Argh, another crappy workout. Just so freaking fatigued and my HR just wouldn't stay up...it's not a good feeling to push it up with plyo moves and then it drop like a rock (and I'm really not kidding, like to below 100). I HATE how I feel when this happens. I was thinking it might be the sleep or the not huge breakfast (but still a good breakfast) but then I realized...oh, I'm PMSing. TOM is tomorrow (or today). It makes sense...I feel like I'm totally bloated and the way I feel this crappy from exercise...it's hormones. I did Circuit Blast (sorry not Cardio Blast)...I couldn't really do it because of my body issues but I went through the whole thing in sort of a half-assed way. It looks like it could be a lot of fun. I actually want Joe to try it...he'll bitch and moan about how hard it is but he can't get on my case because there is no step choreography. I really want to try it again but I may only do new Shock Cardio stuff until my hormones get readjusted and stick to workouts that at least mentally I think I can handle.
Kathy -- hope you enjoyed PUB!
Chris -- the Evee video (on FB) I liked a lot. We had worked her a little bit before any dogs had come...actually we went to that dog park which isn't as nice as one that's further away and were so disappointed that no dogs were there but we played Evee tag where we get Evee to tag one of us (while we're running/jogging) and then run to the other on the opposite side of the enclosed area. Luna came and she was just the perfect size for Evee's energy. Evee is still a bit more aggressive than we'd like (though now she's learned if she wants to play more with the dog after pinning them down, she has to let them go), but Luna and her were doing great. It's really, really nice to see her socializing better since we had not been taking her to the park as much after the patella luxation diagnosis. Though my all time fav video of Evee is the peanut butter sundae licking.
Being around people who don't take care of their health is weird to me sometimes...my mother's side are all diabetic but they don't curtail their sugar intake. My sister and I grew up so upset that we just basically harassed our mother saying that if she cares about us, she would take care of herself, and anything else is just selfishness. It's a hard line (but it works with her!). And then I work in a lab with so many pretty people (it's a little disproportionate actually), and none of them know what its like to be overweight and they would freaking TAUNT me when I was trying to diet or exercise (I had to stop going to lunch with them). But none of them work out regularly and they would mock my time at the gym because they didn't "waste" their time on that stuff. And then we have Joe's friends -- one who got Lap Band recently -- very obese who get mad at me because I made exercise a part of my life. I mean, I say this as someone who ate ice cream all Saturday with Joe on the couch, but sometimes I get upset with the people around me because I feel like they want to drag me down to their listlessness. all I can say that I'm glad the fitness bug bit me even if I still don't look like it has!
Oh, and you inspired me to take down all the Xmas decorations. Everything put the lights have been put away and I cleaned up all that tree crap that fell all over the place. I love my stick vac...
Beth -- I so don't have a rotation in mind. So, because Joe couldn't remember to put Pasadena instead of Los Angeles in the City field of an order, I didn't get a bday present until yesterday. He gave me Hardcore Extreme and after such a hard time with Athletic step, I was sitting there going, I'm so freaking insane to think I can do this sh**! So, I think the next month is going to do at least 3 circuit workouts a week and 3 cardio workouts but trying to learn a lot of new stuff as well. That's lame about the bb. I understand the whole competitive thing but is it really necessary that young? That's cool that Travis is good at bb already! My sister was told by Bella's couch that apparently my niece is really fast at running and that she should encourage that skill. We both were blown away since neither of us showed any athletic ability at that age. So track and field for her! (on top of the other 7 activities she has a week!)
Joanne -- find me on facebook!
I have tons of vulgar things I say on it. Mostly depressing rants about how science hates me. But tons of pictures of Evee. I also am posting pictures of my wood restoration project now. I had these original cabinetry from my house with I think 4-5 layers of (crappy) paint on it? We stripped it, sanded, conditioned, stained, and topcoated some drawers over the weekend. They didn't come out perfectly but we're still trying to figure out some of this as we go. I'm sorry about the pipe but that's cool that your husband has no problem cutting out a wall to fix it. That's so much more like me than Joe! He's more like to pay a plumber $1k for it. (well, maybe not now but before for sure...) Don't feel bad at all about the thumb -- it'll teach him to ask for the doctor earlier (or not play video games when it hurts!).
I swear i'm going to kill people in my lab. I feel like their thoughtless in the last two weeks have sky rocketed and has literally prevented me from progressing. I had forgotten about samples in a refrigerated centrifuge (it happens, everyone does it) and instead of MOVING it to the same temperature where it could be salvaged, they just took it out, put it next to the machine at room temperature. Two days worth of work GONE. No note or anything. GONE. And now I find out this reagent I was waiting for thinking it didn't get to the school before it closed for the holiday HAD come in and that no one bothered to tell me about it (the person who receives or packages said he didn't realize it was mine so he just LEFT it on a bench -- he's supposed to check who ordered it and let them know where its stored). AND it looks like it may be bad but it could have been from improper storing! I'm already having stress issues but this stuff just makes my forehead vein pop!
Man, I need a good workout!
