WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2015
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Thanks Janet, yes, I would like to join the group. My name is Susan. I try to be helpful because I have been there and I want to share the mindset I had to have in order to accomplish a goal I thought would be near impossible.
I didn't mean to come across like I giving some sort of testimonial but hey, whatever works, right!
Cheri, don't get discouraged. I would suggest, one huge thing that I forgot to mention. We all know about exercise but we still have to make huge efforts to move throughout the day. We have to continue to move throughout the day: Cleaning, washing a car, walking, instead of parking close, Cooking great healthy foods ahead of time and cleaning up after. We can do outdoor activities like gardening or raking. It doesn't sound like fun but we can accomplish three things: we burn more calories throughout the day, we take our mind off food and we end up feeling accomplished in what we've achieved.
I don't know if I did this post correctly but I am trying!
Susan
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cityjaneLondon wrote: »Cheri - I would guess that something is going wrong with your maths.
I say that because I found I was making a big miscalculation on portion size with boxed microwave popcorn. Cereal is another one where you have to weigh carefully. It is very, very easy to underestimate how much we are eating. Everything has to be weighed and measured. And carefully logged. No exceptions. No guesswork. No cheat days. No, "Oh once won't hurt". No, "I deserve a treat." No, "I've had a hard day, so I'll make an exception." No, "I'll just eat it to be sociable and they've gone to so much trouble."
You can do it. :flowerforyou:
Is your diary open? Is everything on there?
Love Heather UK
My diary is open to friends. For the most part I measure and weigh. I was trying not to be very OCD about things because it has gotten me in places I haven't wanted to go but perhaps I must buckle down and head in that direction.
Cheri0 -
Thanks Janet, yes, I would like to join the group. My name is Susan. I try to be helpful because I have been there and I want to share the mindset I had to have in order to accomplish a goal I thought would be near impossible.
I didn't mean to come across like I giving some sort of testimonial but hey, whatever works, right!
Cheri, don't get discouraged. I would suggest, one huge thing that I forgot to mention. We all know about exercise but we still have to make huge efforts to move throughout the day. We have to continue to move throughout the day: Cleaning, washing a car, walking, instead of parking close, Cooking great healthy foods ahead of time and cleaning up after. We can do outdoor activities like gardening or raking. It doesn't sound like fun but we can accomplish three things: we burn more calories throughout the day, we take our mind off food and we end up feeling accomplished in what we've achieved.
I don't know if I did this post correctly but I am trying!
Susan
The moving throughout the day is correct. I don't work outside the home at this time and find myself thinking of ways to keep moving: taking laundry upstairs after each load, ironing one shirt and walking to MB closet to put away instead of at end of all shirts, taking dog for 2 short walks (outside of my 3 mile purposeful fitness walking), walking up and down stairs during commercials on tv, having a planned household chore for each morning and each afternoon...it takes effort or else I would be on the couch all day engaging in my passion of reading and crocheting.
This time around (dieting) I made sure to do only those things (eating and exercising) that I could sustain going forward into seniorhood. Nothing over the top commitment wise as in the past that has been my downfall. Going full force and then messing up and then ultimately giving up. I want to engage in fitness and eating patterns that I know are sustainable. I think I am doing that as I have stayed longer on this path than ever before. Perhaps I can pull the reins in a little tighter as I have been successful thus far in staying the path.
Your words are very helpful to me!
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Susan-great advice!
Cheri- ditto on what Heather said. My suggestion is to lift heavier weights and build muscle. You can increase your weights by a pound at a time it doesn't have to be 5 to 10 pounds. But every increase make your muscles stronger and burn more calories during your workout. I like doing compound lifts. I do Stronglifts 5x5. I also started kettle bell swings. I find that I need to change up my exercise and really follow closely as clean of eating as I can.
Mary from Minnesota0 -
Hi all-
I'm new to this as well. I've tracked my food on the app, but have never gone on the message boards. It's been lovely to read all the support on this thread. I'm 50, and weigh 185. (Up until early this year I hovered around 173, but gained 12 since April due to a lot of stress eating, and I suspect the dreaded metabolism change.)
Anyway, I'm trying to do this differently, by losing weight gradually, which is a big change for me. I'm very black and white about eating/exercising. I'm either on it 100% or off it 100%. I'm going to try for 80% success, which I'm told still yields good results.
With that in mind, my November goals are:
10,000 steps 5 out of 7 days
1500 calories a day
Tracking all food consumed every day
Meditation breathing 5 minutes a day
Being nicer to myself
Feel my feelings, instead of eating them
Weigh less than at the beginning of December than I did at the beginning of November
Again, I'm hoping for an 80% success rate on the everyday stuff. That's still a passing grade!
Thanks for any insights you may have.
Z in NY 0 -
Do not let the holidays define my actions. Holidays are more in the moment then re-creating the past. I will not give in to baking my childhood
This is a goal that Becca posted and I thought it was so wonderful that I wanted to post it again to remind myself and to share with others. 0 -
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Susan (susb)... Great advice! Thanks for sharing.
SRR65... You replied to the whole group. If you want to reply privately to someone, using mail/message seems to be the only way to do so.
Margaret ... Good advice about watching prescriptions. I've run into this before with my older son who has been on multiple medications over the years. A watchful eye is imperative!
Cheri... I thought I didn't have to watch so closely with measuring and weighing after I lost some weight... Thought it was being obsessive and, frankly, my family made fun of me. Well now I'm having to re-lose 20 of the 72+ pounds that I thought I had lost forever when I was weighing and measuring. So you know what I'm back at ... Weighing and measuring. It's what works for me. And Heather is right ... The math works.
Beth in WNY
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Susan I agree with you about the moving.
Chris thank you for sharing the picture from your walk. Margaret 0 -
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Anyway, I'm trying to do this differently, by losing weight gradually, which is a big change for me. I'm very black and white about eating/exercising. I'm either on it 100% or off it 100%. I'm going to try for 80% success, which I'm told still yields good results.
Again, I'm hoping for an 80% success rate on the everyday stuff. That's still a passing grade!
Thanks for any insights you may have.
Z in NY
I was always the exact same way- either all in or all out, very black and white, if I "messed up" somewhere along the line I would scrap the whole thing. It wasn't until this time around that I dropped that attitude and eased up on my OCD attitude regarding weight loss and fitness. I found that I needed to be forgiving of myself and regard this as a lifestyle journey one that would take me into old age. The 80% rule is a good suggestion one I am going to adopt to help with the all-or-none attitude.
Prime example: I was unable to get in my daily walk for several days this past month due to the death of my FIL and the traveling involved. In the past I would have thrown myself a pity party and called the whole thing off. Not this time. I was able to pick right back up and consider it a new re-beginning with the daily walk. I win for me.
We can and will do this!
Cheri sunny NE Ohio0 -
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Pip, I've seen your photos on Facebook, but wanted to say again how great you and your hubby look and how impressed I am with his run. 0
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Pip - great photos! What a terrific achievement! :flowerforyou: Inspirational!
Heather UK0 -
Great points, Heather and Mary. Don't be too hard on yourself Cherie, if any of this would be easy, everyone could achieve their goals with ease, it's not; it has to be a change of lifestyle.
I don't think or feel it is OCD to write down your intake. That is how I achieved my goals. We acquire valuable knowledge when we measure and take note of what we eat. It blew my mind to imagine how many calories I was carelessly taking in when I had no real knowledge of every single thing I popped it to my mouth!
We can easily be ingesting 1,800 calories when trying to lose weight while thinking we're taking in 1,400 and that's why a plateau lasts longer than it should. It's not really a plateau; we may be eating enough to maintain our present weight.
I used a simple dumbbell routine and I did squats and conditioning routines, along with Pilates. Like Mary said: the weights produce muscle which burns off more calories throughout the day, plus, the fact that we're over 50, it's important for our bones!
The most important thing to do is to write down everything you put into your mouth. Measure it out!
I suggest it is best to first get your intake down on paper. I did not add exercise for six weeks until I set that pattern first. I lost weight because I created a healthy, doable, eating deficit. After that fact, I slowly incorporated exercise but I stuck to it once I added it to my lifestyle change.
It can be overwhelming for most to attempt to get their eating patterns down while incorporating exercising at first.
Once you begin to eat correctly, you realize how often, throughout the day, food is shoved into your face. Magazines, commercials, etc. No wonder so many of us are overweight! Food, in America, is a constant topic of conversation. Are we going to do Italian tonight?
We derive pleasure from it because we have so many various outlets to eat out, cook or pick up anything we like, any day of the week.
It's not our fault; we have to see it for what is, we simply need great fuel for our bodies, and we must adjust our intake in order to reach and maintain our goals.
It is simple math like Heather stated. The most important thing is getting a healthy pattern of eating down so that we can get the most bang for our bucks each and everyday.
Quality foods most of the time!
Susan
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Bossman brought Almond Joy bars that he had leftover from Halloween to my office today. Lord help me!0
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Oh yeah, things are difficult at the workplace! You have to simply walk away...0
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Terri – Dang! You sure do seem to have good luck in winning things.
Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are 2 cubes away. I don’t need any. I don’t need any. I don’t need any. I don’t need any.
Mia in MI
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Susan, I started on MFP in 2009 and began by logging all my food, no matter what the calories and nutrition. I learned from my logging, what to eliminate and I learned from reading and the experience of others what was best to eat. I learned from my own experience what I couldn't eat in moderation and kept those foods out of my house. I got my weight down from 183 to 110 which was the top item on my bucket list and then three health care professionals told me to gain weight so now I maintain at 125 plus or minus 2 pounds. I have logged my food and exercise almost every day since February 2009. To me, weighing and measuring food and logging it is no more OCD than a diabetic who checks her blood sugar regularly. You are so right about getting a healthy pattern of eating for each day.
Barbie from beautiful NW Washington
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Hi my name is Susan I am 52 years old and i am tired of losing the same 5 pounds over and over cause i cant seen to find the motativation to stay on course and lose the weight I am joining this group for support I know there is no magic pills or any magicial advise that anyone can give to help me lose this weight its going to take me exercising self control and a willingness to do what it take for me to lose the weight i am open for all advice0
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Terri- I think we should all chip in a dollar it if you buy lottery tickets for our group! You are such a lucky lady!
Pip - you and Kirby look fantastic! It looks like your group really enjoyed the race. You will have to tell us all about your weekend.
I am outside painting the trim on the garage! That is part of my exercise for the day. I already did 20 minutes of kettle bell swings, single arm, 10 pound weight. When I'm done with the trim I am going to go on a 5 mile walk. Move more eat less and most of all I think the key is eating healthy food not processed or full of sugar.
Have a great day everyone!
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Awesome Barbie; it works!0
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Lisa - thanks for sharing your pictures of transformation!
Susan - Welcome, every day is a new step toward the new you. Try to log in everyday as these ladies are so very positive and supporting, it will help to keep you on your path. Read the earlier posts by susb from this month, they are very helpful.
Goals - weigh less at the end of Nov than now, 5 items daily into the passon bag, study daily toward certification, positive reaffirmations at start of day.
(Met my goals for weighing daily, water intake, exercise daily). Step away from processed foods, today my weight is back to what it was averaging during the summer.
Realized that much of my life has been a passive reaction, and that is changing.
Linda in Calif0 -
Karen NY – I totally agree with you that the British Baking show is so much more civilized
Jenna – welcome… you can dump all the stress and worries here, we pile them in the white space on the pages, and then sweep them away! LOL
Margaret – I love your choice to share what happened, they may close ranks, but if you go with just the idea of training, then it is not your worry what their response is. *** Later – wow that went great! Good job on talking to the DR.
SRR65 – if you post here we all see it… if you go to your home page and private message someone then just they see it.
Miriam – Love it!!! I was in England in 1990 for 5 weeks and had learned a huge number of words with different meanings, but trousers was a new one…
Georgia Peach and others - there can be a tax advantage to not selling until the older person has passed, it really depends on your situation, we faced this in my family a few years ago and it saved the heirs about $50,000 in taxes to wait. So my suggestion is spend a few minutes with a tax professional for info as you make those decisions.
The comments on Math, daily logging and slow and steady are all right on! Also falling off the wagon happens but that is not the end, just a reason to stand up shake it off and get back on the wagon. Alcohol is a problem for many as it has so many non-nutritious calories so limiting or eliminating is good, I do love my wine, and have learned to do it as a spritzer with club soda or other sparkling water - the calories are ½ right away…
It started raining last night around 11pm, I fell asleep to pitter patter of rain, and woke up to it too! Levi and I walked in it for 45 minutes, and about 11am it stopped – that is our longest rain storm in what seems like forever! Easily a year!
November Goals -
Attend yoga each wednesday evening (October 3 out of 4)
Walk everyday – Oct. 125 mile (but lost 4 days with no computer)- would like to see 160 miles
continue counseling and hold my weight where it is as I deal with my current set of emotional issues
weekly fun things
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Kim from N. California
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Georgia Peach, I know well the worry about whether the state will take the house after your mom passes. I am on Medicaid for Employed Persons with Disabilities, and part of the initial paperwork said that the state would recoup their payments from my estate when I die. The problem for me with that idea is that my son is also disabled, and I am hoping to leave everything in a trust for his "special needs"- what his SSI payments of a bit over $700 a month won't cover. A special needs trust cannot be used for routine expenses, and for SSI he cannot have assets over $2000 INCLUDING a vehicle!. But it might pay for a trip to visit relatives occasionally or some of the other things I can help him with now ( a new winter coat or boots for instance or education costs). My other two sons are doing fine with decent jobs, so are not depending on any inheritance from me. And my girls will inherit from their grandmother who is wealthy. I understand the reasoning behind the law being set up the way it is, but the implementation of it needs to be case specific.
Oh, for the MEPD program, employment can be a few hours a month. So my being the Representative Payee for my friend (managing his Social Security money for him), and taking him to doctor appointments, the dental clinic, helping with car issues, etc. qualifies.0
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