40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Skratchie - don't know what to say about your glee at your ex-es misfortune. But, it seems to be making you happy, so there's that....

Getting all my water in, today....so, yes, PLENTY o' trips to the washroom.

morning ladies!

Skratchie - I think that is normal. Cheaters get what they have coming to them sooner or later.

I hate dating, hate it. Then I met a guy who's son plays baseball in the same league with my kids and we were talking for a few weeks. He is a single dad. I respect that a lot considering my ex is a useless father. We went for a walk on the beach Friday night. All good. Was really nice. Saturday we go to dinner and I asked him why he got divorced. He tells me he cheated but so did she. Multiple times. He won't divulge any more than that info, he doesn't want to talk about it. Good enough for me, there won't be another date. He was stunned. Although I didn't know my ex was cheating when I left him, I found out about it later on and there wasn't just one. I find it the lowest form of lying and betrayal that exists.

Getting all my water in, today....so, yes, PLENTY o' trips to the washroom.

True Dat!!!! I didn't get enough over the weekend, and didn't sweat much yesterday during the workout - I think it puzzled my trainer, and he really put me through the works!!!!

Went home and made 8 - YES EIGHT - homemade pizzas for when company comes this weekend. ARGH!!!!! I'll be eating salad. I wouldn't be so tough on myself if I wasn't headed for my own vacation right after they all leave....then I'll relax ....just a little.

Getting all my water in is always a struggle for me. I don't drink a lot of anything else, but I just never seem to drink quite enough water. I will be exercising later this evening since it is my son-in-law's birthday today and my daughter dropped my grandson off early so that she could get breakfast for hubby.

Have a good day all!

Tried the 30DS yesterday - didn't make the gym - and my knee HATED it. I mean, H A T E D it. So ... yeah. My knee seems to currently hate anything that requires moving ... not sure what to do about that, but I'm going to try some upper body today provided nothing weird happens.

Bored out of my mind at work - looking for a new position within the company, but that might take a while.

As for water ... I try to get in about 10 cups a day, but man it's not easy. I'm not really one for additives to water, but I'm considering it lately ...

Last night wasn't so hot on the calorie front - homemade pizza tanked me. But boy, was it good. And I'm sorry, but it was totally worth the extra cals! ;-) I kind of figure this week is going to suck calorie - wise ... with the Boy graduating, and having a party for him on Friday, I'm pretty sure we'll be all sorts of busy this week getting ready, and then Friday - I'm not even going to worry about it. LOL

Have a great day, folks!

I totally know a LOT of fat runners....I also know some less-then-fat runners.

I don't know ANY runners that have "muscle-y" shape, frankly....not in real life, anyway (there's certainly some here on mfp).

I do a cardio-step-class every Saturday morning and the "regulars" that are in that class include a LOT of overweight women. They think because they sweat that they are doing their "exercise". Fine. But, you have to EAT LESS to get into a caloric deficit to lose weight - this part of the equation they (all) get a BIG "F" in.

Just stumbled on this post - I am totally in, and thanks for having a place for those of us whose college memories are more than "last semester"!

I'm 48, and its crazy, but I'm in the best shape of my life. I've been working out since 2003 with a trainer, but only once a week, and not really serious. Last July I got ***Serious**** and started working out every day. The.Scale.Did.Not.Move I should have been pretty happy with my weight of 177. I had been as high as 240 at one point, and lost all of that on my own, though slowly. But I couldn't seem to get over the 170 hurdle. I would go down to 172, then up to 179. Down to 172, then up to 184. Up and down, but NEVER in 20 years of trying could I get to 169.

I joined MFP in March, and I'm currently 159.5 pounds. Usually I round down, but I'm keeping the .5 because it puts me in the 150s for the first time since 1992. Wow, what a great feeling. My goal is 145, but I toy with the idea of the 130s again...at 5'7" it could be done.

My concerns are: Age is a *****! As I lose weight my skin doesn't go back. Yuck. My body hurts. All the time. My doctor says it is because I work out, but I know if I didn't work out, it would hurt anyway! Nothing major, just aches & pains of old joints. I do believe the movment helps keep the old joints lubed up though. And like most of us, how can I be as "young" and healthy as I can, even as I approach the mid-century mark?

I'm very active. I do something every day. Pilates, cardio, weight training, walking at lunch, something. I also love food. Hense the 240 lbs, but I really do love to eat. Sometimes I will go for a walk just so I can have a cookie. I love snacking. A Lot. I snack too much but am working on it.

I quit drinking alcohol all together about 4 years ago. I eat as much fresh produce as I can get in a crappy climate, and try to eat "clean" whatever the heck that means. To me that means I make my own salad dressing, marinades and sauces. I occasionally make cookies from scratch, using organic ingredients. I have canned goods in the pantry, but they're all organic, low sodium and limited ingredients. By that I mean Black Beans contain "Black Beans" and maybe one or two other ingredients. If I can't pronounce it, I try not to eat it.

Bottom line is life is short, age is mean, and I love the fact that every morning I can say I'm better than I was yesterday. My own little motivator to get up and be awesome. I don't feel 48. I don't look 48 I don't think (don't look too close!) And I don't act 48. My goal is to look and feel about 33 years old by the time I hit 50

Glad to be part of this group, and looking forward to being a cool kid too!

Got a walk in last night - gorgeous sunshine!

Today, I lift - whoop, whoop!

Kelly - I *love* how you ended up with a work-out today, at WORK, no less! How AWESOME IS THAT!!

I have changed my work-outs to meet my summer-time goals of weight-lifting for only 60 minutes per work-out day!!

I'm still doing a Venus program, just have switched from their Phase 2 program to their Circuits program. Circuits has 3 levels - I've decided to start at Level 2 (I'm not a rookie anymore!).

The way circuits work is that you have 4 mini-circuits, each day, and a mini-circuit involves 3 separate exercises that you are SUPPOSED to do, back-to-back, prior to resting. And, then you are supposed to do each mini-circuit 4 times before moving onto the next mini-circuit sequence.

Here's how I've adapted that circuit series to suit my timing:

1. I am doing all the mini-circuits (4 of them each day), but I am not doing them 4 x over - I'll aim for 3 x.
2. I am taking rest breaks as needed - turns out I haven't completed even 1 mini-circuit without having to rest in there somewhere. Boo.
3. It takes time to set-up the mini-circuit equipment (say deadlifts, or hip thrusts) and it takes time to take that equipment back down - I'm trying to budget that into my overall timing.

Today, the work-out was 65 minutes. I do believe, as I get used to 'what' the mini-circuits are, that I'll be able to get that time <60 minutes.

My 60 minutes likely won't include the 3 min warm-up I do, nor my stretching at the end. Which is fine.