40+ Club - Summertime Fun

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: texas, congrats on fitting into your new shirt. Doesn't it feel great. This is a better way of knowing if we are losing than just watching the scales.

sing, thanks for the info on the whey protein. I am not a member of Sam's, though. I am using the Kroger brand. Love it. Wow, 3000 calories...I'll bet that is hard to fit in in one day.

I am down one more pound and I think that I know what is slowing me down. I have upped by allowed calories and that seems to be helping.

alf1163

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack!!! :drinker: :drinker: We had a great time at the coast! We even went parasailing!! :noway: :noway: I was so nervous but now I can say "been there done that". :laugh: We had beautiful weather, blue skies, nice beach. On our way to parasail we saw some small sharks feeding on a lot of fish. Thank God we did not get dunked in the water. :laugh: :laugh: We also saw a lot of dolphins. We have to go to the Hill Country today to pick up our son from camp. I can't wait to see him. Our dogs went crazy when they saw us last night. It is good to be back home. Now back to watching what I eat and back to my exercise routine although I am not too sure about the latter. I am pretty much done with ChaLean Extreme and I am not interested in doing another round right now, maybe next year. So I'd better think of something else to do.

Sing, great job on doing Insanity. I know it is mostly cardio correct? Are you still lifting? I don't want to lose my strength.

Swiss, congrats on your accomplishments. You are doing awesome!!

Have a great day!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

singfree

Akf, welcome back! Holy cow, what great pix!!!!!!!! WOW!!!! (sorry. I had a "man" moment)

Glad to fear that you had a great time!! Insanity is mostly cardio. No, I'm not lifting for 60 days. I'm a bit concerned about that, too. But I'm going to stick with it and then do P90X.

aprilvet

Hello, all!

Just got caught up! Everyone looks like they're doing great! You are all so right about this journey being a life-style change. But it certainly takes longer than 21 repetitions to make a habit. I feel the pull of my former life every day. Although the fitness routine seems to have stuck, I'm finding the diet much harder. While I'm not as bad on a regular basis as I used to be, I've not made consistently good choices over the past 2 summer months. As a result, I've gained back 5 pounds.:grumble: But, I've deserved it! I think only the exercise and weight training have stopped it there.

sing- I do think that I'm ready for Insanity. I find now that I don't need the breaks in the P90X routines, and even though my thighs still scream at me in plyo, I'm adding reps for the first 2 sets to push the burn and heart rate. When it's over, I'm not totally wiped! However, I wanted to preview some of the routines, but our operating system (PC) won't support the latest Adobe flashplayer, so my dh says. Therefore, I can't view any videos off youtube or myspace.:explode: I may just have to take the plunge!

So, the family and I went to Hershey Park last Sat. It was great!! Good rides, nice park design, and actually have healthy food choices!! Although the new water park area was WAY too crowded, the kids enjoyed swimming in the wave pool.

RANT WARNING!!!!! Sitting pool-side as my kids played in the water, I was appalled at how many obese children I saw, not all with obese parents. How sad!!! I think my most important job as a parent is to put my children on the right path and to set a good example. This is part of my motivation to push myself and be as healthy and fit as possible.

OK, enough said. Have a great weekend, everyone!

StiringWendel

Finally...a chance to post! So good to see everybody doing well.

alf, welcome back! And what a great photo!! You look beautiful. I'm glad you had a fun time at the beach. :drinker:

mkwood, congratulations on your weight loss!! It sounds to me like you broke through your plateau. Great work there!!

cardigirl, good to see you back. I've missed you. So about your mcro-nutrient numbers, I am not an expert in this field at all. And IIRC, your trainer recommended this breakdown for you, so feel free to ignore me. However, I've been listening to a series of nutrition lectures from UC Berkeley, and recently listened to one about Sports Nutrition. Without getting into the technical aspects of this (which I don't understand), one of the points the professor made was the women don't respond to carbs like men do. Her statement was that while carbo-loading works with men, it doesn't work with women. Again, I don't understand the physiology behind that enough to explain it, but that 'nutshell' statement really stuck with me. So looking at your macro-nutrient breakdown of 55/25/20, I kind of have to wonder if you aren't taking in too many carbs, and that may be why you're having a hard time losing weight.

I'm not anti-carb by any stretch of the imagination. I just know, like alf said she experienced, when I eat too many carbs, I get 'puffier'. I know you said you were going to give it another month, but I am just throwing that out for information's purpose (if for no other reason). In other words, if it isn't working, there may be a valid, biological/physiological reason why.

TxMs, happy to hear you are finally feeling better. Hope you enjoy your trip.

Swissmiss, congrats on your weight loss! Isn't it nice when upping calories brings good news?

singfree, thanks again for all the information you are bringing us on Insanity. One of the things I was thinking about this morning is whether or not you stand more of a chance of losing more muscle mass if you don't eat enough during this program than you would if you were lifting weights. I would think that would be the case. So, trust me, I totally (totally!) understand how hard it is to eat alot of calories, but given your activity level (what were you thinking yesterday! :laugh: ), I would highly suggest you make sure you are eating enough to retain as much muscle mass as possible while doing this program. I really think, when I do it, I will do some form of weight lifting while doing these workouts, only to maintain what muscle I have....not to build.

aprilvet, I totally understand about reverting to old habits. It is a real struggle some days. The other day, when I had the party at my house, I had a couple of brownies that didn't get eaten. I can't tell you how hard it was for me not to just sit down and eat those brownies. That's what the 'Old Me' would have done (without a second's thought), and as I saw my hand reaching for them (literally), I mentally yelled at myself saying 'Stop! That's not how you take care of that anymore!' Those old habits die hard.

And I totally agree with your 'rant'. It makes me so sad to see so many overweight children. One day, I was listening to a podcast about that subject, and as I was doing it, this young man (about 8) walked by the house. He was probably about 40 pounds overweight....and he was munching on a candy bar. It just made me so sad.

Okay, so.....reporting day. I weighed 100.1 this morning (up .5 pounds from a couple of days ago :drinker: ). I did a full body weight workout, following by a bootcamp-style cardio session. It was a good workout. I'm going to take it easier next week, and start P90X in about a week. Hey, alf, you're looking for a new program? Care to join me with P90X? :bigsmile: I'm really looking forward to it. I'm eating well still. But tonight my husband is out, so I've got my eyes on a BIG glass of wine and a scary movie (I love scary movies!). Ah, two wonderful vices...:happy: I'm not so sure how happy my husband will be, though, when he finds me sleeping (since wine makes me sleepy) with all the lights on (due to the aforementioned horror movie) when he gets home. :laugh: But he's lived with me for over 19 years so....he's used to it.

I hope everybody has a great weekend. singfree, let us know how the singing goes. You're doing one of my favorites....Beethoven's Ninth!

singfree

Good morning!

Stiring, i think that you were reading my mind. I really think that no matter what I do nutritionally, at least some of the loss is going to be lean muscle mass. So the plan of attack is to up the cals as much as I dare, and monitor my weight during the rest of the 60 days. For me this program is not sustainable in the long term, because it is mostly cardio based. After the 60 days are up, I am moving on to P90X to rebuild my muscles. For you, the combination of strength (mostly) and cardio (less) with P90X is perfect for you. And judging from Alf's latest pix, she would enjoy this program as well.

April, yes I would recommend Insanity to you. It is a great way to quickly shed the fat. As I told Stiring, it is not something you would want to do forever, but it is a great fat loss tool, and then incorporate it with P90X to maintain your weight/ physique. I haven't been to Hershey Park in many years. I drive past the park every week for rehearsals with the Susquehanna Chorale, near the chocolate factory in town.

We had a dress rehearsal for the Beethoven (in Lancaster) last night. It went very well! Today I have performances at 2 pm and 7:30pm. There is a nice restaurant/ micro brewery near the concert hall. I think I'll spend a little time there between performances. They brew a mean Bavarian Hefeweize...something to sing about!

cardigirl

cardigirl, good to see you back. I've missed you. So about your mcro-nutrient numbers, I am not an expert in this field at all. And IIRC, your trainer recommended this breakdown for you, so feel free to ignore me. However, I've been listening to a series of nutrition lectures from UC Berkeley, and recently listened to one about Sports Nutrition. Without getting into the technical aspects of this (which I don't understand), one of the points the professor made was the women don't respond to carbs like men do. Her statement was that while carbo-loading works with men, it doesn't work with women. Again, I don't understand the physiology behind that enough to explain it, but that 'nutshell' statement really stuck with me. So looking at your macro-nutrient breakdown of 55/25/20, I kind of have to wonder if you aren't taking in too many carbs, and that may be why you're having a hard time losing weight.

I'm not anti-carb by any stretch of the imagination. I just know, like alf said she experienced, when I eat too many carbs, I get 'puffier'. I know you said you were going to give it another month, but I am just throwing that out for information's purpose (if for no other reason). In other words, if it isn't working, there may be a valid, biological/physiological reason why.

Stiring, thank you so much for the information. I may adjust my percentages to 50-25-25 over the next month. The reason I'm going to try to give it more time is that I'm scheduled for a physical in September and want to see what my doctor thinks of the food plan. It is interesting to me all the different opinions on food there is out there. Some people say we weren't meant to eat grains and should only eat protein and fat, etc. It's very confusing to say the least. :grumble: I tried to find some studies on women and carbs online yesterday, but didn't have a lot of time, and didn't get far. It would make sense that hormones play some part in how we react to food. I have lost lots of inches, which is great, but that number on the scale is a huge motivator for me.

And I have never seen results as in losing 2 lbs a week, etc. In the year since I've started working out and really trying to eat healthy, I've lost 25 lbs...that's around 2lbs a month, which is kind of slow if you ask me. Of course I've traded some of my fat for muscle, so it looks like I've lost more than that.

I guess I'm going to focus more on feeling fit. I'm driving myself crazy with the scales. :laugh: :noway: :grumble:

I'm in awe of you though, and of Alf and Sing for all of your successes and your wilingness to encourage others! Thanks so much!:flowerforyou:

I draw inspiration from everyone on this thread. We are all so serious about our health and it's wonderful to see!

Swissmiss

I need to change my ticker to show my new goal. I am doing better with the weight lose since I am eating more.

Swissmiss

I haven't figured out how to change my goal here. I went to goals and settings and even to tickers. Can someone help me?

Swissmiss

Got it fixed.

aprilvet

Hello, all!

Thanks for all the support! It helps! I saw an Insanity infomercial at lunch today! Now I'm really stoked! Despite my nutritional slide, I'm still very dedicated to the fitness and have gotten my BIL and SIL on the bandwagon! They start P90X on Monday!!

Stiring- thanks for the comments! I know you'll love P90X! I, too, love scary movies! What are your favs? My dh and I like to watch campy B horror flicks around Halloween! Speaking of wine, going to a new wine bar in town- mixed reviews but the renovation is gorgeous and I enjoy trying new places!

sing- the concert sounds wonderful. Let me know if you ever perform farther East!!!

Speaking of Bavarian Hefeweize.. any good beer place recommendations in southern Bavaria? We'll be traveling from Chiemsee to Garmish-P, with side trips.

Enjoy the weekend!!!

alf1163

I want to go to Garmisch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :sad: :sad: :sad: One of the most beautiful places in the world!!! Love it!! Enjoy!! :drinker: :drinker:

Hefeweizen, Hefeweizen, Hefeweizeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnn Hefeweizeeeeeeeeeeeen Heeeeeefeweizeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen I was singing it!!! :laugh: :laugh: yummy!! :drinker: :drinker:

Stiring, I think I am going to do P90X soon. I would love to join you. One of my coworkers has it and she is interested in ChaLean so we might swap programs in the next two weeks!! :drinker: :drinker: Let's see if it works out. Some people tend to change their minds. It would be great cause it will not cost either one of us anything.

Aprilvet, I know exactly what you mean. I too have not been making great choices in the past couple of months. Summers are wonderful to do outdoor activities but it comes to eating it could be disastrous for me with all the eating out at the amusement parks, picnics, BBQs, ice cream, etc. I lack the discipline that Stiring has. Stiring, I would have eaten the two leftover brownies at the same time telling myself I shouldnt. That happens to me too often. I don't know what it is, I need an intervention. :laugh: :laugh:

Cardigirl, how are you doing? Glad to hear from you. I am also struggling with eating so many carbs and I still feel bloated when I eat over 100g of carbs. I felt much better when I was eating more protein, less carbs. I cant blame my "weight gain" to the increase of carbs, I have been overindulging lately, but I do have the bloated feeling, the pooch pushing out. But I also know that I need those carbs to sustain those long runs. Today I did 12 miles of run/walk intervals, I was out there for 2.5hrs. I burned 1,192 calories!! :noway: I could not do that if I was not eating that many carbs.

Sing, happy singing!! I do love Beethoven as well. I took a music class in college and I absolutely loved it. I used to sing when I was younger, I was in the church choir. I was a soprano. Now I just sing in my house and sometimes karaoke when I feel brave enough. :laugh: :laugh:

Have a great evening!! :flowerforyou:

alf1163

Oh, Stiring, I like scary movies as well but I do get very scared...:laugh: Last night we started watching The Haunting in Connecticut but my husband fell asleep. I had to turn it off. :laugh: We are watching it tonight. Did you see The Uninvited? It is good. :flowerforyou:

Swissmiss

alf, I was just reading a blog about the movie. It is supposed to be good. I am not sure that I could sit through it. I get scared to easily. :noway:

singfree

Good morning!

Well, I survived Beethoven!! Doing 2 concerts in one day is sure tough! I left the house before lunch and got home at 10:30 pm. The concerts were full houses, which is nice. We ate at Iron Hill Brewery-Restaurant in Lancaster, next to Franklin & Marshall College. Wonderful food & beer. I had Ahi Tuna and washed it down with a Bavarian Rauchweiss Beer (smoke wheat). Rauchbier comes from Bamberg in Bavaria. FYI: Bamberg is a city of 70,000 and has 9 breweries, more than Munich (6).

April, speaking of beer...I've had a few (actually quite a few) Bavarian beers!!! :drinker:
In those areas you will usually find Augustiner and Stiegl Bier from Salzburg, and the big 6 from Munich. Awwww...too bad, huh? ALL of them are GREAT!!! Just ask for a beer and you will get something special.

Note: If you see "Radler" on the beer list, it is a mixture of beer and a soda which tastes like Sprite. Radler means "bicyclist" in German, and the theory is that by mixing the soda with beer, they could drink more without falling off their bikes. (serious)!!

Unlike here in the USA, Germans usually serve only what is available locally, so feel confident to just order "ein Bier, bitte"!!! (or einmal Bier or noch ein Bier) another...another...:drinker:

Remember: Helles=light (in color) Dunkles=dark (in color) Darkness does not mean stronger in alcohol, just a different grain roasting process.

My next German trip in the end of May next year, can't wait!

alf1163

My next German trip in the end of May next year, can't wait!

RUB IT IN :grumble: :grumble: :laugh:

Does anyone have a simple but tasty recipe for fluffy whole wheat pancakes? Every time I make whole wheat pancakes they gooey and not so tasty. And how about the sodium? It is usually high for pancakes. Anyone has any recipe secrets? Stiring?

I am planning on doing some ChaLean today with some extra squats and throw in some cardio. I also need to clean this house. :grumble: :grumble: So, lots of things to do today.

Have a great Sunday! :flowerforyou:

cardigirl

So many scary movie lovers! Not me! I hate being scared. Suspense, maybe, but horror films stay with me tooooo long, so it's best not to watch them. Although. lately I've been watching "Dexter" repeats, because I can Tivo those and fast forward through the icky parts.:laugh: It's a great show if you don't mind that the lead is a serial killer.

Alf, the extra carbs are tough to get in, especially when I reach my fat limit earlier in the day, but I'm learning to balance it out and it's less trouble than before. The tough part is having 500 calories left in the day and only 4-6 grams of fat and protein. I miss meat, like you, but I do work out a lot and need the carbs. I don't feel particularly puffy from them. My trainer probably consumes 3000 calories or more a day and he said that he and all the other trainers have the same problem of what to eat when all you have left is carbs. Baked sweet potatoes!:drinker: They solve everything! Heh. Good thing l love them.

However, before switching my percentages I would have made scrambled eggs with a bit of cheese and spinach and felt like I was eating right. Oh well, like I said, I'm going to follow it for a bit longer and see if my body starts responding to it better. Plus, I haven't been the best at sticking to it this weekend. LOL. Dinner out on Friday and then a hamburger on the grill last night. But it was YUMMY!

Alf, you look amazing! What you are doing is working! And Swiss, love your new picture. You look great too!

And Sing, all the beer talk is making me thirsty!

Hope everybody has a great Sunday!

aprilvet

Hefeweizen, Hefeweizen, Hefeweizeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeennnnn Hefeweizeeeeeeeeeeeen Heeeeeefeweizeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeen I was singing it!!! :laugh: :laugh: yummy!! :drinker: :drinker:

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cardigirl

Alf, here's a recipe for whole wheat pancakes that sounds pretty good. It uses yogurt for part of the liquid and the reviews seem pretty universal on the taste and composition. Hope that helps. Guess I'll be getting some Bob's Red Mill whole wheat flour.

http://www.recipezaar.com/Tender-Whole-Wheat-Yogurt-Pancakes-145444

aprilvet

Aprilvet, I know exactly what you mean. I too have not been making great choices in the past couple of months. Summers are wonderful to do outdoor activities but it comes to eating it could be disastrous for me with all the eating out at the amusement parks, picnics, BBQs, ice cream, etc. I lack the discipline that Stiring has. Stiring, I would have eaten the two leftover brownies at the same time telling myself I shouldnt. That happens to me too often. I don't know what it is, I need an intervention. :laugh: :laugh:

It's nice to know I'm not the only one!

Alf- you'll love P90X! Go for it! I ordered Insanity yesterday, so I'll have something new to get rid of the "beer gut" I'll bring back after all of my indulging!:laugh: Actually, we plan on hiking a lot, walking everywhere, and some cycling as well. Plus, I'm brining my running shoes to log a few miles in the morning when I can. Got a great pair of Merrels for the hiking! Snazy! (is that really a word??:laugh: )

Went to a new wine bar last night. Had lots of fun! Noshed our way through appetizers and cheese with wines by the glass. Yummmmm!:drinker:

Kenpo for today. Did legs and back plus ab ripper yesterday. It was really hard!:grumble: No rhyme or reason for those days.

sing- thanks for the advice!

alf- my whole wheat pancakes always seem too dense.:grumble: PS- have neglected to say how great you look!!!!

cardigirl- no problem for me to get in extra carbs!!! Oh, you probably don't mean a glass of beer!!!:laugh: Seriously, try hummus with baby carrots!!

Have a good day, all! I have to go start packing for the trip. dh took the kids to the Camden Aquarium for the morning.

StiringWendel

Good morning everybody!

singfree, I'm happy the singing went well. :drinker: I'm glad you went out and celebrated. I, too, am jealous both you and aprilvet are going to be visiting Europe soon. :grumble: But I'm planning a Mediterranean cruise for next autumn (my mother turns 80 in January, and this is what she wants to do....so I agreed to go with her), so that will be a nice return to places like Italy for me. I hope. I'm not a boat person.......:ohwell:

alf, I haven't seen The Uninvited yet, though it's tops on my Netflix list. I love scary movies, though I have to make sure I watch them at the right time or I can't sleep. I'm prone to really bad nightmares, so when my husband is away for any period of time, horror flicks are not on my list of things to watch. But next time he has an evening out, I'll get The Uninvited!

And I've never made whole wheat pancakes. I bought a mix recently from Whole Foods (pancake mix with flax) but I haven't tried it. If anybody wants a terrific recipe for apple/pecan muffins using whole wheat flour, though, let me know. They are healthy and some of the best muffins I've ever made/eaten.

And, alf, I hope you get a chance to join me on the P90X journey!! :drinker: That would be fun!

cardigirl, when I get a chance, I'm going to re-listen to a part of that lecture I was talking about with how women metabolize carbs, and I'll let you know more about what I learn. I'm not surprised there isn't much about that on the internet since I don't get the sense that the more physiological truths about nutrition are interesting enough to populate the internet. Listening to this series of lectures has been fascinating for busting some myths I had, and I trust this professor because she is one person who I believe isn't actually trying to sell something.

Regarding all the diet myths out there (like not to eat grains), I really try to follow the logic to see if it makes sense. I still like Michael Pollen's philosophy the best, and it is the one that I try to implement on a daily basis: Eat Food. Not too much. Mostly plants and fruits. (or something like that). That just seems so easy to me....and it makes the most sense to me. I don't really pay much attention to any of my macronutrients (though I do monitor my sodium content) and, very naturally, they kind of fall into a 40/30/30 breakdown for me. I feel good and had good results....so I go with it.

alf, I kind of have the opposite problem of you at social events. Last night we were at a BBQ, and I had lots of calories I could have eaten. But I was conservative on what I took of the food (but had two glasses of wine!) and came home to figure out I'd only eaten something like 1500 calories yesterday (with the wine!) I just am hesitant to eat something when I don't know what is in it. I need to get over this!

It was funny because yesterday morning I weighed myself (99.3 :grumble: ) and told my husband about it. So he was moving the scale around the bathroom to figure out where it would weigh me the heaviest. :laugh: I wasn't really pleased when he was doing this at first, but he told me he didn't want me to be too worried about my weight being too low (as opposed to my initial thinking was him trying to tell me he didn't think I was as thin as what I think I am). Now, I'm just laughing about it. I weighed 99.5 this morning, so it didn't really do any good.

At the party last night, I had a number of people tell me that I need to stop losing weight. I totally agree at this point. But I also had alot of people talking to me about fitness. P90X is so popular, and most were asking me about that. I'll be anxious to do this program so I can answer the questions more accurately than I can right now. But it made me feel better that, while people think I'm skinny (their word, not mine), they also see me as fit.

I'm going to do a full body strength workout today. One week until P90X. Yay! :drinker: Hope everybody has a great day.

cardigirl

Hey April! Thanks! I love hummus, however, 50% of its calories come from fat, so I have to limit my intake of that, LOL... Yes, it's good fat, but still counts in the fat grams. Sigh. This is so confusing.

Stiring, I try to eat mostly plants and fruit (also plants) but are grains included as plants? They grow in the ground! See what I mean? I just get dizzy sometimes thinking about it all. LOL.

I appreciate you telling me about the lectures. It is fascinating how the body responds to modern food.
Been listening to a lecture about HFCS and Fructose on Youtube. Wow. I'm thinking just getting rid of sugar would solve a whole lotta problems.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

Swissmiss

Alf, everytime I make whole wheat pancakes they are dry. And then we put more butter and syrup on them, so they end up being unhealthy.

card, I need to try that recipe. Anything with yogurt in it has to be yummy.

Alf, my son is trying the P90X. He called me to ask if I had heard of it. I told him that many here were using it. His girlfriend has been put on a low glycemic diet due to an allergy. They are both trying to eat healthier and lose some weight.

I took off on my daughter's bike today. That is what she gets for leaving it here. Might as well get some use of it. I rode for 30 minutes. Such fun!!!! Hadn't been on a bike in years. We have a wonderful bike trail right up the road from us that goes on for miles.

singfree

Good morning!

Getting old really stinks! My left knee is a bit tender and my left calf is sore! I will work around it, as I refuse to stop the Insanity (sounds like Susan Powter)!! :grumble:

Swiss, glad to hear about the biking. It's a great way to stay in shape.

April, when are you leaving? Have you nailed down your itinerary? Enjoy the Bier!! :drinker:

Alf, if you were luckier at the casino, we would all be going on a pub crawl through Bavaria!! I can see it now..."40+ Club's Excellent Bavarian Adventure"...sounds like a winner to me!! Alf, if you decide to join Stiring in P90X, you will love it! Enjoy!

Stiring, it really sounds like you are chomping at the bit to start P90X. Are you going to use weights and a pullup bar or bands? For me, the best measurement of strength gains came from the pullup bar. When I started, I could barely do any. Now I can knock off multiple sets of 10. I think it was a combination of strength and weight loss. Naturally, you do not want to lose weight. Don't forget that to add muscle weight you need to eat more. And some of the weight gain will probably be a small amount of fat, which is quite normal for people looking to put on some muscle weight. I'm also trying to maintain a 40/30/30 ratio in my diet. It doesn't always work, but it is a goal.

BTW: I can't watch scary movies. I have trouble sleeping through the night now. I don't need nightmares! My wife makes me watch Stacy & Clinton on "What Not To Wear"...that's scary enough! :laugh:

cardigirl

LOL at Sing and being afraid of Stacy and Clinton. I adore them! The real question, Sing, is are you picking up any good tips on how to dress? :laugh:

I too hate having the odd twinges and pain that seems to come with the workouts we're doing. Be sure you are stretching appropriately after your workouts. That seems to go a long way towards reducing muscle strain and pain for me. And I do ice things often, if the pain deems it.

I'm ready to sign up for the "40+ Club's Excellent Bavarian Adventure" any time! That would be such a hoot! Drinking and laughing our way through the most gorgeous scenery ever,


Great workout today. The trainer told me that he thought getting my weight to 150 was probably as low as he wants me to go, given that my BF% is already at 21%. So...we'll see what the doctor says about that next month, but if at 150 I can wear clothes I feel good in and feel strong and healthy, I guess I'm gonna be happy about that.

zebras

Sign me up for Bavaria too!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

We went to my father-in-law's 83rd birthday. He's got quite the will to live. Earlier in the year he had several visits to the hospital, and on one of our visits to his house, he could only handle two of us visiting for 1/2 hour, and for his party he had about 12 people for three hours.

I predict the 40+ club with their commitment to a healthier lifestyle, will celebrate as many and many more birthdays!

singfree

Cardi, LOL, not Stacy & Clinton...the "before" makeover contestants!!! I wear better things to Halloween parties!

The Insanity workouts include a lot of stretching before & after. The constant pounding from jumping, etc...is causing the pain. Not too bad, just enough to make the workouts even more miserable :grumble: . I find that ice helps (ice cold beer). :drinker:

Zebras, you can come along if you can pronounce this simple German word:

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft.

mkwood10

Zebras, you can come along if you can pronounce this simple German word:

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft.

Sing,
What about the rest of us who've lived in Germany but forgotten most of our German???? I remember what "Donau" is, but not the rest!! I wanna go back to Bayern too! :drinker: Ein cola mit eis und zitrone, bitte!! Kein bier for ich!

zebras

mk:

It doesn't come up in a couple of german dictionarys I found on line. I was guessing if you pronounced it out loud it would sound like something else in english, I just haven't figure out what yet. LOL

StiringWendel

I can pronounce that word, singfree, but I'm not so sure I know what it means. In fact, I'm not so sure I want to know! :laugh: But join me up for the Great Bavarian Adventure. I know just enough German to get me in and out of restaurants and wine bars. In fact, my German is much better when I am drinking. :drinker:

Yes, singfree, I am chomping at the bit to start P90X. I am just excited to see what different changes it will make to my body. And, of course, after that I have Insanity to look forward to....and then another 6 month STS rotation with new cardio for that program from Cathe Friedrich. So I have my next year of fitness planned out, and I'm ready to get started.

Unfortunately, I still can't do pull-ups/chin-ups because I don't have full range of motion in my left arm (yet). But six months ago, I couldn't dream of doing one push-up on my toes because my left arm couldn't support it/didn't have the motion to do that. And now I do them on my toes all the time. So I'm hoping with P90X and another rotation of STS under my belt, I might be able to incorporate pull-ups into my routine.

cardigirl, I re-listened to that lecture on carbs and women. Pretty much what she said is that carb loading doesn't work for women because women can metabolize fat more effectively than men. In other words, we pull from fat stores sooner into a workout than men do, so (and she specifically made this point) eating additional carbs doesn't make women perform any better in their fitness routine. So...there you have it. I don't think there is any harm in keeping your carbs so high, but if you need to lower them because you don't like the results, I wouldn't be worried about it.

I've been watching a little of that video about sugar that was posted on this site (about 1/3 of it so far). cardigirl, don't let all the information out there about food confuse you. I don't know what the whole bit lately is about grains (is it an anti-carb thing?) because last time I checked, wheat is a plant. So what's the problem?

Anyhow, this is the way I boil it down. Let's say I like to have oatmeal and an English Muffin for breakfast, with a little pb&j on that English Muffin. I have a choice. I can have instant oatmeal (with additives), a white English Muffin (refined grains and additives), Jif PB (additives) and Smuckers jelly (high in sugar) OR I could have old fashioned oats (no additives), a whole grain Muffin, natural PB and lower sugar jelly. The breakfasts are the same....but the impact on my body is significantly different. So I don't necessarily think about the type of food I'm eating as much as I think about the quality of the food I'm eating. And if there is no quality in the food (like, say, in soda), I generally opt not to have it. So that takes out alot of the guessing for me.

I'll take the example of fruit. There are alot of people who say to only eat certain types of fruit because of the sugar content in fruit. I say....ridiculous! I am aware of the sugar content in fruit, and I'm aware of the calorie content in fruit. And I think it is best to keep consumption reasonable...as I do with ALL foods. However, I think by throwing fruit under the Sugar Bus, so many nutrients (like potassium in the sugar-laden banana) are also being tossed aside. So I say....eat fruit. Just don't eat endless amounts of fruit. But it's good for you...sugar or no sugar.

You might enjoy Michael Pollen's book 'In Defense of Food' because he really comes down hard on the part of the diet industry that focuses so much on micro-nutrients because it makes it seem like everybody needs a personal nutritionist just to compose a meal. And we shouldn't. We just need to be eating healthy foods that are tasty and good for us.

Anyhow, that's my take on the whole thing....for what it's worth (which isn't much! )

I did a good interval training this morning. I felt really strong this morning, so I pushed it hard....and had a great time.

Hope everybody is having a good day. :flowerforyou: