40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

I hope I can get a lifting workout in, today....BOOM!

Welcome Looncove_Farm!

Nataliegetfit don't sell yourself so short. I bet you will do much better than you think. If you see something you feel you don't really want, walk away for a while and see if the want passes before you eat it. That way you can leave the guilt on the porch for the mail lady to pick up.

Croabylee sounds like a great long weekend! I have tomorrow off too and now now I wish it was nice enough weather to pull out the tent and other camping gear and head out with some friends for a couple of nights.

I have decided I need to tweak my food some. Thinking about how my body has been reacting to sugar, carbs, starchy foods....you know bloating, water retention and inflammation in general... I've been reading a little about the Paleo Diet and well I'm not going to jump in with both feet I'm going to do things slowly. I know how I am if I go full on with taking certain foods away I will fall off the wagon big time. Besides they say to give up alcohol completely, that's not going to happen. I don't drink a lot, just a little now and again. Picked up some goat cheese and some pepperellos on my way home. See how things go.

Good evening cool kids!!
Just found this page… I was excited to find this page, read all your comments, and getting to know you better-- glad I found your page! Thanks!!

Hello Cool Kids - just found enough time to catch up with everyone... lots going on!

Caramel - so sorry to hear about your injury... glad it was not too serious, but it sounds bad enough. Hoping for your speedy recovery!

Allenpriest - hope you're starting to feel better?

KellySue - kickboxing... I'm in awe of you! Sorry to read it was cancelled on Thursday though.

Emmalusmom - great walking, well done. Keep it up - but keep out of the thunder and lightning!

3furballs - sorry to hear about the sore knee... I'm also with you (and Caramel) on the knee injury front. Mine sort of "popped" in aerobics a few weeks ago and was agonising walking up and down stairs - the physio says "No!" to running or aerobics for the time being so I'm going a bit stir crazy - and I've totally bombed in the March Running Challenge

Kate - I agree with Jackie... treat yourself to the size 4 shorts - it's a great achievement!

Jackie - great losing, well done! Just out of interest, is there a way to change the settings so MFP takes decimal point values? I entered a weight that ended in 6.6 and MFP rounded it up to 7, which was disappointing!

Crosbylee - safe driving and enjoy your long weekend. I'm looking forward to seeing some spring flowers piccies.

Larro - loving the latest photos... you can be relied on to keep us well stocked with lovely pics - especially the moon rise one! Is your soil quite sandy - it looks sandy in the photo?

Welcome patricia and all other new folks - I'm quite new too.

Beeps (and other lifting ladies) - can I ask your advice? I want to start to incorporate more weight-related activities into my fitness plan. What would you recommend? I really don't do the gym - I don't think I've ever even been to one - so I'm after recommendations for stuff to do at home and thought I'd ask you as you are the master of heavy stuff!

Welcome to MFP @chandramiller68. Hope you can achieve your goal.. It might be harder but not imposiible. We would have to put in double the work in supporting you... you can do this!

Thank you @WMDemetree. I feel really good about this. I see where I need to tweak my food and such, but it is an achievement I will work hard to get. I was kind of disappointed the first week because I didn't see a decrease in weight, and I will chalk this up to the fact that I started exercising 6x a week. Hoping as the next few weeks go by, I will see a decrease in weight.

Hi All! So glad it's Friday!! Had a meeting that was literally all morning- 9:30-1:00- and then some! Since kickboxing was cancelled last night I wanted to go for a walk but it was raining steadily when I got home so that did not happen. Then I woke with a chest cold today- blah! Hoping to keep it under control so it doesn't turn into something worse.

No big plans for the holiday- going to see hubby tomorrow and then church and dinner with my brother-in-law and his wife on Sunday. Yet another holiday without hubby being home. (Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day and now Easter) Hoping this will be the last one. He is doing so much better and has been able to walk more and more every day- he made it to 120 feet yesterday!

Have a good weekend all!

Good Afternoon Cool Kids.

Margie had the day off due to Good Friday, and she wanted French toast for breakfast. I was worried about the extra calories, but I cooked it anyway. Later when I did the numbers it turned out less than my everyday breakfast. Although I did limit myself to three pieces.

I worked in the garden for a couple of hours this morning. Then did a Lowe's run to get supplies for laying the water line for the grapevines. Now I'm waiting for it to cool off before getting back out there.

And yes, I have very sandy soil. I put soaker hoses on everything or it just dries up. That is why I'm going to the trouble of laying a new water line for the grapevines. I bought enough pipe to run a line over to the flowerbed too.

Here is a picture of me and Orange from yesterday. Margie took it when I wasn't looking.



Here are the numbers for the week: 21.1% Body Fat, 24.0 BMI & 172.0 Pounds. That is a gain of 0.8 pounds for the week.

Hope everyone is having a good day,

Larro

Happy Friday. No loss - no gain - no problems with that right now.

@danieljshires I know this has to be true, but I would love to see the numbers on scale lower. I felt lighter today so I weighed. I gained 0.8#...ugh! I will try hard to focus on how I feel. Love getting older....not

Thanks to all for the kind thoughts and prayers. I got s diagnosis ' severe food poisoning. I had symptoms fir 9 days. I was out of the office for 12 days. That's difficult for a CPA late in tax season.

In the middle of that my uncle died. He was like a second father to me. I worked with him for 28 years. Funeral was Friday.

Through all that- I lost three pounds right on schedule. 93 lbs so far since 1/1/14.

I just turned 40 so do I count?

Hi....I would like to join..not sure how? I'm 43 and have 4 kids all grown and out of the house except one (he's 8 yrs old ). My goal is to lose about 10 lbs and to eat healthy. Right now I don't exercise but I'm looking to start when I find what will work for me. I'm doing the 1200 calorie count and have lost 3 lbs so far (just started last week ).