WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2016

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  • lhannon062709
    lhannon062709 Posts: 1,140 Member
    Ava - welcome. Not a terrible time of year at all. Why go with the herd and start in January? If there's anything I'm learning, it's that January (or Monday, or tomorrow) never comes...

    Regards,
    Lisa in West Texas
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    avalisa1 wrote: »
    Hi Everyone! *wave* Huge "thank you" to the kind soul who started this thread. 53 last September here, with about 100 - 125lbs to lose. I'm returning to Myfitnesspal after a couple of YEARS off the (fitness) wagon. Some of the entries I've read here and on other threads today have been so reassuring and motivating! I know this is a TERRIBLE time of year to restart my journey, but I'm hoping to stay the course with the help of a new trainer and the awesome folks here at MFP! Please feel free to add me.

    Happy Holidays, All!

    Ava


    Welcome to a wonderful group of supportive women. This is a challenging time of year for those of us who are inclined to love sweets but today is always the best day to start focussing on being healthy. I started just before Thanksgiving when we went on a trip to see my daughter. I brought food scales and measuring cups to the Thanksgiving dinner and weighed or measured everything. The kids thought I was nuts, but they were generally tolerant. Think of it as a trial by fire. You have a very good chance to succeed as long as you never give up, and you have found a great support group right here. :heart:

    Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
  • cityjaneLondon
    cityjaneLondon Posts: 12,797 Member
    Welcome Ava and the other new people! :flowerforyou:

    I intend to lose 1 or 2 pounds by Christmas. By eating lots of GOOD food. Fortunately I consider cake, pastries, cookies, desserts the spawn of the devil. :laugh: I am going to be an angel. o:) Watch this space. :D

    Heather UK xxxxxxx

  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,365 Member
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  • margaretturk
    margaretturk Posts: 5,296 Member
    Thanks for the dog fix Rori and Pip.

    Carol grandchildren darling!
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Gloria still waiting for snow in WA ~ We are about an hour and a half from Hillsboro, but maybe we can meet at Camp 18 Restaurant one day? Unfortunately our little car isn't too great on snow or ice, so it would have to be in the springtime. It's a restaurant off Hwy 26, wonderful place! We are, truth be told, kind of like hermit crabs out on the coast here. Don't drive out a ways unless its for a doctors appointment. The last appt. was the end of November and the doctors said that they don't need to see husband for a year! And blood work is every 6 months. Of course we still have to go in every 4 or so months to replace the stent.
    Becca
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Katla I have a plastic little file folder and have made one for MFP's personal info. It's nice to know people in states I have never visited, and the possibility of having lunch or just coffee with some of you is exciting! So if I am in your neck of the woods I will give you a heads up a couple of days beforehand, and maybe we can (as my momma used to say), laugh, scratch, drink wine (or coffee) and tell lies! Like sisters I have never met but have just chatted on the phone with. :smiley:
    Becca
    Oregon
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Karen in Virginia~ Yep I love our black phone! We have another phone in the bedroom attached to phone answering, and we have to use that one because when phone calls say to press 1 for this....the rotary phone just doesn't know how... We found a little side table/seat set up and I have all the phone books, my plastic index card file container with GOSSETT written out in magazine different letters (like a spooky movie letter) on the first index card, and I also have a lacy small tablecloth hiding all those things. The side tables' seat is padded like a dining room table. I just love it. We had to have a mini teaching lesson for our teenager. It involved how to put your finger in the holes and move it fast (but not too fast) and then take your finger out so it makes that familiar sound.... To SIT down when you answer the phone because he could yank it off the table (short black cord). Sometimes we don't answer it right away, we like to hear the sound of it....
    Becca
    so anti-tech I don't even HAVE a cell phone....
    in Oregon
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
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  • kevrit
    kevrit Posts: 4,396 Member
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  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,365 Member
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  • megblair1
    megblair1 Posts: 1,226 Member
    Hi all thank you for the warm welcome back. I had all good intentions of being here yesterday but a GI bug and the bathroom kept me busy all day, so I won't count that as a failure.

    OK so I have been gone so long; has anyone heard from Sylvia (Mollywhippet)? at all? I remember us commenting on how long she had been gone.

    Sorry I am not able to write individual posts; after working today and being sick yesterday I am all done in. Hope to chat more tomorrow. Take care, Meg
  • skuehn48
    skuehn48 Posts: 3,077 Member
    Hi all: We had snow yesterday and today is frosty and cold. There was ice on the top of the horses' water tub. I have to drive into Seattle on Thursday and the forecast is for snow. I can drive in snow, I am from SD but these people out here do not do well in snow. This makes me more worried about a trip I was not looking forward to anyway. Did not go to water exercise this morning as there was ice on the roads. Have done some exercise at home. Food going OK.

    Welcome to those who are new. Keep coming back.

    Meg - Welcome back.

    Janetr - Glad to hear your sister is doing better. Hope that continues.

    Pip - Love the nails!!

    Kim - Fun holiday hair!!

    Barbie - Sympathy to you and yours. It is always hard to lose a family member and I am sure that is what Brandy was.

    Re - You rock girl!!! Keep on with what you are doing.

    Sending healing angels to those who need them and congratulations to those with victories, Sue in WA
  • suebdew
    suebdew Posts: 1,298 Member
    Hi MFP friends. Had a great visit with two of my friends I worked with at SMU. We sat and talked non-stop for two hours. Another party tomorrow and tomorrow nite then I can stay home and bake. I make peanut brittle for friends. This year I am making some with jalapeño powder. It is surprising good.
    Stay safe and warm.
    SueBDew in TX
  • pamwix
    pamwix Posts: 16 Member
    Hi there, my name is pam. I live in south Florida. I left my first message yesterday without many details. thanks for all the warm welcome messages. This is a very new activity for me but I have more success when I am accountable to others as well as myself, so thanks for this opportunity. I retired 15 months ago and feel like we are living the dream... we have been married 42 years and have been enjoying retirement and traveling. I look forward to this journey with you all. Have a wonderful evening
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,365 Member
    stats for the day:
    ride hm 2 gym- 13.55min, 12.7amph, 149mhr, 2.9mi= 132c
    fitbit- 138mhr, 81c
    ELIPTICAL- 41min, 119ahr, 131mhr, 2incl, 2-3resist, 3788str, 92stpmin, 4.03mi = 287c
    fitbit- 139mhr, 277c
    ride gym 2 dome- 7.34min, 11.2amph, 138amhr, 1.4mi = 62c
    fitbit- 125mhr, 32c
    jog station 2 wk 5.03min, 10.44apamph, 144mhr, .4mi = 54c
    fitbit- 183mhr, 61c
    jog wk 2 sta- 4.54min 10.31ap, 150mhr 60c Wahoo didn't record right
    ride dome 2 hm- 20.53min, 7.6amph, 147mhr, 2.6mi = 199c
    fitbit- 140mhr, 136c

    794cal for wahoo
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,365 Member
    whaaaa, i want snow
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,557 Member
    barbie - my heart is still heavy for you. I know what you're going thru

    Ava - welcome! You CAN do this, Keep coming in here for support of each and every kind.

    Went to Penney's to get these wine charms for a gift for the ceramic christmas party only they don't sell them. They don't sell umbrellas, either. I had a coupon for $10 off a purchase of over $10 so I got Lynette a sweater for christmas. In the end it cost me $8. then went to Bed Bath & Beyond. Got what I think is really neat, its these pens that you can use to write on your wine glass. Then went to WalMart to get some of the veggies for the veggie tray for the mahjongg and ceramic christmas parties. Will need to go to Aldi to get the rest of the veggies.

    Ordered this pair of jeans mainly because I found out that if they didn't fit I could return them to the store. See, I have a pair in this same make only in an 8P. Online they only had 8short. I wasn't sure if they were the same thing or not, so I ordered them. They came today and they fit. Am I ever grateful.

    Becca - I'd love to meet up with you. I hope we get to one day.

    janet - LOL

    Charleen - what a neat pouch. You sure are talented

    Meg - you are a site for sore eyes! Glad you're feeling better

    Thrifty Sherry - WOW! Dufur looks like such a lovely quaint town. I can see why you love it so much

    Michele in NC
  • IremiaRe
    IremiaRe Posts: 801 Member
    Hi Gracious Gals!

    My intentions to do better today - blew it. *sigh* I have had trainings and meetings up the wazoo - so, no love for y'all... well, not posted love, anyway.

    Thank you all for the kind words - I really have every intention of breaking the 200 barrier as soon as humanly possible - however, today, I didn't even make it to the gym. I got up, I got dressed, and I decided I had better get dinner in the crockpot before I left... um.. yeah. Took longer than I anticipated.

    However - dinner is cooked, I have done a couple of things to prep for future meals and I washed a few dishes as penance for missing the gym.

    The worst part is - I still have to leave some calories on the table - since my allotment is basically a maintenance amount of calories. *sigh* Oh well. That's why God gave us Pre-Logging. Planned my day accordingly, and unless I have another attack (uh - had one last night... went on a potato chip bender - darn my DH for reminding me they were there!) I should be fine. I believe I may be pre-menstrual - since I had NO ability to say "NO" to those salty, delicious carbs, last night. I am going to be better, tonight. And besides, the chips are gone.

    The good news is - I always leave some calories on the table - so, I didn't do too much damage, even on my little bender.

    Well, I have to run - Moroccan Chicken Stew awaits....and that stuff is tasty!

    Hugs for Everybody!

    Re in TX
  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    megblair1 wrote: »

    OK so I have been gone so long; has anyone heard from Sylvia (Mollywhippet)? at all? I remember us commenting on how long she had been gone.

    Take care, Meg

    Meg, the last we heard was Sylvia was doing fine just very busy with the opening of the new artist's coop. I do worry so about her and her son and grandchildren. Would love reassurance that all is well in her world. :/


    Janetr OKC
  • pipcd34
    pipcd34 Posts: 17,365 Member
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  • janetr7476
    janetr7476 Posts: 4,001 Member
    Pip, guess you're gonna have to run over to Hawaii, I just read on line that some place there got 2-3' of snow. Wow. I lived in Denver the first 47 years of my life and have had enough "big" snows to last a life time, but I definitely want a few inches just a couple of days before Christmas :)

    Sherry, what a wonderful little town. I got "lost" in the pictures. Thanks for sharing.

    Janetr okc (where is is going to be cold tomorrow, but no snow)
  • sherryminch
    sherryminch Posts: 168 Member
    Pip - such a gorgeous dog! Which one is this one? Is it a him or a her?.....sending "snowy" thoughts your way.....

    Sherry in "dinner's almost done" Dufur.....(I keep wanting to call it Dufus, lol!)
  • sherryminch
    sherryminch Posts: 168 Member
    How do you get 'em to hold still long enough to take an awesome pic like that??.....I can never get a good one like that of Missy.....she has to be sleeping for me to catch her, I think she might be a little camera shy.....I want a pic of her with her pretty golden eyes open.....

    Sherry
  • Annr
    Annr Posts: 2,765 Member
    Michele in NC~Ah, its not an if we meet up, its just a when thing.. ((hugs))) Becca
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Hello lovely ladies. Haven't posted much yesterday or today. Yesterday I developed a wicked cough. Di said today that it is not flu or virus and I am not contagious. But oh do I hurt in my chest and head when I cough. Today I had 2 Christmas dinners. Lunch was Sunday School class and they catered meat and potatoes and then a few people brought deserts. We played bingo and sang Christmas carols. I tried singing but it didn't work. This evening was the choir and it was catered. We have a high school that is a trade institute and they have a culinary institute. They actually serve lunch every day for a very decent price. We usually play some games like how many words you can make out of a particular phrase, and another like that. We have two people who usually win all of those kind. Tonight we decided just to draw names for door prizes which would have been the prizes for the games. I have to get a 'Dirty Santa' gift for our family Christmas and now I have it! I will put the 2 prizes i got today together and let it be it.

    Doctor's office offered to prescribe cough medicine only and I said no. I have never had any cough medicine that tops a cough. My lungs sound good but the cough sounds so moist and wheezy at places but really they are only in my throat. I have to see the pulmonologist tomorrow in order to have Medicare pay for my new CPAP. I am interested to see what he has to say about my lungs and cough.

    Barbie, I am so sorry. I think Pip said it best. Your decision shows so much strength and love. You are one of the most determined woman that I have ever met.

    JOyce, Indiana
  • GloworminWA
    GloworminWA Posts: 704 Member
    Busy day today - had to leave work early to get DGS#1 (RJ) to a doctor appt. Then had to pick up DGS#2 from daycare, get them both home for a snack and then to counseling. After that home to make dinner and then get ready for the next day. Tomorrow I have to leave work early to get RJ to an orthodontic appt. He was born with an underbite or crossbite. I've asked since the first time I ever took him to a dentist if something would be done to correct it and over the years I was always told when he was older. The dentist I took him to a couple of months ago said he may be too old now to correct it. Anyway he will probably need braces as he has a very small mouth and his teeth are very close together. They may have to pull some to make room for the rest of them. Guess he will find out tomorrow.

    Looking forward to Friday when I get my first paycheck! I'm going to try to find a few 3/4 sleeve tops for work.

    Welcome to all of our new sisters!

    Sorry I don't have time to respond individually tonight but I need to get to bed and get my beauty sleep. Now why do they say that because I don't know about you but when I wake up in the morning I look worse than when I went to bed. I think pillows should be called "facial rearrangement apparatus"

    Thanks Sherry for posting all the pics!

    Nite nite! sleepy-smiley-face.gif

    Gloria in WA where we had a dusting of snow this morning


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