40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are
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Hey, I am interested in joining this group. I am 52 and have been overweight most of my life. But this is my year. I need to improve my health and I think having that as my main goal will help me achieve it.0
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Went to the dentist during lunch today. Got two more fillings. She did a great job!
My 10K training plan had a 2 mile run scheduled for today and a rest day for tomorrow. Gonna switch that around, lol.0 -
Good morning! OH MY! So much activity. I haven't been able to keep up!
CMS--wow, awesome work on the pushup challenge! I would love to be able to do that!
pary, good for you--toughing it outside in the snow/ice! I have yet to get my bum outside for exercise in awhile (aside from my dog walk...) because of that...but you are right, kind of invigorating once you do. Maybe when it stops raining and starts looking like a real winter in Vermont, I can do that!
Tron--so glad your energy is better! I have heard of Shakeology but am not sure what it is....must look it up.
Alf--glad you are back on track w/exercise and logging! I know you were concerned w/some body-shifting last month. Hope you are getting more comfortable in your clothes and things....
cwojo---awesome news on the 2-piece! Looks like you worked hard for those abs! Show it off! You look great!
Things are fine here. I'm about to start week 8 of P90x, a nice recovery week, with lots of yoga and stretching. funny at the end of phase 1, I was cursing this recovery week because it didn't have enough action for me. Well, I have changed a bit in the last month. I feel like I finally "get" the need for the yoga and stretching. After 7 weeks of getting used to this, my body seems to crave it now--I feel like I always need to stretch! Also, I seem to finally understand that fewer calories burned is ok....no big deal...
Anyway, I finally have the diet under control after my trip. After a brief few days of wondering if I should try the "no logging" technique, I smartened up and tightened up my maintenance calorie limit instead. And started a challenge w/another MFP friend to log better, since we had both been getting lazy. Anyway, I think this was the better choice. I feel better. I am feeling like I'm in control again after being out of control for a week. It's all good. Yes, one would think after logging for 2 1/2 years, maybe I could try not doing it --but hey, I don't particularly want to gain weight so why risk it, right?
Aside from that, I gave myself a "no weighing" challenge for the year and am still on it since November. I can't remember if I posted my write up here a few weeks ago...but you can check it out if you like. I'm loving this feeling of freedom from the scale and highly recommend it....here it is if interested: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Robin1117/view/victory-over-the-scale-185885
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Hey I'd like to join. I'm 42 and just learning now to eat clean! I exercise 4-6 days a week. I'm up for knee surgery in a couple of days so food intake will be of utmost importance. Looking to really get my eating inline the next 6 weeks I'm off work.
Good luck with your surgery!!!!! :flowerforyou:0 -
Good morning everyone!!! Quick check in...lost a little bit of weight. I will take it! :drinker: I am a little under 130 now...yeah!! Did my strength workout this morning. The shoulder presses were tough!!! :noway: I fee great about this week as far as workouts are concerned and my eating! I am trying to follow the recommendations of a nutritionist in another site to eat only when hungry and not have scheduled meals everyday. :sad: That has been challenging but I am going to keep it up and see what happens.
Glad to hear from a lot of you who are doing so great!!!! Keep up the good work!!! :drinker: :drinker:
Robin, yes, I am feeling so much better now. I wish I can go without weighing, etc right now but that got me in the situation I am in now...so for now I will weigh myself and also take my measurements, log in foods, etc until I get down again to my goal, 125lbs. That is where I feel most comfortable.
Cara, great job about going to Bikram and taking time for yourself. :drinker: :drinker: I love Bikram. My goal for this year was to go every week and so far I havent accomplished that.
The studio closest to me is not that close their hrs are not great plus being 90 mins long takes so much preparation. I really want to get back to it, maybe I should make a goal first of going once or twice a month instead.
Tawny, welcome!! :drinker: What are your specific goals?
Cms, good job on the pushups!! My goal this year is to be able to do pull ups especially when they are part of the program I am doing. When I did p90X I was not able to do them unassisted. :grumble: they are tough!!!! Well, at least for me. Push ups are ok, I just have to do them more often.
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Checking in.....broke the 10lb mark today.:smokin:1
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Officiated youth basketball last night and they had a new guy come in and wanted to work 3 man. 1233 Calories for 2.5 Hours. I pulled that for 1.5 hours of 2 man. The other 2 were like - Yea, this is much better! - I was like, Crap, I am not getting a good calorie burn! :-)
That along with this mornings session of P90X2 - Balance + Power (My favorite of Phase 1) I am at 19,954 calories for the month.
I have 4 games of 2 man basketball officiating in the morning and X2 Yoga on tap for tomorrow and X2 Recovery + Mobility on tap for Sunday.0 -
everyone is doing great!
alf, congrats on the weight loss - always a "plus" - and hard to get when you're strength training. Awesome!
Today is strength-training for me, too. Will finish up learning (stage 1) early next week and it's onto Stage 2 on Wednesday. I'm excited for some new things to do/try.
And, I have my new ipod nano. I bought "pink", again, even though it didn't thwart the thieves the last time. This time, it'll be in my pocket at ALL times!0 -
Checking in...........good job fortysomethings...............0
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Officiated youth basketball last night and they had a new guy come in and wanted to work 3 man. 1233 Calories for 2.5 Hours. I pulled that for 1.5 hours of 2 man. The other 2 were like - Yea, this is much better! - I was like, Crap, I am not getting a good calorie burn! :-)
That along with this mornings session of P90X2 - Balance + Power (My favorite of Phase 1) I am at 19,954 calories for the month.
I have 4 games of 2 man basketball officiating in the morning and X2 Yoga on tap for tomorrow and X2 Recovery + Mobility on tap for Sunday.
Starting to look like Ed Hochuli.0 -
alf- congrats on the loss... must be odd to eat only when hungry- of course, that would backfire on me, who is hungry all the time. Jipples- Happy 10-- outstanding.
Insanity Plyo done today-I'm about one week into a progressive cal jump as I will start heavy lifting next week (or the week after, depending upon how my broken rib feels- it is almost there), and have begun some moderate weight training this week by switching out heavier weights and fewer reps in P90x-- lined up my trainer to teach me how to lift properly-- looking forward to it.
Happy Friday!
LOL :laugh: :laugh: That is my challenge, to learn how to recognize when I am truly hungry or I just want to eat because the clock tells me to...LOL so far so good, I think I am learning when I am truly hungry. It feels like my stomach is eating itself. :noway: :noway: I just want to say that I am not starving myself by doing this...I am still managing to eat close to 1900 which is just under maintenance calories. :drinker:
Jipples, congrats on the weightloss and hitting the 10lb mark!!!! :drinker: :drinker:0 -
Starting to look like Ed Hochuli.
He is an officiating beast! :-)0 -
Happy Friday! I'll be going to a Pilates class tomorrow morning after being out of it for 7 months. I hope my legs will remember how to stretch and that my abs forgive me.0
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Hi Everyone TGIF!
Good week for me I am doing a good job of keeping my calories b/w 1200-1300 daily. I'm trying something different this month...when I got back on the wagon from the holidays, I decided to set my wt loss goal at 2lbs a week instead of 1lb/wk for one month and to not do any set excercising other than what my daily activity level is. I figured it could help me understand just what calorie restriction could do for me and show me how "average" my body was in terms of losing what MFP figured I could just with calorie modification, I also gave myself a month to absorb any hormonal influence that might affect my metabolism, water retention etc.... OK so the results so far are this........tell me what you think......On average over the past 3 weeks I have lost a total of 1.9lbs/wk. Over the last 2 weeks it has averaged 1.2lbs/wk so it's going down....interesting...is my body getting used to the decreased calories and accomodating? And if it is what should my next plan be? Adding excercise seems wise :laugh: !!! So let's say I add a 250 calorie burn 3x a week. Do I then eat back my excercise calories those days or not? My thoughts are.... Yes in the sense of not getting my total calories too low but No in the sense that if I expect to increase my wt loss I should burn more calories. Open for suggestions!
On a different note...Ump and Jibbles....I have a confession to make.........I have a crush on Ed Hochuli's...his arms are to die for!:blushing:
Finally, another question for all. Let's talk scales! Who has what and why do you like it? I think it was Chris who mentioned a scale that takes into account water wt. or something. Anyway....tell me what you think. I use my Wii for weighing and logging but I would like somehting I can just hop on that accurate.
Enjoyed all the posts. Hope everyone has a good weekend and week! :flowerforyou:0 -
I don't have any information on scales....but will read (with interest) what other people post!
I'm off to book club. We read "Still Alice" this month. And, because I'm doing a "clean" January, I won't have any alcohol....I'll just choose tea.
No sabotage, pour moi, pour le janvier!0 -
Joining you all might just be the kick in the butt I need to get back exercising. I'm 57 and spend too much time sitting at work and sitting at home in my sewing studio.
10 years ago I lost 50 lbs by eating healthier, but slowly got lazy and slowly all the weight has come back. What packs pounds on me is the white fluffy carbs, so my goal is to go back to eating healthy carbs, watch my fat and calorie intakes. Now that there is room in the basement again the treadmill and weights are calling.0 -
I don't have any information on scales....but will read (with interest) what other people post!
I'm off to book club. We read "Still Alice" this month. And, because I'm doing a "clean" January, I won't have any alcohol....I'll just choose tea.
No sabotage, pour moi, pour le janvier!
A "clean" January is very impressive! I was proud of myself for going 9 days at the start of the month for my 'healthy clense'
And how was the book? My book club is reading one, The Night Strangers, that I can't get into>0 -
Good week for me I am doing a good job of keeping my calories b/w 1200-1300 daily. I'm trying something different this month...when I got back on the wagon from the holidays, I decided to set my wt loss goal at 2lbs a week instead of 1lb/wk for one month and to not do any set excercising other than what my daily activity level is. I figured it could help me understand just what calorie restriction could do for me and show me how "average" my body was in terms of losing what MFP figured I could just with calorie modification, I also gave myself a month to absorb any hormonal influence that might affect my metabolism, water retention etc.... OK so the results so far are this........tell me what you think......On average over the past 3 weeks I have lost a total of 1.9lbs/wk. Over the last 2 weeks it has averaged 1.2lbs/wk so it's going down....interesting...is my body getting used to the decreased calories and accomodating? And if it is what should my next plan be? Adding excercise seems wise :laugh: !!! So let's say I add a 250 calorie burn 3x a week. Do I then eat back my excercise calories those days or not? My thoughts are.... Yes in the sense of not getting my total calories too low but No in the sense that if I expect to increase my wt loss I should burn more calories. Open for suggestions!
Oh, very interesting experiment, and very daring too! good for you! I love this kind of thing.
Well, I would say definitely, when you start exercising again, eat your exercise calories back; you need them! I do not think your body will like 1200-1300 calories for the long haul--it would be really hard to sustain for any length of time. I just can't see where there would be a downside in doing so--I have since the beginning and the numbers with losing weight and maintaining for the last year and a half, and eating exercise calories have reconciled just fine.
thanks so much for sharing your story!
Well, I have a basic Seca scale that works really great and is super-accurate to the Drs. offices, although it's lonely because i haven't used it. :laugh: I look for good quality and simplicity. I just read tons of reviews on Amazon to buy it--those are so wonderful as a resource.
Frida--great for you about going to Pilates class after so long! good luck!
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Hi I am over 40 and just found mfp this month
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would love to join the group! 40 - soon to be 41 in March!! How do I bookmark this forum?0
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I use an Omron HBF-514 scale. Very consistent, which is IMO the most important thing for a scale. I can get on and off it several times in a row and it will tell me the same weight within 0.2lbs each time.
Some tips:
*Don't weigh yourself more than once a week, some people even prefer no more than once a month.
*Always put the scale on the hardest most level surface possible. Especially the Wii Fit Board, if you are using it on anything other than a hard floor, it is probably giving you lower numbers than it should be.
*Weigh yourself at the same time and same day every time. For example, I weigh myself every Saturday in the morning, after I use the restroom and before I eat or drink anything.
*Weigh yourself in the nude.
*Exhale as much air as possible out of your lungs so you aren't weighing all that cubic footage of air (Just Kidding on this one! :laugh: )
Always keep in mind that the actual number on any given day is not that important, it is the trend over the last several weeks that matters.
Always remember that your weight is not the end-all-be-all statistic. It is just one indicator among many others that you should be using. Just one small tool in what should be a full tool box.
IMO, inches are much more important than your weight. How your clothes fit is a much better indicator of how you are doing than your weight. And, of course, you are keeping track of your work out numbers, right? How they are changing/improving is also more important than your weight.0 -
Hi! I'd love to join . . . not 40 until June . . . but I think that should count!
My goals are to lose my last 25 lbs. (I have lost 45 already!) I have completed Turbo Fire and Insanity so my next is P90x. I want to be healthier and have the energy to keep up with my 2 daughters (8 and 3). I have a great husband (who I'm trying to get a little healthier too!) Any advice on this????
I have also started Shakeology . . . anybody else out there tried it????
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I use an Omron HBF-514 scale. Very consistent, which is IMO the most important thing for a scale. I can get on and off it several times in a row and it will tell me the same weight within 0.2lbs each time.
Some tips:
*Don't weigh yourself more than once a week, some people even prefer no more than once a month.
*Always put the scale on the hardest most level surface possible. Especially the Wii Fit Board, if you are using it on anything other than a hard floor, it is probably giving you lower numbers than it should be.
*Weigh yourself at the same time and same day every time. For example, I weigh myself every Saturday in the morning, after I use the restroom and before I eat or drink anything.
*Weigh yourself in the nude.
*Exhale as much air as possible out of your lungs so you aren't weighing all that cubic footage of air (Just Kidding on this one! :laugh: )
Always keep in mind that the actual number on any given day is not that important, it is the trend over the last several weeks that matters.
Always remember that your weight is not the end-all-be-all statistic. It is just one indicator among many others that you should be using. Just one small tool in what should be a full tool box.
IMO, inches are much more important than your weight. How your clothes fit is a much better indicator of how you are doing than your weight. And, of course, you are keeping track of your work out numbers, right? How they are changing/improving is also more important than your weight.
Excellent suggestions, thnak you.0 -
Count me in. I'm 50,lost 33 pound,gained back 7 and am now on my way back down to my goal weight of 165. I weighed in yesterday at 173.2.0
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Well had an odd week this week, i have ate more garbage than usual, this is the first time in 12 weeks that i have had the muchies and been hungry. So been shopping today to get nice healthy stuff - bought some Quark, tried to make a sauce with it and it seperated, looked garbage but tasted great. Bought more fresh and high protein stuff to get back on track.
Lost 1lb and no inches, just lost a bit of motivation, but in saying that my work schedule has been good.
Every morning - 10 crunches, 5 reverse crunches, lying on stomach crunches, not sure what the proper term for them is and attempt at 5 proper push ups (been doing the worktop ones as well at home, up to 12 of those without too much trouble).
Then swim for 30 mins each day, burning between 250 and 300 calories.
Do 5 - 10 mins of lunges and squats with two 2.5kgs dumb bells.
Normally average 1200 calories net, but have been eating more like 1400 - 1600 net hence very little weight loss.
I am not bothered about the weight loss, but a bit peed no inch loss, infact the old muffin top went up half an inch, but maybe i am mesuring in a different place, but always aim for the fatest/largest part.
Anyway, next week is a new week and think i might not swim every day and get a bit of walking/jogging in next week and do a few more weight exercises to burn some more fat.0 -
Jipples - good for you!0
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Hi all,
Everyone is doing so great!
Jipples - you broke the 10 lb mark!! Congratulations!!
No exercise for me these past few days. Didn't feel well the last couple of days. Felt much better today. Cleaned out, laundry, grocery shopping and cooked dinner. Had my son & his family, my MIL and a couple of friends over for dinner. My friend is a Dietitian, so I made sure it was all healthy choices (other than dessert )
Long run planned for tomorrow. Hope it doesn't snow.
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This has been kind of a tough month for me. Following some medical issues, I had a surgical procedure done this week that I had ben putting off for a vey long time. This made it difficult for me to exercise like I wanted to, but I am on the mend and have been given the ok by my doctor to resume regular workouts this coming week, so I can begin doing strength training exercises and such besides all the walking I have done. I did manage to follow my doctor's advice and increase my caloric intake daily, although it's still not exactly where I should be, but I am getting closer to it day by day.
Looking forward to getting back to a more structured and balanced eating and workout routine going forward.0 -
Down 15 lbs since I started this. Kind of worried that i'm losing muscle.......I have got to plan my eating better so I'm not trying to get in a lot of calories at the end of the day.0
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Cara, I liked the book. How did you like your book? Our next read is "State of Wonder", by Ann Patchett.0
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