300+ Club - 300+ and Getting Fit after 40 #236

This thread is a sub-set of the 300+ thread.

This group is for those dealing with the challenges of having a significant amount of weight to lose and being fit which becomes harder after age 40. If you're an old or new friend and not over 40 and feel this is the place to post, jump right in.

Hi ladies,

No time to post this morning. I've got to get outside and check on Bud, the old horse. He's been sick. I've got to get cough medicine in him, which he absolutely hates.

I'm still around. Just not doing much to help myself.

:wave: to all!

Terri- Good luck with Bud and thanks for starting the new thread!

I had a busy time this weekend trying to clear out a flower bed. I think no one had tackled it for decades. What a mess. I hope I got all the weeds. I also planted some bulbs (though it's a bit late for here). We'll see.

Managed to stay on plan, so I'm feeling like my candy binge from last week is over.

I got on the scale yesterday afternoon and it was lower than when I got on this morning. I hate when that happens!!

Good morning ladies,

Quickie post again this morning. Bud is sick with a sinus infection. Poor baby! I completely understand how he feels too! :lol:

Yesterday was a very good OP day. Kept my calories to 1738. And I didn't feel like I was being deprived either. This morning, I was up and did some strength training. Some is a start. It actually felt good.

I was listening to FitGirl podcast yesterday and it was quite helpful. You know the old saying, practice makes perfect? Well, she said we should remember that practice makes permanent. Which makes more sense 'cause we certainly don't need to get stuck in that "must be perfect" mindset. Also she said that cardio is great for building lung and your heart but its strength training that is going to get your body to burn the fat. Strength training breaks down the muscles more which takes more calories to repair and rebuilt which in turn burns more fat. Its all about balance.

Time to go get Bud out of the barn and back to the pasture. Then shower time and off to work for another fun filled day.

:wave: to all!

Terri -- Glad to hear you practicing!!!

It's quiet here, huh? How's everyone doing? Don't bottle it in, it doesn't help!!

I fell into some chocolate yesterday -- let something get to me that I shouldn't have. But I wrote it down and stayed within my calories. Today's challenge is lunch out with some students and colleagues. I still don't know where we're going. But I've got a gym visit scheduled for later this afternoon, so hopefully that will help.

Good morning all you delightfully juicy women!

It's too early to zero-in on my state of being this morning...I can hear the trash being collected outside...it's 45 degrees outside...the steel cut oats are bubbling away...my dishwasher wants to be emptied...I'm trying to think of something I want to look forward to for the day...besides housework and errands...

I've got a new recipe I'm going to try for dinner. It's from the Kashi website, an Autumn Kashi Pilaf Salad with White Pumpkin and Cranberries (http://www.kashi.com/recipes/41). But I don't have everything, so I'm trading out the pumpkin for acorn squash, and the cranberries for pomegranite seeds. I'm testing it out for T-day.

I'm in the mood to sew lately. My older son is now into the steampunk, which is sort-of like a neo-Victorian look, so I'm thinking that for Christmas I should make him a brocade vest and turn-of-the-last-century shirt to go with. He can wear that with jeans or slacks. I'm afraid if I went ahead and made him the long jacket and trousers he'd got to school with a top hat, looking like Johnny Depp (only much taller and more pimply).

So, that inspires me to go fabric shopping soon, to San Francisco!

Okay, I'm ready to start my day. Ciao, bellas!

Hi Ladies! :wave:

Just popping in for a quick hello! Mon and Tues are usually pretty hectic for me. One of my biggest fears in this journey seems to have come true....injury. :( Last night I took a group boot camp at the gym. I loved it and got a great workout. Unfortunately I must a pushed my limits for my knee (old, old injuries). It's really painful today. I'm icing it and keeping it elevated and praying it's just a minor, minor thing.

Ahhh....too much work. Wish I could chat more.

Later gals...
:D

I seem to be on a mission today, to rid the planet of all carbs. By eating them. Doing a good job of it too! :D

I'm cold and hungry. I tried some hot broth, tea, drank water. I'm wearing warm clothes. I had steel cut oats for breakfast. And some protein. And then some whole wheat toast. And then some pinto beans. See, lots of fiber, plenty of liquids, had some protein...still hungry. Had a potato. Drank grapefruit juice. Still hungry. Tried waiting between "courses", 30 minutes to an hour. Still hungry.

Don't know what's going on.

Doing better now. I had a piece of salmon and that seemed to kill the "hunger". Maybe I'll be too full to eat for the rest of the day.

Georgia,

I'm having a hungry day too. it stinks! On top of that my sinuses are acting up and my face feels like it should fall off.

Whine over. Tomorrow will be better.

Hello! :wave:

Sending good vibes to everyone for a happy and healthy day!!! :hug:

Hello! :wave:

Sending good vibes to everyone for a happy and healthy day!!! :hug:

I'm feeling your vibes today, Barb. Thanks!

I had a house full of boys last night. Sleepover, complete with hide-n-seek-in-the-dark, hours on the XBox shooting aliens, ceaseless giggling and classic fart jokes. It was good to hear my 12-year-old laugh like that again. They're all still asleep, so I'm sneaking off to the market for breakfast goodies and a brief stop at Starbucks.

I've been getting some of my calcium from dairy again, having an occasional nonfat cafe latte, or using nonfat dry milk in my coffee at home. And I'm eating a little goat cheese too. I seem to be tolerating all that just fine.

Yesterday's carb bender is over. I quit eating around 2 and didn't feel like another morsel the rest of the day. I didn't wake up hungry and showed a slight loss on the scale as well. Maybe my body just needed it. I'm very glad I don't have a pantry and fridge full of easily accessible junk food. I could have done some real damage yesterday!

Cheers! Have a lovely Veteran's Day!

Wednesday already and my first post here this week. Still making good choices food wise - loving my exercise. I really feel I'm in transition from my health choices moving from food based to exercise based. It's a liberating feeling and quite unbelievable for me. I'm not really sure what all this means - I'm trying to sort out some type of balance.

Barb - so great to see you popping in - I need to wave more often when I'm lurking. I've made your protein pancakes a few times - still trying variety but so far my favorite is with low sugar orange marmalade.

Georgia - sounds like a fun time. I was thinking in a few years we'll see what the changes are by the time Barb is hosting sleepovers for her boys when they are the age of your guys.

Keep up the great things that are happening here!

Hi Gals!!

A pretty good day around here. I needed a few more of my positive vibes with food. However, all said and done I was ok on calories. Just had some of that emotional crap going on...need to feel full...food as comfort...you know what I mean. Thankfully I controlled it.

I met with my trainer today...however didn't work out. My knee is still pretty sore, although a lot better. I'm hopeful that I'll be doing light workouts the next couple days and will be on my bike Sunday. So, we spent over an hour talking....going over some of my recent frustrations, stress, etc. Thinking about a new game plan, tossed around exercise thoughts, etc. It was a much needed sit down. He also did updated body comp measurements. Once my knee heals and I'm back to normal exercise he wasnts to actually up my calories a little more and see how my body reacts. At this point I'm game to try anything.

Geo - sounds like a fun time with the boys! :dizzy: I was thinking EXACTLY what Carol said....I'm sure before I know it I'll have a houseful of boys doing the same things.

I'm off for now...so much to still do before I hit the sheets.

Sweet Dreams Gals! :hug:

Good Morning Beautiful Chickies!

No babysitting kids today so I am going to the GYM! Yeah! Its been several months. Ive been walking and working out at home once or twice a week which is really not enough. But right now I am thinking the $$ is not as important as getting fit! So this leads to some bugetary juggling!

Terri, Hope Bud is feeling better.

Heather, I also let things get to me, get under my skin, bother me and most of the time its nothing that I can control or change. But I can control how I react to it! Hard to do but that is where the practice comes into play!

Georgia how do you cope with the changeing styles teens want to explore? My dh is soooo conservative he thinks he is going to be able keep the kids from dressing in anything but blue jeans and tees. With close cropped hair. I keep preping him for when the kids want to express and experiment. But cause he didn't he thinks his wont... :lol: right! ha now just read your post about the sleep over you sound like you are such a fun mum! I get to stressed when my ds who is 13 has his friends over. Mostly since we just dont have alot of space we are in a 3br apt. But I just have to suck it up...I would rather them be here than who knows where?!?!?!

Carol you are such an inspiration for me to keep on keeping on! Thanks & Hugs!

HI..wow where has this week gone? I went to the dr on tuesday and I had lost 4.5lbs in the 2 week period. I am just bored with counting calories and writing it all down. I know my calories are right but not always the best choices. We talked about how I might want to follow fat more and she suggested WW.I am going to give it a try.I have family who do WW so they are willing to help me.

Reading about sleepovers make me sad...seems like only yesterday I had a house full of kids and now its just me and hubby here in the evenings.Makes me wonder where time went! Enjoy the kids to the fullest they grow up and leave to fast!!!

I'm in! Seems like forever. Wonder why the site was down?

Well I'm down too! Passed my 5% at WI Thurs. night. Down 17 lbs in just shy of 2 months! There were many times when I lost a lot more in the beginning but I'll take this with a :D.

Oops, there goes the laundry timer. Hope everyone has a great weekend.
I'll try to get back later.

Hey girls! Just managed to open the site...gosh! I missed you all so much!

I got an email the other day from a different support site (http://www.burnthefatinnercircle.com/) to which I belong. (You have to pay a fee to gain access.) They do body building, but I've learned a lot from the group about burning fat and exercise. They have started a holiday fitness challenge, to lose fat over the holiday season as opposed to what normally happens.

I don't want to officially join their challenge (I'm not a competitive person...unless we're talking Scrabble), but I decided to recommit myself to a plan (http://half-the-woman.blogspot.com/), to break past 300 lbs. by my 49th birthday in February. I've been living on a maintenance "routine", not exercising much but eating healthy...very low key. I needed a break from the intense focus on food and fitness while the rest of my life needed more attention. But now I think I'm really ready to push through to the next level and lose the next 10%. My divorce will be final soon, I hear, and I have to be under 200 lbs and have maintained that for six months to get health insurance for myself, so it's really time to get cracking on this or I won't be covered.

I was feeling rather low about my weight one day recently and got myself into a funk, thinking about lapband surgery again. Read up on it, then realized and accepted, again, that it's just not for me. Alternatively, I found this other thing (http://www.sonobello.com/laser-lipo-sacramento/?gclid=CNisgpifi54CFR4HagodYjHOtA#2184b), not liposuction, but a noninvasive laser treatment for subcutaneous fat removal. I'm considering it for the future, once all the divorce bills are paid and I've saved up for it. Their website says the treatment also stimulates collagen production to help shrink the skin, which is what's really interesting to me. I'm interested in spot reduction for my upper arms (aka batwings), belly overhang and inner thighs. But in the meantime, I'm going to keep plugging along on my own.

Julia, you asked me how I "cope with the changeing styles teens want to explore". It helps that I don't have the ex around, who is also conservative and very restrictive, but has no fasion sense at all. It's my passive-agressive nature that's letting my 17-year-old grow his hair out. He's doing it so he can donate it to Locks of Love (http://www.locksoflove.org/), which I did a couple of years ago. But when the boys go to Kazakhstan to spend time with their father for Christmas, I know there's going to be a confrontation. I'm preparing Quinn for that. He's got just three more inches to go, and that's going to take a bit more time. He's got to be able to hold his ground.

When it comes to teens, choose your battles. They need to be able to make some of their own choices, even if they lead to less-than-attractive personal style. Remember the 70s? We all lived past the puka shells and polyester Angels' Flight pants! I know that a lot of parents feel that what their kids look like is a reflection on them. And it might be...if a kid is pushing really hard to find some control over who they get to be.

So, I'm chasing boys out of my house now after a second round of gaming sleepovers last night. They cleaned up after themselves! That's a first!

Have a lovely weekend!

No time to chat right now, just wanted to say HI! I haven't been able to get into the site the past couple days. Looks like it's back now.
:)

I fell off the wagon yesterday - gonna blame it on the wine I had. Not fair to but that's my story. The scale is off the charts - lots of water for me today. It's a new day and I need to quit kicking myself, stay off the scale for a few days and all will be well.

Judy - you asked me last week about how I was going to change my water workout. Sorry for the delayed response. I can do many things in the water that just aren't possible for me on land. Because of that I think I have been doing them faster but not concentrating so much on form. My new focus is slower and more deliberate - doing the exercises as if i was on land - using the muscles that are meant to be used rather than feeling the freedom the water brings. I've already seen some added benefits from this.

Glad the site is back up - missed you all!

Hi everyone! Glad to see the site back up! I missed you all.

I had a wonderful dinner out last night -- one of those that would be a LOT less enjoyable if you worried about the calories. So I exercised early in the day, at VERY carefully early in the day and then just completely enjoyed my dinner. It was a 5-course tastings menu with wine pairings. Delish. I don't foresee any problem getting right back on track today, but I will say that I didn't want to get on the scale this morning...

Hi ladies,

I really was here to try to post yesterday but couldn't get to the site!

I'm still dealing with a sick Bud. I'm not sure if we're gaining ground or not. But its Anne's call since I just have him for pasture companionship.

I've done a lot better with food this week. A lot more controlled and no mindless stuffing. Even getting more exercise in by walking with the dogs at night. We're able to let Duke off the leash as long as the front gate is closed and he's doing really well about running and enjoying himself without actually running off. Allows me to walk without being drug or holding him back.

I had a really good lesson with Spanky yesterday. I can feel it in my inner thighs today too! We decided to board Spanky with Anne over the winter. That saves us from having to haul him in the dark or really cold or bad weather. Safer for all. And it allows me to have more opportunity to ride him as I can use her indoor arena. Heated indoor arena at that!

Georgia - I like that idea of challenging ourselves about burning more fat this holiday season. I'm trying to get back into the weights again to get the muscles back in shape.

:bravo: to those who have lost! :bravo: for those that have been able to maintain! :bravo: to those who just keep trying no matter what happened that day! :kickbutt: to those who need it!

Time to get the puppies up. I've been procrastinating that since its been raining this morning.

I have a horrendous work week coming up. Meetings all day for four solid days. I'm going to the store this morning to stock up on healthy snacks and lunches.

:wave: to all!

I did it SURVIVED a mass sleepover...ds#1 & friend both 13 yrs old, ds#2 & friend both 8 yrs old, and dd and her friend both 6 yrs old...wii resort, hockey, pizza and pop. Decided to do it all one night so I would not have to keep track of whos turn it is for a friend over. As well then the house will get super messy once! I will probably do this again over Christmas break. Turned out fairly well the kids all played well together.

Bud took a turn for the worse today. Anne came out and we called the vet. Its been a horrendous morning out in the cold rain. Anne had to make the decision about Bud. We all cried. I am going to spend the rest of the day under a blanket and sleep.

Oh Terri - I'm sorry for your sadness today. Hugs to you.

Terri...:hug:

Oh, Terri! My condolences! :hug: These days suck!! :hug:

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