Cathe Fans Part 5

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  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,532 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning was 30MTF Cardio Pump Workout 1. So just cardio this morning. ;)

    Laurel, Nice that you had a chance to visit that workout, now I'm wondering if I have ever tried that workout in the past. Will have to check it out at some point. Awesome that your DH tried out another workout. I just wish that my DH actually wanted to try a workout. :D I will have to talk to him about it, because we could take a half hour and do some core work together. I don't think that I have every asked if he would like to work out with me. :o Have to admit that I could tell that my body was getting pushed to hard. I usually don't wake up during the night, and I noticed that with the two longer tougher workouts I was waking up. Last night I slept right through the night.

    Thelma, Love that you could get a workout done despite the fact that your body decided to disagree. I'm glad that you where able to get out for a drive also. The trees around here are just starting to change and fall. Of course our huge black walnut will be dropping that fruit at some point, just can't wait. :p If I go to crazy on my cardio my knee will act up for a short period, but nothing to bad. It was protesting a little bit on Tuesday, so that was another reason to take the cardio down.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • fitzfour
    fitzfour Posts: 1,306 Member
    Good Morning, Ladies!

    I'm alive, but don't really know what day it is anymore!? Let's see...work has been interesting, that's all I'll say. My oldest had his wisdom teeth out last week, so I've been busy playing nurse in between calls/meetings and after work. He was doing great until last night, so we may be making a trip to the oral surgeon today. This weekend we are splitting and conquering 2 cabins at once. I'm taking my oldest to my cabin with 1 dog and my DH is taking my youngest with him, and 2 dogs. My oldest has to work Saturday and Monday, so we are just making a quick trip to the cabin. I haven't seen my parents since March, so it's overdue.

    Workouts have been going well, just finishing up my KCM rotation this week. I went running once in the last week only and found myself pushing too hard, so haven't been out again. Still trying to find a good outlet for this work stress...

    Thelma, thank you for sharing the cardio dance video, sounds like she's got some variety and it looks fun! I continue to look for good dance videos as I really do enjoy those a lot. Either that, or loud music and dancing around the house (that was last night's workout). I need to do more of what you do with the combo workouts...maybe if I incorporate something fun (dance) and also do some weights and yoga (for whatever reason, there is a lot of dread factor with me and yoga) I can get into a good groove. Maybe that will be my next rotation!

    Laurie, you're hitting on some fun KCM workouts. I can' not believe how many pre-mixes she has (I think more than Cathe?). I made a spreadsheet of them all and the time of each one, so I can just look at the list and pick one if I'm not sure what I'm going to do that day. It's been nice! I can totally relate to your burnout at 3:30 when working from home. I'm not sure what it is, but I burnout really fast at home. In the office, I don't. I wonder if it's because I notice I work a lot harder at home than I do in the office. For me, the office has so many distractions and I'm always taking breaks to talk to someone, walk to the printer, etc. At home, once I logon, I really only leave my desk to use the restroom. Lately, even for meals someone is bringing it to me at my desk as I'm usually stuck to my headset on a call.

    Laurel, great job on your workouts and also with keeping DH motivated! I am hoping my DH gets back into his workout routine again (he dropped it a few weeks ago) as I noticed a definite difference in his overall attitude and less complains of aches and pains. However, he has a personal trainer mentality, and won't let anyone "teach" him any new workouts, moves etc. I hope your humidity is starting to go down with the fall weather upon us. Ours finally is comfortable after weeks of high humidity. I love fall, so I'm happy it's comfortable and cool here now!

    Tami, I'm glad you had a nice visit with your friend, those are so fun! I have a re-occurring monthly lunch with a friend I met at my first job out of college and it's so nice to catch up. When we didn't have it on our calendar we went years without seeing each other. I'm sure being busy at work makes the days fly by, but I'm sure you'd appreciate it slowing down a bit too. I can totally relate! :) I'm sure your workouts are what's keeping you pushing on each day!

    Have a wonderful day! I'm not sure how often I'll be on here with work demands (we are just now going into busy season--so it's about to get even more demanding), but I'll try to pop in when I can.

    Erika
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Cathe Live Low Impact HiiT Circuit into LIS Slide and Glide. Just like LIS Athletic Training, I don’t think I have done Slide and Glide in over five years. It was good today. I didn’t get nearly as annoyed by never getting off the discs during the first part as I remember being in the past. I checked in on Cathe’s live class today, and she was alone again. I may go a little off rotation tomorrow and do the class she filmed this morning. It is a total body workout using light weights, and after four days of really long cardio session, I could go for a no impact metabolic workout right about now. :)

    Thelma, I am sorry to hear you were so tired yesterday, but I am glad you listened to your body. Hopefully you are feeling better today. The fall colors in Alaska are mostly yellow because of the number of birch trees, but it is still very pretty, especially if the mountains have any snow. That combination of yellow leaves and white mountains always reminds me of Colorado.

    Laurie, great workout. That is interesting about waking up during the night because of your workouts. I admit to having horrible trouble with sleeping this week, but, being totally honest, I haven’t slept well since March. But I haven’t really paid attention to whether there is any pattern connected to my workouts, and maybe I should. I have tried working out with DH, but, like Erika’s DH, he doesn’t seem to really want any input from me at all, and it is hard for me not to say something if he is using horrible form or whatever. I mean, I am just trying to help him, but he will always respond with ‘this is how I learned when I was training for football in HS’, as if nothing has changed since 1982 when he was 17! Hope you have better luck than me with that if your DH decides to workout with you.

    Erika, great to see you! Thanks for checking in. I am sorry about your DS and hope he is okay with those wisdom teeth being removed. I am glad you are going to be able to see your parents this weekend. Our humidity is still high today but it is supposed to cool off a little next week. I saw Denver is forecasting snow for next week, and wonder if you and Laurie may be feeling those very cold effects as well! I am not ready for that yet! But I am ready for my hair to be more manageable, which it decidedly is not when it is this humid! Enjoy your weekend!

    Enjoy the day!

    Laurel
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    edited September 2020
    Hi Ladies ~ Sorry it has been soooooo long since I checked in! :(:( All is good, just busy at work day after day. We had our "month end" that felt like it was strung out for several days in a row. The evenings have been workouts, dinner, bed or workout, helping DH get ready to go for his long Fall Season, bed. ETC.

    I am going to leave early tomorrow :) and head over with him for the long weekend. He promised it wouldn’t be all work. We will see. At any rate, it will be nice to have 4 full days OFF!!! I logged 30 extra overtime hours for August, so a break will feel nice. I took Tuesday off so I could catch my breath a little before going back to work, (laundry, grocery shop, etc.) My mother-in-law is going to watch Bernie while I am gone. YAY. It is supposed to be pretty warm here for the next several days so I am very thankful.

    Workouts have been good! This week has been Peloton rides and shorter pre-mixes for weight work just due to time. But next week should get back to a little more "normal" since DH will be gone fishing.

    I am going to read through the posts and try to catch up ~ hope you are all doing well!! :);)

    Tami
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, I woke up feeling tired again but I forced myself to workout and I felt better again. I did a Jessica Smith Interval Training and Slide & Glide.
    Some yoga instructors always talk about the full moon about making people feel tired. This full moon is killing me with the tireds!

    Laurie, that's such a fun workout! Great job!
    OMG with the walnut tree! I could send our army of squirrels to help you pick them up! LOL
    I discovered that the knee issue probably starts at my hip socket. I could feel a very tight ligament deep in my glute. I took one of my Lacrosse balls and gently lowered my butt on it and rolled over the ball and it helped tremendously with my knee.
    The thing that seems to have hurt my knee this time was Tae Bo followed by the step. Massaging the thing with the rolling pin tool and the Lacrosse ball have done wonders for me.

    Erika, I'm so glad you're alive! I had the feeling you were under a lot of stress with work. I hope your son is feeling better. Did you end up taking him to the oral surgeon? I hope you and your family have a great weekend.

    Good job for keeping up with your workouts with everything you have going! That dance workout I found was a lot of fun. searching for more of her workouts brought out other dance workouts so I'll have to check them out. As Laurie suggested the other day Pop Sugar has a lot of workout type. You may want to look there too. Dancing around the house is great! I think the right music makes a huge difference and that is what those so called dance workouts are lacking. The music is either too fast or to slow for the dance moves. I used to take an awesome dance aerobics class back in the 80's. I would love something like that again.
    I used to dread yoga too but I took private classes when I got here and that made a huge difference for me.

    Laurel, great workouts! OMG, I felt the same way abut Slide & Glide! I didn't even remember what it was like but it was perfect for today for me.
    If you have the energy to do that total body workout, go for it! I'm usually spent by Friday.

    I can just imagine the combination of yellow leaves and the white snow. It sounds so pretty!

    Tami, I'm so glad you're doing well. Nice job with all that overtime! I hope you have a wonderful long weekend with your DH! Good job getting your workouts in!

    Have a wonderful weekend ladies!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,532 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning was 30MTF Circuit Burn Workout 1, always enjoy that one. So while I was working out, my pants started to fall of my butt during the cardio session. :o Now should I be happy that they are getting to loose or upset, because they are my favorite pair of pants. :D

    Erika, Hope that you are able to get some balance with work. Really doesn't sound fun if you are getting so stressed. Great job on finishing up Kelly's rotation. She created a September/October fall rotation, that was posted on the Train Smart with Coffeyfit private group on Facebook. I'm actually following that somewhat. This week was actually a good one since she had a lot of circuit workouts listed. The next few weeks will be hit or miss. I don't know if I really enjoy working from home. I know that I couldn't do it long term, because my job is very hands on. When I am home I don't want to do my job, I want to do other things that I love. :D Have fun at the cabin, and enjoy the time with your parents.

    Laurel, Awesome job on the workouts, and have fun with the live workout! I'm sure that it will be a good one. LOL about the slide, that is one of the reasons I never enjoy the workouts that she has them in. They always seem to slide to far. Hey I have gone off the rotation plenty, so go for it. :D I just recently started to notice that if I over do the workouts, I will tend to not sleep well. Taking the workouts to under 45 min. and I was sleeping until my alarm went off. Well my DH wasn't an athlete during school, so he never developed any bad habits. I'm going to talk to him this weekend, and see if he just wants to do some planks with me. That can't hurt, and maybe he will just do them in the morning after he gets up. Can't hurt.

    Tami, Glad to hear that you are doing well. That is a lot of over time for a month. Great job on getting your workouts in even though it seems that you where on auto pilot. At least you will be able to enjoy a nice long weekend, and I'm guessing that you will be stocking up that freezer again?

    Thelma, Nice workouts! Guess you and Laurel both opted for the same workout. Hope that you start getting some relief from being tired. I think that we have plenty of squirrels to take care of our nut issue. :D They tease Rocket all the time. Of course he just looks at them with his happy face, and wonders when they will come out of the tree so he can chase them. Goofy dog. :D Now that you mentioned the hip, I think that I remember having that same experience. Will have to visit with that Eion again to get the hips happy again.

    Have a wonderful weekend!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout wasn’t quite what I planned going into the workout room, but it was good. As I mentioned yesterday, I did Cathe’s live class from yesterday which was Lighten Up Total Body. It is a total body workout using 5 and 10 pound weights and tubing. It was good, but about half way through it I noticed she kept talking about last week’s workout, which I hadn’t done but remember being more of a circuit workout than the total body workout was.....so I added it on to the total body workout. It was a good workout called Cardio Muscle Fusion. I added on a 20 minute spin at the end just to flush everything out. Honestly, for the first time all week, I felt like I had a lot more to give at the end of my workout, but it had already gone on for an hour and 45 minutes....without a break! Of course, last night was the first night I have slept all week, so that could have something to do with it.

    And the two Live workouts were not Cathe’s toughest workouts. One of the things I have liked about her teaching alone is she has a tendency to be less a cheer leader and more of a workout partner in them. In the second workout I did today she asked if anybody ever had one of those days where they feel extra tired and extra winded and extra dehydrated....and then said she was having one of those days. Boy, after how I felt doing my workouts earlier this week, I so could relate. She did mention she hopes to have her class back next week, but they are taking this week for people to get used to be working out in masks. So when the class comes back, they will all be masked up. I am going to be honest.....I am not quite sure if I will do any of the Live workouts with the class in masks. First off, I think Cathe will have to adjust the intensity a bit, especially since her class is older and Cathe will be having to cue and workout in a mask, which can’t be easy for her either. And, second, my workouts serve, for me, as an escape from the constant COVID noise, and while I have not had any problems adjusting to Cathe’s empty gym, I think I will have a hard time with a masked class. But....we will see.

    Tami, thanks for checking in! I hope you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend with your DH. It sounds like you need it after a very busy month at work. Enjoy!

    Thelma, great workouts. I am glad they made you feel better. I have never heard about the full moon causing tireds, but it wouldn’t surprise me. I do believe every individual has unique cycles of energy that alter based on what is going on in nature. For me, the one thing I know for sure is that when we are getting ready to change seasons (especially into spring and into fall), I always become overwhelmingly fatigued. It was worse when I was heavier and less fit, but I still suffer for about a week with exhaustion. So strange.....but since it has been happening to me for a few decades now, I just have learned to accept that is how it is going to be. But I have never met anybody else who experiences the same thing.

    Laurie, great workout! And I would celebrate the loose pants! :) I think if my workouts impact my sleep it may be too much cardio and not enough strength training that does it.....so weeks like this week for me. I haven’t noticed I sleep better with shorter workouts (like my weekend workouts), but one of the reasons I keep returning to heavy weight work is because that is when my body feels its best with sleep. Unfortunately it also leaves me feeling tired all day! :D That’s one of the primary reasons I have been playing with these rotations with a lot of variety for the last year or so....to see if I can find a sweet spot of workouts that give me energy but leave me getting a good night’s sleep. I am still looking for it. B):)

    Enjoy the long weekend!!

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. Ours was nice and quiet. Temps dropped into the mid 50's on Saturday night! Fall is definitely in the air. I can't believe we're in September. Where did the year go?

    I woke up full of energy on Sunday! Thank God! My workouts on Friday were Gina B. Low Impact Cardio, Restorative Healing yoga, Sculpted-Movement Fusion and
    RWH Lift it HiiT it Legs. On Sunday I did Gina B Disco Boogie, H&S Total Body Hammer.

    Laurie, great workout! I hope the pants were falling off your butt cause you've lost weight and not because the elastic stretched out!

    Interesting that you don't sleep well when your workouts are longer than 45 minutes! Do you workout after work?

    I am so glad Rocket only looks at the squirrels. He's such a good boy! Our windows have a window sill on the outside and the mourning doves walk on it back and forth driving our boy cat crazy. He's always on guard by that window. The windows are tinted so the birds can't see inside. His head moves from side to side following the dove. LOL

    Laurel, great workouts! Interesting on you sleeping better when you didn't exhaust yourself working out. I wonder if you're so tired that you can't relax?
    Interesting that Cathe will have the class wear masks during the entire workout.
    My yoga studio has been having classes but with a maximum of 9 students so they can be 6ft apart. People wear masks into the studio but take them off when the class starts. From what I can see on Zoom more and more people are going to the studio. I heard the studio is going to go back to regular in studio classes next week. They will also have the Zoom version available.

    The lack of energy last week was strange. I of course would've never attributed that to the moon. I thought it had to do with my autoimmune diseases.
    Good for you for noticing that you get the tireds with season changes and accepting it. Sometimes our bodies just force us to take it easy.

    Have a great week ladies!
    Thelma
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, I hope you had a good holiday. It didn't feel like a holiday to me except for the fact that DH didn't have to work.

    My workouts today were Jamie Kinkeade Latin Fire Dance Fitness Party, JS Abs, Butt & Thighs Barre and Revive and Restore Yoga. The Latin dance workout was ok but I danced for 55 minutes and was a sweaty mess after that. Jamie is a hip hop dancer and it shows in her dance workouts. There were some moves I didn't like or I felt she was dancing too slow for the song I modified by doing my own thing.

    Goodnight ladies!
    Thelma
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the long weekend. Ours was quiet. Like Thelma, it didn’t feel much like a holiday except for the fact DH didn’t work yesterday. But since he is on his way to Alaska today, he spent a good part packing and preparing for that, so it wasn’t an overwhelmingly relaxing day either. But the weather has been late summer perfect, which is always nice. We got some walks in, worked in the yard and washed our windows, so that was great.

    For workouts, on Saturday I did a Jessica Smith Power Walk into 30 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee. Sunday was Body Blast Supersets followed by Cathe Live Cardio Kickboxing and Cardio Barre. Yesterday was a 60 minute spin followed by STS Pilates-based Abs. And today was F/S Push and Core followed by Cathe Live Hearts on Fire.

    I just saw that Cathe cancelled her annual Road Trip that she holds at her gym. She explained that her gym can only have 25% capacity, and for group classes, each person must have 200 square feet (which seems a lot!). But she did mention she is toying with doing a virtual Road Trip in November. I would definitely sign up for that!

    Thelma, great workouts! I am so glad you felt your energy return on Sunday! I wonder if the cooler, fresher air helped. I know it felt great to me not to be working out with that humidity for a few days.....though I think it is on its way back. I think I can’t sleep well because my mind is running a million miles a minute right now. Between COVID, DH’s job, my concerns about my school teaching sister, my concerns about my asthmatic other sister who DH is now flying all over the globe every two weeks, and my concern about trying to get up to see my in-laws without any of us getting sick—all topped off with hot flashes—sleep just is something I enjoy when I get it and try not to think about it when I don’t. :D If my brain wore a thought counter, it would be off the charts. B)

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel

  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts today were Monica Pulgarin's Zumba,
    Yoga Basics and Fit Split Push Day. I finally found a Zumba class I liked! I was a sweaty mess after that class!

    Laurel, I hope your DH has a safe trip to Alaska. I'm glad you're having good weather and managed to go out for walks and do yard work. Great workouts!
    The weather here has been gorgeous. It's warm and humidity free during the day.

    I also saw that Cathe cancelled her annual Road Trip. 200 square feet seems like a lot of space. I like the idea of a virtual Road Trip. I would consider signing up for it depending on what they plan to do.

    I don't know if the cooler temps helped me with my energy level. All I know is that I'm glad I'm feeling better. LOL

    I can see why you are having problems sleeping though! You do have a lot to worry about Laurel. You should try the supplement that helped me and others get rid of hot flashes. It's called Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc. I take one a day with food and it was a miracle cure for me. I still get them but only when I'm going crazy eating sweets.
    One of my yoga instructors has 3 small children and wanted to go to FL to visit her sister. She, her sister and their husbands went to get a COVID test on a Monday to make sure they didn't have the virus, then spent the rest of the week at home to make sure they wouldn't get exposed to the virus. On Friday morning they drove to FL and only stopped twice to go to the bathroom and to get gas.

    Goodnight!
    Thelma
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Fit/Split Pull into F/S Mixed Impact Cardio and then Cathe Live Mixed Impact Cardio and Core. It felt good today.

    Thelma, great workouts. I am glad you found a Zumba class you enjoyed! Thank you for the recommendation for hot flashes. I have tried so many things. But I only get them at night now, and I think a large part of that is because I have always naturally slept very warm....and DH does not. So I go to sleep with just a sheet on and when he comes to bed, he pulls up a blanket and the duvet! :o Then I wake up two hours later, soaked through and steaming hot, and it takes me hours to stop the hot/cold cycling. Last night, with DH gone.....no hot flashes. :) I love how your yoga instructor approached her trip, and we would need to do something very similar to visit my in-laws. Luckily we can make the trip up there in a day. But if we have to stay in a hotel while up there.....I don’t know. Normally we would stay with my SIL, but she is a hospital employee who is very concerned about being around my in-laws, so I am not sure she would be too happy to house us and potentially expose us! And I want nothing to do with a hotel. So.....we’ll figure it out I suppose.

    I read an article today about a study they are doing in Italy and those who caught the virus early on. They said many have never completely regained their health. It made me think about your aunt. I hope she is doing okay.

    Until tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were Monica Pulgarin's Zumba, Beginner Gentle, Fit Split Pull Day and Revive and Restore Yoga.

    Laurel, great workouts! I can see how you're overheating but the problem is cooling down when it happens. When I was having the night sweats I used to keep a floor fan pointing right at me. That was the only way I could sleep. Funny how you didn't have the hot flashes last night when your DH wasn't there.

    I thought my instructor's idea for her trip to FL was brilliant. I don't blame you for not wanting to stay in a hotel these days. I wouldn't want to stay at your SIL either!

    COVID leaves people who got hit hard really damaged. My aunt isn't doing well. She refuses any type of help. She doesn't stop looking at my uncle's picture and every month on the day of his passing she loses it. She doesn't eat well and continues to lose weight. At least my cousin is keeping an eye on her and took her to their lake house where he lives most of the time. He makes sure she eats at least once a day. She literally only eats once a day. I have no idea how to help her anymore. She gets upset the other day when I suggested a support group. Thanks so much for asking about her.

    Goodnight!
    Thelma
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 60 minute Peloton ride followed by Cathe Live All Core on the Floor and 20 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee.

    Thelma, great workouts. I am so sorry to hear about your aunt, though. I keep reading articles about the lasting mental and physical effects of COVID, which she is probably experiencing. Add on top of that the stress and terrible sadness of losing her husband and, well, I just can’t imagine. I am glad your cousin is looking after her. All you can do to help her I think is to keep letting her know you are there for her. It must break your heart though to know the state she is in. Huge hugs to you.

    Until tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were María Carvajal Zumba and Hip Opener and Abs Yoga Blast. I found another Zumba instructor I like. I am loving dancing with these ladies.
    I woke up feeling the tireds again. It took me all day to feel like I could do a workout. I felt much better after I did it too.

    Laurel, great workouts! Is your DH in Alaska yet? I hope he arrived there safely.

    I don't know if my aunt's problems have anything to do with having had covid. She feels that she can't live without my uncle and misses him more every day. This has been such a traumatic experience for her starting with the moment he was taken to the hospital via ambulance and the EMT telling her to disinfect the entire house, the nightmare of him being hospitalized for so long and having so many close calls. She is upset with God because he made him suffer so much. She would've preferred that he'd had an easier death. Sadly, she wants nothing to do with God right now.

    There are times when my other aunt and I feel that my aunt won't live much longer. I pray every day that God shows my cousin the way to help his mother. We practically don't know my cousin so it's not like we feel comfortable telling him how to help my aunt. I sent him a sympathy text when his father died and he had no idea who the heck I was. He asked his mother who I was. It is really heartbreaking. She knows we're here for her and we try to talk to her every day. Thanks so much!

    Have a great weekend!
    Thelma
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was S&S Total Body Giant Sets doubled premix followed by a 30 minute spin with Peloton. That doubled premix was tough! I was definitely sweaty doing it. :)

    Thelma, great workouts! I totally understand why your aunt feels so much anger right now. What she went through this spring is something no human being should ever have to go through. I wouldn’t even be able to find words of comfort because what would they be? This is going to sound like a strange story, but way back when I was in college, I had a job as a note taker for some courses. One of the courses was a philosophy class, and in what I now recognize as being a shockingly controversial move, one lecture consisted of two philosophers debating whether God exists. Oddly, it was the man arguing against God’s existence that had me more convinced of God’s existence that the one arguing for His existence. The argument used for there being no God was the senseless tragedies that occur to innocent human beings. In my 20yo brain, I believed that those things happen to teach the rest of us to be thankful for our lives. Of course I was looking at tragedy from the outside (again, I was 20) and not as a person experiencing that tragedy. I say this because I am not surprised your aunt is questioning her faith because this tragedy was and is absolutely senseless. I don’t know if and how that will change for her. I have long marveled at the strength of human beings in overcoming such tragedies. But I also know your aunt’s experience as you’ve shared it with us has been in my mind every day since March. On the days when I am down, I remind myself things could be so much worse. Her experience is a constant reminder of how serious this situation we are in is and to not take any day for granted. That won’t help your aunt, I know. But, sadly, it helps me from falling into a morass of self-pity, and for that I am thankful.

    Anyhow, DH made it to Alaska Tuesday night. Unfortunately they did not accept his antigen COVID test, so he was quarantined on Wednesday. But he got his PCR test results and was at work yesterday. I guess it snowed up there yesterday. And here we sit at a steamy 90! I am just fine with that. B)

    Enjoy the weekend.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. Ours was a very nice and quiet weekend.
    My workouts on Friday were María Carvajal Zumba, Restorative Healing yoga, Sculpted-Movement Fusion and Revive and Restore Yoga. My workouts on Sunday were Gina B 2000 Steps and Total Body Tristes Lower Body Split.

    Laurel, killer workout combo on Friday! Great job!

    My poor aunt has been suffering since March. There really are no words of comfort for her.
    I understand what you mean about the God exists/doesn't exist. It can be really easy to see that certain things happen to make us feel thankful for what we have. Tragedies not so much. I try to put myself in her shoes and I don't know if I'd be angry but my heart would be broken for a long time. Interestingly one good thing came out of my uncle's death. Their son changed from being a spoiled/entitled brat to a very caring, loving and respectful man. This is one thing my uncle wanted so much but sadly it took his death for this change to happen. My aunt says it was a very expensive price to have paid for that change.
    Looking into my aunt's life from the outside sure makes me see how fortunate I am and I just can't imagine my life without DH.
    We really are living in a serious times and we can't take anything for granted.

    I am so glad your DH made it to Alaska safely. I can't believe he was quarantined! At least it was only one day!
    I hope he had his snow boots!

    Have a great week ladies!
    Thelma
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Thelma! Great workouts! I don’t know where all our cohorts have gone, but I am glad you are still here!! Hope the others come back soon. Anyhow, I hope you had a nice weekend. Mine was very quiet without DH here. Saturday started horribly when I accidentally dropped my wedding/25th anniversary ring on the floor and it bounced right into the heating/AC vent. DH thinks he might be able to retrieve it, but I am less convinced and pretty heartbroken about it. Six inches over and I would have been on carpeting. Then later that morning I ended up with two hummingbirds stuck in the garage (I had left the garage door open for a few minutes as I checked our sprinkler system since we had the lawn aerated on Friday), and it took me forever to get them out. But I just couldn’t let two hummingbirds die in our garage! Thankfully yesterday was a quieter day.

    For workouts, on Saturday I did Jessica’s Cardio Ball Blast and 30 minutes of Peloton yoga. Yesterday was Cathe Live Trisets Legs and a 30 minute HiiT spin with Peloton. And today was ICE Low Impact Sweat with the Blizzard Blast (which I did twice), Muscle Meltdown Back (I did 4 sets of the Giant sets), and Icy Core 2. That, all together, was about an hour and 45 minutes, but it felt really great today. I can certainly tell I am sleeping better since DH is gone. But I will sacrifice sleep to have him back. :)

    I am so glad your cousin has come around and is taking care of his mother. But you are right, it shouldn’t have taken this to have that happen. Honestly, Thelma, I don’t think I would have survived those many weeks your aunt spent in her apartment, looking at the hospital and not being able to visit her husband. The reality of that just breaks my heart, and I think, for me, it probably would have been more than I could have taken. I don’t know what I would have done (and I hope I never do), but I just can’t see me surviving that. Your aunt is a strong human being. I still hope, with time, she can find some measure of peace.

    Enjoy the day.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Laurel, I also was wondering where our workout pals have gone. I hope they are OK and that they come back soon. I am glad you're still here too!

    I'm sorry about your ring! I had a ring go down the shower drain in El Salvador and I got attached a piece of chewed gum to a stick and was able to get the ring! Are you able to remove the vent cover?
    Wow so much excitement on Saturday! I'm so glad you noticed the hummingbirds and saved them.

    Great workouts! I am really loving these muscle meltdown workouts! I can totally understand about sacrificing sleep to have your DH home. I thank God every day for having brought my DH back home from PA for me.

    I was feeling tired today and it took me all day to get to my workouts so I didn't do as much as I had planned.
    I did ICE Low Impact Sweat Workout I and ICE Low Impact Sweat-Muscle Meltdown x4 Basic Prmx #7 - Back.

    It really shouldn't have taken his father's death for him to change. He is definitely full of remorse. I honestly don't know how my aunt didn't go crazy when my uncle was hospitalized. She was practically locked up in her small bedroom for three months trying not to cry out loud. She is a strong woman and I wish she didn't have to go through such tragedy. I hope with time she can find peace too.

    Have been listening to the news about hurricane Sally? Are you in its path? I heard tonight that it will eventually come to North GA. We can expect lots of wind and rain probably Wednesday or Thursday.

    Have a great day!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,532 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    Sorry I was MIA last week. I took time off of work, and also took myself off of social media. Did get a ton of stuff done on my dd's quilt. I will have to do some catching up on the posts. Just wanted to let everyone know that I was okay. Did a variety of Kelly workouts last week, and so far this week it has been 30MTF LIFT workout 1 and this mornign 30MTF Athletic Conditioning 2 Workout 1.

    Laurel, Of course your workouts are great ones. Nice that you could save the birds. We had to do that one time with a humming bird in our garage. This one wasn't moving, so I took it into the house to warm up and fed it some sugar water. It eventually flew away, so I'm thinking it was okay. Sorry to hear about your ring, I hope that your DH is able to retrieve it.

    Thelma, Great job on the ICE workouts! I hope all goes well for you during this storm. We are getting some of the smoke from out west right now. There is a haze blocking the sun.

    Have to get some more e-mails off my list, so I probably should get back to work :D !

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • fitzfour
    fitzfour Posts: 1,306 Member
    Hi Ladies!!

    I'm here, just busy as usual! The boys started back to school yesterday, with 2 in person days each week and 3 virtual and masks required all day at school. It will be an interesting school year!

    I started up Chalean Extreme last week, as I felt like I needed a program to follow for a little bit. So far, so good!

    Thelma, great job with the workouts, despite the tireds off an on (must be that time of year, I'm feeling the same)!

    Laurel, I'm curious to see the new class workouts with masks on from Cathe. I'm sure a clip will be out soon. Not sure what I think of that either. I'm with you...trying to remove myself from as much COVID social media as possible as I deal with it all day long for work/boys school.

    Laurie, glad you took a social media break, I have been doing that here and there as well. Sounds like you were productive with the quilting and workouts too. I'm keeping an eye out for some new KCM rotations (I'm not on FB, but I'm sure she'll post on her website at some point) as I really enjoyed the last one.

    Tami, I hope you enjoyed your time off with DH. After all the OT you've had at work, I bet it felt great!


    Hoping to get on here at least once a week, but no promises! Hope you are all having a good week so far!

    Erika
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was ICE Muscle Meltdown Chestx4 premix and a 60 minute spin from Peloton. I really had to talk myself into working out. It is a little gloomy today as the hurricane approaches the shore, and I want nothing more than to sit down, watch bad TV and not think at all. I don’t think my mood is helped since my MIL called last night to let us know my SIL’s husband (they are the couple my in-laws moved to be near) has COVID. Thankfully they hadn’t seen my in-laws in a week, so on that front I am relieved. But I am worried about my SIL’s husband as he does have some pretty significant health issues. So far, though, he is just congested. They won’t test my SIL for a couple of days to see if she has it. But I think my mood today is I am just done with 2020 completely. :#

    Thelma, great workouts. Unfortunately our vents are in the floor and you can see the tubing all the way down into the crawl space, so my ring fell all the way down to the bottom of.....wherever that my DH thinks he can access it from in the crawl space. :) So, we’ll see. He has been looking on line for tools and apparently there is a tool he can use that will sense the metal from the ring in the tubing. This should be interesting. :o Right now it looks like we will get very little from the hurricane, even in rain. It is going to turn east almost as soon as it hits land, so it will cross Alabama way south of us. Based on its path, I think you will see more of it than we will. I am fine without the heavy storms, but I was at least hoping for rain. It has been so dry.

    Laurie, welcome back! I am glad you took a break from work and a break from social media. I certainly could use the latter. It is amazing how much I miss DHs and my little vacations we took, even those three or four day trips. Those were times I always disconnected from my iPad and stopped working out. Now I need to force myself to do both, and haven’t managed to do it yet. But I think my mindset would be so much better if I did.

    Erika, welcome back!! Great job starting up with Chalene Extreme. I hope you enjoy it. I hope all goes well with your DSs and school. Our in-person classes started here yesterday as well, so I am curious how that goes. My niece went back in person last week, and she said it was a little strange, mostly because the majority of students opted for remote learning. She only had a few classmates in her classes. Cathe did her Live classes alone the last two weeks, despite her gym being open, so I will be curious if she has a class this week. Again, I think if they are masked, I will just reach for an older workout. Cathe posted yesterday on Facebook that one of the issues she has working out in a mask is not drinking enough fluid because of the hassle of dealing with the mask. So I just think the classes would be a bit odd when I am not having to deal with a mask like they are. But who knows? I might be very wrong.

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts today were Monica Pulgarin's Zumba,
    Yoga Basics and ICE Metabolic Total Body Muscle Meltdown x4 Basic Premix #7 – Chest.

    We are expected to get some heavy rain and winds from hurricane Sally on Thursday night and Friday. Hopefully we'll be ok.

    Laurie, I'm so glad you're OK and that you made a lot of progress with your daughter's quilt. Great job keeping up with your workouts! Sorry you're getting some of the smoke from the fires. Such a sad situation.

    Erika, I'm so glad you're doing well! It really sounds like it will be an interesting school year. What did the boys say about having to wear a mask all day? What was it like?
    Good idea to find a program to follow during this busy time at work. I really think the tireds I'm feeling have to do with the change of season.

    Laurel, good job pushing yourself to do your workouts! It was a little gloomy here too and I'm sure it will be like that through Friday. I'm really sorry your SIL has COVID. I don't understand why your SIL can't be tested now. People here show up at the testing sites and get tested. I hope your in-laws will all be OK. 2020 really needs to end and take this virus with it!

    I'm sorry the ring can't be accessed easily. I hope your DH is able to retrieve it for you. Will he be back next week?

    I just heard the hurricane has been upgraded to category 2. I hope things won't get too bad here.

    Goodnight ladies!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,532 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning was 30MTF Amped Up Cardio Combined Premix.

    Erika, Great job on starting up the Chalene Extreme. I'm planning on starting that rotation Nov 1. Right now I'm sticking with the Kelly workouts until the end of October. I hope that Kelly puts it on her web page, it really is a good rotation. She did three of them. One is just DVD's and the other two are a RAW and a combo of the RAW and DVD. At some point I would like to try them all, because they concentrate on different things. The combo one is a strength rotation, and it really looks like it would be fun. Hope all goes well with your boys and school.

    Laurel, Glad to hear that you where able to get your workouts in despite your current mood. Your family will be in my prayers, but I'm glad to hear that your BIL is doing okay. I agree with you on the way 2020 has gone, I'm done with it also. Cathe is for sure right on the mask wearing and not getting enough fluids. I have noticed that myself. I would be constantly drinking water before the mandate, and have noticed that I don't drink as much now. The mask is also annoying when you are sweating, it itches like crazy when their is moisture trapped between your face and the mask.

    Thelma, Awesome workouts! Take care during this storm, hope all goes well. One of the things that I wanted to do while on my staycation, was working on her quilt. It is turning into a quilt that has a little bit of everything, and I have named it Everything Bee's. :) I will have to show some of the panels that I have created when I have the chance.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Like on Monday, I had a whole workout planned and changed it the minute I picked up the ICE series to do my strength training. I saw the body part I had planned (shoulders) was on a workout I enjoy (Chiseled Lower Body Blast), and presto....that became my workout today. So I did the main routine, the Blizzard Blast twice, the Shoulder Set x4 and Icy Core 2. It was a great workout.

    Thelma, great workouts. You are definitely going to get hit harder from this hurricane than we are. Hopefully it will just be heavy rain and some wind by the time it will get to you. We are going to have some light rain, but that is it. Stay safe! Yes, hopefully DH will be back on Saturday. I keep telling him, though, that if his work isn’t complete, he should stay there until it is. I really don’t want him to have to travel back up there this winter. He just isn’t prepare anymore to be working in those kinds of cold, snowy conditions, but he has to complete the work on this contract by December 1, so if there is work to do, this fall is when he would have to do it. But he feels right now he will be home on Saturday, and I hope so!

    Laurie, great workout! Sounds like some great workouts from Kelly right now. I love the sound of your quilt! I don’t mind wearing a mask to shop and such, but there is no doubt I would be uncomfortable in one all day for the reasons you describe. And I think that is why I can’t imagine wanting to go to a gym and workout in one....when I can workout without one at home! I suppose not everybody has that option, but I really don’t even want to know what it feels like to workout in a mask because of all the sweating I do. :o Not a good thought really. :#

    Until tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • 2BLean
    2BLean Posts: 2,373 Member
    Hi Ladies ~ Just letting you all know I am alive and well. :) All is good here minus the terrible smoke from all the fires along the Northwest ….. it has been terrible. I did go fishing with DH on Labor Day weekend, which was so nice having those extra days off. No work, just relaxation. I even caught a big salmon which is always exciting. 39 inches and 30 lbs. I came home a day early however due to high winds and smoke starting into our area. Since then it has increasingly gotten worse and last weekend was awful; could hardly leave the house without smelling like a campfire. :( Fingers crossed they are correct in saying it will be better by this weekend. DH is of course in even worse conditions being in central Washington, so people have been canceling their fishing trips … not they he wants to sit out on the river in this either. Just a bad chain of events. Again, hoping for improvement very soon. You all can send us some rain with wind please! :D

    Workouts have been good: Sunday I did STS Total Body, Peloton Ride + 20 Min. Body Weight Strength on Monday. Yesterday was ICE Muscle Meltdown Chest (x4) + Shoulders (x4). Tonight I am hoping to get in Legs + a Peloton Ride.

    I hope you are all doing well! I am so sorry I’ve been so MIA this summer/fall, etc…. Thinking of you all and hoping to catch up soon.

    Tami
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Wednesday were Monica Pulgarin's Zumba, Beginner Gentle, ICE Boot Camp Circuit Muscle Meltdown X4 Basic Premix #7 – Biceps and Revive and Restore Yoga.

    The rain started at about 6pm and it's been steadily raining all night. I hope we don't lose power.

    Laurie, great job with the 30MTF workout! I would love to see some of the quilt's panels!

    Laurel, fantastic workouts today! Good advice to your DH to stay in Alaska until he knows the work is done so he doesn't have to travel there again.

    We have are definitely going to get a good amount of rain. It sounds like we're getting heavy rain but not the heavy downpours we usually get.

    Tami, I'm so glad you are OK! I've been thinking about you and those terrible fires. How nice that you were able to enjoy yourself and relax during the long weekend with your DH! Congrats on catching that big salmon!
    Are you having to leave Bernie inside the house due to that smoke?
    I hope you get a lot of rain soon. I was just telling my husband I wish we could send all those places with fires some of this rain we're getting.
    Sorry your husband's clients have been canceling their fishing trip. Hopefully they'll reschedule when things get better.
    Great job with your workouts! In case this helps you, here are the ICE DVD names with the muscle meltdowns and premix number.

    Monday-ICE Low Impact Sweat Muscle Meltdown x4 Basic Premix #7 - Back (37:13m)

    Tuesday-ICE Metabolic Total Body Muscle Meltdown x4 Basic Premix #7 – Chest (31:12m)

    Wednesday- ICE Boot Camp Circuits Muscle Meltdown X4 Basic Premix #7 – Biceps (30:10m)

    Thursday- ICE To The Mat: Legs & Glutes Muscle Meltdown x4 Basic Premix #4 Shoulders (23:00m) and Lower Body premix from 4 Day Split (31m)

    Friday-ICE Rock’m Sock’m Muscle Meltdown x4 Basic Premix #7 Triceps (32:13m) and cardio

    Goodnight ladies!
    Thelma
  • lvnascar
    lvnascar Posts: 3,532 Member
    Morning Ladies,

    This morning was 30MTF Meltdown Workout 1.

    Laurel, Wow on the workout combo! Glad that you enjoyed it so much, that lower body workout is a good one. Nice that your DH is coming home, but you are right, having to be up there in the middle of winter wouldn't be fun if your body isn't ready for that cold. Probably why we have our fall weather that gets us ready for that. We have been having some really cold temps in the morning, but some really nice days. That is probably why I love this time of the year so much.

    Tami, Congrats on the catch! Great job getting all those workouts in. I will be crossing my fingers that they can get the fires under control, so that the smoke isn't as severe. I know that today was much better for us, no haze over the sun.

    Thelma, Again you have some awesome workouts. Looks like you found some Zumba workouts? Hope that the storm isn't to bad for your area. Not fun when you lose power. I have two different type panels that I just need to sew the applique down. I have 6 panels of one type and 4 panels of the other. This is going to be a really big quilt when it is done.

    Have a great day!
    Laurie
  • StiringWendel
    StiringWendel Posts: 3,903 Member
    Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was ICE Muscle Meltdown Biceps x4 premix and a 45 minute spin from Peloton.

    Cathe did another Live class alone today, which makes me happy. But between that and the fact that Peloton has started doing Bike+Bootcamp classes, I am going to completely change up my planned workouts for next week. :) I am still going to focus on circuits, but I don’t think I will be doing any of the workouts I wrote down. First off, I am loving these Muscle Meltdown workouts so much this week that I am going to repeat it for next week. Then, I am going to do two of the Peloton Bike+Bootcamp workouts (Sunday and Friday), and Cathe’s Live workout from today which was PHA Supersets (Tuesday). I just can’t pass up the opportunity to do a new PHA workout. I may throw in another circuit or metabolic workout on Wednesday, and then do cardio and/or yoga on Monday and Thursday. Just wanted to let you all know in case you wonder what rotation I flew off to do!! But I will be back on our schedule for the week after. It was just a combination of the dread factor for the workouts I had scheduled for next week and these new workouts that has me saying go with what sounds good’.

    Tami, so great to see you! Thank you for checking in. DH sent me photos of the smoke from Seattle when he flew through there last week, and it was not good. My sisters have been suffering from smoke all summer, and I am sure your sister has been as well. It is just such a sad situation. I am sorry to hear it is impacting your DHs fishing so much because, no doubt, he was probably looking forward to a nice season after the mess this year has been. But huge congratulations on the huge fish you caught! That will make for some nice meals. :) Great workouts, as always.

    Thelma, great workouts! I hope you don’t mind if I veer off a bit next week. Hopefully I don’t throw you off schedule! I hope you got nothing worse than rain from that hurricane. We did get a bit of rain yesterday afternoon but, honestly, you never would have guessed that parts of the state got feet of water on them from how it is here. Just crazy.

    Laurie, great workout! Fall is, without question, my favorite season. We are supposed to have a little cooler, fresher air this weekend, and I am so looking forward to it. I remember we were in the 100s early in October last year, and it looks like we may avoid that this year. I love cool mornings and warm afternoons in fall.....as long as I can manage to be properly dressed for it!

    See you tomorrow.

    Laurel
  • ThelmaSW
    ThelmaSW Posts: 2,656 Member
    Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were Monica Pulgarin's Zumba, Lower Body premix from 4 Day Split Kick Box, ICE To The Mat: Legs & Glutes Muscle Meltdown x4 Basic Premix #4 Shoulders.

    I followed my Zumba workout with the 4DS Lower Body premix. I was drenched in sweat after that! Wow!

    I have serious bicep DOMS! This morning when I started the zumba class I stretched my arms out to the side and attempted to flex my biceps. OUCH!! I had to put my arms down and be gentle about stretching my arms. LOL

    Last night's rain finally stopped at about 9 Thursday morning and that was it. It got a little windy this afternoon until about 9pm and that was it. Thank God!

    Laurie, great workout!

    I finally found a Zumba instructor I love. She is Hispanic and knows how to dance the Latin way which I love.
    Thankfully the remnants of the storm were very mild.
    I bet your dd is going to love her quilt. I always buy California king quilts because I like the extra length on the sides.

    Laurel, awesome workout today!
    OMG! I am so happy you want to repeat this week because I was going to suggest that tonight! I am loving these muscle meltdown X4 premixes! I haven't had bicep DOMS like this in years! I may keep the rotation the same way I have it because I do other workouts and this week has been perfect for me so far.
    Thankfully the we only got rain last night and a little wind today.
    I hope your DH has a safe flight back home!

    Have a great weekend ladies!
    Thelma

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