40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Thank you all for your encouraging words. I need to do something. I haven't left the house since Thursday!! I have to go to work tomorrow so that should do it. I need to stop feeling sorry for myself and move on. :grumble: I just get mad and frustrated because lately it seems that when everything is going well with my body something happens to screw things up!!!! Sometimes I just feel like giving up and not try so hard...:mad: Ok enough!!!!
Cardigirl, so great to see you again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou:
Ahhh Europe, love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I lived in Germany for 6 years. We travelled all over Europe. I would love to go back to visit. I would really love to go to Greece and Portugal. My grandfather was from Portugal.
Bounce, my sister lives close to Charleston. It is a nice city. My nephew goes to Citadel there.
Have a wonderful day!!! :flowerforyou:
hi Alf, :flowerforyou:
I'm a Brit but I lived in Portugal, on The Algarve for 10 years, LOVED it!!
where was your Grandfather from?
Hi Sunman, that is a really good question. His family (Ferreira) moved to Panama when he was in his teens!!! I'm sure my mom told me but I don't remember. I will ask one of my aunts. My dear mom passed away almost 2 yrs ago.
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Welcome to all the new cool kids!!!! :drinker: :drinker: Great to hear from so many of you. As for me I'm still limping away. I aggravated my calf today when I tried to clean a spill my son did on the floor. :sad: this really sucks!!! Oh and up 2 lbs of course snacking more due to stress. Maybe I need Beeps to come here I slap some sense out of me. :laugh: or sdereski to transmit that positive energy into me. :flowerforyou:0
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alf - sending positive energy your way - rest up and then worry about the couple xtra pounds later - you'll be able to buzz them right off when your moving again! Take care of yourself.
sdereski - curling sounds/looks like fun! But, I do what I can to stay off ice and snow whenever possible. LOL
rudby - good for you crushing those early morning workouts. Glad to hear you are feeling better about them. I still have some good and some tough days where I'm just dragging a** by 5pm and can't wait to get into bed LOL
Beeps - emergn-C and zinc should lessen the duration of a cold. Hope you are feeling better real soon! and its starve a fever FEED a cold, get some chicken noodle soup
Snowy day here for us today but looking better for the next few days 40-50 degrees Hoping to get outside to run soon so I can practice for my 5k next month, treadmill just doesn't cut it.
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Nice2BFit - Thanks for the encouragement! It is good to know someone else is suffering early mornings with me. Our weather is supposed to start turning better too around 40 but we had 8 again this morning BRRRR. I am ready to get outside and run in the fresh air also.
Alf - postive energy is coming to you from me too! :flowerforyou: You have to stay strong. This is only temporary and you will get better soon. I know how determined you are and you will be up to full speed again as soon as you can.
Sdereski - good to hear from you. Way to get outside and get your long run in; even if the weather is still a little crummy. I love the way you push through it and make the best of it.
Have an incredible day everyone! Glad to be on this journey with all of you.
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I am home sick. Fever, then chills, then fever, then chills.
Hard to sleep because everything aches. Everything.
I have NO appetite, but am drinking plenty of water, coffee and green tea to stay well-hydrated.0 -
Beeps, yikes!!! feel better soon!!! :flowerforyou:
Ruby, way to go on your fitting your workouts in early morning. Early morning workouts work for me, always have. I can get up at 4:45am to get my workout done and out of the way!!! It makes me feel so much better the rest of the day. :drinker: :drinker:
Thank you to all of you for the kind words. I feel a little more positive today...it is what it is...maybe it is a sign that I just need to slow down and focus on my health and fitness in the longterm and not just rush it. I have been thinking about quit teaching Zumba for at least 6 mos now and this might be a sign. I give my all when I teach and sometimes get frustrated when I dont see the same effort from my students. I may just need to just focus on myself and it will be easy to adjust to my own needs. I am going to hang on a little longer, I like to use the extra money to pay my parents mortgage, yes. They passed away and left us with a mortgage debt, no insurance, no will, etc. So my siblings (thank God they are all helping) and myself are paying off the mortgage and lawyer fees to get the house in our names. Sad but true...it will be paid off in Nov this year!!! Lots of stress but I see the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Good morning! Had my dr. apt yesterday. My A1c is down to 5.8 which is in the normal range. Doc said if it is still down and my weight continues to drop that
he would consider taking me off the last diabetes med at my appointment in July.
Alf- hope you are recovering from your injury. It is so hard to not be able to work out the way you want.
Beeps- hope you are feeling better from your cold.
I am off from work today. I get to hang out with my favorite 15month old- Jacob! He's napping right now, but hoping he wakes up so we can go play at the bounce place in a little while.
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Good morning all!
Did back and biceps yesterday and apparently it was an effective workout because ouch! the DOMS!! LOL Did intervals on the treadmill today for 45 minutes on and off every 5 minutes at 4 with a 7-10% incline.
Beeps - that really stinks, I hope today is a much better day for you!!
KellySue - That's great news from your doctor! Keep up the great work! and enjoy your baby time!0 -
Hi all,
Oh Beeps, that what you have sounds exactly what my husband had. It was awful, Poor you. Sure hope you feel better real soon. If that fever hangs on for more than 72 hours, get it checked out!
Alf, nice to hear that your siblings are helping out with the debt load, and yes, there is light at the end of the tunnel. I think you are wise in your line of thinking of taking more control of your own health and wellness - long term. You have to put yourself first!
Kelly Sue - :drinker: :happy: :drinker: Great news from your doctor!! You are doing SO AWESOME!!
Nice - great workout yesterday and today!
Was supposed to run 5 miles yesterday. I wasn't feeling it - did 3.5. Came home and did my strength training workout. It always feels so good when I do that. :happy:0 -
alf - no will and no insurance?!?!??! oh my goodness....people, GO and get your WILLS done! all of you!! Living wills, too!
KellySue - my fever broke at about 6:45 am and a BURST of energy hit me...so, I raced to work. Dumb choice since my fever is now mounting, again, and I am lethargic and dizzy....too ill to drive home, for sure. Dumb.
Fever, chills, fever, chills, it is just this vicious cycle!! No energy. I got out of bed at 2:45 pm yesterday and only had enough energy to make it to the couch!0 -
Beeps - I feel for you! :flowerforyou: I was so sick a few weeks ago I wanted to die. I hope it passes soon and you start to feel better. Mine went in waves like that too. Keep and eye on in case you have some kind of infection & need medication.
Kellysue = that is great news on your doctor appt keep up the great work. I hope you had a good day with your grandson.
Nice2Bfit - way to rock your workout until it hurts!!! You will see great results, no pain no gain. LOL
Alf - give yourself some time to heal before making any big decisions about quiting teaching. You are not feeling your normal self right now so make sure you are in a good place when you decide. I know you are a great teacher and it is BIG part of your life.
Sdereski - I love your new pic, super cute!! Good job on getting in a nice run and BONUS strength training!!!0 -
Ruby, thank you! I know I'm an emotional wreck right now. :flowerforyou:
Sdereski I love your picture, so sweet!!
Beeps my goodness get better soon!!!
Kelly :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: those are some awesome news!!! Keep up the good work!
My referral for PT has not processed yet. My daughter works for a chiropractor and he offered to see me tomorrow for free!! So I'm coming in, he also has a physical therapist in the office. :drinker: in the meantime ice ice baby Motrin and compression. Rest?? :noway: not so much there's so much walking everywhere I go for work!!!
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Beeps- I hope you are feeling better soon.
Alf- you too! Take it easy at work!
I am heading to the gym in just a bit. It's lifting day! Then hubs and I are heading for some adventure! Nothing too exciting. Probably a ride somewhere and lunch. It's usually pretty interesting.
Happy Friday!0 -
All i can say is TGIF. I am at work, but barely functional. I am not sleepy, though....just completely exhausted.
Anyway, no work-outs since Monday, as you can imagine. We are hosting a dinner party tonight (my nanny did all the cooking and I handled none of the food so nobody is at risk) - and it will be nice to see people, but then it is off to bed, for me!
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Is it too late for me to join this group? I''m fairly active but my eating habits have been out of control this winter. I'm hoping with the warmer weather coming, I'll get out more and eat less. This week has been a struggle in the exercise front and have been quite moody. I'm training for a 10 miler in 2 weeks and have barely ran twice this week. I'll need at push myself this weekend even though I'm supposed to taper. Last long run was last Friday at 9 miles and my heel has been bothering me. I'll try to run on Sunday since it's supposed to rain all day tomorrow.0
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Happy Monday Cool kids.
Welcome dcresider! Not too late to join at all. We sound rather similar - active, but eat too much, and both like to run. :happy:
Beeps, hope you took time to recover this weekend. Whatever is going around, is a doozy and seems to knock folks out for a good week.
Kelly - hope you and your husband enjoyed your adventure. Always nice to do something different together.
Alf - feeling better? Was the chiro treatment helpful?
I had a busy, fun weekend curling. Ladies bonspiel is always a lot of fun. Saturday we curled 3 full games. I was on the go all day. Our team's job was to prepare breakfast for Sunday morning (fruit & muffins), so after Saturday morning's game, I rushed home to bake muffins, shower, pack my clothes for the after party and back to curl my next game. We lost that game, so we were on to curl again at 9 p.m.! So, just enough time to get cleaned up at the rink, have our dinner & drink and we were back out on the ice again. We won that game, which meant we curled Sunday morning at 11. :happy: By the time we finished, the after party was in full swing. So we danced up a storm and was home by 2:30 a.m.:noway: Lots of fun, but this old body was moving a whole lot slower on Sunday. :yawn: We lost our game in the morning by a LOT. Thank goodness none of us were hung-over as we were drinking water most of the night, but we still had a late night, whereas the other team was snug in their beds by 10 I'm sure. :laugh:
It was all fun and I walked away with two beautiful bar stools that match the 4 I already have. Everyone loves to sit around my counter, so two is bonus. :happy:
Now, it's back to the grind. Did I say Happy Monday? 0 -
dcresider - stick around - it's FUN!
sdereski - I had the FLATTEST tummy I have ever had this past weekend - I guess that's what NOT eating does! I LOVED it and now I will make SURE I don't eat back anything that I lost during fever/chill week. I am recuperating just fine....back at work, small cough but nothing too serious, and I will go lift, today, although I won't be too aggressive....
sdereski - I have heard that ladies' bonspiels ARE fun! BOOM!0 -
Happy Monday!!
Beeps~ Glad to hear you are feeling better. Enjoy your lifting session today.
Sdereski~ Sounds like you had a great time!!
As for me, I am back at work today. My time off was nice, but I was busy the whole time. Friday after working out, Hubs and I headed out for a drive and ended up going to the Heluva Good cheese store in Sodus, NY. We, of course, bought cheese! We then went out to lunch and to the Mennonite market for some produce. Saturday was another busy day. The gym, lunch and then to buy some fun stuff for Jacob for Easter!! He is sooo spoiled!!! Sunday was just as busy- Church then grocery shopping- not my favorite task, but one that must be done!
Today was my circuit workout. I run laps and in between laps I do squats, sit ups and push ups. Then it's lunges with dips in between. It's tough going sometimes, but I feel good when it's all done!!
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Oh Mondays hurt!!! I am home after a long day at work. Work has been so busy lately I have been barely getting a lunch and no time to get any cardio in. I wish I had more time but a busy business is good too I guess. I am still getting in the morning workouts thank goodness!
Beeps - I hope you are doing better & have a stronger week. At least you have a flat tummy after being sick, that is one positive. I took your advice and am staying away from the scale except for the once a week weigh in. I will take my measurements this weekend after my 1st 30 days of heavy lifting.
Sdereski - sounds like you crushed it curling, OMG, you have a ton of energy! That sounds like you are with a fun group of ladies. That is a great way to burn calories and & have fun while doing it.
I hope you all are having a great day! Let's start April off with a bang and push up our personal goals another notch. Set them high! 0 -
I did lift and it felt good!
Any april fool's jokes planned?0 -
Hello everyone!!! I have been busy and also kinda lazy lately...my first treatment session went very well. When I woke up on Sat I was a new person. I didn't have any pain and could go up and down the stairs like a normal person. LOL I was feeling great on Sunday morning as well. Then I go shopping with my daughter and hardly sat down for hours so my calf started hurting again!!! I had another treatment today (electro stimulation, ultrasound and laser) but my calf is still sore from Sunday.
I am hoping I feel better tomorrow. They asked me to come in everyday this week.
Beeps, I am glad you feel better!!! Yeah!!
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I was wondering if another 40+ person could join this fun group?
My name is Patti and I am trying to lose weight AGAIN. I am from the Pittsburgh area, married to a very awesome guy and we have two daughters.
A good friend of mine talked me into doing a gladiator run in September so I am trying to get myself in shape. I do cardio every day but I know I need to do strength training too. I need to find a fun way to do this. Any tips or advice is really appreciated!!
I do have an April Fools Day joke planned for my kids. I put their milk and cereal in a bowl and stuck it in the freezer. I am looking forward to seeing their faces in the morning when they can't get the spoon through.
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Welcome to our newest Cool Kids!
mumofbugpickle that is too funny.
Ruby - good job on keeping those morning workouts going - is your business cyclical? Hopefully you get a break soon. Maybe keep a protein bar like a quest bar with you for an on the go lunch just in case.
Beeps - nice to hear you're feeling better!
KellySue - that sounds like a great weekend. I know I hate food shopping as well...maybe not the shopping part so much as putting it away LOL
Alf - good to hear the therapy helped a bit, you still need to take it easy to give it time to heal! Be a good girl and rest it!
Sdereski - that sounds like a great time and way to stay active while having fun!!
I've been feeling punky yesterday and today, stomach is sick DH picked my up from work early yesterday, I got sick to my stomach on the way home and proceeded to sleep from 6pm-6am. Just feeling blach today...hopefully it passes soon. 0 -
Time for ALL sickness to LEAVE the premises!!!!
My daughter tried an "april fool's prank" this morning....she got up early (on spring break?!?!?!? who does THAT!) and dressed like the zombie apocalypse and came to scare me. It worked! Mind you, by the time I got rolling out of bed, she'd de-make-uped so I didn't even get a picture!!!0 -
Good Morning cool kids!
I love all the April fool's pranks planned! :laugh:
With our kids grown and gone, and a B&B guest in the house, there were no pranks. I miss them.
Beeps, glad to hear you are feeling better and got your lifting in. The flat tummy - definitely a bonus for being so darn sick!
Alf, obviously the calf was not healed. Ouch! As soon as things start feeling better, we do tend to over do it. Take care.
Ruby, good job keeping your workouts up even after long busy days. I was supposed to run yesterday, started getting changed and then said "the heck with it!" I was so tired from my weekend and my body was sore. I had planned to head home for a nap, but that didn't happen. I got doing stuff (like dinner / dishes, ironing, etc.) By 9:30 I was feeling like I could do something, so I got my strength training workout in. It was GOOD! I was sweating and huffing & puffing by the time I was done. :happy:
Have an out of town meeting tonight, so plan to stay over night and visit with my youngest and his wife. Tomorrow will run some errands and do a bit of shopping and then home before it gets dark. It will be nice to have a day away by myself. Since my husband has been home, he is always with me. Cramps my style sometime. :laugh: I love him dearly, but I got so used to "my alone time" all the years he worked out of town, that this "together time" takes some adjusting again.
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Hi, can I join you all?
Happy April Fools Day everybody!
I haven't had a chance to read everyone's story yet, but I will. I'm a single mom to twin 8 year old girls (love them, LOVE THEM!) and I'm trying to get in better shape and lose 10 - 15. I'm getting to the point where I don't really care so much what the scale says,but I want my face to be slimmer and my arms as well (and I have a closet full of clothes that miss me, LOL) ... I would also like to run a 5K sometime this year, although I'm not super excited about running. Just seems to be a goal I keep pushing out there.
I'm also a 5 year breast cancer survivor, and I know that the #1 thing I can do to prevent a recurrence is excercise, so I'm trying to make MFP my big motivator! I'm already finding that having friends out here keeps me motivated!
Looking forward to getting to know you all!0 -
I'm just five months short, can I join? Or should I come back in August?
Incidentally, Beeps2011, my main fitness goal is to be zombie apocalypse ready*. (Re: your daughter's April Fools joke)
I really have no excuses whatsoever, I have the time and apart from migraines (that, er, tend to improve with increased activity level) I am embarrassingly healthy despite taking such disgustingly poor care of myself. Good health has been free up until now and I'd like to have a little put away for when it starts to cost. Right here is where I start paying: in sweat. (Sorry for the Fame reference. It's kind of a tic.)
* That means I'm in crap shape and want to be at least able to outrun a walker.0 -
Happy April Fool's day! No good April Fool's gags as of yet today. I had Jacob at the house this morning so no am workout, but I just managed to get out for a walk on my lunch break. A solid two mile walk. It's not a sunny day here but definitely warmer than it's been a while. I will take it while I can get it!!!!
Alf- I know that it is so easy to want to get up and go when you are feeling better, but remember to still take it easy for a while. I hope the therapy continues to help!!
Welcome to the new folks!
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Hello Everyone,
I'm NEW to your group but just wanted to say that I've noticed what a wonderful and caring group you are! Kelly Sue, you're amazing, having lost 88 pounds thus far....all I can say, is WOW! It makes my turtle like struggle to lose another 38 pounds seem like child's play, but that's another story.
I've lost 23 pounds since the first week in August of 2013 so you can see that we're not setting any records with quick or even consistent weight loss but I plug along anyhow because the only other way to go is UP and I don't want to do that again under any circumstances. Right now I'm at 213 and just Jones-ing' to get under 200 but based on my current rate of weight loss, I guess we're talking Christmas time, for heaven sakes! :ohwell:
Anyway, I'm glad to be here and get inspiration and motivation to stay the course with all of you!0
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