One Step at a time - January 2015

[Dottie Belle]

Back from the errands and dh is in the basement working on his train layout...woohoo on that!!!
In for the night. it is so bitter cold....
Went shopping for a wedding present but the folks at Crate and Barrel were less than interesting in helping me so I left. She is registered elsewhere so they will get my business...boohiss on poor customer service.
I hate winter!!!!!

[Rusty]

Good Evening, Dottie!

So sorry about the nasty Crate & Barrel experience. I've been there several times and I've never had a bad experience. Was the salesperson really young??? No excuse, though. You should really let them know about it. Off to church then another workout. :-)

[Rusty]

Mama-sorry you have the jitters due to meds. :-(

Liz-have fun with your daughter on her birthday.

Nora-I hope your anxiety is better today...I'm sure cleaning the cabinets let off a lot of steam.

[Dottie Belle]

Rusty another workout??? You are making me look bad...;-)))
We did get the treddie setup in the basement so I can use that or the many DVD's that I have collected. Seems that buying them is not enough you actually have to watch them and participate...imagine that.
I really think I could train us if dh would listen to me but I have not been successful in 18 years so I guess we will continue to pay the trainer for a while longer.

[paulywogg]

Maybe this is just a high anxiety time of year,yesterday mine was bananas, tried to excerise it off but it was just making me dizzy,was scared to watch Louie but luckily it toned down, but I'd rather be anxious than depressed, ugh,maybe not I just want to be normal

[Dottie Belle]

pauly do u know what triggered it???

[paulywogg]

Dots,not at all,that's why I'm frustrated, I thought it was hormones but that's over with,I dunno,nothing is on my mind,it's weird

[Dottie Belle]

pauly that must be really frustrating. I hope u feel better. And I am not even sure what "normal" is. I am having new normals all the time and it is strange too. We are evolving in this new AF life I guess.

[Rusty]

Skipped the second workout. Relaxing and watching reruns of "Two-And-A-Half Men." :-).

Dottie-I have a boatload of exercise videos....Tae Bo, Step Boxing, etc. I use them for about a week and then I get tired of them. So, here's a new one for you...that just came today...P90X Extreme Home Fitness. It was used by one of the women in The Biggest Loser, and she said in this article that she lost almost 20 lbs. in a month, working out to this video. So...there you have it. Let's see if I take it out of the box!! :happy2: Good for you for hiring a trainer. I had one for a while to motivate me, and it was great.

Pauly...that anxiety is something I had today as well and it about drove me nuts, and what triggered it was one of my clients is VERY late in paying me and owes me about $4,000.00..so I sent him ANOTHER email today. He's been saying for months that he'll pay it right away and he hasn't! So, I put in a hard workout this morning, and it did help the anxiety, but then the 20 mgs. of Baclofen I took really took the edge off. I felt better...I really did. I was kind of melancholic today, and it is really common for me to have a huge "letdown" after the holidays. I have also been at home for going on 3 weeks and I'm getting cabin fever. I am hoping a visit from my close friend tomorrow will snap me out of my blue, odd, funk.

Off to shower. Good night, friends. I'll see you in the morning. :>)

[Dottie Belle]

Rusty let me know if u like it. I have heard of it and looked into getting it so I will be interested to know. I am in better shape now then when I first looked at it so keep me updated .

[Rusty]

Dottie, I just opened the box, and it comes with TWO books...and I am thinking that I need to send this back. I have two herniated discs in my neck and I saw my new doctor on Wednesday...after I had already ordered these DVDs, and he said I can't do any exercise where I am running, jumping, or compressing my spine in any way...so I don't think I'll be able to use it. I looked at the description online of what includes and it's just going to be too much. I should probably dust off the Tae Bo video (Billy Blanks) and use that. What my new doctor said, and your trainer probably told you this too, is that I should not work out on the same piece of equipment two days in a row, but change my routine. I guess it's because my body would develop a tolerance to that same piece of equipment and I wouldn't lose weight as fast...something like that. I don't know if tolerance is the right word but I understand his reasoning. Sooooo....I guess tomorrow I will go to SNAP Fitness and use the arc trainer and weights. Dottie-do you do Pilates? I have the Mari Windsor Pilates video and I actually do like that.

[Rusty]

Pauly-I hope tomorrow is a better day for you!:hug:

A shout out to Lizann, Nora, Kradle, K9, FT, Reccie, Mama, Sunni, Zen, and anyone else I missed. I hope everyone is ok. We have lots of people who are MIA.

[Dottie Belle]

I have never done Pilates. Our trainer switches up each session so we dont use the same muscles or exercises 2 times in a row. I dont have any physical restrictions except age and I am fighting that one. I like strength training and now have trainer on board with that too. Not sure why I am not losing weight but that might be age related too...dam it anyway..but I am NOT giving up.

[paulywogg]

I have a big DVD workout collection too haha,I looove Tae-bo but man it's hard! Makes every muscle hurt, also have all the "Just Dance" games on Wii plus a zumba game but I don't care for Latin music much I've decided, just sticking to my walking for now and the e-bike(boring) when I got my new phone I lost my music playlist and I'm too lazy to make another so I just daydream and pedal to nowhere ho hum,I wonder if it is holiday letdown? I had it bad last year,even started crying at work like a weirdo

[Dottie Belle]

Pauly I cried all during the holidays so now I feel so much better....except for the cold weather that makes me feel so trapped....boohiss...