I Hate Cardio, May 10

Miss Lee

Miss Lee

Cathlete
Good morning Haters! :) }( :) }( :) }( :p

My DH got home around 8:30 last night and the poor baby was exhausted. His foot is still swollen but he says it feels better. I made him a little snack then tucked him in. He had to get up early and go to work:-( , but he's going to see if he can get Friday off:) .

My rotation calls for Body Fusion AGAIN! Okay, to be perfectly honest, I haven't done a work out since the weekend. I skipped it on my birthday, and was really busy yesterday and didn't get around to it. I promise you I will do my step today if it kills me...but I'm NOT going to smile! Do you hear me, Jana. Cardio...but no smiling. I'll try not to complain, though;)

Jana, when do you go back to the doctor? You never did say who, if anyone, will be helping you at home post op. Will your mom comes and stay with you for a few days? I'm kind of worried about you.

Dana, have you found a solution to your work puzzle? There must be an answer here. There just has to be. Jana will figure it out. Jana knows everything ;) Are you walking today?

August, what's up for you today? More KPC? Egads, I suck at kickboxing, even more than step. I'm hopeless.

Diane, I'm still sending you hugs. I hope you can get in a little work out, at least enough to help you clear your mind. Here's hoping you get your loans paid off fast and can find a position with more reasonable hours.

Kate, I'm sure you're still in bed at this hour, miss sleepy head. What's on tap for yoiu today? Have you choreographed the Dufus work out yet?

I better get going here. I'll check back later.

Michele
 
oh, my gosh, I was still in bed at that time. Up at 5 o'clock? Not on your or anyone's life--ugh, getting up that early is like doing cardio yuck yuck yuck.
Gonna start GS Legs and 30 mins of whatever step routine (that I can't follow, of course) for the day at 10:30 your time. I will be done around your lunch time. Ohio, huh? Lots of rollercoaster parks, I hear.
 
Good morning, Kate.

Where in California do you live? I have a SIL in the LA area, and we have relatives somewhere near San Francisco (all on my DH's side of the family).

Ohio is the home of Cedar Point. I think it's rated way up there, like #1 or #2 in the world for amusement parks. I haven't been there in about 25 years but it's a nice park on Lake Erie. Then there's Paramounts King's Island which I think is rather dull and boring. It doesn't compare to Cedar Point. I'm sure there are a few other parks in Ohio but none that are noteworthy.

I haven't done BF yet. I just cracked a tooth and I've been trying to call my dentist. I haven't been able to get through.;(

Michele
 
Speaking of waking up at 5am, I woke up at 5am this morning. Why? HUNGER! No joke. I couldn't believe it, I was so hungry.

And I've had no energy all day today which is really not like me. But today is my cheat meal day according to BFFM, so stand back! I say, STAND BACK!

Oh yeah, Michele, sure, sure, cracked your tooth...can't do BF...we hear ya. ;-) Anyway, glad to hear hubby's back safe and sound.

As for myself, I did my KPC and got red-faced and zombied out. And next up on my rotation is.....MORE CARDIO, folks! It's true.

And I decided to mix things up a bit, you know, so I don't get too burned out of Cathe kickboxing......................................................................so I'll be doing Kathy Smith kickboxing. :-(

Well, what can I do? The only cardio DVDs I have here are kickboxing! (Except for 2 couple aerobic ones I hate).

Hey, at least you can DO step. I, on the other hand merely watch it.
 
August--lol! No, I CAN'T do step. That's why the Dufus DVD is so brilliant! C'mon, if I can stumble my way through a step work out, you can too. Now hop to it, young lady.

Let me know what what you think about BFFM. I can't believe I bought it, took it out and had it printed and bound, and it's been IN THE BACK SEAT OF MY CAR ever since:eek: . I wonder if you're not getting enough food. Maybe you need to recalculate your cals.

Michele
 
Good morning all,

How is everyone today? Let's see..well I did my KM (DL list style), it was kind of funny seeing me do it..and some core work and the floor work of GS legs. My butt is still screaming! heheee...

Michele~ smile or else! I will get Toasty on your Roasty...:p }(
So glad to hear DH is home, so nice when they come home after being gone! Sorry to hear about the foot :-( hopefully it will get better soon. While revovering from surgery it's just me and DH, we have no help. MIL had ANOTHER panic attack today and DH had to go and rush her into the Dr this morning. Thank God SIL is a nurse and realizes she is having panic attacks so she called the Dr and told the Dr to get MIL straight. This cannot keep happening. DH has to rush her to the Dr all the time and has to take time off from work. We are trying to figure out a way to make the surgery happen. The pain is getting more intense and I just need to have it done and get it over with, but everytime he misses work for his mom I have to put it back another week so he is not out too much. DD has swim lessons at the end of the month through June 8th, so I think after that, the next week I am going for it. Can you tell I am frustrated just a little???
Stressed over the whole thing, do not like surgery at all! But really want to feel better...uuhhhhh....

Dana~Ok what's the update? I have been keeping you in my thoughts with the situation and hoping something can be worked out. I know how much you need insurance and I know you work really hard so I swear we will figure out something! Please keep your head up, I know this is a frustrating time, but you have a lot of brains in this form and someone will be able to figure something out! PM me anytime if you need to vent.

August~ should update? Have you done PLB yet with trying to hold the barbell the other way? I am so happy to hear about your cardio increase, and the BFFM thing sounds weird for you to wake up hungry at 5am???? Strange......Maybe too many carbs? I am all for good carbs so I don't know....keep us updated and honey, enjoy that cheat day. I dream about that day every week! haha!!!}( }( }( :p :p :p

Diane~ Happy belated b-day. How are you doing? How is the kitty? I hope you did have a good b-day and they actually let you go home. I can relate to your situation, I was in some what of the same situation with my last job, lots of hours and good pay, but lots and lots of hours! Hopefully it will get better soon!

Kate~ how is the weather out there in Cali? I miss Cali. I got to live in SD for a while and uhh I loved it, hated to come back to TX. How were the kindergartner's yesterday? Did you guys have fun?

Ok guys I have to go, DD is hungry!

BBL
 
your tooth? Oh, come on!!!! You don't need your teeth to do cardio unless you plan to smile throughout the workout and who smiles through cardio?
I live outside Sacramento. I grew up in the San Fran Bay Area. I miss the Bay Area fun but don't miss the traffic. It is so crowded there. It is crowded here too. I moved here for school when there was nothing to do. Now, it is getting like the Bay Area was 15 years ago. My brother still lives there. He doesn't work commute hours but it still takes him 45 mins to travel 20 freeway miles. Yuck.

Anyway, the Dufus Workout. I have some ideas: We can use a Cathe workout. One that isn't too hard to follow like Stepfit (I am not referring to myself,of course regarding following the darn thing).
Anyway, we can superimpose ourselves doing the workout behind her. We use some voiceovers from her other workouts like "What are they complaining about back there".
In one section one of us can trip and knock everyone over like bowling pins and Cathe can say "You're looking good, I can feel it".
In another section, one of us can fall over and disconnect the lights. The whole thing can black out for a minute and then get back to where ever we were.
Now, in my case, there would be no need for practice because that is pretty much what happens when I do step.
just a couple ideas.............
 
Kate you are so silly. I'm laughing here at my desk.

Michele - sorry but I'm going to have to side with the rest of the haters. Your tooth???? You will do and say ANYTHING to get out of cardio.

August - have you tried KickMax yet? It is easier then KPC (if you don't count the blasts, those are kiler).

Jana - did I read that correct? Your DD is staring swimming lessons? Are they the kind that you get in the water with her? That is pretty cool. I hope that things with MIL get straightened out for your sake. I wish I lived close - I'd gladly help you out.

OK, we haven't found out anything about the childcare situation. My DH is going to meet with our accountant to see what we can do. Basically he told him that we need to give him the amount of all our deposits for Jan, Feb, Mar and all the business related bills we wrote out and hopefully that shows a profit. If not, we're screwed. I'm over it though. I was so upset yesterday but the gov't sucks so not much more we can do and I"m not going to stress myself out.

No walk for me today. Gabe and I had dentist appts - I took a 1/2 day and after the appts I dropped them off at daycare and came home since I didn't have to be at work til noon. I pushed mowed the yard for 40 minutes which was quite a workout. I still have the other side of the yard to mow.

OK, before I sign out of here I've got a funny for you. Yesterday I pick up the boys at daycare, we're out in the parking lot and Gabe says, "Mommy, Miss Kelly took her boobs off". I'm like WHAT??? He points to her car and said, look, she took off her car boobs! I told him he meant BRA - a car bra not boobs. He is a nut!

Well better get to work. I've been here an hour and haven't gotten anything accomplished.

Have a great day all!
 
Hi Everyone - Thanks again for everyone's good vibes coming my way. I am doing much better today after getting some sleep. I actually got off work at a decent hour last night and went to dinner with DH. The kitty is doing alright, about the same, but at least not getting worse.

Michele - So glad you DH is finally home. It must be hard on both of you to be away, but at the same time it is so fun when they come home.

Jana - Sounds like a good workout today. What a good combo. My butt is sore from the KM legs drills, so I can't imagine adding floorwork! So sorry about your MIL and your knee. Sounds like it is really disrupting your life. Hopefully you can get the surgery soon and start feeling better.

Dana - Gabe sounds hilarious, what a cutie! I'm glad you are feeling better about the situation, it is no good to worry about something you can't change. But hopefully it will change. The gov't does suck, and it with all the money everyong is paying for taxes, you would think that we would have enough for good schools for our kids and for situations like this. Makes me mad.

August - My grumbling tummy is the only thing that gets me out of bed in the morning, so I can relate. Cheat day sounds fun. What devilish food do you have planned today?

Kate - I miss California too, I was there for 3 years for law school in Palo Alto.
 
Diane,
were you at Stanford? My friend grew up there on Forest Drive. Her family has since moved. What a wonderful place.
 
Yes, I was at Stanford. It was such a beautiful place to live, but way too expensive to stay there. I lived on campus in graduate housing, which was about 1/2 the cost of living off campus, and still over $1,000 a month for a tiny studio apartment. The weather is just amazing there all year long, and there were such great hills and trails for running. Also was so close to San Fransisco, but not too close to where there were traffic issues. I miss it! But I'm still paying off that expensive education and the price of living there for three years, that is the only thing I didn't like about the place. :)
 
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