40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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part of it, for me, is that I have never had "weight to lose".
Meaning: I've been in the "lose 10 lbs" club for about 100 years.
I was never overweight. I am still not overweight. I spent some time in my youth as an underweight. But, for the most part, I have been "normal weight" my whole entire life.
I think a LOT of these "lose weight" methodologies work BEST for peeps who have a bunch of weight to lose. If you are in the "lose 5 lbs" or "lose 10 lbs" club, it is just the craziest ride in the WORLD.0 -
Good Morning Cool Kids. Hope everyone is sleeping in and having a good weekend in general. I've been at work an hour and have already got my morning two mile walk in. {27 min @ 4 1/2mph} But with two family reunions scheduled today, I'm sure I will have to do more tonight to break even calorie wise. One of the reunions is a three day affair, Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday day. This summer has been really slow, so it's good to have a full weekend of events. When I'm at work, other than cardio, I get a chance to rest up:bigsmile:
Everyone enjoy your weekend.
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Good Morning!
Im feeling MUCH better today...I think I ate something bad? Not sure, Either way its gone :happy:
Im helping the elderly lady across the street from me disconnect her washer and help move a new one in...geeesh! I hope Im a help and not a hinderance lol.
This new kitten is keeping our family on it's toes. This morning, I opened the front door and he whooooshed by me and ran, without stopping, right up the neighbors tree. He cried and cried, afraid to come down. So, because my hubs is on evening shift and still sleeping, IM THE SUPER HERO that must save the day lol.....
If you can picture, I'm trying to climb the tree, clumsily, while trying to stretch and reach the little devil... I turn my head because I felt someone watching and as I see my neighbors face, I slip and slide fireman pole style down the tree - ZERO kitten in hand. After another try ( Im determined now, and a little pi$$ed off ) I grab him and scold him with a thousand kisses. My inner thighs are pretty scraped up so Im walking a little funny today.
Hope I provided a little entertainment to your Saturday morning....
Have a positive day :flowerforyou:
JFM0 -
JFM, hope you were not wearing shorts. Ouch.
I like the new picture.
Larro0 -
Where is everyone? I'm dodging tumbleweeds here.
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Hi Larro!
Yeah...pretty quiet here....
Everyone must be out enjoying their weekend :happy:
Im going to the lake with my fam today, lots of sales and market tables there today!
Enjoy your day,
I'll check back later
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Hey cool kids! Been a busy weekend and haven't had much time for the group...sorry. Its been rough this weekend trying to stay on track...but I've managed. I'm still coming down after a stellar week and I think that silly part of my brain of mine has been trying to tell me I'm done...which I'm not. I headed into the gym for the first time in months today and that went well. I find I have to really keep myself occupied when its a non-running day. So I figured why not just go lift weights. I've had voracious hunger today which has been really hard to cope with. I'm trying to stabilize my weight before I hit the weights too hard.
Back to work tomorrow and life is much easier when I'm working. I'm too busy to worry about being bored enough to eat. Its also a running day tomorrow which also makes it easier. I'm much less pre-occupied with food when I have a steady stream of activities planned. Anyway...thats my weekend.
JFM - glad to hear you're feeling better and must be nice to have a lake to go to on the weekends! We just have a gross river
Larro - Sorry I haven't had much time out here this weekend. Hope your family reunions were good.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I'll try to be more active as the week progresses.
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Hey kids...hope all of you are well.
Saturday I met with my trainer and I had loads of energy, which resulted in me walking for about 45 minutes or so. When that didn't settle me, I geared up and ran a mile. I was like the energizer....still going...lol...I ran with my daughter on Sunday. She did great going down hill, coming up challenged her a bit. She needed to sit and I commended her on a job well done. Seeing a pooped teenager is priceless. I treasure my moments with my babies.
JFM...glad you are feeling better. Like the new photo.
Larro...it's often quiet around here on the weekends. I love the tumbleweed photo. You are amazing.
Geek...since I have been running and lifting heavier my hunger has increased. It took me a minute to come down after my race. For 2 days after, I slept well. You look debonair in your new photo.
Have a great night everyone. The gang will be back in full swing tomorrow.0 -
Larro - Sorry I haven't had much time out here this weekend. Hope your family reunions were good.
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I'll try to be more active as the week progresses.
-Geek
I work at a small town community center. One of our main customer groups in mid-summer is family reunions. Spring and fall we do more weddings. It is not uncommon for me to work 14 or 15 hours on a Saturday, most of it sitting in front of my laptop. So when I'm not walking, I have way too much time to spend on forums.
During the week I work nights if there are events scheduled. I have something every Monday night, Taekwondo and Quilters' Club, but the other weeknights are hit or miss. When I'm not working there is a thousand things keeping me busy at the Larro Ranchero, so there is very little online time, other than logging my food and exercise, and posting pictures of my supper.
Speaking of posting my supper pictures, I had better do that. See you around,
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Good Monday Morning Cool Kids
We had a busy weekend just doing stuff around the house. I did manage to get a 3.86 mile walk in yesterday so that was nice
JFM....<shaking my head> these animals! LOL
My employer doesn't pay for a gym membership, BUT it could work out if you find one in the right price range. They have us download an app on our phones..."BeColorado" and if we exercise 12 times per month for at least 30 minutes per session, and if it's 'recorded' by the app, they will give us $25 extra that month. I go to.....ok, well "go to" is a strong phrase....I belong to Planet Fitness which is only $10 per month. As easy and common sensical as it sounds I don't/haven't made it there 12 times in any month yet since I joined (eyeroll at myself!)0 -
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Good Monday morning Cool Kids! I had a busy weekend. Went and looked at several houses Saturday morning. I think we may have found one that we are really interested in. Very Cute, and just about brand new- as a matter of fact, the guy that is selling it isn't quite finished with it yet. It also has a great yard. We're going to go back and look at it Friday and do a little more serous talking about it.
In terms of exercise, I ran Saturday, but that was it. Food wise, it wasn't my best weekend. We ended up getting pizza for dinner Friday and then Saturday we went to an Italian Steak House with my daughter and son-in-law on Saturday- so so good! Sunday we had Jake all day and had a lot of fun with him and also went and bbq'd with my parents. It's back on track today. I ran today and got a good time for me. Very happy about that.
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Happy Monday cool kids,
Had a great weekend here. The weather was fabulous and everyone was out and about. I hosted a family on Friday night, so after they left Saturday morning, I was busy washing bedding, towels, and cleaning up.
Our local drag races were held this past weekend, which I volunteer at each year. This year, I ended up working noon - midnight!
It was all good.
Sunday, I finished making up all the beds and started washing all the duvet covers. A bit of a major as I iron everything.
Had my family over for dinner and my granddaughter and I baked cookies for dessert. No, they were not the low-cal type.
After dinner we had a bonfire on the beach and just enjoyed the warm weather and beautiful sunset.
So - no workout, other than regular house and yard work which I don't count.
Kelly - good luck with the house - does sound cute.
Carmel - WTG!!! The lifestyle change is giving you the energy we all crave and need.
Larro - had to chuckle at the comment about you not wearing pants in the garden.
Alf - welcome back from vacation. Certainly hope you find some answers and relief from the pain you are experiencing.
Geek - congrats on your PR for the 5k! :drinker:
Welcome to the newbies - I do believe I saw some new faces.
Beeps - like your bloat removing diet. Have been trying to do something similar, but nothing is working yet. I need to get my *kitten* out the door. Don't know what the heck is wrong with me. For years, I worked out faithfully and now..............:noway: ugh!
Have a good time on your hiking holiday. :happy:
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Hello everyone!!! I just skimmed through the threads. You guy crack me up. :laugh: For sure lift up my spirits...I am still in pain. I found a sub for this week. I went to the acute care clinic, the "Dr" a PA, just saw me for about 5 mins and said it sounded like I hurt my sacroiliac joint exercising and gave me Motrin 600 and a muscle relaxer and to follow up with my PCM. I have found no relief with the meds and today I have this splitting headache! So I called to schedule with my PCM and they have no appts until the 29th. So I called my doctor's nurse and left a message. Luckily she called me back and asked a few questions and said they had an appt available this afternoon. It is not with my PCM though who I love because she takes her time, so hopefully at least I get a better answer, they order tests, etc.
:sad: I am so tired of dealing with so much pain and this weight gain is killing me!!!! As of this morning I have gained 13lbs since May. :explode: :grumble:
Larrodarro, what is the DL report?
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Alf- sorry to hear all that you are going through- hopefully you will get some answers today.
sdereski- sounds like you had a perfectly lovely weekend! I love being on the beach with a bonfire!
I didn't mention earlier, but this is "green week" in my fruits and veggies challenge. Salad and green grapes for lunch and I think some fresh green beans from my neighbor to go with dinner will do the trick for today! I have to say that this has made me get out of my comfort zone a bit. I like most fruits and veggies. I just don't buy them all the time, so I don't eat some of them regularly.0 -
Alf, I'm sorry about your problems getting seen!! I hope you can find some answers and relief soon!0
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Kelly: Yum, green fruits/veggies! Don't forget avocado and brussel sprouts, two of my favs
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Happy Monday Cool Kids!
I've cruised through the recent posts and it looks like everyone is doing awesome! Except Alf :frown: that's terrible news. I really hope your PCM can do something to help the pain.
Exciting news about the new house KS. Even though I've been in my house for 16 yrs now, I still love setting up a new pad. And Green Week sounds fun!
I'm really glad to hear summer finally arrived for you sdereski! It's about time!
Congrats on your 5K Geek! And Carmel, I love to hear about your challenging workouts. Very inspiring.
My BF had surgery Wed on his ankle, and his post op experience was / is pretty grim. Lots of pain. Hard to move. I've been really busy as his FT care-giver. I got a little exercise in over the weekend. A nice hike in the woods after dinner Saturday, and a walk to the store Sunday. That plus I get to do all his chores about the house too, so lawn mowing and greenwaste hauling. He's able to crutch to/from the bathroom now, so he's on his own for the day while I'm back at work. I ate poorly during this whole episode. Like Geek, it's much easier for me to behave on work days.
So I'm back and will be able to check in all week. I didn't get a chance to weigh in this morning ... I'll try again tomorrow. The scale had to move to the closet to put in the "transfer bench" he needs to get in the shower.:laugh: Funny that THAT was the thing I had to move out.0 -
CG - hopefully, the pain won't last too long and the road to recovery for your BF will go smoothly.
As for you, make sure you take care. Often times it is the caregiver that end up requiring more care than the patient!
KS - are you only eating green fruits / veggies for a week? Interesting.
I love all fruits & veggies and eat them daily.
The farmer's market came to town on Friday and I was their first customer. :laugh:
Yesterday's dinner consisted pretty much of all the fresh vegetables I purchased -green beans, carrots, new potatoes, cucumber, grape tomatoes. Served all that with some BBQ steak -:happy:0 -
Sdereski~ No, not eating just green fruits/veggies, but those are the only ones we get to count. It's for work- we earn points for participating in different healthy challenges and then if we do enough things we get a discount on our health insurance for the following year.0
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Whew....what a weekend. Daughter turned 18, AND got her first real paycheck, so I swear we were shopping 60% of the time, and I HATE shopping. Went to bed last night really wondering where the heck the time went, as I had pretty much NO down time.
Then got to work this morning and no internet....I am dead in the water without it. The tech finally got here at 1pm.
NOW I can get pack on track for a great week. We did eat out this weekend, but tracked everything and got lots of steps in, and just moving along.
OH and I splurged and bought one of those Nuwave Ovens....pretty cool. I cooked a London Broil in it last night in 20 minutes and it did not heat up the house at all! Made chicken breasts for our lunches after dinner in 11 minutes! YES, that is the excitement I call my life lol
Hope all is well with you, now I get to go back and read what you have all been up to, (hopefully some of it is 'no good' so I have some afternoon entertainment)0 -
Good evening Cool Kids.
Glad to hear everyone is doing good except Alf. And Alf, the DL is the Disabled List. In sports you have to tell the opposing team of any injuries you have, thus when you are hurt, they say you are on the DL. I hope you are soon off the DL.
I had a busy day today. I got up early to do my lifting. This was my first day with standard reps with the August weight. Last Thursday should have been, but after the trip down the river I did an extra day of preview reps.
Then I picked the garden and got the new tomato plants staked up. We had two days of storms, and some of them were knocked over. By then I was running late, and should have skipped the dishes from the weekend, but I hate to leave them. So when I left to go to Mamma's garden, it was already time for me to leave for Panama City. I clipped one of her big melons, cut it, putting about a quarter of it in a plastic storage container and took it with me. I was late, but still could have got to the Rehab at a decent time, until I ran into construction. I was stopped for almost 20 minutes. When I did get out on the highway, I was making up for lost time when I encountered a Highway Patrol. He clocked me at 81 mph, but was nice enough to write the ticket for 69 mph. That way the ticket will only be $100 instead of $200. {One of my customers tonight is a retired Trooper. He told me to go to the judge and get the ticket thrown out. I think I would rather pay it, then do the driver school to keep the points from making my insurance go up} So I was 30 minutes late for our lunch date. Mamma had gave up on me and left the cafeteria. But was happy about the melon. Everyone who came in the room was offered a piece. It looks like she will be transferred to Blountstown on Wednesday.
Today was the first day of early voting here, so Margie will be working late everyday from now until after Election Day on the 26th. The Civic Center is a polling place, so I will get in on the action a little. I used to work the polls, but I haven't in several years. Then for a while I just "volunteered" to run errands if anyone needed stuff delivered.
I hope everyone has a good week. I hope the rest of mine is a little slower paced than today was.
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I really hope I get off the DL list VERY soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :explode:
Just as I suspected NO ANSWERS, they just said to rest and take meds, they changed the muscle relaxer and gave me naproxen instead of motrin. Also lidocaine patches. I put them on already I am hoping they give me some relief and I can sleep tonight. I still have my follow up on the 29th and if not better then they will order some imaging testing. Cheapies, they are just trying to save money I guess... :grumble: :noway:
KS, dont forget cucumbers and celery!! Those go in my smoothies pretty much every morning along with kale or spinach. I want to play that game!!!! I started on the right track today with my eating especially when I will not be working for another week or so. I might take two.
Larro, that was a nice state trooper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!!! I love reading about your mom stories and your veggies/fruit.
Annette, the cooking with the nuwave sounded so yummy.
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Hey cool kids....Hope all of you are well.
Solarpower....welcome aboard. The water is great here (smile) Hope you enjoy your stay.
Kellysue--I am glad you found something so quickly. I hope it works out. It warms my heart that you keep forging ahead with a healthy lifestyle despite the challenges and obstacles that you had to overcome. You rock.
Alf---I hope you see all the love everyone has for you and concerned about your health. Please keep us posted.
Larro--as always you are such a busy man. That was nice of the trooper. How was the melon? I bet could make some serious green juices from the veggies/fruits in your garden. A lemon ginger blast would be ideal right now. Sigh!!!!
Annette..you had plenty of activity as well.
The group has grown so much and full of activity and news. I like it.
CG--Hope your BF has a speedy recovery. Hope you are holding up under the pressure. Sending an air hug your way.....hmmmm
I did not see anything from BEEPS.....Is she ok or did I miss that she was away or something?
SDERESKI--I hope you picked some good stuff from the farmer's market.
My daughter joined me today at the gym for extreme fit. She has a newfound respect for me and has a different view of working out. After the squats and the 200 meter run warm up, she was flustered. 30 minutes I checked on her again and she said "Mommy, you make this stuff look so easy". I replied by saying, "If I never started and endured it each week I would not be where I am today". Medicine balls are evil I tell you. She made us put our heel on one and lift our opposite hip in the air (a hamstring exercise), I screamed like I was belting out a patti labelle tune (lol). Have a great night everyone.0 -
Curious....sorry to hear your BF is having a rough go of it! I hope he continues to improve each day. Being a caregiver is a tough job!
Alf...I'm sorry you didn't get any answers
Drs are required by insurance to do things a certain way, and it hardly ever benefits the patient, it's frustrating!
Caramel....Way to bust it out in class and impress your daughter....win/win! 0 -
GOOOOOOOD Morning Cool Kids
( My tribute to the brilliant Robin Williams :brokenheart: )
Its a beautiful day out side FIANLLY! I cant wait to get out and enjoy the weather. We've had such on and off sunshine, its hard to plan anything outdoors.
I've been walking evenings with my neighbour and getting some pretty good distance
Welcome new posters, GREAT group here!
So much to comment on - I'll say I hope everyone takes hold of the day and enjoys it today ! I hope all on the DL get some good news or relief soon :flowerforyou:
On the weightloss topic, im up 4 pounds - PPFFT. Must be the hilly walking Ive incorporated to my days, or just bein a woman You know, you'd think being 40 yrs old I'd know WHEN to expect bloating, water gain etc every month - lol.
I swear, Its like Im always surprised.
A funny thing - my 8 yr old son called me into the bathroom last night and whispers loudly " OMG Mom I think Ive had my puberty " Im thinking " WHAT?!" He shows me, in complete seriousness, the " Hair" that has grown on his chest. It was dust/dirt from his water fight and melted freeze pop stickiness LOLOLOLOL
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Hey cool kids, hope all of you are well.
I must say I was in utter shock about Robin Williams. My heart hurts for his wife and family.
JFM, your outlook on the world is refreshing to say the least. The moment with your son and his "puberty" PRICELESS. Remind him about this in a few years...(lol). We are still conditioned to wanting to see less on the scale, despite mentally knowing we are going to bloat, fluctuate and the like. There are times I am obsessed with the scale. Great job on walking with your neighbor.
My daughter yelps as she walked down the steps this morning. She is experiencing soreness from Extreme Fit last night. She is truly my kid; despite her agony, she wants to box with me tomorrow. I told her the warm up is calisthentics based and she would have to do push ups and mountain climbers and burpees on a bosu ball along with boxing. She said she is a WARRIOR born and of course I said, "Don't sing it, bring it" (lol). I love my family.
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Oh. MY. WORD, JFM that is hilarious! Dang dirt, I bet he was a little depressed after that lol
I remember when my son, who is now a 22 yr old Sasquatch, was so impressed with his newly formed arm pit hair that he would twirl it while he watched TV. I always threatened to braid and bead it.....still threaten that actually.
SO here in Central Washington we woke up with clouds...what the heck? Still will be in the high 90's but stormy and lighting.....Looking forward to the next couple days when we crawl down to the low 90s!
Sounds like everyone else is happy and positive, and that is half the battle! Have a great one!0 -
Good afternoon cool kids! I am just having a blah day! I don't feel sick or anything and I did work out this morning, but it is rainy and dreary and work has been crazy. I think it's just piling up and I am ready for a break! I will be off next Friday and the Friday before Labor day, but they seem so far away! That and I can think of a million other things I have to do, especially in regards to possibly getting ready to move. AUUUGH!
JFM- love the story about your son! That is great! We are trying to potty train my grandson right now which has it's own interesting stories. He has started ripping his diaper off and running around without it and you KNOW he has to go but he won't sit on the potty. Then as soon as he gets the diaper on, he pees. He is willful for sure! But, I guess I wouldn't have him any other way!
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Hello Cool Kids!
got to meet her mom, two of her sisters and some aunts and cousins. All went well. I am proud to say that I didn't gain any weight while I was gone even though I ate out the entire time. So I guess that I am learning to make better choices. (Finally!) The flights went pretty well except for the last leg home was a little rough and bouncy. The hotel on the other hand was a little on the scary side and I was glad that we only had to stay there two nights. They may have done hourly rentals...:noway:
I think that I walked more than I have in a long time this past weekend. I think that I finally got in over 10K steps! With the walking in the airports, mall and the Akron zoo added up. So I was glad to feel like I got my exercise in this weekend.
I have read through the threads and it seems that everyone except Alf (I hope you get answers soon) is doing good.
RIP - Robin Williams!0
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