Thanks

Thanks for the invite Earl, it was sooooooooo lonely over at the Track and Field forum. LOL anyhow as I mentioned there, both my daughters are into track and field. and guess what? they both lift weights also. so coming here will be interresting for me, to learn more about what they are experiencing. Hey, maybe I will do this one day also. Thanks Earl for the invite again. **Hugs**

Awesome, Welcome, habg around and post when you care to. Mike

Hi Mz Nae. Welcome!

Hi there Stacy, and Thank you

Hi Mz Nae: I just wanted to say that I read through your website and all that you've been through over the last few years with surgery, loss of loved ones, and the tremendous work you've done to achieve some *wonderful* results! I am so impressed with all that you've done to take charge of your weight, your body, and your life, and you've done it with grace and dignity! Your children must be *very* proud of you!!! Way to go!! I know what an inspiration you have been to each one of them; what a wonderful role model you are for your children and your family! And what tremendous weight loss you've achieved! With kindest regards, Donna E.

Hi Stacy, Happy Valentines Day.

Hi! Welcome! I will have to jump over and read about your girls! I am Valerie, Earl's wife, and a lifter also. I have been learning a lot about track through Earl and my kids. I never did anything with it school, and looking back I wished I did. I thought is was all about running, had I known there was a discus and shot to throw, I would have gotten invovled. Like Earl said, our oldest has a God given talent and is built for it, but doesn't care for it. She is however weight training in PE right now and I am seeing a big spark of interest! I guess outlifting some of the guys did it! (she gets that from her mom! ) So I am hoping she really gets more involved. That will really help her self esteem a lot. My youngest is battling mono, which has been horrible for her. She's my athlete. Cheerleading, track, and very active in just about everything she can get her hands on and this benching is about to kill her. She tried to go back tumbling, and down we went again for another week. So, this year she isn't going to run track. I am wondering if she is going to be better for cheerleader tryouts come April. At anyrate...jabbered on again....Forgive me! Welcome to the board, we will help you any way we can! Hugs, Valerie

Hi Valerie, thanks I know what you mean. about your daughters, my older one, it seem has it in her blood and she will try any sport if she can. she enjoyed the attention and all. my younger one couldn't run cause of her weight. so she picked shot put and is good at it. Once upona time she use to run just as fast as her older sister. but things turned out this way. Sorry about your younger daughters mono issues, I know she wants to get back on track fast. LOL get it. back on track. LOL anyhow she will soon and your oldest one has found her calling. she's good at what she do, then that's great. congrats to them both. and for me I'm to old for weight lifting at 50, I might break something. LOL take care

Hi Mz Nae: Don't be too sure that you are too old for weight lifting! You've gotten familiar with the possibilities for track besides running, but you've got some learning to do about weight lifting. The very famous Duke Diet and Fitness Center has *senior citizen women* lifting weights for the first time in their lives, to prevent or mitigate problems with osteoporosis (did you know that lifting weights can help with maintaining bone density?), and to help them with stability, etc. They, too, thought it was about something entirely different, with people having to lift a huge amount of weight to get a benefit but that is not true. In fact, it is considered so critical for health and fitness that all people, athletes and lay people alike, should do some sort of resistance training in order to maintain health and fitness, and for those having weight loss surgery, it is absolutely imperative that you do resistance training (aka weight lifting). Weight lifting raises your metabolism so you burn more fat, and helps to prevent muscle loss from massive weight loss through calorie restriction and/or malabsorption. If you have joined a gym, I would strongly recommend having a personal trainer do a couple of sessions with you to show you how weight lifting can help you! You'd be amazed at what is and isn't *weight lifting*! Welcome to the forum, anyway, and let us know if we can help in any way. With kindest regards, Donna E.

Thanks hon, I know, I'm one of those who assumed that it's about muscles only. dumb me, LOL I will check out what the Duke Diet is also. I do want to get into a new exercise this spring, so maybe I'll check into weight lifting. hummmmmmmmmmmm. interesting LOL thanks hon for the info. and Happy Valentines Day. ~*~Nae~*~