Posts by dramaqun

Knocks out pavlovcat with pink boxing gloves, saving cute pix and rescuing otter, whom she adores.

Hi Ho.. don't know what to chat.. thanks for saying hi, though!

    Hey Pixie... yeah, it seems that the Yoga x is a real difficult trip for most folks.. I did a few years of that radical Bikram stuff... and the REASON I did it was because he didn't have ANY downward dog (in an hour and a half routine).. so I, too, am not a big downward dog person.. it used to hurt my shoulders and wrists, too... but that has become easier over time... cut some of them (moves) out for a while... like 15 minutes worth...work your way up over the next three months...

        I don't think it was lame that you didn't finish after being sick, either... it is REALLY HARD to stay motivated... and it is so important to keep momentum up on a 90 day program... THAT'S WHY THIS THREAD IS SO GREAT... people will support you here... and you get to support them... that's how we succeed... subbing the cardio x and adding an extra x stretch would be a good set, too....

        Keep coming back!  I just started the Classic yesterday... OMG... chest and back ... SO SORE TODAY... LET's do it!!!

      hey everyone... I am BACK FROM PARIS!!.. where I EASILY pounded the pavements for 4-6 hours a day...minimum... but I TOTALLY ATE WHAT I WANTED.. and WHAT I WANTED was at teh pattiserie (bakery) and the boulangerie (bread shop) and fromagerie(cheese shop).. o mon dieu (OMG) these people eat WELL..

      there is a major added stressor in the last 24 hours.. milaw hospitalized with major infection.. third time in three weeks.. so i KNOW myself... I NEED to start my p90 and other workouts NOW.. they will completely serve me by fending off the awful stress... only thing that does that for me is working out..

      So, instead of going back to where I was (about 3-4 weeks into round 2 of p90x classic)... I am STARTING OVER TODAY... I will be doing the classic... but adding a few extra cardio days with TURBOJAM workouts... they are efficient for me and great as stress stoppers...

      Emotionally, I am raw right now and when left to myself.. so very sad... so I am alone now, and am going to go and do workout one... heck I don't even know which that is... but I am doing it...

       Thanks for being there... read your posts and everyone is doing awesome... remember, gals (and guys) JUST DO NOT GIVE UP BEFORE THE MIRACLE!  love to all... Bonnie/aka/Dramaqun

  Hi people... Saturday.. great day to work out... did KENPOx today... and an x stretch.. felt great... but MAN, do I have pain in the butt and legs and calves from yesterday's legs and back..WHEW!  How's it going with everyone?

hey peeps.. PENNY you are a peach.. and I pray that the meds help, and that there is stabilization with the MIL... I have a little peak at this world of elder care.. old age (and caring for the elder) is not for sissies!

JODY... Please keep coming back here.. we need you.. I need you... and am willing to support your staying current.... its okay to take a break like you haveheck it was summer with THREE KIDS!!!! It IS chaotic at BEST.... you did fine.. now, what is the plan for the rest of the week for your exercise?  Are you logging?

Big Hugs and glad you are back!

I just wrote something that I cut and put into my journal... here I will share that I did my 45 minutes of p90x kenpo... and ate [pretty well so far today... I have fish tonight... had a beautiful cookie today... half cup of past for lunch, oatmeal, fruit and goats milk and some toast for breakfast...  hanging onto the horrible depressing plateau... but that's the way it is ... PARIS LOOMS>

Hey kealimonster..First, working out at home has turned out to be a GREAT time saving alternative for me... I have been amember of a gym for decades, and yoga studio, and mucho dance studios.. first time I EVER attempted an at home program... 

1. I have been told that P90x was NOT devised as a weight loss program.. it is for muscle development and strength with flexibility and cardio thrown in, so it covers the basis of fitness... and I LOVED doing it... I finished 90 days and lost bout 13 pounds..but I am OLD.. and FEMALE.. so that was great.. also lost 13-15 inches all around.. THERE ARE BETTER PROGRAMS FOR STRAIGHT WEIGHT LOSS.. I hear Chalean extreme is one.. I have her turbo jam program.. quite good.. I have been mixing that with the 90x in the last two months.. feels good...

2. I think because you are YOUNG the weight will come off in almost any program you do... and it ALWAYS means a temporary weight GAIN when you develop muscle, as muscle, I am sure you already know, weighs more than fat... AND MUSCLE BURNS FAT... the more of it you have, the more fat your body can let go of...

Your food sounds GREAT.. and you need great food to do P90x ... you really do.. its challenging... if you enjoy a challenge, try it...

Turbo/Chalean is also challenging.. in a more female way.. she just keeps you going... no breaks... TOny HOrton takes breaks and does great long warm ups so he is thorough in that way, which I appreciate because that's the way to avoid injury... (warm ups).... Chalean... not so much... you kind of have to do that extra on your own... which I do when I do her cardio or resistance dvds...

I hear Insanity is insane... I am not ready for that yet..

I think next I would try Chalean Extreme.. supposed to be good for weight loss and muscle building... take a look at it... if you come from doing gym floor workouts in groups... she would feel familiar to you... (but way better than the average gym instructor)... Tony is from old school muscle work.. which I really like.. but I gotta say, he has NO rhythmn, which sometimes can carry you through a workout... so its a matter of taste... both are effective instructiors with effective programs...

That's about all I know in the dvd realm... I also hear about the Zumba stuff that is around, which seems like fun...

Good luck whatever you choose!  And DON'T GIVE UP BEFORE THE MIRacle!

Right on!... listen, I am sitting here, thinking about what to eat if this is a no carb day.... what DO I get to eat for breakfast... I had a half scoop of protein in water during my am kenpo x workout... now I am having a quart of water with multi vit essence... I have a slikce of cantalope before working out... but that's carbo, right?  so, no fruit or veggies? so what's left.. steak, chicken, fish, almond butter (on what?) nuts - I have soaked almonds and walnuts... I have rice cakes.. salmon I was going to cut up and bake with a little seasoned flour and egg whites... but that was going to be lunch or dinner....

So--I am thinking egg white omelette with some laughing cow cheese in there... I have baby fresh spinach which I would put in if I were doing regular carbs...

Any other ideas for the day?

xo B

Way to go, Cludiek! excellent... well, I finished my first round of x doubles in August... and September and Oct so far have been a mix of turbo jams with p90x... a program I have devised... I need to take off more weight, and though x was great fro inches, I really need to get rid of fat... so it was suggested that I try some challean extreme.. but I didn't want another thing with x in it or insane in the title so I just got turbo jam... and its been very good during an extremely stressful period of my life...

   Just finished 40 minutes of cardio party... with hand weights... worked nicely to kick up the workout.. I will do x shoulders tonight...

    I wanted to share that since I started xing... today I dinished my 150th workout since May.... I am very very proud of that... and shocked... and happy!

    HOwever, my weight still plateauing, as it has since Late August... same weight.. a couple of times had big gains due to menopausal flooding ... and maybe my body just won't let go of the weight at this stage of its existence... but I keep hoping... diet is PRETTY good... ALWAYS a deficit of 300-800 calories a day... and I am NEVER hungry... sometimes I don't fight the cravings.. but that 's not even weekly... so I don't know what more I can do... more veggies.. maybe give up sugar... trying with that one... any clues anyone may have to this dilemma... would be grateful for feedback, encouragment or tips...

   Meanwhile, I won't, EVER give up before the miracle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SMrox.. I just read your post...the whole thing... it ws esy, because it was so interesting... I am so amazed by you... so proud of you... so inspired by you... you are only 15 years old... I am definitely old enough to be your.. well I have a 17 year old son.. and I am just stunned by your wisdom... it is inpsirational to me because I have struggled with hormonal imblance by whole life.. I wasn't lucky enough to have a mom that would bring me to a gyno.endocrin doc... nonethelss, that you would, after seenig the doc actually take the actions that were recommended...tht's what I find so uplifting... thank you, I needed to hear your story today... you rock!

Sharp... I can just see you pushing away and your hubby with his mouth agape seeing his sweetie pie turned NINJA woman... awesome! 

Jake and WIlma.. awesome that you did lean.. you finished a little after me... I extended a little because of the times when I had to lay out due to women's stuff... but awesome... I lost a total of 10-12 pounds during that three months... and more than 13 inches... WOW.. that's a good result for me, as I am starting out as a BIG girl (over 200)... now I am 192... much better... finally on my way...CANNOT WAIT TO REACH the 1-8's... won't be long...

For the last week I have limited my workouts.. as I am FLO (flooding)... and in that part of life that is tricky.. many physical changes... but today I am thinking about doing chest, back tri;s I really love that workout... and I have to say, the yoga x saved my butt this week... did it twice... that's all I have done in the last 7 days... but i need to honor the process here... and YES that is a hard learning experience for me... I LIKE TO GET THINGS DONE.. MAKE THEM HAPPEN... but sometimes you have to follow your body... and go with the FLO...

Thanks Katie, sometimes, no matter how dilligent I am, its just hard... but then again, nobody said it would be easy to actually make the dream come true!  Let's do it together... we are on a big ship... a freighter (LOL) ((hugs))

Hi gals.. I did the chest/back/tris today... I really like that workout.. I am still taking care of a right side pull.. so I went low... nothing about 10's... usually 8's and, if I want rep heavy on a tough exercise for me, I will use 5's from time to time...

Star... I DID NOT WORK OUT YESTERDAY.. I know you will be proud of me for hanging tough and not overdoing an injury... today's was no problem.. in fact I added a little 20 minute turbo jam aerobis routine just to burn some extra calories... took everything low... its an hour later, and I feel okay.... this is the first day of phase 2 classic for me ... 2nd time around.. doing okay...e vn did the required 2 sessions of yoga last week..miracles never cease... as willingness grows...

Sharp... awesome that you DID it! I DID TOO!!! THought of you... boy did I need it.. so much residual pain in right side/hammy/hip/back... MUCH better now that I did yoga... HURRAH! 

Hey Claudiek.. GREAT that you started P90x.. I love it, too.. my second round of it now... its the ONLY workout system that doesn't produce injury in me.. I do believe it is because he warms you up for at least 8 minutes in every workout... such an intelligent long tem approach to exercise... BRING IT!!!!

As for the drink... I do a whey protein drink that I bought at like Costco or Walmart... bulk for low bucks... its fine... I just make sure I drink it (usually in a fruit smoothie) right after I work out... which is, generally speaking, in the am...

Keep going... BB is a good company, so I wouldn't worry about the sugar (unless you have blood sugar problems to begin with)

xo to all the ones who bring it!  Bonnie

Hi YOU GUYS, here I am... its been a while, and I realize I have a hard time doing BOTH the thread and the journal... like gracie... but then I got back here and am reading, and I MISS YOU!!!

APRIL!  THAT IS SO TREMENDOUS about your pregnancy... you know, the last time I was at my goal weight was the week before I got pregnant (18 years ago).. I had worked so darn hard... but it was the best time of my life!!!!! My child is the healthiest kid on the planet... remember you are making the vital organs (especially the brain) now... eat!!!!! great stuff!!!!!

JODY JODY JODY... I have missed you sooooo much... that story about the trainer and the big lady biking... right on the mark... I, like Penny, am beginning to let go of my judgementalism, or as you say, "knee jerk" reactions to MY SELF ... I actually had a phenomenal dinner party for just my mother in law and sister and borther in law and us on Labor Day... and SHOWED all my pictures (they are the skinnies) of my fabulous birthday week events... including me wearing my camoflage cotton shirt (wrong kind of sleeves, shall we say)... and I didn't even gross out that much... I realized I have come a long way... and that I probably felt okay about myself in those pictures, because I have started to ACCEPT myself in TOTAL.. I have been having the best three months of MY LIFE.. I am stronger than I have been in years (yeah weight training)... and fitter, and I am eating well (yes, sometimes I eat too much, but not often)... and it was eye opening to see myself at the HEARST castle... in pictures that will last a lifetime... and not be grossed out... and the pictures at the RANCH.. and not be grossed out.... heck I was the ONLY ONE who tried the roping... and I did well!!!!!!! So, big deal if I have big arms when I am feeding a giraffe... heck... I WAS FEEDING A GIRAFFE!!!!!! HOW GREAT IS THAT!!!!!!!

I thank you Jody for posting your pix here on CC... that emboldened me to start to look at myself... and accept my progress... not puncture my work with knee jerk judgements about how bad I looked (compared to what?  Some IDEA I have of how I should look in my mind?) ... reality may bite, but it sure beats keeping my head in the sand....

Anyway, that's my rant... and my THANKS.... now if I can get myself together on this posting thing, I will send you guys my giraffe pictures and my belly dancing pictures....

AS for my progress... I am in my fourth week of P90x doing classic this time... and adding a few Turbo Jam workouts for extra fun.. I have been downed for two days with a bad back... really taking care of this... but I have to work out today or I will go nuts... SO.. I am leaving this thread to do P90x workout...and if I can't do the one I am supposed to do, then I will do the x stretch...which wll help my back...

I LOVE YOU GUYS>....PS>. can someone tell me how to reach this thread when I just open up (I mean without replying to a thread notice on my email?) I got panicky last week, when I coulndn't find this thread when I wanted to write... I got lost int he weight loss forums thing .... HELP!!!!

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