Cathe Fans Part 5

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ I ended up not going to Insane X last night; DH and I went out for dinner and then watched the first game of the World Series, so that was a nice relaxing evening. He wanted to take me out the other night but just hasn't had the energy. So it was a nice gesture I couldn't turn down. Even for Insanity.
This a.m. was STS Back/Bi’s and tonight I will head to Spinning.

I did receive the call I knew was coming from my cousin and my Grandma passed away early this a.m. I feel sad in the loss of losing a loved one forsure but as I said before, she lived a very long and good quality of life so I am happy she was able to pass on peacefully and with loved ones nearby. Not sure when the funeral will be. They will let me know.

Thelma: Great workout with Bulk Arms despite the very stressful day at work and even into the evening. I’m sorry. Boot Camp is packed right now because the Biggest Loser started a couple weeks ago; therefore they are required to attend some classes. BootCamp is one that is at a convenient time and doesn’t sound like you will DIE. Little do they know what she can do (unlike the class description they read about . . . LOL). So it will be that way off and on for a few weeks. It’s hard when you have so many things pressing on the “To Do” list forsure; but you will get there and it will all work out. Remind yourself to do what you can do each day and take it one day at a time.

Laurie: Being from the Midwest which team are you rooting for in the World Series? I think it would be so good to see Chicago win since it has been soooooo long for them even being there.
Way to go getting in the Stretch X and then X2 Core this a.m. Yikes on the Sphinx move, but good on ya for giving it a try. Sometimes you can surprise yourself; and not to say you won’t be able to conquer that in the future. Yes, it was a very traditional but good BC class on Monday. It’s nice when she throws those in. It may have been because so many newbies were there, but not sure. I bet your DD will do a fabulous job on the color. Great there is no pressure on your part. LOL Thanks for the kudos on my workout; yes I am really like this current rotation. It is nice to opt in & out for all the X10 workouts on those days to add a little variety, but whenever I do an undulating rotation of STS it feels like a lot of variety ~ and keeps my body guessing. SO it is good so far.

Laurel: Dang it on the tile work ….. isn’t that how it goes sometimes. SHEESH. Hurry up and wait and then hurry up and wait again. Hopefully this time is the goer! Great job getting in your workout(s) this a.m. It is SO nice having a different format weekly vs. the same class week after week doing the same things all the time. Yes, I am so happy for that. I am really enjoying this rotation so far forsure; definitely shocking my body with undulating which is what I love about that format. Hoping it brings some good results as I always do from each rotation I commit too. I am being pretty strict with myself on my food/eating plan right now so hopefully the two will come together nicely.

Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami

smile_laughter

Hi Ladies - I started STS and am already in love with it. I read most of the book the night I got the series. Yesterday was the 1st disk - my arms felt like jello afterwards. It will take me awhile to figure out the amount of weights to use (I tried her 1 rep max spreadsheet on the website, and all it has done is confuse me......did you all do this?). Thelma - your excel spreadsheet is amazing and will be a huge help for me. Since the recommendation is to do 3 disks a week, I chose today to be a cardio day. I tried the Low Impact mix that included Blizzard blast with the 2 cardio routines. I felt like I was in the yoga hot room - I was dripping with sweat afterwards (so yes....loved it).

Water is back on now (thank goodness). Today, my daughter (4 yrs old) had to get two silver crowns, so I took the day off work. I didn't realize how much stress I was under with this until she was done and I almost burst into tears knowing she was ok. Apparently, her back molars didn't grow in all the way and have huge fissures in them. So, no amount of brushing could save the back molars. So, the dentist recommended two silver crowns and the rest she can fill. Luckily, these aren't permanent teeth. The "kiddie cocktail" that she had to drink turned her into a happy drunk. She was so giggly and happy. She loves her "princess crowns" that her teeth have now. I took a nap with her afterwards (I never take naps.....it felt great!)

Laurel - Ugghhh......your tile situation does not sound like fun. I bet it has thrown your whole routine off....yuk. I am glad you were able to get your workouts in. Thanks for offering to answer any questions I have, so - here it goes (these can be for the entire group, too):

• Did you do the 1 rep max test the Cathe recommends?
• How long did it take you to figure out the correct weights to use?
• I believe you want to go as heavy as possible, as long as you can do the entire set, right?
• Did you follow Cathe's recommendations of doing 3 routines a week and fill the other days with cardio or other things (Thelma's spreadsheet shows me what she did, but what did you other ladies do?)
• Any other advice?

I am glad your FIL and MIL are well. That is wonderful that your FIL has done well with having diabetes for that long. My grandmother had it for about 35 years. She kept is under control and lived to be 92. Sorry to hear that he has tremors, though. At least he is out playing golf and being active.

Laurie - Great job on your workouts - the stretch one sounds great. I believe I asked before, but I can't find the post - how many yoga dvds do you have and which ones? I haven't tried any at home ones. The sticky fingers event sounds like a lot of fun. I love trying new foods from different restaurants. Congrats to your friend! Advertising is so important in the success of businesses. Hopefully it helps him.

Thelma - I know I have said it a million times, but thank you again for that excel spreadsheet. It is so impressive and well done. Great job on your workouts, and I am very glad you got them in - even though you are stressed. You have to take care of yourself, too. Sorry to hear that work and the course may cause a melt down. When I have these moments, I will sit in my office (sometimes about ready to scream), turn off the lights and just breathe for a few minutes. Deep breaths......stress is so incredibly bad (it ruled my life for 6 years.....I refuse to let it do that to me again). You can do this! I love the 2 dance videos you shared.....they have great songs and routines to them. Thriller was another dance video we had to do as part of the "monster dance challenge", and that one was fun, too. I had no idea that you were from El Salvador. If I may ask, how long have you lived in the states? Do you miss El Salvador?

Tami - You are rocking the workouts; great job! Thanks for offering to answer questions, so please see questions in Laurel's piece. I did print out the worksheet for workout #1, but it confused me. It gives me my 1 rep max amount to use, so do I go a few pounds lower? I don't know....I am sure it is explained very well on her website or in the book, but it wasn't clear to me (maybe I need to slow down and read it all more slowly.....I was so excited that I may have read it all too fast). You and your family are in my thoughts with your gma. Well wishes are sent your way.

Tomorrow will be disk 2 - can't wait - Becky

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies! Another insane day at work! I did not feel like lifting weights so I jumped on the spinning bike.

Laurie, great workouts! I think you got a nice deal with your dd cutting your hair and soon shell color it too! I'm glad I'm not the only one who can't figure out those how to videos! LOL

Laurel, another great combo today!! Sorry about the tile guy not doing a good job! He better get right this second time around and I hope the house builder pays for the expense for you guys.
Making the decision to take the extension for the course I'm taking has helped with my stress. I do have tomorrow as a study day so I hope be able to finish module 4 between tomorrow and 11/1. Rotations are the best idea ever!

Tami, I'm terribly sorry about your grandmother. Sounds like she had a wonderful life.
Great workout this morning! How nice of your DH to take you out to dinner!
The poor Biggest Loser victims! No wonder the gym was packed! Thanks Tami, all I can say to myself is do the best I can about work. It's a hard when you're in multiple projects at the same time.

Becky, so glad you're liking STS so much and that my spreadsheet is being of help to you. I worked on that spreadsheet for a couple of weeks a little at-a-time. I didn't do that one rep max exercise but I know the other ladies in the group did it. During my first attempt at doing STS I had no clue what weights to use so I started with lite weights. That didn't last long cause I injured myself. This second time around Laurel suggested I start with the Meso II phase because I was had just finished Body Beast and I was afraid to do a lot of push ups. This worked out beautifully for me. This time I had the BB workout sheets so I used those weights as my starting weights. As I went I wrote little notes next to the exercises when the weights were too lite/heavy. This way I'd knew to go up/down the next time I did the workout. As you can see my workout sheets doesn't have the one rep max.
I bet you are relieved to have running water again! AWWW so cute about your little princess!
I hope to be in better shape for this week's work load by the end of the weekend. Just in time for next week's stress. I left El Salvador in 1980. I don't miss being there at all. Things are still very dangerous there. My family won't let me go visit because of the gang dangers. When my uncle passed away earlier in the year I was ready to go home but I was told not to by my father and my aunt. So for the last 4-5 years DH and I have been flying my aunts to the US so we can be with them. One of my aunts lives in Italy so it's a little family reunion.

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

After work was Cardio Strength 1, and I don't know what I was talking about yesterday. I said I did X2 Core, and I really had done X2 Total Body! Truly getting confused as to which workout I'm doing. It must be that they are similar, but different. Anyway, this morning was Peak Sweat & Burn Cardio. I don't think I will confuse X2 Yoga for any of the other ones. That will be my workout tonight, and it is perfect to do when Rocket is tired.

Laurel, So sorry to hear that the tile work is still an issue, hopefully it will be taken care of quickly. That has to be really annoying that this issue is taking so long to resolve. Great job on the workouts, even though one of them is not a favorite. I agree with you by the way, that one just seems to go longer than it needs to. I think that I'm enjoying these X2 workouts more each week also, I can see improvement each week. I will be very happy when I master some of these moves on the ball. Yesterday I inflated my stability ball a little more, so hoping that will help me a little more. I really like your idea of 5-4-3, that would make the week of Christmas for me to do whatever I want to do. Since that is my busy time for family, it will be less stressful.

Tami, So sorry to hear about your Grandmother. Even though you knew that call was coming, it still is a shock. You and your family will be in my prayers. Awesome job on getting in your workouts, that has to help you at a time like this also. Dang on all those newbies being in class, they will surely get a shock when Katy pulls out a difficult class. It is really difficult to say that I'm rooting for the Cubs. Since Milwaukee is so close to Chicago, the Cubs fans use Miller Park like a second Wrigley Field when they are playing the Brewers. So when you attend those games, it almost feels like it is a Cubs home game. The fans are pretty horrible too. Might be that very long rivalry that the Bears/Packers have had also. I have a soft spot for the Indians, because when they where filming the movie Major League, they filmed the majority of that movie here in Milwaukee. Every time I see that movie, you can pick out where they filmed. I will probably be trying the X2 workouts again in the future, because they have moved me to improve my balance even more. The first phase of X2 reminds me of some of the workouts in Hammer & Chisel. Glad to hear the rotation is giving you the variety, that is what helps me stay motivated to do them.

Becky, Glad to hear that your water is back on. My youngest dd had a couple of silver crowns, sometimes teeth are like that no matter how much they brush. The STS 1 rep max can be confusing. It is easier to understand if you enter your 1 rep max numbers into the workout manager the first time. The workout manager will calculate your weight from what you entered as your 1rm. In the workout manager there is a tab that gives you can use to calculate each exercise in STS. So for the first week, I think you do somewhere in the 65-70% range, the workout manager will take your 1rm and give you the weight to use at the 65-70% range. So lets say that you used 10lbs on overhead presses for your 1rm, you would then use 6-7 lbs for that exercise in the first week of phase 1. Probably still confusing, but it did give me a starting point. The first time I did STS, I followed a rotation that Cathe created. This is the one that I did the first round. cathe.com/forum/threads/sts-cardio-rotation-suggestions.257971/ She had to split the pages up, so this is the second page. http://cathe.com/forum/threads/part-two-sts-cardio-rotation-contd.257972/ LOL I have a lot of DVD's for yoga, and I should really do more of them. I have the Yoga Warrior 365, all of Kristin McGee's. A few other instructors that I have one of.

Thelma, Nice that you got your spinning in after your stressful day. Not fun when you have a heavy work load and then this course on top of that. Seems everyone around here waits until the end of the year to get their projects finished up around here. Why!

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! No tile guy today.....but he will be back for three more fun-filled days starting next Monday. Sigh. They wanted to make the appointment for week after next but since the floor sits half-finished right now, I just want it done. Like I said before, I am a serial completionist.....even if I am not the one doing the work!

Anyhow, it was nice to do my workout in my schedule today and allowed for a little longer workout. So I started with Cathe's X77 premix which I have not done in awhile. It flew by today. I followed it with X2 Yoga which felt fantastic.

Tami, I am so sorry to hear about your grandmother. You are definitely in my thoughts and prayers. I think enjoying the evening with your DH and watching baseball sounds like a great reason to miss InsaneX. Hope you see and feel some good results from your workout and eating plans. Sounds like you are on the perfect track going into the holidays.....a time of year that requires me to be actively disciplined about both workouts and eating, that's for sure.

Becky, so happy to hear you enjoyed your first STS workout! That one moves so quickly and is such a killer on the arms, that's for sure. To answer your questions:

1-2. Yes, I did the one rep max. I did it as my workout one day, and if I recall correctly, it took a little more than an hour. I will admit, I wasn't compulsive about being exact on all the moves but even with a relatively half-hearted attempt, I was SO happy I did it. What I found was that having the weight suggestions on my worksheets based on my 1RM had me lifting heavier than I anticipated. I do credit that for some of the amazing results I had with STS. It was not my favorite thing to do, so I understand why people don't do it. But I am glad I did. So, for me, there was very little figuring out of weights when I started the program.

3. If you don't do the 1RM, I definitely suggest trying to lift as heavy as you can. Again, I surprised myself by lifting heavier on some moves than I thought would be possible, especially since I, by habit, have a tendency to go with Cathe's weight recommendations in her other workouts (a rather bad and lazy habit of mine if I am being totally honest). If I had reached for those same weights in STS, I would have been shorting myself. So do try to push it--within reason, of course!

5-6. The first time I did STS, I did it three days a week as recommended. I did cardio on the 'off' days, just as you did this week. I did Cathe's six month rotation the first time I did STS. I know a six month rotation is a scary option, especially if you aren't used to rotations (I had only managed a couple one month rotations before doing STS). But I think this was hugely important for me because it really allowed me to settle into each workout, learn the moves in each workout, make minor weight adjustments, etc. I have done a few six month rotations with it now, and since it is just three days a week (and you only do each workout twice in that whole time), I have never gotten bored with it. Just a suggestion. Anyhow, since the first time through STS, I have added extra strength sessions to it. My favorite is to do STS like this: Day 1--Non-STS Lower Body, Day 2--STS Upper, Day 3--STS Lower, Day 4--STS Upper, Day 5--Yoga, Day 6--Non-STS Total Body (or Cathe's STS Total Body workout which is fantastic!), Day 7--Off. But this suits my workout schedule since I can add cardio each day. But I would recommend doing STS three days a week as recommended in the beginning.....just to see how it goes for you 'as is'.

Hope that helps! Hope your DD is handling her new crowns okay. Great cardio workout too! Love that one. That Blizzard Blast is pretty serious!

Thelma, sounds like the spin bike was the best option after what sounds like a long day in an already long week! I forgot one of your aunts lives in Italy. Hopefully she wasn't impacted by the recent earthquakes there. Just north of where we lived in Italy (we lived north of Venice), there was massive destruction from an earthquake that had hit the area. So those Italian earthquakes can be scary! The good thing about the tile job is it is covered in the house warranty. We are coming up to two years in the house and the warranty expires then. So that so why we are trying to get it done now. If we were paying for this........we probably would have opted to do it ourselves and, with little doubt, done a better job.

Laurie, after I wrote my post yesterday I remembered I had forgotten to explain why I was thinking about the number of weeks remaining in our rotation. I pictured you reading it saying 'What's the rush?' But you got it!! Yes, my hope is to finish the rotation before Christmas. I have hard time working out over the holidays at times, and with DH on Christmas break......well, I do what I can. Plus, I think we are going to try to get away for a few days at that time......so I have a deadline in mind that I forgot to tell you about! But I am happy you are on the exact same page with it. 5-4-3 weeks it is then! Great workouts! LOL at confusing X2 Core with Total Body! I should have noticed that.....since that's the workout I did too!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ Good Spinning class last night, good music that didn’t let my mind wander. Not packed full and a handful left at the 45 min mark; which was strange but sometimes people do that. This a.m. I slept in. I was exhausted. No workout tonight so it will be a “REST” day I suppose. Back at it tomorrow with Cardio!
Thank you all for your kind words and prayers about my Grandma. I’ve been reflecting on so many wonderful memories I have from her and all of our conversations over lunch we used to have. Truly an amazing woman.

Becky: Again, SO happy for you with STS! Imagine, that is pretty much how I feel each time doing the program. (Just a little something to look forward to always). LOL So looks like everyone answered up really well on this. I also did the 1RM’s and it took me a good hour I would say as well. At the time, I thought UGH, why am I doing this but as precise as she has calculated out percentages for each Meso Cycle I thought, there is some specific reasons for this and just do it! So I plugged them into the computer on her site and then printed out my sheets. Fantastic! Now on some of them I obviously didn’t calculate right because I automatically went up in weight and over the years I have made notes and adjustments. But yes, if you aren’t going to do that then just go as heavy as you think for those exercises as long as you can make the reps. Great job with your workouts.

Thelma: Way to go by jumping on the Spin bike! You got some good sweat on and I am sure it felt great. I do feel for the BL participants and the “deer in the headlights” look they sometimes have. Despite it being crowded I usually try to help someone out because I can’t imagine that feeling and being discouraged.

Laurie: Fantastic workout with Cardio Strength 1, Peak Sweat & Burn and hopefully getting in your X2 Yoga tonight. You’re exactly right when Katy pulls out the full guns on them one of these nights. Poor peeps. I understand your thinking on not rooting for the Cubs with all the rivalries going on there! So go Indians for you. I think it is fabulous that they are both there after so long. That is awesome that those X2 workouts remind you a little bit of H&C! I should have stuck it out longer. LOL That’s great and happy you are liking them.

Laurel: Yay on no tile guy and back to your normal a.m.! Fantastic work on X77! That one has never “flown” by for me so good on you. Great job ending with X2 Yoga as well. Thank you for your prayers and thoughts about my Grandma. Yes, the evening with DH felt very relaxing and nice. Of course Katy asked me where I was. Sheesh! I hope to be very diligent with my rotation and eating. I usually don’t stray too far but buckling down right before the holidays can be a challenge. So thank you!!

Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies! No workout for me tonight. I was just too exhausted from doing the course all day long! I made good progress so I may just be able to finish this module then. I did get the extension today. I have until Feb 1st I think but I can't afford to procrastinate anymore.

Laurie, great job with those workouts! I hope you enjoyed your yoga workout! With this course everybody waited till it was too late at my job! LOL

Laurel, sorry you have to wait till next week to get those tiles done. Nice combo today! Thanks for asking about my aunt in Italy! She's not near the earthquake area thankfully.

Tami, great spin yesterday! So glad you've been reflecting on the wonderful memories you have from your grandmother! You're so good for helping helping a lucky BL person during Katy's class!

Hi Becky!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Got in X2 Yoga last night, and it was perfect. This morning was X2 Balance & Power. Don't think I will be doing a workout tonight, Rocket has to go in for some shots, and then we will probably be having a date night.

Laurel, Dang on the tile work! I would be wanting them to complete the job sooner rather than later also, so good job getting them to not wait until it starts getting into the 2 week time frame. Awesome job on the workouts, I still have never tried that premix on X10. I'm glad that we where thinking along the same lines with Christmas coming up, I usually don't want to worry about a rotation during that time frame. Then we can start a new rotation at the beginning of the year. I do have to say that the girl in Balance & Power, I think her name is Barbie? She is starting to annoy me with all her pretend groaning. Seriously, those moves that she is groaning in are not that difficult to warrant all that noise. I think Tony even indicates that she is over dramatic at one point. Just thought I would make you laugh today.

Tami, Glad that you enjoyed the spinning music. Interesting that so many people can't take the full class. That is what you need to do, remember all the good times you had with your Grandmother. LOL about the poor peeps, they will be falling on the floor at some point. We will see how the next two phases go with X2, so far I really enjoy all these balance moves. I'm sure that if I went past the 3-6 weeks, they would get really old fast. I should give you a big thank you for having these workouts available for me to use. I have been a little surprised at how my hips are feeling, so that makes me think that I have not been engaging my core as much as I should be. Will have to work on that more.

Thelma, Glad you are able to get the current module finished up, and that you have until Feb to get it all done. I'm not surprised that a lot of people procrastinated about that course. It sounds like a daunting thing to have to finish, and also do you job. I'm glad that our courses are spread out, and short. I did enjoy the yoga last night, it really felt good on the hips.

Becky, Hope you are having a great week.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Did a nice, long workout today since my time is mine today again. Next week.....not so much. So I started out with Flex Train then went right into X2 Balance and Power. Wow, that one flew by today. I was doing a couple of moves and remembering that just four weeks ago I was struggling so badly on them. And today......not easy, but definitely easier! Love that so much about this program! It is like what once is impossible becomes possible. Anyhow, that was quite a duo of workouts, so I took a bit of a break, then did Rockout Knockout. Perfect for today.

Tami, music makes so much difference in workouts, doesn't it? I am glad you are going your body and mind a rest. Grief is, literally, exhausting. So keep listening to your body, do what you feel like doing.....and forget about what you aren't doing.

Thelma, don't blame you for taking a day off. You've had a tough week! Glad to hear your aunt is okay. Bet you are getting anxious to see them!

Laurie, great workouts! Hope you enjoy a nice date night tonight. Yes, Barbie can be annoying, and I completely agree with you on the noises. But she is not as annoying to me as Dreya. Dreya didn't bother too much in P90X, but she gets on my last nerve in X2 Total Body. But the good thing about having my Fit Tower in another room is I am not listening to that workout as much as some others!

Becky, hope you are well!

See you Monday.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies! on Friday I did ICE Chiseled Upper Body and treadmill, on Saturday ICE Rock'm Sock'm and today spinning. I didn't do any studying this weekend but I did work. I just couldn't do both. Did you ladies get an email from BeachBody about a MMA inspired workout called Core de Force? The videos are scheduled to be released on 11/1. They're still doing test groups.

Laurie, good job with your X2 workouts! How did Rocket do with his shots? The course really is a daunting thing to have to finish. So boring! Glad you enjoyed your yoga workout!

Laurel, great job with X2 and seeing improvement already! I can't wait to see my aunts. It's always fun to have them around.

Hi Tami and Becky!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Friday DH and I had a very nice date night, and Rocket did fine with his shots. He actually is a trouper when it comes to those, in and out with the tech. He sure doesn't like to go into the vets office though. Saturday was a rest day, and cleaning the house. We also went to look at carpeting for our family and living room. There are just way to many choices out there. Sunday was Jillian's Bodyshred Launch and then followed that up with X2 Core. This morning was Bodyshred Rise, and after work will be Plyocide.

Laurel, Great workouts. I can say that I agree with you on these workouts. I didn't think that would be the case when I first started these, couldn't imagine being able to do a push-up with the ball at all. I'm not great, but way better than I was the very first day. Oh yes Dreya, she annoyed me a lot in P90X, and I'm trying really hard to not notice her in this series. Tony tends to fawn over her though, so that makes it hard. I like it better when he is bantering with his sister.

Thelma, Awesome job with the workouts. Don't blame you for avoiding the training, that must have made your weekend a little better even though you had to work. Yep I did get the information on the Core de Force, and I'm really interested in them. I'm a huge fan of MMA, so really will have a hard time resisting.

Tami and Becky, Hope your weekend was a good one.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Hope you all had a god weekend. Ours was pretty quiet since DH had to work both days. Just a busy time of year for him now. Saturday was my day off workouts but I did get in a nice, long walk. It felt fantastic. Yesterday was ICE Muscle Meltdown Back into X2 Core. For cardio, I did IMAX3. Today was a complete mishmash of workouts. I started with ICE Metabolic Total Body Warm-up and Blizzard Blast into X2 Plyocide into LIHI Legs for a really good 80 minute-ish total body/leg/cardio workout. I followed it with Muscle Meltdown Chest and Icy Core 1.

Thelma, great workouts. Glad you were able to take the weekend off from studying though I am sorry you had to work. Somehow I missed that email from Beachbody! I am going to pretend I didn't hear anything about those workouts, though, because the last thing I need is more workouts! Well......maybe.

Laurie, glad Rocket did okay with the shots. You never know with pups. Also glad you were able to enjoy a nice evening with your DH. Glad you are feeling the same way about these X2 workouts. I was noticing yesterday while doing IMAX3 that all my workouts are feeling easier right now. That has to come from core strength. Such good stuff. I agree about Tony's sister. I like her!

Tami and Becky, hope you enjoyed the weekend!

Happy Halloween!

Laurel

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ Happy Halloween! So Friday I ended up Spinning after work, which went by fast! It’s only a 45 min. class on Friday evening. Weekend was good, Saturday I did Supercuts XTreme + Abs, yesterday was STS Meso #2 Chest/Shoulders/Tris and then no Volleyball; yesterday was my day to “sit out” because we have 6 people on our roster for this league (and only play 4) so we will each take a miss on one week. I was able to get some stuff done around the house and cooking. Today will be Katy’s BootCamp right after work.

Thelma: I bet you were very exhausted on Friday after your week. Sounds like you got in a couple over the weekend though! That’s great. YES! I saw that Beachbody MMA workout program and it is one I am very interested in. I think Laurie had first mentioned it so I looked it up. Looks really good! I am happy to hear that your Aunt is ok too.

Laurie: Great job getting in your Yoga at the end of last week along with X2 Balance & Power. Glad to hear your date night was fun and Rocket did good with his shots. Sounds like a very busy weekend along with some great workouts. New carpet is always so nice but I agree, so many choices. I’m so glad it worked out that I could pass the X2 workouts on to you! I was nervous you might have the experience I did (not clicking/enjoying it) but so glad to hear otherwise! You are pushing through and mixing in some others which is fabulous.

Laurel: You put in a nice “trifecta” of workouts on Friday and again today! WOWSA! Way to go, I bet it felt great. Thank you for your encouragement on the grief and feeling the tireds a bit. I am feeling better now, got some good sleep over the weekend. Her service is going to be November 19th so DH and I will drive over to Chelan, WA. For that. We may just drive over and come back that afternoon; we will see. It’s a lot of driving to do it that way. Amazing to hear your X2 program is paying off so nicely that IMAX 3 felt easy ….. that’s so wonderful. Keep up the great work!

Hi Becky – Hope you are having a great day and the weekend was nice as well!

I don’t know if I told you all that DH and I had won that trip back in May? The one we won through raffle tickets at an auction/fundraiser we went too? Trip to Cancun, Mexico. Flight & hotel included! I thought I told you all …… I hope, since it was a huge event for us to win! Well we went ahead and booked it. We will be going the last week of January! So this girl has to get bikini ready by then. LOL We are going with another couple who has a timeshare, which will be nice to have company on the trip.

Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies! I did a nice combo tonight: Rock'm Sock'm timesaver premix 1 which is just the warm up, blizzard and stretch, I followed that with BB Bulk Back. Brought work home tonight and will do that probably the rest of the week but that will really put me in a better place with work. I got a reminder that I need to take my scrum master certification exam! CRAP! More studying! I have to study for this exam before I pick up the course study because I
have about 3 weeks to take this test. This is online and "open book" which is great! I still want to be able to answer the questions myself rather than looking them up.

Is this the cutest thing or what? Happy Halloween!!!!
https://youtu.be/rckzWpVyW0s

Laurie, so glad you had a great date with your DH and that Rocket did great with his shots! Is there a pet out there that likes to go to the vet? I have to take my Bella in for her yearly ophthalmology checkup on Friday. She won't be happy! Great job getting a workout in on Sunday and this morning! I like MMA too and what I saw on FB looked doable but I'm afraid it will a really advanced program.

Laurel, fabulous workouts this weekend! Great job!!! The last thing most of us need are more workouts! Becky can't say that yet! LOL

Tami, awesome workouts this weekend!! Did your VB team win? I live exhausted these days. It's my new normal! I was wondering if that MMA workout was the one Laurie had mentioned before! This is the first time I get an email about it though. You did tell us about the Cancun trip! So excited for you! You ARE bikini ready! Make sure you take some Imodium AD and baby wipes with you just in case!!!!! LOL. Better safe than sorry!
Thanks about my aunt! I can't believe both my aunts will be here on the 11th!

Hi Becky!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Got in the Plyocide workout after work. This morning was Bodyshred Fire Up, that one is all cardio and tough. Probably will get in the Stretch X tonight, DH will be at a meeting so I'm going to be by myself so have enough time.

Laurel, Great job on all those workouts, the combos look like a lot of fun. I know what you mean about more workouts. I wouldn't be able to really try them out right away, so will be waiting for all the reviews. One of the reasons why I decided to incorporate the Bodyshred workouts is because I'm feeling so much stronger. I noticed it yesterday when Jillian has you in plank moves for most of the workout. I was not on my knees during any of the moves, and that felt great. Does Tony's sister show up in any of the other phases?

Tami, Awesome job on the workouts. That is really nice that you get to rotate for volleyball. Taking time off every once in a while makes for a better season all around. You don't get that "I can't wait for the end of the season" feeling. We will see how the next phase goes, but I think that after this week I will be ready to move onto some different workouts. Granted Plyocide and Yoga are still going to be in there.

Thelma, Nice job on your workouts. Love that dog costume. I don't think that I could get Rocket into a costume, he would probably try to take it off. He doesn't even like the bandana's that they put on him after he gets a bath. You are right, none of our dogs have been eager to see the vet, even though she is a really nice person. I will be looking at all the reviews before I purchase, and I probably will purchase. Would really love to mix these workouts with all the other MMA workouts I have for a rotation.

Becky, Hope you week is going well so far.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Our tile job is finally done!! Yay!! The guy who has been doing it every day said as he was leaving that he is going to miss our home seeing as he has been here every day. Had me laughing. I also got a good workout in this morning. I started with the IMAX Extreme workout from Cathe's Terminator DVD, then did Muscle Meltdown Shoulders--the 4x premix, which was good. For abs, I did the core work from High Step Challenge.

Tami, great workouts this weekend. Yay on booking the trip!! I was wondering whether you were going to try to take it this winter. That should be SO much fun. And what a great time to take it.....just when that 'I am so tired of winter' mood really seems to sink in. I hope you have a great time. And, as Thelma said, I have no doubt you are bikini ready! I am also glad to hear you are going to be able to get to your grandmother's service. Maybe whether you drive back can be determined on the day? I know after my Mom's service, it was just nice to spend time with our extended family for a little while in a more relaxing environment. But I can also understand the appeal of getting back to the comfort of home. The day after Mom's service......I couldn't get on the plane soon enough. So I hope you go with what feels best.

Thelma, great workout! Sounds like a really fun combo. I have been doing my strength training after my cardio the last two days just to see how it feels. I think I still prefer it before, but it could be I am doing too much cardio before weights. Your combo sounds like it would be a perfect length......enough to get a really good sweat on but not too much to be exhausted. That video is too cute!!

Laurie, great workouts. So happy to hear you are feeling stronger too! Love that feeling. Unfortunately Kit is only in the one workout. I have been trying to remember who is in the others and can't. I believe Dreya is only in the one, though. And Barbie. I know the girl from X2 Abs is in one of the other workouts, but beyond that......my mind is a blank. I take that as a good sign they aren't too annoying!

See you all tomorrow.

Laurel

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ Good BootCamp class again last night; similar format to last week except we did mostly all lower body and Bi’s. She threw in some cardio as well. This a.m. was STS Legs, which I always love!

Thelma: OMG that is such a cute dog costume. Absolutely hilarious! I think if I put that on either of my dogs it would not work out quite as nicely. Bernie would probably take off running and sitting down on it and Emma would stand there frozen and probably just lay down. Such a cute costume. Great job with the workout you put together last night! Sounds perfect. Glad to hear the upcoming course is open book; takes a little pressure off I am sure. I am not sure about our team and how they did. I keep meaning to check in with them to see. I hope they did good. Awwwwww …. THANK YOU SO MUCH for that compliment on the “bikini ready” so sweet of you to say. I am super excited now that it is booked! We should have a great time. There is a wonderful gym there too I saw and my MIL will stay with the grand dogs.

Laurie: Great job getting in Plyocide and Bodyshred Fire Up this a.m. (sounds amazing by the way!) Hope you are able to get in your stretch tonight with the quiet house. Thank you for the kudos on the workouts! Yes, it works out nice having a break during the season and good that we have breaks between holiday’s/seasons too, otherwise it would be a very long season between October and April. LOL Plus, we would have to sit out too much and rotate in if all 6 of us showed up ea. Week.

Laurel: WOOHOO on the tile job being completed! Kind of how I felt this summer when the guys were coming and going doing our siding. Usually starting right when I left for work. Nice to have it done when there are projects, but at least they weren’t having to coordinate inside my house like you. Fantastic job with the workouts today again! Super excited for the trip and like I mentioned to Thelma, there is a great gym! We had to use it by end of 2017 so instead of waiting right up to the end we thought end of January was perfect for that mid-winter blah’s for some sunshine! And THANK YOU as well on the bikini ready. Thank you also for the advice on my Grandma’s service. I’m not sure how I will feel and right now, getting back home sounds like what I would want but it might be an exhausting day of it by doing that. DH said it is entirely up to me, which is very nice. Visiting with a few of my cousins would be comforting and great, so we will see. I will do what feels best, like you said. That sounds perfect to me.

Hi Becky ~ hope your week is going well for you!

Have a nice evening ladies ~ Tami

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies! Didn't have a lot of energy tonight so I jumped on the spinning bike. Brought work home and I'm exhausted! Next week will be horrible for me! We have a consultant coming from Germany next week and I'm part of the core team for this visit. I have to be there from 8:30-5 M-Thu. I am usually out of the office before 4:30. Traffic will be horrible on the way home.
Sorry I don't have time to reply to all of you like I normally do.

Great job to all of your for getting your workouts in!
Laurie, great idea about putting together a MMA rotation!
Laurel, yaay on the tiles!
Tami, I knew you'd like the dog video. So glad your MIL will watch the kids during your trip to Cancun!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

X Stretch was done last night, and I enjoyed the rest of the evening with Rocket. He was really good, must still have been tired from Monday's daycare. This morning was Bodyshred Launch.

Laurel, Wonderful news on the tile! LOL on the tile guy missing your house. Great job on the workouts, you really got in a great variety. You really don't realize how important your core is for other exercises, just makes them so much easier. That makes me happy that Dreya isn't in any other workouts, but to bad about sister Kate. I'm sure I will have some fun finding out who is annoying in these other workouts when I try them out next week.

Tami, Great job on the workout, and the bootcamp class. She is prepping those newbies for something spectacular in the future I'm sure. Forgot to mention that I'm super excited about your trip. That sounds like a great time of the year to get away, and I'm sure that you will be bikini ready right now. I'm actually enjoying these Bodyshred workout, I'm hoping that they will keep my interest until the end of this X2 rotation. The Fire Up workout had me sweating buckets, just love workouts that have that factor.

Thelma, Awesome job getting in a workout. Dang on your work week for next week. We had a bigwig in last week, and it really is funny how they get busy sprucing the place up for that. Hope you do not have to endure to bad of traffic, but that time of the day is horrible.

Hi to you Becky!

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! I started my day with the warm-up and Muscle Meltdown Bicep premix from ICE Bootcamp right into X2 Total Body. Good stuff! For cardio, I did KPC. Always a good one for me. I weighed myself this morning for the first time in a few months because I noticed my clothes were fitting a little loosely this weekend. I guess DH's diet has been good for me because I am 5lbs under my goal weight! I haven't been this light since we were living in Korea six years ago!! Crazy. Now I just have to figure out how I did it.

Tami, sounds like a manageable BC class. Sounds like Katy is taking it a bit easier on that class right now, which is okay--especially if there are a lot of newbies. So good to hear there is a gym at the resort you are staying at in January. That should help keep the workout restlessness away! DH and I are planning a few days away in NC over the New Year and I have already plotted out long walks we can take.....and trips to Whole Foods for healthy eats. The great thing about him losing all this weight is--instead of the usual stare I get when suggesting such things, he's all enthusiastic!

Thelma, sorry to hear about the tireds. You certainly have had a couple tough weeks and it doesn't sound like it is going to get better next week. Hopefully you can relax and enjoy the time your aunts are here. That is coming up soon, right?

Laurie, I bet that stretch felt good. I am feeling a little tight today and was thinking during my workout about how good tomorrow's yoga is going to feel! I am looking forward to the new workouts next week. I usually sub out with the bonus workouts during that phase, but I am going to try to do the ones you are doing because I want to revisit them. So it's like brand new workouts for me for a couple days next week! Yay!

Becky, hope your week is going well.

Until tomorrow.

Laurel

2BLean

Just a real quick "hello" ladies .... I am working in a different dept. and no access to my regular computer. I will check in with you all tomorrow

Great workouts!!!!

Tami

smile_laughter

Hi Strangers - lots to catch up on! I am still absolutely loving STS and finished disk 5 this morning. The workouts have been making me slightly sore; not too bad. I need to purchase heavier weights for a few of the moves (I have 15lbs, then jumps to 25 lbs......I need 17 and 20). During my off days of STS, I am filling my workouts with abs, treadmill and other workouts from 2 other challenges that I am participating in. Also, you probably saw my post today but I lost another pound which put me at a weight that I haven't been in YEARS. So excited and feeling stronger than I have in quite awhile.

To all of you - thanks for your suggestions and info for STS. I asked several questions last week, so thanks for responding to the questions. It all really helped me a lot.

Laurel - Fabulous job on your workouts! Your Halloween day of workouts was crazy! Looked like fun. Wow on losing 5 lbs and not planning it (I am so jealous)! So glad to hear your tile job is done.....I bet that is a relief. I really like your suggestion for STS rotation (Day 1--Non-STS Lower Body, Day 2--STS Upper, Day 3--STS Lower, Day 4--STS Upper, Day 5--Yoga, Day 6--Non-STS Total Body (or Cathe's STS Total Body workout which is fantastic!), Day 7--Off. ) I am finding that I feel like I can do more than 3 days a week with this rotation, but I also want to do it right like you said.

Laurie - You are rocking those workouts.....great job. I finally looked up the Bodyshred workout, and it looks really good. That is wonderful that you and DH got a date night in. My honey and I need one so bad......we rarely get to go out without the kids, so good for you for making the time. Thanks for sharing Cathe's suggested rotation for STS as well as the list of yoga dvds you have.

Thelma - I absolutely loved the dog costume video you shared....that was so cute! Great job on your workouts and making time for them while you are crazy busy and stressed. I can see why you skipped the first set of dvds from STS due to shoulder injury....the pushups are killer! I have to modify most of them. It's sad that you can't go back to visit family in El Salvador, but it is great that you are able to fly in family to visit you.

Tami - Wonderful job with all your workouts, especially that bootcamp class. Too bad you had to sit out of the volleyball game. Were you itching to be there and play? That is so exciting that you won a trip to Mexico! I bet you are going to have a blast. Plenty of time to get bikini ready (I have never worn one in my life....maybe one day???)

Have a great rest of the day
Becky

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies! Didn't have a lot of energy tonight so I turned the news on and danced in front of the tv without music, then jumped on the treadmill. Brought work home and worked for about 2 1/2 hours. I'm off Friday but I will also be working this weekend. Not too much as Saturday is DH's bday and we'll have company all afternoon and into the evening. I hope to get better workouts this weekend.

Great job to all of your for getting your workouts in!
Laurie, got another email from BeachBody about that new MMA program. The descriptions sound great but still no video that I can see if it's something I can do safely.
Laurel and Becky congrats on the weight loss!! I've been bad with food so I may have found your lost lbs!
Becky, good job for modifying the pushups. It was great for me to leave Meso I for last because by then I had gained shoulder strength.

Hi Tami!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

After work was X2 Total Body, I'm still doing the ICE warm ups too . This morning was Bodyshred Rise.

Laurel, Great job on the workouts! Congrats on the weight loss, that is an awesome result. I wonder if it has to do with the eating and the workouts, because I noticed that my pants where getting really loose. I have been eating better, but not great lately. So nice that your DH is now enthusiastic about his results, I think that my DH just needs to get the bigger weight loss to help him get that same mindset. I was looking at the weight sheets for the next workouts, and I noticed a lot of pull-ups. Are the warm-ups all the same as the first phase, if so I'm probably going to use the XTrain warm ups.

Tami, Nice that you checked in with us, hope you had a great day.

Becky, You are doing great with the STS workouts, so keep it up. Congrats on the weight loss also, that has to make you feel great. Sounds like you are filling in the other non-weight days with some great options. I like the rotation that Laurel gave you also, that one has some great variety. One of the reasons that I changed up to the Bodyshred was because of the shorter length. She really does give me a good workout in a short amount of time. DH and I have been having more date nights since the youngest one is working now. Hair stylists work some late hours, so we really are in the empty nest part of our lives. Have to admit that it has been fun, almost like when we where first married.

Thelma, Good job on doing your dancing! You got yourself moving, so that is important. Bummer on having to work this weekend. Glad to hear that you will be nixing the work on Saturday, for you DH's birthday though. Do you have anything exciting planned? I have read some reviews, and it appears that they don't do the other side. From what I have been reading they expect you to move to the opposite side to work it. I'm sure that I would get used to moving to the other side, but I really don't want to think that hard in the mornings.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies. I started off today's workout with Cathe's Intensity workout and did the Max Intensity premix, then went right into Muscle Meltdown Triceps. To finish, it was X2 Yoga which felt so very good.

Becky, so happy to hear you are enjoying STS! Definitely agree with needing those increments of weights. I also use both 1 and 2lb wrist weights during STS because sometimes a 1lb difference is all I need. Congratulations on the weight loss!! That is such good news! Glad you like the rotation suggestion.

Thelma, sorry to hear you are still so tired. I am glad you are going to have some time off from work this week. Hopefully the break for your DH's birthday is enjoyable and relaxing.

Laurie, great workouts. I was going to warn you about all the pull-ups! Yes, the next set of workouts are more like Tony Horton when it comes to that. I will be honest in saying that I don't have a particularly strong recollection of these next workouts, but I think that is because I did P90X and X2 blended rotations the last two times, and I think I focused more on P90X during this phase because I prefer those workouts. So we will be learning these together! But I do remember the warm-up is the same. And I am with you.....I will be doing something else. I do think the warm-ups are different for the last phase, though. Again, if memory serves correctly, he does a lot of crazy moves for pull-ups during this next phase, similar to the crunchy lever pull-ups in X2 Total Body. Some moves I find better with the bands (like those crunchy lever pull-ups) so it may help to keep that in mind if you find yourself staring at the TV saying 'huh?'

Tami, thanks for the update! Hope you are well.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies! Tonight I did XT Slide & Glide. Hadn't done that one in a log time. It was just right for my level of energy these days. Finally got some relief at work with one of my projects. I was having a hard time convincing people about my vision for a project because we're doing something we've never done before so it's a big learning process. Except I had the right vision from day one about a year ago. Finally my boss saw the light and since he understands things now conveying the message to others becomes much easier since I have his support. I feel like the weight of world has been lifted off my shoulders! I still have a lot of work to get done but one big milestone has been achieved so I gave myself tonight off. I'm so tired! I can't even stay awake.

Laurie, great workouts! WHAT? Core the Force only works one side of the body? Is that what you mean? That is too bad! I can't deal with that!
No big plans for DH's bday. His brother and SIL will be here and we'll play games as we always do. Then out to dinner and he wants Mexican food. I ordered him a cake and that's about it.

Laurel, great combo today! Saturday should be relaxing but may be too long of a day with company for about 7-8 hours!

Hi Tami and Becky!!

Good night ladies!!!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

After work was X2 Yoga, and that felt great. I might change that one up during this next phase. I really like X2 Yoga, but I think that I will need to change it up a bit. My oldest dropped Zoey off at daycare yesterday, so Rocket had his BFF, and apparently they played together all day. He was super tired yesterday, he was having a hard time keeping his eyes open. This morning was Bodyshred Fire Up.

Laurel, Great job with the workout, I know you really like Intensity. I'm glad to hear that we will be learning these workouts together, I'm sure that like P90X Back I will get used to the crazy amount of pull-ups. I have been using the tubing for that move in total body, I just can't do that one any other way. So good to know that I will need to incorporate the tubing, so I will make sure the tubing is out and ready. I have noticed that these workouts have made me watch the TV with the "huh" expression. I get used to them after a while, but the first time through is kind of funny.

Thelma, Glad to hear that someone finally was listening. That happens around here all the time, but why does it take so long for the ideas to sink in. I have to do another mini lean workout next week, and I know that they are going to be doing some things that just will not work. I just hate to have to go behind them and fix the mistakes all the time. Yes you are right, they only do the exercises on one side, and apparently they expect you to move to the other side. I'm not sure that I like that option, because there is that balance thing. All my other MMA workouts always work the other side evenly, and don't expect you to do it on your own. I like the sound of your DH's party. I always opt for Mexican food on my birthday too.

Tami and Becky, Hope you both are having a great day.

Have an awesome weekend everyone!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Enjoyed a really good workout today. I started with ICE Metabolic Total Body into X2 Balance and Power. What a great combo. Both workouts focus on total body with some balance in both and a little cardio as well. Even at 83 minutes long, it flew by. Because it felt so good, I toyed with just stopping there for the day. But after a little break, I decided to get in some solid cardio, but wanted something pretty light, short-ish and fun, so I did Party Rockin' Step 1, which was just perfect.

Thelma, yay on the breakthrough at work! How frustrating to have an idea and not being able to get people to understand it. I am so glad you broke through that barrier. That should make your weekend all the better. Nice workout to finish the day too. I love that Slide and Glide workout. Hope the company tomorrow isn't too exhausting!

Laurie, that really is a strange concept with those MMA workouts. I just can't get into that at all! I like my DVD workouts to be complete. I totally understand changing things up with X2 Yoga. That is the only workout that is done every week in the program, and change is good. I have thought about doing the same thing. We'll see. I should be okay with it for a couple more weeks, but then as Thanksgiving gets closer, time starts getting tighter. So I will play it by ear. I definitely think I will have that 'huh?' expression on my face next week. I got to thinking this morning that it has been four years since I first did this program and that was the only time I did two of these workouts. So I expect a lot of rewinding my DVD!

Tami and Becky, enjoy the weekend!

See you Monday.

Laurel

smile_laughter

Good morning ladies - Yesterday, I got on the treadmill and did a lot of walking. Today was STS disk 6 (legs). It has been several hours since the workout, and I am exhausted. My legs are incredibly tired.....my body is weary. So, that means I am thrilled! This is only the 2nd week of the program and I am already seeing a difference in my body (muscles). Is that possible? It seems like it is too early to be able to see some changes. Not complaining......just think I might be seeing things that aren't really happening, yet. I am greatly missing yoga.....I need it but haven't had time to go to a class. So, I think I need to get a yoga dvd.

Laurel - Your workout today sounds wonderful with it being total body. Great job on adding another workout at the end. I am happy to see you got a yoga workout in yesterday. Great job! I think I will purchase the hand weights. I can see where just adding that extra pound or two would make a difference. Do you have Cathe's hand weights, or did you purchase them else where?

Laurie - Great job on getting yoga and your workouts in. Hopefully you and DH get another date night this weekend.

Thelma - Wonderful job with your workouts. I love that you danced for a workout......that is so much fun to do. Also, congrats on making a break through at work! That should help alleviate some stress.

Hi Tami - I hope you are doing well.

Becky

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ Still working most of my day in that other dept. It is a project for the “end of the year” type stuff. So very tedious and kind of boring, but glad I can be of help! I’ve been going back to my desk and catching up with my normal stuff and eating and then back to the other dept. again. So my schedule has definitely felt VERY different this week. Workouts have been pretty good. I didn’t go to Spinning on Wednesday eve, spent the evening watching game 7 of the World Series with DH. IT was fun and such a good game. Today I did X10 + Cross Fire Tabatas, which is a fun cardio combo and I will go to Spinning tonight.

Becky: I am so glad to hear you are loving STS! I just knew you would and anytime throughout you have questions, we are here to help! It is not surprising you are feeling and maybe even seeing results already. This is an entirely new program for your body so I am sure it is reacting nicely! WOO HOO. Congratulations on the weight loss! That is fantastic. Yes, I was definitely missing out last Sunday on the volleyball, so I am glad I am back on schedule this weekend.

Thelma: Sorry to hear about your energy level still being a bit on the low side, but it sounds like with all you have going on it is to be expected. Way to hang in there and do what you can do or what you feel like doing. I haven’t received that e-mail from BB but I have seen some clips on YouTube for that new series. Maybe look there to see what you think; although they are pretty brief.

Laurie: Way to go with your continued perseverance through X2!!! You are doing a fantastic job and with the baggy pants, something is happening. Especially if your eating hasn’t been that much different. I bet it feels good and as you conquer more and more of the moves I am sure it feels like a good achievement there as well. Love the doggy daycare results they are getting! I know forsure Bernie would love that, but it breaks my heart to leave Emma alone all day. However she is often in the house and he is out, so maybe it wouldn’t matter much to her. She is happy there when she is inside. LOL

Laurel: I know I read briefly the other day about your 5 lbs down from your goal weight! That is absolutely the best and has to be a wonderful feeling. If I ever report in on that for myself it will be a party! So congrats on that. Excellent work as always on all your workouts this week. Too many to commend you for, but outstanding job!

Have a great weekend ladies ~ I plan on getting in a nice one tomorrow a.m. and Sunday as well + Volleyball!

Talk to you on Monday

Tami