Taking it to the Max-- June 2013 thru...

I didn't tell you guys but Friday Me and my friend went to the movies and we just got there just sit down and I asked my friend who the fella was on the screen and see the movie JUST started still having the names of people up there, and out of no where a man behind me kicked my chair really hard I mean hard, and told me and my friend to shut the F up. Now I know I cant stand for anyone to talk a lot during a movie but I would NEVER act that way to anyone and I don't talk through a movie.. any way I have been having this stuff happen a couple times lately I don't know what is going on but, ill get to that in a minute, but I turned around and looked at him and said are you serious? He made a face at me and said more choice words and I told him he could be nicer that he was an ass hole.. I turned around I was very upset and startaled so I grabbed my phone and tried calling my hubby just to see if he can get his cop friend up there lol.. I know that was silly but what can I do?? then when I did that he had the nerve to kick my chair again and stand up and cuss me more about having my cell phone out and I said that was enough he needs medicated..
I got up and and ask the movie people to do something they go in there and say they cant do anything til they SEE him do stuff.. really well I was so upset I started crying!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know why am I like this? I don't know but I really do not know how to respond to people like that. if I would have stayed I KNOW for sure we would be afraid to laugh, so I took a rain check ticket we left. It was horrible. Now I know I should not be upset but I am, people here it seems are so rude.. like I was backing out of a parking spot one day and this girl flys down the lot and claims I was gonna hit her that I was not looking well she was driving fast I was pulling out slowly and I was looking that is how I saw her!! I stopped and act like I was going to get out but she left fast then!! if I drive down a lot I go slow and I let people who are backing out go !! Am I wrong on that? I don't think you should be speeding up a parking lot!!
another time last week going to the best buy no cars hardly in the store lot, I get ready to park but see a car going fast and I let him go around thinking he was in a hurry I had my blinker on to park to my left well he goes around me pulls in front of me and backs into the spot I was going !! I asked him why was he being rude he said f you, ill kick your ass, well I had it so I said come on kick my ass I hope you do!! then he goes into the store.. Why I ask you am I having issues like this?? I feel like I am back in elementary school.. I feel like staying home and never coming out again I am starting to hate people.. I think this is why I feel tired right now.. I just felling sorry for myself I guess... I wonder if I pepper spray people like that will I get in trouble?
 
Geeze Renee how awful. I son't know what I would have done at the movies, pribably moved and or told the staff. Luckily when we go, there are only a few people there. The parking lot incident is awful too. I hate parking lots. I think people feel entitled to at how they want. At least you are keeping up with your workouts.

Tomorrow I am going to the chiro. I probably should have went last week.

Hi Katie, Eva, and Ladylep.

Melissa.
 
Hello Everyone,
Renee, I am so sorry to hear about the incidents that have happened to you recently. I think they are generally attributable to the overall lack of civility that seems to be plaguing people these days. The scary thing is that people can snap at a moment's notice for no good reason. I'm just glad that neither one of those incidents escalated into anything more. Hopefully your string of bad luck running into boneheads is over. ;) Sounds like you had a very nice visit with your friend last week, which was nice. I have not had a friend come and visit in a while, but used to have that opportunity all the time and I miss it. Now everyone is married with kids and they don't visit each other that much any more. I had the same experience you did with Cardio Strength on Friday. I did half and then called it a day. Partly because Jeremy came home and I was running late anyway, so that's usually my flag to get dinner started...it was already 6 pm, but it did not take much to get me to stop because I was feeling pretty low energy anyways. I have finished it before so I know it's doable, but it is a challenging workout. Even half way through I had burned over 300 calories, which is a lot for me in 25-30 minutes.

Saturday I did ART lower body. Melissa, I do add on to these workouts sometimes, depending on how much time I have, but I do feel like they are pretty good workouts on their own. My heart rate is up most of the time until she moves to floor work. It's not beating a mile a minute like a tabata workout, it's more like a steady state workout but with more resistance work. Lately I've been going for walks after dinner, so that's been my add on for the day and I'm fine with that.If I only do ART, though, I still think I've done a decent amount of work for the day. The ART rotation I'm doing now is 4 days of ART, 2 days upper body, 2 days lower body, and 1 day of cardio of any kind. I'm pretty much following that and it's working well for me. I feel good and am already seeing some definition in my shoulders from all the plan work. I also took my measurements and will track them for the next month. You know me, since I'm the workout variety queen, I say do an ART rotation and see how you like it, then move on into the 90 day Cathe rotation. If nothing else it will give you some variety. The ART workouts are very different and work on your body in a different way. I'm glad you're going to have your chiro look at your hip.

Today I did Ultimate Yogi CrossTrain. I really needed some stretching/flexibility work. I keep saying this, but I need to add some kind of yoga or pilates workout in once a week. I feel so much more flexible and less stiff when I do, but I cannot seem to get consistent with that. I felt so good when I was done, though.

Ladylep and Katie, I hope you both are doing well and that you had a good weekend. The weather here was lovely. Katie, I heard something about a big storm in the Twin Cities and a lot of loss of electricity. I wonder if you lost yours too? I certainly hope not, but maybe that's why you've been quiet this weekend?

Take care,
Eva
 
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Renee- so sorry about that awful dude! Did anything ever happen to him? Did you change seats?

Yesterday I did 4day boot camp and have eaten well and tracked all weekend. I was doing well until we got papa johns for dinner. Ugh 3 pieces, 2 beef and mushroom and 1 cheese AND a parm bread stick. And the thing is, I don't really like papa johns that much. But I did track it and I did dip into my weekly allowance points but still have I think 34 left and my activity points.
 
Thank you Eva and Melissa for understanding!! I tell ya I have seen alot of moral decay and a sense of entitlement and plan rudeness anymore!! Very scary and makes me happy I stay home a lot.
That makes me feel somewhat better about Michelle's DVD!! Lol i was shocked and humbled!
I am so tempted to get the peak fit series! I can imagine what it would be like adding x train weights into that rotation !! I am thinking it may be great fat loss program!! I am sure if I keep it up my cardio endurance may get better! But I am so confused as to y the cardio strength was so hard if I finished cardio interval one. Oh we'll it is something to keep at I guess, if I don't get bored!!!

I did have a good time with my friend but it seemed to make me tired!!
Well still no workout yet I am such low energy.
 
Hi Girls,

Renee, I think I would be tired too. It is mentally tiring having a guest even when it is a friend, who by the way has issues. You are a good friend. Societal decay is it.

Eva, I think I am going to do art with the workout Terry posted. I am going to the chiropractor tonight and hope to start tomorrow.

Talk again later.

Melissa
 
Hello Everyone!

Ladylep, good to hear from you. Well, since you're tracking your food, you're doing well!! Even with your pizza, it sounds like you're back on track, and you can now plan for your indulgence. I, too, am guilty of eating crappy food that I don't even like sometimes. What can you do?! :(

Melissa, I hope your appointment at the chiro was a productive one and that they are able to put together a plan for attack for your hip. If you are cleared to workout and try the ART one, I definitely want to hear your thoughts. I think you might find it to be less taxing than your typical Cathe workouts, which might be a good match for you right now. All of her workouts are totally low impact, and she does cardio on a rebounder. I think she's not into high-impact stuff at all, overall.

Katie, I hope you, Rick and the kids are all doing well!! We miss your voice, but I know you are busy. I hope things are going smoothly for you and the kids at U of M.

Renee, I'm with Melissa and agree that having guests is tiring. You're always "on" trying to make sure they are comfortable and content, which can mean a lot of extra energy expended for you. Hopefully today was a peaceful day and you were able to recharge a little bit.

Today I did ART lower body and went for a 30 minute walk after dinner. Tomorrow I will be visiting with a friend who is here from out of town and we're going to dinner. He and his wife have a new baby that I'm so excited to see!! She is so beautiful in her photos. So, tomorrow will be a rest day for me...if I'm really motivated I'll take my stuff with me to go to the gym at my job during lunch, but we'll see what happens. I hate going to the gym. ;)

Take care,
Eva
 
Lady Lep I think u r doing great!!

Malissa thanks for encouragement and yes I agree with having guest lol

Eva thanks!! Oh great job on ur wo!!

I did HS and burn sets tris. I felt alot better!!

Katie!! Are u ok?
 
hi girls! i am sorry but dont have time to read through the thread right now-- have been without power since friday!! a terrible storm came through minneapolis with 90 mph winds during a concert down at the u of m. i am ready to go nuts without being able to workout-- no cathe since friday!-- have done ashtanga primary series everyday but living is pretty rough with no fans, no fridge, no smoothies that i love. i am grateful it as at least during bravo so i am down at the university with the kids every day. anyway, i am still here, just waiting for power! they say it will be restored by weds at 11pm. mpls looks really rough, too-- many, many trees down and debris everywhere. hoping you are all well and i will get back as soon as i can. i am writing from a computer at the university right now.

love and peace,

katie
 
Gosh Katie, I am so sorry about your power outage! Wed. seems so far away. Hopefully it will be sooner.


Eva, I did art workout, warm up, technique, upper, ab, cool down. It went well. I am going to stick with art for a few weeks. I am little better I think. Really, it is where my low back and butt meet on the left. Certain movements cause sharp pain. ART is a food change for me and Terry's voice is pleasant.

Hi ladylep and Renee.

Melissa
 
Katie so sorry for your power outage!! That really stinks! I don't think I would have lasted that long w/o ac and smoothies. I think working out would not be what I was worried about. Put power has gone out a bunch the last few days, but thankfully it has gone back on within seconds, except once it was out for 10 hours or so.

I did AOLIH on Monday, but nothing yesterday. I'm still tracking. And hopefully it will show less of me on the scale tonight. Today I have Hardcore Extreme:hi Leo intervals scheduled. Hopefully I'll get it completed while the older 3 are at a golf clinic this morning (8-12), where they were yesterday and will be tomorrow morning as well. Little K and I went to the pool just the 2 of us yesterday. Today I'm not sure we will. It depends on how much I get done before the pool opens at 10 because after I will leave straight from the pool to pick up the others then take JTrain to the pool at Eastern University with kids from our church for Big Brother/Big Sister. Today will be just swimming but typically it they split up boys and girls for a Bible study and then games. If I can keep Little K awake (30 min each way) I will head home for his nap and do stuff around the house, probably clean or work on the school room, if I stay awake while putting Little K down for his nap. Then library and weight watchers after picking up JTrain, unless I can get my mom to do it. Then I have a girls night out with a friend after WW. :) fun but packed day planned!

Hi Melissa, Eva and all, hope you all have a great day!
 
Hola!

Katie, I was afraid that your power was out and that was why you were so quiet. I'm sorry to hear that. What a bummer...I hope you get your power on Wednesday as promised.

Melissa, I'm glad to hear that you liked the ART workout!! I am really loving them right now, as I mentioned. They are getting more doable every day. I'm now finishing up my second week of ART 4x a week and I'm definitely noticing some progress. I can now do all 30 of the tech study pushups and hold the planks in between. It's not easy, but when I started two weeks ago I had to go down on my knees for the third set. Did you get in to see your chiropractor? I hope that was helpful.

Ladylep, so your family is way into golf, that's cool. I figured out that the US Open is actually a golf tournament, for some reason I thought it was tennis. I've never played, but have a lot of friends that do. This weekend the ATT tournament is here at Congressional and I have some coworkers that are members there who will be going. I hope you had a good WW meeting and that you saw some progress on the scale. It sounds like your eating has been closer to what you're aiming for this week, so I hope that pays off for you! Congrats on getting AOLIH in on Monday! I'm not familiar with Hardcore Extreme, but it sounds hard. ;)

I decided to start keeping track of my measurements to see if there are any changes there. I can see changes in the mirror, but I don't seem to really be losing any weight.

Renee, I hope you are doing well.

Did you all see the updates on Cathe's Party Rockin step workout?

Take care,
Eva
 
hi girls! we finally have our power back, and I have so much to catch up on! it was quite a miserable time-- you don't realize how much you rely on something until it's gone, I guess. anyway, we were sitting in a concert on Friday night and I did hear some rumbles, but thought nothing of it, until we came out of the concert and I checked my messages. friends were without power and saying how scary it all was. our neighborhood has so many downed trees-- huge pine trees pulled up right by the roots-- and damage to property. luckily, our house made it through fine, though when we got home, my car was parked basically in a pond outside on the street. grateful no one was hurt, but over 500,000 people lost power that night.:eek:

bravo has been going well! the kids have had several solo performances, and things are heating up even more this weekend with both solos and chamber music performances. they have played in several master classes and everyone is enjoying it thoroughly. I am pretty worn out, but have gotten used to all the walking. so glad to have been able to do CF today as I hadn't done a HiiT since last Friday. anyway, it is good to be back to normal again!

eva and Melissa-- glad you guys are enjoying new workouts! eva that is exciting about your results!

Melissa-- hope the chiro helped! sorry to hear you are still struggling with pain issues!

ladylep-- sounds like you had a busy day! great job still getting the workout in yesterday and time at the pool counts as exercise, too, right?:)

renee-- sorry to read about your bad experiences! people can be so rude! hope you are doing well!

have missed catching up with you all! hope to be back tomorrow if we aren't at the university too late!

peace,

katie
 
Hello!!

Eva good job on the ART workouts !! The push ups and planks? Ouch

Melissa glad you are finding more fun wo
Katie hope u don't have more power problems!

Lady Lep
You are such a busy lady!!
I did gym styles back shoulders bis then 3 mile jog in the evening. I felt GOOD
I'm checking for updates over and over!! I was hoping they'd had a video after the wo as well!!
Oh we'll I am so excited to get back to some stepping again. I have to learn all over though! E e k
 
Katie, I am happy you got your power back! What a long time. We are having heavy rain , but no power outage. I am still having pain with my rear hip. I am really tired of it.


Yesterday I did no workout. It was my sons 12th birthday. We had a fun day.

I am glad you all are keeping up with your workouts.

I miss the days of the 90 day rotation.

My goals for today are to eat no junk and do an ART workout.

Melisa
 
Hi Melissa,
Good luck on meeting your food goals today. I hope that went smoothly! Did you get your ART workout in today? What is it that you miss about the 90 day rotation? I'm curious...

Katie, glad that your power is back. We lose our power here too. Last summer it was out for 3 days and it was horrible! I think that's the longest stretch but it was pretty unpleasant since it was the summer time. We did try to stay out as much as possible, and hid one day at Jeremy's parent's house. Their power was out too, but they have a generator. I keep bugging him to get one, but he thinks that would be overkill. :D Glad the kids are doing so well at U of M, although it's hardly a surprise, they are so talented. How long is the program again?

Renee, kudos to you for getting in weight workout and a jog. That is awesome! You have been really diligent with your workouts lately. Are you seeing some progress?

Today was a cardio day for me, so I did Afterburn. It was definitely tough, but I burned fewer calories doing it than I used to. Theoretically that means I'm in better shape since my body is more "efficient", so I thought that was interesting. I also did a 2 mile Leslie Sansone walk on YouTube today since I had a 90 minute webinar and was stuck at my desk. I might try to do that more frequently...it's like an exercise freebie, basically. Now I'm off to water my plants, and then I'm going to do a toning add on that's included in my ART rotation. It's like the BBW add on that Cathe had for the Rock Bottom rotation. Different exercises, but the same idea. I have not been doing them consistently.

I did measure myself and I've lost -.25 inches off my thighs in the past week. Nothing from waist or hips. I'm tracking for the ART challenge...

Take care,
Eva
 
Eva thanks for Asking! I felt like last week I slipped a couple days but I did do something I guess. I am FEELING tighter! I also get told I am looking good have I lost weight or I hear you look different somehow? But I don't know my scale is same my cloths are same size but they are fitting different
Like more lose in some areas but tighter in others eek I guess my butt is getting lifted
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Melissa I to miss the 90 days! I think cause it tells me what to do!! I want to do 30 days cardio n weights but I hate taking one DVD out and putting another in again. It looks like you'd have to do that. I may try again or maybe ill do the 90 days again but add in an insanity wo here and there or jog ???

Katie hello again I hope u are getting better weather!!

Lady Lep are u getting any rest in at all?
I think I'll do legs tonight
 
came back to report I did legs off x train it was the premix of standing and ball and chair.. I really like this workout can be 29 minutes to 43 minutes to 90 I mean really has tons of options and I have noticed I lost some of my strength I gained in my legs from X train..!!! :mad:
I will have to add this in there more often!! and Cardio leg blast! man I have to do more of the X train.
I think only problem with it was not enough cardio for me, so I may do like I said earlier and try to do it again but add in more cardio and maybe gym styles upper body to give more verity. I really like the gym style back should and bis.. :D
 
quick post from me as it is time for bed and it has been a long day! was at the u of m until 6ish and when we got home, rik looked outside and noticed sparks on the power lines, which quickly turned into flames! it was a beautiful, and yet windy day, and the tree branches were rubbing the lines. I came towards the kitchen to see it was filling with smoke. rik called 911 and firefighters were here within minutes-- had to show them the basement which was also full of smoke. they turned off all the power. waited for the energy company to come out, who said we would have to stay without power until an electrician came out. one actually came just now so we are back on again. this year has been so crazy! i was especially upset thinking we may be w/o power for days again-- thank goodness that didn't happen. anyway, this morning i did hard strikes and 20 minutes of yoga. i want to catch up with you all, but am thinking it will probably have to wait til Saturday, as tomorrow is their full schedule at the u of m til 5:30 (including playing in a masterclass), rushing home to let the dogs out and feed them, and then heading back for a 7:30 pm concert where alec and imala are performing. so, i am here, but craziness won't let up just now. hope you all are well and will check in Saturday!

hugs,

Katie
 
Hi Girls,

Katie, You certainly have had a lot of odd weather and weather related incidents! Thank God you are all safe, and you didn't lose power too again. Nothing like having to throw out. You are so calm about the sparks and smoke. I probably would have freaked out. Good job keeping up with your workouts.

Renee, You are doing great. I know what you mean about the scale though, I have to look to my clothes fitting better for encouragement. I am going to take measurements like Eva is as part of ART.

Eva, Awesome about the measurement decrease! I did art workout yesterday and ate good until 4 pm. So mad at myself. Today I am just suppose to do technigue, but I may add a walk. My hip/butt is the best its been in weeks. Hopefully it is on the mend. When i first read your post, I thought it said 90 minute winebar!

The reason I miss the 90 days is I felt so good and made progress endurance wise. It was easier for me because as soon as I got home from taking the kids to school, I went right to workout. Now, I have no motivation to get going, although a lot of that is my hip issue. Also, I continue to battle food. I am not buying anymore junk except for the kids and I will only get single serving for them. Not that I want them to eat junk.

So, today I will NOT eat junk. I need to eat more food though, I only had yogurt and cereal before 4.

Happy Friday

Hi Ladylep

Melissa
 
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