working out for Disney

[Songbird76]

Hello-

I've been doing shorter kettlebell workouts and walking the rare moments it's not raining.

We have had a little sleepover guest the past two nights. My husband came home from work Thursday night and he stays up later to unwind after the drive. Callie was sleeping on the couch. He and my son tried to get her to leave at 1 AM. She kept running around and going nowhere near the door. So, they accident-proofed the couch and let her sleep. I woke up at 3:50 to turn on the ceiling fan and my husband heard me and told me Callie was downstairs. He got up to check on her and she was asleep. I couldn't go back to sleep, so I stayed in bed until 5 and I got up to check on her. She was awake and on the couch. I sat near her and petted her, then I fed her. She stayed in a little longer and left. She did the same last night and she was absolutely fine when I came downstairs. She jumped off of the couch and came over to me for pets. My husband ordered a litter box and assorted gear for her to see if we could get her use it.
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That's so sweet! It sounds like she's really trusting you now. Hopefully she stays that way.

 

[Figgy1]

Hello-

I've been doing shorter kettlebell workouts and walking the rare moments it's not raining.

We have had a little sleepover guest the past two nights. My husband came home from work Thursday night and he stays up later to unwind after the drive. Callie was sleeping on the couch. He and my son tried to get her to leave at 1 AM. She kept running around and going nowhere near the door. So, they accident-proofed the couch and let her sleep. I woke up at 3:50 to turn on the ceiling fan and my husband heard me and told me Callie was downstairs. He got up to check on her and she was asleep. I couldn't go back to sleep, so I stayed in bed until 5 and I got up to check on her. She was awake and on the couch. I sat near her and petted her, then I fed her. She stayed in a little longer and left. She did the same last night and she was absolutely fine when I came downstairs. She jumped off of the couch and came over to me for pets. My husband ordered a litter box and assorted gear for her to see if we could get her use it.
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I've been meaning to ask, have you had any luck finding a vet yet?

 

[HouCuseChickie]

I have gotten so many YouTube videos about weighted vests suggested to me this week. I also saw a woman walking in front of my house wearing one the other day. I was wondering if they could be used in strength training in lieu of buying more weights.

I'm really tempted simply because most days I have a finite amount of time to walk, so adding weight would be a fairly logical approach to boosting the degree of difficulty in this aspect of my fitness. It's just SO DARN HOT (and humid)! I went about 8.5 miles on Saturday and I came home looking like I'd just gotten out of the pool. Everyone is mid-walk that I see wearing them so it's not the ideal time for me to talk to any of the local users with my questions. Not really sure about the strength training aspect since the vest popularity is rooted in the fact that a heavier person is going to burn more during their cardio. It should carry over to other things, but I think it's the amount of movement when walking and running that ties the vest to that kind of fitness work.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Week 23ish or something like that and progress is still going well. I'm just a hair shy of 85 pounds lost at this point. I know some experts are against it but I'm still on board with this daily weigh in stuff. I think it's better for my mind. It's easier to accept that daily and time based fluctuations happen when I see the little ups and with the more consistent downs vs. having my brain looking at a weekly number that may or may not be a great day to weigh in. I'm also seeing something I didn't see on my last fitness journey that is likely tied to the gym. I'm seeing shape and overall figure definition along with smaller clothing sizes that my brain associates with a lower number on the scale. I can only assume that is tied into lifting, increasing the weight lifted, and reps. So, that's also really encouraging.

In other news, I was finally able to find a vehicle for K. I'll spare you the novel, but this process was all just so bizarre. It all worked out and I liked the dealership we wound up working with in the end. The vehicle we wanted from them sold the night before, but they actually drove us to a sister dealer to pick up the #2 vehicle on our list so we could drive it back to them and give their guy the sale. It was also the only vehicle we intentionally drove out to see that hadn't been sold by the time we arrived OR didn't look like it had been abused by the previous owner. Long story, but here is K in her shiny "new to her" ride. Hoping her first long drive (to Dallas) this weekend goes well.

 

[Songbird76]

Don't know how, but I must have pulled something yesterday when E and I walked to the Centrum and back for the choir festival. But I finally made an appointment for physical therapy for this afternoon to see what's going on with my hips. But I won't be able to work out today because it hurts to walk, and I won't have time after the physical therapy appointment to get out for a bike ride before I have to go to choir. DH is finally back to work....I waited 2.5 weeks to be able to do my workout and now that he's finally out of my hair, I'm injured.

 

[Figgy1]

Don't know how, but I must have pulled something yesterday when E and I walked to the Centrum and back for the choir festival. But I finally made an appointment for physical therapy for this afternoon to see what's going on with my hips. But I won't be able to work out today because it hurts to walk, and I won't have time after the physical therapy appointment to get out for a bike ride before I have to go to choir. DH is finally back to work....I waited 2.5 weeks to be able to do my workout and now that he's finally out of my hair, I'm injured.

 

[Songbird76]

Thanks. I don't think it's serious. It feels kind of like a pulled muscle, but it's in a place I've never pulled a muscle before, so it's kind of strange. It's kind of in my hip but more toward the front, like just above the bikini line. How in the world I managed that, I have no idea. We were walking around for a few hours yesterday watching the choirs, and by the time we got home, my legs were really tired...we went to the grocery store and it kind of felt like my hips weren't sturdy enough to hold me, if that makes sense....like, it took a lot of effort to keep moving, but I wasn't tripping or anything....just kind of an exhausted feeling. But we've walked this distance many many times without a problem, and it was only 11,000 steps, so I don't think I overdid it....I've been walking almost every day for MONTHS and I usually end up around 7000-10,000 steps a day. So it should have been no problem. But by the evening, it was very painful on the one side with every step. So I obviously did SOMETHING to it, but there was no specific moment where I felt something pop or stretch or anything that would indicate an injury. It didn't hurt until after we had been home for a few hours and relaxing, then when I stood up again, it started hurting, but only when I walk. So I'm pretty sure it's nothing serious, and just needs to rest.

 

[Figgy1]

Thanks. I don't think it's serious. It feels kind of like a pulled muscle, but it's in a place I've never pulled a muscle before, so it's kind of strange. It's kind of in my hip but more toward the front, like just above the bikini line. How in the world I managed that, I have no idea. We were walking around for a few hours yesterday watching the choirs, and by the time we got home, my legs were really tired...we went to the grocery store and it kind of felt like my hips weren't sturdy enough to hold me, if that makes sense....like, it took a lot of effort to keep moving, but I wasn't tripping or anything....just kind of an exhausted feeling. But we've walked this distance many many times without a problem, and it was only 11,000 steps, so I don't think I overdid it....I've been walking almost every day for MONTHS and I usually end up around 7000-10,000 steps a day. So it should have been no problem. But by the evening, it was very painful on the one side with every step. So I obviously did SOMETHING to it, but there was no specific moment where I felt something pop or stretch or anything that would indicate an injury. It didn't hurt until after we had been home for a few hours and relaxing, then when I stood up again, it started hurting, but only when I walk. So I'm pretty sure it's nothing serious, and just needs to rest.

Please take it easy until you're healed

 

[Songbird76]

I had an appointment yesterday with a physical therapist about my hips since I've had issues for years. I thought you had to get a referral from your doctor, and my doctor isn't always very helpful and doesn't make suggestions like that, so I had no idea I could get help. My doctor had told me before that my issues would go away if I lost weight, and I asked him point blank how I was supposed to lose weight if I was in so much pain that I COULDN'T exercise. He suggested swimming, which would work great if it wasn't so expensive. It costs 10 bucks per water aerobics class or anything like that. I can't afford 30 bucks a week to do cardio and I am not a lap swimmer, which in any case isn't a whole lot cheaper. Anyway, that was when I had an issue with my heels....excrutiating pain in my heels. I'm pretty sure it was from the work shoes I had to wear for my job at the time. It started shortly after the shoes started being required and it stopped as soon as I wasn't working there anymore. But I know better than to ask my doctor for help for physical pain because he's just going to tell me it's because I'm overweight. But my diabetis specialist suggested seeing a PT and told me I didn't need a referral, so I made an appointment, and apparently I still have the pelvic instability from my pregancies. It never went back completely to normal, so my ligaments, bones, muscles, etc don't work together quite well and my pelvis kind of shifts and causes pain when it's not all aligned or something? Anyway, he thinks that his colleague who specializes in the pelvic area can help me, so I'm starting PT and hopefully I'll be able to do some of the things I can't do now.

 

[Sans Souci]

I've been meaning to ask, have you had any luck finding a vet yet?

Not yet. I have been busy helping my husband move out of his apartment in Jersey City. I've been up there, cleaning and packing the things I can, so when he moves out, all my husband and son need to do is take boxes down to the moving van.

 

[Sans Souci]

I'm really tempted simply because most days I have a finite amount of time to walk, so adding weight would be a fairly logical approach to boosting the degree of difficulty in this aspect of my fitness. It's just SO DARN HOT (and humid)! I went about 8.5 miles on Saturday and I came home looking like I'd just gotten out of the pool. Everyone is mid-walk that I see wearing them so it's not the ideal time for me to talk to any of the local users with my questions. Not really sure about the strength training aspect since the vest popularity is rooted in the fact that a heavier person is going to burn more during their cardio. It should carry over to other things, but I think it's the amount of movement when walking and running that ties the vest to that kind of fitness work.

I was thinking about using the vest to increase weight for things like squats, lunges, step ups and even push ups. I would definitely use it for walking, but I think it will have to wait for cooler weather.

 

[Sans Souci]

Week 23ish or something like that and progress is still going well. I'm just a hair shy of 85 pounds lost at this point. I know some experts are against it but I'm still on board with this daily weigh in stuff. I think it's better for my mind. It's easier to accept that daily and time based fluctuations happen when I see the little ups and with the more consistent downs vs. having my brain looking at a weekly number that may or may not be a great day to weigh in. I'm also seeing something I didn't see on my last fitness journey that is likely tied to the gym. I'm seeing shape and overall figure definition along with smaller clothing sizes that my brain associates with a lower number on the scale. I can only assume that is tied into lifting, increasing the weight lifted, and reps. So, that's also really encouraging.

In other news, I was finally able to find a vehicle for K. I'll spare you the novel, but this process was all just so bizarre. It all worked out and I liked the dealership we wound up working with in the end. The vehicle we wanted from them sold the night before, but they actually drove us to a sister dealer to pick up the #2 vehicle on our list so we could drive it back to them and give their guy the sale. It was also the only vehicle we intentionally drove out to see that hadn't been sold by the time we arrived OR didn't look like it had been abused by the previous owner. Long story, but here is K in her shiny "new to her" ride. Hoping her first long drive (to Dallas) this weekend goes well.

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That's really great about your weight loss. It sounds like you've hit on something that really works for you and is sustainable. I feel like I am the only woman who lifts weights and gets seriously unsightly quads from it. I see women on YouTube doing serious squats with a squat rack and a loaded barbell and they have small thighs. Then there's me with a 20 lb dumbbell in each hand for a whopping 40 lbs for squats getting thick thighs. lol

Congrats on K's car. That's a really nice color. I love the cool-toned red.

 

[Sans Souci]

I had an appointment yesterday with a physical therapist about my hips since I've had issues for years. I thought you had to get a referral from your doctor, and my doctor isn't always very helpful and doesn't make suggestions like that, so I had no idea I could get help. My doctor had told me before that my issues would go away if I lost weight, and I asked him point blank how I was supposed to lose weight if I was in so much pain that I COULDN'T exercise. He suggested swimming, which would work great if it wasn't so expensive. It costs 10 bucks per water aerobics class or anything like that. I can't afford 30 bucks a week to do cardio and I am not a lap swimmer, which in any case isn't a whole lot cheaper. Anyway, that was when I had an issue with my heels....excrutiating pain in my heels. I'm pretty sure it was from the work shoes I had to wear for my job at the time. It started shortly after the shoes started being required and it stopped as soon as I wasn't working there anymore. But I know better than to ask my doctor for help for physical pain because he's just going to tell me it's because I'm overweight. But my diabetis specialist suggested seeing a PT and told me I didn't need a referral, so I made an appointment, and apparently I still have the pelvic instability from my pregancies. It never went back completely to normal, so my ligaments, bones, muscles, etc don't work together quite well and my pelvis kind of shifts and causes pain when it's not all aligned or something? Anyway, he thinks that his colleague who specializes in the pelvic area can help me, so I'm starting PT and hopefully I'll be able to do some of the things I can't do now.

I hope you start feeling some relief soon.

I have a doctor who ascribes any ailment I present him with to "depression/anxiety." I really like him, though, but I feel like I should see someone who will do some digging around. My husband goes in with a sore knee and it's all, "We need to get you an MRI right away." Then he goes to battle with the insurance company.

I have that same issue you do. It flares up now and again. I had to see a PT for the last two trimesters. But now, the soles of one of my shoes wears out more quickly than the other. Also, when I squat and I am watching my form in the mirror, my torso is not level when I am at the bottom of the squat.

 

[Sans Souci]

Hello-

I've been busy with stuff. But I have switched gears for my workouts. I am doing fusion-style workouts. I was just burnt out on weights and kettlebells. and I just want to back off for a bit.

Last week, after spending two nights in the house, Callie lovingly presented us with a dead chipmunk as a thank you. She looked so proud, too . She's done this before. My son was waiting for her to walk away, so he could dispose of it. She took it with her. Later on, my husband saw her playing with its head in the yard and he walked over to her, but she ran off with it. We think she ate the chipmunk, because her stomach rebelled later on. She did not sleep inside that night and I am glad she did not. That issue resolved itself, but she's still not quite right. She's been sleeping in the house at night since her tummy issue.

My husband still hasn't decided if he wants to visit his family next month. He goes back and forth. I need to know, so I can mentally prepare myself for 2 weeks at my MIL's house. lol She's not unkind or anything like that, she just talks a lot and she needs a hearing aid. Then there is my BIL and his wife who think I am stupid because I am American. They are really uncomfortable for me to be around. If I am not treated like I don't exist in the room with them, I am spoken to like I am a five year old. This is because when I met my husband, I didn't have a college degree. I dropped out of college when I was 19 due to illness and didn't return until I was 27. This was such a point of contention for them when I first met my husband. They are both parvenus who consume conspicuously, yet were featured on a TV show bc they have a zero waste household. Make it make sense. lol

 

[Figgy1]

Hello-

I've been busy with stuff. But I have switched gears for my workouts. I am doing fusion-style workouts. I was just burnt out on weights and kettlebells. and I just want to back off for a bit.

Last week, after spending two nights in the house, Callie lovingly presented us with a dead chipmunk as a thank you. She looked so proud, too . She's done this before. My son was waiting for her to walk away, so he could dispose of it. She took it with her. Later on, my husband saw her playing with its head in the yard and he walked over to her, but she ran off with it. We think she ate the chipmunk, because her stomach rebelled later on. She did not sleep inside that night and I am glad she did not. That issue resolved itself, but she's still not quite right. She's been sleeping in the house at night since her tummy issue.

My husband still hasn't decided if he wants to visit his family next month. He goes back and forth. I need to know, so I can mentally prepare myself for 2 weeks at my MIL's house. lol She's not unkind or anything like that, she just talks a lot and she needs a hearing aid. Then there is my BIL and his wife who think I am stupid because I am American. They are really uncomfortable for me to be around. If I am not treated like I don't exist in the room with them, I am spoken to like I am a five year old. This is because when I met my husband, I didn't have a college degree. I dropped out of college when I was 19 due to illness and didn't return until I was 27. This was such a point of contention for them when I first met my husband. They are both parvenus who consume conspicuously, yet were featured on a TV show bc they have a zero waste household. Make it make sense. lol

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning

Checking with a 30 hour "fusion" workout. I don't know how I feel about these works. They are not boring, but I think I need to get out of the mindset that every workout I do needs to be 11 on a scale of 1-10. I don't hate these workouts, but they are pretty tame and they are not serious calorie burners. Again, I need to get away from that type of thinking. I was beginning to dread the workouts I was doing, so that made me switch gears.

My husband is off tomorrow and we were thinking of taking the train to Atlantic City. It's going to be 73 (and 87 here), so I don't know if we should put it off. We weren't going to sit on the beach, but just have a look around, since neither of us have ever been. I'll think about it. I have a feeling it will be like visiting the Wisconsin Dells, garish and touristy. lol I have been living here for nearly 9 years, so I figure I should pay it a visit. lol

 

[HouCuseChickie]

That's really great about your weight loss. It sounds like you've hit on something that really works for you and is sustainable. I feel like I am the only woman who lifts weights and gets seriously unsightly quads from it. I see women on YouTube doing serious squats with a squat rack and a loaded barbell and they have small thighs. Then there's me with a 20 lb dumbbell in each hand for a whopping 40 lbs for squats getting thick thighs. lol

Congrats on K's car. That's a really nice color. I love the cool-toned red.

I hope so. I'm feeling a bit frustrated in that the scale is sort of frozen this week and fluctuating a couple of pounds above my weekend low. I may go back to weighing less often if it keeps impacting my mind. Still, I know my clothes are showing positive changes and I can see a visible difference/positive change with my belly over the last week. I also know I'm significantly stronger. I haven't planked in a while but I did yesterday and it was like nothing. Even employees at the gym are noticing and praising me. Shoot, the other day, some woman challenged me on the elliptical. So, just going to keep working. I know a lot of women find that their thighs bulk up more easily than other muscles. Mine are certainly starting to show definition. It's funny because these days, so many younger women want big over-pronounced glutes and cut bulked up quads but I'm still tied to the mental preferences from back when I was their age range and it wasn't all about this bulk and definition.

Thanks! She loves it!

 

[Songbird76]

I hope you start feeling some relief soon.

I have a doctor who ascribes any ailment I present him with to "depression/anxiety." I really like him, though, but I feel like I should see someone who will do some digging around. My husband goes in with a sore knee and it's all, "We need to get you an MRI right away." Then he goes to battle with the insurance company.

I have that same issue you do. It flares up now and again. I had to see a PT for the last two trimesters. But now, the soles of one of my shoes wears out more quickly than the other. Also, when I squat and I am watching my form in the mirror, my torso is not level when I am at the bottom of the squat.

My doctor just isn't very receptive to patients already having an idea what's going on....like, when I had the heel thing, I figured it was either a heel spur or plantar faciitis. My brother had the latter in high school and I know it was excruciating. And the heel spurs were common in our job because of all the walking we did. But he wouldn't even send me to a specialist to check out what was wrong. Just told me it was because I was overweight and to try to lose some. I mentioned it to the PT today, that he hasn't been helpful when I've gone in with my hip stuff, and she said she didn't see him referring patients for this kind of thing. I don't think she likes my doctor much. The good news is she did some testing with me today and she agrees that it's my pelvis and she gave me some exercises to strengthen it. She showed me drawings and all sorts of visual aids so I can see what's going on. The guy I saw earlier showed me some stuff, too, but this was more in depth. It's going to take a while.

Hello-

I've been busy with stuff. But I have switched gears for my workouts. I am doing fusion-style workouts. I was just burnt out on weights and kettlebells. and I just want to back off for a bit.

Last week, after spending two nights in the house, Callie lovingly presented us with a dead chipmunk as a thank you. She looked so proud, too . She's done this before. My son was waiting for her to walk away, so he could dispose of it. She took it with her. Later on, my husband saw her playing with its head in the yard and he walked over to her, but she ran off with it. We think she ate the chipmunk, because her stomach rebelled later on. She did not sleep inside that night and I am glad she did not. That issue resolved itself, but she's still not quite right. She's been sleeping in the house at night since her tummy issue.

My husband still hasn't decided if he wants to visit his family next month. He goes back and forth. I need to know, so I can mentally prepare myself for 2 weeks at my MIL's house. lol She's not unkind or anything like that, she just talks a lot and she needs a hearing aid. Then there is my BIL and his wife who think I am stupid because I am American. They are really uncomfortable for me to be around. If I am not treated like I don't exist in the room with them, I am spoken to like I am a five year old. This is because when I met my husband, I didn't have a college degree. I dropped out of college when I was 19 due to illness and didn't return until I was 27. This was such a point of contention for them when I first met my husband. They are both parvenus who consume conspicuously, yet were featured on a TV show bc they have a zero waste household. Make it make sense. lol

Wow....that sounds kind of snobby....like you aren't good enough for them if you haven't been to college? Not everyone needs a college degree! So did your husband actually quit his job now?


E has her Quantum physics/mechanics test tomorrow and the trains are not running because they are on strike. So now DH had to take tomorrow off to drive her to school just for one test. Last time there was a strike, she tried to take a bus instead and there was so much traffic because of the trains not running that it took her like 3 hours to get to school instead of an hour, hour and a half. Hopefully it won't be as bad tomorrow because she has to be there so early so they are leaving at 6am and should miss most of the rush hour traffic. I just hope she makes it on time so she doesn't have to do a retake.

 

[Songbird76]

Ok the weather is REALLY not cooperating with me this week!!! It's pouring rain right now and I just heard a big roll of thunder, so I can't go out and walk or ride my bike or anything. I can't even step out of my house to go to the grocery store at the moment...just one step outside and I'd be SOAKED. An umbrella would do NOTHING. I was hoping to ride my bike into the Centrum and see if I could find a rainbow flag pin or bracelet or something for pride month, but I guess that will have to wait. I could order something online, I guess. But that doesn't give me any exercise.

 

[Sans Souci]

I hope so. I'm feeling a bit frustrated in that the scale is sort of frozen this week and fluctuating a couple of pounds above my weekend low. I may go back to weighing less often if it keeps impacting my mind. Still, I know my clothes are showing positive changes and I can see a visible difference/positive change with my belly over the last week. I also know I'm significantly stronger. I haven't planked in a while but I did yesterday and it was like nothing. Even employees at the gym are noticing and praising me. Shoot, the other day, some woman challenged me on the elliptical. So, just going to keep working. I know a lot of women find that their thighs bulk up more easily than other muscles. Mine are certainly starting to show definition. It's funny because these days, so many younger women want big over-pronounced glutes and cut bulked up quads but I'm still tied to the mental preferences from back when I was their age range and it wasn't all about this bulk and definition.

Thanks! She loves it!

I have this theory about political climate and women's workouts/body shape. I knew who was going to win the last election based on the types of workouts that were becoming popular last year. I saw Pilates getting really popular and it was because of the slender, "toned" body it produces. Another indicator for me is an increase of the term "feminine" to describe women's bodies as an ideal. Whenever the other party is in office, it's all strength training, grow your glutes, thick thighs save lives messaging and workouts. It's just an observation and I haven't looked deeply at anything.