40+ Club: Hop Into Spring With A Fit Bod

Hi everyone!

I'm sorry to see you are having to work a night again, singfree, but I'm glad it is just for one night. And it sounds like you had a great visit with your grandson.

I had a good weekend. I started my Saturday with a 6 mile run, and then I finished my last STS workout for this rotation. :drinker: It felt really good. I didn't do too well with my eating this weekend, but that's okay. I'm slowly finding a balance right now (something I truly need), and I didn't go too crazy with my eating, so.....

We leave for Hawaii tomorrow. :happy: I'm so looking forward to this. I'm hoping to run most days while we're down there, but I'm also taking along some cardio DVDs in case I need to carve out an hour to workout in the room. And, of course, if need be, I can always go to the gym on base. Somehow, I'll find a way to workout most of the days if I can. As far as my diet....I'm hoping I keep it relatively under control. My husband's and my 20th wedding anniversary is on Wednesday, and we have reservations at a hotel on the north shore of Oahu and will have a dinner that night in a restaurant right on the beach. Sounds rough, doesn't it? :laugh: The good thing about the restaurant is they serve all natural, organic and fresh food. The bad thing....I'm sure I'll be able to find a natural, organic, fresh dessert to go with dinner. :blushing: But this is a celebration, and we're going to celebrate. :drinker:

I don't know if I'll be checking in much over the next couple of weeks, but I'll try. But if not, I hope you all have a great two weeks. Stay healthy and strong!

Hi all!

Went to Austin over the weekend to see our daughter who is a junior at UT. Did a lot of walking including the stairs to the top of Mt. Bonnell. Wildflowers are just beautiful.
Stressful week at work, but they seem to all be stressful now. Oh well.
Stiring, Have a wonderful time in Hawaii!
Relkins, welcome! This is a great group.
Sing: Glad you got to spend time with your grandson. I don't know how you switch from day shift to night shift.
Everyone with allergies: I am there too. Never had a problem until we moved out here to Texas from Mississippi. My problem is that my eyelids break out and I have to use steriod cream on them. Taking a benedryl at night helps too.
Looking to have a week of clean eating and working out. Take care everyone. TxMs

Happy Monday All!

Welcome newcomers, too.

Stiring have a wonderful trip and HAPPY Annniversary. Its an amazing accomplishment to stay married for 20 years.

I ate a lot of filet mignon last night. Rough life, eh?? Its just that my husband can't eat beef, so I was on my own and the little package from Trader Joe's had a big piece and a small piece, and I cooked them both, and I hate leftover beef, so ate almost all of it. Scale hasn't punished me yet. I usually see the results the day after I have a bad meal. I didn't count yesterday, but since I worked out two hours, and didn't have any lunch, I may have actually been within my calorie range anyhow. I only buy filet about once every six months, but next time, maybe I can talk myself into cutting the big piece in half, and making three meals out of it instead of one. Or the Whole Foods will be open by us by the next time, and I can buy one individual piece!!!

OK enough about me. I hope everyelse is doing great!

I am so happy that it looks like the clouds are parting and I am able to get back onto a schedule and better yet... Come back and visit with you all!!!

Today I am going over to one of our rentals and vacuuming and steam cleaning the carpets. We finally got the man out that hasn't paid rent in 7 months but he left all of his stuff so we had to rent a moving van and move all of his belongings into a storage unit. I know the guy and he's not a bad person just had a rough couple of years and because of that turned to drugs. Sad situation he's gotten himself into there.

Last night I went online and looked for hiking trails in my area. Yesterday we went to Red Hills and a friend said it was 6 miles.... Try more like 8.2 according to all of the web sights. Dang!!! And speaking of hiking I looked at mu husbands text messages to his friend and they are secretly planning on making me go back down the grand canyon AND on angels landing in Zion both of which I DONT want to do. Already did the Grand Canyon last year I dont ever need to do it again.

Swiss... I'm sorry to hear about your daughter and the break up. I really hate girl/boy friends now that my kids are dating age. Well 2 are married now but I really have to worry about my son because he is VERY sensitive and his girlfriend knows it and takes advantage of that

Sing... Doesn't that really mess with your sleeping schedule having to switch off working days and nights like that?

String... Happy Anniversary!!! Have a great time in Hawaii!

Relkins..... Welcome

Cardi..... I think running is hard too. I can fast walk on my treadmill at a 6.5 for hours but as soon as I add the jogging motion even at a lower speed it gets much harder. Just keep going and little by little you will be able to go even further.

Happy Monday All!

Had my doctors appointment and the Xray looked good so probably not a stress fracture. Doctor thinks it is probably a Neuroma in my foot. The good news is that if it doesn't hurt I can do whatever I want right now. So my 25K is out since anything over 5 miles is hurting but at least I can do a little light running.

I started Hip Hop Abs this weekend. I find it hard to believe that I will see a huge improvement from the program. It really didn't wipe me out at all. But is another cardio option for me while this foot problem works itself out. Week 2 of the Lean for Life with Chalene.

Enjoy your mondays!

Hey Everyone...Swiss-hope your allergies are better now? I suffered last week as I reallly did not want to take anything except the eye drops. I heard from others that the Benedryl causes one to become sleepy. Are you doing better this week?
Cardi-Just curious when you tread mill run do maintain the same speed or go up and down? When I do the tread mill I have to adjust the speed up and down...it is VERY hard to run!

Welcome to the newbies....join the crowd I have only been in this group for a couple of months. They keep you going!

This week will be interesting as I had a big craving for homemade choc chip oatmeal cookies, so I made and had. Will also be going out w/the girls for happy hour this week..oh boy!

I am doing some tough workouts at the gym since I know my plans.

Well, I have to run ttyl

Happy Tuesday Morning Everyone!

Swiss: Sorry to hear about your back, I hope you feel better soon.

Tron: I feel your landlord pain. I have to get tenants to move out less than a month after they moved in. Its really a building for active adults over age 55, but allows for 20% under age 55, but no one under age 18 ever. So this couple signed an affadavit saying they would be the only ones living there, and a lease that re-stated the no one under age 18 rule, and it turns out she is pregnant. Now technically they would not be breaking the rules for another 6 months, but the vicious condo board is already writing me a letter telling me how much of a fee they will charge should there be a violation, and my lawyer says get them out now.

On the happy side, the scale is going on despite my filet mignon feast on Sunday!

Zebras... Thats a sad situation having to evict a pregnant person. But I bet they are expecting it.

Sing... My husband deals with all of the confrontational stuff when it comes to the rentals but I tell you what... Dont ever get a rental unless you expect to get it back ruined. Most people have the mindset of "it's not mine so who cares". If I had a choice I would get rid of all of them.

Swiss... I hope he goes to I would see her miss out on the prom.

Yesterday I cleaned the rental til 9:30pm. Although I did a lot of vacuuming and raking pine needles I still feel like I didn't get much of a workout in. Today its snowing so I wont go back over there today so hopefully inbetween catching up on my own house work I will get in a few good workouts.

Pepper they say she is 3 months pregnant, but she looks more, and they have lived there less than a month. When I went to help them with the garbage disposal she was trying so hard to hide her stomach, that it made it even more obvious.

After seeing this building in action for over 5 years, I personally never want to live in a building where everyone is over a certain age. They drag each other down. We call it Melrose Place for older people. My co-worker's mother lives there, too, and my co-worker and I have vowed to shoot each other if we every get like these cranky old people.

Most of my motivation for getting fit now is to have a healthier old age. I don't want to be stuck in a wheel chair being pushed around by nurses like my mother-in-law. My Grandpa was physically active and mentally active until he was 90, and since he was born in 1889 that was quite an accomplishment..

Happy Wednesday everyone.

I really found the number of people using scooters at Disney World appalling. I never want to become one of them, and believe me it was very tempting, I was very out of shape when we went, and every day it became more painful for me to walk around. Now I would revel in being able to get around as fast as I would want and on my own two feet, but I'd rather go to a place and hang out with other more fit people. I"m going to try to do a lot of walking in Maine this summer when we go.

Hey, I got some exercise. I walked to the YMCA to sit in the whirlpool. I walked about a mile. I would have taken my bike but I don't want to ride after dark. I will be doing this until I get my car fixed. It broke down last night and I had it towed to a shop today. I am planning on returning to work in the morning and have lined up a ride. My husband works only 1 1/2 miles from home so he walked tonight. It would be nice of each of us had our own car. Maybe that will happen next year.

Morning All!

Ah, the great obesity debate - I found it interesting that Zebras brings up Disney World when discussing the obesity epidemic. It never fails that we as a family discuss this very issue on every trip to WDW. Not the scooter thing but just the obvious numbers of obese people and more noticeably obese children. This trip my husband and I noticed the number of children who may not qualify as obese but who had visibly jiggly middle sections. I honestly think that is a huge difference from when we were young in the 70s. Then, there were chubby kids but it was more of a firm chubby not a rolly polly chubby. I think activity level has a lot to do with it.

A couple of weeks ago my son who is an 8th grader made a perceptive observation. NPR was doing a piece on childhood obesity and he commented that if they want kids more active they need to get rid of middle schools. While living in Canada, my children attended a local public school that was K-8. They had 3 recesses a day. 2 15 minute and 1 half hour. Guess what that adds up to the 60 minutes of exercise that children need each day. In the US, if you child attends middle school no recess and in our school district there is an intermediate school for 5th and 6th which only has one short recess a day.

Swiss - I definitely think the back and stomach issues were related.

Sing: How is your pretrip countdown? We're at 23 days till Mexico and last night when my husband had red wine with dinner I just smelled it so yeah me:drinker:

Yesterday my schedule was so hectic I had to split up my strength training and cardio and wow I was hungry all evening. I've been trying to do my exercise near the end of my 3 hour food window. A recommendation from Shaun in Hip Hop Abs. To burn fat you need to have very few carbs available to burn. Let's see if that makes a difference. I still find the Fat Burning Cardio workout a little tame. Today is Burn Intervals for CX -my favorite plus I'm going to try another run and see how the foot holds up.

Happy Thursday! Stiring - thinking of you in Hawaii. ALF: How's the Flat Belly Diet treating you?

Duffyz:

You make me fondly remember recess from school, and we really were active. Kickball, jump rope, jungle gym, etc. All I can do is picture these kids now standing around texting each other or playing video devices, etc. I even wish I had someone whom I could still play jacks with!

Sing: We are keeping our fingers crossed that the volcanos only conspire to keep you in Germany and not away from Germany!