40+ Club: Summer Slimmers

Hello everyone,

Sorry I have been MIA for awhile. :frown:
I was having some difficulty juggling work and family life, plus with my back issues and PT I've been struggling.

Good news: I have not gained any weight. I have maintained my weight over the last month. YAY! (- 24 lbs since Jan)
Bad News: Not sure when I'll be able to get back to regular exercise. Will see doctor Thursday for reevaluation. Keeping my fingers crossed.

This is making me very frustrated and decreasing my motivation to stick to my healthy life plan. But Im going to try and turn it around this new month. A new attitude and perhaps a new exercise regimen.

I need to catch up on everyone's posts and get back in the groove.
I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.
Im glad I found the new posting.

Have a good evening!
Kim

Good morning everyone. My senior daughter had an award ceremony for the show choir last night. They had food. But, I think I did fairly well. Had some fried chicken, though. Had not had that in a long time. Tasted great until I had it all eaten and then I felt bad. Tonight...another award ceremony. This one without food.

:flowerforyou: crewellademel...You are right...I should be getting in some exercise during those long AM hours before I have to begin work. What I am doing at this time is visiting MFP.:laugh: My fingers are getting a workout.:happy:

:flowerforyou: Kim...Glad that you are back and doing well. A lot of us have had setbacks. Illnesses, surgeries, life changes. I know that when I had my two surgeries in March of 2009, I felt bad that all I could do was sit. After I got the OK from my doctor and began exercise classes the weight began to come off. Be sure that whatever you do is alright with your doctor. And, if you want to talk just post here or message someone. Good luck.

:flowerforyou: tladame...Since you like the salmon, I was wondering if you have tried bison? I have just about given up all red meat except for this. Bison is even lower in and calories than ground chicken. It also tastes great. We had bison steaks on Monday.

Still have an hour to go. Maybe I will bring out the jump rope.:bigsmile:

Swissmiss - I have a toddler at home, so I am always extremely busy in the evenings! I get home from work, make dinner, take her to the park, then start the bath & bedtime routine. It's around 9:00 or later when I'm finally done...and beat. That's why I exercise in the morning. I get up at 5:00, do a workout video, then start getting ready for work. I would have no time to go to the gym if I belonged to one! Right now I'm doing Jillian Michaels' 30-day shred.

KimKelly65 - Hang in there with the back issues! I understand that they're hardest to deal with medically.

Crewellademel - A triathalon sounds exciting! Congrats to your son on his badge, that's an accomplishment!

Swissmiss - Who can turn down fried chicken? :laugh: Those kid-activities can put a bend in the schedule for sure. The only thing I know to do is to schedule right around them. If it's safe for your kids to wait a few minutes after work or an activity and you need the extra time, take it!

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It's my hubby's birthday this weekend. He wants to go to an Ethiopian restaurant. The food is totally delicious and very nutritious, EXCEPT a) I can't eat anything green because of the blood clot meds I'm on, and b) that bread that comes with it has to be 100 carbs per bite, and that's the whole yummy of the meal. Yowza. I'll look it up on MFP and see if I can figure something out. Other than that, I'm hoping to get him to the boardwalk just to hang out, since he refuses to go to the beach. Hopefully all that walking will help me get in some exercise.

Have a great day, everyone!

Today is my sons graduation. The baby. Where did the time go? My eating has been pretty good, don't think I've gained any weight but still haven't gotten back into the workouts.

I think my husband won the biggest loser contest at work. He should find out tomorrow I would think. I hope so cuzhe would win $200 if he did.

My daughter is doing the insanity program she said shes gonna see if she can copy it and send it to me. Looks super hard. My son really wants to do it though. He wants to get the t shirt. :laugh:

I hope you are all doing well. I will catch up on all your posts later. Right now I have to get things done for the graduation.

Have a terrific day! :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: crewellademel...I also am using MFP for encouragement when I could be using the jump rope in my locker.:laugh: I really need to get my bike out now that the rain will be gone for a couple of days.

:flowerforyou: tron...my second from the youngest is graduating this evening. The school is having it in the football stadium. So, everyone is hoping that the weather man is correct that no rain is coming. Isn't it great when your family members get on board with us to eat healthy and get exercise. My youngest son and his girlfriend have joined Weight Watchers and he was given a Total Gym.

My graduating daughter has ask me to take her to the restaurant, where she works, tonight before the celemony. Unfortunately, no one in our family, with the exception of her, likes this restaurant. It is a Chinese buffet. I have found that most of these buffets have wonderful, yummy foods. Not this one.:grumble: Anyway, since this is a special day for her I will be doing this. My husband will not be going with us. Nothing can get him to eat there. Oh well, when I think about it...if their food taste bad I will not be eating much of it.:laugh:

Kimkelly- How was the docs? Hope it went well!!!

SwissMiss- I have one last kid at home. Soccer, band, Reading olympics Boyscouts and this summer he is a counselor in training at camp. I drive a min of 300 miles a weeks in outside activities..mainly due to our rural community. I understand KidChaos.

Zebras- congrats on Graduation and hubby doing so well

StiringWendel Hope you had a rested rest week:)

VictoriousOne- I started Cto5k also. I love it and cant believe I ran for 2 mins strait

Alf- I love Brazillian steak houses. But can only afford them once a year so it is well worth the splurge:)

Tron3002- Congrats

One of our boys just hot excepted to study at Oxford in Jan. I am so excited. He just went back to take summer coarses to keep his core classes up. My oldest is on tour with Moveitmovement- a Cartoon network fitness program; so if you see a skateboarder in the commerical thats my son:)

It has cooled down from the 95 degree weather by 40 degrees. Great NEPA micro-climate. Have a wonderfully fit weekend!!

:flowerforyou: alf...not to worry about getting caught up on all the posts. I have been trying to check in twice a day and I still can't keep up.:ohwell:

:flowerforyou: LadyPersia...I mentioned the 300 miles I am driving, didn't I? That 300 is on the weekend only. It doesn't include all the driving during the work week. Congratulations on your son being accepted to Oxford. Wow, I am sure that you are very proud !!! I will have to watch some cartoon channels with my girls. Yes, they are teenagers and still watch cartoons. I'll be looking out for your son.

:flowerforyou: Nicole...I am always getting stuck in a 3 to 4 # slot. Can't get the weight to go down. Just keeps bouncing around those same 3 to 4 #. So frustrating. There are only so many calories that we can cut out and there is only so much exercising that we can do in a day. Let me know if you find the answer.

My supervisor has left for the day, leaving me in charge. I think I will give everyone a raise in pay.:laugh: Hope that I don't have to work over. I want to get home in plenty of time to get ready for gradulation.

Ugh! My computer died, so am using my iPad. It puts words in that IT thinks belongs, so I apologize for any errors. I noticed it changed my Swissmiss to something else. Sorry!

:flowerforyou: sdereski...no problem. signed "Swiss issue". :laugh: I have the problem of typing out a long (at least for me) post and then somehow lose it all. :mad:

:flowerforyou: alf...glad that you explained the concept of clean eating. One thing I have heard recently is that our food should be as close to how God made it as possible.

I think I did fairly well yesterday, even with the Chinese buffet. The orange shrimp should have maybe been left on the heat table. This morning I made bacon and eggs. I was hungry. My husband had to work today and he left at five this morning. I slept in so now I don't have the car. Both of my daughters are upset over this. One of them got her boyfriend to pick her up. Other one is on her cell looking for a ride to a party. When my husband gets home we have a party to go to. Going to be good.

Alf,thank you for the explanation. I generally try to eat clean, but as I said, I have a terrible sweet tooth that does me in. I try and use organic as much as I can, and fresh fruits n veggies always. It's the white sugar & flour I use when baking that does me in. I know, I know, "don't bake". Much easier said than done. I host bridge and have to serve dessert; and, my slender DH also has a terrible sweet tooth that he likes to feed....with my baking. I do have a cookbook that I use called "out of the sugar rut" but there are some things that just seem to require sugar. Does using organic flour and organic sugar make it better?

HELLO!!!! :drinker: It looks like a lot of people have been busy this past weekend! I was very busy and I am sooo tired. :yawn: I did a lot with my brothers. Didnt eat so well and drank some alcohol but not too bad. One exciting thing I did was a Segway tour in Austin with my brother. That was a lot of fun. Now I am ready to get back on track and tackle the week head on.

Swiss, I havent been tracking my calories lately. I just try to stick to the same foods most of the time and go by how I feel. It can get too time consuming for me so at this moment I am not logging in my foods. Eating clean is not hard at all though, really.

sdereski, organic flour and organic sugar won't make that much of a difference either. Nice try!! LOL The more sugar you eat the more you crave it, even if it is artificial sweeteners. Just try to cut back, as much as possible, slow and steady... When you are baking how about using other type of flour, whole wheat, even half whole wheat and half regular until you get used to it. And how about reducing the amount of sugar you put in the recipes? Also you can still bake but keep a small supply at home and give away the rest or eat smaller portions. I also have a sweet tooth and my husband is even worse than me but we have changed considerably, what works for us most is not to keep sweets at home. You can conquer this but no, it is not easy, and you have to be willing to do it. How about eating fruit instead of sweets when you get a sweet tooth?

Have a great day!!! :flowerforyou:

alf...thanks for letting me know that I am not alone.:laugh:

:sad: I will not be able to post in the thread this lunch time. I just worked through lunch.

Hi 40+'ers! I am new to MFP but am enjoying it so far. I was just thinking of starting a group or the like of 40 somethin's. Is there an actual group that I can sign up for?

I'm 44 in Ottawa Canada and have 25 lbs to lose. Looking forward to being apart.

Suze130

Good evening all,

Alf - I know, I know. :laugh: I really just have to get it in my head to do it. I have never tried mixing whole wheat & white flours when baking cakes. I have made whole wheat pie crust though. I don't mind whole grains at all, its the others that don't care for it. I'll use it in loaves, muffins, breads, etc. I do not use artificial sweeteners of any kind. I will use agave or honey if I can, and often substitute applesauce for fats in certain recipes. That works really well. Ugh - the thought of using so much oil in a carrot cake or muffins~makes me shudder. :sick:

I just have to do it - stop eating sugar!!

Man oh man, does weight training ever give me an appetite! It doesn't burn a whole lot of calories, but I'm like a hoover afterward. Yikes!
Did an hour of weights tonight and then walked for an hour. It was muggy out, but I love it. Would rather the heat any day.

Ran my 10 miles yesterday and my achilles did not give me too much grief. Didn't bother me at all while running, it was into the evening that it started to nag me. I was pleased though, as I am definitely on the mend.:bigsmile:

Have a staff appreciation dinner tomorrow evening, so am going to be really good all day. Also, hope to get some hill training in afterward. We have daylight until almost 10 p.m. so I should have plenty of time after dinner.

OOo - watching the hockey game - Boston vs Vancouver...big brawl happening right now. I don't care who wins so I'm happy either way. My son is a HUGE Boston fan - always has been, but it would also be nice for a Canadian team to win, so...either team works for me. :laugh:

Have a great night all - it's my bedtime.:flowerforyou: