40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Hello!
Went to the Doctor's on Tuesday for my arthritis & a medication review, Rheum Doc did some adjustments & I'm not in as much pain and did well at work yesterday. She also said that if I take care of my joints, I can work full-time as a Nursing Assistant, but that if I don't, the joints will put me out of work. So I plan to take care of myself! lol
Primary Doc adjusted my blood pressure meds a tad, was glad to see I was being successful at losing a little weight & I'll be seeing her again next month to see if the adjustments helped any (and I'm sure it's also a little push to make sure I'm still losing - no pressure! no pressure! lol).
Today I set up appointments with the eye doctor & fought with my prescription company where THEY CASHED MY PAYMENT BUT DIDN'T RECORD MY PAYMENT!!!! So now I have to send them a printout of the cleared check - which I sent to them in THEIR envelope to THEIR address that THEY sent to me! ARGH! But, first time I've EVER had a problem with this company....
And now for lunch!

Good Evening Cold Cool Kids.

It's good to hear from everyone. I had office relief today as my boss has a cold allergy She is not one who enjoys anything below 50F and it was 19F this morning when I got up. The early hour of my departure cut my cardio in half, and I didn't lift at all. I had high hopes of doing it tonight, but I'm having my doubts now. I am so full from supper and the tub is calling my name.

Hope everyone is doing well,

Larro

PS: here are the numbers for the week.

21.4% Body Fat
57.3% Body Water
24.2 BMI
173.1 Pounds

That is lighter than I like to be. I've had several nights when I went to bed short on calories, and it's catching up to me. Maybe I'll get a little of it back with that supper I ate.

Happy Friday All!

I am so thankful that the week has come to an end. I am supposed to have dinner with my younger daughter and son-in-law tomorrow, but my daughter has to come from Buffalo tonight and from the looks of things that might not be happening. Will have to wait and see how it plays out.

Cleaning and shoveling were on my agenda last night, and more shoveling this morning- that was not necessarily on my agenda, but it had to be done. No big plans for today, just work and some laundry. I will be heading to see Hubs on Sunday this weekend. He has had some serious issues with confusion this week and we think that he has also been having some hallucinations. Most likely because they pulled him off a bunch of meds abruptly- it does strange things to the mind. Hoping for a more clear week next week.

Well, I hope everyone has a good day and a great weekend.

Morning all! Hope everyone is well and staying warm (for those in the arctic blast zone like myself).

Big shout out to Ruby70, Curiousgeorgia, sdereski,caramelgyrlk! Thank you so much! Your words of support and motivation really carried me through the day and to the Y! I had a great 30 minutes in the pool! Seriously, I can't tell you how much your encouragement helped me. If I missed anyone, I am sorry. Please know everyone's support meant so much.

Now my insight from yesterday. I've discovered a secret way to add more steps to my day...drink more water!! I've increased my water intake from about 2 cups to 6 to 8 cups a day and I swear I'm up every 20 minutes going to the bathroom! All the bathroom trips must have added half a mile to my day! LOL!

SR

Good morning everyone. I want to be one of the cool kids too
I am a 42 year old male, about 5'11" and currently 274 lbs as of this morning.

A bit of back story, in 2010 I weighed in at a peak of 380 lbs. My brother turned me on to paleo eating. At first I didn't believe him about the results he was having. When I saw him in person for the first time in about 4 months I could not believe the difference. I started on his program immediately. In about 18 months I had dropped 140 lbs. I felt great, looked better, my health was improved radically.

Then came the divorce, money problems and all of that. I gained back 20 lbs, but was able to maintain that weight for about a year.

Then I met Theresa lol. I fell in love, got happy, got lazy and got fat again.

On Jan 2 I stepped on the scale for the first time in several months. I was at 280. I had gained 40 lbs back over the course of 2 years.

On Jan 3 I started back on my paleo program. My new gym should open on Sunday, so my exercise program will start then. For now, I am sprinting up and down the stairs in the office instead of walking, and doing push ups when I can.

This is going to be a journey, but my goal for 2015 is to lose at least 60 lbs, drop 2+ inches off my waist, and slim down from a 2-3XL shirt into an XL.

My food intake goal is -1800 calories a day with -50 grams of carbs a day. So far so good.

Today was my 5th weight-training day, in a row! BOOM!

Oh yeah, 2015 will be my strong-year, for sure.

Also, my mfp ticker reads 1,111 today! That is cool!

Have a good weekend, all. Go lift heavy!

haha mazstar love teh profile pic, welcome back....

Hi everyone! Funny story directly related to my weight loss. Today was the 1st day I was able to get my wedding ring on in about 6 months, it finally fits again (!!)....ironically, wearing my ring (which I rarely do), I also got hit on for the first time in like 6 years. It was very awkward and embarrassing, but a nice compliment for middle-aged mom that has been working her butt off :-)

Hope you guys have a great weekend!

Cardio day! Done!

Happy Monday all... I think. A busy weekend in my neck of the woods once again. Saturday I went and pulled up the rug in my den at my old house as the real estate agent thought that the hard wood floor underneath would be a better selling point than the old, large area rug that was there. That was a lot of work for sure!! So I guess that constitutes a work out- WhooHoo! I had my younger daughter and son-in-law over for dinner Saturday night as well to celebrate Christmas with them since they were in Hawaii for Christmas and then my daughter is leaving this Saturday to go to Germany for work for two weeks. Had to sneak it in there somewhere!!

Yesterday I went to see my Hubby. He continues to improve physically overall, but he is still quite confused. He is having trouble orienting to place and time. He doesn't seem to remember where he is until reminded and then I think he is still quite confused by it. He also forgets when people visit him. I just talked to him and he forgot I was there yesterday. Hopefully this clears up soon. Not sure which is worse, seeing him struggle physically or having this altered mental state where he just doesn't remember stuff. Today he also thought we had five kids running around our house- where he is not and he also thought that there were five different radios playing. Oye!

Have a good day all!

Good Morning Cool Kids.

I see we are still getting bigger. Welcome to all the new folks. Best of luck to all of you in your fitness journey.

I've got my lifting and cardio in this morning. I've got to do a better job of my eating. The last week I have been at the low end of my acceptable weight. One day I got as low as 172, which is too low for me. So I must eat more and workout less, right? Habits are hard to break, even good ones.

My sister and BIL are coming over to watch the football game tonight. I'm working but I'll be home about halftime. We have a big pot of jambalaya I cooked yesterday, so at least we don't have to worry about cooking. But she will bring something most of the time. Last time it was smoked salmon.

The cold is over here. High of 73F predicted for later. I have outside stuff that needs doing, but I can't seem to get in gear to do any of it. I'm still on a reading jag. Luckily the County Library is right beside the Civic Center. I can walk over from work.

Kelly Sue, hang in there. We are all thinking of you.

Hope everyone is having a good day,

Larro

Hi all!

Got my lifting in and done. Aiming for a low-calorie week....some women in my January challenge lost 5, 7, 9 POUNDS last week! (I lost 1.4)

Jeepers....guess I better pour it on a little more this week.

I have decided, for one week only, to watch my sugar intake, and lower it wherever I can. Not in any "militant" sort of way, but in a "Beeps - reach for gum instead of ice cream or cookies..." sort of way.

I actually would be totally happy with a steady 1 lb per week weight loss....so, THAT is more important to me than dumping it quickly. Last week I did NOT feel "deprived", so that was really important...no binge-ing. No hunger pains. Just slow-and-steady towards my fat loss goal.

I likely will be successful in dropping 5 lbs in January. If I can repeat that in February, then I am HAPPY!

(I don't have much bodyfat to lose....but, I do have some!)

Hey Kid's!
So I managed to sell $30.00 worth of my bigger clothes( at $2.00@ ), and a table/chairs from the basement. Yeah Me ! LOL.
Josie is potty trained now. Yeah Me !
I cut my hair 2 nights ago. I love it. I know I'm crazy to cut it myself but hate paying $40.00 for someone else to do it. LOL. Good thing I used to be a hairdresser.

sdereski- I don't think it's food related. I think she's just "Nucking Futs". She fights naps. The last few evenings she will just throw a fit then ends up falling asleep in my arms after hitting, and kicking me. The one the other night lasted over 30 minutes. When she was just a baby she would throw a fit every time we tried to change her. On the upside she is falling asleep earlier in the evenings.

Anyway. Hello newbies! Welcome back goalieAJ14 .
I'll check back later. Got to go pick up my son from Chess Club. Yes he's a nerd but we love him.

Hi all.

That other weight management website I talked about last time that I belonged to since 2012 is closing down on January 21st, so I created a group here on MFP for members over there to join if they come to MFP. So far we have 30 members in the MFP group. Gives everyone a touchstone in a strange place. Everyone is scrambling over there trying to find an another weight management site, and copying off things they want to save from the old site. I had a bunch of recipes and some sentimental posts over there and got those copied off this weekend, and today they are giving away all of their merchandise that has their logo on it. I'm sure glad I decided to check out MFP last Spring, otherwise I'd be scrambling too. Sigh.

Now that the crazy year-end projects are behind me and I can breathe again, I decided to take next week off. It's been a long time since I took a vacation and I need one desperately. It will just be a staycation, which is my favorite kind of break. I want no agendas, itineraries, or obligations. Just peace and quiet.

We are still having perfect winter weather here. Lows in 40s and highs in 60s. Can't ask for better than that this time of year.

We've been having a battle of wills with my stubborn dog about not eating his dog food, and we read online that one trick is to mix in a couple tsp of baby food. We tried it last night (pureed ham) and it worked like a charm. Baby food, who knew?!

The last couple weeks I've been slacking on my weekly cooking, so I spent some time yesterday getting a bunch of stuff cooked up for the week. I hardboiled 14 eggs, make a pot of black-eyed peas, roasted some sweet potatoes, red potatoes, brussel sprouts and carrots, got another batch of mixed sprouts to sprouting, and made a batch of pumpkin protein bars. I'm good to go this week!

Looks like break is over. Bye all. Have a wonderful day.

This sounds like the perfect group to be in....5'1 and 197....I'm 43 and in a few months will be 44...I've been on MFP since October 2013. It's been very slow going to lose weight....much tougher after 40. I'm a certified Zumba instructor and just recently went from teaching twice a week to 4 times a week. My goal is to incorporate two weight training sessions per a week and this will hopefully jump start my weight loss progress again because I've been stuck for way too long. Looking forward to the new year & a new me!

Have a awesome day/week everyone!!!