40+ Club: Beating The Winter Bulge

Morning Sing, Hisangel, and everyone else.

Nothing much to report here either. We had a dusting of snow that made everything look pretty, but the drive to work was fine. I think I have managed to be sweet free for 3 days in a row, which might be a world record!

So sorry!!!! I feel I have abandoned you guys!!!! :sad: :sad: I really dont have a lot of time now to post, I hardly have time to log in my foods but I have managed lately. I am still here, not going anywhere. Welcome to all the new members of this group!!! :drinker: :drinker: I really need to organize myself so I can read all the posts and reply/make comments.

I have been doing really well eating and exercising. I feel great!!! I had 31 students last night in my Zumba class at the AFB and 4 on Monday night at the other location. I am hoping these 4 show up tonight and more...I am not worried about the AFB, that class is really growing. I am having so much fun teaching this class. Love it!!!! :drinker: :drinker: I continue to do my strength trng program, ChaLean Extreme. I am on the second phase, push phase. I did push 2 today, Duffy, is that where you are at? My arms are sore...feel the burn!!!

Have a wonderful day!!! :flowerforyou:

Hi all!

Angel, glad your burn is healing nicely. Mederma really works on scar reduction when the skin is healed.

Sing, what a horrible thing to have to endure. Glad you are on this side of such a bad burn and doing well.

Alf, good to hear from you. Glad Zumba is going so well! I think they may have a class at our gym. I will look tonight when we go to the trainer.

My sacro-iliac joint is feeling better. We'll see how I do in the gym tonight. Husband has plantar faciitis and has not been exercising at all. I am hoping to make it to water aerobics tomorrow. Stayed at work too late last night to make it. I am flying to Jackson, MS on Friday to see family. Will fly back to Dallas on Monday.
Have a good day everyone! TxMs

Hello Everyone ~ :flowerforyou:

I just wanted to say hello and I too apologize for being a little absent from here. :blushing: Not trying to be though. I will forsure post more on Friday. :happy:

I am finishing up my 6.5 month rotation of STS this week . . can't believe it! Plus still doing some evening workouts about 4 nights this week. Feeling strong & energized though!

Hope you are all having a great week ~ I will check in again on Friday.

Good Morning Sing & Friends.

Happy Thursday. Nothing much going on here. Exercise last night consisted of going to the Carter's store and buying three separate baby gifts. Will love to see the two little boys who are due to be born in about a month wearing matching outfits that say "Here Comes Trouble" Never having children of my own, shopping for baby clothes is an exciting adventure!

Ok yall! Here's to the 80+ fitness club! This was in the Dallas Morning News this morning:

At 80, Lewisville ISD teacher still helps shape minds, futures

09:44 PM CST on Wednesday, February 3, 2010
By WENDY HUNDLEY / The Dallas Morning News
whundley@dallasnews.com
Dale Swall is bucking the trend.

At a time when school districts struggle to retain teachers, he has been a classroom teacher for more than half a century and has no plans to quit anytime soon.

"I'll stay as long as the school will let me," said Swall, a fourth-grade teacher at Hebron Valley Elementary School in Carrollton, where colleagues threw him a surprise party Wednesday to celebrate his 80th birthday.

The lifelong educator began teaching in 1954. He joined the Lewisville school district in 1997 and brings a global perspective to the classroom.

During his career, he's been a school superintendent and principal in Peru, a headmaster in Chile and a principal in Colombia, and has taught in Germany and Hawaii.

Along the way, he's obviously touched the lives of many children. One of his former students came from Austin on Wednesday to thank Swall.

In 1968, when Swall was principal at an elite private school in Cali, Colombia, he created a scholarship program to give students from poor families a chance for a better education.

Pedro "Pete" Pelaez won one of those coveted scholarships. He attended college in the United States and is now a businessman in Austin.

"I was a poor student and didn't know what my future would be," Pelaez said. "He changed my life."

Colleagues say Swall isn't slowing down.

"He's the first person to get to school every day, and he's the last one to leave," said Rochelle Masinelli, another fourth-grade teacher at the school. "He gets up at 4:30 every morning to jog and gets to school by 6:30. He's even at the school on the weekends, doing paperwork."

But, most of all, they say the energetic octogenarian is dedicated to helping students succeed.

"I've learned the most I've ever learned in school from Mr. Swall," said Logan Parker, one of Swall's current fourth-grade students.

"He teaches things slowly, he teaches the basics, and then goes into harder things," the 10-year-old said. "He always listens, and never screams or shouts."

Swall attributes his good health to his daily exercise regimen and a diet high in fruits and vegetables.

"I eat raw broccoli for breakfast and lunch," said Swall, who did jumping jacks and push-ups for his colleagues to demonstrate his fitness.

And what keeps him teaching at a time when most people are enjoying their retirement?

"It sounds trite, but I love working with kids," Swall said. "Helping and working with people is the best thing you can do."


Isn't that great? Taking care of yourself and loving life: it's a wonderful thing!
Going to Mississippi tomorrow to see family. Rainy, nasty and cold here in north Texas. Mom says it is not much better in Ms. Have a great weekend everyone. TxMs

TxMs, thanks for posting that! What a great story. I hope you have a good trip!! :drinker:

Whew! It has been some week around here. But, finally, I have a little time to check-in...since it is Friday afternoon here. Thanks for asking after me, singfree. :flowerforyou: I've been reading every day....but just no time to post.

So, to my Friday check-in. Not much new. I had a good week eating. This was my recovery week from STS, but I'm not good at 'recovery'. I didn't lift weights, but I did end up doing some seriously kicka** cardio routines. 2BLean will appreciate this (or think I'm nuts :bigsmile: ) since she has the workouts, but this morning I actually did the cardio portion of FIVE of Cathe's new workouts...all strung together in one long (nearly two hour) session. Those workouts were her five hardest too--three HiiT, and the cardio from the two circuit workouts. It was crazy, but I just felt like going this morning....so I did. I still feel good too, so I must not have pushed it too hard. I've been eating more calories this week (intentionally), and I think that, combined with not lifting any weights, just gave me an incredible burst of energy this morning (despite the fact that as up at 5:30am to do this :noway: ). My weight has stayed the same. I'm still up six pounds from before the move, but I'm kind of at a loss where those six pounds are hiding on my body right now. All of my clothes fit like they used to. My measurements are pretty much what they used to be. So.........where is the weight? :huh: But I feel good about where I'm at right now, and plan on sticking with a clean eating diet (minus some planned diversions this weekend and next weekend) through the next STS cycle to see if I can't get back some more muscle definition.

alf, congrats on the class!! That's amazing. I'm glad you are getting students at your second class as well.

singfree, I hope you get a chance to go to the concert. I hope you continue to take care of yourself. It is okay (more than okay actually) to ease back into your lifestyle slowly. Again, you've been through alot these last two weeks, and just thinking about health/eating/fitness is more than many people would be doing right now. So do as Tony Horton says.....keep doing your best and forget the rest right now. :flowerforyou:

2BLean, congrats on finishing STS. It really is an amazing accomplishment. Didn't the six months seem to fly by? I know it did for me. I can't wait to get started with Meso 2 next week. I love the type of lifting done in Meso 2....probably my favorite style of lifting in the series.

zebras, hope you are feeling fully recovered from your accident! Shopping can definitely feel like a workout. The outfits sound really cute!

Tomorrow night is my line dance competition. Wish me luck!! I've learned four dances this week (one of the reasons I've been so busy). I hope I remember which one I'm supposed to be doing when. I've never line danced before. I'm not sure how I got roped into this now, but it has been fun.

I hope everybody has a great Friday and a good weekend. I'm looking forward to Super Bowl Monday here in Korea (the game starts at 8:00am). :drinker: I will get up, do my workout before the game, and then make a healthy brunch of apple pancakes (whole wheat), eggs, fruit salad, etc . Not my usual Super Bowl menu, but I'm looking forward to it nonetheless!

I need this! I'm 44, a mother of 9, married for 23 plus years, and have 40 lbs. to lose. I've set my goal at 4 lbs./month and just about reached it in Jan, but boy did I overeat these last couple days at a Pampered Chef conference!! Tomorrow starts off with Zumba and back on track. I sure could use the encouragement of folks my age!


oops...I see I had already joined this once before, sorry for the re-introduction! :blushing:

Good morning!!! :drinker: I did push 3 and ab burner this morning. So ChaLean done for this week!! :drinker: Duffy, I think in a day or two I will be sore. I went heavy this morning on the back exercises. Ouch! All that talk about STS makes me wanna get it. It might be my next lifting program after I'm done with ChaLean. Scale moved up a little bit but still at a good weight for me. My measurements also increased a tiny bit so no worries. I feel great and that is what is important.

Stiring and Swiss, great to hear from you!!! Stiring, those "extra" pounds are all muscle girl!!!! You are doing great! As Sing said you are an inspiration to us all. :flowerforyou:

Swiss, don't stress too much about it, that contributes to weight gain. Just focus and get re-organized and move on. You can do it. Yes, those last 10lbs are the hardest to lose but it can be done. We are here to help you. :flowerforyou:

Sing, go to Zumba!!!! I know you will be very popular with the ladies. :laugh: Yes, men do Zumba but honestly not that many. There is a gentleman in my class on Tuesdays, he goes with his wife. He does really well. I want to say he is in his late 50's. The creator of Zumba is a man, Colombian Beto Perez. If you can go to YouTube and search Zumba Katie Moore. She is an instructor in Hawaii and posts her videos in youtube and there are a lot of guys in her class. I wish I had more men do it, they do watch when we are doing the class in the gym but no one has been brave enough to join except the one I have on Tuesdays. I used to go to a class before I got licensed and the instructor was a guy and there were about 5 guys in there ranging from their 30's to their 50's. One lost over 100lbs doing Zumba. It is a lot of fun.

2BLean, congrats on finishing!!!! :drinker: :drinker: You are also amazing!!!! :flowerforyou: And good for your friend!!! It is true, when you are doing Zumba you dont feel you are exercising but all that sweat tells your something is happening...you are just having so much fun. I love to see the smiles on my students!! It invigorates me!!!!

I am meeting my husband for lunch today at our favorite Korean restaurant. Kimbap here I come!!! :laugh: Then tonight it is girls night out!!! I am going to a concert, a salsa singer from Puerto Rico, so more hip shakin tonight :laugh:

Have a great day!!!! :flowerforyou:

Greetings friends. Its good to see so many people chatting it up on a Friday this early in the morning!

Stiring its good to see you. I look forward to your report on the line dancing. I know you'll do well, and its only important to have fun anyhow.

Sing: You're here, so we know you don't generally worry about the male/female ratio, so you should definitely go try a Zumba class. When my financial situation picks up a little, I want to try it myself.

Nothing too much to report here. No scale right now, my clothes are still a little tight, and hopefully now that I've recovered from "The Zombie Incident" (I hear giggles from Duffyz), I should be able to get back to working out.

Morning All! Another pound... slow and steady, right? Found out I love reading on the elliptical which has been great for keeping me going those extra minutes, having a hard time eating all the extra calories though.

Stiring - thought you were probably dancing your heart out thus causing you to be absent! Good luck!

Becky - don't quit! Listing to Sing's great words of advice and come here when you feel that urge to give up! You can do it!!

It is great to see your stories and reports you truly are an inspiration! Take Care!

Happy Friday!

Tammy

Welcome Reclining. The more the merrier!