40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Hey Cool Kids,

Congrats to all those who successfully survived the holidays and actually lost weight! I was NOT one of them. Late nights, crappy eating, little exercise. UGH! Everything I didn't want to do. Tough when you have company and you are always "on".

I did manage some exercise, but obviously not enough. Have not made it to the gym...that will have to start on Thursday.
Some of the fun stuff I did was sliding, skating, dancing, but also did a couple of short runs.

We have been in the midst of a major deep freeze. Weather has been rather consistently COLD! This morning was -33C....again. -43C with the wind-chill. That type of weather makes me wish I was a bear and just want to hibernate.

Wishing you all a very Happy, Healthy New Year! :drinker:

Hey cool kids, hope everyone is well.

Welcome DevoDev, and Samantha.

I know the holidays and good cheer has everyone on a slower mode. It will be nice to see everyone back in the full swing of things.

Due to the holiday tomorrow, my regularly scheduled boxing class is canceled, however, a 75 minute boot camp class is offered at 10 a.m. Yes I signed up for the torture. I wouldn't have it any other way.

The Nike bionics are a BUST for ME2. I wore them during extreme fit last night and once again my left ankle is quite sore. I am quite disappointed because there were so many reviews about how great they are if you take boot camp, TRX or circuit training classes.

I am thrilled to end 2013 in the onderland club. I never thought I would see the day because the scale has shown me 2-300+ pounds for so many years and to finally now say one hundred anything is awesome to me.

I am not into resolutions, yet I will continue to apply the following:

Hold myself accountable, make or give NO excuses, give my workouts all of my heart, soul and strength, and to tell myself everyday I am worth it.

Have a great day.

Just thought I would post pics from Christmas last year to Christmas this year.

Me and my mom Christmas 2012~



Me and my hubby with Jake Christmas 2013 (not the best pic of my hubby- I kind of rushed him out of the house that morning so he didn't really shave or anything!)~

Happy New Year to you all!!

KellySue!! wow what a big change for sure! it's funny how it takes looking at older pictures to truely see how far we've come and baby, you've come a long way!!

caramel - congrats on ending the year in onederland!! as for your shoes, reviews are good but the shoe still has to be fitted for the wearer. My local running store offers returns if the shoe doesn't turn out to be a good fit, hopefully, yours will too?

princess - awesome for you to see such a great number on your scale!! your night sounds like loads of fun, enjoy!!

I had some big moments during 2013... I realized the importance of fueling my body properly for both performance and sanity! I ditched the whole fitness industry brainwashing of "slash calories and cardio like crazy!" attitude. I completed a half marathon in August. I learned that it's ok to not have breakfast everyday if I don't feel like it. Alternately, I also learned that it's ok to eat at 10 pm if I am hungry as well. The single most important thing I learned in 2013 is that mindset determines action. Simply put... If I think it and believe it, I make it happen.

I had a goal to fit into a size 10 dress for New Year eve... I will be putting on a size 12. I am ok with that though as I started 2013 in a 16. I wanted to close out the year weighing 180 pounds as well and have missed that by 8.5 pounds. I am not overly disappointed that I missed these 2 goals because I met many others throughout the year.

2014 goals are more about fitness/performance. I want to do 6 full on push ups by June 1st. Currently, I can complete 3 sets of 12 'girl' push ups with perfect form. That being said, increasing my upper body strength is a major goal for 2014.
I want to squat 1.5 X body weight by the end of the year and bench body weight. I want to shed 10% body fat as well, that will bring me down to 22 - 25%.

When registration opens on January 23rd, I will register for the 2014 SeaWheeze half marathon set for August. I will do a couple 5/10k as well but running is not going to be a focus for me.

Oh and I am going to eat an apple everyday in January!

Hope you all have given some thought to what you want to achieve in 2014 and I hope you share them too!

Happy New Year everyone!

KellySue, those pictures are so great--you look wonderful! Kicking the last med would be an awesome NSV.

Let's see, fitness goals for the year....
My company has finally extended the cash rebate for going to the gym regularly to all health plans, so I'm eligible this year! So definitely working out enough to get my $250 back every 6 months (60x in 6 months shouldn't be a problem, barring injuries!). I am not above a little cash bribery to get me to work out.
I'd also like to get my eating back under control as I've gotten a little too loose with the sweets. I'm bouncing in the 155-160 range and want to get back to the bottom of it (lately looking at pictures of my face I'm not sure I want to go too much lower).
And on this year's trip to Hawaii (coming up soon!), I'd like to do a much better job of making better food choices and getting exercise in, even though "it's my vacation!".

I just turned 40 a month ago.

Greetings cool kids, hope all of you are well.

I completed the 75 minute boot camp challenge today and Rob (trainer) never disappoints. It was so nice to see some of my ole daytime work out partners and many have lost weight and we were all congratulating one another for sticking the course. I had another unxexpected NSV, Rob said to the physical therapist, "Kym is doing so well isn't she"? She turned around and realized who I was and ran over to me and said "OMG I'm sorry, I did not recognize you". I guess I do not truly realize how different I look.

Beeps, I have no issues with my feet and that is why I attribute it to the new shoes. My sister brought me some Aasics Nimbus and they wore out quickly. I get all of these recommendation, I read up on reviews, I talk to store staff who are supposed to know their product and I end up with sneakers that I can't utilize. If any of you can recommend a good shoe that can support boot camp, boxing and circuit training, please let me know.

Have a great night everyone.

Yeah! Happy New Year all! Welcome to the new people! I made it to the gym after shovelling out this morning. Had a good work out- Legs, abs, cardio! Then came into work and shovelled more!

Had dinner with my parents last night and ended up going over, but my mom is such a good cook and I won't be seeing her again for four months as they are leaving today to head to Florida. Had to "stock up"!! LOL!

Hope everyone has a great day!! Stay warm wherever you are!

jonnyman - I'm doing a "dry month", too! Actually, I've joined a "NO EXCUSES" January challenge and that's basically exactly what it sounds like! Can ONLY eat the (weekly) alotted calories and MUST lift heavy 3 x per week (you can then add in more exercise if you want....).

I'm also going to do a 30-day-cleanse, but haven't started that, yet....

Hopefully, by end of January, all this Xmas nonsense will be LONG behind me and I can be in the "last 5 lbs" club as I move through the rest of winter. I'd like to be at maintenance by summer, but unsure how long it will take to shed these last bits of bodyfat. It could take all year....

jonnyman - I'm doing a "dry month", too! Actually, I've joined a "NO EXCUSES" January challenge and that's basically exactly what it sounds like! Can ONLY eat the (weekly) alotted calories and MUST lift heavy 3 x per week (you can then add in more exercise if you want....).

I'm also going to do a 30-day-cleanse, but haven't started that, yet....

Hopefully, by end of January, all this Xmas nonsense will be LONG behind me and I can be in the "last 5 lbs" club as I move through the rest of winter. I'd like to be at maintenance by summer, but unsure how long it will take to shed these last bits of bodyfat. It could take all year....

Good luck. Me and hubby both like red wine and drink it regularly but, as is often, we have had a little too much of the good stuff over Christmas and have decided to go all out and have no alcohol to reset out bodies tolerance to it. It will be interesting to see if it does help with my weight loss though that is not my main reason for doing this. I expect I will be missing it quite soon lol

I am also booking a couple of training sessions so that I can get started with weights properly, (form etc,,,) and then continue on my own either at the gym or with the basic equipment we have in the house.

Good morning! welcome newcomers :flowerforyou:

alf - welcome back and so glad you had a great time while you were away! good luck with your January goals.

jonnyman & Beeps - good luck with your dry month!

KellySue - you had a full body work out today! We have had rain for the past 2 days but they are saying that it's going to get a little colder over the weekend and we should see snow again. Normally, I would be happy by this weather except there is still ice under the water which has the roads flooded in losts of areas and I am not willing to run in my Hunters! lol

I got my lifting in this morning, heavy day and increased my squats and dead lifts again!! Whoot!! jump rope cardio today after work.

Do something that will make you sweat today and make it awesome!

Wow, sdereski....I'm not a big drinker, either (as in, some months I'll have 8 drinks total and other months, I'll have 2....), in part because I just never know when I'll be called on to drive.

My paralegal was going to pick up her step-son (and friends...) at about 3:30 am on New Year's Day and as she was driving (in her hummer...) she saw a car come 'round a corner, smash into a bunch of cars, and then drive away - she followed that car for a bit and then when it moved into a hotel parking lot, she drove on her way to pick up step-son. Just goes to show the drunk-drivers are STILL A'PLENTY, even in 2014.

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

The shovel has become my scepter today! Shoveled twice this morning and then just had to shovel again when I got home and then maybe again before I go to bed tonight so I don't have a foot or more to shovel in the morning when temps will be below zero here.

Hope everyone is doing well. I did not do too much on New Year's Eve because I had to work a long day the next day. Nice and quiet at work and the patients were all in a good mood which makes my job easier. Doing well with my eating. Yesterday I got in a nice 90 min workout. Felt great.

Stay safe friends! and don't forget, you can be your own gym!! push ups, squats, lunges, step ups on a chair, mountain climbers, burpees... you don't need to go to the gym to get a good workout in.