40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Welcome to more new people!!!

Yeah! Thursday! One more day to the weekend. This week has been killer for me. I haven't worked a full five day week since the second week in December! I woke up with a head ache this morning so I decided to lay back down for a bit and didn't work out. Doing better now. We'll see what the rest of the day brings! Maybe I can sneak in a brisk walk at lunch time or something.

Have a good day all!

Personally, morning workouts just fuel my day. Days I don't get up and do something, like today, just don't feel to have the same energy level. I don't know if it's because I had the extra hour sleep or what.

Whatabroad- This is me totally! I definitely feel more tired today!! I kick myself when I feel like this because I should have just "sucked it up" and got out of bed! Hind sight is always 20/20!

My heart is not nice today, I got chest pains too early in my training. I had to walk more slowly and without any inclinations :ohwell:

Good Morning All! Worked out- did arms, shoulders and abs today. Also did some time on the elliptical- makes it sound like a prison sentence!! I do enjoy it though!

Weighed in after for our "Biggest Loser" challenge for work. 189 on the dot! It's a .6lb loss from last Friday. I know that it will sound like a lot to some of you, but from where I started it is a big accomplishment! This time last year I was at 259lbs and was at 269lbs in Sept of 2012. That is a total of 80lbs! It hasn't always been an easy road, but the pay offs have been immense! I have been able to get off from several medications and have dropped my A1c from 11.2 down to 6.1. I have more energy and I feel really good- most of the time! I have dropped from a size 22-24 down to a 14 and from 3x shirts down to large or x-large. I am excited to see what this year will bring and where I will end up when the challenge ends at the end of March!

Have a great day! :flowerforyou:

Wow that's awesome! Congratulations on your much improved health & well-being.

I just turned 40 yesterday so I wanted to stop by and say hello!

one year to go before the 25th anniversary of my 25th birthday
(it just sounds nicer that way LOL!)
trying to lose 50 lbs by my 50th birthday - one year to go :-)
starting to exercise again - really need to get in shape - currently using an inversion table, weighted hula, and pilates (not all at the same time though, i'm blonde and could hurt myself).

<slow brain day for me, it took me a while to workout the 29+13 years experience. LOL.

I am a morning workout person too. I do that on the weekends and used to get even a mini workout in during the week. Now that we are ditching our second car and I am taking public transit, I can't get to my gym super early, buses don't run early enough. I need to get going at 5am next week and workout from 5-6am at home, then head to work.

You guys are right. If I get a workout in, I have energy and eat well. The longer I wait for the workout, the lazier I get.

Sdereski, I am from Toronto, and it was practically balmy yesterday at 0C. I am a half runner too, I have done 8 of them over the last 12 years, but my first half this year wont be until October. Unless I do a noncompetitive one (like a training run) in May.

Good Morning from Wisconsin, it is around 20 degrees this morning here after a brutal cold spell of minus 0 highes this whole week. It feels like a heat wave, cloudy but we will take the warmer air. My car was much happier this morning also!!! I picked a word for my New Year to focus on rather than a New Years Goal and each day I try to focus on making that word part of my life. My work is "Early". I am pushing myself to get up and do the early morning workouts, and be earlier on deadlines and committments in general. Your word can be whatever inspires you to be better this year!:drinker:

Kelly Sue -Good Job on pushing through the long week. I had the same feeling. I was spoiled over the holidays and had not worked a full week for quite a few weeks either. Thanks for the encouragement on the morning work outs, that helps to know it make the whole day better. I have been feeling really engergized this week getting up and getting it done.

Ugirl - don't give up, 8 lbs is still going in the right direction. Are you taking your measurements, I am wondering it you are losing inches and the scale is not moving as much. I am not sure how much muscle you are building but remember muscle weighs more than fat. It will come off it just keep trying.

Astronut - awesome job on getting up every morning this week and getting your morning workout done. Props to you. You seem like once you set your mind to something you are going to do it. I love it! You will have success.

Alf - Good job on the early morning workout today. I hope you can still fit your Bikram class in. I like the Vegan idea to cut down on meat. I have not eaten many vegan meals but I have heard some of the recipes are amazing and you do not even miss the meat. I hope your med appt goes good with your daughter!

I've been lurking/reading/logging my food on this board for a little over a year now and finally I'm posting!

I'm 43 and am sick to death of gaining and losing, over and over again. It isn't much, mind you, but I'm starting to realize that I don't have a lot of slack to play around with in terms of not paying close attention to what I am eating. I do great, then get sick to death of being so careful about what I eat. I don't go crazy and start bingeing and eating crap, but sometimes I just don't want to be so mindful of it. And this, apparently, is what gets me into trouble. I'm 5'2 and if I gain 5 lbs. it is so obvious! I"m making a commitment this time to tog maintenance calories when I finally reach my goal, which I have never done before. Feel free to add me--please! I need support. And I have no MFP friends

TGIF! look at all the new faces! remember to come back

alf - your dinner does sounds yummy! I do the meatless Monday thing in my house and that's about it, lol. hope the appt goes well.

mindmelter - glad you came out of 'lurking'! maybe you are being a little too strict with your diet? For me, things clicked when I decided that I wasn't 'dieting' and didn't put a deadline to my weightloss. In my opinion, the only way long term success at keeping the weight off is to change your way of thinking and everything just seems to fall into place. ETA: maintenance usually is a 5lb fluctuation anyways, no need to stress it if you expect and accept it!

Beeps - happy lifting and weighing!

Ruby - 'early' is a great word and this inspires me to give it some thought for my own word, thanks!

KellySue - a little bit each day adds up to a lot, your ticker is proof of that! nice start to the day too. Have fun with Jake tomorrow!

Was heavy day for upper body and my shoulders are feeling it! No extra detailing of the hair and make up either today, lol! My program calls for 'any interval style cardio of my choosing' today after work so I think I will hit up my fav Fitness Blender tabata workout.

Have an absolutely Fabulous Friday peeps!!

Whatabroad--Nah, I'm not being strict. It is more the opposite. Being gluttinous. Going from drinking 4 days a week to 7 (ouch, I know--and not heavily, but damn, 2 glasses of wine a night adds up), in addition to eating starchy carbs more often than I used to. I LOVE bread and pasta, I just can't eat it at every meal. I definitely am fine with the 5lbs fluctuation, just not 15! I think I've finally learned my lesson, though--starchy stuff only after workouts and drinking less. *sigh*

For a myfitnesspal.com challenge that I'm in (it's a 10-week, 10 lb weight-loss challenge for me...) here are the first 3 of my 10 weigh-ins....

12/30: 149.0
01/06: 147.0
01/13: 145.4

Awesome! You are on your way!!

I qualify as being in "The Club" .. and guess that makes me cool by default.