STS first time!

[gratefuldog]

back from school. today was another volunteering day. I saw first hand this little jack ass of a boy in my sons class. My son(10) has been coming home saying that this kid thinks he is so great and every one flocks around him. He said that he gets up and moves if my son sits next to him at lunch
Today in the library, by son stuck his head over this kids shoulder to see what book he and a friend were looking at. I heard the kids say "BYE Luke!" and my little man just walked away. He said nothng to retaliate! I wanted to knock the kids head into the table. No one messes with my boy!
I have such a headache. To think of my child feeling those feelings kills me. I wish I could keep him in a little bubble. I know it is all a learning experience and this is what molds us into the people we are, but it is painful to watch. I so remember feeling left out as a kid. Ugh, my heart aches.
He doesn't seem too phased by it. I asked him about it when we got home. He said that the boy is like that with everyone.
thanks for letting me vent. this parenting thing is TUFF! My jaw kills from clenching my teeth. I should probably go do a Cathe dvd to burn off some steam!

[cokonkel]

Oh man, Carolyn, your son sounds a lot like mine! He's only 7 but he is just like me...passive and introverted. He makes friends easily but when he gets in a big group of kids he just tends to play by himself, especially if there are agressive or extremely extroverted type kids who are the center of attention. He has been targeted a few times by bullies already. Last year this one kid pushed him off the top of the slide at school and he broke his wrist! There was another incident this year but with a different boy who kicked him. They were two different kids and the teachers described them both as kids with "behavior problems"...so they weren't the popular kids but the ones with emotional issues. He is such a small, skinny little kid that I worry about how this will play out as he gets older. Fortunately his elementary school is really good at intervening with bullying and the kid from last year who pushed him isn't even at the school anymore. It is soooo hard!
My daughter I think will be fine since she is a lot more extroverted and leader-like (sometimes I call it bossy!). I have no idea where that came from! She's only 4 though so who really knows!

I hope things come out okay for him! Hopefully Cathe helped relieve some tension for you!!

[mfv3]

Carolyn- Kids are so mean...sorry to hear about what happened to your son. I buy those brownies at Cub or Rainbow in the healthy section...hope you can find them. They are sooo good. Colleen- I LOVE that peanut butter. A girl at the roadtrip suggested it and I have been addicted ever since. I heard the white chocolate one is super good too. Cammie- I'm with you on working the legs. They are my favorite. Betty- You are so close to Catheite....I can't wait for the same. I was posting like crazy the other night. Sooooo.......I did legs today disc 20. Can't wait for those DOMS. I did the extended stretch too. I don't do it often but it sure feels nice when I do

[cammie-cam]

Betty- I did end up finding someone on the VF board that lived near me and had a Tower she bought in 2009 and never used. It was brand new and she sold it to me for 50 dollars. I can't believe I lucked out like that.

Jean- GS is Cathe's Gym Styles. I did a rotation of those DVDs for three weeks to get me ready for STS.

As far as other workouts that I own... My other favorite is Ilaria Montagnani. She does the Bodystrikes and Powerstrike workouts which incorporate kickboxing and some karate moves Her body is amazing and her form is impeccable. She is totally my girl crush. She and Cathe are my two faves. I tried a few Kelly Coffey Meyer workouts because the folks at VF seem to really like her but have yet to warm up to them. I am keeping them for now and will give them another shot later on then decide if I want to keep them or not. I also have a few Janet Stone yoga DVDs which I do like and should probably do more but since I'm in cardio and strength training mode right now those are on hiatus. I do like Janet Stone yoga though, it really stretches me out and feels really yummy.

I think if you're not into high impact and are ok with kickboxing Ilaria would be good cardio for you. You can check out some of the clips of her workouts on youtube.

I do love Cathe but I do shy away from many of her workouts that are higher impact. Although I have lost weight I'm still not exactly a small gal and I don't want to accidentally injure anything trying to do some of Cathe's higher impact workouts. I saw clips of the Hiit DVD and immediately knew it wasn't for me. Maybe later when I get stronger and lose more weight. I do like the Low Impact Hiit on the Intensity DVD, this week I actually did that set of exercises twice before doing Disc 2. Cathe answered my question in her thread today and said that the new workouts would be a mix of impact and show modifications for the higher impact so I'm happy about that. The LIS series workouts have been a great addition to my collection and I hope these new ones will be as well.

[gratefuldog]

Thanks for listening to me. Colleen, I don't know how you kept your cool. I am finding it such a struggle!!! My husband and I are so upset that we are raising a whoos just like us. Not sure I spelled that right. Never wrote it out. We both get walked all over because of our gentle nature. I see my son following in our footsteps and it brings great anger. I want to squash this kid. Totally imature I know. My son truthfully seems fine with it. that is another worry!
WTF? why all the worry?!!! That should be my middle name.\
Any way.............. back to the subject at hand! exercise. that is what this forum is about!!
Where the hell is Rachel? she started this whole thread!
Ok. I am in no frame of mind to continue typing. Had a few glasses of wine I am asheamed to admit.
Nothing that a good run in the morning won't fix....I hope.
gnight

[cammie-cam]

Awww... Nothing wrong with a few glasses of wine to calm your nerves... I hope you feel better in the morning.

[cokonkel]

Carolyn your so funny! I have to admit I've posted after a few glasses of vino before! It's so hard with kids because you want to back away and let them work that social stuff out themselves to some extent, build independance and all. I don't want to be one of those "helicopter" moms...but it is soooo hard! Especially when you see they are exactly like you! It's rough. I don't mind when he takes after my good qualities but the other stuff I'll keep. I've also seemed to pass on some of my anxiety/nervous tic stuff to him. He was doing this music concert last year with his class and I could see how nervous he was as he was doing this squinching thing with his eyes. I was like "my poor baby! I know exactly how he's feeling!!"

Cammie I know what you mean about Kelly Coffey Meyer. I went on a kick for awhile collecting her workouts because of the raves on VF too and I realized I just didn't click with the workouts. I don't mind her actually...but the workouts just didn't do it for me. I didn't find them satisfying for some reason. I traded all but Circuit Burn on the Exchange listing but now I've even got that on my latest trade list! Hmm, I'll have to look into Janet Stone yoga. I love yoga but I'm super picky about which dvd's I like. I know I need to do it more often but just like you I've been on the cardio/strength stuff and I just can't seem to fit it into my week these days!

Must get to bed if I have any hope of working out tomorrow! Night girls!

[maryk]

Betty I am happy to see another person from the Boston area who loves Cathe. I have yet to meet anyone who has even heard of her, including the instructor at my gym. I even lent my KPC dvd (one of my favorites) to a friend a few months ago and she hasn't done it yet. She did Insanity, but I told her this one would be more fun.

Carolyn I know what you mean about the kid stuff. There have been times when I have wanted to call another kid's parent so much but have backed off. I think its because it triggers something I already went through. But our kids are much more resilient than we give them credit for - I think this stuff bothers us much more than it does them.

I did disc 3 last night. It wasn't too bad for my legs, but my forearms were killing me and I had to drop down on some of my weights. I can't imagine increasing the weight as the weeks go on, I will never have big forearms!

[gratefuldog]

MaryK what town are you in? I live near the seacoast in NH.
Don't get discouraged about your forearms killing! We have all talked about it. That and the grip strength have ruined a few of my leg workouts.

Well, today is a new day. Sorry about my ranting yesterday. Who knew this parenting thing could be so painful. Colleen, you mention nervous ticks...both of my kids have had several. I can laugh about them now, but while they were happening it was awful!

I started with my run this a.m. That totally cleared out my brain!! Nothing like a brisk 21 degree day to clear the head of cobwebs! Now I need to go do disc 21 back and biceps.

[cammie-cam]

cokonkel - KCM is definitely an acquired taste I think. I get why she's so popular, but I'm just not clicking with her for some reason. It's a shame because while I love Cathe's workouts I like to find other DVDs to add to my collection for variety. I guess I'll just keep looking.

Mary - I had to put down the weights yesterday after the squats into calf raises because my forearms just couldn't hold up the weights, 17.5 in each hand. I think I also did that because while I don't mind calf work, I would rather do it without weights, my calves are big enough as they are thankyouverymuchCathe!

My inner thighs are on fire from yesterday's leg workout. I'm trying to remember what specific exercises I did that worked my inner thighs enough to give me so much pain. I don't mind though, inner and outer thighs are the weakest parts of my legs so I'm fine with them getting stronger.

I did Ilaria's Atletica for cardio and Cathe's Weights and Plates from Ab Circuits this morning. I'm determined to get this core stronger. I actually enjoyed that and I usually don't enjoy ab work (hence the weak core!). Of course I used my side and glide discs instead of paper plates. I'm actually happy she's including them in the new workouts, because I want to use them as much as possible, they're too cute. I feel better about preordering the new DVDs after she answered my question about the impact. When they announce an end to the presale date I'll revisit and then decide if I want to preorder.