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Good morning, peepsterellas. I didn't get to leave work early. It was too busy. So I didn't get to my cardio yesterday. I'm planning on it this evening. Maybe Strike Zone or In The Ring. We'll see what mood I'm in when I get home from work. Right now I'm kind of cranky and glum. Probably due to lack of sleep. I tossed and turned most of last night. Who needs a Houdini to interrupt the night?

LaDonna, you're pretty darn perky in your picture. Thanks for sharing.

I'll try to get back later and check on the rest of you peepers. Taa
 
Good Morning Peeps

I too am a little sleep deprived this am. Had to set my alarm to be Tooth Fairy for my son. I really didn't sleep much, afraid the alarm would wake them up or maybe I wouldn't hear the alarm, Or OMG what if I forget??? How could the Tooth Fairy forget??? So let's just say i was up pretty much all night.
DH is always travelling, it's night like these I really resent that!!!

Anyhoo, seems Robin and I are the early birds (no pun intended) around here. I am doing BM2 now before I get the kids to school. :eek::eek:

Have a great day
I'll be back to check in
ellie
 
Good Morning Robin , Ellie & all who follow.

CCV5 on tap for me today.

Did some not so good eating last night so I need to woork on better food choices today and drinking loads of water to get all the sodium out.

Robin sorry to hear you didn't get a restful sleep.
I've heard In The Ring mentioned plenty on these boards lately. Is it easy to learn those moves? That is a kickboxing dvd correct?

Ellie I'm guilty of forgetting about the tooth Fairy and have felt horrible the next morning so I usually end up staying up later than normal and then play fairy - It works better for me :rolleyes: Have fun w/ BM2

LaDonna I saw your photo and wow you look great esp after a half mary? just Wow and Congrats once again :)

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I've been having internet woes, which is common for me here in Uganda. Anyway, I'm going to post quickly while it's on and then (hopefully) go back and catch up on the last two days threads.

Yesterday was a rest day.

Today was a 3 mile run and then abs. SLOW pace, but lots of hills in the run.

Hopefully will BBL.

Laura
 
Peeps Check-in

Peeps:

Good morning! Is it Friday yet? I need a weekend! Yesterday was a dark and rainy day. It is still dark today. It is dark when I leave the club at night and dark in the morning. When the days start getting shorter, all I want to do is sleep and eat!

I had fun at my Zumba class last night. One of my closest friends is hooked on it now. We are close to the same weight and size, and it is fun to have someone here to enjoy this journey with me.

I was short on time and low on energy this morning, so I revisited Total Body Sculpting for the first time in ages. I love it! These lighter workouts from the Target set are fun! Baby Low Max (otherwise known as Low Impact Step) was calling my name Monday morning. This is one of Cathe’s workouts for beginners, but I love it. The intensity is just right for me now. I got a great workout on the floor Monday morning without a step. The hoedown music in the warm-up makes me smile. LOL! There is just something about this workout that makes me happy. I love Total Body Stretching too.

Catherine, enjoy your "Friday" and have a great one! I am sorry about your joint issue. You are wise to listen to your body and treat it with respect. Butts and Guts is still a great workout with the standing segment and abs. The leg blast premix is my favorite! No floor exercises in sight. Just walking lunges and firewalkers and walking lunges and firewalkers and more walking lunges, oh my!

Wendy, preview the Kick Max blast challenge! Watch it and weep!

LaDonna, you look fit and strong. Thanks for sharing the race picture.

Robin, I am sending smiles and sunshine your way! Hugs!

Ellie, it sounds like we are a bunch of sleepy peeps today! Have fun with Body Max 2. That one was filmed on my birthday! I love it (in pieces or premixes)!

Vilma, raw cucumber slices are great for flushing out the sodium bloat.

Laura, great run! I hope to see you later. Have a blessed day!

Blessings,
Heather B.

"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 10:31 NIV).
 
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Morning!

Just peeping in quickly to say HI before I head out. I have a private instruction this morning with Andrea DuCane, a senior RKC instructor. This is my first attempt at kettlebells so I'm a little nervous:confused: BBL after our session.

JJ
 
HI Friends-

Robin & Ellie- sorry about the restless night.

Heather- Your descriptions of cathe beginner DVD's put a smile on my face! I have heard about Zumba too. It is nice to have a friend to workout with.

Wendy- If you haven't shared your favorite food blogs yet I am interested in the links. TIA. How did flu shots with an over tired Houdini go? Geesh that makes a root canal sound fun.

LaDonna- Where is your picture?

Catherine- B&G abs are not my favorite either. In fact I am unmotivated for abs period. This too shall pass?...or maybe not:eek:

Ellie- We have all forgotten to be the tooth fairy! Then we are/were stuck with creative story telling to explain .....

Today was iTread #7 for 30", I only needed to run 3 miles, and I am trying not to increase mileage too quickly (again). Then Eionn Finn's Yoga for Happiness (40" premix) It is not as satisfying as a live yoga class, but It was helpful, especially after doing AOS Firepower Yesterday.

Time to skedaddle. I have to get to the store to purchase ingredients for 3 lasagnas. DD17 is having her crew team over for a team dinner on Saturday evening.:eek::eek::eek: 35 girls!
 
Hey peeps. I feel so blah this week because I am not working out but I KNOW my body needs it. At least my feet do. We have fall break staring tomorrow so we are going camping for the week end. It should be lots of fun.

JUDY My picture is in yesterday's Peep Check in. Second page, I believe. Lasagna sounds so good. Are you making the recipe you posted awhile back?
JJ Have fun with your KB's. They sound like fun but I am not buying anything until I get STS. Although, I did see a Garmin yesterday and I told DH that I really really want it for Christmas.
HEATHER It is always nice to have a friend to workout with. My YMCA is going to start Zumba in November. I can't wait to try it. Everyone says it is so much fun.
LAURA I didn't realize that you were not in the country. I must have missed that. Good job on the run.
VILMA Have fun with your CC and I hear ya on the bad eating. I have PMS this week so I am craving it all.
ELLIE I always put my DH in charge of the Tooth Fairy stuff. I would fall asleep and totally forget about it. I have in fact done that before. I can't remember what we told Alex. LOL.
ROBIN I hope you are able to get some sleep tonight. I hate having the cranky's.

Have a good day peeps!
 
Finally!

I’m so glad that I posted quickly to at least say ‘hi’ because my internet went off again. I left the thread up in my browser, though, so I got to peruse all your posts at leisure. I wrote my post off-line and have been trying and trying to get back online so I could post it! It has finally worked!

Robin—Thanks for starting this check-in. Somewhere along the way I missed the meaning of the title, though. Is ‘peeps” short for ‘people’ or is it because we’re all working out to look like spring chickens (LOL), or something much more profound? ☺

Catherine—I remember you from the RT, too. We were at a table together Saturday night. Weren’t you the designated hand-raiser for that crazy game we played? ☺

Wendi—I’m so glad that my story was encouraging to you. And I’m so glad that Houdini is staying put now! Where in TX are you? When we’re in the States, we base out of Fort Worth because that’s where our 501c3 is headquartered. I’m originally from Arkansas, but my husband is one of those pleasantly obnoxious Texans who remember that it once was its own country. ☺

LaDonna—Good for you on your race. I’m planning to do a ½ marathon and am just trying to decide how long I need to prepare. I’ve been running for a while, but usually just once a week, and only 3 miles. I’m currently making the transition to outdoors and up/down hill. Yikes! From your log-on name, I see you’re a serious runner. How long did you train specifically for the ½ mary?

Heather—I’m so glad to see another PYGFO sister here, too! (And no offense intended with the Texas remarks, OK? I LOVE Texans, as you know!) I, too, love the fact that Cathe has a few easier workouts for the days that I need something not quite as intense as her normal stuff. It’s also nice when I’m trying to start a friend on Cathe and need a beginner workout.

JJ—DH and his buddy are at the half-way mark of P90X right now. I get to here the quip from your signature quite frequently these days. ☺ I’m assuming you’re a P90X graduate? How did you like it? I think the workouts look great, but I’m wondering if Tony would drive me crazy. Cathe has such a great “stage presence,” but Tony is nuts! Nuts in a good way, of course, but still nuts.

Karin—your job sounds so interesting. I wanted for a long time to be a research scientist, but then I fell in love with foreign languages and went that direction. What do you research? New meds? I have a good friend who does that.

Judy—What kind of race are you thinking about running? I saw someone encouraging you to run a real race. Like I mentione to LD, I’m trying to work up to a ½ marathon.

Ellie—I, too, am SO proud of my upper body strength, which is one reason I started that thread. I’ve been in good shape all my life, but I never really had good upper body strength till Cathe. I had skinny stick arms, but now they’re one of my favorite assets. I wear sleeveless shirts all the time (which I can do since I live in sub-tropical Africa!)

Vilma—I need you and JJ and Robin to tell me about the virtues of kettlebells. I know what they are, but I don’t know why they are all the rage. Is it that they work all of you at the same time.

Kel—I’m with you on the need for slightly more cardio in order to fit back into my clothes. I’m just enough up that some of my regulars are tight instead of comfy. The PMS thing is playing its part for me, too, today, but, unfortunately, it’s not the WHOLE problem!

OK. Sorry for the ji-normous post, but I’m trying to get all the personals in and do it while I have internet!
 
Hola Peepers!

Today was a good workout day. I did 4DS High Intentsity Step. I've got the first & second sections down, so/so on the high intensity blasts, but am completely LOST on the last section. I know I'll get it, as I'm a slooooooooooooow learner when it comes to tricky stuff, I just need to keep at it, which, being the stubborn gal I am, I will! :)

Robin--Sorry about the interrupted sleep, as I soooooooooooooo know how that feels this week! I'm sure Mr. Yappycat didn't help with his arrival this morning, either...LOL.

Ellie--I'm glad you are feeling well enough for BM2! And you just reminded me that I will need to be Houdini's tooth fairy someday. I completely forgot about that!!

Vilma--Enjoy CCV5!

Laura--Wow, it sounds like you had a nice, rugged-outdoors type workout today. Ft. Worth? I'm not far at all from your homebase--I live in the Dallas area. :)

Heather--I love Baby Low Max, too! Someone has borrowed it out of my DVD library and I kind of wish I had it back. Total Body Stretching is also on my wish list (along with High Step videos, BM2, and Muscle Max.) And we are dark, overcast and in the 60's here today, similar weather, except I love gray weather!! (Color me weird, but fall/winter/overcast weather makes me happy. Probably because I'm not an outdoors gal and cooking and TV watching and reading make me happy, LOL!)

JJ--Wow, that private instruction sounds cool. Report when you get back, please!

Judy--HA, I cancelled Houdini's flu shot the other day. I'm not brave AT ALL. Houdini is rescheduled for today at 3:15. Wish me luck--she screams as soon as you leave the waiting room and enter the doctor's office part. Houdini KNOWS I'm up to no good once we get back there, LOL! I will PM you the food blogs tonight--they are saved on my home computer, and if you have any, PM them to me, please!! :) And you get a big gold achievement star for taking on three lasagnas today!!!

LaDonna--Good for you for taking a break and listening to your body.

:) Wendy
 
Laura, yes that was me. Probably why our table lost :p

Judy, I don't think the not liking ab work will pass. At least not for me anyhow:rolleyes:

Wendy, I love HIS. But it is a bit tricky. Keep at it!!

LD, you enjoy your rest. That's an order :)

JJ, we want a full report of your experience with Andrea. I have my PT session tomorrow :eek:

Heather, glad you are enjoying your Zumba!!

Vilma, I joined you in the not so healthy eating last night. So don't feel lonely ok???

Ellie, I hope you made it through BM2 being sleep deprived :(

Robin, I will also join you in being cranky :confused: Sending you some happy thoughts :):):)
 
Laura,
I trained for 13 weeks. Gradually increasing my mileage. I have had chronic plantar facsiitis for well forever it seems so it was very important for me to increase gradually and to not overtrain. I still ended up in pain though. :(
 
Hi peeps! Just a quick check-in to say hi. Today is really getting away from me and I am super busy. I'll write more tomorrow. Tonight I am going to spin, but I don't know how hard since my IT band is screaming :(
 
Wendi--Great. Another North Central Texan. There were several of us on the 07 Road Trip from that area. We had a reunion just before I returned to Africa. We'd love to get together with any Cathe fans in the area. I'll let everyone know when I'm in the States again. Might be there for a short visit next summer. Beloved Heather was part of that reunion, too.

LaDonna--I'm encouraged to know that someone else with running "issues" was able to complete such an impressive race. I've been a little daunted because I have a very tight ITB band that pulls on my knee if I don't warm it up and stretch really well. But if you did it with PF, then I bet that I can (carefully) do it too!

Laura
 
I posted in OD but thought I'd give a quick report on my session with Andrea. We spent the whole time on fitness tests and assessments and I didn't even touch a KB:( I have some issues we need to correct as a result of some past injuries. She is really nice and down to earth and spent an extra 45 minute with me at no charge! Next week we will start with the KB basics so I'm looking forward to that. She showed me some moves using a 36 pounder, so fluidly and at ease, it just blew me away!

Robin I hope you get a better nights sleep tonight. I always get cranky from lack of sleep or missing my workout;)

Ellie OH NO...did you forget? I really miss being the tooth fairy. High fives on doing BM2. You must be feeling better cuz that one is a toughie!

Vilma I love CC!! Have fun and don't beat yourself up over your "not so good" eating. We all do that from time to time;)

Laura Glad to see your internet is back up and working. Have a good run. I am a P90X grad and I really liked the program. Tony didn't bother me at all, in fact, his silliness made the tough workouts more bearable:)

Heather Baby LowMax....cute! It is always nice to have those special workouts for those days when energy levels are low.

Judy Yoga for Happiness is one of my favs. 3 pans of lasagne?! You have a lot of work ahead of you;) I know what you're going thru...we have hosted spaghetti dinners here for DD varsity soccer team.

LaDonna Great pic!!.....and you're still smiling:D Don't worry about taking a rest week. Your body will thank you and be recharged for next week.

Wendy It took me many attempts to get that 3rd section down on HIS. That hitch kick thingy followed by the stomp.......:confused: Keep at it and you'll get it;)

Catherine Have a great PT session tomorrow and report back!!:)

Karin Do you have a foam roller? That is the only thing that seems to help my IT band but it hurts like H#ll.

Hope it didn't miss anyone. See ya.

JJ
 
Hi all. I have a few minutes to spare here at work and thought I'd give a few personals a chance.

ellie, I was always up before my kids, so I didn't have to get up during the night to do the tooth fairy thing. You can always use slight of hand if you forget too. Tell them the $$ must have fallen on the floor and rolled under the bed.

JJ, I saw your post on the open forum about your workout. Cool about being called an athlete. I hurt my knee while stepping last year and was kind of thrilled to have an athletic kind of injury.

Judy, 35 girls!?!?! Yikes! Have fun.

LaDonna, yes, you do need some rest. Do you still have doms, aches etc from the race? I love camping. We didn't get out once this year though.

Laura, I'm just starting with the kettlebells, so I can't really tell you much about them. JJ will have to give us the real scoop. All I know is my whole body felt the first couple of workouts I did. Yes, we are all peeps, as in people. I had put out a shout for "my peeps" hoping to hear from some folks who had been missing from the forums lately and got an overwhelming respose. This check in is a result. Most of the posters here are "new" to me, but you can never have too many peeps, can you!

Wendy, poor Houdini and the flu shot. I had mine today here at work. I don't blame her for crying!

Catherine, are you still cranky? I'm in a better mood, since the day is almost over and I'm off tomorrow. I'm looking forward to getting sweaty when I get home.

Vilma, I only seem to be able to go for a couple days of eating well before going hog wild and shoving anything and everything into my pie hole. Sigh. And I'm post menopausal, so I don't have PMS to blame.

Karin, don't worry about not having time to stay and chat. We'll catch you tomorrow.

Heather, we could use some of the gray and rainy here. The weather has been beautiful, but it's been seriously dry for going on 3 weeks. At least the grass isn't growing.

Did I get everyone? Hey to anyone I may have missed. I'm still thinking about doing something kick boxy when I get home in about an hour. Probably In The Ring.
 
Peeps, BM2 kicked my ass!!! I only got to power circuit 2 and I was toast. It's amazing how a week of illness can reduce you to blubbering bowl of jello. But at least I started. :D:D
BRB for personals
ellie
 
I am so impressed with everyones accomplishments. Half marathons, kettlebells,athleles etc. I'm so glad I joined Peeps because it gives me soooo much motivation. And I've learned a lot about different exercises.

And please forgive me because sometimes I suck at personals. I forget things (menopause) I have 2 litle kids, DH travels and am sometimes just overwhelmed!!!

Robin, I hope we didn't intrude on your original PEEPS plan, but hey it's always nice to meet new people. I've enjoyed getting to know you better and all the PEEP as well!!! Thanks for starting it. :D:D



LaDonna, Great pic, great race!!!!

Wendy, it just get busier and more fun as time goes on. ENJOY!!!

Catherine, I have the cranky's now, DH won't be home until tomorrow night and it's our 10th anniversary.

Vilma, Somedays I just crave junk food, so I eat it. I know it's emotional eating, but ifeels sooooo good

Karin, I'm still available to go to Cathe with you when you are in town. Just let me know

Heather, I am praying for rain here. It's been 80 degrees for the last week and my allergies are killing me.


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Ellie, sorry your DH is not home on your anniversary. You could do what I did on our 10 year. I went to Los Vegas----without him :eek::eek::eek: The girls were going and I knew I wouldn't have another opportunity, so I went. He didn't mind at all. I felt like a heel for about a minute :D
 
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