Preparing for Next Week

It suddenly hit me this weekend that the 3 days in New York City, including the gala celebration, are coming up next week. This also means my sister-in-law is coming to visit and she’ll be staying with the boys while we are out of town. This sister-in-law is the cleanest, most organized person in our family. She’s also one of the sweetest, so I know she won’t exactly judge me if my house is less than stellar, but I can’t help wanting to make it the cleanest it’s ever been for her benefit. This is going to eat into my workout time, but I’ll do the best I can.

(The picture is of the cute little purse I'll be taking to the gala, by the way.)

• Monday: Cleaning out my closet and drawers and under bed and o.k., basically my whole room
• Tuesday: Can’t stop cleaning. Organized and cleaned Isaac’s room and in his closet
• Wednesday: Upper Body, Core (Cathe’s Body Max 2 upper body only)
• Thursday: Lower body,(Tracy Effinger’s Squeeze lower body only)
• Friday: Upper Body (Cathe’s Pyramid Upper Body)
• Saturday: Pilates, Core (Ellen Barrett’s Crunch: Super Slimdown)
• Sunday: Upper Body (Cathe’s Muscle Max upper body only)
• Monday: Rest, go to NYC
• Tuesday: Cathe’s upper body workout she did for me--I think I’m going to use resistance bands since I’ll be at the hotel at that time, or maybe I could use a hotel gym.

Also, I asked Cathe for advice on her forums on how best to prepare for the gala to look my very best. Click here for her full response. Basically she advised me to keep up my regular workout routine (which I’ll do as much as the cleaning frenzy will allow) and then on the day of the gala do a brief low weight high rep upper body workout. It was a great response. As usual, Cathe is gracious and helpful to her fans.