40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Hey Cool Kids!

Beeps, so sorry to hear about the lay-off. I did time as an unemployed person not too long ago. On the one hand, you get to go to the gym during the day! But I also know that it's hard to be back out there as an interviewee. You seem to have a bright spirit, so I'm sure you'll get snapped up as soon as you're willing to give up your free time. :flowerforyou:

KS, I love the new picture! I'm soooo waiting for that number. I'm stuck at 172. That's an awesome milestone:happy: 100 lbs!!! Wow.

That sunset picture was beautiful Larro. I've only been to Florida a couple of times, and briefly at that, but I really like it over there.

E's Mom, how many people are getting married? And that is how the song goes...first comes love,...

I'm still struggling at night as far as discipline. In my morning retrospect, it's like I'm not even trying. :grumble: What are y'all doing to keep to the plan in the eves? I could use some tricks.

Beeps- I am so sorry about your job. I know I would feel like it was personal too as that is my personality. I am sure something will come along, but take it easy and relax a bit if you don't have to jump right in to searching.

Alf- I hope you feel better soon!

I have done it!! I have hit the 100lbs lost mark. It has been a tough fight and sometimes I never thought I would actually get there. I still have about 30 lbs to go, but if I can get this far, I am sure I will make it the rest of the way!

Good afternoon Cool Kids.

Beebs, sorry to hear about your job situation. The package will make your landing a little softer. Hope you find something soon. {but not too soon:laugh: }

E's Mom, I know what you mean about showers. A large part of my business is showers. And the bridal showers do lead to baby showers. It's funny the way that works.

sdereski, enjoy your company. I Googled Wawa, and your Salmon event coming up. I was wondering if you guys can swim in your lake and river without wet suits? It looks pretty cold to me.

kellysue, congratulations on the weight loss. 100 pounds is awesome.

Caramel, I see first hand what job stress does to my wife. I'm so lucky with my job. I work for peanuts, but there is zero stress. And a trick I learned for late night hunger back when I first started my lifestyle change was frozen stir-fry veggies. I still eat them as a matter of fact.

alf, take care of yourself. Make sure you are all the way off the DL before you jump back in.

If I missed anyone, here is a general hello. "Hello."

This was day two of my taking lunch to Mamma. I took her peas, squash and onion, and pork chop today, but I still had to cook her a hoe-cake of cornbread. That part of it goes pretty well, but the breathing treatment afterward takes 15-20 minutes. As you all know, I'm forever running late. So it just kills me to sit there and do nothing. I have been gathering her peas, okra and squash while she takes the treatment. I also hoed her melons and cantaloupe. {all things I need to be doing in my garden}

Good news on the ticket front. I went to the Judge's office today. They have a program where if you haven't had a ticket before, and you go 6 months without getting another one, it is like it never happened. But if I do get another one, I will have to pay both. The moral of the story, leave earlier.

Today was lift day. The August weight is still kicking my butt. I'm pretty sure I will have to keep the same weight for September. I'm still having slight muscle spasms high up on my sides. And I set up 260 chairs this afternoon After the event tonight I will have to take them up, along with all the tables. Tonight's event is called Death by Chocolate, so my sugar numbers are likely to be off the chart. I'll post some pictures later on http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1402096-what-s-for-supper?page=3#posts-21236475.

Here are the numbers for the week. 21.7% Body Fat, 57% Body Water, 24.4 BMI 174.4 Pounds. This maintenance is tough.

Hope everyone is doing well,

Larro

Larro, the picture of your dinner, delish!!! What is a hoe cake cornbread?



Take care everyone!!!! :flowerforyou:

Hoe-cake is a southern term for a pone of bread. Back in the day, the workers, slave and poor white alike, had to cook their meals in the cotton fields. They would use their hoes to hold the cornmeal over the fire until it was done. The name, if not the method of cooking has stood the test of time.

Hey kids, Happy Friday...Hope you are well and in good spirits.

Alf-Congrats on the loss. You do not need luck for Zumba, you will do fantastic.

Beeps---I have been laid off before and it sucks. Go through whatever emotions you need to go through and get back on the saddle. When one door closes the next one that open is often better. Hugs to you.

KellySue--100 pounds is AWESOME. I hope you are proud of your progress. I wish you well with the house.

Larro--That dusk picture was absolutely breathtaking. Can you make me the vegan version of the cornbread :flowerforyou:

JFM--How did the haircut turn out?

Emmalu'--You are doing a great job. Each step we take to push ahead in our journey makes us that much better. I hope you find a system that is right for you.

I boxed on Wednesday and despite my wrist and hands being taped up, I unleashed so much aggression my knuckles and wrist were sore afterwards. I will say it time and time again. Exercising for me while under stress or anxiety has truly rewarded me because I felt so much better afterwards.

My goal now is to find someone who specializes in vegan nutrition. I have read several books and watched videos, yet I still have more questions.

Back to school is officially next week. Yipppeeeee :drinker:

Have a great weekend everyone

My goal now is to find someone who specializes in vegan nutrition. I have read several books and watched videos, yet I still have more questions.

Hey Caramel,
I was strictly vegan for over 20 years, and became quite a student of nutrition and diet. Feel free to ask any specific questions. It's a terrific way to eat, and, as you may suspect , requires some knowledge and planning to ensure adequate nutrition. When I first considered going total vegan -- mainly because I'd recently met a very hansome vegan man :blushing: -- he suggested I go for three weeks with no dairy, and then eat a pint of Ben & Jerry's and see how I felt. So I did just that. What I noticed was that my joints, especally knuckles, got swollen & tight, and I was clearing my throat alot from mucus. So that was that! My son was four at the time. Poor kid. I told him when he turned 12 he could make the choice for himself. He went straight to McDonalds.:laugh: Of course now that he's an adult, he has a keen awareness of health and diet, and is learning to cook!

Good Afternoon everyone. I'm back at work, and just getting around to catching up. I got out of here at 0130 last night, {this morning} and was back at 1300. I have a lock-out today for a Saturday wedding, so it's a skate day for me. Last night was a different story. Like John Prine sings about, I found myself on the wrong end of a broom:bigsmile: As many chocolate calories as I ate, I burned even more scrubbing it off the Ballroom floor.

My cornbread recipe is two heaping tablespoons of cornmeal, a pinch of salt and enough water to make the dough workable. If you grease your pan with vegetable oil, it would have no animal products. Many southerners cook it in lard or bacon grease. The local Creek Indians cook a cornbread called fry bread. They make it in a circle with a hole in the center so it can be picked up with a stick. It is deep fried in fat. Fry bread is one of the main reasons there are so many fat Indians. I don't eat much bread at all these days, and very little cornbread. I like it, but it is hard to get over the huge amount of calories in it. Corn is used to fatten hogs for a reason.

Hope everyone has a good weekend,

Larro

Thanks for all the well- wishes.....it is appreciated!

I have a new 12-week self-challenge that will get me to a GREAt shape for my birthday!

I will post it here for "accountability".

Good morning Cool Kids. My lifting went a little easier this morning. But I had to go over to Mamma's and fix her breakfast before I did my workout. She gave Sister the morning off, and called me. Not that I mind, but I didn't know, so I could have been working outside. It was just a protein shake with milk and Greek yogurt anyway. She could have done that by herself. When I go over at lunch, I'm going to make her open the two vials of medicine for her breathing treatment. She has been talking about going outside to walk {but it has been almost 100F last few days} so I think she can get her own lunch and breathing treatment.

Yesterday was Margie's first day off in two weeks. The election is tomorrow, so in about a week to ten days she will be able to slow down a little. The Civic Center {where I work} is a polling place. I just talked to my boss and the tents and signs are already going up this morning. But I don't look for a huge turnout. It will be bigger in the fall.

Larro- The fry bread is awesome- just not something you can eat all the time. We have a friend that is Indian and she makes it all the time- she calls it squaw bread and often puts taco type toppings on it! I do love cornbread as well, but not too sure about the cooking in bacon grease, but I see quite a few southern recipes saying stuff about cooking with it.

It was a wonder I wasn't 200 pounds as a kid. We ate pancakes for breakfast 6 days a week, and had corn bread and biscuit bread with dinner and supper everyday. But then I also ate ice cream right out of the container everyday when I got in from school, and was skin and bones. It must have been the activity level back then was so much more than with kids today. Getting older and slowing down has made bread too expensive {calorie wise} for me to eat like I used to. Now I eat really thin slices of the Italian Loaf bread from the Walmart Bakery. And I toast that unless it's in a sandwich. Soft bread just taste like mush to me. If I ever have to eat old fashioned white lite-bread at someone's house, it takes all I can do not to make faces.

Hope everyone had a good weekend, and has a great week.

Larro

Happy Monday to all!

Seems I came back to the office to get a break LOL. I spent all weekend cutting out and sewing Seahawk Scrub tops, every day my daughter works she brings home more orders! I think we are up to 25 now LOL

JFM congrats on 100 pounds, that is SO inspiring! Seems so far out of reach, I will just have to focus on 10 pounds right now.

Emmanu' Great job on the inches, I grabbed the tape measure today too, and has success, it is enough to carry my through for a few days!

Eliminated all sugar, wheat oats, barley and rice, potatoes, carrots, yams and bananas. I am on a Low Amylose diet. Amylose is one of the two properties that form a starch. I am Insulin Resistance and have PCOS, I already lowered my A1C .5 points by cutting back, I hope by eliminating I can further help balance out the insulin problem...which is all tied together to all the other hormones that seem to be running amuk. Time to tame those creatures.

Evening cool kids....

Larry, Since you make so much stuff I am surprised you like Wal-Mart bread.


Have a great night everyone.

I have two bread machines, but I eat so little bread these days, I rarely bake it anymore. And I have stopped buying the expensive bread for the same reason. I was throwing more away than I ate. I've used several French breads, and the like. Some are very good, but cost way too much. The seven grain breads are a little too heavy for my taste. I like a good crust, but not a real heavy bread. And I like to slice it myself. That way I can adjust to what I need. The Walmart bread is a little too soft, but it's a dollar a loaf, and a loaf lasts me two weeks. As far as taste, their French and Italian taste the same to me, but the Italian is shaped better for sandwiches. I put half the loaf in the freezer when I buy it, and the other half in the fridge. Since I toast it anyway, there is no harm done. I will buy good bread if we are having spaghetti or something like that. {as if all that pasta isn't carbs enough}

Larro

PS: sorry your boxing class is getting changed on you. I like to stick to my schedule and get cranky when anything changes it up.

Hey Kids, how's tricks? Not much going on here, virus is taking hold so I'm downing the Airborne. Went to do cardio yesterday and had the attention span of a two year old. Treadmill, stairclimber, treadmill, bike, then Zumba of all things! I'm like a bull in a china shop so lasted about ten minutes then got tired of watching myself trip all over my own feet....had to get home to yell at two kids anyway. 12 and 13 year old boys are such a treat when they aren't getting along.....military school is on the horizon!

Alf, best wishes to you in your search for a habilitation facility. My community is so limited in resources but I hope you have access to good programs. If you have any colleges near by, they are often a wonderful place for information or get a case manager in the community if you don't have one already.
Larro, I too was throwing away a lot of bread and now package small portions individually and toss into the freezer...saves $ gig time especially when I buy at Costco.
Annette-Great work with the A1C!!Oh, and I totally want one of those SEAHAWKS tops!!!!
Hey ya Sugar...I'm new here and look forward to chatting.
I'M DOWN WITH A CHALLENGE, JUST LET ME KNOW!

Good morning all. Today is Election Day, which is Margie's busiest day of the year. Well, until the General Election in the fall anyway. So far I haven't been "volunteered" for anything. I will be going into work at noon {3 hours early}, even though my boss said everything was going smoothly at the Civic Center.

Alf, my aunt had some birth defects that affected her speech and mobility. Most people couldn't understand what she was saying. Later in her life she was in an adult program up in Jackson County, and when that program was ended due to budget cuts, she went to the Calhoun County Sr. Cit. Center everyday. Because of her speech problem, most folks thought she was mentally handicapped, but she had the best memory in the family. The program in Jackson County tried to teach her to read, but she never could get the hang of that. {when she was a child in the late 30's and early 40's she went to school, but didn't do any lessons} What we found out was that she was a math whiz. She could do high school level math with just a little coaching. Good luck with finding a good program for your son.

Curious, time is the biggest hurdle many folks have. As busy as I always am, I have more free time than most. And with the nature of my job, there are weeks when I work on Monday night, then don't work again until the weekend. I don't have any advice on how to make more time. You need to get plenty of sleep, as well as some downtime everyday. When you don't have more time for cardio, food is the way to go about getting healthier. Your plan for per-prepared meals and snacks is a good one. Good luck.

Sugar, welcome aboard.

Everyone have a good day,

Larro

Happy Tuesday cool kids,

Thought I had posted yesterday, but apparently I did not. :laugh:
Had a great, busy weekend! It was our 32nd annual Salmon derby weekend for which i organize all the dock, weigh station and fish cleaning stations. It was a glorious weekend, weather wise. Nicest weekend we have had all summer.
My boys entered the derby together and placed 7th and 10th overall for largest salmon. Overall, the salmon we very small this year , averaging 4-6 pounds. Normally, they average about 14-16lbs with the odd 20+ pounder in there.

I did manage to get a short workout in on Sunday. Did the new beachbody PiYo program. By the end of the 25 minutes, I was sweating buckets!
Did an hour run / walk yesterday.

Beeps, I like your 12 week challenge and thought about it last night when I was about to reach for a snack. I did not as I told myself I would not snack after dinner either! So, thank you. :happy:

Curious - I feel your pain. The guy on crutches is losing weight and the care giver running around doing everything is gaining. Now, that just isn't fair!

Kelly - congrats on your mile run! Great job!

Larro - like you and others, much of our bread ends up in the garbage. My husband still eats it fairly regularly in the morning, but we keep it in the freezer as it molds quickly.

Carmel, you continue to inspire me! Your workouts are always so intense!

Kine, I can relate to the two boys not getting along. Mine are now 31 and 33 and they finally get along!!! Took a long time. They are SO different.

We had nice hot weather yesterday. Temps dropped by 10 degrees overnight. We are now cool and windy again. Leaves are changing and one can definitely feel fall in the air. :noway: Am so not ready for winter to come. Apparently we are supposed to have more of the same we had last year. Not sure I can survive another bitter cold winter.
California, here I come!