WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016
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AnnC- It would be some kind of miracle if you were not losing at 1300 calories plus exercise, so I hope that your feeling better shows up on the scales. You could weigh yourself after a month and see if there is any difference.
Usually when things aren't moving it's because we are making a fundamental mistake with our calorie count. I did that with my popcorn - misreading the calorie information so I was eating three times what I thought!!!!!! The physics does work, but we are human beings trying to operate the numbers.
I haven't checked if your diary is open, but if it is then we would be able to help. Usually being hungry is not enough protein and bulk food from low calorie vegetables. Carbs don't hack it in the hungry stakes.
I lost weight consistently eating 1800 calories a day as I was doing 600 exercise. I weighed everything and still do, even though I am at maintenance. Accurate weighing is vital. So is exercise. So is eating LOTS of high bulk, low calorie food. Good lean protein keeps you full for longer.
I just had a VAST veggie curry, for 300 calories. I feel STUFFED. My poor DH found it a bit too hot, even though I only used a teeny chilli from my chilli plant in the kitchen. Those things are HOT !
Good luck with your new life. You will have to change the way you eat and exercise for ever. This is not a "diet". Start by adding lots of veggies to your meals.and cutting out carbs.
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bwcetc - i dunno.... :0/ no matter what, i'll still be riding cuz I normally do anyway, I just don't know about going as hard as I was, which means that I won't be riding to and from work as often as I was during that month. plus ALL I was doing was spinning 7 days a week when I was at the gym before it was 3 days a week.
I don't think I will. like you said, I gotta save myself for the other upcoming events, contrary to popular belief I think that is what I will do. I still may ride to and from work ONLY if the weather is really nice whereas before, I was riding no matter what.1 -
I don't know if it was a Japanese beetle or not, I just called it a pinch bug. But when Christina was a baby, she was sitting out on our deck. It was summer time so she wasn't dressed in much. But she started screaming. I was a good Mom and checked on all the things that a kid would be screaming bloody murder about. Finally I checked her diaper. There a pinch bug stuck to her little tiny private parts. I felt so bad for her..
That picture of the Colorado mountains is so wonderful. Would be so wonderful to wake up every morning to that.
Ostomy bag still on. We have beat our record of 48 hours. We even made a note that we need to make sure we change it Thursday!!!!
Lisa, loved the progressive pictures. My favorite is you at the Opera. You are with your honey, you are in love and it shows.
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GRITSandSLUTS wrote: »Cheri - What was involved in 'winning' the rental?
Lenora
After we had seen several houses that gave us the creeps/ickies/a little vomit in my mouth feeling we came upon this one and instantly "felt" it was the rental for us. Our realtor put out feelers to see if there were any other offers on it and indeed there were 2 others. Applications were made but according to our gal as long as the lease itself hadn't been presented and signed we could throw our hat in. To up the our chances of "winning" she wrote a wonderful cover letter stating how long we had been homeowners (over 30 years), our pride in home ownership, my husbands level of employment and much more in addition to adding a couple of bucks to the rental amount. AND THAT IS HOW WE WON THE HOUSE!
Cheri
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Hi All,
This is a busy group! I think I jumped in once and couldn't keep up and was out.
Lets see what I can do now!
Today is Day 1 of 21 Day Fix Extreme.
I've been "stuck" with weight over the last year -- gained actually -- after a compound of being diagnosed with Celiac and changing up my eating, then hurting my shoulder and being knocked out of many of my exercises and some definate ups and downs from the eating changes and the fun one of peri-menopause kicking all in at once.
Soooo that's a short bit about me.
Goal Finish the program and eating program well.
Hopefully that's a good inch or more off the gut and several pounds
I'm "fun size" under 5 foot so that doesn't give me a lot of calories... booo because eating is enjoyable... ha .. hence the stuck weight.
Nancy
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Good afternoon all...
I love seeing all the photos that are being posted...quite the group of women I would say!
AnnC i've been on my journey of mindful, healthfulness since February 2016 & have lost 40#s so far consuming 1000-1300 cal/day...goal is 40 more to be at "normal" BMI. I'm tall (5'10.5") & big boned so that may have something to do with my results...I lost 12#s in the first couple of wks. I don't drink any calories or eat any exercise calories. I drink 4-6 glasses of water/day which is about my limit. I don't walk much because I need a knee replacement but I do 25 min of yoga & 30 min of core & free weights 6 days a week. Also I'm 60++ love to garden & swim.
One of the biggest things for me was to accept hunger pangs...like I'm not going to die if I don't eat something right then. I know my "skinny" friends can wait without it being the end of the world & I have to say I'm getting there. For me two meals a day works well usually around 11 AM & 7 PM. I expect to plateau soon & ive certainly learned from all the wonderful women here I've got to just keep on keeping on. Going to change out some exercises for a new pool exercise regime with noodles & foam barbells. I've also learned how different we all are in our approach but the one common thread is logging every morsel & planning meals.
Larissa what a great dress! I know you're 5'11" & I think about 15#s lighter than I am right now...You've given me great incentive cause I wanna look like you. Of course you're years younger, a red head, I'm blonde, and you lift heavy which gives you great muscle tone. I can dream!!!
GLo on the North Shore of Ma. Where we had some much needed rain this morning
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Just curious, but, has anyone heard from our ceramics lady friend and the bowling mom? Miss them but can't remember their names. LOL
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Finish mowing the lawn at the city house and sheesh I'm HOT! They say the heat index will be about 105 today and I'm thinking they might be right for once.
Marcelyn in Houston
Like that here too in OKC, humid too but not as humid as Houston for sure. I've been running errands all day and now sitting in the cool house.
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Sylvia how are you?????0
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Jack has to have a cancer taken off Thursday from behind his ear. It was removed several years ago and returned. It was removed and biopsied again a few weeks ago and they did not get it all. The problem with this one is that it is not just a normal skin cancer, its a type that can metastasize and/or return. We have to be across town by 8:15 am. Nothing like Barbie's trip tho, we actually have a back way we can go which takes longer but will miss traffic; but then OKC rush hour is a joke compared to big cities, that's part of why I love it, in spite of the horrible heat we have had for the last three weeks
Janetr OKC
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AnnC: I'm a retired teacher. I gained about 10 pounds every year I taught and lost about 5 pounds over each summer. You can see the graph in your mind's eye. I was finally able to do something about my weight when I found MFP, and that happened AFTER I retired. It is all about calories in, calories out. Take advantage of your summer by getting in the habit of calorie counting, and continue counting every bite and swallow in the new school year. You really need to move more and find ways to include a higher physical activity level even after you return to school. I hope you will be successful and won't have to wait for retirement to do something about your weight, as I did. Best tips: Choose a healthy diet that leaves you feeling good, but don't get suckered into buying premeasured meals. They're too expensive, often not as good quality as you can make for yourself, plus you need to learn to manage this on your own unless you plan to buy the premeasured meals for the rest of your life. Measure your portions of everything, except raw celery.
(It takes more calories to digest than it contains.) I use a food scale and restaurant style dishers. There was a small investment where that was concerned, but those tools were a key factor in my success. At first I weighed every day, which is not really the greatest idea. Women here shared their practices and I now weigh about once a week, more if I feel like it. Buy a good digital scale to weigh yourself if you don't already have one. One last thing. We all hit plateaus. They're part of the process so don't let them get you down. Sometimes you can bump up your exercise a bit or lower your calories a bit to get past a plateau. :flowerforyou:
Joyce: Three cheers for the ostomy bag staying on! YAY!!! :bigsmile:
Cheri: Your realtor was a gem. I'm so glad you got the house.
Peach: Sylvia is our ceramics lady. She got involved in an artist's cooperative and has been too busy to post here. The last time I heard from her all was going well. Our bowling mom was given a new job and is too busy to post She always posted from work in the past and that makes me guess she doesn't have access from home, but that is only a guess.
We're having a quiet day at home and the dog is not taking tranquilizers. :bigsmile: The system we used worked well enough that I'd do it again rather than board him at the Vet's every July 4. The system was a combination of him wearing a Thundercoat, keeping him with us as much as possible, and tranquilizers. At night I took him into the bedroom where I slept during the ordeal with the sea lions because it is quieter there. We had people setting off firecrackers and other things that go bang for a few days before the fourth. :grumble:
Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon
Tibetan proverb: "The secret to living well and long is: Eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure..."
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
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We will be leaving July 18 for a two week trip to the Colorado mountains and then back to Denver for my sister's 50th wedding anniversary celebration. The trip is something one of my nieces post on her FB page called A Mapped Guide to the Ultimate Colorado Road Trip". Jack has not seen a lot of these areas we will be going to but it pretty much takes you from the Denver to the western edge of the state near Utah, south to Durango which is near the four corners area then angle northeast back up over Wolf Creek Pass (steep and high) and eventually back up to Denver. We will take our time and stop and see all the beautiful and historic mountain towns as we go. At least it will be cooler for much of that trip. Our neighbors and motor home traveling companions will go with us.
The above trip will all depend on how Jack's surgery goes Thursday. Hoping for good results and no skin grafting necessary, etc.
Then right after Christmas we will go to AZ for the months of January and February 2017 with several forays into Mexico.
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AnnC. I am a teacher with a busy working summer ahead of me. I was just looking over a journal I started at the end of last school year 2014-15 where I laid out my goals incrementally like a 21 day challenge without buying the product! I set very modest goals/changes and why I wanted to make the changes and it was working! I also stumbled onto this forum and that sealed the deal. I have lost the weight and am learning what maintenance is all about. Keep your expectations high and your focus on the small improvements --just like a teacher would with her students!!!
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Hello, Lovely Ladies!
Not much going on, today… the scale was happy again. If it holds thru tomorrow, I will get to change my weight, again. Whoot! I dragged my lazy butt out of bed this morning and went to the gym – although it really wasn’t something I wanted to do, I did it, anyway. I WILL succeed at this, and exercise is the only way… so… every day. Get up, go to the gym, go to work, go home. Lather, Rinse, Repeat…
Melanie – well, good for you if you can do that level of workout twice a week! I am just chugging along on the elliptical, until such time as I hit one of those evil plateaus… perhaps then I will consider changing it up. But, so long as the scale is happy, I am in the “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” mode.
Cheri – Look at you, you Skinny Minnie… and that’s a nice looking man you have there. Better keep a good hold on him around these parts… All those puffy/blond-haired chicks are on the prowl… and, er… NY Giants? They might burn a helmet in effigy… Learn to Love the Cowboys… trust me on this.
Barbie – I want that! I am so done with yardwork, too… *sighs* someday I will convince my Spousal Unit that we don’t need the big house anymore. I might have to use a baseball bat, but, someday I WILL convince him. In the meantime – mowing that stinkin’ lawn is a great calorie burner.
Allie – I am so glad you had fun on your trip.
Kay – Hope you are having a great day!
Pip – I believe you have done your duty to God and Country… Relax already.
GLo – You are so right… Logging is the only real common thread, but it truly does make the difference.
Mia – welcome back. I have about 8 billion questions about your body lift – but, I will probably message them to you. That is my dream… but, I have to lose this last 100 lbs, first. Gratz. Glad to hear your complication is healing up. Hope you will post some before and after once you are feeling more the thing.
Michele – Glad to hear that you are taking care… It could just be that you are allergic to something in your yard. I know I have an allergy to the crepe myrtle that grows like weeds around these parts – and every time I go out and work in the yard, I am affected by that. Good Luck at the Docs.
Linda – a nap at the pool… hmmm… sounds like a perfect afternoon. Great job for getting back into your routine. 7 hours of sleep? A luxury… lol. I am a six hour girl – except on the weekends.
Janet – Oh Honey – Fat Man? That’s a double slam. I am sorry your Mom didn’t put a stop to that. But parents can be the worst. My family called my older sister “Mary Mud Hen” and my younger sister the “Grape Ape.” I guess I can thank my lucky stars that I was the “Little Golden Chick.” God only knows how huge I would have gotten if they had called me “Chunky Monkey” or something. Knee replacement is probably in my future. Even my “skinny” sister has less than stellar knees – it’s a family thing. I hope mine turn out as well as yours have…. But, I am putting it off for as long as I can. I figure every day I wait is the chance for better equipment – they keep improving everything so much. I am thinking good thoughts for Jack. ((HUGS!!)) I hope you can go on your trip. It sounds wonderful.
Beth – Ice cream cake is allowed on your birthday. It’s written in the rules of life. Hope you enjoyed every bite.
Mary – Our Kettlebell Queen… and you are walking a thousand miles? How long do you have to get it done? (it would take me about two years, I think… lol)
Joyce/IN – Gratz on the 48 hour record.
Katla – Glad your dog did all right. The flag right in the middle of your view… sort of patriotic, yes? But, I suppose being able to actually see the fireworks would be good, too. Hope they fix it, next year.
Lisa – the joy in that third picture is quite obvious. But the 4th is lovely, as well. It’s quite a transformation – and how wonderful that your transformation also took you out of a bad marriage and into a good one.
Karen/VA – Some people just draw other folks – your Sister sounds like one of those. I was envious of my younger Sister – she was “naturally” thinner than me – but she was so mean and crazy I never wanted to be her. I suppose I was lucky about that. I remember one year, I had recovered from the chicken pox that had run rampant through our little town – but Nancy still had hers. She was so upset that I was able to go to the prom – she was wailing: “My Fat Ugly Sister has a date for the Prom and I can’t go…” I laughed – cause what else can you do? But, today... I secretly enjoy the fact that she is no longer the skinny one… I suppose that makes me mean, too. Ah… the lottery. I suppose if you don’t play, you can’t win…
Allie – That sense of accomplishment from having everything “ready” is awesome, isn’t it? I have my dinner all prepped to cook, and I have lunches made for the whole week. LOVE that feeling.
Barbie – Sorry your Mom was so oblivious to how she made you feel. I am glad Jake is doing well. Hopefully, Brandy’s leg won’t be a big deal. Good luck.
Carol – lol – I would be screaming, too. I hate bugs… They only survive on sufferance. So long as they don’t touch me, they get to live. I would probably buy out the store of bug spray if a bug ever flew into my ear.
KJ – sorry DH was crabby. Glad you got to swim – it’s my favorite thing. I just love going to my Mom’s and slipping into the pool in the early morning. The birds sing, it’s quiet and peaceful and I get to escape the bonds of gravity for just a little while. It’s marvelous.
Marcelyn – it has been scorchy this year. Stay hydrated… :]
Mamacita – go, go, go on the exercise… truly, it’s the most important thing in my opinion.
Miriam – I couldn’t hug your younger self – but I can give you one now… ((HUGS!!))
Charleen – oh, that view… *sighs* I do miss mountains since moving to TX. We had lots of them when I lived in OR.
Lenora – why does your son not want you to walk laps around the pool? Glad you were able to get in and paddle around. Hope Cracker’s ear and toe come out all right.
Mjohemme – welcome. I have no experience with the hot flash, yet – but some of these ladies may be able to assist.
Margaret – Eeeewe. Sorry you had to go through that. Keep those cotton balls handy.
NYKaren – Demo is the best part of remodeling… Give me a sledge and get outta my way… it’s a fab way to take out any lingering aggressions. My Sis moved into a house that had a weird brick pedestal in the living room – not a fireplace – just the weird brick thing. After a day in the mortgage industry, I really needed a good smash on those bricks. I was only sorry it went by so fast. Have fun with your Sis!
Heather – Wow – you make your own yogurt, and obviously, sourdough bread. You garden, you study… Girl, did you get all this energy when you lost weight? Or are you just one of those people who is never idle? I am impressed. I am tired just reading about it… lol.
Meg – Glad Benny is improving.
DJ – I don’t have many pictures, either – same reason. My Sister, Mary, insists on taking them, but they are always so awful… *sighs* Hope you have a fabulous time Dancing.
Snerggly – thanks for the info on the supplement. I am sure it will come in handy, one of these days.
AnnC – you have come to the right place… these ladies are the very best. For me, going slooooow is the answer. I calculated for 1 pound a week in MFP. If I want to lose any more than that, I have to exercise more. I also make certain to do a lot of abdominal crunches at the gym – to keep my back from freaking out. That is what has always stopped me in the past, I would get all into the exercise, and my back would seize up. The abdominals stop that little problem. It’s working for me… but, you will have to do what works for you. Glad to hear you are sleeping – that is important, too.
Nancy – welcome back. Good luck with the exercise program! “Fun size” I like it. I am with you on the enjoyment of food. It’s an addiction… If only we could go “cold turkey” on eating… *sighs*
Thank you, you Wonderful Women, for keeping me on the straight and narrow.
((HUGS!!))
Re in TX
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Hello, Lovely Ladies!
Cheri – Look at you, you Skinny Minnie… and that’s a nice looking man you have there. Better keep a good hold on him around these parts… All those puffy/blond-haired chicks are on the prowl… and, er… NY Giants? They might burn a helmet in effigy… Learn to Love the Cowboys… trust me on this.
((HUGS!!))
Re in TX
Ha, ha! Thanks for the Skinny Minnie...I know in my heart I feel this way but my brain typically interferes. The hubs and I have been together 35 years, 33 of those married. Those blondies will just have to step aside. Thanks for the warning...lol As for the Cowboys...NEVER AND I REPEAT NEVER! My husband is a New Yorker inside and out. We have lived in 8 or so different states by now and he has never routed for the local team. Took and interest yes.
Cheri
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Here are before and after photos that I wanted to share with some of my new friends who haven't seen them before.
Thanks to my regular weight training that included deadlifts and bent over rows with 60 pounds, I had no trouble lifting Brandy into the car and out of the car when I took her to the vet today. Her problem is a torn ACL and the doctor prescribed pain pills and rest for a few weeks...no long walks
Barbie from NW Washington
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Janetr prayers for Jack
Asiatic lily in bloom.
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Heather these are some geraniums I have in our front:
Took blood pressure and back to 130\80.
Bought more chicken wire. Seems to be the only thing that keeps rabbit off certain plants. I will reuse it in the fall for bushes. They did a number on those last winter. Margaret 4 -
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Margaret, it looks as if you have a lovely garden! I'm sorry you had the Japanese beetle episode, just the though makes my skin crawl!
Barbie, thanks for sharing your pics, you're so slender and fit looking!
Janet, enjoy your vacation! I love that part of the country and would love to live there! When you mentioned Wolf Creek Pass it reminded me of the first time I drove through it. My DD was 17 and a new driver, and she wanted to drive. I let her ( not knowing how steep the mountains were. We drove through at night. On the way back through (during daylight), I was stunned by the drop offs! Thank goodness she couldn't see them that night! She would have been terrified.
About moms and their comments, When I was a skinny, tall kid of 13, my mom told me I should never let myself get over 135 lbs. Hah! I would be emaciated under 160. But i tried for years to stay as close to tgat as possible. Recently, she told me her mother told her the same thing! But she didn't remember that she had passed it on...
Heather, your lentil curry sounded great!
Thanks to you all for providing such a supportive atmosphere. I love this group!
And I'm off my most recent plateau!
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Re- the Walk 1,000 miles challenge is one year. I have to get most of it done during spring, summer and fall. Winter is difficult to walk here.
Barbie- yeah on the NSV of increased strength! You look amazing!
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Margaret – EEEWWWW!!!!! I’d be at the ER myself … my BP would have been a lot higher. Glad you got that taken care of.
Beth near Buffalo – I’m not quite sure why he doesn’t want me walking around the pool if they are in it. I don’t see where I am ‘bothering’ them. It’s not like I am dumping them off the rafts or anything. I really think my DDnL#1 does NOT want me ‘exercising’ in front of her. She's lost about 40lbs; but, then lost her job because she basically ‘walked out’ when her boss told her ‘that if she did leave, not to come back’. I don’t think she has gained any back. Her mother bought her basically a new wardrobe (for a job interview) and ‘if’ she gets the one that she is going to interview for tomorrow … we are all keeping our fingers and toes crossed, including eyes, praying really hard that she does ‘crash and burn’ since it is about a 2 hour event. They’ll test her on Excel and QuickBooks. She was to look up how to do it and work a few sessions on it. She is familiar with Excel, but, not on QuickBooks. Oh Goodness Gracious … I hope she gets this job, it is really beginning to stress DOS out. When that happens, it stresses out my DH because DOS works for him. Then, of course, I hear about it. She hasn’t been going to the ‘diet’ MD; and, ‘if’ she gains any weight, then it will be the ‘last time’ she’ll get to go to them with my son paying for it. DOS says he doesn’t care if she weighs 350lbs … but, this time she really has put her mind to it. But, she can still eat a good bit at a sitting. I think she started off at her highest at 280lbs. Her oldest sister is on a ‘diet’ and has lost 50lbs … she had to be upwards of 350lbs to begin with. She still feels big, because I weight about 158lbs. Also, she has big boobs ... which doesn't help. I had suggested that 'if' they got 'health insurance' she might consider a breast reduction. GEEZZZ ... I might as well have 'slapped her in the face' with that one. She complains about her back all the time. He mother is so humped over she looks like the "Hunchback of Notre Dame. But, that is the only reason I can think that he doesn’t want me to walk around the pool.
Cheri – That’s great. When we sold the last house we lived in … had been there 15+ years. We got it at a ‘steal’. Bank owned. We made a real lowball offer on it and surprisingly they ‘jumped all over it’. I could see why it had not sold. Really, really dark wood paneling and trim. Awful looking wallpaper and blue and olive green things in each bathroom. My husband, being a painter and me, being an artist … we could ‘see’ the potential of a little ‘sweat equity’. So we painted the entire house, filled in all the cracks … had a FP put in. Oh, did I say it also had awful brick and a brown roof. The brinks were brownish and looked like it had ‘pinkish’ paint on it. We could not do anything about the bricks … but, we could do something about the ‘hail damaged’ roof … Fireman that built the FP found the closest he could and then alternated them into the existing bricks he had taken out of the wall to make the ‘hole’ in the wall. Did a wonderful job. We tore down the wallpaper; and washed the kitchen walls and painted them a lighter color than the chair rail. We looked, and looked for wallpaper that had just enough of the colored fixtures that made it ‘look like we had planned it that way’. When we went to put it on the market, our realtor called another realtor that she thought she had found the house that maybe her aunt would like (moving here from out of town). She came over and looked at it and we signed a contract that night. I don’t remember anything after that … DH and sons packed us up. I had been in a near fatal auto collision a few months ahead of that. I think my lack of memory was because I knew we were going to build out in the country and I wasn’t sure I’d like it … I LOVE IT! I wish we had moved years ago; but, things work out the way they work out for a reason, I guess. We did, however, replace the stove (built-in) and dishwasher … they were an awful ‘yellow’.
Re – See my comment to Beth in Buffalo – Cracker does not seem to be in any pain; still favoring foot (unless she is running hard). She’ll pick it up a few times while running a little slower. She'll walk on all 4's if I tell her to do so. I think part of it, is she is 'milking the situation'. I also think her next toenail over is too long and hitting that tender pad. Vet told DH that it will be sore for quite a while (until it grows out). I think maybe she got stung on the ear by a wasp or something. It was swollen. I soaked it in peroxide; haven’t checked it today … looks like it is coming down. We did not see her ‘act out’ about the fireworks … the sound like distant booms that lasted about 30 minutes. She did not ‘bark’ like she thought someone was outside.
Have any of you had problems with MFP this week? Or do I have a 'gremlin' in my computer?
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Hi jumping in here, new... looks like this is a busy group, but I will try it and see if I can swim through and not drown. Will start doing replies in a little while after I hang out more.
My name is Rosie, I live in the Phoenix Arizona area. I'm 58, I work as a project manager, and am not married. My one grown daughter is in Bay area (Oakland) and so I live in my cozy little condo with one small doggie and one cat. My hobbies are Toastmasters and Singing/Songwriting. I'm in the midst of a several year project of writing an album worth of songs - it takes that long cuz I'm learning still and because of work and illness tends to slow me down a lot.
It's too hot here to do much else, lol, but I like to travel, read a lot, and have a lot of interests.
My current situation is that I'm about 3 pounds over my last recorded weight here on MFP from the intermittent trying to lose weight thingie I've been doing. So recently I got on a local meal plan service called Lean Lifestyles (I am just a customer and this is not a plug, I'm just explaining what I'm trying), just sort of out of desperation because it was one of the things on my list of things to try.
Anyway, I see to be able to stick to plan with these meals which fill me up, but are within calorie limits to lose, they taste good, my blood sugar is all leveled out, I have better energy than I did before. So after the first week my scale's battery was dead -- so I finally weighed in, I wasn't sure if I had been even heavier and lost a few or not. I'll know for sure if I'm losing on my next weigh in which is Friday/Saturday. I generally only allow myself to weigh in once a week.
So my July goals are:
* Determine if the meal plan is allowing me to lose weight or not
* If not I will probably stay on it and call them and adjust it first, then if that doesn't work try something else
* Continue going to the gym - riding the e bike
* and add in some weight machines.... (for some reason I've been scared and/or blocked of this one)
* Add in a few other forms of exercise like belly dance and/or yoga - at this point at home
* I used to belly dance and I want to go back to classes but I want a review first...
* Work on my songs - I have two with melodies that need finishing and then I must practice singing them all for recording and I need to retrain my voice because I let it get out of shape like my bod....
* Decluttering my house (long term project)
* Working on my next Toastmasters speech
* Doing training course for my professional certification
* Plan a trip to visit my sister out east
* Work on the website that I'm finishing up for a service work thing and turn it over to someone else to take care of
* Work on my daughter's professional website
* Survive the extreme desert heat :-)
That might be the gist of it. I do a lot of goal work. Now that my energy is good again, I am hoping to really kick butt on my goals.2 -
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Pip ... I also think it stinks that they changed the rules of the challenge at the end ...1
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Oh I can't resist ya... I just read one page though
Cheri - I like how you got your rental. I used that "personalize it with a letter" thing to get my pretty little condo that I love. It's a good technique. It helps the owner/property manager to know they are getting a good renter(s)!
Nancy - hi I'm new too. I don't have any advice but keep trying and never give up! And you are fun and eventually you can leave off the "sized" part LOL.
Katla - my little doggie was anxious about the fireworks too... she's gotten used to thunder and she doesn't like it but she doesn't freak out like she used to... this time it was 3 NIGHTS of it... but by the third night she was kind of like... "oh, I'm afraid, but I will just lie by your feet instead of trying to burrow into your side shaking with terror because so far the huge loud noises haven't killed me yet".....
Janetr - have fun in CO... sounds like a marvelous trip
Margaret - I your flowers!!! 2 -
Hey Ladies...I am new to the group and really struggling with the "ok, today I'm going to eat right"....help!
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Stats for today:
18,000 steps
199 minutes of dog walking
63 minutes riding the exercise bike
20 minutes puttering in the garden
Strong Lifts with dumbbells
sumo squats 3 X 10 @ 35 lbs
bench press 3 X 10 @ 45 lbs
dumbbell row 5X5 @ 60 lbs
dumbell swing 3 X 10 @ 22.5 lbs
My word for 2016 is "alacrity"....I will greet all experiences in my life with cheerful readiness2 -
Thanks for the well wishes on the CO trip. Im a Denver native and I miss the mountains horribly. I'm going to soak up as much cool air as possible while there. I'm excited to share all the splendour with Jack. He was raised in Florida, we've gone to Estes and Rocky Mtn National Park a couple of times, but that's pretty much all he has seen. We are in Denver more often because my oldest daughter still lives there and three of my sisters and their families.
Janetr okc2 -
total stats for the day:
ride hm 2 gym- 8.36min, 17.9amph, 141mhr, 2.5mi = 81c
SKI MACHINE- 35min, 139mhr, 3-6incl, 25-45resist, 1.63mi = 286c
ride gym 2 done- 5.30min, 11.3amph, 131mhr, 1mi = 64c
ride dome 2 hm- est 20min 2.5mi = 172c
total cal 6031
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