years. I am then going to ease into lovely one hour long daily runs through the woods with Tempo as he matures instead of 6-8 hours solo and being tired and sore. That doesn't feel like something I want to do all of the time anymore. We will do some canicross events and I look forward to that. How did you find yourself here?

What do you use it for, and how often? Does it do anything better or faster than an oven/stovetop/microwave? I have never considered buying one, but I have an opportunity for a free one. Not sure it is worth the storage space it'll require. Thanks!