40+ Club: Hop Into Spring With A Fit Bod

Tam. Its Walk It Out for the Nintendo Wii. I think I should get commissions from Nintendo, I want a T-Shirt that says Body By Wii. LOL

I think it would make a good psychology paper for someone to write about this game. I have started thinking that the earning of points in the game, and the ability to "buy" and build things on the island might actually be a great substitute for wanting to go out and shop. Shopping too much and eating too much are both ways of filling a void created by something else in our lives, and this sort of gives you a shopping experience, without subtracting from your wallet and cluttering up your house.

Hey all - So glad its Friday! Woot! I had a good week. I walked to/from work everyday and stayed within my caloric range.

I am enjoying this message board tremendously and check it everyday. Its great to read about everyone's accomplishments, struggles and ideas for food and exercise.

Pepper06 I totally agree about the sugar. I am shocked that I don't crave sugar like I used too. I would eat a bowl of ice cream every night because I couldn't control my sugar intake. It is so nice to not to crave something sweet after every meal.

Zebras AWESOME weight lose. You must feel great seeing results.

Tam. Its Walk It Out for the Nintendo Wii. I think I should get commissions from Nintendo, I want a T-Shirt that says Body By Wii. LOL

I AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: I did not have time to post yesterday but I did weigh in. Yes, I gained weight, I feel it, I see it, I dont like it but I did have a great time and it was worth it!! :laugh: Now, back to my routine and to try to lose that extra weight. I only exercised one time during the 2 wks I was in Puerto Rico. That was when my husband went to do a 10K with his sister and I stayed at the house with my son. :noway: :laugh: It was great spending time with family, sightseeing, going to the beach, etc. The weather was just so beautiful, it did not rain at all in 2 wks.

As I said earlier, back to clean eating, drinking lots of water...I am going to buy a new pair of running shoes this week and start running again. And of course, teaching Zumba, I taught on Thu evening and had 30 students. My regular students were happy to have me back. I am also going to resume ChaLean extreme on Monday. I should be starting the 2nd week of the lean phase then. I will do at least 7 more wks of it. Duffy, how is that going for you?

I am happy to see so many new members!!! :drinker: :drinker: WELCOME!!!! :flowerforyou:

Sherdou, I live in San Antonio, near Sea World. Last year I ran 2 half marathons, including the rock and roll. I also did a 10miler, a 10K and several 5K's. I suffered an injury late Nov so I havent run since but I will start training again soon. Maybe we can meet someday and run together. We can take a picture together and post it!! :flowerforyou:

I posted some pictures of our trip in my profile. You are welcome to look at them if you'd like. Ok, gotta go now, good to be back!!! :flowerforyou:

Hi! New to this thread - I live in Central New York and am awaiting spring impatiently. Been on MFP for about a month now and have seen good results. Am hooked on Zumba and am alternating workouts on the elliptical and the treadmill. Anyone have advice on starting a strenght training regime? I feel like this is something I may need to look into. Don't know what else to post...let me know if I screwed up the thread!

Welcome back Alf. Glad you enjoyed your vacation.

Welp, my daughter is officially a married woman. Thursday we had the bridal shower, Friday was the rehearsal plus setting up the reception hall along with the church, and of course Saturday was the wedding. Everything turned out so nice I'm just glad its over because quite frankly I'm exhausted. I had to laugh because one of my dear friends (Very nice but VERY into name brands) is getting married and kept asking.... Oh this is cute where did you get it? I made it. She said that to a lot of the stuff I did. I just thought when I invited her she would think some of the stuff was cheesy because I didn't spend a fortune on it and now she wants me to make stuff for her wedding.

Tomorrow I will officially weigh in. I think I'm gonna reset my ticker to 0 lbs lost instead of setting it back to where my weight is now. That way maybe I will feel like I'm "starting over" instead of going backwards.... I dunno, I'll have to think about it.

I hope everyone is doing well and I really am looking forward to things slowing down so I can have more time for myself. I tip my hat to all of you who have full time jobs. I don't know how you do it all.

Omega60, I do know what you are talking about. I am experiencing the same. I think it just gets harder to lose as we get older. That is why this thread can be so helpful. Also, if you are nearing your goal you could be plateauing. There are ways to get past it. Change your workouts, eat a little less or more (sometimes we really are not eating enough and our bodies think we are starving). Good luck...I am sure that you will find a lot of help and support here.

tron, that is a good idea. Just start over. Don't think of it as moving in the wrong direction. We all do that at times but by consistent and things will begin to get better.

stiring, I also have that book. Can you believe how young those authors look??? That is the book that made me realize that I need to be doing strength training.

Welcome sonnacchio, I love Zumba. I go to three classes a week.

I did better this weekend than most. I may have even lost a pound.

Good morning!!! Strength trng/abs done this morning!! :drinker: Teaching Zumba tonight!! I spent this weekend working on new choreo for my classes on the base. That is a workout in itself when I do the same routine over and over again. :laugh: My diet was really good this weekend but to be honest with you I have no desire to log in/count calories. I am going to try to listen to my body more and just eat clean 90-100% of the time and see what happens. I am not too worried about going "over", what concerns me is to be under. That is when I have to tune into my body's signals. Any ideas?

Welcome to all the new members. Omega, congrats on you weight loss. We all struggle with the ups and downs regularly. That is normal. I just try to be consistent as much as possible and move on.

I018485, are you eating enough? From your post, if you are doing P90X you need to eat well to support your workouts. When you exercise, especially strength trng, you will feel hungrier. It is your body telling you that it needs to be fed, but the right foods. I eat 5-6 times a day, small meals every 2-3 hrs, I also drink lots of water. Water is the most important nutrient for your body. If, after eating healthy foods and drinking your water, you are still hungry chew sugarless gum or do something to get your mind off of it. Or better yet, go for a walk... A few of us in this thread, including myself, have done P90X. I am now doing a second round of ChaLean Extreme. I also do a lot of self talking, and yes, it can be harsh sometimes. :laugh: Do whatever works for you. Set up mini goals for yourself.

A big hello to Tron (MIL:noway: ), Swissmiss, Stiring, Zebras, Sing and all the "old" members of this wonderful thread!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Good morning all. I had a very busy weekend and am exhausted this morning. My eating was just okay over the weekend. I am letting that go and moving on to this week! I am going on a cruise mid April. It is motivating me to exercise and eat well!.

Okay, time to make a cup of tea and WAKE UP!

Alright, the last time I weighed myself I was before the holidays and I was 121as of today I am 131... Needless to say, not good at all. The only positive thing I noticed is that my measurements are smaller this time around probably due to the fact that I started working out and not just dieting. Anyway, thats where I stand right now. Not proud of myself just putting it out there.

Cardigirl... Happy belated birthday.

lalalady... I just love cruises. Where are you going?

IO184485, I couldn't agree with you more. I lived in Italy for about 18 months, and the people are THIN!! Very thin in fact. And they eat late at night. So I've always been one of those people who has ignored the 'no carbs and don't eat after 7:00pm' info that gets passed around. But, as you said, the focus in Italy is different in that the food is healthier (less fried food by far) and the portions are smaller.

I'm cutting back on carbs right now only to get a better balance back into my diet. I think that is the key with the Italian diet....it is very balanced between carbs, proteins, etc. I think the American diet can be out-of-balance in all directions (too much protein from more meat consumption, too much fat from fried/processed foods, too many carbs because of the size of meals, etc). I've only been cutting my carbs for a couple of days, and I can already see a difference in how I look and feel. I'm much less 'puffy', I am not as hungry, and I don't seem to have the same overwhelming cravings (that could be because I'm not as hungry OR the sugar in the carbs I was eating was creating more sugar cravings). But, again, I totally agree that carbs are not evil. They just need to be eaten in balance with everything else.

I, too, get more hungry when I workout more, so that is natural. I would focus on eating foods that make you feel fuller (I've never had success with the 'drink more water' stuff either ) Eat foods higher in fiber (whole grains, etc). What I usually do is have a big (BIG) salad (with little dressing). There are few calories in the greens, but they fill me up quite nicely for a few hours.

I did P90X last year (with alf!) and really enjoyed it. I found it to be a very versatile program and very effective. I recently moved and was away from my workout equipment for a couple of months. I brought most of P90X with me and did it with resistance bands. That is a real plus for me. Let us know if you have any specific questions.

tron, I think given everything you've gone through you should be PROUD of where you are at. My goodness...you moved your mother, you spent a couple weeks without power, you had the holidays and a wedding! Ten pounds is nothing! With you working out now, you'll probably be surprised how quickly you can lose that. I'm happy to hear everything went well with the wedding. Good job at making things for it and how good that must of felt to receive such compliments. :flowerforyou:

alf, I love your photos!! You look so great. I think it is good to take a break every now and again from the calorie counting and listen to your body. I'm trying to do it more and more (at least a couple of days a week right now) so that, eventually, I can just get back to the business of eating naturally. I think taking a break from calorie counting is really helping me listen to my body more. I think if you feel weak, unnaturally tired, are having difficulties concentrating, difficulties getting through your workout, are on edge more, etc that you might be undereating. For me, there are alot more signs of hunger than my stomach growling. The one that I'm been suffering from most is my mood. :grumble: Just a couple hundreds calories can make me go from Mr. Hyde to Dr. Jekyl....or back again. :laugh:

cardigirl, Happy Belated Birthday!! :drinker: I hear you about stress making you hold on to weight. I think that's been part of my problem too. Thanks for your kind words.:flowerforyou:

singfree, I hope your week gets better. I'll continue to keep you all posted on my lower carb situation. So far....so good.

Off to do a tough bicep/tricep/shoulder workout. I only have a couple weeks left in this STS rotation, and then I'm going to take three weeks off lifting and start up again with a 7.5 month undulating rotation with 2BLean. I'm really looking forward to seeing how that challenges my muscles.

Hope this finds everybody well!

Does anyone know how I can find Zumba classes in my area? (East SF Bay Area) I tried to search on the internet but didn't find anything local.
I'd love to try it! It looks like fun.

Hey All! Sorry I've been MIA too many things to get done before our spring break trip and decided fitting in my workouts was more important than posting:ohwell: I really can't believe I finally have made it through the entire CX program. I will say I loved it and plan to start the Lean for Life phase when we get back from FL.

Right now I'm still dealing with a foot problem. It just doesn't make sense to me - I did a 10 mile run on Saturday and it was fine except for a few little "pinches" but Saturday evening foot and ankle were sore - I'm really kind of frightened that it might be a stress fracture:grumble: Today I'm going to try and do a little baby run and then see what happens. It would be just my luck that the about the time the weather gets running perfect I'm sidelined with an injury.

ALF - Glad to hear you had a good trip - weight gain isn't a big deal with all of your extra muscle it should take no time to drop. I know for me a lot of vacation weight gain has more to do with me not drinking my water.

Hi Everyone:
I trust that all are doing well.

Just wanted to pop in and say that everything on my end is going well. I have been hitting the weights and workouts hard and I have chosen to give 'dieting' a break.

I am not pigging out on chips, chocolate and other bad foods, I am just saying that I am going to relax for a moment while still working out hard. I am not even stepping on the scale, but I will continue to use my tape measure.

Have a good day, all!