40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

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  • Emmalusmom
    Emmalusmom Posts: 61 Member
    edited June 2015
    So I guess MFP was trying to help me catch up with my posting by adding my post like 6 times. LOL! It kept saying that there was an error to try again. And I did as you can see. Well I had a great evening with my daughter and granddaughter. We went and got mexican and then shopped for like 2 1/2 hours so I can say that I walked off the food.

    Beeps - I really wanted to get chosen for a case but they never called my name. If I get called again maybe I will make it through to a case. Here nobody gets out of jury duty. One of the judges even said that they are called to jury duty too. I am sure that they don't make it through since I am sure there is always someone that they know involved.

    I hope that everyone has an awesome day!
  • handyandy9x
    handyandy9x Posts: 93 Member
    Well as I've been maintaining for the last few months rather than losing as I want, and losing the same 3 kg time and time is a bit disheartening, I'm giving 5/2 IF a try.
    Well not quite, I'm doing alternate day fasting while I'm away for a month at work where I have no control of what I chose to eat or how it is cooked, and 5/2 when I am home and do have a choice and control of my food.
    Well the first day of 600 calories wasn't so bad, just had my feed day, and will be back on the 600 calories tomorrow. It doesn't help that I am working 6-6 night shift!
    I'll let you know how I get on and if I can stick it out.
    Reasons for choosing IF, additional health benefits - whether it is all BS I guess I'll find out, but I do have my annual check at the Dr's including bloodwork, so it will be a good indicator and a start out for next year.
    Keep up the good work to all the regs and all the newcomers.
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    Well as I've been maintaining for the last few months rather than losing as I want, and losing the same 3 kg time and time is a bit disheartening, I'm giving 5/2 IF a try.
    Well not quite, I'm doing alternate day fasting while I'm away for a month at work where I have no control of what I chose to eat or how it is cooked, and 5/2 when I am home and do have a choice and control of my food.
    Well the first day of 600 calories wasn't so bad, just had my feed day, and will be back on the 600 calories tomorrow. It doesn't help that I am working 6-6 night shift!
    I'll let you know how I get on and if I can stick it out.
    Reasons for choosing IF, additional health benefits - whether it is all BS I guess I'll find out, but I do have my annual check at the Dr's including bloodwork, so it will be a good indicator and a start out for next year.
    Keep up the good work to all the regs and all the newcomers.

    I used 5/2 to lose from 240 down to 200 in about five or six months. It really worked well for me. I got to the point I was doing too much cardio for 600 calories so I had to give it up. Stir-fry was my answer to how do I keep from getting hungry on 600 calories.
  • handyandy9x
    handyandy9x Posts: 93 Member
    Thanks for that Larro... if it worked for you then there's hope for me... just need to get the exercise thing going now
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,150 Member
    Lifted again. And walked again. See the pattern?

    BOOM! ZOOM!

    Severe thunderstorm watch.....so, likely walking is "done" for awhile as the forecast is for a few days of rain.
  • webbeyes
    webbeyes Posts: 105 Member
    slong4u wrote: »
    How does one get into this distinguished and prestigious club? ;)

    You found the secret code! Welcome.
  • audreyanderson4
    audreyanderson4 Posts: 245 Member
    I am 40 can I join dont know how to
  • gam3rguy
    gam3rguy Posts: 3,773 Member
    "Day: 26 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Kenpo X"=Done!
  • KellySue67
    KellySue67 Posts: 1,006 Member
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    Hi All~

    I am still around. Just haven't posted in a while as I feel I don't have a lot to post right now. Still no major exercise due to injuries. Trying to stay within bounds on eating, but it's easier some days more than others. Lots of stress in my life right now too so I am missing the exercise as this has always been a great stress buster for me. :frowning: Hopefully things will turn around soon.

    Have a good day.
  • StephannieL
    StephannieL Posts: 198 Member
    Hi everyone!

    Still lurking around but being a total slug. Okay, maybe not a TOTAL slug but I'm not "working the program" the way I should. LOL
    I really need to work on that!

    Larro- My 5 year old and I picked out a pepper plant (complete with peppers already emerging LOL) and a cherry tomato plant. He is so proud of them! We put them into planters and he proceeded to water them with a spray bottle. LOL
    Thankfully I've managed not to kill them while he has been with his father this week so that's a plus. LOL
    They have had plenty of water and sunshine all courtesy of the weather.

    Hope that everyone is doing well!
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    edited June 2015

    Larro- My 5 year old and I picked out a pepper plant (complete with peppers already emerging LOL) and a cherry tomato plant. He is so proud of them! We put them into planters and he proceeded to water them with a spray bottle. LOL
    Thankfully I've managed not to kill them while he has been with his father this week so that's a plus. LOL
    They have had plenty of water and sunshine all courtesy of the weather.

    I wish I could send you a few of my plants. I have way too many. I had never grown Serrano Chili peppers before, and didn't realize how hot they were. Last year I had New Mexico Chili's and thought they were about like them. Not. I have two rows of plants like this one, and about one pepper is all you can put in a big salad. All my friends and family might be getting hot sauce for Christmas this year.

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  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    Keeping on my calorie plan reasonably well. Still dropping about a pound a week. 18 months in. 2-3 years to go to reachmy final goal.
  • StephannieL
    StephannieL Posts: 198 Member
    @larro- LOL Nobody in my household does hot peppers. My son LOVES bell peppers. We we bought a yellow bell pepper plant.
  • Nataliegetfit
    Nataliegetfit Posts: 395 Member
    wow Larro, that's a lot of peppers!!! I only use them for salsa and guacamole, and no one else in the house likes them, except for in the salsa.
    I usually do my exercising inside, but today I ran and walked along our long dirt driveway for 40 minutes instead. It was a little cool and breezy and nice out. I may do that on cooler mornings.
    My daughter's car wouldn't start today, ended up just being the battery, but I am thankful it happened while she was home and not trying to leave work late at night. My guys are running to Walmart for a new one.
    I have a table runner class tomorrow with my quilt guild, with a potluck, so hopefully I will have a few good choices. I will bring a few snacks in case. The guys are going to an antique engine show about an hour away. It's unfortunately going to rain, so hopefully it won't be too bad and they can have a fun time, they've been looking forward to it.
    I went to a friend's who has a plant nursery and bought 2 bush cherry tomato plants, hopefully they are good. There was one I thought was ripe and I ate it and it wasn't quite ripe and not sweet at all. I should of ate it before I bought it.
    Larro, what is supposed to be the best tasting cherry tomato? The sweetest?
    Well, hope everyone has a nice weekend.
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Larro, your gardening skills put us to shame. :( but here are pics of my peppers, mint and tomatoes.

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  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
  • GlacierGirl907
    GlacierGirl907 Posts: 40 Member
    My weekend has now started happy Friday .w8o0dcoxg077.jpg
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    Good Evening Cool Kids.

    I had the night off and we had another birthday supper for Margie. My BIL's father has the same birthday as Margie, so him and Sister were with his family last weekend when we all got together to eat pizza. We went to a local seafood place.

    I spent most all day in the garden. Hoeing and side-dressing the melon, cucumber and cantaloupe replants, replanting a few pepper plants where ones had cashed, and getting some soaker and drip hoses laid out. Also mowed around the fruit trees and grapevines. It will be much harder to do once I get posts and wire up for the vines to run on.

    Stephanie, we have found a pepper we really like. It's called Mini Sweet Pepper in the store. I searched the interwebbs for seeds and couldn't find anything. But there was a thread {on a hot pepper site, of all places} about growing them from the saved seeds. The pictures on the thread showed long green peppers, but they said they had the same flavor. I've got three rows of them, all full of little peppers. A week or two and I will know if I wasted my time or not. If they turn out long, I think I will call them Maxi Sweet Peppers.

    Natalie, I'm not even sure what kind of cherry tomatoes I have. I just asked for seeds at the Farmer's Co-op, and planted what they gave me. But here is a list of good strains. http://fafard.com/top-ten-best-tasting-cherry-tomatoes/

    Alf, those plants look great. There is nothing wrong with quality over quantity.

    GG, that water looks cold!

    Hope everyone is having a good weekend,

    Larro

    PS: here are the numbers for the week: 20.9% Body Fat, 23.9 BMI & 171.1 Pounds. That is a gain of 1.1 pounds for the week. I sure wouldn't mind gaining a pound, but I was going on 4 hours sleep this morning, and had lots of salt last night between a new salad we tried, and my chicken fajitas. I spent most of the week at 169.
  • GlacierGirl907
    GlacierGirl907 Posts: 40 Member
    Larrodarro yes it was very cold. My weight loss thus far down 1 more pound brings me to 137 my goal is 125. Keep up the good work everyone.
  • gam3rguy
    gam3rguy Posts: 3,773 Member
    "Day: 27 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Core Synergistics"=Done!
  • paulfjd
    paulfjd Posts: 1 Member
    Are there any male oldies out there
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    paulfjd wrote: »
    Are there any male oldies out there

    Who you callin' old? I'm 54. Nothing old about me, except maybe my hip, my knees, my feet, my shoulder. . . . .
  • gam3rguy
    gam3rguy Posts: 3,773 Member
    who HATES bathtime?
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  • webbeyes
    webbeyes Posts: 105 Member
    Great piece of advice I received the other day: "you cannot build and cut at the same time - pick one and do it right, then move to the other"
  • mitrice
    mitrice Posts: 1 Member
    Does this group still exist
  • staceybuchanon
    staceybuchanon Posts: 6 Member
    I am a 45 year old mom of 3 daughters working on losing my last 10 pounds. I have lost 22 already through running and MFP. Never felt better about myself!
  • alfordsuzanne
    alfordsuzanne Posts: 4 Member
    I've been overweight all my life. I like to eat and I don't like to Excerise. I'm 51 now and trying to lose weight for good and get off blood pressure medicine. I've been doing it on my own since March and I've lost 22 pounds.
  • gam3rguy
    gam3rguy Posts: 3,773 Member
    "Day: 28 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid 7 Mile Trail Run"=Done!
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  • 3furballs
    3furballs Posts: 476 Member
    Hey there.

    Alford Suzanne, great job on the weight loss! It's never too late to get healthier.

    Stacie, that last 10 lbs tends to be the hardest!

    Well I deviated a bit from my plan. I did cardio Kickboxing yesterday since I was going to the dojo for the self defense seminar anyway. Felt good but i was breathless. Not sure if a week made me more apt to get breathless or if I was pushing even harder since I felt strong and energetic.
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Larrodarro yes it was very cold. My weight loss thus far down 1 more pound brings me to 137 my goal is 125. Keep up the good work everyone.

    You and I have the same goals! My goal is 125, I'm at 130.6 as of this morning. I've met my goal many times even as low as 122 for the past 3-4yrs but I haven't managed to maintain that weight!!!! Ugh!!!