Christmas Rotation Checkin 12/6

Hello All! I have been reading cathe forum posts for a while but this is my first post! i like the conversation you guys have going here so I thought i'd join in. :)

I'm 22 and just entered "the real world" I suppose. I (and my diet/exercise routine) are still adjusting to the whole thing. I'm currently trying to lose the 10 lbs i gained since i've started working. Sitting at a desk all day is NOT good for you!
x(

anyway.... that's my current christmas challenge. If anyone has ideas on how to reduce the "rear end expansion" phenomenon that seems to go with the desk-job territory, i'd love to hear them!

Thanks!
 
lbeach, I've been working on that for 4 years, as well as, the brain-frying "I-know-I-was-smart-once,-but-where-in-the-HELL-are-those-brain-cells-now????!!!!" phenomenon that goes along with a sit-down, dull, repetitive, paper-pushing job. Can you tell I'm burnt out? Can't wait to get back to school and make my brain hurt :) .

Welcome aboard!! I am doing such a horrible job with my eating and exercising right now, that i will be of no motivation or help, but I'm sure the other wonderful women on here will be good for you :)

Bobbi, you are so very very right. I just feel lucky that I get along with my parents, and haven't waited until it was too late to appreciate them and enjoy them. We've always gotten along well, but I've never made an effort to be "friends" with them. My DB coming along has helped, because he never really had parents; he LOVES spending time with mine :)

Ok... so far, I have gotten homework done in the math lab... it's finals week so it's pretty slow.... I'm hoping it will be the same this evening and I can get ahead. Boot Camp is looking a little brighter, but this homework is SO difficult - for me. I'm really struggling.

Eating today... good. Clean? No, but I'm not overdoing it, thank goodness. I have, however, had way too much coffee. :(

My flu symptoms and my armache are gone-gone. It is TTOTM, I just found out, which might explain my slight "down" and unmotivated feelings the last few days. I like to think so, anyway :).

Lori, have your mom and sister managed to arrive yet?? Let us know.

Hope you are all doing alright!

Sara


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I submitted a post ages ago and its not here.I just clicked on post message but then I never checked to see if it was really here.Then again I never do.
Sara-I don't party alot anymore.I use to when I was younger.I can't bare the thought of wasting a perfectly good sunday nursing a hangoverx( We have alot of partys this time of year.I have two jobs so I have two partys,plus my hubbys job,and not to mention all the other parties that friends will have.I am hoping that this saturday night won't be a late night b/c I want to drive into the city to do the rest of my christmas shopping on Sunday.My mom and sister are on their way.They had to fly into another airport.They should be there already.I haven't heard from them.They got a hotel room today ,just to shower and take a nap.I think they felt better after that.
Its funny b/c my dad is so spoiled.They are sort of old fashion when it comes to "taking care of your husband".I swear she even puts sugar in his tea.Anyway,he as been lost without her.He said that it is her first and last trip...I guess he is trying to be a hard a$$ but she is really the one in control!Aren't we all????:) I don't know what he would do if anything every happened to her...and same goes for the other way around.
Lbeach..like I always say..the more the merrier.It is like one big conversation here.I don't even think we talk about our workouts anymore.Its more like what we did today:7
I did Step Blast today.I found it harder this time.When you get the oves down you can really give it your all.
Anyway,I must go to beddy.I wil chat with you ladies in the morn'in.
Lori
 
Good Morning Ladies,
Guess what I just worked out?????? LEGS!!! I finally got it in.And it only took me a year to realize that when I am doing leg presses that I shouldn't put my foot completely on the floor.Just tap your toe and come right back up...it worked my buns alot harder.I also worked chest.I did PUB and CTX and my chest was shaking(not my boobs though..they don't move when working out:) )
I don't think I am going to do cardio today.Legs and Glutes really got my heart rate up.
I woke up with a headache today.I hate when that happens.But my little girl was up with a earache at 2 in the morning:-( I gave her some pain releiver and she went back to sleep.She said it was gone now but we will see...could be a trip to the Doc.You wonder when there that age,if they did something to themselves or if it is infected.
I should go get in the shower.I will chat with ya later.
Lori
 
I just finished pyramiding my triceps and shoulders and pyramiding my lower body! Wowzers! I love PUB and PLB! Gotta eat, hit the shower and head off to the Mall! Tomorrow I get to do BB cardio! Lori, I hope your little one isn't getting an ear infection! Poor lamb! My kids always wait until the weekend! You know how that goes! Bye!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/user.gif Bobbi
 
Sara i completely understand the fried-brain feeling too! There is only so much staring at a computer screen a person can handle! maybe the brightness of the screen leaks through your eyes and cooks your brain cells? haha that's my theory and i'm sticking to it!
:p

Well today is my Leg's day. it has been my favorite day for years, but today i'm dreading it. I took 2 weeks off from working out, and started back this past monday. I'm terrified. I won't be able to walk for a week i'm sure. What is everyone's favorite leg workout? I can't decide between PLB or PS legs.

Yesterday I went to the gym (i love cathe but love gyms too!) and the instructor informed us that the average female gains 7 pounds over the holidays. x( Well i've gained 3 so far, how is everyone else doing?

Hope everyone is having a fantastic day!
Leslie:+
 
Ok, finally have time to write :) I am not having a great day so far. I am very drained and I just found out that my sister and her husband are moving in! I am so upset. They will be living in my workout room. There is literally no other place in the house to workout. And exercising when they're not home is not an option. They are slobs, to the point of way past disgusting and vile, and I would have to be their housekeeper to do it.

And they have three cats on top of that. That will make 7 pets in the house. They've only been married for 2 months, and they have done everything in their power to shut us out (asserting their independence, I suppose), and only bother to talk to my parents when they need money. They don't even answer the phone if we try to call. I am not very happy right now. Then my grandmother will be here for a month during Christmas. So we'll have the spare bedroom and the family room full. Ok, I'll stop revealing what a spoiled bratt I really am.

I didn't work out last night. I got home late and decided that I would preview my new DVDs :D I was a little bummed that one of them arrived loose in the package and was totally scratched up. If it had played ok, I wouldn't have even bothered SNM, but, alas, it doesn't. It's such a common thing. This is the third one I've received that arrived that way,each from a different company.

Eating was good yesterday and today. A frappacchino and two Hershey's kisses were my downfall. Not bad. A frappacchino sounds wonderful now, too }( , but I think I'll avoid the coffee shop.

Leslie,I used to love gyms, too - until I had one try to screw me completely. I have spent 2 years now fighting with them. I am not the kind of person to screw anybody or any company over, so this has been hard for me to deal with. Anyway, I haven't been in a gym since.

Hope everyone is doing alright! No workout for me again tonight. Another night of homework :(

Take care,

Sara



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Sara, that stinks! Is there a facility where you go to school? Is your bedroom too small? If you have a TV in youra room you could flip your bed up and make room! Assuming you have one and your beds not huge. Or you could move into the workout room and give them yours. Unless the cooty factor is too huge! I have to move my family room furniture everytime I workout and I am on tile so I put together mats and haul my stuff from all over the house; it's a huge pain but it's the only way!

Was it a caramel frappicino? My favorite. Hang in there! You'll figure something out. Sounds like that all too typical scenario of an immature couple unable to make it on their own but it's too bad they have to get into your space!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/user.gif Bobbi
 
Hey Bobbi,

I am thinking that my room is big enough to do weights, no problem. Since I have the mini step now :D that can easily be stored under my bed... the weights, too, maybe. The problem with THAT, is that my DB stays over a couple times a week. He lives about 35 minutes out of town, and some nights it's just as easy to stay. He sleeps on my floor :( He sleeps late :( He makes BIG messes :(

Cardio is TOTALLY out of the question, as the room is too small, and the floor is very "poorly built" to say the least. I did the FIRM in here years ago, and couldn't even do the jumping jacks, as it felt like I would really fall into the garage! You could hear it from outside!!

I had written a very long, not-so-nice post about my sister and her husband, but I decided that wouldn't do anyone any good. There are a lot of problems between them and us and it has been very peaceful (AND CLEAN!!) the last two months. They're not horrible people, just immature, like you said, and very disrespectful in a lot of ways. They still think they are owed the world.

Ok, I was just looking over my post and realized that I must be an impossible person. I just LOVE my privacy, I guess, and I like to do things when I want to. I have been so bogged down with school, work, and a boyfriend who truly demands a tremendous amount of attention the last few years, and I was just so excited about my somewhat "strings-free" vacation. I'm probably being too critical of the whole situation, but STILL. I can be selfish for awhile, right??

Went out to eat with my parents tonight. I did good. 1 tamale and a few greenbeans, lettuce, and cherry tomatoes. It is only because the food at this place is really bad, but it's a free buffet for my parents. We eat there at least once a week. Yucky. Alright, off to accomplish a few things before bed :) Goodnight all!!

Sara
 
You aren't impossible! I love my siblings but there's not one I want to move in! Ok, maybe one. And, in spite of loving them, I know a few really could do some growing up! You like your life and it's being invaded and it's natural to feel upset by that. You'll adapt. We always do, don't we? Establsih some ground rules for everyone about being clean and honoring privacy and hopefully it will all work out!

One summer my sister who lives in Tucson about 15 miles from me and I coincided our summer trips home and stayed at my mom's together and it was awful! She's really structured and I am not and she controls everything and I don't. She made my kids so miserable by sending them outside, trying to give them the bedtime that suited her and it was not fun. I love her but she doesn't respect that other people are different and her way might not suit! It was the only time we stayed together! We get along great when we don't room together and she's a great person and a good friend but we are so different that rooming together was a nightmare!

We don't chose our sibs and they teach us a great deal about how to deal with different personalities we will meet on the road through life. You'll figure out a workout schedulae that will work and I'll start praying that the invasion is a short one!



http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/user.gif Bobbi
 
Good MOrning Ladies,
I am very sleepy.I drank a x-tra lg coffee but it doesn't seem to be doing the trick.I have had some late nights at work.Mon when the plane didn't come in we were there till 12.Last night the plane had mon nights passengers plus last nights.The plane was 1 1/2 hrs late and we had missing bags!I didn't get out of there until 12:30.I can't wait to go to sleep tonight.Hope fully I won't see and clocks around.I hope friday night isn't so stressful.
I am not sure what workout I am doing.I need to work back and shoulders.But I didn't do cardio yesterday so I need to get that in.
Leslie-I don't normally gain weight during the holidays.I have already started to lose.My appetite isn't up to par,and I don't crave things like I normally do.Most of the time I have been hungry but not in the mood to eat.I get like this about twice a year,its to bad that it doesn't last longer then 2 weeks:)
Sara-I feel your pain.My father and brother live with me a few monthes out of the year.Depending on how much work they get.They don't bother me b/c my house is roomy and we can stay out of each others way.It does bother me when they leave their socks lying around or when I go to get something out of the fridge and its gone.Just grin and bare it:)
Bobbi-I don't know if the earache is gone.She didn't complain about it yesterday and we gave her some childrens tylenol before she went to bed and she never woke up.I don't know if I took the pain away before it started or maybe there is nothing to it.I am sure that if there is it will resurface.
Another christmas party this weekend and then I am going to do some shopping on sunday and monday.Hopefully I will get my shopping finished.
We bought a new truck yesterday.I am tired of signing papers.Whats the deal with men? Why do they always have to have something bigger and better? He bought a snowmobile last year(10,000) and then he had to get a $300 pipe to put on it this year so he could go faster.I drove the truck for the first time today.I felt like I was in a transport truck.Then I went thru the drive thru to get a coffee and I didn't know if I was gonna reach the girl...she looked like a smurf;-) Not really but you know what I mean!:)
Have a good day everyone,
Lori:)
 
I just did Step Blast! Badly! I love the moves and can do them, I think, but I need practice. When Cathe really gets cooking, I got so lost I didn't know if I was coming or going! It's awesome! The BB are magnificent! I know it will take me some time to master the moves but I am going to enjoy doing it!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/user.gif Bobbi
 
Hey guys!

I forgot to mention that my new kick for frappacchinos is eggnog with vanilla. Sounds weird, huh? BUT IT IS SO GOOD!! I LOVE the Border's coffee shop's caramel ones. They are awesome. That is actually what got me hooked in the first place :D

Thank you for your thoughts, and you are correct. I just have to adapt. I guess I just expected them to attempt life on their own for more than just a few weeks.

Well, I did Leaner Legs this morning. This was my first workout in a week!! It felt amazing. I took today off from my Home Health job. I had a rough night, and I'm a little upset, so I knew it would be of no use for me to go to work right now. I wouldn't have accomplished anything anyway. So I got to sleep in, feel good, work out, spend time with my babies :) and will be able to fit in a lot of homework in between my lab hours. Wow. I love this schedule. I think I am actually going to move my schedule to 11-5 and work weekends for the next couple of weeks. This job really does spoil me, it's just a dead end. I LOVE working weekends. It's quiet and I always get more done in less time. I am motivated when I'm alone, and I'm not sure why. I am the same with studying. I need to be solo solo.

Eating is good, too. I had a puny dinner, so I woke up around six and had an apple and peanut butter. Then I just had a little bit of yogurt before working out. Now, I think my DB is going to get me another frappacchino }( Bad me, but I can't help it.

We had a decent snow storm last night and it's a beautiful day today. I am very much in the Christmas spirit this year. Too bad I didn't have the money to prove it :(

Have a great day!! I'll have to tell you how I do with Step Blast. I haven't mastered Rythmic Step, yet.

And Lori, I can't believe how hectic your schedule is!!! I complain about mine, but MAN! Take care of yourself, and I hope it smooths out soon.

Sara
 
Hi Ladies,
I didn't get to workout today:-( I started and then the phone rang.I knew I shouldn't of answered it! My sister is comming here tonight so I don't know if I will workout after work.I don't get off until 9 so its a bit late.BUt I don't mind if I am not tired.
Yeah my life is hectic.I have to work tonight until 9,my hubby is gone so I have to drop Jayna off at his parents house,go to work,pick her up,get her ready for bed,workout maybe.....
Tomorrow-Got to work from 9-5,eat dinner,go to work from 7:30-10:30.
I don't think you want to here the next day.Thats not counting the laundry and the house....and the living things in it that need to be fed.
I am having another day of not eating:eek: I could care less about food.I had 1/2 slice of toast with peanut butter,1/2 eggo with cottage cheese,a tiny peice of a donut and a fajita.And my day is pretty much over.I'm hungry but nothing appeals to me.I think I am tired of eating the same things.Not to worry,this happens every once in a while but it only last for a few days
I got addicted to vanilla lattes with caramel sauce when I went away for 3weeks.I can't get them here.It a good thing b/c I can't pay $4 for one of those everday..plus new clothes cause my bum would be getting bigger:)
Don't worry you will master Step Blast,the third time I did it is when I sweat the most.
Chat to ya later
Lori:)
 
Well, it felt wonderful to be free today. I only worked 4 hours, and it was great. After my first 2-hour stint, DB and I went to the park and enjoyed sandwiches and frappaccinos :D Then we went clothes shopping. My mom showed up and they ended up buying me stuff. They are so wonderful!! And I only bought myself 2 things, a skirt and a top. I realized, though, when I was putting them away that I have NOTHING to match either one. Uh-oh. Time to shop again :)

It was somewhat depressing to have to see my rear-view as it really is in those mirrors. You'd think that clothing stores would get TOTALLY DIFFERENT lighting ... FLATTERING lighting. Women are not going to buy more when they are so darn upset over what their butts look like. I know I'm not in the mood to shop anymore!! And I swear that I don't look that bad in any mirror in my home! So, I'm more determined to get into gear after that experience.

So, eating today... aside from my morning snacks.... Arby's sandwich and frappaccino. Not great. Several almond kisses. Worse. But then for dinner I had a tortilla with cheese and spinach leaves... an apple, a tangerine, a few small tomatoes, and a handful of carrots. And chamomile tea :) Doing better. I'm going to get to bed early tonight and face my full day of work again. But only one job!!! :D Starting Monday, I'll start working 10 to 5. Not too bad.

Today was a good day. How is everyone else doing? Lori!! You need to not work so hard!! You are amazing to work like you do.

Goodnight,

Sara


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Good Morning Ladies...
Drinking my coffee and then I am going to tackle Imax2,Imax1,MIC,and all step.It should be an o.k workout!:)
JUST JOKING:+ :7 :p I don't think I would do those all in one week,never mind one day.Gotta ya go'in though!
I took time off until 1 today.At hairstyling I work on commission.I pretty much cut myself back to part-time and now my boss doesn't think that she should have to pay me by the hour(if need be).But thats fine,b/c she can forget about me sitting there for a couple of hours with nothing to do if no one is going to pay me.I got plenty of things that I can do home.If she wants to be an idiot then I will to.So thats what I did.I didn't have anyone there in the a.m and neither did another girl, I called her up and told her that I would be in at 1.But I am working tomorrow which I don't normally do.
I ate enough choc.covered almonds last night to keep a small elephant alive.That should make up for any calories I missed yesterday,or the rest of the week for that matter:eek:
I am going to do just the Imax2 today.I will see if I have weights for that after.It is so hard to do a rotation this time of year b/c we are so pressed for time.Every little second matters.
Anyway,hope everyone has a good day and I will chat with you later
Lori:)
 
Well its good to hear that i'm not the only one who didn't do so well with the eating yesterday. It definately was not one of my better days.x( But today is a new day... So far i've been up and at'em for 6 hours and still am not hungry... that should be a clue. But being home alone and bored at night... junk food just seems to call. I think i need to find myself a hobby for between the hours of 8 and 11 pm.

Today is total body weights day. I might throw in some IMAX since i missed cardio yesterday cause i could barely walk from my leg workout the day before. I figured i deserved a break }(

I hope everyone is having a fantastic friday!!
Leslie
 
I never checked in yesterday! I didn't work out except for 5 hours of Christmas shopping! I am almost finished!

I had breakfast at six and got home at 1:30 and ate for a few hours. I was starving!

Lori, I would need roller skates to keep up with you. And some sort of motor! LOL!

Sara, you sound happy! That's so nice. You have moved past your sister dilemma and gotten on with it! Yay! I agree about the lighting! I have very little in the butt department but those garish lights make this 40-year old broad feel the urge to visit the cosmetics counter to buy some anti-aging creams after observing her my face under those lights! Ghastly! That probably explains the lighting. They know the young are are going to look at their butts, then their faces, and say, "who cares about being bootylicious when you look this hot!" And you'll buy the pants that make your butt look like Jennifer Lopez's. And we geezers are gonna say, "maybe I should buy that girdle that flattens the jelly belly and pads the butt. I'll pick it up on my way to see Estee....I hear her new line takes years off!"

Leslie, eating badly a few times a week isn't going to hurt you at all! My daughter who wants to be a chef, brought home some cookies she made in her Food and Nutriton class, and I chowed them down. She asked me how I liked the cream cheese sugar cookies and I told her they were fabulous! I overdid it a little yesterday because I let myslef get so hungry but as you said, today is a new day and I will take care to eat balanced meals and to minimize the junk intake. A good day followed by a bad day, negates the bad day and anyone who's doing total body wieghts and throwing in a little IMax doesn't need to fret over a few extra calories! We get to indulge! The only problem you have is that you didn't enjoy your splurge. Next time you have a "eating day, savor it and then feel satisfied when you have a clean day. It's the balance that's important and food should never bring on guilt!
http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/user.gif Bobbi
 
Hey Bobbi!

It's me again-- I just posted a note to you on your KP&C thread. You are one funny girl. This is my new favorite line (and an afternoon schedule that sounds real good to me): "I had breakfast at six and got home at 1:30 and ate for a few hours."

What a hoot! :)

I'm impressed by your shopping prowess. I have been on an online Santa shopping spree, having everything shipped to my mom's house. Just a few things left to do here, and I have delayed the inevitable as long as possible: now I have to do a mall day. Which I look forward to like a root canal without novocaine. I'm planning on hitting the stores on Monday a.m. with the earlybirds and knocking the last of it out. If it doesn't get done Monday it's not getting done. And my tree, by the way, finally has its lights but still no ornaments (that's today's #1 agenda item. :)) What's a girl to do???

http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/sport/sport-smiley-003.gif Kathy S. http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0903/spezial/spudniks/spudniklifter.gif
 
RE: Hey Bobbi!

You are doing better than I, being that you have your tree!

I think I balanced that out, Kathy. I felt like I was dying when I was shopping and my stomach kept nudging me to find out what the heck was going on. I eat very frequently during the day so I was an eating machine by the time I opened the fridge! Rasberries, baby blue cheese on Ak-Mak crackers, a banana and a salad with more blue cheese! Here came the cookies! They had to be washed down with green tea and honey and then it was time to find some real food. Udon noodles with tofu and an apple with peanut butter to top it off. I ordered pizza for the kids for dinner and had some green tea and dark chocolate but I never got hungry again.

The Mall is hellish! I finsished most everything but the video game, two CD's and a computer game I couldn't find after 5 hours of shopping were ordered online! The only thing I've gotten for Channukah is the gelt and we can't keep a dreidl in this house so I am going to Cost Plus which is wonderful for Channukah gifts but I am doing it next week. My oldest daughter has made this a social occasion and invited her Jewish friend, Sara and her boyfriend, Patrick, who's dad is Jewish, to the first night and SHE'S making latkes and showing off for them! I'm not complaining and I do make a mean latke (thank you Cuisinart!) but her's will be better. She's quite a cook!

When will the madness end?
I feel for you and I hope you make it back. It's a jungle out there!:)


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