Hi everyone. Today I feel much like yesterday--still sore throat and coughing a bit, but not as tired (just avoiding the cold meds entirely, only taking a bit of ibuprofen). I was planning to go get those blood tests today but I wasn't thinking about it when I got up and I went ahead and ate something before I remembered I was supposed to fast before getting blood taken! Oops. So I will try to do it tomorrow or Friday.
Today (at 1pm) my 2-year old (Ewan) gets evaluated by a speech pathologist and some other expert to check on his speech delay. He does talk quite a bit, but it's still hard to understand and behind other kids his age, so he's being checked if he needs to have speech work through a state program--something like that. I'm glad I'm not having a super-sleepy day for that.
Since I knew I had the people coming this afternoon, I went ahead and worked out while Ewan was at nursery school. I did Michelle Dozois'
Rockin' Body Cardio Jam, which was all floor aerobics but burned some decent calories anyway, and then walked in town before I picked him up. Not too strenuous but at least something--burned about 500 calories.
Oh yeah, one more thing--Isaac came home from school yesterday with a tummy ache and had 3 diarrhea incidents before dinner. Ewww! So we had a bland dinner of toast and applesauce and rice cakes and he seemed to do fine. I went ahead and sent him to school since he still seemed o.k. this morning but I have kept my cell phone with me in case he has trouble today. Poor thing.
Belinda, take it easy on that leg--just listen to your body and if it seems to do o.k. working out, then work out. If it starts yelling at you while you work out, then rest. That's my not-so-expert advice.
Amelia, I love both the GS & the Pyramids. Maybe it depends on if you like doing upper/lower splits or 3-day splits. I think personally I do the Pyramids a little more often--I especially like PUB for some reason. I just like that pyramid style of different weights so that I feel real tough when I get to my heavies weight but then feel nice to ease on back down the pyramid. I seem to remember the biceps are killer on PUB.
Lori, hope you can get that TM sooner rather than later, though I envy you.
Of course, what I want is a stationary bike so I can have a low impact option for my Rice Krispies knees.
Mary, welcome back. I guess you were here before I came along. I'm Lainie in NY--I lost 25 lbs on WW last year before coming to a very long plateau--would still like to lose about 15 lbs but haven't been trying very hard, I'm afraid.
Stacey, the barbell I got for Christmas was just some generic 100 lb set (I really don't know what kind) from Sports Authority. It's not one of the Troy Lites. I would have liked that kind, but this kind was cheap and since it was at my local store I didn't have to pay shipping. That was perfect for my cheap accountant husband.
It still is much better than what I was using before--easy to get the plates on and off and only 5' long. I think I like Slim Sculpt better than some of the Crunch videos, mainly because of the background and background people. Sometimes Crunch background people annoy me, though Ellen doesn't have the worst. My favorites of her Crunch videos were Pick Your Spot Pilates and the Super Slimdown Pilates Yoga Blend. I'm pretty sure I'll go ahead and get Fat Burning Fusion when I get another itch to add to my collection, and I'm sure I'll get the Yogini when it comes out.
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