Cathe Fans Part 5

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ So yesterday was RWH – LIHI Chest/Shoulders/Tris and if I don’t go hit golf balls tonight I will get in the other LIHI Back/Bi’s after work + a Peloton ride. DH agreed to golf this Saturday in a fund raiser tournament with our friends, (supposed to be the WORST weather day of the week ). So in preparation she and I were going to go hit balls but it is supposed to be really rainy this afternoon too. I vote for my workouts after work vs. hitting balls in the cold rainy weather. LOL

Thelma: Excellent job continuing on the Yoga workouts! I bet you are on absolute countdown for that appt. I am sure nobody wants to feel better more than you. Poor woman.

Laurie: Great workouts with the RAW line up you are continuing to do! Sounds like a great one for the upper body forsure and then today’s KB/DB Fusion. I am glad your knee is enjoying those workouts as well. On the pouring rain bike ride …….. it was COLD rain, not warm at all. It actually felt like it was hailing on us as we rode into it on the way back. Definitely don’t want to get caught in one of those again.

Hi Laurel ~ Hope all is going well with your in-laws.

Talk to you ladies tomorrow - Have a great afternoon/evening! Tami

p.s. I decided to go ahead and order Cathe's Step Boss ... I figured for the price I will probably like 2 of the 3 forsure. I'm a sucker for a good DVD sale I guess. Fingers crossed.

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies, today's workout was a killer Barre workout. We didn't have a chance to go register my car today. We'll try going there tomorrow.
The rain continued today. I'm so thankful for the rain because I was afraid of a brush fire around here.

Laurie, so glad you've enjoyed the RAW workouts this week. Great job!
OMG, we're total opposites when it comes to taking pictures! LOL

Tami, great workouts!! Are you getting rain too? I hope your weather improves for the tournament!
Since I moved to BR, I felt that time just flew by, but not now that I need for my GI specialist's appointment day to get here!

I can't believe you ordered the Step Boss program! I agree that 2 of those workouts sound good. I'm still a no go on this program.

Hi Laurel, I hope your in-laws made to you safely.

Hi Erika!

Good night ladies!
Thelma

2BLean

Happy Friday Ladies! Another long week it feels like and the weekend will be busy. No golf range last night it was absolutely pouring down rain. So I was able to get in my workout instead! YAY Today was S&S PHA and depending on plans tonight after work I will hit the Peloton. There is no more Friday Night Spinning at the gym for the summer .... I would opt for the Peloton anyway but sometimes it was nice to just hit that and head home on Friday's. So tomorrow will be the stormy golf tourney all day and Sunday I found out my BIL and his girlfriend are coming over in the afternoon. So it will be a busy, quick weekend. Hoping to get a workout in before I leave tomorrow a.m.

Thelma: Way to go with your Barre workout today. I bet you are so happy to have your DH around right now with the way your body/energy has been feeling. I know he is helpful for you, so that is great.

I can't believe I ordered Step BOSS either Fingers crossed that my plan of 2 of the 3 will work for me. We have been getting crazy random rain and stormy weather and then it changes quickly. Which is very normal for our part of the country, especially this time of year. This a.m. was in the 40's, will warm up to maybe 60 today and by next week it is supposed to be close to 90 degrees. WHAT?!? So strange. Stormy tomorrow however for our tourney.

Have a great weekend!
Tami

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

On Friday I had to be at work early, so I didn't workout. We had an all day training event, and unfortunately the majority of the training was standing. So by the end of the day my feet, back and knee where hurting. This was a new training, so I hope that they decide to change something with all the standing. Anyway no workout on Saturday, I had a meeting at church, then went to Ulta for a facial (spent some $ on product ) and then we went shopping for some plants. So by the time we got home, I was exhausted.

My first workout was on Sunday and I did RAW Upper Body Blast and Kettlebell & DB's. We also went to visit DH's mother after church, and then went to Home Depot and then grocery shopping. Got home from all of that and proceeded to get some gardening done. Overall busy weekend, but it was very productive. This morning was RAW Boxing & Sculpting. I guess I'm still wanting to work out with Kelly, and these RAW workouts are so fun.

Tami, Great job on all your workouts! I hope that your golf was not in the rain, that sounds worse than riding your bike in that COLD rain. By the way that rain sounded horrible. With rain hitting you skin at speed, I'm sure that it was like hail. Good for you on the Step Boss purchase. I'm going to hold off of that one. I will wait for all the wonderful reviews that you and Laurel will be giving, and then I will be sad that I didn't purchase it. We have been having that same type of weather, it was really cold yesterday morning. Although this morning there was a lovely cool breeze going, so we opened up windows. So far we have not had to turn on our AC.

Thelma, Nice job on the barre workout. Glad to hear that you received the predicted rain, I'm sure that the nature around you appreciated it. LOL I really do need to get better with pictures. I was looking at some of the Iris's that I planted, and wanted to take a pic of them. The same Iris's that I planted in two different places are different in color. The ones that are close to the walnut tree are paler than the ones I planted by our garage. I found that interesting that the PH of the soil would change the color so much. Now I will have to take a pic, just so you all can see the difference.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! I survived the visit from my in-laws! Actually it was a nice visit, and they seem to be doing much better than they were last year when they visited us in Alaska, especially my MIL who could barely walk last year. I was able to show them a couple of independent living places here near Huntsville, but I think they have definitely decided on moving to Missouri. They didn’t like how big and busy Huntsville has gotten since they lived here 54 years ago (when DH was born). And it looks like they might have sold their house, so that move may be coming up quickly.

I went from a house full of people yesterday to being alone for the week as DH is on his way to Salt Lake City. Being the loner I am, I think I might enjoy the peace for a little while. I do have the guys coming to put my shower door up tomorrow, so hopefully that project will be done this week as well.

I worked out each day my in-laws were here. For the last three days of last week, I repeated the LIHI upper body workouts and did a Cathe Live lower body workout. I also did low impact cardio those days since my workout area is just above the guest room. On Saturday I did After Burn. Yesterday, starting high reps week, I did LITE Pyramid Pump Lower Body followed by XT All Out Low Impact HiiT. Today was LITE Pyramid Pump Upper Body followed by a higher impact workout....Cathe Live Cardio Core Blast. The rest of the week I plan to stick a little closer to the plan I mapped out....but will probably substitute one or both of the leg workouts with Live workouts. We’ll see.

Erika, congratulations to your son and his Lacrosse team. Bet he was very happy about that. I love the sound of your new rotation combining two fantastic programs. Cathe still messes up during her Live workouts. I actually got a chance to tell her at the Road Trip that one of the things I like about Live is the ‘real-ness’ of them. She said not everybody likes that aspect...and some days I don’t either. I definitely prefer more even counting doing weights, though. Anyhow, hope the bathroom project is going well. You have my sympathies with the mess. Ours has been a tiny project and even then..... .

Tami, hope you enjoyed the golf event this weekend and the weather wasn’t too bad. Sounds like your weather has been all over the place. Congratulations on buying Step Boss. I think you will definitely love the PHA workout, especially if it is like her Live one where she added cardio blasts (and it sounds similar to that workout, except she will most likely be using the step for the blasts as opposed to the floor as she did in her Live class). But there was no choreography at all. So I expect things like Power 15s, or box jumps or stuff like that....not turn here, sashay backwards, hop over and twirl stuff. I think the IMAX one will also be really good. Great workouts as always!!

Thelma, one day closer to your appointment. Hope you are doing okay. Erika gave you a good suggestion with gluten. Hopefully you will get some answers soon. Like you, we have had rain since last Wednesday (timed almost perfectly with the arrival of my in-laws). It had been so nice to get the moisture because, like you, I was starting to get a little worried about fires. Hopefully we will be in a pattern for more rain for the rest of the summer. We planted many of our plants in April, and I will tell you.....these tomatoes we are getting off them are SO good. Thankfully we planted lots of tomatoes. Great job with your workouts.

Laurie, sounds like a busy but good weekend. Sounds like the RAW workouts are going wonderfully. I definitely would not have enjoyed a day of training on my feet all day unless we were moving. Standing is about the worst thing for my back, that’s for sure. Glad you were able to work on your garden this weekend.

Off to clean the house. See you tomorrow!

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies, I hope you all had a nice weekend. I'm falling apart! My fingers are now swelling up. I have the feeling this is part of Raynaud's syndrome. I am achy and tired. I've been waking up with swollen fingers and it goes down during the day but it comes back at night again. Forget about wearing rings or lifting weights! My hand strength is pretty bad due to the swelling.

I picked up a regional medical directory magazine at the pharmacy and discovered that there is a rheumatologist in BR. She only comes here twice a month. They offered me an appointment for July 22! I can't wait that long so I took an appointment in her Atlanta office next week. I hope I won't get lost! I told DH to send a search party out for me if I don't make it back home. I think it will take me 1 1/2 hours to get to the clinic.

We walked a little bit during the weekend and discovered a wonderful seafood restaurant in a neighboring town. The drugstore in this town is also a gun store! Only in the South! LOL. Next time we go to that restaurant we'll have to check out the drug/gun store!
On Friday we tried to register my car but didn't have the lender's account number so we'll try tomorrow.

Today's workouts were Gentle Yoga and Barre.

Tami, I hope playing golf in the rain wasn't too bad! Great job with your workouts! Your weather sounds like a New England spring!

Laurie, I can't believe you had to be on your feet all day long for that training! No wonder you were in pain! Great workouts!

Interesting about your irises being different shades of purple. I'll be waiting for those pictures! LOL

Laurel, glad you survived your in-laws' visit! I hope your shower is finally completed this week too! Fabulous workouts!!

I am eagerly waiting for next week to come since I have GI and rheumatology appointments.
We got a lot of rain since last Wednesday but the rainiest day was Saturday. DH said it rained pretty hard this morning but I was at the yoga studio so I missed it. We are surrounded by jungle so I was very worried about fires.
I hope we get rain a few times a week going forward. Tomatoes off the vine are really good. Are you making spaghetti sauce with all those tomatoes?

Hi Erika!

Have a great day ladies!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

This morning I did RAW Hips & Glutes and Body Revolution Workout 1. Since we are going to be gone at the end of June for our vacation in Wichita, I'm trying to find some good workouts that I can have on my ipad. I think that RAW and Jillian will be my best options. The hotel has a really nice workout room, so I'm going to take advantage of it.

Laurel, Glad to hear that the visit with your in-laws went well. Nice that they may have sold there house in FL also. Is the area in Missouri not that busy? Great job on all your workouts, and of course doing ones that where not high impact. I can understand you not wanting to disturb your guests. Sounds like you will be enjoying your alone time right now, do enjoy it. I have veered from the rotation lately, and with me wanting to make sure that I get in some good workouts during our vacation, I have been experimenting. I have my RAW and Jillian apps on my ipad, and since those both use minimal equipment, I think they will be the best options.

Thelma, Dang on the health issues that you are having to deal with, I hope that your appointment with your new doctor goes really well. Just to bad that you have to drive so far. LOL about the drugstore/gun store. Great job on your yoga, I'm sure that you are happy to have that option for working out. The Iris's are actually yellow, I got them from my Aunt. Yesterday when I got home all the stems where on the ground from the high winds that we had all day. I'm sure that I will be able to get some pictures, since the darker colored ones still have buds on them.

Have a great day!
Laurie

fitzfour

Hi Ladies!

We're surviving the bathroom re-model and hopefully nearing the end. Day 2 on the master bath is today and day 3 (hoping the final day) is tomorrow. I have to get back to work tomorrow though, so hopefully they aren't here all day. Very tough to be on the phone all the time when there are people going in and out, machines running, etc. We are very happy with the boys bathroom and the floors are in in our bathroom, which look amazing. I'm very glad we went ahead with the remodel, despite all of the headache. It's also prompted us to finally set up a painter to come in and paint the walls. This paint is original to the home (20 years old), so it is much needed! One last project is to install a vent above the stove for a vent hood. We have a center island with no vent hood, so everytime we cook anything that requires frying (ie. bacon, stir fry, etc) the smoke alarms go off as we have a split home and the smoke immediately goes to the upstairs hallway smoke alarm. After that project, we are done for some time!

I missed pretty much every day of working out last week due to the contractors being here. I have to keep the dogs out of their way and Leo isn't able to free roam with the other 2 (he's still working on potty training) so he has to be kenneled. Let's just say, he doesn't care to be kenneled. I figured I'd spare the contractors the sound like a dog was dying while I work out. By the time my hubby gets home at night, dinner is done and I've let my stomach settle, it's bedtime. Hopefully this week I can get back in the groove.

Thelma, I'm sorry you are having so many symptoms...the swelling sounds horrible! I wouldn't be shocked if you have Celiac (or even just a sensitivity). Since so many people in my husbands family have one or the other, we've learned that each person's symptoms are different. My nephew had none at all...they just tested him because we had a couple others in the family that had tested positive (after having some major symptoms). My son had no symptoms, my husband had a few. It's at least easy to test and hopefully you'll get some answers. Glad you are getting in some nice workouts and glad you are getting the much needed rain there. We can send you more if you need it!

Laurie, I'm with you...we don't need anymore rain, but it's ok. Could be worse, I guess. I also have noticed the mosquitoes are out early this year and the gnats are insane here!! I'm going to look into those RAW workouts again. I looked last time I had the Cathe Live membership and it was just too much all at once. But, I'm craving some KCM again!!

Laurel, I'm glad to hear the visit with the in laws was good and you were able to get your workouts in! I'm going to be glad when this bathroom project is done...it's amazing how long it takes and ours isn't even a full gut job! Hopefully you get your shower doors in and yours can get wrapped up soon! Ahh, that facial sounds amazing...I am craving one of those...I've only ever had one, but it was so relaxing!

Tami, I'm glad you are staying so busy at work...I bet that makes the days fly by! We are continuing to stay a bit slower (by slow, that means steady throughout an 8 hour day instead of enough work for 13 hours, crammed into a day) which I am really enjoying. I took 2 days off last week and was able to catch up within a few hours, which made me feel better about taking the day off. Your class with Katy sounds absolutely horrible and great at the same time! I still may consider the Peloton...if we ever get done with projects!

Hopefully I'm back on yet this week. Things are much more manageable activity wise (only 1 sports activity per week for the summer) so I should be able to get on here more frequently.

Erika

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Well, no shower guy today. At least he called to let me know. Hopefully tomorrow though. But at least I got a good workout in. I started with Cathe Live Oh My Quad then did Cathe Live Warrior Kickboxing. Like Laurie with the RAW workouts, I am in the mood for Cathe Live, so I think I may be focusing on them the rest of the week. Of course, my mood may change tomorrow and I will be back to DVDs.

Thelma, yikes on the hand swelling! I am so glad you have some appointments next week to get some answers on what is going on. You had me laughing at the Drug and Gun Store. We have a few stores like that here in Alabama. I haven’t had enough tomatoes to make sauce yet, but I plan on it when they really start producing. I want some fresh sauce in the freezer for the winter. I also hope to make some fresh salsa. I am definitely going to have a tough time going back to store tomatoes after this summer.

Laurie, sounds like another good workout. I love that you are already planning for your trip. I also love that you are going with workouts you want to be doing. That is exactly how I am trying to approach my workouts this summer as well. I find it is nice for me to have a ‘guide’ so that I at least have some focus. That keeps me from either doing the same workout six days in a row......and also keeps me from staring endlessly at my workouts wondering what to do. I am definitely planning on enjoying the quiet time I have today since I don’t have anybody coming to work on the house. I should probably run errands, but I think I may just read a book.

Erika, glad to hear the bathroom project continues to go well and you are happy with the decision. But I agree about the noise and the distraction it creates. I will be so glad when this is done as our little project has now eaten into six weeks! After the door gets in place, we will still need construction workers in to replace the base boards and repaint some damaged areas....but at least we will have a shower again. I never imagined this would take this long!

Tami, hope you are well!

Laurel

2BLean

Hi ladies and Happy Tuesday! What happened to Monday?!!?

Workouts: Friday after work was a nice Peloton “Feel Good Ride” (don’t let the description fool you … lol), Saturday I did a 45 min Peloton ride in the a.m. before having to leave for the golf tourney, which was FREEZING, windy and rainy most of the day. We were there from 11 – 7 pm because of the 2 hour fundraiser after the golf. Looooooong day. Sunday I did Ramped Up Upper Body + Peloton 30 min “Feel Good” ride. Yesterday was BootCamp after work. It was a good class, not over the top and no running. Her class attendance is going down a lot due to the nice weather I think. Of course after the tourney on Sunday it was a perfect weather day and is continuing all week. My friend Ashley and I are headed out for a sunshine ride after work. Probably around the lake again.

Laurie: Your Friday sounds like a very long day at work, glad you survived the training and hopefully re-cooped over the weekend. The facial and new products sounds like a perfect way to “heal up” from the long day Friday. LOL Excellent job getting in your RAW workout Sunday and it sounds like a nice combo. Always love upper body and KB combined. I think it’s great that you have found some workouts that you are simply loving right now. Of course with Kelly that makes it pretty easy. Nicely done. The golf (as I mentioned above) was in the rain and my feet were wet immediately so I was cold ALL day. I did bring a change of clothes and shoes/socks so that helped but the fundraiser is also outside in a covered porch area off the clubhouse. DH insisted we stay to the end. OMG, such a long day. I have my fingers crossed that I don’t regret the Step Boss purchase last week. As I told Thelma, at least if there are 2 of the 3 I can conquer and enjoy that is good. LOL

Laurel: So happy to hear you survived the in-laws visit and all went well. “Nice even” I bet you are enjoying your quiet time at home now by yourself while DH is gone. Way to work every day even while they were there visiting by the way. Oooooooh Afterburn …. A blast from the recent past but feels like such a long time since I did that one. Along with so many others. So good. Way to go on all your combos you continue to put together. I need to plan out the rest of my workouts this week. Since we have a tentative itinerary that you were so kind to give me I try to plan out which ones I will do and what days. At any rate, I need to just get that plugged in the rest of the week and stick to it. As I mentioned to Laurie, I really hope I do like the Step Boss. I think the PHA one will be awesome forsure, I love athletic based step workouts vs. dancy/choreography and after I read the description for the IMAX one it sounded like at least there was a modification for basic choreography, so that should be perfect. Our weather has definitely been all over the place. Today it is mid 80’s and beautiful. Will continue through the next week they say and climbing temps! Headed out for a bike ride with my friend from the gym again. No rain tonight.

Thelma: I am so sorry you are continuing to have symptoms which are probably all inter-connected somehow to everything going on. Can’t wait for you to have some relief. Despite it all getting in your Yoga is probably so beneficial forsure mentally and physically so way to push on through it when you can.

Hi Erika ~ Sounds like a very busy time for you as well. Yes, time goes by so much faster with the work load being heavier. Just doing whatever I can to help out our busy title officers. Would love to learn more but that will come one of these days.

Have a great afternoon/evening ladies. Talk to you tomorrow! Tami

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies, today's workout was yoga basics.

Laurie, nice workouts and a great workout plan for your vacation at the end of June!
I hope this rheumatologist is able to help me next week. I am happy that at least I can do yoga and Barre. I'd forgotten Irises came in different colors! Sorry, the wind killed your irises.

Erika, glad the bathroom remodels are going so well! Great idea to hire a painter. It will be worth it!

I am definitely having the GI doctor test me for Celiac disease.

Laurel, fabulous workouts! Sorry, the shower door guy was a no show. Nice of him to let you know though.
The hand swelling really stinks. My hands were better most of the day today but tonight my left-hand finders were pretty swollen.
I can't wait to go back to that little town so we can check out the Drug & Gun store. I'm sure you have stores like that in AL.
Sounds like you will have plenty of tomatoes for sauce and salsa! You will have a hard time going back to store-bought tomatoes for sure!

Tami, great workouts! OMG, that tourney under those weather conditions sounds awful! That was a long day too! I hope you had a great ride with your friend Ashley.

Thanks so much for those good wishes for my health to improve. I'm glad I have yoga and Barre. I can't wait to see the doctors next week!

Have a great day ladies!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

This morning was RAW Cardio Crush and Body Revolution Workout 2, great combo.

Erika, Glad to hear that your bathroom projects are moving along well. Great idea to put in a fan for the stove, I don't know what I would do without mine. Sounds like the puppy is keeping you busy also. Kelly has about 68 workouts on her channel, and the price is really reasonable at $6.99/month. She is filming her new workouts on the 15th and then her pre-sale will be starting on the 17th. She has some generic rotations for RAW on her web page. I think that we have had rain every day, it sure makes mowing the lawn hard. I'm really glad that we don't have those gnats. I remember them from living up north, you could never wear anything yellow or you would get attacked.

Laurel, Nice combination of workouts. I think the variety of the live type workouts is something that I'm enjoying the most. Kelly now has enough RAW workouts that I can do a different one every day of the month, and that is what I'm planning on trying. You know me, if I didn't have a plan for the upcoming vacation, then I probably wouldn't do anything. I think I will need the release on this trip, since this is DH's first national car show being the chief judge for our club. I will be helping him as much as I can. The one nice thing is we are in a suite, so plenty of space. One of the perks. I really have been enjoying this type of format for my workouts, it may grow on me.

Tami, Great job on all the workouts! The cold and wet for the golfing sound not fun. The only time that I have ever been through an all day event with rain was during track season. That is so uncomfortable when your feet are wet and cold. Nice that you had a change of clothing, that had to help some. I hope that we start having some days with just sunshine all day. We have been in this rain everyday, and it is getting old. I hope that you have a great day with your friend on the bike ride. This time with no rain. I'm sure that you will find some of those Step Boss workouts that are perfect for you, and you are right it is worth purchasing all of them at that price.

Thelma, Another great yoga workout! Even though this is a car show event for our vacation, I'm really looking forward to it. I'm hoping that we don't encounter to much weather on our trip out. We are not driving or hauling DH's classic car this year, just taking my Santa Fe. It will be a more comfortable ride for both of us. Of course hauling to Kansas would be way better than hauling the car through the mountains like last year.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Cathe Live Toasted Tri-Sets Upper Body. Then, for cardio, I did Cathe Live Step On It.

Tami, great workouts! I am sorry to hear the weather at the golf tournament was so bad though. It is no fun spending that much time cold! But I am glad to hear your weather is improving. While I am still following the format and theme of our rotation, this week has thrown me off a bit. But I plan to get back to the ‘scheduled’ workouts next week. I am looking forward to those Bootcamp workouts next week.

Thelma, glad you are still enjoying the yoga. Hope you start feeling better soon.

Laurie, great workout! I am with you on enjoying the variety. Both workouts I did today are ones I think I have tried.....but only once. I like that I need to concentrate more and focus on what I am doing some days with ‘new’ workouts. Other days I want to coast through mentally.....and those are my DVD days. I love having both options PLUS all the different workout types. It really helps to get me through my ever-increasing ‘I don’t want to workout!’ days. I am wondering if this type of ‘themed’ weeks rotation will become my norm only broken up when I want to do a longer, heavy weight rotation. Right now, that idea appeals to me. But, of course, that could change tomorrow.

Fingers crossed for a fixed shower door today! See you tomorrow.

Laurel

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ We had such a great ride last night. We did the 20 mile ride out around the lake and hillside. Perfect weather and lots of fun. This a.m. was KCM Lift 2B Fit and tonight I might get in a Peloton ride or give myself a little rest and enjoy the evening not racing around getting dinner ready and clean up just in time for bed.

Thelma: Way to go with your Yoga again! Thank you for the well wishes on my bike ride …. It was fabulous! Not very far, but such a beautiful night.

Laurie: Sounds like another great RAW Workout! Glad it was a good combo. Always love when I can put a couple together that just flow perfectly. How nice will that be having a big suite on your trip for your workouts! YAY. Thank you for the encouragement on Step Boss.

Laurel: Toasted Tri-Sets sounds like something I would LOVE. Way to go, along with the added on cardio of course. Me too on the BootCamp workouts, those will be a lot of fun. I hope your shower door was fixed today! Fingers and toes crossed for you.

Talk to you ladies tomorrow ~ Tami

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies, today's workouts were gentle yoga and sculpting fusion. I can't wait to see the rheumatologist next week. When I was first diagnosed with Lupus and I was so stiff I was given steroids for a short period of time in order to improve my quality of life ASAP. I hope that will be the case this time too. My life improved with the first dose!

Laurie, nice workouts! I bet the car show will be a lot of fun. I'm sure you're relieved not to be dragging the classic car with you! Hopefully, the weather will be perfect! I got notified yesterday that a neighboring town has a classic car show the 3rd weekend of every month. We should go check it out!

Laurel, great workouts today! I hope your shower door was installed!

Tami, fabulous workouts! I'm so glad you had a great ride with your friend around the lake!

Hi Erika!
Good night ladies!
Thelma

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Cathe Live Oh My Glutes, which truly is one of my favorite of all of Cathe’s leg workouts, whether Live or DVD. So tough but just flies by. For cardio, I started with Cathe Live Hearts on Fire, then did the Calorie Crush, Six Pack Abs and Extended Stretch from LITE Rev’d Up Rumble. Good stuff. And even better stuff is we now have a shower door! Never thought I would ever be so excited to see a shower door.

Tami, sounds like a great evening with your BFF. Glad your weather was perfect for it after your last attempted ride and the rain. No doubt you would love that Tri-Sets workout. She takes virtually no breaks between sets at all in that workout making it really tough!

Thelma, sounds like another good yoga session. I hope they give you something that helps you feel better next week. I have only been on steroids once (to combat an allergic reaction) but found them to be a pretty powerful little drug. Sounds like that could be what you need to combat whatever it is your body is going through right now. Fingers crossed for some good answers next week.

Laurie, hope you are well.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies, I had a better day today! I remembered that when I had my first lupus flareup I kept doing gentle cardio to help with the stiffness. I forced myself to move and it helped with the stiffness and swelling. In the process though I gave myself another plantar fasciitis flareup. I can't win! At least my fingers didn't swell up! No matter how fatigued I feel, I have to keep moving.
My workouts today were Jessica Smith low impact power walking, Barre, and Jessica Smith Zumba.
I finally got my car registered and got my GA tag!

Laurel, awesome workout combo!!! Yaay on the shower door!
I hope I get some meds to help me next week too. I had to take steroids for a couple of months back in 2010. They are very powerful for sure!

Hi Tami, Laurie, and Erika!

Have a wonderful weekend ladies! I can't believe Friday is here already!
Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

Sorry I wasn't on yesterday, but I took the day off of work to take a quilting class. Had a great time, and learned a lot. I have attached a picture. This is not complete, and I think that I want to change the house to a 50's era camper. I cut everything on this free cutting. I'm fairly impressed that I made something that looked good.


I did manage to get my workout in on Thursday, and I did RAW 888. This morning was RAW Interval Training #1.

Laurel, Great job with all the workouts! You have to love a leg workout that has Love in it. Have to say that I really like having the ipad, because my DVD player has been acting up lately. Seems like most of the DVD's that I put in start to pixel. I hear you on changing your mind during a rotation, it is funny how one little thing can make me go, dang I don't want to do this. So far I'm enjoying the variety of the RAW, so I'm sticking with it. Dropped out of the Body Revolution. Do you know of some really short upper/lower weight workouts that Cathe has. I'm talking 15-10 min., and not single body parts. I know that Kelly has some on her Body Design workout, but I don't think that I can do those all summer. I would be taking out either the warm up or cool down on those. I figured that you would remember something, or point me in the right direction.

Tami, Nice workout! Your bike ride sounds a lot better than your last one. The evening you had planned really does sound good, and I hope that you enjoyed either option. I'm actually looking forward to this vacation, despite the fact that it will be an indoor meet. Apparently the weather in Kansas can be pretty brutal, so they have to have these things indoors.

Thelma, I'm glad to hear that you where able to do a couple of workouts with Jessica. She is such a great instructor, and really does keep it low impact. Good job on your yoga also. Nice the you where finally able to get your car registered. Glad that the cardio gave you some relief, but dang with the added problem with the pf. I really do enjoy car shows, and of course the people. My DH can talk and talk at these events, so I end up getting a lot of crafting projects done.

Have a great weekend!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! For my upper body high rep workout today, I did Cathe Live Upper Body and Core Crush. For cardio, I did a really fun combo of Cathe Live IMAX Live into the LITE Cardio Party Calorie Crush. I followed it up with LITE Extended Stretch 2. It has felt good to do a little extra stretching these last two days, that’s for sure.

Thelma, glad to hear the workouts with Jessica helped you feel better. She has some wonderful body movement workouts that are so good at getting your body going without any impact or pain. I am sorry about the PF though. Mine has being talking to me too this past week, but I think that is the transition to summer shoes which aren’t so good on my feet. But it doesn’t seem to be getting worse, which is good.

Laurie, great job with the quilt!! I tried quilting once and thought I would love it. Sadly it just wasn’t for me, but I think that’s because I lack creativity. I’m great with a pattern, but when I have to come up with a plan..... . Love your idea about making the house an old-style camper. Cathe doesn’t have too many workouts in the 10-15 minute range, that’s for sure. She does have a lot of options like that in her Live workouts because she does so many blended workouts Live, but I also know that’s not really an option for you. As far as DVD, she has a couple that are shorter, but only one that I found that was less than 15 minutes.....and that is the lower body only premix from her workout High Step Training. The upper body only premix is slightly longer, but still under 20 minutes. Do you have her beginner DVD of Basic Step and Body Fusion? She has both upper and lower body workouts on that DVD which are 20 minutes long. For upper body, I think the upper body work in Body Max 2 is about 20 minutes, but that is without a warm-up. Muscle Max lower body premix is right around 20 minutes I believe, and I think the LIHI Leg Strength only premix is not far off that. But if you don’t have 20 minutes, those won’t work. Sorry I can’t help more! Great workouts, btw!

Tami and Erika, hope you are well.

Enjoy the weekend!

Laurel

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

We had a really nice weekend, but the weather wasn't that great. We still have temps in the 50's. I didn't workout on Saturday. Sunday was RAW Weights #1 and FitSplit Boxing/Cardio Kickboxing Timesaver Premix. This morning was RAW Cardio Drills & Barbell.

Laurel, Love your combination of workouts on Friday, and getting in some stretching. I'm finding my love for sewing again. I think the faire really took the love for that craft away from me for a while. Can't believe that it has taken so long for me to want to sew again. My Mom also informed me that she doesn't want to make quilts for the grandchildren anymore. Probably her eyesight. It will have to be either myself or my oldest sister that takes up the making of them. Of course I'm taking classes so that I am way better at it than I was before. I looked at some of the quilts that they had hanging on the walls of the classroom, and it inspired me. Thanks for all the information on the workouts. I do have that Basic Step & Body Fusion workout, and I took a look at the back of it. I'm guessing that if I upped the weights to something worth while, it would probably be a good short workout to add onto some of my others. I'm still wanting to do these RAW workouts, but wanted to add in some other weight options. Oh Muscle Max is such a great workout, I will have to look at that one also. If I get up a little earlier in the morning, I could probably add on a longer workout. We will have to see how it goes.

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was warm but nice. Saturday we golfed on a course in a neighboring town, which was fun. Yesterday was chores around the house, which wasn’t as much fun. For workouts, on Saturday I did a Jessica Smith HiiT Strength Pilates Yoga mash-up. It was 69 minutes long but flew by. I really enjoyed the blend and nothing about it was too tough. Yesterday was another fun blend of ICE Bootcamp with the Blizzard Blast into Cathe Live ICY Lower and Upper Body Blasts. The latter was formatted like the ICE Bootcamp workout but didn’t use a step and didn’t do a core segment per round. Today’s workout was Cathe Live Lower Body Bootcamp followed by XTrain Ride.

Laurie, glad you had a nice weekend despite the chilly weather. Bet you are ready for summer to get there. The humidity kicked in yesterday giving us a taste for what summer will be like, but that it is the middle of June and it is just getting here in force tells me the Alabama summer has nothing on the Florida summers! I am enjoying the heat so far. Great workouts! Hope some of those recommendations helped. I have not done those workouts on the Body Fusion DVD so if you do them, please share how they are. That is one (of two) DVDs of Cathe’s I didn’t have but picked up at the Road Trip. I am glad you are enjoying sewing again. My passion for my hobbies really cycles now....much more than it did when I was younger. I am always happy when I get back an interest in a hobby that I thought might be lost to me forever.

Until tomorrow.

Laurel

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ Sorry I’ve been MIA … just busy at work. About the time I think I will get on here to send you all a message and a new task was handed to me. So that is good news for me. Today is just me back in our Dept. with the other Title Officers, my co-worker is out sick today, so it is nice and steady. Workouts since I checked in last: Thurs: Pyramid Pump Upper, Friday was just a REST day for me and then Sat I did a Peloton ride and yesterday was ICE BootCamp + Peloton ride. This a.m. I did not get up (my usual on Monday a.m. ~ it’s clearly just become my Monday a.m. thing …. ☹) and no workout tonight due to a meeting for work and then Graduation party for a friend of DH’s granddaughter. So a busy evening from one thing to the other.

Thelma: Way to keep moving and do what you can do! I am so glad the Yoga/Barre training is keeping your going. I hope your PF doesn’t come back full force. Your poor body just wants a relief right now I am sure.

Laurel: Fabulous combos as always that you are putting together …. Sounds like you are thoroughly enjoying those LIVE classes!! Nice job also with “our” ICE BootCamp we did together. You added on a lot more than me however. I do always have the desire to jump on the Peloton after my weekend workouts forsure since I have more time. Anytime I can I love riding that bike so much.

Laurie: Such a beautiful quilt! Way to go. Excellent job getting in your workout yesterday and again this a.m. Those RAW workouts continue to be great for you, so awesome! That’s too bad about your mom not wanting to make the quilts for the grand kids. My MIL has always been an amazing quilter her whole life and just didn’t have time when she worked full time and when she retired she thought that is what she would be doing a lot of ……. Well her eyesight is so bad and going blind (very slowly) in one eye so she doesn’t hardly ever do it anymore. It is great you will be learning so you can make those for them. Dang it on your colder temps. We had a beautiful weekend but it is supposed to cool back down to the 70’s later this week. Bernie and DH will be happy, neither of them have enjoyed the 80’s. I have decided that sunshine and no smoke is my “wish” for the summer weather. LOL

Have a great afternoon/evening ladies! Talk to you tomorrow.
Tami

fitzfour

Hi Ladies,

Well, good news is the bathroom remodels are done. Bad news, we have shower doors that out of code (only provide a 14" opening to get into/out of the shower and code is 22") and we found out we have to come up with a different plan as they can't get shower doors in the opening that meets code. We also have a leak from somewhere that has left a spot on the family room ceiling below our master bath. Hopefully both are a relatively easy fix, but worst case could be a bit of demo and re-do of the shower area. We should know more this week.

I took most of the week last week off of workouts...I was so stressed from the remodel, catching up from time off, and just pure exhausted. I picked workouts back up on Saturday, and today was ICE Sweat...that one gets me everytime!

Laurie, I love the quilt. I was gifted a sewing machine from my grandma when she passed and she was a huge quilter. I hope to get to a class someday when the boys are older and I've got time for hobbies! You are so very lucky you don't have gnats there...they are crazy here! Great job on the workouts and the extra info on RAW. I'm trying to decide if I want Cathe Live, RAW or maybe both.

Tami, I'm glad work is keeping you busy, and thus the work days go fast! I love the sound of your Peloton rides! Sounds like you are getting a lot of use out of it!!

Laurel, yay on the shower door! I bet that feels good to have that piece finished up and now just the smaller "fixes" and you should be all set. Loving the LIVE workout...I think I've done the Oh My workouts and loved them!

Thelma, bummer that one thing is doing better and then the other kicks in. I bet none of them are fun, but hopefully the visit to the doctor this week can get the stiffness and swelling under control. At least relief from one item would be so nice, I bet! Great job getting some movement in, I know that always makes me feel better even if it's just a little.

Have a great evening. I'm hoping to get on later this week after my hubby is home from his business trip as I'll have a couple busy days while he's gone.

Erika

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies, a quick hello just to let you know I'm alive. Today's workouts were gentle yoga and Barre.
I saw the GI doctor today and I have to go tomorrow for a celiac panel. I also have to go for an endoscopy on 7/1. I can't wait to go see the rheumatologist on Wednesday. I got pretty stiff today and it just brought me to tears. today I needed help from DH.

Laurie, love the quilt! You're so talented!

Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

This morning was RAW Hi-Low Cardio. This workout was instructed by Kelly's niece Tatum, and she did a great job with the workout. Going out tonight with DH's family to celebrate my MIL's birthday. She turned 94 yesterday.

Laurel, Glad to hear that you had a nice weekend of golfing and warm temps. Love the workout combos. We are still having to wear jackets in the mornings around here, but at the end of the day it is fairly nice. Just wish that I had more time in the evenings to enjoy it without getting eaten by mosquitoes. I sure can tell the difference when the humidity is around, we had fog this morning. Sure did sweat a lot. I will let you know how that workout goes with heavier weights, I will probably try them out after our vacation. Will have some time off for the 4th, so I can do some longer workouts. Of course a lot of that time will be spent in the garden. With this weather, we have not had the chance to lay down mulch. We also plan to extend our patio a little, because we purchased a swing.

Tami, Great job on the workouts! LOL about the Monday mornings, they can be brutal. I think it is because we try to get so much into our weekends. The RAW workouts are really a lot of fun, and since my DVD player is acting up, it has been the best option for me right now. Thanks on kudos for the quilt. That is one thing that scares me a little about my grandmother having macular degeneration, just hoping that I don't lose my eyesight. My sewing machine is a Kenmore that I purchased when I was 18 years old. When we brought it in to get repaired, the repair guy said to never get rid of it. Apparently the new models are all built of plastic, where mine is metal. Who would have thought that ordering a sewing machine from the Sears catalog would be such a good choice. I love that you want a summer with no smoke and sunshine. With all the rain that you got, I sure hope that is something that will not happen.

Erika, I'm sorry to hear about the problems with the remodel. I'm sure that is really frustrating. Great job on your workouts, hope you enjoy the rotation. If you plan on going to classes, look at your local tech school. They have night courses for quilting, at least they do around here. The other option is to look at quilting stores that have classes. The tech course is the best, because you have a full semester for learning. The one day quilting classes do not give you enough time to really apply the techniques without help. I don't think that you can go wrong with either RAW or Cathe Live as an option. They are both really good.

Thelma, Awesome job on your yoga/barre workout. I'm really glad to hear that you are finally at the point of getting some relief. I'm sure that you are ready to be back to normal. Thanks for the kudos also.

Have a wonderful day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was another fun bootcamp combo. I started with Strong and Sweaty Bootcamp, which is still my favorite of Cathe’s DVD Bootcamp workouts, and then went into Cathe Live Body Blast Bootcamp. This latter workout was loosely based on the S&S workout, but all of the strength moves were compound moves which brought the cardio factor up a notch. Very good stuff!

Tami, glad to hear you are staying busy at work. Great workouts!! My schedule has been so disrupted this past month that yesterday’s spin workout was the first one I had done in weeks. And it felt SO good! So I completely understand why you add on your Peloton workouts when you get a chance. Hope your wish for your summer weather comes true. After the past few years, a break from the fires is much needed.....no doubt.

Erika, I am glad the bathroom work is almost completed, but dang on the shower and leak issues. Hopefully, as you said, they are relatively easy fixes. Good job getting back to ICE workouts. I don’t think you could go wrong with either RAW or Cathe Live.....or both!!

Thelma, thanks for checking in. Glad you were able to see the doctor on Monday and hopefully you get some answers on your tummy issues. I really hope you get some answers tomorrow as well. Fingers crossed they can easily address the swelling and pain.

Laurie, sounds like another good workout. Hope you have a wonderful time celebrating your MIL’s 94th! Like you, the humidity has brought fog, mosquitoes....and lots of perspiration. When I got off my spin cycle yesterday, there was nothing dry on me....or around me. My workout towel and my clothes went straight into the washer! It is SO true that they don’t make things like your sewing machine anymore. I would definitely hold on to that one. Seeing as I have had repair people have to work on nearly all my new appliances I have purchased in the last five years (a microwave, two refrigerators, a dishwasher, a washing machine.....), I can fully attest to the fact that new does not equal better. Anyhow, love the sound of your new patio plans! Bet that swing will be nice on summer evenings.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

2BLean

Hi Ladies ~ Very long day yesterday but I was happy the meeting at Planning and Zoning didn’t go as long as the one a couple weeks ago. I headed home around 6:30 and DH had to go out with the clients afterwards. Today’s workout: S&S BootCamp! Such a fun one. I agree with Laurel on it being one of my favorite BootCamp’s of Cathe’s. Might get in a Peloton ride tonight after work. YAY.

Thelma: So glad the doctors appts are beginning and fingers crossed you can feel better very soon! Way to continue doing what you can do and taking care of yourself.

Laurie: Excellent job with your RAW Hi-Low Cardio. Enjoy your time with the in-laws tonight. WOW, 94 ~ that is something to celebrate forsure. Thank you so much for the kudos on my workouts! Love the encouragement always. Nice summer goal/wish isn’t it!?! LOL No smoke and sunshine. Maybe I shouldn’t push it. Just no smoke will be great!

Laurel: Another fabulous combo! Once again same BootCamp workout! As I said above, I agree it is one of the my favorite workouts she has for BC. That add-on sounds perfect. Way to go. Excellent job with your spin workout. I am glad you can relate to that feeling!

Have a great evening ladies!
Tami

ThelmaSW

Hi Ladies, today's workout was a JS low impact workout. I went to get tested for celiac today. I hope to find out the results tomorrow or Thursday. In the meantime, I have to follow a FODMAP diet. Pretty much no fruits that I love, no avocadoes, beans, dairy and have to go gluten-free. I bought gluten-free bread that is very good and you wouldn't know it's gluten-free. I also found oat milk that tastes like cow's milk!
The GI doctor prescribed a new anti-acid med to be taken once a day but my insurance wouldn't approve it until the doctor justified the need for the med. I didn't get a call from the pharmacy so I doubt this has happened yet.

We've had serious rain and thunder since yesterday afternoon. We do need the rain so I'm not complaining.

Laurie, great workouts!!! How nice that Kelly allowed her niece to teach a class! I hope you guys had a great time celebrating your MIL's bday! Bless her heart!

I can't believe that you're still having to wear jackets in the mornings! Thank God we haven't had to deal with mosquitoes yet! There is always a breeze around here so maybe that is why.
I can't wait to feel normal again!

Erika, I'm sorry about the leak and the shower doors! I hope they are easy fixes! I have to keep moving because if I don't I get stiff.

Laurel, fabulous workout combos! Thanks so much for keeping your fingers crossed so that the doctors can address my health issues!

Tami, great job with your workouts! Glad work continues to keep you busy! Thanks so much for keeping your fingers crossed so that my health improves!

Good night ladies!

Thelma

lvnascar

Morning Ladies,

This morning was RAW Strength Back & Front. We had a really nice time with the family last night, sure is a bit different dynamic with my not having my FIL around. I think it was the first time that my MIL could talk about him without starting to cry. My BIL & SIL took her to the cemetery yesterday too.

Laurel, Great job on the bootcamp workouts! Nice that you really enjoy that one, I have mixed emotions with that workout. I should probably attempt it without the step once, and that would probably make me love it like both you and Tami do. I can believe that the workouts you did made you sweat buckets. For sure I'm keeping my sewing machine, it has been a great machine for me. I hope that we can use the new swing, it was raining again this morning. Hope that it clears up some before I get out of work.

Tami, Great workout, and I hope that you where able to get on your Peloton after work. Glad to hear that the meeting didn't go long, those can be so draining. We will probably be celebrating every year. This is the first time I heard her say she will live to 100. Usually she is predicting that she will not make it to see her other two granddaughters get married. I like the thought of no smoke summer, that is a good one.

Thelma, Very nice workout. So glad to hear that you are getting the support that you need to start feeling better. I hope that you hear soon about the new prescription. Yep the jackets are still on, and the umbrellas are getting moldy from all the rain. Not really about the mold, but it did sound funny. We do need to carry the umbrellas around with us all the time. I would thing that the breeze that you have is keeping those pest away, and that is wonderful. Will you be able to add in foods as you progress through this new diet? I'm guessing that you are trying to find "trigger" foods?

Have a great day!
Laurie

StiringWendel

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Cathe Live Bootcamp Upper Body, which is one of my favorites. And since I enjoyed my spin ride so much on Monday, I decided to go for another ride today with Cathe Live Hit The Road. Felt fantastic!

Tami, sounds like you are enjoying these bootcamp workouts too! This has been a fun week for me so far with the workouts. I usually don’t mesh with bootcamp workouts, but for whatever reason, they are working for me right now.

Thelma, hope you get some results from the celiac test soon. I haven’t tried too much gluten-free bread, but I am addicted to GF crackers. I bought some on a BOGO offer in Publix when we were living in Florida and have eaten them ever since. I just like the consistency and flavor better. I bet your breeze helps with the mosquitoes. We usually have a breeze on our hill too which keeps them down a bit. But I have to be smarter and out on bug spray before we golf. That is where I get bitten. Enjoy the rain! We finally got some last night and, hopefully, will get more the next two days. We aren’t as dry as we were a few weeks ago, but the moisture is still very welcome right now.

Laurie, great workout! I am glad you had a good time with your MIL and she is talking so positively about making it to 100! I imagine it was difficult for her without your FIL, but I am glad she is looking forward as well. I have been doing quite a few step workouts the past few weeks for a simple reason.....I want to train myself with being okay not doing everything like Cathe does in her step workouts. In other words, I need to be okay not doing all those double-legged jumps on and off the step! I have found myself avoiding some really good workouts (like ICE Bootcamp, To The Max, etc) because of my discomfort with certain moves on the step (or, more accurately, my fear of injury doing certain moves on the step). I knew when Cathe announced the Step Boss series at the Road Trip that I wanted it....but I also needed to figure out how to be perfectly content modifying the heck out of it, And I have really been enjoying these previously-avoided workouts again. So maybe a revisit and eliminating the step on some workouts would work the same for you.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel