Dec. 08 CHECK In ~~ Mon. 1st ~~

[ShyWolf]

Good Morning Ladies!

It's been a bit since I've posted or really been here.

Hope all had a good holiday weekend. Haven't checked back to see what has been going on but I briefly saw Beth got bad news? Beth I hope everything is ok.

I ended up taking a rest week last week due to all the b.s. here and started up my new week on Friday.

Haven't looked over Cathe's rotation just yet.

I have cardio today not sure what I'll do for that.

I have a dishwasher that is not draining oh Joy! Just what we need. Once I get back home from dropping the kids off I'll see what I can do to get that water out and then pray the dishwasher works if not .... OY!

At the moment we just can't replace it so my kids will be so happy to find out if they'll be needing to wash dishes by hand lol - not!

Back to a somewhat normal week I hope.

Hope all have a good Monday .

 

[laperez25]

Goodmorning Vilma and all that follow.

Happy Belated Thanksgiving!!! I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving day! Ours was very good. I've been working out all these days. I've done Squeeze Stronger and I did the whole thing now and I must say it's an AWESOME DVD!!! I'm hooked and still sore from it and I did it about 4 days ago, LOL!!!

Well, today I'm going to do Amy's Advanced Step Challenge 3 so that should be fun! I haven't tried it yet, so today will be my first day! Can't wait!

I'll BB later amigas

I've missed you all so much!!

Beth: I hope you are ok Beth. XOXOXOXO

 

[bitmover]

Good morning! Thanks, Vilma & Ivy -- things are looking up. SqStronger is great, isn't it? I'm going to miss it while doing FF's rotation, but I think I'm going to like the rotation.

Vilma, might the dishwasher problem be a clogged pipe? We have that problem occasionally and have to snake it out and then things are better for a while again. Worth a shot!

I did 4DS HIS as designed this morning -- thought about repeating the weight work and then decided not to! That's going to be tough! I do want to see what Cathe has planned for the last month before STS!

have a great day, gals!

-Beth

 

[laperez25]

Beth: I'm glad to hear things are looking up. Squeeze Stronger is awesome! My mom even had to buy it when I told her about it, LOL! WTG on 4DS HIS.

I did only 30 mins of Amy's Advanced Step Challenge 3 and it was great! I didn't finish it because I have to work on my hair to straightened it today with my flat iron and that takes me 2 hours.

I hope you all have a great day and great workouts! I'll BB later if not tomorrow.

 

[jojobean]

Hi ladies. Good to "see" you Vilma and Ivy, we've missed you!

Vilma, hope you can get the dishwasher figured out. Is there a little drain thing at the bottom? You probably already have, but it not, check that. We've had some unusual things stuck in ours!

Ivy, I love ASC 3! I'm mastered the first 2 or 3 combos, which is about the 1/2 hour mark, I think. Glad you like Squeeze Stronger - it's a great workout that I feel for days!

Beth, hope you're feeling a bit better - I PM'd you. I'm doing FF's rotation, too. I might double up a couple of the upper body days so I can sneak SqS in there. I'm only doing the weights once most days and adding in cardio. I did HIS as is today with the step, too. And most of BM2 abs till I got interrupted.

Off to run some errands and try to get a start on my Christmas shopping.

Joanne

 

[hottiescientist]

Good morning! Last night, I ended up just going on the elliptical for an hour so I was happy to have at least something done. This morning, both my husband and I intended to wake up early so we could workout but we mostly groaned and stayed in bed later than we usually did and got into work late. So, I will most likely drop by the school gym for an hour or so but I really hope to do some kind of circuit workout when I'm home tonight as I'm trying to alternate between cardio and circuit work ever other day for the next week. My husband found the 360 last night too. He was actually cleaning. I should have wrapped it but he got very giddy. But he's not allowed to open it. So there.

Vilma -- nice to see you again. Have fun with the cardio.
Ivy -- let us know about how tricky or not tricky Amy's workout it please!
Joanne -- sorry about the Bears game last night. My husband is from Illinois (he went to HS in Bloomington/Normal) so I have to deal with the heartbreak that the Cubs and the Bears gives him all year. I love HIS...I feel it moves very fast and the first blast is one of my favorite blasts ever.

Off to see if anyone will notice me sleeping at work...

 

[Kathy36]

Hi everyone..

Just checking in before I head downstairs for my workout. I am looking forward to Cathe's December rotation. I love it has more cardio. There was alot of strength/weights last month. I am reading for that cardio. She put alot of premixes on it. I think I will try to do the whole workout when time permits. Today I am doing step, jump & pump. I think since I have some time today I will do the entire thing with the weights..

I will be back for personals after my workout...

 

[laperez25]

Joanne: Have fun Christmas shopping!

Hottie: Have a great time with your workout today! I’ll let you know how Amy’s ASC3 is after I’ve done the whole thing. So far, Combo’s 1 and 2 were pretty easy to do compared to her ASC2. I can’t wait to finish the other combos.

Kathy: Have fun with your workout.

Well, I got my haircut (just trimmed it and added more layers) today and it looks great! I feel brand new, LOL! I’m going to take next week off to rest my body and then start Cathe’s rotation after that. It looks great! I might not follow it as is, but will see.

Well, gotta get DD. I’ll bb tomorrow. Have a good day everyone!

 

[jojobean]

Hottie, thanks for the Bears' condolences. They stunk last night. My boys and I were yelling at the TV. Too bad your DH found the XBox. It'll be torture not being able to open it. I'm debating whether to get one for my boys for Christmas - they have a Wii. They want it and as they get older it's tough to find stuff to buy them.

Ivy, that's great that you got a new 'do! Did you still have to straighten it?

Kathy, Cathe's rotation does look fun, but I think I'm going to stick with FF's this month.

I did get some Christmas shopping done, so I feel a bit less stressed about that!

Joanne

 

[hottiescientist]

Hottie, thanks for the Bears' condolences. They stunk last night. My boys and I were yelling at the TV. Too bad your DH found the XBox. It'll be torture not being able to open it. I'm debating whether to get one for my boys for Christmas - they have a Wii. They want it and as they get older it's tough to find stuff to buy them.

Well, I don't know if I'm helping or hurting , but I found out before I bought it that Netflix is set up to send streaming movie downloads in HD to the Xbox and that really made it easier to get it. We love our HD...

 

[laperez25]

Hottie, thanks for the Bears' condolences. They stunk last night. My boys and I were yelling at the TV. Too bad your DH found the XBox. It'll be torture not being able to open it. I'm debating whether to get one for my boys for Christmas - they have a Wii. They want it and as they get older it's tough to find stuff to buy them.

Ivy, that's great that you got a new 'do! Did you still have to straighten it?

Kathy, Cathe's rotation does look fun, but I think I'm going to stick with FF's this month.

I did get some Christmas shopping done, so I feel a bit less stressed about that!

Joanne

Hey Joanne: Yup! I straightened it and then washed it again, lol. I only straightened it to make sure it was even and because I want to see how it will look for the party we have to attend to on Friday night (Navy Recruiting Award Party). And it looked so nice straight and it looks good curly too!

Glad you got some Christmas shopping out of your way

 

[Boingo1]

Hey Everyone!

Checking in with my afternoon Monday workout!

I did 4DS: Chest & Back first, and then HIS, and then BM2 Abs. I challenged myself on the weight work, and was shaking in places, So I'm thinnking I might feel it tomorrow. HIS was FUN! I hadn't done it in a while. Of course it took me a few times to get that 3rd sequence with the shuffle and hitchkick. But it IS fun when you get it!

I was freakin fried at work last night. Not so much tired, but just SICK of being there. In reality, with my work schedule, I was there Thursday, Friday (morning), back Saturday (night), Sunday, and then MOnday morning. It is a HUGE difference to work all those together. HATED it!!

Anyhow, going to go check in quick with FF's Check in and then got to get an early supper, (Zach has a b-ball game)...

BBL for personals!!!!

 

[ShyWolf]

Wow I actually have time to log in and do personals before I start on dinner.

I ended up doing an iTread 7/40 for my cardio - I'm addicted to running and somehow its just so much easier for me to get into the 'zone' as I run than any other type of cardio.

Well I was able to scoop out as much water from the dishwasher as I could and dh & I went to Lowe's ...the dishwasher is 5 1/2 yrs old and since we plan on selling this house in 2010 we decided to just look.

For now we need to just figure out exactly what the heck is wrong with it- its not a major necessity so we can do without it for awhile. Kids are not thrilled about the fact they have to wash by hand lol - I actually prefer hand washing to the machine as I feel the dishes get cleaned better

Ivy hey girl nice to see you again also ! Its sure has been a while hasn't it?

SqS is a good workout eh? Gets you good and deep lol

Congrats on the new haircut.

Beth Glad to hear things are looking up for you.

FF's rotation looks really good - I may decide to go back on a formal rotation after the new year so I'll be waiting to hear how you guys all faired with it and try it out myself. I would just have to juggle & mod it a bit to fit in my kettlebells though.

Cathe's December rotation is just up my alley too so both of these rotations have been printed up and put in my binder for future reference. I'm just still not ready to go back and follow any rotation for now.

Joanne How are you?
I'm just about done with my Holiday shopping.

My son just mentioned that he now wants a digital camera for Christmas so now I need to go out and find a decent one at a decent price. My oldest dd got herself a laptop so she now mentions she'd like a webcam for it .
And here I thought I was done lol ....kids!

We also have a Wii - well actually its my oldest daughter's but I have played around with it and its cute. 360's are addictive .... when my son 1st got his I seriously had to put major limits on his playing time - as he got older he is so into his H.S, team sports he only uses it when he's bored or wants to chat with his friends...heck it saves on the phone bill lol.

Hottie so funny about your dh finding his present - my son has had an Xbox 360 since they came out and word of warning..... I've had to return it 3 different times due to the Red Ring of death - not fun so I hope you got a warranty for it. He likes it alot esp during summer when he has free time.


Kathy Hope you got a good workout with SJP I love the genie hops as you twirl around - so much fun.

Chris - Ugh So sorry about all those work days back to back like that for you but its over for now and sounds like you had a blast with HIS - That one IS fun

Time for me to go and get dinner started.

Hope you all have a great evening!

 

[Boingo1]

So I'm back! ... Dinner is done, dishes are under way, (by DH.. )

Vilma: I hate when big appliances start to break down. And beware, it usually happens in pairs! . your run sounds great! I miss running. thinking about going out this week if I can get a good weather day. Do you ever get strained leg parts from running so much?

Ivy: Nice to see you back! Your workout sounds fun today. I always get excited about a new step workout. Was it hard choreography? And nothing like a new NICE haircut!

Joanne: I've done a bit of Christmas shopping too, but online. My favorite way to shop!! We have both the Wii and the Xbox 360. the boys play both. It's not to excess, they're so busy with so many other things. Oh I'd forgotten about the "ring of fire" that Vilma mentioned. Yes! 2 of our Xbox 360's bit the dust! One was under warantee, the other would have cost us over $100 with shipping, so my DH just bought a new one with his Best Buy points. .... I'm going to do mostly just the one rep of FF's Rotation w/ the extra cardio too. .... I also understand your grieving the Bear's loss. Our Patriots sucked a$$ yesterday, embarassing!!!!

Beth: on HIS and Chest & Back today! Good workouts, huh? I guess I should be happy I'm more of a Ecto-endomorph and doing the extra cardio!! ... I'm glad you're feeling a little better today....


Hottie: Your Dh sounds like a big kid finding his Christmas gift! He must have been quite excited! As I said above, ours had to be replaced too, so be careful with it! Hopefully they've made them better. Great job on the Elliptical yesterday! That's a LONG workout. I like the Circuit/Cardio combination plan!

I have to work on my Clinical 3 re-submission this week. I'm stressing about it.. again. Ugh! Plus just busy busy stuff... A busy month, isn't it?

Have a great night everyone! Rest up for tomorrow's workout!!

 

[loniram]

Haven't posted in a while and my workouts have been lagging also. This is my week to get motivated again. I'm doing Fitnessfreak366's Intermediate Fat Burning Rotation. It's an easier one with two rest days.

Ivy - Hi, I recently got Amy's ASC III. It looks like so much fun. Tried it once, but haven't had time to learn it yet. It's on my to do list.

Goodnight everyone.

Linda M.

 

[laperez25]

Vilma: It's good to see you too! It has been awhile. I'm loving my hair!

Chris: I'm glad to be back! I'll let you know how ASC3 is once I do the whole thing. I might give it another swirl this week. Combo's 1 and 2 were super fun and not that hard to follow. WTG on your workout today!


Linda: Hey! It's good to see you! It's been a while. I will be working on trying again ASC3 this week. It was a lot of fun combo 1 and 2, and I have to do the rest. From what I previewed this workout is awesome!

Goodnight everyone! BB tomorrow.