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Today I just did yoga and stretching. I did Cathe's Yoga relax, 52 minutes and Barre Amped Lower Body Stretch 19 minutes. More or less a rest day. Everything was achy last night and I thought a good stretch would be all I need. I think my body needed a break today.

Belinda, Metabolic Total Body was on my plan for Friday but I just did not think it a wise move for now. I do not feel wonderful today either. I went to the store and got some anti inflammatory fruits, kefir, and bone broth. I eat well pretty much all of t he time but I need to do all I can to boost the immune system. Nice work. I did read that white blood counts can be low if a person does long cardios and things like running. This could contribute but it does not answer the neck pain and lymph nodes along with the headache. I do not feel well so I am sure there is something there that I am getting over or is wrong.

Doreen, I was just about to mention Hi/Lo Dome. I like that dome workout. Tracey Staehle uses a bosu in Core Blast and Glute camp. I also have several bosu workouts on a set of dvds that I have. Mindy Mylrea and Keli Roberts are two of the instructors. I should do that Mindy one sometime soon. I burn a lot of calories with that one. Nice work today :)
 
Today was low impact circuit. I taped my foot up well and did fine. I was actually a little nervous about the step after my fall on this workout last week. I kept telling myself it like getting back on a horse after it throws you. I think tomorrow will be Afterburn bonus burn. I love to hate that one. I have to workout on sundays now that I do caregiving on Wednesdays. Good news is that I have gotten better about sleeping. I can't say that I'm sleeping without waking up, but I am falling back to sleep fairly fast. So I am actually getting what I would call a full nights sleep (except for Wednesday's, where I have to get up so early to travel).

Doreen good job on the thrift store bosu. That is where I picked up mine too. I also have some of the mindy and Keli workouts. If you can find them they are good instructors.

Diane Sue, I hope that they can give you some answers. But in the meantime I think you are right to get extra rest and try to eat extra well. Sending healing vibes your way. Keeping you in my prayers.

Belinda, I hope that your family is doing well.

Good workouts everyone. I think tomorrow I will also play with my fit tower. I finally put it together. It has been sitting in the basement for the last two months. Then when I came home it was hard to look at at first. My Dad slipped me the money for it after I helped him with something. He told me he wanted to get me something special that I wouldn't get for myself. Just started crying again writing that.

I hope everyone has a restful weekend.
 
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Laura, if you haven't done it, you might try the step work on just the platform at first till you get back to being used to it. I have had a couple of times where I had my whole body hit the floor and I was a little anxious when I went back to the step again. I have also kicked the whole platform off and about fell over the top of it flailing around to catch myself. It is funny how I can do it a lot with no problem and then somehow I just lose it. Afterburn is some tough workout anyway. I did a Ripped with Hiit Low Impact series rotation once and I had forgot how tough some of those Low Impact workouts were. I was pretty sore working with both workout series. I guess it really hit me differently. That is wonderful that you have been able to get more sleep. I wake up so many times a night. It is either achy joints, allergies and coughing, or just plain over stimulated or something. I cannot relax even when I know I am exhausted. My allergies have been better and I had a few better nights of sleep till this lymph node thing and the shoulder neck pain. I am moving around all night trying to get comfortable an fall back to sleep. The Fit Tower would be nice. I can understand your feelings about it. It will be a loving memory when you use it. The loss is tough, but gets easier to bear after awhile. My Dad has been gone two years now. I miss him a lot. I wouldn't mind having the fit tower but the cost has held me back. Thanks for you thoughts and prayers.
 
Rest day for me today. I got up and had a low grade fever so I decided church and family brunch was out. I did the relaxation stretch, ball stretch , and upper body stretch from Barre Amped Stretch and Strength. I was hoping it would help with the aches. I tried some Epic beef jalapeno bone broth for lunch. It was not tasty like what I make is. I wish I could find good soup bones. I drank half and put the rest in some Bolognese sauce and sweet potato to not taste it so much. It should be good for mending. A plus with having a low grade fever means it is possible that it is an infection of virus. Plus if the nodes are not hard it is better.

Doreen, I did not even open the last few Jen Stinkler emails. Everyone is trying to sell me something!! I don't think I spent that much this year yet. Maybe ?? But it has been pretty much all gift moneys. That is the only reason I have not ordered the two new Kelly Coffey and the Amy Ross workout. I would like them. I would like the Fit Tower but funds are not there right now. I have more important things to take care of. I am glad I had enough for the Sweat workouts from my birthday.

Belinda, I am trying to figure out how to get my fitness pal and Fit Bit to sync my food and exercise right. Food seems okay, it goes to the Fit Bit Blaze but exercise is doubled if I put it in my fitness pal and I need to use my exercise on the Fit Bit. I thought I copied and pasted some information from my fitness pal and ended up with a whole forum discussion to read:(
 
Today I did indeed do Afterburn Bonus Burn. That one just never gets easier for me. I have to state that I just STINK on doing mountain climbers, spider mountain climbers and those walking pushups on the gliders. I give it my best but I'm going at a MUCH slower tempo.

My husband is suffering from some bad depression. I spent most of the day with him just being there for him. It has hit him hard with the loss of his brother and his mother's condition. She has fallen twice in the rehab center this week (where she went when she broke her shoulder from a fall). She is in a wheelchair, but she keeps trying to get up and she falls (with the dementia she does wander). It has been tough on us, some days it hits him bad, some days it's me. I've tried to recommend some exercise for him for the depression, I know it helps me. But he has never been interested. I'm trying to get him interested in the fit tower holding the barbells with the bench (I have two now, one with the ez grip and a straight one that I picked up at a garage sale with the weights for $5). I told him we could do STS or Xtrain (ones with guys in them).

Diane Sue, I'll probably take your recommendation and do any dancy step on just the platform until I'm comfortable again. I've tripped before. From my back injuries, I have a permanent foot drop on my right foot that gets worse when I get tired. I've caught that foot a couple of times. This time it was my left foot and I really did a number on it. I truly fell. I could not catch myself. I still don't know what exactly happened. My foot placement must have just been off. I've been doing step since it came out, and I've never been nervous like I was yesterday. I think part of it is now I'm worried about anything, even being sick, happening to me since I'm my mother's only caregiver now. I have to get some kind of plan for the future, but for now, I don't have anything but me. I'm sorry to hear that you are sick today, but also hopeful that that is what is tied into your other problems. I'm hoping that some rest and healthy eating will clear it up soon for you! I completely sympathize about your sleeping. My new sleeping has created two problems for me. One, sometimes it makes my back hurt. It doesn't like not moving for a full night. And two, my right shoulder hurts. I can only sleep on my right side since the surgeries. Again, it must be too much for my shoulder laying on it all night. I've had Ben-Gay on my shoulder all day. One step forward, two back.

Still couldn't face the fit tower today. With hubby being so depressed, I just couldn't. I'm really going to try this week. I need to create some happy memories to overcome my reluctance.

I hope everyone had a great weekend.
 
My daughter came and looked at how swollen my lymph nodes and neck was. She said you could hardly see my clavicle. She is worried about how strange it is. Her close friend called a doctor in my clinic that she knows and she says it good. She got me in tomorrow at 9. She explained the problem ahead of time to her. It was really nice of her to do that. She even offered to go along as did my daughter. Since both are in the medical field it could be helpful but I think I am okay by myself and she did explain it to the doctor. Hopefully I get some help. This sure happened suddenly. I was just massaging my neck like I do when it hurts and noticed the nodes.

Laura, I am so sorry for the depression and sorrow. I know how it is. I avoided talking to friends and did not answer the phone when I was down because I thought I would make others feel down too. I finally discovered one of my friends really did uplift my spirits when we would chat or get together for lunch. It takes time and you and your husband have had so much happen. And then it is not over. Do you think that your husband would go for a walk with you? My husband did that with me a couple of times but then decided to use the tread climber on his own. HE recently came and asked for some light dumbbells to increase his workouts. I am pleased. He is usually not prone to working out.
 
No workout again. I am feeling worse today. Absolutely no energy at all. The doctor did more blood and has ordered a CT scan. I should get a call this afternoon from the hospital to schedule it.
 
Today I did two CatheLive workouts, a low impact circuit and a low impact boxing. I had a terrible time with streaming today.

Diane Sue, I'm keeping you in my prayers. I hope they figure out what is wrong soon.

Have a good day everyone.
 
Laura- good job on your workout despite the streaming issues!

Diane Sue- hope the doc can figure out how to help you feel better soon!

This morning I did Chisel endurance and the the bonus 21 day dirty 30 workout they throw on the disc for free. (I found it totally uninspiring. If it was there to make me want that program it didn't work!)

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Hey girls.

Today I did Rhythmic Step and 30 min TB pilates.

Diane Sue - I hope the doc figures out what's wrong with you. I will keep you in my thoughts & prayers.

Laura - ((HUGS)) so sorry you are going through so much lately. Hope things get better soon.

Good job, everyone. Good night.
 
I am getting a CT neck scan on Wednesday morning. They have to wait for insurance approval for the CT chest scan. Maybe they will get that tomorrow I can do both at one time. I think I feel a bit better this evening. Hopefully I continue to feel better.

Laura, I do not enjoy dealing with streaming. I always used the lower quality with Cathe Live because I did not like the buffering and stuff. I like the workouts though.

Doreen, I have only done Dirty Thirty a couple of times. I have 21 Day Fix Extreme and Hammer and Chisel The first time was from Hammer and Chisel. I think it has way two much overhead presses and shoulders get worked way too much. A little of that goes a long way with me and my neck and shoulder issues.

Belinda, I have not done Rhythmic Step in so long. I wonder if I would even remember the choreography on it.
 
Good morning,

I just finished STS TB workout = 66 min.

Diane Sue - I can't remember the last time I did Rhythmic step :( Since I haven't done it in so long, I figured why not :) I am working out on my computer in my living room, with small speakers. I can't wait to workout in my basement soon on my big TV :) My eyes are falling off looking at my PC :confused: Sending you good thoughts on Wednesday. Hang in there, my friend!

I will go for a walk. BBL!
 
Today I did a mix tape of Cathe low impact. I did segments from cardio supersets, to the max, crossfire, intensity and X10. Got good and sweaty.

Tomorrow will be my off day for caregiving and travel.

Great workouts Belinda and Doreen.

Sending good thoughts your way Diane Sue.
 
This morning I did another Amy Bento - HiLo Kickbox that I got from the library. I'm not really a hilo person so this was really tricky for me! It was a good calorie burn but by combo 4 my brain got all twisted around and I just gave up and skipped ahead to the Knockout and then finished. LOL at myself about my two left feet. I much prefer the step! This one will go back to the library ASAP so I can request something different!
 
I woke before my alarm this morning and couldn't fall back asleep! So I had extra time.

Total body hammer. I used the barbell on the squats which I think works well.

Then I followed with Flex train skipping the warmup and did through the triceps work. That really burned my shoulders!

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Good morning,

Cathe Maximum Intensity Cardio is done :) I forgot how much fun that one was :)

Diane Sue - thinking about you today. Hope your doc can figure out what's wrong with you (((HUGS))))

Laura - enjoy your day off today. Safe travels!

Doreen - good job yesterday and today. WTG, on your DOMS!

That is it for me today. Have to work later. See you all tomorrow.
 
No workout or stretch today. I had my CT scan this morning so will wait and see what the results are. Just a terrible headache this morning which was not helped by no food or drink at all. I also did not sleep well as I kept waiting for news on my nephew. Him and his brother were heading to the bank to cash his check and he went off shoulder and over corrected. He rolled the van and they did not wear seatbelts. His brother is bruised up but he ruptured his spleen and was bleeding internally, both legs broken, fractured clavicle, some fractures in his back. They are still working on his blood pressure that is low. He is in traction after the removed his spleen and got the bleeding stopped. He had two blood transfusions. Praying for healing for him.
The labs just called. That was quick since I left two hours ago. They must have seen something because the insurance that did not want to authorize the chest CT is letting them schedule it and a thyroid ultrasound for Friday.

Laura, that was a nice mix of low impact Cathe. I like doing workouts like that. How is your husband doing? Enjoy your time with your mother.

Doreen, I like Hi/Lo Kickbox myself. It does take some learning though and since it is just a library loan you probably don't want to mess with learning it. The knockouts done two times mix was always a favorite of mine and I really like the abs. Nice workout today.

Belinda, I pretty much always skipped to just the step on MIC. It is a great calorie burner.
 
Diane Sue - sending you positive vibes. Sorry to hear about your nephew, hope he recovers soon I will keep you and your nephew in my thoughts and prayers ((HUGS)). MIC is very fun and the music is very good.
 
Diane Sue, I am so sorry for your nephew. Keeping you and your family in my prayers.

Doreen, great workout. I have Flextrain on the schedule for this next week. Actually I just bought another Flextrain. I found it at a thrift store on Tuesday for $1. It doesn't look like it was ever played. I figured that I would get it for a backup. Just couldn't pass it up. In all my years of thrift shop shopping, I hardly ever find Cathe's.

Belinda, I have MIC and yet I have never done that one. How sad. I'll have to bust that one out one of these days.

Today was a very tiring day. Just non-stop from 3am on. Hubby is also having issues with the people in Florida calling him regarding his mother. They don't call, they don't return phone calls, they don't return emails, they don't respond to text messages. She was to have been seen by the orthopedic doctor today to be evaluated to see if she can go back to assisted living or if she needs to stay in the nursing home. We don't even know where she is right now. To say we are frustrated is an understatement.
 
Laura - so sorry to hear about all the issue you having with your MIL. This is so sad! Hope you get some answers soon. Hang in there! Great find on Flex Train :) MIC is a lot of fun. Very easy to modify.
 
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