Cathe Fans Part 5

Morning Ladies,

I made it into work with no problem. They closed the schools around here, so that means there are less people on the road. The non confident drivers where in the right lane like they are suppose to, and the left lane was for people like me. The highest speed I got to was 50. We had way more snow out by us than we have here at work. They are saying that this snow will be around until tomorrow afternoon. DH went to the store last night, so instead of chili we will be having a roast. That's his type of winter comfort food.

Tried another Michelle B workout, and this one was Legs + Calves + Abs. Again the moves where done for 30 sec, 3-4 sets. I like her style. We tried to get a walk in this morning, but the snow was pelting us in the face. We had a hard time seeing, and Rocket didn't seem to like it either. He started to turn back to home.

Laurel, Great job with those workouts! I saw a clip of that live workout, and I was kind of jealous. I don't really mind driving in bad weather like this. I think it comes from living up north where you had to deal with this type of weather constantly. I know that I wouldn't be as productive, and of course I can leave early if I need to. Did Cathe ever indicate that she was planning on making any more of the Perfect 30 workouts? I sure would love to have some heavy weight splits in that series.

Thelma, Love that you where able to get in those walking sessions. Your chapstick incident had to shake you up a bit. Your bean soup sounds great. I wouldn't be able to make anything like that, DH doesn't like beans. He always picks them out or takes the chili before I put the beans in. Guess that's why we will be having a roast this weekend.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Laurie

Hi ladies! I hope you had a great weekend. Ours was pretty good. It was busy as usual, but good.
We are expected to get hit with arctic air Tuesday, but before that we'll get some snow and frozen rain. We're under a winter advisory from 1am Monday to 7am tuesday.

The storm for last Friday didn't happen. We got 1/10 inch of rain. Friday night was windy though.

My PT was able to extend my arm to 90°. He said that is where I need to be at this stage. He also said I could go back to sleeping in my bed. I tried sleeping in my bed but my arm wasn't happy. I will continue to sleep in the recliner until I am no longer in a sling.

My workouts on Friday were walking and legs.
Saturday walking and Gina B Low impact cardio.
Sunday walking and Tracy Steen Booty and Thighs.

Laurie, I'm glad you made it to work safely. 50 mph is good speed when the weather is bad. I hope the roast was delicious!

Great workout! You are so brave for attempting to go for a walk while it was snowing!

I used to work with someone whose husband didn't like beans either. Liking beans was a requirement for my future husband as beans are huge part of the Hispanic diet. Thank God DH likes beans!

Laurel, great workouts! I hope you and your DH were able to protect your plants from the cold weather.

Funny you would say something about your barbell clamps. Someone just asked about this on FB. Check Amazon for barbell collar clips. They are great!

I think I'll be protective of my arm too, Laurel.

Have a great week.
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I hope you had a good weekend. Ours has been good. We got supplies to cover our plants on Saturday, and got them covered yesterday which is good. They were predicting 5” of snow, but unfortunately all we have had is ice. The road up to our house is closed and the military base DH works on is closed today (he was off today anyhow) and tomorrow. So, needless to say, we are spending a lot of time at home. Thankfully we have all the groceries we need, along with power and heat. The arctic air will hit tomorrow with lows near zero. Hopefully our plants survive all of this.

For workouts, on Saturday I did a walk with Jessica Smith and yoga. Yesterday was 2.0 Body Part Shoulders and a 30 minute spin. Today was 2.0 Body Part Biceps and Cathe Live Lower Body HiiT and Abs.

Thelma, great workouts. I hope you are not covered in ice like we are. I was so hoping for pretty snow instead (though not as much as Laurie got!). Great progress with your arm! Hopefully you will start feeling more comfortable sleeping in your bed soon.

Laurie, great workout this morning….and braving a walk with Rocket. I heard about your blizzard up there and was thinking about you. That’s a lot of snow and very cold temperatures. I agree with you about tires. I had blizzax tires on my Subaru when we were in Alaska, and I never doubted my traction. So good. Glad your roast dinner went well! I have one kind of chili in the crock, pot right now and another kind planned for tomorrow. DH is in heaven with all this chili.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Another day of negative double digit weather. It is suppose to start warming up a little tomorrow, but right now it is -8 and a nasty wind chill. Rocket and I did the early walk again. It sure is funny how he runs to the garage when we get close to home. DH purchased some mushers wax, so I'm hoping that will be easier for DH to deal with than the rubber booties.

My workout this morning was Michelle's Back + Biceps + Abs. Same format as the other workouts. Really enjoyed this one a lot, and feeling nice and toasty right now. I'm using as heavy of weight as possible. I actually am enjoying some of the variations that she does with her moves.

Laurel, Sounds like some nasty weather you will be getting, hope that the plants will be fine with that low temp. Awesome job with all those workouts, looks like you are into the one body part section. My co worker, that came from Florida, is having his first experience with our weather. He told me this morning that he went into the ditch yesterday, it was his first time venturing out of their house since Thursday. Apparently no one was stopping, and then this 80 year old woman stopped. She told him that someone will stop to help, it she was noticed trying to get this car out. What a smart woman, and of course someone else did stop to help. I love it that you have two different chili's this week.

Thelma, Great job with the workout. Hope that things are not to bad weather wise. One of the things that I don't enjoy is the icy roads. I agree with you on DH deserving the roast dinner. I still want that chili though, and now that I hear Laurel has two of them going, I want it more. I didn't get home in time last night to make biscuits, so I'm hoping to make those tonight to have with our leftover roast dinner. This type of weather sure does make me want those comfort foods.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Morning Ladies,

This morning was a workout that I really enjoyed a lot. I did Michelle B's No Jumping All Standing Cardio. She included ankle weights and wrist weights. I did put on the ankle weights, but used by egg weights for the arm movements. Adding those weights really did make the hr go up higher, so I really burned some calories. Good steady state workout.

Again we had below zero temps, but in the single digits at -5. Of course having that wind really doesn't help with making it feel warmer.

Laurel, Awesome job with those workouts! Dang on those cold temps, and of course people having pipes burst. Having some warmer temps around here will help with getting the packed ice off the roads. Not fun going down the road and all of a sudden hitting those ice patches. Maybe I will have DH get the items for some chili. I really do want some. Now that you mentioned that white chicken chili, I will have to make some soup at some point also. Tis that time of the year after all.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies! Sorry i didn't post the other night, but MFP logged me out and I don't know my password. I couldn't get to my secure password file because it's in the bedroom and DH was already asleep. I'm still sleeping in the living room.

It's been brutally cold here and we almost ran out of propane on Tuesday. We were down to 5%. Our gas company couldn't keep up with the demand because they only have so many trucks. They had to get help from other regions. Our delivery request was finally escalated on Tuesday morning and we got our gas tank filled. We have a dual fuel furnace, but the electric part isn't efficient when temps are below 35°.
It was 7° Wednesday morning.
We got a little dusting of snow on Tuesday. A lot of people here had frozen pipes. I had some faucets dripping even though none of our faucets are on external walls.

I got a big scare with my arm on Monday night. I had the sling on, so hopefully I didn't undo anything. It was another auto reflex moment. I tried to catch one of the cats to put a sweater on him, and he tried to escape. I reached out with both arms toward my left and I felt a pull on the bicep. It throbbed all day long on Tuesday. I iced it a lot. My PT doesn't think I've undone anything as there's no swelling, bruising and my bicep is not sitting at the bottom of my upper arm like it does when it comes detached. I felt MUCH better on Wednesday. I also discovered that the sling's shoulder strap was twisted. I believe this contributed to my discomfort on Tuesday because I felt that my bicep was flexed all day long becausethe strap was shorter. All of a sudden I'm twisting the strap when I put it on. I finally asked DH to adjust it for me and he saw the twisted strap.
I am terrified of going off the sling, but my arm feels a lot better without it.

My workout on Tuesday was just walking.
Wednesday walking and legs. I've been taking it easy just in case.

Laurie, great workouts! I'm so glad you're enjoying your rebounder so much!

I hope it warms up for you guys soon! We're going back to normal temps next week.
OMG with your co-worker going in the ditch!! How scary!

How is Rocket doing with that wax on his paws?

Laurel, great workouts!

You did get hit much harder than we did! I am not looking forward to the next arctic air hit!
I really hope your plants are sufficiently protected to survive this cold weather.

I hope Thursday warms up enough to melt the ice on the roads.
It's unfortunate that people had their pipes burst!
Our chickens have been safe on the guest room inside their dog crate. Today they'd had enough and were screaming downstairs. We laughed because we imagined them screaming something like get us the heck out of here!

I love soups! You should have soup and salad night, so you both get what you like!

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was 2.0 Body Part Back, Standing Abs Metabolic, and a 30 minute spin. Our road is still not open, and we are under another winter weather advisory for rain/ice later today with an arctic air push coming in tomorrow. We are above freezing today but since it is cloudy and the ground is so cold, they are suggesting not much clearing is going to get done. Some of the people up here on the hill are getting a little anxious about things like groceries and planned trips and such. I am really hoping they can do something to clear the road today because I think if they don’t, it may be next week. Thankfully we are still stocked with groceries with our bigger concern being that DH is supposed to leave on a work trip on Sunday. But what can you do?

Thelma, yikes on the arm! I am so glad you felt better yesterday and your PT has looked at it. That must have been pretty scary. I am glad you took it easy with the workouts just in case. I am glad you were able to get some propane delivered. On Tuesday when our wind chills were below zero, both DH and I were up and down all night turning on the faucets to make sure our hot water device didn’t freeze like it did last year. This has not been the most enjoyable week. But we are warm and dry and well supplied, so it could be worse.

Laurie, sounds like a great workout. I don’t blame Rocket for not wanting to go out into those cold temperatures. Our temperatures are going to sore into the 60s next week which will probably feel downright hot. Thanks for the soup and salad recommendation. Now I am craving Olive Garden bread sticks. Hope you are able to make your chili.

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

I'm so glad that it is Friday! Today's temp is above zero, but it feels colder because of the wind. DH was able to get a small pathway, and this morning Rocket ventured outside. So DH was with us on our walk, after my workout was finished. I did make my chili last night, and it was so good. For DH the most popular part was the biscuits.

My workout from Michelle was Pilates. I really like this one, she put pilates moves with stretching.

Laurel, Awesome job with those workouts! I can't imagine not being able to get out and about, but I'm sure that it is hard for some areas to handle this type of weather. Crazy how those temps swing from freezing to in the 60's. We usually go out on Friday's, and I asked DH if we where going out. He indicated that his best friend wants to go out with us, and he wants a fish fry. We will see if that's what I want by the end of the day.

Thelma, Nice job with those workouts! So glad to hear that your arm feels okay. Rocket didn't stay outside very long this morning, he didn't have his booties on. I'm just glad that he is venturing out by himself, and we don't have to bundle up and take him out. For some reason, Rocket needs to be way out by our road. He even went further than what DH was able to snow blow. Of course with this wind it's starting to drift also.

Have a great weekend!
Laurie

Hi ladies! I hope you had a good weekend. We survived the arctic air! We are expected to get a lot of rain in the middle of the week. We need a lot of rain, but I hope it won't flood the area again.

I had a bit of a miserable weekend. My shoulder throbbed all day Friday after PT. I had been told this could happen. I was hooked up to the ice machine all day. I suppose I should've taken a pain med. Saturday my back was killing me. My back and elbow can't take the sling anymore. I've been spending a lot of sedentary time off the sling because I feel better this way.
I can't wait to see the doctor on Tuesday!

My workouts on Friday were walking and Gina B Low Impact Cardio.
Saturday - walking and lots of stretching.
Sunday - walking and Tracy Steen Brutal Lower Body and Cardio. Great Lower Body workout! It had 3 circuits repeated 3X ea.

Laurie, great workout!
I am glad you DH was able to get a pathway for Rocket and that you made your yummy chili and biscuits!

Laurel, great workouts! The live class sounds really good!

I hope your DH was able to get out of your neighborhood safely to go on his business trip. Our high on Sunday was 40 and it was sunny. We didn't get any rain. There were a few flurries, but that was it precipitation wise.

I didn't realize you had a tankless water heater! We were asked to conserve electricity for one day.

Have great week!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. We did because we were finally set free to leave the hill on Friday afternoon. Because we were expecting possible snow on Friday night and then single digit temperatures, we decided to go to the grocery store for a few things. It was a bit crazy but better stocked than I thought it would be. We ran a few more errands on Saturday with no problem. Our backyard is still a solid sheet of ice (DH stepped into it on Friday and slid all the way to the bottom of the slope standing on his feet ), and schools are still closed, but DH was able to make it to his flight without any problems. It is starting to warm up today and we are expected to get 2-4 inches of rain this week. I really hope we get lots of rain but no flooding.

For workouts, on Saturday I did a 30 minute low impact spin and 45 minutes of yoga. Yesterday was 2.0 Body Part Shoulders with Bonus premix and Drill Max Cardio and Leg Blast premix. Today was 2.0 Body Part Biceps with Bonus premix, a 45 minute spin and 20 minutes of Peloton Pilates.

Thelma, great workouts! But I’m sorry your arm and back are bothering you so much. Hopefully your doctor’s appointment will go well and you can get out of your sling more to give your elbow and back some relief. I am glad the cold weather didn’t impact you too much. I hope that is all the arctic air we see this year to be honest.

Laurie, great workout. Sounds like your weather is being difficult up there. I would prefer snow to sleet, to be honest. Honestly, I don’t think I really appreciated how much ice fell last week until DH decided to try to clear off the driveway in case they opened the hill. Even with the sun beating on it, it took him hours to break it all up. It was during that same task that he realized our backyard had turned into a downhill ice skating rink. Not good. So I have a bit more understanding why it is taking so long to get the roads clear, but at the same time….not really. Huntsville has had hills and ice forever, so the city really should know that more roads and more people require more equipment and yet……

See you tomorrow.

Laurel