40+ Club: Summer Slimmers

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!

My daughter is gonna be mailing me out insanity today! Yay!

Stiring.... I know I can't keep up with insanity. I figure that I will just try my best, take lots of breaks if necessary, and I will at least get stronger. Then repeat the process.

No my brother hasn't moved up here yet. His wife starts her new job July 11th so she will be up no later than the 10th. I don't know if he will be staying down there or coming up with her because they are trying to sell their house.

Hi all! From what I gathered reading through older posts, you try to check in on Fridays, so here I am checking in! It's been a HUMID week here in PA! Also been a busy first full week of summer vacation. I teach, and I have a son who just finished kindergarten and a daughter who just finished 4th grade, so summer vacation (and summer bickering) is in full swing at my house. Between Camp Invention this week for my daughter, and swim lessons for my son, plus his karate class, it's been a bit crazy but I did manage to get to both Zumba classes this week! I started 3 months ago going to a Tuesday/Thursday evening class, but my husband got put on 2nd shift for the summer, so I have been scrambling to work out getting there. For example, Tuesday my son has karate from 5:30 to 6:15. I enlisted my mom's help & dropped him with her at the local library summer program at 6:25 (she met us out front, I didn't even turn off the car!), and headed to Zumba. For Thursday I am trading babysitting with my neighbor, who is trying to get her workout time in too. Anybody recognize themselves here? I have found that with school age kids who are in activities, I have to mentally schedule my exercise or it doesn't get done as the day goes on and gets busier. Except for the Zumba nights, I usually get up earlier to fit it in. How does everyone fit exercise in?

To Robin - I was sorry to read about your dad. Hope you are doing okay.

To everyone who posts on here - thank you - your posts are encouraging and motivational. This is a different group from any I've found on here. You all sound very family-like, and it's nice to see. Have a happy, healthy weekend!

Nancy

:flowerforyou: Welcome Becky (I have the same name). I think that many of us have gone back to our old ways and have gained weight. Good thing is when we want to get back into living healthy. So, stick with us, post whatever you want and I think you will find the encouragement you need.

:flowerforyou: Nancy, don't you just love the Zumba? I took a class for two years then stopped this past November. At this time I am using DVDs and doing the Zumba at home.

:flowerforyou: tron, keep us updated on the insanity. I hear it is quite a workout.

I took my two daughters to breakfast this morning. I only ate half of my meal and will finish it for lunch.

Happy Friday and Hello New Folks!

Well, dang it, I'm up a lb despite all the good exercising, cause it was a good food week here at work. We have breakfast and lunch included, and I never even go near the breakfast, as all those bagels and cream cheese are way too tempting. But we had burgers on the grill this week, and that is one thing I won't compromise on. My clothes feel looser though, so there is positive changes!

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Thanks Swiss. This is free food at work, so its beef, they do offer turkey and sometimes veggie, but I don't ever have beef burgers at home because my husband can't eat beef, so I really enjoy it when they do it here.