40+ Club: Fall Fitness Fanatics

:flowerforyou: stiring, I hear you about gaining during the cool months. I have read somewhere that a woman will weigh her least in September and the most in January. We just have to be aware of this.

sing, good for you...your exercising is paying off. Getting in better shape. I haven't seen Biggest Loser in a long time. Is Jillian still on it? I have never heard of Anna Kounilova. Is she tough or just good looking?:laugh:

Chris, I love reading your advice. You are so knowledgable. Glad that you are with us. So, what is Plenty of Fish?

:flowerforyou: Donna, seriously??? We can begin to burn mucsles if we do too much cardio? Wow, I didn't know that. Well, I am certainly not in an danger of doing that at this time. I need to go back a few postings and see all that had been going on.

Swissmiss....I had a trainer at the gym stop me yesterday because I did 2 aerobic classes in a row (1 hr.) and was on the elliptical. She gave me that piece of imformation. They are having a Biggest Loser contest at the gym and I am determined to win! So, here I am working my tail off to burn those calories only to find that I am working against myself. :grumble:

Hello!! It is great to hear from so many of you!! Doing well, same old same old. :laugh: Not much to report. I didnt know Anna Kournikova was a trainer in biggest loser. Interesting...At work, sorry this is short. Just wanted to say HI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:flowerforyou:

Swiss, Kournikova is a famous tennis player. That's why I am surprised she is a trainer in that show. I am sure, being an athlete, she knows what she is doing. :laugh: She is also the girlfriend of singer Enrique Iglesias, son of Julio Iglesias. They are always chased by the papparazzi. She is very private.

Stiring, forgot to mention that I am also having the cravings for sweets at this time. :noway: :grumble: and it doesnt help when they bring sweets into the office. Yikes!!!!

A while back I asked if someone had any strategies or just join in an effort to avoid Holiday gain. I seem to start giving into the sweets and Holiday food early Oct until early Jan and tend to gain a few pounds. It has been getting better each Holiday season in the past 2 yrs but I would like to do better this year and have no gain at all or no more than 5 lbs if any...suggestions? :flowerforyou:

Hi Terri!!! You look too young to be in this category!!!! :laugh: Love the smile! Welcome! This is a group of 40+ yr olds who like to take care of themselves by exercising and eating as healthy as possible. I formed this group to support one another with our different struggles to get healthy and stay healthy as we age. :flowerforyou:

Today was supposed to be Cardio Day and Tomorrow Rest Day. Gonna switch them around, not feeling 100% and feel like I could use the rest.

*StiringWendel: Keep it up, doing great!

*SwissMiss: Thanks Plenty of Fish is an Online Dating Website

*TxMs: Sounds like things are progressing nicely

*alf: no suggestions you probably don't already know about Here's a couple though...Eat a big healthy meal before going to any parties, and take a couple healthy snacks with you to munch on at the party. Or, make a healthy dish and take it with you to share and eat it yourself as well.

*Terri: Welcome!

*Donna: Good job on pushing through! Carpeting sounds odd for that kind of class. Not to mention all the sweat from all the classes going into that carpet over time...doesn't sound good :laugh:

singfree, what video did you do? Sounds like it was effective! Regarding Insanity, take it easy. As you know, there is so much up and down in it that it is really easy to get dizzy. I would suggest starting with Plyo Cardio Circuit because even though there is the up and down/floor to standing work in it, at least in that one there is a break between getting up from the floor before doing a standing move. If you decide to do a rotation, maybe start out with them every other day as well for a week or two to see how you react. Just want you to be safe! :flowerforyou:

alf, wish I had suggestion for how to combat the holiday eating....but I don't. I'm just happy that this year I won't be moving around the holidays (like I have the past two years) so maybe I'll be able to control myself a bit more than I have since losing the weight. My biggest problem is that I love to bake, and I love to bake during the holidays. I don't just bake for DH and I, but I bake for everybody I can think of! :noway: Of course, there are left-overs that usually find their way into my belly. This year, I've decided not to bake at all (at least that's my going-in strategy right now) and, hopefully, that will help me a bit. I also think being back to weighing myself (as I mentioned yesterday) will help me lose that 'It's the holidays' attitude that I seem to get every Christmas when it comes to eating. But I know that I will still end up eating more than I should. :blushing:

Nothing much new here since yesterday. Still loving my workouts and getting some good comments from friends who are here in the DC area that I haven't seen in awhile about how I look right now. That always makes me feel good!

Enjoy the day.

Hi there! Holiday eating? Well, I am on maintenance so try really hard not to stress about it too much and just enjoy myself. A few months ago my brother called me a "kill-joy" when I said I didn't want to eat Ben and Jerry's out of a pint w/him when we were together. After that, I realized I needed to "lighten up" so to speak......

The strategy I use for holidays is the same for vacations: continue to exercise every day. eat relatively normal foods for breakfast and lunch, and then if late afternoon appetizers and dinner and a little wine and dessert are a bit too much? that's fine. The exercise combats it a little, as does the decent eating earlier in the day. On my 2 week vacation this year I gained only a 1-2 lbs and think that was A-OK ---it only took about a week of eating on plan to get back to normal.

Stiring--about the baking--I can see how hard that would be. I am having the same problem but with my bread making--all day long I sit around thinking about when and how much bread (and homemade pizza....) I can eat within my limits.

:flowerforyou: Wow alf...fun fun fun !!!! Have a great time.

:flowerforyou: Robin, thanks for the suggestions on what to do about holiday eating. I am really hoping that I will be on maintenance by the time Thanksgiving comes around. If I am then I will not freak out so much. If I were to gain a couple of pounds I would just lose them again. If I am still looking at needing to lose a few pounds than the couple added on during the holiday would bother me more.

Alf and Robin...I realize that you are both younger than I and can weigh a bit less and get away with it. I am wondering just what I should weigh. I am just about 150 at this time. I stand almost 5 ft. 5 in. All the charts say that I should be around 125, I think. I do know that if I got down to 125 I would look skeletorial. Is that a word? I was at 139 back in 1998 and people were thinking that I looked too thin. At this time, my arms are already looking scrawny. This happens as we age, you know. I do know that I don't like the way I feel and look at this time. And, I am happy to say that I am losing. I have quit playing around and have gotten busy.

Meh...apparently the holiday eating has already begun at our office. Someone brought in a big bag of fall-colored Reese's mini peanut butter cups. I had one. Glad to discover it was only 18 calories. :happy: It's going to be nothing but temptation for the next 3 months! I'm glad I have MFP to log the calories and keep me in check. I hope I weigh the same by New Year's (I'm in maintenance).