40+ Club: Spring Fitness Challenge

Hey 40+,

I only have a minute but I wanted to let ya know that my last Physical Therapy is tomorrow. Whoo hoo... My doctor is letting me exercise for 20 minutes on my own. So I did one AM - aerobic, and one PM - walking.. lol.. And I still am ok.. No severe pain only the normal constant nerve root pain in my back. I can definately tell I have used some muscles that have not been using. Yepp.. Its looking good. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

Night everyone. Hope all is well.. Will try to catch up tomorrow..

Good morning!!!!! All is well here. I am debating whether or not weigh in tomorrow...hmm decisions decisions...I just feel curious how much "damage" I have caused all these months. LOL I have not weighed in since late summer last year!!! Some clothes feel a little tight. :sad: Will see...I need to find the courage to step on the awful oh so bad scale.

Robin, have a great trip to Ottawa and enjoy family time!!!! You can always try to eat healthy while being away. My husband and I did pretty good when we went on our cruise back in Nov. We were amazed by how well we did.

LadyPersia, thank you for your kind words. :flowerforyou:

Cbaker, good to hear from you. I am glad you feel better. :drinker: and Kimkelly, congrats on your weightloss!!!!

Gbryant, an hour on the treadmill!!! That is fantastic!!!! My husband said yesterday he was going to get on the treadmill after dinner. When I came back from teaching Zumba I asked him if he did, NOPE, he did not. And that is what I thought....oh well....what can I do... Great job!!!

Waiting for my son's ABA therapist, and then off to my daytime job, BORING!!! LOL Have a wonderful day!!! :flowerforyou:

Sing Happy Anniversary
Alf Always good blessing!!

Water retention is on overload this week with alot of stress. I am working on it though and not eatting my way through it. We changed our eatting habit and it is working. We get up at 5 so we are eatting a breakfast, then a small snack aroun 9 and a meal at 12. Around three we have a snack and then a lite dinner. It seems to be working!

Keep up the dedication everyone. Over 40 is hard but we will be chatting at 70:)

Happy Friday! While I have been keeping up with everyone, I haven't posted in awhile as I had been feeling very down and tend to retreat during those times rather than complaining or asking for help. Just felt like I needed to work this one through. Not the best strategy and one that I am trying to break. I did correspond via email with Stiring and Robin and owe many thanks for their support and encouragement.

Won't know for a few days til my weigh-in, but it looks like I MAY have solved the mysterious weight gain issue. It appears that I may be gluten intolerant/sensitive and was retaining water (like a camel!!). It was so bad that my feet, ankles and lower legs were almost disfigured. I was worried about all kinds of stuff but read on the internet that pitting edema is one of the symptoms of gluten intolerance or even Celaic disease. Been gluten-free for 10 days now and can finally see my ankles again! Even if the scale doesn't show it, I do feel better - we will see on Monday.

To make matters worse, on top of the edema, I twisted my ankle on the way out of the gym last Friday - dumb move as we left for a ski vacation on Saturday morning. Needless to say, I spent the entire week this week in Colorado in a condo while my husband and daughter skiied. My ankle was too swollen to ski, but at least I was able to exercise all week at the gym up in the mountains, so not a total exercise bust (although skiing is much more fun!)

I am looking forward to going home to NYC on Sunday and will miss my Sunday morning weigh-in so will be anxious to see the results of the no gluten on Monday morning. Will report back then.

Are any of you gluten sensitive or have Celiac? Did you have horrendous edema too? Going to the doctor for blood tests on Wednesday and will discuss with her too - hopefully that is the cause and nothing more serious. It seems to make sense though as the only real change in food between losing weight and maintenance has been the addition/increase in carbs - and mostly those that are high in gluten (Ezekiel bread, kamut, spelt, etc.)

Stiring, hope California was great!

Robin, hope you are enjoying Ottawa

Sing, happy anniversary (I am coming up on 16 years and every year hoping for some jewelry - but will settle for a romantic dinner!!)

Alf, glad your husband is better and you are back on track.

Welcome to all the newcomers!! This is a great group.

Well thats it! I officially HATE scales. Last week it said I gain 1.5lbs and this week it said I gained 1.8 lbs which puts me into the over weight category. BUT I pulled out my tape measure and it shows I actually lost a little around my waist. So today I am gonna measure everything important and say F my scale! I dont care what you say!!!!! But seriously, so annoying!!!!!

Hello everyone!!! I did not report last Friday. :noway: I did step on the scale and of course it showed a gain, 128.2, last time I had logged in my weight was in June 2010, 122lbs but I know I had stepped on it probably in Oct or so and I remember being 127 so not bad at all!!! (I should change my ticker, that might motivate me to work harder) I knew I had gained because I can see it and feel it plus with all my injuries I have not been exercising as much as before. Also I always gain some during the Holidays, unfortunately. My eating is way much better, I am trying really hard to control my cravings. I really want to seriously start some kind of resistance trng but that is going to have to be carefully planned due to my injuries. My shoulder still bothers me, then my bad hip and of course my left foot is still hurting!!!! I truly think is the talus...I have two med appts this week, with my PCM about something else...and with my Ortho Dr for a hip follow up so will try to ask about my foot without having to make another appt.

Sing, glad you enjoyed your weekend with your honey. Who says "older" people cannot be romantic? Of course we can, it actually gets better with age!!!

Tron, I saw the picture you posted in FB, OMG, all that snow!!!!!!!!!!!! We are so spoiled here in SA, we have been having gorgeous weather, at times even hot in the 80's!!!! :noway: I also wish they had found the cause to my husband's issue...it keeps us wondering.

Altushe, nice to hear from you. Hang in there, I hope you get all your questions answered. I am glad you are feeling better. :drinker:

Pepper, no medical bills, fortunately he was seen at the military installation so we dont have to pay any extra costs...it is "free". He paid with his 20 yrs of military service plus a low monthly fee. Thank God for that!!!

Have a great week everyone!!!! I will try to keep checking in. :flowerforyou:

monday,monday-new snow,a nd now rain for the day. Seems chilly, but suppose to be around 40.
hasd aday over the weekend that I just wanted junk food, so I did. now I feel like it is out of my system and I am good to go...tank goodness

So, today I went on the treadmill for 30 minutes... I know that doesn't sound like very long but running on the hills just kills me. I can't wait to be in better shape.

Alf... I know huh, we got quite a bit of snow. The funny thing is I still talk to people that think it NEVER snows in California. When ever I mention snow they just say... Ya, ya, snow in sunny California where its always warm and you can lay on the beach all year round.... Really?!!!:laugh:

Sing... You sound like such a romantic. Want to give my husband some tips????

sabrina_11.... Welcome!!!!

I have to run and take a quick shower I told my son I would pick him up from school today. Altho I shouldn't with these gas prices!!!:mad: :noway:

Hey, everyone. Is there a walking challenge somewhere around here? I don't want to go outside, but I'm going to have to. :laugh:

Havnt posted here in a while, but glad to be back. I am post night shift, so I am in bed shopping on line for a cute bathing suit. Title 9 has really nice ones. Goodbye to February! Can't wait for Spring!!!

Hey all, I am new to this site and to this forum. My main goal for this spring is to become more consistent with walking, running and eating right. I have been on a roller coaster of eating well and exercising often to being sedentary and eating poorly for my whole life. Short term goal is to lose 10 pounds in March and 25 pounds by my 47th birthday in August. After that I will run my 8th marathon in November and set my sites on a 100 mile run next March. We'll see. Anyway, friend me if you would like, I could use the support.

Hello All,

Have had a great week, I did 95 min. of cardio today and it felt great.
Hope every one is having a good week!

Good morning!!! :drinker: I'm enjoying a cup of coffee/green tea!!! :noway: I love to drink coffee but have been wanting to cut back and drink more green tea which has so many benefits that I keep reading about. This morning I put a tea bag with the coffee grounds in the coffee maker and it takes soooo good. BTW I dont put sugar in my coffee and I drink it with skim milk or at work with a little of fat free half and half. And I am enjoying my favorite breakfast, 1/3 cup of old fashioned oats, 1/3 c skim milk, 1/4 c mixed frozen berries, 1/2 oz walnuts, 1/2 scoop of chocolate whey protein. Soooooooooooooooooo delicious!!!! Going to a med appt, hopefully the doctor has some time to talk about my foot pain since this appt is for something else...gotta love Tricare system. yeah right!!! :noway: :grumble:

Sing, great to hear from you and that you are doing so well. I wouldnt decrease the strength trng if I were you. Keep up the good work. It sounds like you are dealing with working night shift really well.

Stiring, good to hear you are not very sore from the workout. Plyo X, so much fun!!!! :drinker: My eating has been really good as well lately. I just hope I can keep it up. I know you can do it!!!! :flowerforyou:

gbryant, great job on your long cardio workout!!!!! :drinker:

Yes, LadyPersia, March Madness....BRING IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! starting to see more and more ads for bathing suits etc so it is time to work hard!!!!!

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is going to be another gorgeous day in San Antonio!!!