40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Welcome, Jay! Sounds like you're off to a great start - keep it up!

Beeps- sounds like you had a good work out! Good Luck with the DOMs tonight/tomorrow. :flowerforyou:

I am fearful of skipping work outs for that very reason, but sometimes it just happens!

Happy Tuesday All!

Beeps - amazing how much we can feel "missing" the workouts. Yeah, you will probably be feeling it today, but your body is letting you know you worked it good!

I did a "long run" on Sunday....9 miles. :laugh: To think that was a regular run for me not that long ago, and now it is my long run. Oh, how times have changed! I really need to get back into it on the days that I do run. Running 4 miles is not going to cut it. The weight training is going well. I lifted yesterday and my butt is letting me know I worked it. :laugh: However, the cardio portion of my workouts needs to be stepped up for me to drop these pounds.

I stepped ont he scale yesterday and almost fainted! I just keep piling on the weight. :sad: I am starting to get "thick in the middle" which is totally foreign to me...I was always small waisted and carried my wieght in my lower half...now it's all over. I've reduced my daily calorie goal....why do I listen to those that tell me I need to eat more to lose weight?! I bucked it for a long time, but thought it would help break through the plateau. I broke through that plateau alright - but 10lbs the WRONG WAY! So, back down to 1200 cals/day and no eating back my exercise calories, unless I burn 1000+ cals from a workout, then I will allow myself a portion of them. I have a wedding for goodness sakes. I am mother of the groom, I want to look fit and healthy, not fat n frumpy! :noway:

No workout for me today, as I am having company for dinner. Trust me, it is going to be a healthy one, with strict portion control for me and NO WINE! Hopefully we can take a walk on the beach afterward. It will be better than nothing.

The good news; I'm stiff, but not MAJOR DOMs!

The better news: I'm going to get another weight-training work-out done at lunch. I'll choose pyramids over circuits, so I can mix-up the weights and the reps.

Eeeeeeekkkkkk, sdereski - no bueno stepping on scale and getting a BAD number. boooo. You know I'm already favouring "just do more weights, and drop all that cardio", but I know how much you LOVE YOUR CARDIO. Cardio won't change your shape, though. It won't thin your middle. So, do it for "pleasure", but you gotta lift weights if you want "shape change". (And, of course, you need to keep calories in a deficit if you want to lose body fat.) You already know all this!

Hi Hitem20!

Hi All! This seems like a fun group! I'm Linda. Friends call me LB. I am 45. I have 4 kids, 5 if you count my hubby of 23 years! I have yo yo'd my whole life!

I found MFP and success with 1200 cals and lots of cardio! BUT quickly gained it all back plus. I didn't enjoy an hour on the elliptical or starving!

After my dad died, I came back to MFP with a new game plan. I don't focus on the scale. I focus on healthy choices and inches. I lift weights and try to eat 1500 cals plus exercise cals.

It was working but I have stalled. Couldn't have anything to do with the weekend boating food and adult beverages! I am trying to recommit and remotivate!

After a week at Kids church camp and no lifting, I worked with PT last night. I was dreading it! I ended lifting my personal best in dead lifts - 155 lbs! NSV baby! It felt great to be back after a week off! I think my body needed the rest!

Glad to meet others my age who can understand these struggles. I look at my neices and think, "It would be so much easier on you if you start now!"

Happy Wednesday Everyone! I'm excited to report that I met two major milestones today....1) I weighed in at less than 170 lbs for the first time since....crap...the '90's? and 2) I got into that lone pair of jeans that have been at the bottom of the stack because they were an inch smaller than all the others!

I want to thank the people in this group....especially Beeps. All of your talk about weights, lifting, how only that will change your shape, led me to the Y to start lifting weights rather than 6 days of cardio. I think it's paying off!

Thanks again everyone!

Congratulations JLA! Had a similar experience this am as well. Put on a pair of 36 x 32's this am for the first time since college. The 36's looked so tiny next to my 52's that I keep in my closet.

I started using an elliptical this week (dont laugh) but I went from 5 minutes on monday up to 7 this am. I also started doing a push-up routine and I banged out 33 (total in 4 sets).

Wow! 33 pushups! That's amazing!

You will get used to the elliptical in no time. I was up to an hour a day. My PT told me to start doing HIIT on it for 20 minutes. I start with a 3 minute warm up and end with 2 minute cool down so 25 total. Sometimes, the cool down feels so good I just keep walking! LOL He started me out running as fast as I could on it for 20 seconds then walking for 40 seconds, back to running for 20 seconds and then walk for 40 seconds. DO this for 20 minutes, VERY Effective workout. I am now doing 30 second run, 30 second walk and was able to up the resistance. Not boring and a quick workout so Win-Win!

I only do cardio 2x a week, if that. I'm with BEEPS on the lifting! LOVE IT! And feel so empowered when I beat my last workout! So an hour on the elliptical, though I love my ellipticaddy, was killing me!

Have a great day!!

Wow! I must be the only surviving "relic" on MFP. All you kids in your 40's better behave and eat your veggies! lol

NO YOU AREN'T THE ONLY ONE, I THOUGHT I WAS. There really is no place for me but keeping to myself, cause I'm not able to lift weights like Arnold. That's the way to go, but I'm only able to do 3 pound dumb bells and extremely light at gym. Somebody on here told someone never to pick up a pair of dumb bells that small size again, and I said "oops" no place for me. You kids sound awesome!

Congratulations JLA! Had a similar experience this am as well. Put on a pair of 36 x 32's this am for the first time since college. The 36's looked so tiny next to my 52's that I keep in my closet.

I started using an elliptical this week (dont laugh) but I went from 5 minutes on monday up to 7 this am. I also started doing a push-up routine and I banged out 33 (total in 4 sets).

why would somebody laugh at you using ellip machine? Are they "out"? Well dang my hide!

If you're over 40, you're welcome here....everybody started on mfp somewhere, right??

Don't feel "intimidated" - just JUMP INTO THE CONVERSATION!

mrszee1 - no one is out of anyone's league here! I started by just using MFP to watch my calories in/out. Changing those eating habits allowed me to drop 5 pounds very quickly. Then I started just walking everyday....dropped a few more. After I felt better about myself and saw progress, I adding riding my bike to work. Then I took a big jump and started Insanity...that really made an impact (i actually started to get sore!). I just recently added some weight lifting at the Y since my weight loss was going well. I simply wanted to start toning my body.

Take it at your own pace...as you get comfortable with what you're doing, it's time to add something more.

Nice to see someone local to me in this group too! (I'm in Holmen)

Hi all, nice to have a group in my age bracket, well at least for a few more years then I'll have to find the 50+ group. Love MFP and the great vibe you all provide. I have about 10lbs to lose to get back to good. My husband and I do P90X weights and a variety of cardio tapes Sun-Fri mornings (mostly). I get my workouts in but if I don't track, I gain.

Whenever I stop logging and just wing it the scale always moves in the wrong direction, so I'm back to being faithful starting late last week and can always use encouragement.

Hello to all the new posters!

I just got back from my (late) lifting session. My lower-back is really SORE....somewhere (likely my American deadlifts) I did NOT squeeze by back/glutes HARD enough.

But, I got it done! I have still eaten NOTHING today! Still saving for supper and that's only 2 hours away, now.

Thanks for the welcome everyone! I think I'm going to buy Richard Simmons Project Hope. Does anyone know how it is? First I wanted to buy 30 day shred by Jillian Michaels, the result pics of people are amazing, but they all look young and I wasn't sure if I could actually do it without killing myself so I'm starting slow. Has anyone here done the 30 day shred and survived?