40+ Club - Summertime Fun

Morning!

singfree, gin and tonics with hot dogs?????? Yeah, I don't think I'd be feeling too well either. :laugh: But glad you had a good time. And I hope you feel better soon. :flowerforyou:

Welcome zebras!! Congratulations on your weight loss so far. Please ask any questions you may have. And best of luck in your continued journey towards improved health!

Good to see you back, aprilvet! Your trip to Europe sounds great. I echo what singfree has said, though, about possibly stationing yourself in fewer places and taking day trips. Places like Salzburg and Chiemsee are so close together that it might actually be more hassle to change hotels than it is worth....unless you are specifically looking forward to staying at a certain hotel or location. I just know when I travel and change hotels quite a bit, I feel so much of the day gets eaten up with checking-in, checking-out, packing the car, etc. When given the chance, prefer to keep such days at a minimum. But I don't think you are trying to see too much in the period of time you have.

All here is going well. I'm going to be doing a shoulder/tricep/bicep workout this morning. As I said the other day, my forearm has been kind of tender lately, so I'm hoping I make it through without too much difficulty. I've been feeling a bit more tired this week, but I think that has more to do with the continued gloomy weather in this part of LA than it has to do with anything else. Once the sun comes out in the afternoons, I feel much better. But the mornings are tough! I want summer!!: grumble:

I hope everybody has a great day. :drinker:

Hi, all! Beautiful weather here in the Philly area! Got an opportunity to go to the Phillies game last night- great seats- 1st 2 rows next to 3rd base. Lots of fun! Sorry for any Reds fans out there!

Sing- I'm with Stiring-- G & T with hot dogs??????:sick:

Thanks for the travel advice- I'll pm you for more details!

Trying to balance good eating with some yummy summer favoties- strawberry daiquiries made with fresh strawberries! I like to smoke pork shoulder (originally from Memphis), too- but not with the daiquiris!:laugh:

I have to say that keeping up with the exercise has really helped me not lose too much ground when I over-indulge! I'm still doing P90X- round 2- and trying to run 4-5 days a week. However, I find it much harder in my runs in the heat.

zebras- welcome to the group! We're here to help any time!

In the river tonight, we all pushed the heat towards CA. Hope you get it!

It rained on Monday and was actually a little cool in river Monday night. It is such a fun bunch of people who do the river. There is a bride (getting married on the 18th) with her mom, her future mother-in-law and two future sisters-in-law. They are a hoot together. One guy and I have been doing the river for the past four years. We got back our good 17 year old instructor tonight so more laps against the current.

All these traveling plans gives me wanderlust... We go to Austin for the weekend to start moving our son home for six weeks before going out to graduate school in San Francisco in September. I think we will take in a cave on Saturday afternoon since the temp is supposed to be over 100.

Have been eating out at lunch this week (work related). Hard to keep the sodium levels down. I think next thing I tackle is the high fructose corn syrup.

Tomorrow is Friday, so open toed sandal rebellion day! Sing, I am not wearing the pink polka dots ones this time.

Take care all! Texssippian

Happy Friday - I'm BACK!!!!!!! 12 days, over 4100 miles and 76+ hours in the car and our family vacation has finally come to an end. We had a great trip and now it is back to life as normal. I did weigh in this morning just to see what the damage was --- 6 lb gain but since the last 2 days were spent in the car with little or no movement and limited hydration (just didn't want to be stopping too much) I'm not overly concerned. I hope all have been well and enjoying life.

duffy, welcome back!! I'm happy to hear you had a good trip. You certainly covered some miles! I'm sure much/all of that weight gain will get lost with some good water and return to your normal routine.

mkwood, your trip sounds great! I love that part of the country.

Thanks, all, for sending warm weather thoughts my way! It's crazy that parts of this country are absolutely sweltering, yet we had the coldest June on record in LA!! They keep predicting warmer temperatures (and I think parts of the city will get those temps this weekend), but near the coast where I live, we are lucky if we get up to 70 degrees during the day right now. I mean, we don't have AC and have been sleeping with the window closed at night! How crazy is that for July? :grumble:

singfree, I'll just have to take your word for it that G&T and hot dogs are good together! :laugh: Actually, hot dogs are the only food I've ever had that gives me headaches, so I don't eat them. But even if I did, I'm not so sure I'd pair them up with gin!

And thanks for the tip on my forearm. You nailed the cause.....my form during bicep curls. I injured it about 8 years ago lifting weights and every now and again it flares up again. It has been bothering me on and off for the past seven weeks during this last STS cycle. It was really bothering on Wednesday night when I was cooking dinner, so I thought yesterday's workout was going to be iffy at best. But I had no issues whatsoever. Go figure. One more week of STS, though, and then I will give it a little break from the heavier weights.

I had a good eating/fitness week. I lost a little weight this week (a pound), so I'm thinking about taking alf's approach and just not counting calories for a little while to see if that makes any difference. I won't change my eating habits, but I do wiggle with my diet every now and again when I think I might be eating a bit too much based on calories counts. If I weren't counting, I'd probably eat those calories without a second thought and not gain, so I'm thinking that may be my best solution right now. I'm definitely eating plenty on most days, but if I weren't counting calories, I think I would be inclined to eat more on the days when I'm particularly hungry (like yesterday) than I am right now when I'm counting calories. Maybe I need to start listening to my body and stop looking at the numbers so much!!

Hope everybody has a great weekend! For those in places exceptionally warm, stay cool. :drinker:

Swiss, there you are!!!! You look great!! Are you still doing Zumba in your socks? How is that going? Any foot pain? If the core class was your first one I can understand being sore. Sometimes in any new class you hit different muscles that you normally dont exercise so you usually get sore. It should subside in a couple of days. There is a plank challenge going on and I am a little sore because, you know me I love a challenge, I held mine for 2:10sec. Yesterday I was able to hold it for 2:31.

I don't know what it is with me and social gatherings. I have no will power when it comes to that. And I know I am not the only one. I hear it all the time. What is it?? Stiring, I need to take you with me to every gathering I go to. :laugh: :laugh: Are there any motivational books out there that could help switch that mentality? My sister in law is on her way to Virginia to the DEA Academy. So she had a little gathering at her house to wish her farewell. I told myself, no drinking and just select healthy options to eat and that is it. Well, first of all, there were no healthy options, really. I had three drinks, different drinks. And I snacked away on chips and salsa, pita chips and spinach dip, ate enchilada, rice, tostadas, crab dip, cheesecake, pineapple upside down cake!!!!! :noway: :noway: :noway: What in the world is that????????? I need an intervention! :laugh: No, seriously. :explode:

Duffy, glad to hear from you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was asking about you on the ChaLeaners thread. Glad you had a great trip. Hope to hear from you soon.

Mkwood, have a great time at the lake!! It sounds beautiful and so much fun.

Ok, gotta go workout. Today is my last lean circuit from the last phase of ChaLean. Next week I am starting her lean for life phase for another 30 days. In this one she combines circuits from the three phases. I am going to do this for another month and see what happens. Last night my brother said that my muscles are showing. :laugh:

Have a great weekend!!! :flowerforyou:

Since I have joined the 40+ club I have been having a hard dropping weight....I am watching every single thing that goes in my mouth and I think Ive been doing a pretty good job of it....HOWEVER....I weighed myself on Friday morning when I got up and I weighed 211lbs.....When I started this on monday I weighed 215....So Im thinking FANTASTIC...But then yesterday I was at the doctor for my yearly physical and got on the scale there and it said I weighed 220lbs!!!!!...Now i realize that I was fully dressed and it was 10am in the morning...HOWEVER...how does that happen?....I wanted to go home and eat an entire plates of cookies i was soooooo upset.....I didnt....but I wanted too....So can anyone explain this to me...I refuse to stop it just hurt that the work I put in all week was for naught....I refuse to stop with my lifestyle change however it really gives a blow to the ego when you struggle not to eat this and eat something better and you show nothing for it...Thanks for everyones help!!

Carsen:laugh:

cbuonantony, don't give up!! About the different weights, scales are different, and they are going to measure you differently. And, as you mentioned, you were clothed and I'm going to presume you ate or drank something before you were weighed in. That can easily (easily!!) account for the difference in weight. The important thing is to pay attention to how you weigh yourself, and make sure you weigh yourself in the same conditions (time of day, etc) each time you weigh yourself so you get the best assessment of how you are doing. As duffy said, compare doctor visit to doctor visit, but not to your home weight and such. Only compare your home weight to your home weight and keep the routine the same. Personally, I don't pay any attention to the amount I weigh when I weigh myself out of my routine. It matters not one iota to me because I recognize those situations as complete anomalies.

Swissmiss, thank you for introducing us to your family! You look beautiful! About the sore abs, as alf said, if you did something different, you could still be sore a few days later. I wouldn't worry about it as long as it is the dull ache kind of soreness and not any shooting pains and such.

alf, you're doing the plank challenge?? Good for you!!! I've thought about joining in, but I'm a little afraid to figure out how long I can hold a plank. I know it is over a minute because I tested that yesterday. :blushing: But 2:30?!? I'm not so sure I could go close to that long. But you've got me thinking about trying!!! :laugh:

And, quite honestly, I wouldn't worry about what you do in social situations. If you ate like that every single day, that might be a problem. But every couple of weeks or so.....just go and enjoy. Frankly, I wish I could let myself go just a little bit more than what I do in those situations.

I'll admit that I'm going through a rough patch right now. I think it started with my husband telling me that he doesn't have full faith that I'll keep the weight off (which happened a couple of weeks ago when I told him I was going to get rid of my bigger clothes). Like I said before, that hurt. Well, as of this morning, I am only 1/10 of a pound above my underweight BMI category, and that has me concerned. I keep trying to eat more. But take last night. My husband is away, but I told him over the phone that I'd eaten alot yesterday (which I did, but it was all healthy.....except for the big glass of wine!) because I'm concerned about my weight. And his response was 'Well, you can afford to do a little of that I suppose'. He has told me outright that he doesn't think I should ever weigh over 110 again. So, in other words, I'm feeling some pressure right now to stay this thin (and this from a man who NEVER said anything negative to me about my weight when I was much bigger, so it's a little surprising to me right now). While on one hand I appreciate the incentive not to return to my old habits, on the other hand I also don't want to be thinking that if I eat a cookie, my husband is going to be thinking 'There she goes again!' It is kind of strange because I didn't think twice about losing the weight regardless of how my husband felt about it. Why should I care if he doesn't agree that it would be best if I were to gain back about five pounds? Any thoughts on this would be much appreciated right now.

I'm not working out today. :drinker: But I must go clean the house. :sad: I hope everybody has a great day and enjoys their weekend.

I am thinking of having a New York strip steak for dinner tonight. I have been a good girl and think that maybe I deserve one. I know that it will effect my weight lose for a few days but then all will be well by Tuesday.:laugh:

:flowerforyou: stiring..it may be just that your husband likes the new you so much. Why is it that we put so much emphasis on what our men think????

By the way...what is "plank"?

Thanks all once again for your kind comments. zebras, my husband is doing the exact same thing. I'll mention perhaps having something simple like a glass of wine with dinner and he'll say he can't because he's trying to lose weight. Then two hours later we'll be driving home from somewhere and he'll ask if I want to get some dessert. :noway: I don't get it. And everyday when he comes home from work, the second question out of his mouth after 'How as your day?' is 'What did you weigh this morning?' It's a little strange.

Swissmiss, you nailed it about how my husband feels about my weight loss. He is taking some strange sense of pride in my accomplishments which I think more than anything just surprises me. For instance, he emailed that link to my 'success story' on Cathe Friedrich's site to his family and some friends of ours in Alaska. :huh: Outside of this thread, I didn't mention it to anybody! So I'm kind of bewildered by the whole thing right now more than anything. I love the compliments and the encouragement. I think, more than anything, I'm just surprised by his reaction.

cardigirl, I did exactly what you suggested and sat down and talked with him about it tonight. I thanked him for the compliments, told him I appreciate the encouragement, but also indicated I was feeling some pressure. I think we've got it straight now. I hope. He most definitely doesn't want me gaining much weight back (minus a few pounds), and I don't think he quite understands how that puts pressure on me because I keep wondering what would happen if I did. I didn't know how he felt about how I looked when I was 40 pounds heavier, but now I do. But I let him know that at 1/10th of a pound above 'underweight', I need to change my mindset a bit....and he agrees.

Anyhow, thanks again. I didn't know losing weight would bring so many other issues to the surface, but I've never lost this much weight before. I hope I never have to again.

Moving on, cardigirl, your trainer sounds like he loves to challenge you! Sorry to hear about the slip. Take care of yourself.

Swissmiss, I hope you enjoyed your dinner. A plank is where you hold your body like you would if you were going to be doing a pushup on your toes, but you simply hold your body in the upward position for as long as you can. It's a great exercise for the core (and tough on the arms as well).

Enjoy the rest of your evening! :drinker:

Good morning everyone. I have already eaten half my calories for the day.:grumble: I made too much oatmeal. No one else would eat more so I finished it off. Well, at least it is something healthy. I put raisins in it along with protein powder. I am drinking so much water but I have found that my body has become accustom to it and I feel good drinking so much.:drinker: I hope everyone's weekend has gone well and that everyone is looking forward to another work week.

Well, duffyzmom, I have a little less than 300 calories left for today. I am thinking of going to the gym and working some off. But, then my daughter called and told me what time to pick her up so I don't know if I will find the time to go now.

Good morning everyone!

I am officially back from my vacation, feeling rested and ready to go.

I did ok during my vacation....pretty much ate what I wanted but tried to stay in the healthy realm of foods when I could. I did get in 3 days of running....I hope it was enough to keep me from gaining too much weight. I didn't access the internet during my vacation (I work on computers everyday for a living, so my goal was to stay off of one during my trip) so I didn't log a thing lol. I guess I'll find out the damage on Wed when I do my normal weigh in.

So now I've got to get back on track....

And I need to catch up with everyone and go back through the posts.

I hope everyone has a great day and I'm glad to be back here with you guys!

:flowerforyou: mkwood, while you are away from your computer you can still write down everything. This will give you some idea of what you are doing.

:flowerforyou: Annaliza, congrats on running while on vacation. So many of us would just let all exercise slide.

sing, you may have given your body the break that it needs to get back into action. I have found that if I slack off a bit, that when I get back to it, I will see the most improvement.

I had quite a few calories left to eat tonight and then I went to the gym. When I counted in my calories burned I am left with over 600 that I can eat. I don't feel hungry though.