40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Happy Saturday everyone! It has been a beautiful sunny day here, not a cloud in the sky....bit of a cool breeze this afternoon. Great morning for a 20 minute run with the dog and we have done 2 walks since with at least 1 more to come. Big thing will be to not eat all the calories I've burned, but that has gotten easier.

Love all the pictures! Have to get my yard ready yet for planting like all of you. Clearly that is a good idea to grow things if you have even a little space, it will off set the sometimes more expensive grocery shopping plus the satisfaction of enjoying the taste of something you've grown.

I and really loving tracking everything from any exercising to everything I'm eating. Yes I do go over my calories at times, still working on not eating everything I burn off. Getting there.

I was at my friend's place the other night and showed her that my pants were getting loser around my waist and out of her 3 year old son "Skinny Jackie" I had to laugh. Not yet but working on it.

Have a fantastic day everyone and keep checking your nutrition for the day. I've found that has really been helpful for me. Anyone else or am I alone on that?

BettyM1017 wrote: »

Larro, love the tiller!

I'm actually off on a Saturday, which is very odd. I think I'm just going to workout and then enjoy the day. I have a quilt and an art project that could use a little attention.

I had the day off too. There was a wedding on the books, but they hadn't paid their deposit. Margie, Cousin Helen and I went for a nice walk this morning. Then I got a little work out of them, helping put up wire for the gourds to grow on.

I had gone to sleep on the couch after lunch with the race on TV and reading a good book, when I woke up to a bunch of laughing and carrying on. Some of their friends came over to the house before their get together tonight. {I was able to gracefully decline their invitation to join them}

Should find something productive to do, but I think I'll just try to find where I stopped watching the race and get back to my book.

Hope everyone had a good day,

Larro

Here is the delayed numbers for the week:

20.9% Body Fat
23.9 BMI
170.9 Pounds

That is a gain of 1.0 pounds for the week, exceeding my wildest expectations.

All set for one of the largest fireworks display in the US. THUNDER OVER LOUISVILLE! !! A great day to be in Kentucky

Now I have to wait here in my office until at least 650,000 of those friends leave before I can get my car out and head home.

"Day: 7 of INSANITY: THE ASYLUM Volume 1 Strength"=Done!

I am thrilled to find this 40's thread. I am 47, have always been active and would like to continue growing old gracefully, eating healthy and living a physically active lifestyle. Thanks for starting this thread! Have a super day everyone!

Morning Cool Kids!!!!
Was off all of last week cause I had to work the weekend to help cover a co-workers vacation. Not a fan of spending nights here at the hospital as I tend to eat horribly. However, I did log 7 some odd miles on Saturday and 9.02 yesterday running around this hospital. It may be small but we can be busy. LOL

Back to my regular job in my department today which generally means less moving around. But maybe I will be able to sneak out for a walk later if it doesn't rain.

Hope that everyone has been enjoying the emergence of spring. It's FINALLY starting to feel like it here in Vermont!

Good Monday Morning Cool Kids.

Webb, you did the work. That is what matters. Painting will make you find muscles you didn't know you had.

YM&S, welcome. It's good to see another Florida person on here.

Gam3, you are rocking the Asylum. Good work.

Stephannie, 7 miles is a lot of steps. Long weeks are good for you wallet as well as your waistline. Keep up the good work.

I looked in yesterday but there wasn't much going on. My baby shower yesterday afternoon turned into a nighttime event, so I ate with them, then ate my regularly scheduled supper when I got home. The result of which caused me to do 20 minutes on the Gazelle while I watched the end of the F1 race from Abu Dhabi last night. I was still a little in the red at bedtime. That is just the 2nd time I have gone to bed in the red since joining MFP. {But I am trying to gain a couple of pounds}

We are having an early morning thunderstorm here. I think it has rained every day now for at least two weeks. If it doesn't drowned my garden, it will sure be growing.

Hope everyone's week is off to a great start,

Larro

Hi all i'm 43 from England and i wanna be a cool kid! Anyone wants to add me feel free

I would like to lose 20-25, but I would settle for at least 10-15. I have tried to lose weight for about 3-4 years now. I found out I had a thyroid issue. I had to have a portion removed. Since then I have not gained weight but I cannot lose what I gained in the past. I have managed to lose 2-3 pounds here and there but I cannot lose much more. I work with someone who has had a thyroid problem for many years. She is convinced that she cannot lose weight. I don't believe that. I have watched her eat and she eats too much and too many carbs for a sedentary person. We have a desk job. She will go on walks from time to time. She is a very nice person but I find her repulsive. I do not want to end up like that. I don't want diabetes, which is in my family or any other health problems from being overweight. Any good advice or good recipes? I am 45 years old.