40+ Club: Summer Slimmers

Swissmiss - So glad to see you posting! Support is the key to success for sure.

Aimee - Any kind of furniture moving counts as triple the exercise in my book! I hate moving, even re-arranging my furniture in the same room.

Welcome to Crewellademel, Trishobr, and Ladie_Sapphire65!

Ladie_Sapphire65, I'd say to try wine spritzers. They're half sparkling water and half wine, but they taste mostly like wine. You can also alternate between wine and another low-cal drink, like a sparkling water or regular water.

Singfree - Please pass some of that PMA my way! :-) Hang in there with the 12-hour shifts. I loved working those, but not the midnights! 7a-7p was my dream, 3 days per week.

Zebras - I'm glad the walking challenge is working well for you. Hopefully you will inspire others to get back on track.

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I can't believe I'm within 2 lbs of my original goal. When I get there, I will have lost 100lbs since my surgery--that's 100lbs I will NOT be trying to find again, that's for sure! :happy: I'm going to celebrate with some clothes shopping.

Today I'm working solely on cleaning up this house. It's turned into a pig pen! I have to figure out how many calories 6 hours of housework is worth. I won't stop until it's done!

Have a great Monday, everyone.

I hope everyone is doing well, I have not had alot of time to spend reading everyones threads, or even exercise. Alot to do at work, alot of overtime being put in. I am just greatful I have a job to be able to work at.:happy: Some are not as lucky.
I have gained 1.4lbs since my last weighin. Not to happy about that, but considering the eating I have been doing, I am glad it wasnt more. I hope to get back on track by the end of May, My project will be over and I can have more time to log information.

I wish you all great success this week. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Good Evening everyone. Zebra- thanks for the welcome. So nice to read all your updates on your day! Today was total Insanity....and I don't mean of the workout variety...ran from one thing to another all darn day. Good News! Down 1.5lbs today after weigh in. That makes a total of 2lbs in the last 7days....so happy! Never had a week wt loss like that! Now the important thing is that next week when I lose less and the week after that when I lose nothing or most likely gain (thank you SOOO much hormones) you're gonna remind me that it all evens out, even when I'm ready to rip my hair out! Kids only have 7 more days of school! I can't wait. No having to get them up in the AM, no lunches to make........heaven! OK going off to excercise.... Have a good night everyone!

Liking this thread! I walked/ran this weekend. Hadn't run since the winter got to too cold to be outside, but I ran a combined 15 mins for the 45 that I was out. Good for about 4miles. Thought that was a nice start!

Good morning all! Another rainy day here. I did 60 minutes on the treadmill at the gym last night, would have liked to done 90 to make up for the fact that we couldnt' do our lunchtime walk yesterday. But, I had to run home to watch House with my husband. If he watches it before me, he will talk about it, and will spoil the plot for me, and he's impatient and doesn't want to have to wait a minute longer than he has to to start watching it! LOL

Alf: I'm glad you enjoyed your trip, and more importantly that your son enjoyed it! We're going to Maine June 1. Always a challenge for eating and getting enough exercise as we are in the car driving a lot.

Hi everyone. I'm the mother of two teenage boys, and married to a wonderful guy (20 years next month!). I lost 60 lbs back in 2000, and kept most of it off for years, but it has been slowly creeping back up, especially in the past two years due to depression, and a total hysterectomy. My high point this February was only 17 lbs less than my highest weight ever. :embarassed: Focusing on my health and fitness has given me something to think about besides my own failures in life.

I'm trying to get the whole family to be more active along with me, which will be easier once school is done. I had tried C25k, but had to give it up because of my knees acting up. My doctor said it's arthritis and to avoid high impact activities, but recommended cycling. I am still considering what sort of bike I should get, but have started spin classes at the gym. I like them more than any group fitness activity I've done in the past. It's easy to go at my own pace, there are no steps for me to mess up, and I don't have to be embarrassed in front of all the cardio queens who are in much better shape and 15 years younger. :laugh: We're planning a road trip in June through a variety of state and national parks out west. I'll be sure to bring my trusty hiking pole to spare my arthritic knees when hiking!

Hi everyone! I'm glad to see this group. I'm 50 and trying to get 10 lbs. off that I've needed off for the last 10 years. I had gotten to 160 a few years ago and it took me 5 years to get to 150 (I wasn't trying or even exercising, just tried to eat healthier than in the past). But now I am serious about getting this 10 lbs. off and getting stronger and tighter. I carry most of my weight in my belly - it blows up like a balloon - :grumble: . I've been doing Power 90 and have 1 week to go! :drinker: But, I have only lost 3 lbs. due to muscle growth underneath. Now I need to work on the diet portion so I can shrink these fat cells. I hope we can keep each other motivated. Everyone have a great week!:flowerforyou:

Hi everybody!!

So happy to see so many new faces!!! Welcome!!!

Victorious_One, congratulations on being so close to your goal weight!! :drinker: What a great accomplishment! I'm sorry to hear about your arm. Take care of it. Maybe try some ice and see if that helps with the swelling.

sdereski and seashells, welcome! Those last 10 pounds are hard to get off. The way I did it was to take my calories a bit higher and workout with intensity! I burned those pounds off through exercise. In addition, I ate as cleanly as I ever have eaten in my life taking off those last ten pounds. It wasn't fun, that's for sure. But it can be done!!

ColoradoRobin, I'm a Colorado native, so it's always fun to see another Coloradoan! I left Colorado in 1992 to follow my husband (Air Force) around the world, but I still consider Colorado my home. Spinning classes are great fitness, so I'm glad you found those. I hear you on how hard it is to get the family to become more active. Sometimes I have to pull my husband off the chair to get him moving. :laugh: Kinda drives me crazy sometimes.

zebras, you are doing SO great. Though you had me laughing when you said you had to cut your workout short because your husband would spoil House for you!! :happy: That's a great show, so I understand his enthusiasm.

alf, welcome back! I'm glad you and your son enjoyed the trip. I'm sure you were so active while gone that the little bit of less-than-healthy eating didn't hurt you a bit!

tron, SOOOO good to see you! Sounds like you've been busy with family. I'm hoping everything works out for your brother and his family on the new house and the job!

mk, congrats to your daughter on her graduation. I'm glad she's taking the OTS situation in stride. Good for her! She has so much to look forward to and so much potential that I'm glad she's not letting it get her down.

Robin, glad you are still enjoying JM 6 Weeks/6 Pack. I understand about the repetition but at least the second time through goes alot faster!

All here is going well. I've got three days left on this Insanity/P90X rotation, and I'm glad it is only three days. Like I said before, I'm enjoyihg it but it is tough. My eating is good this week (so far). Hope you are all well!

Doing well today. Ate out for lunch but kept it to a healthy omelett. My dear husband cooked one of my favorite low carb dinners with chicken, broccoli, cheesy casserole something or the other and it was Divine! Biked this Am but taking the night off.....HELLO Netflixs here I come......but tomorrow AM will bike again and then I hope to use my neighbors dust collecting treadmill for a 40-60 minutes of really good cardio....it seems to really boost the metabolism. In charge of my little 1st graders end of year party.....we are having an Ice Cream Bar and Water Balloon Activities......can't wait! How many water balloons do you think 30 1st graders can go through in 30 minutes? :laugh: Everybody have a great day. :flowerforyou:

Hi all! Welcome to all the new people. This is a great group for motivation and support.

This weekend my baby graduates from UT in Austin! Didn't we just get her settled into her dorm room freshman year? My son is flying in from grad school in San Francisco and my mother is flying in from Jackson, MS tomorrow and then we head down to Austin for graduation on Saturday. My daughter will have a degree in English and wants to stay in Austin so the job hunt is on!

We have picked several squash and cherry tomatoes from our backyard. It has been unusually cool for here this time of year. Makes the pumpkin vines happy but not so much for the okra. They like it hot and dry.

I have put on several of the pounds I had lost but this morning saw a nice dip in the scale, so hopefully I am heading in the right direction. River aerobics starts again soon. I need to start wearing my river running shoes to get my feet used to them so i don't get a blister. Take care all! TxMs

Yay, a 40s-plus group. I like it! (...although I almost qualify for a 50s group...)

I'm on MFP to lose the 20 pounds I gained back (after losing 35).
I only need to lose 20 pounds, but they are the Last 20 pounds, and my age/metabolism doesn't seem to cooperate as well as twenty years ago, eh?

I jog, walk, and bicycle, all at easy paces.
I don't exercise AT ALL (meaning calisthenics, weights, situps, etc.) so that's my goal in joining MFP.

Again, great Age-group Club here. I'm here to support you all

Thanks

Hello everyone - love the good vibes in this group and I'd love to join in the fun. I've been on MFP since mid March of this year. I previously lost 50 pounds (went from 205 to 155 in 2003/04). I've since gained back 10+/- (depending on the day). My goal is to lose 20 lb but I am focusing more on getting fit and lean so not sure where my weight will end up at. The scale has not been my friend these 2 months but I know that I am gaining muscle so hope to see some downwards movement soon. I am doing a combo of Slim Series and Turbo Jam DVD's. Weekends are my downfall as it is so hard to resist chicken wings and bevies with my hubby and friends!

Are there any Canadians on this thread? I am from southern Alberta.

I look forward to checking in with you all as we work towards our goals!

Hello everyone!!
I got brave today and bought 30 Day Shred and Six Week/Six Pack DVDs. I've never tried any home workout DVDs, but I'm willing to give it a try. I think I've hit a burnout phase with Curves; haven't been there in nearly 2 weeks and don't miss it but am totally disgusted with myself for not going........how weird is that?? Anyhow.........I'm going to see if Jillian can motivate me!!