Hi Ladies,
Yesterday I did JMBR Cardio 1. I probably won't do it again in the future, but I wanted to try it out because so far the rest of the workouts have been manageable for me, and I wanted to see if it was too. It was! It was intense, but I was able to do most of it with some modifications. I think that in the future I'll sub in a different 30 min cardio workout, mostly because I found Jillian to be unnecessarily annoying in some parts, but I was glad to know that I could do it!
I tacked on a 15 min Jessica Walk (Dance Party from 15 Min Fast Fat Blasts).
At night I planned to do a Body Groove because I wanted to get some light movement in (and I wanted to get to 10,000 steps), but I couldn't find what I was looking for fast enough. The ones that I tried were Misty starting off slowly and doing stretchy moves (it was 11:45 pm and I needed to get in 1000 steps before midnight, so I didn't have time for that).
So I put in Country Heat: Country Swing and I did about 20 minutes of it. Mostly fairly light movement and kind of just what I was looking for (and I made it to 10,735 steps before midnight). I followed it up with Jessica's 15 min Total Stretch from WS3. I have low-grade DOMS all over, so the stretch felt good. I'm thinking about doing an Ellen today to help work my way through some of the DOMS before getting back to Jillian.
SB - Glad that you were able to get in a walk with your DH. I had to read a few past threads to see why you needed to walk slow-ish. I hope that everything turns out well with the stitches and the biopsy report on the mole. Sending {{hugs}} and I know it's easier said than done, but try not to worry, it's more than likely just fine!
Glad to hear that you were able to get your unemployment claim in online. Unfortunately, I fear there's going to be a lot of that going around in the coming weeks.
Nora - Great job with STS! There are 12 workouts in JMBR that are circuits (weights, cardio, and abs) and 3 cardio DVDs in the set. She packs a lot into 30-ish minutes. From what I've seen from the 1st 2 workouts (which you're supposed to do 4 times each over 2 weeks before you move on to the next 2 workouts), they seem well-designed. I've read a lot of posts in GD about phase 1 being too easy, but since I had not worked out in a while, they have been right up my alley. If only Jillian would shut up some times and stop with the over the top, going to kick your butt tough girl routine (insert eye-roll emoji).
PP - You mention such interesting walking workouts; oftentimes, I've never heard of them, but, out of curiosity, you give me reason to go see if they are on YouTube.
Don't think I've ever heard of vegan soup (I even make my vegetable soup with beef broth), but I can imagine.
Waves to All!