** Damage Controllers have gone INSANE and lots their MINDS**

[gidget1978]

O.k...Im soooo running out of thread names!

How is everyone? Run on the agenda again today. I think I conquered a few good hills last night in my run so I am happy with that. I think if I push myself with those CC workouts I will be ready for my race in no time!

Why is it that kids never listen to you? DD started hanging out with a girl this summer who wore a lot of makeup. So every morning DD comes downstairs, ready for school, her face is orange and her neck is white and she won't listen to me It doesn't look good at all! But we all know that. Then again I think i went around with bangs 10 feet off the top of my head. Hairspray could barely keep it in place. Yesterday when she came home I said, " you still have that globb of foundation on your face" She wanted to know why I didn't tell her and I told her that I was tired of telling her.. So when she came downstairs today I told her for the last time and I told her that I was telling her for the last time. I asked her why she was wearing so much to begin with and that her face and neck were two different colors. She shruged her shoulders and continued on. She went upstairs,Im not sure if she wiped some of it off or not. She wears all over her face what I wear to cover things up.She as invisible foundation...but no...she can't wear something that matches her skin tone.

Im gonna see what I missed last night and then I will return!

Lori

 

[gidget1978]

I didn't miss anything apparently cause I was the last one to post.

Scale was down today. Its amazing how you can eat like a pig all day, then the scale drop 1.5 lbs Prehaps I should try that everyday!

I figured Wendy would have been here by now...whining about how I beat her to the post!

Lori

 

[gidget1978]

K....where are all you lazy butts?? I can't talk to myself all day!

Just heading out for a run...bb in a bit!

Lori

 

[rmrmr]

Good Morning!

I slept great last night but woke up with a sinus headache and sore throat-yuck. Jerod's been fighting this cold for over a week now.

I'm so glad CR is on tap for today. I'm going to do cardio abs first then CR since I had to skip the abs yesterday.

One of our employees is in the hospital, critical care-ICU, on a ventilator. I'm so scared for him. He had a bit of a cold, not bad-a week ago Friday. He was out sick on Monday, he actually went to the hospital and they ran some tests, checking for meningitis. On Tuesday he was admitted with double pneumonia, Thursday he was put on the ventilator in a medically induced coma. He's a muscle head, heavy into weight lifting etc. He's in excellent physical condition which they say is in is favor. Please say a prayer for him.

Talked to DS#1 yesterday and he said he got a letter from the state of Oregon that if he doesn't start paying child support, they will take away his drivers license. He also told me he only gets the girls every other weekend and 1 weekday each week. He's still not working and he did say he didn't have enough money for October's rent. IMO, he's been there over 4 mos and he should be working several part time jobs if that's what it takes. I'm a little upset he hasn't found work, but I'm more mad at Amanda for what she's done. She basically went to the State and turned Cody in for not paying child support when he was taking care of them every day while she worked.

Lori-You're not alone! Maybe you could take DD to one of the Mall stores that do makeovers and teach you how to put on makeup. Obviously she's not going to listen to mom. I hate that because we've all been there and have learned. You know that teenagers think they know everything and us parents don't know anything. Hope you had a great run today.

bbl

 

[Sunshine1528]

Morning girls !

Well PCC was it's usual butt kicker. Was a bit draggy at the beginning since I didn't start my workout until 7:15. Made some super yummy scallop & shrimp ceviche for din din since it hit 100' thinking it would be good not to have to "cook". Well thankfully the temps dropped to 85' by the time I got around to my workout - still sweated a few buckets though !

Lori - I know when I tried for my "measly" 10K the CC hills helped my lots when I compared my uphill runs to a couple of months after the CC's with the hills. They are such a great way to workout ! LOL at DD but it could be worse. My DD listened to a friend and plucked her eyebrows to pencil thin - now she has barely any eyebrows left and has to draw them in. I warned her and warned her but it did no good. At least your DD can "recoup" from her dunder of wearing the wrong color of makeup.

Diana - Wish I had CR on tap for today ! I am so so tired in the legs - it takes me throught the first round of the warm up for my legs to actually move ! By the end of the warm up I am OK but sure can feel the muscles in my legs the entire workout ! All good, but I've never had them "tired" for this long. I was thinking about your DS1 just the other day and wondering how he was doing. He should have an opportunity to go to the court and discuss his daycare duties to get some sort of credit. At least CA would give him some credit depending on the judge. Suggest he go down there in person or file paperwork to state his case. He should have some sort of documentation on trying to get a job. And make sure they are determining the child support based upon his actual income - not a figure pulled out of the air. Heck, if she is working and he has taken care of them during the day, every other weekend and one day a week that should count for quite a bit of % when it comes to the time he spends with them. I know you can only give them advice - but tell him one of your cyber buddies has been through the ringer and has learned . . . I am, however, not familiar with Oregon child support laws but would hope they are at least fair.

Need to do some doggie pill shopping . . . BBL.

 

[irishrose]

Looks like Lori and Wendy both started us off this morning! Will copy and paste Wendy's here:

Hola Chicas.

Well, I guess a good way to drop 2# over night is to not eat. I didn't have much of an appetite y'day at all. My calorie count was waaay low compared to normal and consequently I was at a new all time low this morning. Ofcourse I didn't do it on purpose to drop the weight and of course I know I will eat the loss right back on (well at least a pound of it anyway) but it was nice to see regardless! LOL

So I did ME Express premix this morning. I had never done it before. It's not bad. Nice way to hit all body parts in less time. I skipped the push ups and the abs though.

I don't have time for personals right now. In fact, I don't even know if I have anything to catch up on. I can't remember if I caught up last night or not! Yeah, I was TIRED! LOL Thankfully I was in bed at 9:30 and out like a light with no problems last night. Consequently I was up before my 5am alarm this morning but that's okay...it was only about 10 mins early. No biggie.

Okay, I'm outta here for now but I'll BBL!

 

[irishrose]

And now for mine

Good morning ladies!

Managed to get PC done this morning, despite a complete lack of sleep and a sore throat and sore ankles! I think all you resident insomniacs sent some of that stuff my way I went to bed at ten and was awake at two, and never got back to sleep after that. So in light of that, while I was able to manage PC I skipped out on the CA. I'll do that one tomorrow.

Lori: Your employee situation sounds just like my friends' with the cabinet company. Small town, everyone knows everyone. You wouldn't mind, but this guy was actually related! His brother married one of the daughters/sisters...so he was actually working for his brother's brother in law, and he still stole. No scruples on some people Don't worry too much about your DD, she'll figure it out eventually

Diana: I'll be saying a prayer for your co-worker! That's so scary. Any diagnosis yet? Sorry to hear DS1 is having so many issues with his move to Oregon. He must be kind of down abou the whole thing. I hope he can work something out. I'm with you suffering from the sore throat. Yuck...I hate that! Hope you feel better quickly.

Jacque: Well if you only knew at the time that you were going through all that crap that it might help someone else out someday, huh? It might have made it a tad more bearable Probably not, though! LOL. Good advice to Diana. PCC got me good yesterday, too. It seemed harder this week, in fact!

Wendy: Glad to hear the scale is back down for you today! That starts the day off right. Not sure I've checked out ME express premix, but I certainly will now! I haven't done any weight work this week yet, and that one might just be the ticket to getting it done!

Back to work for a bit, but will bbl after lunch.

Jen

 

[gidget1978]

Back from my run. We did about 12k but I was soooo not feeling it. Im pretty sure it had something to do with my run last night. Plus, its windy...and then the stroller I actually only pushed it 5km and I made my running partner take it the rest of the way! LOL

Diana** That kinda sucks about DS. I thought they were together? I can only imagine how much child support he must have to pay for twins?
Your story kind of reminded me of DS last year. I cringe whenever I think about it. They said if he was much worse they would have put him on a vendaltor as well. Of course we thought only people who were in a coma went on those machines. It wouldn't have been nice to see thats forsure. Im sure he will be o.k!

Jacque** Thats something else DD was doing...she kept plucking brows until there was almost nothing left. I think I finally convinced her to lay off the brows! Supper sounded yummy yesterday! We are having salmon today...Im sooo looking forward to it.

Wendy...Wendy** Did you not see my post 1 hour before yours!?tut-tut Are you sure you did MM or did you have sleep in your eyes while doing it??? hehe! Hope you have a good day!

Jen** Hope you can shake this cold soon! Good job on the workout despite how you feel.

Ok...I gotta get some lunch, laundry needs to be folded and tidy up the kitchen...once again!

Lori

 

[irishrose]

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you girls...

So I did my workout this morning, as I mentioned, and it's warmer here today so I was dripping in sweat throughout the whole thing. After I was done, I walked over to the dvd player and turned it off, then turned around to see the puddles of sweat I had left of the puzzlemats, and right there in front of me is this puddle, in the perfect form of a happy face, staring back at me. Two eyes, a nose, and a big smiling mouth.

Guess someone was telling me "Good job."

 

[Fit_mommy]

Hello!

First I must thank Jen for copying my post over to here for me. Must not have been awake when I looked for the thread this morning.

So I FINALLY banged out Core Cardio and Balance. I liked it. A good amount of cardio but not nearly as intense as the regular work outs. The 2nd half was a lot of standing work to burn out the muscles like arm circles while holding a plie squat position, standing leg extensions, standing oblique crunches and the like. So 2 work outs down...1 to go!

Feeling much better today after getting some sleep last night. Let's hope that was the last of my sleepless nights for a while. 2 inside of a few days about KILLED me! I averaged about 4 hours of sleep both of those nights. Not good. Not good at all!

Lori:: Eat like pig and lose 1.5 pounds!?!? Okay, that just isn't right! I'm mad at you now! I barely ate anything y'day and only lost 2!

Diana:: OMG I am so sorry about your co-worker. Sometimes the wierdest things happen. It's super freaky and scarey. I hope he'll be okay!!!! Sorry about your DS as well. Sounds like both him and Amanda have been making mistakes along the way. Hopefully they will learn from them. Awww poor thing. I hate sore throats. They are the worst! I hope you feel better soon!!!

Jen:: You are a stronger girl then I if you were able to pull off CA on 4 hours of sleep!!! You rock!! I blew off the freakin' recovery work out cause of lack of sleep...though it also had to do with the fact that I had lunch plans immediately after work so I knew I wouldn't have time for a nap not to mention a work out. Lunch was fun though so it was worth it. Got to hang out with an ex coworker I haven't seen in about 15 years. Gotta love FB! LOVE LOVE LOVE the smiley face story! You should have taken a picture and sent it in to Beach Body!!!!

Okay, time to wash the grime off...BBL or in the morning my loverlies.

 

[Poochy]

Hello ladies ..

We have auditors today .. so this has to be a quickie ..

THREE guys showed up last night ... the original "built" one and the 2 skinny ones I didnt think would come back .. .. go figure .. but they were drenched when we left .. and gave up on some of the large steps ups and abs .. {insert evil grin} one skinny guy is gonna try SIL kickboxing tonight .. then I am to see them Thurs for plyo class SIL is gonna kill them if all of them come .. she gets nervous and turns into EVIL DRILL SARGENT .. LOL!!!

Lori .. IA w/Jen .. maybe take her to a "makeover" at the counter in a large dept store .. they will show her how to put on makeup and choose the right color .. maybe also reccommmend mineral makeup .. it is lighter and does not take much at all .. I use Everyday Minerals .. it is VERY affordable and I LOVE it!!! I never wore much make up .. but grew up in the late 70's early 80's .. and we had HUGE hair loaded w/hairspray and eye shadows were neon blue or purples {{ shutter }}

Jen .. yup the others are throwing the LACK OF SLEEP our way .. I was awakened at 2;30 to HORRIBLE nightmares .. I woke up hyperventalating from being scared .. it was horrible and gory .. scary insane stuff ... my VBF asked me what I watched b-4 bed .. told her Dancing w/the Stars .. .. maybe it was Kathy Ireland's horrible dance she did that did it

Di .. sooooo sorry about your co-worker .. OMG .. that is scary ... is it swine flu??? and he is healthy and got sick all of a sudden?? that is VERY scary .... my throat hurt yesterday and I got scared .. but it is better today .. sending positive healing vibes and prayers for your friend!!

Wendy .. you keep dropping pounds and I keep finding them .. I am gonna have to add some heavy weight in .. my body responds better to muscle than cardio ..

Jacque .. mmm mmm ..you made my hungry describing your meal .. YUMMY .. ya saw your temps are still HOT .. ours are supposed to get cooler this weekend .. we will see ..

OK .. gotta jet .. auditors due back any second .. have a great day .. today is a forced rest day .. after work I am getting my hair done .. I have major DOMS in my chest anyways from all the pushup torture!!! have a great one girlies!

 

[Fit_mommy]

Laura:: My body usually responds better to more weights then cardio as well which is part of why I fought purchasing Insanity for so long. I really thought it would make things worse, not better for me. Go figure.

 

[Sunshine1528]

Heya again !

Playing a bit at lunch time and see a few more have made it here. Well Wendy shoulda been here this AM if she had been awake !

Wendy - Holy cow on the 2#. I can't even lose that much not eating anything at all ! Sure does cause a lot of confusion trying to figure out how one can eat sparingly and lose 2# and one can eat "like a pig" (per Lori's words) and lose 1.5#, and then ME CAN EAT normal and GAIN 2# with an intense workout. Which one of you girls do I get to "punch out first"? HA ! ! ! Hope you get some better sleep tonight - now ya know what you may be in for later? I tell you the hormones really change your sleep patterns. Ohhhh, ME Express premix - not sure I've checked that one out. Good to hear you liked CCB - sounds more to my liking, Hmmmmm. . .

Jen - Great job on little sleep. I may be able to struggle through it but never in the AM like you did. I love the "happy sweat face" story. You shoulda taken a pic and saved it for a "Funniest Workout Story" or to add to a Cathe DVD ! Hope all the aches, pains and sniffles go away soon !

Laura - well you were just too funny to read today. LOL at "the boys" and there lack of endurance - though men can lift heavy, they can rarely keep up with us ladies. Unfortunate or we could make them have the babies and take care of all the misc around the house at the same time as working full-time. Never happen ! ! ! Did ya have to remind me of the days when I wore bright blue or bright green eye shadow to match my sweaters in Jr Hi? Dang do I feel old again ! ! ! Yep, supposed to be 100' today again - hope it cools off cuz then it's not so bad. Only my plants suffer.

Off to eat . . . do I pig out or skip a few meals . . . ? 1.5#s or 2#s?

 

[irishrose]

Wendy: Was that plug for Facebook another nudge? I know, I know...gotta do it! Maybe tonight Damnitall....why didn't I think of taking a pic of my smiley face? Oh yeah, I know why, because my brain is usually mush from of lack of oxygen at that point Plus, you know me, not much of a shutterbug!

Laura: I think you have some new converts! Even if they couldn't make it through completely, I have to give them credit for coming back knowing full welll what they were in for this time. Sorry about the nightmares, those sound downright awful Fingers crossed be both sleep better tonight!

Jacque: I vote "eat like a pig". It sounds waaaaay more fun

 

[Fit_mommy]

Jacque:: I equate CC&B to the X's Cardio X. I never found Cardio X to be "too easy" but it was definitely not nearly as intense as Plyo. I think you will enjoy it! How many more work outs until Month 1 is over for you anyway? Sorry about the weight thing. Not sure why all of the sudden things are happening for me. It started with my doing SS and upping my fat and lowering my cals but now that I am doing Insanity my cals have gone up, keeping fat the same. I went from nothing is working to everything is working so there is hope for you I just know there is! Try playing with your diet a bit! Maybe that'll help! Do you track your food intake??

Jen:: Hmmmm....now that you mention it...YES! Get on FB already will ya!? LOL

Oh yeah, I know why, because my brain is usually mush from of lack of oxygen at that point

Good point! LOL

Off to come up with something for dinner...I'm STARVING!!!!

 

[Poochy]

back b-4 I leave out to get the "do" done!!

Jacque .. LOL .. about reminding your of the shadows .. I could have reminded you of the fluffy Madonna poofy mini skirts .. ripped stocking paired w/horrid top w/shoulder pades that rivaled something from Dynasty .. I would like to get my hand on whatever designer dubbed the 80's fashion hip back then .. GEESH .. How embarrassing are our highschool pics???

Wendy .. I think my lack of loss is gonna be my partying and food intake of late .. b/c before last weekend I was feeling the clothes a bit looser and the mid-drift not so much fluff .. (of course I didnt weigh you know better than that) .. but this weekend put the fluff right back on .. but I have lost some muscle in my legs .. and they tend to be thinner anyway ..so gotta add my heavy weight legs back .. and my bis are a bit smaller but still got ok def .. but missing my X or STS weights I think .. NEXT week I am gonna add some UB back in!

JEN .. GET ON FACEBOOK .. .. chiming in w/Wendy ..but I am one to talk .. I dont ever have time to really get on there and chat .. but I do have a page of my cyber w/o buds!!!

OK .. bout to run .. have a great one!

 

[gidget1978]

Hey Girls...here is the scoop on my day....

I took DS to walmart, then we had to go get balloons cause he obsessed with balloons, so he picks out 3 balloons, we get home and Im watching my 2 neices, trying to get supper, have to get to work early, a load of laundry needs to be folded, the 6 yr old is trying to get one of DS's balloons b/c he as 3 and they have none. She said "we should all have one" and Im thinking, she is probably a little bit right but its not like I went and got the stupid balloons and didn't hand them out to everyone. He had the balloons before they even showed up. So in my mind its the same thing as us going to their house and DS taking whatever they were playing with right? And whenever she tried to take a balloon he would cry.
And it wasn't even so much about everything I HAD to do. It was more about the noise that was going on in the background. Music was on bust, DS was crying and the 2 girls were playing very loudly. And who else received stupid 1-800 #'s every single f***ing evening???? It drives me insane. You pick up and say hello and no one is there...b/c they are waiting for you to say hello twice..which I don't, I hang up on them!

Wendy** Well...hello there You don't like me again for another reason? I can't keep up with all of the reasons you hate me I really am a nice person hehe! The 1.5 wasn't addition to my usual weight, it is my usual weight. I bounce from one end to the other, usually within 3 lbs depending on what I have eaten that day. So my scale went back in the right direction. Now if I lose another 1.5 in the a.m..which is highly unlikely then I will be lower then my normal weight. Anything past 123 is lower then normal.

Laura** Look at you sneaking in when people are around Gotta love it. Glad to hear you kicked those kids butts again! I have taken DD to drugstores...actually, she has taken herself, sat in the chair and had someone do the makeup. Then I end up buying the makeup. The pale foundation that she bought a while ago was b/c of what she tried at the store...so I bought it for her ,$20 later and she doesn't wear it anyway.Go figure! She is just gonna do her own thing.

Jacque** You should do it my way and you should punch Wendy first, she lives closer

BBL!
Lori