40+ Club: Spring Fitness Challenge

singfree

I hope everyone found this new thread. Welcome!!

KimKelly65

Morning everyone,

I want to share a NSV today.
I took a blouse out of the closet today that was very tight on my arms and that I could not button across my chest in decemeber.... and it fits comfortably!!!! YAY!! :happy:
It makes my resolve even stronger that I can do this!

Have a great day!

Kim

singfree

Good morning!

Just a few minutes to check in. Busy day at work today. All is well, but everything is a frozen mess outside. We had snow, sleet and freezing rain yesterday. It turned windy and much colder overnight and everything on the ground is frozen solid!

I hope you found this thread. Disregard the other threads. This is the only one to use.

Have a good day!

StiringWendel

Good Morning! I found you!!

Kim, congratulations! That is such a great feeling. I love how it has made you more resolved.

singfree, sorry to hear you are suffering through a frozen mess. We got so warm yesterday that most of our snow is gone. I do think there were some patches of ice this morning but, by and large, those are isolated. We were near 60 yesterday! Today, we'll be in the mid-30s.

Nothing new to report here. Still suffering from this cold/flu and trying to be patient with it. Hope you all have a great day!

Robin1117

Good morning---thanks SIng for starting the new thread.

Stiring---still not feeling good--wow, this cold really got a hold on you. Hope it goes away soon! This must be driving you crazy.

Congrats Kim on that nice surprise this morning--what an excellent feeling.

Welcome CBaker!

Nothing new to report on this end. Had a lazy day yesterday. The snow wasn't nearly as bad as expected--a huge disappointment considering pretty much every school in VT was closed. We still have plenty of white stuff, but it was definitely too overblown in the media, I think the day before was actually worse here and we did have school.

Because I had my son home yesterday and couldn't convince him to go out in the cold, today I owe the dog a few long snowshoe walks, and I'll be working out for a little longer, as well as attempting to shovel a little bit. I am in awe of all these people on MFP who I see shoveling so much snow and plugging in tons of calories burned--my back gets mad at me if I do it for anything longer than about 10 minutes.

Hope everyone finds the new thread....Will check in again soon!

alf1163

HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:drinker: :drinker: Sorry have not posted much lately. I have sooooo busy at work, for a change. :laugh: Also at home. I have a lot of things to do tomorrow so I am not sure I will be able to check in. My eating has been really good. :drinker: Exercise, just Zumba. My hip has not bothered me much. The only time it bothers me is when I sit for long periods and it is not bad either. My shoulder is starting to bother me some...:grumble: I'm falling apart. :laugh: But I keep going, nothing is stopping me.

Take care guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is sooooo cold in San Antonio, 21 degrees, wind chill temp 9!!!!!! Well, it is winter!!! FINALLY!!! Well only for a couple of days, it is warming up this weekend again. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

cardigirl

Good morning 40+ group!!! So glad to see Spring in the title of our thread! Right now spring seems a looong loooong way off! We have drifts and snowbanks everywhere and they are all taller than me! Quite the winter this year!

Today my trainer was showing me a new set of exercises I'll be doing on my own, mostly weight lifting and hoo boy, am I in for a workout. Tough stuff. Hope I'm up to it! I particularly am not fond of the pushups off the medicine ball. One hand on the ball, push up, switch to other hand on the ball... yikes!

Stiring, sure hope your cold lifts soon. In the meantime just take a good rest and eat right and I doubt you'll lose much ground. Nice that the snow is leaving you so quickly. Wish I could say the same for Boston.

Sing, congrats on the new job, although I'm sorry about the second shift. I worked second shift for years when my kids were small, because they wouldn't have to be in day care all that much, and it worked well for me. Sometimes I miss having my days free to get things done!

Alf, crazy temps in San Antonio, well really, all of Texas! Keep warm!

Robin, snowshoeing is great exercise!!!! You've probably got even more snow then we do! As for shoveling snow, it never even occurred to me to input that into the exercise calculator. Guess I associate exercise with gym time only. Silly me!

Hope everyone has a great Thursday!!!

jbug100

I'll definitely join a thread with "Spring" in the title! I am so excited for spring because #1 this has been a crazy snowy winter, and #2, I reached my weight goal in December and I can't wait for new summer clothes. I am pretty much in maintenance mode right now, so I would love to hear how others "maintain". I have also started using kettlebells so always interested in new workout ideas. Have a great day everyone!

singfree

Hi again!

Glad so many of you are reporting today! I'm really busy with my old job as well as my new job. It's going to be hectic for a while.

Cardi, I'm going to be working 3rd shift (11pm-7am). I've done a lot of it, so the transition should not be bad.

I ordered my new iPhone this morning! As a loyal Verizon customer, I endured the years of waiting...just a few more days! Tomorrow we are buying a new Macbook Pro at the Apple store. I know what I will be doing on Saturday when it snows...setting everything up, including a new printer.

Take care!

btrflyflutter

Well well....people over 40!!! I didn't know this group was here! May I join in? -giggles-

What is the Spring fitness challenge...or what are the guidelines?

LadyPersia

Good Morning...I found you

Dec goals met moved 103 milesgoal 100
Jan goals met 154.69 miles goal 150
Feb goal 100 miles...had to cut back The 154 was haaaaarrrddd!

zebras

Thanks Sing! Took me a while but I found you all. Welcome to all the new folks, I too am loving the thought of Spring.

Stiring, sorry to hear you are still not feeling well, my thoughts are with you!

mkwood10

Good morning all! Took me a while to find the thread, but finally succeeded.

It's still bitterly cold here (-8 when I left the house this morning), but supposed to gradually warm up to 20 today and (gasp) upper 30s tomorrow:laugh: .

Still probably stuck at the same weight - clothes still fitting the same (tight :frown: ). Haven't done a "real" workout all week due to the lousy weather; but after driving 30+ minutes on lousy roads, shoveling and moving firewood, I just don't feel like getting on the elliptical :embarassed: . Seems to be the story of my life these days - good intentions get sidetracked by unexpected happenings..........grrrrrrrr!!

Maybe next week will be better.....

cardigirl

Whoops, sorry Sing!!! 3rd shift it is, and I have never had to work that shift, but I have a proofreader who has worked 3rd shift for years and he loves it. He is big into fitness (a bike rider) and having his days free allows him to train.

Cbaker5156

Yeah! I finally found the thread.. I'm here. Good day to all. I had to go to PT today and feel very soar. But, I just got home and its snowing again.. I'm ready for the Spring. Here in Alabama it never snows and we have had too much of it this year. Bring on the flowers and green grass.. Ta Ta...

Cbaker5156

Hey.. I just joined the 40+ club too. I like it so far..

Cbaker5156

I meant Hey btrflyflutter... Nice to see you....Yer gonna like this thread..

btrflyflutter

Thanks for replying Cbaker!! What exactly goes on here!! Do we have challenges or something or is it just chatting with people our age? Either is great just wondering what kinda club this shindig is!!! heheheheheee

StiringWendel

Welcome btrflyflutter!! Mostly we just chat here. We're all in different stages of our weight loss journeys. Some of us are in maintenance, some just starting out, some working their way through, etc. So we share our experiences, what worked for us, workout and nutrition ideas, ask questions and offer lots and lots (and lots) of support for those times when the going gets tough. Because I think we've all learned that no matter where people are at in their journey, times do get tough every now and again.

We usually do a more official 'check-in' of sorts on Friday. For those who want to, they can share their weekly weight loss. Others focus on how they did with their eating during the week. Others focus on how they did with their workouts. Others focus on how they feel. And some do all of the above. It isn't a 'requirement' for the thread by a long shot. But I know for me, it's actually nice to be able to look back on the week and ask myself questions about my diet or working out or whatever and jotting that down here makes me feel accountable for my actions which has been VERY important for me in this journey.

Cbaker, sorry to hear about the PT session. How much longer are you in PT? I really think those of you in the far south are going to have more snow this winter than those of us in the DC area. Weird. Even this next storm coming through on Saturday is going to be rain. And then it will slam our good friends up in the NY/New England area with more snow.

Good to see so many checking in here today!!!!

altushe

Found the new thread! Nothing new to report since my post last night.

Still a bit anxious about where I'm at this week but waiting it out until Sunday to get the numbers. If I'm up again, I think I need to re-assess my maintenance calorie level. Right now I have my settings on maintenance and active (despite a desk job) and don't use an HRM for exercise, I just estimate the calories burned. Perhaps the combination of the two are giving too high of a level for what my body really needs to maintain. While it would be hard to cut down from the 2000 I am eating now, I don't want to keep gaining either. Once I know I've stabilized for a bit, I'll consider giving up the weekly weigh-ins. Sing, Stiring and Robin - did you REALLY give up the scale completely or just cut back? Sing, sounds like you haven't weighed in a long time. What do others on maintenance do with respect to weighing?

Talk to you tomorrow...

Cbaker5156

Thanks Stiring.. I'm a newbie so just finding out the ropes as well. I should have PT for a few more weeks. This is my 2nd round in the last 6 months. Were trying to inch every bit of goodness out of it we can.. Making progress at a snails pace but a tleast i'm making progress.. Basically the more i walk the more i hurt.. But my Dr says to do it anyway its gonna hurt anyway.. EW.. so forward we go... Evidently you need to use your muscles... lol

singfree

Good morning!

Friday check in day. TGIF!!!! I had a pretty good week of exercising this week. I am attempting to clean up my diet a bit, and not eat too much junk food. I am very pleased with my strength gains the past month or so. I am also very anxious to start my cardio-fat loss routine next month.

To all of our new friends, a big WELCOME!!!

I am working only a half day today. We are going to buy a new Macbook this morning and we meet with our financial advisor later in the day. We are going to take out a long-term care insurance policy. Yes, we are in very good health, but you never know! We are trying to protect our assets carefully as we get older. I would hate to have saved faithfully for retirement, only to have it eaten up by a heath care facility.

Hey, more snow tomorrow! Can't wait!! What is everyone doing for the Super Bowl? We are making a new Hungarian Gulash recipe. It's just the two of us for a quiet time in front of the fire and the game on the big screen.

Stiring, I hope you are feeling better! :flowerforyou:

Have a great weekend!

KimKelly65

Good Morning,

Its Friday! YAY!
Had a decent week, stayed within my calories daily and excerised three times. Today is a day off of exercise but will have a workout Saturday and Sunday. Tomorrow morning is weigh in day, I am hoping to see some loss for all my hard work.

Stiring - I hope you feel better!

Sing - Sorry you are due to get more snow. Thats stinks! Good idea with the long term care policy. I had the opportunity to obtain one from a prior employer and I am glad I did so.

Btrflyflutter- Welcome! Good luck on your journey!

Super bowl party this weekend! I grew up in Pittsburgh so I am super excited. I plan on bringing some healthy food, or should I say healthier options as my contribution to the party. Should be a good game.

Everyone have a great weekend!

GO STEELERS!:happy:

StiringWendel

Good Morning!

altushe, you and I are very similar in height and weight. I did the exact same thing you did....set my calories to maintenance and active lifestyle (though I don't have an active lifestyle outside of exercise). I find that I can maintain my weight really easily with eating anywhere between 1800 and 2100 calories. Alot depends on my exercise though. Regarding the scale, I honestly don't remember the last time I weighed myself. It was sometime during this past summer, I know that. I have a scale that sits on my bathroom floor and there are times I'm tempted to step on it. But I opt to just turn around and look in the mirror instead. I really can get obsessive about the number on the scale and I don't like that feeling. So as long as I'm at a healthy size and am happy with how I look and feel, I can't think of a single good reason to specifically know how much I weigh.

Cbaker, will you always have pain with walking? I hope not. Hopefully your PT will give you good suggestions on how to move forward after these sessions end. Ask LOTS of questions while you've got him!!!!

Kim, congratulations on a successful week! Hope you enjoy your party on Sunday!

singfree, I'm really happy you continue to enjoy your strength gains. I think you're going to be amazed at how much that impacts you when you go into you 'lean' phase next month. We're not planning anything for the Super Bowl. It will be just the two of us, and we will definitely be watching. I'm thinking about making some homemade pizza (my own whole wheat crust, homemade sauce, canadian bacon, pineapple, cheese, etc). Other than that....no big plans.

Nothing for me to report this week since I've been down for the count. I don't feel like I've gained any weight this week, which is good. I think I'm probably at least a week away from being able to exercise again. I want to be back up to 100% before I even attempt it since this is so deep into my chest. But at least I'm getting more energy now, so I keep wandering around the house looking for little things to do. That's a good sign that I'm on the mend! Because my appetite has been so on-again/off-again, I'm really just eating what sounds good to me at any given time. Some choices are better than others, but the balance is not bad right now.

I hope you all have a great weekend!

Shelle68

Hi all,

Sadly I am 40+ and would love to be part of this group. So many changes has and is taking place in my body that I sometimes wonder if it is too late to be what I should have been in the 20's. But we will see cause I have no plan on giving up.

Have a great day everyone!

Shelle

Cbaker5156

Morning 40+,

Its Friday, Its Friday, Its Friday.. That means friday night date night.. Whoo. I've done pretty good this week aside from the Margarita on my birthday, but I stayed in my calories. However this cold snap is dealing my body fits but im working to get through it.. My weight im kinda plateaued at 196.4.. Hmmm.. I'm ready for it to drop..

Stiring, Sorry to say but, yes I hurt all the time, but worse when I walk. But the more I push through it the better I am physically so I feel like it is the right thing. My injury is scar tissue on my nerve root. Not alot they can do about it.. iI just stays aggravated. Unfortunately it is in my L5-S1 (My right cheek) and makes it hard to sit for extended periods. But enough bad stuff..

Were supposed to go to an offroading (Jeeps) event this weekend. I went to the last one and just sat and watched all the fun. I'm not sure if I wanna go this weekend, especially since it is soooo cccooolllddd.... Brrr... I may just sit this one out and stay home with my labradoodles which I refer to as my girls often.

I hope everyone has a fabulously healthy weekend.. Enjoy the cold?

I hope everyone has a great day. .

Robin1117

Good morning and Happy Friday!

I'm psyched--great exercise week for me, and eating wasn't too bad either. I have continued the week w/the 30 day shred (1 did 6 days of level 1 and went to 2 yesterday), and then about a 1/2 hour of the elliptical after that. The elliptical was actually restful after the exercises. I also went snowshoeing every day with the dog for about 15-20 minutes, and although I don't log or eat the calories back, I know I am burning a ton since I'm tromping around in about 2 ft of the white stuff..... On Fridays for the last month I have been going ice skating w/my son (they have an after school program during the winter). I'm not sure my heart rate ever gets up there, but I am on my feet. I look forward to that this afternoon.

I have been helping my hubby round out week 1 on MFP and I think it's a go for him--he's psyched about it--and this actually helps me a lot too as I can make the meals even lighter w/ his buy in.

Great to see all the activity today. Welcome all the new folks!

Altushe, about weighing---I was never a weigher for years and didn't even own a scale until I had been on MFP for about 6 months. I guess before that I knew my "range" from yearly Drs. office visits. When I did finally buy the scale, I really just wanted to benchmark my loss. I had lost the bulk of my weight already from this program and just started obsessing from day 1. I think I stopped 8 months later, in October ( I did have to put it out of sight so I wouldn't be tempted). I finally got on again after the New Year. I weighed again a few weeks later to make sure I lost the few lbs I gained over the holiday but don't plan to weigh myself again for awhile. As long as my clothes fit I'm good. If for some reason I lose or gain, I'll probably drag it out again because I might need to adjust my calorie level. It really just takes a few days for me to get out of the weighing mindset....the obsession really does stop quickly.

Stiring--glad you are up and around and feeling better.

Super Bowl?? What super bowl?? I didn't even know it was this weekend. Yes, we are of of the few households who ignores sports altogether........luckily it won't hurt the eating plan. Hope the rest of you have fun and enjoy it!

Take care everyone--enjoy the weekend!

Victorious_One

Hi, everyone. I'm 42 and proud!

Today my goal is to move for 60 minutes doing housework. It may not seem like a lot (and it sure isn't glamorous!), but that's a lot for me. I've been on the mend from surgery and a serious protein deficiency, so that's an aggressive goal for me. I may not do it all at once, but I'm going to get it done. For no other reason that the bathrooms are super-gross! Ew. :noway:

Looking forward to getting to know all of you.

pepper06

stiring -yes there are steelers m&m's-mine hv nt arrived yet-I do hv the cupcakes made. I am thinking of attempting to mk soft pretzels and spell out STEELERS.

cbaker-not sure where moody al is?? My Mother's side is born and bred AL(unfortuantly distant cuz to elvis). I go down yrly since allot are up in yrs & my Mother had a major and minor storkes. I will be going down in May for the cemetary decorating-that is my relaxing time-even though I am busy-I can just kickbk!

kad-glad to hear your husband has joined in on your/our mission! My husband is looking so much better and seems to enjoy going to the gym now-yipppeeee

oh-i have a new trainer at the gym for my 2 of my classes-he is actually a personal trainer there, so for our 1st day yesterday he asked me how he should do the class(easy, challenging, mod etc)-I told him challenging, and boy oh boy was it EVER! What a workout and different-should hv worn shorts instead of the pants.

DOES EVERYONE WATCH THEIR SALT/SODIUM INTAKES? There has been allot of discussions in the news lately and they are even taking this into account for changing lunch menus. I began paying more attention to this a couple of yrs ago w/my mother had her mini stroke so I inquired w/the dr for her. I am amazed how so many items(even frozen are so high in salt). I purch mostly items that are 180mg less-especially whole wheat/grain breads-what a diff.

More snow on the way!

welcome newcomers to our springtime:blushing:

alf1163

Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well, the roads are clear now. We had some snowfall overnight, nothing much though, but we also had freezing rain so the roads got really dangerous. It is all clear now and we have sunny skies and the temps above freezing. The storm moved south east. I checked in yesterday so not much has changed. I am planning on working on some zumba choreo this weekend so that will be extra exercise. I really would like to continue with my light resistance trng but I am not sure I should. Grr!! I hate this!!!!

Altushe, I understand your concern with maintaining and all. It will take time to figure out exactly how many calories you will need to maintain. Keep doing what you are doing and you will not have any problems. Most of us are not weighing because we find it frustrating. I still have a scale at home and like kadtr I am tempted to get on the scale but I really refuse to get disappointed. :laugh: I am at a point right now that I want to focus on how I feel inside as well as out and fixating on a specific number on the scale can be frustrating. During the Holidays I knew I had gained weight (who knows how much) because some of my clothes were feeling tighter but now it is back to normal, whatever that is. So dont worry so much about your weight, be proud of what you have accomplished and continue eating well, exercising and enjoying life!!!! :flowerforyou:

Pepper, when I was logging my foods I was watching my sodium intake. I still do but I dont log it in. I pretty much eat the same things Mon-Fri and sometimes on weekends so I know I am in the right range. When I do grocery shopping I always check the sodium content of the products I eat. And I dont add salt when preparing foods myself...

Robin (kadtr), Super Bowl? LOL We are the same. Wow, I thought we were the only ones not getting into it...I only like to see some of the commercials or the half time show but I usually miss it. Congrats to your hubby for joining. My husband tried once but it only lasted a couple of weeks at most. LOL

Stiring, glad to hear you feel better!!!

Welcome to all the new members!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou:

tron3002

Wow! I had such a difficult time getting on this sight this week. Every time I tried to log in my computer froze up.... :frown:

Glad I found you all. I have had such a busy week running around with my family. We went into one of our local florist places to buy yellow ribbon to wrap around the tree along with putting one in my daughters car and they were so sweet and made them and gave us them for free,,,, Said they wont last too long being outside and that we can come back for more anytime we wanted. So now I have a yellow ribbon tied around the old..... Blue spruce tree, mail box, and fence post.

On Monday I am going to Nevada. The hubby got a ticket for not stopping at a stop sign which he claimed he didn't see. He's gonna fight it in court I guess. It's not marked on the street and sits a back a tad so if there was a truck parked there I could see how it would be missed. Me on the other hand I would look at it as no I didn't see it but I did run it so.... I would just pay the darn thing.