40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Hello, I'm 43 and getting so frustrated with weight loss. I lost weight years ago and have maintained no problem for years. I like to stay 135-140ish range. Last winter I was at 137 and then edged up to 140 and staying there, figure it's because I have been doing kettlebell workouts 3 times a week on top of my cardio kickboxing 3-4 times a week (we work out against the heavy bag). Then over the summer I was up to 143, small vacations seem to mess things up. Took months but I finally got back to 140 at the beginning of December. Then I went off the rails eating carbs (which I don't track but that month there was a lot of chocolate drizzled popcorn and ginger pita chips) and I was at 148 after Christmas. I've been back to working out 6-7 times a week, walking to work every day and I just was at the doctor and her scale says 150lb! I almost cried!
Unfortunately a big part I think is hormonal, I seem to be in stage two of menopause and she assures me the weight will come off but it's driving me nuts. My clothes are tighter than usual and it's just so depressing. I'm not good at "dieting". I eat healthy, or try to. Steel cut oats with dried cherries for breakfast and 1/2 glass of milk, almonds and dried cherries for snack (small container), I've lately switched to the Costco quinoa salad for lunches to try and up my protein, I was doing spinach salad with a hardboiled egg. Then homemade dinners, since I'm cooking for my three kids and I don't want to cook separate and frankly I'm more concerned with non-processed food and they certainly don't need low carb or calorie foods. I do like a treat in the evening, since I find I can't go from 6pm to 6:30am without some kind of snack and I like my beer or coolers on the weekend.
In an effort to get back on track after Christmas I put my calorie goal down to 1300, most days I eat 1700-1800 and burn over 500 cal in exercise.
Sorry for the epic whine. Just wondering, am I doing something wrong or is it all hormonal? Anyone else have this issue?0 -
My doctors scale was 5 pounds heavier than my home scale. Plus I weigh myself without clothes at home. I don't see that your diary is public? Its probably all hormonal though. I'm 47 and haven't hit menopause yet...trying to lose the 35 more pounds before I get there.0
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42 in the house!0
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Creative ways any of you have managed to exercise? Mine was tonight! I'm a Principal and stayed at school for an evening meeting. I changed clothes, locked myself in a classroom after most of the teachers had gone between school and the meeting, and cued up my favorite 45 minute exercise video from YouTube onto the classroom SmartBoard..... I believe that was pretty darn creative of me.... just curious about any other unique "getting in the exercise no-matter-what", stories you might have!0
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CanadianCountryGirl1973 wrote: »Creative ways any of you have managed to exercise? Mine was tonight! I'm a Principal and stayed at school for an evening meeting. I changed clothes, locked myself in a classroom after most of the teachers had gone between school and the meeting, and cued up my favorite 45 minute exercise video from YouTube onto the classroom SmartBoard..... I believe that was pretty darn creative of me.... just curious about any other unique "getting in the exercise no-matter-what", stories you might have!
When I was loosing, I walked 2 miles every night at work. These days I struggle getting enough calories to keep up with my AM cardio.
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Happy Hump Day Cool Kids,
How are you east coaters doing?
Glorious here on the Redwood Coast. There are "king tides" this week, which means really high highs and low lows. The bay this morning was so full, and the sky was gorgeous pinks and golds. Pretty nice way to start the day. I was driving though![:\](https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/resources/emoji/confused.png ":\")
. My bicycle is still at the shop, but it should be done today and can start riding again tomorrow.
Canadian, I have a set of 5 lb dumbells in my office, and occassionally cue up one of my favorite 15-minute standing routines. Your smart board workout sounds very smart!
3furballs, agreed that different scales will give you different results. In fact, my housemate has a scale that makes me fee better!
. If you can, use the same scale consistently. As for hormones ... it may be. Your exercise and food intake seem to suggest you're toeing the line there. Don't give up!
Alf, I can't do a pull-up either. Even when I was ridiculously fit in my 20's I couldn't do one. I know a few women that can, but not many, and they are seriously buff!
Hello to all you other quiet kids and newcomers.
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Day 2 of snowmageddon - 33 record breaking not since 1888 inches of white stuff. Of course work deadlines don't know that. Arghh. DD has been home 6 days with Flu and then snow. We all need to get out. Played out a bit yesterday but was super cold and so much fluffy sleds sank. Had to snow shoe a sled track
Snack snack snack in the cold ... doing my best though. IF is for work days.
Hello to all!
Alf - pull-up is a great goal. And I can't do one. I do practice monkey bars as a stepping stone whenever I get kids to playgrounds.
Body Fat reduction is a side goal to my lose weight goal.
I always use the same scale for the exact same reason 3furballs. Only way to stay sane. I also jump on every morning as a check in for myself.0 -
Never thought about using the smart board!! Thanks for sharing!0
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Nickpnh. I wish we could get snow where i live! Im here in the hot *kitten* Louisiana where we have an abundance of humidity0
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Just over a month, and I can join this awesome club! Super excited!0
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I'm in0
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Only 7 pounds from final goal – but plan to stay with MFP for at least another year or more, as I work on maintenance & strength building. Enjoy reading the input provided concerning all areas of weight-loss.
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49 here so I only have one more year in this club.
Trying to get healthy again and get to my ideal weight. 0 -
LoneStarFit wrote: »49 here so I only have one more year in this club. Trying to get healthy again and get to my ideal weight.
You're all set just being over 40 - according to the OP... "We are a group of 40+ (40 yrs and older) peope who like to stay healthy by eating clean, exercising, etc. We support each other by providing health info, giving each other ideas on how to be healthy as we get older. Feel free to join the conversation. We usually report our weightloss/ weight gain, inches lost, struggles, goals, etc on Fridays.
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Dropping in to say hello to all of you. Hope you are well and in good spirits.
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Cool kids, you rock. Im home from work, in comfy clothes and it is cold and dark out. Read your posts and you have me motivated to change into gym clothes and haul my *kitten* to gym class. On a slightly different topic, im new to mfp, when I was logging my exercises I noticed that there is no category fr hiit classes and weight training does not count in my diary as calories burned. Wht s up with that?0
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Only my second post with the Cool kids but here goes. I just got back on the wagon a week or so ago and had an amazing scale drop!! 8.9 pounds Yeah, I know, mostly water weight, right?
But I'm hoping SOME of that is actually fat and here is why: I have been doing Strength Cardio (cardio with weights OR weight/resistance training that moves so fast between set that my heart rate stays elevated) and I'm having my "women's time".
Between those two scenario's I should be retaining water!
If I'm deluding myself, I guess I'll find out next Wednesday. Meanwhile I need to do my measurements 'cause dang if I'm gonna let the scale rule my life!!!
*mlssalnrd* I know right! I wear my HRM and create a workout title under cardio to record my calories burned from my weight/strength training. Plus, I update the Note section to record the pertinent info from my workout!!
Success Ya'll!
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Cool kids, you rock. On a slightly different topic, im new to mfp, when I was logging my exercises I noticed that there is no category fr hiit classes and weight training does not count in my diary as calories burned. Wht s up with that?
I log my lifting as cardio. Just enter it into the search box as weight lifting/strength training.
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Hello all!
Well I was in an all day seminar today at work so the only exercise I was able to get was walking around the building from room to room, which is actually way more than during my normal working day. They provided breakfast & boxed lunches today. I opted to bring my own food, only grabbed a couple of small bananas, coffee, water and the healthiest granola bar they had. Could not believe when I started reading the on granola bars ingredient list, a lot of unknowns so back into the bowl it went. I mustered up the strength to walk past the Tim Horton's muffins and other baked goods they had prior to getting to the coffee and fruit but afterwards felt pretty darn good about it. Normally I would have been like everyone else grabbing a muffin and a couple of other things....that's what got me to where I am now and I need to clean up my eating with having two reactions last month. Third time may not be the charm!
Kind of looking forward to checking my weight Friday morning, tonight i was still down almost 2lbs and that was after dinner and two walks with the dog.
Loved reading everyone's posts, inspiring and good to know I'm not the only one rowing this crazy boat.0 -
Only 7 pounds from final goal – but plan to stay with MFP for at least another year or more, as I work on maintenance & strength building. Enjoy reading the input provided concerning all areas of weight-loss.
DEFINITELY stay here when you are maintaining. It might be easier for you, I dont know, but that has been the hardest part for me. I have been at goal weight since 2008 about 4 times and when I get too comfortable I need to lose the same 10+lbs again and again... Make sure you have a good maintenance plan in place!!
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LoneStarFit wrote: »49 here so I only have one more year in this club. Trying to get healthy again and get to my ideal weight.
Stay with us!! I am 51 and not going anywhere...LOL Well, sometimes I take a break but come back.
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3furballs, you look great!!! When I am weighed anywhere else but my house, naked, as soon as I wake up I dont pay that much attention to it. If you weigh yourself even on the same scale on different times of the day you will go NUTS!!!! Dont worry about it. It sounds like you might need to tweak your diet a little bit. By diet I mean your nutrition,the things you eat and how much you eat. It sounds like you workout a lot, you might not be eating enough. Try to focus on clean foods, when you say low carbs, do you mean low grains etc? Load up on veggies, fruit, lean meats, fish, nuts, etc.
Caramel, nice to see your smiley face!!!
Most of you know I do intermittent fasting, well sometimes. I normally do 16:8. I did 20:4 today. It was brutal towards the end. I intended to do 24 hrs today but couldnt. This is something that I like especially when I am in a plateau. It works for me. Look into it. There is also a nice group of IFers here in MFP. I went swimming this morning, I did 30 minutes. It was glorious!!! I was able to do 15 laps in a row, without stopping. I met a really nice lady, maybe in her late 60's, a great swimmer. They motivate me sooo much!! Beautiful day here, in the 80's. Sorry for those in the east coast.
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Got my lifting in and done. BOOM!0
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I think I'm just going to stay the course for another month, keep the goal at the 1300 and put in my exercise and see if there is change. I have a sweet tooth and like to have a treat at night and some beers on the weekend and I'm not quite ready to give that up since I work out so much. I'm trying to up my protein and cut down to one hot chocolate/coffee a day. Just hate that I was eating ice cream every day for months and maintaining my weight, now I've cut it out and eventually gained and now am having trouble losing! I know it'll probably start happening when I stop stressing about it.0
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Seems like we just keep growing! Today was a Jake day for me. Lots of running around my house(it goes in one big circle) and playing with trains for me this morning! Tomorrow is gym day and hopefully Saturday as well.
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Morning kids hope all of you are well and in good spirits.
Last night I had that surge of energy that only the gym could curb. I trained 1 hour with PT and then took a 15 minute break and then went back into the torture chamber...I mean PT room and took extreme fit. My classmates wanted to know what in the world had I taken. When those surges of energy hit me like that, I have to shake it. We had the option to run a quarter mile on the tread or take a run outside. I ran outside soaking wet and that air was crisp and pushed me into a second wind. I told the instructor his music was powerful enough for the class and we put on my playlist and then the real games began. Jumping rope to eye of the tiger is way more motivating than Blink 182. Another trainer came in and said that must be Kym's playlist..lol...I can not work out to bubble gum pop music. 2 hours later I was still hungry for more and rode the eliptical for 20 minutes, went to the grocery store and then I finally starting to calm. WHAT A RUSH FOLKS!!!!!!
We are growing by leaps and bounds which is great.
In conclusion, "If it important you will find a way, if not, you will find an excuse"0 -
I'm going to try to join you all. I'm aiming to be good at logging into MFP every day this time around.
I'm 41 with 3 children. Work part time and full time mom/driver for the children.
For exercise, I enjoy jazzercise and long walks/hikes in my neighborhood.
I'm aiming to loose about 20 more pounds.
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Good morning all of you cool kids!
So many new voices! Very cool.
JackieU, aren't those seminars crazy with the food? At least there's usually some pieces of fruit, but most everything is so sugar-laden. It sounds like you did an amazing job of choosing well.
Sherrie, I'll cross my fingers that your next weigh-in proves you right!
Caramel, what a crazy, and very awesome, episode! You went super-sonic!
Nick, the snow sounds great to me! It's great to hear that you'e getting out into it. Sorry about the DD's flu. She's probably bummed to miss out on the sledding.
Alf, 15 straight laps is great! We just joined our local gym, and B has started swimming. I haven't figured out yet how to schedule it, but I think it's such a great overall exercise!
Beeps, of course you did!
3furballs, that was insightful that stressing over it might be the issue! I'm sure you'll hit your groove and start to lose. 1300 calories seems reasonable for your goals. That's about what I'm eatin too.
KS, enjoy your gym and Jake days!
I'm going to the Hard CORE workout at lunch again today. My abs are so sore from Tuesday! I went to yoga last night hoping for a workout, but it was just very relaxed stretching. Nice, but no calories left behind in the studio. I'll try tonight's class and see if it's a little more challenging. Next Tuesday I meet with a personal trainer to craft a plan for strength training. I can't afford a PT routinely, but hopefully this one meeting will set me up to do my own thing in the gym. I'll have my bicycle back next week for commuting, AND a new motorcycle helmet that doesn't fog up in the cold. Then I can ride Buttercup to work when I don't bicycle! Yeah!
Make it a great day!0 -
Hi all, just popping in to say "hello". have been very busy with month end work and preparing for our annual Women's Health Gala, BnB guest and DIL's baby shower. When it rains it pours!
Had planned to get to exercise class last night and arrived an hour late! for some reason, I thought it was at 6:15. Argh! I ended up doing a 35min treadmill run - nothing in comparison to carmel's workout! Wowzer!! That was epic.
Not sure what I am going to get in tonight, but I did bring my workout clothes just in case!
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Hi all.
I woke up thinking it was Friday. I hate when I do that!
Caramel and Curious, can I borrow some of your energy?! Caramel, I feel the same way about music and exercising. One of my favorite songs to walk to is Stevie Wonder's Higher Ground. Perfect beat to step ratio.
Will be going out to lunch today. I'm planning to have a big ol' cheesy burrito. I've been doing really good with my eating the last few weeks (staying under my allotted calories and eating lots of veggies, fruit, beans, turkey, fish, yogurt, etc.), so I can afford it.
We actually have some sun today. I think I will take a walk around the state capitol building later this afternoon. I need to get back in the habit of going for a long walk every day.
Back to work. Have a wonderful day everyone!
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