40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Happy Friday Cool Ones!
Caramel, I sooo wanted to ride the moto to work this morning, but I rode the peddle version again instead. I really really need to get excercise in daily, and that's about the only way it will happen. The weekend is looking good for a MC ride, though! I'm glad you were the center of attention for your class. I should send you my favorite recipe for vegan chocolate cake! Did you know you can make an awesome "buttercream" frosting using the solid part of coconut milk? (not low cal!!!)
Carlosjenno, so sorry about the hospital experience. My bf had surgery a couple of months ago, and it's hard enough to prepare without having to do it again.![:\](https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
Myg, I bet your dog looks adorable in his jacket!
Larro, sounds like a nice walk. I got excited about the deer! It's amazing to me that it's colder in Florida than here now. Bundle up!
Mzklutch, welcome. Glad you found your tribe!
Kate, wow! You've come so far and accomplished so much!
Sdereski...brrr...snow! Sounds like a lot! Even if it wasn't planned, I hope it was nice to have some extra time with your gf. Friends are awesome. Glad not to hear of any travel mishaps with that weather.
Beeps, happy to hear about quality zzzz time! So important!
Nick, that's how I guestimate at restaurants too. Mostly I just don't go to restaurants LOL!
Ruby, I know you have to power to do this! :flowerforyou:
I also heard from EsMom. I think she'll be back with us soon.
Stef, glad to see you're still here! Way cool.
Cheers everyone. I'll really try hard to check in over the weekend so I don't have so much catch up to do on Monday!
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Happy Friday kids
Kate--You really have come a long way and what a great NSV. Please see a doctor so you can find out if anything is wrong.
Stef--It's nice to see your posts so we can get to know you.
Beeps--glad you got some quality zzzzzzz. Considering I am an insomniac, I envy anyone who can sleep past 3-4 hours.
CG---I had Wholefoods make me a vegan cake with vegan icing. First of all I am the only vegan in my house. I often get the yuk faces and veggie jokes, yet, my cake disappeared and so does my VEGAN FOOD. Riddle me that one...(lol)...I would love to know your recipe for icing.
Ruby--Hope you are well.
Nick---Love your NSV. Sorry you have a sick kid. In terms of comfort food, if it fit in your macros enjoy. Yesterday I looked at my diary yesterday and it was 85% snacks and I did not go over one macro. If you are going over; that is another story. You can do it.
KellySue--I hope you are ok and have a great weekend.
Beeps--Are you ready for your upcoming trip?
MZklutch--I google and often find what I need at caloriecounter.com.
I train with my PT at the crack of dawn tomorrow and will follow up and take her Extreme fit class. I am striving to hit a 1000+ calorie burn.
Remember we are on a journey and it is filled with ups and downs, highs and lows. Even when we fall, it is important to see what caused you to fall inthe first place and hopefully that knowledge will curtail the next fall. High 5 to all of you.
Have a great evening.
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Happy Friday cool kids!
Got my run in yesterday....in the snow. The temperature was not too bad, but running in some of that snow was like running in sand. Got a good workout in, that's for sure.
Time to go and do something physical!
Tomorrow is dance day, which means a date with my granddaughter.
Hoping for some sunshine this weekend.0 -
Good Friday Afternoon.
Welcome MZklutch. There are no meanies in this club. One thing I have done when eating out, is to divide the meal in half, {meat especially} and take half home to weigh. Eating out is more of a chore these days than a pleasure like it used to be. Just knowing what everything is going to cost me in cardio takes a lot of the enjoyment out of it.
{I hate to say this with everyone having trouble sleeping} I slept in 'til after 0800 again today. But then I do work nights, so I should get a pass. I got my cardio in and ate breakfast by 1100. I have to hit the shower by 1200, so not too much time to get anything done.
Nothing much going on here tonight. I have a wedding lockout. That is where they come in the day before the wedding to decorate. They pay a flat fee and can stay until midnight, so I never know how late I'll be working.
I hope everyone has a good weekend,
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Thanks everyone, I hope to learn and grow even more this time around as well as enjoy the weight loss journey.
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Hey Kid's!
So I'm beginning to think my husband might prefer thick girls. I knew he doesn't like super skinny girls. Last night I noticed I was developing shoulders now. When I showed him..he says "Doesn't do anything for me". LOL after 20 yrs. he is stuck with me. Took a picture in my old favorite jeans ( new profile picture) .
Been cleaning out my closets. Going to try to sell some of my bigger stuff for christmas money. Wow I had a lot of clothes. LOL
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Happy Saturday kids. Hope all of you are well and in good spirits.
I delivered and passed the 1000 calorie before 10 a.m. this morning. My pt is by far the best. LOVE how she push me. When I work out in the morning, I am WIRED all day. I am still full of energy.
Kate--Love the new photo. You must be so proud of your progress. I had a yard sale and sold stuff so I could purchase more clothes. What was left I sent to GW. You are resourceful. Great stuff.
Sdereski--You are the 3rd person who mentioned snow. I am NOT ready. I am glad you still ran despite the elements. I love hearing GD stories.
I know its often quiet here on the weekends.
Enjoy the remainder of your day.
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Hey Kids,
Hope you all are doing well on your weight loss journey this weekend. Weekends are always so hard for me. Last Sunday I made a giant pot of Weight Watcher's veggie soup and ate it all week, it really helped me stay on track....I ran out yesterday at lunch though, guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow!!
I am so super tired this evening. Woke up to a sick kiddo in my bed in the wee hours of the morning and that was the end of my sleeping. On the flip side, if I go to bed as early as I hope, I won't be tempted to snack :-)
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Good Morning.
I got in from work an hour ago, and I'm having trouble getting to sleep. Margie went ahead and got up. I'm hoping to get some good sleep or my whole Sunday will be shot.
I'll check back in later to tell of my adventures at work tonight {last night, I should say}
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Good morning kids (I posted the message below on my main feed and decided to post it here also) I hope all of you are well and in good spirits.
I am truly overcome with emotion. I was encouraged to come back to Body Step Intense training today. I came and the teacher welcomed me back and many of the classmates hugged me and was happy to see me. My NSV was comment after comment about how far I have come. I spend so much time encouraging others and neglect myself. I feel a sense of renewal and more vigor. Never forget the power of encouragement. Have a great day. Whoa to my family, I am wired now...lol0 -
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That is awesome Caramelgyrlk!0
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Happy Monday all! I have had an extremely busy weekend. Friday was our performance day and I didn't have to be in to work until 12:00. I ran 3 miles in the am and then worked until 8:45. Saturday was up early to go see hubby in rehab. He had a good day Saturday and did PT and OT fairly well. Hoping for some improvement this week. After I left him I met my mom for this HUGE craft festival and then stayed at their house for the remainder of the weekend. Got home last night around 5:00.
My stomach has been bothering me all weekend- most likely stress related. Hmmm... :grimacing: Any way- I had everything together to go to the gym and just could not wake up this morning -
so I slept in a bit. When I got here, we had to put all of the costumes, props and scenery away so I got a bit of exercise with that!
Guess I had better get back to work. Have a good one all!0 -
Happy Monday Cool Kids!
Well, my intent to check in over the weekend was a "fail". Just so busy. This weekend was all about putting food by. Started Saturday a.m. getting chicken stock started (B butchered 3 birds on Friday - they were a friend's aged flock). Stock takes all day to simmer. Did some chores, and of course went for a moto ride! Sunday we headed out to sea with our crab pots on the kayaks. We only brought back 4, but bringing any home means more work cooking & cleaning crabs! Crabs are so tasty it's worth it though. After that was done I canned the stock. There's something so satisfying about having a pantry full of food in jars.
Caramel, congrats on making that 1K burn! And thanks for sharing your story. You are consistently compassionate and so encouraging and inspiring. Thanks for being here!
Sdereski - I remeber running in the snow when I lived in Mt. Shasta. It's tricky! Good for you for tackling it. I hope your date with GD was fun.
Kate, hysterical about your dh. I love your new pic. That has to feel sooo good. Cograts on how far you've come.
Stef, super smart to make all that food ahead of time. It definitely seems that not having a meal plan is a recipe for disaster! Hope your kiddo feels better soon.
Beeps, Hi back! Did you lift?
KS, Wow, a 3 mile run and then a workout! Awesome. You certainly have a lot on your plate, and that could definitely be what's up with your belly. I hope it mellows out soon. Good news about dh!
Larro? You must still be asleep this morning! What a weekend!
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OH! And here's a link to the 2-ingredient vegan chocolate frosting!
http://ohsheglows.com/2013/05/20/2-ingredient-chocolate-fudge-frosting/
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Good morning and happy Monday. I am starting my strength training schedule this week in addition to the cardio I have been doing.
Stef - welcome to the group. Weekends are especially hard for me too, I like to celebrate too much I can power through M-F and then Saturday and Sunday things are much harder to stay on track
Caramel - I am so jealous you have a WF where you live. When I lived in Austin I used to go there and LOVED it. I am glad you got your Vegan Chocolate Cake
Curious - I hope you got in your moto ride this weekend and are breaking Buttercup in nicely.
Mygnsac - Hi, I hope your commute was better today, we have snowy roads here too.
Nickphn - Nice NSV with your loose wedding ring. I love when we have signs of weigh loss like that. Cudos to you.
Kate - You are doing so good, I love your new pic and I bet your shoulders look amazing. Good Job! Maybe your husband is just jealous (in a good way)
Sederski - Great run in the snow, I hope your dance with your granddaughter was a blast.
Kelly - Good to hear your hubby had a good PT weekend. I hope he gets better soon
Larro - Always good to hear your stories
Beeps - Mexico sounds incredible, I bet you are counting down the days.
I hope I did not forgot anyone... forgive me if I did. The group is growing....0 -
Good Afternoon Cool Kids.
Actually I was up early this morning {0500}. We had tornadoes coming through, and the huge oak near the bedroom does cause me discomfort during sever weather. One tornado passed with a few miles of the Larro Ranchero between 0530 and 0545, and there was another that had hit the prison in Blountstown about 0300. A dozen cars got turned over and it tore down some of the perimeter fence. But the worst of the weather has passed. Now it's getting colder by the hour. It has dropped 6 degrees since I got up.
I never got back on yesterday to tell about my work adventures. We had a wedding over the weekend. The couple were super nice, but the bridegroom had done quite a bit of drinking during the reception. When it came time to settle up, he didn't want to pay the rest of his bill. There is a $200 deposit and he thought that would cover all the cost. He was wanting to argue about it, but I still had hours of work to finish the cleanup {I worked until 0330}, so I told him to go home and we would talk about it later. When I talked to my boss this morning, she said he had called first thing this morning to apologize, and one of his family members were bringing a check by for the rest of the bill. He had been so nice all weekend, that I figured as soon as he sobered up this is what would happen. The ironic part of the whole thing was him and his drunk friend had been having a heated discussion for at least an hour on the merits of the different Christian faiths. But the drunk friend had been a classmate of one of my best friends 30 years ago, and he kept saying, "this is Timmy "Larro", if he says you owe the money, you owe the money."
I've got to run some soup over to Mamma's before work, and the sink is still full of dirty dishes, {I keep hoping the dish washing fairy will show up} so I had better get going.
Hope everyone is having a good day.
Larro
PS: I got in my full cardio and lifting this morning.0 -
larrodarro wrote: »Good Afternoon Cool Kids.
I've got to run some soup over to Mamma's before work, and the sink is still full of dirty dishes, {I keep hoping the dish washing fairy will show up} so I had better get going.
Larro- Me Too!! I was planning on cleaning up tonight,but my daughter is quite ill and has asked if I would keep Jake overnight and take him to the sitter's tomorrow. Should prove to be quite interesting.
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Hey Kid's!
So I noticed several friends counting weight lifting as cardio. I had only been counting mine as strength so thinking that may have been another factor in my weight loss ( usually 2.5 - 3 lbs. per week instead of the 1 lb. a week). Could also be causing the lack of energy.
Anyway weight loss should be slowing down especially since MFP changed me to 1/2 lb now.
I lightly frosted my hair this morning. Hoping it's going to hide some of my silver. LOL.
Only managed 26 minutes of strength training ( 9 machines) , 28 minutes on the elliptical, and 35 minutes in the pool today. Babysitting my niece tomorrow so not sure I'll get back to the gym tomorrow.
Larro- Glad he made good on his check.
Curious- Nice loss this week.
Kelly Sue- Hope your tummy calms down. I don't handle stress well myself.
Hey Newbies!
I'll check back tomorrow.0 -
I'm 41 and working to get (back) to the neighborhood of my goal weight.
I'm a college professor and writer--working on a book about vultures (if you think YOU eat junk, etc). My research has me doing a lot of world travel, which is great for my mind but not so much for my waistline. I'd put back on nearly 20 lbs of the 57 I lost 8 years ago, which is what inspired me to get back on MFP. Since getting back into the groove, I'm down around seven or eight pounds.
My next two trips are Gettysburg and India, and I'd love any pointers for equipment-free routines I can do in closet-sized Indian hotel rooms.
I just ended a LTR, which isn't helping with my emotional eating, and the winter has begun (2-4 inches of snow predicted today), so my hope of getting back to running is slim to none til Spring. Luckily I have snowshoes and a gym. I just started the 5x5 workout here at home so I can prepare for hoisting a backpack 11k times.
I am inspired by success and optimism, so I'd love to be a part of this group.0 -
Good Monday Kid's,
Larro, I bet your job is extremely interesting, dealing with brides/grooms/wedding parties. I am sure you see and hear it ALL!
Nickphn, congrats on your wedding band being too loose! My goal right now is to fit back into mine. I think it got too tight maybe 15 lbs ago?? I have fat fingers, I think they shrink up before the rest of me but they also plump up like sausages, LOL.
Totally made myself go to boxing today. In typical Monday style, I cannot figure out where I put my little Polar heart rate monitor after I used it last week...I was chatting it up after class and not paying attention to gathering up all my gear and junk. Hoping it shows up somewhere in the next day or so.
My oldest turns 12 tomorrow. That means cake! I LOVE cake. I'm going to eat it and then make sure it disappears the very next day because I have no self-control :-)
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stef123633 wrote: »Good Monday Kid's,
Larro, I bet your job is extremely interesting, dealing with brides/grooms/wedding parties. I am sure you see and hear it ALL!
Later!
I do see a little of everything. Tonight I have someone in every room. In addition to Taekwondo and the Quilting Club which meet every Monday night, I have a Scholarship Signing party for a tall young lady, {volleyball?} and a man trying to sell health insurance through Obama Care. But we do lots and lots of baby showers, birthday parties and family reunions.
All the customers got in the way of my walking though. If my motivation lasts, I will walk in the Ball Room once Taekwondo leave. I did get in 10 minutes walking to Mamma's and back earlier, so.......
Larro
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Hi everyone.
Sigh, the weekend flew by too fast again. I had to work OT on Saturday, so that didn't help matters. Will be putting in a lot of OT between now and the end of the year due to legislative changes that need to be implemented by January 1st, along with other year-end stuff I have to do.
When I get crazy busy this time of year at work, I always have to remind myself to eat, drink enough water, and get up from time to time to walk and get a little exercise. I tend to plow forward with whatever task I'm doing and lose all track of time.
I spent my morning yesterday getting my weekly cooking out of the way, and then took a looooong nap yesterday afternoon. Seriously, I laid down to just close my eyes and rest for a few minutes, and the next thing I knew three hours had disappeared. I finally woke up because my dog pestered me awake. Felt good though, but I had a hard time getting to sleep last night.
For my weekly cooking this week I made a pot of black eyed peas cooked with vegetable broth, crushed tomatoes, onions, carrots, garlic salt and black pepper; hard boiled a dozen eggs; roasted some veggies (red potatoes, sweet potato, brussel sprouts, and carrots); made some cashew milk; and made another batch of those banana, apple oatmeal protein bars, but this time I added some pureed pumpkin and apple pie spice to it.
...30 minutes later. I had to step away because the fire alarm in the building went off. So 400 of us had to evacuate the building and walk over to a nearby park where we have to wait out fire alarms. At least it wasn't 107 degrees outside like the last time we had a fire drill. We baked out in that park for over an hour that time!
Better close now and finish this day. Have a nice rest of the day everyone!
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Here are some pictures from the prison where the tornado hit this morning. Our part time guy is an officer there.
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Devakall, welcome aboard, may you find refuge and support to excel here. It has been a great group I noticed as I read their chats from 2012. I am on day 21 of logging and using MFP. I am glad that I have made it this far, my usual inflexible self I am trying to put to rest on the journey to health this time around. So far so good. The next leg of my journey is to start my exercise routines.
Hi everyone, it seems lives have been pretty busy.
KS great job on the running and workout. Please tell me how to start and grow to love running? Does it get easier on the body as weight decreases? I haven't started trying to even look at running because I want to protect my joints and feel at 246lbs would be too much to carry. Advise.....0 -
Welcome Mzklutch! I try to find an item as close to what I am getting as possible. Another restaurant slice of pizza or chicken dinner. I sometimes google the item and find another site that has calculated the calories for that restaurant and do quick add calories. Just do your best.
Thanks Nickpnh
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Good morning!
Not wanting to seem lazy, but I do want to know more about people's weight loss journey - I guess I could read back thousands of threads, LOL. If anyone esp long timers want to jot a quick note about how long they've been at this, are they at goal, or what their goals are, please feel free to help me out! I'm planning to be a follower here for awhile. Go me, I'm about a week in now?!
Just made my veggie soup for the week. Since I ran out last Thursday, it was time to get my game on.
Stay warm everyone and have a great day!0 -
It's Tuesday! Jacob stayed overnight with me last night as both of his parents were sick. We had a fun "slumber party" except when it actually came time to go to bed. He was a bit upset that he wasn't with his mommy and daddy. I ended up letting him sleep in my bed and he is crazy busy when he sleeps. Feet and legs everywhere! I woke up to a foot in the face one time and a hand over my eye on a few occasions and I think a foot to the stomach a time or two! He slept well overall, but has a little bit of a cold so was coughing some and then woke up sneezing too.
Obviously no work out today, but I did better food wise and also with fluid intake and it showed in my weight this am. I had creeped up about 5lbs over the last few weeks with all of the craziness 
but was down a little over 2lbs today. I am thinking a lot of it is sodium since I really have been eating on the run more than I ever normally do.
Stef- I have been at this almost two years and started at 269lbs. I have lost a little over 100- except for the slight increase mentioned above. I still have about 30lbs to get to my goal weight which is 140. I have dropped from a size 22-24 down to around a 10 and sometimes an 8. Good luck to you!
Welcome to all of the others that have joined as well. Hope you stick around a while!
Larro- those are some pics! We had what was described as "Straight Line" winds or a derecho many years ago that did a huge amount of damage to the small village I live in and many still believe that it was a tornado. I just remember the noise- so loud! (and Scary too!)
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Thanks, MzKlutch... I'm enjoying this thread quite a bit. Seems that folks here are quite supportive.
Stef, (not that I'm an oldtimer, but) I joined WW back in early 2008 after being overweight-to-obese for most of my life. I lost the first 35 lbs just eating better, and then I started running (really a slow jog). I'd already finished 6 sprint distance triathlons by then--slowly slowly, but I'd walked most of the run portion. I didn't love tris as much as I'd hoped, so I joined a half marathon training group. Running + WW lost me most of another 15 lbs by 2010. I kept it off, and then I lost another 10 just with running and eating better in 2012. Since then, I've been living in places that are snowed in for half of the year or more, under a ton of stress, moving every few months... and I ended up gaining a little over 20lbs back from my lowest. I just kept thinking "I'm okay with five pounds as long as I don't gain any more than that," or, "once I'm settled this extra five won't be too hard to shake." Welp. Here I am. I'm back on track, and down 7+. I've just (yesterday) started the Stronglift 5x5 program because I really need some muscles now that I'm in my 40s. My metabolism is completely MIA all of a sudden! I'm also hiking the hills around my house instead of running, because of snow and also all the hard-body college kids in my town sometimes make me feel frumpy--it isn't having the miraculous effect that running gave me 5 years ago, but I'm trying trying trying to love my capable, not-too-shabby-for-an-old-lady body regardless. I'm also trying not to get too hung up on a particular number, but I think somewhere around 15lbs should have me back in my snow pants with room for a lodge lunch after snowshoeing to spare.
KellySue, your progress is inspiring! What has worked to keep you to your program? My biggest problem is work dinners. At the college where I work, visiting writers come almost every week and the department takes them out to the fanciest dinner in town... I've never yet passed on dessert or wine (someone else is paying!) but I can't bounce back from those meals with a couple of days of clean eating anymore.
mygnsac, your weekly cooking looks wonderful. Have you posted a recipe for those bars before? They sound delicious.
Larro, I'm glad you didn't get hurt in the storm. Did the prison have any issues with that fence being down?
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