Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 11/28

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good morning. took day off yesterday and did shopping. raining. still raining. I am looking forward to some sunny dry weather in AZ next week. this has been a rough November.
 
This morning I did Jane Adams Gentle Yoga Morning Energy practice for 18 minutes and 41 calories burned. I’m cooking several vegetable side dishes today to make sure that nothing goes to waste.

Valerie, I found a kale and roasted sweet potato salad on skinnytaste.com that is delicious. I’ve made it twice in the past month and my husband loves it! He usually skips over my kale salad!

Cathy, I hope that you are able to drive home today. We watched the Michigan State football game yesterday and the snow was really coming down! I thought of you and your drive.

Hello to Judy and Diane Sue. Have a nice day everyone.
 
Thank you . I will take a look. I have a big kale crop left outside and have been using it in soup. DH is not sold on kale salad so Im trying small bits. one of those prechopped salads is called Sweet Kale. he eats though it's not heavy on kale.
off to skinnytaste to take a look. it actually gets better in late fall and early winter. I'm impressed with the skinnytaste site. everything I've made has been very good and with WW points calculated.
ETA yes sounds great. will try it this week. a little high in points for me. dried cranberries are high.
 
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Valerie, I remember that you had mentioned growing kale. You can omit the add-ins to lower the points, which is what I did the second time. She doesn’t massage the kale, but I do that which helps to tenderize the kale more. I made it for myself last week, but everyone loved it.
 
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I go lite on the add-ins and dressing. don't care much for garbanzos. luckily a little feta goes a long way. I have made a similar salad before but this is a good reminder. we can harvest kale all winter until the snow, if we get any, flattens it.
 
This morning I did Boss Bands Glutes and Core minus the core part. Stayed here today, but I think I'm going to head out early tomorrow. It looks like if I leave early I can miss the new snow forecasted. Means leaving before dark, but I've done that before. The worst area was the one that's most likely to be bad, Houghton Lake to Gaylord. It was icy and apparently road crews didn't seem to be working on it. Lots of updates on the NMU parents FB page from their kids returning or them bringing up their kids. I'll reassess along the way. At least I now have a snow brush, I think mine ended up in TX, but the sun came out and cleaned the car off for me today. Was weird though. We had sun here on off most of the day, but every direction was quite cloudy. And to the east seriously looked like they were having the worst thunderstorm ever. Huge, very dark clouds.

Was so funny when I got here yesterday, I called from NMU and asked if I could get in my room an hour early. Got here and she had my paper work ready, but takes one look at me and says, "we have you on the second floor, would it be more convenient for you to be on the first." I said sure because I needed to use the microwave and it's in the lobby. But, I know she was seeing gray hair and they only have stairs no elevator. LOL So, I got convenient, but it would have been no big deal for me to haul my stuff upstairs.

Carolyn great job with Jane Adams Gentle Yoga Morning Energy! I saw some pics from the State game yesterday. It was pretty crazy! Especially since Penn State in white was practically invisible at times.

Valerie when do you leave for Arizona?

Going to work on my December rotation and try to go to bed early. Though I was tired earlier and not so much now. Ugh
 
Hi Everyone,
I'm still here, just busy with working extra hours. I've been doing short Peloton rides and upper body workouts after work. I'll be back to catch up on posts later this week.
 
Cathy we go on Sunday. I get so stressed with flying. I’m not bad by myself once in motion. DH is an awful traveler. We can fly from a smaller airport or else I’m not sure I would have agreed to this. SeaTac is a zoo. the drive from here is awful. Unpredictable and long. Dh walks too fast. walks away from me in crowds by turning in front of me and cutting me off with his roller bag. It is so annoying! Over and over. On one of our last trips I saved us much grief by insisting on taking pics of some minor damage on our rental car. when he was in a hurry to get going. When we returned they tried to blame us.... But I had pics!! It still was a huge PITA. then cc numbers got stolen along with a lot of other people at the same wedding. We are cautious but think theft was at a higher level. all parties stayed and ate at different places and everyone got their cc’s compromised. I did follow up with family after I found our card was hacked. turned out most people were hacked.
Anyway I don’t enjoy the process. DH's insatiable appetite is a problem. I skip meals if its not convenient but he wont do that. I feel silly complaining about this but two stressed people do not make for happy travelers. I love him but I hate air travel with him.

Yesterday did 30 min spin. Stretches, push-ups, curls .
 
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This morning I started out with a timesaver of IMAX3 and quickly remembered what I dislike about it. I did 14 minutes of that with 106 calories burned. Average heart rate was 132 and maximum heart rate was 164. I switched to Step Sync and did combo 1 which was 20 minutes with 131 calories burned. My average heart rate was 127 and maximum heart rate was 138. IMAX3 is too much high impact without any of the fun factor for me.

Cathy, great job with Boss Bands Glutes and Core. That’s a good one for when you are traveling. When I was watching that football game with all the snow I wondered how they could see anything!

Judy, it’s good to hear from you. I’m not surprised that you are really busy at work.

Valerie, air travel can be very stressful. I hope that your trip is less so and that you can enjoy yourself.

Diane Sue, I hope that you are feeling better.
 
unfortunately, the ongoing hip issue got worse yesterday. I stopped spinning and therapy work. something is making it worse. it might not be bursitis but a piriformis (muscle) issue. looking forward to an orthopedic opinion I expect will involve rest, nsaids which I'm already doing. so many bits of anatomy in the lower hip area that work together. what I'm doing is making it worse. so NSAIDS, heat pad, no workouts. I can do upper and core if I want. I want to be able to do some things during our vacation, and I'm not good at "sitting by the pool". about 10 min and I'm done.

Carolyn I have a lot of older cathe workouts that are too intense. too much impact and too fast. I want to hang in for the long haul so less intense is the rule. my current issue is maybe too much spin. I was avoiding elliptical and kick boxing because of the sore hip and maybe made it worse by focusing on only one thing. gotta take time off. I have gotten slowly worse since starting PT, so maybe that is it.

Our ranks are pretty thin now. someone else start the thread sunday and the next two. not sure if DH is taking the Ipad and I can't do it on the phone. I probably wont be around much for a while. this is different from our usual vacation. will be around more than usual for a few sedentary days.
 
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Today I did Strong and Sweaty PHA for 42 minutes and 219 calories burned. My average heart rate was 121 and maximum heart rate was 170. I omitted round three from the first set of exercises.

Valerie, I’m sorry that your hip is bothering you again. Resting that area is a good idea. Maybe you can take Travel Fit with you on this vacation. When do you see the doctor? I will start the thread.

Hello to Judy, Cathy, and Diane Sue.
 
After intense study of the 7 locations I have on my weather app between here and home, I decided to head out at 6:30 yesterday morning. I knew Sunday night most of the roads in the UP were okay, not so much the northern lower peninsula and from the NMU parents group, I knew where everyone was running into the worst roads. I knew it was going to snow again at home later in the day, but also knew the roads in the last half of the trip weren't going to be totally clear very early. The only rough patch I hit in the UP was on the Seney Stretch. The Seney Stretch is notorious. It's 25 miles of absolutely straight road and snow and wind are the enemies. Though in good weather it's considered the most boring stretch in the state. It was good for a good portion of the start, but then it went down to tire lanes that kept shrinking. At the point where I was down to 40-45 I suddenly came across a part that was totally covered with a layer of slush, snow and ice. Weaved a bit, let off on the gas, held the wheel steady and held my breath. Got straight and crept on through. About 1/2 a mile. Then I was back to having pavement for the tires. A few miles later was my planned rest area stop and I sat their awhile chilling out. Soon after I had a 17 mile drop down to US 2 on a road that was wet and a bit iffy on the edges. Thankfully, traffic was light and US was clear. Every stop I was perusing the bridge to Harrison area because that's where there were still slow areas. Fortunately by the time I cross the bridge they had all gone back up to speed. Trip was an hour longer than going up, but that was mostly do to the extra dawdling I did. We got a couple inches over night again. Just really hoping things are better when I go back up the 10th.

No workout yesterday, this morning I did Timesaver Step Groove which I'm pretty sure I've never done before. Three combos, and she doesn't put them altogether at the end, so it was 35 minutes. Then after breakfast I did Total Body Band Blast. She used two strengths of tubing and the green loop. I also used my green Boss Band loop for one move. It alternates low impact hiit moves with strength moves. I really liked it and it would also make a good travel workout. I figured out my December rotation Sunday. I've been trying to do two workouts (before and after breakfast) but I can't do that once Nick comes home. I'm also doing STS again starting in January, so I'm working in my 1RM's, too.

Valerie I'm really sorry to hear that your hip problem has gotten so much worse. I'm sure you'll be very relieved when you can finally talk to the doctor. I'm not a fan of flying either. My sister and her husband fly a lot. She flew up to Cleveland today to meet up with her new boss. They don't think much of it.I will avoid it as much as possible. Nick is flying out of Dallas/Fort Worth which he'll have to figure out on his own. I'm having him fly into Grand Rapids because it's so much smaller than Detroit. They are about the same distance from us. My DH is a really bad traveler. I would never attempt flying with him, and after our 2 night trip to the UP last summer, I'm good not even doing that! I hope everything goes smoothly for you.

Carolyn, great job with the step workout and S&S PHA! I can't remember if there's a premix for just the combos on IMAX 3, but I used to do them that way even before I created it on the Workout Blender. The blasts do have a lot of impact and I can't remember the last time I did the whole thing, though I keep thinking I should.

Judy great job fitting in the Peloton workouts!
 
Carolyn thanks. I see the doc on thursday. hip is better, feels almost normal now but I need to know more about what's sore and why. it's likely overuse but it's been popping up on and off for months now. I want something definite if possible. we have access to a complete workout area at cousins condo. this is an upscale place. it won't be the half way measure like hotels do. we plan on doing walking and riding too.
 
I did a 1 hour Peloton ride after work today. I'm off until next week and am happy to be able to get caught up on things at home. Work has been busy along with the store being short handed. It's been challenging. I've been helping out in the paint department as well as working in garden/seasonal. 30+ hours a week is wearing me down a little. I'm going to the chiropractor every week and I have a massage scheduled for Thursday.

Valerie-I'm sorry about your hip problem. Piriformis issues can cause a lot of problems. I hope you can see a doctor soon. Chris and I are not fans of flying either. I enjoyed it when I was younger and travelling for work and fun but now it seems to be a much more stressful way to travel.

Carolyn-Great job with S&S PHA. I plan on doing a PHA workout this week too. I agree about Travel Fit. That is a good one to have on vacation.

Cathy-That's great that you are doing STS in January. That's something that I would like to do again too.
 
Good morning. Today I did Jessica Smith’s WS3 Cardio Hit, which was 31 minutes and 211 calories burned. My average heart rate was 130 and maximum heart rate was 156.

Cathy, your trip home sounds very stressful. I’m glad that you made it with only small delays. Great job with your workouts.

Judy, nice job with your Peloton ride. A 30+ hours work week is pretty much full time. I can see how that would wear you down. A massage will be great.

Hello to Valerie, and Diane Sue.
 
Judy you and I have similar histories. I flew a huge amount for my old job. flying was way simpler, and business travelers were respected and valued. no security issues. I had a company cc. no problem to change things if needed, I didn't have to worry about "following" the costs, rental cars, hotels, etc. just turned in receipts after making sure they were accurate. tickets and cars thru a travel agency where I was a "regular" so great treatment there too. now we have to sort it all out ourselves,. planes are crowded full, crying babies and irate anti maskers. not the same thing! traffic is 100x worse. feels like being on a fully loaded cattle car. frequent flyers got great perks. then the whole section of the medical industry collapsed overnight and although I found another job, it wasn't good. it was a terrible product. I didn't keep it long.

DH had the piriformis problem once. this seems very similar. I've had bursitis before and it resembles that too. time for the expert opinion.
not a lot of difference from 30-40 hours. most of your week is work.

cathy it makes so much difference to go to a smaller airport. still unpleasant but better. at least DH and I can ground travel well together. we are good with driving either car or camper. good job assessing the details of where there is snow and bad road travel. snow and ice change everything. we have road condition apps on the phone for each state we travel to, but the apps just upgraded to new versions in WA and MT and ID. they are all "similar but different" so not easy to go back and forth easily. I especially dont like what happened to the WA one with the last upgrade. gotta be flexible and informed and ready for things to not go right.

still loafing around with my hip getting a little better each day. hoping this can resolve soon. I'm afraid to do much until I find out what it is.
 
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Valerie, flying was so much easier and less stressful back then.
Working over 30 hours a week feels like full time. I think for retail 32 hours is considered full time now. It's not something I can do long term, but it's ok for a few weeks at a time. My hours should be going down quite a bit in January and February since it's a slow time for the store.
I hope your hip continues to feel better. It's a good idea to take it easy for awhile until you find out what the problem it.
 
Hip is back to very close to normal. I will keep appt anyway. I want his opinion on what causes this.
last night I did x-train burn sets bi's and tris and core. will maybe do the other half of burn sets today.
yes judy, flying was easier.
 
I didn’t work out this morning because my husband had a neurology appointment. I try to make sure that I get my steps in daily, so I will concentrate on doing that.

I agree about air travel—I hate it! The last time we flew was March 12, 2020 just as the world was going crazy. That was before the masking, but trying not to get to close to others and obsessive hand washing was bad enough. Now people have just gone crazy on airplanes. After saying that, I hope that your flight goes well Valerie. Leaving from a smaller airport is much better.

Have a great day everyone.
 
No workout today because I shopped. No workout yesterday which was totally self sabotage. LOL I stayed up late to finish reading a book and turned off my alarm. By the time I woke up and ate etc, it had reached the point in the morning where it's nearly impossible for me to talk myself into working out.

Valerie I hope the doctor visit is helpful today. Even if it's just info you can use in the future. Great that it's better with some rest and that you were able to do the XTrain workouts!

I agree on flying used to be so much better. Majority of my flying was pre 9-11. I've flown twice with the boys to FL since. Direct flights and smaller airports on at least one end. My sister and her husband were on planes on 9-11. He ended up being stuck in Canada for awhile until they allowed travel over the border again. He's Canadian.

Funny flight story from my sister yesterday. She was flying from Cleveland to Miami and had the aisle seat and there was a guy in the window seat and no one in between. He spent the flight singing in Spanish at times with hand gestures. She was keeping me updated and we were cracking up about it. When they got off the plane the pilot was talking to him and it turned out he was a pretty well known Puerto Rican singer. LOL

Judy great work continuing to fit in your Peloton rides around a busy work schedule!

Carolyn great job with the Jessica Smith’s WS3 Cardio Hit workout!
 
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