WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2018

Machka9

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trisH_7183

This is on our DD’s wall.I don’t try very hard!

Machka9

Just in case anyone wondered what I eat when I'm losing weight ...

I eat close to the same things every day ...

10:30 am - 1 crackers & cheese snack
12:30 pm - 1 banana
2:00 pm - lunch. This is usually steamed veggies, chicken, and brown rice, but might vary a bit.
3:30 pm - 1 yogurt (150 grams)
4:30 pm - 2 kiwi fruit or a mandarin orange or an apple
6:00 pm - 100 grams of cottage cheese, cucumber slices, maybe carrot or radishes + 2-4 rye crackers with a bit of margarine
8:00 pm - dinner. This varies but is usually steamed veggies with something.
9:30 pm - 150-175 grams of yogurt
11:00 pm - toast with nutella and honey ... if I've got enough calories for them. If I haven't done enough exercise, this gets dropped.
And occasionally a few cheese crackers to end my day if I'm up past about 12:30 am ... if I've got the calories for them.

This probably doesn't appeal to everyone, but after some experimentation, it works for me.

And as I've mentioned a bit earlier, I need to get back on that again ... next week.


Machka in Oz

Machka9

Thursday --

Today, I walked 14.5 km in total!! I tracked some of it on Strava, but the rest was commute and a walk down to the beach and back.

It was a lovely hot day and I had to get from the university to the middle of the city to pick up my ride packet ... and the bus is just so inconvenient.

Then when I got home, my feet were so hot (black shoes and socks all day), all I wanted to do was to get down to the beach and get in the water! So that's what my husband and I did ... a lovely wade at the beach, and then dinner at the restaurant right there.

So I've done half of the class portion of this course. Tomorrow I go for my last class this week ... thank goodness. I am looking forward to a short break this weekend ... it's a lot of information in a short amount of time! And then I've got Monday - Wednesday next week. Then it's back to work, but I've got a project for this class to do. Apparently we're supposed to find out about this project tomorrow, I think.


Machka in Oz

grandmallie

doggie in my lap an trying to type.. going down to feed DFIL and then go get my dad and take him to the town hall and get a medical POA notarized .. with what is going on, and he told me he got a call and that the ,mass is bengin(sp) so he calls me last night with questions I cant answer, and they wont give me answers at his Dr because of Hippa , so hence the Medical POA.
my SIL said get copy of pathology report, bring it to her and she will be able to put it in laymans terms for dad .
My girlfriend Bev and I are going out to dinner tonight, we are both the same age, dealing with ailing parents and need a break.. hopefully tomorrow I can go out with Doris..

cityjaneLondon

Allie - Sending my best wishes across the pond. So frustrating and tiring for you. Yes, do go out and have some fun.

Lisa - You told your daughter that you would be there for her next posting and that was a great load off her mind, A great decision. After that I should make it clear now that you are your own masters. You are not responsible for her choices.
I'm very bad with uncertainty, so I always need everyone to know exactly where we stand and what our commitments are to each other. I'm like that with people visiting and everything - need to be clear on ETAS and leaving times so I can plan. I know I'm a bit of a control freak, but I try to be polite about it! :laugh:
One of the problems about this possible move to Hove is that we can't hurry it up and are in the market's hands. I am trying to be philosophical about it all. No bites yet this year.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

LisaInAR

Heather - sending our luck with the warehouse your way... might take a little time to get across that big pond in the way, though. Seriously, comPLETEly understand your struggle with having your lives in other people's hands. It's not a place where we control freaks are comfortable. And I think you've got a good point, that we commit to her deployment and no further. We do need our lives, and everyone survived more than once with only one parent available. The Army will usually make it possible for only one to be deployed at a time, but the reality is that they transferred into a deployable unit, though in different sections, when they came to Fort Bragg. It comes with drawbacks.

All that said, I'm happy for the moment. Ran yesterday and today, first time it's been warm enough to deal with the temps--and I still start out in a hooded sweatshirt, and tie it around my waist about halfway through. A mile and a half in longer than I care to admit, but slight improvements day-to-day. Let's see how long I can keep it up.

Love y'all!
Lisa in NC

barbiecat

The reason my dental cleanings are so frequent and so brutal is that I still have my wisdom teeth and that's where the brutal part of the cleaning happens. I am adamant about keeping all my body parts so the professional cleaning is the price I pay.

Rye, I have ways of being active that are fun for me so I don't feel resentful about them. Also I pair them with fun things (audio book while walking, TV while riding my exercise bike) Keep looking for the fun things. I write in my gratitude journal every morning that I am grateful for mobility, because without it, I wouldn't be able to be active and burn extra calories.

Barbie

KetoneKaren

Barbie Wow! You still have your wisdom teeth! That is amazing! No wonder you have a tough time at the dentist and have to go so frequently.

Lisa You are giving your daughter & her family an enormous gift by being there to help with the grandchildren. Like any gift, you get to decide where it ends. Some things you have said in other posts makes me think your daughter is a lot like you, so she gets it. You just have to give her quite a bit of lead time so she can arrange other options for child care when you leave, and get her heartstrings in order...

Karen in Virginia who was up at 3 a.m. shutting off the valve to an outdoor spigot that has NEVER needed to be shut off before, but has now ruptured - ugh

KJLaMore

Good morning all! Happy Thursday! I have been in a bit of a funk the past few days, since starting back to work with the kids. Maybe I am just tired and still getting used to the earlier/busier schedule after two weeks off. I spent last night organizing my thoughts. Putting on paper the things I want/need to do to empty the chaos in my brain. My weight loss has pretty much stagnated at 235. I am sure the holiday eating and drinking are part of the blame. SO...I have decided to get back on the stricter high protein plan that I was on two years ago. I am putting a sample day in writing below:

5:30am non fat greek yogurt and 1/2 cup strawberries, coffee with cream (no sugar)
9:00 protein powder, unsweetened almond milk and half an apple
12:30 4 oz chicken breast, green salad (2 cups), either v&o or lemon juice and garlic dressing, cucumber (1/2 cup diced)
3:30 1 cup 4% cottage cheese, carrot stix or celery stix (one carrot or stalk)
6:30 4 oz chicken breast, broccoli (a cup or more), whole grain rice, pasta, or two oz potato

I will be walking on the treadmill in the evening, to start, mainly to keep me from sitting on the couch and eating. As soon as exercise becomes a regular part of my day again, I will move it to the early morning, before 5:30.

I can do this. Aiming for Onederland by June 1.

I will post later on more things on my brain. Love the pic of Edie and Bea! Heather

cityjaneLondon

Just finished day 2 week 2 of c25k. :drinker: It's ridiculous how happy it makes me. :laugh: My dodgy knee was a bit grumpy, but it didn't let me down.
I've discovered that most of my downloaded tracks fit perfectly with my walking pace, but not with my shuffle/run. So I'm just playing any fun, upbeat music , including my dancing play list. Makes me smile!

On to make IP soup from the IP Indian cookbook. Tomato and Coconut. My DSIL said it was one of the best soups she'd ever had! It's for my son tomorrow. Then I'm going to make some choc/nut/raisin drop things from the newspaper that we can have when we get back from the pub instead of dessert. I will have half of one of DH's.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

KetoneKaren

Kelly Your plan for today looks great except not quite enough calories. How about an ounce of nuts? I might be calculating wrong.

Heather So inspiring that you are doing couch to 5K. I started it a year ago and didn't finish.

Karen in Virginia

margaretturk

Lisa from someone who does not have grandchildren and very likely will not. It still is a remote possibility but more likely when we are much older and less able to be involved. I would change position with you in a heart beat and stay and love those grandchildren with all my heart. There are things money cannot buy and this is one of them.

kcmsmith0405

Reading all the posts here I feel lucky - I do the Eat more to Lose weight plan with higher protein and based on Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) - 15% and my calories to lose are 1800 a day (plus I get to eat back exercise calories. Its a good thing to be 5'8" I suppose! That and I am interested in losing weight sustainably, which I have not ever done in the past (I lose it then it comes back when I return to eating normally), this time I am eating normally but just less and upped my protein by a ton to help with energy and satiation. I do 25-30% protein a day (or I aim for that anyhow). 40/30/30 is my ideal goal C/F/P.

I am on the finishing end of a really bad cold right now, so I am feeling very out of sync and not working out much this week because I can't breathe! Plus eating is a chore because everything good for me doesn't taste right - weird how junk food tastes different but still good LOL.

Kelly in MI

SophieRosieMom

Happy Thursday!

Machka - you mentioned you have asked for a bone density scan and your docs say you are too young. That type of thinking frustrates me. Did they never hear of a baseline? And that test is so simple! Up on the table, a couple quick zaps with very low X-rays, the computer reads it and spits out a report. I'd keep inquiring about it, if you have any older relatives with broken bones perhaps that would speed it up for you.

Insurance companies here in the US have a list of preventative tests they recommend and often pay for. I think they need to add Vitamin D if they haven't already, especially for those of us who live in areas that don't get a lot of sun. By some stroke of luck I happened onto an OB/GYN about 15-20 years ago who was getting into Functional Medicine and as part of my yearly exam, did the Vitamin blood tests - they can be expensive and insurance didn't pay, but she had a good deal with a lab. I came back low on Vitamin D and B12 and have been taking 5000 IU of D3 ever since plus B12 supplements.

Our new doc also has access to an inexpensive lab so we pay a low out of pocket every few years to make sure we're in the healthy range.

Thanks to that doc we've been ahead of the game on for a while on cancer prevention and bone health.

Sorry for the epistle, lol.

Barbie - I think that is so neat you have a friend you can trade rides/errands with. Very important and a load off Jake's mind for sure. Hope the tests on his back problem show it's something easily remedied!

Rye - in looking at your stats, I think you did very well in 2017. It may take some tweaking but you'll find the calories and exercise that work for you doing maintenance. Hang in there as best you can, perhaps when the days get longer things will look up. And with all the extra hours you've been working, I would think that's a bit fatiguing and stressful. (((HUGS))))

Joyce - sorry to hear about your hot lips! I give you a lot of credit for getting out and attending your choir practice despite the weather and physical problems you've encountered recently.

Lisa - great topic on your blog this morning and of course you sharing your thoughts here. Dh and I still have twinges of wanderlust and what is hampering us now are his health issues. That's huge. Lots of good comments here - your mentioning it takes many of us down memory lane. It sounds like wherever you end up, you'll be within driving distance of DD and the grands even if they aren't in the same house or same town for that matter.

Heather - loved the photo of Edie and Bea. How is Jessamy doing after that hernia surgery? Is she totally recovered now?

KJ - your high-protein plan looks delicious. I bet you'll have no problem losing, especially with how active you are. Toting those little ones at times has to be some major strength training in addition to your treadmill!

One of my BFF's is going back to Weight Watchers today. I credit WW with helping to bring my weight back in line for many years and I think they do keep improving their model... I was on it online a couple years ago, and they were moving it to low-sugar. I liked it because they counted the calories for me and I was able to plug in foods I normally thought were "forbidden".

I dropped them and switched to MFP because of this community, the exorbitant price they were now charging, and their dodgy website/logging mechanism which didn't handle PC's well. And they no longer had a meeting handy where I could weigh in when I was tied to the scale.

But I can't fault the education I got from them regarding eating healthy, meal planning, etc. and am glad I stuck with them as long as I did.

Welcome newbies - I enjoy reading your stories. We're here to listen and help if we can.

On that note, I better get moving.

Lanette
Soggy SW WA State

klanders30

Kelly sending you Getting back to the day to day is sooooo tough. But I just know you are going get back on track! I've been in the dumps lately and surprise, I'm off my maintenance weight and need to get back on the straigt and narrow. . I'm tracking but avoiding the gym these past 5 days and it is showing! Going back to work is hard, boohoo, poor me...Okay I'll stop now.

NYKAREN

KetoneKaren

NYKAREN LOL! You just gave me a reason to be glad I had to work over the holidays! Hahaha! Thanks! (((hug)))

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loumoon5

This is my weight for the last week. The lines represent 2.5 pound increments. I'm all over the place. I know my body fluctuates but this is nutty.

sjcook23

Hi, I'm Sharron (from Washington DC area - Northern VA)

I've been gone from mfp for awhile. My gym has an APB out for me. I'm 53 (soon to be 54). I've got 50 lbs to lose. I bowl. I'm a youth leader in my church. I play keyboard for the youth band (which is awesome that I can do this in my old age). Looking for more mfp friends for encouragement.

I'm toying with the idea of hiking the Appalachian trail 2193 miles. Am I a hiker? No Do I have bad knees? yes
I'll probably do a section hike through the Virginia part this Spring or Fall to either solidify or dismiss this urging.