40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Happy Tuesday everyone.
Beeps - enjoy every bit of that vacation because the reality of winter will be waiting for you when you get home. It looks fabulous!
- DH and I walked again last night, only this time it was snowing, so it was rather icy in places. We still managed a good walk, for which I was grateful. Was so tired after work, my planned run didn't happen, so the walk was perfect.
-Curling again tonight.

Less than a week now until the wedding so I am in full count down mode. It's really weird though, I am sticking (as much as possible) to my old routines of logging foods and burning calories and I am doing okay. I feel good, my fiancé says I look great and nothing has really changed since this time last week but for some reason I feel as though I am not doing as well or working as hard at this whole "healthy lifestyle" thing. It feels like a different head space for me for sure. I wish i could figure it out but all i can do is keep tracking and moving and hope that the "gung ho" comes back to me. We've had crazy weather here, which doesn't help if I want to exercise outside, last week it was F F F FREEZING and walking was brutal and then yesterday it was so mild and muggy and windy that I almost got blown off the bridge I was walking across.

Anyway, that's my check in, the wedding is Saturday and then the honeymoon is the following weekend (in Savannah) and then we're back home and skiing the weekend after that and then the cottage to prep for Christmas and then Christmas and it feels like the year is over already. Yikes!!!

Hey kids, hope all of you are well and in good spirits.

Thanks to all of you who took the time to send me air hugs and words of comfort. Sean has no idea how much he was loved. There was hardly a dry eye in the gym last night. I am the type of person who grieve alone and serve as the pillar to others during distress. During extreme fit, I channeled that grief into my lifting heavier and running faster. It was hard to look in the area where he trained. His picture was posted in front of the gym at the counter and of course the gym's FB page had all kinds of tributes to him. His funeral is tomorrow. I think of his son especially because he is 13 and goes to school with my daughter. The holidays for them will be filled with emotions. We never know what goes on in a person's life. I will always remember an elderly lady who could barely walk and could hardly move. Each week we saw her progress and one day we actually saw him walk around the complex with her. Sean was so patient with her and she started to smile and look like she was happy to live again. I could sit and tell you so many stories about him. He loved to listen to my playlist during boxing because he love Metallica and so do I. My training schedule will be in beast mode the remainder of the week, as I can not allow myself to stay in this slump. I have extreme fit tomorrow and training with my PT. Thanksgiving I have a boxing/bootcamp challenge. I even have plans for participation for classes over the weekend.

Please keep me in your thoughts. I am fighting to get out of this slump.

Never forget the power of encouragement and a kind word. It may be just what a person needs to lift their spirits.

Hugs to you all......KYM

Louisa, congrats on your upcoming wedding!!

Larro, how long have you been doing TKD? I just started my 2 daughters back at class....the instructor is trying to talk me into joining, but I don't want to give up my boxing club membership and can't join them without doing that ($)...I think I'll stick to my routine and they can do theirs :-) Makes a happier mom not having to exercise with them since I'm with them all day everyday at home.

Welcome Laura!

Sederski, that is a lot of periogies! I'd have to give them all away or I'd eat them - that is if I ever made homemade ones. Have a friend that makes fabulous ones.

I'm off shortly to pick-up my parents at the airport. They're flying in from FL for a week (we live in Houston). Chaos is about to ensue, I can feel it, LOL.

Have a great day everyone!!

Still over 40, though I am trying to change that.
Still not cool, though I've given up on changing that.

Beeps I am soooooo jealous. Enjoy it though.
Louisa I hear ya, that's why I was sooo glad to get out wisconsin because the weather didn't help motivation to exercise, Larro is right. We have to look at this as being a journey to health - wherever it may take us. Congrats on the wedding.
Larro you're busy
Caramel hugs
Laura welcome
Just was able to sit down and log in, first day back to work. I'm still doing good with logging. Tried to be as active as I could today. Didn't manage to work out today.

Hi all, I am 55 year old male 5'7". I speed walk every day with a 15 pound pack, was ill a bit back and could not train which drove me crazy, and put the pounds on nearly a stone. I train for about an hour walking and jogging starting at 0430 every day except Sunday when I take my grandson for a couple of hours walk in the forest. I do a sponsored walk every year of 58 miles that ends with a climb up Slieve Donnard Northern Irelands highest mountain, thus the training regime.

Good Morning.

Chaelaz, TeriKate, O&B, welcome.

I've finished my cardio and breakfast, and have three loads of laundry behind me. We are having the family here for Thanksgiving {on Friday night}, so I need to pay a little more attention to cleaning this week. It was going to be a small group, but more people keep getting invited, so we may run out of seating. I doubt we will run out of food. I bought a small turkey and a ham, plus Margie will be doing a green bean casserole, her famous pineapple casserole, dressing, gravy, etc, etc. I'm thinking about a pot of peas, and I'm sure Sister will bring her sweet potato, pecan and brown sugar thingie.

One of my thrift store treasures from yesterday was a Lodge cast iron skillet for $3.00. It has a little rust, but looks like it hasn't been used at all. I'll clean it up when I get to the dishes, then season it with a little bacon fat.

Today is the last day of bow season, so I hope to get a couple of hours in the shooting house this afternoon. Tomorrow is the first day of gun season, so I will be back 1/2 hour before sunrise.

Hope everyone has a good day today and holiday tomorrow if I don't see you before then.

Larro

Hey Everyone! In the middle of my 3rd week here. Loving it so far and starting to pick up some support and motivation. I've been doing Bootcamp/Crossfit classes since May. This is the longest I've stuck with any fitness routine in years.

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving!

Karen

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
I plan on working so I will share a thanksgiving meal with my staff. I'd rather do that then sit around and focus on what foods I should or shouldn't eat.
Stay strong and eat sensibly.

Hey Kid's!
Wow. All in all I thought I had done pretty good with my protein shake for breakfast, watching my portions, skipping the rolls, skipping the mac & cheese, skipping the mash potatoes, and having no pie. Now I look like I'm pregnant with a small turkey. I may need my husband's help getting this dress off. LOL. I guess the bacon blanket really was a calorie bomb.

So got my cholesterol labs back this morning.
Total 205 down from 222 on 6/13/14 and 234 on 5/31/13
Triglycerides 80 down from 195 ( ) and 163 ( )
HDL 52 up from 37 ( ) and 42 ( )
VLDL 16 down from 39 ( ) and 33 ( )
LDL 137 down from 146 ( ) and 159 ( )
LDL/HDL ratio 2.6 down from 3.9 ( ) and 3.8 ( )
Work in progress.

Was at my 163 lbs. this morning but scared to visit the scales any time soon.

I'll try to get on the treadmill once I give birth. LOL. Have a lovely day everyone.

Hey kids...
I hope all of you are enjoying your 3 F's...Food, Family and Friends.
I trained last night with my PT, then took Extreme Fit. The class is getting more intense. We had to do Burpees with battle ropes. Can you say CRAZY? Woke up this morning and took the 75 minute boxing and bootcamp class. From my neck down is sore and I am taking advantage of the quiet and relaxation.

Beeps...hope you had a great vacation. Lovely pictures.

Larro..Congrats on the weight loss. Do not worry what others think. You have to determine what weight works for you.

KellySue..Hope you enjoyed your time with hubby and family.

Alf..Glad to see a post from you. Miss you.

Emmalou...Sorry you had to endure the aftermath of suicide. I am still numb and trying to understand.

Kate...You are doing a fantastic job. Pat yourself on the back.

Stef..Hope you are well.

CG....I can't wait to read what you did today.

Ruby...Thank you for being kind. I hope you are still fighting and keeping your eye on the prize.

There are so many newbies. Welcome to all of you. I hope you stick around.

If I forgot you, please forgive me. I will catch you on the next post.

Remember to encourage someone.

Vacation WAS great.

But flight was delayed. Then, after landing, we sat on the tarmac for 90 minutes waiting for a gate! It is past 2 am. Now waiting for luggage. And then a drive home on icy streets.



And we have to be up at 6:30 am to get kids to school.

I don't think I will workout on Friday. Will likely try and go back to bed.

Weekend is full of kidlet activities on bad roads.

Back to lifting on monday - I promise!

Morning Kid's!
Braved the scale this morning ( my OCD made me ) down a pound! 50 pounds ! Whoop ! Whoop ! The day after Thanksgiving too. Insert cheesy grin here.
Been to the chiropractor first thing this morning. Tendonitis is killing me since yesterday. Must have been lifting that 21 pound turkey. Shoulder's doing that cold pain thing right now. So annoying.

KellySue- Have a wonderful weekend hun. You deserve it.

Carmel- Thank you. I'm still working on it.

Hello Newbies!
I'll check back again later.

Hi all - Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends. I know am a day late, but I just didn't have time to get on here yesterday.
- Welcome back Beeps, glad you enjoyed your vacation.
- congratulations Kate! 50 lbs down is freaking fantastic! Well done.
- KellySue, hope your husband is able to get up and moving again, You have both been through so much. Enjoy your shopping day with your mom. -
- Carmel - great job getting that workout in. No such thing as doggin it in your books!
- Larro - you lost more weight! Well, am sure Thanksgiving dinner may correct that some.
- Welcome SKME! congrats on the weightloss and good luck with your marathon training.
- Ran yesterday. It was cold, but am determined to run outside all winter this year. It was -23C with the windchill, but I was toasty warm running. I ran indoors last winter and I disliked every darn minute of it, so....back out on the streets.
- Staff Christmas party tonight, and no time to get a workout in beforehand. Grrrr. We had a couple of university students coming from Italy. They wanted to experience the north and snow, so they decided to come here.