rest day... done.
abs of steel... done about 1/2 of it.
cardio core 1... done about 15 minutes of it.
I apparently wasn't in the mood to workout. I took a rest day on Father's Day, since I woke up and DH was working on the garage at my workout time. I couldn't let him work on it while I went to workout, so I sat there and hung out with him instead.
Monday, I started abs of steel, thinking it was the step workout but it was the floor aerobics. Which is fine, I love that one! So I started, but I find that my squeaky floor annoys me and I avoid the areas with the squeaks. Since my workout area is small, I am avoiding the whole middle of the room. So that was annoying too, so I tried to dance over the squeaks. I finally got so annoyed I went inside, got whatever nails I could find (shorter nails for hanging pictures) and nailed them into the floor to hold the floor down and stop the squeak. It did OK, the squeak was quieter. I was trying to get back into it, when DH came in "were you hammering something?" I paused the workout and rehashed the story, which was annoying to do. He left, I was totally out of the workout, so I just canned that one. Donna seems very amateurish in this one anyhow, so since I was already annoyed she was more amateurish!
I put in core cardio, which was good, but at that point I was totally out of the workout and cranky and done. So I skipped it and beat myself up for taking a rest day then having a bad workout day. However, I am at the point that I workout becuase I enjoy it... obviously not because I get results. so if I wasn't enjoying it, I should just bag it for the day.
LB has vacation bible school this week, so we have to leave at 8:30am. I usually workout at 7, so if I want to get a workout in, I have to do it earlier. so that's been annoying too. Just overall, I am annoyed in the mornings and that doesn't help. Hopefully today I will get in a volume and make myself feel better!
I had my first finger physical therapy yesterday, and that was painful. She was massaging it and trying to get the swelling out, then ROM. I left on a wild goose chase for a lotion and some coband tape, which after 2 places visited I learned that sticky ace wrap is the same thing just with plain colors. I wish therapists and doctors would tell you the pedestrian name for things instead of the fancy name for things when they are requiring you to go out and buy it.
So today will be a better day. I have icing and heating and lotion and exercises now to do twice a day. I am hoping to be on a good road soon! I don't think I told you guys, however when I visited my Doctor on Friday, they re x-rayed my finger to see if I damaged it hitting the headboard in my sleep, and the bone is "still the same" as it was before. So no further damage. However, she did some tests and I sprained a ligament. So I sprained my broken finger
Talents for sure!!
Eventmom: we spent yesterday in the low 70s and some 50's. It was so nice! I love it! DH and LB complained about the "cold". I told them this is chilly, not cold!! Today is supposed to be in the 80s again, so they will be happier (eye roll). We usually are more drought, however this year we have been getting some afternoon storms. There was a lightning fire in the park near us, about a mile away. It was only about an acre, however it started on Saturday, they got it out, then it reflared up on Sunday. I think the park is still closed as they monitor it. So no drought, but fire danger!
I think I am tired of trying to figure out the eating thing too. I have a new referral from a friend for a natrapath, however I am weary. She does do biofeedback, which is good, however the expense my friend has put out is again, crazy. However she has 4 kids she brings there, so that could be why too. I dont know. I feel like I need to do
something. I'm tired of guessing, giving it a few months to see if it works, and nothing.
I've tried low carb, all the carbs, more water, supplements, sleeping more (I try!), more intense exercise, less intense exercise, adding muscle, doing ttapp (whatever that would be classified as)... all with no change. Well, except that I continue to gain weight. over the last year, I have refused desserts, cut down on snacking, watched LB and Dh eat ice cream while I smile and eat nothing, ordered healthier foods at restaurants instead of what I really want... and nothing. I am so frustrated. I know you are in the same boat! I think that's why I wrote it all out. I can see you there nodding. (probably you too,
Ebianco!)
Sorry about the horse show. This year, although things are open, just feels kinda off. It's like a line between normal and not normal because of other influences. Just feels off.
Ebianco: I'm so glad you are back! I like Cathe, but could never say I love her. I have a lot of her workouts, but never really got into her. I think I love Cee-dee (I dont know how to spell her name) more than cathe. Personality thing again, I think! I need to do some of the cathes though. I remember there's one where she has your heels on an exercise ball, and you do hip raises until you die, then you do one legged ones until you are past death. it was so hard! I am always amazed at what that woman can do.
The bloat part is the worst. it used to be that I could eat crap, wake up the next day and exercise and the bloat would be gone. now, yup, it takes a few days to lose it. or in my case, a few years
I watch people eating whatever they want and it drives me nuts I can't do that.
I am always amazed at how you can tell the Firms apart. I know them, I enjoy them, however I am not very good at remembering the titles of them. I have been doing the volumes for about 25 years, and I still dont know which is which! I know volume 1 and 2, but after that, I need to look them up. Don't even quiz me on the workouts with close names! HA! I can't do it. I try, I just can't keep them all straight! I know those 2 volumes, tortoise and hare, and super sculpting. Beyond that, they are all a big mess of workouts in my head. So when you mention Tracie in a certain outfit and add in all the common firm names "super" "sculpting", I am lost! HA! I may have fumbled the name for sure!
The calorie blaster I did was a step workout, with the incline step. It was fun! I love seeing Allie over the years. Last I looked her up she was really sinew-y, hopefully she has plumped back up. I think she looks better with some meat on her bones. (to put it a nice way in case anyone reading thinks I'm being mean).
Ok, off to drink coffee, ice my hand, and figure out what all I have to do. See ya guys!