Damage Controllin' on a Thursday!!!

[Fit_mommy]

Good Morning Girls!

I went to mom's for a visit/dinner last night but I went there armed with my own food. I don't normally do that (though I did it often a couple years ago when I was doing the X rotation!) but I have several days in a row lined up of plans for dinner/drinks so I am trying to cut back on the damage where I can, you know? I cut out last night's evil meal but tonight I am meeting a friend for dinner. Tmrw night I am hanging out with BF. Normally we would do dinner but I told her I'd rather just get together for drinks or whatever and Saturday DH and I are going to a bbq/party so I will eat like a pig and drink like a fish for sure!

Today's work out is Cardio Power and Resistance. That's it. No add-ons. I just have to suck alot of wind and then I'm done for the day!

Jacque:: LMAO at your Biggest Loser comment in regards to the bread machine! My son doesn't have school year around but thank goodness we qualified for him to go to that summer program for free! If I had him home with me all summer I would be in a funny farm by now! He goes back to school on Wednesday. I'm so excited! Nice avitar, btw. I just wish you could make them bigger cause it's hard to see what someone really looks like in a photo that small.

Laura:: How many girls are in your group of friends? Must be a lot cause it seems like there is always a Birthday to celebrate! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on Insanity. The rotation is likely to be a crazy one for you since you will still be teaching! YIKES! You may very well disappear into thin air from all of that exercise!

Lori:: Glad your DH is on board with your thoughts of purchasing Insanity after the race. I never even mentioned it to my DH. I just took one of my paychecks and bought the darned thing! I pay the bills so I know when we can afford things. If I don't have to put in on a CC then I don't feel bad. I also didn't feel guilty buying it b/c I had potential to blow A LOT more $$ then I did when I was up in CT with Jen! I get sick of paying the bills and handling the money and have considered asking DH to take it over but I never actually do that because then it wouldn't be as easy for me to buy what I wanted.

Diana:: I don't know how you exercise without atleast some coffee! I could do a short cardio before eating but w/o coffee I am useless. I hear ya on having to "run" every night after work. That would bug me too. I don't look forward to Joey getting older and having to taxi him around to sports activities and such. I will definitely be putting a limit on how much he is allowed to do at one time. With any luck he will be like me and won't want to get involved in anything! LOL Waking up at 4am did not thrill me but I had gotten enough sleep so I was alright. Laying in bed awake is more annoying then anything so as long as I can get up I am fine. I slept until DH's alarm went off for the final time at 6 this morning so I'm back to normal today. So when will you be getting Insanity? Mine came within 48 hours of placing the order! AWESOME!

Jen:: Where are you girl? Come out come out wherever you are!!!!!!

Okay my time is up here. Hunger is starting to take over. MUST EAT!

Later Babes!

 

[gidget1978]

Good Morning!
I have been up for a while but just spent the last hour on the phone with a good friend. I also woke up to early. DS had the same reaction this a.m as he did last night. He cried for me to get up....so I did. Sucker...I know. The weird thing is, I feel good. I don't feel tired but that may catch up with me later today.

I haven't decided on a workout but I am thinking about doing disc 29 and a hill run on the TM. It won't be a long run, maybe 30 mins or so.

Wendy** I use to pay the bills but DH took over and I LOVE it! I can play dumb when I want to. I know with all of the extra hours I have been doing that $200- 3..here or there isn't going to break us. I was going to buy it last night but then backed out. DH figured I had already ordered it! LOL How crazy is it??? Im so tempted but whats the point in buying it right now with 8 weeks of training ahead of me.

BBL!
Lori

 

[rmrmr]

Mornin' Chicas!

I was so tired by the time I got home from Jerods scrimmage. I went to bed at 10:30 and was out like a light. I shouldn't even be here, but GS C&T is on tap for this morning and its a shorter w/o. I need my coffee in order to get all those pushups in.

No training today, its back to the office. I don't have much on my plate today so I considered working from home, but it probably wouldn't look very good after being out of the office for 3 days.

Wendy-How long are the Insanity w/o's? My estimated delivery date is Sep 2nd. It could come earlier though. I pay the bills too and then I can buy whatever I want. Sometimes its a drag...I hate balancing the check book every month. It's not that bad, I do it online using quicken but its still a pain just the same. I can't tell you how many people I've met from my kids activities. Also, you get to know your childs friends and their parents which was important to me.

Lori-you should order it now before DH changes his mind. Good luck on those hills!

Mornin Jacque, Jen and Laura. bbl to see what you ladies are up to.

 

[Poochy]

Hello Ladies

Hey .. we had an excellent time last night .. the waiters were flirting w/SIL .. and gave her a HUGE shot of tequilla on the house .. PLUS brought out a Mexican dessert for her - sang to her something about a beautiful woman . .. did the Mexican hat and picture thing .. TOO FUNNY VBF arranged for a friend of ours to meet the guy in my class and I think it went pretty dang good .. although think me and SIL have totally blown any conception he had of us eating clean and not drinking ooopppps

Wendy .. LOL about dissapearing into thin air .. HA .. I dont think so .. LOL .. but it will be crazy insane working out for a while!! Our group of friend is a pretty big one .. guess in all there are about 15 - 20 of us .. (the closest core group is about 10) and yes seems EVERY month there is a b-day to celebrate .. MINE is next month .. I bring up the end. I love my group of friends .. some married .. some divorced .. some w/kids .. some w/o kids .. some w/grown kids .. some w/munchkins .. some retired .. some working .. but the one thing we all have in common is a mutual respect for our individuality .. we are who we are and make no apologies .. oh and we all LOATH DRAMA .. no BS allowed!!! LOVE MY GIRLS!!!!!!!

Lori .. glad the munchkin cooperated .. and if you pushed him on your run .. you got an extra workout!! Hey .. if DH thinks INSANITY is a good idea .. go for it (I know I am such an enabler .. learned it from Wendy ) My DH quit even caring or looking at what w/o DVDs I have .. he just shakes his head and goes on .. LOL!!!

Di .. my friend that we are trying to set up .. her child has a crazy insane football practice schedule too .. she really gets undone about it sometimes .. it has gotta be hard.. she feels pulled in a million directions between practice, tutors, and therapy (he has HDD w/hostility and is a HANDFUL) !!!! OH .. not sure on the arrival date of SIL shipment .. it shipped out yesterday .. .. like I said I am excited and skeeered!!!!

Hello to Jen and Jacque ... what are you girlies up to???

OK .. better run .. have to work thru lunch to make the funeral .. then haul buggy back this afternoon .. PLYO class tonight have a great one!!

 

[gidget1978]

You guys are evil!!! I should have never started posting here! Of course I went ahead and ordered the workouts. The only mistake Im wondering if I made was doing the 3 payment plan. Im thinking I should have paid for it all in one shot b/c the canadian dollar is good right now. By the time I have to make the 2 other payments I might be paying double for the workouts! Maybe I will call them or contact them. Its just as well.

And while I was placing my order (prehaps this was a sign not to place it b/c I had many distractions) I heard a thump on my window...I knew what it was. When I looked up, i seen small feathers. Went outside and there he was....laying lifeless He looked dead but I was hoping for the best. No such luck!

Diana** Have a good workout. I have a feeling that on Fri night I will be in bed nice and early!

Lori

 

[Sunshine1528]

Good morning ladies,

Got my L&G & abs in last night and today is supposed to be Cardio & Weights. We'll see how the body is feeling as I am still a little sore - but the circuit style with light weights might be a good cardio calorie burn.

Laura – Did you have fun last night at SIL’s celebration? ITA that you two will be turning up the heat once the Insanity gets to you. LOL that she is stepping up the plans to make you two work harder ! You must have that effect from the sounds of how the people in your classes keep showing up after you put them through the ringer.

Lori – woo hoo that DS was very cooperative for your workout yesterday. Did you snuggle with him when you got home from work this AM? Those were some of my fondest memories – the snuggles with my kids when they were small – now it is the GS’s and DGS1 loves to give hugs and kisses. So DH thought you ordered Insanity - well girl, I understand about not wanting it while you are training, but . . . you gonna order when it gets closer to the race so it will be waiting for you ? Sounds like a nap may be in order for you later today, huh?

Diana – well at least your meetings are done and you’re nearing the end of the Jerod’s daily practices. Back to a more normal schedule feeling good? ITA 10K steps is high when sitting at a desk for 8 hours. I don’t really have the opportunity to get up and walk very far since I take lots of breaks getting water and then getting rid of it ! Hope your workout went well this AM - do you start work at 8? Man, I get up at least by 6 but barely make it to work by 8 without working out (and I live only 7 min from work). Course coming here first takes a little time ! but not enough to get a workout in (and then I'd have sweaty frizzy hair).

Wendy - good job planning ahead for your dinner last night. I try to do it that way or if I have an "overeating" day or low cal burn day I'll adjust the following day. Keeping it all in check helps allow for a less strenuous time of maintaining or losing. Thanks for the avatar comment - that photo only looks good small cuz it's a bit fuzzy (which works perfect cuz it's like natural airbrushing on the wrinkles ! ). I'll try to pull one up and stick it on FB when I have the time. One of these days though we all need to meet in person !

Jen - can you post at least a "hi" so we know you are OK ? I get so worried when you ladies don't come here for a few days in a row unless we know you are taking off on vaca.

BBL chickadees ! Gonna be a warm 100' here today !

 

[Poochy]

I am SKEEEERED .. bad!!!

EVIL SIL called and said her shipping notice came in .. and INSANITY is to be delivered TOMORROW!! no weekend rest for the weary .. she told me to tighten up and make plans to get our booties whooped SAT morning ..... ...Lordy .. I HAVE created a monster!!!!

SOOOOOOO guess my plyo class tonight I need to kick it up a notch to see how well the old bod handles it .. LOL!!!

Wendy .. a question: there is a "fit test" dvd .. what is that? Is it required b-4 actually working out??? what is the purpose?? something tells me if it is required SIL will FORCE me to do it after work tomorrow

Lori .. blame Miss Wendy .. SHE started all this INSANITY crap!! LOL IA posting w/my cyber pals sure does put a hurting on the credit card .. LOL .. but I wouldnt have it any other way!!

Jacque .. 100 degrees in CA??? WOW .. that is unusual right??? Today our high is 87 .. but it is to rain .. so it is humid today .. still hot!!! And yes .. I think I do make people want to work harder .. or work harder to make ME worn out .. the guy in my class said TUE night class was the hardest ever .. and was going on about how he didnt know what makes him come back .. LOL ..so I must have that affect on people .. maybe it is that I tick them off ... and they want to prove stronger?? LOL .. whatever it is ... it pushes us all... so it is all good!!!

 

[rmrmr]

Hi ladies,

I thought about going to the rec ctr for some cardio but I have BC tonight. We did a lot of running earlier this week and I don't want to be too worn out for class tonight. Instead, I will be going to grab a quick bite to eat, probably subway again, and going to target for a few things.

My shipping notice indicates delivery will be on Monday. I took that day off as vacation, kind of a long birthday weekend. My bd isn't 'til Tuesday but I a 4 day weekend is sounding good.

We need to continue working on the bedroom switharoo. DS2 is getting rid of tons of junk from his room. Hopefully DS3 will do the same. Need to have the cable guy come out and hook up the internet upstairs where we will be moving the computer. Still have lots to do.

Laura-I think the fit test is so you can see your improvement over time...if you know what your starting numbers are. Hopefully Wendy will chime in here. Glad you and all your friends had a fab time at dinner!

Jacque-actually I don't start work until 9am. I work 9-6 as it works out best for my family. DH works 7-4, or 3:30 or 4:30 depending on what's going on. I was usually home to see the boys off to school and they were only home for about 30 min before DH got home. I have curly hair and sometimes if I only do weights, I skip washing it so I can just flat iron and be on my way. It takes forever to straighten when I wash it in the morning. My problem is if I get on the computer I spend way too long, coming to the forums, checking the news and the weather etc. Our high today is supposed to be 87...an our air conditioner is not working. DH said it appears to be totally dead. Our A/C life expectancy is 15yrs. Well our house is 15yrs old so it may just be time for a new energy efficient model.

Lori-you may want to check with BB and see if you can just make one payment. I forget about the exchange rate that you have to deal with. Does it change significantly??

I need to get some lunch, the tummy is growling.

bbl

 

[Fit_mommy]

Hey I just finished up Pure Hell and Resistance...Hell? Did I just say that? LOL I meant, er, Pure CARDIO...yeah that's what I meant.

Not sure if I'll have time to catch up until tmrw at this point but I will if I can.

Be good everyone!

 

[Fit_mommy]

Just a quick post to let y'all know that I reached out to Jen. She's doin' fine, just busy busy busy with her kids. All is well though so no worries! She's hopin' to get over her real soon!

 

[gidget1978]

Hi Girls!

I am at work now...relaxing I was a very patient women today with DS. He was pretty good but very demanding and with me only having a few hours of sleep...things could have went sideways really fast! No nap either! I asked DH what time he had to work tomorrow b/c I feel the need to sleep in past 9:30.

So I contacted BB, and I was chatting with someone. Not sure if it was a real person or just some kind of computer gadget thingy Either way, they said that I picked the one payment option. I clicked om "make one easy payment" but I thought the easy payment was the smaller one! LOL It was probably cheaper by paying at all the one time. I also choose the fast shipping...why not, right? Should be here next week sometime.

Jacque** Nope, no cuddling last night. Im always afraid I will wake him up when I get home from work. So I would have been devasted if I lay down with him and he thought it was time to start his day. Amazing thing is the dog doesn't bark when I come home. He growls and barks half of the day away, even when DD is coming down the steps...weird stuff like that. I guess he knows the sound of our jeep but you would think he would know the sound of DD walking down the stairs to!

Laura** So you have some working out to do this weekend! I will wait to hear what you think about it. I think men know that we are happier when we get our own way! haha!

Diana** Have a good workout tonight. Hopefully you will get those rooms straightened out soon. I like everything to be done in one day but of course we know thats not possible. The dollar can kinda jump all over the place sometimes. Of course when we went to FL it was in the 70 cent range for a while it was on par and the last time I checked it was 90 cents, prehaps I should have checked before ordering it!

So all I did today was a 4 mile hilly run on the TM. It was a good workout and I enjoyed it. Short and sweet! I was going to do disc 29 but my friend came by for a coffee. There is always tomorrow!

Lori

 

[Sunshine1528]

Just finished Cardio & Weights - sweaty & drippy partly because of the weather and partly cuz I just think my core temp is up ! Guess the BC pills really were helping.

Laura - LOL - Insanity here you come and fast, huh? Well we hit 100' in my area a few weeks out of the summer but this summer has been quite a bit cooler. Typically doesn't cool off any lower than mid 70's for a week or two but has been cooling at night so makes it more bearable. Fog keeps the AMs cool - it's doable since it is short term. No A/C though so guess I just burn a few extra cals while my body tries to cool itself ! All good for me as long as I don't stink when it is not a good time for it !

Lori - well woo hoo you did it. I have been toying with purchasing but now just got back from the vet $300 poorer and may not be done yet. My little Zellie girl has a huge growth larger than a softball on her behind area - doc thinks it may be a tumor . . . will find out in the AM as they are doing blood and cellular testing. My dog is getting hard of hearing but would do the same when DS would come home late at night. She never has barked at DH and I though. Hope DS gives you a bit of a break for some good sleep tomorrow - and that work treats you nicely tonight.

Wendy - thanks for checking on Jen ! Glad to hear it is just busy times with the kids and nothing bad. Hope your evening goes well.

Diana - nice that you could pick your hours and you and DH worked your schedules out to fit the family. I have been washing in the AMs here and there but it takes a long time to make it look decent just like you. And like you I can spend wwwwaaaaaayyyyyy too much time on the computer in the morning. Evening workouts are going OK for me right now but I sure had much more energy in the AM for cardio. I like weights in the evenings when I am awake ! Hope BC was challenging for you today and not too warm.

Off for the evening. BB in the AM girls !