Getting stronger

[FlowersandPetals]

My workouts this today.
Saturday is my “active rest” day so…

2 Minute Warmup 3 sets
Feel Good Now 3 sets
Yoyo. 3 sets
Zombies Walk 3 sets
Good Morning Abs 2 sets

Seated Stretching
Hamstring Stretch

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Sunday workout. It’s a leg day.

Darebee Warmup
Out & About (5 sets)

Leg day strength training exercises- with fabric loop bands, weights, wearing 1 lb ankle weights, and a Pilates stick that has resistance bands attached- an hour and 44 minutes with little to no rest

Care Package stretching - 9 minutes including some extra stretching for my back

I forgot to write my goals in my first entry:

Lose weight, get rid of my menopause belly and get stronger. My family has several disabilities, chronic illnesses, etc and rely on me to care for them. It’s a challenge also because I have a chronic illness that doctors are clueless about. I’m still the healthier one of the bunch, best my younger daughter. Besides our 11 month old cat, Stormy.

 

[Anek]

Hello and welcome!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

 

[MadamMeow]

Nice to meet you and Stormy! What a cutey!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Thank you! He’s a little terror but we love him

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Monday workout:

Quick Warmup
Abs workout 5 sets , 14 minutes
Various arms and abs strength training with weights, resistance bands, Pilates stick..etc 2 hours and 3 minutes
Top to Bottom stretching

Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who serve, and have served. Remembering my veteran grandfather and my dad today. RIP

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Tuesday Workout:

Leg day again!

Darebee Warmup
Out and About- 5 sets Took 15 minutes both

Strength training leg exercises with fabric loop bands, ankle weights, Pilates stick with resistance bands- little to no rest, 101 minutes.

Care Package stretch 9 minutes. I do some extra stretching for my back as well.

I can’t do high impact cardio because of my flat feet and bad back. In between the low impact cardio session and strength, the cat knocked over my water bottle and it spilled all over the carpet. He meant no harm. The name Stormy fits, though we were told he was found in a storm. We liked the name, so we kept it.

I usually start my workouts around 4 am, except on Saturday. Most of my family is asleep during that time. My chronically ill daughter is an early riser like me but usually she doesn’t need much at that time, thankfully. Still I look forward to the day we’re empty nesters. This way I can focus more on my husband’s health needs, and my own without worrying about the girls here. (Of course I’ll always worry about them - part of being a mom) We’ve already started debating on who gets the cat.
Have a great day everyone!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Wednesday workout:
I like to do something different on Wednesdays so I don't get bored. I call it my "what was I thinking" workout because usually afterwards, I wonder what I was thinking, since I'm so tired

Classic Warm-up
Six Pack 5 sets. Total time for both: 20 minutes.

For the next workouts, I go back and forth. First set Bigger Arms, next set Biomancer. I do this for all the workouts listed. 5 sets for each named workout:

Bigger Arms
Biomancer

Farmer
Explorer

Brute Abs
Bright and Beautiful

I also have a hand strengthener that I do 5 sets of 16 reps each.

Total time 89 minutes.

Sore muscles Stretching, plus some of my own back and feet stretches. 10 minutes.

 

[Mamatigerj]

Welcome to the Hive!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Thank you

 

[WolfDreamer]

Welcome! It looks like you're doing really well.

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Thank you WolfDreamer!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Good Thursday morning. Checking in later than usual. Busy morning.

My workout for today:

Darebee Warmup
Out & About workout- 5 sets, wearing 1 pound ankle weights. Total time 14 minutes including the warmup

Leg day exercises with loop bands, weights-106 minutes

Care Package stretching with some of my own stretching for my back, feet

Sorry I don’t know how to tag the workouts from this site. I hope everyone has a great day today! Happy Thursday!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Good morning everyone! So glad it’s Friday

Today’s workout: Abs and arms day

Quick Warmup 3 minutes
My own ab workout-16 minutes

Arms and abs strength training with weights, Pilates stick, resistance band, hand strengther 2 hours, 5 minutes

Top to Bottom stretch with some extra back pain stretching 12 minutes

This is one of the reasons why I get up so early- I take so long and wouldn’t have the time otherwise. My family has disabilities and I have a chronic illness called Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Doctors in my area that take my insurance are pretty much clueless about how to deal with it. I was diagnosed by a cardiologist (my daughter’s POTS doctor). So not an official diagnosis but I know this is what I have. Basically it causes me to react to different things without an allergy test to prove it. Every one who has it has different triggers, but most commonly it’s strong odors/smells. My triggers include all animal products, including dairy and eggs. Even the smells of my neighbor’s cooking could cause a reaction and I have almost died a few times. My family can’t cook fresh meat because the smells has caused anaphylaxis. They have to ask me before heating up something in the microwave, so I can go outside or hide in my room with fans going in the apartment. The good thing is my cat’s food doesn’t bother me- I guess the smell isn’t strong enough. An epipen has animal products in it so it’s worthless to me.
I’m not too worried, I have a strong faith in God and my family is very supportive. (At least my daughters and husband are) I am taking some medicine that does help keep it in check, though it’s not foolproof.

Happy Friday everyone!

 

[Mamatigerj]

@FlowersandPetals, wow, that must be difficult to deal with; we have some pretty significant food allergies in our family but nothing like that! Sending love & prayers

 

[princess_sarena]

Awwwwwww what a cute lil kitten

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Thank you @Mamatigerj and @princess_sarena

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Good morning everyone! (Afternoon? Evening? Depending on where you live )

Saturday… It’s weigh in day, as well as my active rest day. I lost a pound!

Trying to figure out how to tag my workouts so please bear with me

@Fighters Warmup

@Cellulite - 3 sets

@Sitting Pretty 3 sets

@Follow Up - 1 set (this one was harder than I thought!)
Total time: 48 minutes I would’ve done 2 minutes of low impact cardio but I thought nah. Maybe next time.

@Sandman @Foam Roller stretches and cool down, with some extra stretches I need to do. 15 minutes.

Had a reaction to 2 cookies yesterday. They were vegan and gluten free, but then I noticed they weren’t organic. Stupid chronic illness! My arms itched like crazy until I took some allergy medicine.
If I could return all the calories from foods I react to, I’d probably be underweight! Whenever someone asks me what do I eat, it’s kinda obvious I do okay since I’m trying to lose weight.

Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend!

 

[Mamatigerj]

Trying to figure out how to tag my workouts

Copy the URL from the workout page; then, on your post, highlight the name of the workout, click on the link icon on the control panel at the top of your post, paste the URL, and click insert.

I think the @ only works for members' names.

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Thank you!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Good morning! Here we go, Sunday morning workout! Upper body and Abs day again!

Quick Warmup Workout

Quick Warmup is a quick and light Darebee workout that can double as a warm-up before exercise.

darebee.com

Ab workout (my own) 18 minutes

Strength training arms, back, abs 5- 20 lb weights, Pilates stick, resistance bands 2 hours, 6 minutes

Stretching -Top to Bottom 13 minutes



Had a rough night with my chronic illness. I’m exhausted but I still pushed through. My chronically ill daughter told me her Crohn’s disease is flaring up again. (She has 3 chronic illnesses that we know of plus some issues with her skin we’re trying to figure out) Back to the doctor for another referral this week. It’s never a good time for stuff like this to happen. At least I know the main meal we’re having for Thanksgiving (vegan, gluten free lasagna).

Gotta run. Have a great day!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Good morning !

Monday workout and it’s another leg day!

Darebee Warmup
Out and About- 5 sets. Total low impact cardio 18 minutes

113 minutes of strength training legs using 10-20 lbs we, loop bands, Pilates stick

Care Package stretching with a few of my own stretches 9 minutes

Had a better night last night. I really made an effort to avoid anything that could trigger my MCAS. It’s not easy but I needed the break. Sometimes I get afraid to eat because of this illness, but it’s pretty obvious I face that fear well!

Have a great day everyone!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Happy Tuesday everyone!

Crazy morning doing laundry and straightening up the apartment for the maintenance guys to come over to fix something in the bathroom.

My workout today:

Quick Warmup
Ab workout (my own) - 17 minutes

2 hours, 6 minutes of arms and abs strength training with 5-20 pounds of weights (depending on the exercise), Pilates stick and resistance bands.

Top to Bottom stretching plus some extra back stretches- 12 minutes.

I’ve started planning my workouts for December. We usually stay home for the holidays - we don’t have family to visit. Makes planning a little easier, though it would be nice to go somewhere. I’m considering doing a workout challenge- not sure what yet. I’m gonna see what the challenge is for December before deciding. Still looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Thanksgiving is my husband’s favorite holiday. Christmas is my favorite. Since adopting a kitten in the Spring, it should be more fun this year.
Hope everyone is having a great day!

God bless

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

Today’s workout- my crazy workout day

The Prep Warmup
Made By Love 3 sets. 16 minutes.
For the fun part:

Basically I do a set of strength training, then cardio…so first set strength then cardio or body weight workout, 2nd set and on, same thing as first..

I use 8-10 weights, depending on the exercise, plus wearing 1 pound wrist weights.

5 sets:
Muscle Factory
Moxie

5 sets:
Pumpkin Patch
Queen’s Gambit

3 sets:
Gainer
Fundamentals

Total time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

I hurt my back a little while doing the Pumpkin Patch workout. Not too bad. It doesn’t hurt now-just an hour or so afterwards.

Have a great day everyone!

God bless

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Good morning! (Afternoon, evening, wherever you are)

My cat has been a little terror so far today. It’s taken all 4 of us to keep him alive.

Thursday workout:

Quick Warmup 2 minutes
My own ab workout: 14 minutes

Arms, upper body and abs strength training workout with weights, kettlebell, resistance band (one I put together) : 2 hours, 6 minutes

Top to Bottom stretching plus extra stretching for my back - 12 minutes

My legs are still sore from yesterday’s workout. It doesn’t seem like it was so hard, but I guess it was. I’m in pretty good shape.
I went grocery shopping with my husband yesterday then had to run back out with my chronically ill daughter. She has some kind of fungal infection on various places of her body. (Not contagious) We thought because she was feeling feverish and had a sore throat that it meant something worse. So we went to an Urgent Care Center. We don’t have a car but she gets free Lyft rides which helps. It wasn’t as bad as we thought but she was prescribed antibiotics for her throat. She’ll be fine.

So yeah I’m tired

Good news is we’re finally getting rain! My area is in a drought so we need it bad. Possibly snow tomorrow! I’m one of those who loves the snow, even if it’s just a few inches.

I hope everyone is having a great day!

God bless

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Happy Friday

What a crazy week. My daughter’s still sick but hopefully she’ll feel better in a few days.

Today’s workout:

Darebee Warmup
Out and About- altogether 14 minutes

Leg day strength exercises with 10-20 lb weights, loop bands, Pilates stick - 1 hour, 45 minutes

Care Package stretching plus a few extra stretches- 10 minutes

I don’t think I’ve ever been as thankful for the rain we’re getting until now. The drought has caused several wild fires- not exactly normal for New Jersey. We live near a swamp; fortunately no problems as far as any fires go. Some areas got up to 11 inches of snow! I’m a bit jealous.

Have a great day everyone!

God bless