40+Club-Making it Work

Swiss... I love yorkies, especially with a puppy cut. They were my first choice in a dog but my aunt was passing away and needed someone to buy her pregnant dog (Dixie) so I did. I wasnt planning on keeping Moo but he was a big boy poor Dixie couldnt birth him without a lot of help so my husband actually saved them. Not to mention hes the sweetest guy and is so special to me and my husband that I cant see our lives without him. Poor thing, how did he break his leg?:frown:

alf..we have a cat that we are not sure of her birth date so we just celebrate it on the first day of summer. This year she will be 20.

tron..Chesney (my Yorkie) always watches for me to get home from work. He sits on the back of the couch starting just about the time I am getting off. Well, last October 16th my husband and I went to a wine tasting. We drove there right after work. So, I was about four hours late getting home. We pulled up and my daughter opened the door and Chesney ran out...right into the street in front of a pickup truck. He is lucky that all he got was a broken leg. I was not so lucky because it required surgery and I had to borrow the money to get it done. I won't even tell you how much. People think that I am nuts for paying for surgery on a dog. I was told to just have it amputated but that is surgery also and would have cost. So, I paid for it. He had a second surgery to have the pin removed and is doing fine now.

Happy Thursday everyone!

Well, I'm in the final stretch of my goal to get in shape by the time we go to California. With 3 days to go, I feel pretty good about what I've done so far this year. I exercised regularly (are you surprised??), I cleaned up my act with food...still working on those cravings. But all in all I'm pretty satisfied with my progress. I feel that I am 90% on my way to total fitness.

Hey, I'm not leaving you guys!!! You can't get rid of me that easily! I want to encourage and be encouraged at the same time. Let's face it, we need each other to get through this thing. I've met a lot of wonderful people on this thread. I feel that I really know each one of you. Thank you for being so kind and sharing!

My new goal for the summer is to tweak my diet a bit, eat enough cals, and shed the last few lbs around the middle. MAYBE I will even take my shirt off at the pool (maybe not).....:drinker:

Wine & Mojitos (see Drinks: Unlimited-Good)!! :drinker:

Swiss, you're making me blush :blushing: !! Thanks for your kind words.

Too bad I won't be able to get Yuengling Beer in California. Oh, yeah!!! I'll be visiting Wine Country. I guess I'll try some of that (I'm not driving) :drinker:

:flowerforyou: Hoosiermomma...I love it. Yep, a statement and a question. It is a bit long to type though. I have had a Cosmo once. At first, I thought you were referring to the magazine.:laugh: It sounds like you drink about as often as I do. I like Miller 64. My favorite is Long Island Ice Tea. Noooo, I haven't looked up the calories for it. I am afraid to. I only have one of those when my husband and I go out. This isn't very often these days.:indifferent:

sing, I have never heard of Yuengling beer. Is it a regional brand? Speaking of wine. We live close to a winery and go there every year around the first of April. (Our anniversary). They have wine tasting. I think we got to taste five for about $10.00. Between the two of us we will pick out 10 different ones. So we each can taste 10 by sharing.

Well, I guess I have discussed alcohol enough for one day.:drinker:

I went to the gym today. I only had an hour and that includes the time I spent changing clothes. I had to pick up my girls, therefor had to really watch the clock. I spent 15 minutes on the treadmill and 15 on the elliptical. I really worked up a sweat.

Well I had my oatmeal for breakfast and just finished my shred. Still on level one because i vary so much from treadmill to the wii to hiking at yosemite that I have probably only done it a total of 5 times. I am getting stronger from day 1 but those arm exercises just kill me. Especially the pushups:grumble: It sucks being weak, but I can only improve right

Swiss... glad to hear you dog wasn't hurt more seriously than it could have. I would have had the surgery also, one of my old dogs (a min pin and very stupid) fell off a two story deck and broke his leg. The vet did warn me of the possibility of surgery and I told him what ever needed to be done. Thank goodness it didn't come to that.

Sing... You are inspirational, I am so glad that you feel like your that close to achieving your goal. It gives all us 40 somethings hope and shows us that no matter your age... You CAN Do It!!!!!

Now I'm off to get some coffee and some lunch. Then I have to get ready to pick up my son and run some errands

Hey all. Back from our vacation around Northern California. Had a great time!

I did pretty good with my eating, striking what I think was a relatively good balance. The day we went wine tasting in Napa and Sonoma probably wasn't the best move :blushing: ....but I enjoyed it! :drinker: I ate some chocolate, drank some (more) wine, but also ate alot of salads, grilled salmon, and healthier foods. End result....I didn't gain any weight AND I didn't feel like I was depriving myself of anything. I weighed 107.8 this morning, so I'm pretty happy about that.

tron, I was thinking about you as my husband and I were trekking through Yosemite. We were up there on Tuesday as well. We started out the morning planning on doing a hike in Yosemite Valley, but the road into the valley was closed, so we started out doing a 2.5 mile hike near Glacier Point. But it was still early, so we made our way down into the valley, and did the hike up to Vernal and Nevada Falls. It was about 7.5 miles round trip, and quite a tough little jaunt up the side of the hill. Just in case this is one of the trails you and your husband think about taking (if you haven't already.....it is beautiful and well worth it), we took the 'Mist Trail' on the way up. Be warned, it isn't exactly a 'mist' you will be feeling from the waterfall. It is a shower....all while climbing something like 600 granite steps (yes, that's the actual number). We took that trail on the way up, but I didn't want to come down it because people were really struggling with their footing on those steps on the way down. So we took the John Muir trail on the way down, and it was a much better route for that portion of the walk. It took us about 4 hours, but we were moving at a very rapid pace because we got started at about 1:00pm.....and it was thundering over us during the last part of the walk. Again, well worth it, but if you go, expect to get wet and be warned about the mist trail and descending because, again, people were having a really hard time. I was still feeling the walk this morning when I got up (mostly in my shins because of all that impact coming back down), but I think I'll be up to some aerobics tomorrow (hopefully!).

I started the third cycle of STS today. It is simply called 'strength'. I felt so incredibly strong this morning. I hadn't worked out since last Friday (minus the walking and hiking we did on our vacation), and I think my body needed the break. Plus, my body loves lifting this way (low reps, high weight). It was 70 minutes of chest/back, so it was a long workout, but it really flew by. I can't wait to do more.

alf, great to see you back from Las Vegas! Your photos look great.

singfree, I hope you have a great trip to California!!

Welcome to all our newcomers!

Swiss, Yuengling is the oldest brewery in the USA (1829), located in Pottsville, PA. Actually the original brewery is only 2 blocks from my Church (so if the sermon is too long I can sneak out....uh, no...I digress...). It is sold only on the East coast from Maine to Florida. It's a real beer, not the watered down stuff like the big boys make. A German beer recipe brought from the old country by Frederick Yuengling nearly 200 years ago!

Sing, you REALLY know your beer!!!! :laugh: :laugh: No wonder I have never heard of it, I live in Tx. I will surely look it up if I am in the east coast. Oh, wait a minute, going to NY Jun 11-14. I will definitely look it up. I will drink one in your name Sing :flowerforyou:

Stiring, I miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :flowerforyou: Welcome back!! You should have exchanged numbers with Tron and met up in Yosemite.

Have a great evening!! :flowerforyou:

String... I have been to Glacier Point. So Beautiful up there. And I've been quite a few times up mist trail and to Nevada falls. Actually the first time I was VERY pregnant and could have killed my husband for doing that to me.:grumble: The last hike we went up was to the top of Yosemite Falls. Just imagine starting at the valley floor and climbing all the way up to Glacier Point. Just on the other side of the valley. Now thats a killer hike. I'm so glad that you enjoyed your vacation. And Welcome Back!!!:happy:

:flowerforyou: stiring, you are so tiny !!! Are you short also? One of my daughters is 5 ft 1 in. and weighs about 100 pounds. She is 17 and is always taken to be about 12. She hates it now but I am sure will like it as she gets older.

I live in Ohio and have never heard of Yuengling beer. My husband is from PA. I will ask him if he has heard of it.