40+ Club: Fall Fitness Fanatics
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singfree, sounds like we're sharing the same weather! It is 48 degrees here this morning. It feels wonderful. I have a long sleeve jacket on over my workout shirt, and I love that I need it. Of course, all of the windows in the house are wide open because I'm such a fresh air junkie, and I haven't been able to open them up so much of the summer. So the house is a tad chilly right now!
Swissmiss, yeah, it is best to do strength training before cardio because of the energy issue. But, to be honest, from everything I've read, there is no 'wrong' in this issue. It has more to do with intent and goals that determine the best order when doing cardio and strength training. I've had great results doing both. Regarding your mirror.....don't let it get you down!!! There are times I look in the mirror and thing 'really?', but I find I'm looking at myself through my 20 year old eyes when I do that. When I look at myself as a 46yo woman and look at people around me who are my age, I feel much better about myself. I'm sure you can say the same. So be proud of what you are doing and how good you look and feel....and don't let anything else bother you.
Friday check-in.....it has been a good week for me. I'm finishing another week of the Insanity/Asylum rotation with added strength training. I'm still loving this program and getting great results. My eating could have been a little better but hasn't been too bad coming back from vacation last week. All in all, I'm happy where I'm at right now.
Hope you all have a great weekend!0 -
Yesterday was my no workout day. Good thing 'cause when I got home from work yesterday, I pretty much crashed. Ended up going to bed at 7pm. No dinner, 'cause I was asleep, lol. Better make sure to get my cals in today early on. So far I've had 625 cals for breakfast :happy:0
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Hi everyone,
New to the thread. I'm 46 live in London (originally from Wales) and workout 5-6 times a week. Typical week is:
Mon - Wed - Fri Weights Full Body workout
Tue - Thurs - Sat/Sun Cardio so probably at least a couple of runs and maybe a Kettlebell workout.
I am currently training for a couple of off road races so having to sacrifice a couple of Kettlebell workouts.0 -
So nice to find a group who is where I am in life. It's harder to lose weight this time. :-( In my twenties, I skipped dinner and lost 10 lbs. In my thirties, I had to skip two meals that week and work out a little. Gosh, now I can't even figure out what to do. Skipping meals is not an option anymore, I have to keep my blood sugars level or I binge. I feel like maybe now I'm learning to eat healthy and hoping the weight loss and fitness come right along with new changes in eating and lifestyle. The kids are grown, so it's just the hubby and myself. Feel free to friend me!
I'm a relative new comer, but I used another site like this for a while and I had great results. I think the community of this site and the nutrition tracking here is superior to the other sites, and the mobile app is top notch.
Knowing your calories for the day is an enormous advantage when trying to lose or maintain weight. Especially when you count in knowing what (approximately) your workout is worth is calories. You can really fine tune things.
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:flowerforyou: tladame, good to see you. Have you been away? Missed seeing your posts.
Howdy Swiss, I've been around but I don't post too much. All your workouts sound so much more exciting than mine! My posts would be something like, "Did the 6-week six-pack DVD this morning...woot." :laugh:
Although I did start jogging again in preparation for the 5K mud run coming up next month.0 -
If the local gym membership goes down to 10 bucks a month, as someone told me it might, I might go back. Just to use the elliptical machine.
That would mean getting up at 5 in the morning or so, but hey, I'm really happy with the progress I've made with the diet. That sort of consistency will hopefully give me consistency in the gym.
I'll have to re-calibrate my program, because when I do the elliptical--which wasn't often, alas--, I can burn 2000 calories in 2 hours and not feel utterly exhausted.
1520 diet - 2000 calories burned = -480 per day, basically nearly half a kg of stored fat right there (1 kg = 7700 calorie deficit).
Yeah, not sustainable.
Perhaps time to carbo-load. 0 -
WOW!!! 3 pages already!!!! some posters!!!!! LOL I have been sooooo busy this week and this weekend is no different. Sorry, no time to post much but wanted to say hello. WELCOME TO ALL THE NEW MEMBERS!!!! :drinker: :drinker:
It has been a good but again very busy week for me. There is a major Zumba event this Sunday. It is a fundraiser. Plus going out with hubby tomorrow night to watch a friend perform at a play. The baby shower for my SIL last weekend was a success.
Have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully I will be able to post more next week. :flowerforyou:0 -
Can't believe it's Friday all ready... Seriously! Where does the time go?
Went to Nevada mon and tues. I think alls we have left to do is lay new carpet and baseboards. I'm sure there might be a few little things but it's basically done. Then off to do another building! Yay Me!
On our way home tues night I had the worst migraine ever! And of course that darn headache is still lingering around today. I feel like my neck might be the cause of this headache because it's really sore too....
Needless to say, due to the headache I didn't work out. Please pray it goes away soon.
Welcome to all the new members!0 -
<<<---My pet Parrot, a White Capped Pionus. Have had her for about 10 years so far.
Another active day at work. High temps in the 90's today. Out in my no A/C cargo van much of the day. Good conditioning
Weight Lifting Day: DB Squats, DB Bench Press, DB Glute Bridges
*Mmeyer36 & aliceguy & MarlynnM & sucha65: Welcome!
*Becky: If it was an isolated measurement, I would agree. But the scale has been trending downward the last few weeks a little bit each week. Been trying to slowly increase my cals per day to level it off...but it keeps going down, lol. And grats on losing the 5lbs!
*trixie: IMO, it is best to start slow and slowly ramp your self up to higher intensity workouts. Do some light cardio every day for a couple weeks to get in the habit of working out every day. Then go from there.
*StiringWendel: One thing I have concluded in the past year after reading and researching way too much about all of this...there is no *one* answer or *one* perfect way of doing things. Just guidelines that have worked for the people posting the guides. We have to take all that info and apply it to our own personal needs. The weight lifting before cardio guideline is for those with strength goals as their primary concern. If cardio is primary, then doing the strength afterwards is much better than not doing them at all. Not that you need my approval, but seems fine to me
*Robin: Mushroom hunting sounds fun! Even though I don't like eating them
*TxMs: Yoga is definitely a use it or lose it activity for me. I try to do a few Vinyassa sequences every day as a warmup before my workouts.
*navjhaj: There is a fair amount of research out there that anything over an hour of cardio has diminishing returns. You may have already looked into that, but if you haven't, I encourage you to do some searches on it. Of course, that probably doesn't apply to people training for endurance events like Marathons and the like.
*Julie: Hope you feel better!0 -
40+ soon to be 50+0
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Just checking to see if my ticker works..............I tried adding one today. So new here that I haven't even weighed again since I started. I think once a week weigh-in should keep me on track and motivated.0
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Good morning. I am sad for a good friend of mine who lost her mother last night. She passed away unexpectedly while visiting her son in FL along with her husband.
I did my complete body workout this morning, I usually split upper and lower body during the week due to lack of time. My cardio will be cleaning the house and perhaps practicing some new Zumba routines. Hubby and I going out tonight. I also have a 2 hr Zumbathon tomorrow and rehearsal for 2 hrs before it starts. I might have to skip Yoga X tomorrow. :sad: I have really been enjoying it the past 2 Sundays.
Tron, hope you feel better. :flowerforyou:
Chris, what is your parrot's name? It is cute!
optimaltouch, welcome!! :drinker: We have members in their 50s and 60s.
Marlynn, your goals sound very doable. When I first joined MFP close to 3 yrs ago my goal was to lose 10-15lbs. But with all the great support, motivation and all the learning I gained from a lot of the members I ended up losing 20-25lbs and have been maintaining for about a year now. The loss was slow, becoming more challenging as I got closer to the final goal, but it can be done. You might need to make changes here and there to break through the inevitable plateau. Let us know what you might need help with. YOU CAN DO IT!!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:
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Good afternoon all... My headache finally feels better... The neck still a little sore but that's ok.
Today my goal is to use the biggest loser program for the wii and do some core workouts. I'll post later and let you know if I achieved anything else....
Alf.... I'm sorry about your friends loss.
Chris... Your parrot is beautiful. We used to have a double yellow head but he was so loud! Every time you talked the bird would try ton over power you by getting louder and louder. So, now my mother in law has him....0 -
My parrots name is Lady Poroit
Cardio Day: Did 27 minutes on the Treadmill doing interval inclines. Before that I also did lying abductions and a variety of curls. I'm thinking I am going to add a couple strength exercises every cardio day. A little something different each time that works muscles I didn't focus on the day before. We'll see.
*Tron: This part made me LOL "So, now my mother in law has him.... " :laugh: Glad you are feeling better!0 -
Today my goal is to use the biggest loser program for the wii and do some core workouts. I'll post later and let you know if I achieved anything else....
What kind of core workout do you do? I have to do Legs / Core today.0 -
Happy Sunday!!0
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HAPPY SUNDAY TO YOU TOO LADY PERSIA!!! And everyone else!!! :drinker:
Tron, too funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's drive the MIL crazy now with the parrot...LOL :laugh:
Chris, how long is each phase of that glute workout? Are you still doing it?
Dander, try ab ripper from P90X. It is a great core workout. You might be able to find it in youtube.
Take care!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
alf, can a person go to youtube, get the ab ripper and be able to use it without a P90X?
:flowerforyou: Really, tron...giving that bird to your MIL is just too funny.
Well, the weekend is winding down. And since I have to get up so early...I will now go to bed.0 -
Good morning everyone !!!! See what happens when you get to bed early? You wake up early and post in this thread.:laugh:
I went to weigh in this morning. We all have to do this sometime this week. Well, the nurse had a patient with her so I have to go back later. Well, I ate a bowl of cereal that I shouldn't have. Now I have to weigh with cereal in me.:sad:0 -
Dander, try ab ripper from P90X. It is a great core workout. You might be able to find it in youtube.
I will check it out. I've been using some of the machines at the gym and I've been getting a good burn out of those. I'm only in my second week here, so I'm fine tuning the workouts I want to do. I'm on a 12 week program for myself, and I'm going to use a calorie deficient / protein dense diet along with strength training and see where that gets me. My goal is 22 pounds in 12 weeks. I think that's fairly doable.
So I'm through my first week and despite a terrible meal I had yesterday for football at the bar I'm down 5 pounds. Not a bad start, but it's just that, only a start. Now the work begins. The proof will be in how I handle the obstacles these next 11 weeks. If life were so predictable that I'd KNOW I can easily get to the gym 5 times a week and eat all the meals the way I want when I want, weight loss would be easy, but that's just not going to happen.
For me, the hardest part of this journey, and this is my second time around, is always dealing with life's problems.0 -
Good morning!!! :drinker: I did my upper body workout. I've been getting a lot of comments regarding the look of my arms lately so I guess the hard work (and I really dont think it is hard) is working!! :drinker: I wish I could say the same thing about my midsection. :noway: :grumble: Soooo hard!!! And really my major problem has nothing to do with diet and exercise at my age, it has to do with age and losing elasticity in my skin. :mad: :explode: Oh well...
Ok, went to youtube and someone posted the entire Ab Ripper X here is the link. I am not sure if it will be there permanently so I would write down all the exercises. Very easy to follow and once you learn all the moves you can do it without the video anywhere while watching TV etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgHYV1vGa6A
Swiss, you can pretty much find anything in youtube or google these days...I love it!!!
The Zumba event was a success yesterday but it could have been better. They raised over $2000 for my friend. A lot of people who told me they were going did not show up. I hate when people do that. :noway: But my friend was very happy.
Dander, your program sounds like a good plan especially for a man. It is great to set goals but true determination to achieve them is the key factor to succeed. Keep your mind focused on the prize and you'll be able to jump over those life's obstacles. If you are going to go to a restaurant now every Sunday to watch football you are gonna have to choose a healthier meal. I think Chris can be an inspiration for you since he lost a good amount of weight in a short time.
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Just a quick note...I am up almost three pounds since Friday. I know it is because I am not very active on the weekends and tend to eat bad...really not too much...but stuff I shouldn't be eating.0
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Becky..weekend are hard. I added a mini workout on sat/sun to keep me in check. It seems to be working.0
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Hello everyone,
Last week was stressful. It is not work. It is the home life. I should tell you that we are tiling the foyer and th kitchen. It is about 500 square feet. My husband is doing it.? No, he
will not pay for it. So, yes I need to remind myself constantly to be patient.
It is hard for me to have the 80 gallon salt water tank in the living room and now the refrigerator in the family room. It has already been a two month project.
Anyway, I have actually have been looking forward to my exercise. I have been working on a routine for two months now and I feel I have it together. I am doing cardio 35 minutes four times a week. I do strength training one hour three times a week and yoga 1 hour two times a week. I am finding myself eating the exercise calories a couple of times a week, which I am trying to stop. I am trying to keep it to 1200. I was wondering what your thoughts are in regards to eating the exercise calories?
Chris: Your parrot is beautiful! I have read in Time magazine and I also heard it on the Doctors that 30 minutes 4-5 times a week of cardio is good for weight loss.
Sing: I am like you. I prefer to be outside also. I am trying to get my weight down to get back into running. Hopefully, it happens soon, because I love it in the fall.
StiringWindel: I am glad to hear that is cooling down over there. I have my aunt and uncle in Reston. They have been complaining a lot. We are coming to visit them in three weeks. My aunt is a retired elementary teacher for Fair Fax. It is so nice because she is excited and she has already planned the whole trip. I will never forget when I took my daughter to the Smithsonian when she was almost four, she asked me why I took her to see dead animals.
Alf: I am sorry to hear about your friend. I do go zumba class when I get tired of the machines for the cardio. I do like it.
Swissmiss: I do see that you go to class for strengthening. I also prefer it. I am glad to hear that your daughters finger is doing better.
Robin: Mushroom hunting does sound interesting. I do like mushrooms a lot.
TxMs: I am glad you are out of the heat. Surprised you would like it that low. When I lived in Texas, people would say, "Colorado is way too cold.".
Nice visiting with all of you. My tolerance has calmed for the moment.
Welcome to the newcomer.
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Obstacle number 1 for this week, I worked 3 hours of overtime last night and didn't make it to the gym. After 11 hours on my feet I was tired and hungry and had run out of time for the gym. So now the schedule will be, at best, off kilter. At worst the schedule will be screwed, so to speak.
Since my job is one where I might be working strange hours I try to work in some flexibility to my workout schedule to allow for days like yesterday. I can move yesterday's upper body workout to today and today's lower body workout to tomorrow which was set aside as a rest / light total body day. It just means more soreness on Thursday when I'm (hopefully) back to upper body.
What kills me is I didn't have the gumption to get up and walk the dogs last night like I should have. I need to stay motivated.0 -
Good morning!!!! :drinker: Do I sound happy? LOL It must be that yummy bowl of steel cut oats with blueberries, walnuts, chocolate protein powder and ground flaxseed that I am eating. :laugh: I did my lower body/abs workout this morning. Zumba tonight. :happy:
Sal, I do want to suggest to you that you should eat your exercise calories. With the amount of exercise you are doing eating 1200 cals is not enought at all!!! Just make sure the foods you eat are as clean as possible, veggies, fruit, lean protein, mono/poly fats, whole grain...and you will still lose weight actually more than not eating your exercise calories. My husband is the opposite of yours, if he could pay someone to change a lightbulb he would. :noway: :grumble: :laugh:
Swiss, it could be water retention and not weight gain. Also choose a meal during the weekend that can be your cheat meal and try to eat healthy the rest of the time. You can use the weekends to do something differently such as yard work, walking outdoors, riding your bike etc so you can be a little more active. Due to lack of time during the week I use Sat and Sun as my days where I can do my long workouts, that helps me stay active during the weekend. I do too sometimes eat more of the not so good for me foods on weekends, dont we all? :noway: :laugh:
I'd better get ready for work...have a great Tuesday!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Hello Everyone!
I was so happy to find a thread for 40+ !!! I'm past the 40 and into the plus and have been looking for folks to motivate me towards my goal. My starting weight was 224 and I have manage to lose 7 lbs in a month and a half. Mind if I hang out with you all???0 -
Hi Donna welcome.
I think you should always eat your exercise calories. Just dont eat sweets like I'm prone too. 0 -
Welcome Donna!!! Congrats on your weightloss!! :drinker: Keep up the good work. :flowerforyou:0
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Explain why I should eat my exercise calories? Don't I need those to burn a pound of fat? :grumble: Perhaps I am getting this all wrong but I thought you had to burn 3500 calories to lose 1 lb. of fat. I am soooooooooooo confused!:grumble:0
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