40+ Club - Summertime Fun

tron3002

Thank you everyone for your support. I do agree that Yosemite is a great workout but I feel I should be doing more. Altho, I'll tell ya, I was wiped out for 3 days after that last hike.:ohwell:

Alf... I completely understand what you mean about your husband. I would be the same way and tell him to do it himself. After all he needs to learn for himself how to take care of himself especially if he acts like he doesn't appreciate what I am doing for him (speaking about myself here)

Sing... HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :drinker: :drinker:

String... Size 0's are too big for you? Wow!!! You really are tiny aren't you. I'd say I'm a little jealous but at the same time I have learned, at least where I live, that finding clothes in smaller sizes is kinda hard to do. Not much to choose from in our small town.

Well I need to get my husband his coffee so he can get ready for work. Poor thing, I really feel sorry for him having to work so much. I hope this economy picks back up and makes things easier for all of us.

alf1163

Tron, my husband was talking about Yosemite and I told him about you and your husband hiking there. He asked if you had hiked the Dome? Something like that. He said that a man fell not too long ago. Have you done that one? He said it is 12 miles up the mountain. Yikes!!! :noway:

Stiring, I wanted to comment on getting rid of the "big" clothes. Don't you dare think you are going back to wearing them!! :noway: :laugh: I know you won't. Get rid of them. Donate them. I usually take them to Goodwill. I have a stash that I need to get rid of. I thought of you while reading my new issue of Oxygen Magazine. Robert Kennedy, the publisher, is talking about Zabo Koszewski who recently died at 84yrs old. He was one of the first of the modern bodybuilders. He had a saying "You dont need to worry about getting back in shape if you are always in shape". Kennedy talks about people who for some reason let go, I am included, those who throw in the towel. His advice, if you are currently fit or reasonably fit, don't ever let yourself get more than five pounds overweight. Don't allow yourself get out of shape and you don't have to worry about getting back into shape. I am going to hang on to those words for as long as I can. We can all do this!!

Have a great evening!! :flowerforyou:

tron3002

Tron, my husband was talking about Yosemite and I told him about you and your husband hiking there. He asked if you had hiked the Dome? Something like that. He said that a man fell not too long ago. Have you done that one? He said it is 12 miles up the mountain. Yikes!!! :noway:

No, I haven't done this hike yet. My husband has been bugging me for a couple of years now but I have refused to go. It is an EXTREMELY hard hike. The one up to upper Yosemite Falls is the next hardest one and like I said before, it just kills me. But my husband keeps insisting I am strong enough to go now.:laugh: :noway: Actually I have the paper right in front of me... It says it is a 14 mile (via mist trail) or 16.3 mile (via John Muir trail) round trip and a 4,800-foot gain. I think there is a camp sight about half way though. And yes, he is right someone did just fall off a few weeks ago, so sad

alf1163

Good morning all!!!! Happy Father's Day Sing and to all the wonderful fathers that are married to our lovely 40+ ladies!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Tron, whatever hike you do be careful!!!! If you don't feel you are ready for an extremely hard hike don't do it. Folloow your gut feeling...I bet all the hikes are very exciting and great workouts.

I really want to go out for a nice run, my usual Sunday runs, but I invited my husband and of course he does not want to do it. I am not sure I should skip today and stay with him, I guess watching TV :noway: :laugh:

Have a great Sunday!! :flowerforyou:

Swissmiss

Is "sing" the only guy here ?

I really did bad this weekend. Spent last night in Toledo with my son and we all went to dinner. I had the best steak I have ever had...maybe I feel this way because I haven't had steak in so long. Well, my husband made his famous stuffed French toast for breakfast also.

Texssippian

I think I lost my post...

Happy Father's Day Sing and all fathers related to the girls in the 40+ club.

Was bad today and went to a pizza buffet for lunch. Boy, the pizza was salty! Drink three glasses of water at the restaurant and been chugging it since we got home.

Swiss: enjoy time with family and savor good food when you get the chance!

Am cooking shrimp, lobster tail (on sale today) and deviled crab for the hub for his Father's Day meal.

Looking forward to getting back in the river tomorrow night. Take care all.

Swissmiss

Wow tex...you can invite me over for Father's Day anytime. Those are some of my favorite foods.

singfree

Happy Monday! Back to work day...I hope you all had a nice weekend. My wife & I and another couple went out for a Father's Day brunch yesterday. It was very nice. My eating was OK but not great over the weekend. My cousin's daughter got married on Sat. Of course I could not pass up the good food and drink (red wine & Yuengling...different glasses). :drinker:

There are a few potential food landmines this week. Wednesday we have our monthly plant meeting (with pizza) and my birthday is on Thursday. If I can resist temptation I will be very happy!! At least I am back to the gym. I usually don't do strength training on the weekends, 5 days a week and twice a day is plenty for me. On the weekend I usually do some walking or biking for exercise...just keep the old butt moving...

Swiss, it feels very nice to have all of you ladies to myself. Either I'm pretty macho or a girly-man :laugh: !!!

Alf, did you get your run in yesterday? Be true to yourself, don't let anyone derail your goals. You are also doing this for your family!!

Have a wonderful day!

alf1163

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Sing, you crack me up!! :laugh: :laugh: Girly man???? :noway: Glad you had a nice Father's Day. I thought about my run too long so it got too hot here. I ended up running on the treadmill, not my favorite but ok. Thanks for asking. Your birthday is coming up!!! Enjoy!!!! Just save your indulgences for your big day. That means stay away from the pizza. :laugh: I like how you call it "food landmines". I am going to borrow that.

I am resting today. I have a full fitness week planned starting tomorrow. ChaLean Tue, Thu and Sat to include abs and perhaps some cardio. Krav Maga kickboxing on Wed. Zumbathon, 2hrs of Zumba, on Fri evening. And my usual run on Sun morning.

Have a great Monday!!! :flowerforyou:

StiringWendel

Good morning everybody! It was a crazy, busy weekend. I kept trying to get in here yesterday to wish singfree a Happy Father's Day but was never at my computer long enough to do even that. So here's a belated Happy Father's Day to you singfree! :drinker: Glad you enjoyed your day.

tron, don't let my saying that my size 1s don't fit right make it sound like I'm smaller than what I am. I'm shopping at the most inexpensive stores known right now because I'm afraid of spending too much money on skinny clothes and then only being able to wear them for a month. If I were to shop at a proper store, I'm sure that the size 0s there wouldn't fit me at all. Again, clothing size is so nebulous. Maybe someday I'll venture into the stores that actual specialize in smaller clothing (and there are plenty of those here in LA to be honest) and actually try to find proper clothing. I'm sure I won't be singing the same tune when I do.

Which brings me to your post on Saturday, alf! Thank you so much for what you said to me about not letting myself think about going back to wearing the clothes. You are right. It is completely within my power to NOT go back to the same size I was. It isn't as if I'm going to wake up one morning and be the weight I was six months ago! I was thinking about that all day yesterday because, honestly, Saturday was one of those days where I just wanted to eat junk food all day. I didn't....but I wanted to. But the thing is, I just have to say to myself once 'How did you feel before? And how do you feel now?' And given how much better I feel now, all those cravings just disappear. So today...I'll start clearing out the closets because I really don't want to go back. There won't be any 'throwing in the towel' here. Thank you again for those wonderful words. I needed to hear them and the timing couldn't have been more perfect! :flowerforyou:

A couple of other things....I went to a store on Saturday that sells completely natural protein powder. They do sell on-line. The website is www.lindbergnutrition.com. I haven't actually tried the protein powder yet :embarassed: but I did get some. I was completely impressed by the store because not only did they have a ton of products (many of which were natural), but when we checked out, we got all kinds of free gifts. The powder we bought was $19.99, and we ended up with sample packets of other powders PLUS a free hardback book about ideal weight. I think I'll be going back to that store in the future.

From there my husband and I moved on to the gym on base. They have a system for measuring body fat that I've never seen before. I've searched for it online (it is called 'BioMeasure'), and it seems to be a new system from a local company. Anyhow, it measures height/weight/BMI, and then it measures body fat through your hands. I don't know if that is any more accurate than the scales that measure body fat or not, and can't find anything on line (not that I looked for long) about its accuracy. But the people at the gym did two body fat tests on my husband--one of them using this system--and they were within two points of each other, so maybe there is some validity to the test.

Anyhow, it measured my body fat at 19%. I was all excited to see that. But then I've been reading that it a bit low for somebody my age. Does anybody know anything about body fat percentages and such? Is that a good reading? I've done the caliper test as well (which I know isn't too accurate), and it measure me at 22%, so I'm inclined to think this scale may not be totally whacked. I'd just like to know what it means. Help!

I was excited yesterday because Cathe Friedrich (the video instructor who I workout to the most) is building a new website and called for 'Success Stories'. I don't know what made me do it, but I wrote my story up and submitted to her last weekend. And she's featured it on the website! You all shared the journey with me (and helped me through it) so I don't recommend actually reading it (because it is outrageously long). But if you want to see my true 'Before' photo taken on December 27, 2008, it is included in the story....along with an alarmingly bad photo of me :blushing: flexing my would-be muscles in Yosemite, taken last month. Anyhow, here's a link in case (just for kicks): http://cathe.com/laurel-l-success-story.

I'm going to be doing as hour of cardio today. I did a tough chest/back workout yesterday lifting the heaviest weights I'll lift in this STS series. Yowza! It was a good one, but I feel it throughout my upper body today. I hope the cardio helps loosen things up.

Hope everybody has a great day!

duffyzmom

Happy Monday!

Stiring: That is awesome! I know you have worked really hard and it must be quite an honor to get that recognition. Not sure about that whole body fat measurement - when I think about how your hands tend to age faster than the rest of you it just doesn't make sense to me. 19% does sound on the low side but not extremely low. The only problem with getting your % too low over the age of 40 is it can make your face look older than you really want it to.

My in-laws were here this weekend so I didn't get much exercise in although we took them up to Frankenmuth (A Bavarian village) and we walked a lot. This morning I did get my long run in- 7 miles in the hot sticky weather. No I'm off to began the packing (or a least start the list of things I need to pack )

singfree

Stiring, I had to go to another website to learn your real name!! Super!!! Great work!!! An inspiration to all of us!!!

PS...I left a message there!!

cardigirl

Happy Monday everybody! Can't believe it's actually summer, because it's 62 and drizzly here. Boo.

Sing, glad you had a great Father's Day. With all the working out you do, I'm sure you'll be okay this week even with all the food "landmines" coming your way.

Yesterday was my son's birthday, so I made a chocolate pound cake (his favorite) and fried chicken and smashed red potatoes with garlic, gravy and um, corn. So not a great meal, but he was happy. I vowed to myself to have only 1 thin sliver of the cake, and so far so good.

Stiring, read your story, how inspiring. And wow, 19% body fat!!! But I have to agree with Duffyzmom that after a certain age, it's not recommended to women to go under 20% Your mileage may vary, and I'd go by how you're feeling.

I'm about to have my BF% checked again, and am hoping to be around 25 this time. My overall goal is to get to 22% but then I'm about 10 years older than you.

Great workout with the trainer this morning, lots of boxing, pushups, decline situps and he's added the captain's chair for abs workout. Phew! But I like the chair better than the hello dollies he was having me do in front of God and everybody in the gym! :blushing:

Here's to a great week for us all!:drinker:

tron3002

Happy Monday Everyone!!! )
I am gonna work out on the treadmill for at least an hour today. Plus try to get in at least another hour doing something else, time permitting. So much to do... My house is a wreak, too many errands, you know the drill haha.

String...Thanks for sharing with us the website. You are amazing!!! Such an inspiration:happy: :flowerforyou:

Sing... Happy early birthday! :drinker: So glad to hear that you had a nice fathers day.

keppick

Looks like I found the right crowd...

I joined MFP last week at the suggestion of a friend. I was with weight watchers for several years and lost 40 lbs. It was the next step in finding my "inner athelete". Now I need something to fine tune. Suggestions are helpful!

I am a teacher and was planning on working summer school but due to budget cuts in CA summer school was cancelled. So, the good news for my fitness program is I have lots of time on my hands for 2 1/2 months (but no income - ouch).

Thanks to weight watchers I eat pretty well and watch the portion size. However, I have the genetic problem of high cholesterol. Last Christmas I tested out at 240 total cholesterol (bottom end of high), triglyceride 63 (normal), HDL 83 (the "healthy" stuff - excellent), LDL 144 (the "lousy" stuff - high), and the ratio of Total Cholesterol/LDL 2.9 (too low). I also want to drop about 10 pounds to trim off the extra (chocolate is a requirement in my life).

My exercise routine:
I ride my bike on any errand I can (If it's within 5 miles of my home I'm on the bike) - usually 5 or 6 days a week anywhere from 2 to 15 miles each day. Yoga classes, in which everyone sweats quite a bit, usually 3 days/week, but with school out I can step it up to 5-6 days/week. Figure skating 2-4 times each week for about 1.5 hours each time (complete with jumps and spins). Working out with personal trainer 1/week.

I guess that give you the summary.

2catowner

Anyone suffering from some lose skin? I woke up this morning and looked in the mirror and have some lose skin over my belly button. I did not have it like that!!! Sorry this might sound vain...maybe I need to eat more to fill it up...:laugh: I hope I am not losing muscle, I shouldnt with all the lifting, dont know what to think of it...

Have a great day!!! :flowerforyou:
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Alf, loose skin? That sounds like my luck-lol! It's not funny, but you have to laugh at our "over 40" problems.... I just have the normal "over 40 pooch" so I don't know which is worse, maybe you are just dehydrated? I am not sure, but you look great!

2catowner

Good morning everyone!!!

I hope you found this new thread without too much trouble. I will check the old one for a few days to direct everyone here.

I will have to get my workouts in at the gym today and tomorrow. We are having a very small gentleman visiting us for a few days. Our Grandson, Quinn will be visiting Oma and Opa (German) while Mommy & Daddy are in Cape May NJ for an anniversary getaway. That means chasing him around the house, rather than riding my bike. He is perpetual motion!!! I have a lot of energy, but this kid puts me to shame!!

Annaliza, Maintaining a higher protein diet is not that easy...especially for a guy who loves bread! Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a resort town (actually two towns) in Southern Germany (Bavaria) on the border with Austria. The highest mountain in Germany is there (Zugspitze). It is very close to King Ludwig's castles, Neuschwanstein (Disney's Cinderella Castle), Hohenschwangau and Linderhof. It is also quite near Oberammergau, where they will be presenting the "Passion Play" next year. Salzburg is in Austria, the birthplace of Mozart. It is a magical region to vacation!!

Alf, I think you are wise not doing a workout before kickboxing. Sometimes I overdo it a bit (a lot) and my workouts suffer for it. I enjoy working out so much, I tend to overtrain. After all, in one week I can get some senior citizen discounts!! :laugh:

I'll check in later...have a great day!

I am new to this 40+ club-- last week I thought I was 45, but someone on Myfitnesspal noticed my correct age-- I guess I now need to find a myoldbrainpal website...lol. Ya'll sound like a fun-young-at-heart-group! I will be joining in now with ya'll now that i found you! -2catowner

StiringWendel

Welcome keppick and 2catowner! I read your thread, 2catowner. That was kind of funny about your age! You can be whatever age you want to be here! :drinker:

keppick, great information. You certainly are active! I'm sorry you've been a victim of California's budget problems though. It's crazy, isn't it? Anyhow, I'm just curious, but are you on any medication for your cholesterol or are your trying to get it down through diet/exercise/etc? Again, I'm just curious. I'm also genetically predisposed to have high cholesterol....and I'm talking HIGH cholesterol. To give you an example of how high cholesterol runs in my family, my eight year old (very skinny and active) neice (who eats a relatively healthy diet) has a cholesterol level over about 300. Even with medication, members of my family can't get our cholesterol levels down to where you are. So I'm always curious what people are doing for their cholesterol, especially if it is a genetic trait like you said yours is.

As far as recommendations to 'fine tune', are you looking for diet, nutrition or exercise recommendations.....or a combination of all three?

Thanks for your kind words cardigirl, duffy, tron and singfree. I can't thank you enough for all of your support! You've made me feel so good today. :flowerforyou:

alf1163

Stiring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ((((((((((((((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) What a story!!!! Loved it!! You must feel very proud of yourself. You have been able to overcome so many obstacles. As I've always told you, you are an inspiration to me. You are the perfect example that no matter what life puts in front of you if you have the will you have the power to succeed. I like the saying in Spanish, "Querer es poder". Congrats!!!!

Regarding body fat percentage, I need to do some research myself. I got a little chart with my ChaLean program and it says that the ideal body fat percentage for a woman 41-45yrs 22.8-27.9% Lean category for the same age group is 14.4-20.8% It says that the essential fat is 9-10% of total body weight in women. The program came with calipers and of course I am no expert measuring. From what I measured I was at 22.8% body fat when I first started. I measured again last week and now I am at 18.8%. I have lost weight and inches doing this program and I feel stronger.

I gathered a lot of clothes yesterday, 4 full bags of clothes that no longer fit. I took them to Goodwill. And then I thought, hey why not check out the clothes. There are a lot of good selections, hey I am frugal. I found a pair of jeans from Abercrombie and Fitch (they are not cheap) and they fit great for just $4.99 I also found a cute blouse for work for just $2.99 I wish I had more time to spend there but I am going back. For those of you who are losing weight but have not reached your goal yet, buying second hand is a good option so you dont spend too much money on clothes that will be too big in a couple of months. And you will be helping your community with your purchase. I also found a toaster for the kitcken in my office for just $1.99!!!! It is in great shape. Now I can toast my whole wheat english muffins at work!! :laugh:

Have a great evening!!! :flowerforyou:

Texssippian

Stirring: Great job! What an inspiration!

Alf: Great idea about Goodwill clothes. I used to buy all my jeans at Goodwill: They are much cheaper and already broken in.

Yesterday, I was able to fit into another pair of jeans I have not been able to wear.

About cholesterol, water soluable fiber is good for taking out bad cholesterol. Oat bran is supposed to be really good. I have started adding oat bran to yogurt. I think you could use it in other things but since I do yogurt in the morning, that is where I put it.

We stopped on the way home from work to buy some free weights. Univ of Texas is playing LSU in college world series. With a daughter at UT and my husband and I Ole Miss grads and thus LSU dislikers (especially my husband), he wanted to watch the game. The trainer has us using free weights so my husband wanted to buy some so he could watch the game. Boy, the weights are expensive! We will slowly build our free weight collection. The city-owned gym is about 5 minutes from our house, but it does not have a tv for watching the game...

Got to go ready to run the river! 100+ heat index outside so hopefully the river won't be like bath water.

Welcome new people! This is a great place to get support, celebrate victories, vent frustrations and keep moving in the right direction. TxMs

keppick

I am not on medication for high cholestrol. I have been able to control it to some extent by diet and exercise but at Christmas a very good friend died from pancreatic cancer. As a result my stress levels were through the roof for several months, and (as you probably can guess) my cholesterol went up. Really annoying!

I also have family annoyances related to this problem. My sister, who is older, less active, and heavier, does NOT have high cholesterol. Whenever Mom and I talk about it when she is around she says that if we would just eat like she does we wouldn't have any problems... Next time she says this (after I hit her) I am planning on reminding her we are not CLONES.

singfree

Good morning!

Welcome keppick to the 40+ Club! Some people are blessed with naturally low cholesterol levels, no matter how badly they eat. I'm not one of them. It takes a lot of work for me to keep my levels in the normal range, even though I am of a healthy weight at body fat level.

Tex, the river sounds great, especially in that high heat. It will be around 80 degress here in PA today. Perfect weather for a bike ride this evening!

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

cardigirl

I also have family annoyances related to this problem. My sister, who is older, less active, and heavier, does NOT have high cholesterol. Whenever Mom and I talk about it when she is around she says that if we would just eat like she does we wouldn't have any problems... Next time she says this (after I hit her) I am planning on reminding her we are not CLONES.

Sounds like my family dynamic! LOL. They are always giving me a hard time for eating right and exercising, while they eat extremely poorly. They kind of look at it as me going crazy or something. Welcome to the this forum, keppick, we have lots of info and support here. It's a nice group of people.

And welcome to you too, 2catowner, I have two cats as well! Glad you found us.


Morning all, still dreary, rainy, and 60 degrees here in the Boston area. Sure hope the sun is still out there somewhere because I think I'm developing gills. :laugh: This week will be a tough one to get the exercise in as I'm short a person all week in my department and am making up the hours...whee. Hopefully, I won't lose too much ground.

Check in with y'all later!

singfree

Cardi, you're getting the rain that we've been getting the last few days. I agree...it's no fun with all this dreary weather in the Summertime! My wife & I will be in the Boston area in August. She is from Merrimac, MA. We are going to visit friends there, and her parents are buried there. Probably visit Boston one day during the trip.

StiringWendel

Morning all!

Keppick, thanks for the answer about your cholesterol. I've opted not to take medication for mine either, figuring leading a healthier lifestyle is a better option. I have family annoyances too with this matter, but mine are more of the 'You're going to die if you don't take pills!' variety, which I don't really appreciate too much. So this isn't a topic we toss around too much when we are all together as a family!

Thanks again to everybody who left me such kind comments over on the Cathe site. You guys are really the best. :flowerforyou:

TxMs, I hear what you are saying about free weights. Yikes. I've had many of my dumbells for years, and they suffered through alot of moves, so some (actually, alot!) of the metal is flaking off and such. I went in search of some replacements, and the prices made me realize that those little flakes of metal falling all over me when I workout are just going to have to keep on coming because I can't afford to replace them. Hope you enjoyed your river aerobics! I must admit, I'm kind of jealous about people talking about the summer heat (as it sounds like singfree and cardigirl are too!). This is the cooler part of the year in LA (mostly in the 60s and some very gloomy days....which is unusual), and I'm ready for shorts and tank tops. Oh, well. But I'm sure about two days in your heat and humidity would have me loving the weather in LA right now. :bigsmile:

I'm working lower body today. I've upped my calories again to 1800-1850 which seems like so much to eat right now. But I lost another pound over the weekend, so I'm going to keep taking them up. Ironically, I was listening to a Jillian Michaels podcast yesterday, and one of her callers was 40, 5'1" and 115lbs and workouts about the same as I do. Jillian recommended she eat at least 2000 calories to maintain her weight. So that gave me some more reassurance about where I'm headed in terms of calories.

Enjoy your day everybody! :drinker:

singfree

I'm not a reality show watcher, but this one is literally "close to home". As you might know the "Jon & Kate" fiasco is filmed here in PA, only 20 miles from my house. Of course, its all over the local and national news. I can only shake my head when I think about how a family can disintegrate like that. Again, I don't watch the show, but I hear about it all the time. When I think of my life and family, I am so thankful that I am in a stable relationship with a wonderful wife and family to love and support.

annaliza

Good afternoon everyone!!!

Ohhh sorry I've been afk the past few days. I partied this whole weekend!!! I didn't drink the homemade wine that I intended to drink. Took one sip and was done lol. I guess I'm not a big wine drinker....give me a margurita any day!

Cardigirl, I wanted to thank you for the kind words and encouragement you have given me. You really have brightened my day and made me blush at the same time :flowerforyou:

Stiring, I think upping your cals again is a good idea. They always talk about an average 2000 cal a day and has been the standard for so many years. I know that we are all different, but the average calorie count is a good basis to start from, I believe.

Keppick LOL, you wouldn't hit your mom I deal with cholesterol with a healthy diet. I got it tested several weeks ago and it seems to be doing pretty good so I think healthy eating is working.

Alf, as a matter of fact, I am wearing a gorgeous pin-striped suit today that I paid $2.50 at the local thrift store. Gotta love great bargains!!! Congrats on your grandbaby! She sounds really sweet! And I agree....let your husband do it himself. Sounds like he's copping out on you, anyways. When he's ready, he'll get serious about it. My hubby started exercising...and now pretty much quit completely. *sigh* Good luck to you. :flowerforyou:

Texs, congrats on fitting into your jeans!!! I'm still trying to get into "my skinny pants".

Tron, I'm the main breadwinner in my family.....why isn't my husband getting my coffee???? I need a wife like you

Sing, lol, so you must pass by thier house on a bike ride or a run? I don't watch them either...and I feel sorry for the kids because they have to go through all this with the world knowing about their business. And...we are glad to have you here with us (you make me feel so beautiful with your comments - thanks!).

Well, back to work. Today is my 14 hour work day. I can't wait for the summer classes to be over so that I can have a little break from teaching for awhile. After 14-hour days 2 days a week (on top of my regular hours), I'm ready for a vacation!

Take care all!!!

Liza

singfree

Thanks your the kind words, Annaliza! No, thankfully I do not live in their immediate area...at least not where I ride. They live in the suburbs of Reading, PA. I really feel sorry for those kids. It reminds me of Octomom...now there's a freak show! :grumble:

cardigirl

I'm not a reality show watcher, but this one is literally "close to home". As you might know the "Jon & Kate" fiasco is filmed here in PA, only 20 miles from my house. Of course, its all over the local and national news. I can only shake my head when I think about how a family can disintegrate like that. Again, I don't watch the show, but I hear about it all the time. When I think of my life and family, I am so thankful that I am in a stable relationship with a wonderful wife and family to love and support.

You are a very lucky man, Sing. And wise too. I myself am going through a divorce, not by my choice, and it is one of the most difficult things I've ever gone through. I really hope this couple will decide not to do this in front of the cameras, but who knows. I can't imagine playing that out in front of the world.

singfree

I'm sorry gang, but I need to vent. I kinda lost my composure on another thread. I HONESTLY think that there are some people out there who are trying to stir up trouble by posting questions, then posting again in a few weeks the very same thing. A young woman from England posts every few weeks wondering if she is eating too much (700 cals). Some people called her out about it (myself included) and others wrote that we are being rude and insensitive. If she is legit, I am truly sorry. But in my heart I know that there is something fishy going on there.

For those of you who might have read it, please understand that my intentions were good. it just makes me angry that some people would use this site as a joke.