40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Beeps2011 wrote: »

Larro - growing out the grey is tough....glad you love margie just the same!

Five walking days in a row....keeping my spirits lifted. ZOOM!

She is 62 and not going to run for re-election next year, so she doesn't have to be as concerned with how others view her. But the real reason is the smell from the dye bothers her.

Glad you got in some lifting, even if it was just your spirits.

Chest & Tris=DONE!

When I started working on this 21 months ago I would only walk around 20 minutes and go less than a mile. I did 3 miles in around an hour last night.

Hello everyone. I tried a new recipe for dinner I had to tell you about. I loved it, my husband like it and I know my daughter will love it(she was at work last night for dinner). It was from Skinnytaste.com and called Sofrito Chicken Stew. We had it over rice. You can make some changes on it, we didn't use the can of beer, and I added celery and carrots and just regular onion because that's what I had but I changed it to two packages of Sazon because it was so small, and needed more. It was very good and super crazy lower calorie. Can make it in a crock pot too. You can look for sazon with no msg (someone commented the brand that has it, I will go back and write that down.) I like the recipe sites that have comments at the end, because you can see if there were problems, was it really good, what changes or substitutions people made. This will be great for cooler weather. And add in any other veggies. I also didn't have fresh tomato and used canned diced. The only wierd thing someone wouldn't already have is the sazon spice pack and they were very inexpensive.
Well, I need to get off of here and get my exercising done for the day. Have a great Friday everyone.

Good Evening Cool Kids.

I'm waiting on my customers to decide they have had enough for the night. It's a lockout for a wedding, and they can stay til midnight if they chose.

My greenhouse plans have been downsized. I just found out today that the Civic Center's Board of Directors decided to stop paying my health insurance. {for 23 years they have paid 100% of it, so I shouldn't complain} It has gone up to $650 per month, and they decided it was just too much. Margie was able to get me on her plan through the county and it will be a little cheaper than that, but after paying nothing for so long, it looms large right now. And the greenhouse/garden shed is paying the price. I've been trying to see if I can fit everything I want in 16 feet as opposed to the planned 24 feet. The good news is I have more than enough windows and glass doors to do the whole thing now.

Anyway, 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.

20.1% Body Fat
23.5 BMI
167.8 Pounds.

A loss of 1.1 pounds.

Well this week was kickboxing, kettlebell, kickboxing, combat and then a boots and denim Harley Davidson theme wedding last night! Which led to no kickboxing this morning! Oh well, it's been a good week. Alf so glad you have hit your goal! Not sure when or if I'll get to mine, just can't find the balance between enjoying life and losing weight!

Arms & Abs=DONE!

Hiked up Mt moosilauke today, 8 miles and three thousand feet, beautiful day but the leaves weren't as far along as I thought. I live here you'd think I'd know lol. Weight is still on a downward trend, and faster than my modest goal so I'm happy about that. Still doing pt, strength training for skiing and walking regularly.

Im checking in here. I've been told by one of my good friends that I will genetically always be the size I am, and not be able to lose the weight that I need. I believe this is a lie and need to change my lifestyle if I am going to live as long as I'd like. I know I'm not thinking overboard here.

Shoulders=DONE!

Hi cool kids....went MIA for a few days. Have had an exhausting past few days. More mentally and emotionally exhausting. Ended up in the ER on Friday afternoon. BP was through the roof for me and low pulse, so was feeling terribly dizzy and had an awful headache. Went home and SLEPT. Up Saturday, feeling better, just tired. Took my granddaughter to dance / lunch and then up to visit a dear friend in hospital (have been doing this all week). On Saturday, I spoke to her from my heart. Was exhausted after that and SLEPT again.

Sunday morning was my granddaughter's christening. She was an angel! After all the festivities, went home and started preparing for a dessert night I am hosting for Alzheimer's on Tuesday. While doing so, I had the stereo playing and Christmas Carols came on. I thought of my dear friend in hospital, as she loved Christmas. In my heart, I knew this was no accident.

My friend died last night, in the midst of that beautiful lunar eclipse. Christmas Carols and a lunar eclipse - such a fitting exit.

The weather this past weekend could not have been more perfect! Warm, sunshine and light winds. The waves have been crashing on the shore all weekend. The lake has been spectacular! Despite that perfect weather, I did zilch when it comes to exercise - just too exhausted. Will try today.

Own your day friends.

Had some pretty good NSV's over the last few days.

Had a work cookout lunch on Friday. I pre-planned and pre-tracked what I was going to have (had the menu beforehand) and actually ate less than I planned. Plus, I played badminton for about a half hour and some other lawn games and had a great time, even though I suck at badminton, hah!

Went out for dinner on Saturday and then the movies. My boyfriend got popcorn and soda at the movies, and I just got water since I was still full from dinner. I was tempted to munch on the popcorn because it was there, but I didn't!

Was stressed driving to work this morning and wanted to reach for the chocolate chip cookies my boyfriend left in the car (I made them, so I know they are awesome). They are only 33 calories each, so I know I could have counted them, but I'd have eaten the whole container if I opened them (2 dozen cookies). Somehow I didn't reach back and grab them!

I've also been keeping up with walking the last two flights of stairs at work (I work on the 7th floor) and I've been walking down all 7 flights when I leave to go home.

Still 40+ and not getting younger.

3furballs wrote: »

Sdereski I'm sorry to hear about your friend and hope you can find peace.

Challeb1974 good job on avoiding or not giving in to temptation!

Thank you! I REALLY wanted them, but knew I would regret it afterwards. I'm glad now that I didn't grab them! I had one after dinner for a treat tonight and enjoyed it much more than I would have enjoyed the 2 dozen this morning!

Sdereski sorry for your loss and hope you are feeling better.