Lindsay Brin's 60 Day Slim Down and workout videos

jennieodwyer

I was up a pound for my weigh in, which I logged. No surprise there. I don't think cutting the calories back during the week seems to help me but I always have to try. :laugh: I am just trying to workout hard and keep the eating somewhat in check for the holidays then I think I will get crazy on the diet at new years because I am not happy with my lower body period and I need to get it together!! haha

Thanks about the dress. I really liked it. It felt so dramatic! Nice work with your table. You guys are such DIYers with your furniture and home repairs! So jealous! Stay warm this weekend. It is cold here now (in the 50s) but we will be back in the high 70s by Halloween.

mamareese

You are too stinkin' cute in your Mickey Mouse costume! You look great! So svelte! Keep working it because you can pull of formal to costume without any problems!!!

We are bracing for a little bit of that storm that's hitting the East coast. We are pretty much just looking at high winds and LOTS of rain but as intense as the last few storms are...we'll see what this one brings.

I felt 150% ready to kick *kitten* this morning. It felt so good to dive right back in. I took Sunday off (it was a planned rest day given I finished up S90) but I probably should have done something physical! Either way, today was amazing. I love a good TF workout in the morning. Tomorrow is my first CLX workout so we'll see how that goes. I'm hoping the weights I have will work okay for the first part of the hybrid. If not, I'll be hitting up Dad's stash until I decide which way to go long term with weights.

Somehow (so far) I've lucked out and am only up a couple pounds. I'm pounding the water and have prelogged my meals for the day. Cooked up all of DH and my food so hopefully there's no hiccups this week. Just have to let this weekend be what I knew it would be with food and fun, and move forward from here!

I forgot my darn camera so I'm hoping I can stalk my family for some good pictures. :laugh:

How many more weeks of S90 for you? What's the plan after that? Still holding of on CLX until the holidays? Did you get everything done for the birthday party that you had planned?

jennieodwyer

WOOOO HOOOO!! Congrats on finishing the program!:flowerforyou: Doesn't it feel awesome to finish (even if the results are not what you expect). Speaking of results, are you taking some "after" photos to see what the last 3 months have brought you? Can't wait to hear your thoughts on CLX especially after doing S90. I am not sure what I am going to do. I still have 3 weeks left on S90 which will bring me right to the week before Thanksgiving. Part of me just wants to start right up on CLX but the other part of me doesn't want to mess up the results since I will be out of town at Xmas and I will be eating crap over the holidays. BUT I would like to be done by my 31st bday (3/11) so I would need to start by the beginning of Dec in order for that to happen. So I am just torn! haha. So incisive I know!!

Thank you so much for noticing that I was MICKEY mouse and not Minnie. I had so many people saying what a cute Minnie I was. Thanks but there is no bow, no dress. I was a man damn it! A mouse man!!! :laugh: hehe. We had a great time and as you can tell, I really committed to the theme!! The party was great but now I am hitting the ground running for my husband's birthday party this weekend. I am running a nacho bar! (so diet friendly right? ) Nothing compared to the work I am putting in to Josie's party but still it requires planning, shopping and cooking (not to mention cleaning). So I am focusing on that right now then moving on to the big shabang! I go so far behind all my crafting this weekend though. I have minnie heads that are still styrofoam balls and party lanterns that need to be made into minnie heads and don't even get me started on the custom printables (including the banner that is half done). Thank god I started early since I have to take a break to learn how to make guacamole and queso in a crock pot. :laugh:

Stay safe in the hurricane girl!! I have friend and family on the east coast. We are all watching.

mamareese

I saw the Minnie comments and hesitated for a moment given the crafts you've been doing...but definitely looks like a Mickey mouse costume!! So I'm glad I got it right!

Your October/November party planning sounds like my February/March with Dan & both kids falling into the same 3 week span. It makes for a crazy busy time of year no doubt! You are so ambitious though! And Mike's party sounds like it should be alot of fun! Hope it turns out well!!

The weather here turned out fine. Just had some Halloween decorations get blown away. Nothing at all like the poor residents of NYC and such experienced. My mom did run into some trouble getting to the kids this morning with down trees and terrible muddy roads. The bridge to her house is down so they literally have to drive 'over the hills and through the woods to Grandmother's house'!! So she had quite the experience with getting stuck this morning. Luckily, my Dad was there and it all worked out. I pray everyone in the impacted cities are safe!

I had CLX Burn Circuit 1 this morning. It was definitely different. It wasn't nearly as intense as I thought. But, then again, the first workouts tend to be 'prepping' you for the 2nd months. So we'll see. I was a good girl and packed my TF discs to get my Wednesday workout in. We had been doing the walks on Wednesday so I used that as planned rest days. But with her having the hysterectomy and the weather, I opted for Saturdays off this go around. With Talan being in basketball, it will be nice to just focus on family stuff on Saturdays.

As for S90, I'm calling it a win. I haven't measured because, honestly, I've got girl issues. :laugh: I've been struggling with symptoms of TOM showing up but not AF until 2 weeks late for the past couple months. So after having the PMS symptoms for the last 2 weeks, she decided to show up and I don't feel like discouraging myself with possibly skewed measurements. So I figured on taking end of S90/beginning of CLX-TF measurements this weekend. Weight was, between LP and S90, I'm calling it a 5lbs loss. I was 152 this morning (thank the high heavens) so I think that's a fair assessment of the last 90 days. All in all, I liked the program and will definitely be utilizing it again.

I definitely understand where you are at with not knowing where to dive in. Especially if your birthday is added into that mix too. Last year wasn't so bad workout wise with the holidays, but the year before I halted alot of workouts during the holiday season with being so busy and it took a lot of effort to really dive back in. I can't go back to that place!!! :noway: So even if I extend this 12 week plan with a couple breaks with Thanksgiving day and a little bit over Christmas, I (mentally) feel like it should be less of a struggle to continue with a program I'm in the middle of. At least that's my hope. I probably shouldn't base judgement on such a long past decision given that I did start Turbo Fire workouts the day after Christmas last year. But I just like to worry myself into a frenzy! :grumble: You know how it is.

I do have to say that the indulging over the last 2 days has made getting back into the 'fasting mode' difficult. I don't know if it was a bug or the attempt to morning fast, but I ended up throwing up at work yesterday. TOTALLY gross to have to vomit in a public restroom-TMI! And so today I just gave in and grabbed a small bit with Tarren on the way to work. I think I'll be easing myself back into that portion of my efforts!

jennieodwyer

So glad there was no damage or problems from Sandy. I think my 92 year old grandfather in NJ made it out unscathed as well but we are waiting for the final report this morning. He is near a river and his property had flooded about 4 times (really badly) since the 60 so we were all hoping that this one would miss him.

Hmmmm interesting to hear about the CLX. Maybe I will get it going as soon as I am done with this since I will start to get my feet wet in the first month and then hit it hard once the holiday are over for the last 2 months (and add in the LP diet). I wasn't that great over the weekend (not horrible with just a single cheat meal at the party and no booze) but I was fairly high on calories on Sunday (though not over just extra chocolate, haha). So I am not sure what to expect on the scale this week. Since I was up last week I would like to think we are coming back down but since I did have that one meal o' crap at the party who knows where that might land me. Oh well not going to stress about it. That is life right? :laugh:

Hope you are feeling better after the public toilet vomit. Yeah all toilet vomiting is terrible (vomiting in general is) but public toilet just add insult to injury. Thank god it wasn't a port-o-potty right? haha

mamareese

And so it begins...the office kitchen is filled to the brim with crap. Yikes! I have brought my own lunch and my own snacks Goal: EAT THOSE!! :laugh:

I pray everything turns out okay for your family this way!! :flowerforyou:

Today was a TF day, loved it. Felt great and glad I got it in!! We should avoid thinking/using the scale until atleast Thursday...would it improve our moods about weight? :laugh: Who am I kidding? If I'm showering, I'm on it!! :blushing:

Our trick or treating was one of the only local communities that was changed due to the storm. Most moved theirs to Saturday just in case Sandy stuck around. I'm glad we can get it in tonight. I don't think the kids excitement would allow them to hold over until Saturday! Heck, they are already looking at the toy catalog (darn you mail fliers!) and circling things. My little 'super heros' will have to bundle up, I'm just hoping the rain holds off. You can easily layer with costume...but adding an umbrella to the mix gets a little trickier!! :grumble:

Back to CLX tomorrow. So we'll see if the 2nd go leaves me with a less awkward display of her moves!! Heck of a burn this morning girlie! Great job!

jennieodwyer

Happy Halloween! Ah yes I can't wait to hear how round 2 goes on CLX. Yeah for us we had the Halloween party on Sat and then daycare (aka "school") did a big parade thing where kids walk around in their costumes and get candy. For that she was a peacock. We were not planning on taking her real trick or treating until next year but my mom was insistent so my mom picked her up from school after the parade and is taking her around their neighborhood (ours is not a good place to trick or treat).

Yeah so the scale was sooooo weird for me this morning. I got on and it was a pound down from Friday which is crazy since I wasn't hard core over the weekend and also my sodium was up the day before. Usually when I weigh in during the week I can expect it to be .5-1lb of water retention from all the salt I eat so it was crazy that it was down at all. I got on like 20 times to see if it was a fluke but it kept coming up 130.4lb. Ok I will take it. Hopefully it holds out until Friday. Honestly it is keeping me in check to not eat crap today haha.

As for the flooding it seems grandpa was spared. (which is shocking since his river floods with everything) He was lucky that it was only high winds that hit his area and not any real rain. So that was good.

mamareese

Been a super busy day...doubt it's going to end anytime soon even if work is almost over! We are heading out to dinner and then over to my parents to pick up my benches so that we can start poly'ing them before Thanksgiving rolls around! I'm so excited!

I have no idea what tomorrow will bring. Today was back down a little but with the sodium of tonight's meal, I'm sure I'll screw up that by tomorrow morning! :laugh: At this point, I'm just trying to focus on killing the workouts to keep my groove going!

Hope that scale keeps treating you right tomorrow. I know what you mean, this morning I stepped on it 3x just to make sure I was seeing it right. With no contact in, I always have to double check!

Halloween was wet for us but the kids had fun. I'm sure I'll be seeing Batman and Spiderman at the house constantly though now that they are allowed to wear the costumes and not just save it for Halloween.

Have a great night! And hopefully I'll catch up tomorrow! Back to TF today. Oh, and just quickly....CLX Burn 2 was more legs which I liked but some of the moves feel awkward (squat while doing overhead triceps extension) So I hope you decide to start soon so we can compare notes! No pressure...lol.

jennieodwyer

Haha! Good to know about the CLX. I have 15 days left on S90 but I think it will probably take me a few more days to finish out since I don't think I will have a chance to workout on Sunday (Mike's big party) and other random days off like Thanksgiving and stuff so I am more than likely look at 20 days out. Interesting to know the moves feel weird but hopefully that means that it will shock your body and you will be oh so sore :laugh:

Great job on your loss. Are you still on LP's plan? So what was the final weight difference for s90? Weigh day was ok for me. I was thinking it would be down more (since it was actually lower on Wed than today) but I am a bit "blocked up" (I know TMI, but you understand) so I think that might have affected it. Either way a loss is a loss so I am cool with it. I am still so confused though with my measurements. My weight is up/down/up/down whatever but I don't get the measurements. They are exactly the same for like 2 months BUT I do feel like I see a difference in muscle definition (particularly in my arms) and I feel like my legs are getting harder (either the muscle is getting bigger, or the fat is going down a bit) but the quads in particular feel harder to the touch. I know weird right? So I don't know what to think but I am curious to check out the after pictures for this round to see if I can see a difference. The only thing that isn't looking better is my stomach. It seems like the skin on the lower abs is getting looser. Which I am hoping is a sign that the fat is leaving and it will just take some time to tighten up. That or my stomach just needs some skin removal :laugh:

Glad to hear Halloween went well. I know what you mean about super busy though. Target made the fool mistake of sending me a 5% off total purchase coupon (on top of the 5% I get back with their card) in addition to other high value coupons. So I have been compiling a list for the last 2 weeks of things I need at Target to make the most of this coupon and I went last night to add in all the after Halloween sale items. Well it was like extreme couponing and I was there for almost 3 hours. I actually had to pee 2x in their bathroom I was there so long! haha. But I got some great stuff so Josie's party (the beauty of the minnie party is that I can get lots of plain black items that are marked way down post halloween since the colors are black, pink and white :laugh: )

mamareese

I am friggin' sore...that much I know. It's not a bad review, it's just a lot different coming off S90 where everything is so fast paced. Plus learning new moves is just always a challenge in the beginning. She takes things nice and slow. I'm sure I'll adjust! But hopefully my body doesn't!

I didn't get my AM workout in, hopefully later (if not I'll take it as a rest instead of Saturday and all will be well). We went out for dinner last night but little man came home from dinner with a fever. Poor thing just laid on Daddy's leg the whole time. He's home cuddling now so I'm sure he's cozy! Unfortunately, the Tylenol wore off around 330 this morning so I had sick man duty through the wee hours. There was no two ways around not working on when the alarm goes off and he's still telling me 'Mama my head hurts' :frown:

I'm trying to stay on the LP plan. It's been a struggle. Not so much the calories but I'm so over protein. :laugh: I've got to get 100% about it though because, in seeing a loss today, I know that I could have made more progress had I stuck with it 100% like I should have-even with the party over the weekend. I just have to get my head in both games. I'm either 100% one or the other and I need to be with both! So that will be the goal. But I swear, I am STARVING from the new workout program. Constantly. It's ridiculous!! :noway: I'm hoping to do measurements this weekend if Flo ever leaves but I'm calling the weight loss a 5lb loss with S90 (which I'm happy about). I had dropped more but between TOM, the party, and not being 100% where my weight was at because of those things. 5lbs was a given, more was iffy to say.

Weights/measurements it all confuses me. I know what you mean though. Profile was I"m like YES I'm finally making progress on my stomach area. I can see my obliques, it's flat- whoo hoo and then I turn around and I'm like WTF?!! I don't know if it's because pregnancy morphed my belly button into this ridiculous sight or if it's a combination of that and enough fat left that it just doesn't look good. I need to get rid of that mirror in the bathroom. DH thought it was a good idea, but I just stand there picking apart everything!! I wish I knew the answer! If I figure it out, I'll keep you posted but I figure we'll just keep working away until we find some contentment.

Darn Target. We don't have one anywhere near us. But I know what you mean. I'm usually an online holiday shopper, but we have Tuesday off for Election Day (perks of government job, I suppose!!). I'm already making a list of places to hit with coupons I've been holding on to. It's to hard to run to X for 1 thing, Y for 2 things just for a deal when I have the kids in tow. Now, one kid at a time...he better hold on because it's deal time baby!! I did just score Tarren's first Christmas present online at Target yesterday. $6 bucks for a Spiderman toy that retails at walmart for 19.99 with free shipping. I was stoked! So he better be too!! :laugh:

Hope Mike's party goes well. I'm sure you'll be busy prepping and then cleaning up over the weekend so I'll wish you a good one now. We are doing the Home Depot Kids workshop and then Talan has a basketball game. Sunday is going to be CLEANING and food prep day (like always) because both my diet and my house need work!!

jennieodwyer

Oh this past weekend was an epic fail on all diet/fitness fronts. My husband decides to clue me in Friday afternoon that he has a realtor coming on Sat at 11 to check out the house. UUGGGGHHHH.......ok? So all Friday night and then all Sat morning I was cleaning and decluttering and then the realtor shows up and we go straight from that to heading to a friend's party where I proceed to snarf down tons of garbage because I am stressed about putting the house on the market. Oh and did I mention I stuffed my face with all Josie's halloween candy on Friday night as I was frantically cleaning and plotting the demise of my husband. Then we go straight from the friend's party back home to do cooking and house prep and I then proceed to eat ungodly amounts of food at my husband's party. And with all this going on there was not a workout in sight. ugghh. So the moral of the story is that while I am not a depression eater I am definitely a stress eater (and a boredom eater also).

I am just so frazzled about putting the house on the market right now. I know things are hot right now and it is a good time to list but it is killing me that I am trying to do everything for Josie's party while we are going to be dealing with showings and crap (not to mention the holiday decorations etc). I am also thoroughly annoyed with my husband since we were supposed to list back in August to avoid all this but he couldn't get it together with the repairs and finding a realtor he liked (he didn't like the one I chose). So I am just stressed to the hilt and cranky and boy did I blow it this weekend. I can't imagine what the scale will say on Friday. Oh well time to put the big girl pants on and deal with life right?

Ok *****fest over. Glad to hear you are sore and 5lbs down is AWESOME!! Congrats.

mamareese

I've been MIA due to another sick kid...it should just be written in to law that if one child gets a bug, the other child will undoubtedly obtain it as well. As a result, yep...I've been a total slacker with food and exercise. I did play volleyball all day yesterday since DH was on kid duty. But other than that...cooking, taking care of children, and cleaning. That's it.

I'd probably throw Dan in front of a moving car if he told me that the night before too!! I can only imagine what crazy whirl wind mode you must have been set on this weekend! Did the party turn out okay?

I've got to get my butt moving now before I lose it completely!! I've been crazy hungry lately. And I've just been allowing myself to go with it. Hopefully all my proactive cooking today will allow me to put the right foot out tomorrow so I can just fall back into regular mode ASAP!

I hear ya though...one hitch and I'm off that wagon! Grr....:devil: :explode: :mad:

jennieodwyer

The party went wonderfully. A total success, other than for my diet! Since it was a nacho bar I went a little bonkers on the queso. I can not imagine having 2 kids since as soon as Josie gets sick we all get sick!! I am sure if we had another kid it would just be a constant cycle of illness.

Yeah I can throw my husband in front of the car again today when he said he scheduled another realtor to come to the house tonight at 6:30! Good times. Sorry so stressed arrrgggg!! At least I am not eating right now though off to go vote. Happy Election Day!!

jennieodwyer

Ok well I will have to fight the stress eating HARD since we signed with a realtor and will have the house on the market in less than 2 weeks. Pictures are being taken in 12 days. This was all my husband's timing so he claims he is going to take the brunt of all of it but we shall see since often things just happen to "fall in my lap" as I am sure you have happen to you as well. It seem that the mothers are always the one that have to suck it up and make it happen when everyone else crap outs. So 2 weeks I have just have to keep it really in line which will be hard especially considering I think I am coming down with a cold. Stress does this to me as well. :explode:

Well I got on the scale and it was up almost 3 lbs from Friday (as expected). I am sure it will go down a little but I will not be surprised to see an increase of 1-2lbs this week. Oh well just have to do better this weekend. How is CLX going? S90 is still kicking my butt! Literally my butt is sore from yesterday's leg work out. :laugh: Holding those Bulgarian split squats really makes my butt burn :laugh:

mamareese

I need to add those Bulgarian Split Squats back in because you are right- those babies work!! :frown:

I can only imagine your stress level!! We thought about selling when my oldest was a baby. Back when we considered moving out of our present town into a more rural one. We put the house up and it was constant chaos. With a baby (preaching to the choir) and all that comes with a baby, it was madness trying to keep the house up to par. Not to mention the dogs!! I hope he helps and that it all goes quickly! Do you have a new house in mind? Are you staying in the same town? We always talk about moving still (at least to a different house) given that we own a 1900 home. But I think, given how much we paid and how much work we have already put in (though it needs a lot more!), we'll probably live there until the day we die. :grumble:

CLX is going fine. It's not bad reports about it, it's just the switch from S90. The DVDs go by pretty quick and I am sore from them. Butt and tris are sore from yesterdays workout. Today was TF so got my cardio in for the day.

Don't worry about the scale. I think mines possessed. It tells me all the time I'm 3lbs lighter after dinner than it tells me I am when I wake up. Without a doubt, I'm more friendly with the PM scale than his evil AM sister!! :bigsmile: :huh:

I'm praying my 'stress eating' doesn't kick in quite yet. We just found out Thanksgiving will be at our house this year. DH made that beautiful table so I'm excited for everyone to see it. But I'm used to going over early and 'helping' my Mom would the food, not being 100% in charge. So we'll see. I may have blossomed alot as a 'cook' over the last couple years to help DH gain weight and myself lose it. But preparing food for 10-14 other people is a completely different ballgame. We'll see...right now I'm ready for a Kahlua and Cream! :noway:

jennieodwyer

Ohhhhh Kahlua and cream! That sounds lovely :laugh: Yeah we are in Dallas right near down town in a 1920 house so there are always repairs to be made. We looking at moving to the burbs of Dallas to 1) to get a bigger house, 2) to get a newer house, 3) to get to a more child friendly area, and 4) better schools. Our house is only 2 bedrooms and 1800 sq feet so there will be no more babies until we are able to get at least another bedroom. Being so close to downtown our house's value is in the location and not the actual structure. So if we move to the burbs we can get a much bigger, nicer, newer house for the same price. My husband already works up in the burbs so this would greatly shorten his commute. Not so much for me. That is the one major downfall of the move. My commute (which is like 20 minutes door to door without having to hit a highway) will be doubled if not more. But there is really no other option. Even if we decided to stay in the area just to get a bigger house, we would have to move out in 2-3 years because the Dallas public schools are HORRIBLE while the suburb schools are award winning and top notch. So there just isn't an alternative and that is the one thing I am not looking forward too. Everything else I am thrilled. I will have a garage!!! I will have a garbage disposal! Maybe room for a deep freezer. Oh my!! haha

I am also looking forward to a more "family friendly" area where Josie can play in the front yard and we can actually trick or treat in our own neighborhood. So while the commute will suck it will be a different quality of life. Now we just have to get there!! haha

Glad to hear CLX is going well. It is going to take me forever to get there since I am now sick and had to take today off (tomorrow is my scheduled day) and I will most likely have to take the rest of the weekend off since I will be using what energy I do have to pack up! The scale is going to be horrible tomorrow. Oh well. It is what it is. I just need to do my best these next two weeks and try to keep it in a check and workout hard (once I get better). It stinks that I always seem to have a diet breakdown right before I finish my S90 round. Its like a just have to screw up my results haha. Last time it was that I was way down then I went on vacation right before I finished and it was back up and didn't come down before I finished. Actually my weight has never really rebounded since then but it is hard to know about fat and recomp at this stage since I do think I am looking better in some areas even though my weight it up a bit. You know how that goes.

Hoping to kick this cold fast! I feel like I am back in law school. Without fail I would always get these killer colds (body aches, head aches, the works) when I was under stress. I would get them every single semester during finals.I guess when I am really stressed my immunity is way down. Booooooo :grumble:

mamareese

That's definitely the way to go on the house front. I can see why you are making the move. Those things are important! Sure the commute might be an adjustment but that whole family oriented, good school (plus extra bedroom for when another Josie makes an appearance!!) will make it worth it!! I hope everything goes well with it. I know just starting to CLEAN CLEAN for guests is insane enough for me right now-let alone for what you are tasked with!!

I'm sorry you are coming down with something! My oldest is on the tail end of what the youngest had over the weekend. But DH seems to have caught it now. My lunch equated to running for drugs at the drug store!! Luckily, I have escaped it so far but I seem to (knock on wood) be able to evade most of what those 3 silly boys get!! So far..so good.

I didn't get my Kahlua and cream last night but there's always Friday. Right now, my dining room is torn apart with DH trying to finish up my farm house table. Gotta love a man who can build and create exactly what you want. It's amazing. Chaotic house and worn our DH but I'll make it up to him! :smooched:

I'd definitely take a few rest days to get yourself back on track. Especially since you won't be slowing down at all with that whole 'NEAT' concept with all the house prepping you are doing! Hope you feel better soon!!!

jennieodwyer

Thanks. Today I am feeling extra crappy. Both from my being sick and my weigh in . Up 4lbs. Yep a whole 4 pounds. Yeah I am sure it isn't a solid 4 pounds of fat but you know it will take weeks to see 4 pounds drop on the scale so you can imagine how pissed I am. I haven't seen a number that high on the scale in almost a YEAR. 134.6lb UGGGGGHHHH. That with being sick and still being so annoyed about the house and ruining my favorite shoes this morning I am in a horrible horrible mood. So I will not punish you with any of my whining. I am going to log my food and move on. Hope you have a great weigh in and a fun weekend. I will see you on Monday

mamareese

I'll keep my post short as well as i"m furious about work/personal things related to my husband being removed from a case for speaking up about concerns of a foster child. Obviously an issue ethically and also an issue because he gets paid per hour, if he loses kids...we lose money. It has not been a good Friday. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. So, when I weighed in 1.8lbs heavier this morning (which I wouldn't doubt if that was a solid gain since my eating has been much laxer lately) I was already starting the day out on a rough start. I am thankful it's a 3 day weekend during which I will either 1) drink copious amount of alcohol tonight or 2) clean the crap out of my house to de-stress!! I'm with you girl...it's a rough weeks end!!

We'll get on top of this. I know it. We just need to get through this weekend and we'll come back Monday with vengeance and get this extra whatever weight back off and get headed in the right direction!!

jennieodwyer

I am sorry you had such a rough Friday as well. I actually ended up going home at lunch I felt so crappy. I am hoping things got better for you. That sucks that he got pulled off for doing the right thing! I know how the system can often fail. One of the reasons I had to get out of practicing family law. :sad: Hope you day off is going better :flowerforyou:

This weekend was crazy busy getting the house ready and making stuff for the party. I wasn't a lot of help with the cleaning since I was still quite sick. I would do one small task like clean out a closet and feel dizzy and have to lay down for half an hour. Haha. But Mike stepped up on the house stuff and it actually worked out well since I was able to sit on my couch and do the craft projects. We are almost done though. The house needs final touch up and cleaning and flower planting but everything is decluttered and organized so the bulk of the work is done. They realtors are coming through the house this afternoon to give us their "final thoughts" on what we need to do and I am not looking forward to that because there are things we are just not willing to do at this point. Like remove some of the furniture from one room and put the elliptical in storage, etc. We did that all last time and it didn't amount to a hill of beans. Yes the house looks nicer without the elliptical in it but come on. Who in the hell doesn't buy a house they like because of that? If you didn't like the house enough to overlook a piece of furniture then clearly you didn't like it enough to begin with. :laugh: We just learned the hard way 2 year ago when the house was on the market that you can kill yourself with certain things and in the end it doesn't seem to matter overall. There might be that one buyer you lost because you had too many kids things around but for the most part that isn't the case and with Josie this time we just can't be like a model home 24/7.

Got in a core workout this morning. Pretty weak but I thought it was a good workout to break me in since I was still hacking crap up even though I barely got my heart rate up. I will finish this last round even if it takes FOREVER!!!:laugh:

mamareese

It was total crap Friday. He spoke up about the child's well being, the foster parent didn't like it and bam-he's moved off the case. His Agency tried to sugar coat it saying they were proud of him, but without standing up for your employee leaves that employee feeling a little frustrated. Regardless, we had a good weekend at home as a family and all will be well with the world regardless. And my day off was good-very unsuccessful with Christmas shopping but had a good time with my Mom. Not to mention the organization I was able to pull off in my house Saturday and Sunday. It was a pain, and my garbage man is going to be irritate but I feel a whole lot better going forward towards Thanksgiving knowing that deep cleaning is the only thing left to do.

I'm sorry you were still feeling icky this weekend! It was nice that Mike stepped up and helped though. Big applause to him!!:flowerforyou: It feels so much better knowing it's done even if during it you want to gouge your eyes out! I couldn't believe the amount of crap we had hiding in random places. The kids felt like it was Christmas because I organized all their toys. We didn't need any tv or supplemental entertainment since they were in awe of all the toys they had forgotten about. They even helped me with a few Thanksgiving crafts. I wanted to put together some kid made centerpieces and decorations. They did awesome with it. Very proud of my crafty little men. And DH is putting the finishing touches on their own mini-farm house table. All is going well with that too.

You are right about having to do what you can with the house and let people use their imagination. It's nice to 'think' you can stage your house for selling but you live there 24/7 so it can't be as you pointed out a model home. It's too unlivable, for lack of a better word. I'll keep my fingers crossed though that this process goes quickly for you. I know you've been working hard to get everything ready for the house and all your parties!!

Great job getting a workout in. With literally cleaning from wake up to bed time, I did not work out this weekend...or yesterday, or yet today. I have been (on top of the cleaning) coming down with some type of on/off bug. Once again, I threw up in random places over the last 2 days. Completely unpredictable and completely embarrassing. I'm taking it as a focus on your diet and move forward type situation. I don't know what's got my stomach in a jam but I figure if I can rule out poor eating by focusing on behaving with food-then hopefully that will correct itself and I can get back to my workouts. I just need to make the effort where I know I can.

jennieodwyer

I am halfway back. I have no idea what happened. I only had a cold over the weekend. Then I felt good on Monday morning and had a workout but by noon I felt so sick to my stomach. I roughed it out the rest of the day and ate a little bit of dinner but that was a big mistake. I was sick and up all Monday night and have been in bed all Tuesday and Wednesday. It is mostly stomach related and I can barely eat anything but then I am also extremely weak and get winded just walking to the bathroom! Everyday is a little better than the last but I am still so far from normal. I have no idea if this was related to the cold symptoms or if I just caught something on top of the cold. I am back at work today and my appetite is slowly coming back but my stomach is still churning. Seriously this is like the worst timing ever. Mike has really stepped it up with working on the house but I swear as soon as we fix one thing another thing needs to be done. It seems like it is never ending! I will be so happy come Monday when the pictures will be up and there is nothing more we can do but keep it clean. haha

You know it just dawned on me that since I have been so wrapped up in the house and the party that I had not done really any Christmas shopping. Oh dear! Add that to the list, haha I just have to take one day at a time and one event at a time. First the house, then thanksgiving then the party and then Christmas shopping. haha Sadly the way I have been going I don't think I will be back to working out until next week. It is crazy. If I didn't have a job in a sitting at a desk all day I would still be in bed. This thing is evil. I hate being down for the count for so long!!!

mamareese

Wow- that is intense. Is today better? I don't know how Dallas is but it seems the fact we go from 66 degrees on Saturday to 30 on Monday just is a smack in the face when all these virus pop up because of it! I'm definitely not 100% but I can only imagine how you must be feeling. Getting winded to go to the bathroom demonstrates how strong this bug must be!! I hope it all passes quickly and there isn't something else lingering in the background!! With all you have going on, I know you'd just like to be back to 100% ASAP!

Yes, Christmas shopping. At this time last year I was about done. It just seems like no one knows what they want and there haven't been any fantastic sales. I'm hoping Black Friday pans out or I'll be scrambling big time!!

I'm still not back at it 100% with either the diet or fitness. A little bit here and there. but I'm definitely in a slump. Part of it is motivation, part is time management. But it's only going to get worse with Dan starting to coach full time. I've got to get my head on straight. I'm hoping I can talk myself out of this funk quickly. I'm just missing that spark to get up and do it lately!

jennieodwyer

I am here again but still not so good. I had lots of stomach distress again last night and I am hoping that was just the bug making its final exit. :laugh: It is just so weird though. I have both cold symptoms and stomach flu symptoms. I don't know if I have taken more pepto or dayquil. I am not sure if it is all one big thing or if I have two bugs on top on one another. Just when I thought the stomach issues were getting better (was able to eat a little more and the nausea was way down) BAM all the diarrhea hits (sorry TMI) and all the cold/flu symptoms act up again. I just am so weak and sort of hurt all over but I have to push through this weekend since the house is on the market next week. I am sure the stress of all that is not helping. I am just hoping I am back to normal on monday but if not I am going to the doctor to see if I need some antibiotics since this is ridiculous!

mamareese

I hoe you are feeling better! Has a weekend off from work helped? Or have you been too busy prepping the house?

My house is prepped for Thanksgiving. Just a couple to dos left that seemed pointless to do ahead of time (i.e. floors) since they'd probably need done again. I did try a cleaning recipe off pinterest for my hardwoods involving tea but it didn't seem to do much for them. Still searching for something to sparkle up those floors! My new table from Dan is amazing though. We've used it and the kids table a handful of times. It's beautiful and functional.

My eating sucks. I'm trying to talk myself out of being so off track. It hasn't worked yet. I'm hoping I knock this stuff off soon. It's getting out of control. It's not even a holiday and I"m off course!

jennieodwyer

Well the cold moved into my chest over the weekend and I completely lost my voice from it. Like nothing but a whisper comes out. Thankfully the stomach virus is gone since that was what was keeping me from doing anything but clearly I am still sick as a dog so I caved and went to the doctor since this is day 12. But good news I have basically every drug known to mankind including antibiotics, steroids and codeine cough syrup so hopefully I will be back at it this Wednesday. My eating has been ok since I have just started to get my appetite back but of course I feel like I am all fat now and no muscle since I feel so squishy from not working out. Did you feel that way when you had your rest week on LP's plan?

So glad to hear that your table is amazing It will be the center of the party come Thanksgiving. My weekend was still crazy since we were getting the house ready come hell or high water for pictures today. So even half dead I was on my knees scrubbing floors and moving crap around. Pictures are being taken today and then the listing will go up tomorrow. So glad. I am ready to just take a break and try to maintain the clean house (which is a feat in and of itself, haha) and finish the last few things I have left for Josie's party. I am ready to enjoy the week and relax and hopefully get back to working out sometime this week!

mamareese

What an end to November for you! Yikes. I guess that Dr. knew you were serious when you walked in! I know what you mean abut 'squishy'. I've definitely experienced that. We know it's not the case of being all fat and no muscles but it definitely can feel that way when you break away for a little bit. It'll all pop back out. Your poor body is just working so hard to fight this infection- it doesn't have time to look swole! You know you'll be back in full action once those meds do their job!!

Excited your listing is going up. That'll be a little check mark you can make in your to do list. And hopefully you'll be 100% by Josie's party so you can enjoy a little time with your little Minnie Mouse! :happy:

I was back in action Monday on both the fitness and eats front. Forcing myself to hold it together through the week. Thanksgiving day is going to be madness between getting all the food prepped, all the people coming, cleaning up, hatching a Black Friday plan of action and then heading out for shopping with no sleep. I'll be dead to the world come Friday afternoon. I'm trying to remind myself that my body will handle all that chaos a whole lot better if I have my workouts and healthy eating under my belt!!

jennieodwyer

Haha I am right there with you about planning for black friday shopping. I already have a list brewing.

Yeah I am feeling better today but still not normal and I didn't get much sleep last night so I am hoping after a good nights sleep I will be able to get a workout in tomorrow. I am hoping but we shall see. I might not be back at it until Thanksgiving. My eating has been controlled (thanks to that bug which I swear shrunk my stomach) but without working out and having 2 meals out in the last 2 days you never know what to expect. Thursday will be my weigh in day before the Turkey feast :laugh:

Glad you are back on track and I am so glad the house listing should be up today. Now I just have to keep the house clean :laugh:

mamareese

Hope you got some rest last night!! I am with you though on the weigh in Thursday for sure!!

Got my workout in, ran out of prepped food since it was a busy weekend but have some soup (hopefully I find a bowl at work!) so I should be able to stay right on track. Fingers crossed.

It's about to get crazy with Thanksgiving eve upon us! Hope you score some good deals this weekend! I'm not sure if we are starting right at 8pm Thanksgiving or holding out a little! Either way, I'm sure we'll be recovering Friday afternoon!!

jennieodwyer

Sadly still not enough sleep. The cough is getting better but still taking too long to get over it and sadly the Rx cough medicine isn't that helpful. But everyday is a little better than the last. I really hoped I could be working out by now but it just isn't looking good. I think getting hit with every bug at once just wiped out my body. At this point I am just walking as much as I can and doing a few body weight moves here and there but nothing that makes me sweat or pant haha.

The bright side is that since I had the evil stomach but I swear my stomach has shrunk. I don't have nearly the appetite (which I am sure is from not working out either) and I get fuller so much faster. I eat half as much as I normally do in a sitting and I feel like I have eaten way too much. So I am riding that wave now and hopefully that will keep me together for Thanksgiving as well. I hoped on the scale this morning and I was slightly down from last week even though I am actually eating again so I was pleased with that. We will see if it holds out until tomorrow but I am sure it will be blown this weekend haha!

House is officially on the market. It posted yesterday so that is a huge relief! Now I am back to Minnie party planning :laugh: Here is the link for the house: http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/5930-Richmond-Ave_Dallas_TX_75206_M74647-57973?source=web

Have a happy Thanksgiving!!