Ok I’m loving the Ghost. Super happy to read that Lululemon Addict owns a white fleece jacket that has remained clean.
I’m super excited that the Don’t Hurry Be Happy Pullovers were uploaded this morning but I wish the few stores that have received them this week would have posted pictures so we see how it fits on different models and in different lighting. I ordered it in my upper size 10 so that it’s still slouchy and relaxed but I’m not sure though, my Ambition Pullover which is a similar shape is perfect on me in an 8. I got it in Ghost but I’m a bit concerned about it looking nice over time. I’m not so much worried about it getting dirty but my husband pointed out that it will pick up fibres in different colors that will really stand out on it. We’ll see, maybe I’ll exchange it for the Coal one. I wish these had come out in other colors like Black Swan, Persian Purple, Paris Pink or Currant. That would make the decision so much easier since I’m not much of a neutrals person and would have loved any one of those colors.
What did you guys get today?
Oooh I’m loving the Don’t Hurry Be Happy Pullover in Ghost. A reader commented yesterday that the inside is lined with a faux fur like fleece (which I think is like those really fuzzy North Face Jackets). I love that! It’s thick and cozy and slouchy doesn’t have a hood. It retails for $98.
A lovely member of the Lulu This Just In Group on Facebook shared a photo of what she found in store today at the Park City Showroom. A Scoop Neck Tank (Stripes are possibly Paris Pink, Heathered Dusty Rose, Sweet Tart Pink) and the Heathered Dusty Rose Cool Racerback Tank.
From the Park City email alert:
Scuba Hoodie Persian Purple Dip Dye
Run Swiftly Tech Long Sleeve Currant
A big Thank you to ‘E’ from Australia for sending me these photos of the newest items to hit her store in Australia. These are items in the upcoming color palette of Persian Purple and Currant which we are probably going to see here in North America in December. I’m expecting we will see the three pinks (Sweet Tart, Paris Pink and Heathered Dusty Rose) and Deep Camo in November with a few Persian Purple items thrown in at the end of the month and then Persian Purple will carry over to December. Just guessing though, there is never any rhyme or reason for how colors are released. Either way, I’m loving this palette of pinks, true red and a power purplish colors. I’m going to seriously have to keep a level head when going into the store during November and December.
Energy Bra in Currant
Solid Cool Racerback Tank in Currant (Love!)
A SE Cool Racerback Tank in Static Persian Purple with a zipper at the neck (..intrigued) and perhaps a micro stripe CRB on the left.
I LURV this one! But i’m gonna need it in a pink or ghost or something nicer than grey.
A Heathered Dusty Rose Ariel Tank was unpacked at the Halifax Lululemon today. I’m so excited about todays product drop now in case there are the Cool Racerbacks from the website sneak peek unpacked today.
I’ve been so lazy about posting an update about how Crossfit is going but it’s been really great and I love it. I’m officially finished with the crossfit foundations part of the program and am now in regular group WOD classes 3-4 days a week. I’ve now been to four group WODs and it’s a little more intense than the foundations program, enough that I’m starting to get sore all over again. Because it’s now a group workout though I seem to push myself more to keep up with the rest of the class so I think that has a lot to do with the increased intensity. I’d say my strong points in Crossfit are definitely the lifts. I’m surprised at that because I always thought I had no upper body strength but the lifts really use your entire body strength, core as well as momentum so I’ve been using the prescribed weights and sometimes can go up higher than that. My favourite lift is the Split Jerk because you can go with an impressive amount of weight and look really strong but the weight is being lifted by your core, not just your arms and I seem to have a strong core and good strength in my legs and hips. Plus its fun once the timing of your movements comes together.
My worst, WORST in Crossfit are Turkish Get Ups and skip rope. The Turkish Get Ups frustrate me to no end because I can’t seem to get the coordination of the movements down. At the point where your supposed to pull your leg forward into a lunge is where I get mixed up. My leg drags and it doesn’t feel like a smooth motion and I just hate them because I feel stupid doing them.
Skip rope I can do but it’s not smooth and graceful and I use a lot more effort then I should be using because my skips are too high and well..um…I get mommy bladder. Any of you moms out there will know what that is. My bladder just doesn’t like the jostling up down movement very much even though I never have a problem while running. I haven’t had a ‘problem’ yet, but it takes everything I have in me not to release the flood gates if you know what I mean. All this week my classes have included Double Unders which I still can’t get so I end up having to do 60 skips while everyone else does 20 Double Unders, all the while holding my bladder. Thats the exchange rate and it doesn’t seem fair. I also dislike burpees and wall balls but I can get thru the workout and suck it up ok and they get easier from class to class.
My Pull Ups are definitely getting better. I still use the thick band to assist me but I can use the skinny green band if I’m only doing 5 pull ups total or less. I can’t wait until I can do a pull up without the bands. I know I’ll eventually be able to do them but it feels like my muscles need to wake up a bit. Park visits with my kids now always include me practicing pull ups on the monkey bars which is so much easier because the bars are smaller and easier to grip and your closer to the ground. I can at least do something called negatives on the monkey bars where you lower yourself down very slowly. Thats apparently supposed to help train your muscles. Dips (not with rings) are much easier and I can do those without a band if I’m only doing 2 but with a green medium band if I’m doing more.
Body wise I have definitely seen changes in the last 6 weeks. My weight has gone up about 4lbs which my trainer insists is great but it makes me feel nervous. I can definitely feel a lot of new muscles which is what the weight gain is attributed to. My thighs have gotten a bit bigger but more toned. I was warned by my trainer that the one thing women seem to notice is that the quads get bigger. I thought that because mine are already quite big that it wouldn’t happen to me but alas, they are indeed bigger. I’m having some fit issues with pants in the last two or so weeks. My Astro WU’s are the right size leg wise but the waist is too big and they slip down with running quite a lot. Yesterday was embarrassing doing my run in a large group WOD all the while pulling up my pants every 10 seconds so I think I may get some Groove Crops soon. My jeans are tight in the thigh but the waist now slides down and I’m constantly tugging up at them. I used to be on the smaller side of 10 in pants and could fit some 8’s (DSP’s, pique grooves) but now I’d say I’m a solid 10 on the bottom thanks to the thighs. I’m overall happy with the changes in such a short time as far as new muscle goes but I’d like to get rid of some of the fat and drop some sizes and to do that I need to bite the bullet and adjust my eating. Yesterday was my first grocery shopping trip where the cart had 100% Paleo dinners. I’m not going to totally cut dairy out just yet because I need it in my coffee in the morning and also I like to occasionally have cheese and yogurt but I can really reduce my dairy a lot by taking cheese out of recipes and only have it as a snack once in a while. It’s going to take a lot of effort since I wont be changing my kids diet and I want us to still eat mostly the same meals together with only slight variation and without them seeing typical ‘dieting behavior’. I think dinners will be easy but lunch and snacks will probably be hard since you can’t exactly carry around a drum stick to gnaw on while out and about with the kids so I’d like to find a good paleo cookie/kid friendly snack that I can pack and take with us.
Work in Progress
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| Doing ‘Grace’ 30 reps for time. Not a pretty picture. |
What did you guys order today?
I caved and joined the bandwagon and got the Black Swan Cuddle Up. It was a moment of weakness and poor impulse control and I had not planned on getting one at all. I didn’t even try one on in store when I saw them since I didn’t want to be swayed despite the fact that I love the Black Swan, Ghost and Lilac a lot. I just didn’t feel like I *needed* one since I have two scubas from this year already and I also had trouble deciding which one is prettiest and was to overwhelmed to try one on. What made me get one was the heathered black swan is such a pretty color. I don’t plan on getting any tanks in this color or any other jackets and I’d be sad later I think, especially since this one is a Heathered Black Swan and not just Black Swan and the contrast stitching is so pretty. I also heard on facebook that the Cuddle Ups this year are softer than last years and as soft and stretchy as the Snowy Owl Scuba that everyone loved. Ah well, I’ll decide if I’m keeping it later.
Love this photo of the Cuddle Up. It’s what made me decide I liked this color best.
Another hot seller today were these Dog Runner Pants. Besides my love for them I’ve heard a lot of other great reviews for them. Running luon liner = whats not to love. I just find these so flattering on and a great luon pants and jeans alternative. I wish I’d seen the Deep Coal ones in store, I would have likely gone with those over the black since I prefer the less obviously a track pant color. Also, I tried out the ‘Chat Live’ option today to see if these come in a 12 in any store location. They weren’t uploaded in a 12 and most of my product alerts only went up to size 10 and the chat live confirmed that they don’t come in a 12 at all for some bizarre reason. I’m having weird fit issues with pants lately so would have tried out the 12 for more thigh and butt room. While my waist has gotten smaller from Crossfit my thighs have bulked up a bit from the squats and my butt is..um..perkier and more prominent. Much firmer but seems bigger. This is a problem with pants now and so I’ll be selling my size 8 Raw Blue Dance Studio Pants if anybody is interested. The 10 in the Dog Runners is the right size for me but slightly snugger than 10 DSP’s. Not a full size up item but maybe a 1/4 smaller? I love the waist though. No muffin top which I love.
I think this is how relaxed they look when you go up a size or if you have thinner legs. They don’t look big or sloppy at all but more like boarder pants. TTS looks really nice too.
These ones are probably TTS and more how the size 10 looks on me.
