::::: CHEETAHS ::::: Monday, 1/29

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Good Monday morning, cheetahs! :)

Catching up from y'day...

Christine :: Sorry about the Trojan. Those are a nightmare, but at least it wasn’t your only PC. Glad you enjoyed the Cardio Coach. Nope, no snow day here – we just had the flurries.

Carole :: Congrats on the weight loss!!…hmm, Clam Beach next year…it’s always in January?…And it’s a hilly one?…I would definitely consider coming out to Calif. to run a race w/ the cheetahs! That would be fun.

Laura :: Sorry to hear you’ve been feeling down…a couple of things…I would start w/ re-examining your diet…are you keeping close track of calories and portions?…Even though you’ve cut out junk, you might still be taking in too many calories…OR, you might not be eating enough with all that working out you’re doing. One thing to try, if you haven’t, is the zig-zagging calories. Also, I do think it’s normal to see some decrease in endurance when you cut back your running, which you’ve had to do. Since you know your body responds well to running, I would try to work in at least one more day to whatever you’re currently able to do. If possible, try to make 1-2 workouts a week intervals. I know how much you love to teach, but maybe it would make sense to let go of the morning BC class, which doesn’t have quite as many regular members, and that would free up one day for you. My body responds best to running, too, but b/c of the weather and my loathing of the TM, I have cross-trained more w/ k’boxing lately, and I have to say, I am seeing good results in the legs. I guess the bottom line (bad pun, sorry) is that everyone is different and your body does change with time, unfortunately, so you really do have to experiment and try different things to get the results you want. This month, I’m going to try doing legs 2x a week as I recall Susan mentioned getting good results with that. One last thing…this is probably unlikely, but is it possible you could be overtraining? You mentioned feeling too tired to run sometimes…here are some of the other symptoms:

Common warning signs of overtraining include:
· Washed-out feeling, tired, drained, lack of energy
· Mild leg soreness, general achiness
· Pain in muscles & joints
· Sudden drop in performance
· Insomnia
· Headaches
· Decreased immunity (increased # of colds,& and sore throats)
· decrease in training capacity / intensity
· moodiness and irritability
· depression
· loss of enthusiasm for the sport
· decreased appetite
· increased incidence of injuries.
· A compulsive need to exercise

Judy :: I picked up Eat to Live…Thanks for the recommendation…What I was reading made sense, but I know it’s too hardcore for me to adopt all the way…I don’t know that 100% clean eating or a vegetarian approach is possible for me, but I *can* make some changes to improve things and move in that direction. Again, a good read…thanks for sharing it!

Colleen :: not sure if you've been checking in regularly, but thanks for the check!…I just need to know the town you’re in for mailing purposes…couldn’t quite make it out in your return address—thanks! :)

OK, I am scheduled to do RTTC tonight – one I haven’t done in ages. Hope you all have a great Monday & strong w/outs! Will stop in later to catch up.

cathy :)
 
Good morning cheetahs.....

I didn't get to go to the gym yesterday for a spin class. I did S & H triceps and biceps (my tri's are sore today}( )and 40 mins. on my elliptical.

Today's workout is S& h legs and shoulders plus a 30 min run using my runerval cd. it's one that teaches you how to run faster for a 5k.

So what happened to our loosing weight challenge? Is anyone going to do it?
I am so happy to report- in the past two weeks i've lost 3 lbs!!!

carole- great job on loosing weight!!! congrats on registering for your race. We are in your corner all the way....;o)

cathy- enjoy RTTC! have you checked out the clean eating diet by Tosca Reno? I wonder if it's any good. i went to target yesterday and of course spend waaaaaaaaay more $ than planned.

laura- i remember the days of being in my twenties and able to eat what i wanted and not gain a lb. well since hitting 30 those days are long gone. I am finding that as i am getting closer to 40 it's even harder. i think so far the key for me is to eat as clean as possible.

shelly- i hope you are getting some good money back....lol

I am off to train. Have a great day ladies and i will check back in with you later:)
 
Hi Cheetahs—
Back from the weekend.
My kids felt good overall about how they swam and my DH and I survived being at the swim meet without killing each other. It’s so fun to see the kids feel happy about working hard in practices and then seeing progress.

I was able to squeeze in a 7 mile run & abs yesterday before leaving – thanks to help from DH with driving. (he wasn’t limping anymore from the silly putty mallet attack…)

Today w.o. is UB weights or total body, tape TBA.

Cathy—I was thinking of doing RTTC today, but haven’t decided yet. I’m thinking of doing JL S&L UB only and doing an iTread walk on the TM or a step workout. I have 8 minutes to decide.
Another book on vegan eating I like is “Becoming Vegan.” It is more like a reference book on nutrition, etc. I started going vegan by substituting one item and replacing it with a nutritional equivalent. I started eating vegan to manage fatigue & headaches rather than just weight loss, and I’ve found it really has helped my energy levels, fatigue and headaches.
You might enjoy looking at that book. There are menu plans at different calorie levels at the end of the book. I was disappointed with the Tosca Reno book. Thanks for the zigzag link. It’s great and the other info on that site is helpful.

Sunny—Good job on S&H yesterday. Have fun with legs & shoulders today and your run. My challenge is definitely working on running faster. I love your signature quote. My DH is training for a big bike ride (a new thing for him) and I sent him your quote.

Judy—your DD coming back to do an indoor meet means she is very cool – or that’s how it seems here with high school kids swimming in the “open” events. She must be a really strong swimmer! I am downloading some CC workouts today or tomorrow.

Carole – can you tell the model number again of your elliptical. My DH thinks that one of the Nordic Track models could squeeze into our low-ceiling’d basement. So we are investigating yet another fitness purchase.

I’ll be back later to catch up on personals.
My older DS has no school today – but I have dental appointments schedule for both kids and a pediatrician visit for my older one.

Have a great day and good workouts!
Barb
:) :) :)
 
Good morning, CHEETAHS:

I have had a bad weekend of eating so I'm back on the band wagon today-BIG TIME! I can't gain back those four pounds I lost. It's been a lot of 'out to eat' situations with my birthday being next week; they all seem to think I want to go out to eat, they should go for a walk/run with me instead x( Too bad it's only about 5 degrees above 0 otherwise, some of them probably would ;-) .

I have step class tonight, so I'll have to cook something good up for them. }( }( Just simply because I need it!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day! I'll be back for personals later, I hope, unless work gets too crazy.

Marcia.
 
Good Morning Cheetahs!

Yesterday was my rest day though I did NOT rest in any sense of the word! It was a busy day of housework for me. I had to have burned up some of nasty calories doing that stuff, right? ;)

Cathy, So are you beginning an endurance rotation now? I ask simply because you mentioned doing a Jari vid last night. Okay, so I am really bad and keep forgetting to mail you the check for the shirt! LOL I will get it out though, I PROMISE! Today is what I am hoping for so long as I dont' forget! ACK! LOL

Sunny, So I guess this training job agrees with you in every way if you lost 3 pounds in the past 2 weeks! ;) Good for you! I am reading my PT manual like a feind! The first half is BORING though so I am trying to get through it quickly...it's all about starting your own PT business...like this matters to me IN THE LEAST at this point in time!? LOL ACK! x( Once I get to the 2nd half of the book where it actually goes into the aspects of training I will probably slow down the reading because I won't be in a rush to get past it AND I'll want to *absorb* it more. :)

Barb, Glad you and DH survived the weekend. Hope you can survive the appointments with your kids today! LOL Nice job fitting in the run over the weekend!

Marcia, Keep that eating on track girl! I want you to have lost another 4 pounds when you get weighed in next!:) So how do you come up with your routines for your classes? Was it a difficult thing to do when you first started out?

Well, today is day 1 of the first recovery week for the X today. Yoga X for me! Is that good, is that bad, or is that just downright ugly!? I'm not sure yet but I'll let you know when I'm done! :7 :7 :7
 
Cathy: I am mailing your money today, too. (don't worry Wendy, I keep forgetting, too) :)

Wendy: I usually go through some of Cathe's vids for ideas or turnstep.com is really great for some routines and ideas. If nothing else, it gets me thinking of some different steps and I come up with my own ;-) . Thanks for the kick in the butt, I WILL get back on track and lose more this week, I'm deteremined to. x(

Marcia.
 
cathy- I think your right. some days I probably still am consuming more calories as far as overtraining, I could have some of those symptoms all the time being my allergies make me tired and It in my family to be moody at times.I thought with getting regular with the bathroom that is that I would see a couple of pds disappear also. anyway, I looked up about zig zagging and like I had reported before they had me eating as low as 1100 calories somedays. I would have to definately add calories as I would starve to death. I also thought about that with the morning bootcamp class but the people would rather me do it than the director and I hate to disappoint them. I could still teach and just add something extra that day. I would love to add kickboxing but I am not real thrilled with many of the workouts I have tried. kenpo is okay and cathes kick punch and crunch is okay also. I would love to find one that I absolutely love to do. One that isnt so repetative. I also thought of adding anothe day of running too. thanks for the advice.

sunny- Its not far is it ,as we get older it gets harder. My SIL has hypothyroid but is super skinny,makes me ill. Its weird though because she use to be 168lbs then got into fitness and really cut her calories,almost too low and she dropped almost 40lbs and never had hypothroid until she lost all this weight which doesnt make sense. she hasnt had much trouble maintaining but look at me, it is s hard for me to keep a measly 10lbs off. constant battle and I work so hard. Makes me mad!!Oh well the exercise is stil helping my body internally,my heart etc.... thanks!!

Off to get the kiddies up for school! The dreaded monday we all hate to get out of bed.

see ya!
 
Good morning all! I'm checking in at work and I'm happy to say that it's been a slow and uneventful night for a change:) I held myself to a relatively light workout yesterday. I overdid it last week and I'll make this a recovery week for me before I get back to running.
Today will be abs and stretching:) I like to do a coremax and stretchmax segment on these days.

Christine- Sounds like you're managing very well with this groin pull.
It honestly doesn't sound like a severe one to me at all. I'm betting you'll be fine in a week or so :) BTW, how does the cardio coach compare to the iTrains in intensity?

Cathy- I love zappos also!!! Their customer service is superb.
I read ETL a couple of years ago and never did follow it strictly. I'm not vegetarian, but close to it and my eating is definitely not perfectly clean. Anyway, just following the principles in the book helped me tremendously.

Laura- Poor cheetahbabe..... I really feel your frustration. Believe me we have ALL been there, most definitely myself included.
In fact I went through a period you are describing right around your age. (I'm 50 now:eek: ) In my case, overtraining was definitely an issue. Cathy gave you some wonderful advice. There is an answer for you HONEST! We are not doomed to perpetually gain weight as we age!
Hang in there!

SunnyD- HiYa! You're sounding very positive and vibrant after losing that job of yours:7 Tuning up for your 5k? I see a PR in the making!

Barb- Glad the swim meet went well! And you managed to get in a 7 mile run with everything???? You're awesome:eek:

Marcia- I'm feeling sorry for your step class tonight;-) It is hard to be good with your diet around your B-day, especially with alot of well-intentioned friends. Best of luck to you but I hope you don't be too hard on yourself.

Wendy- aka the yoga queen of the cheetahs! Hope you have a great recovery week. You've been quite an inspiration lately. When is your PT exam going to be?

Okay, duty calls... hi to everyone who follows!

ShellyC
 
Marcia—don’t worry about the bad weekend of eating. It’s probably not as bad as you think it was, but just not as good as you wanted to be. It’s hard to eat in the way you want when you are away from home.

Wendy—Good luck with Yoga X. I never did the whole tape straight through, but used the manual to start at some segment. Good job making it to the recovery week. I think the program is great. How’s studying going so far?

Shelly—nothing like a slow night at work to make a girl a happy camper! It’s smart to stick to the relatively light workout (a light workout for Shelly though is for us regular Cheetahs, a hard day.) Getting your body healed post marathon is the top priority.
It wasn’t quite awesome to get the 7 miles in – it had to be done or I would have been a bat out of hell all day!

Christine--sorry about the Trojan virus. I put the silly putty hammer in a FedEx envelope to you yesterday.

-back later for more,
Barb
:) :)
 
Hey again ladies! Going to do a few personals before I get DS up since a few of you have checked in since I was last here!:)

Laura, My weight has yo-yo'd between 120 and 150 since I was about 20 years old. I was about 115 right out of highschool but gained 10 pounds the first year of college. Since then I have gained and lost weight like crazy. I would start exercising and eating better and I'd lose weight. I'd get bored/lazy and stop and gain weight. I have come to the conclusion that in order for me to maintain a weight that I am happy with I *NEED* to exercise and eat right *MOST* of the time. I can cheat with the food and I can get lazy on occasion with the exercise but I really need to have eating healthy and exercise as a part of my daily life or I will surely gain weight and I do *NOT* want that to happen! So, what I'm trying to say is....you are not alone girl! I have to be careful as well!

Shelley, CM and SM sounds like a good combo. I had CM but sold it. I just can't dig the long ab segments. I get bored! 20 minutes is just too much for me! I think ARX is 15 minutes and it's tough for me not to give up part way through! LOL My PT exam is a home test so I can do it any time I want. I could be doing it as I read the book if I chose to! I have to mail it to them for grading by mid May though. :)

Barb, I never thought I'd make it through YogaX. I am amazazed! LOL
Studying is going well. I am reading a bit every day. The first half of the book is boring so I am trying to get through that! LOL Once it gets intersting I will slow it down a bit since I'll actually enjoy the read and want to absorb more. The section I am on now is about running your own PT biz. I have no interest/no need for this info right now except for the parts about keeping clients interested and coming back again and again.

Okay, it's 8am...time to get lazy boy outta the bed! LOL

BBL!:7
 
Wendy--good for you reading a bit everyday. Who knows maybe you'll eventually want to run your own PT biz? It will be fun to hear what you learn as you move through the materials.

Catching up from y'day:

Karen--good job on your run y'day. Glad you got the ITB listening to you again. It's a hard injury to stay on top of. Kind of like the fussy baby of runner's injuries. It's always giving you a whine!

Carole--thanks for posting those links on FWonline bands. It's been on my list forever to order 6-foot long bands and I need the push to do it.

Christine--weird how your injury is being aggravated by some activities and not others. best Buy probably has it rigged to give people the Trojan virus so they can then charge $$ for removing it (Ok cynical self, back in your cage!)

Laura--you've gotten a lot of good advice and direction about your frustrations. (((hugs)))) to you and I know you will get this figured out.

back later for a few more!
-barb
:)
 
Good morning Cheetahs! This will need to be a quick post.
This weekend was a nice one. Saturday I ran 4 miles & Sunday was a scheduled rest day.

Today I will do Muscle Endurance. I'm probably going to have to lower my weight because I am so tired. Last night I had a horrible nightmare. It was the worst one I have ever had. It felt so real. Normally I don't have them, but last night was so awful I was awake from 3-5 and spent about 1/2 hour crying because of it. It was so strange for me to be so upset about it, but it really felt like my worst fear come to life.

Anyway, good news ladies... I've lost 5 pounds so far with zigzagging. Before you get too excited, I'm sure it is mainly water weight, but I'll take the change in the scale. I now have 11 more pounds I would love to lose and maintain after that. Maybe by the end of February I will be there. We shall see.

Sorry there aren't any personals. I'll try to come back later to catch up.

Take care!
 
Good job on the weight loss Kristi! Isn't the zigzagging concept fabulous!? :+ So are you slowly increasing your mileage for the half? What's the farthest distance you've ever run? Mine is just about 6 miles so far. You are smart to take it easy w/MM if you feel you need to. Have a good day. :)
 
Good morning cheetahs

Cathy...way to go on picking up Eat to Live!! Thanks, the weight is slowly coming off. That would be so fun if some of you cheetahs could join us Calif cheetahs next Jan!! Enjoy RTTC.

Sunny...looks like a S&H week for you. Have fun with the runerval workout. Thanks, not sure we made any kind of a challenge as far as loosing by a certain date.

Barb...sounds like the boys are doing well in swimming. Good job with the 7 miles and abs. Glad the silly putty hammer has been resting...:). Here is the link to my Elliptical http://www.nordictrack.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product2_12401_10301_21051_-1_19053 Don't forget the silver/grey band...:)

Marcia...weekends can always be trying for clean eating. Seems monday can get you back on track.

Wendy....I have had those housework rest days too! Enjoy your recovery week as it is quite beneficial. I hope you have fun with Yoga.

Shelly...I find iTrain iClimbs alot more intense on my Elliptical that CC's. Enjoy your abwork and stretching.

Kristi...congrats on the weight loss! Sorry about the nightmare...

Christine...I am glad you can do some low impact cardio without and groin pain. Glad your PC will be on the mend. Just drives me crazy the people that write the trojans and viruses, not quite sure who they are trying to get at??

Laura...our bodies do change about once every 5 years. And for most of us it is the same, loosing weight does get harder as you age. For me at 45 I lost weight easily, and now at almost 48 it is so hard!!! I know I probably have some hormone issues too. In order for me to loose, I really have to eat clean and drink more water. I am on the right track now but it has definitely taken awhile to get here. Cathy has give you some great advice.

Today will be P90X Chest & Back plus ARX. I might do a CF premix this afternoon.

Have a great day...:)
 
Godd Morning Cheetahs, Today I did Slim and Lean. I needed a good overall cross training workout and this seems to fit the bill quite nicely. I have only done this workout one time but this time it stuck a little better. I kind of have to do somthing more than once to really love it. I was going to cross train with the pymards but I like doing total body workouts better. I hope to get in some yoga later but I have to go start the day. I'll be back later. Karen
 
Hey Cheetahs!! I know, you probably didn't miss me but we just had a busy weekend!! My Mom came to visit & we took the girls ice skating on Fri night & we all went bowling on Sat afternoon. Lots of fun!! I also took my Mom to the Y w/ me on Sat morning & she had fun in the pool. I swam a good 40 min & that was after Friday morning's workout of 10 min elliptical, 2.5 mile run (where my knee started to hurt- ugh!), and then 30 min swim. I'm loving the swimming!! And Mom & I did a little shopping & I found the cutest jean skirt for $6 on clearance!! It's a Jr's size 3- even better!! Woohoo!! ;o) I also found a cute pair of camoflauge jeans for $12 and a grey hoodie jacket for $10. (all at Kohl's, I had a GC to use!) I haven't shopped since Christmas, I think I was burnt out on shopping!

AND, I did Baron's 60 min Soul Strength Yoga y'day- go me!! I felt so good after doing it, I'm definitely going to make sure I get in my yoga 2x a week!

I'm feeling really in control of my eating. It feels good!!! AND, I even started my TOTM this morning, so that's a miracle to stay on track w/ eating!!

Oh, and our TV died!!! We just got it a couple yrs ago, I've got to call a repair place to see about getting it fixed. We don't watch a lot anyway & don't have cable, but how can I do my Cathe????? LOL So Greg brought our small tv from our bedroom downstairs for now.

Ok, I've gotta run. The girls are out of school early today for school improvement day & I've gotta squeeze in my workout. I'm going to do KPC, haven't done it in a while. I'm taking them swimming for the open swim this afternoon, I hope to get in a few laps but if not we'll just have fun!

Sorry I've been lax on personals. It seems I sit down for about 5 min & then have something I have to do!! ;-)
 
Good morning ladies,
I have been MIA for 2 days. I had a touch of the stomache flu of some sort. I am feeling much better today though and ready to workout.

Well, I got the elliptical and I got on it and loved it, but, after 25 minutes the belt broke! I was so disappointed and I called the manufacturer and they said that that is fairly common with this brand of elliptical. My hubby was not happy about that, so , we are returning it. BUT, over the weekend my husband decided that we were just going to go for the big one and he bought me the lifefitness brand, the exact same one that I use at the gym. Now, I am just busting at the seams, I am so excited. It is definitley a lot more money than we ever intended on spending, but my husband also wants to start crosstraing, so he is looking forward to it too. I will not even tell you how much it was...a secret I will take to the grave(LOL)!

Last night I finally go to do some yoga. It has been since Halloween and it felt GREAT!!!! I did the Baron Long and Lean. I had no problems with my back and I feel good this morning.

I am off to the gym today to do the ellipical and maybe the bike for a little bit. Jsut think, in about a week I will no longer have to go to the gym, YAY!!!!!

Gee guys, I hope you are all not thinking that I am a little spoiled high maintenance wife(even if I am). I just have a very generous hubby and I am thankful every day for him. Just had to say that:)

It has been very busy around here. I definitley have some catching up to do. I will be back later to do some personals.

Have a great day ladies and awesome workout!

Susan

BTW, when do the eating challenge start? I defintiley NEED it!
 
Cathy- did you get ETL? The weight loss for me was not fast at the first week or two but it was after that... DD has just graduated college and will head to NY to live and work. I can't believe we have a young lady all ready for the 'real' world! But she is well prepared and confident and (almost) street wise

Karen- 8 miles on the TM is awesome girl! I struggle to get in 6 or 7. On the TM I refuse to go slower than I should because I see the numbers and think "How can I be so slow?" Then I kick it up but can't go on a longer run. LOL

Christine- no credit to me for Choose Living/ CC. Michele (MF545) and Tammy (Old Firmie) recommended it to me last week, so I thought I would share.... I am sorry about the virus and the expense to fix it. We have had those issues.

Laura- ((( hugs to you))) We all go through periods of time where our bodies do not measure up to our expectations. Hang in there and make a few small changes to see what helps. (In my experience, when I have done more circuit workouts than straight cardio my endurance suffers. Perhaps going for more cardio and then doing strength separately will help? Also interval cardios might help bust through a plateau.

Sunny- when I go to target I spend too much too!

HI Barb- you 'squeezed in' 7 miles and abs ? hi five^^^

Marcia- Happy (early) B-day. Maybe you can tell your friends you would really enjoy a walk and a light meal instead of a heavy meal?

Wendy- congratulations for making it to the recovery week. When you have finished yoga X tell us if it was "Good Bad or Ugly"!


Today I did 6 grueling miles on the TM pushing my pace to just about uncomfortable for most of it. (first 5 miles took 46:40) Before the run I did LIC warm up and legs sections and after wards I did DM Firewalkers and Glute squeezes.

OK I'm off to read the ETL thread and then clean....


Judy "Likes2bfit"


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Hi Wendy! Yes I love zigzagging. It works great with my body. I also don't deprive myself of what I really want, I just figure it into my calories. Tracking the calories for me is pretty easy since I stick with pretty much the same breakfasts, lunches, & snacks. Dinners, of course are always different.

Yup I'm slowly increasing my mileage. Since I experienced some calf pain early this month I have been taking it nice and slow. However, with my DB calling to tell me he ran 10 miles for the first time on Friday night, I'm trying really hard to restrain myself from doing too much too soon. There is still plenty of time, but I want to up my mileage now, but I have to keep in mind the big picture. The farthest I have ran to date is 8 miles, but it has been a while.
 
Kristi—sorry about the nightmare. Sounds awful. It’s a mystery why stuff like that happens. Good job on your run and weight loss!

Carole—thanks for the elliptical info. We will investigate. Good luck with Chest & Back and ARX. I missed what your long run was y’day, but hope it was good. Thanks for the good wishes for swimming. My older DS is confused about why he can go faster in practices than in races, even though he is doing well in meets, he feels he can go faster than he is. He is learning about himself….which is good. I’m thinking maybe in races waiting to get up on the block, he needs to do more to elevate his HR, whereas in practices, his HR is already elevated….????

Karen—did you do RTTC or S&L? Glad it went well for you. I could not do 8 miles on the TM. You rock!

Jess—you’re always missed. I was MIA over the weekend, but tried to catch up on posts and was wondering this morning walking on the TM “hmm, wonder if Jess had a busy weekend, too? “ Good job on steadily increasing your swimming!

Susan—sorry to hear about the flu. There is so many bugs going around, it’s hard to stay healthy. I cannot believe the belt on your new elliptical broke. What a drag. Which model did you get? You are a lucky lady to get a new one, though. Your DH sounds like a sweetie!

Judy—good job on your 6 miles on the TM. I find it hard to do more than 3-4 miles on the TM. How did you feel adding the legs before and after? Great speed on your run! I need to clean today, too, but DS is home from school and I use that as an excuse.

ok--onward to the duties of the day!
have a great one, Cheetahs.
-Barb
:)
 
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