Recent content by lilnurse

I wish that we could have re-releases of some of the older DVDs like Muscle Max and Power Hour where you could have the options to have voice only or amplified music, like the options on most of the DVDs released after that. I like the Power Hour workout, but the music, not as much. I know...

Last weekend, I was looking through the success stories and saw Travis's recipe for "soft serve yogurt" made with protein powder. I was intrigued and thought I would try it out. After some experimenting, here's a recipe that's a little more exact than her post: 1 cup non fat cottage cheese...

I second this! I wouldn't even mind including a resistance band (dynabands weigh almost nothing and take up almost no space in luggage). Even if Cathe doesn't do a completely new workout, I think it would be great to take some of the best of the various bodyweight and band exercises from her...

When I was out and about yesterday, I saw a young gentleman wearing the old 70s style track shorts and headbands. And last winter, there were more than a few teens wearing leg warmers a la Flashdance. No butt floss (yet) fortunately. :-) Cathe is just fashion forward!

I'm like you guys, I'm apple shaped...when I was 60 lbs heavier on a five foot frame (pre-weight watchers), my shape was a beachball with skinny toothpick legs and thighs. Went from a size 18-20 to currently a 0-2. I have to reiterate diet as well for losing weight around the midline. For...

Thank you all for your input. Since I found out about my hypothyroidism a few weeks back, I've been taking my blood pressure daily and I've noticed that there is a correlation between my blood pressure and "good" days and "bad" days. On bad days where I feel so fatigued, my BP and pulse...

Hello all, I started feeling overwhelmingly fatigued several weeks back (I'd sleep for >12 hours/day and wake up still aching and exhausted but be too tired to go back to sleep). I'm very pale and was pretty much stalled on fitness/weight goals, although I was consistent with my diet and...

I get the night munchies too and for a long time when I was on weight watchers, that was the biggest challenge I had to overcome! (Went from 160 lbs to a rather shapeless, flabby 102 lbs, which is why I wanted to get back into a shape of some kind with Cathe). :) I second the poster above...

I preordered STS after being on the fence about it for a long time. I had been looking at P90x for a long time and something about Tony Horton just turned me off the series (kind of like how I can't do Denise Austin dvds). Nothing against him personally, just sometimes personalities don't...

Hope they follow this up with additional studies. I remember reading an article about how they found lip glosses to cause similar problems. However, it wasn't the chemicals used (natural or synthetic), it was that the same visual effect that made the lips shiny also magnified the intensity of...

Thank you all for the input. I may have to make some calls tomorrow as the thought of donating the gift of fitness to one of our local charities sounds really good to me. :-) Bizybee, I have to agree that our new dumbbells are awesome! The thing that sold me on them is that the plates are...

I have some old dumbbells and plates I don't use anymore since I purchased an Ironmaster quick-lock set. Some are the light, coated "Barbie" weights and some are chrome or hex 'bells. Does anyone have an idea of what I could do to sell/recycle them? I know steel prices are going up, so I would...

I saw that some of the STS exercises use a paper plate as an unstable surface to increase the challenge of the workout. Yesterday, I was in the home section of my Walmart and found the huge furniture sliders there that were 4 sliders for 9.99. I've looked at sliders that are identical in shape...

I received my Aersquare today!!! So here's a quick review on it... Background: I'm an intermediate level exerciser who was seeking a plyo floor that could easily be rolled up and stored (I have very limited space so I can't do pavi tiles or options that require a permanent installation). I...

I received my invoice from StageStep the day after I ordered my AerSquare (order placed on 4/30). The shipping was 15 dollars. On Friday I received the plyo challenge video (VHS so I can't use it/review it unfortunately, but it is produced by Greg Twombly) in a small Fedex ground envelope...