40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Birthday is awesome, so far! Did scheduled-cardio this morn. Am at son's basketball game (I hope we win, but we're losing by 1 in 3rd quarter), and i'm off to daughter's hockey game right away.
Nice restaurant with hubby tonight. Then a little gambling at the casino before we sleep in a lovely hotel.
Don't forget to set your clocks back tonight!0 -
Happy happy birthday Beeps!
Caramelgyrlk - Great workout and sounds like loads of fun!!
Got through Halloween just slightly over my calorie goal which is totally fine with me! Should have some decent workouts this weekend.
So glad to get an extra hour back tonight!0 -
Doing great here. I rode my spin bike for 45 min and did several sprints in the middle. I then wrnt out snd raked for a couple of hours before the snow hits on Monday. I jope to get in a weight workout too.0
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Happy Birthday Beeps!
Working today and starting new diet. funny how full you can feel on so little! lol Eating right is all it takes. And dealing with pcos, hypothyroidism and insulin resistance!
Lack of sugar is not going to bother me. Getting what I need in the fruit I eat. It's the carbs! lol I am certainly eating more veggies than I have ..... ever I think!
time for a walk! take care cool kids! Have a super weekend!0 -
Hey all. I am 42, but it's just a number. :-)0
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HELLO HELLO HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker: Been MIA for a couple of days, busy busy busy. Havent even logged in my foods. :noway: I feel and look lean but my skin is not looking too good. Any suggestions? It is always something!!!! I did Bikram yesterday, lifted today. I have my grandbaby tonight until tomorrow but need to work on some Zumba choreography for Monday.
Beeps, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Have lots of fun with your hubby and hope you win lots of money at the casino. I agree with sdereski that you definitely don't look like you have 32% fat in your body. I haven't looked into that but I am glad that you have accepted it and will be working on a system to lower it!!!
Welcome to all the newcomers!!!! :drinker:
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Happy birthday Beeps! Happy to hear you are enjoying it!
Internet has been down most of the weekend. I get so frustrated. Have been communicating with the provider, but it's been a battle. Can't wait until I have another service provider option! Ugh!
I have worked out the past two days and eaten relatively clean, but have not logged a thing due to lack of internet.
Good start today. Haven't worked out yet, but it's on the agenda.
Have a great day all. Sun is shining here...clear, but crisp out there. The lake is nice and calm...am sure the gales will start soon.0 -
So here's myupdate and/or progress so far...
First week of September vs. Today:
Weight: 172 vs. 159
Body fat %: 32 vs. 24
Waistline inches: 39 vs. 35
Goals:
155
10%
32
Additional goals - Fitness:
Ability to do 50 push-ups, 50 dips and 20 pull-ups
Sub 6 minute mile
sub 20 minute 5k
So the progress has been decent, and just working towards feeling, looking and performing better.
Best of luck to all of you as well
David0 -
56 even cooler than 40s
BAM! Sims I totally agree after looking at your pics! Awesome job getting in and keeping yourself in such super shape!
Thanks you 40s are so young and beautiful. 56 and hanging on.0 -
Happy Monday Cool Kids!
David - those are fantastic results thus far! Wow! Keep up that great work. I need some of your energy to kick my *kitten* into gear.
sims - welcome. I agree, the 50's are pretty cool as well. 53 and hanging on...for dear life at time.
Good weekend. Got some workouts in, yard work done, relatively clean eating and a dinner out on Saturday with friends (yeah, had some wine)
Good start this morning - got up and did some exercise to start the day off right. Then.... an unexpected meeting with my DIL and beautiful granddaughter on my way to work. Got a kiss and smile from my little girl. Made my heart smile.
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Good morning cool kids!
Hope you all had a great weekend!
I reset my weight! though I did loose a couple lbs over the weekend! Yay! lol
So excited to get to see my mom and grandmother. Have not seen them in 2 yrs! whew!
I will be very busy this week and have to work again this weekend.
I am going to restart my BBL and continue my hikes thru this diet change!
You all look great!
Keep rocking it hard! xoxo
Chelle0 -
Hi all!
I've started my "systems" approach to my fitness/nutrition-lifestyle!
For today, I am going to drink 12 glasses of water (minimum) and stop drinking by 6 pm. I am going to go to the gym and do a lifting session. If/when I feel "evening munchies", I will simply exit the room I am in and move to my bedroom (where "triggers" or "visual cues" just don't exist!).0 -
Good morning all! I'm a 42 year old mom of one. Tired of being the fat mom at school events! I've restarted a few weeks and am feeling better already.
I've also started to just go to my bedroom at night to get away from the kitchen - it has helped!0 -
We're off daylight savings here. It's nice to get that extra hour of sleep but boy does it get dark early!
David - Great progress! You're obviously doing the work!
Sims - You are a true role model. :flowerforyou:
Princess - Congratulations on the drop!
Got a couple of runs and a swim in this weekend. Did my lifting too. I'm thinking today may be a rest day for me.
Have a great rest of the day!0 -
HAPPY MONDAY!!!! :drinker: :drinker: My day started great with a very early Bikram Yoga session (5:45am) I normally do Bikram on Fri mornings but I am going out of town on Wed to celebrate my birthday!! I will be 50 on Monday! Going on a cruise with hubby out of Puerto Rico. I am almost done packing. I teach Zumba tonight and a lifting session tomorrow. I still plan to workout during my vacation and eat well most of the time. I am hoping to continue IF but I know that will be hard since my husband doesnt do it and will want to go eat breakfast when we get up. I can sit with a cup of coffee and watch him and everybody else eat but I know I will have to hear him complain about it. :noway: :laugh:
Sdereski, dont you love being a Grandma. My granddaughter told me she was going to miss me when I told her I was going out of town. She is so sweet. I kept her with me this weekend. I love hugging her and kissing her.
David, excellent job!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker:
Sims, you look great!!!! :flowerforyou:
Katrina, welcome!! good strategy! Keep it up, dont give up!! :flowerforyou:
Beeps, you are very determined when you set your goals. I know you will accomplish them in no time.
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Friggin Monday again... YAY!!
Beeps, hope you had a fabulous night out! Your systems seem to be in check, love it!!
princessofredrock - when you are eating healthy, unprocessed crap, it's amazing how much food you get to eat, isn't it!! not to mention the reduction of the belly. Enjoy your visit with your Mom and Grandmother!!
David - WOOHOOO!! that's an impressive loss of body fat!! how are you calculating it? Great goals inded... we all need to write some down and pin them where we can regularly see them.
alf - turning 50?? no way
your upcoming trip to celebrate sounds divine!
I had an awesome workout on Saturday - some cardio kickboxing followed by hill sprints.. wicked one!! I am part of a challenge group and this week, I have been challenged to do 3 of Fitness Blender's 1000 calorie full body workouts, which #1 is today after work so I didn't do any lifting this morning.
Have a fantastic Monday kids!!0 -
Happy Monday everyone ! I lost 1.6 lbs this week! Yay! Working hard but still having motivational issues. But I am pushing through them.0
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I've been using the OMRON HBF-516. I love that scale. Tell's me my body fat and muscle % (which are both more important to me than my actual weight). They're not cheap, but I really wanted something that would do more than just tell me my weight. Was a good investment for me. Keeps me properly motivated :-) I check it first thing when I wake up every morning just to make sure that I'm staying on track, and then log my results every Monday morning.0
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whoops, double post.... (see below)0
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Hey cool kids! So many birthdays, and so many awesome sounding celebrations!
So yesterday I was looking at sports bras online, and then came back to MFP. Soon enough an REI ad shows up showing three items vertically: a sports bra, the item linked below, and another sports bra. While it does bear a certain resemblance to something Madonna might have worn back in the day, I don't think it would provide particularly good support during a HIIT class....
http://www.rei.com/product/850995/national-geographic-chameleon-vision-goggles?preferredSku=85099500010 -
Last night was a really good 'baptism' into systems! I learned that sooooooooooo much of my after-supper grazing is 100% visual-clue induced, or alternatively, induced by putting my *kitten* on the couch!
Right after supper, and I was full, I brushed my teeth!
I was going to go sit on the couch with my computer, but retreated to my bedroom, instead.
Within 30 minutes, my husband was in my bedroom and my kids had crawled into the bed with me! NOBODY was watching t.v.! (We don't have any tv in our bedrooms....). Everybody was visiting!
It was HILARIOUS!
Anyway, bedtime for kids came, I hopped back into bed with my ipad and then did some reading! ("OXYGEN" magazine is BACK and I read about 1/2 of it).
No munchies struck. Nothing.0 -
Good for you Beeps! I love snuggle time! I usually get mine in the am as they get up but then with 3 boys and hubby it turns into a dog pile and tickle fight!
Weight is coming off nicely! figure it is mostly water at the moment but soon it will be the target areas of fat!
I did my BBL High n Tight this am, then 12 flights of stairs, then outside to clean up the yard! Oh and my chin ups (still at 2) and pole climbing (really works your core) 5 times.
Trying not to do too much cardio on this diet so I just burn the needed fat!
Got a little down after finding out my Aunt passed away a few days ago. My mom is the only remaining sibling of 6! Hubby shows up with a rose in a glass swan vase, 98 % dark choc, and an awesome sweet card!
Gotta run! Mamma's work is never done!
Keep rocking it cool kids! xoxo
Chelle0 -
Sorry about your aunt, princessofred....your exercise sounds awesome, though!0
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Morning!
RM - thats funny! I don't typically look the ads on MFP website but I have seen a few posts where people say their webbrowsing shows up on the MFP page.
Beeps - looks like you are on to something there! So brushing your teeth signals your brain that nothing else is going in your mouth? and sounds like a fantastic, quality family time. I miss the days my girls would come and snuggle with me in bed. My oldest, 21, still comes and sits on the side of my bed and we'll talk about our day... next time, I am just gonna grab her and pull her in I also agree with grazing being a sight thing. If there is something out on the counter or table, I will mindlessly pop it into my mouth. I tend to make sure there's nothing out but the fruit basket!
princess - sorry to read about your Aunt but hope you are really enjoying your visit with your family. Hubby is definitely a keeper too!
Did workout #1 of 3 of the Fitness Blender's 1000 cal after work yesterday, was awesome 87 minute event! lol, combined 30 minutes of HIIT with 26 minutes of strength and 16 minutes of ab work and then a cool down stretch. I am feeling it in my thighs and abs today! We had our first dusting of snow overnight so I had the crunching beneath my feet on my walk this morning... love that sound! Had to keep stopping to get the snowballs off from my dogs paws tho, annoying, time to trim them up again.0 -
Hi All! I have not been on in a few days. I did end up shopping on Saturday and got a lot accomplished. Sunday I went to a birthday party for my friend's son who just turned 1! Then I ended up getting sick with a terrible sore throat Sunday night. I ended up at the doctor's yesterday and have an infection. No Fun!!! I have been very tired and other than going to my appointment just stayed home to rest. I rested today as well, but did come in to work as I have tons to do. I am going to try to make it to the gym tomorrow morning though. I am missing it.
Beeps- glad to hear your birthday went well.
Alf- Your trip sounds like it will be loads of fun!0 -
I have had a hard time getting motivated to exercise again. I did great the first 7 months this year (was training for a half marathon) and did keep up with running after my race. But when I wasn't seeing the scale budge even with the exercise I was doing, I kind of let up a little. I bought a food scale to watch my calories closer, which is helping now and even with not exercising like I was, the scale is at least moving again. Now to balance exercise with eating so that I can still lose.0
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Hey cool kids, this post is about heroes
We all have heroes in our lives, and Joy Johnson was one of mine. I was privileged to also call her my friend. Joy Johnson, 85, ran her 25th consecutive New York City Marathon this past Sunday (November 3rd) despite suffering a fall. Yesterday morning she gave an interview on the Today show and died shortly after – from internal bleeding as a result of that fall.
Many of us that knew her would say “we want to be just like Joy, running marathons in our 80s.” We called her “The JOY of running,” I couldn’t ask for a better role model.
The links below show Joy in 2009 and 2012, training for her most favourite marathon…NYC. Enjoy.
http://on.wsj.com/LxMTyc
http://mediagallery.usatoday.com/Behold-the-agelessness-of-these-long-distance-runners/G29230 -
sdereski - how tragic! I think it is wonderful that she had the opportunity to do what she loved doing for so many years. Keep your JOY of running alive for her. :flowerforyou:0
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Wow, sdereski, sorry for your loss....she sounds like a TRUE marvel!0
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I got in a nice run today after work then about 30 min of weight training. I am trying something new and I will have to see how it works. I love love love to workout every day. However, for the past couple of months my Mondays at work have been pretty long...12 plus hours. I can't really change it as I work in healthcare and can't change when we get new patients.. Well after a long day of patient care and trying to make sure dinner is done and ready for my husband ( he does not expect it..I just like to do it for him) when he gets home from work I feel like I rush through my workout or I don't make time for other responsibilities. Yesterday was my first day off from exercised in several months.
Hope everyone is doing well.0
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