40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

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  • goldthistime
    goldthistime Posts: 3,213 Member

    Man, the hot flashes were coming fast and furious this morning. WTH?

    Everyone's peri is different so there may be no value in my commenting, but after three years of occasional short duration hot flashes I started getting more than 10 a day, sometimes only a few minutes apart (fast and furious, as you say). That lasted a good 3 or 4 months and then suddenly I was back to having almost none. My point is that maybe you are at the beginning of the end :).
  • Lisa_licious
    Lisa_licious Posts: 26
    Hahaha Chris! I'm over medicated.... Lol.
  • susheetush
    susheetush Posts: 621 Member
    This is the first time I've seen this thread. :)

    I'm 43, 4 kids, two divorces, now living in sin. I love being experienced, having a good disposable income and not having to change nappies anymore. This is my time to focus on me so that's what I intend to do.
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    Let's
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    just
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    roll
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    this
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    thread
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    okay?
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    now...
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    For those of you here on mfp who are >40, this is a "chat forum" where you can feel COMFORTABLE with the fitness/nutrition goals that YOU HOLD DEAR!
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    COME POST HERE, 40+
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    today I'm hitting the gym, at lunch, to weight-train.

    Am making sure I get 15 glasses of water in, today.

    And, yes, I have to update my scale-weight for some of the challenges I'm in. So, my diet has been REALLY GOOD this week!
  • Cassea7
    Cassea7 Posts: 181 Member
    Am making sure I get 15 glasses of water in, today.

    Wow thats alot of water
  • kmsairam
    kmsairam Posts: 317 Member
    Love this thread. That is all. :)
  • boboff
    boboff Posts: 129 Member
    My Hemeroids hurt....

    Kids today eh!

    I joined the Gym today!!!

    Fat Forty and now a Gym member!

    I am going more Tom Daily than Rocky Balboa mind! ( Yeah right! )
  • dandelion39
    dandelion39 Posts: 514 Member
    Hi all! This is one of those true TGIF Fridays for me. I'm TOtally burned out with work and can't wait for the weekend. (Of course, I have to finish up my taxes Sunday, but let's forget about that for now, shall we?)

    I had a great workout this morning (I'm doing New Rules for Abs) but since then my butt's been glued to my chair and my fingers to the keyboard. For some reason (well, I know the reason...way too much writing) my ring finger on my left hand is so stiff and swollen I can't wear my wedding ring anymore.

    Anyone here doing Stronglifts or Starting Strength? I'm planning to move to one of those next...
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    I'll follow your progress on those programs, dandelion - would really like someone to POST all about THOSE exploits!

    Hi kmsai!!

    Got my lifting in. Done. Water is excellent. But, TOTAL FAIL on the diet front, today....ugh. Was *perfect* all week long. Today, I look up, see that it is "book club" tonight and, frankly, I just screwed-the-pooch from the start. Well, not really....I didn't eat until 12:30 pm, so that morning fast will have to count as "good for something".
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    go away snow.
  • kaekencoffee
    kaekencoffee Posts: 81 Member
    We finally have some sun! Actually managed to get in level 2 of the 30 DS AND the elliptical! Now, heading out to help DH put the gutters and soffets onto the cover we just built over our back patio.
  • ksmiley412
    ksmiley412 Posts: 274 Member
    Three more days till spring!!!:flowerforyou:
  • sdereski
    sdereski Posts: 3,406 Member
    gggrrr - lost my post! :grumble:

    Welcome to all the new cool kids! Wow, great to see so many new faces.

    Had computer (internet) issues all weekend.
    Company all weekend as well, so no workouts. Back to normal tomorrow.

    Beeps - thanks for rolling over the thread. :flowerforyou:
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    Here's an interesting article that ran in my local paper, today:

    "Personal trainer Ryan Morrow of Healthy Rhino demonstrating the Princess Leia Press in Edmonton on Thursday, February, 28, 2013. Video by Bruce Edwards, Edmonton Journal.

    Do you need to take a day off between lifting weights?

    Many personal trainers will tell you, yes, but that’s old-school thinking, says Ryan Morrow of Healthy Rhino , the antithesis of your average personal trainer.

    “Attitudes like that come from the bodybuilding days of Arnold Schwarzenegger and the boys … guys who trained four to eight hours a day,” he explains.

    “People think they’re working so hard, but they’re not. The average person doesn’t train that hard and only trains three days a week, so they don’t need a day of rest in between.”

    Morrow puts his clients through a full-body, functional workout every day, varying the amount of time they spend on each exercise.

    Unlike other personal trainers, he also doesn’t recommend running at all, especially if you’re running to lose weight.

    “First of all, because it’s hard on your body, and second, if you understand the science, because you promote your body to actually store fat when you do.

    “If you want to run, sprint instead,” he advises.

    Trying to make workouts as fun as possible to keep clients engaged and motivated to keep working, he creates his own exercises or varies traditional exercises and gives them playful names.

    The Princess Leia Press, for example, combines a side plank with a shoulder press. Lie on your side with forearm under your shoulder and feet together. Push hip off the floor and hold for as long as you can keeping the body straight and stiff, core muscles engaged. Add a free weight to your hand and lift your arm until it is vertical while holding side plank.

    Morrow doesn’t recommend repetitions or sets, choosing instead to time exercises — repeating the motion for 30 or 45 seconds, resting for 15 or 20 seconds before starting again.

    Beginners can keep their knees on the ground to help their balance."
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    Okay, serious question. I worry that the extra weight may be the main reason I look as young as I do, so the thought of losing it and looking older worries me. Is anyone else dealing with this thought process?

    Of course, I'll take being fit and looking great in clothes over looking young, but it'd be awesome to get to the end of this process and have it all. :)
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    I think looking really strong would also make people presume you are really young (or younger than you actually are), actually.

    So, I aim for strong. Skinny I come by naturally because I don't eat very much!

    People always think I'm younger than what I am....not by many years, but at least a few. And, because I'm committed to having zero artificial procedures done, as I age, I am unsure whether this will prove true in the next decade or 2.

    I guess we shall see!

    Interesting question, BrendaLee....
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    Got my lifting in and done.

    I started subbing out exercises that my quads take over and subbing in some exercises that will really force my glutes to fire.

    We'll see how it goes - the "trial-and-error" approach continues!!
  • lcuconley
    lcuconley Posts: 734 Member
    Hi All -

    hope everyone had a great weekend. I really "fell off the healthy wagon": no exercise and pretty unhealthy eating, I hope I did not do too much damage. I got a great workout in yesterday: ran 2mi to the gym, lifted, then ran home! Today I went to a really good spin class.

    Brenda - I do think that losing weight in the face may take away from a youthful appearance, but I will take that over the *frumpy* body anyday!

    Beeps - He may be right about the average person not working that hard, but I sure hope that the people who are paying him do! Also, I wonder if he is having his clients lift heavy or just do a gazillion reps. The further away from 5-10 reps, the closer you are to cardio.
  • Melodrom
    Melodrom Posts: 13 Member
    I am over 40....well that is what my passport keeps telling me :laugh:
  • Beeps2011
    Beeps2011 Posts: 12,151 Member
    lcucon - I had a crappy weekend, too, diet-wise and zero exercise. But, Monday ALWAYS brings me new hope, renewed fervor, etc.

    I prefer weekdays because my "focus" is better, as is my performance. Weekend, gawd help me, are always a crap-shoot! some of them I get through just fine, but many I do not.
  • lcuconley
    lcuconley Posts: 734 Member
    I am over 40....well that is what my passport keeps telling me :laugh:

    Pesky little facts....

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