40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Thank you!! And hey, maybe we are fellow Scorpios??

I don't believe I will be exercising again today. Still working on those taxes and time is running out. Since I did my husband's online, he says he will do my state on the phone. That is fine with me. That leaves city to do. We always take that one to the city and let them do it. So much quicker.

I hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend. I really need to get internet at home so I can be here on my computer and not my phone. I can't do much here on my phone.

Becky

Hi Everyone: Checking in since I haven't been around for a few weeks. I've been lurking...and reading posts, tracking food but that's about it. My brother 53 passed away suddenly so have been dealing with that. Since he lives here by me I'm doing most of the footwork etc.....in the meantime I have started training for my first full triathlon! Last year I did just the swim portion with some friends but this year I'm going for the whole thing! :bigsmile: It's June 2nd and I just completed the first full week of training and it's going well.

Good luck everyone and keep up the good work. :flowerforyou:

This Saturday I have a 5k coming up and I have been trying hard to prepare for it. This time around has been a little harder since I've been having a rough time sleeping at night, but I have been keeping at it getting up and out by 7 or 7:30 in the morning, and my last two runs I have done better. I'm still slow (I think right now I am on track to finish around 37 or 38 minutes), but as long as I can jog it all without stopping that is my goal. This morning the tip of my kneecap was bothering me a little too but once I got in my pace going I was okay. I just keep remembering what my late Grandma used to always say when we would visit: "Keep on keepin' on!"

Best of luck to you... slow is better than no

Sorry crewell - that's sad news about your brother. I am glad you are managing to focus on your fitness, even during trying times.

sdereski - your marathon is FAST approaching! how exciting! How was "Oprah's Life Class"?? (What is that??)


Becky, hope you get it all done. Our tax deadline is April 30th, but we've finished everything and are just waiting to write cheques.

Today is weight-training. I'm ready. Had a good break over the weekend (just did HIIT/abs/stretching on Saturday) and I'm usually ready to HIT IT come Monday.

crewell, I am so sorry about your brother. We shouldn't be losing sibling !!! That hurts like crazy.

sderdski, I have never done a marathon. Not planning on either, but I love to hear of others.

aww Beeps, you have to write cheques. My husband does also but we file seperately and I usually receive something back.

The YMCA has no classes this week. They are taking sign ups for the next session. I really should go and use the weight room.

Happy Monday everyone,

My 5k Saturday turned out well and my time was 35:07, which made me happy since I had been averaging between 37 and 38 minutes on my training runs. It poured like crazy overnight beforehand but by race time the only thing to put up with were the strong winds, which I didn't mind.

SaraTN, thanks for that reminder, I need to remember that at least I'm out there (which is something I never would have done before last year!)

CRewell, so, so sorry to hear about your loss

sdereski, that road trip sounds great. Curious to hear about the Oprah Life Class

tladame, I have heard about the color run before and I'm hoping it comes to San Diego sometime. You will have so much fun doing that run!!

Have a good week everyone!
:flowerforyou:

Hi!

Tonight is restaurant club. So, the entrees look DELISH!! If I choose the fish option, I can have an adult beverage - good trade off, I figure!!

I chose light rum and diet coke....2 of 'em. Yum! I had a roasted beet appy, followed by the turbot (fish) entree. I ate no bread and I ate no dessert. The food was really delicious and I had a good night out with my restaurant club!

I am STILL really stiff from Monday's work-out....so, if I'm too stiff to lift, today, I'll do HIIT, abs and stretching. I don't really want to be "off" schedule - so I'll probably give the lifting a try. We shall see!

I hope you can get back to your regular routine, swissmiss - now that taxes are done!

Can I join the club? I'm new to MFP and new to the 40's. My metabolism seems to be pretty sluggish with my new age number. I could use some moral support and hear how everyone else is doing. I've gained an awful 17 pounds in the last year and don't know it happened. Crept up on me. Anywho...yeah for the 40's.

Hello all,

Sorry I was MIA again. Was away for work, home one day to do my long run and then off again. Once I was back I had a busy couple of days at work & home. I had not run in 5 days! Got back at it today. I had been doing good food wise, but these last couple of days not so much. Need to get back on track tomorrow!

Oprah's Life Class was amazing. I wrote a blog about it as so many of my friends wanted to "hear" all about it.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/sdereski

Beeps - the Life Class involves many of spiritual leaders that Oprah uses in her life and wants to share their wisdom and knowledge to help others. There were 4 guest speakers (Deepak Chopra, Anthony Robbins, Iyanla Venzak and Bishop T.D. Jakes) All were amazing! After each of them gave their own talk, they came out as a panel with Oprah. This part was televised and it was similar to her shows where she had audience members share their story and then the guests offered their perspective.

Welcome newbies! Always room for more in this group. :happy:

Have an 8 mile run tomorrow. That is now my long run as we get closer to marathon day. After that my runs are only 4-6 miles.

sdereski: The Oprah class sounds like it was great experience.

So I signed up for the Disney World Wine & Dine Half Marathon in November. The last time I ran a half was 19 years ago so there's going to be some training needed. It'll be interesting to see how I do as a 45-year old compared to being a 26-year old. Back then, I ran a lot but didn't "train". I even ran that last one with 2 hours of sleep due to being at a concert in Tijuana the night before, and still ran it in under 2 hours. Recklessness of youth I guess.

At the least, this one should be fun because of the location. It takes place at night (starting time 10 pm) and goes through two parks (Animal Kingdom and Hollywood Studios) before finishing up at Epcot for a special after hours admission to the Food & Wine Festival.

Aaaaahhhhh, sdereski - don't use me as a model of 'discipline'. For whatever reason, some "discipline" comes more naturally, to me, and other areas, I'm all over the map.

I've simply decided to get MUCH stricter with my nutrition plan. I'm not getting the results that I want and I KNOW it's 100% because of what I put in my mouth. So, I simply have to work with the "D" word = diet. That, for me, means certain foods are just off-limits. Period. I can't have 'one bite" of them. I can't have a "smaller portion". They just have to be OFF THE LIST.

I can re-guage in 10 weeks as to how it went....I'm pretty sure it will have gone well!

anyway, today is a heavy lifting day, so I'll make sure to get all my protein in!

Once again it took me a while to check in but I see I'm not the only one. Just have had a lot going on. Father-in-law in and out of hospital not doing well at all, putting a lot of stress on my husband who is already stressed because he is so busy at work right now. School/band events with my daughter (who is a senior....yikes!), helping my 21 year old out with things he needs help with, etc., etc., etc., I'm sure you all know how it goes!! My eating hasn't been as well. I have no problem breakfast & lunch and doing okay dinners but seem to have been needing wine at night to relax, and sometimes snacking to go with it, which then blows it for the day. At least I'm still trying to get my workouts in.

Have a busy but fun weekend coming up...daughter's drumline made the finals so have to leave 5:30 tomorrow morning to drive a couple hours north for that, but then after her performance taking her and a friend and my mom to Disneyland to celebrate my daughter's birthday. It will be fun to just do whatever we want! I know my daughter wants to spend part of the time with us because she loves watching her grandma scream on rides :noway: and part of the time the two girls will want to be on their own so Mom and I can check out what we want (like the Tiki Bar at the Dland Hotel) :drinker: At least I will be walking a lot.

Hope you're all well and have a good weekend. I enjoy reading how you all do with your activities.

Take care
:flowerforyou:

sder - I think being "injury-free" is key....good for you for monitoring the situation very closely. On the diet front, there's always tomorrow, right??

mary - disneyland on the weekend....just driving on up....sounds AWESOME!! [jealous] Have fun!!

I have had a VERY good week. My nutrition plan has gone 100% according to what I wanted. This zig-zagging thing is fun, easy, and, for whatever reason, my body is responding to it right now. Doesn't mean it won't "crash-and-burn" by week 10, but, for week 1, all is well with the world.

I felt "hunger pains" on only 2 occasions...thankfully I chewed gum and drank water until they went away. I haven't had any headaches. And, for whatever reason, I haven't felt like snacking, at night, at ALL....that is the BIGGEST bonus, of all!

I did step on the scale and was down nearly 5 lbs....so, yes, the water weight flushed away! Good enough. Now, to tackle the REAL STUFF - slowly, but surely. I'll be happy with 1/4 lb. per week. 1/2 lb. a week would be AMAZING (but unrealistic). Should work out just fine.

And, my work-outs have been right-on-track. No complaints. I lifted heavy today and I don't do that, again, until Monday. Which is probably good - I think my body can use that extra day of rest. Tomorrow will be cardio and I'll try and squish in a HIIT/abs/stretching session on Sunday.

have a great weekend all you 40+ people!