First, I would like to thank you guys for your words of encouragement to remember my grandpa instead of the drama. It is so much easier to feel anger than to allow myself to hurt, and I need to let it go because I know that there is absolutely nothing productive about letting myself get carried away with those emotions. It won't fix a thing, they won't change and I can't let it effect my life. I know that it is way deeper than me or my sister. There has always been a special hate and jealousy for my mom: she and my step-mom went to school together and my mom was smart, pretty, outgoing and confident, and my step-mom, though pretty and smart, was always very insecure. She despises my sister and I because we are Donna's daughters, we resemble her and because in a way we are our dad's first love as well as a reminder of someone else. I am pretty sure that she makes it appear to the rest of the family, for years and years, that we don't really want to belong IYKWIM. When I really think about it, I feel very, very sad for her. She has the opportunity to have 2 more daughters, but doesn't want it, choosing instead to spend her life trying to put down a woman who doesn't even care about her or her husband anymore.
Because of your encouragement (I know it doesn't seem like much, but sometimes only reading 1 or 2 sentences is all you need), I was able to talk to my dad (without attitude), and he is really, really having a hard time. There is nobody that my dad was closer to than his father: they raced cars together, went into business together, spent days at work and weekends together... my dad has lost a brother, a daughter, a grandma and his father within a short time frame.
I want to help him so badly... The wake is today, and the funeral is tomorrow and I know that there will be loads of people there. But I worry about him when everyone gets back to the real world.
Jane, I hope you have a super, wonderful relaxing time with your family at the beach. You are a pretty special person and you guys deserve it.
Deanie, great workout. The book is always better! Except for The Notebook - I actually thought that the movie was better.
Marcy, love the article! It certainly feels like twice the work in half the time since you are using so much of your body just to do one exercise.
Nita, don't worry about calories burned. Your heart worked, your muscles worked, your body's happy. I actually have a great link I want to share at the end of my post, it is really long, but if you get to watch it tell me what you think about it. It is more about how our body breaks down and stores sugars (fructose, glucose, ethanol), but he does talk a little about calories, exercise, etc. and I found it helpful.
Gayle, I watched something this weekend on youtube, it's the link I told Nita about re: calories. I watched it to help me stay focused on avoiding sugar, which is really the focus, but the lecturer did talk about alcohol and how it effects your body as well since it is a sugar. The only reason that I am mentioning this to you isn't because I think you have a problem , but because you have said that you had a hard time with beer and when you drink you don't perform as well the next day. It breaks everything down with science and facts. I am not drinking much wine anymore because what he says alcohol does in our muscles is what I have experienced. It is very long at about 90 minutes, so you will need a good chunk of time. I certainly don't expect you to watch it, but I wanted to put it out there for you if you were interested. (I realize not everyone is a health nerd like I am )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjxyjcvW7RE
I did ETK and snatches. I am loving this rotation, I have to say. I did 3x5, and now that I am up to 5 rungs, the first 2 are starting to feel like they are just warm ups. My final 3 rounds felt reeeeeeaaaaaaallllllllly good!
C&P's 30# all
all pull-ups unassisted, even though I did have to touch my toe to the ground in between a few reps
I did 6 minutes snatching with 30#, actually, I was supposed to do 6 minutes, instead I did 4 rounds with close to a 1 minute break. I think I'll try the 35# next time I snatch.
Have a great day everyone.
Melissa
