WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2017
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Cat from VA- welcome. It sounds like you have a good plan. I have plantar faciitis too, and never do the treadmill anymore. I mostly do the elliptical machine at the gym and weights. I have had the cortisone injections in both feet several times over the years and usually get several years of relief. I’m also very careful to choose shoes with good cushioning and support. Very few cute shoes for me, but my feet feel good.
Ljakubowsky- I’m glad you are here. I first came to MFP in 2012 at the exact same starting weight. You are certainly going through some difficult times and I admire your strength and candor. I will keep you in my prayers. I am worried that 500 calories a day is not enough nutrition and might contribute to you feeling miserable. Please keep checking in.
Christy, your son sounds amazing! He is quite the role model. He overcame so much. Your doxie pics are adorable.
Marni in Alaska-loved the video. I kept imagining all the things your dog was thinking.
Carey in Northern Alberta-I like the I can do anything for 5 minutes.
Our Saturday snowstorm has been fun. We didn't get 10-12 inches where I am because it was really late changing from sleet to snow. We probably got about 6 or 7 inches. I got 2 days of great exercise shoveling snow. I guess the interstates and some main roads are OK, but many other roads are not so good and the neighborhood roads are bad. They are never plowed. Most churches were closed today. Tomorrow is a snow day for me because schools are closed. I'm guessing they will be closed on Tuesday too. It is really cold, about 13 degrees which is not common here. I can almost hear you northern gals chuckling at 13 being considered really cold.
Jana in VA3 -
Hi group.. just posting my work out or non work out.. for today.
January 8 I cleaned house and did laundry all day,
**Fitbit- 10514 steps/ 4.98 miles so far.
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Bettyoceanmelody wrote: »Anybody else watching Sherlock tonight? I was not happy with last week's turn of events...
To say I'm not happy with the turn of events is putting it mildly. I yelled at my TV. Oddly enough it did no good. The show progressed the way it went despite me telling them to not do that.
Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome back.
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Just share a great story. I'm proud of Kirby.
Remember the convertible bug that we bought? We bought a 36 month extended for A little over $1500. We waited for about 10 months to go get some repairs done. The Extended warrantee we were told was "bumper to bumper". When is the fact LED lights needed to be replaced, the driver side window wasn't going up properly, miscellaneous things. Come to find out, he was covered with food $2200 out-of-pocket. Because of that a full refund. Wasn't that the wiring the guy that because it wasn't what it was supposed to be. Then they were going to try to tell us you were going to prorate the refund based on the miles that we had put on the car since we got it. You're supposed to get a refund in eight weeks only to find nothing was done or submitted. Kirby's constant Calling, we finally got a resolution. A full refund check was cut and in the mail, so our repairs will only end up being $700.6 -
Cary - Northern Alberta
Love your "I can do anything for 5 minutes" mantra.. I will try this when I get to the gym tomorrow.
Barb - Edmonton AB Canada2 -
Rori - Did you notice that dude in the background is also smiling for the picture??? For the record, we don't know him, but we found everyone very friendly there! I need to either find a different picture for the forum or find a rubber fun fish to hold in front of me when I meet any of you for the first time.
It was indeed a very special treat to meet Rori in person. Funny, Smart, great listener, gentle soul. That was my impression of this lovely lady. Hope we can meet up again in the future!
I could not resist, I had a cup of the Chai tea when I got home. While enjoying it my neighbor sent me an urgent text to check my email regarding a discussion my neighbors were having about a proposed action by the HOA. I never knew I could type that fast! Boy that Chai had a nice kick in the energy button. All will be well, just need to hash the topic a bit before things settle down again.
Stay warm, have a peaceful evening!
Charleen in Colorado (Like I said before, I just can't take myself anywhere without a little fun ensuing)6 -
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Charleen and Rori, I am so excited for you that you had such a nice visit together. Thank you for sharing the fun with us.
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Ready for work tomorrow. Monday is my fasting or under 500 cal day. Tuesday is weigh in.
Eat the Bear chocolate protein shake prepared with decaf coffee, and a splash of 1% milk.
Cauliflower Bean salad with oregano oil and cider vinegar .. a version of this;
http://www.bewholebeyou.com/2016/03/20/black-bean-cauliflower-rice-salad/ Thanks to you kind ladies who sent a friend request .. as well as a 25 yr old guy ??!!!?? LOL
Marni .. Alaska3 -
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OK. Trying once again to post my bio. This time I have it saved in another window so if it goes away I won't lose it all.
In November of 2011 I hit my highest weight of 350 lbs. I joined Weight Watchers for the 7th or 8th time. Weight Watchers worked the best for mewhich is why I kept going back. It gave me a structure I found easy to follow. Problem was that I would eventually fall off the WW wagon and regain all that I had lost plus a few added pounds.
In addition to joining WW I started working with a therapist to work on my emotional eating issues. I also hired a Personal Trainer to keep me motivated to work out. Over 6 months I lost 20 lbs. Then I slowly regained 10 of those lbs. even though I was doing the same things I had been doing when I lost the weight. 16 months later I was holding steady at 10 lbs. lost so I decided it was time to see a doctor who specialized in weight loss.
March 2013 I started seeing a weight loss doctor. He ran a number of tests to make sure I didn’t have any underlying problems that were causing my weight issues. No reasons for weight gains, but my blood sugar had risen to the point where I was diabetic and I was put on metformin to control my blood sugar. My BP was no longer under control with medication and I was put on a second BP med. Add to that the fact that my knees were getting worse and I had problems walking from the parking lot into work every day and I was a pretty miserable person. Meanwhile, I had lost 20 lbs. in the first 3 months of working with the weight loss doctor and was slowly starting to gain it back. He suggested that since his methods weren’t working after 6 months that it was time to consider bariatric surgery. I informed him quite emphatically that the reason I was working with him was because I didn’t want to have surgery. He told me that there are some people for whom the only answer is surgery and that he thought I was probably one of them. He asked me to at least attend an information session to learn what surgery entailed. I agreed to do that much.
So I investigated surgery options and decided to have Roux-en-Y aka gastric bypass.
The greatest thing about losing this excess weight is the benefits to my health. Within 3 days of the surgery my blood sugar became normal and has not gone up since then so no more blood sugar meds. After 3 months I stopped one of my BP meds and got off the second one 6 months after surgery. While my knees are still stiff if I sit for too long, they don’t hurt like they once used to and I can walk up and down stairs. I no longer worry if the parking spaces closest to the building are all taken and have even been known to park in the farthest spot so I have a longer walk on nice days. Yes I must take supplements now – a multivitamin and calcium daily, and B12 once a week. However I took supplements pre-surgery, and what I take now is far less than I used to take so I consider that a win as well.
In Feb of 2016 I had my 2 year check up with my surgeon. I weighed 200lbs. I was sad that according to my BMI I was obese. My doctor told me that BMI is not always the best measurement for all people. He quite specifically did not want me to get down to what would be normal for me. He was concerned that it would be too low and would be unhealthy as well as too difficult to maintain. He suggested that it might be time to look at surgery to remove my excess skin since I was concerned about specific places where I wanted to lose a bit more weight.
May 2016 I had an abdominplasty and liposuction on my thighs together with thigh tightening. While I was back at work in 2 weeks as opposed to 4 weeks after my bypass surgery, the recovery has been much slower than from the bypass surgery. The wounds themselves are fully healed. I still am not back to lifting the weight I was able to lift prior to the surgery. However, 2 weeks ago I finally moved back up to 15 lb on my bicep curls and I now can do squats where I was not able to do them pre-surgery so I'm pretty pleased with my progress.
The surgery in May removed 20 lbs of skin/fat. Afterwards I lost another 5 lbs. so I am now quite literally half the woman I used to be. I love being able to say that.
So there you have my weight loss story. You might wonder why I am here if I have managed to reach my weight loss goal. Well, I did not give you my full weight gain story of how I got to be 350 lbs. in the first place. Suffice it to say that particular journey is riddled with many weight loss attempts followed by gaining everything lost plus some. To successfully keep the weight off I need to continue to track my food and exercise. I cannot say "Ta Da! I'm done." and go back to my old eating habits. Having a support group to report my successes and failures and to help keep me motivated to keep going is very important to me. People in this group have become friends that I count on to cheer me on and to give me a reality check when I need it. I can only hope that I give back as much as I receive from here.7 -
Hello Ladies!
Son safely arrived back in Nashville a little bit ago. Guess he had extreme pain in his eye while descending that's slowly improving but still with him?? I'm hoping it's not the onset of a migraine. (Newbies ... younger son has a chronic migraine history that has been better since being away at school.) Hate being so far away from my baby but also really wishing he didn't always text with every problem when I'm so far away. Does that make me a bad mother?
Coconut oil ... are you ladies using the same stuff that is available for cooking? I deal with dry skin but want to make sure I'm not slathering myself with the wrong product!
Chia seeds ... so WTH am I supposed to do with these things? I made vanilla chia pudding with almond milk that promptly went to the trash ... kind of like eating fish sperm ...
Older son is home with us for a few more days ... staff issues again. (Newbies ... son is physically disabled but lives independently ... rents a home ... receives state services that enable him to hire aides to care for him.)
Stayed on track today with my calories ... the chia kind of took my appetite away for the rest of the day.
Beth near Buffalo
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Pip, Kirby is a good man!
Sherry, it just pleases my heart so to see you here. I am sorry you are in the position you are but you a survivor and will thrive where God puts you. Missy will make her way back to you also and what I great idea of making her a companion pet so that she can never be taken away from you. I'm proud of you girl.
I think it was Peach who had a picture of 2 kids in the snow. The girl reminded me of my grand daughter Ellie. I bought her a big red bowl sled like that for Christmas. Since it snowed here last week, I am sure it snowed where she lives about the same. I don't know of any hills around her but I am sure she really pushed her Dad to find some where for her to use her new red sled.
Who is having the baby shower? 35 people?????? That is a big shower. And I love the theme and all the food. So neat.
Well Michelle's birthday was Dec 1oth and we always take her out to her favorite place to eat. We already had bought her present but Dec 10th was the day I had my first nose bleed and in the hospital for 6 days. And then 2 days after I got home all the back problems. So we kind of missed her birthday. So tonight we took her out to one of her favorite Mexican places. It is one of the more authentic ones in town. They have a nice a la carte menu and you don't have to buy a full meal. I like the chicken chimichanga and I have it without all the different cheese sauces it comes with. She wanted a Dairy Queen ice cream cake. It has been a long time since I ordered an ice cream cake. When we went to pick one out they were like $30!!!!! They did have a blizzard cake for $12.99 so that is what we got. It wasn't what she usually ate but she didn't complain because Michelle never complains. We got to talking about the back problems that we have all got from my Mother. She said it seems like every generation it hits at an earlier age. She also talked about children and she said that she doesn't want to pass that heredity on to her children and it's one of the reasons she doesn't have children. When she was married, her husband was an extreme risk taker with their money and his life as far as driving. He was the same when he was in Iraq for two trips. He took one of the Army's humvees out for a joy ride and totaled it! So she said she didn't want to me a single widowed mother. Charlie thinks that is the reason Dan cheated on her because he wanted children. We will never know.
Joyce, Indiana1 -
Hello Ladies
to any Newbies. Come often and join in the chat. This thing works!! Please sign your post with what you want to be called. It makes it easier for us to respond to you. Also a location is great, be it specific or general. We are happy to have you join us.
Sending love, good thoughts and sunshine to all of you.
I Love you
DJ
Myrtle Beach, SC
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Mia thank you for sharing your story, we love hearing of your great success. You look terrific and are an inspiration.
As you know I had the same surgery in December 2013 and lost 125 pounds. The weight loss was quick, certainly not what I would call easy. No amount of surgery removes the emotions that caused the over eating in the first place. I too am here for support and a daily reminder that I have the knowledge and tools to keep the weight off and for the encouragement and support of a terrific group of friends.
We are so glad you are back and doing well.
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Joyce - thanks hun! I do have a certain kind of tenacity, don't you think??
Hope everyone is enjoying the Minions posts! Lol!!
Time for dinner, I'm starved!! Plus I have to charge my tablet, lol!! Be back later, love ya!!
Sherry1
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