40+ Club - Fall Fitness Fanatics

Hi, everyone! Thanks for the nice comments. Yes, we did get to the Melk Abby. Stunning! We did a day trip to Munich; went to BMW World- kids loved it! Went to the Olympic park, which is near BMW world. Also saw the Deutsche Museum- science and technology. It was awesome! Didn't have too much time, though. Had lunch at a beer garden in the Englischer Garden at the Chinese Pagoda. Surprisingly good food.

Wanted to mention a restaurant in Garmisch we went to twice- zum Wildschutz. It was the only place in town absolutely packed. They were so nice and accommodating to us on our first night- looking for food late after a long drive. The food was great! We could not find anything to match it the next night, so we went back!

mk- congrats on the progress in inches! Maybe you should give P90X a try!!:devil: Although it is not scale-friendly, it does wonders for the body!

Stiring- I'm amazed at the change in your shape! I, too, have always had a 10-inch difference in my hips and waist. With P90X, I lost 1-inch off my hips, none off my waist, but many inches off my legs!!!

alf- I could not imagine running in that heat!:noway: I've dropped down in my running- mainly got boring and I wasn't making the progress I hoped for. I should probably try to find a running group locally to help me!

Tron- alfredo sauce is evil!:mad: I make my own- much better than the restaurant stuff, but far from healthy.

Texass- try Netflix. Tons of movies, keep them as long as you want. We love it!! Congrats on the too big suit!

Hoosier- sounds like a very full life! Just remember to take care of yourself!:flowerforyou:

Sing- I love my sleep!!! Although it feels great to exercise early, I can rarely make myself get out of bed when my alarm goes off:grumble: . Then before I know it, there's not enough time to exercise.

Day 3 of Insanity- this is the first exercise I've ever done where I need to warm up for the warm up!!!!:noway: I went for a walk with a neighbor before Insanity, and my legs felt much better. Unbelievable how much it makes you sweat. Max HR was 175. But I feel good, and I'm eating good things. I'll keep you posted! After reading all of the posts from sing, stiring, alf, etc, I think maybe I can handle the “doubles” I was doing with P90X. While it's hard during the routine, and I'm a little sore, I do have the enegy to do more. Sing has inspired me to go for a bike ride tomorrow!

Have a great night!

Happy Friday everyone!!!
Don't you love it when you feel much better when you're done with a workout?? I know I do, it's what I think about when I'm making my 30 minute drive home and debating with myself whether I'll stop at Curves on the way or not!! :laugh: :laugh: I've made it a rule to take my workout stuff with me when I leave for work, that way I have no excuse not to stop AND I can't get distracted by the 10 million other things that hit me when I walk thru the door at home. Wait........Ithat was a flashback to kids in middle and high school days.......... my biggest decision when I walk thru the door these days is usually whether I'll cook, we order delivery or eat out!! Having no more kids at home is so nice :happy: .

I just HAD to have a bacon cheeseburger last night; so we went to a new sportsbar in town - their burgers are the best I've had in YEARS!!! Yummy bacon cheddar burger.... I know , I know, I was naughty:blushing: ! But..................I immediately cut it in half and didn't put ketchup or anything on the half I took home. I also ordered fresh fruit instead of fries.......amazed myself! I DID have two of my hubby's steak fries, but that's much better than ordering fries and suddenly realizing you've eaten most of the huge order without realizing it!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Really should get back to work; have a great Labor Day weekend!!! Enjoy, don't indulge too much and be safe!!!!
Marla

singfree, enjoy your weekend! :drinker: I'm interested to hear more of your thoughts on a hybrid plan for Insanity. From what I've been reading, most everybody who has done the program loved the first month, but the second month is proving to be a bit much for some people (I've seen the word 'dread' alot regarding those workouts due to length and repetition). Do you think doing the first month and then a hybrid second would be effective?

mkwood, I love how I feel when I finish a workout. No matter how badly I feel going into it or during it, I feel better after. Glad you enjoyed a burger! Sounds like you did it the perfect way.

annaliza, good to see you. Are those your children in your photo? They are precious! Hope you enjoy your long weekend.

Quick check-in....weight is staying the same :drinker: , I'm eating the same, the workouts have been good....so all is the same this week as last (minus some measurement changes I described yesterday).

I'm headed down to San Diego for the day. :drinker: :drinker: I'm going to try to get in a workout before we go. I hope everybody enjoys their day AND their long weekend. :flowerforyou:

Happy Friday Everyone!!!

Sing - WOW what a late night. I've pulled a few of those in my day and don't want to do it anymore!!! I took a look at the Insanity demo, OMG!!!! It looks intense and I don't know if my knees could take the jumping. :noway: Maybe after I've lost more weight. And now that you've kicked yourself for bad food choices.... have a great weekend and kick butt on food next week. You've always been such a great encourager to us, reminding us that when we slip we just need to get up and keep moving. Thank you for that!!!!

Alf, Stiring & Sing, you guys are a true inspiration for us that seem to slip in and out of MFP. Knowing I can come back to your commitment and results is my saving grace. I have know doubt I'll be there on the "met my goals" podium one day and be able to thank this awesome team for supporting me all the way.

MK - stick with what you can get in. I'm glad I've gotten to the point that I know longer feel guilty when I slip on food or can't get a workout in. I finally realized that as long as I'm still trying it will happen, and now that schools back in session I'm hitting the ground running full force.

Sept 1 was the first day of our new texting law in Texas. No texting while driving in a school zone. :noway: :noway: WHAT!!!!! Why not no texting while driving period. I just don't get the politicians sometimes. Somebody, somewhere bent their ears and put the focus on school zones. Well..... it's a start.

Chick-fil-a anyone? My daughter works there and she has the staff starting to make healthy food choices. I love it. Everything on their menu can be grilled and her favorite lunch she likes me to bring to school for her is grilled chicken nuggets, medium fruit cup and a diet lemonade. I never would have thought to ask for nuggets grilled and now that's the only way I'll get them. So FYI for all those that need to grab something quick.

Blessings from Texas. Have an awesome weekend everyone!!!

Hey all:

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend. I'm probably up 1 lb this week. I tried not to look too closely at the scale this morning. I was short on workouts this week because I had pain in the back of my thigh/lower buttock region for no explained reason. I'm thinking it was a delayed reaction from the driving to and from Niagara Falls? Well its almost gone today, so I know my lunch bunch wants to walk at lunch, so I can see how it fares, and maybe get a solid workout tonight. We haven't walked together in a while due to the heat, and I'm hoping to impress them with my ability to walk faster that I've developed. I am so much shorter than the other girls, and I have short legs for my height, so I always have to work much harder to keep up.

Someone sent me info that the Texas State Fair was going to debut Deep Fried Butter? I am a butter freak, but this is insane. I only mention it here, becaue we have a couple of Texas folks!

Happy Friday all!

Annaliza, good to see you posting. Your little ones are sooooo cute! Wanted to tell you I actually went for a run on Wednesday. Yay! Felt pretty good. It was, of course, run, walk, run, walk, but I kept at it for 30 minutes and didn't feel too bad.

Have you heard of Chi Running? Supposed to help prevent the usual injuries. Haven't gotten the book yet, it was suggested to me by another friend. I'll probably try to run again tonight or Saturday. I'm really inspired by all the runners on this thread.

Weight is same. But I had a "sodium incident" this week and am blaming that for the lack of loss. Heh. Darn tacos.

Had two workouts with the trainer this past week, and several good cardio and weight sessions on my own. I really missed the exercise while on vacation, and I wasn't sedentary, but still. Need those gym sessions!

Zebras, the Texas State Fair always has some new deep-fried "treat" to sell. Deep fried Twinkies come to mind. Heh. I guess you can batter and fry just about anything.

Sing, sorry about the shift changes. Am dealing with that myself as my crew goes on vacation and I have to fill in for them or lengthen my schedule to cover the workload. Messes with my nice routine and I hate CHANGE!

Alf enjoy the grandbaby!

Stiriing, it sounds like you've found a great combination to maintain there! Kudos!

*waves to the rest of the gang* Hope everyone has a wonderful long Labor Day weekend! :drinker:

Sorry about the short post and not really talking to anyone individually but I am trying to quickly read the new posts so I can get back to cleaning the house. We are leaving tomorrow to go back to Zion and hike the Narrows. It should be fun. My husband is bringing a friend from work that I have only met briefly once so that might be a little awkward but oh well. And the only thing I am really dreading is that we will be driving all night long to get there. My husband is crazy... Hehe

Hope you all enjoy your long weekend and do something fun!!! :happy:

Hi, all! Quick check in. Late night- kids plus neighbor's kids are camping in the back yard.:laugh: Finally all's quite on the western front!!! 30 minute brisk walk for warm-up, then Insanity day5- pure cardio. It's a killer!!!!!:noway: Completely drenched in sweat! Felt good, though.:devil: Revved up the metabolism for the holiday weekend fun! Steak and s'mores tonight; plus red wine, of course! Smoking pork shoulder tomorrow. Deck is under constuction--- i.e. NO DECK!!! So traded my food for use and company of neighbors.:drinker: I am the smoking queen!:smokin:

Hope everyone has a great holiday!!!

Good morning everybody! I hope everybody had a great weekend.

I had a busy but fun weekend. I kept my eating totally under control....minus a bit yesterday. I didn't even have wine all weekend. :noway: But yesterday I was making carrot cake cupcakes for my husband to take to work, and I indulged a bit too much on the icing. I mean, I was just licking my fingers....alot :laugh: ! But this morning, I feel absolutely horribly. This is pretty much how I used to feel every morning, and I have little to no doubt it is because of the amount of sugar I ate yesterday. And even though it wasn't much, it was enough to make me feel poorly. To say I've learned a lesson is putting it mildly. But....now I know what used to make me feel this way and how I can avoid feeling this way in the future.

Anyhow, I am supposed to be in my recovery week for P90X. I did skip working out on Saturday, which was good. I did Core Synergistics on Sunday and enjoyed that. Yesterday, I did cardio and today (when I get to feeling better), I think I'll do some light leg work. Tomorrow, I start round two of P90X.

My new profile pic was taken Friday in 103 degree heat at the San Diego Wild Animal Park! I can't believe we opted to walk around there in that kind of heat, but we did. There weren't many people and, surprisingly, a number of animals were out and about, so it ended up being a fun day.

singfree, take it easy getting back into Insanity. As I said last week, I keep reading about how tough this second month is, so don't push yourself and risk additional injury.

TexasMom, hope you get over the 'sluggish' feeling!

Texssippian, great news on your brother-in-law. I hope he continues to improve.

I hope everybody has a great day! :flowerforyou: