WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2015

fanncy0626

Linda - thanks for that information about walking in the house. I really didn't think about doing that, but I could do that with no problem I will try it.

Sylvia - your jokes make me smile! That last one was really funny

cityjaneLondon

Hallo everyone!
I'm later posting today as I've been off colour. I think I've got another UTI . I had one not long ago and I'm fed up with it. I will be phoning the doctor for an emergency appointment tomorrow morning at 8 am (the only way you can get to see a doctor at short notice) and hope to get antibiotics. I've been having twinges for a few dsys, but todsy it got beyond a joke and I'm dosing up with painkillers. Normally I just get to see the nurse for a urine test, but I want to see a doctor to look at why it keeps happening. My intuition tells me it's something to do with the typhoid pills. :ohwell: It didn't stop me from typing out my novel and I have made progress with sorting out my bathroom stuff. Nearly finished, but I have had to find space for the old cupboard to cope with all my holiday supplies. I currently have 4 washing bags washed and drying out in the airing cupboard, ready for sorted supplies. :sad:

It's the last episode of a diet series on our TV this evening. They divide people into FEASTERS, who don't know when to stop eating, EMOTIONAL EATERS, which speaks for itself and CONSTANT CRAVERS, who never feel satisfied and are always looking for food. I think I am all three - only strict logging keeps me on track. But if I had to choose one it would be Constant Craver. I never stop thinking about food, even if I have just eaten. They recommend the 5:2 diet for them, but I think logging is just as good. For Emotional Eaters it is a support group and for Feasters it is a high protein low GI diet. Tonight we see the results.

Love to all. Hope I sleep tonight and I'm not kept awake by the pain. I have to admit I had a half hour nap this afternoon as I was so miserable.

Heather in very, very windy Hampshire UK

margaretturk

Good Afternoon Friends,
Newcomers. Glad to see others are finding us. We missed you.



Sylvia

Katla that has happened to me especially when I write on our chrome book.

Rita prayers for your son. Sounds like he has identified he has a problem. First step. Prayers for you as you help him through.

Janet great job! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2015 word: Strength
Quote Just because you see the hook does not mean you have to bite.

MNMargaret

DamitJanit

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding

Greetings Friends. I am happy to report that this morning DH and I went to the attorney to get started on our Final Will, Durable POA, Living Will and Healthcare POA. Hopefully it will be done in a couple of weeks and I can put that project to rest.

*Barbie, I know what you mean about when DH is gone somewhere. It just gives me such freedom to have the house to myself and do what I want without having to consider someone else.

*Sylvia, how many potters will be making the bowls? I hope it's more than the 4 of you. It sounds like a great project.

*Lillian, I'd say it's a good thing your office is in the basement. Please, no jumping other than to burn calories.

*Linda, congrats on your loss. Keep up the great work.

*Jeannine, it was nice to hear about your banner day. Great job going without soda. I have really cut down but don't think I've had a day with none. *As I sit here sipping my Diet Coke* Way to go and I hope you have many more.

pip, give your body a chance to heal. I'm sure that you aren't eating so much that you can't go a day without exercise.

*SSM, welcome and it sounds like you have all the tools to do a great job. We are with you to become a big loser.

*Michele, I thought when the check engine light came on it was time to trade it in and get a new vehicle? You know that's how it works in SC.

Sylvia, these were both good jokes, where ever you found them. Thanks.

*Heather, Here's hoping you feel better soon!

After the attorney I went to lunch with a good friend. Bad, bad, bad. I had a small Filet which was swimming in grease and way over seasoned. My green beans were cooked to death. The manager felt so bad that he comped us each a desert. MISTAKE She got a cheesecake to go and we shared a decadent apple-Carmel pastry with ice cream. Even though we ate less than half of it together, it came out to over 400 calories. OMG Needless to say I'll have a small salad for dinner. And I will still be under my calories for the day. yeah But now need to do some serious exercising.

Welcome to all the newbies. We are glad your here and hope you post often. Thanks to all the "oldies" for the kind words and encouragement. You are wonderful and I wish you all the best.

My word for the of the month is savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.

Janet in Myrtle Beach, SC

suebdew

Well, its hump day. Not much different for me as I don't work but for some of you it is a good day.
SSM - your post tells me you are ready to tackle this journey and you have everything you need to be successful.
Barb - south LA -Your granddaughter is beautiful as well as your grandson. I love her hat!
Cynthia - Happy Birthday.
Janet - Congrats on onederland and new clothes. Good to reward yourself.
Katia - how was the core class? That is what I need.
Sylvia - wow, 100 bowls are a lot but I know you will do a great job.
Lin - I also walk around the house to get my steps.
SueBDew in TX

janemartin02

Thanks for the jokes!
Today is Melody`s wake.Going with some girls from church as hubby couldn`t get off work.He`ll be with me for the funeral in the am.
Praying for strength.
HUGS
jane

pipcd34

never realized, i'm 100 away from 1000 day recording streak. it's been a lot longer than that, there were times where I didn't have a signal to internet so I couldn't record :0/... oh well, still kinda excited.

trisH_7183

Good eve. Caught up on reading.Was mad at myself today.

Had chinese food for late lunch & I ate too much. After mos & mos of doing good. Had fruit for breakfast,so just 150 under my calorie goal.Will need to drink skim milk with meds.So 70 under at end of day.Boo Hoo

Barb,your Grkids are beautiful,love the pics.

Rita,all good thoughts for your son.

Janet,congrats on your loss!

Meg,how are you doing?

Heather,feel better soon.

Have had a groin injury this wk from trying to get out of a chair(DHs) that is very low to the floor. Guess we are never too old to find another ache or pain.He helped move kitchen range,to let electrician get at the outlet & has had lower back pain since. We make a pair,just hobbling around.

That is all I can think of,we are looking at a wk of temps in 30s/40s.......spectacular for January ! Pat

cupcake_runner

Hi everyone!!

Just came across this thread and thought I would chime in. I am normally a loner but find I need a swift kick in the butt to get the last few lbs off. Lol.

Just a little about myself:
44, lost 152 lbs, and have 11 lbs to get rid of. I am in the "normal" range for BMI and I'm trying to not focus on the scale, but it does seem the last 10 pounds are the hardest.
I am active 7 days per week, 5 being vigorous activity and 2 being active rest (yoga or a stroll/hike).
I sent a couple of friend requests, but my iPad keeps timing out (or the app itself) and it wouldn't allow me to send a msg with it.

Feel free to add me, I'm a great listener/encourager (I'm a hairstylist, it's what we do, lol).

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!

yanniejannie

Hello, all,

Busy, busy day---ladies areobics....DD home between shifts and we were off to the mall for a business suit for her interview.....3 stores in an hour, Banana Republic won the day and she has a lovely navy blue pants suit for Saturday; BTW they have 30% off right now if anyone shops there. She went back to the stable and I went grocery shopping. Now home a couple hours, just got off a long postponed phone chat with a sweet neighbor who moved to Georgia a few years ago, meeting tonight at 6:30pm for the police support group.......the calendars are almost all sold, thankfully!

jane.......((((((((hugs))))))))

Rita........I hope your son finds his answers to his issues; drugs cause so much difficulty in peoples lives and affect an ever growing circle of people around them......certainly no easy answers. Best of luck to him........and (((((hugs)))))) to you.

Sharon.......I'm sorry you are having gastric issues and hope yours are diagnosed and fixed soon.

Jeaninne.........YAY for your truly banner day!!! WTG!!!

Linda........Super loss! You will rule at that meeting tonight!

pip.....You are not alone to exercise when sick; I know lots of runners in our club who really push themselves well or ill.

Heather..........I keep meanng to let you know that your baking show has hit PBS here; I haven't seen it yet but thought of you when I saw it on the sched. Please let us know the result of your diet show.

Michele.........I think it was you with the check engine light on

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the one on our camry has been on at least four years...........car still goes......133,000+ miles and just fine.

Hi to everyone else!

Hunger is not an emergency.
Determined.
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

cityjaneLondon

Yanniejannie - the diet show went well and everyone lost weight over 12 weeks. Of course, we all know that that is the easy bit and the real work lies in keeping it going long term. :ohwell: Much easier when you have got cameras checking up on you.
- One thing that came up was how normal and common plateaux are because as we lose weight we need less food. Exercise is important in the long term control of weight. Eat breakfast. Eat slowly. Get support. :bigsmile: Don't let one overeating session sabotage your whole day, or week.
- I took the test on the BBC website, (it's in the Food section) and, as I suspected I am predominately in the Constant Craving category with quite a bit of the Emotional Eater. I could definitely eat all day long if I didn't log. I also naturally eat fast so try to slow down.
- I'm sure their ideas are not the complete answer, but I hope it helps a few people. Better than just trying to starve yourself and getting into a cycle of starve - binge.
- For the record, what works for me is to keep a regular cycle of breakfast, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner with one small alcoholic drink, later dessert and a late small piece of cheese if I have calories left. I have 1800 calories to play with as I am on maintenance and I do a lot of exercise. Keeping my intake very regulated at set times seems to work for me. I never skip meals and rarely eat too much at one meal. My main meal is rarely over 400 calories. My dessert around 140. I have that later so I don't go to bed hungry! :laugh: Well, it all seems to work as I have maintained for a year now.

Hope I sleep tonight. I am going to take some co-codamol in a minute and go and read my wonderful and fascinating biography of Napoleon. :bigsmile:

Heather in incredibly windy Hampshire UK

margaretturk

Sylvia I too think your project is wonderful. I also agree your pottery needs to be sold at a good price.

Pipcd34 1000 days I am proud of you!!!!!!!!!!

Jane hugs!

Janet thanks for the reminders on estate planning, we have most of it done. Just a few odds and ends to finish up.

Yanniejannie glad calendars almost gone. That's great considering the late date. Just think if you had them ready by the end of November how quickly they would sell. Great cause!

Quiet day here. Filled out some paperwork, so I can help out in a third grade class where my friend teaches Kindergarten a couple afternoons a week. It will make a nice change from subbing. I enjoy subbing but I am looking for something that gives my weeks more structure. It is a good fit for me and a good use of my skills.

MNMargaret

Lestan48

Thursday here and had my 3.3 mile walk for 383 cals, soon to do Jeannette's circuit A (chest, tris and booty) = 564 cals
Was drizzly and overcast when I started walking at 7.30am but cleared to blue skies and sunny.
Today I am ironing clothes, cooking Jamie Oliver vegie pasties (1 for lunch tomorrow) and Dr Oz vegie muffuns (for breakasts) and walking the doggy round our tracks
Today I added 5 mil Melrose flax-seed oil to Jeannette's yogurt crunch (Brian said MORE good fats and fibre and less sugar) Also to WALK every morning and train muscles 1 hour after breakfast.
I have gone from 46.8% BF to 44% BF and 21.4% muscle to 23.3% muscle since Christmas and 101 Kg weight to 97 Kg weight since Christmas Eve. Scales DO lie unless you have body fat scales
I was doing thing all wrong until I saw Brian a Sports Nutritionist on Christmas Eve. He told me to have toast and banana BEFORE my morning walk and then eat breakfast. He said I was burning glycogen in my muscles and NOT fat by NOT eating. He told me to plan my meals around 1700 calories, today is 1830 as yesterday was 1548.
I see docto9r tomorrow for my fasting cholesterol (diagnosed as genetic 45 years ago and on Lipidil) fasting sugar and oestrogen and testosterone levlel. Then see Brian for weigh in.
Sorry I cannot reply as I restrict my computer time to 1 hour a day only
Lesley in Tasmania
My ticker is from 01 January 2015

Dkuffer

Hello all! Woke up this morning to slippery roads and light snow - which in New Mexico can be treacherous. I had an early taping for a television segment, then off to work.

so far the BEST part of my day was going to ZUMBA - I hadn't been for four or five years...I didn't think my hips could move like that but they did. I, of course, didn't have all the choreography going on - but I didn't fall down and I kept moving. That's an accomplishment - plus ZUMBA torches the calories.

Heading off to COLD Chicago Friday for my mom's 81st birthday - it will be hard to keep the exercise up at her house, but I'm going to try.

Have a wonderful evening - and I love the jokes!

Dorene in New Mexico

megblair1

Good grief! I thought I was here yesterday! So many new posts. I had my MRI today so I'll just wait for results. I'm not feeling too well today; too many aleve I think. I switched to Aleve for a change, and while it really was better on the pain, after three days it felt like I was eating razor blades, so out they went!

Molly: thanks for the link. DH has a similar item from when he had shoulder surgery. it's worth a try! I guess it depends on if I need surgery or not. I'll check into it. Thanks again.

OK, sorry to be brief, but I'm heading to bed. Take care, Meg

drkatiebug

mollywhippet wrote: »

OK, just one more:



A man wasn’t feeling well so he went to the doctor. After examining him the doctor took his wife aside, and said, “your husband has a very sensitive heart. I am afraid he’s not going to make it, unless you treat him like a king, which means you are at his every beck and call, 24 hours a day and that he doesn’t have to do anything himself. On the way home the husband asked with a note of concern “what did he say?” “Well”, the lady responded, “he said it looks like you probably won’t make it.”

I was speaking to a church one Sunday on the scripture where Jesus asks Peter if he loves him. Peter says, "yes, of course I do." Then Jesus says, "feed my sheep." The whole point of my sermon was that your actions should show it if you love someone. I told this joke in the midst of the sermon, because I thought it made the point quite well, and I thought it was hilarious. I got not even one giggle. Oh, well! I still think it's funny.

drkatiebug

Yay! You can read and post to the forums from the mobile app now.

bwcetc

Drkatiebug .... I would've laughed! I think it's a funny joke too!

Lesley ... you don't need to reply to everyone. It's nearly impossible. I am interested in how you're progressing since working with Brian. Thanks for sharing!

Jane ... thinking of you.

Heather ... I don't often eat more than 400 calories at a meal either. Tonight, however, I tried cheesy grits and shrimp with bacon and green onions ... one of Paula Deen's recipes. I adapted it a little and it still came in at 520 calories for a serving. I'm under goal and feel stuffed to the gills as well! Interesting what you get used too.

Meg ... hope that you can get an answer as to what your knee injury needs to heal.

Prayers for my dear friend's future daughter in law would be appreciated... young woman was snowmobiling last night and had a serious wreck. Had to be life-flighted to a trauma center ... the situation does not look good. Ashley is the young woman's name.

A better day for me personally. The sun shining makes a huge difference even though we had sub-zero temperatures.

Beth in Western New York

mollywhippet

Good evening everyone! I had such a good day. When I took the kids to school I went inside and talked to the art teacher about a project I had in mind related to the Empty Bowls project. My idea was that I would make 45 simple bowls (enough for the two fifth grade classes) and glaze them white, then bring them to her and she would have her kids decorate them using colored sharpie markers. (Google "sharpie mug" to see what I'm talking about.). Then I would bake them to set the marker and those bowls would be donated to the Empty Bowls project. Meanwhile, the kids would get a civics lesson on poverty and helping others. Actually, the kids at that school know all about poverty, since it is 100 percent low income families that go there.

So, the teacher was very receptive to the idea. She was so excited about it that she is arranging with the district PR department to have them do a feature about it. So, I'm just thrilled. Now all I have to do is make the bowls.

Janet, I have several potter friends who have offered to help make bowls for this, so I won't have to make them all myself, but I will make all the white ones for the school project, plus some others that I want to do. My mind is teeming with ideas! I really needed something like this to get me excited again.

At lunchtime I went to the Liberal Ladies meeting which turned out to be really fun. We talked and laughed and had a good time. One of the ladies is a singer/songwriter and she had written a song called Wise Women, and they passed out the lyrics. I pulled up her youtube video on my phone and we sang along while the music played on youtube. Then, right in the middle of the song, my phone rang. Drat! It was hubby calling, so I rejected it quickly, but it really disrupted the song. I was embarrassed.

Here is a link to the song Wise Women by Joy Leeper. I hope the link works.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk0dbdt6ySs

Gotta go. We have to run to Walgreens. Have a great night everyone!

Sylvia

Katla49

Heather: Take care of that UTI. I used to get them as a young woman, but haven’t been bothered in a long while. One of the things that eventually helped me was a LONG period of taking medication so that the infection was well and truly stopped. I think the short-term antibiotics were ineffective. Regarding diet strategies, I think we have the best support group ever. I’d love to take the BBC test. I wonder whether I can find it on the net. Congratulations on completing a year of successful maintenance!

Sue: I loved the core class today and will be back every chance I can get. It involved moves I recognized from yoga and focused on abdominal muscles. I was late to class, so I don’t know what else they did. I also went to a yoga class that was a challenge. The biggest difficulty was the absolutely freezing gym. Once I put on an insulated vest, I did better.

Pipcd34: 1000 days of logging is an impressive record and a worthy achievement. I’ll keep chasing you. I’m also chasing Barbie, DeeDee, and several others. Amanda may have the longest record I know about. I’m happy chasing and don’t need to win.

Beth in WNY: I’ll keep your friend’s future DDIL in my prayers. A friend of ours was hurt snowmobiling about two years ago and had a long recovery including at least two surgeries. She’s doing well now, and she’s gone back to snowmobiling. Some of us think she is nuts. A lot of sports can be dangerous, including the two that I love, sailing and horseback riding. I guess I don't have room to call others nuts. :noway:



I went to the new gym today and had a very positive experience. The yoga was difficult for me, but I’ll get better at it, especially if I find a way to keep warm. Tomorrow there really are no classes that appeal to me so I may turn into a Monday/Wednesday/Friday participant. Time will tell.

Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon


“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison


January Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Eliminate alcohol.
6. Monitor sleep.

pipcd34

to clarify - i am 100 away from 1000. right now i have 900....
- stats for the day:
- Ride hm 2 gym- 13.50min, 12.9amph, 3mi
Spin- 35min, 83ar, 115aw, 10-15ag, 14.4mi
ride gym 2 dome- 7.21min 12amph 1.5mi
ride dome 2 hm- 17.16min, 9.2amph 2.7mi
still drugging up and coughing up a lung! ughhhh

barbiecat

Today is our anniversary. Jake drove me to line dance this morning and then picked me up so we could go to our favorite Chinese restaurant for lunch. We each brought half home so we could have the leftovers for supper. We are so grateful to be together and still so happy after 26 years.


Rita, a good choice for your son might be Narcotics Anonymous (NA)
http://www.na.org/
and a good choice for you could be Nar Anon (for family and friends of people with drug addiction problems
http://www.nar-anon.org/

Even though I live in a place where I can walk outside a lot, I frequently walk back and forth in my house to get extra steps especially when I have set a goal for the day and haven't gotten there as bedtime approaches. Sometimes Jake and I both walk back and forth in the house at bedtime because we both need more steps.

Lesley, bravo to you for restricting your computer time.

Doreen, congrats on going back to Zumba....when I started line dancing ten years ago, my goal for the first class was to not fall down and not knock anyone else down.....I accomplished that so I kept on and got better and better at learning the choreography.


Katla, I have been posting on MFP since February 2009....not continuously every day because of several spells of having no internet access but even when I couldn't post I was eating and exercising and thinking of all my friends on MFP so I asked MFP to give me credit for all my days so I have the number on my home page when I log in each day....I don't share the number publically, it's just for me.



19,000 steps today from two hours of dog walking and a two hour line dance class

Barbie from NW Washington

My quote for 2015 (and the last five years)---The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT.

My word for 2015 is "now"---I won't wallow in the past or waste time worrying about the future


January Resolutions
*walk 18,500 steps a day
*strength training twice a week
*review our will and documents of personal information
*don't expect praise or recognition
*learn and teach two new dances

tngram2seven

Good evening
After I did my water workout today I did a yoga stretch class. It was a different group with a substitute instructor. I really enjoyed it.

Earlier Heather asked if we had fears that we have learned to overcome. Here I am an educated professional woman with the silliest hangup. For a long while I have had a thing about grocery stores. Guess it might be tied to my food issues. There were a few months where I could not shop in one at all unless I was with hubby. (Ridiculous, I know). Then I did get comfortable with going to two markets - no problem. Well - today I went to a Publix I hadn't been to in years. They had some good sales on things I eat every day. I am so proud of myself. I think I can do this more often!

Heather - I hope you get some help at the doctor.

Rita - I know it must be hard to want help for your son. We went through some of this with my son when he was a teen. So frustrating. Praying he finds an avenue for help and treatment.

Pip - Wow! 1,000 days - Marvelous!

Margaret - I hope your new position will be very rewarding.

Michele - It sounds like that Y was very involved with motivating its members! I think working at the Y will be a motivator for me. A friend told me this morning that I should be able to encourage others since I am on this life journey. Win-Win

Good night, now
TNToni

margaretturk

Barbie Happy Anniversary!

SueTN2

Enjoyed reading all the post and I like the jokes too..

Too cold to get out and walk, but I have made better food choices the last several days.

Sue from TN

Lestan48

I have made 2 Jamie Oliver's vegie pasties (one for lunch tomorrow and 1 for later next week.)
Also made Dr Oz Savoury quioa egg muffins. I can have 3 for breakfast tomorrow = 241 + Flora and black coffee. 6 for later.

exermom

Did an hour of Bob Harper's Cardio Conditioning DVD today. Tomorrow's plan is to do Jari Love's Revved to the Max DVD

pipcd - what are some of your abbreviations? What does lvl stand for? 61fl? lat5 (a resistance?)

Today the Wii said I was down a pound. Even tho I had 1/2 of a Dunkin Donut last night. Guess maybe taking the day off from exercise really did help

Sylvia - isn't it amazing what men will eat if they don't know what's in it? So glad the pie was so good

Sharon - hope you feel better

SSM - welcome. So sorry about Ruby, deepest condolences. Our furry friends sure make a big impression on our hearts, huh? Do you think that the krill oil is what caused the weight gain? I've heard a lot about krill oil but nothing about it causing weight gain. Great start on the weight loss!

Just read in the paper how Coke and Pepsi are now using smaller cans so there is less guilt. You know, I'm surprised it's taken them this long to realize that this can be a money maker for them. Look at all those 100 calorie packs. It really is cheaper to buy a big bad/whatever of something and divide it up. But some people need to have it already portioned out and they're paying for this. That's ok, whatever you need to do. I'm just surprised it took Coke and Pepsi so long to start doing this, they want to increase their profits.

Sylvia - my fingers were cracked from the cold really badly a while ago. I tried every lotion on the face of the earth -- no help. I remembered that my grandmother used to put glycerin on her hands. So I figured - why not? What do I have to lose? It cleared it up! But I do find that if I need to use the glycerine, that I put a pair of those latex gloves over my hands since the glycerine can be very greasy. Cute pic

Janet - I don't think I'll be getting a new car in the near future. Vince is funny...he'll run a car into the ground and make repairs himself if he needs to. But yet, at times he has no hesitation about buying a new car. I know FIL would never get a new car -- always used. He felt they depreciated too much just driving them off the lot. Don't you just hate it when the green beans are cooked to death? There was this one place in FL that served nothing but canned green beans. Honestly, by the time they had cooked them and I got them, they were already like mush.

jane - thinking of you today

pipcd - you know that if you even suspect that you'll be away from interent as long as you log just one item on your menu, MFP will count that day. That's one of the reasons I have that feature turned off. For me, it isn't a motivator.

Pat - what did you have that was Chinese that was so high in calories? I usually find that they have steamed items on their menu and lot of veges.

abetterme - welcome and congrats on the fantastic loss. You sound a lot like me, exercise usually 7 days/week, 5 of them vigorous and the other two "active recovery" What kind of exercise do you do usually?

yanniejannie - Vince took out some fuses and put them back in and that reset it. Also, he added water to the radiator. It wasn't that low, but a little bit more wouldn't hurt. So far, the light hasn't come back on. I went to the bowling alley near us to give this one gal some empty egg cartons that I save for her and in the time it took me to get there and home, the light didn't come on at all. You said that Heather's baking show hit the US? What's the name of it? Glad those calendars are almost gone. Did you at least make a bit of a profit?

Leslie - I love reading all about Brian and what he has to say. When you said "body fat scales" which type did you mean? The bioimpedence can be skewed.

Dorene - safe travels

Meg - hoping for the best results to the MRI

Heather - I usually eat fast, too. Sometimes I don't wait for the food to cool (like tonight) before I dig in.

Beth - I'd never even *heard* of shrimp and grits until I moved to NC! Prayers for Ashley

Sylvia - what a wonderful idea having the kids decorate those bowls. I just love it

katla - I was thinking the same thing, I would love to take that BBC test, too. Let me know if you find out about it. I'm so happy you had such a good experience at the gym!

barbie - happy anniversary!

Toni - yea for you going to Publix. I can't wait to go to one when we get to FL. Yes, I always found it especially motivating to see the people who worked at the Y not just working but also enjoying themselves by working out.

Michele in NC

Lestan48

Michele. Brian uses Omron Scales. I use Scaleman at home. I record morning for weight and night for BF% bone% muscle%.
Will be intersting tomorrow
Barbie Happy Anniversary
Lesley in Tasmania

DamitJanit

Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding.

Good morning, ladies. It's 1:00am here. I went to bed at 1100 which is a little early for me but it was a busy day. I couldn't sleep and leg kept cramping so I finally got up and here I am. I took a sleeping pill so may fall asleep on my keyboard.

*Jane, I know the funeral will be hard on you but give yourself the time to grieve.

*Wow, way to go, pip!!!

*Pat, don't beat yourself up about eating too much. Just get back on the horse and hopefully no harm if you are still under calories. I've heard that misery loves company, but conger up a funny picture of you and DH hobbling around together. Feel better soon.

*abetterne42, welcome and congrats on your weight loss!!! That is fantastic. We are here for support, so *consider yourself kicked in the butt*. Come back often, there is more where that came from if you need it.

*yanniejannie, good job on selling the Calendars. I hope Ya'll made some money?

*Heather, I have always eaten fast too. That is the main reason I chose "savor" as my word for the month. To remind me to slow down. I use to live my life thinking about food all the time. DH always said I planned my life from one meal to the next, and he was right. In the short 3 months I've been on MFP, I'm happy to say that I don't think about food and eating all the time now. Congratulations on your maintenance!! Your regular eating habits make a lot of sense.
That is wonderful that the light went out in your car. Here's hoping it stays out.

*MNMargaret, good for you on the 3rd grade job. That does sound like a good fit and now you can plan your life around a regular schedule.

*Lesley, you are doing such a good job with Brian. Congrats on your BF and other numbers. I'm impressed.

*drkatie, I can't believe you didn't get a laugh with that joke. Did they get the rest of the sermon? I thought it was funny too.

*Sylvia, your project is getting so exciting. The school idea was brilliant. I wish I were closer and I'd volunteer to help in some way. I'm glad you found such a worth while cause to get involved in. Good for you.

*TNToni, I had actually forgotten about it until I read your post about grocery stores, but for years and years I would not go into a restaurant and eat alone. If I was starving I'd find a fast food with a drive through. I guess I just felt self-conscious? And stay alone in a hotel? Forget about it! I'd have rather slept in my car at a rest area. Now at my ripe old age, I don't care what anyone thinks and will go any where. lol Good for you for venturing out.

*Michele in NC, not only were the green beans cooked to mush, but they were fresh and normally served a bit al dente. That's probably why I can't sleet...that decadent dessert!!

*Barbie, Happy, happy Anniversary!

We are happy to have all the new ladies. This is a great place to get support and ideas and have questions answered. Come often and post often so we can get to know you.

I wish you all great health and much happiness.

My word for the of the month is savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.

Janet in Myrtle Beach, SC

GodMomKim

Oh my I have a ton of reading to do… we’ll see how far I get, busy times… I managed yesterday to get together with a friend I had not celebrated Christmas with, and tomorrow is one more and then I’ll have Christmas done… which is sad, but it is time to move on. For the other Downton fans… wow, what a cliff hanger – looking forward to Sunday already.

Carol – so glad to hear your son helped with the moving this time.

Jane – (((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))

Sylvia – love the idea behind empty bowls!

New ladies – welcome!!!

Heather – WOW to your DDIL!!!!

Terri –take care!!!

Barb – the grandbaby is adorable!!!

Janet – CONGRATS

Cynthia – happy belated birthday

Spanokopita fans…. ME too…

Heather – great job on asking a gal to go shop and coffee… you’ll have fun! My mom had problems with uti for a while, and finally converted to 4 oz of cranberry juice every day, and has been many years (10?) without a uti…

Beth – sending good thoughts to Ashley and family

Sylvia – listening to wise women…. Wow that is great, we are all wise women - when times require we face the fire….

So I read it all and laughed, smiled, worried, sent good thoughts, and cheered - but did not take many notes... so all of you I did not mention... you were thought of tonight.


January goals:

Walk every day
Log all bites everyday
Do a fun thing every week.

Kim from N. California