***DAMAGE CONTROL***January

[rmrmr]

Happy New Year Ladies!!!

DH and I enjoyed a night in with our lovely little ladies. The girls and I made brownies which was pretty fun for them. Then DH put a Justin Bieber concert on TV and the girls danced and played, wish I would've recorded it. They are so much fun.

Not much to report on the workout front. I will a pick a workout for today and tomorrow, then it's back to work for me on Tuesday. DH will be providing my transportation to and from work this week. The bandaging and stitches will be removed on Thursday and I'm hoping I'll be released to drive then.

DH bought a car for DS, OMG its a 1996 Buick Riviera...a gigantic boat. It is fully loaded, leather interior, climate control, sunroof, power everything. DS won't be 16 until late February, but a car/boat awaits him.

Wendy-Hope you are winning big in AC!! Criss Cross Cardio arrived and I previewed some of it. It does appear to move pretty quickly after the warmup. I think I can hang with it though...with a little practice of course. The ab/leg work look great and I'm looking forward to trying the ab work today!

Laura-how did you ring in the New Year?

Allee-hoping 2012 is off to a great start for you!

Lori-Let the countdown begin....what is it...3.7 weeks to go??? Your in the home stretch.

BBL

[Fit_mommy]

Good Evening Ladies!

AC was fun. Got back this afternoon. Right before we left though and I mean literally 5 MINUTES before, our hot water heater broke and started leaking!!! Because it's upstairs it started to leak through the floor and was coming down in our bedroom doorway! Had to hurry up and attach a hose to it so it could drain and then sop up the water it already leaked so that it would stop raining in our house! LOL We got it under control and were able to go to AC about 30 minutes later. No hot water though until it's fixed (hopefully tmrw) so no showers! I worked out a little while ago and took what amounted to a sponge bath after and used dry shampoo on my hair. It's ok for now but I hope it doesn't last more then a day or two! We were very lucky though b/c if the water heater broke/started to leak after we left then that would have meant that 40 gallons of water would have leaked through the ceiling while we were gone! Probably would not have had much of a ceiling left when we got home! Could have been REALLY bad!

So my work out was Athletic Training's Athletic Step Extreme Premix (45 mins). First time doing it. I enjoyed it.

I am considering joining a gym again so I can get back into running and may do so tmrw. Perfect timing...I will have some place to shower til the water heater is fixed!

Diana:: Sounds like your girls had a fun NYE! Wow how exciting-your DS' first car! Mine was a hand me down from my grandparents to my sister and then from my sister to me...I got my DL in 1990 and my first car was a 1978 oldmobile cutlass supreme in an ugly light green color!

K, time for dinner! BB tmrw!

[rmrmr]

Hi Ladies,

I have mixed feelings about going back to work tomorrow. I've really enjoyed being off and spending time with the girls. This week is DH's turn to stay with them.

Not many workouts have been had during the past few weeks, but I'm easing my way back into it. Its harder to w/o when DH is home since he doesn't think I should be doing anything and I don't want to start a fight. Seriously, my upper body is fine. Today will be GS C&T and abs. Yesterday all I managed was 100 kb swings with a 20# kb and the standing ab work from criss cross cardio. I can go heavier but don't feel very stable, once the bandaging comes off and I can stand with my weight evenly on both feet then I will increase the weight. Let me just say my inner thighs are feeling all those swings from yesterday. It's a FB challenge, 100 KB swings per day.

Wendy-OMG, glad you discovered the leaky water heater before you left. That would've been quite damaging. You should be able to get a discount on your gym membership if you sign up now. My rec ctr is offering a 25% discount right now.

bbl

[rmrmr]

100 kb swings with 25# KB-Check
GS C&T-Check
STS No Equip Abs-Check
100 Inner thigh squeezes-Check
50 hip lift with 50# plate-Check

Off to shower and get busy on some chores!

bbl

[Fit_mommy]

Good Evening Diana! Thanks for starting the new thread for the new year!

Today's work out was BR's 20 minute interval cardio. The first BR I ever did and still a fave of mine! I added the UGI ball for extra resistance where I could and added on 5 mins of abs when I was done. Planned on a longer work out for today but I was waiting to see how the water heater replacement was going before I exercised and by the time the job was finished I didn't have a ton of time left to work out. Oh well. Not worried!

Time for dinner and a little more work on my Body Rock Bible!

See y'all in the morning-back to work! Booh!

[rmrmr]

Wendy-I want to know what your BR bible looks like when you're done. I may copy it! You unknowingly convinced me to purchase more page protectors for BR or Cathe or really any workouts.

[Fit_mommy]

Good Morning.

The newest BR posted is the start of a 30 Day Challenge for the new year. The first w/o is a 7 minute fit test which I took this morning (7 exercises done interval style-max reps (50 sec work/ 10 secs rest). I followed it up with the Lower Body Blitz premix from KCM Split Sessions b/c even for me...7 mins isn't a long enough w/o! Now I can't wait to see what the first actual w/o for this BR challenge is!

Diana:: My "bible" isn't organized at all. It's just neat. I am typing up and printing out all of the BR's I've done plus some I wanted to do but haven't gotten to them yet. I also intend to add to it every time I do a new one! I considered trying to organize them further by style of training, focus, etc but that would just take way too much work! I will just be happy to have a neat binder of w/o's to refer back to rather then a crumpled mess of papers that are scribbled on! LOL Great work out for you y'day! Resembles something that I would do! Love it! So what's the focus of the FB challenge you are doing?

[gidget1978]

Hi Girls

Since its a new thread and I new year, I am going to try and keep up with this one. Not to mention, Im not working so what else am I going to do? I called today to get my unemployment straightened out but no one called me back I should try calling her again, I did leave a message telling her what I needed done so maybe she just went ahead and started doing it....a girl can only hope!

Sounds like Wendy as already started some nice workouts! My time is a com'in! I had all of my lulu moved out into the garage b/c DD was wearing it and so were all of her friends So I packed it up before it went MIA. I asked him today if he could bring it in for me. I swear I think I am going to have this baby and jump right on the TM in my old workout clothes I still have 3 weeks to go plus healing time! I won't be needing it yet. I ordered some new things after Chritmas. I am afraid my sickness is returning but I have to bite it in the butt b/c my income is going to be lower and I still have all of my old stuff to fit back into.

We had a pretty quiet NY's. We went out for dinner with the family and then came back to the house and had fireworks for the kids. Then a few friends stopped by...all my pregnant gf's who didn't care to be around drunk people. Other then that, it was pretty uneventful. I think NY's is over rated anyway.

I went for a massage the other day and the girl who did my massge told me of a opening for a PT in the near future! Not until July which might be perfect timing for moi!

Diana** How long are the girls with you? Seems like you have had them a while. You will be so lonely when they go home When do you think you will be working out again? I can't wait to get back at it. I should take a few days and figure out what I am going to do. I can probably start with weights before anything else. I can only imagine how those high intensity dvds are gonna kill me! 23 days to go.......(hopefully) or maybe less!

Wendy** Oh man...its a good thing you were home when that happened. I friends of mine had a pipe break in her basement on boxing day. She is a pack rat but claimed to have dung out her basement before this even happened. I swear she still has things from the 1980's.

I had a Dr's appt today that was pretty boring. I will be seeing the Dr every week now. I don't think there is a real big baby in there. I wasn't measuring big today but he is kind of flicky and moves fast. I don't think he took the measurments right. Either way a 6-7 lbs baby is good enough for me. 1-2 more lbs isn't going to make that much difference at diet time. I think my weight gain is around 36 now LOL I am a totally different shape then i was with DS. Im all belly this time.

Anyway...I am going to try my hardest to keep up with month. This is a exciting month for us. DS's bday is tomorrow, baby coming, my sister is coming.....and hopefully we will get some news on DH's new career!

I will bb tomorrow!

Lori

[Poochy]

WOW it is ISNANE in here!!!

Had a WONDERFUL holiday - we partied and partied - sang kareoke (wasnt pretty) - toasted and just a wonderful time - then we went to casino next day.. had a BLAST .. I finally didnt loose arse .. I actually came home with a litte bit ahead of what I took .. ..

My VBF furbaby died - she was old - and really died of old age - kidney failure - but that doesnt help the loss - she and her DH are devestated .. and my heart breaks for them. And my Baby Buster is showing his age - moving slower - sleeping more - not eating good .. .... it is going to KILL me ... when that day comes ..

Wendy - LOLOLOL .. my first car was a cutlass supreme too - i got it in 1982 or 83 .... and it was about 5 or 6 years old when I got it .. 4 door - and someone ran into side and made huge dent in door and daddy wouldnt fix it for me .. so thru highschool it was referred to as "THE DENT" ... .. but we all piled in and rode and thought we were something in it .. LOLOLOL ... YOU ARE LUCKY ya'll caught that leak before leaving town .. yikes .. that would have been major mess .. and major MONEY ..

Di - sounds like you and your family had a great new year... too bad you coudlnt have videoed the girls .. that is great footage for when they get older .. LOL ... how is your foot???

hello to all that follow..

I managed some BH workouts .. and p90x2 workouts .. NOT what I was expecting from p90x2 .. every move is multi functional .. and so far all lighter weights and most of emphasis is on core and balance strength ... very good .. just not what I was expecting ...

tonight will be my first day back to class .. ugh ... and it is FREEZING here .. to be 22 tonight .. BBBBBBERRRRRRRRR .. tonight will be mish mosh of cardio, plyo, plank work, and weight work

gotta jet have a great one!

[rmrmr]

Hi Ladies,

It was back to work for me today. No workout to report for this morning, but I may try to get to it after the girls go to bed, otherwise it will be tomorrow morning.

My foot seems to be doing okay, and I'm so looking forward to Thursday when the bandaging and stitches are removed. I should know more after this appt. Hopefully I'll be released to drive. The next appt is scheduled for Jan 30th, the 6 week mark. I've already signed up for the Spring Fitness Challenge at the rec ctr and it starts on Feb 6th.

Laura-glad to hear you had a fab new year!!! Have you tried the PAPS workouts yet? I previewed them and they looked good to me. Nothing really new, but good just the same. Which X2 workouts did you do? I know Plyocide was not nearly as difficult as I was anticipating. Even though I couldn't do the plyo pushups and another exercise I can't recall towards the end of the w/o. Have your ever hear of the ViPR...our rec ctr is now offering ViPR classes and I guess this type of training is used on the Biggest Loser. ViPRfit.com - the website of ViPR and the home of whole body integration Sorry your temps are 60's cold....but we are in the 60's this week!!!

Lori-glad your back! Good idea hiding the lulu so you don't lose it to dd's friends. The girls fly home on the 15th of this month, the day after their 4th birthday. We will be having a birthday party for them too! You should start back with your favorite weight training, I recall that as being High Reps! Did you get the low impact series?

Wendy-I was previewing the BR site and thought about doing the fit test until I previewed and realized I couldn't do the exercises yet. I think their 30 day challenge sounds great though. I've copied and pasted the BR w/o's into a word doc and then printed them off. Admittedly, there are some scribbled down on pieces of paper though. I wish their site was more user friendly.

Hi Allee....pop in when you can.