Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi Ladies, I hope you had a nice weekend. We had beautiful fall weather all weekend. Our early morning temps have been in the low 40's. Definitely on the cooler side. It doesn't look like we'll be getting any rain at all this week but it will be sunny which is great. I still would like some rain given that we're surrounded by trees.

On Friday we went out to lunch with some friends. We went to a BBQ place that has outdoor sitting. It was on the cool side but we were dressed for the weather. It was our first time eating at a restaurant since 3/13! The food was good and it was fun to spend time with our friends.

We also got our flu shots on Friday afternoon. Between the shot and the food I allowed myself to take an afternoon nap.

My workout on Friday was a Gina B low impact cardio workout. My Sunday workout was S&S Total Body Giant Sets Lower Body.

I'm going for my haircut on Tuesday. I'm a little nervous.

Laurie, It drives me crazy when I forget to hit the Post Reply button! Great workouts!!

I'm glad Rocket is feeling safe about going out! Thankfully he listened to you when you yelled at him in case he'd seen the skunk!
We are starting to see some nice colors around our house. The valley still looks pretty green.

Laurel, fantastic workouts!!

I am feeling better this week. I really think the cooler temps were making me tired. We have the heat on and on Saturday when I changed the sheets we added the electric blanket.

Hopefully you'll be able to go out and play golf soon and won't suffer from depression this cold season.
We stayed home during the weekend as always these days.

Have a great week!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was quiet, with fantastic weather, and it was productive enough without being too busy....which I like. For workouts, on Saturday I did a Jessica Smith Power Walk and 30 minutes of yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was Legs and Glutes followed by a Tabata spin with Peloton. And today was Ramped Up Upper Body doubled premix followed by Fit/Split Mixed Impact Cardio only and a walk with DH.

Thelma, great workouts. I am glad you got out and enjoyed some time with friends. I haven’t eaten in a restaurant since February, but at least I am more willing to do take out, which gives me a break from cooking. I am glad you are feeling more energetic this week. Hopefully that blanket will help.

Laurie, sounds like a nice weekend. I am glad you got together with your DD and her DH to reminisce about your time in England. Sounds like it is getting chilly up there. DH keeps forgetting it isn’t summer anymore here. This morning he put on shorts and a t-shirt and I thought to myself it would take him less than an hour to bundle up. Sure enough, he is now in long pants and a sweatshirt. While our afternoon temperatures are warm, it takes until evening for the house to warm up at all.

Enjoy the day.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning's workout was 30MTF Meltdown Workout 2, which is heavy bag tabata.

Laurel, Great job on some tough workouts. At least doing the upper body twice seems tough to me. This morning was actually fairly warm. I'm still going on our walks with my capri pants on, just don't want to have to wear the long pants yet. Of course I'm all bundled up on top, with sweatshirts and coats. So I guess I can understand your DH wanting to still be in those shorts. We have had to put the heat on, it just got to cold in the house. Of course at this time of the year the sun is beating on the west side of the house where the thermometer is, and that makes it think it's warmer in the house than it is.

Thelma, Glad you where able to enjoy a jaunt out, and that you got in some Zumba. I'm looking at some places that sell the English sausage. I want to make bangers and mash, something that I really enjoyed when I was there. The sausage that we have here isn't the same, so I think that I have found a place. Just need to place my order so that I can try them. Hope that you haircut appointment goes well for you today!

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Monica Pulgarin's Zumba, Yoga Basics and S&S Total Body Giant Sets Upper Body.

I went for my haircut today and what a relief!

Laurie, great workout today!
We've turned out heat on and also our humidifier!
I'm glad you were able to find a place that sells English sausage! Speaking of food, did you ever make meatloaf using Lipton dry onion soup? I've never been big on meatloaf but this recipe is amazing. I put bacon on top and BBQ sauce.

Laurel, another killer workout! Great job!
According to my rotation schedule we're on week 1 of Upper/Lower. I probably screwed up the dates when we repeated that meltdown week. So this means I'm a week behind you.

I am so excited about the Perfect 30 workouts. Thanks so much for starting to think of ways to incorporate the workouts into our routine!
I don't think COVID gets transmitted via food. DH is not big on pizza but I've been craving pizza for a while! You just made think about that craving! LOL

I just read that we will have a rainy weekend due to the hurricane. Will you be getting rain too?

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout started with Cathe’s live class from last week which was Metabolic Upper Body. Since my upper body is still feeling Monday’s workout, this was perfect for me today. It hit all of the muscle groups, got the heart rate up a little but wasn’t too fast paced, which I like. I followed it with a favorite....Cathe Live Love Me Some Cardio Kickboxing.

Thelma, great workouts! I am glad your haircut went well. I bet it feels better too. I think I confused you when I repeated that week in the rotation. What I did was actually substituted the planned week with the repeated week, meaning I tossed out one of the planned rotation weeks in order to repeat a week. My bad in not explaining that. But....no problem!! I am loving these Upper/Lower weeks, so I will do it again next week (with maybe slightly different workouts, but the same concept), and then we will be in sync again for the final three weeks. I have no idea what I am going to do when this rotation is done, so another week to come up with something is just fine with me.

Laurie, great workout! Sounds like a great upper body workout. I am still feeling that double workout from Monday, but at least it is a good ‘hurt’. That Leg Day workout Cathe is offering on download is a pretty good one. It was done the day before the Glassboro Road Trip started last year, so it was a full class, but that is always fun. It was thorough but not too tough, which I like. I recommend giving it a try. I mean....it’s free! I completely agree about forced air heat being warmer. It would take hours to heat up the house with a radiator. The downside....I have a tendency to have a dull headache all winter though that isn’t as bad when I live in more humid environments. I laughed about the coats in the car. This is the time of year I don’t even know what to wear when eating dinner on the patio, because the minute the sun goes down, the goosebumps show up on the arms. I swear I wear more clothing in fall than in all three other seasons combined!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

This morning was 30MTF Build & Burn Lower Body Tabata, always a good one. Our friend called us yesterday and said that his dog had a close encounter with a skunk.

Laurel, Nice job on the workouts! Glad that you enjoyed the upper body work, even though you are still having DOMS from the great one you did on Monday. Have to love it when a workout actually helps with the soreness. Thanks for the info on the download, I will be trying that one out at some point in the future. Yep that is the way I am in the fall also. In the mornings its cold, so you where layers. By the afternoon it warms up enough to start taking those off. Love the weather though. I don't know if you saw, but Cathe has the premixes listed for the workouts on her shopping page.

Thelma, Great job on your workouts! I didn't make the meatloaf last night, but will probably do so tonight. I forgot that DH was going to pick up Chinese after his hair appointment last night. Always enjoy not having to cook. I will probably do the 2lbs, just so we have some leftovers.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Thursday were Monica Pulgarin's Zumba and S&S Total Body Giant Sets Upper Body.

Laurie, great job with your KCM workouts! Did your friend ask for advice on how to get the skunk smell off her dog? Poor thing!

I can't wait to hear what you thought about the meatloaf! It is so nice not having to cook. I can't convince DH to get take out anymore.

Laurel, great workouts! Sounds like we're going to have the same kind of weather.

I also think the rotation has flown by too! I love the sound of the rotation you have in mind! Of course I'm interested! Thanks so much!

Have a great weekend!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Body Blast Supersets Upper Body Blast followed by Cathe Live Fitness Fusion. That upper body workout remains one of my favorite Cathe premixes, which is odd because I don’t care too much for the Supersets workout in its original form. But that one hour upper body premix gives the arms a really nice full feeling, which I love after a workout. So good.

Thelma, great workouts. We are beginning to see the early signs of the hurricane today with clouds and a little rain. It may shoot north of us but, right now, it is looking like we might get some storms out of it. I just hope they aren’t too bad. I am glad you like the sound of my not-yet-formed rotation. I will try to work on it over the next week or so to see what it looks like. I may make it last through the bulk of the winter...just to have a plan to get through what I think is going to be a bit of a difficult winter for me mentally. Whereas I have used the last two rotations we have done to convince myself to do workouts I tend to avoid, I think I want to make this next one more enjoyable so I may end up repeating workouts more. I say this because if there is a workout I repeat too much and you have ones you enjoy more, do what makes you feel good.

Laurie, great workout. Got to love a good metabolic workout. At least it is Friday which is better than having a bizarre workday on Monday. No doubt your DD saw some stuff after they opened again. I actually don’t miss going in every month to get my hair colored at all. But I hope to get it cut more than once every six months! Tami and I did an undulating rotation several years ago using STS and I really enjoyed it. I love the constant change in lifting styles and felt it was pretty effective.

DH is pulling me out the door to walk.

Enjoy the weekend.

Laurel

Hi Ladies! Hope you enjoyed the weekend. Ours was quiet due to rainy weather, but we got some errands accomplished and did a few things around the house to make it feel productive enough. For workouts, on Saturday I did a Jessica Smith Interval walk and 30 minutes of power yoga with Kristin McGee. Yesterday was CTX Leaner Legs and a 45 minute HiiT and Hills ride with Peloton. And today was CTX Upper Body Split and CTX Kickbox cardio and core work, which I haven’t done in ages.

Thelma, sounds like you had a similar weekend weather-wise. We had quite a bit of rain but none of the blustery weather they initially predicted which was fine with me. But we were covered in fog all Saturday and the humidity remains very high. Hopefully that will get pushed out later today and we can return to some fresher fall weather. Great workouts this weekend. DH is working out about three days a week right now, but is sticking with his Max Trainer at the minute. I am letting him do his own thing which works best for him. But I am happy he is doing something at least. I can always see it in his energy levels, which are so much better when he is a little lighter and more active.

On the new rotation, do you prefer me to put workouts on specific days of the week or simply say ‘do these workouts this week?’ Just curious which format you prefer.

Until tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

I took a day off yesterday. I had a doctors appointment, and since I have a lot of vacation time to take before the end of the year, I thought it would be nice to just be off. So my workout yesterday was 30MTF Stepboxing Workout 2 and this morning was Athletic Conditioning Vol 1 Workout 2 (stretching). Our walnut trees are almost leafless, just wish that all the trees would drop their leaves at the same time. Guess if the weather is nice this weekend, we will be racking some leaves.

Laurel, Love the workouts! Have to admit that I have not done the CTX workouts in a while, might have to revisit those at some point. Of course it would only be the weight work and the kickboxing one that you did. Those step workouts are more iffy for me. The core work in that set is also very good, so glad that you where able to get that all in. Nice that your DH is still doing the workouts. My DH actually did some core work this past week, which surprised me. I don't know if it will last, but one can be hopeful.

Thelma, Nice ICE workouts and of course your zumba! We are at peak color right now with all the maples, and it is so pretty. Sometimes I wish that we had a maple, but they sure do have a lot of leaves. Way more than our walnut tree does. I did enjoy my class, and have started my spiral collage. DH says that it really looks good, so I'm going to have to believe him. Yesterday I worked on some squares, I did some tiny ones that are only 3 inches.

Here is a picture.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Zumba and Yoga Basics. We had another beautiful fall day today.
Early voting has started in GA so DH and I went to cast our votes this afternoon. Due to social distancing there were only two clerks checking people in so we had to wait but it wasn't bad. We were done in 50 minutes.

Laurie, I hope you were able to enjoy your day off. Great workouts!
I used to say the same thing about wishing the trees would drop their leaves at the same time!
I bet the trees look beautiful there at peak color! I can't say that I see a lot of maples around here. We have a lot of dogwoods, pines, mimosas and poplars. There's one other tree but I can't remember what it's called.

I am so glad you're enjoying your quilting class. I LOVE that quilt pattern and the colors too! Good job!

Laurel, great workout combo! It is totally understandable for Cathe to low on energy these days. She has a lot going on at the same time! I'm sure it was good to have Cathe being her normal self!
I think this weekend will be perfect to take a nice drive outside the city limits. We're going to take another short drive to NC on Friday morning.
Thank you so much for working on that rotation. You're a lifesaver!

Goodnight ladies!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was XT Burn Sets Upper Body and Core 1 followed by Cathe Live Cardio Challenge Express. Everything felt good today. Must be the lovely fall weather giving me some energy this week.

Thelma, great workout. I am glad you were able to vote somewhat painlessly. There is no early voting here, so I will be in line on Election Day. But our election site doesn’t cover a huge area (and is located at the nature trail not far from our house) so I am hoping it isn’t too bad. I was tossing around ideas in my head on the new rotation during my workout this morning, and I think it will end up being 5 4-week blocks, which will take us to early March if we start right after this rotation. But I am kind of hoping to see Perfect 30 before starting the next rotation, because I really want to fit it is where possible. I am still hoping we can do the workouts in the last two weeks of this rotation. If not, I may suggest we take a week or two in between rotations to enjoy Perfect 30 before moving on.

Laurie, great workout. And, yes, we need those workouts sometimes.....no matter how hard that is to convince myself of! I do have the Ab Hits DVD. This will sound odd, but I had the Ab Hits video, and the DVD is nothing like the video, and I have always had a little difficulty adjusting to its format. So I am always more inclined to just reach for a DVD of an Ab section I like than that one for some odd reason. But every time I do use it, I wonder why I don’t try it more. Anyhow, if you get On Demand, you get Live. But I think you can opt for Live only. I don’t actually think there is an option for just On Demand only. I hope that makes sense! I would burn my fingers trying to iron those little squares, that’s for sure!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Have had a very busy morning so far! My workout was 30MTF Bootcamp Workout 1.

Laurel, Great job on the workouts! I'm sure with less humidity those workouts are a lot more forgiving on your body. I know that I'm enjoying the coolness. Can't believe how cold it was this morning though. That is one video that I didn't have, so do not know how that one was formatted. I don't blame you for using the DVD's for the ab sections, I'm sure it is nice to just have it ready to go when you are done with the live workout. I think that you are correct with the On Demand, it has been a while since I had the subscription. Oh yes burning the fingers is not fun, and I have done that a lot.

Thelma, Love that Pyramid workout! If you do that workout, it gets more difficult if you where the ankle weights. I didn't that and really felt it. I like that it was only 30 minutes also. We live in a small village, so shouldn't have to wait to long. I will probably take another day off of work, and then do my voting on that day. I have to check with DH as to when he is free. He is either on a meeting, taking his Mom to the doctor or delivering food or at work in person.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi Ladies ~ It’s your old MFP friend Tami here. I am sorry it has been so long. What a whirlwind of a month or whatever it has been. The good news is that I have been following along on our rotation/format and it has been so nice to stick to those workouts! Thank you again Laurel for always posting those. When I am MIA it gives me a great schedule to follow. Plus Peloton rides and walks when it has been nice. Really getting cold now. Next week is supposed to be pretty Fall like forsure.

Things are good for me, busy as usual at work and DH just got home yesterday from fishing. It was a terrible season if I’m being honest between the thick smoke and cancellations due to that, then the actual fishing being really tough so long days on the river. Then to make things worse, both his parents tested positive for COVID. You guys, it is so awful. Luckily his mom didn’t have to go into the hospital and is home; nearly out of the 14 day period and doing much better. But his dad is now in the hospital for the 2nd time. He has double pneumonia and COVID. They were both at home and wouldn’t go to a doctor. HOW CRAZY IS THAT?!?!?! She thought they both just had colds/bronchitis. Even though she watches the news every day and realizes there is a pandemic happening. It is almost like a denial due to being afraid. So it is day by day right now with his dad. He is only on oxygen, not a respirator thank goodness and gets up each day but his lungs are very weak and the recovery is slow. Brett came home a few days early because eventhough he can’t go see his dad he wants to at least be nearby. It is so hard to know someone this close to us going through this . . . . and alone. Hopefully someone can show him how to Face Time because he has his Ipad with him.

I think things are slowing down slightly for use here …. Enough that I can get on here and chat with you guys again. Miss you all and hope you are all well. I am sure so much has happened on a day-to-day and I will try to ready through and catch up.

Talk to you soon ~ Tami

Morning Ladies,

The best news is that I received my shipping notification from Cathe, and she announced that the DVD's are expected on the 21st. So I think that I will be able to do my Nov 1 rotation after all. This morning my workout was RAW Just Step #2. There is snow up north!!!

Laurel, Great workouts! I'm the same way about the sweat, that is so funny. My MIL is okay, but very much showing her 94 years. She has fallen twice, has a hair line fracture in her back. Of course she was cleaning her oven, even though it is self cleaning. She also says that her kitchen floor is filthy, she needs to come to my house to see a filthy kitchen floor. I'm sure that DH will need a vacation from his Mom after all this. She did say that she wants to move, but I think that the amount of stuff she has is making her worried. They did finally get some of his Dad's stuff out. They sold the train sets, and are working on his ham radio equipment. Unfortunately we can't go over there right now, so no one is able to help her sort. DH, his brother, our youngest (cutting hair) and DH's niece (nurse) have been the only ones to visit her.

Tami, Awesome to hear from you! Glad to hear that the workout rotation is keeping you focused. I'm so sorry to hear about your MIL and FIL having Covid. I will keep them in my prayers. That is unfortunately what the doctors are saying about people not coming in, so then they can't help them with preventatives. I hope that they are able to get him on a chat so that he can talk to the family. I know what you are going through with the work load, my oldest dd has been so busy at work. She said that they are all burned out, and need a huge break.

Thelma, Love the workouts! I have vacation that I want scheduled, but I still have 6 days to use up before the end of the year. I'm going to be taking days off when I want to, and I may do a few more days around Christmas.

Have a great weekend!
Laurie