40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

That is EXACTLY "it", sdereski....all of a sudden I am OUT of CONTROL! Like a whammy and then a day goes by. A week. Two. And I step on the scale and it is AWFUL.

I am commanding myself to just STOP IT. I really have to just draw the line in the sand and decide "who" I want to be. I drew that line, yesterday. I want to keep drawing that line, day-in and day-out.

It *is* a lifestyle change. I have to simply acknowledge that I cannot eat, out of control, ever. Just ever. In all things to thine own self be true.

It's day one. It seems to be going well, lol. I remain hopeful.

Hello! I'm 44, and just getting serious on here. Have been tracking, but not exercising yet. (ya, the treadmill in the basement is gathering dust because i can't drag my butt out of bed!) That is my first goal, to actually get up and work out. I work full-time, go to college full-time, got married 6 months ago, and have a daughter that is a senior in high school. Needless to say, I'm wiped out and half insane. :-) It is fantastic to see there are people my age who are getting the weight off and looking amazing! :-)

Hello to all. 40 to 41 in December, and the goals are to be 250 by Dec. 31 and to be in the size 18 jeans for the new years party.

Understand, I started this at 298 and a size 28 jean in April, and am now at 269 and a size 20 jean so I am if anything erring on the conservative side. But I'm hypothyroid, so I have to be careful like that.

Had a good evening out tonight, hung out with friends and talked, but my boyfriend had to work, which meant I missed him the entire evening. (sigh)

Hi cool kids,

I've been MIA for a while. My daughter and I got sick with a terrible stomach flu on Labor Day weekend, so I didn't exercise that whole week. Then, that following Saturday, my mom passed away. So I had absolutely no energy to exercise after that, plus being so busy making arrangements. When I finally got around to weighing myself, I discovered that I had lost 6 pounds. :noway: Unfortunately that was a result of the stomach flu and being too upset to eat. Just got back on track today and exercised for the first time in nearly a month. It feels good to be taking care of myself again.

Plus, I have the mud run coming up at the end of October, so I need to get ready for that. Sdereski - you are brave for doing the Tough Mudder! I do the Merrell Down & Dirty Mud Run, which doesn't have any obstacles that zap you, LOL.

42! maintaining baby!

Hey everyone I am 47 will be 48 on June 7 and I consider myself pretty cool!!! LOL! I have reached My "goal weight " around October 2011 doing Jillian 30 day shred,Ripped in 30and running and riding the stationary bike. But the scale lies!! I have been strength training for about 5 months now, I am down one pants size to a size 2 but gained 3lbs!! Very happy with my lifting progress! My one year anniversary coming up in 13 days! I want to live a life that is quality filled!!

Totally cool. I reached my goal in the middle of my 50th year. I've been maintaining for over a year. I'm living my dream. My before and after pics are on the first page of http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/749284-what-is-your-heaviest-lightest-now-goal-part-2

I will be 52 soon and have never been more lean and fit ever in my life.

Yes you have to put away the scale now. I don't bother anymore. Just keep exercising and eat within maintenance budget and nothing else really matters. Because of our age it's nice to get a DXA scan once a year and it will tell you your bone density as well as body composition. It is cool because it tells you where the fat is in all your body parts (not that you have any control over it). Mine is less than 12% and only .06 lbs of visceral fat (pretty much 0). This was good to know because females like me who have had kids, for some reason you still "feel fat" around the tummy, well it's just your internal organs, that is how a women is typically shaped. It helped me to know scientifically there is no fat there. But the best news is the bone density if you've been lifting. At 51.5 years old I had the bone density of a atletic 30 year old. Now if that is not scientific proof that lifting keeps you young I don't know what is!

I got a cardio work-out in, yesterday, and some stretching. Today, I lift. Two more Phase One, NORL4Abs work-outs and then it is onto Phase 2! So, Monday will be a "whole new world", for me!

Wow, that half-marathon is coming up really soon, scribb! How do you qualify for the "Boston marathon"?? That sounds like a really good endeavour!

I got my lifting in. I'm pretty bored with this particular phase. But, I just reviewed Phase 2 of NROL4Abs and it looks like a LOT of work, lol. They say you can add one of the "big lifts" to the beginning of your work-out during Phase 2, but I'll have to wait and find out how much time it takes me to get through a Phase 2 work-out, first.

I don't remember Stage 1 being only 25 minutes, but I do remember it was "short" - maybe 35-45 minutes (for me). The work-outs *do* get longer in NROL4W (in fact, I had to break out my ab work and the metabollic work, just to fit it into my lifting schedule....)

californiagirl is a GREAT inspiration!

Today is a *rest* day - I'll do some light cardio and some stretching, I think.

Beeps, I figured out what I was doing wrong. In stage 1 they give you the exercises to do
workout 1 2 sets @ 15 reps, etc.

Well......that was all I would do. Didn't realize I had to do workouts 2,3 &4 as well. and then move on to the next exercise. :huh:
So, tonight am going to attempt the entire workout. That should leaving me feeling like a wet noodle for sure!