40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Hi cool kids. What a long couple of weeks with school stuff stealing my energy. I turned in about 100 pages of forms for 3 kids school and 1 camp today. Both I and my wallet are lighter...but not in the scale way...
I am looking forward to getting to enjoy some of summer including hopefully a beach day. I haven't walked less than 2 miles a day since I got the dog and sometimes more than 3 miles. I am hitting my longest streak on MFP. Now I need to buckle down on the logging and reducing the junk food. I never drink soda - 1-2 per year and I've had coke every day this week. Drinking my lightly sweetened earl grey to stave off the caffeine headache. Burning the midnight oil needs to stop. Hope you all have a great weekend!0 -
Hello everyone. I have done 30 min on the elliptical this morning (last 3 mornings) and went out and weeded in the garden. It felt great to get it done, then mowed a lot and helped my hubby get the hose drug out to the garden, quite a ways from the house. He is getting some of his tractors and saw mill ready to go to a local tractor show. He and Jared love to go each year, so hopefully it will be nice and have lots of participation. We have seen 3 times now, bear poop in our yard. It makes me nervous. We have a raspberry patch and they are still white and brown berries on it. I am jokingly saying he keeps checking to see when they're ripe, when he probably really is. I really don't want to come close to a bear. Now everytime I go outside I am looking all around for it.
Hope you all have a great weekend.
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Good Friday Evening Cool Kids.
I've had office relief for the last day and a half, so not as much garden and more snacking. Did do lots of reading though. If the dang customers would just leave my alone, it would be the perfect job.
Here are the numbers for the week: 21.1 % Body Fat, 24.0 BMI & 171.7 Pounds. That is a gain of 2.8 pounds for the week. I did increase my breakfast calories, but I think it was that big batch of parched corn {sweet corn, olive oil, salt & pepper} I've been snacking on all week that is doing the trick. This was my first time parching corn, and I think it came out pretty good.
Does corn put weight on you? Does a bear poop in Natalie's yard?
Got a halfway good picture of some chicks under the eves at the Civic Center. They are some kinds of swallows, maybe Martins.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend,
Larro
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"Day: 41 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Kenpo Cardio Plus"=Done!0
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Saw eye surgeon today for a scheduled post-op check he is verrrrrry happy with my progress!
He cleared me for general activity!
No weightlifting for another week....i told him I am okay with waiting until i return from Europe.
I can wear an eyepatch when the "blur" bothers me....when the eye gets tired....etc.
I see him again mid-August....when we will schedule next eye surgery (to remove the silicone oil).
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Larro, never hear of parched corn? looks good though. And yes a bear does poop in my yard. Still haven't seen him though, thank goodness.
It's a super beautiful day here again today. Tomorrow is going to be a washout though. I tried 2 places to pick strawberries, but they were all picked out at 7:30 am. they had a radio station there at one of them yesterday and got so many people out, there are no more berries for a few days now. I got the stuff to make jelly though so when they're ripe I will be ready.
I went to a card class at a friends house today, I hadn't been in a few months. Had a nice time. Had a piece of cake she made that was very yummy and within my calories for the day. No snacking tonight for me though.
I planted some flowers, dalias (not sure of the spelling) you have to dig them up every fall and plant them in the spring in our area. They were a relative's mothers, and was weeding them out. they are some kind of oblong bulb. Anyway, we had just tilled the garden, and it being later planting them than they should be, I just stuck them in where some cukes didn't come up for this year and see what happens with them. The relative I got them from had them for awhile and hadn't planted them either. They were trying to grow right in the box. Poor flowers.
Glad of the good report from the eye dr. Peeps. enjoy your trip.
Welcome to all the new folks, logging really helps. Keep track of your calories, and knowing we are all in a similar spot, trying every day to make good food choices. I have been logging for almost 6 months now. Yea.0 -
Beeps glad you got the good news from the doctor.
Well I biked to and from working out and did my kettlebell and Kickboxing workout. Then spent the afternoon shopping and ate food court food. I really wanted to get painting the dresser and shelves but it's been raining all day. I did get out and price the carpet for our living room but I think I have expensive taste and should down grade my choices so it's less expensive!0 -
Nataliegetfit wrote: »Larro, never hear of parched corn? looks good though. And yes a bear does poop in my yard. Still haven't seen him though, thank goodness.
When I was researching 1718 North Carolina, I learned there was only one public gristmill in the colony. Rich folks had small hand mills, but most people had to grind their corn by hand with wooden mortar and pestle. Eating bread made from this was a risky prospect, so most people parched their corn. You can just crunch it, crush it or add it to soups. The Indians had taught them how to do it. I learned that it was still a common practice when Mamma was a little girl. I had always wanted to try it, and I had some corn that had got too hard to boil. It is very good, but if you try it, just eat small amounts. I went a little crazy for several days, and it played havoc with my digestion.
I got three rows of Crimson Sweet melons planted this morning before work. Then mowed the graveyard after work. Or at least most of it. A big thunderstorm gave me an early shower. It's a 1/4 mile down to the graveyard, so I was soaked when I got in.
My 2nd planting of peas, corn and Sugar Baby melons are all coming up nicely. But the Armenian cucumbers have only one here or there, and the squash and Charleston Gray melons have not made an appearance at all.
I'm off tomorrow and we are thinking of going shopping. Had an idea of going to Panama City, but it's just too close to the 4th. It will be a madhouse down there. So likely going to Marianna instead.
Welcome to the new guys and hello to everyone else.
Hope everyone is well,
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Larro thst looks like a barn swallow nest.
We got all Momma's darlings home safely from scout camp. All 14 of them. Now the scoutmaster has to catch up at work.0 -
since July 11th is "core synergistics" AND my Spartan race, it's unlikely i'd do both. so..."Day: 55 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Core Synergistics"=Done! I know, it's all out of order, but this is how it needed to happen.0
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Thanks furballs!!0
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allenpriest wrote: »Larro thst looks like a barn swallow nest.
The nest is right, but the birds are drab looking. Not near the color of a barn swallow. And the split tail is not as pronounced either. But then there are tons of swallows, all with differing airspeed velocity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2R3FvS4xr4
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glad it's not leg day. went on a trail run with bro yesterday. I messed up the tracking because I paused it at a water fountain and forgot to un pause it for a bit so it didn't track part of it. it counted 9.63, but I think we went a little better than 10 miles.
"Day: 43 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Back & Biceps & Ab Ripper X"=Done!0 -
Hello everyone!!!! Heading out to the coast with hubby and granddaughter! My son is at camp. Excited for the little break.
Beeps, glad to hear you are better.
Ruby, I'm loving ChaLean and seeing results. I'm definitely feeling stronger. Taking a few days off while on vacation but planning on doing bodyweight exercises. Starting second phase next week. Glad to hear you are continuing riding your bike.
Welcome to all the new members!
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Thanks alf!
I walked with a friend this morning....so nice to have company! I could have walked and walked and walked for hours!!!0 -
I would love to join! I'm 45 years old, married, mother of two and grandmother to one. I have a daughter who is 27 and a son almost 20. I'm hopping back on the bandwagon looking to lose 20 or so pounds.0
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Welcome Grahamckas88 good luck in your journey0
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glad it's not leg day. went on a trail run with bro yesterday. I messed up the tracking because I paused it at a water fountain and forgot to un pause it for a bit so it didn't track part of it. it counted 9.63, but I think we went a little better than 10 miles.
"Day: 43 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Back & Biceps & Ab Ripper X"=Done!
I hate leg day lol today is back and biceps for me0 -
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"Day: 44 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Plyometrics"=Done!0
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I walked for 90 minutes yesterday and for 140 minutes today....just felt SO great!
Is it okay to LOVE walking, outside, while the weather is nice??!??! And, of course, while lifting is OFF-LIMITS anyway?!?!?
ZOOM!0 -
I love walking! It'll be especially fabulous when you are walking in Europe!0
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"Day: 45 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Chest, Shoulders & Triceps & Ab Ripper X"=Done!0
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Hello everyone, happy hump day. I got up to go pick strawberries again today and they were closed, so I got some out of my cousin's fridge that she had picked a few days ago and made strawberry rhubarb jam, two batches .My house smelled so good. I will have to go pick another day. Got a lot of laundry done and cleaned out some old freezer burned food out of the freezer before the garbage truck comes. I finished a mini quilt for a gift, still need to do the binding. Has been a productive day, but the house is a mess. I got my elliptical done too, so that was great. I usually do my excercising first, but did it before lunch. I was trying to get the picking done before the rain today. Anyway, I hope you all had a great day.0
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I would like to join also and I don't know how either. I am 44 years old. I was hit by a drunk driver when I was young and that damaged my ankle bad. My foot finally gave out to the point that I had to have another but major surgery several years ago. This brought depression at first (but I have accepted and have no problems with that) and leaves me unable to exercise (since some day I do good to walk across the room). When all this happened I put on over 100 pounds. Now I need to get my health back in check.
I need this for myself but also for my kids. My first husband passed away over 10 years ago. This means I am the only parent some of my kids have (of which one child is not a adult yet). They deserve a healthier parent. I owe it to myself after all I have been through to have a healthy life but as you can imagine it is hard when you can't exercise.
I am looking forward to getting to know others that I can talk to. Thanks0 -
Well it's Canada Day here, so not much got done exercise way. I did ride my bike home from work (15 min) since I left it there yesterday and I visited with a friend and then primed 6 huge book shelves and primed and painted a dresser I bought so it was productive. Oh and I drank beer! It's weird having a Wednesday off, tomorrow it's back to work. Wish sometimes the holiday didn't have to be celebrated on the actual day!0
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"Day: 46 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Yoga X"=Done!0
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Aalf1163, that's gorgeous.
Morning, everyone! Thank goodness this is a four-day work week because I don't think I could do another day of work. It hasn't been *bad*, it's just been one of those weeks where everything is bothersome. It probably doesn't help that I've got a cold/virus that just won't go away, so I've been sneezing/coughing and feeling plain rotten for a few days. On the plus side, I hit the 10 lb mark yesterday for lbs lost, so that's exciting! Since I don't have to weigh in for another week, I'm going to treat myself to some pho from my favorite Vietnamese place for lunch (I swear, it's a cure-all - it has helped knock out some colds this winter - it'll fit into my calories for the day, though ).
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Newbie here. I will be 46 next week. I wax and wane on my fitness. In 2001 I lost almost 50 pounds with Weight Watchers, and other than the period of time around the birth of my 2nd child, I have maintained my weight pretty well. But I am always looking to be more fit. I started running in 2008 and have done so off and on since then. O am currently in an "on" phase. I get motivated in the summer when it is warmer, and light outside longer, but then my interest fades when it gets cold, dark and rainy.0
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