40's+ December -last mth of 2013!

Hi all! Late day for me! Did upper body from STS TB. Busy day, friends over, more shopping, dinner with family, more friends over and wrapping! Lisa, glad it all worked out, hopefully you can go back the 6th! Murphy, glad to see you! Roxie, be careful! Jody, hope DD likes her new clock! If I don't make it here tomorrow a blessed Christmas to you all my friends. I'm lucky to have met you all, you make my life much richer. Mary
 
Aw Mary that is so sweet, I feel that way about this group, too. Lisa, glad it worked out before I had the chance to say be grateful! Seriously, you've been able to set your hours, etc. I know I know, they've been jacking you guys around big time, but still, corporate job, work from home, put up with some stupid bull shit here and there, sounds peachy to me, but then again, that is my perspective, I'm really just starting over in career, not top dog in my field. Plus I'm just grateful when the cat throws up on the cheap already been thrown up on by the dogs rug not my newish carpet so maybe I'm just grasping at straws anyway...Roxie, voot on staying home, you are off thru Christmas? Enjoy the holiday! Murphy, good job on the workout. If it was hard for you, then it was hard enough. I'm thinking about going thru xtrain and modifiying the 90 day rotation to make it an XT 30-49 min to fitness thing.

I did KCM again, different pm from plateau buster yesterday, took a brief nap (15 min all I could muster) and then worked my first overnight 7p to 7a. It was busy and there were new opportunities to commit blunders but all's well that ends well I hope. I'm pretty much working without an orientation b/c I was a student there but floors and nights and stuff is different than nesting in ICU. I need to get some food and a gift today and may go back to work for 7 - 11 tonight if same girl calls out. So here it is 8 am and I'm having a red wine and getting ready for sleep.
 
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Good Morning,

I woke up in the middle of the night and threw up haven't done that in a long time and I am not sure why I did it I think I literally ate myself sick yesterday had and extreme case of the munchies. I did GG TS#4 and it was killer.

Mary-you guys are like my bestfriends I can tell you anything and you guys are always helpful. Merry Christmas we are staying at DDs house tonite.

Jody-yes off until the day after Christmas so enjoying that. I think I am going to do the Dec rotation for 4 more weeks because it fits my schedule then do and Xtrain LIS 90 day rotation but sub in some of the new workouts when time is needed then maybe do 8 wks of KCM.
 
I did Step Blast today, amazed at how I kept up, maybe the cardio part is getting back!

Jody, I am thankful for the employment I've had, I just hate how these big companies only think about their executives (when they have millions) and not the people on the front lines. I started working the midnight-8 shift so I know how that night shift is! It's tough! And I was young back then (but I'm not a night person). DH and I met on the night shift (I was in Tampa, him in Boulder).

It will be a quiet (I hope) Christmas here (remember I've had everyone here for weeks). I'm not making them rush to squeeze in a Christmas dinner here (ahem, as in, I don't want to cook). So just me and DH and the pups.

You all are my best friends too, I normally txt my BFF that I hike with then I come here and post when I have news to share :)

Merry Christmas!
 
Lisa, yea to keeping up with cardio. You've done an outstanding job at your recovery. Re big companies, my ex works for the big power co. Seems restructuring comes every 5 years or so? During the first one they said something like we will be the best company we can be for you for as long as you are here and you are only here for as long as we care to have you. Which is not what you said about execs taking care of themselves not the front liners but I'm sleep deprived so it seemed relevant when I started this paragraph! I know you are grateful, and yet you have no illusions either. It is what it is, right?

Roxie, did you catch Lisa's bug? Too weird that you are both sick like that. What rotation will you do with KCM?

I'm cooking for family tomorrow. Maybe do a workout in the morning? Have a wonderful day, all!
 
Did most of hit 30/30. I skipped the plyo jacks and something else. ??? It feels good to be getting back to an exercise routine. Happy holidays to all and Mary, I too agree - this is a great group! Everyone is so supportive. It is nice to share things and know we "have each other's backs." :)

Murphy
 
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Did an STS today, M1D2. Went up in weights and feel like I can go higher - let's see how I feel tomorrow! I have a treatment to get ready for. Have a great day and waves to all.

Murphy
 
Good Morning,

I had and unexpected schedule change due to boss man having another heart attack Monday so I have to stay until close so I don't know what my workout will be. Christmas is home today so I couldn't workout without waking him up.

Jody-I am going to do the June 2013 rotation using Trim Down, don't know about catching Lisa's bug but it is strange.
 
Hi, I did CB.

Roxie, I just stacked up a rotation of my kcm's and about 6 cathe's alternating, the cathe's are from sts and a few others. I will peak at the KCM june 2013. I don't have trimdown.

Murphy wtg! Gonna grab a cat nap. May go in to work this aft.
 
Hi ladies! I did HS plus cond yesterday, along with 40 min of Zumba (I sweated like I do in a workout and I had already showered!), then took my dog for 2.3 mile walk. Today I did XT legs and plan to walk the dog a couple of miles.

Jody, my BFF's DH had the stomach thing too so something is going around. I've been meaning to tell you, the massage therapist said when I'm hurting right where the skull meets the neck it's because I held my head too far forward and my front neck muscles aren't strong enough yet. It happened after a spin w/o and she said yep that's what it was.

Murphy, sounds like you are getting in some good workouts when you can, congrats to that! I'm going to have challenging workouts but not kill myself, ie. I think I'll always have to do lower weights for UB (maybe 1/2 what I did before---I think UB contributed to blowing out my already unhealthy neck, you use those muscles for a lot of stuff. LB, I'm probably going to use at least one level less on the dumbbells. And for step I'll stay with no risers. Gotta make accomodations for this aging body :)

Oh, I've kept off the 2 lbs I lost when I had the stomach bug, weight loss is happening, jsut more slowly than it did a decade a go, grrrr!
 
Hi all! Sorry have been MIA, busy with family. Christmas eve did PLB, took off yesterday, did FT today. Hope everyone had a good holiday. Roxie, hope your boss is ok. Murphy, hope the treatment went ok today. Jody, hope you aren't working too hard. Lisa, you have been a machine! Hi Ronne! It's late and I'm tired but I was thinking of all of you! Sleep tight! Mary
 
I just spent the night in my manager's office working on formatting files to be inserted into a new policy and procedure program. Between nights and freezing (<70 degrees) and working on MS Word, I just feel discombobulated. I hope I did a good job but second guessing self, maybe I should have left at midnight while I was more effective? OK it was so freaking cold in there I helped myself to his coat hanging on the door. So now I've outed myself. Married to a cheater and never looked in his wallet but cold? won't stand for it. Ok I lie, I did look a few times.

Roxie, I'm watching KCM for sale on NY, I'll check out that rotation now. My next workout is taking ??? pounds of cookies and sweets my mom left here to the trash before I eat it.
 
aaaannnnd, today I stopped at little hole in the wall pizza shop that overcharged me (17, a double charge) last week. I explained that, regarding overcharge, I had called twice and stopped in once before, and that on 2 occasions they'd promised to get back to me when they weren't busy. Well this guy was also busy, but called the owner who told him to sort thru old receipts. he smiled at me, said "this is too much fucking work for me", pulled out his wallet, threw 17 dollars on the counter and said Merry Christmas (a refund from over charge is not a very good gift, fyi).

So what would you do?
 
Good morning! Today did a Jessica Smith w/o. Jody, I'd keep it! He will probably go thru the receipts when he isn't busy and pay himself back. He can talk to his boss and get it figured out, he won't be out the money, why should you be? Murphy, hope you are feeling ok today, how many more treatments before they decide what to do? Roxie, do you have to work today? Lisa, I always gain the weight right back after I'm sick like that, as soon as I even drink something! Ronnie, you still having family fun? Not sure what we will get into today! Hope everyone has a good day! Mary
 
I did AB this morning, will take dogs for about a 2 mile walk before the snow/cold sets in tomorrow.

Mary, I've been working hard on eating right, so I think those lbs were about to come off anyway. I'm committed to get as much weight off as I can before I have to go back to work. It's funny this is the 2nd time I've started eating right at the holidays :) I just hated how I felt. I do notice little things that I can do better even if it is with 2 lb weights. No more feeling sorry for myself! It probably helps that I now understand what makes the muscles hurt and how much I should push it. Still one night I didn't take a muscle relaxer and next day felt it more, so I'll stick with muscle relaxer at night and not feel guilty.

Jody, The way you wrote it sounds like the guy was kind of rude about it. It isn't worth my time to make the pizza place see how wrong they were in their cust service and I wouldn't get my pizza there again (unless it was a pizza that was awesome). lol to wearing other person's coat, more lol to <70 being hot. I swear I'm always hotter now that I went through "the change" (I put in quotes since tests show I'm not in meno, but that my ovaries quit making estrogen).
 
Hello! Today did disc 26, plyo legs, forgot how hard that was! Lisa, I'm impressed with your eating! I tried a green smoothie.....once, didn't sit too well! Take the muscle relaxer! No guilt! If you need it, you need it! Jody, how's work going? Are you adjusting? Rosie, how are you? Playing workout catch up? Hi Murphy and Ronne! Supposed to go out with friends tonite, have to make some returns, my mom gave me 2 turtlenecks? I'm on fire most of the time! Have a good day! Mary
 
Good Morning,

I did the original Low Impact Step and later I need to do LLA TS#1. I went into town this morning to the bank but it was closed for some reason no sign on the window. Stomach is still not right feel like I could vomit at any time.

Mary-yes trying to do catchup I worked until 5 last night.

Lisa-nothing wrong with taking a medicine if you need it.

Jody-you are funny being cold at 70 you would never survive in Kansas, its been in the 50's the last couple of days but suppose to be in the 20's the starting tomarrow.
 
No w/o, I did walk dogs 1.75 miles. I just felt weak and dizzy, then I figured out it was probably because my BP was too low. Maybe I don't need as strong a dose now that pain is lower and I'm exercising more regularly. Felt like crap all day though. Thinking maybe to take BP med at night? What do you nurses think?

Roxie, I was a bit dizzy yesterday (like when doing burpees and mtn climbers), I think it was my BP being too low too, thought it took me a couple days to figure it out. I sure hope you are feeling better.

Mary, I hate turtle necks too, I hate anything around my neck (ok, I hate coats, hats and closed in shoes too). I guess I like being loose and free :) My green drink is actually 'Greens First' that I mix with milk and vanilla protein powder, it's the only green drink I'll drink.
 
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