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WELCOME TO THE DECEMBER EXERCISE THREAD

bopper — Wed, 28 Nov 2018 20:44:26 GMT

Coffee anyone?

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meallen616 — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 19:41:41 GMT

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Sweet Caroline 1 — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 21:07:31 GMT

A beautiful picture. May I have a spot of tea! Does streatching count. My right knee is so tight that I can't straighten it out all the way, can't lock my knee. Any advice on getting this worked out? Thanks in advance!

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RealtyGal2 — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 09:22:13 GMT

@Sweet Caroline 1 wrote:
A beautiful picture. May I have a spot of tea! Does streatching count. My right knee is so tight that I can't straighten it out all the way, can't lock my knee. Any advice on getting this worked out? Thanks in advance!

It sounds like you might need physical therapy.

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Mmsfoxxie — Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:36:54 GMT

Good morning, everyone. Another new month! Boy is this year moving fast!

It’s predicted to be a stormy day all day and into the evening. It puts a blah on an affair hubby and I have been looking forward to for months. Better than snow, though.

Zumba Tone this morning and maybe walking. Make it a great day everybody.

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bopper — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 18:14:13 GMT

Hello, well the storm is here, we had to cancel my dads 91st Birthday dinner and we can't even get to his house, and I have his cake. I talked to him on the phone though and he understands and doesn't want us traveling in on slippery roads. We're trying to reschedule his dinner for maybe Tuesday, otherwise we'll be leaving for out of town. Oh well hey, what can ya do?

I did Total Gym this morning, a ladder pyramid upper body workout, and then a lower body booty workout, I am needing to make sure I get in every day until I go, as I"ll miss strength training until I get back. Remember I won't be posting, it's hard on my little phone but as soon as I get back Tuesday I'll check in. Unless I use my sons laptop, I'm not bringing mine.

@Mmsfoxxie I agree going by way too fast! Funny how that happenes when you get older.

Just made some deviled eggs, I love them.

Has anyone here ever smelled Snow Angel by Philosophy? Just wondering if its anything like Baby grace which is sold no where but here. I wish I had just the roller ball.

Anyways have a good Sunday everyone!

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JudyL — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:11:02 GMT

Hi Everyone! Rec' my knock off fit bit but haven't opened it yet.

Had a bit of a health scare late Friday afternoon into the evening. Was better when I went to bed Friday night. Was at the Doctor's office on Saturday morning. They can't quite figure out what the problem is because the tests they ran at the Doctor's on Saturday came back ok, but what happened was obviously not normal. Soooo, now I have to call yet another Specialist on Monday to make an appt to see if that Dr. can figure it out. I am doing much better today and have none of the symptoms I had on Friday so thats good.

I'm tellin' ya ladies, this year has not been my year for health stuff and I had reached my limit on Friday night and cried and cried over the phone with my daughter cuz I have had enough. I already have 2 dr appts this month for other things and now to add in another one. Ugh. Hope my employer is understanding.

Other than that, its a beautiful but cold day by the Bay. We had some pretty good rain on Friday and Saturday but its all cleared out and sunny today. Another storm is expected to start Tuesdsay and last through Thursday.

Hope everyone is having a good Sunday. I'm just doing stuff around the house and about to watch a movie.

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hckynut — Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:50:46 GMT

@Sweet Caroline 1 wrote:
A beautiful picture. May I have a spot of tea! Does streatching count. My right knee is so tight that I can't straighten it out all the way, can't lock my knee. Any advice on getting this worked out? Thanks in advance!

@Sweet Caroline 1

Have you been diagnosed by your doctor? I could give you a pretty long list of what might be the problem, but that is not something I do on this Wellness Forum. I can however ask you to narrow it down.

Is it a joint/muscle/nerve/connective tissue that you say "is so tight"? Different body parts, such as mentioned, require different things to try to eliminate or minimize problems. I don't read these often, so maybe I just don't know your knee background issues.

Hey, @bopper! Hope you are doing well and another thanks to you for keeping this topic thread going for so many years. I hope all that participate regularly in this thread also appreciate what you have done, and are still continuing to keep going.

By the by! This, going on 80 old man, is still doing Grrrrrrrrrreat!

JOhn(aka-hckynut)

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Mmsfoxxie — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 19:27:08 GMT

Good morning, all. @bopper, sorry your father’s birthday celebration was cancelled due to terrible weather but you did the right thing to not venture out. I hope you get to reschedule as planned before your trip.

We had torrential rain here Saturday morning and I ended up not going to Zumba but we were lucky for our evening event, almost no rain. This friend of my husband’s invited us to his wedding anniversary and life celebration which was originally scheduled for this summer but had to be cancelled because his cancer came back and he went back into chemotherapy. This beautiful man paid for a dinner for about 50 people as well as paying for valet parking. Even paid for whatever type beverage you wanted. He spends a lot of his time volunteering at schools and other institutions. We had a lovely evening and I was so glad we went.

@JudyL, boy, you’re going through some difficult health issues, for sure, but you’ve been a trooper! Let’s hope the worst is behind you. I hope you’re not in much pain from this day forward and that they find out what the problem is. This kind of thing reminds us of why it’s called a medical “practice”.

Well, I plan to go to my Senior Cardio and Strength & Motion classes this morning if all goes well. It’s snowing big thick flakes out there but it’s not completely light yet so I can’t see the street. But I think I heard a snow plow a few minutes ago. Rain this weekend, snow today!

Get out your coping skills everybody cause you’re gonna need them. This weather had better not stop my package from being delivered!! 😂

Have a great day, peeps!

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bopper — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 14:15:47 GMT

Good Monday moring, boy I'm late getting up today. I keep waking up at 4, and lay there for hours, then by 7am when I want to get up I'm really tired and want to sleep..I'm all messed up. I think for sure after this trip I'll be fine again.

Judy I'm so sorry you are having all these problems, when it rains it pours I guess. Hopefully the dr. can figure out what is wrong, try and stay strong by faith, and whatever the outcome "he" will get you through. Hugs!

DrKelli I have another travel question ( I know you fly) I have my carry on packed, and a backpack. Now I plan on putting my smaller purse inside the backpack but when I go through security, do I have to remove the purse, I'm thinking yes. Also I bought my son a stainless steel bracelet for Christmas, it's in my Carry on bag. Will that set off the security system inside my bag, do I have to take his bracelet out of the bag and put it in the bin with my handbag? Sorry for all the questions.

Laura hope your days go well for you.

MickD trails here are snow and ice! Storm all day yesterday, and this morning roads are terrible.

We are going to dinner with my dad tomorrow, the roads should be in better condition by then we hope.

Have a great day everyone

( John, thank you so much for the kind words) You are my inspiration, you are awesome! I hope you see this!!!

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DrKelli — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:15:23 GMT

Good morning, all! We were supposed to have snow yesterday, but it was just enough to be annoying. Supposedly we are supposed to have the same tonight.

@bopper, you can leave everything in the back pack. The only thing you will take out is your baggie of liquids and your laptop or tablet. I have TSA pre-check so I haven't had to do that for awhile. Just put them on top of the bin with your coat/shoes. The backpack doesn't need to have a bin.

This was a glorious weekend. I literally did not have to do one thing (except laundry, which was finished Friday night) It was super cold, so I really didn't leave the house except to walk the dogs.

This week is the usual. I still need to learn choreography for the missing holiday song. I should have done that this weekend, but it was so nice not to do anything.

I got my keyboard set up and my fingers remember what to do. I ordered some new music from Amazon which should be here today. The very first song I had to memorize--I still know and was able to play that. TI actually ordered the primer that it was in and looked at it on Amazon just to verify I remembered it!

Hope you all have a great day!

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Laura14 — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:16:45 GMT

@JudyL I am so sorry. I have had those days when I have broken down because you just can't take anymore and this year has had more than its share. All you can do is start ticking off the appointments and take deep breaths after each one that you have one more thing done. Surrendering to the reality of what is is a lesson I have to keep learning over and over and over but I find it helps if I just do it at some point and let what's going to happen happen.

Feel free to cry and vent here too. We've all been through it at some point in our lives when our health, physical and/or mental, isn't its best and needs attention. I've done more than my share on this thread and everyone has been so wonderful even when I wasn't. We're here if you need us and you do so keep posting.

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bopper — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:07:37 GMT

@DrKelli wrote:
Good morning, all! We were supposed to have snow yesterday, but it was just enough to be annoying. Supposedly we are supposed to have the same tonight.

@bopper, you can leave everything in the back pack. The only thing you will take out is your baggie of liquids and your laptop or tablet. I have TSA pre-check so I haven't had to do that for awhile. Just put them on top of the bin with your coat/shoes. The backpack doesn't need to have a bin.

This was a glorious weekend. I literally did not have to do one thing (except laundry, which was finished Friday night) It was super cold, so I really didn't leave the house except to walk the dogs.

This week is the usual. I still need to learn choreography for the missing holiday song. I should have done that this weekend, but it was so nice not to do anything.

I got my keyboard set up and my fingers remember what to do. I ordered some new music from Amazon which should be here today. The very first song I had to memorize--I still know and was able to play that. TI actually ordered the primer that it was in and looked at it on Amazon just to verify I remembered it!

Hope you all have a great day!

Thank you so the bracelet I mentioned is okay to just leave in my regular carry on?

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DrKelli — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 16:11:51 GMT

@bopper--yep. You will send it through the x ray, it won't go through the metal detector with you. I have a watch that sets off the metal detector, so I put it in my carryone and send it through xray rather than wear it.

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JudyL — Mon, 03 Dec 2018 22:27:05 GMT

@Laura14 thank you so much for your kind words. They helped more than you know.

Thank you @bopper @Mmsfoxxie and everyone who were so encouraging and supportive. Your kindess means so much.

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Mmsfoxxie — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 11:56:17 GMT

Good morning, all.

This should be a good workout day......Body & Sculpt, Flexibility and then maybe half of the Zumba class since I have to rush home.

I waited until 9:30 pm for two items to be delivered by UPS. I thought they were going to be in the same box. I opened the box and what item was in it. I go online later to check and UPS had changed the other item for 12-4 to be delivered. (It has to be signed for so one of has to stay home again). The guy didn’t get both packages off the truck apparently! Boy was I 😠 mad.

Have a great day.

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Laura14 — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:33:46 GMT

Went to Pound and Power this morning. They mentioned the holidays and I realized with both falling on a Tuesday I will be down to one class per week for two weeks. Guess it's finally time to get a home program in gear.

The teacher only put in one Christmas song in Pound and didn't even know the routine. If you don't know it, don't play it. A lot of the other class people voted for no Christmas music so I guess they want to hear the same songs playing from the past 3 years. There is a reason they are trying to reinvent Pound and get people in class and it's the lack of good music.

I used the higher band around my legs during the booty routines and OW.

Then came Power and I was good with all the increased weight. I only kept biceps normal because it was a reverse curl routine and I did a darn good job if I say so myself.

I panicked when the guy walked in and set up next to me in Pound but his main squeeze was hopefully in the shower and never showed.

Nudie was front and center and put on some clothes for a change. We are down to the 30s in the early am so I guess she needed some cloth.

Adonis was on happy drugs and singing after the Power routine and generally amusing himself quite well. I'd say the steroids have kicked in but they usually throw you the other way. He looked at me like he wanted me to join in being a fool but I just smiled and walked dignified to my car like the lady I am to get ready for work.

@JudyL Hang in there. I'm trying to take my own advice in some troubles in my own life. We've all got them and the holiday stress is not helpful.

@bopper Have a good trip!

Everyone else have a good Tuesday.

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DrKelli — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 15:23:14 GMT

Good morning, all.

I just got the chance to read through all the threads. @JudyL--hang in there. Sending some positive thoughts your way.

Today is just small group--all 3 of us should be there today. I will of course, be at full whining strength. Some days, I really have to force myself to go to the gym. As someone told me yesterday "It's fat season".

I started a new class last week with Phoenix-I started with 15, lost 2 within 2 days and think I'm going to lose 3 more. This is one of the worst classes I've had in awhile. No participation until the last day of class, writing skills are just awful and one guy always posts 'I don't know anything about this topic, I'm excited to learn about it". No, that does not count for participation. It's going to be a long 5 weeks if things don't shape up. One guy used a template for his first assignment and didn't bother editing out the instructions on the template.

Got my new sheet music last night and fooled around with it. I'm trying to memorize two additional choreographies for Thursday so didn't really have time to practice. Plus, I've got papers to grade (out of 15--6 submitted their assignments on time--ridiculous).

Hope you all have a good day!

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bopper — Tue, 04 Dec 2018 17:58:37 GMT

Hey everyone, this morning I did a new Rosalie Brown workout, called Tempo Trainer workout with the TG. Woza it was great, slow reps and then fast, and then slow...I was burning and super fatigued which is good. I'll sure miss my workouts while I'm gone. I will walk but won't get in much strength training. I wish my son and DIL had weights, they don't have any. They have a Pelleton bike but no weight training machines.

Thanks DrKelli, I think I'm all set then. Apprehensive about leaving my comfort zone but I'll be okay.

I like how you said its "fat season" Hahah cause it is! But we have to fight it!

Judy you hang in there, we're here for you to vent or just chat

Nomless how are you my dear? Check in sometime just to say hello...

Laura, sounds like another interesting class! No shortage of " strange" people! How is your decorating coming along?

MickD any trail running. I"m heading out in a bit on the snowy slippery trail.

Well better get moving outside, have a wonderful day!

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Mmsfoxxie — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 23:16:51 GMT

Good morning, fellow posters. Hope everyone is well.

”Fat Season”....lol, 😂? Yes, indeed, @DrKelli. I’m a living witness to it. I’m eating way too much and it seems that I’ve given myself permission to do it without as much guilt as I should have. I haven’t weighed in about three weeks because that might put a little guilt on me. I’ve probably gained close to ten pounds....I feel it. ‘‘Tis the season? Not going to slow my roll until January 1st.

Going to do some exercising at home this morning ..... this is my volunteer day so I don’t go to my health club on that day. I think weight gain is more about eating too much than working out 🏋️‍♀️ . You have to do both, at the same time, for the ultimate outcome.

Enjoy your day everyone!