WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE 2015
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@Chris in MA
lol Wellmikesmom1983 wrote: »janetr7476 wrote: »Janet
Myrtle Beach, SC
I lost 125# total. You're right it's not easy, but my weight just rolled off. I couldn't keep up with it. But I am thrilled and feel so much better. I have been able to get off of meds for Type II diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. I had a right knee replacement just over 4 months ago. I breezed thru it, I'll have the left knee replaced in September. None of this would have happened 125# ago. I WILL keep it off. Thanks for the encouragement. Hang in there, the rest of yours will come off. I did start adding more activity/exercise than I'd ever done before on a regular basis.
How did you manage to get that weight to roll off? I have a vision of if rolling down a hill!
Chris in MA
Lol sorry, it did rather sound like that. Janet in Myrtle Beach and I had posted that we both had gastric bypass surgery. She said she was struggling to lose the last of the weight to get to her goal.
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Sharon6248 wrote: »I'm new here! Time to get back to the right path - no more excuses! I'm off work all summer so my goal is to be active every day! I have found it so difficult to lose weight after 50. I'm trying to keep a positive attitude, and accept that a healthier lifestyle is more important than a number on a scale, and I hope this group will keep me on board with that!
Sharon
Welcome Sharon, glad you're on board. We're here when you need us. I'm new too and really enjoying it.
Janet
in Oklahoma City
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OK my bad it is called Lysteda...sorry spelled it wrong.. Working till 6.will catch up later
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@ Meg from steamy Omaha - Janet: sounds like you are really doing well!
Not sure which Janet you were responding too, but I'll take all the encouragement I can get. Still pumped about it, still have not been hungry and have tried new recipes every day this week. My hubby (tall and skinny) has really liked them too. Luckily he's not a picky eater, that helps.0 -
Megblair1 - we changed the Hospice Care we had for our Mother - 1st one was not coming when they were supposed to and not doing the things they had said they'd do. ALF owner told sister what was happening; and they got 'fired' immediately. Referral to another was much better.0
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Ok , after reading this board I can see that my exercise needs to go up!!! You ladies are all so active and weight lifting. I have been biking and walking and eating 1200 cals a day but in 40 days have lost 6 lbs. Im 59 and have been pretty sedate so any suggestions for a video thats easy on the knees?? How do you all feel about Leslies walk away with weights??
What a great group!! I book marked it.0 -
Good afternoon beautiful ladies :flowerforyou:
Mary
So sorry to hear about AppleJack! What a beauty he was! Your daughter is beautiful as well!!
Cynthia My my, what a good little doggie sitting there soaking his paw ! I'm pretty sure Noel would never do that :noway:! Hope his paw is feeling better!!!
Margaret Love your post! I'll have to copy it and reread it when I think I'm having a bad day!
Meg I love reading your posts! I especially love the adventures of Benny!!! I still remember the time he got on the dining room table and ate the bread, the time he peed in the electrical outlets :laugh:! You should write a book about his adventures!
Carol/Peach Have a big salad with tons of veggies for dinner and maybe a little chicken on top, if you put dressing on very lightly you can probably stay around 200 calories!
Carol NC I hate those days where I feel like I'm an empty pit. I had one of those days recently, seemed I ate everything in sight, good thing I didn't have more at home to eat. Funny thing was, I was down a pound the next day :happy:!
Pip I would say you've had a busy day 
! Hope the eyeball Dr. appt. went well.
I did not get my nap yesterday afternoon :grumble:. The guys showed up to to repair a paver in my driveway and Noel didn't like that at all :noway:! She is a barker, I swear she likes to hear herself talk! The paver guys are the same the ones that were here last summer, they call Noel "Little Boss" . The name suits her well....
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day and a wonderful evening! It is time to get off this iPad and take Little Boss for a walk!
Hugs,
DeeDee in gorgeous NC
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just got back. it's 2:43pm and i haven't stopped from doing stuff. just brought floyd home from the groomers after the eyeball appointment. i'm half blind cuz of my eyes being dilated. squinted to pick up the boy, now i'm getting a headache from squinting. so i should get a new prescription in time for vegas and that's a good thing, now i gotta give bullwinkle a bath outside.
i'm kinda bummed that i didn't do over 1k burn today but my excuse is cuz i didn't go to work today so that means i didn't ride to work and ride home which would have brought me over that. i went to do the 5:15am class and she usually does 2 classes back to back and i was going to do them but i got up there and she had a sub that i don't care for (the style of class, not her). so i went downstairs and did the expresso bike (virtual trail stationary bike) and i did the hardest, longest one the had. i had done that before and when you have an account, it shows you your "ghost" of your previous ride. kinda gives u incentive to beat your last time. well from riding all week, my ghost rider kicked my a@# by 18minutes lmao!!!!! oh well at least i got 750 cal. in. my shirt and shorts were soaked. i had to put them thru the swim suit spinner to get the excess sweat off. i weighed myself and i was at 132 and at least 2 lbs of that was sweat. lololol
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Pip~ I wanna be you when I grow up~ Damn Girl you put us all to shame...
no formal exercise of late, except walking the dogs...mowing the lawn...
I have to get back into some routine,, would love a virtual bikeride like that.. sounds awesome..
Well I think my DFIL said it best today as I was shoveling wheaties in his mouth this morning, He said stay away from my wheaties your fat enough already
God Love him he cracks me up sometimes... I take it all with a grain of salt.. but it is an eye opener .. 0 -
You guys brighten my day. In comparison to you all I live a very dull and ordinary life! Keep you life stories coming as I am living vicariously through yours!
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k, last thing, washed bullwinkle. i am happy that i was able to do ALL on my list! well except burning 1k. one thing that wasn't on my list that i would have liked to have gotten done was to get my hair cut, but the chances of a same day appointment anywhere are kinda slim. i wish i had something to drink and i don't mean water or tea.0
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Barbie thanks for keeping this board going.
June goals watch the US Women's National Soccer Team win the World Cup. Watch the Tampa Bay Lightening win the Stanley Cup.
Ok what I can control. Gym 5 days a week. 5K a day keeps Diabetes away. Weights 3x a week.
Control my appetite and have lots of fun in the sun. Pool or beach?
My DH is type 2 and this has rocked our world. Rus has gone from 370lbs to 274lbs in the last year or so. The most important factor to getting the weight off is how sick one becomes with diabetes. Please ladies do not let it take your eyes,your feet your heart or you away from the ones you love. I thank God for affordable gyms close to home and the choice to be healthy.
Change your thoughts and change your life.
Patsy
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Pip Good deal Pip, I will look on there....in Oregon you say? Well our woods are uuber strong and can lift and carry anything... (ok that sounded odd)!! We are definatly one of the major tree/wood resources in the country.
In the Port of Astoria, there are HUGE piles of trees awaiting shipment. The loggers do replant, but there are parts of the forests in the coast here, that are pretty bare, until the trees grow and make it look normal again. We have a bark processing plant, (guess the bark getting shipped by truck and ships to other plants that use it. So our road has two major vehicles on it: log trucks, and RV's (because the KOA camp site it just up the street).
Todays TOPS meeting went really well! My idea of weighing in, putting your name in a drawing and winning the fruit basket was a success! It was frustrating to me to weigh in, lose 2 lbs but then get bummed because I wasn't the best loser. Hopefully it will level the "playing field" and get members to realize that its not a competition but acknowledging a loss is a loss, no matter the number. (oh and I lost for the 3rd week in a row of 1.50 lbs.) That made me happy! I got to ring the bell, and have peeps clap, and put my name on this numbers board. When that gets all filled up with peoples names, the envelope is opened that is on the back. Whoevers name is on that number square gets a free month of dues, (all of $3 but the number isn't important)
Enjoy the day all!
Becca by the Beach that is such a LOSER...ha.
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Ok, I am NEVER taking that tiny sociopath (DGS) anywhere ever again. I took them bowling this afternoon. They had just finished lunch. I sat them down and said we are going to bowl two games each, and everybody will get one drink, but there will be no snacks, so don't even ask. Fine, they all said. Well, we were about in frame 3 of the second game when he started in. Grandma, I want popcorn. Grandma, I'm hungry. Grandma, I want popcorn. He must have asked fifty times for popcorn and every time I said no. So I sat him down, held his sweaty little hands, looked him in the eye, and said, Ian, it makes me feel bad every time you ask me for popcorn and I can't buy it for you. I explained that I didn't have enough money for bowling, drinks AND popcorn. (he said, yes you do, I saw it in your purse.) I said, you don't want me to feel bad, do you? He just shrugged. About 30 seconds later, he asked for popcorn. My lesson from this is never try to reason with a six year old. But I promise you, if grandpa had been there he would have gotten popcorn.
Meg, you are definitely hotter than me in any sense! I've never been hot in my life.
Pip, Poop, I still love your dogs! Bull winkle looks like a sweetheart! Did Floyd get a summer cut?
Gotta go cut myself some watermelon. I finally got a good one this time.
Have a great evening.
Sylvia
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annr - clarification on the wooden bike, the bike was built in oregon, the trees were grown in the U.S. i wanna say maple and walnut? part of them came from the Appalachian mountains.0
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Today's jokes of the day:
A tail gunner was being court-martialed. “What did you hear in your headset?” demanded a superior officer.
“Well,” replied the airman. “I heard my squadron leader holler, ‘Enemy planes at 5 o’clock!”
“What action did you take?’ persisted another officer.
“Why, sir,” replied the gunner, “I just sat back and waited. It was only 4:30.”
A preacher was standing at the pulpit giving his Sunday sermon when a note was passed to him.
The only word written on the sheet was IDIOT.
Looking up at the congregation, the preacher smiled and said:
I have heard of men who write letters and forget to sign their names but this is the first time I will see a man sign his name and forget to write the letters. 0 -
oooh Appalachian wood gotcha.0
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whippet - yeah, floyd got a "summer cut" never did that to any of my golden.. he looks pretty snappy..0
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Thursday here.
I had 3 Trojans CLEANED but now cannot post my food, I need to for Tom's Big Burn Can anyone HELP
Only did JJ Cardio Kick-boxing WAS going to walk but too cold and stayed in
Need to do JJ's Bikini Boot-cam II and Circuit B soon.
Hairdresser at 2pm
Lesley in Tasmania0 -
Lesley – I knew even as a tired person that you were in Tasmania, what I did not know was the time difference!
One of the kids cooking camps I am doing this summer is candy – 4 half days of making candy with young teens. So I have been trying some new recipes as I really did not have enough tried and true. So found a recipe for peanut butter fudge.. sounded good, different from my chocolate fudge – so I gave it a try and instead of fudge I got peanut brittle! But the problem was I had put it in a 9x9 pan, ended up heating the pan in the microwave and digging out hunks of candy dumped the hunks on parchment to cool and am giving it away – the hair dresser, 2 neighbors, and tomorrow a friend will get the balance. I have found another one to try – but does anyone have a peanut butter fudge recipe they love? I will have 3 groups of kids, and it is fun to have them each make the same thing but different variations, we taste discuss and share.. So I have chocolate, looking for peanut butter, and need a 3rd kind… maybe maple? Or…. Who is our chocolate dipper? Sondre? A suggestion?
Kim from N. California
Hi Kim,
I do have a good peanut butter fudge recipe from my daughters teacher. The kids absolutely loved it!
2 Sticks Margarine
3 C Sugar
5 oz Can Evaporated Milk
Mix ingredients in saucepan. Bring to boil, continue to cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add:
7 oz Jar Marshmallow Cream
2/3 C Peanut Butter
Stir until incorporated. Pour into buttered 9x13 pan and cool
I think maple sounds delicious! Let me know how it turns out.
Sondre, SF, PA
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Lesley, not sure why you can't post your food, since you can post to the community. Is there another computer you could use temporarily? Or perhaps try a different browser? (Common browsers: Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox for Windows machines). Maybe it was just a quick glitch, I run into that sometimes, if I wait a few minutes and try again it will sometimes work.0
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I'm marking my spot. :flowerforyou:0
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Sondre, you asked about my exercise. I walk a lot---in the last five years I've gradually increased the length of time I walk my dogs each day. I attend three line dance classes a week and teach one of them. I read a great book, "Strong Women Stay Young" that gave me the necessary information to begin an at-home weight training program. We have an exercise bike in the living room and I ride it while watching TV...it's a recumbent bike, so I can knit and ride at the same time. I meet my friends for a walk rather than a meal. I seek every opportunity to be active.
When I was at the dance workshop I opened my snack bag and found a sweet love note from my darling husband. When I got to the hotel and unpacked my suitcase, I found another sweet note. This morning he put the phone on "speaker" so I could talk to the dogs. Like many of you, I had to be married for awhile to a &%$#&$# before I met the wonderful man I'm married to now. Barbie from warm and beautiful NW Washington
Hi Barbie,
Thank you for sharing. Basically, I need a good swift kick in the rear. I just don't want to exercise. I prefer doing something that has an outcome other than helping me become fit. For example, I love to work in my yard. There is so much that needs done and I feel great seeing the improvements. The thing about that is, if it is raining I am not exercising. I have a wonderful black lab/golden retriever who loves to walk. She spends most of her time with my son out in the woods. By the looks of things, I am making excuses. I will do something.....soon!
It sounds as if you have a wonderful husband! Congrats!! They are hard to come by.
Sondre, SF, PA
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Lesley – I knew even as a tired person that you were in Tasmania, what I did not know was the time difference!
One of the kids cooking camps I am doing this summer is candy – 4 half days of making candy with young teens. So I have been trying some new recipes as I really did not have enough tried and true. So found a recipe for peanut butter fudge.. sounded good, different from my chocolate fudge – so I gave it a try and instead of fudge I got peanut brittle! But the problem was I had put it in a 9x9 pan, ended up heating the pan in the microwave and digging out hunks of candy dumped the hunks on parchment to cool and am giving it away – the hair dresser, 2 neighbors, and tomorrow a friend will get the balance. I have found another one to try – but does anyone have a peanut butter fudge recipe they love? I will have 3 groups of kids, and it is fun to have them each make the same thing but different variations, we taste discuss and share.. So I have chocolate, looking for peanut butter, and need a 3rd kind… maybe maple? Or…. Who is our chocolate dipper? Sondre? A suggestion?
Kim from N. California
Hi Kim,
I do have a good peanut butter fudge recipe from my daughters teacher. The kids absolutely loved it!
2 Sticks Margarine
3 C Sugar
5 oz Can Evaporated Milk
Mix ingredients in saucepan. Bring to boil, continue to cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
Add:
7 oz Jar Marshmallow Cream
2/3 C Peanut Butter
Stir until incorporated. Pour into buttered 9x13 pan and cool
I think maple sounds delicious! Let me know how it turns out.
Sondre, SF, PA
wow, what's the calorie content in that i wonder lololol0 -
mollywhippet wrote: »Ok, I am NEVER taking that tiny sociopath (DGS) anywhere ever again. I took them bowling this afternoon. They had just finished lunch. I sat them down and said we are going to bowl two games each, and everybody will get one drink, but there will be no snacks, so don't even ask. Fine, they all said. Well, we were about in frame 3 of the second game when he started in. Grandma, I want popcorn. Grandma, I'm hungry. Grandma, I want popcorn. He must have asked fifty times for popcorn and every time I said no. So I sat him down, held his sweaty little hands, looked him in the eye, and said, Ian, it makes me feel bad every time you ask me for popcorn and I can't buy it for you. I explained that I didn't have enough money for bowling, drinks AND popcorn. (he said, yes you do, I saw it in your purse.) I said, you don't want me to feel bad, do you? He just shrugged. About 30 seconds later, he asked for popcorn. My lesson from this is never try to reason with a six year old. But I promise you, if grandpa had been there he would have gotten popcorn.
Meg, you are definitely hotter than me in any sense! I've never been hot in my life.
Pip, Poop, I still love your dogs! Bull winkle looks like a sweetheart! Did Floyd get a summer cut?
Gotta go cut myself some watermelon. I finally got a good one this time.
Have a great evening.
Sylvia
Sylvia,
I admire your stick to it tiveness.....kids will persist in an attempt to wear us down. To be honest, I would have given in around the 15th time he asked.
Sondre, SF, PA
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Wow - 2 days in a row without a frozen computer! Counting my blessings. According to my Software engineer son I do not need to pay to have this one cleaned up. It is so old and low grade he says a new one is the way to go but he will help me get the virus protection and free Office. So we'll see. This old one works today so that's good!
Pip - I can just smell those clean, shiny pooches. Nothing beats a clean doggie smell unless it is a baby's head!
MNMargaret - Ha, ha, ha!
Dee Dee - so glad you are here more now!
Meg - so do you teach nursing all year long?
Lesley - hugs to you and your daughter
Okay - I really need help getting to the community on my phone. Anybody? Anybody?
Love ya all
TNToni0 -
Oh, forgot to say I am doing some dancing to the BeeGees on PBS right now! Memories!0
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