WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR FEBRUARY 2016
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I'm back from Nashville. I skimmed all the posts and am somewhat caught up. I had fun at times and there were moments when I was glad I was there, but honestly: I wish I had stayed home. I ended up with another class to teach the following two Saturdays. I enjoy doing that, and I will earn a little spending money doing it, but I wish I had said no. It is for a district other than mine, but the director had an instructor to cancel on her at the last minute, so I thought I'd help her out since I didn't have anything scheduled. Then she and my director ganged up on me trying to get me to volunteer to serve on the national education committee for this organization that was having the conference, I had to get ugly before they would shut up. I don't know why people can't graciously accept "no" the first time you say it. If I want to do something, I say yes right away. I'm not the type that likes to be begged. Either I'll do it or I won't.
Anyway, I'm ready to be back to my routine and the gym on Monday. I may even go tomorrow afternoon if I can get it in.0 -
Hi from philadelphia! I am here helping my sis with setting up for an bathroom remodel to assist with her aging in place. Very challenging but i am glad i am here...baby steps.....we did go out to cheesecake factory for dinner which is a really ridiculous place.....i enjoyed a glass of wine and an appetizer, just a little bite of cheesecake so i feel pretty in control.
Dh and dd arrived safely in india and are with friends, saying goodbye was difficult, but dh was so sweet and having a little time apart from dd is just what i need.
Stay warm everyone, my goodness is it cold!!!! Not buffalo cold, but COLD!!!
Karen from ny
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Did a hour of a bellydance DVD. The plan for tomorrow is to do a Pilates for Weight Loss DVD.
Heather - yes, Vince speaks French. OK, he's not real fluent in it, but he is able to get by, much more than I am. What kinds of questions should I be asking her to find out if this therapist is a charletan? The school she graduated from and then look it up? If I ask her that, she can tell me any school and how do I know for a fact that she graduated from it?
Lillian - what kind of valentines is GD making -- cookies or cards?
Anne from WI - have a wonderfully fantastic trip!
Alison - good for you, Tom seems to be coming to his senses, at least for now. We shall see how long this lasts.
KJL - how funny the quarterback of your hs football team delivered your baby. One time when my kids were young that cried out "daddy, daddy, something's wrong with the TV" No, it was just a black and white cartoon! Have fun at "game night"
Meg - sorry to hear about your hubby. Thanks for popping in
janetr - it's supposed to be very cold here, but just as we leave for FL on Wed it's supposed to be in the 50's. You'd think the least it could do while we're down there is be cold up here, but noooooooo. Safe travels going to Denver
Lenora - yea being able to wear that coat!
Karen from NY - Hungry Girl says that you should only order things from their "Skinnylicious" menu at CF.
Jess got here about 10, went to a friend of mine's who does sewing, she's going to make Jess a costume for her to wear to this pax show (gaming). Then we went to Hancock Fabrics where she got Jess a pattern and zipper. Then we went back to her house for her to take Jess' measurements.
There is no way I could look at a pattern and envision it adjusted to what I need. No way. Jess kept asking me if I wanted her to take me someplace, but I don't want her to feel like she absolutely needs to be here for me. Vince took me food shopping. We just had dinner (lasagna I'd made reheated).
Michele in NC0 -
kirby ran his 3mi0
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Yep, ordered the appetizer from skinnylicious menu, and accounted for the red wine. I appreciate their calorie count on the menu. Also saw a group photo from july before i lost weight. I really was a completely different size! And dont want to go back there.
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Watching Ireland vs. France in Rugby. At one point the announcer tells us that there is a "blood replacement"...then shows a guy replacing one of the Irish lads walking off the field with blood running down his face. This a a crazy sport. :-)
Becca0 -
yeah Kirby!!0
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OMGoodness ... looking at the wedding pictures of May 9, 2015 - boy has my body changed. From 199lbs to 158.5 this past Tuesday. Two more points off my BMI - I'll be in the 'normal' range of weight! YEAH! Happy Dancing!
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Call me crazy but I love to see other people happy and succeeding .
Good Evening My Friends,
I got back from my cruise this afternoon. Had a great time and the weather was good for the most part. It was cold the day we left Charleston and cold today when we returned. I’m exhausted so only skimmed the last couple of pages of the 585 posts that I missed while I was gone. I hope you are all well. I have missed you and what’s been going on but won’t even attempt to read all that I missed. I’m off to bed and will start fresh tomorrow.
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.
I hope all of you have a healthy and happy day.
Words I live by:
Savor. I have to slow down and savor every bite.
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Opportunity. Each day offers new opportunities for good health and happiness if we just look for them and choose them.
I Love you,
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Hi gals,
Kim824 – welcome!!! There are now 3 Kims me you and kimses
Pip – I read “My health screen says I am like a 41yr old´ as My health screen says I am like a 4 year old!!! LOL
Linda – welcome!!!
Rori – Fitbit automatically adds exercise to MFP and if you add some exercise manually, sometime it decides that it should lower the exercise that previously added if your manually added exercise is at the same time as the steps…. Wow what I just wrote is confusing.. but not sure how else to explain..
Heather – wow you are such the traveler, I am surprised to be able to write that I have been to costa rica – and LOVED it!!!
Michele – welcome home to us!!!!
Carol and cheri – share when you feel like it don’t when you don’t – we love to have you which ever way works for you!
I am so sore – I spent 3 hours today trimming fruit trees for a gal from my CPA’s office she keeps my business books up in return for me doing yard work. It’s a great deal, but up and down a ladder, and lots of arm work, sawing, loppers, trimmers, I am tired, off to shower and then a smidge of sewing so I can play most of the day tomorrow.
Kim from N. California
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Kim - That tree pruning must burn masses of calories! How is your weight going recently? You are very active with all your gardening. :flowerforyou:
I'm not so unusual in the UK with my travelling. I have done a bit more than most, but nearly everyone I know goes "abroad" once or twice a year. Long haul is very common, especially with our "early retired" generation. China, Thailand etc. Cruises are a big growth area. With our old "empire" it is common for people to have family in Australia, New Zealand or Canada and to make trips to see them. Of course you need money, but even very ordinary income families usually go on an inexpensive package holiday to Spain or Turkey or a Greek island once a year. The poor don't, of course. I am unusual in that I like to speak the languages and I prefer an "immersion" type holiday where I really get into the culture, not just see the sights.
The cruise is an unusual choice for us, but I didn't know of any other way to get to the Arctic. Now I know Penny I might have done it differently! :laugh:
Yeah for Costa Rica!
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Michele - I don't know what nationality she is or where she did her training, but she should belong to a professional body and have letters after her name. You should be able to check out that online. Sorry you've got all this worry. The important thing is to let Brian know you love him and want his happiness. :flowerforyou:
Valentines Day. Can be difficult for many. I remember it being hard, both when I was divorced and miserable, but also when my marriage was struggling and I had trouble finding a card that wasn't a lie. I think that was worse.
Today we gave each other a lovely card in bed and I gave DH a whisky fruit cake and some chocolate covered ginger biscuits. (He is skinny) He gave me two books, an autobiography of the Hairy Bikers and a book about Jerusalem by a person I don't like. 
It's the thought that counts, as that troubled city is on my bucket list.
We have a delicious dinner planned for tonight, with fine champagne.
Becca - DH has been secreted upstairs watching the rugby. He'll be watching England today. I've got films to watch and a tv programme about China - part of an excellent series.
DJ - A thousand welcomes back home! We want all the goss! :noway:
Grits - great job on the weight and on scoring the coat. :flowerforyou:
Pip - Go Kirby!
Love Heather UK
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dj welcome back, cant wait to hear about the cruise.
lenore fantastic job on the weight loss. It is great when you look back at a photo and you cant believe how far you've come.
My sister told me an amazing thing happened this past june for her birthday....she lives a very lonely, sheltered life since our mom has past 2 years ago, anyway she got home from work, opened the mail to find a birthday card from mom that had been lost in the mail for years arriving right on her birthday! Imagine it arriving as if from heaven, it is a treasured gift...you just have to wonder....
My sister has a new and very worrisome stress habit, any suggestions folks????....she wipes her eye (she is blind in that eye) so much it is red raw....i think she might infect it somehow if she continues doing it and would love to give her some solid advice. She knows it is out of stress, a bad habit but cant seem to stop herself
I would appreciate wisdom here. Thanks,
Karen from ny by way of phila
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morning friends~
since it is Faith and I for Valentines day. I will try and see if I can make her a special breakfast, and I got her a card..
I am giving myself permission to have a mug of hot cocoa.. that is my gift to myself..
will try and keep busy around here today...0 -
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Good morning all. Happy Valentines Day to all
Today, DH is feeling better.... yeah!! the end of world will not come this time ..lol So we might go for a drive. Our boys have their ice shacks out on the lake not far from here. And the weather is supposed to be nice - so far it looks clear out and I haven't looked at the thermometer....
Best get breakfast taken care of and dressed and up and at it... I need to make up some walking miles as I am behind my monthly goal because of being sick...
Later all
Lillian in West Central Saskatchewan0 -
DJ, Welcome home, glad you had funLenore, congrats on your weight loss..I know your success will inspire you to keep doing the healthy things you've been doing
Barbie
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Thanks to all that are my friends here - could not have ever done the weight loss without your encouragements here. Love this thread.0
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Good Sunday morning/Valentine's Day to everyone! Game night last night was a lot of fun! Cocktail hour came first, I had a basil gin gimlet and that was it. Gave myself a plate of veggies without dip and a few nuts and called it good. Conversation ran the gamut, from silly stuff in the news to politics and religion. Everybody laughed, because my DH and I disagree on anything political. I don't think we have ever voted the same. He tells me he votes just to negate my vote! It was a fun night, though, I was up MUCH later than normal and bc I don't like to be "off schedule", I woke up at my normal time this morning. So I am feeling the "off schedule" hangover...blah.
Beth- Oh! It's -40 wind chill! That makes all the difference! Not! Cold is cold; my hat's off to you! I did some slipping and sliding around yesterday while I was out and about. I have to admit, sometimes it is fun! My dad taught me winter driving by doing doughnuts in a nearby parking lot, when I was young. Now, every time I slip and slide, I can hear my dad say "Get your foot off the brake! Steer with the car!"
Pip - Yea for Kirby hitting the three mile mark! You both will rock this marathon!
Lenora- That is an amazing weight loss! YOu should be very proud and should be enjoying every minute of your "new" clothing victories! Go girl!
Janet- The hair joke! Omigod! How true is that?! The hairs that really bother me are those ones that seem to pop up overnight on your chin! WTH?! Where do those come from and how do they grow in so fast???
Karen-My game plan to get my DH into traveling out of the country is to start him with countries that are more similar to ours. I hope to get him to England and Ireland soon. As our daughter spent so much time in France, I know he would like to visit. Being a "good CAtholic boy" he would probably do okay in Italy, also. I am the type of person that the more different a culture is than ours, the more I want to go and just BE in the middle of it. Blend in as well as a white american woman can and live like a local. I love the story about your sister's birthday card! How wonderful! Hmmm...the eye rubbing could be a problem. Covering her eye may protect it, but it is the habit of rubbing that needs to be broken. I was thinking of the "rubber band" therapy. Where you wear a rubber band on your wrist and whenever you notice yourself doing something that you don't want to do, you give it a little snap. But, if this is a habit she is not conscious of, the snap might not work. If she has a doc, maybe he can suggest something?
DJ- Glad you are back! Can't wait to hear all about your cruise!
Katie-I feel for you and the next couple Saturdays of trainings to give! I do that to myself sometimes, too. Feels good sometimes to get home and get back into routine!
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Happy Valentine's Day Friends 0
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Hi all! I'm looking to set some realistic goals here... Looking to lose 30lbs total. What is a realistic and healthy end date goal? I'm thinking 10lbs a month , but that seems too simple. Realizing how difficult it will be!! I have been from 160-210 in the past 5 years, need to get back to the 160.
I'm 41 with hypothyroidism, its a killer!!
Please add me so we can keep each other motivated
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Heather: I downloaded the Duolingo app and am working on learning Spanish. So far I'm enjoying the process and making a little progress. It is as addictive as playing a game. I'm grateful for the tip. :bigsmile:
Becca: I'm happy that you haven't disconnected from us. :flowerforyou:
Sue: I took German in HS and College, and was a B student until the last quarter. (Not such good grades,) My teacher kept telling me I spoke German with a Swedish accent. I didn't like him and quit taking German. I married the person who distracted me from studying. We've been together ever since.
Oceanmelody: My DH also is an MFP participant although he is not as diligent about recording his food as I am. He started shortly after I did and quit but I kept going. He's back at it now because he realized he needed to keep better track of his calories to help manage his diabetes.
Michele: Belly Dancing!!! :bigsmile: I wonder whether worrying about the credentials of Bryan's therapist is useful or wise. She has made huge gains with him if he is wiling to talk with you and work on things. Questioning his judgment and choice of therapists is unlikely to encourage him to keep trying to work things through. I think you need an emotional bodyguard, but I fear that you'll have to listen to a bunch of grievances to get through this. 
Pip: Congratulations to Kirby for running three miles! :bigsmile:
DJ: Welcome back! :flowerforyou:
Leonore: Congratulations on your weight loss success! :flowerforyou:
Coastal247: Welcome to a great group! You have found a source of support and encouragement. I met my goals long ago but I'm still here because I need to keep up my good habits. I was never able to lose ten pounds in a single month unless I was sick, and then the weight came right back when I felt better. I let MFP set my calorie goals to try to lose 2 pounds a week. It averaged out fine over a month, but there were lots of weeks that I didn't see a loss even though I stuck with my plan. For this to work long term, it needs to become a healthy lifestyle. Quick fix diets have never worked for me. I hope you'll join the conversation and stick around. :flowerforyou:
"CSSJ09: My lesson horse has a sweet jog, but his extended trot is bone pounding."
Yesterday I spent most an hour at a bone-pounding trot and a little while at a more comfortable lope. I ended up with nasty saddle sores. Thank goodness my DH remembered the value of Anti-Monkey Butt Cream! This morning I can actually sit in my office chair without severe pain. I am wondering why I got saddles sores this time. Perhaps my bike shorts have lost their protective ability. Next week my teacher will be away so I get a week off to heal my poor, abused bum. Yikes! :grumble:
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
February Resolutions :
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week. Work on flexibility and back strength.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
5. Monitor sleep. Try to average 7 or more hours of sleep nightly.
Goals
1. Find a place I can learn to fall without getting hurt once my doctor says it is ok to try.
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Coastal 247 - I started off setting my loss at 1 pound a week, but in the beginning it was more like 5 lbs a month. Then it slowed to 4 lbs a month. Then as I neared goal it was 2 lbs a month, if I was lucky. The good result of that 18 month journey to lose 57 lbs is that I developed such good habits that I have stayed at target weight for over 2 years with no difficulty. I intend to stay logging for the rest of my life, exercising my 600 calories a day and eating delicious food I cook from scratch. This is for ever, not just for a few months and then go back to the bad old ways. The important thing is to find a lifestyle you can sustain for the rest of your life and enjoy it. :flowerforyou:
Katla - it is addictive isn't it! :bigsmile: I have made huge progress in Norwegian. I now know the word for a bear. I might need that in Svalbard. :laugh: And "Help!" I can say "We like wine and beer." That might be useful.
Duolingo is my new Best Friend.
Love Heather UK
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Happy Valentines Day
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