40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Nick - Great job on only being up that much at your doctor appt after all you have been through. Great job!

Larro - Beautiful pictures, I love the lily pads!!!

I'm interested as well in joining this group. I'll be 45 soon and finding it a little more challenging to lose weight (but still doing ok) than when I was younger.

Hey folks. Started losing at 41. Down 80+ lbs so far in the last year. I eat paleo, I've been doing 5x5 for 6 months. After about 20 years of fighting obesity I finally found a combination that works for me thanks to stronglifts.com and myfitnesspal.com ... There's before and after photos on my profile.

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Feel free to ask me what I did, I'll let you know... but I firmly believe that diet and exercise are not one-size-fits-all ... and I came to that belief through a long personal journey.

Good Afternoon Cool Kids.

My grand niece is in from Denver for three weeks. That means I have to remember to call Bell Hitch Bad Word while she is here. I bought a couple of cheap rod and reel combos in town today in case she wants to go fishing. My little trip yesterday evening has gave me the urge.

Welcome to the newbies. Yes we are still here. At least some of us are, anyway.

Hello to everyone else, even those of you who are spending the summer in the Witness Protection Program.

To those of you who are having problems making the scale go down, how I did it was with moderate exercise, lots and lots of stir-fry {and other raw or lightly cooked veggies}, lean meats like fish, turkey and chicken breast. And of course all the other stuff you will hear here until your mind goes numb on you. Like don't drink your calories, don't do fast {or processed} food, don't do mindless snacking, don't have too much salt, don't have too much sugar. If you weigh and measure everything you eat, stay under your calorie goal and do a little cardio, you will lose weight. But be warned, belly fat is the last to go. I've lost 70 pounds, from 240 down to 170, and I still have a poochy belly. It takes time and hard work to get your abs in shape. Like Caramel would say {if she were here}, it's hard being overweight. It's hard being fit. Pick your hard. Good luck to all of you.

Larro

normatamayo wrote: »

43 soon ....seems like loosing a pound has become a never happening thing...frustrating. Any suggestions?

Eat at a calorie deficit and move more?

Hey guys. I know you are all busy. I am too. I was just shaking the tree to see who would fall out.

After it got too dark to work in the garden, I've been watching fishing knot tying videos on You Tube. I learned a new knot and have hooks on the new reels. The bad news is I have office relief tomorrow and events tomorrow night, Saturday and Sunday. Maybe the fish will wait on me.

Hope everyone has a good one,

Larro

I am here, too....so, "hello" to all.

I don't have much to post....still not lifting....about to leave on summer vacation....will lift when I return (but will be sidelined, again, for next eye surgery, too)

Weather is phenomenal here....the end.

Larro, those are great pictures!!

Several years ago Margie had TMJ {jaw pain} really bad. The strongest drugs were not helping her. She went to our local chiropractor, who also did acupuncture. After a few sessions with the needles the pain was gone, never to return. The Chinese have been doing it for thousands of years, they still use it for blocking pain in surgeries today.[/quote]

Yup true!! Only I dont like needles!! Lol

Good Evening Cool Kids.

I've had such a long and boring day at work, that I'm reading A History of the War of 1812, published in 1882. Most of the time I save these old dusty projectgutenberg.org reads for when I can't sleep. {That is e-dust of course} The bad thing is I have about 5 hours to go.

My only cardio {other than my infamous squats} was setting up tables and chairs for tonight's party. About midnight I'll get to take them down, though.

I see Caramel's posts on my news feed everyday, and I got a PM from her a couple three weeks ago. She is still losing weight and knocking out big cardio numbers. Like some of the rest of us, she is taking a vacation for the thread.

Sdereski, good to see you back. Glad the bike tour tuned out well. Good luck with the big double party.

Welcome to the new guys and hello to everyone else. You guys have a good one,

Larro

PS: Here are the numbers for the week.

21.1% Body Fat
24.0 BMI
171.7 Pounds

That is a gain of 0.5 pounds for the week.

I am a newcomer. I turned 44 in March. Is this group still active?

Well,I suppose, 55 would be considered over 40 (a great deal over 40, lol) but it's my accomplishments or lack of that make me feel like this may not be the group or thread for me, just now anyway. Although I have to admit reading everyone's accomplishments are very motivating and if nothing more when I need a little or a lot of encouragement I can come here and see how well my peers are doing. It would take me too long to tell my whole story of how I got where I am, but it either change now or there may not be another chance. Health is poor and on meds. I am fatigued and obese and although I need to exercise my health issues and weight make it difficult but I'm determined to give it 110%. But this time I am just starting, again. So here goes, I'll will keep watching the room and wish everyone success at fighting for and reaching your goals. Maybe one day I'll be able to come in here and encourage someone new with my accomplishments and the fact that I had reached my goals but have a few pounds I've gained back to re-lose or a new program I am starting. Until then, all of you keep me in your thoughts and if you believe in the power of prayer, as I do, I would appreciate you remembering me there as well. I can use all the help I can get!

allenpriest wrote: »

War of 1812? The most volunteers and highest casualty numbers came from my state of Kentucky-which points out how different and brutal that war was on the then western frontier.

You are right, most of it was fought in the wilderness. Indians made up the bulk of the British side, and they didn't play nice. I had forgot how bad our forces were commanded, but then the Brits were just as bad. Other than some nice Naval victories, that war was a draw. After the war all the borders were the same as before. We did realize we could be a naval power though.