Ah, Birch, hope you and the boy don't have H1N1, though it sounds suspicious.... Feel better soon! And SO/DHs are so inconsiderate as to not get sick eh? Though they'd likely expect you to wait on them even if you are sick, so probably better they stay well.

Rabbit - good job getting right back to exercise!

:book2: mmhmm huh?! The weekend is OVER?! What day is it?
Just kidding. Kind of. :^: The studying is coming. Took another day off today from the gym to dig into another chapter. I'm doing my best to go underground and make this my first priority this month. Somehow today was spent putting out fires all day long. I'm not answering my phone, mail, or email till evening for the rest of the month. :rofl:


Silverbirch: You are absolutely excused. Hope you and your son are feeling much better soon. :hug:

Fran: Great to hear from you too. :dance: Love it that you are enjoying the yoga. A good instructor/video can make all the difference. Check out Yoga Journal.com as well. Great site for downloading yoga podcasts. I use them now that I can't get to a studio on the weekends or evenings. (kid duty) My cat loves the sticky mat more than her scratching post. Makes for a rather unnerving Savasana. :lol:

Okay. :wave: To all else, hope you can dig yourself out Pat. I'm with you, six inches is a little less than inspiring when you have drive around in it.

Back to the books...still waiting for my light. something about a thunderstorm in one of the distribution hubs enroute to Columbus is causing a delay. :rolleyes:

Coming up briefly for air.... I am SWAMPED!

Cheryl- I'm sorry to hear about your father and the family drama. If we had a headache smiley it would be the most frequently used.

Birch- Hope you and the boy feel better soon and keep your germs on YOUR side of the Pond! Yes, you are excused from lifting :hug:

Fran :wave:

Hello to everyone else, it's late for me, and morning comes too early!

Mel

Good morning!

Six miles at the park last night, good LB workout this morning, actually did day one first this time instead of last. Random drug screens downtown this afternoon. Pouring down rain outside. Good times.

Mel - hope things settle down for you soon!

Birch - hope you guys feel better soon! Don't overdo it, just recover!

Lydia - it always seems like a hundred little things come up when you are trying to focus on something. Good luck on the email & phone avoidance! I try that sometimes, but they follow me everywhere...

Rabbit - good start on the exercise week! :high:

Good day everyone!

My version of the headache smiley is the :rolleyes: Kind of works since most of my headaches are the result of really silly things.

Went in for my workout this morning. Totally sucked. (can I say that here?) I was up too late last night and I'm feelin' the effects of too many lack luster workouts in the last few months. GRRRR.

Pushups, killed my right shoulder. Glute activation during warm up and my squats still were less than stellar. Only 3 consecutive pullups in each set. And a pitiful little run around the coffee table track a few times.

Okay. breathe. breathe.

I took a few moments at the end of the workout to "channel" my fitter/stronger self while sitting on the mats. I made a promise to myself to get some more sleep and do less of the things that tick me off and go back to doing what fulfills me. Get through this certification thing and then get back to programming. My plan is to be solid by May. :strong:

Update on the light...it's on the delivery truck. Oh Thank God! I'm all about it tomorrow morning. :sunny:

:headache:

There is a headache smiley. It is the word 'headache' in colons. I've never noticed it before, and I'm not sure if it looks like a headache to me. But there it is.

Just got done with my drug screens, all good this time. I ate lunch super early planning on being busy all afternoon and now I am back at my office early and want to snack... And, I really do have a :headache: left over from dental work yesterday. And it is raining harder than before. Very blah kind of day.

I didn't say this earlier, but I was very excited that I used a little more weight than last time on my LB workout.

Squat - 3x10, 45#, 55#, 65# (up from 30, 45, 55)
Split Squat - 3x10, 15 lb DB per hand, held them up at my shoulders this time which was a lot easier than holding them by my sides
Stiff legged deadlift - 3x10, 65#, 75#, 75# (up from 55, 65, 75)
Calf raise - 3x10, 45#, 55#, 65# (up from 45, 45, 45)

Still learning how to use the squat rack without breaking my neck. :dizzy:

Good day everyone!

Hi all,

Birch - You are definitely excused. I hope you and DS get well soon! Strange that SO/the man did not get ill....surely men cannot have evolved into the stronger species all of a sudden ?

Mel - sending oxigen your way. I hope you are doing well by now.

cheryl - sorry about the family drama, enjoy the week of rest!

Lydia - sounds like life getting in the way of things. Good for you to keep focussing. How long till you can take the test again? I hope you have seen the light by now, sounds like you could use some serenity with regular 24/7 kid duty!

Shannon - good to hear things are working out.

Today I did 25 minutes treadmill & went in for a full day at work, plus a reunion with of a project that I worked at sometime at the end of the eighties. Met with the crew again, at the location of another firm that has continued with the product.

I was the only female in a technical capacity in that project at the time, and I remember preferring the athmosphere at my current workplace. Tonight I counted about 5 inappropriate sexually tinted "jokes" and hints in the space of this 4 hour reunion alone. A remarkable experience, and one showing that the active management commitment at my present workplace works, and I like it a LOT better that way. I'm quite over the frat house humor that some of the all-male groups have. I remember asking a co-workers 10 and 15 years ago to remove pictures and screen savers of nude females from my immediate working environment, and these guys thought it no big deal and overreaction from my side. I'm glad to work now in surroundings where my management would respond to this without me having to take action myself. And I am amazed that this type of frathouse atmosphere still exists in this day and age.

Food was not good again, but at least I did put in the 25 mins run before my real day started. Tomorrow I'm biking to work again.

have a great day all,
rabbit

Rabbit- I'm surprised that the frat house atmosphere still exists, too. I was a techy in my first career, too, and the only female 99% of the time. I remember being mortified just to walk across the building in some places. I really thought that had changed.

Shannon- :carrot: for getting stronger!!! and please don't break your neck. Here's hoping your dental work didn't affect your drug screen! :dizzy:

Lydia- You are juggling sooo may things. It's no wonder you feel off kilter and out of sorts. And don't forget that you are a semi-single mom these days. :hugs:

My house is still a wreck, though I do have a newly drywalled and spackled kitchen ceiling. The messy part (sanding) is scheduled for tomorrow. They did a good job upstairs of "quarantining" the area so that there wasn't too much dust all over, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Still do not have plumbing in the bathroom :(:(:(:( I'm getting angry now, but it doesn't do much good.

CF workout yesterday was HEAVY 1 rep max front squats. I had a pr for front squats of 155 pounds! And it was the first time that my forearms weren't sore, so I'm getting more flexible as well. I must still be doing something wrong, tho, because I have a bruise on my collarbone. Not terrible, but I can feel it.

Today was a lot of jumping around- my least favorite kind of workout.
In sets of 21,18,15,12,9,6,and 3:
burpees
kettlebell high pulls (I like these)
box jumps

We started and ended with a 400 meter run. My ending run was more like a power walk and I did an extra lap so that another woman whom I'm friendly with would not be out finishing up along in the dark. Kind of creepy.

Food is back on track- dh is home and I do much better with him around.

Have a good one!

Mel

Hey ladies, I was just popping in to catch up on reading, so I don't get behind. I'm enjoying the rest week, and getting the house back in shape, starting to do some planning for Christmas. Haven't done any workouts yet, but have been staying active with house cleaning and projects around here.

Birch, hope you and the DS will recover quickly.

Shannon and Mel, congrats on the PRs this week!

I need to do some research into DOMS and fluid retention. I don't really like two pounds for some abs I did in front of the TV!
Is there a sticky? I should check stumptuous.

Susan, I would look at the diet within in the last few days, sodium intake as well as a drop in water/fluid intake more than the crunches. Just a thought. M weight can fluctuate two to three pounds just on hormones alone. Seriously, and if I ate a meal heavy with carbs at dinner or just had something to eat after 8pm in the evening. Alll of these things will show a slight gain or non loss. Combine that with a heavy leg day and one could get really discouraged if they didn't know better. :dizzy:

Bottom line, keep moving, drink the water, keep it clean. It's all good.

Mel, oh the joys of updating a home. Well, when it's all done it will be wonderful. Just hang in there. Major impressive front squats by the way! Wow. And how nice to run that extra lap so the other CFitter wasn't alone. Not surprised that you did it though. :goodvibes:

SO! The light arrived last night. Plugged it in this am for half an hour while I was studying and now I can't see anything. :cool: The cat did her best to block it from me and the kids all had to have a turn with it during breakfast. I like it though. I'll let you all know what I think of it after a few weeks. Wish it produced a little warmth too. Kind of chilly sitting in the kitchen with the jammies and my books...

Decided to do the workouts every other day and set the rest of the time to ,,,wait for it...studying. It seems like a more realistic balance for right now. My goal is to test Dec. 5th. I also have a mj holiday party for that evening to blow off some steam. Great incentive.

Enjoy everyone. :coffee:

Lydia, glad the light finally arrived! Funny about not being able to see, lol. I can just see you there, blinking and staring at the white spots on your eyes, feeling your way around the kitchen. :lol3:

Today is Veteran's Day, and the wod at my gym is 11-11-11, 11 wall ball, 11 pull-ups, 11 rounds. :faint: So thankful that I'm missing that one, I confess! Instead, I'll be doing the water heater shuffle, which probably won't be any more fun...I hate plumbing!

Cheryl - jeesh, that wod sounds completely unpleasant. :)

Lydia - glad you got your light box!

Mel - I wasn't taking a drug screen, I was administering them to my employees. Much better that way. :) :high: on the 155!

Susan - second to what Lydia said about the water retention. Ab work doesn't usually make me retain water, but just about everything else does, and usually with a two day delay before I see it on the scale.
Spent the first half of my day moving boxes and assembling shelves at our storage unit... 2.5 hours only got one set of shelves done. Ick. Hopefully the rest will go faster as I know the height for each shelf now. I'm trying to decide if lifting and moving and stacking and lifting again somewhere in the range of 75 boxes at or varying 50-75 pounds apiece qualifies as my UB workout for the day or if I still have to do it when I get home. Today is the 'push' day of my split... Hmm...

Good day everyone!

I'm off today. The gym is closed so I may do something here, or just take an extra rest day. :) I slept late (7:45 :lol: ) and have been doing not much of anything around the house. Weather is nasty and I'm happy not to be going out.

Cheryl - I'd be happy to skip that workout too, and also the water heater one - btdt!

Flyby for Note to self... Moving lots of boxes and lifting shelves in the morning + heavy for me UB workout in the evening = jelly arms.

Feels good though. :)