40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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BOOM!!!!!!
Alf sorry to hear about your daughter's best friend. Horrible news!
Well broke down today, spent all morning with a box of 50 Tim Bitz sitting on the counter in front of me... Had one. Realized how sweet they are. Didn't even enjoy it. Came home excited for the weekend, supposed to be nice so I was going to clean up the three flower beds in the complex. The Landscapers cleaned them up.
Oh well I'll work on mine in the back yard and Kali will go for a couple of runs. Sundays is supposed to be 45 min.
Welcome to the newbies. Looking forward to being inspired by all of you as well. This is a great ground for that.
Have a great night everyone!0 -
Oh no change in my weight this morning. Still just shy of 11lbs down.0
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Good Evening Cool Kids.
I just rolled by 12 hours for the day, and could be here up to 4 more. It's a lockout for a wedding, and they pay a flat fee for the day and can stay until midnight if they choose. But I've been reading and listening to old concerts on You Tube, so can't claim I'm overworked. I did take a break to walk a little bit. I only had half an hour in the garden before work, so I needed some cardio.
The numbers for the week:
21.1% Body Fat
24.0 BMI
171.6 Pounds
That is a gain of 0.7 pounds for the week. Not too shabby.
Hope all of you have a good weekend,
Larro
{Speaking of You Tube} In the words of Young Mister Grace, you've all done very well.
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Happy Friday. No loss, no gain. And it is starting to get old. Oh, well - I am drastically increasing cardio, so we'll see how it goes.
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Thanks for the welcome. I took 6,000 steps today, 15 minutes of rowing, and trying out the kettlebell workout for beginners tonight. I am however having problems with sodium..I look at salt and retain fluid. I've always had this problem. When I weigh in the morning, I always weigh heavy because I'm so swollen and then the fluid gradually comes off during the day..should I weigh at a different time?0
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Beeps, that sounds very brutal!!!! I've done 24 hr fasting once and some 20:4 but always eat at least 1200-1500 during my eating window. I love to do 16:8 and that is my norm lately. It works for me a lot!!!! I was shocked that I was able to do it while on vacation and Iost a pound?!?!?!? 10 days in Miami and 8 day cruise eating food/desserts drinking. Impressive!!!
Cancervixen, I think you can weigh anytime is convenient for you as long as you make it consistent, that way you get more accurate readings.
Good night!!0 -
Larro, so long since I watched Are You Being Served? Used to love that sous0
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We have 900 Kids through grade 9 from 35 different states playing chess here. Two rounds done. Five to go.0
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thanks. I, sadly, have NO idea how to post pics on here. a while back there was a group posting their dog's pics...and I just couldn't figure out how to do it. I has "the dumb".
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"Day: 13 of INSANITY: THE ASYLUM Strength"=Done!0
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the "BOOM"!Hi!
I lifted HEAVY today!
Weighed first and FINALLY got my SWOOSH!!! I am down 4.2 lbs for the WEEK.
Ummmmmmmmmm.....can we all say "BOOM!", please?!??!?
So, I am about 3 lbs away from my May 21st goal, I am 7 lbs away from my June 17th goal. And now these goals are all completely achievable and I will be at a really awesome weight come the beginning of trip to Europe in July.
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Happy weekend Cool Kids! I'm happy dancing this morning... 2.6 lbs down this week!
Gam - great "INSANITY-ing"!
For Beeps: BOOM!!!
Alf - those hail stones are monster... hope you didn't have to go outside when they were falling, they look they'd really hurt!
KellySue - thinking of you and your family this weekend... enjoy hubby's return home
Ruby, Larro, Natalie, Jackie - and all others who have gardens/yards - let's hope we all get a chance to tend them this weekend: my goal for tomorrow is to get all my seeds potted up and going... tomatoes, broad beans, courgettes, carrots... I hope.
To everyone... hope you all have a great weekend: keep on keeping on... just popped in and popping back out again as I'm going to the football (soccer for US friends
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the "BOOM"!Hi!
I lifted HEAVY today!
Weighed first and FINALLY got my SWOOSH!!! I am down 4.2 lbs for the WEEK.
Ummmmmmmmmm.....can we all say "BOOM!", please?!??!?
So, I am about 3 lbs away from my May 21st goal, I am 7 lbs away from my June 17th goal. And now these goals are all completely achievable and I will be at a really awesome weight come the beginning of trip to Europe in July.
YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
BOOOOOOOM!!!!!! Yeah! WTG0 -
Lost 3.4lbs this week!!! I really turned up the cardio to do it. 2hours most days. Not sure I can keep that up...but I'm going to try. It's helped that my sons' spring sports have started up, baseball and soccer. I've been walking the track at the field while they practice--hoping for another 3lb. loss this week! Well, I'm off to morning cardio.
Have a super Saturday all!0 -
I thought I would share a joke this Saturday morning with you all. Have an awesome day!
I burn like 2000 calories every time I put my bed sheets on by myself.
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alishaspringle wrote: »Happy Friday. No loss, no gain. And it is starting to get old. Oh, well - I am drastically increasing cardio, so we'll see how it goes.
Alisha, I've hit a plateau, too. It can be very discouraging and frustrating when that scale just won't move! We got this, Right! A little more cardio and a closer eye on our food and we'll get that scale moving again. ..I hope, lol!0 -
thanks. I, sadly, have NO idea how to post pics on here. a while back there was a group posting their dog's pics...and I just couldn't figure out how to do it. I has "the dumb".
Gam, if you will click on the icon that looks like a sheet of paper at the top of the post box you will get a drop down menu that offers "choose file" or "image URL". If you have your picture on your phone or laptop, click choose file. If it is posted to another site, like Face Book, copy the image URL from the other site, paste image URL in box and click enter.
If you want to practice away from the spotlights, I started a thread to do that. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10013081/testing-1-2-3#latest
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Congrats to everyone who has lost weight! I'm hoping to stop by my moms tomorrow morning and weigh myself. I did midweek and was up, but last weekend was a super birthday weekend, much food and drink, the week before I was sick so no working out. Hoping to at least be back where I was! I'm also changing up my workouts. Kickboxing Mon, kettlebell and 3/4 kickboxing class Tues, kickboxing Wed, combat conditioning Thur and self defence Friday and then the kettlebell and kickboxing on Saturday. Hoping the change works.
Very jeaolous of all the gardens. My hyacinths are coming up and poor things had snow on them on Thursday. Here's hoping they don't die. Suppose to be warming up now, keep your fingers crossed!0 -
Good Morning Cool Kids.
It's a Stormy Monday here on this Saturday. Luckily today's wedding isn't an outside one. My bad back has raised it's evil head this morning. Who knew tucking in one's shirt was so fraught with danger. I walked a while after I got her to help it loosen up. Not sure if it worked or not. As long as I sit still it doesn't hurt. But if I movet eh wrong way it is bad enough I holler.
KS, good luck today. Know you are so excited.
Alf, what the hail have you been up to? Hope your house and car came through the storm alright.
LN, NLM, Beeps, Alf & the rest of you losers, good job. And all of you that are stuck right now, keep on doing the right thing and you will see results. Even if the scale isn't changing, your body is.
Welcome to the new guys, and hello to everyone else.
Hope you guys have a good day,
Larro
And just in case anyone needs a shot of the blues this morning. . . . .
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47 here I wanna join! Awesomeness0
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Beeps - BOOOOOMMMM! you continue to inspire me. I wish I had 1/2 of your willpower but I will keep trying to get better! Congrats on you loss.0
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Started Chalene Extreme Series again today. It kicked my butt. Then I did 20 minutes of step aerobics.
Weighed myself and I was up 3 lbs. I am going to start doing morning Chalene Extreme program before work and then a workout at gym in the afternoons. This insanity of gain cannot continue. My eating has to change! I saw a picture of myself from the field trip I went on this week with my son and I seriously did not recognize myself from the back. That was a huge eye opener. Depressing but motivating. I am really scared about this path I have been on the last couple of years. I hope I can report better news soon and can post a loss.0 -
Ruby - we've all got your back! It sounds like you've got a plan in place and you're motivated - you can do it!
I had the OK from the physio yesterday to go back to running (yay!) - so I'm just going out for a plod to see how the knee fares... hopefully I will return with a positive report.0 -
Wow! Sounds like everyone is having a pretty darn good weekend so far.
Kali and I went for a walk this morning 1 hr 15 minutes and then mid afternoon a 23 minute walk/run. Waiting for my neighbour now to go for our evening walk. No gardening done today but I did get out to purchase a much needed new pair of shoes for walking, it's like walking with clouds on they feel so good.
Keep up the great work everyone. I agree it will pay off for all of us!0 -
Thanks for all the "BOOM"s.
Beeps-Power!
Cardio today. Done. Am going out for supper with some gf's. Calorie-mgmt could be tougher tonight!0 -
Hi Cool Kids!
Today was my weigh in day and I actually lost 0.9! I'll take it as I have maintained over the past few weeks. Leaving next Saturday to go on our cruise so I think I will probably weigh in on Friday since we are flying out early Saturday morning. Probably won't have a lot of internet time while on vacation. LOL
My plan is to run at least 3 times while on the ship. I plan to do two of those days during the "Fun Day at Sea" days (the beginning of the trip and the end LOL). We have a 7 hour excursion when we get to Belize. 3 of those hours will be walking around some Mayan ruins! The two hours on either side is a bus ride to get to them and back to the ship. That's our longest excursion. LOL
This is my first cruise and I'm so excited!!!!
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Hello, I just saw the title for this forum and I love it! I just turned 40 a few months ago. Most of the people I work with are young or old (lol, what do you consider old at age 40 vs what you considered old when you were age 20?). I feel isolated in my age group, so this forum is nice to see.
I have been on the weight roller coaster for years. At 22, I lost nearly 50 lbs (from 180 lbs down to 130lbs); I started jogging when a friend at the time taught me how. I ate well and ran almost 20 miles a week. By age 30 I gained all that weight back because of some bad choices I made (back up to 190 lbs). I had a wild hair and got my but back into gear. I started on the stationary bike, 20 minutes for lunch each day and after one year, I was back to 135 lbs but was better than before because I started to lift free weights, dabbled in crossfit, and ran almost 15 miles a week. I changed my diet to the Zone diet and loved it. I kept the weight off for almost 8 years. In that time I joined the military, was a PT stud, then got settled down at the new job. My exercise stopped but my eating habits of 6 small meals a day did not change. For about the last year the scale has been flirting with 180 lbs and I've been trying all my old tricks but they just haven't been working. I guess the metabolism isn't so easily manipulated as it was in my 20's and 30's, neither are the knees, hips or shoulder joints. I've been trying the old way and that hasn't worked so I'm trying new stuff. I started up MFP again (signed up 2 years ago) and will stick to it. I use the Diet Point app (android) to help me plan meals and remind me when to eat, and the Runtastic app with a fitbit to track my activity. I keep getting injured so this time I'm really listening to the Dr and taking it slow. I just started reading the New Rules of Lifting for Women and I am hopeful that I'll learn something new. I'm starting with a reduction in calories (1200 a day--Diet Point) and a cardio training plan (Runtastic) for the next 4-8 weeks. I am limited to the elliptical and the bike for now cause of injury. I am planning on tweaking my diet in a couple weeks and will prepare a lifting plan that I will start in late June or early July.
Also, in the last year and a half, I've quit smoking (long-time smoker UNTIL July 2013) and quit drinking (heavy drinker UNTIL January 2014). I consider this my next stage of change. I am also on my last few courses of college so by this time next year, I hope to be healthy, be able to fit in a size 6 again, and have a degree!
Thanks for letting me vent my life story and Thank you for creating this forum!0 -
before. had been doing Wii cardio boxing for a few weeks...yes, really.
after a couple rounds of insanity
now
...thanks Larro.
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oh..."Day: 14 of INSANITY: THE ASYLUM Relief"=Done!0
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