40+ Club: Fall Fitness Fanatics

Good Morning!

Welcome Peejay! Sounds like you've got a good start right now. You are right about the importance of a workout routine and a stable diet as opposed to bingeing and starving. I love Scotland!! I lived in England for four years (about 14 years ago now!), and really enjoyed our visits to Scotland. Please let us know if you have any questions.

singfree, I hope all goes well with the doctor!! I have my fingers crossed you will be off your medication in time for your Thanksgiving dinner on Friday. Your Thursday plans sounds great. I agree that a movie would make for a nice break from the constant football. I think we'll be watching part of all three games on Thursday, but I'll be busy cooking during a good part of at least one of those games. And I, too, hope we get a chance to meeet soon!

I got in a good cardio workout this morning and am getting ready to follow it up with a leg workout. I'm going down to my husband's office later today for his holiday lunch with his staff. It will be my first time in the Pentagon. I'm looking forward to it! For lunch, we're going to an Italian restaurant, which looks really good.

I hope you all enjoy your day.

Dayby Day....Congrats!!! On your walk!!!! Yeah I wanna do a 5k

Hi Im new here. I'll be 43 in a few weeks and looking for support to stay fir for life.

Just completed the 10lbs by Dec challenge and my weight is now 140. My next goal is 130. I would like to maintain 130 and exercise 5-6 days a week min. of 45 minutes a day.

Are there any people on here that are under 5'2"? I am barely over 5 feet tall. I'm just curious what your weight goal is if you are short like me.

Yesterday, we got our new elliptical machine at our home (early Christmas). I haven't weighed since last week but I am starting to get a lot of comments from people which is really nice!!

Yeah, it's cool there is a place just for us that are 40+!! We rock!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone who celebrates and have a great day for those who do not!!

Good Morning All!

alf, so good to see you back. Sounds like you had a great cruise. And WOO-HOO on throwing the scale away. It really will make you feel better. There are so many better ways of tracking your health and fitness levels than obsessing over numbers. Regarding South Korea....kinda scary. But our friends over there aren't concerned from what I can tell. This is just another episode in a long list of episodes where North Korea does something like this to get international aid. Since he attacked civilians this time, he might actually get it. It's a sad situation.

Welcome LadyPersia and Amerann!! LadyPersia, congrats on your weight loss to date!!! Sounds like you have a great plan in mind for your future.

daybyday, I noticed you started a thread about goal weights, so I won't go on for long about it. I'm 5'2" and my goal was 120. I got down to 98 at one time. Right now, I would wager I'm somewhere around 110 or so. I think the most important thing in setting a goal weight is making it a goal that you can maintain. My body likes 120, though it seems to be maintaining pretty easily at 110 right now. My body looked better at 98, but it was impossible for me to maintain without the absolute cleanest diet and fiercest exercise regime. So find a healthy weight you and your body are comfortable with and go for that.

singfree, I'm sorry to hear about the doctor's appointment. So four more months of wait? That's got to be frustrating. I hope you get to see your doctor next time. That will be getting close to a year since your concussion won't it? I'm glad you have a long weekend before you have to push through into another long week...and your trip to Utah. I think you'll enjoy your time in Vegas, most especially since you don't gamble. It's a fun city to walk around. Or maybe you can find a show that would appeal. It's too bad your wife wont' be there.

All here is well. I already got my cardio workout in this morning and will do an upper body workout later. I've got alot to do today getting ready for tomorrow. We're planning on pulling the Christmas stuff out this weekend, and I'll probably do some early prep work for that. We're still enjoying good weather today though it is supposed to be cooler/rainy the next couple of days. So I want to take advantage of these nice days while we've got them.

I don't know if I'll be here Friday either. If not....I'll just say as far as a check-in that my workouts have been good this week. As far as eating....well......it's Thanksgiving week. I think that about sums it up. :blushing: But I'm holding my own right now.

I wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving. In this year when I have much to be thankful for, one of the things I am very thankful for is all of your here....your support, your wisdom, your humor, your inspiration....for it all. So thank you! I hope you all have a wonderful holiday.

Good morning!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Here at work...can't wait to see my sister tomorrow!! :drinker: I teach Zumba tonight!! Not much to report. Might check in tomorrow before we go over to my brother's. If not, I want to wish all of you, HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Have a blessed day with your friends and family.

Duffy, good to see you. I am with you as well regarding Las Vegas. My husband and I are not gamblers but love going to Vegas. We love people watching as well and walking up and down the strip. It is quite a workout in itself. We also like watching the shows.

Sing, I've stayed in The Luxor. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chris Angel has his show there. He also has a penthouse there as well. That is our next plan, to go to Vegas to watch his show. We really would like to run the rock and roll half marathon there. It is in early Dec, so maybe next year.

Stiring, Muah!!! :flowerforyou:

Welcome to all the new members!!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

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Welcome DaybyDay!
I'm almost 5'2" and very small framed. My goal is 125, but my body really likes 130 right now. The older I get, the harder it is to get back to previous, younger weights. I'm frustrated these days, but still trying for 125 OR a good drop in body fat percentage. At 48, I think I'm finally learning to accept that its not so much what the scale says, but what you can maintain without restricting yourself to a super strict diet and exercise routine. I've been fighting upper back/shoulder/neck issues most of this fall, so haven't really been able to work out like I want to:ohwell: .

I've had a quiet but OK holiday weekend so far. No Black Friday insanity for me!!!! Just my husband and youngest daughter here - the oldest daughter's boyfriend had to work on Thanksgiving and yesterday, so she didn't make it home. Hard on both of us, but I think harder on her because this is only the 2nd time she's spent Thanksgiving without mom and dad. First time was several years ago when my husband was in Texarkana for a 6 week school and only got T'giving day off from it. I drove down to spend the weekend with him and both girls went to the youngest's boyfriend's family home for the day. Strange day for all of us........

Almost afraid to say it, but my back/neck/shoulder are feeling pretty good these days. I hope the trend continues...................

Time to make breakfast.............enjoy the weekend!

Are there any people on here that are under 5'2"? I am barely over 5 feet tall. I'm just curious what your weight goal is if you are short like me.

I am 5 foot even and just lost 50 lbs....I weigh 125 ish now. I am hoping to maintain for the holiday, and then decided what I want to do. I still have belly and thigh fat that annoys me, but I have had 2 kids, so I dont know if the belly is going to go away...and quite frankly have always carried my weight in my thighs so It may be a "lost" cause unless I GO CRAZY at the gym and I am not ready for that...

Juliasocal what would going crazy at the gym entail? I think you'll find that if you exercise to build muscle, it will be easier to maintain a lower weight. Exercise helps with the metabolism! :flowerforyou:

I MUST add some weight/ strength training to my work outs, but that is proving to be more difficult than the cardio...

I need to find a work out buddy.... that would probably be the best for me.

"Crazy at the gym" is 2 work outs a day and no treats...

Julia

Good Morning everybody! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Ours was very nice. I must say, I made some nice dishes this year, so it was worth all of the work. I was exhausted on Friday, though. :ohwell: Needless to say, my eating wasn't great this weekend, but I got in a few good workouts which helped. In fact, I've already gotten my cardio workout in this morning. I still need to do my upper body workout though, which I'll do after I finish this.

tron, I'm so sorry to hear about the bad weather, but think your Thanksgiving sounds special. I'm glad you were able to celebrate despite the weather.

mk, glad to hear you are feeling better. Hope it continues!!

JuliaSoCal, I have to agree with cardigirl in saying that strength training will help you maintain your weight loss. It will also reshape your body more than cardio will do. In addition to interval training (as cardigirl recommended), I would also suggest circuit training (where you do both cardio and weights in the same workout, keeping your heart rate up in the cardio range). That might be the best way of getting used to lifting weights because most circuit workouts use light weights (3-10lbs usually). I started lifting weights after I started doing the original Firm tapes (way back about 20 years ago). If you workout at home, you might want to check out Jillian Michael's workouts. Many of her workouts are circuit workouts, and they are usually between 30-45 minutes in length. The weights that you'd need would be relatively inexpensive, don't require much space, etc. It's just a suggestion, but strength training really does make a huge difference in how you look and how you feel and, most importantly, how you're able to keep the weight off.

With that said....I'm off to do my strength training workout! Hope you all have a great day.

I just don't understand my husband. He knew his daughter was leaving today and we probably wont see her for 2 years and what does he do? Gets up early and goes to his friends house. Didn't even know he was gone. Now why wouldn't he want to see her off and say goodbye? Tell her that he will miss her???

Hello everyone!!!! :drinker: :drinker: I hope all of you had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. I had a great one. My sister was here visiting from Sacramento. :drinker: Actually eating was not so bad after all. I did not exercise much though. :grumble: Back to my healthy eating habits yesterday and plan (at least try really hard) to keep it up as long as I can.

Tron, I totally agree with Stiring. It really sounds to me that he wanted to avoid saying "goodbye" to her. I also agree that you will see her soon. At least she is not going overseas. I am sure they will come visit as soon as they get a chance. Or you guys can go to visit them. My brother is not going to LA after all. His orders were changed. So for now he is staying in San Antonio.

kadtr, glad to hear you had a nice time with family. A couple of my pants were tight as well this weekend. :laugh:

Cardi and MK, good to see you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Where is Sing? Is he out of town?

Hi all!
Cannot believe it is December! We have had a beautiful fall this year in North Texas. Trees were the prettiest I have ever scene. Had a great Thanksgiving with kids home from school. Eating was ok but did not get much exercise other than cooking nonstop.

Mr. Holiday (husband) has 5000 lights in the trees and bushes. We are going to get our tree on the way home tonight. Take care all! TxMs

Good morning everyone!!! Sandy, welcome to our group!!!! :drinker: :drinker:

Stiring, the weather here has been crazy as well but no rain at all!! That's not necessarily good considering we always need rain over here but people around here dont know how to drive in the rain. :noway: :laugh: I just hate the very cold mornings and then the warm (75 degrees) afternoons. I just dont know how to dress for that!! :laugh: But I take warm weather anytime...

Tex, I see Mr. Holiday has been busy...5000 lights!!!! :noway: I would love to decorate my house really nice outside but my husband would not get on a ladder for anything!!! In a way that is good, I've heard way too many bad stories about accidents like that. I was just thinking last night that I would like to find a company or someone to decorate my house outside and at the end of the Holidays come back and take the lights down, of course it will not be free nor cheap. There are a few houses in my neighborhood that look soooo nice with their decorations. I'm jealous...

Here at work, have been eating well lately, drinking more water...exercise, just Zumba classes lately. Still dealing with hip pain, and now my left foot been hurting...geez!!!!!!! I'm falling apart. My shoulder feels better, no longer going to the PT but still doing the exercises at home, most days, but not everyday :grumble:

Have a wonderful day!!!!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou:

Alf and Stiring... No, he let someone borrow the boom truck and was helping them. He just said it wasn't supposed to take that long. I hunted him down and we met up with her to have lunch considering she also took off with my car keys... haha!

Tex... I usually put up a lot of lights too but this year that would be impossible. The 3 ft of snow that we got still hasn't melted. Not even a little bit. No icicles, nothing. And we are getting another storm tomorrow. Gosh I hope it rains on us.

Alf... My daughter is still being stationed at Fort Polk. They are in Texas right now. Good thing they will be getting there early because they need to get the paperwork done to move their belongings. They only have what they could jam in their car.

Stiring... How do u like Washington DC? Have you been able to go explore at all???

singfree, sounds like things are crazy for you. I hope they calm down a bit after you get back from Utah so you can enjoy a little bit of the holiday season. We didn't get nearly as much rain here as you did yesterday....just about an inch. We had flood warnings all day, which tells me the Potomac is pretty high right now. Now we're colder....which I MUCH prefer this time of the year.

tron, I'm glad your husband, you and your daughter got the chance to say goodbye. I know my husband has absolutely no concept of time, so what your husband did doesn't really surprise me either. But I'm glad it all worked out. Thanks for asking about how I'm settling into DC. The area is really growing on me as I get more and more comfortable with it. We've been into DC quite a few times now, but we haven't had a chance to venture much beyond the area. I was hoping to get to some of the smaller towns here in Virginia for their Christmas markets, but our weekends have filled up with other activities so that might have to wait until next year. But, at the end of the day, with everything going on in Korea, I'm just happy to be back in the US right now.

alf, I'm sorry to hear about the continuing hip pain (and now foot pain!) but glad your shoulder is feeling better. Sounds to me, though, like Zumba is working great for you in keeping yourself in shape!

TxMs, I smiled when you mentioned the 5000 lights! How much fun that must be. We've decorated more this year than we have in many years. After going through all of the stuff a couple of weeks ago, my thinking is if we have it, it's getting put out. Unfortunately our townhouse doesn't lend itself to decorating the outside, so we don't have many lights out there. But the inside is really pretty right now.

Sandypants....welcome!! Feel free to jump right in to the conversation and let us know how you are doing.

I did an Insanity workout this morning, and will probably do some yoga later today. My eating has been much better this week, and I'm beginning to feel better because of that.

Hope you all enjoy your day!