Kettlebell gals are Rockin' it!!

[deanie]

Good Morning!!!
...can't figure out how to edit the title, but todays thread is for Wednesday! ooops!

Had a great workout this morning.... I rocked it!!

http://jerseygirl4565.blogspot.com/2010/01/etk-variety-day.html

Don't know why I love this workout so much, but I feel so bad a$$ when I finish it!!...maybe that's why! I was going to test for my 1rm for the dl and/or press today, but woke up with TOM, and just didn't feel like it!! maybe next week.....?

Gayle:: Hope you had a good workout!

Melissa:: answered some of your ?'s on yesterdays thread

Jane::: Hope you're not too cold today!

Marcy::: Good to see you back!! I just started etk on monday, but i am enjoying it so far. My back is doing okay thanks! I hope you are staying warm and your office gets its heat back!!

Rhonda::: Good to see you back!!

Have a rockin' Wednesday gals
........I will bbl!!

 

[pink_fortitude]

Water bill is $170 this month, up $50 from last month for no reason. No leaks or dripping anywhere. Utility office claims that their digital reader - that reads our meter from their office - is error proof. I feel sick to my stomach and can't sleep for thinking about it; is there anything we can do to refute this or get help? If anyone has advice, please help!


I hope I can move today, I feel wasted and depressed. Our water bill was high to begin with: 70-80$$$ a month. Then they started charging 50-60$ more so they could tear up the roads and replace the lines. I thought that was outrageous. Now this new bill is criminal. I am so angry and so upset...

Please.help.me.

Melissa

 

[Gayle]

(((Melissa))) - Is there a public service board that you can contact? I thought you could demand to have your meter read manually if you thought your bill was off. I would contact them again and ask for someone higher up the food chain if you don't get anywhere with the first customer service rep. It sucks to have to be confrontational just so you don't get screwed.

FWIW - A friend of mine had something similar happen with her electric bill (it's a convoluted story as to why it happened), but she ended up negotiating a much more reasonable bill for them for that month and then they had to come out manually read her meter to get things cleared up for future bills.

Deanie - Totally ROCKIN' workout!! Great job on the Bear! That really is a HARD workout.

Jane & Marcy - I hope you gals stay warm, and your cold snap ends soon.

Rhonda - Nice to see you!

Here's the breakdown from last night:
Buy-in/warm up:
3 rounds ROM Cindy (nice & easy)
* 5 assisted pull ups 40#, chest to bar
* 10 push ups on knees, chest to floor
* 15 squats

Then, TGU 3r/3l 12kg

Work - Power Clean & Push Jerk
Sets of 2 @ 53-63-63-73-83 (had to split jerk the last set), then,

3x3 @ 78lbs - which was a PR for the push jerks for me.

Cash out: 20 double unders...took me more than 5 minutes to get this many...so bad!

I'm planning to deadlift tonight and I'm thinking of doing the prison style workout.

Have a great day!

 

[Gayle]

Melissa - Also, are any of your neighbors seeing the same thing with their bills? It sometimes helps if you can raise a stink in numbers.

 

[lioness]

Hi Everyone!

No workout again last night. I'm realizing it's just too hard to workout when I'm at mom and dad's. I just don't sleep well there and I'm tired by the time I get home. Dad is now bedridden. His eating has been very poor (less than a cup of solid food a day) but was a little better yesterday. Last night I checked on him and he had kicked all the covers off and his legs were like ice. He was trying to get up but couldn't.

Deanie ~ Fantastic workout today! You rock!!

Gayle ~ Have fun with the prison workout. I love that one. Make sure you are doing it in a super large room! LOL!! Tack on some walking lunges and bear crawls afterwards. It really kicks it up a notch.

Melissa ~ Sorry you are having problems. I have no advice at all but it seems like Gayle gave you some good options!

Marcy ~ We were at 25 degrees this morning. I'm happy that it's been a little windy so I don't have to scrap ice off my car. Tomorrow it will be a balmy 56 degrees but it's suppose to be colder by the weekend. Hang in there!!!

Rhonda ~ Hi!! Hope you get a workout in today!

 

[pink_fortitude]

Melissa - Also, are any of your neighbors seeing the same thing with their bills? It sometimes helps if you can raise a stink in numbers.

Gayle, I have actually talked to several other neighbors. Many of them don't even know how to read their bill. Most of them want me to let them know if I can find anything out, but are really staying out of it.
We had a problem this past summer when we were on vacation, contacted them and the higher ups with to no avail. They are doing everything perfectly. Another neighbor had problems and contacted the town board. Nada. So, I have collected all of the bills that we have received since we have moved in, six years ago. The consumption averaged between 3700 and 6000, depending on whether it was summer and we were watering our lawn. Since they tore up the roads this past May to put in new pipes, we haven't had a reading below 7600. The most recent bill we got had a reading of 10785, the $170. I talked to one neighbor whose bill actually went down significantly, one is a couple without kids, both work, and their bill averages what ours does, another has 4 kids and their consumption is 4000 below ours... it is just inconsistent all over the place. Either we all have messed up pipes, which ironically happened the same time the town put new piping in, or they are choosing people at random to screw for the month. This is a small town, but unfortunately it isn't Mayberry.

Jane, I am sorry for your dad.

Deanie, awesome workout!

I am going to do clean max. With loud music. I feel like hitting something, but scrubbing is more productive and it's not something I'll end up regretting.

Melissa

 

[mj476]

Good Afternoon!

I did Cathe's Travel Fit today. I thought it was a pretty good workout. Some good tricep burners (bow & arrow move). She does a set of 12 (?) and then 3 sets of 15 pulses. I used my heavy resistance band. Not much cardio in this; only 3 short cardio bursts. I thought I read she didn't plan on putting any cardio in but then she changed her mind. They weren't intense but did get the HR up a bit. I used 1# weights for the warmup and 2 out of the 3 cardio sections.

I've now done all of the MMA workouts. I liked MMA Boxing the least (not that it wasn't good but I prefer kicking and punching and there wasn't enough lower body work in this for me and I don't have a heavy bag either).

Jane - Sorry to hear about your dad. Hang in there! (((((HUGS!))))

Melissa - I hope you get your water bill straightened out. Gayle had some good suggestions. Maybe you should contact your councilman or the mayor's office? Or maybe the TV station?

Gayle - Great workout! Good job on the double unders!

Deanie - Great workout! Looks really tough!

Waves to Rhonda!

Marcy

 

[pink_fortitude]

Marcy, believe it or not the local tv station did an undercover expose on our water system. At the time it was the most expensive, yet was full of e.coli and other nasty stuff. We were constantly under boil water warnings, and it was rusty, full of sediment. When they treated it, when you'd shower it smelled like a swimming pool and your skin felt tight and cracked when you got out. After the program came out, they dropped our rates from $90 to $75 on average, and then they jacked it up to the $120-130 range when the started fixing it. We are a newly developing area, and now that I am cooled off a bit I am starting to realize that we may have to pay a big price so that those who come after us don't have to deal with it. BUT, our council is pretty currupt, and greedy. I should give them a call to do a follow up, though. Just to see. Not a bad idea...

I GOT AN AWESOME RUN IN! I new PB for me: 3k in 16:27. I then did 40 knees to chest, cause I can't do elbows ;]

I am feeling much better after pounding the treadmill.

See you guys later!

Melissa

 

[pink_fortitude]

I should add that the average water for central IN and northern IN is between $30-40.

 

[Farmer]

Hi ladies. Yesterday was kind of tough for me but I am better now. This morning I did 150 swings and 30 big girl pushups. Didn't have time or energy for anything else.

I am going to do a 21 day fast of fruits and veggies and water starting on Friday. I feel like I need to be spiritually prepared as I start dealing with the stuff that is coming up. I don't know how that is going to affect my exercise but right now I need to be more spiritually fit than physically fit.

Deanie- Thanks .I am just waiting for you to tell me you tattooed an S on your chest. You go girl.

Melissa- That is some bull. I would call the newsstation again and take your bills. Even with new pipes it shouldn't be that much. I had to actually think to myself "Do I have Clean Max?" It finally clicked.

Gayle- Thanks. Great workout last night. As long as a prison style is as close as you get to prison, sounds like a good plan.

Jane- Hi and (((Hugs))) and wishing you the most peace and patience that you can have.

Marcy- Hey. I would like to catch up with you on the workouts next month.

Have a wonderful evening.

 

[pink_fortitude]

I am going to do a 21 day fast of fruits and veggies and water starting on Friday.

The Daniel diet! (that's what I call it)

I am so sorry for the trouble you are going through, but you have your head on straight by making God the priority. I love Psalms 7, 40 and 63, they just do "it" for me when I am feeling attacked and hunted, and 63 just tops it off and leaves me feeling at peace - like He's going to take care of it all.

Melissa