WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2018
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hearingyou2 wrote: »Hi everyone,
One day at a time. One goal at a time. Building a healthy life one day, one step, one brick at a time. Love it!
Recently I realized that when I encounter a temptation in the form of a piece of food (a bag of chips, a box of chocolates, whatever), I have an opportunity to make a choice. And the choice I'm going to allow myself is to choose to either have none or have one. It used to be all or nothing. Either don't have any or have a larger quantity. Since it is a pain to log little items that aren't important, and every calorie ought to be nutritious on the reduced calorie diet I am on, I am thinking twice before eating and logging has truly stopped the old binge eating pattern for me. But I recognize that allowing myself some kind of choice may be more realistic than always "no" and it is less black and white which may be good for me. I am going to try this for a while. And whatever I eat, I am logging. That is no choice. Apparently because unless I'm logging I exhibit poor insight into how much I eat, poor choices as the quality of the food and the quantity, and I just gain weight and gain weight. Logging has helped me to consistently lose and it has the potential to help me consistently maintain once I reach the place where I don't need to or shouldn't lose more.
So keeping in mind the above and my continued calorie goal of 1200 per day (give or take a little), here are my goals for March. Thanks for listening!
1. Breakfast daily with some protein and fiber in it.
2. Keep sugar down to keep hunger down.
3. Keep fiber intake up. Keep protein up.
4. Log every single bite and complete log daily.
5. Treadmill daily for at least 5 minutes just so I keep remembering it's there and get my blood moving.
6. Pilates class twice weekly unless there is another obligation that forces me to skip.
7. Personal training once weekly.
8. Find my missing Fit Bit and start logging steps again. Start working toward 10 k steps daily.
9. Do some major cooking and meal prep at least once or twice a week to make the meals easier.
10. Continue to weight myself at least weekly and log it in to see what happens!
I hope to find more friends on here. Not sure how to ask someone to be a friend. Do you have to be a paying member? Do you have to know the person's email?
I am a relative newbie. I've been tracking long enough to know it is working. I think I lost 11 pounds so far.
Just make a thread and you're a member. Make sure you click the upper star to the right, and bookmark. With my tablet, I update my own bookmark daily, so it goes to the most recent page. Delete the past page.
Sounds smart in how you are looking at things. I used to think lowly of myself when it came to the choices I made, and how I thought. One thing, typing to these great ladies, is that I have changed my thoughts of self. I am a strong, smart person, and I do have something to contribute.
I like your idea of try one and done. It gives you the power to make a choice, and retrain how you look at food. It keeps the attitude positive. I don't ever want to lose my passion for great tasting, healthy, sometimes decadent food. By having all foods, appreciating their exquisite tastes, and textures, there is no limit with that. Why do we feel, when we taste something wonderful, that more of it will taste better? I have realized, sadly by doing, that overeating is nothing but a self inflicted wound.
Welcome to this group. What should we call you, remember to sign your name and where you're from at the end of the post. It helps us old people put two and two together.
Becca
Oregon7 -
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wildhorsewendy wrote: »Hearingyou2, welcome and jump on board. We are all headed to a lower place on the scale. Most of us on here I think, don't use the "friend" option much. We all just chat in a big group here, rather than in one on ones. Just let us know what your name is and where you're from so we can remember you better and address you when we want to make a remark.
Wendy (New Zealand) I rarely put that!
I'm just off for a bike ride with Jock, my foxie jack russell cross.
I know, you don't always sign your name, but we have only one Wild Horse lady so......are you settling back down from your invasion of the city dwellers? Hugs to you!!!
Becca
Oregon5 -
Today is World Book Day!
Of course, for avid readers like me, every day is Book Day. "World Book Day was created on April 23rd, 1995, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The connection between that date and books, however, was made in Spain in 1923, as it is the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, prominent Spanish Chronicler."
Marcelyn - Wow, sounds like a great time tonight! I used to love going to the rodeo. Back when I was a kid we got a day off school for the Houston livestock show and rodeo.
Hearingyou2 - When you log everything, you don't have to deny yourself anything. Sometimes when I want to indulge in, say, a Girl Scout cookie, I'll log it in advance. That help sme stick to the one cookie limit. And stuff like that is always kept in Philip's office, so I have to go in there and get it, and I always take it back to the living room or my office to eat it. Sometimes I brush my teeth afterwards to help avoid the temptation to go back for more!
Barbie - I know what you mean about the seasons. When we were living in New Mexico, I felt so much more in tune with nature because we had four seasons and you could see and feel the transitions from one to another. Here we've pretty much got two - tolerable and OMG hot, with a few days of hard freeze thrown in just about the time you're put the plants back outside.
Today is a beautiful sunny day after a week of overcast. I've got the doors and windows open and I'm putting all the plants out for a dose of sunshine!
-Yvonne in TX9 -
Everyone has great words for this month! Mine shall be "perseverance"!
As everyone has noticed I am a starter of great things, but a finisher of none. I come on strong but settle into nothing. I suppose its to protect myself from feeling like a failure. So I'm in the process of changing that! When I find myself " going there", I stop and think what has changed? I used to be able to self sabotage myself with a thought! (See that's talent right there huh)? Giving myself nothing but good thoughts. This morning I weighed. I'm the same as yesterday. That made me for a second deflated. Then I thought, nothings changed. Yesterday I felt wonderful. Nothing sabotaging has happened. And out my negativity went. I have to be mindful of that. I am worth more than I give myself.
Becca
Oregon
About to "play on husbands computer" (paying bills ode to joy!)9 -
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Thanks Barbie for the fresh start❤️
This is my Birthday month. I will be 60 in 6 days. I retired this year, so I have been trying to find a schedule that will work for me - instead of working for a schedule. 35 years of working in healthcare left me broken on many levels.
Since I just started back in February, I had no official goals. This month I aim to remedy that.
March Goals
1. Continue to enter all my food and drink.
2. Decide on a fitness activity to stay with. I am purchasing a month pass today with the city facilities. I will try some different classes and groups till I fit in somewhere.
3. Loose at least 5 lbs before the end of the month. ( I really want 10, but the direction is more important to me this month than the number)
4. Make some kind of contact with each of my grandchildren at least once a month from here on in. I have 12 of them. The older ones are starting to get away from me. It was easier when they were little and needed my care. My grandsons that are 21, 20 & 18 have busy lives so I have to make more if an effort to insert myself.
My word for this month is healing - so I dont get so absorbed in scheduling goals that I forget why I retired in the first place.
Happy goaling ❤️
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Hi, all! I'm new to this thread, but I saw it and checked it out and wanted to participate, as well.
I've been back in the game since the day after Christmas, and have dropped 11 pounds since then.
My February goals were:
-Close the rings on my watch daily (check)
-Log EVERYTHING that goes into my mouth (check)
-Deadlift 145# 1 set of 8 reps (fell shy by one)
-Hit my Hot Hula class at least twice a week (fell shy there, too)
I pulled a lateral ligament in one of my knees last month, which benched me for just over a week, hence the non-meeting of my last two goals.
March goals are the same as above, but would like to add
-increase deadlift to 150, 1x8
-squat 100 4x8
-listen to my body and do modifications when needed to avoid injury.
Word for the month? Patience.
Julie from eastern NC. 10 -
Today is World Book Day!
Of course, for avid readers like me, every day is Book Day. "World Book Day was created on April 23rd, 1995, by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The connection between that date and books, however, was made in Spain in 1923, as it is the anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, prominent Spanish Chronicler."
-Yvonne in TX
Every day is world book day around here too! (Bonus cat in bag!)
Hula Hoop week1 3/6 complete. Watching a CNN nostalgia show on the seventies while hooping.
Everything pretty much status quo. Refrigerator nightmare continues. Planning on another Fast Mimicking Diet 5 days starting Sunday.
Rye
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Rye- I looked fast mimicking diet up and it is a fantastic way to eat! I just call it keto! The only difference is that you eat 40% of your calories instead of 100%. What do you think about it? I'm sure it works. If you get headachy or flu like symptoms it means your electrolytes are out of balance. That usually means you need more salt. Good luck with that!
Mary from Arizona4 -
Hmmm, I could do some hula hoop while I'm watching shows...Definitely will get one. I really want to work those abs...Just came in from 30 minute run with Major this morning. Last night I took Lace and Honey (the girls) down to the beach for a walk, that turned into a run on the way back, because I couldn't remember turning the rice off on the stove...so I sprinted all the way back to the van and drove home afap...thank God it was off. LOL Good workout anyway. Thanks for more movie suggestions. I have a paper next to puter and writing them down... Wendy
PS Putting on audio book and doing kettlebell and weights workout now...5 -
Thank you Barbie! Your consistency is inspiring, and your friends must just be jealously grumpy
Katla, Michele, KJ, what is it with this full moon? pip is tired, many of us are having trouble sleeping and I too have been "off" with upset tum/head ache/blah. Skipped church last night and had ginger ale for dinner.
Mary in AZ sending good thoughts. Vertigo can be debilitating, had one friend who was on disability for months, but was eventually able to return to work.
Allie So glad your lawyer got you alimony for the next 10 years. Do you have to go back to court or will the divorce automatically become final April 20? Fingers X'd no "surprises". Enjoy your oasis!
Heather EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! Is there a time limit on the contingency? Oooh and it has a front garden
Rye new fridge vs old tile
. 23 mins hula hoop Yippee!
Kerri might research milk thistle supplement for liver support?
Becca Yay bead YAY! ,3 "wine doesn't count" toward fluid intake
Terry yes if no help for your foot time to give that Dr. the boot and find another.
Marcelyn if there's no additional benefit to the 40-yr mark, I'd encourage your hubs to call it done as soon as he wants. Corporate BS is poison.
Evelyn (and pip) "barfees" :MrGreen: How apt!
pip "Livin the dream"! What" pip gives herself the boot? Now that's flexibility!
Okie congrats on exceeding goal loss!
Machka more than a workweek of exercise in Feb. Wow!
Sharon short term disability benefit not grandfathered in? What a nasty shock! So glad you are there for Harmony, to counteract her mom's misbehavior.
Lisa safe travels! "hoping for world peace for personal reasons", amen!
NYKaren we thought we left winter in Idaho... until the hail and snow hit here. Ditto your feelings about winter.
Pat ditto Carol's prayers for your SnL and DD, that's so scary.
Welcome Margie from PA, like your 10 steps, love your word for the month!
2018 word: Mindful -work in progress
2018 guideline: If it makes you feel better, DO IT (and the corollary of course
) several successes 
, two clear oopses 
Feb strategies
This month: Hang up or purge the art. not yet, carry over AGAIN!
Weekly:
walk 5 times - only 2 or 3 times twice, too ambitious?
SWSY 3 times - arms 5 times , legs not at all 
T'ai Chi twice - every week
AF line dance twice - every week
Daily: Meditate - maybe half days
max 20 mins per pc session - fuhgeddaboudit :noway:
take supplements- missed 2 days
log - every day
Bonus: 2 or 3 AF days per week 3 times!
March strategies
This month: Hang up or purge the art (carried over from JAN!)
Weekly:
4 times-walk Tumble at least 10 mins
3 times-AF days (Line dance and Lenten service days)
twice: SWSY, T'ai Chi, line dance twice
Daily: Meditate, take supplements, log
Hailstorms persist here. Time to meditate and SWSY. Then dress to shoes so when there is a break, I'm ready to take Tumble out. Then veg prep, make corn chowder, finish taxes, tackle one of the messes, maybe the kitchen island or maybe the office... ? OK so too much for today, maybe for the rest of the week? Oh and Happy 68th Birthday to me
Mindful hugs to all,
Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD. 7 -
Posted in February, so reposting here:
DanaReel180 wrote: »
Well, this past Sunday I had an eye opening event. I was at church for about 10 minutes and I thought I was having a heart attack or something. DH drove me to the ER and I was admitted and a bunch of tests were done. CT scan, X-ray, (for blood clots since I had one last March) and an Echocardiogram. Nothing was found! Thank you God!! But the doctor told me I need to relax and maybe try meditation.
Yoga!!! It's the best. Just learning to breathe has helped me in so many stressful situations -- that full, full belly breath and slow exhale -- it does wonders.
So sorry about your mum and sister. But it sounds like you are in a healthy place now.
Namaste.
Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon7 -
Barbara- Happy Birthday! I hope you have a fantastic day Celebrating
Mary from Arizona3 -
Barbara- Happy 68th!!! Wishing you a wonderful day in spite of hailstorms!!!
Lanette
SW WA State where we might get a few hailstorms of our own today
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Question: What does it mean to close all the rings on my watch?
Goal - Close the rings on my watch daily
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Good morning (afternoon, evening) all!
I've been reading right along, but not posting much. Work has been crazy. Home has been crazier. I've just been holding on. The good news is that my weight has begun going down again, so I am nearly where I was before my sister died at Thanksgiving. (For the newbies -- my sister suffered from severe schizophrenia for years and had been institutionalized/semi-institutionalized, fell ill, and, out of what I think was medical negligence, died somewhat mysteriously in a hospital.)
I haven't set goals since November, I think, so here it goes:- Work: finish up the old job stuff so that I can begin July 1 in my new role with a clean slate.
- Home: Support eldest son in his journey back to mental stability and to a community college degree.
- Fitness: Remember that yoga pose I wanted to master?? It's back on my list of goals.
- Food: Drink water/try juicing veggies. (Anyone here do that?)
- Friendship: Be a better friend to all of you.
Willamette Valley, Oregon
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Barbara Happy birthday to you. I wish for you a year of health and happiness.
“Close all my rings” Apple Watch has 3 daily goals/ metrics. One: 12 stands (in Different hours) every day. Two: Thirty exercise minutes a day (counts minutes where your heart rate exceeds a certain threshold (individually determined) and explicit ‘I am now doing a workout minutes’. Three: ‘Activity calories - how many calories you burn beyond what is sedentary for your stats - this goal is not set, but determined by the Watch owner.
These 3 metrics or goals are expressed in rings. To close your rings is Applespeak for met your daily movement goals. My watch face todayshows I need three more hours with stands (turquoise) and a lot more activity (red) calories but that I have exercised for 31 minutes (green).
Mary My Fast Mimicking Diet is very Keto friendly- a bit lower on protein than you regularly get on Keto tho. I could never do keto long term – I am just not Able to give up carbs – specifically potatoes. But the short term bursts work well and do put me into ketosis. And luckily I am a salt fiend so if I do get headachy I can just pour some salt on my palm and lick it up. Oops, kinda gross? TMI?
I have completed one FMV this year, and I will be going for five. Next week will be my second one. Reportedly the benefits do not really start showing up until you have done at least three of them. So I guess I shall see any few months if I can tell any benefits beyond the obvious calorie restriction weight loss.
Wendy I am enjoying the Hulu Hoop very much. My husband says that my core is becoming like a braided steel cable. His bias is showing, but it’s very nice to hear. What can’t be beat however is that when I finish with hula hooping I am always smiling. I just find it that much fun!
Since January I’m pretty much at my target weight and trying to work out maintenance. But I’m not happy with my body currently and I’m also trying to create a “lifestyle“ of fitness. (oh how I hate the word lifestyle). The FMV, the hula hooping, the weight lifting, these are all part of trying to prioritize my fitness into my daily routines.
Rye8 -
Thank you Barbie! Your consistency is inspiring, and your friends must just be jealously grumpy
Katla, Michele, KJ, what is it with this full moon? pip is tired, many of us are having trouble sleeping and I too have been "off" with upset tum/head ache/blah. Skipped church last night and had ginger ale for dinner.
Mary in AZ sending good thoughts. Vertigo can be debilitating, had one friend who was on disability for months, but was eventually able to return to work.
Allie So glad your lawyer got you alimony for the next 10 years. Do you have to go back to court or will the divorce automatically become final April 20? Fingers X'd no "surprises". Enjoy your oasis!
Heather EEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!! Is there a time limit on the contingency? Oooh and it has a front garden
Rye new fridge vs old tile . 23 mins hula hoop Yippee!
Kerri might research milk thistle supplement for liver support?
Becca Yay bead YAY! ,3 "wine doesn't count" toward fluid intake
Terry yes if no help for your foot time to give that Dr. the boot and find another.
Marcelyn if there's no additional benefit to the 40-yr mark, I'd encourage your hubs to call it done as soon as he wants. Corporate BS is poison.
Evelyn (and pip) "barfees" :MrGreen: How apt!
pip "Livin the dream"! What" pip gives herself the boot? Now that's flexibility!
Okie congrats on exceeding goal loss!
Machka more than a workweek of exercise in Feb. Wow!
Sharon short term disability benefit not grandfathered in? What a nasty shock! So glad you are there for Harmony, to counteract her mom's misbehavior.
Lisa safe travels! "hoping for world peace for personal reasons", amen!
NYKaren we thought we left winter in Idaho... until the hail and snow hit here. Ditto your feelings about winter.
Pat ditto Carol's prayers for your SnL and DD, that's so scary.
Welcome Margie from PA, like your 10 steps, love your word for the month!
2018 word: Mindful -work in progress
2018 guideline: If it makes you feel better, DO IT (and the corollary of course ) several successes , two clear oopses
Feb strategies
This month: Hang up or purge the art. not yet, carry over AGAIN!
Weekly:
walk 5 times - only 2 or 3 times twice, too ambitious?
SWSY 3 times - arms 5 times , legs not at all
T'ai Chi twice - every week
AF line dance twice - every week
Daily: Meditate - maybe half days
max 20 mins per pc session - fuhgeddaboudit :noway:
take supplements- missed 2 days
log - every day
Bonus: 2 or 3 AF days per week 3 times!
March strategies
This month: Hang up or purge the art (carried over from JAN!)
Weekly:
4 times-walk Tumble at least 10 mins
3 times-AF days (Line dance and Lenten service days)
twice: SWSY, T'ai Chi, line dance twice
Daily: Meditate, take supplements, log
Hailstorms persist here. Time to meditate and SWSY. Then dress to shoes so when there is a break, I'm ready to take Tumble out. Then veg prep, make corn chowder, finish taxes, tackle one of the messes, maybe the kitchen island or maybe the office... ? OK so too much for today, maybe for the rest of the week? Oh and Happy 68th Birthday to me
Mindful hugs to all,Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.
i really really didn't want to, so i was giving myself the mental boot5 -
Barbara happy birthday!
Becca, I do feel a lot of pressure has lifted, now that the "visit" is over. As well the honey is extracted. Now, I just have to run the retirement race which looks to be a combined marathon and sprint. The pressure has taken a toll on my weight so my focus is now firmly on heading to my happy place. I do feel as though I am way behind on so many things but then I am the Mistress of my To Do list, so a lot is internal pressure that I put on myself.
Speaking of things I want to do, LOL, I am planning to schedule in my next hiking adventure. There is a tramping club meeting next week that I plan to attend and see if I can join a group going somewhere fun and exciting.
Okay, time to get Pip's boot out and start flying through the chores so I can get to the office to finish off the accounts... Here I go, Wendy NZ
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