A little intro: I have been working out to Cathe’s videos since 2001. My first workout was CTX Kickbox. I became instantly addicted to Cathe’s tough workouts and her unique style.

I first tried STS in summer 2009, but made excuses for not finishing and gave up after Meso 2 because I figured I'd wait for the STS tower to get delivered. Then I tried STS again in summer 2010 and actually finished! I found Meso 1 very hard to keep up with my first time due to the quick equipment changes,...

It's been a tough last few weeks for me (stress @ work, tension in relationship, 18 mo old testing my patience, bla, bla, bla), causing me to make excuses for working out. Ugh. I was going to start Meso 3 and something just hit me like a road block. I have been consistenly slacking off and oozing with laziness for at least 5 days now. Do you ever get to a point where you just don't want to do anything healthy for yourself? It is a threshold that I cross too often.

Needless...

I just got home from a long evening of scrapbooking. It was nice, but I had goal and I only got about ¾ of it done. While there, I had to zone out a few times and put my headphones to really get going. It got me thinking….thinking deep thoughts.

I seem to contradict myself sometimes. When my DH finds me doing it, he calls me an “extremist.” It’s one way or the other for me, but no middle ground on which to come together.

It’s hard to explain. Thinking of all...

Well, I've been too tired to blog with this hypertrophy phase! I just got done with the double wave and last week the back off sets were pretty tough too. I have definitely noticed my strength coming out. I usually have a problem with holding planks because I have weak shoulders, but lately, I've been really surprised at how long and how strong I've been doing plank work! Talk about being proud and feeling the difference!

I'm really excited for the tower to get here! I'm hoping...

I started Meso 2 yesterday, a day early in the week because I have an appointment that will prevent me from working out on Tuesday (planning ahead is good). But also because I didn't do much this last week, some yoga pretty much. I had kind of a bad week anyways. DS got sick. DH worked overtime a lot. I have to be able to watch my show SYTYCD. But now I'm back on track with working out and it feels good. Not so much with eating clean. Again, bad week translates to "I just don't care...