Commit to get FIT & Lean for November!!

Good morning! Today is cardio. I'm thinking Athletic Step and then the HIITs from Intensity. Then it's studying and relaxing. I don't have any tastings this weekend which is fine by me because I need to catch up on my shows lol :p

So last night I went on what was probably THE MOST awkward first date of my life. My friend told me to try the online thing cuz she heard so many of her friends found decent guys on there. This guy seemed nice and we had been talking for awhile and decided to get coffee last night. Well needless to say red flag #1 was when initially he told me he had a job and then he shows up and is telling me about an interview he had at UPS. I'm like "Soooo, you don't have a job?" and he's like "not at the moment." Then 5 min in he starts saying how he's negative all the time and doesn't trust people and people are jerks and I probably don't like him...all this stuff. Oh wait also, I'm a princess because I expect the guy I'm with to have a job and contribute but that's not a fair expectation. Um, WHAT?! He started calling me rich because I have a 2008 car; I got really offended so I said "Not for nothing, but I worked my a$$ off to buy that car. Everything I own is stuff I earned." I could never get a word in, he didn't ask me questions about myself, and when I would try to speak he'd talk over me. Then at the end of the night he walked me to my "rich girl" car (a 2008 civic, really?!) and is like "well, I guess you won't drive me to my car because I might be a psycho" and I said "I barely know you. You're not getting in my car." He goes "Well I guess I'll just say goodbye to you from the damn curb then" and I said "ok bye!!!!" and drove off. SERIOUSLY?!?!?! You can't make this stuff up!

Amelia, the pic of your kids' Halloween costumes is awesome!! You daughter's zombie makeup came out great. And that skeleton thing is creepy lol. My ex was that one year and it scared the crap out of me.

Cookie, I always have to modify Intensity too. Even the step portion is a killer. I love the Bootcamp add-on at the end though. Can't remember the last time I did that one in its entirety. LOL kicking and punching definitely gets out the aggression.

Kristin, sounds like you rocked both presentations!! That is awesome :D I'm glad you like your class too. That is really important. And also that you have a passion for your job which is also great! I wish I had a teacher like you in HS.

Deb, :eek: at the poor girl wearing white during TOTM. That is no fun! You must be really busy with the holidays coming up. How long is your work day? It's inspiring that all you ladies get your workouts in regularly despite your hectic schedules. To go off of what Kristin said, that is one of the reasons I love checking in here; you're all a huge inspiration to keep up with everything!! Oh yeah and let me know what you think when you get your Nature Box. I think mine came in 2 weeks. The pecan clusters and honey roasted corn kernels are my favorites and soooo addictive! I can't wait to get my next one.

Belinda, you are always so good about getting abs and cardio in. Those are usually the two places I skimp on cuz they both hold huge dread factors for me! That was totally different 10 years ago when I couldn't stand lifting. How times have changed!!

Enjoy your Saturday, ladies!
 
Workout done! Remember when I said I was gonna do Athletic Step and Intensity HIITs? Well I lied; AS wiped me out (I forgot how innocent that one seems but it's actually pretty tough!) so no HIIT today.
 
Hi guys. Well, every time I get my groove back with working out things come up and throw me off. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday ended up being rest days. DH came home from work late two nights and then Friday I had to take my kids to their fall dance. By the time I got home I was beat. This has not stopped me from eating all the candy in the house :mad::mad::mad:

Tonight I did All Out with Core #1. I'm still walking the dog every day. Does that count?

Anyway. . . my sister emailed me today a few times asking me about Thanksgiving and what she should bring. Her emails had a good tone, which is good. I want this holiday to be good. It is the first holiday season we are spending in our new house and now that I finally have space to entertain I plan on doing just that :). Hopefully this is a good sign.

I am overwhelmed with grading. Then on top of it, I had a meeting with my director about the Odell training I am doing. I am going to turn key it to volunteers in my building as a two credit class. The best part is I get a nice stipend for it. Plus, it helps with the evaluation at the end of the year. I am really excited because I have never done anything like this before and my director is very confident in me. It is so nice to work with someone who appreciates me and thinks highly of me. My old director did not know her ass from her elbow, and so she did her best to make everyone feel insecure around her to hide her own insecurities. She was useless. This new director is actually competent and knows her stuff :). Make sit very nice to work with her.

Melissa- that guy sounds like a serial killer, OMG. So many whackos on the web. God's honest truth though, my best friend from high school met her husband on the web and he is a great guy. She did go through a few weirdos to find him though. BTW- I always think AS will be easier than it is. I think it is because it clocks in under 50 minutes. Still gets ya every time!

Belinda- how is your foot these days? I saw you did TB. I never ever think to do that one. Maybe I'll throw it in my rotation. Maybe I'll do the LIS rotation in December. Hmm.

Deb- I'm definitely starting to get attached to this group I have. They are sooo different from last year, but they are very needy and want adult attention, just someone to listen to them for five minutes as they talk about anything (middle school nonsense). What frustrates me is that with so many to a class, I know I don't/can't get through to all of them all of the time. I feel spent at the end of the day.

Cookie- the Elmo sounds interesting. Re: bullying. I think the more and more we talk about it, the more we see it happen. I also think that school should be empowered by the state to do more (i.e. suspend repeat offender/bully from school and let his/her parents deal with what they created).

Waving hello to Amelia!

Kristin
 
Hi,

I took a hot yoga class this afternoon. It was so crowded at one point my foot touched the girl's head in back of me & my legs aren't that long:eek: I apologized :eek: she didn't mind. Usually I am energized but it wiped me out.

Belinda - I hope you had fun with your workouts.

Kristin - The dog walks count plus your getting outside. I hope all goes well for you at Thanksgiving it sounds positive with your sister. I could see how hard it would be to give personal attention to your students but maybe they are happy with whatever you can give them.

Melissa - Scary date, but like Kristen said I've heard some good outcomes but maybe you just have to weed out the bad ones. Believe it or not with Thanksgiving being so late I'm not crazy busy this month but once the calendar turns to December it will be bad.

Cookie - Have fun with your friends tomorrow.

Amelia - How is the job & weight loss going?

Goodnight:)
 
'Morning!
Belinda, glad to hear your dd is doing better. How's your foot?
Amelia, hope all is well.
Melissa, you are so wise to not follow up on him! One of my sisters met her dh online. He's wonderful. Guess its going thru the frogs til you find that prince. It will come. Cathe's wo are very deceiving!
Kristin, good thinking about using the training for your evidence binder! You're so right about the difference a competent, caring admin can make. I've had four meetings in four weeks on my time, which is supposed to be .5 in one position and .5 in another. Well, they must want me to stop doing the one .5 b/c I keep hearing how they need me to focus on the other one fulltime. Guess who creates the jobs? Guess who knew I had one .5 position before they game me the .5 they now want full time? It drives me crazy since I have no control over the situtation; I just have to deal with it. Sorry for venting. Has your ds been taking her meds? Do you have the Wed before Thanksgiving off?
Deb, that must have been awkward to be so close in the yoga class. I did the cross train dvd yesterday and liked it. Today I'm going to try the cardio one. Have to try to figure out how to squeeze everything I want to do into a plan. We have season tickets to a local university's games. It is nice b/c then dh and I have lots of dates scheduled! However, it is hard to be a fan when they don't play as well as you want.
Yesterday did an ultimate yogi dvd, walked the dogs, and did X10-77. No wonder I'm tired today!
Cookie
 
Hey girls, 5 mile power walk in today. Felt great to sweat. I've been lacking this week on my eating and my workouts :( just feeling kinda down I guess. but I told myself last night "NO MORE" its time to get back on track again. no excuses!

So have I got a doosie for you girls. :cool: My sister calls me Monday morning and tells me that the store manager at my last job wants me to come in a talk to him. At first I was furious at my sister for calling him :mad: and I refused to talk to him. But as days went by I realized that I would make more $ there and for the sake of the family I needed to swallow my pride and talk to him. He offered me a job in the Deli department as a part time associate ( what I wanted 5 months ago) and I was floored at his offer :eek: And best of all he offered only a dollar less then what I was making as a Assistant Bakery Manager. I gave him a hug and thanked him with tears in my eyes :eek: These past 2 months have been very rough on me and our fiances. So I go in for orientation tomorrow and start Wednesday in the Deli. :) Im so excited to start making more $ again. My job now sucks :eek::eek:

And its going to be interesting to see all the bakery people giving me the evil eye across from the Deli ;)

Belinda- How you doing with your foot? Did your sinuses ever clear up? Awesome job on your workouts girl.

Kristin- Hang in there girl, you'll get back on track with your workouts. And walking your dog is a awesome stress relief, so nice going on that. Glad to hear you like your Director - Its nice when you work with people like that. Confident and know there stuff.

Melissa-Thanks on the compliments on the kids costumes. Nice workout yesterday. AS is no joke!! ^5's girl. Hows school going?

Deb- I admit laughing out loud at your toe touch in yoga - it must have been really crowded. Great job though!! Now that I have my job back I plan on joining a gym in the next town over that offers awesome classes for only 20$ a month. As many as I want to take...not too shabby.

Cookie- ^5's on your workout yesterday. Whats on tabs today?

Ok ladies..I have to go to my crappy job now. I gave the manager a two week notice so I guess I have to follow through on it :rolleyes:
 
Hello girls! Today was 4DS Legs (weights only) and the bonus cardio from LIS CSS. I also did yard work for an hour: raking leaves :eek:

So that guy I went out with turned out to be a total psycho. He messaged me yesterday asking if we could hang out and I said honestly, it wasn't going to work. He kept pressing why and wouldn't take no for an answer so finally I said our personalities just didn't mesh and it seems like he has some personal issues to work out. Well that opened the flood gates cuz he called me all sorts of things and told me I shouldn't be in healthcare because I lack compassion and I'm a judgmental B. That really hit home; I'm already terrified of whether I will be a decent PT and I know it shouldn't matter coming from someone I don't even know but that comment upset me. I was crying. I know I shouldn't have said what I did but when someone pushes me like that, the honesty just pours out before I even know what's coming out of my mouth. Needless to say, I blocked him from every piece of media I own :eek:

Kristin, walking the dog def counts! That is great that your sister sent you a friendly email. Try not to think the worst, maybe she is finally coming around. I'm glad you get to work with an amazing director this year; it's always nice to be appreciated especially at work! That is awesome :D

Deb, LOL at kicking the girl in hot yoga. How many people are in your class?

Cookie, yeah I guess I will keep trying. I just never had a date like that in my life so I'm kinda apprehensive now. I was telling my friend from school about it to get a guy's perspective and he's like "you need to get offline cuz your cray-dar is kinda off" lol! Yeah, it's no fun when your team doesn't win but going to games is always a good time. Especially if you get to spend more time with your DH ;)

Amelia, great job on the power walk! That is so great about the pt deli job!! I'm so happy for you :D:):D:) LOL if the bakery peeps give you dirty looks just throw some salami at them. School is good; only 4 weeks to go! I can't wait for Christmas break!

Waving hello to Belinda!
 
Hey all. I did Hard Strikes today. I love the cardio on that one. The tricep dips at the end always get me too.

I am so glad I am off tomorrow because I am still behind in my grading and this will give me one last chance to catch up. DH is going to be away for work this week so I am playing single mom and I am not looking forward to it. I planned out my workouts though, hoping that I will not allow anything to stop me from completing a six workout week. I am doing AB tomorrow and then Burn sets (chest, shoulders and back), Xtrain Legs, and then BS Biceps and triceps. Tabatacise at the end. I am really hoping I can stay on track this week.

Melissa- don't even give what that psycho jackass said a second thought. He was a nut job and God only knows what he would have done to you if you had given him a ride. The fact that he didn't let up and kept harassing you. . . he was asking for it. He's a LOSER.

Amelia- that is great news. I mean, you get close to your pay that you were accustomed to back and you don't have that crazy manager from the bakery. Did your sister work there too?

Deb- sometimes I feel like what I do and am able to do is never enough. I think I would take most of my students home with me if I could.

Cookie- I believe that if we want to improve education, we should start with the top down. In my building I am packed with 30-32 students in a class, including my special education inclusion class. Now there are other English classes with 24, 20 and a few with 18. Why? Because the admin. in charge of scheduling is incompetent. I would have a much better result with my test scores if I had an admin who could distribute classes evenly to say the least. It isn't fair and it isn't right and at the end of the day, it is my butt on the line. I keep pressing on and I do the best I can every day, but I wish she would do the same and do what she can to help us be successful, and again, evening out the classes would be a start!

Waving hello to Belinda!

Kristin
 
Hi,

I didn't get a workout in today, went to a couple of food stores, needed to visit someone & it was make a sauce week. Lucy (gf's dog) was following me around the kitchen especially after I gave her some chicken with sauce:) DS & GF don't want her to have pasta because she's putting on weight.

Belinda - Hope everything is ok?

Kristin - Enjoy your day off. I'm sure your students would love for you to take them home too.

Melissa - TG you didn't drive him home & don't let him get to you he's was just being a jerk. The room isn't too big if I had to guess there were 20 people but I was told it can get more crowded & you put your mat on the diagonal at that point.

Amelia - I'm happy you have the job you wanted:) You'll just have to smile a lot when the bakery looks come your way;)

Cookie - Maybe the team will turn around, but it does sound like fun! I still haven't tried UY maybe tomorrow.

Goodnight:)
 
'Evening!
Wow, am I the first one checking in today?
Amelia, congrats on getting the better position for throwing salami! lol at Melissa's comment. Terrific for you.
Kristin, I thought I was going to get a lot done today, but unfortunately didn't. You're so right about admin not helping. Good thing you got a bigger house - more room for all your students!
Melissa, stay away from that guy. He's scary and definitely not worthy of you.
Belinda, hope all is okay. Not like you to not check in at all.
Deb,I bet Lucy loves your sauce and chicken. Hope you relaxed today.
DS had a bad car accident today and am just getting home from er now. He's ok, but quite banged up. Car is totalled. It's always something w/this one. Had a huge project had planned to get done today, as well as a workout. Oh well. He's okay. I have to figure out how to get this project done by Wednesday morning.
Cookie
 
Hey guys. Workout all done. I did CSS. I had AB on tap, but I was not in the mood. I spent all day grading essays. I now have to type up my lessons.
I am hoping to be showered and in bed by 11.

DH left today for work. He won't be back until Friday. DSs are taking it hard. They have been crying on and off. I am trying to plan things during the week to keep their minds off of it. My girlfriend is coming for dinner Wednesday with her kids, so that will help.

Anyway. ..

Deb- I have yet to give my dog any human food. I told the boys it is bad for dogs and they can get really sick. I don't want him to be a beggar. I cannot stand that, lol.

Cookie- lol @ the bigger house comment. I need a compound, lol.

Okay, off to finish my work.

Waves hello to Belinda, Melissa and Amelia.

Kristin
 
Hi,

I took a yoga class today. So the big thing around here is they opened a "Super Shoprite" I have heard of them before but this one is different. They have an eating place, juice bar, coffee place, oyster bar, exercise room, nutritionist, a place to get facials & of course food. It sounds very strange to me :confused: I want to be in and out of the food store & I already spend enough money. Of course I do have to check it out & will let you guys know.

Belinda - I hope all is well with you.

Kristin - Awww, on the boys do they feel better when they talk to him on the phone. It's great that you have some things for them to look forward to. I want to get AB in too this week. We didn't give our dog table food until she had cancer & of course what the kids dropped:rolleyes: Your better off not starting it.

Cookie - I'm happy that ds is ok, you must have been so worried:( I tell my boys they should pay for my hair coloring with all the greys they give me;) Good luck with your project.

Waves hi to Amelia & Melissa

Goodnight:)
 
Good morning,

Sorry for not checking in this weekend. Sunday was my husbands bday and Saturday we had Alesia's bday:D Everyone was off yesterday. Lot's of family time. Sunday we played golf for 5 hours. I was excused by the end, it was very windy. I was beat by the time we got home.

Today I will do KB and abs.

Cookie - I am so happy your DS is ok. The worries they putting us through:(

Debbie - the new place sounds amazing! Have to look that one up, see if we have one around here.

Kirstin - glad you have everything planned out this week. Before you know it, your husband home.

Amelia - congrats on getting the better position! That's fantastic!

Melissa - sorry the guy is a complete psycho. My advice??? RUN!!

I will be back later. Have a wonderful day and workout.
 
Hey girls,

10 Pounds Slim Down Xtreme Core = 40 min and 10 Pounds Slim Xtreme Total Body = 40 min done. The core workout was tough.


I will be back in the morning. Have a great day.
 
Hi,

Today was a busy day for me, I squeezed in some walking lunges but that was about it. It was so cold today 1st sign of winter:( I needed to do a bunch of stores today so I was in and out of the cold all day.

Belinda - I'm glad everything is ok & you were just partying all weekend. Happy Birthday to your DH & DD:) Wow, you did an extra workout for me today;)

Amelia - I meant to tell you that the gym deal sounds great!

Waves hi to everyone

Goodnight:)
 
'Morning!
Belinda, lots of happy birthdays in your house! How is your foot doing with all that standing and walking?
Amelia, thinking of you and how great the job change is going to be.
Kristin, someone was telling me about Odell training yesterday. Now I understand what you're doing. Our dogs don't get table food, except for a few scaps when one son visits. Think I told you my dh used to travel a lot when our boys were young. Like three weeks at a time. It never got easy but I got more used to it.
Deb, we have a couple of SuperShopRites here and lots of raves about them. Haven't been to a single one though! I stick with my regular one since all I'm interested in is the groceries. It was freezing yesterday. 16 degrees now.
Going to do an Ultimate Yogi workout. Hoping to counterbalance stress from ds!
Cookie
 
Good morning,

Today I will do cardio and a nice stretch!

Cookie - have fun with Travis today:D Sorry your DS is stressing you out (((HUGS)))

Debbie - it's freezing here too:confused: Winter is here! How are your legs feeling after those lunges?

Amelia - good job with your workouts.

I will be back later. Happy Hump Day!
 
Hey girls,

Turbo Fire EZ45 plus Turbo Fire Stretch is done.

I need to clean house than go grocery shopping. See you all tomorrow.
 
Hi,

Today I did bi's & tri's. I'm trying to squeeze work in between today & tomorrow & take Friday off. It should be warmer by the weekend too!

The Super Shoprite hired 500 people & 80 quit the 1st day:eek:

Belinda - You been doing a really good job of mixing up your workouts.

Cookie - I'm dying to try UY they look like the yoga I do at the Y & hot yoga.

Waves hi to Kristin, Amelia & Melissa

Goodnight:)
 
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