Commit to get fit & lean for September!!

Morning girls,

Im off the next two days and im so glad. Im tired:confused:

Yesterdays family gathering went well. We never got any rain and it was nice and cool out:) I skipped eating there all together and just ate when we got home.

Belinda-Sorry you got sick...did the Mexican bar make you sick? How are you feeling this morning?

Lori-Have a good time with the girls today. Nice run yesterday. And to answer your question about the store manager..YES, he does give me the creeps. I try to avoid him if possible.

Cookie-LOL at your DH worried about the upcoming replacement shopping trips. Well...something has to fill the 7 bags of empty space;) And to answer your question about the creepy manager guy...yup, I tell my DH everything about everybody up at my job. He says that these women will all get together one day and get him fired:eek:

Kristin-Good Luck Today!! Nice job on your workouts. I forgot to tell you that when I was reading your post the other day about the whole drinking tequila/ Karaoke bon jovi experience, I almost spit coffee all over my nice computer screen. :p So funny...I love bon jovi

Deb-How was your weekend? Have a great day today:)

Im still debating on what to do today. Yesterday was a rest day so i can do either a weight workout or a cardio. Will bbl to report.
 
HI girls,

I ended up doing Pauline Nordin Butt Bible(from youtube) LB + UBL1 + 10 band workout for the legs. I don't think I could handle lots of high impact right now. I been wanting to give those workouts a try.

Cookie - once I get surgery, I hope I don't need all those meds ever again, lol. I don't work...I mean I do kinda at home. LOL. The Tysons Corner is in VA, closer to DC. I live in WV almost an hour away from Tysons Corner. My friend told us about a second hand store, she and her DD bring all their cloth there. They pay good money. Alesia and I will try it out.

Amelia - good job with SM today. I love a clean house. I am not sure if the Mexican bar made me and DD sick? We both feel like crap. DD is worst off than me, poor girl!

Lori - your runs are amazing. WTG! Glad you having fun at your parents house. Glad to hear you have a good friend. They are hard to come by these day. I am sure STS will be on sale again. Is your boy excited to go to school tomorrow? Good luck!

Debbie - hope you had a fun filled bday weekend.

Good night ladies, see you all in the morning.
 
'Evening!
Belinda, hope you're over the sickness soon. There's an expression: every mother is a working woman and that's you. Take it easy on the workouts, please. We want you healthy.
Kristin, I also lol at you and Bon Jovi with your dh taping. Hope the day went well.
Amelia, be careful around that manager. I'm surprised they haven't cited him for sexual harassment.
Deb, are you packing for your trip?
Did a Tracy Mallett dance wo this morning. I'm trying but dance wo are a challenge for me. I'm just not graceful so TG no one can see me at 4:30 am trying. Nightmare inducing that's for sure.
Cookie
 
Evening ladies. Well, despite having to drive through a monsoon this morning, today was really good. Administration needs to get its act together as far as scheduling and getting things well planned before school begins. I was prepared and ready to go, and so I had a good first day with my students. DS also had a great day. He has a lot of friends in his class, which makes him feel more at ease. He is always afraid the teacher will be mean. . . he came home raving about his teacher again, lol.

Amelia- I'm glad you had a good day with your family and the weather held out. I used to rock out to Bon Jovi in my car and in my room back in the day, haha.

Belinda- I hope you are feeling better. Take it easy. I also hate it when I lose my entire post. .. so annoying.

Cookie- My DH keeps playing that video during quiet times in the house, lol.

Lori- so your little guy starts tomorrow? Kindergarten? It is crazy how fast it is going, right. I cannot believe my first baby is 7 and in the second grade. I was looking at him today when he was "making a comic strip." He is soooo big.

Deb- Did you still go to New Orleans? I have to go back to the August thread.

Okay, I am sooooooo tired. Oh, I did PUB tonight. I know I will have chest DOMs tomorrow for sure!

Kristin
 
Hi,

I went to 4 malls today, last minute errands & cooked meatballs for dinner & my son so I'm so tired. I tried to do IMAX 3 (really what was I thinking) & only made it through 2 segments & popped in Kickmax & did 2 more but I felt I needed to do something before vacation on Thursday:)

Belinda - I hope your feeling better & Alesia too! Are you taking anything for it?

Lori - I'm sure you'll be sad tomorrow but will enjoy the break in a few days. In NJ some towns have 1/2 day kindgergarten & most have full day:confused: Will DD be sad the summer romance is over?

Amelia - Great job on the weight loss (happy dance for you).

Cookie - Too funny I was hoping the same thing TG no one can see me doing IMAX 3:) It's great that DD can walk everywhere.

Kristin - You & DS survived the 1st day! Does your younger DS feel sad he's not in school? I didn't leave yet & drove through a monsoon but it was in the afternoon:)

Goodnight:)
 
Good Morning

Can't believe it's a school day!. I must say I am enjoying the fact that DD won't be out strolling around almost every evening anymore. She will be home with me instead. And I can't believe it's DS's first day of school! I think he wants to go on the bus but i am gonna have to drive behind it for the first week or so. I need to make sure he knows where he needs to go and what he has to do before I can let him go on his own. With DD it was a gradual process and she was way more advanced then him. I think I underestimate him.

When I got home yesterday the PS series was waiting for me so that's what I did. I had a long workout yesterday. I did PS C,S,T, then MM C,S,T...the house was still quiet so I moved on to PS B&B, then I did MM B&B. Later in the evening when everyone was tucked away in the bed I did 20 mins on the tm and 30/30. I also did Jackie Warner's abs which was pretty good. The first seg was all standing with a lot of arm movement and my arms were burning from weights earlier...it was hard to concentrate on my abs when my arms felt like they were going to fall off.

Ameila** it's always nice when someone helps with the house work! I'm even happy when someone can watch the kids so I can get it done! I guess that guy does give you the creeps. Men who think they are jocks get on my nerves anyway so I'm sure me and him wouldn't get along very well.

Belinda** hope your feeling better. STS is on again today (minus the heavy leg DVD) for $149! Oh well...I'm still holding off. The other DVD on is ME, which I also wanted. I have it now but to be honest I think it was a burned one I bought on eBay and it skips now.

Cookie** whenever I see these dance workouts, it really looks like someone could hurt themselves doing it. I was thinking about buying a kettle bell workout and when I previewed it,it has injury written all over it. Not so bad for me but for someone who doesn't workout and now they are swing a bell around? Sounds like a terrible idea to me!

Deb** you weren't feeling IMAX yesterday?? When do you leave for your holidays?

Kristin** have you put your box of tissues away yet?;). I'm sure going back to work isn't that bad. I haven't even thought about going back to work yet b/c I really don't know where we will be!


I will bbl today sometime. My parents are coming in this morning so I am going for a run with my running partner. I may to ps legs tonight...or YOGA!!! I haven't decided yet!

Lori:)
 
Morning girls,

Just a quick check in: I am feeling much better today. Thanks for you good vibes. I think it was the food DD and I ate at the Mexican bar. We ate the same thing:confused:

I have to take the dogs to the vet this morning. This afternoon I will do cardio, not sure what yet?

Holy Crap, Lori:eek: Sent some of your energy my way, will you? Fantastic job, girl! How do you like PS? BTW, ME and STS without the leg workout is on sale today.

I will be back with personals later this afternoon. Happy Hump Day, everyone!
 
Hey girls,

I just finished a cardio workout from youtube with Steven Maresca.I been wanting to do that workout for quit some time. I thought it would be an easy workout, wrong! That was one tough workout:p I burned 541 cal in 40 min. AWESOME workout! Loved it! I will do that one more often. Love working with the med ball. Fun stuff.

I will be back later.
 
'Evening!
Belinda, that's some calorie burn. How did you hear about that instructor and workout? Glad you're feeling better.
Amelia, I've heard good things from using inserts. My good friend has pf and she got inserts and uses a cold bottle as a roller for her foot. Stay away from that guy.
Lori, yeah, would you mind sharing your energy. Geesh, no wonder your arms were sore! How does ds feel about you driving him? My boys always wanted to ride the bus.
Kristin, was the schedule better today? Isn't this month exhausting? And then with so many new high-pressure things.
Deb, did you get the running around done? Hope you had today as a rest day. After yesterday it sounds like you need it.
Did another tb barre wo. Skipped a meeting to meet a friend for dinner. So glad I did. We just talked and talked and the food was good.
Cookie
 
Hey everyone. I ended up doing TBT LB today. It was supposed to be a leg day, but I picked the shortest workout I could find because I am tired and stressed. We ran out of oil. The oil delivery guy delivered the oil, but now the boiler won't turn on. So they are sending someone to come check it out, which will cost even more money :mad:. Then, my dad is fishing upstate, and he calls us all panicked because my mom won't answer the phone. I call my brother (who loves at him) and his fiancee and they both do not answer. So then I drive over there. My mom is home all fine, the phone isn't working. My brother and his fiancee are in his room. . . so why didn't they answer their phones? Their excuse was they didn't realize they had missed calls. . . #$#%@#. I work, have two kids and at 9 at night I have to go there all worried because my brother is probably having sex with his fiancee in my parents house :mad::mad::mad:. Not cool. . . not cool at all. Not to mention that this all happened while I was stretching and cooling down after doing TBT LB. Ugh.

On a brighter note, school is going well. I like my classes. :)

Cookie- it sure is exhausting. . . yesterday we had a union meeting regarding appr (we are voting on it Friday). Tomorrow night is meet the teacher night. Then next week we have two meetings (Tuesday and Thursday) to review APPR and Common Core. It is craziness. Everything is being thrown at us at the same time, and so it is hard to digest everything.

Belinda- glad you are feeling better. Never heard of that workout, but if you burned that many calories, it must be good!

Lori- I am with Belinda. . . send me some energy, will ya? How did DS do today? My DS was sooooo freakin' cranky, I sent him to bed a half an hour early. We were up late Sunday and at the beach Monday. . . I think it just caught up with him.

Deb- my younger DS goes to Pre-K, so he thinks he is in school too. He makes up his own homework, lol. Today he had to write letters, lol.

Okay, I am off to bed.

Kristin
 
Hi,

I wanted to get home early but I did something stupid a few days ago I had a cuticle hanging so I bit it :eek::eek::eek: & I developed an infection in my finger:rolleyes: The same thing happened when I was in my 20's you would think I would learn my lesson. The Dr.'s office was too busy to take me so I went to walk in care and the Dr. drained it & put me on 2 antibiotics. If I wasn't going away he wouldn't have drained it & waited to see. Well my workout went out the window & taking a break from packing for now.

I leave tomorrow will check in if I can or I'll be back on Tuesday.

Lori - One of those workouts you did must be able to count towards mine:eek: At dinner tonight I told my sons the story when my older son started school & he was so upset that his younger brother was able to stay home with me, he wanted me to get a job.

Belinda - I'm happy both of you are feeling better. Wow, you are getting lots of good workouts. Are you able to save them?

Cookie - It sounds like you had fun with your friend so much better then a meeting!

Kristin - It must have been so frustrating worrying about your Mom. Too funny about your younger DS making up his homework, maybe he'll love it when he's in H.S.;)

Waves hi to Amelia

Goodnight:)
 
Morning girls,

Can't sleep! Today's plan is Butt Bible L1 again plus abs.

Cookie - that workout is from Exercise TV. Too bad they are no longer on Cable TV. But you can find them on youtube. That workout you can find also on Amazon.com. Glad you had fun with your friend.

Kirstin - what a stressful day! Sorry about your boiler. When it rains, it poors. Hang in there! BTW, those workouts were on Exercise TV. They had some really good workout on there. You really don't need a gym membership, just go to youtube. No excuse not to work out!

Debbie - OUCH!!! That hurts. Safe travels and have fun. There is a way you can dowload those workouts from youtube, haven't had time to play around. lol.

Lori - how was your kids first day of school?

Amelia - what are your plans today?

I will be back after my workout.
 
Morning girls,

Its back to work this morning for me. I had planned on getting up and working out but that didn't happen. I woke up so sleepy:eek: Its funny how having two days off from work can make you so exhausted:confused:

I plan on getting in Muscle Max or Muscle Endurance after work.

Kristin-What a very aggravating night for you. Im sorry you had to go through all of that. But im glad you like your classes:)

Lori-Just reading your workout yesterday has me exhausted, nice job girl. Its funny how we underestimate our sons. I thought for sure my son was going to cry his first day of school (pre k, then K and now he's in 2nd grade) and he could care less. As long as I pack him something good for lunch and snacks...he's good:p lol I even asked for a kiss on the first day of school and he looked around like he was embarrassed :confused::eek:

Deb-Nice job getting in that workout the other day before vaca. Have a nice time and see you when you get back. Hope your finger doesn't give you any problems.

Cookie-Do you know what kind of inserts your friend has? I've been surfing the web to find some at a reasonable price. Nice job on your barre workouts. I've noticed you've been doing a lot of those lately...you must be doing a rotation. Any results yet? Glad to hear you had a good time with your friend.

Belinda-Sounds like you had a fun workout yesterday, I love it when we have fun. How are the dogs doing?

alright girls...off the get the kids ready for school. I will bb to report my workout later this evening :)
 
Good Morning:)

Almost on my 2nd cup of coffee already:eek:. This is where I need a waiter who can refill my cup and I don't have to get up!:)

DS did not like school....I'm not surprised. He's such a home body. And it's mostly my fault. Whenever I was off and he didn't want to go to the sitters, I would keep him home with me so you can't blame the poor guy for thinking if he whines enough he will be allowed to stay home. I think when he gets into a routine he will be better. I just have to listen to him complain for the next...I dunno...forever!:mad:. I let him go on the bus and I met him there. The bus parked on the other end of the school, which IMO is not a good place for DS to be getting off of the bus:confused:. It took him forever to walk to the other end of the school...he was in no rush. So I'm going to have to keep going with him for a while until I feel comfortable about it. But he can ride the bus home no problem b/c the take them to the buses at that age.

I went to visit a friend last night so I never did do another workout. I was planning on doing weights in the evening but I did nothing. I went for a 11k run yesterday morning with my running partner. Today I plan on doing weights in the a.m and after I take DS to school, or meet him there, I am going to go for a run outside with the baby. Although it looks like its going to rain.

Kristin** yeah, I guess that was a tad annoying! I didn't realize that your parents lived so close to you. How old is your brother?

Belinda** you must enjoy searching for new workouts. I like pulling out the same ole, same ole..I know what I'm getting myself into:eek:. Glad you are feeling better!

Cookie** it's always nice to meet friends for chats, that's what I did last night. I had the kids with me...but it was still nice. I could have stayed longer but the baby needed his cereal and to go to bed.

Deb** I don't know if I would remember what I did to my finger when I was in my 20's. My nails and cuticles were so nice when I was pregnant and up until recently...now they are all going to crap again!

I will bbl to report my workout!

Lori:)
 
Ameila** we were posting at the same time. When I stop I get tired but when I keep going...I can do just that..keep going. I'm sure your body enjoyed your days off. You not being able to get out of bed reminded me of when I was pregnant last year! Oh man! I could not get out of bed, I was so tired! Either that or I didn't want to start the day:p I knew it was going to be filled with hugging the toilet bowl! Even when I was 8 m I still couldn't get out of bed. Maybe I am making up for lost time..haha!

Lori:)
 
Good evening,

Workouts are done! This morning I walked the dogs 35 min/2.5 miles. Than I did abs w/Violet Zaki (that one was tough), I also did 30 min yoga for my hip w/ David. I just finished Butt Bible L1 again.


Awww...Lori:( Poor little guy:( Reminds me off my son. He hated being away from me. It will get better. You should try other workouts, they are fun.Good job on your workout.

Amelia - my dogs doing fine, considering I have 4 in the house now:eek: How are ours doing? Have fun at work, girl.

I will try to check in later. If not have a great evening, everyone!
 
'Evening!
Belinda, you're on a roll with workouts! Good for you. So glad you're feeling better. I plan on going to the library on Saturday so I will check out youtube for those workouts. My internet here at home is not that good.
Kristin, oh I'd be fuming if I were you. TG they're okay. I got blasted in an email today from a teacher who is feeling overwhelmed. I try really hard not to take it personally, but sometimes it still hurts. Guess sometimes we only think of how everything affects ourselves, not that it is affecting most folks. I showed my calendar to a colleague today and every day - even Fridays - I have meetings after school! Glad you ds are enjoying school and homework. I am trying to do barre 3x a week with cardio in between. So far, I think I'm seeing good results, especially in my arms and legs. Good definition and I think my arms are looking less bulky. Of course, if I got my eating under control, it would all be better.
Amelia, I'll ask my friend what she uses. I do know originally she got them from a podiatrist but then started buying them at a drug or department store. Sometimes the only thing I ever knew about my boys' day was what they had for lunch or snack. Not much else seem to make an impression.
Lori, OMG how many miles and times are you running a day? Do you think your ds got his energy from you?
Deb, boy you are sensitive. Glad you got on antibiotics. Heard that cuticles are major area for infections. Do you get manicures? Enjoy your birthday celebration and vacation.
Took a rest day since I had paperwork to do. Especially since I went to dinner instead of the meeting yesterday.
Cookie
 
Hey girls, quick check in to report my workout. I just finished rounds 1-4 of Cardio supersets of LIS. Now its time to get the kids ready for school:confused:

I may get in another workout later, maybe a walk at the park or something as I don't feel like I did much?

bbl
 
Good Morning

So dingy here this morning. As much as I want time to zoom by, I don't like these dark mornings. It's raining out so that doesn't help. I'm not sure how much longer I can go without turning the heat on. I'll freeze my kids and buy more lulu....I know that's what your all thinking

Yesterday I ended up doing arms again. I wanted to do legs but I didn't want my legs to feel like they were 100 lbs each during my afternoon run. I did Amy bento/ME shoul,bics,tris and abs and a ab section from STS series. Then in the afternoon the baby and I went for a 9 k run. I felt good when I started out but it didn't take long for me to get tired of pushing that stroller in the wind. So b/c it's raining I have a feeling I will be doing legs and a run circuit downstairs this morning and having it done. Yesterday I was finished my morning workout by 11, which gave me two hours to be organized for lunch and to meet DS at the school. I found that this was enough time so I need to be done by 11 again today.

I have no plans for this weekend. I'm certainly not going home. I've drove out that way enough the last few weeks. I don't know if I will bother to going home anymore until my sister arrives on the 25th. I feel like gutting my room, that could be a chore for tomorrow and Sunday. I'm on the fence about having a yard sale but it's so much work and it brings out all the weirdos!

I had some jeans come yesterday. It's the first time I've ever bought skinny jeans. One pair fit good cause they were super stretch or something and the other pair fit but I had a little room in the waist and I'm not sure how much they will stretch. I don't know if I should send them back or wear them. Maybe if I threw them in the dryer after I wash them they may shrink some...

Belinda** I've never enjoyed trying new instructors. Mainly b/c I didnt like learning new choreography when it came to step. I use to do a lot of step years ago and I knew that whatever cathe produced ,something in it would be familiar so it wasnt like I was wasting my time doing something new! But I have bought a few new workouts from instructors I was kind of familiar with so I am not just strictly cathe anymore...just 90%! Haha!

Cookie** hope you enjoyed the paper work:rolleyes:. My friend always says that DS came by his energy naturally. He doesn't really have a choice cause both DH and I are steady go.

I will bbl to report my workout. There won't be much excitement here today, I should be around.

Lori:)
 
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