40+ Club : Where the Cool Kids Are

Oh my godness... My weight was 108.6 and yesterday was 107.4 and went to bed hungry. I am going to continue to hit cardio as my tush is looking better but freaking scale is giving me 108...I was hoping to say good byes to my 108'sssss. I am frustrated wiht scale but feeling great about my tush!!

Not meaning to be a Debbie Downer, but have any of you experienced problems with husbands not being supportive of your efforts? He claims to be happy that I've lost weight, but is constantly complaining about my working out - I work out an average of 60-90 minutes a day, sometimes at the gym and sometimes at home - but he is constantly trying to plan things for during my workout times and has taken to trying to micro-manage my life - from snooping at where I've been on the Internet, to not wanting me to have ANY time by myself. He works out, but he does boot camp at work 2 days a week, and that's enough for him - he thinks it should be for me too, and doesn't understand or respect that I must do it, and WANT to do it EVERY single day -

Not selfish...NECESSARY!!!

Help??

Today is a HIIT, abs, and stretching day. Will get it done.

Greetings fellow cool people! I just turned 40 back in January, which is when i joined MFP. I love this site and am sooo addicted to the iPhone app. Always looking for 'mature kids' like myself.

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Hi 40+ people!! I just signed back in to MFP after a little break. During my break I decided to quit smoking and put on a few pounds (this was in addition to the pounds that crept back during the break). I recently started getting back in to the workout routine and started a 21 day challenge with My Fit Foods. I already feel better, the first few weeks after I quit smoking I was really foggy and tired and blah - it's been a month now that I quit and I feel fantastic, just need to get my body in shape, specifically, my 40+ belly and 40+++ arms, oh - and I wouldn't mind slimming down in my face a little.

I have two kiddos - 20 and 17 and live in Flower Mound, TX.

I hope all you fabulous 40+ cool kids are having a great day

I only managed to get in a walk, at lunch. Not even a long one. 30 minutes (tops!). It's okay....my body craves the sun - and sometimes a "rest" sort of day is not such a bad idea.

I will monitor my food intake, to balance this out, for today.

It's off to the gym, for me, today - my first "A" workout in NROL4W, stage 6. I'll have to skip the negative chin-ups, but will do the rest of it and probably throw in some bi's/tri's for good measure.

KILL IT TODAY, KIDS!

I even did 2 x negative chin-ups. Yes, I used some "assist", because I didn't want to injury my shoulder/back/neck even more than it already is. Oh, and I banged out 10 sets (2 reps each) of underhand lat pull-down at 115 lbs. BOOM!

I hope you really enjoy the bridge party, sdereski - it's time for you to stop and smell some roses....

Speaking of which, I stopped and smelled roses, today - I went on an hour-long walk, outside, at lunch. A beautiful, sunny day here and I really wanted to be outside!

Hello all,

I was way too tired to post yesterday after the bridge get together. Had 2 glasses of wine, and that had my head spinning. Doesn't take much anymore, as I rarely drink because I'm always TRAINING!!

Beeps - you must have really workied it to be sore. Gotta love that soreness though -lets you kow you are working your muscles!
Glad you enjoyed your lunch with hubby - sounds like a treat for both of you.

The bridge party was lovely - lots of good healthy choices - including the dessert. Despite that, I ate too much.
So, needless to say, I went to bed feeling stuffed and even worse because I did not get a workout in. So, it was a true rest day.

Have a meeting right after work for our annual Black Fly run. It takes place next weekend and I am the race director. have to make sure all the last minute stuff is taken care of.
After that, I plan to get a short run in.

My youngest son is coming for the weekend with one of his buddies. they are registered in a fishing tournament, so I have to think of something to cook for dinner that they can eat tonignt and probably take with them in the boat tomorrow as well. Maybe grill some sausages. Guys love that.

Had a nice lunch out with my g/f this afternoon - love Fridays. :happy:

Beeps, and everyone else - enjoy your Father's Day. My husband is away working this weekend, so no Father's Day celebrations here. May stop by my son's as this is his first Father's Day. That way I get a visit in with my granddaughter as well. :happy:

Hope you are all having a great day!
Silvana

Hi all,

had a good weekend as well, but am really tired. Think I may be over training, as I am not feeling good about my runs - they are getting worse.
Decided to take a couple of days off and rest up...as much as I can rest up. have a B&B guest coming tonight and he wants dinner!

Am going to try to get to bed early - seems like I never hit the pillow until after 11 at the earliest!

I feel so friggin' bloated when I over-eat like that....it's terrible. Plus, I made LOTS of BAD choices. Ugh.

I'm glad I can come back to mfp and just get back to what feels good and what's working in my life.

I so want to try that Brazilian Butt lift workout!

I am noticing great results and today watching diet closely to get the best results.

I am currently a little stress with dynamics of parenting teenager...and shared custody..
I need some advice from all parents. My teenager 131/2 has a facebook account and spending too much time. Friends with some parents and many of his classmates. Currently visiting his father for two weeks (share custody). I want to deactivate account or denied facebook on our computer. Please proivde as to what you would recommend. Hubby and I are leaning toward denying access of computer instead of closing facebook. Keeping a secret that recently he has a girlfriend and hoping to contact girlfriend 's father to inform him that son is not allow to date until 16 yo. Feedback much appreciated.

I'm only giving this advice because you asked for it. (FWIW, my oldest son is 24 and my youngest daughter is 9.)

I think you are going to be fighting a "losing battle" if you try and diminish teen's access to social media. It just won't work and you'll end up SOOOOOOO frustrated, for no good reason. There is NOTHING inherently "evil" about social media....it is the technology that youth uses, to communicate. Period.

What we have tried to work with in our home is having the computers in the kitchen ONLY. That way, our youngest kids have grown up being "monitored", in any event, so there is NO EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY for them, when it comes to computer work. They don't get the tablets in their bedrooms. They don't get the laptops or netbooks in the tv room. If they are computing, they are in the kitchen....and an adult is pretty much always in that room, too.

I'm all for setting limits, with teenagers, on computer usage time. Maybe 90 minutes a day?? But, to outright deny it is going to lead to teen behaviour that I think you'd likely rather do without. The kid is only 13 1/2....it'll get rougher, before it gets better - so just set some limits and reward the kid when he is abiding by those limits (and when he then gets active in other pursuits - REWARD, REWARD, REWARD).

Thank you beeps for your advice. We are certainly going to allow him access but limited based on reward as you mention. Chaperoning until 16 yo or in a group. It is more difficult when you have to co-parent (sharing custody) and the other parent does not monitor like my hubby and I. I decided I will need to create a facebook account to monitor as well and be part of him friends list. The most difficult and hardest part is we are the enforcers.