Hey Morningstar! I hope your feeling better! Sorry for taking so long to reply! I got the achilles'itis from doing step cardio. It's my only source of cardio as I love it so much, but I was only doing it 3x a week. I think I wasn't using proper form like not planting my whole foot on the step, bouncing too much off the balls of my feet. When I realized what was going on I tried to correct it but that was too late in the game & when it really started to get sore I was doing 2 many workouts with fast foot shuffles in it (Imax 2, Athletic Step) & my all time favorite "crazy shuffle" similar to fast foot shuffle but you fly around the step (Amy's ASC) & you feel like a dance step wizard. BUT it's a killer on the achilles if it's acting up. AND I was in denial! AND I have tendonitis in my inner arms 2! So, I'm out of commission. I'm doing Physio & still doing legs & yoga. I'm trying to be patient & biding my time until I can get back into my Cathe's/Amy's etc, again. I miss them!

I'm just getting back into Cathe again so i decided to try and do her beginner rotation but i'm already bored with basic step after week one so today i'm subbing in Turbo Jam Fat Blaster that I borrowed from someone at work. Haven't done any Turbo Jam before so it should be interesting.
How 'bout you? What's your workout schedule like these days? Still Running to work in the morning?

Hey Morningstar,
How ya doing these days? I finally realized that when i take a break from Cathenation i tend to take a break from my workouts too so i found my way back here. Nice to see you are still around!

O Morningstar, I'm sorry to hear that. I wondered why I was missing your e-mail blog reminders. I hope your on the mend. Is it a shingles flareup? In any case be gentle to yourself & let your body do the healing it needs to do. And encourage yourself that you WILL get better & be patient with yourself. I'm com ci, com ca 2! I just found out 2 weeks ago that I have achilles tendonitis. I have to lay off any cardio esp. with impact for a couple of weeks which is so hard to do as I LOVE me my Cathe (& Amy etc). So now I have to lay down my SWEET Shock Cardio! It's SO HARD blech! I'm doing physio & yoga & psyching myself every week that I can get thru another week without cardio & bide my time. I'd rather do this for the short term than have chronic tendonitis for the longterm. And always there's a little fear in the back of my mind that I may never get over this one. But I ALWAYS tell myself that I've gotten over MANY other things and I will with this one too! And you will too!!

Hey Morningstar! Glad to hear from you!! Happy belated Easter!! How's it going?

Everything's about the same. In fact, now that I think about it, things are almost exactly the same as the last time I was here. I have a workout room in my basement now, which has a power rack and places to keep the dumbbells and plates. I lost some strength recently and so I've been working my way back (which is never as motivating as achieving something new). I had to have a toenail removed (because when you get to be my age, weird shit starts going wrong with your body), which got me off track. And I'd gained about 10 lbs, and so I backed off the weight training while I lost that. Now I'm working on another 10 lb loss -- like I said, same old stuff. Same 10 lbs I was working on a year ago.

How's things? I guess I could search all your recent posts and catch up that way, or you could just give me the highlights ...

Morningstar ---

I'm BAAAAACK!!! I have some CRAZINESS happening in my life and I need my house, my life and my body in SHAPE by June. Eventually there will be a blog post or two. Its random....but fantastic....and I need to get back on the Cathe bandwagon!

I also came here to see what that was wrapped around your fingers! Sooo cute!

Thanks Swift Wind! It actually is a very small spider, with someone willing to get very close to it! It was a wonderful trip.