Happy Fri
"off work"day ! Woo Hoo I'm thrilled for a 3 day weekend.
Have mucho cleaning to do too Diana but no kids here to help !
Guess that will up my step count though !
Lori - OK - I can't wait to see if you can limit yourself to 1 CAB tonight.
(Just a little challenge for you !
) I'm sure you'll have a great time at the bach party tomorrow. Those are so much fun. Hoping your run fits in well with your day and you get out there before the rain. Though I'd love to go by the higher cal burn count, y'day after only changing my RHR (which was actually at 55 this AM when I woke) it showed about a 2600 cal burn for yesterday. That is with 60 min of running and 25 min of leg weightwork. If that is true I surely don't understand why the weight isn't dripping off with my sweat !
Such a puzzle that needs to be figured out quickly as I refuse to buy larger pants !
Does Canada have a celebration for their "Canada Day" similar to our 4th of July?
Diana - I have to say for me, after doing STS and gaining so much strength, the other Cathe weight DVD's are still tough and leaving me with major DOMS. I'm doing one part per day, did S&H last week, PUB/PLB this week (2X through since there is only on exercise for the UB) and I have been very sore every day. Am using Cathe's lbs or heavier and though I feel like I should be "stronger" than I am feeling, I just decided that the short heavy lifts are just a different way of training and DOMS of any kind are good in my book. It accomplishes what I set out to do, build/maintain muscle so I'm OK with it. I do think the heat & humidity can really make a workout harder as your body is busy trying to keep cool and can only do so much you know !
And some days are just better than others depending on sleep and nutrition and stress ! I love 30day Shred ! Like Wendy I use heavier weights, but sometimes even light ones get the sweat dripping. You can adjust the workout to make it more even to your level - a complete sweatfest for me. I still have a couple of other BL vids I haven't opened yet. Am thinking I may try one next week.
Ran into Angie on the OD forums - she "accused me" of putting a hex on the Red Wings ! LOL ! Told her to drop by and let us know "what's up".
Wendy - I think it was so nice of you to let DS stay for ice cream. He will remember those things when he gets older. And sounds like it gave you a great reason to have a drink before heading home - even though you may say it was to avoid the traffic !
Hope you enjoyed your walk with DH & DD (darling dog) and wonder which workout you will choose. So tell me a little about Jari vs Cathe. Other than TaeBo and now BL's, I don't have anything other than Cathe. And I must say I am really thinking about GWF if I can't figure this out anyother way. I really need to get blood work done too just to see if there is an issue there. I think age does make a difference sometimes, but as I read a few of the fitness books out they keep saying you can keep your metabolism from dropping by exercising and eating right. Which includes weights. Now I think I must be more fit than a few years ago when my RHR was near 80, and this AM it was 55, but that would be assuming it isn't something else going on. The BMR calculators I have found put me about 1280 - 1290 - due to the age I think.
I get tired of logging my food and being 100% clean at less than 1500 cals for more than a week or so and it just seems strange that one meal out (and I don't eat crap, I mean like sushi the other night) will chalk up a couple lbs. that stick until I work out really hard or go to 1200 cal days for at least 3 - 4 days. Doesn't seem logical, but perhaps that is just what I will have to do forever on out?
Also thought about getting a metabolic workup - there is one in a couple weeks up in San Jose. Thinking about that too in hopes it may answer my daily caloric burn. Wish I had a little more time in the day to take care of personal issues rather than working and working out in order to keep from gaining any more. But I will survive and succeed ! It just may take a little time - or a GWF !
Off to pay bills, Clean Max, take a run (you with me on that one Diana?) and have a little homework from work.
BBL