Ben's Memorial

On Tuesday, July 31st, my brother, Ben, left our family to soar with the angels. He's no longer in pain, no longer has the burden of being trapped in an unfit body & is now at peace doing all of the walking& running that he wasn't able to do here on earth. We miss him terribly...every minute...but we know that he is forever in our hearts. As my Mom has been saying, "If we want to see him all we have to do is close our eyes."
A memorial service to celebrate Ben's life is scheduled for Sunday, August 5th, at 1:30 p.m. at the Goodwin Performing Arts Center located on the Waynesburg University campus. This service was planned to Ben's specifications & we hope all who are able to attend will be able to take a little piece of him with you. If you wish to read his obituary, it has been posted on Behm's Funeral Home website. In lieu of flowers, we have been asking that a donation be made in the name of "Ben Humiston" to the Greene County Humane Society. Please feel free to visit their website [here] if you so desire.

My family & I want to thank everyone for their warm thoughts, prayers, condolences & gifts. Ben was an amazing brother, son & friend. All of the happy memories that we have shared/made will live on forever. Sister loves you Brother....
 

Yogurt Obsession

So I'm loving this frozen yogurt craze that's going on this summer. I was super excited when I found out that they put a Pinkberry in Leesburg which is really not far from our house. Whenever we had a frozen yogurt craving we would go there. This past weekend while we were out at Sweet Water having dinner we found out from our waiter that they put a Sweet Frog about 5 miles from our house. Now I thought Pinkberry was good, but then I had Sweet Frog. I love that they let you make your own & add your own topping where Pinkberry is much more restricted. Sweet Frog also posts the calories/fat of each of their yogurt choices which I also like. Not to mention that Sweet Frog has a lot more chocolate toppings choices & since I'm a huge chocolate lover that's a big positive check mark in my book. My favorite at the moment is the original tart flavor &loading it up with fruit & chocolate toppings. Mmmmmm....(singing) "yummy, yummy, yummy I got love in my tummy...."

So maybe this summer instead of taking a drive over to DQ & having a blizzard, you stop at one of these frozen yogurt places & have something that's a little healthier for you. Trust me, you'll love it.

Insanity - Week #1

So after my boot camp ended with Li, I talked Dan into starting the Insanity DVDs with me. He wasn’t too thrilled about the idea because he’d done Insanity for a few weeks with some of the coaches at the high school; every day he complained that it was “so freakin’ hard.” Since both of us have done P90X I wanted something else to get into since I was still on my workout high from the boot camp. Dan finally caved in & our first day was Wednesday, July 11th. Day 1 was the Plyometric Cardio Circuit DVD & for the warm up I was feeling pretty good – by the way, the warm up is pure torture; if I hadn’t done the boot camp I would’ve died much sooner. Dan was making some pretty funny comments about the people on the DVD, i.e. the videographer zoomed in on the whitest girl I have ever seen & Dan said, “Whoa, sun is free!” I couldn’t stop laughing. About mid-way through the exercise, during our 30 second water break, I looked at Dan & said, “Whose bright idea was this anyway??” He gave me that I’m going to kill you look & said, “You! This was your bright idea!” Again, couldn’t stop laughing. =) Out of the videos that we’ve done, so far, I’ve realized that the Pure Cardio & the Plyometric Cardio Circuit DVDs are the hardest – I get to that point where my body is so drained/fatigued that even though my mind is telling me that I can do it & not to stop, my body just doesn’t cooperate; I then get pissed.

Since football started earlier this week, Dan hasn’t been able to meet me after work to do the DVDs together; instead, he does them in the morning/early afternoon & then I do them after work. Most days I have my friend, Kateri, as my workout partner – it’s so much more fun to workout with a buddy. The last Insanity workout that Dan & I did together did get fun towards the end. We were doing plank runs & since it was the last circuit, we decided to face each other so we would have more motivation to not stop. Both of us were dying, sweating profusely & just all around pissy (OK well that was just me). We said things like, “Keep it up – don’t stop; you can do it; feel the burn.” Thankfully, we made it through & collapsed on the weight room floor. After the workouts I usually feel energized & proud of myself for completing one more DVD in the 60 day program. Most days after I leave work & I’m on my way to workout I get excited to do Insanity – I’m hoping that doesn’t go away but it’s still relatively new. I’m working my way towards that free t-shirt that beachbody.com gives out on their website here. I’ve already taken my before picture & once the 60 days are up I’ll take my results photo & send both of them into beachbody.com & they'll send me the t-shirt. We're now at the end of week #2 & I'm seeing some improvements in my cardio; I can't wait to see what 30 days will be like.


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