40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

"Day: 81 of P90X/P90X+ hybrid Yoga X"=Done!

Well I'm heading home today from my sisters so should hopefully be at Kickboxing but I'm still on vacation until Monday so I fully expect more beer consumption!

I was researching I/F, and found this infographic. It's simplistic, of course, but gives a good basic overview. I would have to shift mine back two hours since I'm a 5 a.m. - 9 p.m. kinda girl.
http://www.mercola.com/infographics/intermittent-fasting.htm

I was starting to get into a 14/10 fasting and will try and get back to it on Monday, basically I ate breakfast at work and then didn't eat after 8 at night. My biggest concern is making sure I eat enough good foods and not the sugar!

Good morning to all. I was excited to be another pound down today. I have been 5 days back to excercising today and 4 days of 30 day shred level 1. My body is no longer aching, so Note to self, never stop exercising again. Glad to be back at it.
Yesterday I picked several zucchini (why are they all ready at the same time) I hate that. Same with green beans. Anyway, I need to pick more beans today and freeze them. I cooked some (first time for fresh) and they turned out better than I expected. I am used to tin can, canned green beans. Sorry people. I am trying to get into more fresh veggies. I am really wanting to make the zucchini chocolate cake, but also don't want to be wanting to eat it too much either. I guess I will make it and take some to some friends so it won't be here too long. I will make it with applesauce instead of oil, not sure how else to trim it down. I will have to plug it into the recipe thing and see how bad it is going to be, because I am going to want to eat it.
I bought some cucumbers from a guy down the road, they were so good. we only have a few pickling cukes and Mike likes to pick and eat them way early.
Hope you all have a good weekend.

Here you go curiousgeorge http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Chocolate-Zucchini-Cake-I/Detail.aspx?nextItemId=17643&position=-1&prop24=RD_RecipeArrow_Left This is the closest to what I had. You can copy and paste it into the recipe thing and change what you want. I am trying no butter or oil and trying 1 cup applesauce. Also trying to use only 1 1/2 cup sugar but wanted more chocolate chips than they had. there are tons of versions out there to look into. On the one I do, you mix everything put it in the pan and then drop the chocolate chips and nuts on top. My son doesn't love nuts so I put none on about 1/3 of it. Also to make the buttermilk I use skim milk and 1 1/2 tablespoon vinegar and let it sit a couple minutes and it changes.
We love to make this every summer, also can use frozen grated zucchini anytime (just squeeze most of the liquid out). Now with the calorie counting, I don't want to not make it, but don't want temptation around me for too long either. I ended up with just under 300 cal for 1/18th of the recipe. Let me know of any other changes you think would work. I am saying 1 c chocolate chips and 1/2 c walnuts in mine.

One more day in Germany, then to Amsterdam for one day and then home. Via Iceland.

Whew!

Four weeks has FLOWN by!

Curious - we onlynflew to iceland and then to Paris....the rest of the travel has been by train (Belgium) and bus tour (Germany/Austria).

Kids have been great! All is well!

And i just signed up for diner en blanc in three weeks, so not much time to work off all the food/booze I have ingested while on holidays! I will do it! I return to the gym on Wednesday!!!

BOOM!

Happy Friday Cool Kids.

I was up at 0530 {early for me}, and spent all morning getting my hydro system set up. Last night I had put together a shelving unit, got the holes cut in the lid, drilled holes in 8 small pots, hooked up the air-pump and started to fill the tub with water. So all I had to do this morning was hang the lights and make a spot to put it. In order to put it by the plants already by the east facing window I had to move the desk over and move the credenza down the wall a little ways. Before it was over I had traded out my big old speakers for small new speakers, moved an old computer, monitor and other accessories, moved current computer, monitor and accessories, moved the TV, moved the stationary bike, Gazelle and other exercise equipment and moved my gardening table. Also moved and re-stacked enough copy paper to last me a lifetime. I love my big desk, but it can hold so much crap.

I got it done before I had to leave for work, but I was cutting it close. {The room is still in a tumble. I'll worry about that another day} I got 3 cucumber, 3 squash and 2 Armenian cucumber plants in the hydro system, plus I put a long, lanky tomato that was in a pot under the lights as well. Last night I put 3 kinds of pepper and 2 kinds of tomato seeds {including a purple one} in starter plugs. I'll rig up the other tub when they sprout. Or I may wait til I can get some rockwool starter plugs and put these in soil. I hate to get the water messed up with peat moss, but neither Lowe's nor Walmart have very hydro friendly garden departments.





Natalie, canned green beans are no kin to the garden fresh ones. I had done a 2nd planting of Blue Lake green beans a few weeks back and only five of them came up. I soaked some seed and replanted 3 rows yesterday. Hope they don't get toasted.

CG, I miss the Friday pictures too. I posted a couple, but it just didn't feel right without KS doing it.

Sdereski, I meet some interesting folks in my line of work too. You just never know who is going to walk through the door.

Beeps, enjoy your last few days. We are here holding down the fort while you stroll across Europe.

You guys have a good weekend,

Larro

PS: here are the numbers for the week.

20.5% Body Fat
23.7 BMI
169.4 Pounds

That is a loss of 0.8 pounds for the week. Not to bad since I spent most of the week at 168. Too much garden and too little time to eat.

allenpriest wrote: »

shroodle88 wrote: »

Hi everyone, I've just turned 40 & have been ogling this group for a while. ...

it's been a long since I've been ogled.

I've been Googled, but rarely ogled.

And just got done a week of vacationing at the outer banks. Not sure how it affected my numbers, but I did play a game with myself.. Each time I opted not to eat out and instead ate some of my simple healthy foods, I used the money on an experience instead.. I took a photography lesson.. Here are some photos from my learning arc..