40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

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  • 3furballs
    3furballs Posts: 476 Member
    Long weekend here so the dojo is closed. Also we're celebrating my youngests' 6 th bday. Got some plants, flowers and herbs today and if the weather holds I'll plant them tomorrow.
  • didjaever
    didjaever Posts: 32 Member
    Hey everyone,

    Starting back after losing my way the past couple of months. I lost 11 lbs February and I am sure I gained it back and then some. I am not weighing this time. I feel that if I lose I reward myself with food or if I gain I drown myself in food. I have not gained control of that behavior yet so best to put the scale away for now.

    Congrats to everyone in their successes. We can do this!!!
  • allenpriest
    allenpriest Posts: 1,102 Member
    Mowed today. Tonight everything hurts. This wasn't the first mow so I'm not sure why I'm so stiff. Just too old I guess.
  • webbeyes
    webbeyes Posts: 105 Member
    Hey cool kids. Was away all week (early "summer holiday", I guess).

    Took the running shoes and got 2 short runs in ... including a beautiful run from the Niagara Whirlpool rapids, upriver to Bridge Street (the rest of the run was a lot less beautiful!). Second run was 2 days later around my old stomping grounds where I grew up. Mid-week runs are helpful to progress!

    Regardless of those runs ... and >10,000 steps per day ... I still gained because of all that restaurant food (but for me, that's okay).

    Back home this long weekend with 2 x 2.5km runs that are feeling pretty good. Still a long way to go to get up to 7km + obstacles!

    Hope you're all safe and healthy!
  • KellySue67
    KellySue67 Posts: 1,006 Member
    Happy Monday! Weekend was busy as always. Ran to Bath on Saturday to return the walker hubby borrowed from them- 4 hours in the car- not so fun for my bumm! I did some mowing when I got home and then my daughter and son-in-law came over and my son-in-law cut down a couple of trees that needed to come down. Sunday I was going to finish mowing, but the mower decided that it no longer wanted to work. Hopefully my brother-in-law can get it running today.

    I walked this morning. It was so nice out- then when I got back I enjoyed my coffee with the mosquitoes on my back deck- It was peaceful overall, but a couple of them buggers had a good breakfast too! :grimace:
  • gam3rguy
    gam3rguy Posts: 3,773 Member
    "Day: 1 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Chest & Back & Ab Ripper X"=Done!
  • StephannieL
    StephannieL Posts: 198 Member
    Morning everyone and happy Monday!

    I have been so horrible since getting back from our cruise....well, not horrible but at least bad. I am also in the process of moving in with my BF and my commute to work has gone from 25 min to an hour and 10 minutes on a good day. Add in trying to get my 5 year old moving way earlier in the morning than he is used to and it's a royal PITA to get out the door on time.
    Plus, my evenings to get things done and prepared for the next day is shortened by the time we get home and have to get to bed earlier so that I don't feel the need to fall asleep behind the wheel on the drive to work.
    And working out....what's that? Ugh!

    Once we're all the way moved and settled into our new routine things should work out better. Right now, it's just a huge cluster. At least I can TRY and get back to my eating routine before the cruise. I'm trying to find slow cooker recipes that I can throw in easily in the morning that doesn't require a lot of prep work. At least that can save time in the morning. Or make casseroles that we can also make several meals out of.
    I guess I at least have a plan, now I just have to execute it. LOL
  • Emmalusmom
    Emmalusmom Posts: 61 Member
    Crosby Lee - So sorry for your loss. You and your family will be in my prayers.
  • nickpnh
    nickpnh Posts: 111 Member
    Crosby, sorry for your loss. My 5 year old did well at the wake, bad when leaving for the church before they closed up the coffin, awful at the church and better now. 10 and 8 did similar.
    My eating was bad this weekend - hardly home. Did get 14k steps in each of Saturday and Sunday. Scale up but I am hoping it is bloat from all the gluten and will magic away by tomorrow or I will have to log the gain.
  • ruby70
    ruby70 Posts: 459 Member
    Hope you are all doing well. It sounds like we are all getting moving with mowing, planting and the summer things. I love summer, my favorite season. I did all the trimming this weekend with the weed wacker, we have ALOT of trimming. Our yard has so many trees it is like a park. I was pretty sore afterwards.

    Made it to the gym at lunch and lifted. I had to push myself but I feel good after I got it done.
  • alf1163
    alf1163 Posts: 3,143 Member
    Crosby, sorry for your loss. :'(

    Lots of activity here. No exercise today, on the go since early. Hoping to exercise tomorrow. On my way to California on Wed until next Monday or Tuesday. My niece is graduating from College. Can't wait to see my sisters and part of the gang.
  • alishaspringle
    alishaspringle Posts: 47 Member
    First exercise session since surgery last Monday (very mild mobility/range of motion workout). Yay!

    StephannieL, I had the same lack of time issues when we moved for my new job. My solution was once-a-month meals and it's working fairly decently. Of course, I have 3 kids and a husband old enough to be assigned a week night each for the actual reheating and plating. You'll find your groove too!

    We too have been mowing and trimming. And KellySue, I got several mosquito bites when I took the dogs to the dog park this evening. Bugs are what makes Fall my favorite season - they die!
  • jingerbird
    jingerbird Posts: 25 Member
    Been a busy weekend. Visit my Partner's sons. a wild weekend but overall 10 hours in a car with lots of sweeties...never a good idea.

    Back on track now and time to get that old cross trainer out and dust off the cob webs.

    Have a great week everyone :D
  • gam3rguy
    gam3rguy Posts: 3,773 Member
    "Day: 2 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Plyometrics"=Done!
  • StephannieL
    StephannieL Posts: 198 Member
    @alishaspringle- Thank you for the words of advice and encouragement! I'm confident that I will find my groove once the move is complete and we are settled in. I just really dislike this unsettled feeling.
    What are once-a-month meals?

    Thankfully my BF does shift work so he is actually off until the weekend this week so I have given him a Honey Do list for today for starters. LOL
    Haven't received a text back from him yet so I'm not sure what his reaction to that is. LOL
    I have to remember that I have a partner is this now and I don't have to do it all alone. I just have to ask so he knows what direction to go in. LOL
  • nickpnh
    nickpnh Posts: 111 Member
    2.85 miles, 21 min running, 25 min walking, 3.7 mph average
    In the rain/mist (at least the diamond tipped mosquitoes took the morning off) :-)
    NSV pants feel looser in the legs.
    Happy Tuesday everyone! Caramel, Larro...Did y'all take Monday off???
  • KellySue67
    KellySue67 Posts: 1,006 Member
    Hi All~ No workout today- was going to go to kickboxing tonight, but have had something come up that I have to take care of when I get out of work. :(
    I came into work today to find that the toilet had backed up and flooded during the heavy rain we had here last night. It made a HUGE mess both upstairs where the bathroom is and in the room we have downstairs as the water ran right down through the floor. :angry: It's pretty disgusting as it's not just clean water- it's sewer water- nasty stuff! YUCK!

    Well, hope others have a great day. I am going to try to get some work done, but still waiting for the cleaning crew to come with the extractor to get the water out of the carpets, so it may be a day where not a lot gets done.
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    edited May 2015
    nickpnh wrote: »
    Larro...Did y'all take Monday off???

    Not from the garden, just from posting about it. Today I had to run to Lowe's to pick up flooring for BIL. I didn't want to clean out the back of the pickup, so I used the old Prius. I'm going to drive it over to their house and walk back. On the way I will stop off at Mamma's to hook up her new cordless phones. Lightning fried her other ones yesterday afternoon.

    Margie and I are going out with our Tampa cousins for Pizza tonight, so I'm trying to eat light today. I found two kinds of new Great Value {Walmart store brand} stir-fry mixes today, and tried out one of them for lunch. Pretty good. But then I haven't met a stir-fry I didn't like.

    Hope everyone is having a good day,

    Larro

  • Curiousgeorgianna
    Curiousgeorgianna Posts: 187 Member
    Welcome to Tuesday Cool Kids!
    We had a great opening to rock fish season! Both B & I got our limit (5) plus I caught a ling cod (they've got fangs!!) There were lots of whales. We saw 9, mostly cow/calf pairs. One pair surfaced only about 15 ft from B's kayak. You should have seen the look on his face! Whales are kinda big, and it can be pretty startling when you get dowsed with whale blow. I wish the water were clearer here so we could see them swimming underneath us. Anyway, we got the fish filleted and vacuum bagged in the freezer. One more good trip should set us up for the year.
    The last two work weeks have been going well food-wise, and I'm down 6 lbs over the two weeks, which is cool! This week I don't expect as much movement. Yesterday was B & my 7th anniversary - meet date, not married, but we still celebrate; and tonight is a final girl's night before my gf heads to Europe for the summer months to teach. So I'll only have a couple of totally clean days.
    Ruby, Rocky is gorgeous!
    Crosbylee, so sorry to hear of your MIL's passing. How are you all doing?
    Alf, welcome (in advance) to California! What college is she graduating from?
    Stephannie, remember to breathe! Maybe motivational podcasts or books for the commute?
    KS, yuck! I hope things are getting back to clean & dry at your workplace. You'll need some kick-boxing.
    Nick, congrats on the loosening pants! That's awesome!
    Larro, your cats crack me up. They're such natural hams.
    Hello to everyone else! Time to run. Have a great day folks.
  • 3furballs
    3furballs Posts: 476 Member
    Well I should be heading to Kickboxing and kettlebell tonight. Took today off and we've spent the day beyond our physicals, dental visit and now the kids are getting their eyes checked.

    Got weighed at the doctor and was so depressed. I was dressed and we've just had a lobg weekend with a birthday party and two restaurant meals and hela lot of beer but still considering I work out 7 times a week over 6 days and walk or bike as well and usually eat pretty decently I was so depressed to see that number. I want to be about 137 and I was 152! Not sure how much the jeans and rest of the clothes with but man that was a slap in the face!

    Oh well. Back to normal now. going to weigh on my usual scale on Sunday and see.

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