August
Cathlete
Ahhh! Posts with my user name...responding to me! Fun!
Hating cardio is FUN!
Thank you all for welcoming me into your group.
Charlotte - Necessary evils...sort of like pushups on the toes. No! No!
Jana - Thank you for the introduction to everyone - man all mighty - it's going to take me some time to figure out who is who! How can you all remember all those nicknames? It's like mental cardio! (Which, come to think of it, actually isn't my forte, either). I have been exercising faithfully for a year now without having taken any breaks aside from Sundays (except for when I had business trips or was sick), so it's actually been a bit nerve-racking consciously taking a week to relax. I think I just really needed it, and now I honestly can't wait for Monday to come so I can lug out my weights! I love my dumbbells! As for kickboxing, I have both KM and KPC and love them both (so bold a statement for a cardio hater!). But yeah, I hear you on the blasts. That's the only part of the two workouts that I...don't do. Achem. Maybe now that I'm here I should try them out again. Achem. x(
Michele - I again bow down to you! You called. And I came.
Heheh, tree guy.
Hope your dinner with the in-laws was a good time!
Diane - Thanks for the warning. Ohhhh, I KNEW I shouldn't get started in this group! But all kidding aside, as much as I HATE cardio, I seem to do really well with a schedule, so if (heheh, "if") I have it written in my workout rotation, I seem to do it (...well, all right, all right, I'll USUALLY do it). But I still get dread-overload doing cardio more than 3 times a week. And I've recently learned that if the cardio is the 2nd half of my workout, I won't do it. Somehow the physical taking out of one DVD to put in another signals my brain CHOCOLATE WHEY SHAKE AND BANANA TIME!, not cardio time (hmm, probably why I don't ever do my ab tag-ons).
Checking in here with you all will be a great inspiration to really keep me on track!
Woah, Diane, wait a minute. You're doing cardio 6 times a WEEK?! What has this group DONE to YOU?! I'm so sorry! (Will...will I need to do cardio 6 times a week to get my fat down? ;( )
Robin - Heheh, don't you wish there were more icons so you could click a happy dance?
Briee - I'm a post-cardio lover. I love it when I've finished it. :7
This has really turned into a monster post. I promise not to always bog you all down with boring yap when the time could be better spent...on cardio! }(
Quickly about me - It has taken me 35 years to figure out that I want to lose fat and not weight. I'd always never exercised and hated sports, and though I'm at my ideal weight, have always felt pudgy and soft. Last year after some digestion problems, I decided to try Pilates. After a month of that and seeing some positive changes, I got the weight-lifting bug big-time. This led to a huge internet research and total overhaul in my eating routine. I can't believe how much sugar and cr*p I used to eat! I discovered Cathe late last year and am now on a Cathe-frenzy. Exercising 6 days a week has become completely part of my life. I literally can't believe I'm writing that. I really love it. Well, at least the weight-lifting part. I do love kickboxing (if one can use "love" when talking about cardio), but realize that it's going to be important for me to (gulp) broaden my cardio horizons. I'm currently following a C40/P30/F30 balance, eating 6 meals a day. According to my Tanita, I've neither lost/gained body fat % (or pounds) in the period of time since I bought the dang thing in October. How can that be with my new way of life x( ?! But I can definitely feel the difference, no matter what that jerk Tanita says. Anyway, my goal is to lower my body fat (according to Tanita, it's 25%).
Yikes, today is my super busy day so I'm going to need to start getting ready now. A super busy day does substitute for cardio, right?
Sorry for the long post. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all and getting your inspiration (and butt kicks!)
See you guys soon!
Hating cardio is FUN!
Thank you all for welcoming me into your group.
Charlotte - Necessary evils...sort of like pushups on the toes. No! No!
Jana - Thank you for the introduction to everyone - man all mighty - it's going to take me some time to figure out who is who! How can you all remember all those nicknames? It's like mental cardio! (Which, come to think of it, actually isn't my forte, either). I have been exercising faithfully for a year now without having taken any breaks aside from Sundays (except for when I had business trips or was sick), so it's actually been a bit nerve-racking consciously taking a week to relax. I think I just really needed it, and now I honestly can't wait for Monday to come so I can lug out my weights! I love my dumbbells! As for kickboxing, I have both KM and KPC and love them both (so bold a statement for a cardio hater!). But yeah, I hear you on the blasts. That's the only part of the two workouts that I...don't do. Achem. Maybe now that I'm here I should try them out again. Achem. x(
Michele - I again bow down to you! You called. And I came.
Heheh, tree guy.
Hope your dinner with the in-laws was a good time!
Diane - Thanks for the warning. Ohhhh, I KNEW I shouldn't get started in this group! But all kidding aside, as much as I HATE cardio, I seem to do really well with a schedule, so if (heheh, "if") I have it written in my workout rotation, I seem to do it (...well, all right, all right, I'll USUALLY do it). But I still get dread-overload doing cardio more than 3 times a week. And I've recently learned that if the cardio is the 2nd half of my workout, I won't do it. Somehow the physical taking out of one DVD to put in another signals my brain CHOCOLATE WHEY SHAKE AND BANANA TIME!, not cardio time (hmm, probably why I don't ever do my ab tag-ons).
Checking in here with you all will be a great inspiration to really keep me on track!
Woah, Diane, wait a minute. You're doing cardio 6 times a WEEK?! What has this group DONE to YOU?! I'm so sorry! (Will...will I need to do cardio 6 times a week to get my fat down? ;( )
Robin - Heheh, don't you wish there were more icons so you could click a happy dance?
Briee - I'm a post-cardio lover. I love it when I've finished it. :7
This has really turned into a monster post. I promise not to always bog you all down with boring yap when the time could be better spent...on cardio! }(
Quickly about me - It has taken me 35 years to figure out that I want to lose fat and not weight. I'd always never exercised and hated sports, and though I'm at my ideal weight, have always felt pudgy and soft. Last year after some digestion problems, I decided to try Pilates. After a month of that and seeing some positive changes, I got the weight-lifting bug big-time. This led to a huge internet research and total overhaul in my eating routine. I can't believe how much sugar and cr*p I used to eat! I discovered Cathe late last year and am now on a Cathe-frenzy. Exercising 6 days a week has become completely part of my life. I literally can't believe I'm writing that. I really love it. Well, at least the weight-lifting part. I do love kickboxing (if one can use "love" when talking about cardio), but realize that it's going to be important for me to (gulp) broaden my cardio horizons. I'm currently following a C40/P30/F30 balance, eating 6 meals a day. According to my Tanita, I've neither lost/gained body fat % (or pounds) in the period of time since I bought the dang thing in October. How can that be with my new way of life x( ?! But I can definitely feel the difference, no matter what that jerk Tanita says. Anyway, my goal is to lower my body fat (according to Tanita, it's 25%).
Yikes, today is my super busy day so I'm going to need to start getting ready now. A super busy day does substitute for cardio, right?
Sorry for the long post. I'm really looking forward to getting to know you all and getting your inspiration (and butt kicks!)
See you guys soon!
