Cathe Fans Part 5
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Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I missed you yesterday! So yesterday was Spinning after work, which was another great class. This a.m. I did KCM Build & Burn: Trim & Tone Intervals followed by Lower Body Tabata.
Thelma: Seriously what an absolutely GORGEOUS home! I didn’t realize it comes furnished. The decorator and furnishings that are currently in there look absolutely perfect. I know the paperwork can be stressful and seems never ending but eye on the prize! You guys will get through it and have your dream home very soon!!! WooHoo. On the job front, I am sorry that it continues to be so amazingly stressful on you. Hang in there is all I can say and focus on all the good things you do have going right now. If that can help. xo
Laurie: Great job getting in your Yoga Warrior yesterday, glad to hear it felt so good. Thank you for the info on that Liquid Gold by Scott’s. Sounds awesome, I may give it a try. That is a funny story (only because your dad was ok) about slipping on the freshly cleaned stairs. Yes, the BootCamp class on Monday was definitely a great one. Yay on gearing up for some KCM when you are done with your rotation. That will be fun. Enjoy your long weekend!! Yay. I am going to be taking Dec. 27, 28 and possible the 31st off as well. So looking forward to that.
Laurel: I bet your end at sight in your new home is keeping you absolutely motivated to just get it DONE! Seriously impressed with the fact you guys decorated (again). We still have nothing up. But fingers crossed we will do it this weekend, that is the plan. It sounds like we will be over at DH’s parent’s house on Christmas eve anyway and then just us on Christmas Day so it sort of seems pointless in my eyes ….. BUT if my stepson and his family stop by we don’t want to look like The Grinch House. LOL It will probably help my mood too during the holiday vs. the sads and gloom of missing my mom. Fabulous job on the workouts!!!! As always you are killing it right & left … way to go. Your new home and neighborhood sounds very fancy and wonderful. You deserve it!! So are we set for this Sunday or do you need more time for the BB BULK Rotation? Are we doing the rotation right from the series then or something else? Just so I know what to plan for.
Have a great evening ladies ~ Talk to you tomorrow! Friday and our Christmas Party is tomorrow after work.
Tami
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Hi Ladies, quick update. I am feeling awful about not being able to do a proper workout! I hate it! I managed to get a little cardio in. DH hopes that after this crazy week with all the mortgage paperwork things will start to settle down next week. Poor thing he's had to do 99% of the work.
Laurie, great job with the metabolic workout. I hope you have a wonderful long weekend!
It must've felt great to hear people's comments on your banners. How did you get the words on them? Did you paint them?
Laurel, so happy you finally had your first normal day in a long time! I can't wait for my first back to normal day to get here! Awesome job with your workouts! What kind of floor do you have in your workout room? will it be a good jumping floor? I think I will still have a jumping subfloor built as I did in our in our current home.
If the new house came unfurnished there is no way I could've made it look as nice as the owners did. We do need to replace the sofa. That kind of material doesn't work with cats and I'm sure they will use it as a scratching post. I want a sofa in the same shape and with a chaise lounge also. The only one in our price range that I can find is a dark brown. I think it will be OK given the kitchen cabinets and doors are dark brown. This house will also be the nicest house we've ever had. Our furniture would not have worked in that house.
I'm sure you did a beautiful job decorating your new home!
Tami, fabulous workouts!
Thank you so much on those nice comments on what we hope will be our future house. I wonder if they hired a decorator because I agree that all the furniture and decor are perfect for that house. The log furniture is big in Blue Ridge for those type of cabins. We're starting to see the light at the end of the mortgage paperwork tunnel! I have been trying very hard to focus on the new house and blessings coming our way.
Have a wonderful weekend ladies. Thank God Friday is finally here! 9 more work days before Xmas vacation!
Thelma
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Afternoon Ladies,
I am officially going to the Cathe Road Trip, I'm very excited. My workout for today was ICE Lower Body Blast + MM Shoulders + Icy Core 2. Still loving that LBB workout. After this I'm going to head out to the store to get baking items, so it will be a baking weekend. Oh I forgot to tell you all that my boss was shuffled to a different position, so I will be getting a new boss soon.
Laurel, Great job on those workouts, and for the fact that you may get to try out those live workouts when they are happening. I'm glad to hear that you are finally done with all the unpacking, and that you are getting back into your normal routine. Of course now you get to enjoy sunshine, that will help a lot with the working out also. I'm really needing to focus on my eating for sure, and now I really do have the motivation to do so. I'm actually excited about having that to focus on, and I know that DH is willing to go along with me. He wants to lose some weight, so isn't apposed to what I create in the kitchen during the next few months. Hope you are able to get your ticket for the trip.
Tami, Nice that you had a good spin class, and of course the KCM workouts. Try out the Liquid Gold on a test spot it you are using it on your floors, and someplace that you usually have a rug over. Just in case. Nice that you will be off those days during Christmas, I'm looking forward to it. We will be going up north to visit my parents, but I'm off for 13 days, as my co-worker reminded me.
Thelma, Don't feel bad, you are going through a lot right now. I'm sure once everything settles down you will right back on the workout bandwagon. So far I'm having a great day off, it sure is nice to relax and enjoy my coffee in the morning. Getting those letters on the banners was an interesting thing. We used painters tape in layers, and then printed out letters. DH put that on top of the layers of tape, and then he used an exacto knife to cut them out. Once the letters where cut, we then laid tape over the top the top of the cut out tape. We pulled the layers of tape off the cutting board, and onto the fabric. I then painted the letters. It was my idea to do it this way, which kind of surprised me that I thought of it. Usually DH is the engineer for things like this.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was STS Disc 15/Back and Biceps followed by Cathe Live Boxing, HiiT and Core. Also finally got a chance to get my hair taken care of and it feels good to be presentable again.
I also signed up for Cathe’s Road Trip in May!! So excited. Like I said yesterday, I think this is just what I need right now to get me back on track, especially with my diet. I need to do something because between this move and the holidays..... 
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Tami, great workouts! I understand the feeling that decorating at the holiday is kind of pointless when it is just you and your DH. It has been like that for my DH and I most every year. But I do it every year because I love so many of the memories attached to our Christmas ornaments, so I actually enjoy the decorating part. That first Christmas after losing my mom was super tough (not helped by getting the news we would be moving from Florida 10 days before Christmas), though. I hope you do whatever you can to keep the sads away as much as possible....whatever that is. Anyhow, I am ready to go with Body Beast Bulk on Sunday if you are. I think I will do it for about four weeks or so when I think we will be getting the new workouts from Cathe. Then I am going to then do those new workouts for a few weeks before going into another STS (3 month) rotation in early February. Or at least that is the very rough plan for the moment. When I was working out this morning, I remembered I didn’t actually have a plan for my Body Beast rotation....so I have kind of made up one of the fly. Right now, I think I am going to do this:
Sunday-Bulk Chest
Monday-Bulk Back
Tuesday-Bulk Legs
Wednesday-Bulk Shoulders
Thursday-Bulk Arms
Friday-Random Lower Body workout
I really want to hit the lower body twice a week right now, which is why I am deviating from the original Bulk rotation. What do you think? Let me know! I am so looking forward to getting back to some form of rotation right now.
Thelma, hope things calm down soon so you can get back to taking care of you. I think it is amazing you are finding any time for working out right now so kudos to you! My workout room is carpeted and upstairs, but the flooring seems pretty sturdy, at least in relation to our house in Florida (where we knew we were eventually going to have to reenforce the floor at some point). DH isn’t afraid I am going to come crashing down into the kitchen or living room when I am jumping, so that is good. We will see over time how it holds and how the carpeting takes the wear and tear. The rest of our house (minus two other rooms) is engineered hard wood, but I know I don’t want that in my workout space since it has already proven not to be at all durable. So if we replace the flooring I have no idea what we would do with it at the moment.
Laurie, hope you are enjoying your day off!
Enjoy the weekend!
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. We had a good, busy one. We spent most of Saturday with my BIL and his wife. We shared our news on the house with them. They're very happy for us.
No workout for me on Friday but on Saturday I did a Leslie Sansone walking workout. Today I actually was able to do Bulk Legs and a little low impact cardio.
OMG Laurie, I am so excited you're going to Cathe's Road Trip! I can't wait to read all about the road trip experience!
Great workouts! How was your bakeathon weekend? I'm glad your long weekend started great. I hope it continued on that path.
WOW!! You and your DH are so talented! That was quite a process getting those letters painted on!
I hope you get a good boss! Good luck!
I hope things slow down for me. There is a light at the end of the tunnel; which is something I have to keep reminding myself.
Laurel, you also get to go on Cathe's road trip and you'll get to meet Laurie! That is so exciting! I hope you found a good hair stylist! I'll have to find someone who can handle curly hair when we move!
Awesome job with your workouts! I like the idea of working the legs more frequently Laurel.
I hope things calm down. I'm thinking by mid-Jan things will be better. Thanks for the kudos on my attempts to getting some workouts in.
It's nice that your workout room is carpeted! Mine will be in the lower level and I believe the floor is engineered hardwood. We will definitely have to protect that floor somehow.
Hi Tami!
Have a great week ladies!
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Morning Ladies,
Yes I had a bakathon and shopping this weekend. On Saturday I got all the dough made, there are still two cookies that need to be baked yet. I couldn't get myself motivated yesterday to do the cut outs. That will be something that I hope to accomplish tonight, maybe dd will help me. I had something wrong with my shoulder/neck. I couldn't look over my shoulder on my right side, so I didn't do workouts this weekend either. This morning there is a very slight feeling, but I can move my head from side to side with no problem. I did a boxing workout with Kelly and did TLC combined workouts premix. I'll take it down a little this week, to see if I'm okay and start up with Cathe again hopefully next week.
Laurel, Oh wow, can't believe that we will be meeting. I know another person that will be there, so this is going to be fun. I'm going to be indulging during Christmas, so the new year will be my true test for getting into shape for the road trip. Great job with getting in those workouts, and gearing up for the Beast workouts. I'm sure that you will have a great time with those.
Thelma, Good job on the Leslie and Beast workouts. Glad to hear that your BIL and his wife are so happy for you with your new purchase. I'm super excited about the trip, and DH didn't even question why I was going. He said have fun. He's even on board for the food, but he said it has to taste good. I bought the new Skinnytaste cookbook. Have you seen it? She uses crock pots, Instant Pot and the Air Fryer along with a few other things. The recipes look really good. 0 -
Hi Ladies! Hope you all enjoyed the weekend. We spent most of the weekend putting some finishing touches on the house. Still miles to go on it in areas, but we have all the time in the world (I hope!) to keep chipping away at it. It rained all weekend as that huge storm front passed through...and now we are getting some snow! Nothing of substance but it makes it feel like Christmas. For workouts this weekend, on Saturday I did Cathe’s LIS Yoga Max which felt SO good on my body. Yesterday was the start of Body Beast so I did Bulk Chest. I took the weights down a bit which I think was smart. But I was surprised how strong I felt with it. For cardio, I did Cathe Live Boxing and Leg Blasts.
Today I did Bulk Back, and then I tried something different. Way back in Alaska, I had tried to use Cathe’s workout blender, but I couldn't get the workouts I created to play uninterrupted when I plugged my iPad into my TV (the workouts stopped at the chapter break). But in Alaska, I also couldn’t use the app for Cathe On Demand. Well, since we have been here, I have been able to use that app with no problem, probably due to better internet service. So today I decided to see if I could do one of the very few workouts I created in the Workout Blender....and it worked! The only downside is the workout nearly killed me.
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Laurie, I see we posted around the same time of Friday! Yay for the Road Trip!! I am so excited about it. My DH responded exactly like yours....he was actually pretty excited for me. I think he remembers back to when I had signed up for the Glassboro Road Trip Back when we lived in DC and I had to cancel it for some military thing. I think he is happy I have another chance to do this. I haven’t booked my flights yet but am thinking I will fly to Milwaukee instead of Chicago (since there are shuttles to the hotel from both airports). My experience with Chicago airports hasn’t always been great.
But since you live there.....do you think that is wise of me? So looking forward to meeting you!! Great job with the baking this weekend! I am planning to do very little baking this year.....though DH keeps giving me a very sad look every time I say that, so we will see. I am sorry about your neck, though. Hopefully it continues to improve.
Thelma, glad your BIL took the news about the house so well. I am sure that eases your minds a bit. The lady who did my hair did a good job with it. I went to the Ulta here, and I do find Ulta stylists to be pretty consistently good. They are building a new one here which will be closer to our house, so I don’t know how long I will stay with this particular stylist, but it is always a relief to find somebody who can work with my difficult hair. Great job with the workouts....especially that Bulk Legs workout!! Such a tough one.
Tami, hope you had a good weekend.
See you tomorrow.
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Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I missed you all on Friday. We did have our Christmas Party right after work. It was at a new venue this year which is a beautiful lake home that rents out their finished shop. It was catered and very nice. We have out grown our office lobby to have our party. LOL That is seriously where they have had it for like 10 years. So any way, weekend was good. I accomplished a lot on Saturday and didn’t do a whole lot yesterday. I was hoping we would put up the tree if we are going to do it but I didn’t bring it up so it was a “no go” on tree or decorations.
Saturday I did Cathe’s Afterburn since it has been on my mind since mentioning it what like 2 weeks ago. At any rate, as always it sneaks up on you for toughness I think. Yesterday I started up the BB BULK Rotation with Chest. I went slightly lighter with some of the exercise than I have my notes on “just in case” and it felt great. Today I will go to BootCamp after work and then BULK Legs will be tomorrow a.m.
Thelma: You are a very busy woman and as we all know when life changes a bit you do what you can do for workouts! I know how it feels to miss them, but sounds like you were able to get them in and a good BULK workout as well! A corner has already been turned ~ New week ahead! Glad you guys are making it through all the paperwork. Very fun spending time with your BIL and SIL, I bet they are super happy for you guys.
Laurie: Congrats to you and Laurel going on the Road Trip!!!!!! That is going to be double-fun I think. You get to do a Cathe Road Trip + meet an amazing friend in person. Great job with your Friday workout and getting in your Kelly TLC workout. Hope your neck is feeling better today but sounds like the extra rest was needed over the weekend. Did you enjoy all of your baking? It sounds like a lot. Good for you, I bet it is fun to do and have your dd come over to help. One of my favorite Christmas time memories was all the sugar cookies my mom would make and my sister and I would decorate. Now it is a fond memory, at the time I enjoyed it for a while and then was “done” with decorating them. LOL Are you nervous about getting a new boss? WOW 13 days OFF will be amazing.
Laurel: That BLENDER workout sounds TOUGH! Whoa. Way to get it done. I have still never tried the X77 but don't think I would make it through without the "pause" button. Along with all the others you did Friday & Sat., way to go. Started up the BULK workouts with you despite not confirming on Friday, sorry about that. Thank you for posting a plan that you have in mind. I absolutely agree on hitting the lower body twice a week. I NEED it.
I thought yesterday, I’ll just start with CHEST and go from there. I am also excited to be going into a more structured plan. Maybe I will add on some short segments if I have time in the a.m. Hopefully I can stay accountable to it! Stop hitting the “snooze” quite so much. So legs will be tomorrow, etc. Congrats to you as well signing up and coordinating your trip for Cathe’s Road Trip! You guys are going to have a blast, I cannot wait to hear about it. I think I will tag along with your plan moving forward after this into Cathe’s NEW workouts. They look amazing! I think those and the Strong & Sweaty combined would be so much fun as well in the future. Since I still love those Strong & Sweaty Series so much.
Have a great afternoon ladies ~ talk to you tomorrow! Tami
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Hi Ladies, I only had time for some low impact cardio. You won't believe this! I scored a punching bag with a stand from a resident in my town! They had the stand filled with water and thankfully they emptied it out! The unit is not heavy when the base is empty. It looks brand new! The lady had a bosu in the picture and I tried to score that too but she wasn't giving it away. These punching bags with stands are expensive! I don't have room for it in my current workout space so DH put it in the attic. I won't use it till we move.
I got my yearly review today and it was better than expected. It included a yearly increase and a bonus. DH was really happy about the extra $ because it will help us with the closing costs.
We were very happy my BIL took the news about the move so well this time. I'm sure it's because we'd had a 'dry run' when we were going to buy the other house. He's gotten used to the idea.
I have 7 more work days left this year! I can't wait!
Laurie, you were one busy lady this weekend! Did you taste any of the cookies? I can't bake cookies. I will be tasting them till they were all gone! I hope your neck is feeling better! Great job with your workouts! I love the skinnytaste recipes. I have the new cookbook but haven't tried any of the recipes yet. People on FB are loving the recipes. Gina is going to work on an air fryer cookbook which is wonderful! Do you have an Instant Pot? I'm afraid to use that thing but we love ours.
Laurel, great job with starting the BB rotation and for continuing to work on the finishing touches around your new home. I can't believe you had snow! Western NC got hit pretty hard. I heard today that they got the amount of snow they get during an entire season in one day!
How exciting that your better internet service is allowing you to use Cathe's workout blender app! Is the workout blender part of the Cathe live service you have? Do you have on demand too?
Who do you have for internet service provider? Who do you use for cable? Apparently in Blue Ridge the best ISP is ATT. If DH is going to work from home he needss high speed internet. Cable is questionable too. May have to go with Direct TV which is owned by ATT. Rumor has it that since ATT took it over the service is not very good.
I'm so excited you and Laurie will get to meet in May! I'm sure you ladies will have a blast!
I'll have to see if Blue Ridge has Ulta hair salons. Maybe once we move it will be time to cut my hair short.
Tami, sounds like the office Christmas party was held at a very nice venue! Glad you enjoyed it. I guess the company isn't so small anymore! That is always a good thing! Great job with your workouts!!!
We don't have a Christmas tree. Can't have one with these cats that find toy potential with everything! LOL
I haven't had a chance to look at Cathe's new videos but I bet they will be great.
Good night ladies!
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Morning Ladies,
This morning I did Kelly's Circuit Burn Combined Premix, sure do love that workout. Got home a bit to late last night, so no cookie cutouts made. I'm hoping to get something done tonight. I have to make something for our department potluck and for DH's potluck on Friday. Mine is on Thursday. This time of the year is so busy. My neck is feeling way better today, don't know what caused it. Probably sleeping funny or something.
Laurel, I always wondered how a ICE weight workout would be, now you have confirmed that it is tough. I'm really glad to hear that your getting to use your On Demand options. Great job on all your workouts, sure is impressive. I think going into MKE would be better, because MKE airport is smaller and your shuttle will have to travel to Lake Geneva from Chicago. With the traffic in Chicago that can be hours worth of being in the shuttle vehicle. MKE to our house is about a half hour, and from there about another 25 min. You will be traveling past my house to get to Lake Geneva, since we are off the Rock Freeway. I love that our DH's are so supportive of our exercise, they understand that it keeps us happy.
Tami, Sounds like a really nice party. I'm sure your food was much better than ours here at work. They spent a lot of money for dried out chicken.
Awesome job on your workouts, looks like you are ready for the Beast. Glad that you where able to get in Afterburn also. I have never attempted that X77 either, I can hardly make it through two at the same time. My dd's where the same way with decorating the cookies, toward the end the colors started to get pretty scary. I can't believe that Laurel and I are going to be meeting either. Maybe one day we all will be able to get together too. Enjoy your rotation, I'm sure that it will help you get through the holidays this year. Truthfully I'm not nervous at all about getting a new boss. I have had so many during my years that it has gotten fairly easy to train one and they go away.
Thelma, Congrats on the review! I'm sure that extra money will come in handy. So I had to look at how many days I have left, since you mentioned yours. I only have 5 more after today. How wonderful to think about it that way. I did taste test them, just to make sure that I did everything correctly. I made a new cookie that has the candied fruit in it. I actually am one of those weird people that like fruit cake. These cookies are even better than the cake. They will be in my cookie rotation from now on. I like to try at least one new cookie per year. I have gotten rid of some, if people don't eat them anymore I don't make them. I highly recommend Ulta Salons, and not because my dd works for them. I have noticed that the stylists are all fairly competent. If you let them know that you have curly hair, they will put you with someone that can handle curly hair. They always give dd people with short hair, since she is very good with short cuts.
Have a great day!
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Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Bulk Legs, which always makes my legs feel shaky....but good. I followed it with my first spin workout since the move, which was Cathe Live Spin Those Wheels. It felt tough but really good. So happy to have my no impact/high intensity workout option back in play! I really missed it.
Tami, great workouts. Glad you enjoyed revisiting Afterburn. That one always surprises me with how sneaky tough it is. Glad you don’t mind a little extra lower body for this rotation. I was really enjoying doing the extra leg work before the move and think I was making a little progress on my stubborn, chubby legs.
But that all got lost somewhere on the road between here and Alaska. So it feels so good to have a workout plan again. I am sorry to hear you didn’t get to put up your Christmas tree this weekend. My DH has, historically, been one of those guys who is completely indifferent to holidays, so several years ago I started putting up all the decorations by myself. It took about 12 years.....but now he gets sad when I don’t let him help. But I still prefer doing it alone because it gives me chance to reminisce....without somebody asking me where they should put every ornament on the tree. One of my favorite Christmas memories is, like you, baking cookies with my Mom. Ours were spritz cookies....and the mess we made with all the sparkles and stuff.... . I don’t quite know how she put up with it.
Thelma, yay on the punching bag! I would so love to have one, but, as you say, they are pretty pricey and take up some space. But how fun you have that to look forward to in your new home! The workout blender is part of a Cathe On Demand. It takes a little time to create workouts because you do it chapter by chapter, but this option finally allows me to retire my very old and antiquated multi disc player. Makes me a little sad to see it go....but it is time.
We have ATT U-verse for internet and cable. The internet works really well. But the TV service is a little finicky. We got a couple of wireless receivers and I would not recommend them. The elimination of the one cable just isn’t worth some of the other issues. But the whole house DVR is really nice! So I am a little mixed on their service, but, so far, I am happy enough with it to not go with a dish or direct TV. We got very lucky on the snow this past weekend. We heard parts of Tennessee got hit pretty badly as well. Our temps stayed up enough, though, so that was good. If not.....we would still be digging out!
Laurie, great workout. I am glad your neck is feeling better. Hopefully it was just one of those passing things. Thank you for the info on the airports. I really don’t want to spend hours in traffic on a shuttle! I am aiming to get there mid-day on Thursday in hope that traffic even in Milwaukee won’t be too bad. And I don’t think I will mind a few extra hours at the hotel because it looks like a beautiful area. So looking forward to this! Sounds like things are getting busy for you with the holidays. Hope you get some time to relax and enjoy.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ We had a pretty good BootCamp class last night. Katy was gone but we had a different instructor, so different format but she made it good. This a.m. was BULK Legs and tonight I might go to Insane-X.
Thelma: Way to score the punching bag!! Even if you can’t use it for a while. Great job getting in your low impact cardio too. CONGRATS on the yearly review with a raise and bonus!! Beyond well deserved lady. Countdown to time off for you! YAY. Thank you for kudos on the workouts. Appreciate that.
Laurie: Fabulous job with the KCM Circuit Burn pre-mix! Such a great workout. Glad to hear your neck is feeling better today. Maybe just strained it slightly or slept on it wrong. Thanks to you as well for kudos on the workouts …. Really trying to kick it back into “my old self” gear again. That’s good that the new boss situation causes you zero “anx”. Funny you train them. Why aren’t you the big boss? LOL So funny on the cookies. Our creative designs became slopping on frosting and calling it good.
Laurel: I’m with you on the shaky legs this a.m. We did a lot of legs last night that were different moves, so I was really feeling it this am. Great job following it up with Spinning. I think that just helps loosen them up, even through the “fi-ya”. I haven’t made any progress on my legs for quite a while and I have Hawaii coming up so this will be my motivation for the 2x a week forsure!! My DH gets the tree up and lights on and then that’s it. I decorate. He did say last night that FORSURE this weekend unless we put it up one night this week. We have a function tomorrow night though so I would say most likely Saturday. Love your cookie making memory as well.
Have a great evening ladies ~ Tami0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning was 30MTF Athletic Conditioning Vol 1 W1 and Jessica Smith's Walk Strong 3 Barefoot Cardio Core. I think I'm going to be feeling the core work tomorrow, I'm feeling it right now. That is what surprises me about Jessica's workouts. They are not difficult, but she somehow sneaks exercises in that work the core good.
Laurel, Great job on the workouts, and that you have your spin option back in play. I always love the titles of those live workouts, they sound fun. If you are coming in mid-day you will be fine for traffic in MKE, it will be fairly light. Rush hour around here is always the worst time frame, and even that isn't bad compared to Chicago all day. Spritz cookies are so so good. That is one that the girls always enjoyed "helping" me with. You get to use the fancy cookie press and change the design. I'm hoping to relax a little on Friday, but I'm sure that I will be running somewhere that day.
Tami, Nice job on the workout and your classes. I think it may have been the way I was sleeping, but I'm really glad that it is gone. LOL, that is one thing I will never be is the boss. I love being in a position that is support, but every new boss has a learning curve. They start out trying to control the budget, and then just let me do it. I find it funny. I tend to do the same design with the same cookie, and my dd's get mad at me. They say all Christmas Trees don't need to be green.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Definitely feeling the workouts this week. I suppose that is a good thing, though I wasn’t saying that as I got out of bed this morning. But once I got moving, I felt better and had a fun workout. I did Bulk Shoulders followed by the core work from Cathe Live Butts and Guts. And for cardio I did Party Rockin’ Step 2 60 minutes premix. Later I hope to get out and rake some leaves. It should have been done two weeks ago.....but we had more pressing things to take care of, like unpacking. But it is time to get them off the grass now.
Tami, glad you enjoyed the Bootcamp class even with a different instructor. I had forgotten you are going to Hawaii!! That is this spring, right? Boy, if there is somebody who needs a fantastic vacation right now it is you. I am so glad you have that to look forward to. DH and I are going to try to get our cancelled Hawaii vacation in next fall.....but I will believe that when it gets here.
Laurie, great workouts. I love that Jessica workout. Now that I am back to something of a more normal routine, I hope to start spending more time with those Jessica workouts. Like you said, her workouts never come across as brutal.....but they sure do sneak up on you. Love that about her. I actually have the cookie press my mom used when we made spritz in my childhood if you can believe that. It must be over 50 years old now. I haven’t used it yet since I brought it home from her house right before she passed, but I am thinking it might be fun for DH and I one weekend to do this year. I just love the flavor of a good spritz cookie!
Thelma, hope you are well!
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies, a quick hello just to let you know I'm alive. I've only done cardio for the last two days. I won't be able to workout tomorrow because we're taking a co-worker out to celebrate his retirement.
Great news! Our loan got conditional approval. We uploaded the w2s they asked for tonight so hopefully, that will be all the paperwork they need.
Laurie, glad your neck is feeling better. I also think you slept in a bad position. you really are busy with all that baking and cooking. Thank God the engineers don't get into potlucks or stuff like that. We just want to be left alone. LOL. I did see some people in the office carrying slow cookers and trays with food though.
Thanks for congratulating me on my review. Glad you counted how many work days you had left in the year! I have 5 more! I searched for Ulta Salons in Blue Ridge but they don't have them. The closest one I found was 1 hour away!
Keep up the good work with your workouts!
Laurel, awesome workouts as always!
I am excited about the punching bag. There was a kickboxing workout program that used one of those bags a few years ago. I'll have to find it because it looked like a lot of fun. So glad you can retire your multi-disk DVD player! I still love mine and someone in town gave one away last year so I have a backup! LOL Glad to hear you have ATT but Blue Ridge doesn't have U-Verse! Looks like we'll be stuck with Direct TV for cable. We do have whole house DVR with Verizon and we do like that too.
did you feel the earthquake TN had the other day? Glad you didn't get hit with that snow storm!
Tami, fabulous workouts! I'm glad you liked the BC class and instructor!
Thanks for the congrats!! I'm so excited about that punching bag!
So looking forward to my time off!
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning was Jessica's Walk Strong 3 Total Body, another good workout. You can really go heavy on this one. I added on 30MTF Body Design Weighted Kickboxing. Today is our department potluck, and I'm sure that I will eat way to much. So will probably have something light tonight. I'm off tomorrow also, so this is my Friday.
Laurel, I totally understand that getting out of bed feeling after you have had a hard week of workouts. When Saturday rolls around, you will be wanting that good stretch. I'm going to try out the Deep Stretch from the WS3 series. I have not tried that one yet, but it sounds like it will do the trick with a name like that. Great job on your workouts, and now you reminded me that I have not done the Butts & Gutts workout in a long long time. That one is so good. I hope that you and your DH have a chance to use the press, I'm sure that it will bring back some great memories.
Thelma, Awesome news on the loan approval process. Awesome job on getting in workouts, that is what counts. Doesn't matter if it is just cardio. Around here the engineers are eating all the time, or they are making home brewed beer. I don't mind the potluck's, we only have them once a year. It is nice to get all the guys together and congratulate ourselves on a job well done for the year.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Well, the raking turned into a nightmare yesterday. Three hours, 15 bags of leaves and a very sore back.....and the yard looks the same. But at least I tried. If I had it in me, I would head out there again today. But I don’t have it in me. Could be my workout this morning because, despite being sore and tired, I decided to challenge myself. I started with Bulk Arms, which is my favorite in the series. My arms were feeling very tired though from the raking, so I did have to take some of the weights down a bit. For cardio, I decided to do a play on my HiiT Trifecta.....which is when I put together the three Shock Cardio HiiT workouts into one workout. Today I chose three different HiiT workouts and combined them into one. I started with RWH Plyo HiiT One into F/S Mixed Impact Cardio into RWH Low Impact HiiT. This was tough! But I loved the variety in it. Tomorrow will be a much lighter day, though, that’s for sure.
Thelma, thanks for checking in. Congratulations on the loan approval! I know I felt a huge sense of relief when that stage was met in the whole process. Such good news. We didn’t feel the earthquake here at all. I was surprised how close it was....but we felt nothing. You will have to let me know how you like Direct TV. We are going to stick with ATT for awhile, but if it continues to be so finicky, we may have to change. I will be curious how you like Direct TV.
Laurie, happy Friday-early! Hope you enjoy your potluck. I haven’t done that WS3 workout yet. Glad you enjoyed it and it sounds like it may be another versatile Jessica workout. Hope you enjoy the Deep Stretch. I have done that one and enjoyed it. It is a very thorough but pretty basic stretch routine, which I like. I think I will be reaching for her Yoga for Back Pain on Saturday since that one seems to work best when my body feels particularly tired. Or maybe Eoin Finn and his Magically Hips if I have more time. But, boy, whatever I do is going to feel good after this week.
Tami, hope you are well.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Yesterday in the a.m. I did BULK Arms and no Spinning last night. We went to a fundraiser for the local Junior College Athletic program. We did that last year with the same table of people. Lots of fun. This a.m. was BULK Shoulders. We had a nice snowy morning today and now it is warming up to slush.
Group question: Do any of you have an Instant Pot? I have been thinking about getting one. Feel like it would come in handy ……. vs. my CrockPot that I don’t use very often because it kind of dries things out (sadly) and thought I would.
Thelma: Thanks for checking in and HUGE congrats on the loan approval. Always a stressful process but you guys will be in the homestretch soon. YAY. Good job getting in what you can the last few days on the workouts! Excellent.
Laurie: Way to go with the Jessica WS3 Total Body workout! I’m still intrigued by that set but due to my already over powering collection of DVDs it would have to go on sale for me to buy it I think. LOL Sounds so good. I hope you enjoy that stretch workout on Saturday. Hope you enjoyed the potluck and of course your days off as well!!!!
Laurel: Way to go on the BULK workouts and your added on amazing cardio workouts!!!! WHOA. Your leaf raking sounds like threading a string without a not on the end ….. dang it. But yes, I am sure you made a dent in the pile forsure. I bet your body is feeling it from all the amazing workouts and the raking. Our trip is actually the first week of February, so it is coming up pretty soon now. I am really looking forward to it forsure. Hope I can breathe in that beautiful sunshine and flowery smell that I imagine Hawaii to be like.
Have a great afternoon ladies ~ talk to you tomorrow! TGIF for tomorrow.
This week has felt really long to me.
Tami
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Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Cathe Live Rapid Fire Legs and Core followed by Cathe Live Jabs and Kicks. I am so looking forward to a break tomorrow, but it has felt really good this week to push my body a little. It needed it.
Tami, great workouts! I am glad you enjoyed your evening out. I am not a big fan of slush, that’s for sure. I like rain and snow, but that in between stuff.....not so much. You perfectly described how my raking excursion felt on Wednesday. I better get used to it though......or hire lawn care. I don’t have an instant pot simply because I feel I already have too many kitchen gadgets I don’t use enough. But I am intrigued by it. Hope Thelma and Laurie can provide some insight for both of us. I am sorry about the long week. Hope you get some time to relax this weekend and do something you enjoy.
Thelma and Laurie, enjoy the weekend!
See you Monday.
Laurel0 -
Morning Ladies,
Just finished with Michelle Dozois Sweat & Burn and Jessica Smith's Walk Strong 3 Boogie I.T. It was nice to get in an extra long cardio session. I like the Boogie IT, but I think that was because it was an add on for me.
Laurel, Awesome job on that combo of HiiT workouts, I'm guessing that you are going to be enjoying this option for quite some time. I'm sure that there are thousands of combos that you can create with the On Demand. Wow on all the leaves, do you have a lot of trees in your yard? I can imagine that you where tired after all of that. Hope that you get in a good long stretch tomorrow, it sounds like your body will really need it after pushing your body so hard this week. Oh yes Eoin is a great option for those hips, you have been working the legs pretty hard this week too.
Tami, Great job on those workouts, and your spinning. To bad about the slush, we have fog right now. I LOVE my Instant Pot, you can cook in it just like on your stove. One of the things that I love cooking in it is rice, it comes out perfect. I think the only thing that it can't do is grill. One of the web pages to look at for recipes is Skinnytaste. She uses the Instant Pot in quite a few of her recipes. I just bought her new cookbook, and I'm planning on trying one recipe per week in the new year. The potluck was good, and surprisingly there was a nice variety of food.
Have a great weekend,
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies ~ Quick check in before the weekend! This a.m. was 21DFX Extreme Legs and tonight I will go to Spinning. I am also doin the Spin for Tots with my friend tomorrow a.m. at 7-8 and then we will go out for coffee. It is our Saturday to meet up anyway, so that will be fun.
Laurel: Excellent job on your workouts this week! I am enjoying the BB rotation. Thank you for being in it together, always provides good accountability .... which is what I am needing right now. lol
Laurie: Great job with the Sweat & Burn along with WS Boogie. Thank you for the insta pot info. I may truly consider it. IT is on SALE at Costco right now.
Have a great weekend ladies! Tami0 -
Hi Ladies, I hope you had a great weekend. I had an OK weekend because DH had to work all weekend as in day and night! Poor thing must be exhausted!
Thanks for being happy for us and the loan. We are close to getting the approval. The conditional approval meant almost there but we still need more paperwork. Hopefully this week we will the approval.
I have 3 work days left this year! I can't wait!
Laurie, terrific job with your workouts! I hope your job's potluck was a lot of fun.
Laurel, fabulous workouts! Great job! OMG, with those leaves! You need a leaf blower. Are your neighbors raking? Are their leaves blowing into your yard? If you don't have a fence I'm sure that is what is happening. Not fun!
Glad you didn't feel the earthquake but I'm not happy it was so close to GA and AL though. I will let you know how we like Direct TV.
Tami, you too are doing a wonderful job keeping up with the workouts!
I had to get an Instant Pot because of Gina of the Skinnytaste lady! You really can do anything you want in that pot. I like that you can sautee right in it. If you get one watch out for the sales on Amazon.com.
Have a wonderful week ladies!
Thelma
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Morning Ladies,
I did the Deep Stretch from Walk Strong 3, and it did feel really good. Sunday morning was Fit Split Bootcamp / Legs & Glutes. This morning was X-Train Bi's & Tri's. See how this goes, with doing the FitSplit & XTrain. I haven't really tried out the FitSplit workouts, so this should be a good way to try it out.
Tami, Great job on the workouts, and spin. Sounds like a good way to raise $, get your exercise in and have some time with your friend. I think that you would really enjoying having the pot, it would come in hand during the summer for sure.
Thelma, Dang on your DH having to work the weekend, I'm sure that he will enjoy the time off for Christmas though. Only a few more formalities before you have a new home.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was nice but busy. More errands to get things to work on the house with and, yesterday, DH finally convinced me to do some holiday baking. My heart just isn’t into it this year, mostly because I don’t want to eat any cookies right now. But I am sure our neighbors and his co-workers will appreciate them. I will be baking the next couple of days as well.....but got the toughest cookies to make out of the way yesterday.
Saturday I did Eoin Finn’s Magically Hips, and boy did that feel good on my body. Yesterday was Bulk Chest followed by Cathe Live 100 episode. Today was Bulk Back followed by Cathe’s Cardio Fusion workout. I am going heavier this week on the Bulk workouts, and so far it feels pretty good. Still not quite back to where I was but making improvements is nice.
Laurie, great workouts. You are doing some good ones from Jessica and Cathe. Hope you enjoy the F/S cardio. My favorite is the Mixed Impact workout with my least favorite being Shred Cardio. We have a half acre lot and probably 15 fully grown, very tall trees on it. The builder, when putting in these homes, is trying to preserve as many of the trees as possible, which I like.....except when I am raking. But I really enjoy living in a new neighborhood without the cookie cutter/no tree landscaping of too many new neighborhoods anymore.
Thelma, sorry to hear your DH had to work all weekend. Hopefully you get some good news this week on the final loan approval. When we moved in, they recommended we get professional lawn care for a year.....and that is what most our neighbors are doing. So the lawn care people come and blow their leaves off their lawns. We just haven’t gotten around to signing up for it yet, but we probably will if only to ensure the grass continues to come in. But it seemed silly to both of us to hire lawn care in December!
Tami, great workouts! Hope you enjoyed the spin and coffee with your friend. Glad you are enjoying the Body Beast workouts. I really am too. It does feel so good to get back to a routine again.
Off to bake. See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Quick check in ladies ~ Saturday was such an awesome day! I feel so good when I hang out with my friend Carly. We did the Spinning for Tots for an hour, went to this super fun and healthy juice bar/breakfast lunch place and then did some power shopping all by 10 AM! The rest of my weekend was pretty productive but no tree. DH’s back is hurting still and so, well it just didn’t happen. Sounds like we are going to the in-laws for Christmas anyway, so I think it will be ok. I did bake some cookies for my sister yesterday, putting together a box of goodies, cards and misc. to send this week. Keeping it light and “emotion” free other than fun things for her.
Yesterday I combined BULK Chest and Back, knowing 99.9% of the time I don’t make my 4:30 wake-up on Monday’s anymore. So felt good about that. Today will be BootCamp after work.
Great workouts ladies! I will check in better tomorrow. The day just got away from me.
Tami
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Hi Ladies, I actually had time for a little cardio just so I could move and stretch my body. DH's hard work paid off and got tlots of kudos for a job well done. What a relief! I was so worried their users would encounter technical issues.
Two more work days left for me this year! Still waiting on the formal loan approval.
Laurie, great workouts! You'll love FitSplit. I hope DH manages to relax during the Xmas holiday. He is a bit of a workaholic.
Laurel, awesome workouts! Sorry your DH convincned you to bake because it is hard to resist the temptation to eat the cookies. I'm sure your neighbors and your DH co-workers will appreciate them. How many neighbors will you be baking for? I won't have any neighors nearby so it will be hard to meet people. Hopefully we'll get to meet the neighbors who move into the two new houses up the road from us. There was a time when I wanted to be isolated from neighbors, but now that I know I'll be home alone I am hoping I can find a way to meet people.
Makes sense to hire a lawn service. I think it's this time of the year when you need to make sure the lawn gets the proper care so it will grow in the spring.
Tami, glad you had a great time with your friend and even managed time to go power shopping! Great job with the Bulk workout!
Sorry you guys didn't get to set up a tree. I'm too lazy to do it so when I saw these Christmas decorations I laughed pretty hard. My favorite was the tree with real pine scent
https://www.therichest.com/buzz/people-lazy-christmas-decorating/
Good night ladies!
Thelma0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning was FitSplit Mixed Impact Cardio and Bonus Abs (the ab workout is tough). I was okay with this cardio workout, it will probably get better the next time I do it. This was the first time I have done that workout, so I'm sure that once I get used to the moves it will be fine. Had to take some of the moves down to low impact, just didn't want to do to much to the knee with all those hops.
Laurel, Glad to hear that the yoga workout was a good one. Great job on the workouts, and going heavy with the weights. I'm going to try going up on the weight workouts each week on these XTrain workouts. Thanks for letting me know your favs for the cardio workouts on the F/S ones. It looks like the Shred Cardio is next week, so we will see how it goes. If I do the combo of weights with the F/S workout, I'm going to do the weight work first. I should have done that with the BB/L&G workout. Not that I didn't get a good leg workout in, but I don't think that I could go has heavy as I normally do. I want to try using my weighted vest for that leg workout also. That is a lot of trees, that explains you being so tired and still not being finished raking up those leaves.
Tami, Great job on the spinning and your workouts this weekend. I'm glad to hear that you had such a good time with your friend. What a great way to spend time with her. Dang on the tree, but it is totally understandable if your DH is having issues with his back. All of the things that you are getting for your sister sound wonderful. It has been really hard for me to get things for DH this year. All the things that he wants are items that I purchase on a daily basis. I told him that my heart was not into the items he wanted this year. I know they are things that he needs, but he can purchase them on his own for doing his car things. I found some Oldsmobile related items that he should really like, and he isn't expecting to get. I like to have some surprise involved.
Thelma, I think that you are looking forward to your time off just as much as I am. It is really hard to be at work this week. I just have to make sure that everything is done before I leave. Very nice that your DH received kudos for the hard work that he put in this past weekend. It will be interesting incorporating XTrain and F/S workouts. I don't think that I would have enjoyed just doing the F/S workouts alone, so this way I get some good weight work done also. Hope you hear some good news shortly on the loan.
Have a great day!
Laurie
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Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Bulk Legs followed by Cathe Live Hit The Road, which is a pretty fun spin glass. My legs are feeling it, that’s for sure!
Tami, so glad you had a nice day on Saturday! Sounds like a lot done by 10am. Sorry you didn’t get your tree up, but look at it this way.....you won’t have to take it down. I am glad you are going to your in-laws for the holiday. Sounds like a wonderful gift for your sister.
Thelma, yay for having some more time for you. I am glad your DHs project turned out well. We only have two neighbors right now, though there is another house on the block that is vacant and one they are just finishing up that is sold. But both our neighbors welcomed us to the neighborhood....one bringing freshly made bread on Thanksgiving morning! So this is the least we can do, that’s for sure. I bet you find in your neighborhood that your new neighbors will reach out to you as well.
Laurie, great workout. Isn’t that core work tough!! Glad you were able to modify the cardio to make it work for you. I will caution you that Shred Cardio is really high impact. Cathe uses an 8” step, I have used both 6” and 4”. But there is a lot of double leg jumps on and off the step on that one. I just want you to know that before going in so you have some idea of how to modify in your mind....and don’t spend the morning wanting to strangle Cathe! I definitely prefer doing weights before cardio any more.
See you tomorrow.
Laurel0 -
Morning Ladies,
This morning was XTrain Chest, Back & Shoulders. Always a good workout. Only a half day of work for me today, we are going out to wish my old boss fond farewell. Nice way to end the work year.
Laurel, Great job on the leg workout and spin, I'm sure that your legs where feeling that. With this rotation tomorrow is suppose to be a spin DVD, but of course I will not have that. I'm going to dust off the elliptical, so that should be a good way to get in a good steady state workout. Thank you for the information on Shred Cardio, I'm planning on doing it on a 4" step. I'm going to preview it also, just to make sure that I have the low impact option in my head before I start. I know that Cathe does show the low impact in some cases, but it usually isn't until after the first pass thru. I plan on doing a lot of step ups and v-steps instead of jumping onto the step. It makes the workout so much more fun when I can take if down to my level, instead of trying to keep up with Cathe.
Have a great day!
Laurie0 -
Hi Ladies! Today was one of those days that I, happily, would have never gotten out of bed. So it was a struggle to convince myself to workout, but, as usual, I ended up with a good workout and feel much better now. Today was Bulk Shoulders followed by a cardio combo of X10 Low Impact and Cathe Live Low Impact HiiT Circuit. Good stuff.
Laurie, that is one of my favorite workouts. I mentioned to Tami last week that I am toying with another STS rotation early next year and have seriously been considering substituting in those XTrain workouts (Discs 1 and 2) in place of the Meso 1 upper body workouts. I am still undecided, but I have some huge dread factor with Meso 1 workouts....and no dread factor with those XTrain workouts. So XTrain may win out in the end because, like you, I want some sense of enjoyment in my workouts. I think you have a great plan for Shred Cardio. It is a good workout, for sure. Just not easy on the joints. Enjoy the elliptical tomorrow. And enjoy your last day of work in 2018!!!
Enjoy the day!
Laurel0
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