WOMEN ages 50+ FOR JULY 2016
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Hello, Ladies...
I promised you pictures... here is my shockingly fat face... getting thinner.
Really, looking at these, I have no idea how I EVER convinced myself my face wasn't fat. *sigh*
and KJ = sorry, Sugar... I did mean to wish you the best with your blueberry... (Hugs!)
Tomorrow, my old team from work is getting together for coffee - so I had better get to bed and get some rest.
Hugs for everybody!
Re in TX
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Hi everybody just recently found this group and you all seem so friendly and supportive. I would like to join you, I am 71yo a retired librarian in NW England back on MFP to lose weight (hopefully for good this time)
Kate3 -
Morning dear friends,im on my phone,it cuts off posts.im up at cottage..walked dogs to beach and watched the sun rise..pure heaven...6
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Morning, all... and welcome, Kate! Early riser? or just a night owl?
Slept an hour before dinner and then another six and a half last night, straight through, which is a triumph. The iron (Slow FE) I'm taking seems to really be doing the trick as far as my energy levels go, too. And of course, me being me, I never try only one thing, so I'm resisting taking benadryl when I'm having a hard time going to sleep. The fewer sleep aids the better--plus I added in protein bars, because I'm pretty sure popcorn and string cheese for lunch was not a good thing, energy-level wise.
The DH actually has this morning off, so instead of hiring someone to clean up the warehouse side yard, we're going to clean it up ourselves - there are about five or six concrete piers, about eight inches across, eight inches to a foot out of the ground, which are going to take a sledge hammer to get leveled. Since I had already lost my two pounds by yesterday morning (my goal is always one per month) I'm figuring a morning of hard labor (literally) and rock-breaking, along with loading up the sheetrock from a wall we need to demolish inside, getting it to the landfill and unloading it, ought to pretty much do the trick with making sure that I keep those two off. Love working with him, and it will save us $500 to get it done ourselves.
Working on two massive articles, one about the city administration, one about the school administration, because people are interested in finding out what's been going on in both places. My instincts tell me the first will actually be good news. The second will not, if indications so far in my research are correct. But lots more research to go.
Off to the laundromat with my second cup of coffee and a couple hundred pages of research to go through while I'm there waiting on stuff.
Love y'all...
Lisa in West Texas1 -
Kim-brother was up in new Hampshire and will be for a month forgot he had scripts...did it as a favor...0
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Lisa - actually still in bed when I posted. DH (is that short for better half) rises first brings me cuppa and I log in to FitBit then MFP enjoy reading new posts Then do my workout in spare bedroom before coming downstairs to start the day. Both retired so time not so important
Kate1 -
NYKaren: It has been hot here, but we've been able to get out and do things without being miserable and DS & DDIL's home is airconditioned. Nearly all of the places we've visited have air conditioning, including Monticello. Our day in Washington DC was probably the hottest but the Smithsonian Museums are airconditioned and we bought partially frozen bottles of water outside on the mall.
Heather: I don't have cellulite, but my skin is too big for me in a few places. My thighs look like deflated balloons. Yuck. :ohwell:
Joyce: I don't think the fault was with the scooter. DH drove it down an uneven hillside lawn twice. He wasn't hurt. :flowerforyou:
Re in TX: Your photos are a testimonial to your success. WTG!
Kate: DH stands for "Dear Husband" or other d words that are less complimentary.
We are leaving for home later today. I've had a great time in visiting the kids but I am more than ready to be home, sleep in my own bed, and pick up my dog from the vet where he has been staying.
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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Summer, it's easy for me to look on the bright side about the cellulite in my legs. I had one hip replaced about three months ago, and I'm so grateful to be able to walk without pain! Of course I care what my legs look like--sort of. But moving is so much more important.
Re, You look great! Thanks for the pics.
Lisa, those articles on the school and city administration sound interesting. I love looking at how organizations work. (And whether they do.)
Allie, Yay for you!!! So glad you got to the cabin!
Barbie, I'm so slow--up until now, whenever you signed off as from NW Washington, I immediately thought of NW Washington, DC. So I'm imagining you walking down DC streets with your dog's, passing red brick homes and big trees. Then you made a comment about it being cool yesterday or the day before. I thought, "huh? I can't believe anyone would think of DC as cool." It took me until this morning to realize you meant Washington state. Duh!
It's a beautiful summer morning here in Virginia after an early morning rain shower.
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welcome Kate keep logging and checking in, this really is a supportive group. I love that your DH brings you a "cuppa" that is very sweet
Well folks I have let down my routine and have been medicating with overeating! Stuffing down my feelings I suppose. dj get out the boot! So this a.m. I am clearing out my trigger foods that sent me on this negative road, pasta, bread, red meat. StilI, I have been exercising and logging, did have a wonderful chopped salad that have reminded me that I really like being fit and eating clean.
Have a great weekend everybody NYKAREN1 -
Happy Saturday Morning!
Re ~ Your pics really show a great improvement! I have a fat face that I don't think will ever go away.
Still working on the rental house. We are about burnt out with the whole thing. Everywhere we turn, there is something that needs to be replaced. Starting to think it's going to be in a lot better shape than the house we live in and money out the wazoo! It's the first house we owned and was brand new when we moved in. Now, the neighborhood has really gone down for the most part. Some of the homeowners do a good job of keeping up their property but there are many renters there and the property managers don't seem to be interested in keeping up their places. Oh Well!
Lisa ~ You are such a hard worker. Can't imagine busting up concrete or moving sheet rock.
Michelle ~ You must love to cook! I am amazed at al the cooking you do and then you share it with others. Do you ever just rest?
Barbie ~ Your new shoes look light weight and comfortable. I hope your leg pain eases. I have a problem with my feet feeling like they are hot all the time and if I stand up too long my feet actually hurt. I'm wondering if some of it has with me carrying too much weight in my torso. I only wear a 6-1/2 shoe and guess that's a lot of weight for small feet. LOL
Katla ~ So glad you enjoyed being with your DS & DDnL. It sounds like the scooter was a great success for your hubby.
Kim ~ Can't even imagine trying to sleep with no air. I'm sweating for you! We have a ceiling fan over our bed and air and I'm still too hot. It's been in the high 90's here for the last 30+ days.
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Allie- yeah! I'm so happy that you are at the cottage with the dogs! When you talk about Tom it reminds me of my dad. I hated the way he treated me mom. I was so happy when she finally left him.
Re- awesome pictures! You look fantastic!
Lisa- I can picture you swinging that sledge hammer! You are a very ambitious woman!
Mary from Minnesota0 -
Good morning all
@DamitJanit Thank you I am seeing that!
@barbiecat Nice shoes!
@IremiaRe You look great and much younger!
@ilikegardens Now I understand why you are so positive! Awesome that you have less pain now, it makes life alot nicer.
I am looking forward to our annual monsoons, we had a downpour last evening and it cooled things off nicely.
summer in az1 -
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Barbie - Don't line dancing shoes have to have soles that slide? I am considering buying some new "character shoes" , which are the ones I use for ballroom dancing, as I did on the cruise. It's important I can pivot in them.
Just finishing my nap while DGD is asleep. We are all going to the supermarket this afternoon as it has been pouring with rain.
Love Heather UK (Hello new Kate!)0 -
summertime19 wrote: »Good morning all
A random question here.
What helps cellulite? My legs are horrible!
For me it was the weight loss and exercise. I had it on my butt, back of thighs and upper arms. I happened to check the other day and it's all gone.
Chris in MA4 -
Thanks for the welcomes. husband is mostly Dear but sometimes the less complimentary word as we all are I suppose He has gone out so I am sewing this afternoon, altering clothes which are too big (brilliant) also keeps my hands busy so no snacking
Kate1 -
morning peeps -
got up late, it's 7. i wanted to be at the gym already.. it's the last weekend for the bike challenge. gotta feed the kids, will leave them home, it's too hot for them to stay in the beast. kirby is at work, the plan is to do 2-2 1/2 hrs, we'll c how far i go. i'm at 1195 already, so i'll be over 1200 as i thought today
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Just made a delicious veggies egg scramble with zucchini from my garden, pickled red onion and Parmesan! Yummy and already got in 5,000 steps
So I am taking the challenge today to reverse my last week and make better choices! NYKAREN
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Re, you can really see your face shrinking, but you looked great at every size. You have beautiful skin.
I'll post mine to show a 50-lb difference. I still have another 30 or 40 to go. I think there are seven years between the two.
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Heather - thanks for the great words - I am losing weight slowly, but this is a life change and feeling like I am making healthy choices which is much more important - and freeing in a way - than a quick fix. Partner (we live together but not married as have military health insurance and can't (won't) give that up) loves to have desserts at night - and he doesn't gain weight to my total disgust, so we have junk in the house - I am doing pretty well at ignoring it and grabbing fruit instead.
Re - love your pictures - you get younger in each one!!
I love this group - you all are so supportive and loving. I feel empowered when I read. It gets frustrating as numbers so down, then up, then down - - - so coming here helps to realize this is a journey and getting healthy is the goal - not a number. Thanks to you all so much.
We are going out to a French restaurant tonight - lobster on special - so am having tons of veggies today to accommodate a dinner out - this morning had one piece of 7grain bread with an egg and tomatoes and cucumber. Feeling very full. Next to do workout I did on Wed with a trainer (temporary - just to get me on track) which includes TONS of squats and some good floor work. Did a cardio session yesterday then jumped to gym to do leg lifts, incline press and some others. Feel good today - setting up August goals in my head - 1) exercise hour a day (includes min of 8k steps which is small compared to many of you but a good goal for this month 2) track everything and eat lots and lots of veggies 3) think POSITIVE which is sometimes hard for me.
Carrie in coastal SC
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Katie, you look marvelous!
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Stronglifts Rest Day
Kettlebell Swing
Week three, day three of increasing from 7 to 10 reps using the 35 pound kettle bell. I feel that I have successfully gained enough strength to do the 10 reps.
25X10X35
Walk 1,000 Miles Challenge
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Chris - Congratulations! You are so fortunate not to have any cellulite! Mine also is almost completely gone but, I still have some stubborn areas.. Building lean muscle mass and getting rid of the fat makes it impossible to exist.
Drkatiebug - Nice pictures! You look fabulous!
Mary from Minnesota1 -
Carrie - I also have a skinny DH. He is a great workout buddy for me as he rarely misses a day, but I do have to make sure he gets extra calories down him or he drops weight and looks horrible. Luckily cake is not my temptation, but cheese is.
Went to the park this afternoon so I have got an hour's ambling done on top of the 15 mins kettlebell I did this morning. . It's better than nothing. Bbq tonight and there will be wine - my other weakness. DS bought onglet steak and chorizo. I have contributed the starter of olives and Spanish ham, Iberica Belota. He will do a big salad. They are all having cheesecake for dessert, but I am having mangoes.
I will be over on the day, but not by a gaining amount as I'm set to a losing number on mfp to account for days like these. I lost one and a half pounds this week, so I only have two and a half to go to get right back on target. Don't want to blow it now.
I will post pics later when I've sent them to myself and downloaded them. DS is just as crazy as DGS about Pokemon and they captured one inside the house when they were building the new teepee. We also got one in the supermarket!
Love Heather, in Hove for one more night.1 -
Hi everyone. Just a quick post here. Getting on this site from home is a definite struggle. I see some great photos here! Thanks for sharing!
Speaking of struggles, Benny is getting harder and harder to pill and now what ever he eats once, he won't eat again, but he is hungry and begging for food. Last night he ate chicken nuggets and cucumbers. We tried the pill shooter; it doesn't work at all. Most of his pills are way too big for it. Yesterday afternoon I gave his pills is smooshed PB&Js and he ate them right up. Two hours later...no go on that. We hate to just shove them down his throat but that's what we end up doing or it takes over an hour to get all those pills down.
It's nice and cool and cloudy here which is great after the >100 degree days and excessive heat warnings we have had recently.
WEll that's all for now. This has taken 20 minutes to get posted. Not sure what the issue is but I think it's the site because nothing else acts this way and I have tried three different browsers. Works great at work. Take care, Meg from Omaha1 -
Good Afternoon, Gracious Goddesses;
I should have said... that 2nd shot, the one at 275? That gray is sprayed on my hair... lol. It was a Halloween thing.
But I do love the way my phone gives the most recent pic that lovely Soft Focus... *giggles*
Thank you for all the kind words. I have to just keep chipping away at it.
Katie, Hon - it's all about losing that excess neck, isn't it? You look MAHVELOUS.
When I get a decent set of current body shots, I will give y'all the whole experience... I can't believe how fat I really was... I don't think there are any shots of me - full body - at my highest... but, I have 331 and that is horrendous enough.
This morning, I went for breakfast with some of my old team from work... it was lovely to see them... the gal that used to be my "Mini Me" protégé is all grown up now... She was 21 when she started on the team... now she has a beautiful 9 month old baby who smiled and laughed all through breakfast. It's amazing how much can change in just a few years.
Who knows what my calories will look like, today - the weekends are usually somewhat unpredictable - and I never eat breakfast. Eating only twice a day helps me keep it all under goal - but, even if I do go over, it was worth it to see my friends and enjoy a meal with them. I will be sure to do an extra long workout at the gym today, just in case.
Well, I am off. I have things to get done before DH wakes from his nap and wants me to take him places.
Hugs for everybody!
Re in TX1 -
Good morning all! Happy Saturday!
Allie- So glad to see you posting from the cottage! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!
Heather- I can just picture you packing for trips and then "OH! Let me just grab my kettlebell!" Not laughing at you; just getting a chuckle out of your tenacity in sticking with your routine! All admiration from me!
Re and Katie- beautiful before and after pics of my friends! And Re, I don't think we really notice the weight because we live with our selves and look at ourselves every day. It just slowly creeps up on us. Like age. I don't look in the mirror as much as I used to and only recently I have learned that I can't look down (actual visually look down at my body) and say "I look great!" because the girls are triple D's and they block everything below them. Because of their "voluptuousness" I can never see the lower rolls. In my mind, if I can't see it, it isn't there. LOL I think that is called denial.
Joyce- So glad you were able to sleep in a bit. I hope Charlie is understanding of you wanting to "stand down" for a bit and let the nurses on duty do what they can for him. I am glad he is feeling better and you are getting some rest and relief from all of the running and worry!
Grand Haven is coming up on our annual Coast Guard Festival. Grand Haven is a BIG Coast Guard town and we celebrate them for a week each August (not just our local CG, but from all over the US). A week of community events, street dances, concerts on the waterfront, carnival, free pancake breakfast, many memorial services for servicemen and award for services handed out. Kicked off last night with a Simon and Garfunkel Tribute Band called Old Friends. They were absolutely fantastic! I put my "big girl" shoes on (that is pretty much anything that isn't a running shoe) and walked and danced all night. My feet were more than a little sore this morning, but it was a fun night.
It was raining early this morning; and I do love a rainy morning, so I lolled in bed for a good half hour and didn't get up until 6:00. Had a quick breakfast of coffee (not healthy, but it was SO good) and headed down town to help with the CG 5k and 10k. Lots of friends running and it was a thrill to watch them all complete their races/walks. Plus my DYS was also volunteering with his place of employment and now he has the bug. He wants to run next year! YES! Then I headed to the Girl Scout House to watch the Kid's Parade from the deck. This is the kick off parade for our Coast Guard Festival. I am glad the young families and the kids get this parade to themselves to decorate neighborhood floats and bikes and represent schools, churches, etc. I usually run into a lot of little ones that I know. But I was in a panic watching the participants in the parade throw candy to the kids watching. Of course some of the candy lands in the road and SO many little ones darting into the parade to get candy! Every year the organizers talk about NOT throwing candy due to the hazards little ones getting run over, I wish they would just put out an addendum on the participation contract that participants can't hand stuff out en route. Maybe they could gather every businesses candy, stickers, toys and put them into treat bags and each kid gets a bag at a "parade pick-up" location...there just has to be a better way. Oh well, maybe I am just an old fuddy duddy party pooper.
Well, it's starting to rain again. Pffft! I guess I should get busy with some house work that needs to get done. Love and hugs to all that I missed!
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Welcome, Kate! Do you want to be a role model? I aspire to be a retired librarian--thinking I have to go another 2 years...spikeyhair wrote: »Hi everybody just recently found this group and you all seem so friendly and supportive. I would like to join you, I am 71yo a retired librarian in NW England back on MFP to lose weight (hopefully for good this time)
Kate
Also welcome to all the other newbies!!!
All this vacationing and hosting guests is really affecting my exercise routine. Hope to get back on the bike soon.
Amazing transformations in the face pictures...you all are looking good.
There is so much yard work to do but I am waiting till it gets cooler later in the day. There are days when I think I am wasting what is left of my life on crabgrass, swallowwort, and other weeds. I had some lovely day lilies but deer found them a few days back. So there went my beautiful orange smiling flowers.
Betty
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Re and Katie WOW!
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spikeyhair wrote: »Hi everybody just recently found this group and you all seem so friendly and supportive. I would like to join you, I am 71yo a retired librarian in NW England back on MFP to lose weight (hopefully for good this time)
Kate
You have come to the right place....I am a retired grade school teacher and have found great encouragement and support from these women
Barbie from beautiful sunny NW Washington 
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