Classic/ Week 6/ Day 7/ Rest
Gooooooood morning! I imagine it's almost afternoon for most of you by now. Yes, I'm lounging in bed, typing this. Ahhh, the freedom of wireless interneting! The toddler is curled up beside me with DH, watching the Peter Pan movie on our little tv. DD#1 is downstairs making us all breakfast (toaster waffles). I've requested only a container of cottage cheese/fruit. Do you guys buy these? They look like individual containers of yogurt with sweetened fruit, but instead of yogurt, it's low-fat cottage cheese. Huh. The room suddenly cleared as the smell of the waffles got stronger. Ne'er mind. Ooooh lookie. Breakfast just arrived at my bedside. This is the life!!
Traci....Okay, now I understand your Eoin situation. Eoin is the guy smack in the middle of everyone else in PY4H. In the premixes when they cut away to a man doing something without a crew around him, that's Eoin. If you go to the section of Pure & Simple that shows how to do each pose in detail, you will see Eoin and his life-partner. He's also the one in the middle of the love-fest while the credits roll during PY4H. So, do you need me to tell you which one is Shiva?
Thank you for the added support of Tracy's suggestion. I'm already doing PlyoX once/week, or a similar leg-intensity (jump) workout. Are you saying I should add another one?? I don't know when I would do that, except on Thursdays, but then I'm doing CardioX (which has some plyo), or the PJ class at the YMCA (lots of jumping, too). If it's about muscle shaping of the lower body, then I'm super happy with what I have. I have a terrific booty and lots of visible leg muscle. I just want to reduce the jiggle in the upper thigh area, which requires fatloss, which is diet, right? I'll yak a bit more about these suggestions when I get to Tracy's post. I sure do appreciate the input from you guys. What are your NYE plans at the Bay house? I know, it seems to take forever to get anything from Cathe.com via the post. The added holiday time in there hasn't helped. I don't know if the post office is delivering tomorrow, so I'm skeptical I'll be getting it for the Grand Opening of 2008. I've never seen Men in Trees, only commercials for it. I adore Northern Exposure, though, and can relate in that regard. Funny, NE always wanted to make me move farther north.
Tracy....The toddler is sitting here, quite impressed with the flying bicycle in your avatar. I think I've only ever seen Elliot and ET do something like that
Thank you for all your advice yesterday. I won't be doing any more running until probably May. It's too dark, cold, and snowy in the mornings until then. We've got maybe 7 hours of daylight right now, and the sun barely makes it over the horizon even then. We have long shadows on a sunny day. But you're right; running is a terrific workout. I especially enjoy it with the Cardio Coaches. I do plan on ordering some of Amy's cardios. I went to her website, but couldn't remember which step workout you love so much. The kickbox is Kickbox Extreme, right? And Hi/Lo dome? I'm going to wait until the 2nd week of January, after I've paid all the big bills, before loading up my credit card again. Are you suggesting I add even more leg work than I already do? I always add a 30min Cathe standing leg, weighted, workout after PlyoX on Tuesdays. Then I do P90X Legs & Back on Friday. I'm not in the slightest concerned about my legs bulking with heavy weights. Heavy weights just give stronger, tauter muscle, which looks good. I'm doing a Cathe-subbed version of the Doubles rotation, I'm getting 30-60mins of cardio 6 days a week.
Debra....PHEW!!! The dreaded visit is finally upon you and the worst part is over with. Dinner & a movie with the new boyfriend sounds like a wooooonderful way to spend your day! What movie? Thanks for your input yesterday. You all seem to be encouraging me to stick with the X, but clean up the eating. I'm sure you're all right. You're absolutely right that we need to find a balance between what we're willing to do to achieve the results we want. I think my main problem is in sustaining the motivation over the long haul. Right now the goal seems desirable enough to give up all the surplus, but in a while I'll start to question whether it's all worth it, decide it isn't, and begin to loosen up again. Then I'll decide, no, it really IS worth it, and climb back on the wagon again. But I'm not on the wagon long enough to actually get anywhere, it seems. So, how do I sustain my interest in reaching my goal? One way is to make it my career: actually go the route of becoming a personal trainer. Then I'll feel like it's truly important to keep my own physique looking exceptional. It's not just about my own vanity anymore. And I do find this stuff really, really interesting. I would like to do what Traci's done, and SwiftAmy is in the process of doing. I need to figure out what qualifications I'll need for that, here in Alberta.
Kim....Winnipeg and Edmonton are probably very similar in their winters. I think we're just a hair's length farther north than you. Did you order Cathe's 2008 calendar? And if so, have you received it yet? You and I are similar: I'm 37, married 14 years to a super guy who would like winter a lot more if he could play a little more pick up hockey than he currently does, and we have 2 children. DD#1 is 7, DD#2 is just over 2. We moved to Edmonton from southwestern Ontario 11 years ago, when I started my PhD at the UofA. I'm still not finished the dang thing, but get closer by the year LOL! I'm not familiar with Edward's Syndrome, but no matter how the loss occured, I'm sure it excruciating for everyone. I'm very sorry. I should think you'd be able to do the marathon in June. You'll be in terrific shape when you start your training; you'll just have to work up your mileage again. That's usually an 8-12 week process, is it not? Are you doing the Classic rotation? There's relatively little cardio in that one, but surprisingly people do not find their cardio capacity is reduced at the end of the 13 weeks. The upper body weight work provides a good dose of cardio in itself, especially from the push ups and pull ups. If you can get access to a pull/chin up bar I would recommend it.
Jeanette....I'm so sorry to hear your beloved GM has had a heart attack. Obviously at 93, things like this are not unexpected, but that doesn't make them easier, I imagine. You've had your challenges this week, for sure. I hope your do-over week is better. Your relationship with your sister is the kind of relationship I've always wanted. That's wonderful. You've said before that your family was on the shorter side. 4'11" is certainly petite!! It must be difficult to stay a healthy bodyweight at that height, because your calorie needs for the day would be so little. I envy my 6'1" DH because a 400 calorie doughnut for him is only a small proportion of his caloric needs for the day, while for me, it would replace a meal. He can have a doughnut AND still eat a meal. Of course the doughnut doesn't give him great nutritional value, but the calories aren't surplus for him, either. Awww, what an endearing relationship DH has with his girls. Very sweet. Yup, eating is 80% of the battle, isn't it? Argh! I find it so much easier to stick with consistent workouts, than with consistently clean eating. Oh well, it is what it is.
Time to go make the weekly bread for the family. Then I really do need to start getting this house in order again. DD#1 wrote her own cake recipe yesterday, and wants to go to the store today to buy the ingredients to make it. It was so funny: she asked me what that stuff was in the box that we used to make cakes with. I got out a recipe book and we went through various ingredients, trying to figure out what she was talking about. After about 10 minutes, I finally figured out....she's talking about a cake mix! LMAO. So, she's going to buy a cake mix, bake it up, layer it, and cover it all with mixed berries, bananas, and apple slices. The ideas of 7 year olds...
Cheers,
Sandra
