40+ Club: Fall Fitness Fanatics

Hi all!

Friday check-in.....I can't believe I got six days of working out in this week given all of the moving/unpacking I've had to do as well. But I got it in. Today I did a good back/tricep workout followed by a HiiT workout. I think I might go for a walk this afternoon to enjoy this lovely autumn day and cooler temperatures! My eating has been okay. At least I'm eating at home again, which helps. I'm still eating too many sweets, but I've got it under control. I don't feel like I've gained much if any weight throughout this move, which shocks me given how much eating out I did. But making smart decisions AND staying active with things like Insanity definitely helped.

alf, I'm sorry that you are hurting so much right now! But great job on the Zumba. I LOVE the video!!! What fun!!!

zebras, that does seem pretty pricey, but I'm used to free classes at our military gyms, so.....I'm probably not a good one to comment. I definitely think $15 a session seems high though. It makes me glad I workout with DVDs because I spend $20 and use them for years. But I also understand that doesn't work for everybody.

singfree, definitely enjoying the cooler temps!! It is still clear and sunny and beautiful out.....but without the humidity. Enjoy the movie. I don't remember the last time I saw a movie in the theatre......

teasdino....welcome!! What a great post, and thanks for letting us know so much about your situation. I'm sorry to hear about all of the health problems, but it sure sounds like you've managed to find a way to overcome them. I love your spirit, and totally agree about not letting physical limitations stop you from enjoying life. And I'm so sorry to hear about the loss of your son. :flowerforyou:

Hope you all have a great weekend. My husband is back tonight and, no doubt, we'll be doing things (like trying to find curtains) on the house this weekend. Really wish I was going into DC for the rally tomorrow (keep hearing about it on the news), but don't think that's going to be in the cards. Hope you all have fun!!

Hello!!! Well, I guess my bad eating habits this past week caught up with me. 2 up this morning...so time to get back in control, it is going to be hard though...:grumble: :grumble: This time of the year all the way through New Years can be so challenging for me!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stiring, take some time off from moving activities and go to the rally, would love to hear about it!!! Maybe I would see you on Foxnews. :laugh: The weather in San Antonio is so pleasant right now, beautiful blue skies and a lovely temperature.

Sing, let's help each other out regarding the sweets!!!! Enjoy the movie!!! :drinker:

Zebras, $15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :noway: No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The most I've seen here is $10 per class. I charge $5 at the community ctr or 6/$25 and at the AFB gym the class is $2. And would you believe that some people have snuck in and not pay the $2???? So I did not get paid for them...how rude and cheap can you be???? :noway:

teasdino, welcome to our group. It is a wonderful group of people to share experiences with. Congrats on keeping your spirits high!!! You can do it!!!:drinker: I'm sorry to hear about your baby.

For those of you who have Facebook, I put pics and videos of my Zumba Halloween Parties I had with my classes this week. I had sooooo much fun!!!! friend me at Zumba Annette.

I might go to Sea World tonight with my son and his attendant. Then tomorrow I am cheering my husband, he is running a 10K. I am just a spectator. :sad: Then we are going out tomorrow night to dance the night away at a costume party. He is a prisoner and me, a sexy cop of course. :laugh: :laugh:

Have a lovely weekend!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! :flowerforyou:

Wow! I was exhausted yesterday. I had to get up at 2am (after only getting 2 hrs of sleep) and take my daughter to Sacramento, a 2 1/2 hr drive one way, to catch her flight to San Antonio to visit her husband. Got back home at 7:30 in the morning, slept til 1pm, went grocery shopping, then back home and made pizza's for me, my son, and his friend. I know what your thinking... Pizza! But I only had one slice and I put a lot of veggies on them so hopefully it made them a little bit healthy.:laugh:

Alf... I heard Fort Polk is small and boring but my daughter was happy that they were in the states so she's not complaining. They will be there in December also. Right now he's in Fort Sam Houston. Where's your brother stationed? Wont that be funny if they know each other? Whats your brothers name I will tell Josh to look out for him. My son in laws name is Joshua Bullock.

And as for zumba... I think they were $12-$15 a class here depending on where you go.

teasdino... Welcome! This group of people are amazing. I'm sure you'll just love it here. I am sorry to hear about your baby. My brother just lost his 3 1/2 month old to SIDS. So difficult to deal with.

Stiring... Love the picture. You are such a beautiful person on the inside and out. Have you gotten all of your belongings yet?

Sunday morning funny for you...

I lay down next to my son last night while tucking him in, so he put his arms around me to hug me..

"What's that"
"my rib cage"
"oh... you never had that before"



Julia

Sing: I love Southwest too. However, we have gotten burned a time or two with missing connections. (When you fly out of Love Field in Dallas, you can only fly non-stop within Texas or a contiguous state, darn Wright amendment!) Good luck with the sale of your mom's house. So sorry to hear about your co-worker's son.

Saturday was my friend's 13 year old son's funeral. He died of congenital heart disease. So sad!

Mr. Holiday was not too much into Halloween this year. Between not being able to get into our attic to get the bulk of decorations and it being on a Sunday and the World Series game (go Rangers!), he did the least decorating he has done in years. We still had about 160 t or ters.

Wow! It is now November. I fly to Chicago on Wednesday for a conference on Thursday then fly back on Friday then drive to Austin for the weekend. Tonight is the gym with our trainer.

Zumba is included as a group exercise program at our community gym. There is at least one class a night. All other classes are Les Miles classes. Zumba is usually Wed night and Sat morning but the Sat teacher was injured in a car wreck and can't teach for a couple of more weeks. You can get a pass for $36 a month which also allows you to use all the equipment on your own. For me, since we already have a gym membership and I am not interested in the other classes, I can pay $5 each class. I bought new shoes for Zumba on Sat but then remembered I will be in Chicago this Wednesday and cannot go to Zumba! oh well! Take care all! TxMs

Hi all! Sounds like everybody survived Halloween. We didn't get many trick-or-treaters, but enough to make it feel like Halloween. I didn't even get a pumpkin out this year, so I'm happy the kiddies stopped by with no sign of Halloween around whatsoever.

My husband and I talked about going to the rally on Saturday but when we saw the crowds a few hours out AND because we had so much to do around the house still, we opted not to go. It sounds like it was quite the time, though. Record-breaking numbers on the metro for a Saturday. Seeing as I'm not a crowd person, I'm actually glad we did opt not to go now. But it certainly would have been fun to see.

We spent most of the weekend getting curtains hung in the house. Not much fun, but things are looking more settled now, that's for sure. I only got one workout in this weekend, but that's okay. We were busy enough otherwise that I don't feel too lazy. My eating.......:blushing: . What can I say? There's Halloween candy around the house. :ohwell:

tron, thanks for the wonderful compliment on my photo. I'm happy to hear your daughter is pleased with their assignment. I'm sure it is going to be quite an adjustment, and I do think it is best they are staying in the US right now. Transitioning in overseas can be very difficult.

singfree, I hope things go well with the sale of your mother's house. Sorry to hear about the long work hours (again). Definitely sorry to hear about your co-worker's nephew. That's just tragic.

JuliaSoCal, what a great story about your son!! That must have made you smile!!!

kadetr, I have a couple of recommendations for you. You can try Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred. It is a circuit workout (combining cardio with light weights) and has three different levels of difficulty. I know alf and tron (and probably others on this thread) have done it and enjoyed it. The good thing about this is that it does use relatively light weights so it wouldn't require a huge investment in equipment. It is also a cheap DVD. The workouts are short (30 minutes) but can be combined together into one long workout when you've mastered them all, so it is versatile. And it doesn't lock you into a 'program' that you may or may not enjoy. But if you are looking for a 'beginning' strength training program that you would do for a 90 days rotation, my recommendation would be ChaLean Extreme from Beachbody. Again, alf and duffy have both done this program with good success. I don't necessarily think it is a 'beginner' program, but of the Beachbody programs, it is my understanding that it is the best for beginners if for no other reason than the workouts are relatively short (under 45 minutes I believe). This program has both cardio and strength training DVDs. Those are just a couple of thoughts off the top of my head. If you are interested in something specific like a full body strength training DVD (no cardio) or something like that, I can also give you recommendations on those as well. But here's a start at least. Hope that helps. :flowerforyou:

TxMs, still so sorry to hear about your friend's son. I'm sure they have so many questions right now given all he had been through to make hiimself healthy. I hope you have a good trip to Chicago. Sounds like a busy week for you!!

alf, I love the photo! Looks like so much fun. Hope you have a great time on your cruise.

Hope you all enjoy your day!

mk, don't get too frustrated about your weight. You are at a very healthy weight for your height, and that's something to be very happy about. But here are a couple of thoughts anyway. First, are you counting calories? If so, are you eating your exercise calories? If you are eating your exercise calories, I would recommend that you eat, at most, about half of them. At your height and weight, it is simply possible that you aren't creating any calorie deficit in order to lose weight, even if you are eating only 1400-1500 calories a day. That's just a sad reality for those of us who aren't very tall and at a healthy weight. Second, have you changed up your exercise regime at all? If you've been doing the same thing for some time, your body isn't going to respond as well to that, so you might need to change things up. At the same time, if you've changed anything up in the past few weeks (specifically adding more resistance training), your body could be retaining water. This happens to me everytime I change up my strength training routine, and, for me, it lasts about three weeks. Frustrating, but at least I've come to expect it. Anyhow, those are just some thoughts. But, again, you should be happy that you are at a very healthy weight right now. :flowerforyou:

Not much new here. Off to do a long cardio workout. I'm out-of-control with eating chocolate right now. :ohwell: We hit freezing temps this morning!! Hard to believe that just last week I was wearing a tank top and shorts and complaining about the heat. I'm good with the cooler temperatures!!

Hope you all have a good day.

Morning group!!! Busy days still, it seems I cannot keep up with all I SHOULD be doing, let alone all the things I WANT to do. Sigh.

Feeling pretty good, but the weight stays the same. I've decided that my goal for now until January one is to NOT GAIN any weight. Hope I can do it, but the holidays are full of temptations, stress and time issues (as in not enough of).

My knee seems to have recovered nicely, which is great, so the plyometrics continues. And the sparring, which I love. I'm thinking of getting into a boxing class of some kind, if I can find one that will take a little old lady like me. :laugh:

Welcome cef957! Congrats on getting to within 7 lbs of your goal! We are a nice group of people, very supportive and enjoy hearing about each others' journeys to getting fit!

Mk, I agree with what Stiring is suggesting. Try tracking your calories, and focus on nutrient dense foods, over just low cal, (like popcorn). Make sure to try and balance each meal with a percentage of carbs/protein/fat and you will feel more satisfied. Not sure what percentages you are working towards? I try to eat around 50-55% carbs, 25-30%protein, and 20-25% fat, based on the workouts I do. And no matter how many calories I earn, I try to keep the fat consumption between 30 - 40 grams. Seems to work, at least in reducing the bodyfat percentages.

Stiring, be glad you didn't try to go to the rally. My proofreader who went spent a lot of time in traffic, and waiting to get on the Metro. She had a good time but it sounds like the crowds were pretty big!

Hope everyone goes out to vote today!!! Have a great day!!!

Hello!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: Nothing much to report...still eating healthy (avoiding the candy that seems to be everywhere these days like the plague :laugh: ), drinking lots of water and exercising. Today I did my second workout this week from Cathe's guts and buns (thanks to Stiring!!! let me know when you need it back). I was sore yesterday from doing it, mainly my abs...I am not doing the whole tape due to my hip flexor issues though... but it is still a great workout.


Welcome cef, keep up the good work!!! :drinker:

At work, dont have much time to write...great to hear from everyone!!! :flowerforyou:

alf, good to hear you are still enjoying Cathe's Butts and Guts. It's a goodie. I was curious if you were able to do any of it because of your hip flexor but happy to hear you are able to do some. I was thinking about you yesterday because I was feeling some soreness in my hip flexor and couldn't figure out why! Scary! But then I remembered that I had done 70 minutes of step cardio the day before and haven't done that since August. I forget sometimes how much stress doing step aerobics puts on the hip flexors. Like you, I'm feeling alot of aches and pains lately, but I chalk that up to the physical nature of moving. But I've been keeping Tylenol in business the past couple of weeks, that's for sure. :ohwell:

6....Welcome!! Thanks for sharing so much about yourself. I, too, am a 'shorty' (5'2") and completely understand how a little weight makes a big difference on somebody shorter in stature. It sounds like you are finding a system that works for you when it comes to working out. I do all of my workouts to videos/DVDs (have done for over 20 years) and find it a very effective and convenient way of working out (even for strength training). I've never liked machines because I suffer from limited range of motion in both of my shoulders. It is tough keeping motivation, especially this time of the year (at least for me), but, hopefully, we can help you. I have my long-term inspiration for staying fit and healthy (I want to be mobile and active when I'm in my 70s, 80s and beyond). And I have my shorter-term motivations (I want to look good in my jeans or shorts or a dress I might be wearing in a month or on an upcoming vacation....or whatever I can come up with to give me short-term goals). And that has helped me stay on track (for the most part).

cef957, I, too, miss the people we met in Korea. I found the people in Asia to be so gracious and welcoming, and I miss that part of living there. It's hard to get help in stores here if you need it here, but that was never an issue for us in Korea. Happy to hear you are happy to be home, though. I imagine your kids are suffering some culture shock. We've spent most of my husband's career (he's in the Air Force) overseas (most of it in Europe) and I suffer culture shock everytime I come back to the US. I imagine it is the same....if not worse.....for children. We just moved to the DC area last month (that's the Capitol in my photo). I think it's great you want to bring your kids here because there is so much to see and do here. Congrats on the changing sizes!! That's just the best feeling, isn't it? Good luck on the job interview!!

Not much new here. I'm getting ready to do another long step cardio session this morning. I hope my legs are up to it! We have our final delivery tomorrow (stuff we had stored while we were in Korea), and I'm trying to psyche myself up for another brutally physical day tomorrow. I'm not sure I'm ready. We also bought a bit of new furniture when we got here, and that's being delivered Saturday. So the good news is that we should be completely and totally settled by the end of the weekend. Yay! Then, hopefully, I can get back to focusing more on my eating than I have been lately.

Enjoy your day everybody!!

Just a quick hello!!!!!!!!!! HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh:

Sing, :drinker: :drinker: for selling your mom's house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stiring, yes, I love Cathe's DVD. :flowerforyou: I do the mix and match program and select floor work, abs, among others but cannot do all of it. I do stop if I feel any pain or re-adjust my position. So you like doing step aerobics? I dont remember the last time I did it. I used to teach step when I lived in Germany. I was teaching about 5 classes a week.

6, welcome!!! :drinker: :drinker: I agree with Sing, commit to quit!!! I am a former smoker. Havent had one in about 20 yrs. It is tough to quit but you can do it. I am also suffering with hip flexor problems and biceps tendonitis at the moment so I know how you feel. Take it easy but be consistent and remember that 80% of the equation is healthy eating, clean foods. It will make a huge difference.

cef, keep up the good work!!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Have a great day!! Check in tomorrow!!! :flowerforyou: