40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Morning Kid's!
Down to 169 lbs. this morning. Whoop under 170! Down 43 lbs.
Shoulders bothering me a little after lifting Wednesday. Damn you derechos! I blame them because I had to help with some large tree limbs they brought down; bothered me ever since. Thursday I did all cardio. Then proceeded to eat back most of my exercise calories. Pleasantly surprised with the 1 lb. lost considering.
BMI down to 26.5
Waist to height ratio down to .45
Hello Alf! I recently stopped doing these side leg lifts in the pool when my hips were bothering me; that seemed to help me. Hope you can get some relief with the PT.
Carmel- I'm freezing thinking about it. LOL
Beeps- Keep up the lifting.
Kelly Sue- Glad you found a new home. Though I don't envy all the packing/moving. LOL. I think we end up helping my Mom move once a year.
Larro- I'm with you on the southern/soul food. I like to eat.
Hello Newbies! and sorry if I forgot anyone.

46 years old, 5 pounds left to lose before maintenance. Got a husband and two cats.

Hey cool kids! I want to be cool, too, so I am a newbie posting for the first time in this thread. Turn that "like a virgin" song off, please. I just moved in from O-B-City. I lost a little junk moving here.

I am a father of 3 cool kids and a husband of 20 years to a cool wife. My goal is to get my bodyfat down, keep my muscles up, and keep getting younger by the minute. I may not reach the last goal, but I am doing good on the first. I go to the gym 6 days a week. I enjoy steady state cardio, heavy weights, Jeep adventures in the desert (I live in AZ), and joking around and not being too serious about much of anything, unless I have to. I like making good memories.

So, I hope you get what you want, or at least what you need ...

It's Friday!! It has not been a great morning, but hopefully the afternoon will be better. I was all set to go to the gym this morning, and then thought about sleeping in since I was on the phone with hubby until almost 11:00 last night, but I did manage to get up and go and did some cardio and some weights. I am glad I went, but it didn't help with my stress this morning, but after talking with the social worker at rehab and talking with my hubby and found out that he was able to get through his therapy session this morning, I am feeling a bit better. It has been a crazy ride that is for sure!!
Tomorrow I will be heading to see hubs and spent some time with him. I would like to be there when they come for therapy, but not sure I can get myself up and around that early- that and I have to take my recycling to the recycling center and can't do that until 8:00. It will take me an hour and a half to 45 minutes to get to where hubby is, but being that it is early Saturday, traffic should be light so hopefully I can make good time.

I hope everyone else is well. Wish I had time to comment on everyone. Have a good one!

Good afternoon Cool Kids.

mygnsac, I had a Halloween party at work last weekend. There was about 50 people and they had all done a pretty good job with their costumes. It was mostly young folks, and the ladies were in sexy costumes more than anything else.

Curious, yes the trees are planted in rows. They were planted on 1-1-2000. I have pictures of the house construction from 12 years ago, and they were all about knee high. The land was in row crops and we were able to get it in a conservation program. We got cost sharing for the cost of the trees and the planting, and got paid $1048.00 a year for 15 years. {the money has always gone to Mamma since the land was in her name when we got on the program} It just came off the program this {or last} month, and I'm able to sell the pinestraw for the 1st time.

Kate, congrats on being in the 160's. Go easy on that shoulder. When I first started lifting I had a little shoulder problem. I just worked around it, lifting light enough it didn't hurt until it had healed.

sdereski, glad you got in two days of runs. Have fun with the trick or treaters.

Caramel, you rock girl. I get tired just reading about your workouts.

Alf, welcome back. You sure look great on that beach.

KellySue, glad your DH got through his PT. When Mamma was in rehab the lady in her room refused to do hers about half the time. She would just tell them, "no, I'm not doing it. You can't make me." But she had had a stroke and it had effected her behavior. That is what her husband said anyway.

Beeps, I have to agree. I always say do what ever blows your skirt up {as long as it doesn't effect me}. But I heard that he didn't always ask if the woman wanted to be hit before hitting her, and he didn't always use a "safe" word. But Q isn't the same without him.

Hello to everyone else, and welcome to the newbies.

Now for the Larro Ranchero news:

I lived through the 1st half of the FSU game last night, but it was a close thing. With 2 minutes to go in the half, we trailed 21-0. From that point on we out scored the Cardinals 42-10. We have not looked good, but we still haven't lost. The rest of the games should be pretty easy wins, so unless we screw up, we will be in the four team playoff. And the best news is that hoops season starts this weekend. It's just an exhibition game, but I am by far a bigger hoops fan than football. We are not as good in basketball as football and baseball, but I still follow the team.

I spent an hour and a half helping getting Mamma's plants inside. The forecast is for lows of 36F Saturday and Sunday nights, so it had to be done. I also planted a couple of blueberry bushes while I was over there. Now I'm going out to start clearing up posts and stakes from the garden so I can till up a spot to plant greens.

Then I will be grilling hot sausage for supper. I'll be glad to get back to work so I can rest.

Hope everyone has a scary night. Don't eat too much candy.

Larro

First week of a commitment to get back the healthy and fit body I had back in the day. I am 42 years old and a Type II diabetic. My goal is to lose the belly fat and completely reverse my diabetes. I am currently working out 4-6 days per week and eating a clean, non processed, vegetarian diet. I have been vegetarian for 24 years but ate the processed junk and not the good stuff. Love the way I feel and ready to get the healthy and athletic me back.

Hey Kid's!
13 pounds till goal! My husband told me yesterday he is going to have to get used to me being thinner. Said it feels like cheating after more than 15 years with the heavier me. LMAO! ( He doesn't care for really skinny women. Always says he's going to buy them a cheeseburger ). Wore my size 8 jeans yesterday and they weren't too tight even when I wore my tights underneath. It was only 44 yesterday. Someone stole my water bottle from the locker room yesterday; so now I'll have to buy a lock and a new one. Good thing I don't keep any money in there.
Having some computer issues so may not be able to check in as often. Surprised it's letting me now.
Carmel- Send me some of your energy. I think we can bottle it and sell it! LOL
DebbieSue- Good luck with getting your diabetes under control. While I'm not vegan I've managed to beat the pre-diabetes I had in 2009.
Anyway Hello everyone else! Hello newbies!
I'll try to check in again soon.

CRAP!! I just lost my post! I'll have to write later...gotta get to work!

Don't really know anybody in here so not sure if I'm cool but I am 40 so... here I go haha.

Friday, took the kids Trick or Treating. Was amazed at how many people could push a stroller while smoking. Pretty impressive... lol

Ran 3 miles Saturday felt achy. Woke up Sunday decided to run 3 more. Felt great. No idea why it was different. Down 11 pounds overall since my MFP do-over. 25 more to go.

Happy Monday Cool Kids,
That was a pretty fun weekend, though a bit indulgent. It was the opening weekend of crab season -- we have dungeness here -- so B & I loaded traps on our kayaks and headed to sea! Ended up with 4 crabs for our trouble, and they became crab enchiladas (indulgence #1). My tenant / housemate asked to invite a friend to enjoy our bounty, and he brought good beer (indulgence #2). Other than that (which was kinda huge on the caloric scale), it was a nice weekend. We did lose a chick though . I suspect the calico that came scurrying out of the yard when we pulled in the driveway.

BTW, that was B's first time back in a boat since his accident. He may be able to return to work p/t next week.

KS, great news about your hubby getting through PT. It's hard, but it will get him home! Your training circuit sounds like a really good workout! Hope your new house passes muster (where does that saying come from, anyway?)

Mygnsac, Using peas to handle the party was super smart! It's nice there were healthy options.

Larro - pinestraw! that's the stuff you see in rolls for erosion control and whatnot, yes? Funny to hear about frost in FL. We've had none here yet. Funny story about your mixed up schedule

Kate, push ups are very hard! Even the "sissy" ones. You can try doing them against a wall, then a table, and work your way up to it. Congrats on being so close to goal!

Debbiesue, welcome. As you can see, you've got a cheering section here. You can beat this.

Caramel, the holiday challenge sounds great. It really helps to have the motivation of a deadline, and winning!

Nickpnh, good job getting organized for the week! You can now focus on what makes you happy & Healthy! Sounds chilly where you are!

Baltar, congrats on your 11 lbs! That's cool, and I suspect you are too! Strollers and smoking - ugh!

I'm stalled on weight loss, but as the earlier part of this post suggests, I totally know why. Digging in this week. I need a scale victory.

Cheers everyone!

It worked, now, I need to figure out how to make it smaller.

Hey Kids, Hope all of you are well on this fine Tuesday. It is rather warm today. My PT took it to me as usual today. She is increasing my weights and I can feel myself getting stronger each week. Last night she gave us 4 circuits at extreme fit to complete and I was really surprised I was not sore this morning.

I am really proud of all of your loses and the things you are doing to stay on track. Keep up the great job.

Have a great day.

I never know how to make them smaller either- I thought I had it before I put it up, but it is big!

Great picture, KellySue!

hello
just started on this site but have been on the healthy path for about 9 months now i'm 44 and a truck driver when 2013 came in i weighed 345 lbs was a 3 pack a day smoker and led an all around crappy lifestyle i don't know what clicked (mortality i guess) but i changed kicked the smokes and dropped to about a 1500 calorie a day diet i've struggled a little bit at times but just weighed myself and was 290 lbs (and feel a world better) its nice to have a place to talk to people about this because all my friends think i'm insane