40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Good Morning Cool Kids. Hope everyone is sleeping in and having a good weekend in general. I've been at work an hour and have already got my morning two mile walk in. {27 min @ 4 1/2mph} But with two family reunions scheduled today, I'm sure I will have to do more tonight to break even calorie wise. One of the reunions is a three day affair, Friday night, Saturday night and Sunday day. This summer has been really slow, so it's good to have a full weekend of events. When I'm at work, other than cardio, I get a chance to rest up:bigsmile:

Everyone enjoy your weekend.

Larro

JFM, hope you were not wearing shorts. Ouch.

I like the new picture.

Larro

Hi Larro!

Yeah...pretty quiet here....

Everyone must be out enjoying their weekend :happy:

Im going to the lake with my fam today, lots of sales and market tables there today!

Enjoy your day,

I'll check back later

Hey kids...hope all of you are well.

Saturday I met with my trainer and I had loads of energy, which resulted in me walking for about 45 minutes or so. When that didn't settle me, I geared up and ran a mile. I was like the energizer....still going...lol...I ran with my daughter on Sunday. She did great going down hill, coming up challenged her a bit. She needed to sit and I commended her on a job well done. Seeing a pooped teenager is priceless. I treasure my moments with my babies.

JFM...glad you are feeling better. Like the new photo.

Larro...it's often quiet around here on the weekends. I love the tumbleweed photo. You are amazing.

Geek...since I have been running and lifting heavier my hunger has increased. It took me a minute to come down after my race. For 2 days after, I slept well. You look debonair in your new photo.

Have a great night everyone. The gang will be back in full swing tomorrow.

Good Monday Morning Cool Kids

We had a busy weekend just doing stuff around the house. I did manage to get a 3.86 mile walk in yesterday so that was nice

JFM....<shaking my head> these animals! LOL

My employer doesn't pay for a gym membership, BUT it could work out if you find one in the right price range. They have us download an app on our phones..."BeColorado" and if we exercise 12 times per month for at least 30 minutes per session, and if it's 'recorded' by the app, they will give us $25 extra that month. I go to.....ok, well "go to" is a strong phrase....I belong to Planet Fitness which is only $10 per month. As easy and common sensical as it sounds I don't/haven't made it there 12 times in any month yet since I joined (eyeroll at myself!)

Good Monday morning Cool Kids! I had a busy weekend. Went and looked at several houses Saturday morning. I think we may have found one that we are really interested in. Very Cute, and just about brand new- as a matter of fact, the guy that is selling it isn't quite finished with it yet. It also has a great yard. We're going to go back and look at it Friday and do a little more serous talking about it.

In terms of exercise, I ran Saturday, but that was it. Food wise, it wasn't my best weekend. We ended up getting pizza for dinner Friday and then Saturday we went to an Italian Steak House with my daughter and son-in-law on Saturday- so so good! Sunday we had Jake all day and had a lot of fun with him and also went and bbq'd with my parents. It's back on track today. I ran today and got a good time for me. Very happy about that.

Hope everyone has a good day!

Alf, I'm sorry about your problems getting seen!! I hope you can find some answers and relief soon!

Happy Monday Cool Kids!

I've cruised through the recent posts and it looks like everyone is doing awesome! Except Alf :frown: that's terrible news. I really hope your PCM can do something to help the pain.
Exciting news about the new house KS. Even though I've been in my house for 16 yrs now, I still love setting up a new pad. And Green Week sounds fun!
I'm really glad to hear summer finally arrived for you sdereski! It's about time!
Congrats on your 5K Geek! And Carmel, I love to hear about your challenging workouts. Very inspiring.

My BF had surgery Wed on his ankle, and his post op experience was / is pretty grim. Lots of pain. Hard to move. I've been really busy as his FT care-giver. I got a little exercise in over the weekend. A nice hike in the woods after dinner Saturday, and a walk to the store Sunday. That plus I get to do all his chores about the house too, so lawn mowing and greenwaste hauling. He's able to crutch to/from the bathroom now, so he's on his own for the day while I'm back at work. I ate poorly during this whole episode. Like Geek, it's much easier for me to behave on work days.

So I'm back and will be able to check in all week. I didn't get a chance to weigh in this morning ... I'll try again tomorrow. The scale had to move to the closet to put in the "transfer bench" he needs to get in the shower.:laugh: Funny that THAT was the thing I had to move out.

Sdereski~ No, not eating just green fruits/veggies, but those are the only ones we get to count. It's for work- we earn points for participating in different healthy challenges and then if we do enough things we get a discount on our health insurance for the following year.

Good evening Cool Kids.

Glad to hear everyone is doing good except Alf. And Alf, the DL is the Disabled List. In sports you have to tell the opposing team of any injuries you have, thus when you are hurt, they say you are on the DL. I hope you are soon off the DL.

I had a busy day today. I got up early to do my lifting. This was my first day with standard reps with the August weight. Last Thursday should have been, but after the trip down the river I did an extra day of preview reps.

Then I picked the garden and got the new tomato plants staked up. We had two days of storms, and some of them were knocked over. By then I was running late, and should have skipped the dishes from the weekend, but I hate to leave them. So when I left to go to Mamma's garden, it was already time for me to leave for Panama City. I clipped one of her big melons, cut it, putting about a quarter of it in a plastic storage container and took it with me. I was late, but still could have got to the Rehab at a decent time, until I ran into construction. I was stopped for almost 20 minutes. When I did get out on the highway, I was making up for lost time when I encountered a Highway Patrol. He clocked me at 81 mph, but was nice enough to write the ticket for 69 mph. That way the ticket will only be $100 instead of $200. {One of my customers tonight is a retired Trooper. He told me to go to the judge and get the ticket thrown out. I think I would rather pay it, then do the driver school to keep the points from making my insurance go up} So I was 30 minutes late for our lunch date. Mamma had gave up on me and left the cafeteria. But was happy about the melon. Everyone who came in the room was offered a piece. It looks like she will be transferred to Blountstown on Wednesday.

Today was the first day of early voting here, so Margie will be working late everyday from now until after Election Day on the 26th. The Civic Center is a polling place, so I will get in on the action a little. I used to work the polls, but I haven't in several years. Then for a while I just "volunteered" to run errands if anyone needed stuff delivered.

I hope everyone has a good week. I hope the rest of mine is a little slower paced than today was.

Larro

Hey cool kids....Hope all of you are well.

Solarpower....welcome aboard. The water is great here (smile) Hope you enjoy your stay.

Kellysue--I am glad you found something so quickly. I hope it works out. It warms my heart that you keep forging ahead with a healthy lifestyle despite the challenges and obstacles that you had to overcome. You rock.

Alf---I hope you see all the love everyone has for you and concerned about your health. Please keep us posted.

Larro--as always you are such a busy man. That was nice of the trooper. How was the melon? I bet could make some serious green juices from the veggies/fruits in your garden. A lemon ginger blast would be ideal right now. Sigh!!!!

Annette..you had plenty of activity as well.

The group has grown so much and full of activity and news. I like it.

CG--Hope your BF has a speedy recovery. Hope you are holding up under the pressure. Sending an air hug your way.....hmmmm

I did not see anything from BEEPS.....Is she ok or did I miss that she was away or something?

SDERESKI--I hope you picked some good stuff from the farmer's market.

My daughter joined me today at the gym for extreme fit. She has a newfound respect for me and has a different view of working out. After the squats and the 200 meter run warm up, she was flustered. 30 minutes I checked on her again and she said "Mommy, you make this stuff look so easy". I replied by saying, "If I never started and endured it each week I would not be where I am today". Medicine balls are evil I tell you. She made us put our heel on one and lift our opposite hip in the air (a hamstring exercise), I screamed like I was belting out a patti labelle tune (lol). Have a great night everyone.

GOOOOOOOD Morning Cool Kids

( My tribute to the brilliant Robin Williams :brokenheart: )


Its a beautiful day out side FIANLLY! I cant wait to get out and enjoy the weather. We've had such on and off sunshine, its hard to plan anything outdoors.

I've been walking evenings with my neighbour and getting some pretty good distance

Welcome new posters, GREAT group here!

So much to comment on - I'll say I hope everyone takes hold of the day and enjoys it today ! I hope all on the DL get some good news or relief soon :flowerforyou:

On the weightloss topic, im up 4 pounds - PPFFT. Must be the hilly walking Ive incorporated to my days, or just bein a woman You know, you'd think being 40 yrs old I'd know WHEN to expect bloating, water gain etc every month - lol.
I swear, Its like Im always surprised.

A funny thing - my 8 yr old son called me into the bathroom last night and whispers loudly " OMG Mom I think Ive had my puberty " Im thinking " WHAT?!" He shows me, in complete seriousness, the " Hair" that has grown on his chest. It was dust/dirt from his water fight and melted freeze pop stickiness LOLOLOLOL

JFM

Oh. MY. WORD, JFM that is hilarious! Dang dirt, I bet he was a little depressed after that lol
I remember when my son, who is now a 22 yr old Sasquatch, was so impressed with his newly formed arm pit hair that he would twirl it while he watched TV. I always threatened to braid and bead it.....still threaten that actually.

SO here in Central Washington we woke up with clouds...what the heck? Still will be in the high 90's but stormy and lighting.....Looking forward to the next couple days when we crawl down to the low 90s!

Sounds like everyone else is happy and positive, and that is half the battle! Have a great one!

Hello Cool Kids!

got to meet her mom, two of her sisters and some aunts and cousins. All went well. I am proud to say that I didn't gain any weight while I was gone even though I ate out the entire time. So I guess that I am learning to make better choices. (Finally!) The flights went pretty well except for the last leg home was a little rough and bouncy. The hotel on the other hand was a little on the scary side and I was glad that we only had to stay there two nights. They may have done hourly rentals...:noway:

I think that I walked more than I have in a long time this past weekend. I think that I finally got in over 10K steps! With the walking in the airports, mall and the Akron zoo added up. So I was glad to feel like I got my exercise in this weekend.

I have read through the threads and it seems that everyone except Alf (I hope you get answers soon) is doing good.

RIP - Robin Williams!