strong kathy

Pammie
Take care of that injured area. Don't try to do too much and push yourself

pammiejoe6

thanks kathy! ill take it slow and easy! hugs!

JJ_Sungirl

Great looking workout, Pammie. I love me some deadlifts too, but the step-ups I can live without. They make my legs feel like mushy jello. When having to step up onto a flat bench, it's a challenge just to keep my feet under me You really rocked that workout, doll. Way to go!

GameDayDog

Hmm.. Step Ups.. I may have to steal that exercyse from ya...

Way to modify ya workout at the sign of uncomfort, I'm styll learning to do that..

Peace..~G

__________________
I am Thee Alpha.. RaSP is Thee oMEGA.. Between the 2 of us - We have everythyng covered...

I want to be bigger than all the humans!!

"I'm sure I should be doing cardio too....but I don't run from anything...so why practice?" - 1stInDoor

Goal - 200#'s
5/27/07 -
4/27/07 - 175#
3/27/07 - 167#

pammiejoe6

hahah JJ and my stepups are prolly WAY lower than yours are....i have blocks outside that i stepup on....i have just recently started doing these so i am working my way UP....right now the stepups are about shin height.....

hey when i come down on the stepups i come down on the opposite leg right? and then switch to the other leg? so that you get quad resistance on the up and down? at one point i think i had been goin up on the right and then down with the right....but when i switched to going up on the right and down on the left i got a killer quad burn.

pammiejoe6

yeah thats the toughest thing for me....if i already have my workout written down and i have visualized it all day its hard to leave out a lift even if i AM uncomfortable....but i guess id rather do that then get hurt....

thanks dawg!

pammiejoe6

ugh man i am stressed...its been a crappy morning pretty much....

hubby and i had a disagreement and then the teenager decided to wake up and be a total smart ass....NOT a good combination!

first off i was checking my emails and i got our western union statement showing all the points we have accumulated by sending my husbands son money...PUKE....i thought the reward number looked a little high and i said "you havent been sending him money and not telling me have you"....he said " i might have".....at that point i was pissed but tried not to be....LOL....i said "so youve been sending him money and NOT TELLING ME?" he looked at me and said " i might have.....but not recently".....i said " why wouldnt you TELL ME?" and he said " because someone i know gets MAD when i send money to my kid..." i almost freaked totally out at that point.....i SWEAR i must be hormonal today....i said "i dont get MAD...its just that we barely scrape by every week and you want to send money to your ADULT child?" he gave me the you-are-walking-on-thin-ice look and then switched the conversation around to how much money i spend every week.....i dont even want to go down that road....i dont ever spend a DIME on myself....everything i spend i spend on bills and the kids....maybe something for the house....but i knew this was going to get out of control if we kept "talking" so i said "maybe we should discuss this later" and he said "good idea"....LOL

after this i admit i was kinda stressed.....

and then.... the teenager....he took his sweet time getting ready for school....ran his mouth the entire time bitchin and moaning about everything under the sun....when i finally lost my temper and started yelling at him he started acting like i was being overly sensitive etc etc....at one point he actually WALKED OUT THE DOOR saying " im leaving"...when we had all been sitting there waiting for him to be ready so we could all leave to take everyone to school......oh no he didnt!....i went out and he was already half way across our back field....i screamed for him to come back or i was going to call the cops and file him as a runaway.....he kept on walking of course....stubborn jerk.....i got everyone else in the suburban and drove over to get him...when i drove up he just got in the car like nothing had even happened.....UGH!.... he said "i dont see how you would call the cops on me for just walking to school"......
i swear to gawd i wanted to backslap him! LOL....but alas...im a whoosie mom and cant seem to resort to physical violence.....but you can bet he is grounded now....no matter what.....i am SO sick of dealing with his smart ass! the worst part of all is that because he is grounded i will have to listen to him even MORE! being a parent drives me nuts! hahaha!!
in the midst of all the teenager crap i decided to call my husband (he had left for work)....i just felt like i had no control over my son and didnt know what to do.....i dunno what i thought HE could do differently except get stressed about the situation too.....dumb move on my part....i called him crying and upset and now he is upset.....damn! i just called him a sec ago and apparantly he thinks i hung up on him both times we talked.....greaaaaaat.....i guess i DID kinda hang up on him but i wasnt actually TRYING TO....lol...i was just in the middle of chaos and didnt take the time to actually SAY goodbye....ummm....hmmmm.....seeing it in print it kinda LOOKS like i hung up on him....and the feeling in my heart tells me i hung up on him too.....so i guess in reality i did hang up on him.....CRAP! hahaha!! i spoze i was lashing out at him for STARTING my day out on the wrong foot.....and then my son got up and started his BS and i got totally stressed.....aw damn now i feel silly.....

ok i just talked to the hubby and he calmed me down....we talked a little while and we both said im sorry etc etc....i feel better and know for SURE i am emotionally overloaded today. its a good thing i am going to go work at the camphouse today! i will be totally alone to work and think! just what i need!

tonight i will work back and shoulders and calves!

JJ_Sungirl

Wow! You really have your work cut out for you having such a head strong bunch of kids..hmmmm I wonder where they get that from...is it mom or dad?
Pammie, you are a wonderful mother and wife...knowing just the right time to walk away, be patient and forgive. Every family should be so lucky to have a mother like you.

pammiejoe6

aww JJ thanks dahlin....i appreciate that!

pammiejoe6

i got in my lifting! yay!


heres what i did:

wide grip pulldowns: 4x10 ~ 70lbs
rear pulldowns: 3x12 ~ 50lbs
db pullover: 3x12 ~ 35lbs
military press: 2x10 ~ 65lbs, 2x10 ~ 55lbs
seated db shoulder press: 1x12 ~ 20lbs, 2x12 ~ 15lbs
db upright rows: 3x12~ 15lbs

ok....i started with the wide grip pulldowns....these were perfect at 70lbs....i was challenged but never thought i couldnt get through all 4 sets of 10....
rear pulldowns suck! i dunno why i hate them so much but i do....i did all 3 sets of 12 but damn they were hard at 50lbs! huh? hahah!
db pullover was perfect at 35lbs....my upper back was burning quite nicely by the end of these!!
military presses were next....since i was using the barbell and had to clean it to get the military presses done i was very careful with my form and all sets went great. the 65lbs was really challenging for the first 2 sets and i almost failed on my last 2 reps so i lowered to 55lbs for the last 2 sets and they were GREAT!
seated db shoulder presses were next....i started with the 20lb dumbbells and was sure i could do that no prollem but after the first set i knew i would fail if i tried again with the same weight so i lowered to 15lbs for the last 2 sets....these were even challenging by the last few reps of each set! OH MY GAWD my shoulders are screaming!
last were the db upright rows....these were relatively easy with the 15lb dbs but i think i got a great workout anyway.....by the way my shoulders are crying i would say it was an AWESOME workout!

whohooooo!

my eating has been FLAWLESS today! SO KEWL!

pammiejoe6

i just got a call from my sister in oklahoma....her and her husband are getting a divorce after 21 years.....whoa! i talked to her for about 30 minutes....she's a mess....i feel so sorry for her!! they have 3 kids....17, 15 and 12....apparantly the middle child, melanie, wants to live with her father but the other 2 want to stay with their mom....OMG! i just cannot imagine what she is dealing with!!



MY hubby came home in a pretty bad mood tonight....apparantly something happened at work that really got him mad....he came home....took a shower....had 4 drinks.....and went to bed without eating dinner.....poor baby! hopefully tomorrow things will be better for him.....i hate it when he feels bad!



im about to go to bed now...if i stay up much longer i will want to snack on something so its lights out for me....i have done too perfectly today to ruin it!

pammiejoe6

last night after i got off the computer my kids asked how aunt kathy was....i told them the truth and then we sat and talked about divorce a little while....my dd and youngest ds started saying how difficult it would be to try to choose who to live with etc etc and i guaranteed them that they wouldnt ever have to go through that.....me and mitch will be married till the day one of us dies! i am so grateful and lucky to have a man i know loves me no matter what and whom i feel the same about. so many people take for granted what they have but not me....i love my man with all my heart!


after that i went to bed.....i was feeling a little weird having to have that conversation with the kids and i was grateful it wasnt because I was getting divorced! and yet i felt so badly for my sister....she sounded so scared and alone! on top of already being sensitive i felt vulnerable and teary....hubby was fast asleep....but he opened his eyes like he was awake when i walked in....he looked at our youngest son and smiled and said i love you buddy (he's been sleeping on a mattress in our room until we get his bed out of layaway) and then hubby looked at me and got this mad look on his face before he closed his eyes and continued to sleep. i hate that! he does the strangest things when he is sleeping....and usually he is always mad at me....LOL....in my sensitive state i deducted that his sub conscious hates me.....aw well whaddayado? at least his awake self seems to love me!


i told him this morning about it and he didnt know what to say.....we have been through the whole talking in your sleep thing so many times i think he is scared to even THINK about it! hahaha! but things are fine with us....we started the day out on the right foot and i am relieved about that!
he is still fuming about whatever happened at work.....he talked about it in bits and pieces so i am not positive what actually happened but i know it has him saying things like "well at least YOU have a job" and "there are LOTS of jobs out there" .....this is when i KNOW he is thinking about making a change....hopefully it will be a smooth transition when and if it happens. now that we have a mortgage we cant have any space in the paychecks! its a scarey thought....i hope things smooth out for him soon!


as for me....i am feeling great about things i CAN control....my eating last night remotivated me....i felt how great it feels to do the right thing and i like that feeling! i plan to keep rolling with it!

i am working for the neighbor today....the kids get out early for the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL TODAY and then i will go back to work hopefully....i have to come up with cash for my dd's birthday coming up on the 31st AND save for the hotel! CRAP! haha!

last night i bought some flowers for my youngest son to take to his teacher this morning but he didnt want to take them! last night he seemed all for it but this morning he was totally against it! ha! we decided it would be a nice gesture to give them to the crossing guard instead and he was all for that....LOL?....so we took them over to her and he gave them to her....she was very surprised and happy and we both felt good after giving them to her so i guess it worked out the way it was supposed to....silly little boy....i wonder why he decided he didnt want to give the teacher the flowers when he seemed so excited about it last night? hmmm...?

well anyhoooo....im gonna sit here and have a cup of coffee and eat some beef steak and veggies i have left from last night....then i am off to work!

hugs!!!

pammiejoe6

whew man have i been busy today! i started working at 9am and am only now sitting down to relax and its almost 9pm! i feel great about everything i did today as well....i got in a LOT of work cardio....sweated my ass off!! DAYUM it was HOT today!! i took the kids out to the camphouse to swim after they got out for early dismissal....i worked while they played...LOL.....they LOVED THAT! my neighbor had gotten them each a treat bag filled with their favorite candy....a whirlwind thingy.....a few spinning tops.....and a few stickers....she also had me buy cupcakes and chips and chex mix and juice so they could have a last day of school party....what a sweet friend she is! just because she has a lot of money to work with doesnt mean she has to spend it on my kids but she seems to love them like her own so i am all for it! i love that! they had a great time and my daughter is ALREADY ASLEEP!! hahaha!!

i decided to take today as a rest day.....i am WAY too pooped to even think about lifting! but tomorrow i will definitely hammer out a workout!

the kids are now out of school officially...that means i dont have to get up early! yay!

i am proud to say that my daughter got straight A's for her final grades....she will get $100 for that accomplishment!

my youngest son got all A's and B's! yay!

i wont know what my high schooler got until i get his grades in the mail but i think i already know that he will have to repeat the 9th grade next year....


heres what i ate today:

meal 1: leftover beef steak + leftover broccoli/cauliflower w/ cheese

meal 2: small salad w/ranch.... 1.5 hamburgers w/cheese no bread

meal 3: hamburger no bread w/ cheese

meal 4: salad w/ lettuce, tomatoe, onions, banana peppers, cucumbers, swiss cheese and 2 small grilled chicken breasts and ranch!

i drank tons of water today....and prolly 4 diet cokes....

overall i am calling it a very awesome eating day! yay me!

GameDayDog

Wow.. if I don't peep in here for a day, the world happens..

Sorry about your sister's divorce... geez, 21 years is a long tyme... but hey, I know a certain person on thys forum that feels change is for the better and you only really know what people tell ya... Ya know?? ... Just make sure thyngs are gravy in your house before you try to tackle & console the world... Not easy to do when u're a giver.. but there's no harm in looking out for #1 sometymes..

Repeating 9th grade sucks... I never had to do it.. but as a freshman, I couldn't wait to NOT be a freshman... especially since I was in the band and other sporting activities.. We (Freshmen) had to carry instrument cases to the bus and stuff during trips... hahaha... Harmless hazing...

Aiight babe... congrats on eating ryght.. and keep up the good work... Glad we're both finally back..

Peace..~G

__________________
I am Thee Alpha.. RaSP is Thee oMEGA.. Between the 2 of us - We have everythyng covered...

I want to be bigger than all the humans!!

"I'm sure I should be doing cardio too....but I don't run from anything...so why practice?" - 1stInDoor

Goal - 200#'s
5/27/07 -
4/27/07 - 175#
3/27/07 - 167#

pammiejoe6

well hell....i did SO GREAT yesterday until i caved and had a few alcoholic beverages with the hubster....LOL.....he came home in a party mood and got me feeling the same way aroun