40+ Club: Summer Slimmers

:flowerforyou: doriekaye...Glad to see you back into exercising. I went several months doing nothing so, I know how hard it is to get back into the swing of things. Keep up the good work.:flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: cardigirl...sorry to hear that you and your daughter will be separated for a period of time. I will be praying for her safety while traveling and while doing her work. Working out 5-6 days a week while keeping to your full schedule is great. And, try to forget the scales. You are looking better, more toned and that is the most important.

Well, off to a new week. Can't wait to get going on my job.:sad: I have only two hours till I begin.

Robin, I am so sorry to hear of your dad. And, to have the funeral of Father's Day must have made it extra hard to deal with. I will be praying for you. I recall that my mother passed away right before Mother's Day. That day just isn't the same anymore. I hope that you have someone you can talk to. And, remember that stress is not good for our bodies. In fact, stress can cause us to not lose weight. But, on the other hand, be sure to take as much time as you want or need before getting back into a normal schedule. Exercise is a wonderful way to release a lot of stress.

Robin, I'm so sorry to hear about your father. Take time to take care of yourself. As Swissmiss said, you've been through alot of stress, so listen to your body. If your body is telling you it is too tired to workout, then don't workout. If you think that it is your emotions holding you back and not your body, then find something you feel like doing and do that. Just listen to yourself and trust yourself right now. Again, I'm so sorry. What a tragedy. I'm glad you are back home and safe, and enjoy this time with your son without worrying about the workouts. You'll get back to them and I doubt you'll skip a beat in terms of weight and conditioning when it is all said and done. :flowerforyou:

cardigirl, SO good to see you again. I'm amazed at your daughter going into the Peace Corp. I so admire anybody who can do that. I have no doubt you'll miss her, but what a wonderful thing she is doing with her life right now. I LOVE your new profile photo. How inspiring!!!

To all the newcomers.....welcome!!!

I've been pretty busy here but doing well. My eating this weekend wasn't great. DH and I spent Friday out at the US Open Golf Championships which was fun. But, sadly, we couldn't take in any food which left us in the hands of others for food all day. We did as well as we could, but, unfortunately, there wasn't anything outside of a banana on the menu boards that I considered 'healthy'. We were also out and about all weekend which made our eating somewhaat erratic, but it could have been far worse. I'll be back on track today, no doubt. As far as workouts, I've started my third week of Asylum and am really enjoying these workouts.

:flowerforyou: alf..I would love to send you some rain. We are so tired of it here in Ohio. Farmers are having trouble getting their fields ready and planned. I thought it was going to be dry today so I left my hooded jacket at home. Sigh....it is raining.:ohwell:

:flowerforyou: LadyPersia...enjoy the time you are having with just your husband. I get that once in a while. Possibly not enough. We still have two at home but they are quite busy doing their own things most of the time.

:flowerforyou: stiring...I would love to see what you ate this weekend. A person can not live long on only bananas.:laugh: But, maybe they could if they were living on a tropical island without any outside contacts. No, they could always fish. Oh well, glad that you are back home were the food is healthy.

Robin,,,so sorry about your dad, I lost my Dad last Sept. and my Mom 3 years ago. Take things easy, do only what you feel you can do. It won't help you to overdo it. Spend time with your son, my kids were the reason I didn't just dissolve into a big depressed puddle. I hope things look up soon. Hugs to you.

Hi. I'm new! Just started last week.

:flowerforyou: Welcome taniadawn...hope you find support to help you.

:flowerforyou: Tex...sounds like you are getting quite a workout. Good for you.

Classes at the YMCA begin tonight. Going to take Deep Water Power.

I think I forgot to hit "post reply", so I am having to do this over. I always go shorter on the second time. Really aggravating to have a lot in a reply and then lose it.

:flowerforyou: Cletc, I am also a repeat. I was here a couple of years ago but then left for other sites. Well, I have found this one to be the best, plus I had a friend who kept after me to return. Bless her heart. So, here I am.

Went to Deep Water Power at the YMCA last night. Very disappointed..burned only 180 calories. I need to get into something a bit more active. I feel it is too hot to do the spinning class. I do have Zumba DVDs at home that I should be using. I have the Zumba Fitness kit. Only problem is that when I ordered it (about a month ago), they were offering only 4 DVDs. Now I see that if I ordered it now I would get a total of 7 DVDs. I am thinking of calling the company and see if I can somehow get the other three.

OMG!!! What is that????? IT IS RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Doing the Happy Rain Dance!!!!! I know I know, for most of you,no big deal. But it hasnt rained here since early May. They said we've had about 1.5 inches this morning, last time we had that amount was in September!!!! The downside, people having car accidents. :noway: They dont know how to slow down when it is raining.

Welcome to all the newcomers, wow!!! Stay with us...we can help each other with our struggles and celebrate our accomplishments. :drinker:

Swiss, that class sounds like fun!!! I am going to the Zumba convention on Jul 6 and I am getting licensed to teach Aqua Zumba. I am not very sure if I will try to pick up another class to teach but I am eager to try it. I've heard it is great. Dont worry so much about the calories burned working out especially when you lift. Weight lifting is so important especially when we get older and you might not burn many calories while doing it but you will burn more calories at rest and become stronger and leaner. Also watch your diet, try to eat clean most times.

Cletc, what matters most is that you are back. Don't give up!!!

My husband and I are going to court today to finalize the guardianship process. We have an 18yr old son who is mentally disabled/severely autistic. It still bothers me that we as his parents have to pay the legal system to become guardians of our son who cannot protect himself, but that is the legal system. As of now, there is nothing we can do about it. And we will do anything to continue to take care of our son.

Have a wonderful day everyone!!!! :flowerforyou:

Good Morning,

I'm back from my weekend away and have been crazy busy since. It is our Black Fly Run race weekend this saturday, of which I am the race director, so lots of last minute things to do.

I've been asked to give a presentation to our local Rotary Club and speak about "my passion", which is running, so was up late last night working on a slide show. Thought that might be a little more interesting than me talking about running to a bunch of old guys. :laugh: It's tonight, and I work best under pressure.

Had a great weekend in Duluth at Grandma's marathon. I did not run it, but my daughter-in-law did and she did amazing! I was SO proud of her. She is only 27 and this is her second marathon.
It was so fun to be on the other side of the fence and watch and cheer the crowds on instead of being cheered on. I got to see the front runners race to the finish and then see a couple of my friends while they ran their last few miles. The weather was crappy - cold, rainy and windy, but the runners loved it. We also celebrated well that night. :drinker: I am sure I drank more that one night than I have in a year. But, it was all good. Have really been trying to eat very clean and for the most part have done very well - with the exception of Saturday night's drinks.
the scale is moving in the downward direction....very slowly, but, at least it's moving. If I lose a pound a week I will be happy. It hasn't happened yet, but I'm working on it.:laugh:

I changed up my weight training routine - instead of circuit and doing upper body, core, lower body on each of the days I go. OMG - is my butt sore!!:noway: In the 2 months that I was doing the circuit workout, I was never sore, so I knew I had to change things up some. Hope this works to smooth out the bumps. :laugh:

Have a great day all - time for me to get some work done! :flowerforyou:

Welcome Nancy! I'm 41 as well.

:flowerforyou: Hi Marie....I guess it has been a while since I have seen your face. Glad to hear from you.

:flowerforyou: sdereski...thanks for telling us what routine you are using at this time. I like to know what others are doing and maybe add it to mine.

I have a HRM that I use to check my heart rate, of course, but also to see how many calories I am burning. I NEVER burn as many as I see others here burning. Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? The most I have ever burned was about 350 doing an hour of very vigorous Zumba. I mean the sort of Zumba where I would have trouble catching my breath. Not in an unhealthy way just a very hard workout.

Alf, that is frustrating. What is happening to this country???? We don't really even have the right to raise our children in our own ways. The government has to always be in the middle of everything...telling us what we can and can't do. We, as citizens, are losing our rights. Years ago this wouldn't have happened. I could go on and on but I won't.:grumble:

I hope that today finds everyone in good health and living clean lives. Be sure to drink water.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

I found information on calories burned using weights. Just enter the session in cardio. The calories burned are only estimates and could be way off but we can get an idea of how the count.

Swissmiss, regarding what your HRM monitor is telling you, here are some thoughts. Are you sure it is programmed correctly? If so, then it is going to be relatively accurate. But just relatively....not totally. HRMs aren't the be-all and end-all when it comes to accurate calorie burns. There are a few things many don't take into consideration that can throw off the counts a bit. But, aside from that, I'm not sure that your calories burned are that far off. I know when I was wearing mine, the most I ever burned on a workout was 400 calories and that was the longest, toughest Insanity workout (full-on 60 minutes of absolute high intensity work) and I think I burned something like 404 calories. I remember it because I was surprised to see the calorie count top the 400 mark. I've done it on other workouts, but only those lasting upwards of 75 to 90 minutes and, again, intense. When I was wearing my HRM, I would say my average calorie burn for an advanced (but not Insanity) 60 minute workout was 275-325. For less advanced workouts, my average would be 200-225 or there abouts.

I found wearing my HRM to be a disincentive for exercise, so I've chucked it aside. Haven't worn it in about 18 months. I had to remind myself that I wasn't working out for the calorie burn alone. I was working out for the benefits of working out--increased strength, endurance, flexibility, improved overall metabolism, body shape, etc. In other words, it isn't just about the calories burned. In fact, I've really had to work at separating working out from anything regarding food.....and this is something I struggle with alot. In other words, I try not to workout with the notion that if I do, I can eat more. While that's a positive side-effect, I really try to focus my workouts on the physical benefits of the actual exercise, not the food benefits. That's a tad counter to MFP, unfortunately, but I found I was beating myself up after a tough workout when I realized I'd burned 'only' 260 calories (or whatever). There was NO reason for beating myself up because I'd worked out!!! So, for me, I needed to make that separation so that I could focus on the positives of what I was doing.

zebras, great workout!!! Sounds like the time flew by! Hope you can meet up with your friend again sometime at the gym!

tron, so good to see you. Be careful with those Insanity workouts. They are killer! In fact, I'd recommend you do the fit test before you start them. Normally I ignore stuff like that, but these workouts really are tough, and I think it's better to make sure you can do the moves in them before you jump in so you don't get injured. Just a suggestion. Hope you're daughter is doing well! How's your brother and his family? Have they moved?

mk, so happy to see you. I've been thinking about you. I'm sure it's a busy summer for you, especially with all the changes in your family. When does you husband leave again? I think it's not until the winter, right? I hope not. Glad to hear you shoulders are feeling better and the ergo study seems to have worked. What a relief that must be for you!

All here is going well. It is hot and humid but....it's summer, so I guess that's to be expected. Still doing good on the workouts and have cleaned up my eating....so, again, all is well!