40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Good Morning cool kids.

I hope everyone is well and in good spirits.

I slept in yesterday and I must say I was overdue for the rest, as I slept almost the whole day.

I took my extreme fit class on Monday in my new Nike Bionic's, they feel like you have slippers on which concerned me. After the hour I was fine, when I woke up Tuesday my left ankle had a nagging pain. These sneakers are supposed to be excellent for boot camp, circuit training type classes. I will provide an additional update next Monday.

Have a great day.

Kelly that is awesome you did not gain any weight. Cheers to you.

Morning! Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

KellySue - Very nice on not gaining over the holiday! I'll be stepping on the scale on Sunday as well.

Enjoy the rest of the week...it's back to the gym for me today!

Hello cool kids! Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday. Stepping back on the scale on Sunday sounds like a good plan to me, too.
I usually work out with my trainer on Thursdays but since she's away did a TRX class instead--man, that was tough!
The office gym will be closed tomorrow for renovations so I'll have to get a good walk in if I can brave the weather.

Happy Friday! I actually slept in today. Something I didn't even do on my days off this week. It felt good, but it was hard to get out of my nice toasty bed! I will get to the gym tomorrow. Today is my usualy weigh day, so I did, even though I weighed Christmas and yesterday, and I am holding steady. No gain or loss.

Have a great weekend. I think my hubby and I are going to try to plan to do something tomorrow is the weather is cooperative. Never know when you live in a lake effect snow area this time of year!

Hi I need this club! Can I join??

Happy Saturday!

welcome to the newcomers :flowerforyou: davidm777, the more the merrier!!

jonnyman - any movement is good!

Quick poll: who stayed focused during the holidays, either with eating or exercise, and who took a complete break??

Yesterday was an awesome birthday for me... I lounged around, got a good workout in, had an amazing dinner, a fabulous bath and was tucked in bed at a reasonable hour, what more can a girl ask for!

Today, I will get in some leg work and then head out for a run with the winterized running gear Santa brought for me.

WhatABroad - Happy belated birthday! Sounds like you had a great day! :flowerforyou:

I didn't lose any weight over the holidays, but didn't gain any either. In my book, that's a point in the win column.
I also logged everything, even really UGLY days because that's what works for me in staying on track. For some, taking a complete break from logging and everything else works just fine. Sadly, I'm not in that boat. :laugh:

My husband's birthday is New Year's Eve and my father's is New Year's Day, so I see cake in my future!
I'm not quite finished with the holiday fun just yet!

caramel - I think my gym has all kinds of special things going for January 1st. Your extreme bootcamp sounds fun!

For 2014, I'm going to be tackling my emotional eating head on. This has always been a trouble spot for me in an otherwise fairly healthy lifestyle. I plan on doing some research and reading on the topic and getting some tools to help me when I feel stressed, tired, or overwhelmed. This will keep me very busy.

Best wishes to all of you for a happy, healthy 2014!!

We did a 7-course tasting menu at a fancy-pants restaurant for hubby's bday.

I ate only half of each plate that arrived - and my husband ate his own portion plus my half! Everything was deeeeeeee-lish, but I was just so sick of eating!

Anyway, it was a super-fun time and we really liked the food.

Today feels like a "no eating" day - we are traveling home! Mind you, that doesn't mean "no calories", as I sit here with plenty o' Bailey's in my coffee. Forgive me - that's what it takes for me to survive these holidays!

Happy Monday Cool Kids! Made it to the gym today and did cardio plus arms, shoulders,& back. Yahoo! I bought a fitbit flex over the weekend and hoping it turns out to be a worthwhile investment. Time will tell.

I think overall, I stayed fairly focused. I logged pretty much everything and continued to make it to the gym when I could as well. I probably could have done a bit better, but I didn't gain any weight- I actually lost a bit so I am pleased with myself. Now to get through New Year's. We don't drink, but friends of ours have a big party at their house every year and it is a big food fest! Lots of homemade foods and goodies. I want to try to get to the gym tomorrow morning since I don't have Jake at the house- Mommy is on school vacation until the 6th. Hopefully I can motivate myself to get up and go in the morning.

Have a good day!

Way to go caramel and KellySue! Losing during the holidays is very impressive! :flowerforyou:

Welcome back Beeps!

Hi, hi, hi!!!! How did all the holidays go?!??!? Who is making what sort of new year's resolution?!?!?!? Spill some details, peeps!!

I got my lifting in-and-done, today, and it took 90 FRICKIN' MINUTES!!

BOOM!

Hey everyone!

welcome back Beeps, sounds like an amazing dinner!

Congrats to KellySue and caramel for losing during the holidays! my scale was up a couple days due to the shock of the carbs I was consuming but came right back down again. Looking at my calendar, my grumpiness and puffy feeling makes sense, Aunt Flo is coming for her visit soon. =|

Today was weigh in for a 15 week weight loss group I joined. My goal is to get down to 182, an 8lb loss... in all actuality, that was where I wanted to weigh in at for the end of 2013, 180lbs. I got side tracked a couple times and then switched my focus to weight lifting after my half marathon but still ate like I was burning 600 - 1000 cals regularly so that also set me back a few weeks as well!! lol

I have set out a couple long term 2014 goals for myself but still need to iron them out before announcing them. My goals for January are to lose 2.5lbs, eat an apple everyday and to set up a reminder to get up every hour and walk around for at least 2 minutes. I have one right now for water so I am just going to add another!

After work is chest & arms and a 30 minute speed interval run.

Have an awesome night everyone!

I was going to take today off from my workout...I am such a creature of habit as I always do one right after work. Well, today I was so tired I took a nap instead with the idea I would not do one. After my short power nap I was feeling much better and did a mini workout in the basement ( 20min spin and about 20 min weights and 10 core) Happy I was able to get one in.

Part of my problem is that I like to have dinner ready and on the table for DH when he gets home so if I push my workout later it is too hard to accomplish that. He by no means expects it...but appreciates it.

Congrats to everyone on their weight loss. Keep it up!!

I've certainly cleared the 40 bar and this might be some extra motivation for 2014.