WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR FEBRUARY 2018

barbiecat
barbiecat Posts: 17,200 Member
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:) For me, every new month is a clean slate to make a fresh beginning on a new way of life and to continue whatever has worked for me. Going through the challenges of life with supportive and encouraging friends makes the journey better.

:) This thread is called "Women Ages 50+" but all women are welcome. This is a place to share your journey to weight loss and fitness and to learn from others.

:) We talk about weight loss and fitness and the ups and downs in our lives that affect this journey. We try to stay away from topics that might be controversial or might offend others in any way. Kindness is important.

:) How did you do with your goals and resolutions for January? What goals and resolutions have you planned for February?

:) Be sure to bookmark this thread so you can find us again.

:) Please sign your post with a name or nickname and a location (general or specific) so can get to know each other better.

January Resolutions (with end of the month comments)
*sort, organize, and discard line dance step sheets (didn't even start)
*weight training three days a week (twice or three times each week)
*write an understandable version of the pattern for the hat and scarf I just knit (done)
*average 15,000 steps a day (averaged over 17,000 steps)

February Resolutions
*sort, organize, and discard line dance step sheets
*weight training three days a week
*average 15,000 steps a day

<3 Barbie from beautiful NW Washington

My word for 2018 is "tenacity".
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  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,528 Member
    Went to the deep water class today. The plan for tomorrow is to do Jari Love's Ripped and Slim DVD.

    Penny - you'd better be taking pics and post them. I looked and couldn't see it, I think there's too much cloud cover here.

    Wendy - I don't know how I missed your post. Prayers for your daughter.

    I couldn't see the moon. When I looked, there was a lot of cloud cover

    Kate - hoping things work out well for your daughter

    Exercised then took my elf booties to this lady and asked her if she could make some that are larger for me, then went to JCPenney to return 3 of the shirts Lynette gave me (I just don't care for dark colors) and found out that they have others like mine in different colors. I can have them shipped to the store and save postage but they won't be here until at least Monday and we may well be leaving Monday. Then went ot Ollie's to get some snack size bags, also got some Peeps to donate. Then home.

    Ceramics tonight. First picked up a med for Loki, then went and got the tranquilizer for Bonnie along with extra foor for Lexi, then ceramics. Lowe's food on the way home. Now home.

    Wendy - so happy for your daughter

    Suebdew - great!

    Michele in NC
  • linder4866
    linder4866 Posts: 11,422 Member
    <3<3
  • jmkmomm
    jmkmomm Posts: 3,247 Member
    Thanks to Barbie for taking care of misnamed giving us the gentle remindes each month. You are a stepping machichine. I suspect that your line dancing contributes to that.

    Well I mad a big boo boo today. I woke up for the first time around 9:30 AM. I got up, took my first blood pressure meds along with my Neurontin. Then went back to sleep. Charlie woke me up and 1:40 PM. I had lunch but didn't feel it was a right time take the blood pressure meds I always take at lunch time. So I waited. At supper I took my lunch time meds. Unfortunatley it was my bedtime meds as in 2 Narco and Ambien 10 mg. it wasn't long befor I was feeling woozy and really sleepy. I have stayed up all evening so I can go to bed tonight. And yes, I will take all my regular bedtime medicine except my blood pressure meds. My last reading was 99/60. Charlie said he as. Going to wake me up every 40 minutes. Will not make that mistake again. Our eclipse was pretty this morning, it was to cloudy. A couple of people got some good pictures bode the clouds rolled in.

    Well I am to tired to talk. My iPad is still acting up when I put on charge cord. Sometimes it is 25% and other days it is 100%.
    Next time we go see my daughter I will make an appointment in the iPad store in Lexingon mall and have it checked out.

    Joyce, Indiana
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    -sleep 7 to 9 hrs a night, no more.

    :grin:

    If I had a sleep goal it would be ...

    -sleep 7 to 9 hrs a night, no less!


    Last night I did quite well ... got to bed at 1:30 am and woke at 8:05 am. 6 hours and 35 min! My longest sleep this week so far! :grin:

    Despite the fact that I've had at least 6 hours a night Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week, I feel like I'm still making up for Sunday night when I went to bed at 2 am and woke at 7 am = 5 hours. I'm not sure why, but I'm finding the 5-hour nights a bit more difficult than I used to.

    Ginkgo Biloba + Coffee get me through. Sort of.


    M in Oz
  • coastalgosgal
    coastalgosgal Posts: 2,900 Member
    Machka9 wrote: »
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    -sleep 7 to 9 hrs a night, no more.

    :grin:

    If I had a sleep goal it would be ...

    -sleep 7 to 9 hrs a night, no less!


    Last night I did quite well ... got to bed at 1:30 am and woke at 8:05 am. 6 hours and 35 min! My longest sleep this week so far! :grin:

    Despite the fact that I've had at least 6 hours a night Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week, I feel like I'm still making up for Sunday night when I went to bed at 2 am and woke at 7 am = 5 hours. I'm not sure why, but I'm finding the 5-hour nights a bit more difficult than I used to.

    Ginkgo Biloba + Coffee get me through. Sort of.


    M in Oz

    I take medicine for an over active bladder, and I think that puts me into such a deep sleep, its hard to get out of. Talking to the doctor tomorrow about it. 5-7 hours in a fair amount of sleep nightly.
    Becca
  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    Machka9 wrote: »
    coastalgosgal wrote: »
    -sleep 7 to 9 hrs a night, no more.

    :grin:

    If I had a sleep goal it would be ...

    -sleep 7 to 9 hrs a night, no less!


    Last night I did quite well ... got to bed at 1:30 am and woke at 8:05 am. 6 hours and 35 min! My longest sleep this week so far! :grin:

    Despite the fact that I've had at least 6 hours a night Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights this week, I feel like I'm still making up for Sunday night when I went to bed at 2 am and woke at 7 am = 5 hours. I'm not sure why, but I'm finding the 5-hour nights a bit more difficult than I used to.

    Ginkgo Biloba + Coffee get me through. Sort of.


    M in Oz

    I take medicine for an over active bladder, and I think that puts me into such a deep sleep, its hard to get out of. Talking to the doctor tomorrow about it. 5-7 hours in a fair amount of sleep nightly.
    Becca

    Hmm ... that's something I've wondered about lately.

    I go just before bed, then I'm up twice in the night (twice in 5-6 hours), and even so, the need to sprint to the toilet is one of the things that officially gets me up in the morning. I haven't slept all the way through a night in a long time.

    But I'm beginning to wonder if that's a bit overactive.

    M
  • spikeyhair
    spikeyhair Posts: 2,078 Member
    WENDY great news about your daughter

    BARBIE thanks for new thread

    MICHELLE thanks

    Kate UK <3
  • csofled
    csofled Posts: 3,022 Member
    <3:)
  • Peach1948
    Peach1948 Posts: 2,473 Member
    edited February 2018
    Barbie ~ Your are our hero!

    Becca ~ You look beautiful in that photo. Your hair is pretty and you have a happy smile.

    Sharon ~ I assume Courtney is your granddaughter. She sounds like one of our new generation of entitled individuals. Hope it all works out. Happy birthday to Keira.

    Glad for a new month! There are no birthdays this month...Yeah! Well, there is Valentine's Day. I've already bought the grands a card to send.

    Carol in GA

  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,610 Member
    Ann262 wrote: »
    Hi ladies! I am a 57 year old woman who would like to join up with you. I was here for a bit last year. The hard thing is keeping up with all the posts!

    I am having a really hard time getting motivated to stay on track. My weight is at an all time high for me. I really want to turn that around! Sugar is my addiction!

    Hi Ann!

    I skim the posts and if something catches my eye, I'll comment. :) That's the only way I can keep up!


    Machka in Oz
  • KJLaMore
    KJLaMore Posts: 2,847 Member
    Hello all! Happy February! Happy Thursday! I got all excited when I hopped on mfp and saw only 16 posts! lol then I remembered it was a new month and found Barbie's link to follow you all! Thanks Barbie!

    Welcome new ladies! We are a chatty group; but the chatter keeps us sane. Think of it as friends meeting over a cup of coffee a few times a day! If the many posts seem overwhelming, feel free to skim. I think most of us do, at times.

    Pip- L <3 VE the profile pic of you and Kirby! You know we love anything you post that has a pic of your adorable hubby!
    Wendy-So glad the surgery went well for your daughter! Yes, please let her know that she is still in our thoughts and we are sending love. lol I have an image in my brain of the SUPER supermoon being so big that it took out some trees and squashed the dog house!

    Well, I am back to wearing the knee brace. Had a couple of knee straining incidents the other day with the kids, and pulled that knee muscle/ligament a bit. Knee swollen and sore today. :( So frustrating. So...my walking is taking a back seat, again, for a while. Back to RICE, (as much as possible with kids in the house). I will have to focus on making healthy food choices/aka sticking to my meal plan. I am pretty sure I will lose, if I do so, even without the exercise; it is just going to be at a slower rate for a while. But loss is loss, right?

    January was my "get real" month as I finally weighed myself (found myself 10 lbs heavier than my last weigh in, pre-injury in November), got results back from my blood work (cholesterol and thyroid on the high level), and realized that I need to get my weight under control before I am in serious trouble. End of January brought my high protein, low carb meal plan back to the forefront and a three pound loss within two weeks of beginning. I will take that.

    Goals for February: keep on with the food plan, keep on with becoming "less" in body- "more" in spirit! I can do this! I think I will begin a "leg free" strength training plan. Swimming is out again, but maybe the therapy pool? It is a warm pool (ick) but only about four feet deep, so I could do some cardio and movement...

    Ah well, on we go! Kiddos arriving! One more day this week. My great nephew and niece are here. I love them, but it is quite obvious that they spend a LOT of time with mommy. Not socialized well aka a little on the spoiled side. I am glad they are only with me two more days! REally makes me appreciate those kiddos that are with me daily and have been given equal amounts of love and discipline. Whew! Exhausted this week!

    Question for all- Menopause! For those of you that have been through it. Does your body still react emotionally, physically the way it did at the "time of the month"? I know you don't bleed monthly anymore; just wondering if you still go through the emotional swing when that "time" gets closer?

    that's all for now! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)
  • okiewoman510
    okiewoman510 Posts: 1,316 Member
    Good morning ladies!

    Thank you Barbie for starting us off again!

    Welcome to the new ladies.

    I posted January results yesterday after I weighed in for the end of the month.

    FEBRUARY goals:

    1. Lose 3 lbs. I’m getting close to my goal so I’m expecting things to slow down. I will also be away from home several days at mealtime so I won’t be preparing as much of my food myself. I realize I still have control of what I put in my mouth, but sometimes your best estimate is off with hidden oil, etc sneaking in.

    2. Close all rings on my watch every day.

    3. Continue to stretch 3X a week

    4. Continue to log every bite.

    That’s all I’ve got! Happy February!!

    Okie in the TX Hill Country


  • sdjm62
    sdjm62 Posts: 72 Member
    :)

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