40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

BettyM1017 wrote: »

gam3rguy wrote: »

BettyM1017 wrote: »

gam3rguy, you've inspired me! I start the original Insanity workouts on Monday! I'm not sure if this is going to feel really good or kill me, or a combination of both!

yup, both. but after it kills the old you, the new you will rise from it's ashes! LOL!

What a great image! Oh, And I feel for you exercising with the pup. Mine thinks I'm a salt lick when I do push ups.

same here...I need NO towel!


"Day: 34 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid REST Plus"=Done! I MAY go for a trail run in a bit...in the rain.

larrodarro wrote: »

Andy, weight loss was easy for me using 5-2. I very rarely had trouble hitting my numbers. And with fish, chicken breast and lots of veggies, I wasn't overly hungry. Those two days a week were my first time counting calories, but the habit stuck, and here I am now, a year and a half later, at 168 pounds.

Hi Larro,

I'm currently giving the 5:2 a crack at the moment and I don't find it too hard (i.e. it seems quite sustainable, but at two weeks in I suppose it would ) and I seem to be responding well to it. Am I reading it right, in that you've kept it up for the last year and a half ?? If you're 168 pounds now, what did you start at (if you don't mind sharing) ?? And what calories were you aiming for on your 'eating' days ??

Cheers,
Trent

trentnert wrote: »

larrodarro wrote: »

Andy, weight loss was easy for me using 5-2. I very rarely had trouble hitting my numbers. And with fish, chicken breast and lots of veggies, I wasn't overly hungry. Those two days a week were my first time counting calories, but the habit stuck, and here I am now, a year and a half later, at 168 pounds.

Hi Larro,

I'm currently giving the 5:2 a crack at the moment and I don't find it too hard (i.e. it seems quite sustainable, but at two weeks in I suppose it would ) and I seem to be responding well to it. Am I reading it right, in that you've kept it up for the last year and a half ?? If you're 168 pounds now, what did you start at (if you don't mind sharing) ?? And what calories were you aiming for on your 'eating' days ??

Cheers,
Trent

I am no longer doing 5-2. I used it from August 2013 through January 2014, going from 240 down to 200 pounds in that time. {I was 250 at my heaviest, but that was a few years ago} I gave up 5-2 because I was doing too much cardio for 600 calories. The year and a half has been since I joined MFP, and using their guidelines.

When I was doing 5-2, I only counted calories on the two "fast" days. But as I got more in the habit of eating light, I'm sure my calories went down the other five days too. The biggest thing I did was give up bread, potatoes and fried food.

These days I'm trying to gain half a pound a week, so I'm aiming for 2290, pre-cardio. As my weight will show you, I very rarely meet that goal.

allenpriest wrote: »

At Boy Scout camp all week. 14 kids. Something interesting always happens.

This Cub Scout mom will be saying a prayer for you to make it out unscathed .

Happy belated Father's Day to the dads!

Spent the weekend recovering from the 7 miles we walked at Busch Gardens on Friday. Ended up adopting a kitten on Saturday and fell in love. I ate fine this weekend, but I'll admit, that little sweet face combined with the heat outside kept me from having any motivation to exercise. Will get back on track today.

"Day: 37 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Plyometrics"=Done!

Good Morning Cool Kids.

Beeps, glad your peepers are going to be alright.

Spatulamom, enjoy the new kitten.

Welcome to the new guys and hello to everyone else.

We had a big storm roll through yesterday while I was at work. When I got home, I found my canoe outside the pole barn, 45 feet from the rack I store it on. It blew right through the space my Camry would have been if I had been home {just barely missing the old Prius and my Tacoma}. It {the storm, not the canoe} also took down some more longleaf pines and leaned a few tomato plants over. I'll be re-tying them this morning.

I haven't posted here in awhile. Fell back into some bad habits the last few months. Finally getting myself into control and feeling good.

Well after eating at TDEE last week and getting back into full workout mode, this week is cutting by 15% and the usual kettlebell, kickboxing, combat and self defence (along with the daily bike riding). So we'll see if there is any change on Sunday.

Alf- great job for making it through 1st phase of Chalene. Are you seeing good results?
I am doing good. I bought a road bicycle and have been getting out a few times a week. I road15 miles on Sunday. Tonight when I got home from work I got in 7.5 miles.
I should start Chalene again too! You are motivating me. I NEED the motivation right now!!!!

Hello to all of you rock stars!!! Glad to see you are all killing it!

Larro - that sounds like quite the storm. I am glad you are okay!!!!