40+ Club: Spring Fitness Challenge

Good morning all! Had another goo d night at the gym last night. I've been mostly switching between the ellipitcal and treadmill. Beat the steps required for this week's waling challenge by about 10,000, so I am entered into the weekly prize drawing.

Nothing much else to report.

mk, I'm glad to hear they are finally working on the ergo study for you. Hopefully you'll get some answers! Good job on getting rid of temptations!! I wish that worked for me. I don't keep temptations in the house, but there is very little stopping me from going to find them in the store!! That's just sad, isn't it? :ohwell:

alf, I'm sorry that happened to you at class. Some people....I don't know what they're thinking. I mean it is one thing if she didn't 'click' with your class, because sometimes that happens. But to make it sound like you were 'less than' or whatever was just wrong on her part. Good job at keeping your cool, though. I notice as I get older that I'm having a harder time keeping my 'nice face' when I think people are just being outright rude to me. So good for you!

zebras, I'm so happy the gym is working out for you. Really sounds like you are right back on track!

singfree, thanks for checking in! Glad you are enjoying your trip!!

altushe, I'm so sorry to hear about the health issues. Don't worry about gaining too much weight right now. That's the absolute last thing you need to be worried about. If you eat 200 calories a day over what you are burning, it is going to take a good six months to gain back those 12 pounds you think you NEED to gain back. In other words, all that weight you lost isn't going to jump back on your body over night if you eat a few hundred extra calories a day. And as long as you are doing resistance training, you won't gain it back as fat. So find some good healthy foods you enjoy and relax about the weight right now.

Victorious_One, I'm so sorry to hear about you being sick again. I really hope that was a one-off thing for you and you've properly identified the issues. I've got my fingers crossed that's the case!

All here is well. I'm finishing my first week of this crazy Insanity/P90X rotation. Today was a good day....I did Insanity's Max Interval Circuit followed by Yoga X. It was a long workout, but I love the combo of tough cardio and yoga, so it was good. I feel really energized right now. My eating....is under control. I must admit, I've been starving since doing this rotation, but I'm adding alot of nuts and healthy things to my diet right now, and that seems to be helping. At least I'm not reaching for the ice cream....too often. :blushing:

Happy Friday check in day everyone!

I logged in over 11,000 steps yesterday for our walking challenge at work. I'm sore! Scale shows down a lb from last weigh in, however I know I went up about 2 lbs in between official weigh ins, so I'm really down about 3 for this week, which puts a big smile on my face.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS IN THIS THREAD! We are on the road now passing Houston. Take care!

Hello! Do you believe we are not in Orlando yet? We are on 75S now
Whew. LOL take care!

Happy Tuesday! I'm hoping ALF has finally arrived in FL.

We have been having great weather in Michigan the last few days. It sure has made getting my runs in much easier. This week I'm doing 4:1 on my 3 mile runs. My pace is still pretty slow but the runs are just the right amount of push so I'm not too concerned.

Happy to say Power 90 is still going well. The 1/2 Sculpt isn't nearly as difficult for me as the 1/2 Cardio. I will probably try to stay with it for the next few weeks and then bump up to 3/4. Hoping to finish up Power 90 before we leave on our Anniversary trip. I may do a month of 30 Day Shred before I graduate to Chaleane. My right knee is being picky so not sure if I'm ready for Chalene's lower body work.

Hello from HOT and windy Kansas!!! It's 95° right now - too hot for early May!! Cool down in sight after thunderstorms tomorrow - I just hope they don't turn severe!

Got a nice walk in yesterday morning before it got too hot, but couldn't this morning, and too windy this afternoon - 20-25 mph winds make walking pretty unpleasant. Not sure how any other workouts are going to go this week; headed to chiropractor later today and still trying to get everything taken care of for my youngest daughter's college graduation on Saturday. Woo hoo..........she survived college, and so did I!! :laugh: :laugh: She found out late last week that she didn't get selected for Army Officer Candidate School :frown: , but is taking it much better than I anticipated when she texted the news to my husband and me. She didn't talk to us again for 2 days, but did a lot of soul searching, talking to friends and advisors during that time. She's accepted there's a reason she didn't get selected, even if they didn't give her a specific reason why she didn't make it. She knows her life is supposed to take a different path, and she's already looking at options for that first "grown-up" job. I was impressed........I figured she'd either be a sobbing mess or a total b*tch about it, but she seems to have her head wrapped around it. Sigh...........my baby may finally be growing up!

Nothing real positive to report; scale still going in the wrong direction and all my clothes are tight............:grumble: :grumble: Doing pretty good with controlling munching at night, which is about the only bright spot these days. I know.........the extra weight didn't go on overnight, and won't disappear overnight, but just a LITTLE positive progress would be nice!!