40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Alf- so sorry aobut your dad. My deepest sympathies to you and your family.

No workout for me today- had to go for fasting bloodwork this am for my appointment next week, and I have a full day of work and choir rehearsal this evening. I will be at the gym bright and early tomorrow morning though!

Have a good day all.

Happy Thursday all! Made it to the gym this morning and had a good work out. Full day of meetings and other fun work stuff ahead. Hope everyone else has a good day!

Kelly - great job on getting a good workout in this am! Now you can enjoy the rest of your day! Hope your bloodwork test comes out well!

beeps - I agree, getting to the gym is the key...whatever happens there is ALL good.

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so, this am I did my jog/sprint/jog workout. Had a sprint partner this am, which was SO awesome! Hopefully I can recruit a few more soccer players from my teams as it is such an awesome prep workout!

I did hot yoga last night. Unfortunately, it was a bit challenging to do "power" yoga on the same day as lifting, but better than not going at all!

Wow, newbeg!ning, that's AWESOME NEWS!!

having just gone through round-after-round-after-round of drs for my son (re; asthma, plus endocrinologist for "slow growth"), I *KNOW* how awesome it is when medications can be REDUCED. That really is SUCH GOOD NEWS!

I'm in the +40 crowd...how the he** did that happen! On a quest to ditch the weight before full blown menopause hits. Sorry, don't mean to offend the men folk! I'm one of the cool kids though! LOL! I might be close to 43 but I can hold my own for 5 hour in the "pit" at Flogging Molly concerts!

My kids are teens and life is beginning to get fun again. I would like to have a body to match my mind...fun, active and adventurous!

Hi!

I got my lifting in-and-done! lost another 0.5 lbs....and then went and 'celebrated' with fries and gravy. SO DUMB. I still haven't figured out a REALLY GOOD WAY to reward myself that doesn't include "food indulgence".

Don't worry, I'm logging my calories....I've only got, like, 5 lbs left to lose, but they're gonna be the HARDEST ones!

Well, was up at 7:00am and off to the gym by 7:30. Great workout!! Now I'm hangin' at the house the rest of the day as Jake is staying overnight with us!! Yeah!
We didn't end up doing the walk, too cold and windy today. Oh well, maybe next time.

Have a great weekend all!

Morning Cool Kids, so after a wonderful weekend I have some venting to do...

Ok so I get on the scale this morning and behold I gained 4 lbs during the weekend, 4 FREAKING LBS!!! What gives?
I know I've heard it all before water weight, weight fluctuations are common, yada, yada, yada. Still, it's so irritating and discouraging to say the least when you've worked out like a maniac the last week (no breaks) doing things you never thought you could do - 175# tire flipping as warm up -, having bruises and blisters everywhere possible, tired beyond measure and then you get on the stupid scale and it tells you it was ALL FOR NOTHING!

I'm pissed! :explode:

Happy Monday all!!

New Beg - way to push yourself last week. It is absolutely NOT all for naught! In 25 years, I am sure that you will be able to get on a scale in the morning and have an accurate read on your body fat. All of the fluctuations of salt, TOM, consumed food, muscle inflamation, muscle growth (!), etc, will be known so that we don't get frustrated. However, for now, we are just going to have to trust that we have been eating right and exercising and that eventually it will show. I generally lose weight in big increments and can gain 2-3 pounds in a day. Hang in there!!

Kelly - great job on the walk and the workout!

Beeps - I would love to go to a game night...maybe I need to host one! I love to compete! Great job on your cardio!

What are everyone's plans for the week?

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Yesterday I tried to go out for a run, but I have developed a pain in my knee, so I quit after 10 meters. I was really bummed. could not treadmill it this am either. I did do a super yoga class, which really helped my DOMS from saturday's lifting.

This am I lifted again. good workout...went up in a lot of my lifts. Unfortunately, I ran out of time.

Hi All,

Sorry I have been MIA, but was away for work - so there were traveling days and then long work days in there. Got home last evening and I have a terrible sore throat and cold! Ugh! Not what I need right now. My marathon is this coming Saturday and I have so much I need to do before I go. Food and exercise has been crap - I managed to run once while away.

Today I stared my clean eating again. These extra pounds and inches have to go! A lot of my clothes are not fitting very well and summer is coming.

The weather has been absolutely depressing, which does not make anyone want to get out and do anything, let alone run. It is dark and dreary here today. At least it is not snowing!!

Yes Beeps, the Boston bombings were horrible! I have been watching or listening whenever I had the chance and continue to watch/listen to the updates. In all this, I have not heard anything about the one brother's wife and child, other than he had both. There are so many unanswered questions. More questions than answers at this point.

Alf, I am so, so sorry to hear about your dad's passing. I know you were taking him back to PR and you were a little concerned that he would not receive the care there, like he was receiving here with you taking care of him. ((hugs)) to you.

Hey guys, I turned 40 last month. Can I join the cool kids gang? A little about me, I just finished 20 weeks of turbofire, and took a couple weeks of recovery time and today started a p90x/insanity hybrid. I'm in maintenance mode for now, looking to shed a little fat and get some more muscles.

Thanks!!

good morning cool kids! I am having issues with knee pain, so I could not do my sprint workout this am. I did spin instead. Glad my sprint workout partner cancelled on me last night so I did not have to cancel on her this am!

welcome mrsmark! sounds like you are in amazing shape! have you ever considered lifting heavy to build muscle and shed fat? I know it works for me!

beeps - good job on the lifting! I think its awesome that you lift as much as you do and you still are working it hard enough/switching up your program enough to get sore.

sdereski - sorry to hear that you have a cold this week...at least its time for tapering before your race. which marathon are you doing? Best of luck with your clean eating. I do so much better when i focus on the veggies!

Be careful on the knee PAIN, lcuconley!! Remember, always, "NO INJURIES"!!

KellySue - I totally hope to see you posting about weight-training VERY soon....in my humble opinion (the opinion of one among many), weight-training is THE most important exercising to be doing if FAT LOSS and CHANGE SHAPE are your goals!!

Today is a full rest day - I have a lunch scheduled with an old business acquaintance and after work I'm getting my roots done. CANNOT WAIT - GO AWAY GREY!

That P90x yoga workout would be much more palatable if they would have mixed the activities vs splitting the workout into 2 halves I think.

I am finding it hard to want to do it a second time....

stiggy-chiseling away at the inches is ALSO important (it's not JUST about scale weight) - so good for you that your clothes feel "looser"!

welcome, karllundy.

I'm going to guess that immnamna won't stop by more than just the one time....

I kept my calories to 400 over lunch. But, overall, have upped my calories to 1,400 per day (= 9,800 per week) in an effort to get a little bit closer to "maintenance".