40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Alisha - my prayers are with you, stay strong:) Great job on prepping ahead.

3furballs - you are amazing. I love your determination and hearing about your workouts. Great job getting up at 5:30 to workout!! I have not tried Kettlebells, is that a totally different workout than dumbbells?

Caramel - Glad to hear you made it through another storm. As for the protein that is tough question. I am a meat eater so do not have a problem with my protein. I know that can be much harder as a Vegan, but I know you will figure it out. Great job for making it to your classes even with the bad weather.

Larro - nice trees

Crosbylee - good luck at your cookoff

Alf - nice picture of your beautiful meal you prepared. Yummy.

Beeps - Hello, how was your weekend???

I hope I did not miss anyone.... I am going to make myself do cardio today. These winter days are really getting long and hard to have any motivation. I so wish I could get outside and get extra exercise in. -25 F below this morning real temp. It is supposed to warm up a little bit today. I think we may be colder than Canada right now??? I know you Canadians feel my pain.

My weekend was awful....sick with a head cold and had a house-full of company (which really means we function like a hotel and a restaurant - who the F wants that?!?!?!?)

I did lay on the couch for Oscar....and LOVED that.

I am supposed to go lift today....I have no energy at all. Which REALLY means I need to go lift. But, 3 hours sleep last night might do me in. I did bring my workout clothes to the office - and the workout room is 200m away....I will keep pressure on myself to "go".

Hey All~ Lots of activity on here. I am still here, but have had a few big bumps in the road so to speak over the last few days. I have been sick with a sinus infection since Wednesday and today is my first day back to work from it. I woke Friday to find that I had an ice dam on my roof and it was leaking into my bedroom :disagree: and I had to pay a big chunk of change to have it cleared off and I did not make it to see hubby on Saturday because of the nasty weather that just won't stop. Yesterday was better and did make it to visit with hubs and took my daughter and grandson with me as a surprise- he was so happy to see them!! Then after I got home I was putting something away and wacked my head on a shelf and ended up with a small gash and a nasty head ache- I feel like I just can't win sometimes. I haven't worked out- other than the daily snow shoveling- since last Monday and I am just not happy with it right now. I know it will improve, but I am not a patient person!

Glad to see others are doing well! Have a good day!

Hey Kids! Happy Monday.
Alf, I feel your hesitation to experiment with unfamilar gym equip. I'm supposed to do one exercise that involves throwing a 'medicine' ball on the ground. I feel silly
Natalie, yea you! Good job.
furballs, what a work out ... and while fighting a cold too!
Ruby, love the ice fishing pics. I've never seen that. And you look radiant.
Larro, those cute little trees gave you quite a workout!
Alisha, hope your kiddo is ok!
Caramel, 120 grams? That does seem high. The MFP on my 1200 cal plan is 64.
Crosbylee, have fun at your cook off.
Beeps, that sucks. Sorry you're sick, and playing hostess. That's tough.
K.S. argh! What a couple of days you've had. Your poor head. I'm glad to hear you got the family to see your dh though.
Misslubey, congratulations on getting it done!

Glorious weekend here on the Redwood Coast. A little windy in the afternoons, but I did get out for a nice motorcycle ride Saturday, and of course paddled on Sunday. There is some sort of bait fish run going on. There were hundreds of birds, about 8 seals, 4 sea lions, and several harbor porpoises all within a football field sized patch of ocean. Quite a frenzy!

Drove today due to errands, but will walk to the gym for this evenings workout. I'm going to try to go a little later so there won't be as many people. I'm kinda shy .

Have an excellent day everyone.

caramelgyrlk 120 grams, that does seem high. 1.5 grams per kg of body weight for endurance athlete is the rule of thumb I was given.

Curious - I am jealous of your wildlife sightings too. That sounds so amazing. I may have to move to California yet! I actually had a co worker and his wife move out to Cali after our last winter, they could not take it anymore. You may have some of the North Easters coming your way after this winter

Beeps - I hope you feel better soon. I feel for you having to be hostess and sick on top of it. I know how you feel, when my family comes here to stay in the summer they call our place the "Best Western", we have a swimming pool and park like setting so summer at our place is great. Our house is on the smaller side so we don't get too many overnighters in the winter months. LOL.

Morning Kids !
I know I've been M.I.A. recently. The snow was driving me crazy. Our son missed over a week of school. Finally goes back today ( 2 hours late ). I've been cleaning, de-cluttering, and all around organizing. Does help to pass the time.
The Doctor's Office finally called back about scheduling Josie an appointment for counseling < wait for it......in September. What a bunch of crapola. I told them not to bother. She has been around 3 weeks since her last hour long meltdown. I hate that I tend to have to bribe her ( buying her things like a pack of stickers for a $1.00 ) to keep her behaving but we do what we must I guess.

Today's stats... back up to 151 lbs. ( still under gw by 4 pounds )( made my husband happy ) though I'm sure I'll go back down soon
Week's Lowest weight 149 lbs. ( day before yesterday ) ( 6 lbs. under gw , wearing a size 6 )

Ruby- Great picture. Reminds me of the " Grumpy Old Men " movies. We re-watched them the other night. LOL. Every time it snows we sing " Tropical heatwave! "

3furballs- Dannon's light and fit greek yogurt isn't too bad on sugar 7 grams/taste/12 grams protein. If I eat the Oikos ( yum ) more sugar I just want more. LOL

alishasprindle- Don't be hard on yourself. When our family members are ill/hurt it can be very stressful on us physically. I'll keep your family in my prayers.

Kelly Sue- " Ouchie! " in the voice of the Grinch ( my daughter's favorite movie for the last 3 months ). Glad you finally had a good visit with your hubby though. As always keeping him in my prayers.

Caramel- Sorry can't help with the protein advice though interested since I don't always hit mine either.

Hello Newbies ! I'll check back again soon.

Good Morning Cool Kids.

Welcome to the new guys and hello to everyone else. There is too much going on for me to reply to everyone, but know I am proud of all the hard work, and praying for everyone's family that needs it. I'm still struggling with my weight. I'm down to 171 again. I keep saying I'm going to take a slice of chocolate cake a day for medicinal purposes, but I never do it.

Here was yesterday's cardio: {four and a half hours of it}




A cold rainy day here at the Larro Ranchero. I was planning on another day of planting skips in the long leaf pines{^^^^^^^^}, but I'm not tough enough for the rain. I need to run to town and do the week's shopping, but really not in the mood. Whatever I decide to do, Margie is expecting me to cook supper. Thinking of honey glazed carrots, slaw and some kind of fish.

I haven't had breakfast yet, so I had better eat and get busy doing something. Hope everyone has a good day,

Larro

Morning kids...Hope all of you are well and in good spirits.

Larro---EAT THE CAKE!!!!!! (lol)

Beeps-Hope you are getting better

3furballs-- I am jealous of Curious

KellySue--We will fall on this journey, we have to make sure we get back up and you continue to do that.

Kate--Welcome back and yes I am SICK of the snow.

CG---Please please please take pics of your adventures

GMAX--I agree 120 grams it is too high. I work out hard to not get me wrong, but I am no athlete by any means of the imagination.

Since I have been eating almost double the protein, I am having constipation issues. As a vegan that has never been an issue. Sorry if that is TMI. I had to actually put 10 1/8 teaspoons of MSM aka Methyl Sulfonyl Methane in my protein shake. I am not sure what balancing act this is going to take to get this right, but I am fighter and refuse to give up.
There is an appreciate party at work for us and of course I had to have stuff specially made for myself. I ordered a white pizza hold the WHITE(lol) as I brought my own vegan cheese and my own salad and dressing..lol Oh well.

Ruby--Love the photo Hope you are doing well.

Any word from Emmalousmom? She has been MIA for a bit.

I hope I did not forget anyone. If I did, please accept my humble apology and a big air hug.

Hi all. I'm just seeing this for the first time today. I am a 48 year old woman and have been exercising and watching calories since September. I started exercising after surviving cancer and feeling like I was weak as a baby. I'm continuing so I can stay on track and continue to lose weight. I started at 212 pounds and am down to 188, so still a ways to go!

Got my lifting in this morning. Had a decent sleep last night. I am working M/Tu/W/Th this week, with board meetings all Friday. So, FULL UP.

Tonight I have a meeting with some "women". I don't even know WHO! I got this secret invite in the mail, from a female judge I know in town. Inviting me to "A Women's Dinner". When I asked her what I can bring, she said, "just yourself". When I asked her what the "agenda" is, she said, "just to have a meeting of old friends and new friends".

Mysterious!

I am wearing a dress at the office that can go into the evening....kind of a Chanel-looking design.

But, frankly, my BACK hurts and the thought of "mingling" with a bunch of strangers is NOT making me happy right now.

Mind you, I am job-hunting, so I cannot say "no", either.

I'll let you know how it all goes....

BOOM!

hmmm...I am definitely perimenopausal as well. I did have super heavy bleeding and I ended up having an ovarian cyst that needed to be removed. you may also have a fibroid. you should go see gynecologist and have an ultrasound. there is a minimally invasive procedure that can be done where they burn the lining of your uterus, suppose to help with the heavy bleeding. go to the doc! you shouldn't have to put up with it, they can put you on hormones.

FEves- While I have PCOS and have went years with a cycle before diagnosis. I do encourage you to take care of yourself. My Grandmother died in 91' at the age of 56. Brain Cancer that spread from other areas in her body. She used to flood the bed regularly and put off her hysterectomy for many years. I've often thought I wouldn't willingly undergo surgery/treatments if something were to happen but I want to live for my loved ones.
Cyber hug , Kate

Happy Hump Day All! Hopefully the rest is all downhill from here. I went swimming with Jake last night. What a riot- he loves the water! He was fascinated with some people who were swimming laps- a future swimmer...maybe??

Today is a non workout day for me- I basically am on the go from about 7:30am until about 8:30pm for work and my church activities- always a busy day for me.

The hospital is expanding their area of search for rehab facilities for my husband. He is medically ready to go, and is very motivated to get walking again. Hopefully something will open up soon.

FEves - This is awful that you're experiencing this, this is not normal and you shouldn't have to live with it. This is totally messing with your quality of life here. Totally go to the Dr and find out what you can do. I hope and pray the best for you, hopefully you can find some answers.
- Happy Wednesday everyone. Hope you're having a good week.
- I am doing 20 minutes on the elliptical and then need a break for awhile then get back on for 15 minutes. My hubby says I should stay on the whole time, without a break, but I just don't have the endurance and figure it's better than nothing. Maybe tomorrow I will up it to 25 for the first one and see if I can make it. I mean I used to only be able to do 15.
- The weight loss is going a little slower than I was wishing for, but at least it's happening. I am making such better choices and keeping track of food much better, so I just keep on doing what I need to do.
- I hear about people who have lost a lot and still shop for bigger size or think they're bigger until they look in the mirror, and that sounds like yea, that would happen. But I feel better even though I only have lost 15 and feel like I am making such better choices, I really can't tell I have lost any except for my chest unfortunately. But I look in the mirror expecting to see a change and see myself, and think, nope still fat. I guess I just need to be patient about it.
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