Women Fit For Forties

You girls be safe and have a great time. Look forward to seeing you when you can.

Solondra: You are giving your step son the gift of a much better life. Kudos to you. He WILL thank you later as he heals and gets perspective.

Today is a cleaning day and I want to avoid it. Shocking I know. lol Have a great day.

Good night ladies, will be busy in the morning with the yard sale, but am excited about my first Sat. challange....going to get plenty of rest....:happy:

Hi ladies,

How can I join this group? I guess my question would be...How do I find it again? I'm coming back to this site. I use to be a member and lost about 10 lbs, then gain it back, then lost it again, and now I'm back. I am 43 with four children. I'm an elementary school teacher, but I have been on leave for two years. My goal was to lose weight during the time I was off, but with the financial crisis my family has been enduring I gained weight instead of losing it. ....bummer. I would like to lose about 45 lbs. I have decided that the first things I'm going to work on is exercising, drinking water, watching calories, and stop snacking. I got into a bad, bad, bad habit of snacking at night. I eat decent meals, but at night I tend to pack in the calories. So, about two weeks ago I stopped eating after dinner.

Shelley

welcome, D45 - you'll love it here. :flowerforyou:
solondra - God's blessings on you! You are one wonderful woman.
snowflakes - the quick wit I get from my father. He still beats me to the punchline at age 84!

Tomorrow is the big walk for breast cancer. I am looking forward to it! So far I have raised $400! I am very excited and proud! I am nervous about walking a mile, but I know I can do it! Hopefully I'll take pictures and show you all. Goodnight all and sweet dreams! You are WORTH IT!!!!!!!

Morning to one and all, welcome to the newbie....going out to start the Sat. challange, I am stoked!!! Going to try to get in a little stattionary bike before the sale, hope the rain holds off.....I will try to check in some during the day...but I hope to be busy (making cold hard cash, HA!!) good luck to all today with the challange and just working hard.

P.S. good luck to anyone doing walks today!!! hope you have great weather also

My warm up today was Wii EA Sports Challenge - I only have 5 more work-outs to finish the 30 day Challenge. When I'm done, I'll do the 45 day challenge simultaneously w/ Shred.

So, day 1 of Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred.... it is pretty intense & fast-paced. I did level 1 & found they were starting the exercises when I was still getting set up. Granted also I don't know the routine yet & what's up next. I shouldn't have any transition lag in about a week.

I used 3 lb weights & could keep up with the strength (minus a few here & there)... it did burn though! I like the way Jillian combines lower body strength w/ upper body... like squats & front arm raises w/ weights. I think doing the Wii EA Sports Challenge really helped get me ready for Shred.

The ab work was pretty easy... but I typically can handle ab work... even though it doesn't show! LOL

The cardio was a different story... I thought I was going to die. Lots of jumping around & the jumping jacks killed me. I can't do jumping jacks to save my life. A lot of the cardio I had to modify for lower impact. I loved the punching though. I made a custom work-out on the Wii EA Sports Active that is all boxing. For a brief insane moment I thought about doing that when I was done w/ Shred.

All in all, I really liked it... especially since it's a nice quick work out. I like the instant gratification of shorter work-outs. You get a nice sense of accomplishment.

:happy: Finished my first Sat skinny challange.....it was really fun, kept you thinking all day just finished my 14th 8oz. glass of water (saw a lot of the bathroom today, HA!!) and now I will not eat after dinner.....can't wait for WED. challange.

selby: way to bring on the exercise!!! What great results you are seeing in a short amount of time. Envious of your numbers. Great job.

bluenote: CONGRATS!!! 1 mile girl, and in the heat. Look how far you have come. I cheer for all your success, so darn proud of you:)

momma: Never could we forget you. Hope it is everything you expect and more.

timbotina: Are you rolling in cash? Sounds like you are well hydrated. LOL

Hubby and I are taking a little road trip be back Monday. Be good.

good morning ladies...
Finished yesterday's Skinny Challenge to. Although, I think I should have stretched more.. My feet and calves are screaming at me today. So, today, I am going to do a little stretching, drink more water and take it easy. Of course try to mgd (make good decisions).

We went shopping yesterday for our camping trip. 5 hours, 5 stores and 400 dollars later we got home. Holy cow, feeding all those extra people sure added up. So, today we are also going to attempt to start loading the camper, cleaning the camper and getting a few other things done around the house before family comes!

TTYL

Hope everyone had a great weekend. Jillian made me a little achy today - lol. The nerve of her! I didn't realize how achy I was until I started on day 2 of Shred. Other than that... the only splurg we had was Subway. I love that Subway is a "splurg". Oh my how times have changed!! I had some weird eating today. I was hungry a lot but in a snacking sort of way. As you can see from my diary & me eating hummus & pita chips for breakfast. :blushing: Craved carbs too. Anywho... night all. ♥