Cathe Fans Part 5

Hi ladies, I wanted to let you know that we got power back at 9:59 this morning. 28 hours without power! Thank God for those linesmen and tree guys!

Thelma

Morning Ladies,

We had a very nice weekend weather wise. We spent some time on Saturday doing a little more work on our landscaping, and then went out with friends. Sunday we had a family night out.

On Saturday we also took the youngest to the garden center so that she could pick out some plants for her new condo. I also picked up some perennials that I have places for. I also received a yellow peony from the girls for Mothers Day. So pretty. DD has a few plants trying to survive that the previous owner seemed willing to kill. She has many very small hydrangea plants, so I told her to try to dig them up and try to put them in places that she wants. There are a few that are growing right next to the foundation of the condo.

We worked out on Saturday with Iron Day 9 Full Body. Another good workout that was very concentrated on the Shoulders. Sunday was an off day, and this morning's workout was a Walking Workout #4 with Kat Gates-Buettner.

Thelma, Glad to hear that your power was restored. Great job with your workouts! Sounds like you are finding may ways to use your starter. Everything that you mentioned sounds wonderful. I do hope that you are able to keep the plant eating chicken away from your new Clematis plants. DH said that he enjoys the Caroline workouts. She demos each move, and the workouts don't go on forever. The full body workout really gets the hr going, so he is getting that cardio without having to do jumping.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies, my workouts on Tuesday were Walking, Cathe STS 2.0 Body Parts Triceps and Hot YinYasa.
I thought I'd dislocated my toe during the yoga class. My toe got caught on the mat as I was getting ready to do a pigeon. It hurt like crazy, and I walked out of there limping. I dislocated my toe years ago and the pain was pretty bad. This wasn't that painful, but it scared me. I taped my toes together and iced. The ice definitely helped, and I don't think my toe is dislocated. I am no longer limping, but the toe is a little sore. It's a good thing Tuesday is a mobility day on my rotation, so the foot will get another day's rest. I will keep icing for sure.

I made two more starter recipes on Monday. One was a banana bread. It came out pretty good, but it needed sugar. It actually looked just like the one on the recipe. The recipe called for chocolate chips, which I omitted. Now I realize that was the reason why my bread needs a little sugar. The maple syrup the recipe called for wasn't enough.
The other recipe was dinner. It was a ground turkey skillet recipe topped with a very tasty discard batter.
I still haven't dared make a loaf of bread. Maybe this week.

DH had to make metal cloth cages for my three Clematis plans to protect them from the chickens.
The hydrangea I bought online didn't bloom last year due to all that cold weather we had, but this year it's full of blooms. I bought two hydrangeas at Home Depot and they didn't make it, which is very strange.

All the rain we were going to get on Monday didn't come. It was nothing more than a little drizzle. I think Tuesday will be the same thing.

Laurie, great workouts. I'm glad you had a good weekend!
How nice of you to take your DD plant shopping and how nice of the girls to get you a yellow Peony! I paid a lot of money for one of those plants in MA. I never got to see it bloom.

There are a million discard recipes online! I could have a lot of fun baking with all those recipes.

I really like that Caroline gives a preview of the exercises. It's very helpful.

Laurel, I'm so glad you had a great time in FL and the drive back and forth went smoothly! Great workout!

Our outage was long, but other people were out for 43 hours! I had no idea there had been 9 tornadoes in the TN Valley. The one in the neighboring county caused a lot of damage too. Thank goodness the tornadoes were not close to our homes.
Yaay on the Clematis blooming for you already! So far all the plants I've ordered online are doing beautifully.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma

Hi Ladies, Tuesday turned out to be a very rainy day. We thought the storm had left the area in the late afternoon, but we were wrong. I quickly read a post from our weather guy that something had changed at the last minute in the weather, and it was going to put us in the severe thunderstorm zone. We had a bad thunderstorm and downpours. It's been raining all night.

My workouts on Tuesday were walking, Yin Yoga and mobility.
My triceps are sore from my Body Parts workout on Monday! Yaay!

Laurel, great workouts! I'm sure it feels good to be sore!

My toe is feeling better, but where I feel it now is the tarsometatarsal joint of my second toe, according to this graph. The pull I felt was in the neon green area of the second toe.

https://www.theskeletalsystem.net/foot-bones

My hydrangea has a long blooming season, so it is on target. It has little buds all over the place. Even the hydrangea topiary I ordered online has tiny little buds! I fed the acid loving plants their special food about two weeks ago, BUT I've been feeding the plants a diluted Miracle Grow flower food on a weekly basis. The box comes with a double ended scoop. I dilute a little scoop in a gallon of water.

No cicadas here. We have never seen a cicada here. Last time we had the big awakening we never saw one either. We barely heard them. I even went around looking everywhere for them and couldn't find a single one.

I hope your DH didn't run into the storm in GA and that he made it home safely.

See you tomorrow.
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Slow and Heavy Legs and Shoulders, the core work from Shock Cardio Travel Fit and Shock Cardio HiiT 40/20. My legs were quivering after the leg workout so I did the 40/20 on a 4” step, and that was plenty enough for a good workout.

Thelma, great workouts. That storm moved through here as well, but it only came south far enough to barely impact us, but it looked rough up north. Thankfully DH was home before it hit because he would have been right in it a couple hours later. We are so behind in our yard maintenance this year which is probably why things like our hydrangeas aren’t where they should be, but hopefully they can still catch up. I am glad your toe is feeling better. Looking at that graph made me realize how complicated our feet are! I am really surprised you don’t get cicadas. It must be your elevation.

Laurie, it is so frustrating when you post and it doesn’t post. Hopefully you and your new laptop start meshing soon. Great workouts. The Slow and Heavy workouts are really good but also really long. I am much more patient doing them now than I was 20 years ago, but I really don’t think I could ever do a full rotation using only these workouts again. But it is fun to revisit them. I think having Rocket run around with a buzzing cicada would have freaked me out too. We always get the cicadas that kind of scream in an undulating manner, but this year we have cicadas that are out only when the sun is out and it is a constant hum. It isn’t loud, but it is just constant all day long. So weird. I will definitely be feeding the hydrangeas this weekend!

See you tomorrow.

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

Well I'm on my new laptop, but there is a bunch of weird things that I have to get used to. I took care of the grandson yesterday afternoon, so didn't get home until after 6:30. DH and I didn't get to do our workout. We of course will have to do a workout on Friday. Oh well. This morning I tried out a walking workout with Get Fit with Rick. I figured out that he is from Australia mate. The workout wasn't all that intense, but I did enjoy the workout and my knees felt fine afterward.

Laurel, Nice job with those workouts! LOL about the quivering legs. I like how you indicated that you are much more patient now with those workout. Have to wonder if it is the progression of how weight workouts where put out over the years. I think that Beachbody made lifting really heavy the thing to do, even though Cathe was doing it years before. Our cicadas seem to be making noise all day long. It gets to the point that you can't tell if it's frogs or cicadas making noise. They are not as bad during the day, but at night it's crazy.

Thelma, Great job with the workouts! Hope all goes well with your bread, and it turns out awesome. It sounds like you are really getting the feel for your dough. DH bought me a 6" solar fountain for one of my pots also. He didn't understand what it was until it arrived. Then he was like, Oh that's what this is. He said that this thing isn't going to water the pot, and of course I laughed and said it was just for ambiance.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies, my workouts on Thursday were walking and STS 2.0 Body Parts Legs.

I baked my baby SD loaf, and it came out pretty tasty. DH loved it, which makes my heart happy. He made us grilled SD ham and cheese sandwiches for dinner. Two things did happen, the basket I used for cold proofing was too big for my loaf, and the dough spread out, so it didn't rise enough. The crust was very pale, but the bread's internal temp was 209 degrees, which means fully baked, so I took it out of the oven. The crumb was really pillowy and soft, which is the part DH loved so much. I am going to attempt to make discard pizza dough. I feel more confident after my sort of successful first loaf.

In the weather front we are expecting thunderstorms on Friday and Saturday.

Laurie, good job with the walking workout! I bet you had a lot of fun with your grandson.

What was great about the SD bread recipe I used is that the dough was sticky, so it was a great recipe for me. I am loving my Danish Whisk. It's easy to mix the ingredients without having to get my hands into that sticky mess.
Too funny about the solar fountain. It's amazing how much they help with the ambiance though. Put it somewhere where you have a sitting area. The sounds are so relaxing.

Laurel, great workouts! Good job listening to your body for that last core move!

I'm so glad your DH already fed the hydrangeas! I wonder if I have buds because I've been feeding my plants that diluted flower fertilizer. I am so glad your plant are looking healthier this year. How are your tomato plants doing?

How is your sister doing?

Have a wonderful weekend!
Thelma

Hi Ladies! Today’s workout was Slow and Heavy Triceps and Biceps followed by Shock Cardio Double Wave Pyramid HiiT, which is still one of my favorite Cathe HiiT workouts. I really enjoyed revisiting these workouts this week.

Thelma, great workouts. Your sourdough sandwiches sound so good. So far our tomatoes are doing well. I even have a couple of little tomatoes on one of the plants. I spice them with garlic and chili pepper a couple of times a week, and that seems to be keeping the chipmunks away since there is no sign of digging around them. That makes me a little more optimistic we might get some fruit off of these plants this year. Thank you for asking about my sister. She had her last chemo treatment on Monday, and has her lumpectomy scheduled for June 12. She will need to go through radiation after the surgery for a little while and be on medication for a year, but all signs point to a full recovery. She has really suffered from the chemo, so I am just looking forward (for her sake) to her feeling better.

Laurie, great workouts. I was with your DH is whining about how painful my baby weights were in my triceps workout I did. I hope your peony does well. I am still toying with planting one of those, but it will probably be next year. I so wish we could plant a lilac here but the winters are just too warm for them. They are one of my favorite plants.

Enjoy the weekend!

Laurel

Morning Ladies,

We had an very busy weekend. On Saturday I did some weed pulling in our tree line. If this section of the tree line wasn't in the front of the house, I probably would have left it. It was so hot on Saturday, and I was soaked by the time I ventured into the house at noon. Yep it was that muggy in the morning. After that I just went into the basement and did some sewing. On Sunday we went and bought some more plants, just because it was on the way to youngest dd's house. Got some plants for the remaining pots that we need to fill. Should be really pretty. At dd's I raked out her planting bed in the front of her condo, and then planted the perennials that she bought. She just has to put down some Preen, and mulch. I don't know that she will be doing that today with the rain that we are getting. DH was putting in the posts for her back yard fence. The fence that was there was rotting, so had to be replaced. The condo association pays for that, but DH did the hard work digging out the holes and setting the posts. The two older men that are part of the condo association will put up the boards.

Friday evening's workout was Iron Day 13 Glutes, Hamstrings & Back. We didn't workout on Saturday. Yesterday we did Iron Day 14 Full Body. This morning I was so dang tired, that I didn't venture downstairs at all. We will be doing our workout when I get home.

Laurel, Congrats on finishing up the S&H workouts! WTG on the HiiT, that one was always a favorite of mine, of course when I could jump and not have my knees talking to me the next day. I'm very glad to hear that your sister is done with the chemo. My mom had the radiation treatments, and they are better for the body than the chemo is overall. LOL about your triceps and the baby weights. I can say that I'm no where near lifting what Caroline is able to with the triceps, well basically everything that she lifts I'm impressed with. DH is venturing into upping his weights on certain exercises, so he is advancing in his baby weights. We may need to be buying two sets of some weight eventually. Peonies like the sun, but I put most of mine on the east side of the house. We did put this yellow one on the west side, so will see how it goes. So far it appears to be handling the planting. The roses are looking somewhat okay. I hope I didn't kill them.

Thelma, Great job with your workouts! The weekend you had sounds a lot like ours, busy but productive. Sorry to hear that you are not getting the rain, we sure are. Everything is out of control growing, and it is hard to keep up with it. DH and I just where talking about being half way through this rotation. He said that he is really enjoying the full body workouts. I'm thinking of moving onto Fuel after this rotation. That one has HiiT in it, but we could skip those if they are to intense for DH. The other option I was thinking of was STS 2.0, but doing the shorter Premixes. I know you have done some of those premixes. I was not able to make bread this weekend. It was so hot in the house. DH doesn't want to put the AC on yet.

Have a great day!
Laurie

Hi ladies, my workouts on Monday were Cathe STS 2.0 Body Parts Legs and walking.

Monday was a beautiful day here. I met my yoga buddies for lunch at the BR Lake marina restaurant. It was a little cooler there, but we had a lovely time.

Laurie, great workouts! I was wondering how you and your DH were sharing the weights during workouts. I love that he's sticking with the workouts. He clearly is feeling good and is seeing results.

The joy of buying more plants!! I love it! I'm sure your yard is going to be beautiful. Is your DD going to be good about watering her plants? I'm sure her condo association appreciates the help your DH provided with the fence poles.

I wonder how your DH would feel about going to Cathe's workouts after Caroline's. Cathe does seem to show the next move during the breaks in STS 2.0, but I don't it happens for every exercise. Some of the premixes are no repeats and I don't think you'd gain muscle by just doing those premixes. I do the no repeats when I'm short on time.
OMG, NO AC yet? The moment I felt hot, the AC went on here. LOL
I wanted to bake during the weekend, but it never happened. I have three very ripe bananas. I need to make a banana bread. I might make a half a loaf again, but I'm contemplating making a sandwhich loaf too.

Laurel, great workouts! I can't believe you got so much rain! It did feel muggy after the passing shower we got on Saturday. Thankfully, it wasn't humid on Monday.

I sure hope you'll be able to enjoy your tomatoes this year. Any signs of hydrangea buds yet? I actually have a full-blown flower now.

See you tomorrow!
Thelma