. the insomnia bug has struck again in a major way the past few days. I was stressed over my little grand nephew who had to have his echo cardiogram to check his heart-- all is well there, thank goodness! my aunt also had a surgical procedure for her back which is dangerous as she is suffering with cancer. anyway, just lots going on-- hoping for less stress the next few days. the weather here won't let up, though! it is either subzero temps or snowing. today we got 8 inches! blech. now it's supposed to drop to -15. at least the dogs' parkas and boots came!. I don't think I could survive on a diet with no chocolate, lol.
. looks like we had the same workouts yesterday! doing all 5 tabatas is pretty brutal (especially on no sleep), but I am so competitive with myself that, since I have done them all before in the past, I make myself do them all again. do you know, my right foot felt especially "worked" or sore yesterday, too? I wonder what it is that tends to tweak our feet in that one? oh, and did you try wiping your dvd with a smooth cloth? sometimes those smudges and marks come off if you clean them-- I hope yours will. I was thinking there really aren't that many steady state that are not HiiT or step. you could do S&G-- I know that one is, or the kickbox segment from 4 day split or mma boxing or kickbox. rockout knockout probably, too, though there always are "blasts" in everything. that is too funny about your state and snow. wonder what the people around you would do if they got some Minnesota weather? lately, though, it has been more like Canada around here. it was super cold again this morning. I am so glad you found your cat and that he is okay! I am the same way with animals. it is a huge part of why I am vegan. I think about their feelings all the time and wish they all could be happy and have good lives. I feel the same about the elderly, too, especially after going through alzheimers with mom. rik and the kids and I went back to her nursing home a couple of weeks ago and the kids played music for the people there. it was really hard to be in that space with mom gone, but I was really glad we did it. . 
hi girls! hi renee
OK, so after reading about all the tabatcize, that's what I decided to do today! I did the premix with 2 tabatas and core! I thought I was going to die at the end of the first one, and was going to quit but then plugged on! I couldn't do all the abs.
I hope you got some sleep last night. hope your chest is better, too-- it is easy to tweak things in twists. sounds like you got a good workout in yesterday anyway, though. those hip thrusts are killer. I just looked at the feb rotation and not sure what I think of it-- I don't have a few of the workouts, especially in the first week, I think. I am playing with the idea of a solid week of intense yoga, and then maybe three weeks of 2 HiiTs, 1 steady state and 3 intense yoga (i.e. ashtanga based) 3x a week. see if I can lean things out a bit, though I would hate to lose the muscle strength that I feel like I regained this month. I am so confused sometimes!. do all the kids write them, too? hope you get your new bed soon-- that sounds like a treat. happy bday to little K!
I will start in on sunday with a rotation of 2 HiiTs or metabolic w/os, one steady state and three yoga. I think I will do that for four solid weeks and see what happens. trying to get back to my ashtanga without losing my cathe workouts. today I did 60 minutes of jivamukti, yesterday was 65 of advanced jivamukti. am thinking of 90 minutes of the primary series tomorrow.. hoping someone else does.
