WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER 2016

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  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Lisa wrote "Re: Thanks for the encouragement! Logging means I have to stop lying to myself about what I'm actually putting in my mouth, calorie-wise. It's so funny to me that some part of my mental substructure truly seems to believe that, if I don't record it, I didn't actually eat it."

    This is so so me. I keep saying in my head your body knows , your body know but I struggle, especially with late night snacking. Thanks for helping me to not feel so lonely. Love it when you post. Hugs. <3

    Janetr okc
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    <3
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    :)<3B)
  • mamatigerj
    mamatigerj Posts: 106 Member
    Good Friday Morning, Ladies!

    I am really enjoying reading all of your posts, and I look forward to getting to know you all better.

    Michele & Re ~ I have found a few belly dance videos on youtube. I have always thought that it would be fun to learn. A community center near me offers a class geared for ages 50+; I am considering signing up for it at some point as a reward for myself. For now, I will stick to a video that I can do when I can manage to be home all alone! :p

    Blessings,
    Juanita
    Central Texas
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Good morning all! Posting later than usual, as I have today off, slept in until 6:15, and have been lingering over a THIRD cup of coffee as I peruse my email, facebook (answering many congrats on the just made public news of DD's pregnancy).
    Whew! It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks with the kids. I think I posted a bit about our first week. Island Adventure, Spaced Out Day, Glow Time, Wild West Rodeo/Camp out, and Candyland. All of these days and activities went over well and without any glitches (thank God). I find it some what bittersweet that we celebrated Candyland day with a day of candy making (fruit loop cereal necklaces, candy butterflies, and chocolate fudge) and watched the original Willy Wonka movie (kids have never seen it) and the world lost Gene Wilder on Sunday. :'( Monday of week 2 I had the house decorated for Christmas (Merry Chrissummer) and we decorated gingerbread men, made Christmas crafts, listened to Christmas carols and watched the Polar Express with hot cocoa and marshmallows. I love Christmas so this day was my absolute favorite! I put the deco up the weekend before the party so I could have a full day to feel "Christmasy" all my myself. Heaven. Mad science was a lot of fun as was Around the World. Our Olympics day was fun; but the cooler temps in the low 70's with a cooler breeze blowing made us cancel the water play. BUT...We all made it through the two weeks! My DS took me out for dinner last night (DH went to sleep before dinner as he wasn't feeling well). I had a lo-carb gyro plate (a lamb gyro without the bread or fries), basically just lamb, romaine, onion, tomato and two sides of tzatziki (which they make with greek yogurt and no mayo or other fat added). We took our food over to our favorite bar, where he bought us each a half pint of beer. I got a stout, but the 200 calories worked into the lower cal meal, nicely! He then asked if I wanted to walk the beach and pier! Of course I do! I have not walked spent time with him on the beach or pier in many years. Not since he was a young teen. So 10 years approximately! We talked about his classes, his health, his worries (mostly about his dad and I and our health, which I found touching that it is a concern to him), his desires to travel a little. It was a great night with my baby. <3
    Today I will get my end of month paperwork done and turned in, get my calendars and newsletter for September/October finished and out to parents, I have to call and find out the bus schedule for pick up and drop off of kids and I have to call my docs office and find out why they think I need to schedule an appointment when I have had one scheduled for six months (?!)
    grocery list made and I will either do the shopping or mow the lawn today...I am leaning more towards the lawn just to get it done. Not my favorite job, but it does give me some good calorie burn!
    Janet- I love the pics of your "house sitter". He looks like he is very comfortable in your home! It sounds like the house sitting arrangement is ideal for both parties! Yea! You can enjoy your adventures with no worries!
    Allie- I am doing a happy dance for you! Maybe your little chat with him and his moods/treatment of you, that you had a few weeks ago, actually penetrated that thick frontal lobe that men have! Yea! I think he really does love you, he just needed/ and will need the reminder of how we need to treat the ones we love. Very, very happy for you!
    Charlene- Omigoodness! I know how you feel. I, too, will do my weekend warrior stuff, trying to do jobs that my dh did before RA; and I always feel every muscle in my body the next couple of days. Some things I won't even do. Like the back of my house (2 stories), but I got up on that ladder once to paint, a few years ago; I won't do it again. It's not so much the height (well maybe a little) but my backyard is sandy and it makes the ladder a little more on the unstable side. Too scary for me.
    Carol- I love your hair! Not sure if I have commented about it since you posted the pics a couple days ago. And you do have beautiful skin!
    Rita- Sounds like my August was similar to yours! I didn't meet a single goal in August! IN fact...I am not sure what the bump or pot hole was that knocked me out of the proverbial wagon; but I think I fell, landed in the middle of the road and sat there for the entire month! SO...now I am finally picking myself up, dusting myself off, and making my way back down the road again. Time to set my September goals!

    September goals are back to basics because I not only fell OFF the wagon, my butt never left the middle of the road, where I landed. I just sat and let life move around me for a WHOLE month!

    Increase water intake
    log everything
    minimum of 30 minutes of exercise daily (pushing for 60, though)

    AND I am going to leave it at that for this month! If I can get back on board and be true to these three, I will bump it up in October.

    I have a question...is there anyone out there that buys new insoles for your running/exercise shoes rather than buying a brand new pair? The shoe itself, structurally, is still in good shape. I know the really good insoles run about $30-$40; but that is far less than what I would spend on a new pair of runners.
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    KJLamore- congratulations on your DD's baby news! Congratulations to You too!

    <3

    Mary from Minnesota
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,782 Member
    Sandra - I have a skinny, tall husband who drops weight at the drop of a hat. I have to keep an eye on him. He has shortbread with his morning coffee, extra bread and butter for his lunch sandwiches, cake for an afternoon snack and carbs (potatoes, rice etc) with his evening meal. Plus extra sweets in the evening. Even then it is touch and go. But I can fit it in with my food choices because all those are extras. I find I do best when I limit the carbs, so, for example, tonight he will have oven fries with his oven baked fish . Valuable extra calories for him, none for me. :flowerforyou:

    My friend came for lunch and it was lovely. I did picky bits and salad and she brought cherries. :D We shared a bottle of rose wine, which wasn't ideal, but I have done all my exercises, so calorie wise I am safe. Poor DH is at cricket and it is cold, dark and intermittently drizzly. :'(:( Doesn't look much better for my nephew's bbq tomorrow. :ohwell:

    Lisa - Glad things seem to be settling into place. You are a marvel! <3

    My favourite comedy programme is back on tonight. Hooray!

    Heather UK
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Sandra- Ugh! That is SO hard! My DH and DYS are by no means under weight; but they do LOVE their treats and fattening foods. One thing I have done is I have moved their snacks and beverages, etc. to a cupboard and fridge in the basement. THat is their domain and I am never down there unless I am putting things into storage or getting things out of storage. They eat whatever I make for dinner, but now I make only enough for one meal of the higher calorie foods for them and I prep many of my own meals in advance. Maybe some of these tips will help?! Welcome, by the way!
    Michelle- I saw a cool Halloween party platter! It was a rectangular platter with a skull attached at the top, it had two slabs of cooked ribs (for the rib cage) and then a mass of cocktail weenies for the intestines. Cutest thing EVER! I will see if I can find the pic.
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,782 Member
    KJ - In your situation my main temptation would be finishing up the kids'leftovers! :'( Sooooooo tempting just to nab that last sausage or bit of ham. How do you manage?

    Heather UK <3
  • Purl62
    Purl62 Posts: 37 Member
    Good morning friends, happy September! Summer went so fast. I don’t remember by August goal, but am sure I fell short. I will be writing them down! This month’s goal is to complete a Back to School Health Challenge that a neighbor is running. She does a weekly free bootcamp in the neighborhood park and is training to become a fitness instructor and offers free classes at a small gym. I went to one on Wednesday- there were only two of us in the class and she had us split between the treadmill and floorwork, abs and legs. I am at least 15 years older than either of them, but did it. Not gracefully, but I did it. Am sore today, but good sore. It was fun. The teacher has a 3rd grader at the same school where my daughter is student teaching 3rd grade (different class) and the other gal has a third grader at my school- and since my office is smack dab in the middle of our 3rd grade pod I will be sure to see her again. She was nice, so I doubt she’ll laugh at me.

    It is pouring down rain today. Good day to can tomato sauce with the 40 pounds of tomatoes I picked up from the co-op yesterday. But first, I am determined to catch up here. And determined to put our family room back in order- it became a dumping ground during our remodel but that has been finished for 6 months so it is high time to get it back in shape.

    Re- leftovers are the best. One good thing about fall is the soups and stews…well, there are lots of good things about fall.  We don’t have as many leftovers these days as our daughter’s boyfriend is a vacuum cleaner and if there are leftovers he takes them for work. His mom never cooked so everything I make is a marvel to him. If I want something saved I just mark it. He is looking for an apartment but I'm sure he'll be a frequent visitor. ;) Now I am hungry for stew.

    Michele- what kind of ceramics do you do? I just signed up for a wheel-throwing/slip class am so excited. I’m a total beginner, having only taken a 2 hr introductory groupon class, but it said “all levels welcome”.

    Juanita- WAY TO GO!! That is awesome! Thanks for posting the link to the body weight work out, always looking for things to do at home when I only have a bit of time and don’t necessarily want to deal with going to the gym.

    DJ- praying for your friend and her family.

    Sandra- welcome! This is a great group, so happy I found it last month.

    Linda- I just learned about tabatas at the practice class I went to on Wednesday. Actually, at the time I didn’t catch what she was saying, it just clicked when I read it in your post- but that’s what she had me doing on the treadmill.

    KJLamore- Your theme weeks sound so fun! And congrats on the grandbaby!

    Have a great day everyone!
    Purl/western WA
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Stronglifts Workout B
    Squats-1X5X 55/65/75/85/95, 5X5X 100
    OHP- 1X5X 45/50/55/60, 5X5X 55
    DL- 1X5X 135

    Kettlebell Swing
    Russian kettle bell swing-20 X 10 X 35

    Walk 1,000 Miles Challenge
    2 miles

    This is the last day of my fourth week of transitioning to using the 35 pound kettle bell during strong lift workout and rest days. I will transition into using the 40 pound kettle bell on Sunday on strong lift rest days.

    <3

    Mary from Minnesota
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Rita: Welcome back. I hope to see you posting more frequently. :flowerforyou:

    KJLaMore: I liked Gene Wilder, too. :tear: Your system of snacks downstairs for the guys and dinner upstairs without leftovers is brilliant!!! :bigsmile:


    DH & I are both headachy this morning. I hope we didn't catch anything that will make us miserable. Coffee and breakfast have improved my situation a bit, but there is still a bit of headache above my left eye. We will see as the day goes on.

    I've been watching the Weather Channel, and the storm that has hit Florida and seems to be moving north. I hope all of our friends are okay.

    Decision is made. I'm skipping yoga due to a nasty headache. This is unusual for me and I hope I'm not coming down with something that will interfere with riding tomorrow.

    Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

    "So many of us believe in perfection, which ruins everything else, because the perfect is not only the enemy of the good; it's also the enemy of the realistic, the possible and the fun."

    Tibetan proverb: "The secret to living well and long is: Eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure..."
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    Kate UK
    Put bunk beds on freecycle and had at least 8 people interested someone supposed to be picking them up tomorrow. Bit sad as used to use for DGKs but they are too old now and DGD would not be able to use anyway now due to her EDS

    Did Leslie Sansone 45 min video this morning

    Didn't set any goals for August so need to change that for this month
    1 Exercise every day
    2 Log food every day

    Good wishes to all who have problems, hope things improve soon❤️❤️

    Kate UK
  • fanncy0626
    fanncy0626 Posts: 7,152 Member
    Katla- I hope you feel better so that your plans can stay in place for tomorrow! Riding sounds like such fun!

    <3

    Mary from Minnesota
  • nomadlady7
    nomadlady7 Posts: 24 Member
    New to the group. Need to put myself out there. I've been off lately. Still feeling the effects of Lyme. Can't seem to push myself and everything requires that I push to get it done. Goals for September, lose the few pounds I added on at the end of August. Exercise at least five days a week. Get ready for marathon in October. Drink my water.
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Lovely cool weather here today. I helped DH by picking up pecan limbs so he could cut the two acres faster. Good exercise!
    Allison - so happy your DH surprised you with a new car. You deserve it!!
    Michele - yes it was an injection in the eye ball. Still a bit sore. I sure hope it does the trick or I may have to get another one in three weeks. Ugh
    Rori - I like your goal to eat mindfully. Think I will change my goal from making better choices to eating mindfully.
    Sandra - one day at a time is a great motto. Some days I go one meal at a time. Lol
    Re I TX - hope you have this cool 86 degrees that we have today.
    Carol - love your hair do. I am trying to let my hair grow out a bit but it is hard to do.
    Kim in N CA - coffee beer? Was it good? Sometimes you don't realize how something you post helps someone. But your talking about your weight not budging encouraged me to keep going. When I first got back on MFP I only logged breakfast but now I log everything. I've only lost a little this month but thought it would be more since it was the first month. Anyway, thank you.
    Janetr - when do you begin your RV adventure?
    Lisa- have to admit I did laugh about the microwaved underwear but hey if it works. The idea of if you don't log it, you didn't eat it is intriguing. Wish that worked.
    Rita - grab on To that wagon and we will help you back in.
    Juanita -belly dancing sounds fun. Try Zumba you will like that too
    I could use some help with protein. The nutrition graphic shows I never get enough.
    Have a great day.
    SueBDew in TX
  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
    Hello,ladies,coming home tonite.Surgery went well,not a lot,of pain.making gd progress,dr pleased.
    A much better experience with hospital then last time.
    Love my dr,feel gd about things and glad I didnt go with,other dr.
    Hope Im posting ok,never used phone before.
    Hugs jane
  • mamatigerj
    mamatigerj Posts: 106 Member
    edited September 2016
    Purl ~ Thank you! I see you are from western WA; I am a transplanted Seattleite. I miss the PNW so much, especially during the long hot Texas summer.

    nomadlady7 ~ I am new here as well. I am in awe of anyone who does a marathon!

    SueBDew ~ I will look into Zumba; thanks!

    Blessings,
    Juanita
    Central TX
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Jane: Good news! I'm glad you chose the right doctor for you and are happy with your progress after surgery. :heart:
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Linda in IA Cutest. Kitten. Ever.
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Rio is the cutest kitty!

    Jane ~ I join Katla in being glad for you getting over the surgery and having it gone well.

    I've been a real slug today as I did too much squatting at the rental house yesterday getting up paint on the porcelain tiles in the kitchen. Knees and hip are hurting. We are 90% through with the inside and just have to clean out the garage and do a bit in the yard.

    Carol in Cooler GA than it's been in 3 months.
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Linda, that is an adorable kitten. Even the big dangerous cats have such gorgeou kittens. Good luck in getting a forever home.

    Today is our 44th wedding anniverary. Like I put on face book, it's a commitment to each other and the wedding vows that you take together. We don't expect to have another 44 years, we are to old and to many medical problems. But we will be on this journey together.

    We set guidelines as to what my B/P had to be, how I was feeling and what medicine I took this morning as to whether I would drive. B/P was good last night when I went to bed last night, a little higher this morning, no dizziness at all or any labored breathing. So even though he was willing to drive, I drove myself and did fine. I am exhausted but I think it is because I took a full extra Lortab during the night. I finally figured a position in bed that my legs didn't hurt. Labor and delivery position, or maybe a pelvic exam position. So I am sitting up some but I could finally sleep pain free except my back for sitting like that.

    We are not going anywhere special tonight. I am just to tired. He may not like it but I may ask him to get a carry out cause I don't feel like fixing anything. I may do a no-no and take a nap yet today.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited September 2016
    SueBDew in TX - We were originally planning to leave Monday, the 5th, but Jack has a new doc appointment on Thursday, so we had to move it back to Friday, Sept 9

    I'm ready to go :)

    Janetr OKC
  • KetoneKaren
    KetoneKaren Posts: 6,412 Member
    Janetr OKC Your granddog is the bomb...
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,351 Member
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  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    edited September 2016
    Karen, he's keeping me in stitches. I'm thinking I should take him with me on our trip, but his Dad would be too lonely. :)

    Janetr OKC
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    Joyce ~ Happy 44th
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