August
Cathlete
Gooooooooooood morning!
So it's in the middle of the night. It's still the 13th, right? I'm leaving for my business trip so I'll have to post now.
Michele - Hey, I didn't read anything in your post about dusting off any certain books...but it sounds like you've got a good plan set up nevertheless so I'll ignore. You know, at the hours I log onto Cathe, I could probably start this thread like every day. I kept thinking I should start the May 12 one and kept logging on to see if anyone had, and it was actually kind of funny to see how long it was taking us all to start it! I kept seeing new threads being posted and jokingly thinking, "Oh no! Our I Hate Cardio is getting behind the others!" LOL. As for why on earth I would have BM - it's because I wanted to try Power Hour - the workout I ended up hating!! (I mean, er, loving.) Well, I can't say that since I've only done it twice...I haven't tried out the MIS yet, but me thinks there is step in that one, too. Fear.
Dana - Just when you all are hyping about cardio, cardio, cardio, I switch my rotation to a cardio/endurance one, and now everyone is going to hype about weights!.........Oh! Hey, you found a profit!! That's great news! Now come on CCIS, work your butt!
Diane - 30 minutes of running?! Holy smokes, good for you! We hope you have a good weekend with Lucy. Know that we are thinking of you and sending warm vibes.
Kate - Enjoy your day off? 6 days of cardio in row. That is huge. (That sounds sarcastic, but it's not!) Sweaty hair clinging and slapping your face - LOL!! I've always been the kind of person who in the most humid, sticky days of weather, could do anything vigorous and never break a sweat, so this newfound sweat is new to me. You'd think it was some alien substance trickling down by my reaction to it - "oh my g*d! What the, what the h*ll IS that?!" (Insert : August rushes to mirror for validation and self-satisfaction.)
Jana - I know, I know...I was going to try out the KM blasts in a different order before the kickboxing part...or at least do just a couple of them...but after having convinced myself that because I could do KPC in a breeze (light on the breeze) that maybe I had worked my way up to the blasts, and then finding out that they were still torturous, well,..No more whining! I'm doing BFFM, dammit! Think positive! All right. Next time I do KM I'm going to do 2 blasts. Decided. It's a goal. Can't be stopped. I will do them! (Oh geez, when do I have KM again in my rotation here...) As for your MIL, have you asked her why she doesn't take the medicine? (I wonder what kind of medicine a doctor might prescibe for panic attacks?) I personally don't like to take even aspirin - is your MIL like that? When my mom started having arthritis in her leg she started taking a particular medicine and her personality really changed - it was downright weird (and scary, quite frankly). Thank goodness she stopped taking the medicine and got back to her self (and weirdly, her leg is much better, too). I'm not hacking the meds the doctor gave your MIL, but medicine for panic attacks might not be the answer (they also might be the answer, so again, feel free to cyberslap me). If her panic attacks increased after you moved farther away from her, and I can imagine this is the last thing you'd feel like doing but, how about reaching out to her - inviting her out once a week for lunch or dinner or a talk in the park, or giving her a call every few days and reassuring her that you're not too far away? That might give her the confidence she needs to be more on her own and lessen those awful attacks (which would be great for all involved, no doubt). Okay, Dr. August is finished now.
All right, ladies, now, I know you all have been eagerly, maybe even desperately waiting to hear what I had for my cheat meal. Okay, maybe you haven't, but I'll tell you anyway. For the first half of the day I couldn't figure out what I wanted to spend my cheat money on,...when it appeared in front of my face! (a.k.a. my friend was eating it.) What better way to be gluttonous than to eat glutinous sticky rice! HA!............................all right, so it was sort of a sucky cheat meal. Well, not so sucky, I mean, I do like sticky rice (I ate it with an Asian sweet red bean paste - oooh, I know all your mouths are a-watering like crazy to hear that - NOT). Immediately when I finished the dessert I thought to myself, "My next cheat meal is a warmed up chewy, sticky, oozing cinnamon bun."
Where's the Volcano Cake when you need it?
So it's in the middle of the night. It's still the 13th, right? I'm leaving for my business trip so I'll have to post now.
Michele - Hey, I didn't read anything in your post about dusting off any certain books...but it sounds like you've got a good plan set up nevertheless so I'll ignore. You know, at the hours I log onto Cathe, I could probably start this thread like every day. I kept thinking I should start the May 12 one and kept logging on to see if anyone had, and it was actually kind of funny to see how long it was taking us all to start it! I kept seeing new threads being posted and jokingly thinking, "Oh no! Our I Hate Cardio is getting behind the others!" LOL. As for why on earth I would have BM - it's because I wanted to try Power Hour - the workout I ended up hating!! (I mean, er, loving.) Well, I can't say that since I've only done it twice...I haven't tried out the MIS yet, but me thinks there is step in that one, too. Fear.
Dana - Just when you all are hyping about cardio, cardio, cardio, I switch my rotation to a cardio/endurance one, and now everyone is going to hype about weights!.........Oh! Hey, you found a profit!! That's great news! Now come on CCIS, work your butt!
Diane - 30 minutes of running?! Holy smokes, good for you! We hope you have a good weekend with Lucy. Know that we are thinking of you and sending warm vibes.
Kate - Enjoy your day off? 6 days of cardio in row. That is huge. (That sounds sarcastic, but it's not!) Sweaty hair clinging and slapping your face - LOL!! I've always been the kind of person who in the most humid, sticky days of weather, could do anything vigorous and never break a sweat, so this newfound sweat is new to me. You'd think it was some alien substance trickling down by my reaction to it - "oh my g*d! What the, what the h*ll IS that?!" (Insert : August rushes to mirror for validation and self-satisfaction.)
Jana - I know, I know...I was going to try out the KM blasts in a different order before the kickboxing part...or at least do just a couple of them...but after having convinced myself that because I could do KPC in a breeze (light on the breeze) that maybe I had worked my way up to the blasts, and then finding out that they were still torturous, well,..No more whining! I'm doing BFFM, dammit! Think positive! All right. Next time I do KM I'm going to do 2 blasts. Decided. It's a goal. Can't be stopped. I will do them! (Oh geez, when do I have KM again in my rotation here...) As for your MIL, have you asked her why she doesn't take the medicine? (I wonder what kind of medicine a doctor might prescibe for panic attacks?) I personally don't like to take even aspirin - is your MIL like that? When my mom started having arthritis in her leg she started taking a particular medicine and her personality really changed - it was downright weird (and scary, quite frankly). Thank goodness she stopped taking the medicine and got back to her self (and weirdly, her leg is much better, too). I'm not hacking the meds the doctor gave your MIL, but medicine for panic attacks might not be the answer (they also might be the answer, so again, feel free to cyberslap me). If her panic attacks increased after you moved farther away from her, and I can imagine this is the last thing you'd feel like doing but, how about reaching out to her - inviting her out once a week for lunch or dinner or a talk in the park, or giving her a call every few days and reassuring her that you're not too far away? That might give her the confidence she needs to be more on her own and lessen those awful attacks (which would be great for all involved, no doubt). Okay, Dr. August is finished now.
All right, ladies, now, I know you all have been eagerly, maybe even desperately waiting to hear what I had for my cheat meal. Okay, maybe you haven't, but I'll tell you anyway. For the first half of the day I couldn't figure out what I wanted to spend my cheat money on,...when it appeared in front of my face! (a.k.a. my friend was eating it.) What better way to be gluttonous than to eat glutinous sticky rice! HA!............................all right, so it was sort of a sucky cheat meal. Well, not so sucky, I mean, I do like sticky rice (I ate it with an Asian sweet red bean paste - oooh, I know all your mouths are a-watering like crazy to hear that - NOT). Immediately when I finished the dessert I thought to myself, "My next cheat meal is a warmed up chewy, sticky, oozing cinnamon bun."
Where's the Volcano Cake when you need it?
. Holy crap, what time did you post? Excuse me if I've asked this before (I'm an old fart now and I have trouble remembering things), but what line of work are you in and where are your travels taking you? Will you be gone long?