Pentagenarians & Beyond: January 11, 2026
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Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
Didn't get to sleep until 2 and awake at 6:30, so I just put on Spotify and did some long static stretching.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
cathy sometimes its best to take the day off. I am doing an upper body weight workout. did one set of therapy so far and will do another after the weights. mostly home duty things today. laundry, some baking and its cold and raining.
irongrl
Cathlete
Saturday I did a 30-minute Peloton HiiT ride and PT work. Yesterday I walked a little over 3 miles with my husband at the mall. Next time we will try to get 4 miles in.
Valerie-I agree about wanting things done yesterday. I bet your DH will be happy after the cataract surgery is over. I don’t like having things scheduled out over a month.
Cathy-Great job with the AOLIH mix and the stretching. I’m really sorry about your sleep. I know how rough that is. We thought about pet insurance but decided it was better to just keep a savings account for vet bills. It’s hard to find a vet around here that isn’t owned by a private equity company. We might switch to the vet clinic at Huron Valley Humane Society. They do home visits for exams and vaccines and that might work out better for Chino, as he gets very stressed going to the vet. He doesn't travel well and now that he is almost 13 we hate to see him so stressed out.
Carolyn-Great job with Jane Adams Gentle Yoga.
Hi to Diane Sue
Valerie-I agree about wanting things done yesterday. I bet your DH will be happy after the cataract surgery is over. I don’t like having things scheduled out over a month.
Cathy-Great job with the AOLIH mix and the stretching. I’m really sorry about your sleep. I know how rough that is. We thought about pet insurance but decided it was better to just keep a savings account for vet bills. It’s hard to find a vet around here that isn’t owned by a private equity company. We might switch to the vet clinic at Huron Valley Humane Society. They do home visits for exams and vaccines and that might work out better for Chino, as he gets very stressed going to the vet. He doesn't travel well and now that he is almost 13 we hate to see him so stressed out.
Carolyn-Great job with Jane Adams Gentle Yoga.
Hi to Diane Sue
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
Today I did LMR Functional Lower Body. My DH is retiring, last day Friday. No idea how this will play out. He's been working from home for the last 6 years, so he's always around, but he won't have anything to keep him busy anymore!
Judy it sounds like the humane society office would be a good idea? I have a cat who really would do better with a traveling vet, but none of them come out this far right now.
Judy it sounds like the humane society office would be a good idea? I have a cat who really would do better with a traveling vet, but none of them come out this far right now.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
Had an eye exam today . stuck to several therapy sessions and called it good.
we had a vet house call only once, to put down our dog. we planned to bury him at our home. it was worth it to us but was pretty expensive at the time which was 30+ years ago. we are fortunate our current vet office is only about 10- 15 minutes away. there are other times Puss has to go in the car so he has to deal with it. he doesnt like it at the time but doesnt seem to suffer any effects from it. its funny because we stick him in the garage sometimes especially if he is misbehaving. . if we are working in the garage he jumps right in the car to "help" so its not the car itself, its the motion.
oh gosh cathy that might be a hard thing to adapt to. when my DH retired im not sure what i expected but he sure was around a lot more. he has his own interests and does more yard work than i do so it has worked out for us. he has his projects and I have mine but we have common interests, hiking and riding mainly. i do gardening and do most of the shopping. i did miss the quiet alone time i used to have a lot more of but overall it just took some adjustments.
we had a vet house call only once, to put down our dog. we planned to bury him at our home. it was worth it to us but was pretty expensive at the time which was 30+ years ago. we are fortunate our current vet office is only about 10- 15 minutes away. there are other times Puss has to go in the car so he has to deal with it. he doesnt like it at the time but doesnt seem to suffer any effects from it. its funny because we stick him in the garage sometimes especially if he is misbehaving. . if we are working in the garage he jumps right in the car to "help" so its not the car itself, its the motion.
oh gosh cathy that might be a hard thing to adapt to. when my DH retired im not sure what i expected but he sure was around a lot more. he has his own interests and does more yard work than i do so it has worked out for us. he has his projects and I have mine but we have common interests, hiking and riding mainly. i do gardening and do most of the shopping. i did miss the quiet alone time i used to have a lot more of but overall it just took some adjustments.
Today I did STS 2.0 Supersets Total Body express premix. That was 41 minutes, 85 calories burned, average heart rate 100, and maximum heart rate 127.
Cathy, great job with LMR Functional Lower Body. Good luck with the adjustment to your husband’s retirement. It will take some time for sure. Working from home and involved with his own activities will be very different from him having unstructured days.
Valerie, good job getting in therapy work after your eye appointment.
Hello to Judy and Diane Sue.
Cathy, great job with LMR Functional Lower Body. Good luck with the adjustment to your husband’s retirement. It will take some time for sure. Working from home and involved with his own activities will be very different from him having unstructured days.
Valerie, good job getting in therapy work after your eye appointment.
Hello to Judy and Diane Sue.
irongrl
Cathlete
This is an active rest week for me. Yesterday I did my PT work and 10 minutes of Peloton Arms & Light Weights. Today I plan on doing Yin Yoga.
Carolyn-Great job with JS Pyramid Power Walk and STS 2.0 Supersets Total Body express premix.
Cathy-Great job with LMR Functional Lower Body. I think the Humane Society Vet will work out well for us. There are a few other travelling vets in the area but I’d rather support the Humane Society.
Valerie-Great job with your therapy sessions.
Hi to Diane Sue
Carolyn-Great job with JS Pyramid Power Walk and STS 2.0 Supersets Total Body express premix.
Cathy-Great job with LMR Functional Lower Body. I think the Humane Society Vet will work out well for us. There are a few other travelling vets in the area but I’d rather support the Humane Society.
Valerie-Great job with your therapy sessions.
Hi to Diane Sue
Traildoggie
Cathlete
we had an especially warm and partly sunny day today. temp was upper 50's so we did a road ride on our usual trail. an hr 20 minutes 15 miles. it was supposed to be a string of nice days but now it looks like fog may develop so glad we went today.
Cathy i hadn't thought about DH's retirement much in a long time. it doesn't sound like the two of you do all that much together so he might be in the way a bit. hopefully he has some interests because it's an "all of a sudden" ton of free time. you cant just sit and watch TV. he will need some things to occupy him unless he decides to try a new career direction. my DH had a lot of things he liked to do so he/we stayed busy.
Cathy i hadn't thought about DH's retirement much in a long time. it doesn't sound like the two of you do all that much together so he might be in the way a bit. hopefully he has some interests because it's an "all of a sudden" ton of free time. you cant just sit and watch TV. he will need some things to occupy him unless he decides to try a new career direction. my DH had a lot of things he liked to do so he/we stayed busy.
Peaceful Rainbow
Cathlete
Yesterday I did LMR Functional Pilates Fusion. Pretty sure I had not done that one before. I liked it and think I'd use it for a core day. Today I did a mix using RWH warm up, cooldown and stretch and 2x through the LMR Cardio. Went to my parents yesterday and while the morning was very windy, rainy in places, the afternoon drive home was calmer and sunny. Now today, when I have an early afternoon dentist appointment, it's snowing. Big UGH. I checked 5 different forecasts yesterday to decide whether to cancel and only one of them predicted this happening. Though they've reduced the amount of snow. When I came down to workout, the road was still clear and it's supposed to mostly stop at this point, so fingers crossed. The only thing I have to go on with DH not working is weekends, and he generally doesn't do much. He will likely do more outside stuff, but that's limited until warmer weather. I have some trips planned, but he really doesn't like to travel. Gonna be interesting for sure.
Traildoggie
Cathlete
cathy it's just a very big change especially without much lead time. it made me a little bit crazy at first. he was just "There" all the time.
Today I did JS One Mile of Motivation, 15 minutes, 125 calories burned, average heart rate 140, and maximum heart rate 158. Then I did JS Chair Stretch for an additional 20 minutes.
Judy, nice job with PT and Peloton Arms & Light Weights,
Valerie, I’m glad that the weather was nice enough for your road ride.
Cathy, great job with LMR Functional Pilates and RWH warm up, cool down, and LMR cardio bonus. The Functional Pilates is one of my favorites from the series. I use it as core work too.
Hello to Diane Sue.
Judy, nice job with PT and Peloton Arms & Light Weights,
Valerie, I’m glad that the weather was nice enough for your road ride.
Cathy, great job with LMR Functional Pilates and RWH warm up, cool down, and LMR cardio bonus. The Functional Pilates is one of my favorites from the series. I use it as core work too.
Hello to Diane Sue.
irongrl
Cathlete
Today I did LMR Anytime Mobility Bonus and Restorative Yoga. The weather forecast today called for “a light dusting” of snow but we ended up with quite a little snow storm this afternoon. We have about 6 inches so far and it’s still snowing.
Valerie-Great job with your road ride.
Cathy-Great job with LMR Functional Pilates Fusion, RWH warm up, cooldown and stretch and 2x through the LMR Cardio.
Carolyn-Great job with JS One Mile of Motivation and JS Chair Stretch.
Hi to Diane Sue
Valerie-Great job with your road ride.
Cathy-Great job with LMR Functional Pilates Fusion, RWH warm up, cooldown and stretch and 2x through the LMR Cardio.
Carolyn-Great job with JS One Mile of Motivation and JS Chair Stretch.
Hi to Diane Sue
Traildoggie
Cathlete
Did our regular park walk this morning for 1 hr 15 minutes. did therapy later.
our weather has been incredibly mild. no freezing temps, no snow.I still have flowers blooming, calendula and coneflowers in addition to the plants that normally bloom in January. all the bulbs are up and might even get close to flowering if this continues. I'm not sure if I'm complaining or not! its nice and all but we need a snowpack in the mountains for water in the summer so its very concerning. all the rain makes a lot of green things grow and when they dry out in summer its a huge fire hazard. saw pics from Bozeman on the news and they have literally no snow. big downhill ski areas are bone dry. our ski areas have some but not the usual amount. we are hoping to go next week but some things need to be worked out first.
6 inches of snow is not nothing!
our weather has been incredibly mild. no freezing temps, no snow.I still have flowers blooming, calendula and coneflowers in addition to the plants that normally bloom in January. all the bulbs are up and might even get close to flowering if this continues. I'm not sure if I'm complaining or not! its nice and all but we need a snowpack in the mountains for water in the summer so its very concerning. all the rain makes a lot of green things grow and when they dry out in summer its a huge fire hazard. saw pics from Bozeman on the news and they have literally no snow. big downhill ski areas are bone dry. our ski areas have some but not the usual amount. we are hoping to go next week but some things need to be worked out first.
6 inches of snow is not nothing!
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WD
Cathlete
Sorry I have been missing. I had my ladies group game day yesterday and have been busy trying to prepare things before the realtor comes out on Friday. Today I did 3 workouts with Lauren from Senior Shape. I did Strength and Cardio Hybrid workout, 30 minutes, 166 calories, heart rate 120/163, Low Impact Cardio and Strength 25 minutes, 102 calories, heart rate 100/136, and one just called Strength Training from the osteo safe playlist, 24 minutes,122 calories, 112 calories, heart rate 112/146. Total time was 79 minutes, 390 calories. We are planning on downsizing so lots of stuff is going in the trash. Particularly stuff that has spent years carted around and never used. I hope I get the new Cathe workouts before we sell the house.