Coolers ~~Waiting for STS

Morning!

Todays workout has been BBC Fat Blaster Lower and BBC MS Abs Beginner. Will get to the gym for Chest & Biceps. Might try doing the 1RM's at the gym since they have heavier weights than I have at home.

When I was coming home from doggy daycare last night, I was letting Cami out the door of the van. She went out onto the driveway, and of course guess what was out in our back yard! DEER! Well Cami took off after them, and I have no idea how far or where she ended up. 15 min. after she took off I was going to go out to call her AGAIN, and there she comes darting through the door with her big doggie smile on her face. She was not contrite at all! :mad: Scared the crap out of me though! I knew she probably would be coming back, but I am worried that she will get hit by a car! :( Was she one tired puppy last night though! :eek:

Patricia, Oh how disapointing that must have been for you. :( But when you finally get your order you will still get that excitment again! :D Of course your DH has to do the snowblowing. That is another thing they are good for besides making the coffee in the morning. :D

Jeanette, I tried out a 1RM last night at the gym, because I though how cool that they have 17.5 lb DB's. So I tried out a bicep exercist, and did 15 reps. I'm going to enter that on the WM, and see what the max is on that exercise. :D

Laurie
 
Kids are off school today. Took dd to her eye exam this morning this am and otherwise just relaxing. DS slept in till 11! Going to pick DH up from work since the car is in for some warranty work and then going out for supper.:D

Did GSBSB this am. It was driving me crazy that I never finished the last workout on the Jan rotation. So it's officially done!!!:D:D I watched the 1RM tutorial and played with the new WM. The plan (the new one) is to get the 1RMs done over the weekend.

Laurie Glad Cami is ok! Sorry she gave you such a scare. My sister's dog Max is coming over tonight, we'll dog sit for the next couple of weeks while they're at Disney. I guess I have to go shovel out the back door into the backyard since Bandit is gone I've haven't bothered as we mostly use the front door. In the past when we had dogsat Max he has ran away so hopefully no adventures this time.

Patricia My sister leaves Jan31 for 2 weeks at Disneyworld, will you be there some of the same days??
LOL on you getting so excited for STS!!! Are you going to start STS as soon as you're back from holidays?? Should we wait for you??

Jeanette We decided to do the intern's evaluation Monday am. Friday afternoon would have been better so she had some time to think things over but with both of us being parttimers it's hard to work out. My coworker and I are good friends so we're on the same wavelength. We wrote up most of it but have to finetune it by email over the weekend.

Kim
 
Push Circuit #2 done earlier tonight. DH out with guys from work then ice fishing tomorrow morning then he has to scoot down to T.O. as a subtrade is treating him to a hockey game. Leafs vs ?? The taper came in tonight to put the 1st skim coat on the drywall and will be back over the weekend a couple times to finish it up. Hopefully the painter will be availa. able next week.

Kim - I'm in Fl Feb. 12 - 22. Daytona 500 is that weekend but I think I'll be taking DS to Disneyworld on the Sun. along with another Mother and her son. Its great that we will have other people down there with us. Makes for a great lively vacation I think. Start STS with out me as I really want to commit to finishing CLX (even though I'm only doing 3 weeks each phase:p)

Laurie - glad puppy came back and faily quickly too! The cat we adopted last fall keeps running out the door but with winter she turns right around but I hope I won't have a problem with her come spring/summer. Since my weights only go up to 20# I'm wondering whether it is worth it do the the 1rm's. I really don't want to go out and buy anything more so for now I'm still going to "wing" it.:p

Jeanette - its funny, when I ordered CLX I got it through the post office and BB was able to give me a tracking #, wonder why Cathe can't be set up to do the same thing. I'm sure I'll open up my mail box one day late next week and there will be a nice surprise. What colours / pattern are you doing on the quilt by the way?
 
Patricia My sister is coming home on the 14th! Her youngest boy is about the same age as your ds.

Did some of the 1RMs, nothing exciting happening around here.
 
Evening Coolers

Lets see, oh I did the new interval workout from CLX, disc #7 that I got this week, can't remember the name. I'm really liking how Chalene uses the bands around the legs for a lot of excercises. I also did You've got Abs from this disc but didn't like it as much. The taper came by this a.m. and put another coat on the ceilings. Got out for groceries and then to Blockbuster for several movies. DH is gone to T.O. for the hockey game. He left his toiletrie (sp?) bag at the back door so he'll have to stop at a drug store for his night time insulin:rolleyes: It's snowing here again today and just soooo fed up wih winter. I'm glad Jan. is pretty much over:D:D

Have a fun evening everyone. Off to put a pizza in the oven.
 
Hi Coolers,
Yesterday's workout was Christi Taylor's Fit To Dance Cardio (most all of), then today was no workout. I've got a lousy head cold that came on last night so I just didn't work out. Did go with my mom and sister to pick out some fabric for a quilt for me. I need to wash it so we can start cutting out the pieces on Tuesday night. After we got back from shopping, I played golf with a girlfriend. It was a nice day for golf and my driving and long game were satisfactory. Putting was poo-poo.:rolleyes: Fun anyway. If I feel okay, tomorrow morning will be a bike ride in the morning, out to the desert for the dogs to get a run and dig in, then on to the folks for a Super Bowl party.

Patricia, how was the pizza? Glad you are enjoying Chalene. Sounds like a series I might want in the future. I like band work. I've been sore from Butts and Guts standing that I did a couple days ago. I like the firewalkers in that one. The quilt pattern is called "Storm At Sea", so you can Google it and see what it looks like made up. The colors will have dark blue, medium blue, some brown, beige, gold. It'll be fun to see it come together.

Kim, congrats on finishing the January rotation! You are soooo good! How are the 1rm's coming? Have you gotten a shipping notice yet? Mine still says it's sitting in New Jersey, though I'm thinking it's on a truck somewhere and the site is just not updated. I'm supposed to get it on Tuesday. We'll see though.

Laurie, thank goodness Cami came back okay. I always worry about Lexxie, our German Shorthair, running around. She doesn't go far, but I worry about her crossing the quiet street and a car coming. How are the 1rm's coming for you? We'll have to send the vibes out that Kim gets her STS soon. The reviews are good so far. Are you planning on doing it at the gym? I think I'll either do a 5 or 6 month rotation. That will take me into July or August.

Must go,
 
Sorry, I haven't been around much. Was just one of those weekends. I was looking forward to having a pretty unscheduled weekend but things just didn't go so well, e.g. burnt the pancakes, toilet broke, 2 trips to the hardware store with a 8 yr old having a temper tantrum, it's still not fixed, getting frustrated with the 1rm. Spent lots of time on the phone/emails with my coworker, mainly listening to her vent about the intern. :rolleyes: Have my sister's dog, who keeps peeing everywhere!! :mad::mad:Nothing that bad really just kind of frustrating weekend.

We did have a nice supper out Friday night, took the kids to see Paul Blart, Mall cop on Saturday. Today took ds and 2 of his friends to skate on the river today, this was lots of fun!

I'm such a type A personality that I find the 1 RM frustrated. I seem to come up with more questions than answers (what if I don't have a barbell, what about the legs, with alternating to count the number on one side, etc) but got a good bit done.

Jeanette Hope you're feeling well enough to enjoy the busy day! I will have to google the quilt when I get a chance. International orders don't get shipping notice so no idea where my sts is :confused: Send me some vibes please :D

I "met" someone on the website from my province, I've never known anyone else from Manitoba.

Patricia Hope you DH enjoyed the game, ds tells me that the Leafs won.
You'll soon have a break from winter, maybe by the time you get back the worst will be over. What room are you painting??

Laurie How are you doing with your 1rm's? When are you getting your sts?

Busy day tomorrow with work (including evaluation), taking ds to his 6 month surgical followup for the "other" surgery, then piano lessons with dd and I guess we'll have to call in a plumber. :rolleyes: Hopefully, the groundhog will have some good news for us.
 
Goodness, what a day! My mom is on vacation in Mexico with a friend. Her friend has ended up in the hospital with cardiac issuees. My dad died in Mexico while on holidays 7 years ago so this would bring back terrible memories for her. I was just talking with his dtr and they were doing a procedure today and hopefully if they can stabilize him, he will be medivac home.

Yes, and the intern cried throughout the evaluation this morning.
No STS delivery:(:(:(:(

DS's surgical followup went great!
 
Lets see, I don't remember if I checked in yesterday or not. Nope, didn't. So yesterday then I did Push Circuit #3 and today I did Burn it Off along with Recharge so I'm also relaxed and loose now.

Got outside to play in the snow yesterday both in the a.m. and p.m. as it warmed up to -6. Finally got DS back on a tobaggen and even got him to do down the hill without me.:p The hill isn't that big - it's on our front lawn but our snow banks in places are probably 10' high so just right for a toddler.

Kim - no STS for either yet. Anyday maybe. I've "met" someone from your neck of the woods this weekend. I had some Jane Fonda VHS tapes I put on Kijiji for free and this woman must have just done a general search b/c I don't know who else she would have found my ad. Anyhow I'm mailing her the tapes and she'll reimburse me for the postage. Hopefully your Mom and her friend get home with out too much fuss. Good news on the dr appt with DS. After reading the STS forums I'm almost convinced to do the 1rpm's. I'm painting my work out room / toy room and our downstairs living room. It is just plain white and I need some colour:)

Jeanette - soooo jealous that you can be out golfing. I am so looking forward to after our vacation that there will probably only be 4-6 weeks left of winter. I really like the quilt, hmm may have to place an order with my Mom. She just can't seem to stop making them and has way more than beds to put them on. My favourite colour is purple and she keeps making making purple ones so I'm wondering if I'll be inheriting them one day.

Waving hi to Laurie

Take care
 
Well, duh, I realised as I was about to sign-off I didn't remind Jeanette to try the Buckwheat Honey - probably b/c I can't get over the fact you don't get MUCH of a winter grrr.... Anyhow, hope the cold doesn't take hold of you for very long.
 
Good morning,
Today was a SJP premix, tonite is sewing. May not have time to post tonite so better post now. Yesterday was my rest day, but I did walk during my break and walked quickly for 8 holes of golf after work. My cold is better, I think.

Patricia, thanks for the buckwheat honey reminder. Bet your Mom has some beautiful quilts. I need to take my camera and take a shot of the table runner that's about finished.

Kim, I thought my STS was coming today, it's supposed to be tomorrow. Hope your Mom's friend will be okay. You've been so busy lately.

My time is short this morning,
 
Jenatte - just got an email from my Mom in Florida. She will be starting another quilt and it's NOT going to be purple she said:p She must have been receiving my vibes after my comment earlier :p:p

Somewhat sunny day here but cold. Tonight is my rest day but may get motivated to do some stretching. I have a company dinner to go to tomorrow night so still trying to decide if I do tomorrow's w/o tonight or get up early tomorrow a.m.
 
Okay got my w/o in tonight, just couldn't see myself getting up early. I did Push Circuit #1 and then some extra stretching. I guess I'll have 2 days off now or maybe I start back up on Thurs. Oh no I can't b/c I'm getting a mani/pedi Thurs. night:D:D

Have a nice evening all.
 
Lazy evening watching TBL. Plumber came after work and fixed the toilet. After numerous phone calls to the hospital in Cancun, I finally found my mom, she sounded okay. She only talked for a couple of minutes as her friend was getting an angioplasty and she was expecting the dr to ring any minute to let her know how it went. She told me she would call me back after she spoke to the dr but that was 3 hrs ago and she hasn't called. She cancelled the return tickets home for tomorrow. I'll be breathing a big sigh of relief when she returns home. My selfish side wishes she would just get on that plane home tomorrow so she doesn't have to deal with this. His son is thinking about flying down to be with his dad which I think is a great idea. Of course, to be honest I could never stand this friend. They met about 6 years ago at a grief group for widows/widowers soon after they both lost their spouses. They have always maintained their own households, etc but spend alot of time together. I don't think he treats her well at all.

Still no STS, although ds arrives home first and I'm still questioning him whether it was in the mailbox and he's keeping it from me.;);) He swears it wasn't delivered today. DD was watching TBL with me and asked if the Cathy that was on the show (a 350 lb contestant) was the Cathe that made the workouts. (Does she look like a fitness instructor??, LOL)

Glad you're feeling better Jeanette, if you don't have time to post tomorrow because you're busy previewing, we'll understand. Have you done any previewing Jeanette??

Good for you getting your workout in Patricia!

Kim
 
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Morning!

Hi everyone, just taking some time at home to chat, because I will have another busy day at work and don't think I will be getting on line.

I have decided that I will be starting the STS rotation in June, because DD wants to train with me. I will check out the posts, and will be better informed when we start. :D

So far I have not done a workout, but I'm planning on BBC Lower Body or Results 10 Days Lower (which is just like the BBC, but more intense), and a BBC MS Lower Body & Abs.

Kim, I'm sorry that you Mom is in another country having to deal with her friends illness. Hope she gets home soon, so you don't have to be worried about her. :(

Patricia, So how are those CLX workouts going?

Jeanette, Oh I think I have only attempted a couple of 1rm's I'm such a slacker! When DD and I do start our rotation in June I'm thinking of doing a 3mo, since this will be a first attempt.

Laurie
 
Hump Day

Morning All

Jeanette - I know you really like Christi Taylor so I'm going to link a thread from VF that states she won't be doing anymore videos (at least starring in front of the camera)
http://forum.videofitness.com/showthread.php?t=129432

Kim - Glad to hear you finally got in touch with your Mom. Any idea though when they will be able to come home? I would have though the son would have been on the 1st plane down there:( Nope, I was pretty disappointed when I opened up my mail box last night and nada. Oh well, I not really expecting them to arrive until next week so any earlier than that is a bonus. I find at least 2 weeks for parcels from the US is pretty much the norm.

Laurie - my DS "worked out" with me last night. I let him play with my 2# weights but he wanted to use the 4# and I said they were too heavy for him. He was actually able to use the 4# to follow along with squats which with his form also looked a bit like dead lifts. It was cute how he even tried to do tricep extensions with me and b/c I was putting my weights on the floor and not back on the rack he had to too and couldn't understand why I was only putting the really heavy weights on the floor and the lighter ones back on the rack:D I miss working out with a partner sometimes. Have fun this summer then with DD. Have you done the Results DVD yet for both UB and LB. I did enjoy that they were only 1/2hr long.

Hope everyone has a good day.
 
My mom finally phoned me back at 11 pm last night. It took them 3.5 hrs to do her friend's angioplasty, they told her that his carotid artery was 95% obstructed. They really wanted to do surgery but he refused wanting to wait and have it done in Canada. Hopefully the angioplasty will stabilize him enough to let him fly home. They are recommending another 5 days in hospital. My mom sounded calm. She had finally gone yesterday afternoon to buy a tshirt/shorts to change her clothes that she had worn for days. The hospital was 2 hrs from their hotel, he collapsed while out shopping so all their suitcase were 2 hrs away at the resort. They were supposed to check out today so she was trying to figure out how to get the luggage up to Cancun. I can't believe one of his 3 grown children have not flown down to be with him! He could easily have died! Mom was hoping to talk to his son this morning and she's hoping that he comes down to accompany his father home as she's scared to be the only one with him.

It's super hard to reach mom down there and she won't call here much because it's too expensive :rolleyes::rolleyes: So at this point, I'll just wait to hear more.

Patricia Your ds sounds so cute!! I would love to see pictures of him working out! Does he know anything about your trip?? I see a few Canadians have got sts through Canada Post/USPS so hoping for this week!!

Jeanette Did you get your sts today? How come yours is taking so long??

Laurie That will be so much fun to do STS with your dd! DH might do mesocycle one with me, he doesn't want to do more than that as he's marathon training.

Kim
 
Good Wednesday Evening Coolers

Had a good night out. Our COO is visiting from Edmonton so a few select employees were invited out. Dinner was delish, I'm sure I gained 5#:p But I was good and only ate 1/2 my Lemon Poppyseed Cheesecake. I had never heard of that b/4 so just had to try it.

Kim - glad to hear you at least have heard from your Mom. I'm sure it's all been pretty stressfull for her and will need another vacation:D The good thing is the longer she is there the less winter she will have left.:D I've started reminding DS that we're going on vacation and he'll see Mickey Mouse. He of course wants to go NOW and can't understand why we have to wait. He also wants to go on a Black plane. I've told him most planes are white but b/c he goes to pre-school on an army base and its near our airport I'm wondering if he has seen more variety in airplane colours. No STS in the mail but if people in T.O. are getting theirs maybe mine will be here Thursday - just in time to preview for the weekend:p

Good night all,
 
Hi Coolers!

Got my STS today, but have only briefly reviewed Disk #1. I can say that the clarity is something else!!! I'm hoping to start on Monday as I need something to kick my butt in gear. Today's workout was the first 5 intervals of Imax2, along with the abs from LIC. No spin workout tonite. Last night was cutting out fabric for my quilt until late. I still have more cutting to do so will do it this weekend and be ready to sew next Wednesday night.

Patricia, hoping you get your STS soon. Yep, I noticed that international orders are being received. So cute about your DS and the black plane. They don't miss a thing, do they? The cheesecake sounds wonderful. I'm a sucker for cheesecake. So cute too with your DS working out along with you. Thanks for the link about Christi Taylor no longer starring in DVD's. Too bad as she's my favorite cardio for fun instructor. LOL about the non-purple quilt. I'm a purple lover myself. This quilt I'm making has a ton of pieces to cut. What the heck was I thinking????

Kim, I don't know why, but my orders always take longer, maybe being clear over here on the west coast. I think that Monday I will start as I really need to get a move on and get enthused about working out again. With as many rest days as I take, you'll probably catch up and pass me anyway. Hope your Mom's friend is doing better. My biking friend had a 95% plugged artery too. He's in great shape and races. He does have a history of heart problems in his family. They put a stint in his artery and put him on some cholesterol medication. He probably should have been on it long ago.

Laurie, sorry you won't be doing STS for a while. Know you will really enjoy it with your DD. I've never worked out with my kids, but when my sister comes to visit from down south, we try to work out together.

Must go now,
 
Evening All

My rest day today as I got a mani/pedicure tonight. DS wanted me to get green toes but I asked him to pick a different colour and he chose purple. So when I got home tonight he came over and just had to take my socks off to see the colour. He was quite excited when he say purple:D DS missed him swimming lesson tonight as I guess someone had an "accident" earlier in the day so they closed the pool until I guess what ever shock treatment they gave is complete. DH going to Montreal for the hockey game on Sat. Canadiens vs Maple Leafs so will have to find some fun things to do with just DS or I'll go stir crazy. Must see about setting up another play date.

Kim - One week exactly and I should be sitting in a condo in Florida:p

Talk later,
 
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