WOMEN AGES 50 + FOR FEBRUARY 2018
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stats for the day:
rowing machine0 20min, 56aw, 111ahr, 137mhr, 3266meters= 135c
apple watch- 146c
arm ski machine- 10min, 42aw, 111ahr, 122mhr, 1490meters= 79c
Apple Watch- 90c
various- 17.11min, 2sets of 15ea, w/2-8# weights, 131ahr, 156mhr, 5 diff exercises, = 214c
Apple Watch- 219c
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Really cleaned the condo today. I don't always clean the tubs since we're here so little, but I did that today. I am surprised at how well I did getting to where we don't have much food left
NYKaren - so glad you had such a great time in Rome. Good for you not gaining.
Becca - that home looks beautiful. What floor is the bathroom on?
Wendy - what excitement
Michele soon to be in NC4 -
I've been away for quite a while. I've gained 5 lbs. this past year. Doesn't sound like much but added to the year before it comes down to a total of 10 lbs gained. That puts me at a weight where my left knee is quite cranky. Must refocus and lose weight before the right knee joins in complaining.
I'm not even going to attempt to catch up on happenings here. I'll just start reading from this point. Anybody wants to be sure I know something either post it here or PM me.
Hugs,
Mia still in MI
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Michele soon to be in NC, I think its the main floor, then there's a basement. I keep my eyes on a couple of rentals, then they get taken! Neither of us can move quite yet. He has til May on his townhouse, and we can only do it after husband has surgery, and recoups.
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Mia still in MI,
Welcome back Mia. Everyone has a back slide, now and then. Just get back on doing what you know will help you get along in your journey. It's good that you are listening to what your knees are telling you. That's the first step. I have the up most confidence in you!!
Have a great Sunday!
Becca
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This is so true. We Oregonian's panic!
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I've been away for quite a while. I've gained 5 lbs. this past year. Doesn't sound like much but added to the year before it comes down to a total of 10 lbs gained. That puts me at a weight where my left knee is quite cranky. Must refocus and lose weight before the right knee joins in complaining.
I'm not even going to attempt to catch up on happenings here. I'll just start reading from this point. Anybody wants to be sure I know something either post it here or PM me.
Hugs,
Mia still in MI
Mia It's so good to see you. It's too funny because I had just told my husband the other day that you hadn't been here for a while and that you must be busy with all you are doing. I always feel like Lisa and you are kindred spirits with me as we have all had bariatric surgery.
Janetr OKC
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Machka - that sun looks great - sounds like you had a good break! Back to the grindstone. Now that the Cherries are done, will your DH oversee a different crop like peaches? Apples?
My husband is the General Manager of a cherry orchard, so no other fruit. Some orchards have a variety of fruits but his just has a variety of cherries.
And once the cherries are harvested, the real work begins: maintenance on the equipment, netting, irrigation systems, etc. plus all the pruning, plus any tree replacements and sustainability work.
He and his second-in-command are fulltime employees on the orchard, and they've got a list a mile long of things they have to do to get the orchard ready for the next season.
One of the issues they are having is that the previous manager didn't do much with the orchard ... figured he could coast along doing next to nothing. That was one of the reasons he was let go and my husband was put into his position. So the orchard needs a lot of work to get it up to producing at the level it should.
Fortunately, however, much of the intensity is off now. For the next 6 or 7 months, he should have most weekends off and we might even get another holiday in later in the year.
One of the things he'd like to do with the orchard is to computerise a number of the systems. There is some framework for that in place, but the previous manager didn't want to have anything to do with it. So he might be attempting to set some of that up in the next few months as well. Interestingly, the course I'm taking right now is called e-Logistics which is all about what he'd like to do ... so I may be passing along some information to him!!
Machka in Oz4 -
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Hello dear friends. It has been dry all day long the sun did try to show itself a bit today but not for very long.
This post is it going to be very long because I'm trying to watch the closing ceremonies of the Olympics and it's not working out typing and watching.
My sister is going to have a knee replacement and after that she said she might go on weight watchers. I'm going to try to encourage her to come to my fitness pal. Her husband already is on my fitness pal and uses it for his logging of his food and he's a diabetic and calories in calories out is just his daytime routine. I'm not really sure how I would feel about her being on the forum here with me because I talk about her sometimes. Plus she is the kind of person that her opinion is the right one and there is no other opinion and she is very opinionated on a lot of subjects. In spite of all of that I do love her very very much and I don't know what I would do without her.
Well the commercial is over so I guess I will sign off.
Joyce, Indiana4 -
Happy to find this group! I just started using MFP on 2/20 although I signed up nearly 2 years ago.6
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Happy to find this group! I just started using MFP on 2/20 although I signed up nearly 2 years ago.
Welcome to the best group of supportive friends you'll ever have. These women have supported and encouraged me on my journey. I hope you'll keep coming back, tell us more about yourself, and join in the conversation.3 -
I feel hopeless sad and depressed. I can’t lose weight. WW, Whole 30, keto.. nothing. My hiormones are betraying me.
Help.. how do I do this after 50?
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I feel hopeless sad and depressed. I can’t lose weight. WW, Whole 30, keto.. nothing. My hiormones are betraying me.
Help.. how do I do this after 50?
Please help ...
Enter your details into MFP (My Fitness Pal)
Select sedentary as your activity level
Select to lose 0.5 kg/week (or 1 lb/week)
Look at the number of calories MFP gives you
Eat that number of calories ... every day, without fail.
Go to your local grocery stores, markets, etc. to find good, low-calorie foods that will assist you in sticking to that number of calories.
Weigh your food ... not cups or teaspoons or whatever ... use grams on a food scale.
Log everything to ensure that you are accurately eating the number of calories MFP gives you.
Exercise!
Exercising makes everything better! You get to eat more and feel better about yourself and life in general.
Log your exercise using the low/light/slow options ... you're probably not burning as many calories as you think you are.
Then, for me ...
If I do a little bit of exercise, like an hour's walk (200 cal), I eat about half my exercise calories back.
If I do a moderate amount of exercise, like a challenging 1-hour spinning class, or an hour's run, or maybe 3 hours on my bicycle, I eat about 75% of my exercise calories back.
If I do a lot of exercise, like 6+ hour bicycle ride, I might eat 90% of my exercise calories back.
The delightfully, freeing thing about this approach is that you can eat whatever you want ... as long as you stay within your calories. And you will discover along the way that some foods are better than others. For example, breakfast cereal is a waste of time ... too many calories for such a small amount and no staying power at all. Nuts and pears were also a waste of time for me too. But other foods are great. You have to discover which foods work or don't work for you.
And finally, I'll leave this with you.
Machka (who lost 25 kg/55 lbs at 49 years old while in perimenopause) in Oz
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Joe asked for a salad lunch/dinner! Halelujah!!! Romaine, avocado, cucumbers, beets, radishes and auntiebk's full fat tuna and he ate it all!!! (happy dance) This is quite a step for Mr. Pig-for-breakfast-Cow-for-dinner. Guess the Dr.'s chat had its effect.
Sharon what do AISH and WCB mean? Are they related to the challenge of disability denial? Missing flowers?
Machka Great tour pics! Then home to own bed best reward, that and the memories
Lisa Spreadsheets great way to channel cranky energy. Good for Corey and congrats on the all paid for new-to-you-car. That's SOME retail therapy!
Kate "Live life and enjoy it" well said!
Margaret Good for you for protecting your classroom. Third grade :noway:
Barbie maybe Jake should find something else to do while you're vaccuming... Either that or buy you a Roomba
NYKaren ah! Great minds
Heather Your running success is inspiring! Safe travels.
Katla we got our last tape player at the thrift store... it works like a charm!
Becca come bring your pinesol sock puppets and play! One bathroom for you and two men? :noway: Snowfall amounts was a real tea-snorter.
Evelyn that sneaky sodium is evil!
Rita great week of progress and WOW on the Water!
Wendy glad you were there to safely shepherd the grandies inside. Scary!
Joyce This might be one of those "less said..." times. Know you love your sister and want to encourage her to succeed, but let her do WW and keep mfp and us to yourself! Just my opinion, but we all need a safe place to vent...
Welcome JaneQP!
Espiem, Machka's right, everything (especially depression) is better with exercise, but imho it has to be activity you like or it won't happen. Check in here often, these women are so wise and compassionate. Couragia and welcome.
Mindful hugs to all,
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
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Morning all!
Not much sleep. But I'm ready for the day.
I will update you later.
Much love and welcome to new people and Mia.
Heather UK xxxxxxx3 -
KJ - Meridia is also my favourite Disney Princess. She is a Warrior Princess for sure and I am partial to them.
Lady Laura - I loved the photo of your little Princesses.
Barbara - AISH stands for Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped. WCB - Workmen's Compensation Board. I was covered under WCB since my accident was at work also the reason I couldn't sure anyone.
The missing flowers are some of the paintings that my daughter has done for me. She is borrowing them for her art show.
I loved all the photos of everyone's grands. Thanks Lisa, Heather and I know I am missing some. It's interesting to hear about everyone's plans and upcoming moves.
Hugs to all that are sorting out estates, etc.
Today we went to Jheri's because her Dad is the only one that could crimp the beads for hanging her art. All of the paintings had to be gallery wired. No one else could crimp the bead but Larry is freakishly strong. She also has to name each one and price the ones that will be available for sale. I love her painting called "Speak Freely" but it doesn't really fit in my house. It was interesting seeing how many she was taking for the curator to choose from and to know that there are more living on her walls. She is going to take some photos with her good camera so I will share from those.
Larry made stew in the Instant Pot. I appreciate the effort but there wasn't much taste. I don't dare suggest that he use a few more spices.
Taking my pain pills and CBD oil and it seems to have helped. I had my pity party and now it is time to get back on with life. I did a 15 minute guided meditation and read my bible. I hope that will help me get back to myself. I didn't get to my journaling - Maybe tomorrow?
Going to Alberta Works to see if they can give me any insight as to if it will be worth my time to apply for AISH and any help they can give in that direction.
Harmony has dance so pretty sure that I will be asked to drive her.
I tried to make conversation with my grandson but sometimes 15 yr. olds are tough. I got him laughing when I asked him if he thought I could win Miss America or if I should just enter the Tickle Time contest and he could be the one I tickled. I also reminded him that he was his own Super Hero. Super G arrive on the scene when Greysyn was about 2. He always dressed in green and his favourite saying was "Super G, off to save the World!" and then I saw his screen name for online gaming. You guessed it - Super G! I am so glad that he still exists although he is well camouflaged these days.
-Sharon in Alberta waiting for the snow to melt and flowers to bloom.4 -
morning Monday Ah well, back to the daily grind.... I've got systems in place (meals prepped, clothes prepped) to help ease me back into the working weeks ahead. They are going to be busy, the next 3 months are really when the rubber hits the road for me, concerts and festivals, on top of that, we'll be hiring a new hs orchestra teacher since the one we've got is not being asked back (awkward). I've got my punchlist and am looking at mini-actions to help make this tricky time more peaceful.
On a positive note, the scale went down 1 pound! Hooray, it's off to the gym I go today to get in my exercise. Take care everyone
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Done most of my exercises - 500 calories worth, but I left off the last 100 as I know we will be walking around. Going to park in my son's front yard for the final two houses and hoof it. We've made a cheeky request to see a mews house near my son's which was not on the list. I don't think it's a possible, but I'm just intrigued to look inside.
Packed my "picnic". DH made coffee in a thermos flask. I didn't have my usual coffee this morning as I don't want to want the toilet on the way, or when we've just arrived. We might visit the nearby coffee shop/artisan bakery for a comfort stop if we get there early. The bread is amazing! Will bring some back with us. One of the attractions of the area we like is the small shops. There's a fishmonger, butcher, grocer, hairdresser, baker etc. Of course, all that puts the prices up.
Off in 15 mins.
Love Heather UK xxxxxxx6 -
Into the new week we go! Love to all of you ladies! Machka- Yes! I totally agree with the chart. They all do the job if you follow them faithfully; you just have to find what works for you. Heather- Sending hugs as you go through your day of house hunting! Sharon- "My name is Merida, and I will be shooting for my OWN hand!" If you know Lord of the Rings, I bet you like Eowyn, too. I think one of my favorite moments in that book/film is when she meets the nazgul and defies him when he tells her "No man can kill me." Then she tells him "I am no man!" (much longer response in the book). Keep trying to talk to that unresponsive teenager! lol He may not be talkative; but you are letting him know that you are there to talk to.
Kids arriving soon! It is supposed to be almost 50 degrees today! Above 50 forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday! And sun! I am so excited! Definitely taking walks with the kiddos! ttfn xoxoxo KJ (Kelly)5 -
Oh, I weighed in and lost almost a pound. I will wait until it is all gone before I move another stone into my "loss" jar.6
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Goid Monday morning!
I am sorry I have been neglectful this past year. I have no reasons why, just wasn't logging......
I have missed my MFP family. I have been consistently logging this year and it shows. Btw, I was neglectful with my fitbit too.:( I have friended some newbies, so need to keep consistent.
2016 saw me gain back my losses and spend it in the 130s. In 2017, I finally broke that plateau into the 120s, but was consistently in the upper. My goal for February was to get to 125 by end of month. That was 1 lb a week. I have .3 to lose by weigh in on Wednesday. I know those numbers seem like everyone's dream, but I am petite. I never got above 100 until I quit waitressing 20 years ago. My highest was 155. My body sits comfortably in thec130s with no effort, but still hurts hips and knees. I no longer wish to be under100. At 55, that is too thin. My goal is 110-115. My doctor said no lower than 18 bmi.
I will be checking in more.
Joyce- i understand your dilemma with sister(?). I have a friend on MFP that I don't want in my group. She is nice enough, but she and her husband cause a lot of drama between me and mine. She is always looking for quick fix. I am supportive, but have not told her how to find groups.;) I limit what I post on Facebook since it always! Gets back to my husband who doesn't have fb. My other group is closed. While that is good for confidences and sharing, it means it is harder to add new peoples. I understand!
Ladies, thank you for still being here! I will try to stay caught up.
Kylia from soggy and grey Ohio
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