Spring into Summer - 5/14

[hippahips]

Good morning ladies,

Slept REALLY well last night, and I'm prepared for something tough today. I'd like to do a full-body workout in an hour, so it's a toss-up between KPC and ME. I'll decide later.

Eating my grains early in the day (slow-cooking oatmeal, whole wheat bread) and eating only vegetables with lean meat for dinner seems to be the best thing for me, diet-wise. I haven't been doing as much cardio as I'd like because I want to protect my knees, but the tape measure told me my waist is back to where it should be.

I haven't stepped on the scale since I arrived. I don't think it matters since I was the same weight then as before I left. It also keeps the obssession away.

Pinky

 

[dutchgirl]

Hello everyone,

This morning was Christi's Totally Cool Step. Very fun workout! My chest started tightening up with about 5 minutes to go in the cardio portion (I'm sure allergy induced) and my nose and throat got very mucus-y! So the last 5 minutes were pretty brutal yet I gutted my way to the end, paused the DVD to catch my breathe and clear out all the mucus, and went on to the cool down. Now, I'm really tired despite having had a good night's sleep and having had my morning cup of coffee. UGH!!!! When will allergy season end alread!?!?!?!

Pinky- that's so great that you're feeling like you're back to the shape you were before the vacation (at least in some areas). You're wise to ease back into the cardio. You're knees need to acclimate before going full force.

Fun, off topic question for everyone- If you could meet one famous person (living or deceased) who would it be? What question would you most want to ask them? For me, I would want to meet Martin Luther King, Jr. and I would ask how he managed to keep such faith in peace during such a tumultous time in history.

Take care all,

 

[Kathy02]

Sabine, I hear ya on the allergies! I wake up so red eyed and tired I felt better before I went to bed the night before, ha, ha! But after about 15 min I'm back with teh prgram and feeling better. I am not having too much trouble with my asthma just yet. But I'm in Minnesota where things just started to bloom, so I may have mine coming to me.
OH, I checked out my strawberry patch this morning, I'm so excited, I have all these blossoms and they're big! Maybe this year i'll get just as many strawberries as I did last year, but bigger. I have been putting Miracle Grow on them in hopes that it will work.
Well, my legs are really mad at me today! They are protesting any movement that I try to make. I did end up doig Hi Lo heaven by Christy Taylor yesterday. I did the first two secitons so about 55 min. and apparently my legs weren't informed of this sudden change of plans. They aren't happy that I did that, ha, ha! Ouch! So, today will not be a full body day like I had planned. But, maybe just an upper body day.
I can only choose one famous person, eh? That really makes it tough. I think I would choose Jesus, to be honest. If he spoke english it would be even better because then I could talk to him. But just to be able to spend a day with him and the opostles would be a very interesting and cool thing I think.

Kathy

 

[hippahips]

Well, I opted for KPC and it kicked my butt. I had to take a lot of breaks during the combos. I was tired and it seemed my heartrate was going too high. During combo 3, I skipped the jumps, kept the moves low but tried to kick high. I also kept my high/low jogs not too high or too low. Kept the windmills low as well.

Sabine, are you on any maintenance meds for your allergies? They do help a lot, although your body gets used to them after a while and they stop working, at which point you'll have to switch to something else.

Kathy, your strawberries have me drooling. Which reminds me... I need to do some gardening and put some color on our flowerbed.

I would love to meet Albert Einstein. I'd like to ask him to explain the idea of time as the fourth dimension AND what he thinks of string theories that -- and I could be wrong in my interpretation/assumption here -- came from his general theory of relativity. It's all very hard for me to take in but I've always had the feeling that if I understood the science behind the universe, that I'd somehow START to understand WHY I'm here. Does that make sense? It doesn't to me, not all the time. But I need my mind to be opened -- very wide -- here.

Pinky

 

[scm]

Hi guys, This morning I did Triceps, PS and SH. Very tough!
I received my 8 Pack today!!! I reviewed some of the workouts. I just can not believe I waited this long to purchase it!
I might do 10 10 10 in about an hour. I have to pick up my dog at the groomer. Looks so awesome.

Pinky, I'm glad to hear your sleeping better. I know it is an awful experience not to sleep. Just on the side, I recently finished a book called The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. Excellent book! It helps you totally understand why you are here. I highly recommend it.
Kathy, my son and I love strawberries. Do you sell them too?

Sabine, Kathy had the same answer as mine. He is one who I would probably have a great conversation with. My next choice would be Cathe.

Have a great weekend everyone ~in case I don’t check in until Monday.

Susan C.M.