STS first time!

[missyt]

Good Evening! I think Cathe just killed me!!!!! Did HST!!! OMG, everytime I do this work out I am in love. But drained afterwards. I feel like I used every ounce of energy I had to complete it!! My husband was on the treadmill next to me, and he was like.....See why I am up here. I would not be able to walk tomorrow if I attempted that!! Hahaha

Colleen---speaking of cycles...I just marked on my calendar when to start using the cream, I am not letting the emotional rollercoaster hit me this month!!! I am suprised my husband did not kill me! I was horrible last month! Enjoy your company! Will this affect your exercise?

Carolyn---I did BC twice...I thought the same thing the second time round, but due to my wrists bothering me, I have not done it since.

Veggiegal---(Colleen) Nice to hear you resued the babies. Now they are in a loving home! Nothing better than that. I rescued my babies too!!! They are our children. They really bring a smile to our faces everyday!!! We are proud parents!!! As you are too, I am sure!!!

Marie---You are truely amazing!!! I am just so proud of you. You are almost there and still working out!!! You are an inspiration to all pregnant women! You special day is coming soon!!!

Hello to everyone else!!!! Chat tomorrow!
Okay, gotta run....Good night!

 

[mfv3]

Good Evening! I think Cathe just killed me!!!!! Did HST!!! OMG, everytime I do this work out I am in love. But drained afterwards. I feel like I used every ounce of energy I had to complete it!! My husband was on the treadmill next to me, and he was like.....See why I am up here. I would not be able to walk tomorrow if I attempted that!! Hahaha

Colleen---speaking of cycles...I just marked on my calendar when to start using the cream, I am not letting the emotional rollercoaster hit me this month!!! I am suprised my husband did not kill me! I was horrible last month! Enjoy your company! Will this affect your exercise?

Carolyn---I did BC twice...I thought the same thing the second time round, but due to my wrists bothering me, I have not done it since.

Veggiegal---(Colleen) Nice to hear you resued the babies. Now they are in a loving home! Nothing better than that. I rescued my babies too!!! They are our children. They really bring a smile to our faces everyday!!! We are proud parents!!! As you are too, I am sure!!!

Marie---You are truely amazing!!! I am just so proud of you. You are almost there and still working out!!! You are an inspiration to all pregnant women! You special day is coming soon!!!

Hello to everyone else!!!! Chat tomorrow!
Okay, gotta run....Good night!

Thanks Missy! You are so sweet! You made me smile big time

I'm in the process of uploading my pregnancy pictures. I'll be posting some soon!

 

[mfv3]

I think it's about time I put up an avatar. I remember reading a thread on how to do it but now I can't find it. Can someone help me with that?

 

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[MeredithZ]

Thanks for the warm welcome back and the lack of judgments I appreciate that!

Marie, you look so beautiful!!! The one of Tony kissing your tummy is my favorite too!

 

[mfv3]

OMG MARIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't know which one I love best! First it was the one of you looking up at the camera...then Tony behind you in the water .....then him kissing your belly....they are all fabulous!!!!!!
They brought tears to my eyes and I don't even really know you!!!

Him kissing your belly is the BEST!!! Wait til he holds him!

The count down is on!!!! 10 more days!?!!?!!?!!!?!!!!

Thanks Carolyn!

That means a lot!

10 more days Can't wait!

 

[mfv3]

Thanks for the warm welcome back and the lack of judgments I appreciate that!

Marie, you look so beautiful!!! The one of Tony kissing your tummy is my favorite too!

Thanks Meredith I think I'll definitely have to frame that one.

And never any judgement. Love hearing from you!

 

[cdimatt]

Good Morning All!!

So much catching up to do from the weekend. Sorry I was MIA. The weekend just flew by. I was able to find a dress and Carl and I had a great time on Saturday night. We went to an Italian restaurant for dinner and then went to a bar afterwards to listen to a cover band. I didn’t get in any workout over the weekend (expect a 5 mile bike ride, but I really don’t consider that a workout). I also took a rest day today. I’m not too happy about that, but I just could not get out of bed this morning.

OMG Marie!!! I love your pictures. They turned out fantastic. Thanks for sharing.

Jean, good job on Drill Max. I have drill max, but I’ve yet to do it.  I’m glad everything went well with the Memorial. I am sorry to hear about your relationship with your daughter. That must be so hard.

Colleen, wow, how many HC do you have? I am really getting excited to get mine. How long do they usually take to arrive? I usually get the downloads, so I’m not used to waiting around for them to arrive in the mail.

Carolyn, great job at doing BC again. I can’t believe how chilly it was yesterday afternoon. Really felt like a fall day.

Missy, sounds like you had a busy weekend. I love Sams club too. Always spend way too much money when we go.

Hope everyone has a great Monday.

 

[Bettypcw]

Marie! You are gorgeous and you look absolutely radiant! The pics are beautiful mementos. I wish I had thought to take more than one pic of each of my pregnancies. Wish I had known to write a journal even! I can't believe your due date is so close!

Jean, the memorial service for your b-i-l sounded like a lovely way to remember the man. Neither I nor my DH is huggy. I wish we were. Not the overly kind, just the affectionate kind. I'm trying to hug my kids more. Hard when both sides of the family don't do it.
Your grandchildren will reach out to you someday, if not when under their parents roof, maybe when they become independent. I hope your daughter comes to her senses soon. It is so sad for you.

Well, it was sunny and gorgeous and refreshing this morning. Now it has clouded over. Temporarily, I hope.

Does anyone like papayas? I'm enjoying a half with my oatmeal. Delicious fruit and super good for you!

I did AB this morning. Yowzah, it is non-stop hard. I can do the burpees better now, but the spidermans and dragging planks/staggered pushups are still so tough. But, I'll take them as Sandra-like challenges!

Missy, definitely remember using the cream. What a difference it seems to make for you gals who use it!

Carolyn, have you ever considered taking melatonin for your insomnia? Heard it on the news the other night. Do some research if you're curious.

ColleenD, you're darn right a 5-mi bike ride is a workout! But I know exactly what you mean! Your anniversary outing sounded amazing. I swear that's the only time DH and I do anything. Restaurant and a movie.

I forgot to look at the DOOT yesterday. Wasn't HST, right??

Have a great day!

 

[Bettypcw]

Marie, to upload an avatar, near the top of your page, go to UserCP on the top left blue band, below where it says The Cathe Nation. Then go to Settings and Options on the left side. Hope you can take it from there. It's a little different for me since I already have an avatar. Hope this makes some sense! Good luck!

 

[cokonkel]

Today is a rest day...thank goodness! The DOMS monster is visiting in full force! So far I haven't let our friends visit cramp my workouts yet. Even a year ago I would have felt self-conscious working out while they are there but I just decided to heck with it...I'm gonna do it regardless! So far they haven't given me any crap or anything. I was afraid Mark was going to be like "do you have to do it now?" blah blah. So far so good.

Marie- you look beautiful! Love the pictures! I never wanted pics of myself when I was preggie...I wasn't in the shape you are in! lol I have a few and man when I look at 'em I just cringe! For the avatar pic, like Betty said you click on usercp (on the left in the light blue bar on top), then under settings and options click on "edit avatar", then click the "custom avatar" in the box. You can upload images from your computer by clicking on "browse" and selecting from your computers image or pictures gallery. I found I could even download images to my computer from the internet if I didn't want to do a personal pic. HTH!

ColleenD- About a month ago I went "all in" with the HC workouts. I couldn't help it, I was so totally enabled by the ladies in my check in at VF. In addition to the volumes and bootcamp that you can get at TotalFitness, Sandra has (on her site only) these workouts she calls her "club" dvds. They are dvd-r's instead of pressed dvds and she is basically filming her class in the hardcore ones. In the 101's it's just her, but they are shorter with no warm up or cool down so they work well as add on's. At first, I worried the hardcore workouts would bother me with people in her class not being in sync or wandering in/out of the room but I got used to it really quickly and I'm currently in love with most of the ones I've tried so far. The only ones I'm dreading are the stability ball ones I've done (June and December hardcore). I'm not sure I'll revisit those anytime soon....

Betty- the plank type work Cathe does in AB is very reminiscent of Sandra's work! I've found AB is so much easier since I've been doing the HC's! It's funny, the other day I was thinking...AB is supposed to be a Hiit workout, but since it's getting easier for me, is it still considered Hiit? When does a Hiit workout stop being Hiit if you've done it enough that it's not as hard anymore?

Okay, gotta run. TTYL!

 

[mfv3]

Thanks everyone for the compliments on the pictures. It was so much fun taking them. My BF was the photographer.

Not much going on today...just how I wanted it. I think I mentioned I got Cathe's Basic Step for my mom. It's only 30 minutes so I'm going to try that one out today with no risers under my step.

Tony gets off at 4 today I had a mad craving for spaghetti and meatballs last night so we are going to make it tonight and then just relax and watch How I Met your Mother on Netflix. We are addicted to that show right now.

ColleenD- Glad you had a wonderful anniversary night Don't feel bad for not working out. Some weekends are like that.

Betty-I love papayas! We ate them all the time when we went to Costa Rica for our honeymoon....yum! Nice job on AB

ColleenK- Nice job on working out while your friends are still there. I'm the same way. I figure I'll be in a better mood so it will be to their benefit too haha.

Alright off to put up an avatar. Thanks for the help on that!

Oh forgot to mention. I scheduled my massage for Wed at 4!!!!! So stoked! I'll be 39 weeks that day!

 

[marazoe]

Hi Ladies. No w/o today . This is an in and out of the house all day errand day.

Marie I can't believe it is only 10 days until your due date. I can't wait to hear about the Dr. appt. tomorrow. I hope things are thinning out . You look so happy in your pix. They turned out so good. I see alot of love in your eyes when you are looking at Tony. I think my fav is the one where you both are looking in the crib. But I also like the one standing in the water. They are all great. It is really hard to pick a favorite.

Becky I also have a Chihuahua. He loves my husband. His eyes light up when my husband gets home from work. He weighs 6 pounds. I got him from the shelter. After I retired I got a fun retirement job at our local shelter. A lady I worked with noticed the dog when he was brought in. Right away a guy applied to adopt him but he was also appyling for a Pitbull. So the lady I worked with adopted him on the spot so the guy couldn't get him. She asked me if I could keep him for a few days while she found a home for him. After 2 days with us , my husband said he would like to keep him. So he has been with us for 7 years. He is kind of a pain in the butt. I told my husband , no more Chihuahua's. I have had dogs of all sizes and I feel the smaller ones are harder to train and housebreak.

ColleenK Enjoy your company.

ColleenD I also feel that a 5 mile bike ride is exercise.

Betty I have never had a Papaya. I really need to explore different fruits. You always eat interesting things.

I see where Xtrain filming is starting this weekend. I can't wait.

Jean

 

[sunsdaughter]

Happy Monday!

hi everyone!

the weekend was a busy one for me...i didn't get online at all. (which could be a good thing, i guess. ;-) i did Disc 6 (legs) and Disc 7 (chest, bis, shoulders) and some treadmill HIIT workouts over the weekend. i'm gearing up for another week with STS. these workouts are great...soooo glad i got the set.

marie, your pics are so wonderful! congratulations and best wishes!! you look marvelous!

papayas....i like them, but can never seem to pick out good ones on my own...any tips?

i read something on SparkPeople today...there was an article on the 5 exercises you should never do, and one of the exercises was upright rows. ?????? we do lots of upright rows with cathe...anyone have any input on this? the argument against them was that the upright motion could cause nerve impingement at the shoulder. i was surprised to see this exercise on their list.

it's supposed to rain for the next 2 days straight. :-( no fun.

hope everyone has a great day and week!

 

[mfv3]

Yay my avatar is up haha! Oh the small things....

Jean- Good luck with the errands. That was my day yesterday. And thank you regarding the pictures. There is a lot of love there for sure. Thanks for noticing

Shannelle- I have heard that about upright rows as well. I also heard that if you don't lift the weights as high that will help. That's how I do them. I'd like to hear others' opinions as well. And thanks so much

Carolyn- Have fun with the errands Have fun tonight........74 years...that is amazing!

Ok I'm really stalling.....off to the basement I go....

 

[VeggieGal]

Becky I also have a Chihuahua. He loves my husband. His eyes light up when my husband gets home from work. He weighs 6 pounds. I got him from the shelter. After I retired I got a fun retirement job at our local shelter. A lady I worked with noticed the dog when he was brought in. Right away a guy applied to adopt him but he was also appyling for a Pitbull. So the lady I worked with adopted him on the spot so the guy couldn't get him. She asked me if I could keep him for a few days while she found a home for him. After 2 days with us , my husband said he would like to keep him. So he has been with us for 7 years. He is kind of a pain in the butt. I told my husband , no more Chihuahua's. I have had dogs of all sizes and I feel the smaller ones are harder to train and housebreak.

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Jean

Yes, chihuahuas really are a handful, aren't they? Before these two dogs, I had Great Danes, and I loved them. But when we lost the last one,I wanted to get a "regular" sized dog and we got the rescue Lab. She has sooooo much more energy than any Dane ever born, and training the chihuahua has been much harder too. Danes are very eager to please and happy to just lay near you -- they really don't need much. But these dogs are also very loving and fun and my daughters love having a dog they can carry around and baby. We just love dogs here and put up with all kinds of nonsense from them. We also have a very cool Maine coon cat that lords over them all, LOL.

Checking in with Disc 5 today-- back and triceps. I'm loving STS, as painful as it is. I feel so much stronger already!

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[missyt]

Good Afternoon! Can you say BUSY????

I got on here earlier and thought I posted!!! HEHEHE

Marie---I too love all the pictures, but like Jean I just love the picture of you and tony looking at the crib. It is so beautiful!!!! I bet you are counting down the days!!!

Carolyn---I was very active this weekend, but a few weeks ago I went 4 days without doing any Cathe. I was still doing cardio, but when I got back on the Cathe DVD's...omg they were tough!!! Never again will I skip out on that many days. Sometimes, timing makes me just do cardio. Because who wants to get all hardcore at 9pm at night??? Not me.... But I have in the past!!!

Colleen-godd for you getting your workout in with company....I too agree with being in a better mood after exercise!

Colleen---Great Danes? That is like a mini horse!!! I have a 60 pd lab mix in the house...and sometimes I think that is huge!!! But love her dearly!!!

Okay, gotta run....work that has to be done today!!! Check in later!

 

[missyt]

Carolyn--Maybe this will keep Cuda out of the neighbors house!

Also, I forgot earlier....Now that filming is beginning I am getting excited for the new DVD's!!! Can't wait!

 

[cdimatt]

I am so excited. My HC DVDs were waiting for me when I got home. That was so fast. Just ordered them on Friday. She also put in the March 101 for free. So excited!!!. I might even try to do one tonight.

-Colleen