Christmas Rotation check-in 12/22

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lorihart

Cathlete
Hello Ladies,
Everyone as been pretty quite around here lately,including myself.With all the things to do its hard to have time to sit in front of the computer.Hopefully we are working out but we don't have the time to talk about it:)
I took the last two days off.But I didn't sit on my bum for very long either day so I don't feel to bad.I am going to work out in a hour or so.I am not sure what I am doing today though.I am leaning towards a CTX workout,then maybe tonight I could do another workout.
I had my last christmas party saturday night.We had a good time.One of the ladies I work with drank to much and fell down the stairs.I thought I was gonna pee in my pants laughing(after I knew she was o.k)When I looked her face was in the carpet and her legs and bum were still up the stairs.I have never seen anyone fall down the steps like that before.
I am happy to report that I am fitting comfortable back into some of my jeans.I always fit into them but they were getting way to tight.
I have to finish my christmas shopping today.I was hoping to get paid today but she may wait until tomorrow.I have to get my moms gift and finish off stockings.Christmas is SO much work,but its the best time of the year,right?:)
Well, I hope everyone is having a great holiday and I will be chatting to you soon.Hows everyone do'in with the weight loss and the working out? Any plans for the new year yet?
Lori
 
Hey Lori,

Yes, you are right. WAY too busy to write. I have been working on my math exam all weekend. 6 questions... so far over 25 hours on it. It's due today and we still have a couple of problems on there that are baffling the living &*^$ out of us. They should be easy... and we have no idea if we are doing anything right. Oh well, that is life :) My boss wouldn't give me today off so I'm sitting at my desk with my books and my test. I figure, I only have about 5 or 6 days left here anyway. What are they going to do? As my DB told me, they aren't interested in my future, so #@#$ them :D. I'm not usually one to condone that kind of talk or behavior, but in this case, I do. There is no reason why I couldn't have this day off. They've always let me off in the past to do important projects... and my replacement is here!!

Ok, aside from that.... I HAVE worked out, despite my stress. Friday I did *most* of Boot Camp. I got home at nearly 11:30 p.m. from doing my test, and had SO MUCH energy that I couldn't wait to work out. I went through half of the workout feeling amazing and having a great time. Then, suddenly, my body just shut down. Totally. And my mental well-being went right out the window, too, as I couldn't force myself to do one more kick. BUt that's fine. I got 45 minutes in :)

Saturday I did Leaner Legs and yesterday I did IMAX 2 plus 15 minutes of Power Hour. I was interrupted so much during PH, that I just gave up. I was pushing myself too much anyway.

I really need to get to a doctor about my sinus situation. I am so bad that I can use a box of kleenex everday, when I am normal. And exercising sends my sinuses into mega-overdrive. Running nose and serious drainage. Yesterday I took some sinus medication before IMAX and I flew through it!!! Normally I have to stop after every interval to blow, wipe, cough, and spit (gross, I know :( ). Yesterday, I used only two measly kleenexes :D And my performance rocked! I didn't pause once!! Back when I was in cross country, my coach actually got up and gave a speech saying that she will always remember me because of the white hankies I had to carry while I ran ;(

Eating: don't remember :| I think I was ok until this morning. I had chips for breakfast :(

Lori, I am in the same boat as you. I HAVE to get my shopping done and I need my paycheck :( And ideas. Buying for some people is just SO hard. You seem to be handling the stress so well, and are very happy. And I am jealous that you are losing weight. I am noticing tons of definition now, which is great, but the blubber layer is still bumming a ride on my thighs.

Merry Christmas!!!!!
I'll shut up now :)
Bobbi, Shywolf, how are you guys doing?

Sara
 
Hey Gals,
The malls are CRAZY! Everyone was trying to run me over with their carts.Not very nice....:eek:
I did C&W today and I had 1/2 of Imax2 ready to go but I was getting tired.
I got a few more christmas gifts.I am going to go back to the mall tonight when it clears out.Alot of people come here from little communities to do their christmas shopping and they try to get home before it gets to dark.8:30 should be a good time to go back.
My mom just called me and made me feel bad b/c I haven't visited in a long time.Im sorry but my life is crazy.Plus my brother and father live with me 1/2 of the year and when I get my house to myself I want to enjoy it.I don't want to chase my family home.She is in here alot and whenever I go home she is always working, and if I go home on a Sunday thens he is in church all day.Anyway...she made me feel like S&*T.She pissed b/c my sister is not home yet and she is nervous about her driving in the dark...so who else to take it out on but me!x( BUT I WILL NOT CRY!:-(
There goes being happy.
Lori
 
Hey guys!!

Well tonight is it. I HAVE to get my shopping done, but I have no idea what or how. Christmast totally snuck up on me. It's amazing. I just ordered my dad something online. It won't be here for another week or so, but he doesn't care. I really have to work on stuff for my DB. Not sure what to do. Oh, and my mom. What the heck to get her??

Anyway, yesterday I ended up taking the rest of the day off of work anyway. I asked my next-up supervisor if I could, and she had no problem with it what-so-ever. We still didn't get that one problem done. It will haunt me until I get the solution!!

So, yesterday, I didn't eat anything all day. I went home and tried to do Cardio & Weights (for the first time), but, once again, my DB came in and interrupted me. He comes in and insists on sitting and having a conversation and then gets mad when I get mad and stop. He wants me to keep exercising, but I end up falling off the step!! Getting mad at him used to chase him away, but not anymore. Not sure how to deal with that. So I got the first 35 minutes in :|.

I hope you all have a wonderful wonderful Christmas!! I almost sad that it's so close. I haven't had time to play and be Christmasy like I would have hoped, but that's alright. It will be beautiful anyway :)

Sara
http://www.picturetrail.com/rayiisara/sblordita
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!
I can't beleive that its here already! I love christams but I have to admit that it totally snuck up on me to and I am not really in the mood.I think we are to busy and don't enjoy the couple of weeks before christmas like we should.
I worked yesterday morning,had a pile of "stuff" to do yesterday afternoon and then I worked last night,then I had to go back to the mall to find NOTHING.That place was cleared out! I had 5 candy for my dinner.Now thats what I call healthy eating:)
I thought I was done but I may have to pick up some stuff today.I had my little girl when I was 17 and I didn't marry her father.But he is married and they are both comming home for christmas(they live on the other side of the country)and I am thinking that I should probably pick up a little something for them from my little girl.And his parents.Nothing big ,just a little christmas decoration.
I didn't get to workout yesterday either.I am going out for breakfast at 8,so I am hoping to do 1/2 imax2 or a CTX workout.When I get all of my things done I plan on going for a long run.And that should work up a good appetite for dinner tonight.
As far as I know I still have to work in the morning.My boss was gonna put our names in a hat and see who got the day off.Its only 4 hours and I get paid double time,so I am wondering if I should give it up.
Anyhoo,I hope everyone as a merry christmas and I will be chatting to ya son,
Lori:)
 
Merry Christmas all! I HAVE been working out all week! Timesaver. Bless you, Cathe. We are down to the wire! Santa's coming! I may end up in prison for killing my husband, Ebeneezer, but I won't go there! Have a blessed and joyful day tomorrow and hopefully, I can get back in the swing of things when it's over! (I'll be glad when it's over!) I make no promises until after the first! We tend to be pretty busy around the New Year too! I am tired!

I love you guys. You are so wonderful!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/person/schnauz.gif Bobbi
 
Hey Bobbi, welcome back :) What a lovely mustache you have..... I haven't tried any of the new workouts yet! I did this with the Intensity Series, too. When I'm only working out sporadically I like to do things I'm familiar with to make sure I get a tough workout in.... I need to get over that :) My mom has completely given up working out and eating well... AGAIN. I catch her going out to the garage to get fudge several times a day !! There is no amount of tough love, kindness, or help that anyone can give her. She just refuses to help herself.

Lori, I very much admire your good will towards your daughter's father. I LOVE that you are kind to him and his family. I guess I am just so used to the drama and ridiculousness of many of the people I grew up with, that I get a big smile on my face when I see somebody who is not bitter. I live in the wrong place x(

I should be getting off work around 2:00 and I REALLY hope that I can get in a good workout before dinner. I need to finish wrapping up presents still, but I am always so much happier and relaxed during these things if I'm worked :D I am a little upset because I didn't get anything for my mom. I knew what I was going to get her, but I can only get the stuff in Salt Lake (or any city with stores that have some TASTE! - our local Wal-Mart does not fit that bill). Hopefully we can make that trip in a week and she doesn't mind waiting. My dad's present is going to be a week late, too :D But I know he doesn't care.

Well, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I've had a lot of fun doing this with you guys, even if I didn't lose an ounce :) But I feel a million times better and you have motivated me to workout more often and have a more positive outlook. Maybe we can start our "New Years Resolution Rotation" next week :D

Talk to you soon,
Sara

http://www.picturetrail.com/rayiisara/sblordita
 
HEY GUYS!!!

Well, Christmas is over!! I had a great time this year. Christmas Eve, my mom and I were able to get a present my dad REALLY wanted - a new good toolbox to use at work. It was the last one in town and it was nearly 3 in the afternoon when we finally got it. I still bought NOTHING for my mom :( But my DB and I are taking a trip to Salt Lake after the new year to get her what she wants.

When I got home, I felt tired, but decided that I would work out since I knew I wouldn't for the next couple of days. I did IMAX 2 and felt amazing. So I decided I would do Power Hour, too :) I did the whole thing with a smile on my face. It just felt so good! Now, about 2 hours later when we were having Chrismas dinner and I couldn't do anything but drool into my coffee cup, I was second-guessing my decision. I didn't feel BAD... just so relaxed I couldn't even speak. Everyone kept saying "Poor Sara, you must have had to go to work today. You stayed up all night to do homework, didn't you?" Little did they know that I'm just a silly Cathe addict that doesn't know when to say "NO!"

Aside from VERY sore lats, I feel wonderful now. I still can hardly wear those stupid jeans I love x( I am wearing them now, but let's just say that I have been more comfortable in my life. I had to come to work today, too :( There are only 4 of us here and I only have 3 days of work left and it's the day after Christmas... Nobody expects me to actually WORK, do they?!

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas!!

Sara


http://www.picturetrail.com/rayiisara/sblordita
 
Christmas here as been great.I love this time of year but it comes and goes so fast.
I said to my husband today that I am finally fitting back into my jeans.I had a pair of tommy jeans on that I have owned for a while but they were to tight.I put them on today after they have been washed(jeans shrink so much)and they weren't to bad.And yesterdays jeans...lets just say that I had a little bit of butt sag on the go,not sexy.I still want to lose alittle more.
I just went for a run outside and I am so cold! It rained the whole time.I have a chill in my bones now.I haven't drank much water today so I am sitting here with coffee on one side of me and a big glass of water on the other.
I didn't workout yesterday.My little girl was up at 4 and then we got up at 5:15! I didn't mind getting up that early b/c I still wasn't sure if I had to work or not.I got the day off but one of the girls I work with is really sick so I was suppose to work if she couldn't make it in.She didn't, but the sweeties I work with covered my a$$ for me:) I had to take a nap at 10, when I got up I HAD to get in the shower b/c I felt like crap.
Yeah,I get along with the EX o.k. I like his wife more though.He is just TO cool.Last night he had a short sleeve shirt on and he was exploding out of it.He is majorily in to steriods,he as to be.He was doing it when I was with him and that was 7yrs ago.Besides for that,who goes around in the middle of winter with a short sleeve shirt on? What a fool.Keep your muscles to yourself,I say!HAHA.But we get along fine.I think it helps that he lives on the other side of the country and doesn't intrude and to tell you the truth, I think he only calls b/c his wife makes him.I think she wants to have more to do with her then he does.It is just a better sitution for the kid when everyone gets along.And you just have to be mature enough to realize it.Luckly enough,we are all mature enough to realize it.Its not about us anymore,its all about her and whats best for her.
Anyway,I should go and get some clothes on...maybe I won't be as cold then:)
Lori
 
We had a great day too! I worked out with Timesaver 3 and never got a chance to nap. I woke up a 3:30, Sydney at 4:00 but I made her wait until 5:00 to call her sibs. We had twelve for dinner including my five and it was great! I skipped my workout today in favor of a nap! I am planning on finishing off TS 4 and 5 and then doing t again next week but adding CTX strength each day. The New Year is upon us. We are going to Phoenix to see friends from 12-31 to 1-2 so maybe I'll walk/run while I am up there. I hate anything that interrupts my workout schedule- LOL! Oh, well, it'll make the hubby happy!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/coollook.gif Bobbi
 
Hi Ladies,
I am not feeling so good today.I was out last night and I had to work at 7:30!x( I tried to get home but I am just so much fun that no one would let me leave;-)
I got 3 hours of sleep and I am comming down with the flu.How can I not be? I think we get so run down from christmas.I normaly keep exercising though b/c it helps fight the flu better.I went home and had a nap on my lunch break.
Anyone thought about any new years resolutions yet? I don't know what mine are gonna be.I went to the mall earlier and I tried on some jeans and I still wasn't impressed.Are they making them smaller or something? I am not joking either!There is diffently something up.
I am not sure what I am going to do in the new year.When I use to work alot of mornings I loved getting up in the a.m and doing a ctx cardio in the morning.Thats where my new treadmill would come in, but I don't work that many mornings anymore so when I workout it is normally my workout for the day.I am still getting my workouts in now but I haven't lifted a weight in a while.Oh dear,can't do it all I guess.
Hope everyone is having a great holiday.
Lori
 
Morning ladies,
I feel a bit better now that I got some sleep.I went to bed at 12:30 and got up at 9.I slept really good to.I took 2 pills before I went to bed(for the cold) and then I got up at 5:30 and took two more.Its nice to be able to breath.
I tried my treadmill yesterday.Its nice but I find myself watching the clock alot.I am going to have to watch t.v or something.I don't think I will ever be able to use it for 14kms.
I don't have much of a appetite either.My sister-in-law is comming home with her baby tomorrow.I need to get control of this cold before she comes b/c I won't be able to go near the baby for the first couple of daysx(
Take care,
Lori
 
Lori!!! I am so sorry that you are feeling sick. It is typical this time of year for me, too. Every year, the stress of finals, work, and Christmas is too much and I get VERY ill. Thankfully it's afterwards, and even more thankfully, I seemed to have avoided it this year. Probably because, for me, things have been slowing down gradually and stresses weren't over-the-top high this year. I am also very glad that you didn't have to work right after Christmas. It does suck :( I am working my last weekend here at Home Health. It is a little sad, but I'm sure that it won't be for long :D

Bobbi, how are you liking that Timesaver workouts? Last night I began working on a rotation for me and a rotation for my mom. I was going to use a combination of the Timesaver workouts and CTX for her. For me, I was going to start the first month off with mostly Intensities and some CTX, and then build a rotation around Body Blast. Then go to Slow & Heavy and then... who knows? Probably more BB and more BB :D. I printed out all of the BB premixes so I could also make a rotation with that in the next couple of months.

The winter here has suddenly taken a VERY cold and icy turn. And it's only supposed to get worse. Running IS NOT an option anymore :( Not for awhile, but I am very determined to get myself into good shape and be ready for running in the spring. Bobbi, I know that you are a runner... have you heard of a misaligned pelvis? I've heard somebody mention it, and I am seriously wondering (based on no real scientific knowledge) if I have something like that going on. I would like to talk to a doctor about it before I start running again.

I won't begin the rotation until after the 7th. DB and I are going to Salt Lake on New Years eve or day and then on the 7th we are taking my grandma to Boise. There's no point in setting myself up for failure immediately :)

I am also going to get serious about my eating. This holiday has been very very bad for eating well. I haven't eaten too much, just too much junk.

I am also going to start doing artwork seriously again. I have all of these ideas that I want to put into motion, and hopefully in Salt Lake I can restock my art supplies (I ruined a set of good brushes a few months ago - VERY EXPENSIVE). I am very excited about all of this. Unfortunately, time flies, and I have a feeling I will be stuck doing tons of things I don't want to do instead. My DB is being forced to move (a very sad and sticky situation) and has many project cars that he is working on selling. It's my fault. We were supposed to be moving to San Diego in January, but I pushed it to March, because I wanted to spend quality time at home. Now he's suffering for it :(

Ok, sorry to blah blah blah blah.... You guys are so wonderful to be here to listen every day. It's like a journal, only with feedback. You have seriously helped me get back on my feet with my workouts and it feels REALLY good. My family keeps complimenting me on how fast I got back into shape, and how after years of working out, my overall shape has changed for the better; it's very rewarding. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!

Sara
 
What a long day.I didn't do much of anything today.Quite boring actually,not use to sitting still for so long anymore.
We picked up a few groceries,then I had to have a nap.I wanted to go to the mall though.I was going to wear a dress for New Years but I don't feel very comfy in dresses.I never was a dress person.So, I saw this really pretty top at the mall.I figured it would go nice with black pants.The shirt was sparkly,that should make it dressy enough.I don't know what I am going to do with my hair.My hair is long and curly so I don't normally do anything with it but I would like to for a change.Im looking forward to New Years.
My sister goes back tomorrow,which is bit of a drag.I hate saying good-bye.
I haven't worked out yet today.I went to do Push and Pull last night but a realized I didn't have enough time.I may try to do it tonight.If I don't feel up to working out then I won't.I feel o.k now though.I never let the cold get the best of me.Tough Cookie
Lori
 
The timesaver is gonna be my next purchase.I love the terminator dvd to.
I did a 30 min run (on my new treadmill:) ) and then I did Push and Pull.I am still not use to that one and I feel like I am go'in all over the place.It doesn't seem to be very long either.I had intentions of doing another 30 min on the treadmill but I got into folding clothes after I finished working out.I workout in my laundry room.:) It felt great to workout.All day I have felt dragged.Thanks to the cold;( Anyway,chat to ya later
Lori
 
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