Pentagenarians & Beyond: W/B 6/12

Deb, it has been so incredibly hot I have ignored some of my yard work. I like cooked cabbage in soups. My grandmother had nice skin. Wrinkles of course but no age spots. Not as much wrinkling as someone who spends lots of time in the sun. Thanks , on doing things with the grandchildren. They often talk about the projects and fun things that we have done over the years.

Lorie, my husband has been watching the old Andy Griffen shows. As Deb says it is nice not to have to hear all of the vulgarity and be able to laugh.

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As for The Andy Griffith show....I love the old telephone system with the operator "Sara" that knows everyone's voice, the old cars, no cell phones or computer games....in a recent episode Opie kicked a can all over town....and the old fashioned values that are usually what the plot is about. Ahhhh...the good old days. :)
 
Hi everyone--

This morning I did ICE CLB (48 min.). I really like this one and it was a good way to end the week.

Deb, I will be moving to a new college office next month and will be there the entire year, so I am choosing furniture for that. I don't think I have ever been to a Swiss Chalet. What type of food do they serve?

Diane Sue, I heard on the news that there is a really bad heat wave in the Southwest with record-breaking high temps. Our temps here are comparatively mild in the 70s and low 80s. My older son did calligraphy when he was little, but it didn't seem to have any impact on his handwriting. I don't think they even teach handwriting anymore because of all the technology. What a nice memory of your grandmother.

Lori, I will have to try that new live workout. You always make them sound good.

Valerie, I hope that cauterization worked for your DH. Good recipes! I like that type of dressing for macerated cucumbers and red onions sliced very thin. The sweet with the salty is what I like.

Any plans for Father's Day weekend?
 
Good afternoon ladies!

This morning was SB Barre Hiit Circuit. 39 minutes and my only workout for today. Worked to 11 and left for the day. Dishwasher installers arrive at 1pm and it was successful! Yeah!!! It was a very tight fit and they had to remove the insulation to get it in. It is there only to soften the noise. I was ok to remove. My old dishwasher was really loud so I am used to it. I'll have to say though it is still pretty quite without it. I hardly could hear it. I am now very happy! :)

Valerie...we bought a Bosh as you know and the features are crazy! My dishwasher was 16 years old. Boy have they changed.

Lynda...it really was a good workout and I like that it was low impact. Not over the top jumping at all. I think you will like it. Hoping the streaming works

Diane Sue...I can picture your grandmother now all covered up. I am so glad I have stayed out of the sun. I have friends my age that look years older. I also am a firm believer in Retin A. It has been amazing turning back the clock.

Deb...I hate weeding and will be doing this over the weekend. Needs to be done. Your lunch sounded really nice. I have never been to a Swiss Chalet.

No plans for Father's day other than we are going to the beach and cooking out both days.

Have a great weekend all!
 
Today was Cardio Fix Extreme, 33 minutes, 127 avg./152 heart rate, 244 calories. I then did 21 Day Fix Extreme Hardcore, 11 minutes, 50 calories followed by Icy Core 2, 14 minutes, 52 calories. I usually use 10 & 8# for this and on the side clam I pick up a 5 and do it. I finished off with Ice Metablolic Meltdown Biceps, 15 minutes, 81 calories. Total time 73 minutes, 427 calories.
Tomorrow my husband and I are going walking in the morning and I will try to get in Dirty Thirty when I get back. That will be the last day of the 21 Days plus of 21 Day Fix Extreme. Father's Day celebration is here this weekend. Not too much cooking. My daughter is picking up bbq, the other is bringing drinks and chips and I am doing a refrigerator dessert and rhubarb cobbler. I found rhubarb at Sprouts today. My son took me to an Irish pub for dinner with his family once and he said him and my granddaughter always get the rhubarb cobbler with ice cream. It really was yummy. I miss the rhubarb pie and gooseberry pie that my mother used to make a lot. Also chokecherry pie. It was awesome.
Biceps Metabolic Meltdown 3 rounds 5 exercises giant set 12 reps each
bicep curls 17.5; 17.5; 17.5
hammer curls 17.5; 17.5' 17.5
preacher curl 15; 15; 15
incline hammer curl 15; 15; 15
concentration curl 17.5; 17.5; 17.5

Deb, yes the old fashioned values and no devices to occupy all of one's time. We hardly watched that much television when I was a child. For years we never had a television till my mother won one in a Levitz furniture store drawing. We had one in England but I only recall one channel and most of the shows were kind of dark natured or lacked much humor. I think there was a type of soap show that everyone watched. I remember my mother watching it. Children had to use their imaginations to play instead of having something to just occupy them. That was one thing with watching my grandchildren when they were growing up was little television and finding creative games and activities.

Lynda, my daughter is not happy with them stopping teaching cursive writing. She is making sure my granddaughter learns it anyway. I was wondering how that will work since they usually have you print and then sign your name on documents. To me this all makes no since. I like handwriting. When I was young I loved doing written work and changing up the handwriting styles. I probably made my teacher wonder what was happening. I would do it small with tall letters, big loopy letters, all slanted right, slanted left. My daughter always had beautiful handwriting but I am not so sure my granddaughter is going to be the same. I have little sticky note messages she has written all over my wall above my art desk. I have to decipher some of them. My daughter looked and said they need to work harder on the spelling.
I really need to get that Lower body workout. I should have just purchased the set instead of getting them individually. I still am unsure about To the Mat and the Metabolic workout though. But if I had bought the set I would not have paid as much as I will getting part of them. I was budgeting for the 21 Day Fix at the same time.

Lorie, yeah on getting the dishwasher in. :) Ours is pretty quiet. Sometimes I think that I forgot to turn it on. I am used to more noise from them. It is good it is quiet since the living room, kitchen, dining room, are all open together. It is a Maytag My son just got a new Bosch and they love it. He says it cleans really well without them having to do much to the dishes and it is quiet. I wish I had stayed out of the sun when I was younger. I usually keep a tube of sunscreen in the car just in case I find myself in the sun. I used to sit in the car waiting to pick up my grandchildren and I discovered that when I rolled down the window I sometimes burn my arm. Right now I am having a hard time with sunscreens. Many of them cause excessive itching and rashes. I can use Zinc and Titanium Dioxide. I just went and bought the Tarte BB cream for my face. They usually use the zinc and titanium. It has an SPF 30. I had to buy children's banana boat to get a sunscreen that works. I sprayed some other on my back yesterday and it stung. Later I started itching profusely so ended up taking a shower after I got my granddaughter home. My daughter used to give me tubes of retin A from her office. I used it for several years but I think most of the time my skin seemed irritated and red. I should go get another skin peel but I hate the healing process. I have only had her do it twice. She does it for free. It was much smoother and softer for awhile afterward. I wonder if it is just another stressor on the body having to fight back to recover. I keep meaning to ask my daughter about that.
 
I am tired. we did a long hike today, lots of elevation gain and tons of snow. we wanted to glissade down but there was a mountaineering group camped where we wanted to go. turned out it didn't matter snow was soft and fresh and we could not slide on it anyway. more like being a human snow plow. we tried, but no. anyway about 6 hrs 45 min. it really is a lot of work. saw 2 ruffed grouse, a doe and 2 fawns. and tracks from a bobcat or lynx.
yesterday I did ch, ba, sh, and core 1 from xtrain. pretty tired right now. sorry, I didn't read all your posts except Deb's and would say spraying weeds with plain white vinegar works pretty well to kill things off without using anything toxic. more to0morrow when I RECOVER.
 
Hi Everyone,

Wednesday I did High Step Circuit + Lean Legs & Abs. Yesterday I did ICE Low Impact Circuit 1 & 2 + Travel Fit. Today I went for a 3 mile walk. It was so warm and sunny! It felt great to be outside.

Deb-sorry I didn't see your post until now. Yes, MFP was acting up this morning. I entered a meal and workout early and they disappeared so I had to enter them again.
I'm not sure what we are doing this weekend. No plans for Father's Day. Like Lori, we'll probably be cooking out over the weekend.

Lori-I'm glad your dishwasher got installed today but sorry you had to deal with the Best Buy issues. I'll be getting caught up on the SB workouts this weekend. They look like good ones. I don't think I mentioned it but I saw Weider Ruthless on sale on Amazon for $8.97 last week so I ordered it. Like I need more workouts :)

Valerie-I've had to have my nose cauterized a few times too. I hope your husband is doing better. Great recipe! I printed that one out too!
I'm Irish, English & Croatian. I was able to tan easily when I was young. I'm a little more sensitive to the sun now.

Diane Sue-I didn't like Turbo Barre that much the first time I did it. I was injured last year and I couldn't do heavy leg workouts so I started doing Turbo Barre regularly. Now I love it.

Lynda-I haven't done ICE CLB yet, I think it's the only one I haven't done. I'll have to try it soon. I hope you like your new office!

Hi to Josie & Caitlin!

Judy
 
Good morning,

Yesterday I did Live Phat 1....whew another great workout with a good calorie burn. 49 minutes, 326 calories. Loved it! Cathe really messes up in this one. There are 7 exercises in the round, and she skips 2 of them in the first round...then when she gets to the other round, she gets them out of order...has to stick them in....no matter....it's a great workout.

Diane Sue, we are in the high eighties here, not as hot as where you are. Do you get a lot of humidity? I agree on cursive writing, they should still teach that in school. I guess they will only teach them how to do their signature? I find that if I use the Retin A stuff I have, (it is not prescription strength, actually is Retinol) too often, the same thing happens to me....I try to use it 3 nights a week. Let me know how you like the Tarte BB cream. I just bought Jergen's BB Body cream, have not used it yet.

Lynda, Yes, ICE series is one of Cathe's best! Where can you find a standing desk? I like that yours is both standing and sitting? Swiss Chalet is a Canadian company that service rotissierie chicken with various side dishes. Also their "secret dipping sauce" is what everyone really loves. The waitresses all dressed in Swiss outfits. Not any longer. They have expanded their menu a lot in recent years. When I was a kid there was a basic dinner, and your choice was whether you wanted a quarter chicken, or a half. Now they have a full menu with those same chicken dinners, but all other items, salads etc. Even roast beef, which was never on the menu.

Valerie, wow, great hike! Yes, that is what I use, a mix of cleaning strength vinegar, water, and dish soap. We have one of those garden sprayers that hold a gallon of liquid that you can put on your shoulder and walk around spraying.

Lori, Yay for a new dishwasher! I think I will try that latest Live workout tomorrow. I know we talked about this before, but I have forgotten, how often do you use the Retin A? at night?

Judy, MFP is totally down for me....I can't even sign in. :(. I like that you said you used to not like barre....maybe there is hope for me down the road. I am looking forward to the new DVD's for that reason. Not sure what Weider Ruthless is, but $8.97 is a great price!

Hi to Josie, and Caitlin,

Doing some yard work, while it is still cool out there...then agility class this morning,

Take care,
 
Good morning ladies!

Not sure what the SB workout is today but will be doing this plus a heavy bag workout.

Diane Sue...as always nice workouts. Sounds like you have a nice day planned tomorrow with minimal cooking. Considering the padding had to come off the dishwasher, it is still so quite. We are very pleased with our choice. Still would not buy from our local BB again. My husband loves rhubarb pie. I think it is so wrong not teaching cursive. Of all the Ice workouts...the To the Mat is my least favorite.

Deb...I think you and Lynda will like the most recent live. You can end after the low impact and make it a 30 minute workout or continue on with the upper body with ball. I liked the upper bodypart too. Always liked using the ball this way. Most of her Live can be split this way. There are 3 strengths of Retin A and I use the stongest on my face and the middle strength on my throat and chest and do this every weeknight. Weekends I take a break from it. I also use Vit C and started with a mixture of rosehip and coconut oil as my nightly moisturizer. I am a fanatic about skin care and very religious with my routine. :D

Judy...really nice variety with your workouts. I love using bands every now and then. I find they can really get you deep. Deb and I once spoke of travel fit saying for some reason it is only for travel in our minds. SB's workouts this week have been great. I LOVE THE RUTHLESS WORKOUTS! Great price too! The instructor Steve cracks me up and is very likeable. 20 minutes and you move on or do another. They are great add ons or if you only have a few minutes but want to do something. These would be great to add on to a SB workout. Hmmmmm now you have me thinking.

Valerie...I can see why you need a recovery day. Wow that hike sounds grueling. I would die if I every came face to face with a bobcat. With all the hiking you and your husband have done I am sure at some point you have run into some scarey animals.

Hi to Lynda, Josie and Caitlin !
 
I am not sore today, tired but much better than I was doing last year.
Lori we have been face to face with lots of animals... bobcats are not that scary... . more like a house cat on steroids. about 30 lbs. we saw one in our yard this spring. we've been up close and personal with mountain goats, bighorn sheep, bison, pronghorns, badgers, deer, elk, moose, black bears, porcupines, coyotes, wolves, foxes, marmots, pine martens, owls, grouse, ptarmigans. not too close to a grizzly( as it should be) but we've seen quite a few. yesterday we saw the tracks and after looking closely decided it was a bobcat. never saw him in person but the tracks were very fresh. I was terrified of black bears ... it was almost paralyzing. finally we saw them enough times. they generally don't want to be too close to us either, and we've gotten to observe them behaving normally together and with their young, and I got over the fear. still healthy respect for them. It's completely different being on foot than it is being in a car. You see much more and it feels different.
we have always spent our vacations hiking in wild country and eventually you pile up a bunch of experiences usually when you least expect it. I take binoculars everywhere. some day I'll see a cougar. gotten glimpses, very fresh footprints but always wanted to see one. strangely, mountain goats can be quite dangerous. many (mostly in parks) are not afraid of people but they sure do love the salt from urine. they will follow you around and come very close. and those horns are very sharp. we've had to pelt them with rocks to keep them away. the park service asks people to please pee on rocky surfaces so the goats don't tear up vegetation to get at the pee.

DH is doing fine, just can't blow his nose for a week. lots of sniffing going on! quite sure they got the problem blood vessel this time.

I too wonder at dropping cursive. and with all the internet shorthand and texting, spelling & punctuation is going down the tubes too. maybe we will devolve to just marking signature spots with an "X". I always thought printing and cursive taught fine motor skills that keyboarding doesn't do. I think it's less important these days but should still have a place. we still teach arithmetic ( I think??) even though there are calculators. texting will never be easy for me. I can't hold a phone and use my thumbs to type, it's like my thumbs are in the wrong place.

Lori hope the DW lives up to its reputation. I really love my Bosch although I did have a significant service problem in the first couple months that took a while to get fixed.

I should have said that if I bring the slaw to party, I put the vegies in the serving bowl and keep dressing in a small jar, nuts in a baggie. toss it before you serve. I try lots of other ones, but keep coming back to this one.
 
Hi everyone--

This morning was Housemax and my left knee kept bothering me. I might have done a bit too much impact this past week.

Deb, the college is installing a Ergotron WorkFit-S on my desk so I can alternate sitting with standing. They sent around a monthly health letter from the Wellness Council of America with an article on the health benefits of standing up regularly if you are working on a computer for hours a day: "A 14-year study from the American Cancer Society found that study subjects who sat for more than six hours a day were about 40 percent more likely to die during the course of the study than those who sat few than 3 hours per day." Lots of move while you sit exercises as well. I used to do a lot of standing when I was teaching/lecturing, but now I don't, so I think this is a good idea for me. That PHA workout is the one I did last week. Cathe just tacks on a 4th round to make up for her mistakes and then she ends the darn thing with a core workout you do 3 times, which really got me. It's a great workout though.

Diane Sue, I love rhubarb cobbler or pie. I could probably do a cobbler, but I am lousy at pie crust--much to the sorrow of my husband who absolutely loves pie. I use Retin-A at .05 percent every night. I have been using it since my 30s when I had adult acne after both of my pregnancies (crazy hormones!), and just kept using it. I gradually stopped getting any irritation from the stuff and have thought of getting the 1 percent cream. I have wrinkles around my eyes where you can't use Retin A, but otherwise I am pretty much wrinkle free and have received compliments from time to time on my skin. Your celebration tomorrow sounds lovely.

Lori, I will try that new workout tomorrow and am crossing my fingers on streaming working for me. Enjoy your new dishwasher!

Valerie, that is quite a hike! No wonder you are tired. Kim has been very careful with haying this time of year because does hide their newborn fawns in tall grass. He found one yesterday just a few feet from where he would be mowing and picked it up and put it on the periphery near a hedgerow. He saw the mother later coming to get it. We also have black bears and I have seen a mother with 2 cubs back on our land. Max will challenge (and kill) a groundhog, but he steers clear of bears thank goodness.

Judy, what are the Ruthless workouts like? I thought Weider died awhile ago. I guess his brand lives on. You have lots of variety in your workouts while I tend to get in a rut--which is why I have really been liking the Live workouts and hope my streaming works better.

Hi to Caitlin and Josie!
 
Today I did we took a slow walk. About 2 mph. for 26 minutes. I only got 65 calories out of it so it really did not count for much. I had a hard time getting my HR up today. Gertie slowed us down. She was excited about my husband walking her and he kept having to pull her back and make he sit and stay till she calmed down. I wish she walked better. She gets excited with me but she usually settles more quickly. Maybe it was both of us being there. It was hard on my husbands arm and shoulder that had been dislocated when he was blown up. Maybe one of those harnesses would be better? I really do not know how they work. I know she needs walked more. I also do not want my husband to give up on the walking. I did Dirty Thirty Extreme, 32 minutes, 165 calories, HR 106 avg/ 128 max. I used 10's for most of it but used 3's and 5's for a couple of the light things that were hard on my shoulders. I then did Ice Bootcamp Circuit, 45 minutes, 114 avg/140 max HR. , 270 calories. Total time was 1 hr 43 minutes 499 calories. Minus the walk it was 77 minutes, 435. I made a chocolate cream cheese pudding dessert for tomorrow and still need to make my rhubarb cobbler. I think I am going to make a small Paleo friendly cobbler as well.

Deb, I have not used the first Phat workout. I notice Cathe does that on a couple of workouts. Yesterday my car said it was 105 outside when I went out. It really depends on if we have rain whether or not it is humid. We have had really long hot dry spells before that were very unpleasant too. I think it is more humid than the desert it Arizona. I was using a prescription strength Retin A. My daughter started me out on a lower dose. If I remember right she told me when I started to gradually increase how many days I used it a week. It was just a nice relief when I quit. So far I like the Tarte BB cream. But I have only used it yesterday and today. It looks nice. Sort of diminishes the flaws a bit and has some treatment stuff in it. It says you can also use it as a primer under your other foundation for more protection. I like the sun screens and it has no parabens. sodium laurel sulphate, and things that cause allergens. I will let you know if it continues to be good. I really liked the blush and lipstick that I got as a free gift. I haven't tried the mascara that came with the gift yet.

Lorie, I have looked at the premixes on the lower body and saw that I could leave out the jumping if I liked. Does she do anything new on the To the Mat workout? I do not understand who comes up with the idea to stop teaching something like cursive? Why they thought it was no longer needed. I think we need to keep it the same as we need to hang on to paper books and paper filing in offices. I always think what if all of these electronic devices that we rely on so much are not available someday.

Valerie, that is interesting about the mountain goats and urine. Being in the city we do not see too many animals like that. We had a raccoon in our yard once. I had animal control come out. My grandchildren thought it was sleeping. The animal control guy said it was not napping and they can be pretty vicious. Thinking of animals, my son in law keeps putting himself at risk with one of their bulls. The other day it tore his hand open with it's horns. My daughter had to put stitches in it and said maybe he has learned to be careful. She was scared when he ran down the hill with the cattle coming and that bull. She kept yelling for him to get out of there. I think he was mostly interested in the treats in the wagon but, accidents do happen. I bet the temptation is great for your husband as his nose heals. It sounds miserable.

Lynda, I used to make pies for a small family restaurant in NE. One of the better recipes for crust used lard with vinegar and a bit of baking powder. I like a butter crust though and like to brush the top with a little egg and sprinkle sugar on it. It makes it nice and crisp. Monday will be house max for me.
 
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