40+ Club: Summer Slimmers

I agree about the boyfriend but up until now he has been great. Now if he was concerned about her health and threatening to leave if she doesn't get active and healthy then maybe he is trying to scare her into it. But, he didn't say this to her but to her sister. I think he and I need to have a talk. I tried to get my daughter to do some Zumba with me but she won't.

pverbarg...I have heard the term pit chick also. In fact she may have that on a t-shirt. I love your tracker with the music measure.

I burned 277 calories tonight. I will be signing up for a water aerobic class at the YMCA.

:flowerforyou: Good morning LadyPersia. Hope you have a wonderful day.

Hi all! Its River Aerobics Time!!!! I had to miss last week due to this stupid cold which is still not all the way gone. I was so happy to see my river friends when I went on Monday night. The instructor is not as hard as ones we have had in the past. There are lots more people taking the class, about 35 compared to around 12 to 15 in previous years. I think in the past, people dropped out after a few classes because it was too hard. A group of us decided last night we would push ourselves harder and do our own thing if need be. I am getting a good workout. We did mostly leg work on Monday and arm work yesterday. Tomorrow will be cardio so hopefully we will have more laps against the current. It was 103 yesterday, so the water was wonderful to run in.

The school district swim team has the competition pool for practice when we used to do water polo last summer. So, we may not get to have our woman's (unofficial) water polo team. I am going to talk to the manager next time I see her to see if there is any time we can have the pool for an hour. We play for an hour and would get very competitive. Treading water and sprint swimming for an hour is a great workout.

Victorious: congrats on the 100 pounds! I know it has been a struggle but you did it!
pverbarg: that is great that your daughter and you figured out how make positive healthy moves together.
Swiss: have fun with water aerobics. I love exercising in the water!
Zebras: You go girl! You are so inspiring with all of your working out.
Everyone else: have a great and healthy Wednesday.
Those of you with all the rain, please send some to Texas!

Take care all! TxMs

:flowerforyou: tex...it is too bad that people drop out of classes due to them being too hard. My feelings are that we should do the best we can and not try to keep up with any of the others in the class.

:flowerforyou: zebras...I certainly hope you do make good choices. I always have the hardest time when I am out with other people. It is so hard to be good while they are ordering all the yummy stuff. Have you ever ordered the salad while your husband, friend or relative orders a huge steak?

I am finding that I am feeling better already. I just started trying to be good this past weekend. Monday is when I began to exercise again. I am feeling light even. I don't know why I let myself go like I did. I felt horrible.

Hope everyone's day is going well and that everyone is drinking enough water. Especially if you are having hot weather.

Swiss: I have one. I bought it back when I was doing a lot of stuff at home, and had no idea which exercises were doing the most for my heart rate. The heart rate tracking was accurate, but the Timex algorithm for calculating calories burned is so off, its not really a useful tool for calculating calories burnt. I'm sure some of the other brands are good for that. I'm not currently counting calories, I'm trying to eat better and workout a lot. When I get to a plateau I will probably go back to counting, so I can fine tune everything. Then a better heart rate monitor, or me figuring out the right tweak to the Timex numbers will come in handy.

pverbarg...I also have a Polar. I could get up and check on the number but I won't.:laugh: I, unfortunately have not had to update my information (weight). I wish I could say that I have. A HRM does tend to make you aware of how hard you are working out.

:flowerforyou: zebras..just out of curiousity. How do you know that the HRM was not counting calories burned? I am now worried as this is how I keep track of the calories my exercising burns.

I was going to the YMCA to use the weight machines but my husband left to pick strawberries and I stayed home. He says that the peas are not doing well this year. They are what I have been looking forward to. The strawberries are so sweet at this time.

Hi all,

haven't had much time to post lately. Haven't even had time to read - hope to get caught up some later on. Will bring the ipad to bed and read thru the posts.. have been getting home late in the evenings and have a bunch of stuff to do, including having my dinner.

Swiss - you are a treasure. Love how you continue to post and encourage us all.

I've done very well with my eating and exercising this week.Sure hope I see a loss this week. I am trying so hard to lose these extra pounds. Was so discouraged the other night. Was packing to go away this weekend, and trying on my summer clothes. They "fit" but are all much tighter than they were last summer. :sad:

I was supposed to run Grandma's marathon this Saturday in Duluth, MN but because of my injury, was unable to train. In fact have only started back running. However, I am still going, as my daughter-in-law is running it, so will go to cheer her on. She really wanted to run this marathon with her mom and mother-in-law and unfortunately, both moms have had to back out due to injuries and health reasons. Guess we will have to plan to do another together in the near future. :happy:

Well, I still have stuff to do before bed. Have a B&B guest tonight, so it will be an early morning for me prepping for breakfast.

G'night all.:flowerforyou:

Duffy good to see you!!!!! Glad to hear you are doing so well!!! :drinker: :flowerforyou:

Swiss, just keep on trucking!!!!! You are doing great, forget the past!! :flowerforyou:

Again not much time to post :grumble: doing well, feeling a little tired though...Have a great day!!! :drinker:

Good Morning

Swiss- I wear a polar FT7...I Love it.

Tuesday my husband decided that our pond was too small and needed to be repaired. Humn....six hour later of digging in PA mud and rock; we have and secod section of the pond. This was not in our summer work plans. Yet.......Now we have another 18 plus hours of work to do. Hard physical work:) and expensive! So.... before father's day. I will be in the mud so to speak.

I want to thank everyone in this group for motivating me to stay focused and accountable. This has been a hard year for me with my loss'. Thank you for your support and keep up the awesme work! Together we will be Healthy, Emotionally, physically and spiritually!

Found you!!!! Will try to write a longer post later this evening. Been wicked busy with work and family so MFP kind of fell by the wayside, but I am BACK!!! :happy: Just posting right now to save the topic to my topics and be able to find you all again much easier.

More to come later!!!

Wow, Swiss, thanks for the calorie check on that Mocha Frappe, hard to imagine someone invented a beverage that's more calories than a meal should be!

Well I'm happy dancing again for check in day. 2.8 lbs down this week. Got 1/2 hour walk in at lunch yesterday, and 90 minutes at the gym at night. Rainy Rainy day today, so I will have to rely solely on the gym today for working out.

Cardi, good to see you around again, please write again and tells us how it goes.

Sing, Happy Early Birthday!

Happy Saturday!!! Sorry didnt post yesterday. This has been a very busy week!! And the next one is not any better. I found a Jillian Michaels DVD called Shred it with weights. She uses a kettlebell but a handweight can be used as well. I am not sure if I want to purchase a kettlebell at this time for this workout. It is good but not strenous and only 25 mins. I did it 3x this wk and on alternate days I did Ab Ripper X. I had forgotten how hard it is. :laugh: "I hate it but I love it" And of course I taught Zumba 4x this week. My eating was pretty good. I did eat some cake at work and had some drinks last night at a birthday party but I dont feel bad cause I dont do that often. No big plans this weekend, my husband likes to stay home and BBQ on Sundays so that is what we are doing. I also have to work on some Zumba choreography this weekend so that will be my workout.

Sing, have a great time!!!! Happy 25th birthday!!!!!! :flowerforyou: :drinker: And Happy Father's Day as well!!!

Swiss, I keep thinking about that almond butter/strawberry sandwich, sounds yummy!!! How do you like the Zumba DVDs? Speaking of Zumba, I am going to the convention again!! Jul 6-Jul 11 I cant wait!!!

Zebras, congrats on your weightloss!!!!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Cardi, come back!!!! :flowerforyou: And speaking of missing persons, has anyone heard from Stiring and Tron? Havent heard from them in a while.

Crewel, when is your triathlon? How exciting! A wetsuit is actually flattering because it is so tight it smoothes you out. I just dont know how people get out of them so quickly to continue on the competition. :noway: :laugh: Keep us posted!

So this is it from me. Happy Father's Day to all the husbands who are dads and the fathers of the members of this thread. My daddy is in Puerto Rico :ohwell: but I am happy that my older sister flew there last night to spend it with him and my mom this year. :flowerforyou:

Hello everyone - hope all are having a good weekend.

DiazD01 - welcome - I'm pretty new myself but just join in!!

we had some discussion going about involving family this morning and my daughter asked after I returned from my run if she can workout with me next week! WOOHOO! We'll see how it goes, but she's intent on being ready for marching band! Funny thing is that we've only got a week before rehearsals start for the 4th of July parade! And she could make my morning runs interesting!

Crewel - did a tri a few (and lighter) years back and did enjoy it! I've heard that the wetsuits actually make you a little faster in the water too, so you may fnd it a good thing to wear it!

Zebas - 2.8 is awesome loss! Congrats!

Swiss - we've had awesome fresh strawberries this year too - don't know if it was all the spring rain or what but the flavor was awesome!

Sing - have a terrific birthday!

Alf - BBQ tomorrow sounds like a terrific idea - have fun!

I was planning on walking today, but it's raining. So, it was the stationary bike for me. My first workout in a month yesterday left me VERY sore, so took it easy.