Hi Over 40 Ladies!
I'm Amy and I'm 40 and 1/2. Gosh - it still doesn't seem right when I say it, but it is true.
Anyway, I posted a forum question elsewhere and the lovely Tina (trunyon)asked me to join this check in. So here I am.
About myself: I'm 40, one 6 year-old daughter, one husband, one cat, and one full-time desk job.
I have lost 20 pounds over the last year and 1/2 or so. I have been maintaining my 5'4" 114 lb frame now for 6 months or so.
I began my journey doing Denise Austin videos and riding a stationery bike. Denise Austin is great, but (as you know) I needed more so.....I read the Abs Diet Book last summer and learned all about healty eating and proper exercise. I also got a lot of this information from the web. I then bought the Abs Diet Exercise DVD and did that for over a year. I know realize I did it for too long and needed to move on to something else much sooner than I do.
Anyway, this is when I ran across this website and discovered Cathe! How excited was I to find gym style weight lifting DVDs that are challenging. I honestly didn't think they existed (except for P90X of which I was comtemplating buying).
So, I bought Muscle Max and have been doing that for 3 months and have now moved on to all three Gym Styles. I also have Pyramids, but don't really have the right set of weights for that. I will purhcase the weights at a later date.
I ride a stationery bike (which is my choice for cardio) three times a week for 30 minutes and (since the weather has been nice) have been walking at lunch with a co-worker for about 25 minutes 2 times per week.
My weight is great, right where I want it to be (114 lbs), but I am still working on more muscle definition. It is showing, but I want it to really show. Has anyone seen Kelly Rypa's or Katie Couric's biceps. They are so awesome.
I also eat fairly healthy. I never used to eat breakfast - now I do. I also have learned to know when I'm hungry or just bored. I now know the difference. I pretty much eat what I want, but all in moderation. I have also found that sooooooo many healthy foods taste sooooooo goood. Whole wheat pasta, lean beef, chicken, and turkey, grilled veggies. I honestly hardly ever crave things that are bad for me and if I do I can usually think of a healty version. Such as oven baked home made fries, or a hamburger made on a whole wheat bun using 96% lean ground beef. YUM!
Wow...this is long......I'll sign off now.