I hate cardio ~ June 29th

[purple_magada]

Morning haters! I got up at 4:30 b/c I was planning on doing abs. Well, my DVD player in the living room sucks! I could not get the stupid DVD to work, when I finally did, chose abs and then it shut off, after 2-3 attempts I called it quits. I did have good intentions though.

Michele, I see that you are back on track with your cardio. Good for you!

Jan-Jan, I didn't know that you had the ok to work out. Good for you on the bike. How are you feeling?


Diane, what's on your schedule today? I saw that you overslept. Your body must need sleep so don't beat yourself up.

Kate, GSLegs is better then cardio any day!!!

Cassadine, hi and welcome back. I've done LowMax a few times but it is too long. Usually I do it w/out the blasts or just do 1/2 the workout.

August - what's up with you today you crazy woman???

I don't know if you all have been watching the news but here in Pa we are having bad flooding. I live in the Bloomsburg Suburbs and if you've seen on the news, the town of Bloomsburg is flooded. My friend's boyfriend and his kids had to be evacuated at 3:30am, she is trapped at her mom's house. The school district that I work for, our middle school is estimated to have MILLIONS of dollars worth of damage. The gym in the HS where I normally work out has been converted to a shelter by Red Cross. It is really, really bad here. In the Wilkes-Barre area, homes are floating away. Gabe and I's favorite amusement park, Knoebels in Elysburg is flooded big time, mini golf is completely under water. It said on the news that it is going to take weeks to clean all of the rides b/c of the water rising up above them. The pool that we paid $100 to have filled, was almost overflowing from all of the rain that we had to drain part of it. Also, our power was off the other day from 4:45pm to 6:00am.

Anyway, I'm doing good so far on BFL. I had Gabe take my before pics on Monday and I mailed in my application card.

OK, one more quick thing before I go shower. My DH is friends with a couple that live about 2 min from us. They were both HEAVY smokers and the girlfriend had to have a major heart surgery last June. They both quit smoking. Prior to them quitting smoking, I never went to their house, I always politely declined offers to go out to dinner, hang out with her at the races, etc. b/c I HATE cigarette smoke and I also do not allow anyone to smoke around my kids. So they both quit and we were doing a lot of stuff with them. She'd have us up for dinner, or she would watch Gabe for me, etc. Well, she has started back up smoking b/c since quitting she has gained 30+ lbs. I've told her that smoking is a very stupid way to try to lose weight. She also is a very heavy drinker so of course she is consuming at least 1000 calories a day from alcohol. So my question is, when she invites us up again, how do I tell her no? Next weekend my DH wants to go camping with them and I do not want to go. My Gannon has breathing problems as it is and I don't care if we are outside, that smoke is still disgusting. And our local carnival starts on Friday and she mentioned going to that and I really don't want to go. I think I"m just going to tell her that I am sorry but #1 smoke really makes me sick (I am not around any people that smoke) and #2 since Gannon has gotten sick so many times since March, he is not to be around smoke.

Well it is 5:20 and I better go and get ready for work. Sorry for such a long, rambling post.

Have a great day ladies!

Talk to you all later!

 

[Miss Lee]

DANA!! I'm so happy to see you this morning. I just saw a report on the flooding. That's so terrible!! I'll keep your family and community in my prayers. Please keep us posted and let me know if your family needs anything. I'm so glad to know that you're okay. That really sucks about your DVD player.

I don't blame you at all for not wanting to spend time with or expose your children to cigarette smoke. I used to smoke but quit YEARS ago and now I can't stand to be around it. My family rarely comes to my house because I won't let them smoke here. My sister won't ride with me in my car either. I say too bad! I think when you smoke you necessarily limit your friends and options. You shouldn't feel bad about it...SHE should!

Okay, I have a hair appt early this morning and need to get going. It takes me 30 min. to get there and I still need to eat breakfast and get dressed. I'll check back later.

 

[dianet]

Good Morning Ladies -

Dana - That sounds horrible about the flooding. Stay safe and we will all keep you in our thoughts and prayers. I would also wait a little while before going back to that park, sometimes it takes a while to fix the rides and I wouldn't want to be the first guinea pig to test it out. Also, I totally agree with Michele about the smoking friend. Not only is it about Gabe's health, but about showing him a good example. If he thinks it is okay for people to smoke, he is more likely to smoke too. My Dad smoked when I was growing up, but my mom hid it from us (he had to smoke far away from the house and go through all of these things to get rid of the smell). I am glad that she did that because I grew up thinking smoking was gross and never tried it. I think you should just tell her straight out that you don't like smoke and don't want Gabe to be around it - otherwise she might think that you just don't like her.

I overslept again today, but for once I feel kinda rested. I am always very very tired during the day and I am trying to figure out why - diet, drinking too much coffee...

Anyway, no workout today and I have a ton to do at work. I also have another party tonight that I really don't want to go to - just more food and drink tempations that I have to partake in.

 

[Tallchick]

Wow, the flooding. We don't get the paper here anymore because of the slant of it's news so I am not really aware pof what is going on outside of CA. Many years ago, we had some awful flooding in our area. Our gargage got flooded and I lost alot of things, records, books and miserably, some photo albums from high school and college days. It wasn't as bad as it sounds there but I have a feeling I know what you are going through. I feel for you and am thinking of you.
regarding the smoking thing, just be honest. She feels she can do whatever she wants around you and that is not okay. I don't allow my children around smokers either. It seems like smokers feel they can smoke anywhere and don't seem to care about the rest of us. I have met very few smokers who really are considerate of anyone else when it comes to their habit. And it isn't like they have some habit that affects only them, it affects us all.
I gotta run here, gotta take Joey to the vet for shots, pick up a Rx, go to Target for another birthday gift, etc etc
Everyone have a great day!
And I have to work out too..........a 60 mins of cardio day. What fun!

 

[dianet]

Talking about inconsiderate smokers, last weekend I was waiting in line to buy a movie ticket and someone was smoking in line! Yes, the line is outside, but there are 30 other people standing right next to you (it was one of the lines the winds around, so we were all in a tight cluster). Not only was it annoying to me, but there were a lot of kids standing around. No one said anything, though everyone looked annoyed, probably because he was big and mean looking. And he just blew the smoke in everyone's face, not away from people. I couldn't believe it. I didn't say anything either because I am a dork.