40+ Club: Hop Into Spring With A Fit Bod

Hi All!
Boy I have not been in the mood this week to update any of the trackers. I didn't eat the greatest, so I was hesitate to step on the scale (1 night I just was not hungry and had a glass of milk),another night we swung thru BK and I got a grilled chix sand and ate the bun-too much mayo for me(I did nt want another salad as I had that earlier in the day and now it was 9:30!). We went and saw Apolo Ohno speak-he was quite good Anyway, I am down 2lbs, so I was quite surprised.

I have never heard of an exercise physiologist -what kind of things do they work on ???:indifferent:

Well I hope to go tomorrow to purchase our Disney World pkg-what allot of work to pick things out for 7 people. We changed our dates and now, will go mid Aug. At least the pools will feel great! Have a good weekend everyone-will try to be better next week. Another depressing rainy day:yawn:

Welcome Danizell! Its never too late to join us!

Sing: I'm glad you are feeling a little better. We'll keep thinking positive thoughts about yoru health and also the volcanic ash!

Stiring: Have fun with your party. I too am not a natural entertainer/host. My best friend is, I think if 30 people showed at her house with no warning, she could still put on a good time.

Well, I am down 6/10 of a lb over a two week period. A little disappointing. But as long as I keep trending downward, I will get there in the end!

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Hi all! Finally got my husband on the scale. He has gained 20 pounds since we started with a trainer over a year ago! He is supposed to be logging food on MFP but he waits until Monday before seeing the trainer to log all his food for the week before. Not very helpful.

At least we made it to the gym last night and plan on going again on Saturday. I am hoping to get home early enough tonight do water aerobics. I can't wait for river aerobics to start!

Stiring: I love cooking for big crowds! I always cook too much. We our daughter was in high school, I cooked the food for the sunday night youth group (about 75 teenagers) at our church. It was great fun. When our kids were lifeguards, I used to make LOTS of pigs in a blanket for the guards after their Saturday am skills review which included a 20 lap swim. Now getting my houe clean to host for 30 people is another story....

Sing: Glad you are getting better. Maybe the nights versus days work rotations could have had something to do with your episode? That would really mess me up! Pack some powdered sport drink to take with you to Europe so that you can replace electrolytes if you sweat while traveling. I always keep some in suitcase after a friend had a bad stomach bug while traveling and would have killed for something to replace electrolytes.

Alf: great job with the zumba! There is a zumba class at our gym. Our trainer says it is with a lady who is not very good and they are looking for another instructor. Want to drive to Denton teach a class?

Danizell: Welcome.

Zebras: downward trend is good! Keep at it. Look at how far you have come.

Hpe everyone has a great weekend. TxMs

Today we went 4 wheeling for a bit to try to find Keltz Mine before my husband had to go to work. Didn't find it so I guess we will be out searching again. You can only drive so far then you have to hike but I have never actually been to a mine so it should be interesting. Tonight my daughter and I are gonna do The Biggest Loser Last Chance Workout. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hi all,

I've been actively logging on MFP for just over a week now and I love it - is it possible that can you actually be addicted to this site?

Anyway, I've put my toe into a couple of other boards, and while really supportive, they weren't an exact match for me - but I think this one will be more suited to me. I normally weigh in on Monday mornings and am fairly excited about it, but if I check in daily, even though it helps me keep focus during the week, I become too governed by the scale and ride the emotional ups and downs with the numbers - gotta hate that!

My downfall is usually the weekend when I have time out from exercise since I give it a good effort through the week, and so a Friday check-in will be good to help keep me focused for the weekend ready for my check-in on Mondays - you guys seem to be so supportive and interactive with each other and that's great.

So here I am, and here's me so far:

1. Start weight of 88kg on May 10th, 2010 (been that weight for 22 years apart from having babies and several long term illnesses) and 43% Body Fat.

2. Goal weight of 65kg and 20%BF (see how I feel when I get there if I need to lose more or not - haven't been that weight as an adult, so I'm not sure what that looks or feels like for me)

3. As of this morning's check-in, current weight is 87.3kg and 41.3%

4. Feels like there is a runner somewhere inside me, just have to find her and so I'm doing 30 minutes of C25K on Monday, Wednesday & Friday mornings - I did Week1 last week but didn't complete all the intervals and had to even completely walk some of them.

Have decided not to move to Week 2 until I can run all intervals of at least 2 out of 3 days. Today was Take 2 on Week 1 and I got all the runs in, non-stop, and went a little farther than I did on day 1 of last week (comparing apples to apples).

Also noticed that in this comparison my heart rate was 6% lower than it was last week as well, and so I figure I must be fitter somehow too. And I wasn't sore either. All of these things are pretty big for me - and I'll take as many positives as I can get.

5. My brother & I go into our gym for 15 minutes on Tuesday mornings to work on Arms and Thursday mornings to work on Legs, followed both days by 40 minutes of Pilates (Abs & Arms / Abs & Legs) just to make sure I got them all working properly - will be getting Zumba DVDs soon hopefully to mix this up a bit - it looks like fun.

6. I really love to swim, so starting tomorrow I will be using the indoor heated 12.5mtr lap pool where I live for 30 minutes Monday-Friday in the middle of the day when it's quieter - I work for myself from home and I feel very lucky to be able to slot this in.

I do 2 laps of each - Freestyle, Breaststroke, Backstroke, L&R Sidestroke with what I call vertical swimming (walking in water as fast as I can without slipping all over the place, and moving my arms as if I am swimming freestyle - looks a bit dorky, but helps my heart rate normalise and still keeps the muscles moving!)

7. I have also organised to exercise either using the equipment in the park or walking on the beach with my family and dogs each afternoon at 5pm cause my 14 yo daughter wants help to tone herself up again (except Tuesday when I go to a drumming class, and weather permitting) - it's a more relaxed session for me too, but we did our 1st session today and we were pleased with the results. ( I love the extra 200 or so calories off too).

8. I have the weekends off so that I can sleep in and just relax - but Sunday usually involves some sort of family activity like bike riding, roller-blading, beach walking, body-boarding or tennis etc.

9. I am all but vegan - not by choice. I won't bore you with the details, but obviously this weighs very heavily in my approach to weight loss, health and fitness.

10. I have had some pretty serious health concerns, but management makes all the difference and certain things that I can't quite manage adequately require me to take all of this a bit more seriously, make a stronger commitment, and be held accountable - this is why MFP works so well for me.


So, even if I just sound it out there and get no response, it is still me reporting in and is enough for all intents and purposes, but obviously, support coming back is so much better. And so while I am on this leg of my journey, I wish to support you guys on your journey too - if there is anything you need from me, please don't hesitate to ask and I will do my very best to help. And if there is anything glaringly obvious where you can see I need help, then by all means let me know - but please be gentle - even though I have open ears, I'm such a sook and bruise far too easily even though I try hard not to.

Well that's me for now - I've probably forgotten to put in heaps of all types of weird and wonderful notes, but I guess they really don't matter - the main thing is that I'm here and I've put the major things out there.

I look forward to knowing more of you all, but right now I've gotta get some shut eye so I can get into the gym in the morning.

Touch base with you all tomorrow.

Kind Regards,

Joy.

PS - It may take me some time to get into the flow of using this board and getting to know who you all are, so please bear with me and if you don't see or hear from me, please send me a PM so that I know to get my A into G and check-in (although the addiction to this site should fix that problem before it starts :0)

Thanks in advance for your support.

Ciao.

Good Afternoon everyone and happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend. I am starting this week on a positive note and planning ahead. I want to see if I can keep every day under 1200 calories and eat as perfect as possible! Usually I cave in by mid-week but I want to try and get past Wednesday. Feeling great and looking forward to a mind clearing run tomorrow morning!!! Have a fabulous afternoon and thanks for all the welcomes!:flowerforyou:

Sing: Not to worry, we are still here! I am so glad to hear you are not dizzy today. Its cool you are having a pre-vacation at the Hershey Hotel. I stayed at the Hershey Lodge once, not nearly as grand. But we got free chocolate bars at check in. We went and checked out the gardens of the hotel while we were there. My Mom said after she wished we had splurged on the hotel.

Hello all.......I'm still around.........just absolutely swamped at work!!:ohwell: :ohwell:

Lost the #'s I gained when the hubby got home, so now it's back to maintaining weight, losing the darn flab around the belly and dropping the body fat percentages as goals. I can live with weighing 125 - I feel pretty good at this weight AND it's fairly easy to maintain; at least it has been for the last month!!!

Sing...........so glad to hear you're doing better!!! I hope you have a wonderful time in Deutschland........I miss it so much!!!

Everyone else.............hope you're doing OK! I'll try to get back in later this week and catch up on the posts. I'm supporting two major position searches again, so the next month is going to be crazy for me:grumble: :grumble: At least I get to look forward to being gone from work June 7-11! I have 2 nephews graduating from high school in MN; one on June 6 and the other June 11. So........talked the hubby into pulling the Harley to MN and we'll have fun in between graduations and family obligations! Going to see our best man and his wife - I'm so excited!! Haven't seen them in almost 10 years...........where the heck does the time go??

Back to the salt mines................:grumble: :grumble: :grumble:

singfree, I'm so happy to hear you are feeling better! :drinker: Sounds like you have a good plan in place to get ready for your trip. Just keep taking it a little easy, and I'm sure you'll heal up very nicely. I agree about airport food, but I find that when I'm taking long flights like you are going to be taking, that I am better off eating right before I get on the plane because if I eat at home, I'm usually hungry when I get on the plane (because of the length of the trip to the airport, going through security, etc). I actually think there are healthier options in the airport than there are on airplanes because you have a choice in an airport. But, as you know, Lufthansa is a good airline so, hopefully, the food will be pretty decent. I don't remember what I got served when I last flew on Lufthansa (back in 2006)....I just remember that the seats were some of the most comfortable I've ever been in on a plane. And there is a Hotel Hershey out there that I've never heard of?????? Oh, goodness....this would be me there What a great way to celebrate your wife's birthday!

mk, good job on losing that weight! Your trip to Minnesota sounds fun. Must feel so wonderful to have the family back together.

alf, enjoy your trip!

So I survived having 32 people over last night. :noway: It actually went very well. People loved all of the food and seemed to have a great time. I was happy. I've got 17 coming to dinner on Saturday, so the rest of my week is going to be busy without a doubt. But I'm still getting in my workouts and keeping my eating under control. I was pretty tired this morning after last night's festivities but, aside from that, I have felt surprisingly energetic lately. I'm thinking that has alot to do with keeping my processed carb intake under better control (which has me eating more protein).

Hope you all have a great day!

JoyElizabeth... Sounds like you've got a pretty aggressive exercise plan there. Its amazing how quickly you start to see results in your endurance isn't it...

Alf... Have a terrific time with your family!

Sing... Pretty quick til the vacation. I would love to sneak into your bag and go. It sounds like an amazing place to visit.

Stiring... Is there an occasion going on??? Why so many big dinner parties? Sounds like fun to me, I love having people over. Just HATE the clean up.

As for me I have been busy at my mothers house doing more yard work and clearing stuff off her deck. She has stuff EVERYWHERE!!! (hoarder) We turned the downstairs into a studio so we are going to try to rent it out to make up for the payments lost sense my mom filed bankruptcy and cant afford the full rent. I cant keep affording to pay for everyone else to live and unfortunately thats the way it seems to be right now. So wish me luck that it gets rented out quickly.

We also went hiking the other day looking for old mines in our area. Took some dirt just to see if we found any gold just for fun. I doubt it but wouldn't that be fun if we did find a little.

Next week we are planing on going to Yosemite to hike to a place called -The little grand canyon- I think thats the name. Never been there before so it will be fun.

Hi all! Cannot catch up with everyone right now. Sing: glad you are feeling better! Alf: have a wonderful time. Everyone: keep up the good work.

Busy/sad several days. Our 17 year old pom/dauchshund dog had been slowing down for awhile. Sunday night she had seizures off and on all night long. I stayed up with her. By morning she was neurologically impared so we had to take her to the vet and put her to sleep. She was a member of the family for a long time. We have lost both our dogs in the last 12 months. We still have our son's cat while he is in graduate school in San francisco. We knew our dog did not have much time left but it is still sad. I was worried about leaving her with a sitter when we go out of town, so I don't have that worry any more.

I don't think we will get another dog any time soon. We are traveling way too much over the next several months. We leave for Mississippi this weekend. I am going back to Utah for a neice's wedding in June. We are going to London in August after our daughter finishes her summer class in Oxford and then we are going to Egg Harbor Wisconsin in September for a cousin's wedding. Not the time to be breaking in a new dog.

On a happier note, family in Mississippi is getting excited about our visit this week. We are getting the plans for the trip to London firmed up. I finally got my passport application submitted today.

On Saturday, I was able to find a pair of "creek runner" aqua shoes at the sporting goods store. There are built like a running shoe but with mesh sides, waterproof material and drain holes in the bottom. They will be great for river aerobics this summer. I can't wait!

Take care all! TxMs

alf, sounds like you are doing such an excellent job with Zumba!! How exciting. And I loved that you shared the detail about the young lady who is physically disabled. That's some perspective there! Enjoy your trip.:drinker:

singfree, thanks for the link to The Hotel Hershey. Boy, that looks like a stunning place. I'm going to tuck that away in my brain as a possible travel destination once we get back to the US. Does you wife know how lucky she is? I hope so. Not only are you going to Europe with her in a little more than a week, but you are celebrating her birthday. My husband boldly declared last weekend that he has decided not to do anything for my birthday this year (which is this coming Sunday)--including anything like making me a meal or even taking me out for a meal--since we are going to China over Memorial Day. :grumble: I was a tad upset by this declaration because I really could use a little break from the kitchen after all of the guests this week, but what's a girl to do? So I think it is wonderful that you are celebrating with your wife in such style! :flowerforyou:

TxMs, I'm so sorry to hear about your pup! You've had such a tough few years, and I so admire you for your very positive attitude. You amaze me. I hope you have a good time in Mississippi. I bet you are getting excited about England too!!

tron, I think I remember reading something about a canyon in Yosemite when we were there last year. If you get a chance to do the hike, please tell us about it. I really enjoyed hiking in Yosemite and hope to get back there someday to do some more. I hope you get a renter fast too! And, no, nothing special is going on that is causing all of these gatherings at my house. The one of Tuesday was for a spouses organization I belong to on base and was a scheduled annual event. And the one this coming Saturday is for a bunch of my husband's co-workers that we have been trying to schedule since Christmas but this is the first opportunity we've been able to do it given my husband's work/travel schedule. So....just how timing is working out right now.

kadetr, welcome! :flowerforyou: Congratulations on your weight loss. If you are looking for a place for motivation from others, I think you have found it. I have been attempting to maintain for about a year now, and I know that belonging to this thread keeps me MUCH more accountable than I otherwise would have been if left on my own. So please feel free to jump right in and share how you are doing.

I did a more relaxing workout today--a steady state step cardio followed by YogaX. I'm trying to mix up the intensities of my workouts right now because I really think I overdid the intensity the last time I did STS and my results weren't what I was hoping for. This is the second week in a row I've done YogaX, and it felt better this week. I'm trying to do more stretching because I was getting so tight, and it really is working. I'm hoping in a couple of more weeks, I'll be back to the flexibility I was at last year. So I'm as fit as I was, I'm hoping to be as flexible as I was....but I'm certainly not back to the weight I was (even though I'm not weighing myself right now). :frown: One thing I'm noticing, though, is with this more balanced approach to my fitness regime AND my diet, I really seem to have cut down on the cravings that were controlling me earlier this year. So I'm hoping I can again lose some of these pounds I gained and get back down to where I was (or close to it). I'm still under my goal weight, though, so it isn't TOO bad. I just feel....bigger. :embarassed:

I hope everybody has a great day!