40+ Club: Summer Slimmers

Good morning!

alf, good to see you. I'm glad you enjoyed some time 'away' with your husband. Enjoy your time in Florida. It sounds like fun!

Swissmiss, are you enjoying the Zumba DVDs? I hope so. I think 20 minutes is great!! You are very smart to take the time to build up to the full workout.

crewellademel, unfortunately, I don't have too many DVD recommendations for beginners. I know people love Leslie Sansone ('Walk Off The Pounds'), but I've never done any of her DVDs. I'd recommend going to the websites 'videofitness.com' or 'collagevideo.com' and having a look around. There is a message board at videofitness.com where maybe you can get some more info. Sorry I can't help. And be proud of those 38 pounds you've lost!! You are doing great.

zebras, I vote for Firefly, but that's because I love that show! I hope you get the good news that you're going to get the new kitty soon!

tron, good luck on Insanity. Let me know if you have ANY questions on the program at all. Be prepared to work hard. Take breaks when you need. And modify any and every move that you need to modify. Don't try to move as quickly as Shaun T. or his crew. And enjoy!!! Even though I've done a few rotations of Insanity, these workouts still give me a tremendous sense of accomplishment,, and I hope you feel the same way.

All here is going well. Did another Asylum workouts this morning (Verticle Plyo) and loved it. Thanks all for your encouragement on my 'athletic state'. I guess I see athletes as people with skill, and that's something I don't quite have. Unless you count jumping around my basement staring at a TV as a skill. :laugh: :blushing: But I truly appreciate all of your positive comments. You all make me feel so good.

Hope you all enjoy the day!

Hi all!

Had two kicker workouts yesterday. We went to the trainer first. I had asked to do something with the exercise ball. She had us do weight pyramids on the ball. Yikes! It was hard but fun. Then I went to river aerobics for another hour. The instructor is finally pushing everyone. I think we did about 10 laps which is about a mile and 1/4 with half the laps being against the current.

I had actually a very clean eating day (for me) yesterday. I have a friend who is looking into weight loss surgery and is trying to eat right before the surgery. After reading all the stuff you have to do before and after the surgery, I decided it is time for me to get into high gear and get the rest of this weight off.

Zebras: We have our son's cat while the son is in graduate school in San Francisco. The cat's name is Rambo.

Swiss: I hope you can get back to your power deep water aerobics. Deep water aerobics at my nat is at 5:30 pm. Since it is an hour to 90 minute commute home, I cannot usually get home in time for it.

The parks and rec center has already set the schedule for classes through December. Our trainer is going to check with people she knows who are Zumba certified to see if someone is interested in Aqua Zumba and maybe we can get it going in January.

It is hot and dry here. Around 100 in the shade. Not wearing hose to work and even have on open toed shoes today. (Shocking for me!) Take care all. TxMs

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Swiss, nope but that would be funny! Vet has ordered 3 oz of canned food in the morning and 3 at night. Don't know how we can limit one cat, and not the others. Hopefuly just be the fact she's no longer going to be living in a cage will automatically give her a head start. Too bad we don't have stairs for her to climb.

Swiss... It's not bad during that time but from my experience, for me personally, I don't lose any weight during that week. I don't want to take my before photo all bloated and even more gross looking... Altho maybe that's not a bad :laugh:

We have almost finished remodeling a downstairs apt. I was over there yesterday helping cleaning it up. It turned out so nice I hope it gets rented out quickly. Today I have been so stressed out about another tenant that i now have a headache from hell. I told my husband if this turns out bad, which it looks like it's not going to (keeping fingers crossed) then I am done and it will be time to think about giving up and the rentals all together. This is defiantly not something you want to do if you expect everything to go smoothly.

So my goal today is to get rid of this headache. Wish me luck

Good morning sing. It is morning where I am....6:00 in fact. Are you alright with your work hours? I am such a morning person that I would never be able to work nights.

:flowerforyou: tron...I really don't remember much about TOM. I have not been there for over nine years.:laugh: I hope that all works out with your rental. My son, in Florida, has rentals so I sort of know how difficult they can be....repairs, costs, having to deal with different tenents. I wouldn't want the job. But then, I guess that if you were to get a very good tenent who pays their rent on time, then it wouldn't be too bad.

:flowerforyou: tex...I so agree about having a trainer. We really do need to be observed occasionally. I think it is wonderful that you and your husband are in this together. I just thought about my husband using a trainer. No way !!! He is quite a loner and doesn't work well with others.:laugh:

:flowerforyou: zebras..kitty will probably do much better outside the cage. No room for any activity in one of those. You may have to feed her away from the other cats. Just to make sure that she is eating only her food and the others are not getting into hers.

sing, I noticed that you mentioned a knee brace. I have tendonitis on my left knee. It is painful right below the cap. I wear some contraption on it when I am at work. I asked my chiorpractor about it just this week. I was hoping he could do something for it. Nope,,,he just said to take pain relievers and put ice on it.

Morning all! Husband's friend said I could skip the gym and bench press the cat! Carrying her back and forth to my vet, he's right! Well, she was a super cuddle bug last night, I just hope she and the other cats can get used to each other, and we'll be all set.

Didn't get a workout last night, as I wanted to stay with kitties, but they'll be alone all day today, so I shouldn't have a problem tonight, Oh and I did get a strong 1/2 hour walk at lunch yesterday, and ate well.

StiringWendel:

Which version of Insanity do you have? I saw a 13-dvd set (Insanity Deluxe) on craigslist & was considering it. How do you like it?

Thanks!

Good day all,

Wow - what a busy board! Great job posting everyone.

I had our Annual Black Fly run this past weekend, which is always, busy and stressful the days leading up to it. It was a huge success, with lots of positive feedback. Saturday night I had a Retirement party for a dear friend. I tell ya, by Saturday night I was beat!!
The weather was gorgeous on the weekend, so Sunday, I tried to get caught up on some housework and then DH and I headed out for a paddle on lake. It was a perfect day for it as the lake was like glass. Took some nice pictures as the shoreline is so ruggedly beautiful! Didn't do much else exercise wise, so Monday I was back at it. Still tired, but I did manage to get my weights in and then went for a nice walk.
Ran 10km yesterday - it was a good run!
Today, its' weights and a run.
My girlfriend and I are now going to be working with a trainer when doing our weights. :bigsmile: Really happy about that.
He was with us on Monday and had us work our pecs and triceps. Am feeling them more today than yesterday, but it's all good.
It is another beautiful day here and calling for a nice warm long weekend.

Eating hasn't been the best. Darn sugar!!! I was doing so good up until the weekend. Tried to get back on track Monday, and didn't do too bad, but blew it yesterday. UGH!

Alf - your weekend getaway sounds absolutely lovely. Nice to do those things every once in a while.

Stiring - you are definitely an athlete in my eyes!! I do hear what you;re saying though - sounds like you and I were the same kid at school. Never very athletic, and always the last one picked. I had a very difficult time accepting I had qualified to run the Boston Marathon - kept feeling like I didn't belong there, and that it was just a fluke that I qualified. I guess it's all that "negative" stuff that was in our heads from our younger days, but I really, really struggled with that.

SwissMiss - gotta say it again - love your daily posts. So sweet.

Zebra - all this take about kitties - how many do you have now? Did I miss that somewhere? Sounds like a few. :laugh:

Enjoy the rest of your day. :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: sdereski...THE BOSTON MARATHON...WOW. I am proud to say that I sort of know you.

:flowerforyou: pepper..it may have been a blessing that your mom had her fall. That is how the blockage was found, right? What if she hadn't had the fall and the blockage would have gone unnoticed. Praying that she has a quick healing.

:flowerforyou: zebras..just how heavy is that cat? My daughter brought home one years ago that weighed 36 pounds. She was also an old cat and didn't live very long.

I am hoping to get to the gym tonight. I have been using any excuse I can to miss it.

To all those with cat inquiries, we now have three,and the new cat is 21 lbs.

So, after bench pressing the 21 lb cat and the 10 lb cat, I got a slow 90 minutes on the treadmill last night, and also had a walk at lunchtime during the day. I'm off from work tomorrow, so if I forget to check in, everyone have a great 4th of July. Everyone is doing so well, I love reading all the posts!

:flowerforyou: zebras, if you don't post over the weekend we will just think that you are off doing some sort of exercising.:laugh: Even if it is lifting cats.

I, also, am very active at work. I walk at least five miles a day and do some lifting. I hardly ever get a chance to sit down. But, I realize that my body is used to this. Yes, it is helping but not really enough to cause any weight lose.

Yea Lady Persia! Way to go!

Zebras: lift those kitties!

I had a good eye doctor appointment and I can now go back every 6 months instead of every three. (I have a structural problem in my eyes resulting in a pre-glaucoma condition for which I use eye drops. I am always the youngest patient in there, although the doctor is actually 2 days younger than me.)

I just got back from the River. I think we are going to do a flash mob video next month. Today was supposed to be the last class of the first four week session but we get a makeup class on Tuesday for a session which was cut short due to lightening. Next session starts the week after the Fourth. I signed up for that session online today and I signed up for a class for after the river is over: it is a spin and yoga class. Let's see how I do!

I got really good news at the river tonight: we are going to get to have our woman's water polo games on Friday starting next Friday! YEA!!! We played last summer and it was so much fun. All women, most 40+ in age. Water polo is like soccer except in the water. You are swimming or treading water the whole time. We play 60 to 70 minutes. We get really agressive but it is great fun.

The Aqua Zumba interest is growing. I am hoping to get enough people interested so that we can get a trainer certified and start a class in January. (The schedule is already out for the fall.)

I get long winded after the river.... Take care all I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Fourth! TxMs