STS first time!

Super quick post. We're so busy today! Then after work I have some serious birthday party shopping to do as well as pick up the princess cake. :)

No workout for me today. I stayed up late reading a book and I was so groggy this morning!:( Does anyone watch The Game of Thrones? I got into the series on dvd since I don't have HBO but just watched the first season. I got so into it I decided to buy all the books. It's tough to make yourself go to bed when you start reading!

Meredith- I've slowly transitioned into barefoot workouts because I was always so frustrated with sneakers. I just HATE shoes! My feet get so hot, my balance is all off and I actually get more knee and ankle pain when I wear them. I don't recommend going barefoot with high impact step aerobics, though. Learned that one the hard way:eek:. It takes a long time to transition to barefoot workouts because you have to strengthen not just the muscles but also the tendons and ligaments to withstand any sort of plyometric movements. Plus I work out on really cushy puzzle mats to help with shock absorption. My feet have gotten stronger and barefoot workouts have helped me strengthen and regain my arches! I always had flat feet which threw off my posture and gave me low back pain but now I have some arch to my feet. :) Like I said, it's just what works for me so I hate to recommend it to everyone. It works great for some people but not all, I think...

Okay, gotta run! I'll BBL to write more!!
 
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Jean, hooray for finishing Meso 2! And kudos for being a single mom. You can't put a price to what mothers do, but to do it alone? It is so hard. It takes a very strong person, which I know you are.

When I put two greens protein scoops into my soup a while back, I meant two tbsp, and that was bleghhh enough!:p I can't imagine more! Yuck.:confused:

Muscle Endurance comes with Boot Camp. Perhaps you picked it up already?

Colleen, enjoy your princess' party. I'm sure you put together a phenomenal party and Lydia'll be bowled over.

Time for a nap. I'm in a food coma, having gone out for Thai food.:Dzzzzzzzzz
 
Hello!!! Wow, I have to catch up! Yesterday was a great but busy day. Did my STS legs week 1 and it was REALLY hard for me, but I pushed through it and modified the exercises or used 0 weight for some and it was SO difficult even as such. I am looking forward to building strength in my lower body, but wow it’s gonna have to be a push for me every week. I love upper body, so luckily that is 2 x’s a week.

Jean, It is so helpful to hear that you struggled with legs too and are now up to 12 pounds. That is encouraging! Thanks for sharing.

Colleen, I’m excited to try the Athletic Step! Glad to hear you loved it even though you haven’t been able to do step in a while. A couple of months ago I was having some foot/tibia problems as I was running in 5 year old shoes that were too small and crappie to begin with! I almost gave myself a stress fracture, yikes!!! Anyway, I went to this special sneaker store and had inserts fitted and also found Brooks and I’m in heaven and so are my feet, legs and knees!!! When you are ready and have the means too, I would check this out. The store is called Road Runner sports and the sneakers I have what’s called caterpillar soles, that really work to move with your feet. They have some great stability shoes and also some great lightweights. Thanks for the other video recommendations too! I’ll check them out. Oh and I LOVE steal cut oats and I love to cook with coconut oil too. ☺ Oh and to answer your question about adding calories (kcal) through just protein, you are right that more protein is needed. But, also more carbohydrates are needed to fuel/feed muscles as you are building them. So the added kcal typically should come from mostly CHO and some protein. Majority of Carbs in diet=whole grains, legumes, veggies, etc.

Meredith, Yes it is super important to eat before a workout and to eat regularly so that the body does not break down muscle tissue for energy. A key to preventing muscle catabolism is keeping blood sugar stable. And first thing in the morning we just came from an overnight fast and the blood sugar will be lower. Also, muscles get fuel from glucose which comes from carbohydrates and we need to constantly replenish muscle glycogen (muscle sugars/fuel) and should find that by eating regularly and before workout that we have more energy to perform during the workout, which will also give us better results. So I would experiment with foods to find what works so early in the am and before workouts. Some ideas to try a liquid shake at a minimum, a banana and yogurt or even a small bowl of cereal and milk and see how that works. Then eating a bigger breakfast after the workout. Hope that helps. Oh and it makes sense that your appetite is up. This is a GREAT sign!!! It means your metabolism is working!!! When we are not hungry it means that our metabolism is sluggish. Anyway, with the added workouts and the resistance training the body needs more kcal, carbs and protein to support the muscle growth. So sounds like your body is working! ☺ Also, so glad to hear you completed Disk 3! I was also burning from the way she mixed up the exercises but thought it was cool that many of them were slightly different from the traditional. I’m enjoying the Extended stretch, but I imagine that I soon will be sick of it too. I also have Stretch Max and her two Yoga videos.

Mfv3, cocoa nibs are the inner part of the cocoa bean that have a high amount of polyphenols (bioactive compound in the plant that seem to have health benefits). They are bitter, but I found some at my natural health market that put a little coconut sap on raw cocoa nibs and they have a nice flavor and crunch. Thanks for the luck with legs! I needed it.

Bettty, It’s helpful to hear that legs were hard for you too but that you are doing it. And it is so true about the one step at a time. I keep telling myself this. And great idea to add nuts and seeds to your oats, doing so will definitely enhance the protein profile. It still won’t have as much protein as having eggs for ex but it is great and the next meal can have more protein. I would say pre-workout that carbohydrates would be the main focus with a little protein in there too. After workout we also want to focus on carbs but you now want more protein too. So, adding nuts and seeds is great for pre-workout and after workout if you were having this dish, I’d add an egg on the side, cottage cheese or Greek yogurt could be some other options.

Gratefuldog, oats do have protein in them as they have amino acids. However they do not have all of the essential amino acids to be a complete protein, so either we need to add complementary amino acids from other foods (so oats or grains and nuts and seeds does this), yet often vegetarian sources won’t have as high a quantity of protein overall. For myself I find that as long as there are other complete proteins in the diet at other meals, this is fine. Walnuts, apples, cinnamon and real maple syrup sounds delish.

Off to do the STS Core Cardio Workout and some Yoga. Have a great weekend everyone! ☺

Oh and I decided to switch to the 3.5 month program and then do STS again.
 
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Marie Don't you have a baby Dr. appt. next week? :D I can't wait.

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Jean you are so sweet for always remembering my appointments. I have one next Thurs. Can't wait. It's the gestational diabetes testing.

I have a 6 day stretch going on at work and I'm only on day 1..ugh! Hope it goes quick. Then I get to go to my appt and I also have a baby class that day. All About Babies. Should be interesting :)

The plan is to workout when I get home. Wish me luck! I totally forget which disc I'm one because I haven't done any STS in like a week but I know it's an upper body one. I'll let you know if I do it. Someone needs to hold me accountable. I get off at 3:30 and have to run to the grocery store first. At work we have a potluck every Sat. Is it terrible that I get anxiety about it?! I hate eating unhealthy food and I'm afraid people will have hurt feelings if I don't try their food.

More later :)
 
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Mfv3, cocoa nibs are the inner part of the cocoa bean that have a high amount of polyphenols (bioactive compound in the plant that seem to have health benefits). They are bitter, but I found some at my natural health market that put a little coconut sap on raw cocoa nibs and they have a nice flavor and crunch. Thanks for the luck with legs! I needed it.
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Thanks for the info :) I'll have to check Trader Joes to see if they have them. They sound good!

Marie
 
I had a crazy end to my shift today. A patient wasn't feeling well so I did a spot check of her blood sugar and it was 46 (at the hospital we like to aim for somewhere between 80-120). We eventually got it back up but I ended up leaving a half hour late. My manager won't be liking that overtime but I wasn't about to leave a patient without knowing she was going to be ok. Not to mention the PM RN wasn't super comfortable with the hypoglycemic protocol.

I got my workout in. Disc 10 :) Felt good to lift.

Tomorrow's goal will be legs after I get off work. Now that is a harder workout to commit to. For the new gals I one of those people who needs to workout right away in the morning (after my oatmeal, wheat germ and walnuts of course ;)) or it usually doesn't happen. I love legs but I find them so much harder than upper body.

So tired! I'm off to bed.

Marie
 
Good Morning and Happy Saturday! Sorry I didn't post yesterday. The scariest thing happened to me. First of all...I woke up yesterday did CSS and went to work. Day started out good.... I was still working at the front desk, so it was crazy!!! I felt absolutely fine. Went to lunch and was driving and about 5 minutes later my vision got really blurry. So I parked my truck and sat there for about 15 minutes because I could not see well enough to drive. Finally about 12 minutes later my vision came back. I then ate lunch and went back to work. It was so scarey. Then I got this horrible pounding headache which then turned into a migrane. What the hell happened????? I stayed at work till 2 and then came home and went to bed, my head hurt so bad. It was horrible. Then around 7 pm I felt fine. Strange??? So I am guessing it was a migrane??? If it was my sugar, it would not have gotten better until I ate something???? Looks like I will hope this never happens again, but if it does I will have to checked checked out for it. I just don't run to the Dr for everything, because I do not want to take pills. Thanks for listening to my issue.....onto better things:

Meredith---I think the wall squats are hard too, how much weight do you use when doing them? I think I make it so hard because I have increased my weight so much. But, I like to get the best of my workouts.....I use 25 pound dumbells.

Colleen---Have pun with the princess party today!!! Happy Birthday to you princess!!!!

Marie---I understand staying at work with someone sick. I am always staying at work late because someone sick has came in at the last minute to get seen or we are admitting a patient to the hospital. Crazy, but I don't get overtime I am salary. So it just comes with the job!!! I can't complain because most days we only work 7 1/2 hrs. Sometimes it leads to 8 or 8 1/2. So it pays off in the end!!! But I love my job and would not want any other!!! I has taken along time to find the perfect job, but I did 2 years ago!!! It is so nice to still be able to say I love my job!!!!

Betty---You have to buy a topper. You can do so many exercises with it!!! And HST is a must!!!

Carolyn---Yeah, you figured out how to use the tablet!!! Now you can chat with us anywhere!!!

Jean---Glad you are still working those legs. I know it is not your favorite, but have you seen any strength improvements that keep you motivated to continue with them? I am sure your have!

Okay, I have to run. I need to do my cardio this morning. I have a hair appointment at 9:45 for highlights. Its time for a touch up!!! Be back this afternoon. :)

Oh, counting down till Monday. Can't wait to preorder Xtrain!!!! :p Just a few more days!!! YEAH!!! :eek:
 
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Good Morning and Happy Saturday! Sorry I didn't post yesterday. The scariest thing happened to me. First of all...I woke up yesterday did CSS and went to work. Day started out good.... I was still working at the front desk, so it was crazy!!! I felt absolutely fine. Went to lunch and was driving and about 5 minutes later my vision got really blurry. So I parked my truck and sat there for about 15 minutes because I could not see well enough to drive. Finally about 12 minutes later my vision came back. I then ate lunch and went back to work. It was so scarey. Then I got this horrible pounding headache which then turned into a migrane. What the hell happened????? I stayed at work till 2 and then came home and went to bed, my head hurt so bad. It was horrible. Then around 7 pm I felt fine. Strange??? So I am guessing it was a migrane??? If it was my sugar, it would not have gotten better until I ate something???? Looks like I will hope this never happens again, but if it does I will have to checked checked out for it. I just don't run to the Dr for everything, because I do not want to take pills. Thanks for listening to my issue.....onto better things:

Meredith---I think the wall squats are hard too, how much weight do you use when doing them? I think I make it so hard because I have increased my weight so much. But, I like to get the best of my workouts.....I use 25 pound dumbells.
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OMG Missy! That is sooo scary! I glad to hear you got to the side of the road in time. I bet it was a migraine. I have never had one (knock on wood), but my ex-SIL used to get those and she would be trapped in her room with the lights out, no noise and an icepack...felt so bad for her. Well here's to hopign it doesn't happen again.

25 LBS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dang Missy! You're a rockstar! Wall squats are so hard. I used to use 15's and now decreased to 10's.
 
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Marie good luck with the long stretch of work. When is that wedding? I cant believe you are doing sts pregnant! You are amazing!
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Thanks Carolyn :) Not sure if I'll be going onto Meso 2 just because my Dr advised me not to lift too heavy of weights. But I will make sure I do one day of legs and at least one upper body workout a week. I am bad with lifting but always feel better when I keep on it.

The wedding is next Sat. Super excited. I pick up my dress on Wed. On Fri we will head down to Rochester and stay the night at the Days Inn. Hoping they have a workout area so I can catch a quit 30m or so on the treadmill (walking of course) before the wedding.

Marie
 
Hi all-

Working today til 3:30. Hoping to get in legs today. Disc 12 :)

Lat night I didn't get to bed until 10:30 and then kept getting up to pee (tmi) and then the alarm went off at 5:30...too early! I'm tired. Hoping to be in bed by 9:30 tonight but I always get a second wind around 9.

Hi Jean!

Hi Colleen. Happy Birthday to Lydia! Hope the party went well :)
 
Good Afternoon!

Just got back from the hair salon. I am beautiful again!!! hahaha :D

Carolyn---what happened at the beach?

Marie---I am with ya. 10:30 is too late. I always have to be to bed by 10:00 on week days, because I get up at 5:45. If I stay up later than that I am grumpy!!!

Meredith---I am jelous I love DOMS!!!

I did my morning run today. 60 minutes. It felt so good to run again. I have not ran in over a week due to my back. But it is all better now!!!! Yeah for that. As for my head....feels much better today. I have battled migranes before, but never that bad. Normally they would start as a headache and progress, I then wouls lay in a dark quiet room and go to sleep, only once has it got so bad that I was throwing up, but this time was completely different. I did not see the dr because most of the time they prescribe medicine for them. I am not big on taking pills. So, we will see. If that happens again I will definately see a physician. But I am just hoping it does not happen again.

Tonight we are having homemade pizza. YUMMY!!! Pizza is my favorite food, so we make it here and it taste 100% better than going out. (not greasy) We make it as healthy as possible, but it is pizza. So I just enjoy it and workout like crazy!!

Off to make homemade spagetti sauce. I make a big batch and freeze it in individual serving size bowls. Then when my husband wants spagetti, all i have to do is take it out of the freezer and thaw it. Then heat it up and bowl noodles. And there you have it homemade spagetti in 15 minutes!!!!

I am also making some burittos for my some of our lunches this week. I am just going to be busy in the kitchen today.

As most of you know, I do this type of preparation so I can save time during the week for my exercise!!!!!

Okay, lots to do be back later!!! Have a nice Saturday. :cool:
 
Happy Saturday Everyone, today is my rest day! I'm making my shopping list and menu for the week and not planning much else. Colleen, enjoy the bday party and good luck everyone who's working out today. Tomorrow starts STS week 2 for me!
 
Hey everyone! Hope your Saturday is going well!

Missy, very scary stuff! Sometimes I lose my vision too - just the way you described, gets blurry first then starts to black out. Generally, I do NOT have the headache, so I have always attributed it to dehydration or low blood sugar. Really, it's probably just stress - seems to be the root of everything that goes wrong physically for me. I hope it's nothing serious! Also, 25 lbs! WHOA! I was doing mine with 15 lbs. I think I may try the yoga blocks. I really think it was the deepness of the squat that's getting to me.

Collen, glad to hear that you liked HST! Maybe you'll have butt DOMS tomorrow too :) I workout in my coverted garage. One of the very best things I did was have a full wall mirror installed. I think it was around $300. It's huge - probably 7' x 10'. I absolutely love it!

Marie, I went to bed at 9:30 last night. I just couldn't stay up any longer. STS is making my hungrier and sleepier. I hope it is also making me stronger! Have fun at the wedding! I am also in awe of you doing STS pregnant. I couldn't even imagine!

Jean, your post made me LOL :D
 
And I forgot to thank you, Si, for the reply on my food question! I will try to suck down something Monday morning before my workout. I have those Muscle Milk shakes from CostCo - maybe I'll try that. Generally I'm just trying to get out to the workout room before I crawl back into bed :) Good for you for powering through Disk 3! I just previewed Disk 4 and saw a bunch of push-ups right at the start. Yikes!
 
Good Evening!

Meredith---when I first started STS I did the wall squats with 15 pds. But I have increased the pounds since. You will get there. I just like to feel the burn and also I love DOMS. So I workout a hard as I can.

I made the spagetti sause, packaged it, and its in the freezer. I also made my burittos. Now the homemade pizza is in the oven. Yum, Yum. After all that food prep I am hungry. Trying to be good though!!!! :)

Thinking about what DVD I am doing tonight?????
 
Oh...can't forget I have done 3 loads of laundry today also. Lots to go....just busy busy!!!

Carolyn---I love my dry erase board, I track everything on it!!! You will love it!!! I also just love my mirror. Thinking about putting mirrors on the back wall also. So, when I turn around I can still see what I am doing. I think the mirror really helps with you form.

Marie---When you get your new appartment, you will need a mirror in you workout room!!!

Okay, gotta go!!! BBL!
 
Hey girlies!

Very quick post...still got company from the birthday party. :) I did HC Bootcamp again. Oh my gawd...is it possible a workout can be even tougher the second time you do it?:eek: It's going to take a long time before I can do that straight through. When I do I think I'll have to apply for my justice leage membership! I don't think I'd make a very good Superwoman...maybe Wonder Woman? lol

Carolyn- I did check out that Groupon elliptical. Thank you for posting that! Unfortunately that particular one didn't have the best reviews so I'm gonna still wait awhile. I want to get a really nice gym quality one when I do finally splurge. I've been coveting the Precor ellipticals:eek:. They are REALLY expensive!

Missy- that definitely sounds like a migraine. I get them from time to time...although alot less now that I'm off birth control. I literally had to pull over one time when one hit me and wait on the side of the road until the visual aura passed. It sucks big time:(. I don't hardly get them nowadays, though thank goodness!

Meredith- butt DOMS...jealous! lol

Okay, gotta run! I will be back tomorrow to write more!
 
Legs done! Disc 12 :) Felt good to get that one over with. Legs are hard for me to do after work. Tomorrow will be disc 11...last one of Meso 1. I'm pretty sure I won't go on to Meso 2 since my Dr told me not to lift heavy weights. My goal will be to do one legs and at least one upper body workout a week though. I feel so much better when I'm lifting.

I made spinach dip for our work potluck tomorrow. Not healthy but everyone was requesting it so of course I went with it.

Just relaxing now. Tony gets off at 8 so looking forward to him getting home. Baby is moving around right now :) Love feeling that. Did I tell you all I think we are going with the name Breckin Vincent. Vincent is my grandpa's name. We aren't 100% sure on the name yet but I really do love it and compare all the names we come up with to that one. Baby shower is planned for Aug 5th. I cleaned up my registry...added some final items. Changed to a Jeep stroller. The one I first register for didn't have a cup holder. Ummmm how is that even possible?! Gotta have water with me at every sec, especially when walking. When Tony gets home we are going to try and find a crib and dresser set online. We registered for 9 cube organizer. It's white and then we got navy blue, light blue and yellow fabric organizer boxes for 6 of the cubes. Will be nice to organize wipes, diapers, toys and such. Figured the other cubes can be used for books. Alright enough rambling haha. I'm just pretty excited that everything is coming along.

We are getting the key to our new place the beginning of next week. Then begins the cleaning and the install of the new sink. Hoping we can start moving our stuff in early, although Aug 1st will be here before we know it. Crazy!

I'm already thinking I'll treat myself to an iced latte on the way to work tomorrow :) I get pretty wired off coffee now since I gave it up but I don't have to work til 3 on Mon not like I have to get to bed early.

Missy- I would love to get a mirror in my workout area. I also want to get some hooks for my bands. They are just in a box right now. All that food you made sound tasty :) So which DVD did you end up doing?

Colleen- You are amazing for getting through those HC workouts. They sounds soooo hard!

Meredith- Thanks for the compliment. Hope you're having a good Sat too :)

Si- Enjoy your rest day and congrats on starting week 2 tomorrow. Hope the shopping went well. One of these days I'm going to have to get organized with my grocery shopping. I usually end up running to the store every other day cuz I never know what I'm going to make.

Carolyn- Your new mirror sounds great! Jealous :)

Chat with ya all tomorrow :)

Marie
 
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