WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2015
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I got a Fitbit for Mother's Day, anyone want to add me as a friend. I can't figure out how to add people by their profile link. And so far all I use it for is counting my steps. Maybe I should actually try reading the online manual.
Anyway here is my profile link in case you want to friend me on Fitbit: https://www.fitbit.com/user/3F77VZ
Linda (Fredericksburg, VA)
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Good Afternoon,
Went to an afternoon tea and historic fashion show where the setting was in an old barn. It was fun to learn the history of the fashions and the people who wore them.
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Interesting info. Dr told us this last yr.
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150529-aseem-malhotra-forget-the-fitbit.-focus-on-lunch..ece
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ah nooooo....remember just earlier I said that my husband was my voice of reason when we shopped????? Well, I bought a chocolate shaped cup with rich mouse' in it for my son, and they had the same cups with fruit in them. I got one for me. Looks to be a huge strawberry, a couple of marionberries, raspberries, some blueberries, and all in a chocolate cup like a coffee cup. I will only eat the fruit out of it, and give the cup to son. I was so HYPER in the bakery section, I was like, "husband get me out of here, I am getting so excited but anxious at the same time!"
We bought ALOT of meals, so this month should be a grand one. I bought various items for me as well, which I tend to NOT do, and then get home and think, "wow not alot of stuff I wish to eat". Not this time.
Tonight we are heading to a retro Video Arcade that we saw earlier this week in Astoria. Lots of arcade games we grew up with. Even has a Tartis to walk in! After husband said that he would take me out to dinner. I have allocated for some smoked salmon (4 oz to be exact) and I will just box up the rest of the dinner to have another day. I had a large salad with cucumbers, mushrooms, and some cottage cheese at lunch time, so all I will have is the protein. I get a little OCD with my meals but its so wonderful to be in control, that I start logging a raspberry for example....crazy.
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more calories to burn, gonna go ride to our free meal!!!0
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Hello, all! I have been away from this board (and unfortunately not focusing on good eating and exercise) for months. I'm working on the eating and exercise and plan to check in here regularly again. I've always found this group to be supportive and so inspiring - I'm happy to be back!0
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Well... took my dog for a short walk. Its was hot out so I didn't want to take him too far. Then I went to the Greenhouse to buy some more plants... when I came back.. he had been in the pasture and found the cow poop!! what is it with dogs and manure (or dead things for that matter??) So he will get his first lesson of the summer.....BATH TIME!!!! I hope I survive this.
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[Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening Ladies,
Tere, glad the vacation did it’s job.
Yannie, I have a friend that is irked by wait staff asking if you want change. It doesn’t bother me actually because they usually ask before they even look to see how much was left. I do understand where you are coming from, it’s just not one of my buttons. (Thank goodness, cause there are plenty of others.)
Allison, so glad you had a fantastic visit with DGD. It sounds like fun, fun, fun!
Katla, I can’t imagine that you would prefer riding a horse to scrubbing scum off a boat?? What is wrong with you? Ya know, that really sounds like fun at our age!! Even if you are considerably younger.
Barbie, I’ll bet your poodles look marvelous.
Michele, glad there was more than the one option for Vince. I hope the increase meds does the trick. Bummer that the Y isn’t doing the yoga class any more.
Joyce, do you know what is causing the headaches? Have you had your eyes checked lately? I hope they go away pronto.
Jenandroxie, welcome. You will find this a very supportive group of ladies. Please tell us a bit about yourself and sign each post with the name you want us to call you.
Janet in NO, welcome to this great group of ladies. Come often and join right in and you will find lots of support.
Welcome to any Newbies that I missed. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.
Well I was up a little after 5:00 this morning to prepare for the Garage Sale. I don't like getting up early now that I'm retired and especially to have to start moving early. We had lots of traffic and a successful sale. It is just a lot of work to get ready for and a long day, but we did have beautiful weather. I'm going to bed early and think I'll sleep tonight. Last night I think I woke up every 45 minutes to look at the clock. I quickly read the posts so didn't respond to all of you, but know you are in my thoughts.
I send out wishes for each of you to have a fantastic day, full of fun, love and laughter.
Thought for the day:
Always remember that your present
situation is not your final destination.
The best is yet to come.
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
and
Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Sunday and mt rest and Re-feed day, cals at 1532.
Did Wii boxing and JM's BR Cardio 1 for cardio and going for drive with the doggy
The BeneFibre is doing its job and total weigh gouing DOWN still.
Official weigh/BF%/tape tomorrow for Tom';s Big Burn, have lost almost a kilo in a week
Rained overnight and just overcast now
Lesley in Tasmania0 -
Hello all.Finally got 20 minutes of rain this eve.Humidity supposed to take a dive for a couple days.
Scanned thru the posts. Funny,I like reading them,but not much good at responding.
Lesley,all good thoughts for your daughter.
Alison,glad you had nice visits with family.
DD leaves tomorrow for a long visit with her Sis & family in Fl.The sisters are close & they will enjoy every minute.They'lll spend a long wk end with her niece ( our Grdaughter ) in South Fl.
Been getting ready to box up most of what is in my sewing room. I no longer sew/quilt hours every day. Will keep my machine for now,but basically get rid of 90%.One of my faults is buying everything sold for whatever hobby I was doing. Meaning I had/have enough for a class of sewers.
Hope everyone has a nice wkend.I love Sunday & a rainy Sunday is a perfect day for reading the paper & doing whatever I want. Pat
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Ok... The idea of holding hands ... Never mind kissing ... In the grocery store had DH and I in stitches! Thanks for a good laugh. We are obviously private people!
YannieJannie ... This week was a bust for my son. Intense migraine Tuesday through Friday. Better today.
Margaret ... You do the most interesting things.
Had frost two weeks ago ... Completely destroyed my grape vines. Hot today 82 ... Going to be a high of 50 tomorrow. Crazy weather.
So much yard damage from winter ... The chainsaw is now our "pruner."
May was a colossal failure for my goals. But yesterday and today I'm back on track. Tomorrow will be a challenge but have a plan.
Beth in WNY
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Interesting info. Dr told us this last yr.
http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/latest-columns/20150529-aseem-malhotra-forget-the-fitbit.-focus-on-lunch..ece
I read this article and found it helpful--it fits well with the book on CD that I just started this morning on my walk--"Year of No Sugar" Annr, I have compulsively weighed and measured and logged food and exercise since February 2009 and the result has been that I lost the weight I wanted to lose and kept it off.....I have a friend who has lost over 100 pounds by weighing and measuring food even in restaurants and following a very strict eating plan.....someone said that "obsessed" is what the people who aren't successful call the ones who are. Janet, it is hard to get up earlier than usual no matter what time you usually get up....I hope the success of the sale helped soothe the pain of the early awakening. Jake has almost finished installing the rain barrel. I helped by going to Home Depot with him, staying out of his way while he worked, and making lunch.
Something ate all the little seedlings that were coming up (birds, snails, slugs ????) so I put out Sluggo to see if that would help. Later Jake came in the house and told me that I shouldn't go out in the yard for the rest of the day----"why????" I asked him---"because," he said "there's a slug out there sobbing because your poisoned his mother" 
Don't forget to review your May goals and plan some goals for June. Be looking for the June thread about 6 PM Pacific Daylight Time tomorrow (May 31)
My word for 2015 is "now"---I won't wallow in the past or waste time worrying about the future
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Annr - what a wonderful DH you have, please tell him so!
Pip - the smile of your photo is so alive, please say more about your MS ride, and yes, I, at least am jealous of your sweet DH. happy Bday!!
Meg - Hugs, wishes for peace & good luck w/DD#1
Georgia peach - sneaky Jonah looks a sweet one, saw my little dGD/9 mos yesterday, what a lovebug!
Picked up some material at a yard sale last weekend and sewed up 2 scarves today. Dog walk/slow jogged 6.75 miles this morning (using the mapmyrun thing on my phone which gives delayed speeds and distance - this is an improvement) but going to keep considering a garmin.
Goals for next 30 days:
Keep daily calories under 1200
Avoid sugar & sodium
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Hello Everyone. I read the first and the 47th pages of this thread. I did not read all of the other 45 pages in between. You ladies are very prolific.
I've had a MFP account for years and have had periods of time when I have been more and less dedicated, and more and less successful with my weight goals.
Currently I weigh 174.8 and am 5'6", 54 years old. The thing that has recently changed is my husband and I both got Fitbits. They have been very motivational for us. I also like how well they interface with MFP.
I don't know if I have done a good job with this first post, I hope I have.
Lisa
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more calories burned. just got back from free food day!!
Ride hm 2 josephina's- 12.11min, 13.3amph, 2.6mi = 140c
ride josephina's 2 hm - 9.22min, 10.9amph, 1.7mi = 104c
941cal updated
cory17 - this is a ride that my husband has been doing every year since i've known him, maybe even more (18years). i used to volunteer, now i ride with him. it's a 2day ride that is hard and hilly but very rewarding.0 -
we are riding home from having my free bday dinner and we are on the last stretch home, and i am jammin going up hill and it's a thing of beauty seeing my husband just blow my a** and fly right by me!! i love riding with him!
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Hello everyone! We had a very successful moving sale. Now we have to decide if we donate the rest of the stuff to the church or have a sale at our new house. It depends on the church if they have a place to store it until the end of July. Now we are going to pack up the house. I want everything done ASAP so we can have an easy move.
Have a great night everyone!
Mary from Minnesota0 -
Awesome fanncy!0
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Did about 45 minutes of Stephanie Huckabees DVD. Will do some more tomorrow (mostly the cardio part)
Mary from MN - congrats on the sale going so well. Hope it continues
Lillian - don't forget your bathing suit! After you trim the lawn, we'll go swimming (or into the spa, whatever we decide to do)
Joyce - I, too, thought katla was her name!
CynthiaT - what a great thing you do logging at the cemetery. Moving one? Seems bizzare to me. But you're probably right, if the church can get money for the land, they are probably going to do it.
Jessica and Colby came here late last night. She had an appt with the vet here for her cat and we're going to take Loki just to get his phenobarb level taken. Update: they just did the routine bloodwork since he was due for it. We decreased his dosage of pheno and he hasn't had any seizures since introducing the other med, so the vet wasn't concerned.
Lisa - what a georgeous photo!
Jen - welcome! This is THE place to be. Happy early/late birthday (whichever it is)
pip - does your hubby have any relatives???? Great for you raising that much money for MS. congrats on getting that shirt! Enjoy your meal
Becca - you and hubby must look so sweet down the grocery aisles
JanetMc welcome! You've come to a great place
yanniejannie - thanks so much for the tip about the helioplex.
meg - here's hoping your hubby feels better fast. Yup, Vince talked about MAYBE exercising....but right now he's sleeping on the sofa in the sunroom, so you can see where that's heading.
Vicki - I know after elections, the candidates have a few days and all their signs have to be down. I have seen a few, but they were on private property. But if they aren't on private property (like at an intersection) they need to be down in like a week or less even.
Carol/peach - Jonah is sooo cute, love those blue eyes
Linda in VA - I hear ya, when Vince is sick, you would think the world was coming to an end. He moans and groans around the house. If I get sick, well, I have to be REAL sick, the laundry still needs to be done, the house still needs to be cleaned, the groceries still need to be bought, etc, etc. Hope you're better fast
ohiomomof2 - welcome back!
Lisa - welcome!
Michele in NC0 -
Exterminate- he has a half bro in Indiana I think his wife cheated on him so he might b separated. Even knowing that, he's not nearly as cool or as good looking as kirby0
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@exermom well, I have to admit, he is a handsome thing, especially when he wears his Scottish Tam, but he IS a Retired Navy Chief, so he admires ladies in general. He always gets a gleam in his eye when summer starts, but I don't mind that his eyes wander, just as long as he settles his gaze on me :-) Oh and Pipcd34 called you Exterminate....hahahaha....spellchecker strikes again!
@cory17 I shall :-) Since having his liver transplant (1 yr anniver was this Month) I think he has done a wonderful 180' in his thinking and how he views life. I personally think his liver must have come from quite a Romantic.
@barbiecat So you are telling me my obsessive thinking is normal? Awesome Sauce!!! Tonight it was put to the test when I ordered smoked salmon (it was in a wrap). I asked for the cream cheese on the side, and coleslaw as a side. For the most part I ate the salmon as I dismantled it from the wrap. I dipped my fork in the herb cream cheese now and then. I ate half the sandwich, and a quarter of the coleslaw. I watched my husband have a chocolate shake (no husband you may not spread the calories this is over many days...hahaha). I didn't eat any of his fries so I was a winner in my book!0 -
You all are such winners! I just love reading every day. And yes, sometimes it is comforting to know that I can just read and not feel pushed to respond.
Cynthia, Yes, Mr. Holland's Opus is a movie. It's about a musician who needs to make extra money but also have time to write his 'Opus' or symphony so he quits his band job and teaches music in high school. He gets a rude awakening when he finds out that high school kids have no interest in learning music theory and finds out that he has to see music on their level. So he shows them how the different classics are in the contempory music now, just at a different cadence and some filler music added in. He becomes a very beloved teacher. He and wife have a deaf son and he has to find a way to show his son the love of music. He works 30 years in this school. You'll have to find the rest yourself!! But it is a very motivational story for all teachers to learn from. You don't jsut 'teach' your students. You need to help them find their own way.
Allison, I have gained 22 pounds.
I am kind of glad they no longer have the weight loss stickers here. I would feel like so much of a hypocrite posting and helping. I still show 60 pounds lost on the sticker though. I don't have the heart to change it. I feel if I changed it I would be giving up. I leave it there as a kick in the butt for me to see where I once was, remember how it made me feel inside and out.
Jenn Santa Fe, you are exactly where you need to be, you are at your starting point with us here as cheerleaders. We need you to be our cheerleaders to, sigh.
Pip, congrats on raising that much money for MS and for getting the shirts. Maybe someday they will find a cure for this awful disease. Well first they have to find out what causes it!
Pat, that Irish Open looked wicked. I don't know how many times I have bought, sold and rebought things for cross stitching. I love it, get all enthused then burned out and quit, swear I will never do it again and sell it. I have a quilt that hasn't been finished for about 6 years.
Welcome to all the newbies here, and all the ones finding their way back. JanetMMcC, that is one weird eye!
Barbie, go out there and give him some smooching and he will come in for lunch!!!
Meg, I can't stop laughing. Good old whole wheat nursing, that's what e need more of. Will it be covered under Obamacare?
Vicki, I absolutely despise those old yard sale signs, especially the ones that just say 'next Saturday'. I have been known to go to their house, ask them where the yard sale is, if the sign isn't down the next week, I will send DD#1 and the next week DD#2. They drive me crazy.
Had an interesting day today. I usually don't go to any of my husbands Karaoke gigs. But his good friend does a lot of DJ work for charities and nursing homes. So they were doing it this afternoon at a nursing home right down the street from me and I went. I always enjoy myself when I go, don't know why I do't go to all the nursing homes with him. It was a prom night with the theme of The great Gatsby. One of our local catholic high schools that does community service in their curriculum had about a dozen kids come out, did ladies hair, provided dresses, served them punch and just chatted with them. i have never been to a nursing home that had as many residents that wanted to sing. Some didn't do it well but they all enjoyed themselves. DJ guy always makes sure he has a lot of church music if I want to sing. I told him I wasn't but eventually just couldn't stand it anymore and sang The old rugged cross. I knew a lot of them would know it and sing with me. My husband always tries to make sure he sings songs of their era. Some of the other guys sang some songs I thought were inappropriate for the generation. The DJ's wife and I talked a lot. Apparently Charlie really gets mad when one of them give him a warning when he has been there a long time and is doing one of his dances. He does some clogging to one of his songs. They warn him about his heart. They have learned not to say anything if he is eating the wrong thing for his or his colon. He lets me say it but not them at all. He also got mad that the nursing home started 1/2 hour late and shut down 1/2 hour early. They started late because there was a fire in a resident's room. He also didn't like it that the residents were taking up HIS singing time and one of the residents sang Hey Jude which is a very long song and he couldn't remember it so he just kept on singing na na na na na until the song finished. The poor guy was a younger guy who had a traumatic brain injury and was in a nursing home! He wanted to sing a song from his era. He was dressed up in a tux and top hat for the prom.
Joyce, Indiana
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Heather – I did a review for Windows and for Herbert, but they would not post my review for Herbert – don’t know why!
Meg – Whole wheat!!!!!!!!!!!LOL
Lilymay - My previous dog (probably 10 ish years ago) came with me to a friends ranch for Christmas, it was a dress up event, and somewhere there are pictures of me on Christmas afternoon, in heels, in a light dusting of snow, washing some kind of poop out of the dog’s coat…. And I got to do it not just once that evening; but twice! I could not believe that dog!
Barbie – Jake and his slug joke are just too much!!! I am regularly doing in the snails here!
Newbies – welcome one and all….
Tired tonight for no good reason, just am so read the posts but did not do a through job of replying…
May goals:
Walk every day
Log everyday
Eat slower
Plan and do a fun thing every week
Week 1 – had a friend visit for a couple of days – went to our big second hand store (Savers) and for $23 got 3 pair of walking shoes and a pair of hiking boots – all very gently used. Score!
Week 2 – had Mom for a 4 day visit, tried some new recipes, salmon, shrimp and clams…. Yummy. Did a new walk with the dog that had a long tough hill, and we made it!
Week 3 – reconnected with my hiking friends and hiked Brushy Peak. Also made divinity as a test run for a candy class I am teaching this summer, excellent, and even better gave most of it away.
Week 4 – finished one more portion of my front yard “re-model”, went on a walking tour of North Beach area of san Francisco
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Annr - I STILL weigh and measure after 3 years.!
Carol - your DGS looks just like you! ! ! Beautiful!
Breakfast coming! Heather x x x x x x0 -
Just saying hi. Messed up my ankle at the cemetery yesterday. Spent the whole last two weeks in bed with bronchitis and I'm back in bed with the ankle. Have let a few choice words fly.
Cynthia0 -
Oh dear Cynthia! Rest up and get well soon!
Well ladies, my news is that I LOST a few ounces on my visit to York! ! ! ! Am I happy! ! ! ! ! All that walking about and the swimming compensated for the drinking! 
I must say I feel much better today after getting back to my normal regime yesterday. As I get older almost any drinking doesn't really agree with me. Let alone the calories. But I never learn.
DH still has his cold, but is feeling a bit better this morning. Bad timing for him. I don't know if he will get to the cricket as we have had a lot of rain and it is gloomy and cold right now. He can't wait to feel himself again.
The garden party on Tuesday is looking damp, if not actually raining. We can go inside, but that spoils the point somehow of all the hats etc. I will enjoy dressing up, whatever the weather! I wear a dress about twice a year!
DSIL brought us presents of plants for the garden so they are sitting outside making me feel guilty. I wish she wouldn't do that as I have nowhere to put them and I wouldn't choose those plants. She means well, but a garden is a personal choice. I will find a corner for them, but it is a nuisance. Do I sound ungrateful??? I am. :laugh:
Going to make a curry today with left over roast lamb, chick peas, sweet potato, butternut squash and spinach from the garden.
Love from Heather in Hampshire in the south of England, UK0 -
There is research that shows that among the characteristics of people who are successful at losing weight and keeping it off are all the counting and keeping track behaviours that we obsessive people having been doing for years on MFP....weighing and measuring food and logging it, wearing a pedometer, keeping track of exercise, keeping track of progress.....being open minded and learning from others, having a support system and staying away from the "dream stealers"0
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Heather - just set the plants - in their pots - into an area in your garden. You can dig a hole and set the pot in it if you want. And oh oh.... if they die in a month - oh well - they must not have liked where you put them. I am pretty picky about what comes into my yard.... some greenhouse plants have brought white flies. When we first moved to our yard people brought me perennials, I, being new to this, accepted and planted everything. BIG Mistake!!! I have some pretty invasive stuff moving around my yard. And if people think that Roundup kills everything ...NO it does not!!! I have Mother of Thyme growing in way too many places.
Cynthia - I hope you get better.
May has been a really good month for me. Even after the week of the sore throat. I still moved, maybe not at high speed, but I moved... so far 125 miles ( 14 days over 10,000 steps.) And staying around the 176 pounds. My goal at TOPS is 170. The last pounds seem to be the hardest!! Really have to avoid added sugar and make good protein choices. Will have to add something to spice it up - maybe more weights.
Today I am off to DM's house again.... finish planting her garden and pick up carrots from the cooler. I really thought I should be doing a round of golf while I am there. DSIL is sick so she can't golf There is a really nice course there and the clubhouse makes food that fits my diet plan.
Take care everyone and have a pleasant Sunday
Lillian in VERY DRY West Central Saskatchewan0 -
Barbie - I absolutely agree with your last post. It does seem to me that the really successful maintainers are those who have found an activity they can stick to that burns enough calories so they don't have to starve themselves. Today's food temptations can sabotage the best of intentions all too easily unless you have a reserve of burnt calories. You have your walking and dancing, I have my home gym, Pip has her cycling, Katla her riding, spinning and cycling. It helps if it is part of our routine and readily available. It is not a licence to eat badly, but it means you can eat "well".
Heather UK0
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