WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2016

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

Michele in NC – Did it right at the door of the plane; which had another outside door and we could see them loaded on the bottom of the plane. I would have been ‘screwed’ without my meds; I wanted to jerk it back and tell them ‘Oh **** NO, you are NOT taking it’! It doesn’t weigh enough to have been checked in the first place. Flew out of a relatively small airport (Tallahassee); but, now thanks to Marie Kondo’s “Spark Joy” … I can pack a lot into a carry-on size suitcase and used a larger handbag to make sure that my ‘medicine’ is always with me no matter what. I could have had somewhere special to be going to, and, I would have missed it. I think I walked the entire lobby/baggage section 2 full times. Really makes we wonder what those people going to the St. Pete/Tampa area did 'if' because they did not have certain tags on them (or the wrong color of tags on them) whether or not the plane even got partially unloaded before it left for Miami. Sister and friend had pulled up and I was going to meet them outside; after making the loop 3 times she came looking for me; she was madder than a 'wet hen' and I was near 'tears'.

janetr7476

Joyce, thank you so much, but you're right about my sis. She did better at the beginning of the party but by this time she was a bit overwhelmed and had gone away to where ever it is she goes. By then she hears and/or sees very little of what is going on around her. I actually started to cry during the party and had to leave for a minute to compose myself. I miss her so much, but "my" Katy has been gone for a long, long time.

Oklahoma City Schools started yesterday too, it seems very early. The kids here in our district will start mid-month I believe.

Janetr OKC

Eava57

Hi...I M new to this thread but not MFP. I just had my 59th birthday in July. My hubby and I celebrated our 32nd anniversary on the 28th. I have struggled this past year to find a motivating group. Do we have weekly weigh-ins or goals? I have lost 20lbs., Gain/loss 10lbs. My goal is to lose 25 lbs. I am a mother of two boys, 27 and 24.

fanncy0626

lenora- your cement step injury must have really hurt! I'm bruised right below the nail. The rim of the pan hit and I have a nasty bruise. The pan is a Emeril professional quality it takes me two hands to hold it. It actually has a second handle like a door pull on the rim because of the weight. I'm glad you liked the squat video! LOL with the lower seat!

Janetr - nice picture of your family! If you can swing the Kettlebell more than 7 times then you might want to go heavier.



Mary from Minnesota

janetr7476

Mary, thanks. That's exactly what I was thinking. I told Jack I needed to go get a heavier one. He was watching me this morning and said, I don't think I could do that. lol He was talking about the squats tho.

Thanks so much for all your advice and encouragement.

Janetr OKC

grandmallie

morning ladies~
I am awake ,and having a cup of tea ,set the washer to start laundry early so when I woke up threw it in the dryer..
It is a stunning morning 60 degree's and no humidity...
of course on the news they are saying the zika virus has spread to Florida.. just what we need.. well I guess I will invest in bug spray ,,, and hope it works...

cityjaneLondon

Lenora - The full recipe is on skinnytaste.com
If you put Easy Crustless Spinach and Feta Pie into their search box you will find it. It also comes up if you just Google it.

Love Heather xxxxxxxxxx

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

Thanks Heather!

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

Heather - I've pulled up the skinnytaste.com website and plugged in the "Easy Crustless Spinach and Feta Pie"; but, I cannot find it. Maybe I am entering the wrong request for the recipe. I used your name of the recipe to try to pull it up; am I missing something here?

KetoneKaren

Lenora: http://www.skinnytaste.com/easy-crust-less-spinach-and-feta-pie/

spikeyhair

Kate UK
Good morning ladies or afternoon here. Visiting DD and family, so eating well and exercise will not be easy but I will try. Just had a massage from a lovely sports masseur he's loosened all my tight bits and I feel more supple. My DSIL has kettlebells so I will have a go while I'm here

cityjaneLondon

Thanks Karen!

As I committed last night to writing some of my memoir, I did it. Yeah!
I also committed to getting my wifi printer onto the new modem. I did it! Double yeah! :drinker: Mind you I was spitting feathers by the end of that. Why do they have to make a simple thing so ×÷==%# difficult! Grrrrrrrrrr!
Feeling very pleased with myself. I couldn't have done it without this group.

I'm making the spinach pie for dinner and DH can take half the leftovers to cricket tomorrow for lunch.
I also had some feta for lunch today with avocado and beetroot. Fabulous! Added fresh chilli, garlic, cucumber, cherry tomatoes and basil. DH absolutely LOATHES beetroot, so he had a granary baguette with ham and avocado. He made it himself.

Trying to decide whether to go to the garden centre to buy a couple of pot plants and three animal figures for the DGC. I thought we could hide them in the garden so they can hunt for them and then take them home to their own garden. Not sure if it's just a silly idea, or not.

Love Heather xxxxxxxxxx

barbiecat

Eava57 wrote: »

Hi...I M new to this thread but not MFP. I just had my 59th birthday in July. My hubby and I celebrated our 32nd anniversary on the 28th. I have struggled this past year to find a motivating group. Do we have weekly weigh-ins or goals? I have lost 20lbs., Gain/loss 10lbs. My goal is to lose 25 lbs. I am a mother of two boys, 27 and 24.

Welcome, This thread is a mixture of women who are losing weight with others who have lost and don't want to get off track....we get support and encouragement from each other by reading and posting and often as we can. Some weigh weekly,others daily, others not at all. We set our own goals and resolutions and share about how we are doing on our journey to health and fitness.

Barbie from NW Washington (almost finished with breakfast which will be followed by meditation and walking the frisky poodles)

frankiesgirl21

I think I would like to join you all here. I am pretty bad with commitment so this will be an exercise in itself. Been an on again off again MFPer for a couple of years. Started with about 50 to lose and currently have 20-25 more to go. Sedentary office job more or less and I hate exercise. Ergo I don't. But it is beginning to take its toll. All that sitting has lead to chronic bursitis in my hip. Looking to get serious about being in better shape and look better too. I was a size 2/4 up until about ten years ago when I just packed on the 50. I may never be that tiny again but I would like to be a hell of a lot better! So, anyway I am married to the world's best man and my true BF. We have a Harley so in the summer that's our place to be. I am from PA and looking forward to getting to know you all but there seems to be a lot of you so that could take awhile. LOL! I am also hypo thyroid so right now I am trying Keto. I have known for awhile I don't feel my best with a lot of carbs even thought they are my biggest weakness! Thanks for taking time to hear from me. Oh, btw I am Tracey. Frankie (as you have probably guessed by now) is my Hubs.

csofled

KetoneKaren

@frankiesgirl21 Tracey Please do join us...you will find that the women here are supportive and very chatty. Some people, like @Lagopus Penny swoop in and entertain us mightily with a post or three, and then may not be back again for a few weeks. Others have been posting here daily for years. So participate as you wish...I get more out of it by checking in frequently. I try to adhere to limited carbs for insulin resistance reasons, but don't stay in ketosis. There are lots of different food plans here, everybody does what works for them. Several of us are at various stages of starting or participating in kettlebell exercises which I think are very fun. To me, the key to not hating exercise is for it to be fun...women on this thread bike, hike, line dance, exercise to videos, swing kettlebells, Jazzercise, garden, and more. Do you know about the low carber forum?It might be a source of support for someone trying Keto: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

Karen in Virginia

melaniemetoyer

Good Morning Ladies!! Yipee for me, I managed to get in a 2 mile walk this morning ( 1.5 yesterday) before the start of the workday! I am determined to get back on track, after kinda, sorta slacking off a bit last week. Not sure if I mentioned a few weeks ago possibly having RA. (I'm not liking this aging stuff will be 55 Sunday). The pain is concentrated in my hands, wrists, with some chronic discomfort in my right hip. Yesterday was VERY bad, aching to the point of tears Dr. prescribed something called rheumate, is anyone familiar with this)? Supposed to be some sort of "all natural" something but the ingredients read like a chemist lab. Apprehensive about taking it BUT, had I not already taken the Advil last night, I probably would have was hurting so bad.

Well off to start the work day. you all have a wonderful day!
~Melanie- Baton Rouge

KetoneKaren

Melanie Are you on methotrexate? I can't remember. Rheumate is just a bioavailable form of the folic acid (vitamin B9) which is depleted by methotrexate.

Karen in Virginia

mousemom18

Hey, better late than never!

Barbie thanks for keeping this thread going. It's great to see people my age committed to health

I have visited Washington state several times, (skied Mt Baker, wine tasting in Seattle' concert at the Gorge) and Portland once. You and Becca live in a lovely part of the world.

Also, I'm a bit of a wine collector so I appreciate the quality of wines from the PNW

Goals for August? That's a tough one. We will be doing a lot of entertaining both at the cottage (barbecue, late night board games and snacks!) and in the city where we will have houseguests for most of the month!

Also, I'm training for the Tough Mudder in Sep so I can't stray too far.

So I'll make my goals:

8 glasses (2 L) of water per day no matter what
10,000 steps per day
Try to finish the month below 140. (Goal weight 135. Ultimate goal 128. Jeepers, those last few lbs are HARD!)

Thanks for being there, everyone!

And good luck with all your own goals

- Mousemom

janetr7476

Mary, should I go up only 5# at a time, or would going up 10# to a 25# be ok? Im using only a 15# now.

Janetr okc

frankiesgirl21

@mousemom18 Sounds like you and I are in about the same place. I like the below 140 thing. That would be awesome. Can't say for sure when was the last time I was there... 08 or 09? I agree about the PNW....oh the food!....Whoops!:)

miriamwithcats

This might explain the seven stray cats that have shown up in my yard the past five years! Had all fixed and vaccinated, and three are now only indoor kitties, four still go out during the day. But on second thought, seeing all the kittens in the photo, the correct caption would be "This is what happens when you don't spay and/or neuter your cats!"

My ill kitty did pass away last week. I miss him so, especially since I have his two identical brothers still, to remind me of him constantly!

For those newbies, I have a cat rescue. The current total is 13 of my own and two fosters from the shelter (unadoptable).

GRITSandSLUTSandWINOS

When I get to either go to the grocery store; or send DH to buy the ingredients; I'll make the spinach and feta pie. He likes spinach. I hope it goes as well as it should.

August plans:
Work my 'plan'
Get into the pool and do my exercise program

Lenora

margaretturk

Janetr I see sadness in your sister eyes. Considering what she has gone through it is understandable. Your sister is a survivor. She is fortunate to have such supportive family.

Margaret

cityjaneLondon

Went to the garden centre and bought three animals - a rabbit for DGD, (she loves rabbits), a squirrel for DGS and a frog for Bea. Here they are on the stairs, still with their labels on!



We are going to hide them in the garden and write clues for them to find them. Then they can decide if they want to take them home or leave them here. We won't be looking after Bea. We also bought new washable felt tip pens.

Off to make our yummy dinner.

Heather in the warm south of England

evinston

Thank you for the welcome Katla49 and exermom. Katla49, thank you for sharing that lovely Tibetan proverb! I'm printing that one and posting it on my fridge.

Further to my short introduction yesterday...I live in Florida near Ocala. I'm married. We have three adult children (plus one lovely daughter in law). Our son and DIL just welcomed a sweet baby daughter. I sure wish they didn't live clear across the country! My daughter and youngest son still live at home and I'm enjoying this extra bit of time with them before they fly the coop.

I was interested to read the analysis of the eliminator vs. the moderator. I'm definitely a moderator. My struggle is and has always been quantity control. I eat well, just too much. I also sit too long! I really struggle (as most people do) with the motivation toward exercise. I walk. That's pretty much it for exercise. I'd say I also swim, because I get in my pool most days, but truthfully I just relax in my pool after walking

Peach1948

DJ ~ Happy 48th! We will have our 47th this month.

Miriam ~ That cat picture brought a smile to my face.

Janet ~ Lovely photo of you and your sisters. You look so pretty.

I printed the recipe for the spinach pie. I am wondering if I could use self rising flour (which I have) instead of whole wheat with added baking powder.

Carol

janetr7476

Margaret, thank you. She and I had always been the closest. I miss that tremendously.

Janetr okc

pipcd34

morning peeps -

janetr7476

My inner thigh muscles are a bit sore this morning from doing goblet squats yesterday. I'd love to think I'm doing some good.

Janetr okc