40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Hope you had a great day, Beeps, whether you found a different beach with kayaks or just decided to take it easier. Enjoy your last couple days in Hawaii, and safe travels to San Diego! I'll be passing through there next weekend.

Sundays are a tough day for me calorie-wise--since I use the office gym, I don't tend to work out on weekends. Saturdays I run tons of errands so have no problem getting my steps in and burning enough to eat what I want to, but Sundays tend to be working around the house days, which mean fewer calories burned and easier access to food... Gonna have to work on that.

Off to go pack tomorrow's lunch. Just a few days until I'm off on vacation!

Beeps, I'm headed to a spa in Tecate, Mexico called Rancho La Puerta (they pick you up at San Diego Airport, thus the brief stop there). Can't wait! Haven't been in a few years and I am really looking forward to it--if nothing else, it'll be awesome to eat healthy food without having to plan/cook it myself. I'm going with my mom, but we do totally different classes, etc and just meet up for meals. The hubs is going to fly out with us and hang out with his boys in LA (he went to college there).

Happy Monday All! The weekend was busy, as always. I made it to the gym Saturday morning and then to get groceries before going home to cook dinner to take to my parents. My mom had surgery on her hand on Friday. All went well, but she will be unable to use her right hand for 6-8 weeks. My dad will be doing lots of housework! Had a nice visit with them and dinner was good.

Yesterday went to a surprise birthday party for a friend and over indulged a bit- cake with custard filling-- so good! Oh well, we had a great time.

Hit the gym this morning and had a good work out. My doctor's appointment is today and hopefully he will be impressed. I have lost a little over 25lbs since the last time I was there in April. I am hoping we can reduced some of the medication I have been taking. I'll let everyone know.

Have a great day!

Just got home from the doctor's office. He was impressed with my weight loss, even though he has an evil scale that is about 5lbs higher than mine. According to his records, I've lost 20lbs since my last apt. and 60lbs in the last year. He didn't take me off the diabetes meds completely but he cut the dose in half. I'll take it for now. My next apt is in November so let's see what I can do between now and then.

Kelly Sue, the weight loss numbers you have been posting are NO JOKE! Good for you and maybe your meds can be decreased even further in a couple of months!

Sdereski, blueberry picking used to bore the CRAP outta me, as a kid. In fact, so much so that whenever ANY relative of mine wants to take my kids berry picking, my answer is always a flat-out "NO". Zzzzzzzzzzzzz

Well, that's it for the beach/water sport part of our vacation. We leave for the city, tomorrow, for theme parks and zoos.

And, nope, my white midriff stayed buried in a tankini....now when I take off my top, I glow, lol!

Wow, sdereski - what a SToRY!

I'm even more convinced me and my kids should NEVER pick berries, lol.

Lost in the woods?!?!? Omg

Ah so this is where the older fokes hang out. Any 40+ males every get around to finding those abs they tell us are on our body :P
I swear ever since i got it in my head to see my abs i look everyday for the damn things to poke out.

LOL! James, I agree, I'm 55 and have never seen my ab's, and often wonder what I'd look like if I had a 6-pack..

However, after losing several pounds and inches, I can honestly say I have a 4-pack. I'm working on finding those other 2 if that Special K pinch of mne will cooperate. Darn belly fat. You'd think after losing 24 inches around my midsection the past 4 months I'd have nothing but muscle, but unfortunately thats not the case. I'll continue to work that area until hell freezes over and live with what I've got.

Hang in there and keep exercising....
RD

I know it has to be from all those years i ate sour candies. I dont like sweets much but when it comes to sour worms, rings, soothers, you name it i ate it. Knowing now that sugar tends to be the culprit for our belly fat. Here i thought all i would have had to do it cut out the night time pigging out of popcorn just to get them to show, wow was i wrong on that one. Its our lifestyle of eating now so its not like i really am in a hurry.

Well, went and had my blood work this morning, but I couldn't make it 14 hours for the fast. My blood sugar dropped to 60 this morning and I had to eat half a banana before leaving for the lab. They were very understanding and did the test and just put in the paperwork that it was non-fasting. Anyhoo- I can get the results tomorrow.

Today was a rest day for me, but I had to do a ton of cleaning at work since our land lord replaced ceiling tiles yesterday and left debris all over the floor, tables and my desk.

Happy Thursday everyone! I got the results back from my blood work. A1c is at 6.3 which is about what it was four months ago, but still very good. I still need to get my good cholesterol up. Triglycerides and overall cholesterol are both good.

Made it to the gym this morning. Lifted and did a bit of elliptical. Now, I'm at work and it's been a busy morning already. Hoping the day quiets down some.

1st time on this board. I'm 41 this year. Looking to see if we can plan a trip to France next Sept. for a week to visit some friends who always go for like 6 weeks. But I don't want to go looking like I do. Neither does my hubby. So, here I am, back at it, trying to make things a bit more permenant this time with 'lifestyle changes' instead of dieting.

Even seeing a dietitian who has been awesome on some insights, suggestions and answering questions. She hasn't been trying to get us to 'stop' our 'wicked' ways but instead letting us discover how unhealthy certain things are for us and how good other things are.

Don't have kids, just four legged furballs and a husband

Flora - great to see another Nebraskan on the site. Go Huskers!! Although I'm not sure you're a football fan or not, good luck in losing weight.

Here is my advice that I've followed since April 4th - I've used the 80/20 rule our fitness instructor told us to follow. 80% diet (what we eat) and 20% exercise. Use this site to track what you eat each meal and day, set your goal of reaching 140 lbs like the site instructs you to do, exercise, and then watch the lbs slowly disappear.

That's the easy part, the hard part is trying to tell your brain you don't need all that junk food to survive and that fruits, veggies, good carbs, good sugars, and protein foods are just as good. My motivation was the first time I had my measurements taken, sort of like a before and after picture in which I lost 28 inches and 7 lbs. I try and workout or walk each day, watch what I eat, indulge in 2 cheat meals each week (that really helps knowing you can do that) and track it all on this site.

Here's where I'm at since April 4th

Inches lost - 50
Weight lost - 25 lbs (started at 180.7 lbs)
Body Fat % - 13.5% (started at 20.4%)
I've lost 24 inches around my stomach and hips alone... Woo Hoo....

Now my challenge is to keep it off.

I agree with you about posting on this site and letting others like ourselves give us the incentive to lose weight and or keeping it off with their advice. Its nice to hear others say that "you've done a good job" or "you gotta look great", etc etc.

Continue to post and one more piece of advice. Water is your friend. Drink plenty of it and get used to waking up 2-3 times during the night to go pee.

RD

Hello cool kids!

Welcome Flora and Cinday!

Good advice there RD!

Yay on your labs Kelly!

I am finally feeling some more energy after being on the hormone therapy for almost a week now! Happier and less moody too! woo hoo!

I have another day at the dentist tomorrow, to get my crown and finish up some other work! Kids and hubby get to go this time too and get their cleanings! fun stuff!

I hope you all have a great weekend and make yourselves proud by working hard and staying strong!

xoxo

Chelle

SeaWorld tomorrow....we biked around Coronado, today. And did the safari park. This part of the trip is tiring!

Flora - great to see another Nebraskan on the site. Go Huskers!! Although I'm not sure you're a football fan or not, good luck in losing weight.

Here is my advice that I've followed since April 4th - I've used the 80/20 rule our fitness instructor told us to follow. 80% diet (what we eat) and 20% exercise. Use this site to track what you eat each meal and day, set your goal of reaching 140 lbs like the site instructs you to do, exercise, and then watch the lbs slowly disappear.

That's the easy part, the hard part is trying to tell your brain you don't need all that junk food to survive and that fruits, veggies, good carbs, good sugars, and protein foods are just as good. My motivation was the first time I had my measurements taken, sort of like a before and after picture in which I lost 28 inches and 7 lbs. I try and workout or walk each day, watch what I eat, indulge in 2 cheat meals each week (that really helps knowing you can do that) and track it all on this site.

Here's where I'm at since April 4th

Inches lost - 50
Weight lost - 25 lbs (started at 180.7 lbs)
Body Fat % - 13.5% (started at 20.4%)
I've lost 24 inches around my stomach and hips alone... Woo Hoo....

Now my challenge is to keep it off.

I agree with you about posting on this site and letting others like ourselves give us the incentive to lose weight and or keeping it off with their advice. Its nice to hear others say that "you've done a good job" or "you gotta look great", etc etc.

Continue to post and one more piece of advice. Water is your friend. Drink plenty of it and get used to waking up 2-3 times during the night to go pee.

RD

Hey hey! Nebraskans! We midwesterners gotta stick together! Well, actually, I'm an Iowegian by birth (Iowa) but I'm not a big football fan so I never really picked a team. I like the Huskers, don't get me wrong but just not an avid follower.

Actually, hubby and I are learning, well more him than me actually, about portion control. He claims I eat like a bird, and he eats like my one dog who acts like we starve her, snarfs her food and then goes looking for more. He's the one with serious protion control issues and knowing when to say 'stop'. It's also been a real eye opener to him at what you get a restaurants and how it can really rack up the calories.

So we are learning, making better choices, eating better, learning about foods that will satisfy the cravings but won't cost us hugely in calories or fat/carbs.

Excersise for me isn't really a problem too much. I never stop moving to be honest (except at work...when I have to sit still for 8 hours being a receptionist) but watch out when I get home. I'm either in my gardens, doing housework, home improvement or puttering. Plus being a receptionist, I'm forced to take a lunch, so I do so by going to the gym in our building at 10am when no one else is there.

Gonna be another warm muggy day, and I've got a half day today at work. Going up to Fort Atkinson to work in the hobby garden pulling weeds, cleaning up the walkways and trimming back plants....in 90 + heat and high humidity. Made sure I brought my big mug for water.