STS first time!

No workout for me today. I work earlier on Mondays and Fridays so they usually end up being my days off but honestly I could have gotten up earlier to get that STS disc in (back and biceps, last of Meso 2). I was really feeling the need to rest my body this week though so I slept in! Of course, that means I have to double up tomorrow and do LBB (which I originally intended to do Thursday) and STS back and biceps! Hopefully I'll be energetic enough to do both! :cool:

Mary- I love CSS with the bonus step! I always feel the need to do the entire thing for some reason. I'm okay with doing the shorter premix of AT (leg cardio express) but I love that bonus step so much! I'm really excited about the new workouts since Cathe said they will have the basic, drill style step work like AT and the CSS bonus. I've come to realize that's about what I can handle!:eek: The torquey/turney moves in some of the other step routines did my knees in this month! I'm so bummed too because I really enjoyed Athletic Step...and I was just getting the moves down!! Also, CONGRATULATIONS ON FINSIHING STS!!:D Whoo hoo!

Marie- I hope SJP went okay for you! Be careful with the choreography! I fell on my butt doing AS on Sunday! lol Of course, you are probably much better at the choreo than I am!:eek:

Missy- Pizza is my favorite food! No way I'll give that up completely!:eek: Just have to make sure we don't eat like that all the time! ;)

Betty- Oh, the ocular migraines. I had my first migraine when I was about 20, I think. I'd always get the spectacular visual aura/scotoma that would last about 20-30 minutes. I'll never forget the first time it happened...I was trying to read a newspaper and couldn't figure out why words were disappearing on the page! I was totally freaked out! Even after all these years I panic when it happens for fear that I won't get my vision back, even though I know it's just the migraine. When I had that blind spot that persisted I thought for sure I had a brain tumor!:confused: Sometimes I'd get a bad headache afterward but more often I would just be light sensitive and feel like I couldn't concentrate for the rest of the day, all fuzzy brained and cotton-headed! Since I stopped BCP, though, I haven't had a full blown migraine. Sometimes it'll threaten, like I'll see the aura for a minute and then it doesn't totally materialize. Weird!

Jean- I hope everything is okay with your family. I'm worried you haven't posted in awhile.:(

Have a great day ladies!
 
Good Afternoon! Wel, my horses teeth are all smooth and should feel much better. I am sure glad, we don't have to have that done to use. A cleaning and or filling is bad enough. I think that everytime I have there teeth floated.

I hope everyone is having a lovely friday.

I am off to do 30 minutes on the elliptical.

My exercise plans for today are:
7 am--- 1 hour run
4 pm--- 30 minutes elliptical
7 pm--- Disc#12

I am hoping to bust through this plauteu one of these days!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Okay, gotta go put my shoes on! BBL :D
 
Just finished Meso 1!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rest week here I come....hahaha
I will rest from STS....but hello LIS!!!!!

Good Night ladies!

Jean---I hope everything is okay. I miss you! :)
 
SJP is awesome! That workout is sooo fun! I especially like the hi/lo part....reminds me of the aerobics I used to do at Bally's Total Fitness back in the day. Super fun but intense for this prego chic haha! Loved it!

Crazy shift today at work but times flies that way so that was good.

Goal for tomorrow-

Step Blast
Lunch with mom
Work at 3pm

Chat with everyone later!
 
Happy Saturday!!!!

Today started out great.....I lost some more! Check out my ticker! I am so excited. I did it!!!! :D:D:D

Off to do my morning cardio!!! BBL! :p
 
Good Morning!

I did Cardio Core Circuit this morning. My abs were a little sore from doing CSS yesterday. Marie, I was thinking of you while I did this workout because I know you did it recently. Be careful if you do it again, there is alot of pressure on the core area and you already have alot going on there!

Missy, congrats on the continues weight loss! How much more do you wan to lose?

I have had a couple of those migraines you described Colleen. I did not know what they were as I didn't really have any pain, but had weird vision/blind spots. They seemed to be triggered by a bright light and my eyes were very sensitive. I haven't had one in a while thank goodness.

Jean, hope your family is doing ok.

Betty, good that you are including the ab workouts with STS. I really neglected my abs during that rotation and am feeling it now - but I am getting back on track.

Okay, off to soccer and enjoy a beautiful day!
 
Man, I'm so sleepy! Today I've got to take Lydia to dance and we get to put her in her outfit for the recital since they are doing pictures today. It's this purple, sparkly little number with the most frilly tutu you've ever seen!:D Hee!

Then when I get back I'm going to try and get my double workout in!:eek: LBB and disc 24 back and biceps! We'll see how it goes! I have a lot to do this weekend. The house is a mess and I need to get my vegetable garden in. Plus, Mark is inviting people over tonight and I'm watching my niece since my sister is in Cancun right now.

Congratulations on finishing Meso 1 Missy!! Yay!

Have a great Saturday everybody! t's supposed to get up to 93 degrees today!!:eek::eek:
 
Missy- Congrats on the weight loss! You are so good :)

Mary- CCC is a crazy one. Nice job on your workout. Yes I agree- that one was a bit much for me at this time. Thanks for thinking of me! For sure won't be doing that one again til after baby :)

Colleen- Have fun with the dance pictures. I have some great memories from being in dance all my life...it's a wonderful thing!

Carolyn- Sounds like you have a busy day. Good luck :)

Just finished my oatmeal and walnuts.....addicted to that for breakfast lately.

Off to do Step Blast and then meet my mom at Pot Belly for some subs :)

Have a great day everyone. Chat with ya later tonight!

Marie
 
Slow day on the forums. Nothing to read at the end of my shift :(

Step Blast was a blast as Cathe says at the end :) I really dig that one.

Got a chicken salad sub on whole wheat bread at Pot Belly's...YUM! Super tasty! I can't have deli meat (apparently it's new in the past 5 years that preg women can't have deli meat) so that limited my choices a bit. Should have gotten extra pickles...addicted!

Work is good! Nice and steady! But it can be time to leave any time now. Less than an hour left.

It's storming here like crazy. Unfortunately we don't have many windows on the unit but from what I can see it's pouring. I love a good storm.

Tomorrow I'm thinking TBT Upper Body. Lunch with my dad and stepmom tomorrow...lots of family time this weekend apparently. My stepmom makes the best salads. She gets her ideas from restaurants and then goes from there. That and some good bread are are on the menu. Then work again. Monday off though so that will be nice.

I have a stretch of 5 days off next weekend :) Tony and I are planning on doing a camping getaway...can't wait!

Ok I'm done rambling now ;)

Marie
 
Good Morning ladies!!!

Sorry, I was missing yesterday. I got extremely busy and never made it to the computer!

I did get my exercise in yesterday....Morning run, Afternoon elliptical 30 min, and Afterburn last night!!! I know I am a mad women with the exercise, but the weekends I try to hit it hard, since during the week I am limited to just morning and evening.

Today, I got up and did my cardio and then cooked breakfast!!!
I am planning on doing B&G today also!

Oh....as for Sylvestor update. (She) left about a month ago, and did not come home for several days, then she was only coming at night to eat and then she would leave immediately. Then the past few weeks she comes for Breakfast, Lunch , and Dinner. Yesterday morning she moved back home full time with 2 kittens. They are wild...they look to be about 4-5 weeks old. I thought she had lost some weight. She never looked pregnant, but she was not tame at that point either. Now, she loves my husband and I and is always wanting to get petted. So, my husband and I are going to let the kittens get alittle older and then try to catch them and take them to an adoption shelter we have here (no kill facility). Maybe then they will go to a loving home. Then we have to take Sylvestor to the doctor to get fixed!

I hope everyone has a lovely day! BBL!!! :D
 
Mary---As far as the weight loss. I am not sure the exact number. I am just pushing forward with hopes to lose a few more, but I can't say an exact number. It depends on how I look in the mirror. I think I am almost there.

I have to go shopping for some more clothes as all of mine are too big. I am always buying new exercise clothes because as you all know, I exercise most of the time.

Next Saturday, my husband is going to take my out to lunch and shopping in Tallahassee, FL for my Birthday! (1 hour from our house) I am very excited, as all of my clothes are falling off me. :):D:p:eek:

Also, I am going to exercise to the max this week, since I will be eating out on Saturday and I have to have cake on my birthday too!!!!
 
Good Morning!

This morning I did the double step premix from 4ds. I had forgotten how complicated some of those moves are! Anyway, Cathe seems like she had alot of fun making this series, she's very upbeat.

Missy, what a great feeling to have all of your clothes too big, and how nice of your husband to take you shopping! You will feel great with well-fitting clothes, and you deserve it!

Carolyn, what temp is your pool? We don't even have our pool open yet, but my threshold for pool water is 76. My kids are a different story!

Hey guess what ladies, I bought a bikini yesterday! I haven't worn one since before I had my kids, I always go for the tankini. I still have a little pooch where the skin stretched so much from my twins. But when we were in Mexico, everyone wore a bikini and some definitely should not have! So I figured, what the heck, I work hard for this body I may as well show it off a bit.

We have a double header of softball this afternoon, looks like we'll need lots of sunscreen. Have a great day!
 
Happy Sunday everybody!

Lydia had her dance pictures yesterday. Her recital isn't until June 3rd but they had to do the group and individual pictures of the girls. They wanted it up in a bun with this flower clip thing on the right side that came with her outfit. I am awful with hair styling! She also has the most tender scalp of anyone I've ever met! She's always crying and screaming that I'm hurting her when I brush her hair! Sooo, needless to say her hair didn't get put up in a bun yesterday morning. I get there and all the other little girls had their hair in cute little buns. Her dance teacher tried to do it and sort of got it up there. As she was working on her, Lydia tried so hard not to show that the teacher was hurting her...then she finally burst out in tears! The teacher was shocked! I was like, okay, believe me now??? For the recital, I'm taking her to a salon to have them work on it!

Yesterday, I managed to get Lower Body Blast in but not my STS disc. So, I'm going to try and do that one today along with my yoga. LBB makes me so happy! I love everything about that workout: the moves, the music, the cardio bursts and Cathe is so cute and fun in that one!

We had a friend of Dylan's over along with my niece in the afternoon and they swam in the pool and had ice cream cones. I resisted! I knew I was going to eat like crap when we had friends over last night and grilled so I managed to resist the ice cream! We had the campfire and some beers.:) Unfortunately, at one point this obnoxious guy that my husband works with (and who lives just down the street) stumbled over towards the end of the night. This guy is so creepy and the worst drunk. He just shows up uninvited all the time. He has even hit on my me a couple of times and he's married with kids. UGH! I tried to stay in the house after that because I just didn't want to deal with him. Mark hates to ask him to leave because he works with him and doesn't want to create tension, plus he's such a bad drunk he'd probably start a fight. We need to put up humoungous security fences to keep this dude out, I swear :confused:.

Today, I hope to get the vegetable garden in...we shall see! I'm not feeling so motivated to do that today:eek:.

Later girls!
 
Good Evening!

I just finished B&G!!!

Jean--I am so glad to hear your mom is doing much better. I will keep your family in my thoughts!!!!

Carolyn---You are going to feel awesome in the morning from your 2 workouts today!!! Tons of energy coming your way!! And I am sure you look amazing in a bathing suit. When you go to a public place where people are in bathing suits....I can guarentee you have nothing to worry about......haven't you been to the stores lately. There are people wearing clothes that are 3 sizes too small. hahaha

Okay off to bed. Chat tomorrow!!! :D
 
Carolyn- Your pool sounds so nice! Sounds like your family really enjoys that. My stepmom has a pool that I really need to take advantage of, especially after the baby comes. It would be nice to have a kid that is comfortable in water.

Missy- Dang girl! Way to work it!!!! Enjoy your shopping trip....much deserved!

Mary- Congrats on buying a bikini! You work hard for that body! Show it off! 4ds step sounds awesome! As I've mentioned complex choreography is my favorite :)

Colleen- I love LBB too...such a great workout! That's the one I borrowed to a friend and didn't get back FOREVER and then she tells me she never did it. Did you ever get Travel Fit back from your sister?

Jean- I am so happy to hear your mom is doing better!!!! Great news!

This morning was TBT Upper Body Split. Lunch with my dad and stepmom was way too good! Love her salads....mixed lettuce, avocado, steak, cheese, tomatoes, hard-boiled egg and a homemade vingarette. We also had tabouli. And then of course I was bad and had 2 pieces of garlic bread.

Almost done with work :) YAY! Off tomorrow!!!!! Super stoked!
 
4DS is the Deal of the Day. So tempted! Not sure I can go there though...I didn't realize it would be almost $50 even with the savings. I tried to be sneaky and get my most recent SJP purchase past Tony but the other day he said...."Soooo what Cathe DVD do you have coming?" Oops lol! He never cares and just rolls his eyes. He's knows I'm addicted. I'm thinking I'll have to discuss this possible 4DS purchase with him being the nice wife that I am hahahahaha!

Day off today! YAY baby!

I've been stalling way too long. I must get down to the basement to do AT.
 
Good Afternoon! I am crazy here at work today. First day after a day off is nuts!!!

Carolyn---I did count the extra thanks to you!!!!

Marie---4DS is so worth it!!!
Sale Price $49.97
save15 coupon (15% off) -$7.5
1st class mail $4.95
Total $47.42----not bad considering it is 4 workouts plus all the premixes!!!!
Start sweat talking the hubby!!!!! :D

Okay, gotta run!!! BBL! :eek:
 
UFF-DA!! For those of you not from Minnesota, that means Holy Crapola! :eek: I FINALLY finished the darn garden. I didn't even plant that much but I was sort of dreading it and only got it half done yesterday:eek: Luckily, I took today off to watch my niece (my sister gets back tonight) so I'm able to just get some stuff done. I planted cucumbers, tomatoes, one jalepeno plant, radishes, green beans and butternut squash. It takes awhile to get the garden set up initially because we go through the trouble of putting down a black fabric thing to keep the weeds down and moisture in. It's a lot of work at first but it saves tons of weeding later on! Mark thankfully put the fence up this year, too! No more deer eating our green beans! Yay!

Today started my active recovery week! Yesterday I finally got back and biceps in (several days late!:eek:) and I even managed to get some pilates based abs in. Today I did one of my Ellen Barret dvds (Fat Burning Fusion) and some more pilates. I wound up working out for 75 minutes, but it was all mellow, light cardio, toning and stretchy. It felt great!

Did you guys see the breakdown for CrossFire??? I'm so excited!!:D

Jean- I'm so thankful your mom is doing well! What a trooper! It's nice when you have relatives that live long, relatively healthy lives...it makes you optimistic about your DNA, doesn't it?:p I had this one patient who came to me for years and the last time I saw her (before she died at 104) was when she was 103! She walked in (no wheel chair), was still with it, and her eyesight was pretty dang good! So impressive! I can only hope I age with that much grace and in relatively good health!

Betty- that's so great your son is doing STS! Now he'll have some amazing respect for you that you've been doing her workouts all this time! I'll bet he'll be totally shocked!:D I wish I could get my hubby in on the fitness thing but he just can't seem to get going. Now that we're going to Disney, we'll probably hold off on joining the gym until fall.

Marie- Mark just sighs and rolls his eyes with all the dvds, too! It's all good, though!

Carolyn- have fun with your sister!! I'm sure you have nothing to worry about with swimsuits, either!

Mary- show off that bikini body, girl!;)

Have a great day ladies!
 
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