40+ Club - Fall Fitness Fanatics

alf1163

Good morning everybody!!

Hoosier, good to see you. :flowerforyou: You have been so busy this past bit, haven't you? I think it is great that you've managed to maintain your weight with everything going on. Your photo is wonderful.

mk, moving is tough work, isn't it? Thanks for the reminder on what I can expect here soon.

singfree and Swissmiss, we will be at Osan Air Base, which is south of Seoul and in town called Pyeongtaek. That is about as much as I know because I'm not familiar with the geography of Korea either. Guess I better start learning. :laugh:

singfree, I've never measured how many miles I walk to get the bathroom, but given how much water I drink, I might be walking that far too! :laugh: Maybe I should start counting it as 'exercise'. :bigsmile:

We had our first shipment of stuff go out yesterday. Hopefully we'll see it again in about six weeks. I always wonder when the truck drives off if I'll ever see anything again. Next week are our two major shipments, so it is getting down to crunch time. One week from today, I'll be waking up in this house for the last time. We are in a constant state of flux right now. My husband came to bed last night and told me we've been invited to a Marine Ball the first week we are in Korea, so I guess I have to figure out how to pack a formal gown in my luggage. A ball gown isn't usually my first priority for things to carry during a move seeing as we'll be living with what we have in two suitcases until Thanksgiving. But....I want to go to the Ball. So something else more practical will just have to find another way to Korea. :laugh:

I'm doing well with my diet and exercise still. It's tough since we found out we can neither store (via the government) nor take our wine (I have about 60 bottles of good German wine that we shipped when we moved from Europe last time). We're in the process of giving it away right now, but I really would rather be drinking as much of it as I can. :drinker: But by the time the evenings role around right now, I'm too tired to drink....so, hopefully, we'll find a good home for it.

Today is YogaX (and some cardio) and since I don't do KenpoX, tomorrow will then be my last day of P90X (at least my first run-through of it). It's hard to believe. I have really enjoyed the program. I'll probably only get a couple more days of working out in before we move out of the house, and that's when I need to get really disciplined about making myself go to the gym and/or popping in an Insanity workout. But I might actually take a few days off after the move out because I'm feeling pretty tired, both mentally and physically, right now. We'll see how next week goes before I decide that one.

Hope everybody has a great day.

You can send them my way...half for Sing and the other half for me...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

tron3002

Sorry I've been MIA for a while.... Just super busy. Everything just seems to happen at once doesn't it?
I'm thinking about getting a jump start on the Christmas lights sense its warm. Every year I put them up when its freezing and the weathers bad and I just hate it. So it I get them up now and just dont turn them on then I saved myself the misery of the cold rainy/snowy day. :happy:

I haven't been logging in my food journal either so I'm hoping I'm doing OK. I need to make time for that especially if I want to lose a few more lbs before Thanksgiving.

I will write more later and get caught up on everyone's posts I just really need to get a few errands done first. Have a great day everyone!!!!

StiringWendel

tron, good to see you. I think it is smart to put up your lights before the weather turns. It isn't safe to be climbing about of roofs when it gets icy! Up in Alaska, we put the lights up in September and took them down in May (because that is how long we had ice on the roof!). So now's the time to do it...before the weather turns.

alf and singfree, thanks for offering to take my wine of my hands! :drinker: singfree, my thinking I could drink German wine with 'unlimited servings' is what got me to the place where I needed to find a site like MFP to lose weight! :laugh: But, boy, I must admit, it was fun putting on that weight. :bigsmile:

Off to make dinner (Sloppy Joes...homemade, of course) and sit down with a glass of wine. My husband hasn't been getting home from work until between 8:00pm and 9:00pm this week. Yesterday I was barely conscious when he got home and I wasn't drinking. I'm thinking tonight I won't even be 'barely'.

Hope everybody is having a great evening.

singfree

Good morning!

It's a beautiful day in PA. Sunny and in the mid-70s today, very unusual weather. I'm taking a half-day vacation today to get some things done and get in a nice long bike ride and maybe a hike on the Appalachian Trail. I must say that I am quite the ladies man the past several days. They've been crawling all over me....the lady bugs, that is. They must be having their young at this time because many of them are very tiny.

MFP is amazing. When I log my food and make an effort to eat right, I can lose weight/inches pretty quickly. Even having some wine in the evening is not hurting my performance....if only it were a nice Deutscher Wein...hint to Stiring!!!

On that note, I've made some observations:

1. Exercising excessively does not ensure weight loss. During the summer I was lifting weights, doing some Insanity AND biking over 100 miles per week. Aerobically, I was very fit. But I was not losing body fat at the rate I expected. Now Stiring made a great point the other day to me. At my activity level, I was not eating nearly enough to keep my body running properly...all at the expense of a suppressed metabolism. I truly belive this.

2. Adjusting one's nutrient ratio is as important as the calories. Let's say that I eat 2000 cals per day. For me to lose body fat effectively, I need to keep the protein a bit higher, probably in the 40% range. If I want to maintain I will go to around 50% carb, especially doing a lot of heavy exercise.

3. That by making some SIMPLE adjustments to one's diet and exercise regimin anyone can have success. The big thing is logging your food and analyzing what you've been eating so that you can know for sure what is or is not working for you. I'm no expert by any means, but I think about this stuff a lot. Don't take my word for it, experiment for yourself.

4. HIIT training flat-out works. High Intensity Inerval Training works wonders for me when I want to get lean. A few short HIIT sessions gives me much better results than doing long workouts like biking or hiking. Again, this is what is working for me. Your body might react far differently if you do it this way.

Everyone please comment on this. I'm just trying to put all of this in writing and get it off my chest. I'm always open to suggestions and comments. This is how we as a group of middle-agers are going to succeed...especially as the holidays approach.

GO PHILLIES!!!

Have a great day!

StiringWendel

singfree, I totally agree with your observations, especially the third one. I've been logging my food in since January, and I can pretty much tell on any given day how I'm going to feel based on what I'm eating.

My biggest lesson learned over the past year is that my body is telling me everything I need to know about what it wants to eat....I just need to listen to it. I can tell when I need more protein. I can tell when I've had too much sugar. I can tell when I'm not eating enough (even though I may not feel hungry). I can tell when it has had too much exercise, and I can tell when it is ready for a little bit more exercise. My mind still tries to mess me up at times (by, for example, trying to convince me that my body really NEEDS chocolate), and sometimes I let my mind win. But my body is very good at telling me what it wants, and I can't believe I spent so many years ignoring that. I'm still working through some issues (because I, like you singfree, have a tendency to undereat, which is not good), but, by and large, I spend a great deal more time listening to clear signals from my body than I ever have before.

Today is my last day of P90X (legs and back), and it is coming at the right time. It looks like my husband is going to have to work 12-15 hour days right through the move out next week (including over the weekend), so everything is up to me to do. Yesterday I was hauling the patio furniture around, cleaning out all our stuff in storage, etc., and I'm getting sore and tired. While I will still workout after today (at least up until Wednesday, and then I'll probably have to take a few days off because of the moving out schedule), I'll probably limit myself to cardio or circuits and not heavy weights. While I hate doing that because I won't see my weights again until after Christmas, I'm just listening to my body, and my body is saying 'ouch' right now. Needless to say, I'm not very happy (and that's a mild understatement, by the way) about this situation with my husband's work schedule, but there really isn't anything he can do about it. The good news is I haven't turned to food to make me feel better about it. I hope I can still be saying that in a week or two.

Hope you are enjoying your half-day singfree. Sounds like you are experiencing beautiful weather for this time of year. I hope everybody else is doing well and enjoying their day.

zebras

Sing:

I definitely agree about exercising excessively not guaranteeing weight loss. I am enjoying my ability to do greater exercise, and I certainly love knowing that now I am capable of doing whatever I want on vacation and can keep up with other people, etc., until I get my eating much more under control, my weight loss will probably continue to stall. However, I have to say my body composition keeps changing, and every week, I have less fat. And I definitely place more emphasis on my physical stamina, etc, than worrying about a number on the scale or a dress size. But I also have to admit I love now being a size 18, because my clothing options have really improved! And I would love to be down to a 12, since that seems to be the maximum size some of the designers go to, and every once in a while, a girl wants to be able to go into a store, and try on anything she wants!

Everyone, have a great weekend, I'm going to Maine tonight, so won't be checking in.

singfree

Thanks for your responses, Stiring & Zebras!

What I forgot to mention was that even though I find HIIT training to be very effective for fat loss, I cannot do it all the time because some things are just too tough on my joints. If I didn't have to worry about that aspect, I would love to Isanity all the time as a pure fat loss tool. Eventually I will develop a system that will balance fat loss, weight gain, building muscle, etc... Gets pretty confusing, doesn't it?

zebras

Sing:

We have every confidence that you will come up with the perfect combination, and then you can market it, and we will call it "Singsanity"

alf1163

Dont have much time to post but wanted to say:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZEBRAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker:

I will post later...at work. :flowerforyou:

zebras

Thanks, Alf, you're the best!

Swissmiss

sing, such great insights. I have certainly found that in order to continue losing, I have to change something...either my foods or my exercise. Our bodies get used to our everyday stuff. By the way, did you get a bunch of snow? My in-laws live in Williamsport. We haven't talked to them in a while but will be talking to my father-in-law tonight as this is his birthday.

Happy birthday Zebras !!!

:flowerforyou: alf, I see that you catch up while at work also. I am on my lunch hour.

zebras

Thanks, Swiss, you're the best too. This whole group is!

tron3002

Zebras... Happy Birthday!!!!:flowerforyou:

I think I figured out what part of my weight loss problem is... When I get busy I dont eat often enough. I usually only eat lunch and dinner and sometimes I get so hungry because I have been working non stop til around 9pm that I don't make the best choices. What ever is the quickest thing to put into my mouth. So I'm am gonna try to slow down and get back into the habit of eating smaller meals more often and see if that helps.

StiringWendel

Happy Birthday, zebras! :drinker: I hope you enjoy your time in Maine.

So I've finished P90X for the first time. :happy: I'm really happy I did the program and will most definitely do it again. Here are some random thoughts on the programs I've done/am doing right now....in case anybody cares.

Cathe Friedrich's STS remains, in my opinion, the best pure weight lifting system on the market today. While P90X is great, it involved alot more body resistance exercises than STS, was more repetitive than STS (by far), and wasn't even as close to being as balanced as STS. So if anybody is looking for a pure weight lifting program that is focused and balanced, I would recommend STS over P90X all the time.

That being said, P90X is more than just a weight lifting program, and for that reason, I think it is excellent. I think the cardio in P90X was weak. But where I think P90X absolutely kicked butt was in building up my core strength. While I have lifted weights forever, and have done better weight lifting programs, I would argue that I am as strong as I've ever been right now, not because of the amount I'm lifting per dumbbell and such, but because my core is stronger than it has ever been in my life. I credit the yoga ALOT for this, as well as the plyometrics. And this is a benefit I feel in everyday living. So in terms of functional fitness, I think P90X rocks!

Insanity...what can I say? I'm in love with Shaun T. Don't tell my husband, but....seriously....I love this guy. And I love the program he has created. I've only done the first section of workouts in the program (the shorter workouts), and I've not done them as a rotation. But I finish these workouts feeling SO good. I think these workouts will be an incredible addition to my cardio collection. And where I don't think I'll probably do too many Insanity rotations because I love to lift weights, I will probably be doing these workouts for as long as my body will take them.

Which leads me to my final point. I was feeling pretty sorry for myself this morning (see my earlier post :laugh: ), feeling tired, beat up, sore and...well.....even more tired. So after I posted this morning, I went over to the Cathe Friedrich site to see what was going on with the new workouts she is filming (she is filming a set of cardio DVDs to go with the STS strength series). Somebody posted a video of a mother (60) and daughter doing Insanity together. I found this so inspirational. The mother adjusted the workout to match her level of ability which was wonderful to see. What I liked even more was the sense of accomplishment on both of their faces when they were done. And, best yet, the video ended with the following phrase: The only limits you have are the ones you set.

Maybe I'm feeling sentimental as I pack up another house, or because I just finished P90X, or because I'm silly , but when I look back on this past year, I never imagined back in January when I started on my weight loss journey that I would do what I've done this year with my body. I've reached way beyond what I would have seen as my limit 9 months ago. And it has me wondering what will happen if I just keep reaching. I think I might have fun trying to figure that one out.

Thank you all for being here and being so supportive. I never could have done this without all of you. :flowerforyou: Now back to cleaning the house.........:grumble: :happy:

zebras

Thank you Stiring and Tron!

I'm shortly going to go into a Birthday Cake Coma. I think it had some rum in it, and since I'm not a drinker at all, who know what will happen? LOL

You all will be proud in that I took what was left after my department finished it, and walked around the building until I gave the rest away, if I had that at home, I wouldn't be able control myself!

Texssippian

Hi all!! Finally have time to get on the thread. Have been logging food and exercise but haven't had the time for you guys.

Hoosier: What a wonderful family and you look maavelous! Can you now do wedding planning in your sleep?

MK: moving grown children's furniture counts as exercise. I counted the moving we did in Austin in August in 100+ degree heat. There is a "moving furniture" calorie calculation in MFP.

Swiss: at least you are not gaining. Check your body fat if you can, you may be replacing fat with muscle. That is better than only moving the number on the scale. Also, bathroom in another building at work? Great cardiovascular employee wellness program as well as bladder training (Sorry Sing).

Stirring, dumb question but can you rent a dress in Korea? How cool to be talking about going to a ball! Sounds like Cinderella! Sorry you have to give away the wine. Make everyone to whom you give the wine promise to send you something in the mail once you get to Korea. Think of all the fun adventures you can do with your healthy body while you are there.

Tron: We have to put up our Halloween lights before we can put up our Christmas lights. Did I mention I am married to Mr. Holiday? He has had a slow start this year but I am sure we will be spending Saturday (between Texas and SEC football games) putting out Halloween. He has not even gotten out the Halloween coffe mugs, plates, glasses and wine glasses. Horrors! We have a big Christmas display at my work. They start putting the lights in the trees the first of October.

Sing: Thank you for your faithful posts. I agree that logging your food does wonders in controlling what you eat. I need you to talk to my husband. He will wait to log and entire week's food until right before we are supposed to go to the trainer and turn in our food to log the previous week. I ratted him out. Now he has to email the trainer every two days... I read a study about the effectiveness of interval training versus steady pace for a longer time. You get faster results with intervals with less time spent exercising.

Zebras: Keep at it and you will be wearing a size 12. You are right to not worry about numbers but how you feel and what you are doing. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

I got to go to deep water aerobics tonight. Yea! The great (17 year old kid) instructor from river aerobics taught the class. One of the hardest w a classes I have ever had. We did kicking intervals on the side of the pool for ten minutes. Also had to stand on a water noodle and balance keeping hands out of the water. Great work for the core!

We think my brother in law is going to get to go home this weekend - at least for the weekend! He has not been home since middle of July. Monday will be two months post liver transplant. He sounds great and is ready to get home.

Long enough from me. Take care all! TexMs.

alf1163

Maybe I'm feeling sentimental as I pack up another house, or because I just finished P90X, or because I'm silly , but when I look back on this past year, I never imagined back in January when I started on my weight loss journey that I would do what I've done this year with my body. I've reached way beyond what I would have seen as my limit 9 months ago. And it has me wondering what will happen if I just keep reaching. I think I might have fun trying to figure that one out.

Thank you all for being here and being so supportive. I never could have done this without all of you. :flowerforyou: Now back to cleaning the house.........:grumble: :happy:

Stiring, I am SO PROUD of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ((((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) :flowerforyou:

alf1163

Tex, those are great news about your BIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker:

Stiring, maybe STS is in my near future. I am done with week 1 of phase 3, 4 more wks and I will be done with P90X. I am getting a little bored with it. STS videos are as long as the X?

Sing, I totally agree with all your points. I love HIIT and find it very effective but as you mentioned it can be very hard on my aching joints. Also counting calories has gotten me where I am today but it is very important to eat the right combinations. When I first started using this site in Jan 08 I was just looking at the calorie amounts and not the appropriate requirements. I soon learned that a calorie is not just a calorie, that I needed to choose the proper foods and the proper amount. That is when I really saw big changes in my body. Now, it is a full time job, very time consuming. I had stopped logging in for a couple of months and it was pretty much working for me, I was not hungry, had plenty of energy for my workouts but I continued to losing weight when I wanted to maintain. I tend to undereat if I am not logging in my calories. I have been logging in the past few days but it is really taking too much of my time. I am spending my evenings pretty much plannning my meals for the next day. I really cannot continue doing that. Now that I have seen where I am "lacking" I am going to test myself again and not log in my foods. I will see what happens.

Gotta go to sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :yawn: Have a great evening! :flowerforyou:

singfree

Good morning!

What a flurry of activity here! This is great. Friends helping friends. Thank you!!! :drinker:

OK, it's Friday again (TGIF). As you all know by my long-winded posts, I really am making an effort to get control of my eating habits. I must say that I was pretty successful this week. I do feel a bit leaner and my pants feel a bit looser. I have to keep this up as Thanksgiving is now less than 5 weeks away!

I had a good day yesterday. I arrived home at 11 am and then had to stain & finish an end table we recently purchased at an unfinished furniture store. I was able to take a long ride on my bike, since the temp got up in the high 70s. The road that I bike on generally follows an old branch line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Even though the tracks are no longer there, you can still see the path where the tracks were laid. This RR was in use over 150 years ago and I still marvel at how they were able to situate the tracks around and over obstacles like hills and rivers and other competing RR lines. Must be a guy thing.

Stiring, thank you for your last post on the pros & cons of P90X. Yes, I agree with you that it does need balance. I really think that it was developed to appeal to men mostly. Look at the packaging, the cds themselves are to replicate an old school, sweaty gym. This appeals to the "macho" part of me. As we discussed earlier, a hybrid between P90X and Insanity would be pretty much ideal. When the weather gets too cold for biking, I will also do some spinning at home. Shaun T is a good instructor. How did a guy from NJ learn to use "y'all" ??? Must be south Jersey!! :laugh:

Alf, yes, yes, YES!!!! You've hit on the essence of what this is all about! A calorie is NOT a calorie. We need to have as much nutrient dense food in our bodies as possible. I totally agree with experts about eating smaller, but more frequent meals. I am more aware of how the Glycemic Index (GI) affects my blood sugar levels, mood and energy levels. Like Stiring, you've become tuned in to minute changes in your body and how even small changes in diet & exercise can affect this fragile balance.

Tron & Tex, I used to put up Christmas lights, Nativity Scenes, the works. We now live in a townhome where we are somewhat restricted as to what we can display. This is fine with me. Now we only put a few electric candles in the windows. They are on timers so no work there either. In the next few years I am going to buy a German train set. I think my Grandson would enjoy it (so will Opa).

Zebras, how was the rum cake? I'll be you were the life of the party!!! :drinker:

Have a great day!

StiringWendel

Happy Friday!!

Today is check-in day....and I don't have a clue how my weight is this week. :frown: Actually, I'm doing fine not knowing. It has only been three days after all. :laugh: But I am cognizant of the fact that I can't monitor my weight right now, and that is actually working as a motivator for keeping me in line (well, pretty much in line). But I had a relatively good week eating and working out. I ate a few cookies yesterday, but worked them into my calorie allowance. We're running out of food in the house (intentionally) so I'm actually struggling right now to find the right combination of foods to get in enough calories. I think this is one of the reasons I usually eat so much when we move because by this point I'm usually headed to restaurants for at least one meal a day. Not this time, so I'm having the opposite problem. Oh, well.

I'm going to do a tough circuit workout today (about 80 minutes). It feels strange not to be doing a P90X workout today!

Tex, I'm not sure about dress rentals in Korea. The biggest complaint I've heard about shopping in Korea is that most Americans simply can't wear Korean clothing because it is too small. The biggest shoe size is equivalent to a 7, and I heard from one lady that her daughter (a size 0) was wearing their biggest clothing size. My feet should be okay (I'm a size 6) and I might be able to wear their clothing (I'm wearing clothes anywhere between 00 and 2 right now) but I don't want to gamble on that thinking I'll be fine and then figure out when I get there that my hips/thighs are too big (or whatever). So I'm trying to do most of my shopping here. But thanks for the suggestion! And don't let the word 'ball' make you think these are elegant affairs. While the formal functions are nice, it is still just a bunch of people sitting around tables and eating traditional mass-produced rubber chicken! :happy: We're just dressed up when doing it!

alf, thanks for the hugs. :flowerforyou: I think you'd like STS. I also think you might like Insanity. Regarding STS, many of the workouts are actually a little shorter than P90X. The length varies (I'm going based on memory here) between 45 minutes and about 70 minutes. The ab workouts (there are a number of ab routines--6 or 7) vary in length between 10 and 20 minutes. STS is more flexible than P90X in that you aren't doing the same ab routine after a workout, so you can choose what works best for you on any given day or even do your abs on non-STS days. And there is no 90 minute yoga workout or anything like that! The one drawback for STS is that it requires alot more equipment than P90X. But it is worth it (at least it was for me). If you are serious about it, please ask me any questions you have because it is a costly investment. But it is also 40 DVDs of excellent weight lifting sessions.

singfree, I totally agree that P90X feels like working out with a bunch of people in the gym. That part of P90X really appealed to me even though I'd never describe myself as 'macho'. :laugh: I think it is wonderful that there is finally an option for use-at-home-DVDs that appeal to men. Women have had this option for years. I suppose the argument could be that men have had the same option because they could use the women-instructed DVDs, but I don't think many/most of the workouts are geared towards men at all so I don't blame men for not using them. I think I might have mentioned this before, but I felt P90X really focused on what men like to work on more than what women like to work on (the back muscles to create the V shape, the quad muscles, the chest muscles, etc). A program like STS focuses on those as well, but spends alot more time than P90X does on things like glutes/hamstrings and triceps which are 'problem' areas for women. So where I kind of got the 'do I really need to work my back again?' feeling with P90X, I'm sure some of the men who have done STS (and there are men who have done STS!) are thinking 'I don't need to work the back of my legs nearly as much'. But I'm happy there are now options for everybody.

I think after this next couple of months doing Insanity, I'm going to go back to STS and do a 3 month STS rotation with Cathe's new cardio (she's doing more HIIT type work in this new program). Then I think I'm going to do a 90-day undulating rotation with STS (where you switch between endurance, strength and muscle building workouts every week, constantly challenging the muscles in a new way) with the Insanity workouts. Then I think I'll go into a hybrid P90X with Cathe cardio and Insanity workouts as the cardio. Well, that's my plan right now. We'll see how this all works out. :bigsmile: But if I am able to do things that way, it will be using similar workouts I've done this year, but in different ways and I think that will be good for challenging my body.

And, singfree, you call your posts long-winded? I'm thinking I take the cake (not literally, of course) on that one. :laugh: Off to do my workout and get started on the house some more. I hope everybody has a great day. :flowerforyou:

mkwood10

Happy belated birthday Zebras........meant to get on the site yesterday to give good wishes on the day, but it just didn't happen. The stress factor in my life has skyrocketed in the past 48 hours..........

My hubby's retired from the Army, but he still works for the Army as a civilian and being deployed IS part of his job description. Found out on Wednesday afternoon that he is headed overseas again......:frown: :frown: He'll be heading to Afghanistan before Thanksgiving to replace a guy who had to be brought back to the states for family emergency or medical, not sure which (not that it matters). Right now we don't know if it'll just be to finish that guy's deployment, which would mean home sometime in February, or (more likely) it'll be a full 6 month deployment. I'm figuring on him being gone the 6 months, and it'll be a great thing if he comes back home sooner. We'll know more by the middle of next week, including when he flys out.

Our daughters aren't too happy, especially the youngest one, who is a senior in college. Her reaction was fear that he volunteered to go back overseas to make extra money because we're having to help her out with finances this year. She lost over half of her scholarship $ this year due to the economy; the organizations just couldn't afford to give as much as they have in the past.:frown: It took a lot of talking to convince her that he didn't volunteer; he was just at that point in the rotation roster.

Gonna be very hectic for me the next month until he leaves, then things will settle down some.....going to be a struggle to keep the weight and inches steady until after he leaves. Don't know how often I'll get back into the site, but I will be trying to maintain the progress I've made so far.................

StiringWendel

mkwood, my thoughts are with you. No matter how you look at it (military vs. civilian), deployments are tough. I'm especially sorry that it is happening this time of the year because of the holidays. I hope your husband doesn't have to stay the six months.

I'm sure with him being in the Army you have been through this before. But I also believe that it never gets easier, no matter how many time you go through it. You may know better what to expect, but that doesn't make the reality anymore fun than it was without knowing all that (at least it doesn't for me).

Check in when you get a chance. Right now is the time to focus on your family, but please take care of yourself at the same time. We'll be here for you when you need us. :flowerforyou:

singfree

I stand corrected...Stiring, you are long-winded!!! :laugh: (just kidding)!!

Truly, I am very happy when you post, no matter the length. You have so much good info for us, I always look forward to read it. I hope that you will be able to check in with us on occasion when you arrive in Korea. We need you here, but we understand how time consuming this move is going to be.

MK, my thoughts are with you as well! Please use your friends here as a kind of support system. We won't mind a bit if you need a shoulder to cry on. Best wishes to you and your family! :flowerforyou:

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: mkwood, I am so sorry that your family is going to be separated. Hopefully, it won't be for too long. You certainly do not look like you could have a daughter that age.

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: tex, thanks for the advice. How do I check my body fat? I know that I have some.:laugh: Yes, the restroom is in another building and this makes going there terrible in the winter or when it rains like today.

Swissmiss

singfree..you will be happy to know that I am sitting here drinking a glass of red wine.

singfree

Good morning!

Off to do some errands this morning. First stop is Barnes & Noble for a coffee and a bagel. For my wife & me, nothing is more relaxing than enjoying a coffee in their cafe and talking about the day and maybe browsing some books.

Swiss :drinker: I hope you enjoyed the wine last night. So relaxing on a dreary night.

Have a great weekend everyone!

cardigirl

Good morning!

Off to do some errands this morning. First stop is Barnes & Noble for a coffee and a bagel. For my wife & me, nothing is more relaxing than enjoying a coffee in their cafe and talking about the day and maybe browsing some books.

Swiss :drinker: I hope you enjoyed the wine last night. So relaxing on a dreary night.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Sounds perfect to me. Used to do that all the time after going out to dinner. Nothing like browsing in a book store. Have a great weekend, Sing and Mrs. Sing.

alf1163

Hello all!!!! You guys can post...:noway: I am sorry if I cannot respond to each one of you...

I ran my first half marathon!!!! :drinker: :drinker: I finished in 2:03. My goal was 2hrs, a little ambitious I must say, but 3 minutes longer is not bad. I am happy with it. My husband finished in 2:48. His goal was 3 hrs so he did fantastic!!!! I am proud of him!!! I dont know yet how I finished overall. The weather was perfect, a little chilly at the start line.

MK, my thoughts and prayers for you and your family. I know how hard it can be. You need to stay strong for your husband and your children. Everything will be alright. Feel free to talk to us whenever you need to.

Sing, my husband and I love to go to Barnes and Noble to get a cup of coffee and read...it is very relaxing.

Have a wonderful day!! :flowerforyou:

tron3002

My goal for today is to steam clean the carpets in my sons room and clean the rest of the house. I want to get as much done as possible so starting Sunday I can concentrate on my diet and exercise. I dont think I have anything planned for next week so its a good time to get started.

MK.... I am sorry that your husband is leaving. Lets all pray that its for the shortest time possible.

Sing.... Have fun at Barns and Noble. Wish we had one here but I live in a small town. Guess thats the sacrifice we make for not having our neighbors right on top of us. But we wont get into my neighbors, I dont really like them so I stay FAR away.:grumble:

Alf... GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!:flowerforyou: :drinker: