Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies! I had another strong day today! Wow! My workouts today were STS Meso2 Disc 14-Legs, Stretch, Barre, and Jessica Smith Power Walking.
I used heavier weights for this Disc 14 Legs workout too and I followed it with a killer Barre workout. The instructor decided to do all kinds of crazy squats. My glutes were screaming for mercy. Normally, I need a break from working out for a couple of hours but today I felt like doing my cardio early in the afternoon. I wish I could bottle this energy and strength.
My back is doing much better and I continue to stretch a lot.

Our weather has been crazy since last week when we went from temps in the mid 60's and sunny, to heavy rains, snow, a beautiful sunny day on Sunday, heavy rains from Sunday night through God knows when! Rivers are pretty full. I'm sure there must be floods around here already.

I got a haircut today. What a relief! I've been seriously considering getting a pixie haircut. I don't know if I'm brave enough to go through with it though.

On Thursday is my first day on the injectable medicine. Please wish me luck. A nurse will be here to help me with that first injection. Today I went through a dry run with the Humira nurse over the phone.

Laurie, I'm glad you had a nice weekend. People here would've loved for our snow to stick around. It's all gone now. I am used to driving in the snow but I would not do it around here. People just can't drive in the stuff. I heard there are cars in ditches still!
I'm sure drivers were crazy today because they were probably running late for work. I can't believe you guys make snowmobiles out of snow! So cool! A lot of people here have chickens but I never expected to see snowchickens! LOL

Laurel, I'm glad you had beautiful weather there but sorry you didn't get to play golf! Great job with those workouts! I am so happy to hear your arm continues to improve!

The landscape looked absolutely beautiful with the snow. I loved to see people having fun in the snow. Even some of my yoga pals who are in their 60's went sledding! LOL. It is definitely not a good idea to drive in the snow in the South! DH wanted to drive his truck in the snow. He hadn't had a chance to drive it in the snow. So glad I went with him on that ride because I kept him from going too fast. I reminded him that the roads aren't treated here. At some point in time, the truck was fishtailing! I can't remember fishtailing in the snow in MA with an all-wheel-drive vehicle. The truck handled the snow and our little hill nicely.

I would repeat this rotation many times if I could! I just can't believe how much I'm enjoying the STS workouts. I never thought I would be saying this! STS was always such a drag for me. I hope you feel better soon so you can do some Meso 2 also!

Erika, glad you had a good weekend. Good idea to do KCM workouts now that you're following The Metabolism plan.
I am not used to things shutting down because of a few inches of snow but here you just need a few snowflakes and a lot of places shut down.

I am glad to hear that your energy level is high. I just don't know if I could give up the workouts I do today though.

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was a 45 minute Tabata spin and 30 minutes of ‘reset’ yoga. I my Tuesday workouts. I never dread the combo of spin and yoga, that’s for certain.

Erika, glad to hear you continue to feel good with this plan. I am always amazed how much energy I have when I cut down on the workouts. But, the flip side of that is I also don’t sleep. So I am still working on finding a good middle ground for my body and my mind. They don’t often seem to be in sync though. I completely understand what you are saying about Cathe Live. The last few months have been very frustrating, to be honest. But they just moved their workouts to a new server, and so I am going to try to be patient and hope this improves the reliability. But if by the time my one year subscription expires (early September) there isn’t more consistency, I may give it up. I hate doing that because I truly love the variety it adds to my program but I also need it to be there when I want to use it. I hate to say this, but in all of the times I have used Peloton’s app (about 130 workouts or so), I have not had a single problem. I think Cathe Live should be the same.

Thelma, I hear you on the weather! Boy did it rain yesterday. There is so much flooding today, they delayed all the schools for two hours. But the sun is peaking through a bit now, but I think we are going to get hit again tomorrow. Honestly, this pattern was kind of like it was all of last winter but without the extreme temperature changes (and, as a result, the more violent storms we are seeing this winter). But it made for a beautiful spring last winter, so here is hoping for the same this year. Great workouts! Glad to hear you are enjoying STS so much!! As you know, it is my favorite. I will be thinking about you Thursday and hope this medicine works well for you and that the shots are tolerable.

Laurie, another great workout! I am eyeing up those LITE upper body workouts to use to build my endurance back up....but they are so NOT easy! But I think if I use the right weight, they would be a good ‘test’ for my arm. And I will enjoy them. Yes, I agree that tires are a big issue in the snow. I also think attention (or the lack of it) is a problem. I am going to sound like an old, crotchety lady, but I find it kind of amazing how little attention people pay when driving anymore. How did cars become the equivalent of living rooms in the minds of some people? Like I said, I sound like an old lady.....but at least I don’t think it is just young people who have a problem with this!

Until tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning was LITE Strong Body Stacked Sets Lower.

Laurel, Great job on your yoga and spin. Glad that you are still enjoying that combination. I just love the strength workouts in LITE, the whole set is awesome as far as I'm concerned. Well I'm an old lady too. I look over at drivers and see them on their phones and jamming out. People have said that they pass me on the freeway and I never look over at them. I'm driving at a fairly high rate of speed, I'm not going to glance over at the car passing me. When is your current rotation finished?

Thelma, Great job on the workout despite running out of energy. Nice that you where able to up the weight also. Hope that you don't have to much rain, don't need to add flooding to the mix.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies ~

I wanted to check in with you all {finally} geez, I am so sorry.

Today is day #1 of filling in full time for the Customer Service gal for the next week. She was actually sick on Monday so I had a "crash course" day of how it would be. I am also helping out the girl I trained because she seems to keep falling behind. Plus recordings and my other duties. They also hired a title officer from another office and so she of course has questions as the brand new person in our dept. She is supposedly on board so it will free up others for training me ..... we will see. Definitely learning things through the customer service role ~ so that is good.

All is well, just busy forsure. Workouts have been good.
Saturday I did LITE Pyramid Lower Body and finally wasn't sore in my calves yesterday. LOL
Sunday was Peloton ride, went out to breakfast with DH and then worked a few hours.
Monday: Peloton ride
Tuesday: No workout
Today: Ramped Up Upper Body + Peloton ride tonight.

*** Please keep me posted on the rotation ... I have been trying to make sure I am getting in strength workouts, which I will be focused on the remainder of the week, but kind of just picking some good ones as I go, PHA's are on the list too.

Just wanted to let you know I am doing well and hope to check in longer with you all tomorrow!
Tami

Morning Ladies,

This morning was 30MTF TLC workout 1 and abs from her Kickboxing workout. The rotation had Cardio Party on tap, but I wanted to do something different. Had a little slip and fall this morning while walking the dog. We had snow overnight, and there was ice underneath. Well I'm okay, but I did fall on my bad knee. We will see how it feels tomorrow. Right now it is sore.

Laurel, I have done that workout before, and you are right it is a solid one. Glad that it went well for you. I sure hope that your arm issue goes away quickly so that you can progress onto your strength portion of the rotation. Looks like you will have some interesting workouts to try for testing. I'm sure that Jessica has a few workouts that would work for you too. LOL about the driving, that really does sound like me. The one thing I do look for is deer when I'm driving up north. Those things seem to pop up out of nowhere.

Tami, Glad to hear from you. Sounds like you are really busy at work right now. I'm sure that it feels like you are being pulled in all kinds of directions. Great job on your workouts!

Thelma, LOL with your meme, that gives me an idea that you are having a lot of rain. Nice workout! I always love the sound of a fusion workout.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies! I survived the injection! It didn't hurt at all! I can't even say that I felt a prick. The nurse was really nice, kind and supportive. I just wanted to get it over with and she made me watch a 'how-to' video first. The video scared me more but I was able to ask her to show me how much pressure I had to apply which was good. My hand was shaking but I did it.

My workouts today were Yin, Barre Level 1&2 and Cathe's Body Blast Series Legs & Glutes.
The Legs & Glutes workout is a killer. I really struggled with it. I think I was mentally and emotionally drained after the injection stress but I am glad I did it.

It rained like crazy last night. It started with a strong wind, then the rain followed. It was a heavy and steady rain. It rained the entire night and it stopped at about 8 this morning.

The temps dropped this afternoon and it got really windy. The kind of wind that goes right through your clothes!

Laurie, great workout! I'm sorry you fell and landed on your bad knee. I hope it is OK!

That meme is really funny but I think is how people feel around here these days. The fusion workout yesterday was all abs! It was good.

Laurel, what a killer combo you did today! Good job! I'm so happy to hear your arm handled the workout without any problem! Good luck tomorrow with the ICE Chiseled Upper Body workout!

I think we had sunshine for about an hour today. Thank you so much for keeping me in your thoughts. I really think the needle must be hair-thin. I didn't see it but I swear, I didn't even feel a prick. I pray now that it works.

Goodnight ladies have a great weekend and Happy Valentine's Day!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Happy Valentine’s Day! Today’s workout was a super fun 45 minute 80’s spin ride from Peloton followed by ICE Chiseled Upper Body. My arm seemed to handle it pretty well, though I went lighter than Cathe on some moves. It amazes me how quickly I lose strength sometimes! I think next week I will try to keep things light with some Jessica Smith and maybe another Cathe beginner strength workout. And, then, if all goes well, I might try to do the ICE Muscle Meltdown routines the week after to add some weight and reps....and then, hopefully, move on to the LITE workouts. I am very encouraged right now, though.

Thelma, I am SO happy the shot went well!! That has to ease your mind quite a bit. Now here is hoping you don’t notice a change in how you feel with the medication. Great job with that super tough Legs and Glutes workout! We have sunshine today, and I feel like a completely new human being. It is pretty chilly (I think we got down to 20 this morning), but having some sunshine more than makes up for that.

Laurie, I am glad you took the morning off if your knee is still sore. Hopefully it will improve over the weekend. Love the sound of your plan for March. Those are some cold temperatures! I shouldn’t complain about 20 degrees. I don’t blame Rocket for not wanting to go out. Hope you have fun tonight at your Home Improvement Show. DH and I have dinner reservations at a little Italian restaurant near our house but since DH hasn’t made it home before 8:00pm all week, I think our odds of making that reservation are about 50%. But at least we tried!

Enjoy the weekend!

Laurel

Hi Ladies! I hope you had a great Valentine's weekend. We had a nice and rain-free weekend!
The Humira seems to be working ladies! I am so relieved! I am feeling good and don't have any pain. I still feel strong which is huge for my workouts.

My workouts on Friday were Restorative Healing yoga and S&S Ramped Up Upper Body. Sunday: STS Meso 2, Disc 16 Chest, Shoulders & Triceps, Stretch. I was able to push myself hard on this disc 16.

Laurie, I hope your knee is feeling better. I don't blame Rocket for not wanting to go out in those cold temps! Funny about your husband being so romantic! LOL

I hope injecting myself becomes second nature too. What helps is definitely the fact that the needle is so fine. Last week was really a very emotionally draining week. I am glad to report that I'm feeling much better.

Laurel, great workouts! I am so happy your arm handled the ICE Chiseled Upper Body workout so well! Good idea to take it easier next week. I am so glad you're feeling very encouraged.

The painless injection did a lot to ease my mind. Thank you so much for sending good wishes my way. So far so good. I am very relieved about not having felt anything symptoms during this transition period. It's been 4 days on the new med and I feel fine.
We had a very cold Friday. It was sunny here too. The weekend was warm which was great.

Erika, sorry you had such a busy work week but I'm glad your week finished so well. Congrats to your youngest for getting his permit! Yaay!

Very strange that you're ending up with 2-3 lbs of inflammation when you workout! I think I would have a hard time not working out too. I hope your plan to do 30-minute lite workouts works for you.

I totally drove myself nuts thinking of the injection last week. Any type of stress definitely deflates me. I am my worst enemy sometimes. Thanks so much for sending those great wishes my way.
Our house is not near rivers thankfully but there are a lot of rivers and creeks around here.

Have a wonderful week ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! We had a nice, sunny weekend here which would have been better had my DH not had to work both days. But it gave me energy to tackle some long-neglected projects around the house as well as finish a book I was reading. And at least we made it to our dinner out on Friday which was very nice. Hopefully things will calm down for him after this week for at least a little while.

For workouts, on Saturday I did a walk with Jessica Smith and 30 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was Cathe Live Breathless Lower Body which was the workout I was lined up to do live week before last when their entire site crashed. It was a really good, tough lower body workout. I followed it with a 30 minute spin class from Peloton. And today, thanks to Laurie’s recommendation, I did Jessica’s Upper Body routine from Walk Strong 3. I took the weights up quite a bit today on some of the moves (and even did a few push ups on my toes), and, so far, so good. Such a wonderful routine! When I ended it, I wanted to do it again. Anyhow, I followed it with Step Boss Step Sync into the Calorie Crush from LITE Cardio Party (just for a little intensity).

Erika, sounds like a crazy, busy week. Congrats on your DS getting his permit. As Laurie said, when he gets his license that will free you up a bit but then you will always be wondering where they are! That is interesting about the inflammation from your workouts. But, like you, not working out does not work for me mentally at all. So I think your idea of 30 minutes is good. Hopefully that will provide a nice balance between your body and mind.

Thelma, great workouts! I am so happy that the new medication seems to be working and, so far, has been a seamless transition! That is such good news!

Laurie, glad to hear your knee is fine. And you did a tough one on Saturday to test it out. But what fun workouts you are doing right now. Thank you for the Jessica Walk Strong 3 Upper Body recommendation. It was absolutely perfect today. I am going to find it difficult not to be doing it again on Wednesday. Glad you enjoyed the Home Improvement show (as much as you can when looking for a roofer ). The great thing is that you were able to get names/cards in one place and, hopefully, can get a reasonable quote and good work from that. With projects like that, I never quite know where to start when it comes to finding the right people to do the work.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning was PHA 2. Such a good workout, and I tacked on Abs #1. I finally have a vision for my next rotation. After this one ends next week, I'm pulling out some oldies from Jessica, Kathy Smith and Cindy Whitmarsh. So I'm going to do a week of these three instructors, a week of Kelly's Build & Burn, and then a week of Michelle Dozois. So an easy week, then an intermediate week followed by higher intensity with Michelle. I will probably do this rotation for 12 weeks.

Laurel, Glad to hear that you where able to go out on Friday, and got some projects finished this weekend. Nice mix of workouts, and I'm glad to hear that the Jessica workout was a good one to work into your rotation for upper body work. Yes that boot camp workout is a good one to test, and I did keep it low impact and of course my step wasn't high at all. I like that I was still able to get in a good workout. Have to say that I'm really going to enjoy a stretch on Thursday. At least that is when I have one scheduled. DH has already received calls from the roofers, so we should be getting some quotes soon. I hope the two that I know are good, will come in with a reasonable quote.

Thelma, Great job with the workouts! Sorry to hear that you have the lower back problem, I'm sure you will take good care of it. I probably shouldn't have tested my knee out on a step workout, but I so want to complete this rotation. We are headed back into the cold temps again tonight, but not into the below zero. Just wind chill that will hit below zero.

Tami, Hope all is going well with you.

Have a great day!
Laurie