WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2018

teklawa1

Hoping for sunshine today.
March did well with my walking goals. I didn't log food because my days were just too busy. I lost two pounds.
April goals will be walk at least 10,000 steps daily and do yoga three days a week and ride my bike each day.

A friend gave me a 21 speed bike because she bought an electric bike. I'm enjoying it so much. The bike I've ridden for the past 15 years was a single speed Schwinn cruiser with coaster brakes. This new bike is fun to ride but I have a lot to learn. I'm so used to sweating going up a little hill that I go miles with this new bike and find myself a long way from home. Ha! Funny at 67 years old, I"m learning how to ride a bike with hand brakes and speeds.

Barbi, thank you for this wonderful site and the new thread for April. I don't write much but I read everything and enjoy being a part of this wonderful group.

I'm thinking of Machka and her husband and hoping for the best.

Happy April everyone.

Betsy in NW Washington.

Georgianbaygirl67

@pipcd34 love your puppy pictures! Rocky reminds me of our Tucker. Gone a year ago. Big gentleman who we had with us for 14 wonderful years. Here are our 2 Cavaliers. Woody is 4 and just got groomed yesterday. He needs some walks with Mum to shed a couple pounds too. Lola is 7 months and just adorable.

kevrit

Easter foods were very salty and fatty. Easter treat I’m paying for by weight up a pound, Hershey sq&&&&&, lethargic, allergies, and sleepy.

DH is a retired chef so we eat gourmet a lot. He tends to cook lower calorie for us, but Easter was a special treat.

Logging on MFP versus WW.... I find it easier to log on MFP. Quit WW.

Hope this is our last week stationary. Getting hot. Add wind and dust...

Pic of flowers blooming on Creosote Bush.

RV Rita in Columbus New Mexico

pipcd34

Georgianbaygirl67 wrote: »

@pipcd34 love your puppy pictures! Rocky reminds me of our Tucker. Gone a year ago. Big gentleman who we had with us for 14 wonderful years. Here are our 2 Cavaliers. Woody is 4 and just got groomed yesterday. He needs some walks with Mum to shed a couple pounds too. Lola is 7 months and just adorable.

love the pooches

kevrit

Creosote bush.
Look close for the small yellow flowers.

klanders30

Just had 2 cups of coffee to get up the ambition to shovel about 6 inches of wet, heavy snow, DH and I are so used to it this year that we work in tandem with little fuss, a wonderful neighbor always gets done first and insists on pitching in on our sidewalk! So looking forward to spring, I can just tell it is around the corner.

Hey to all new folks, glad to have you on board!

NYKAREN

janetr7476

I have to start out my April goals by telling you, I was just blown away. I've been telling Jack I can see the difference in my size and shape, but my weight is just not going down. I just went back to my March 1st post to review my goals and progress. I posted then that I was down 18 pounds since January 1st. Today I'm down 23 pounds since the first of the year, that five pound loss in March totally surprised me.

My word for 2018 is renew. I shall continue to renew my commitment of eating well and exercising daily.

Much love my friends

Janetr OKC

auntiebk

Thank you Barbie!

Wii Fit said I'd lost 2.5 lbs... then again it told me my wii fit age is 20 :noway: Added half to today's wii weight
Haven't checked in since Wednesday, will skim posts later to catch up.

March summary
This month: Hang up or purge the art F
Weekly:
4 times-walk Tumble at least 10 mins D
3 times-AF days D
twice: SWSY F,
T'ai Chi A,
line dance A-
Daily: Meditate, D
take rx + supplements, A-
log A

Take-aways: Found one AF/low cal beer I like. Learned can recover from even over-food/under-activity days. Want to pay better attention to Tumble and muster better meditation/exercise habits.

April intentions
This month: Hang up or purge the art before guests come in May (carried over from New Year's resolution!)
Weekly:
2 times-AF days, SWSY, T'ai Chi, line dance
Daily: walk Tumble at least 10 mins, meditate, take rx + supplements, log, walk one more step than past month's running average.

Yesterday
Walk Tumble: no
Log: yes
Meditate: no
Exercises: no
Steps: 1586 :noway:

Saturday
Walk Tumble: no
Log: yes
Meditate: no
Exercises: half hour walk around SWOCC campus during workshop lunch break
Steps: 7199

Friday
Walk Tumble: no
Log: yes
Meditate: no
Exercises: T'ai Chi
Steps: 5102

Thursday
Walk Tumble: no
Log: yes
Meditate: no
Exercises: not even Line Dancing. Maundy Thursday
Steps: 5906

Barbara, the Southern Oregon Coastie AHMOD.

1948Peachy

Happy Monday to All!

coastalgosgal

OK I'm down 2 lbs, and today I'm packing my scale, so I am only up 1 lb from my weight after husbands hospital stay. Adapt, and adjust. Life's influx, always changing and we are all testament to it. When we stop learning, and growing, we might as well hang up our spur's, right?
Becca now
Deciding to be Rebecca again

pipcd34

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barbiecat

The dogs and I had beautiful sunshine and a full moon for our walk this morning---however, it was 33 degrees. Fortunately, all the daffodils told me it was April and not January.

janetr, congrats on your weight loss

Betsy, have fun with your new bike.

Barbie

OregonMother

wildhorsewendy wrote: »

Hi Sisters, the Gorge hike was great fun. We came across this huge Maori sculpture and I couldn't resist getting my photo taken there.

And the filly was delivered to me just about an hour after I got home from the hike. It took them three hours to load her on the trailer and she went down in it, and has cuts on her face and fetlock, but she is here and safe now. I have put her in with my unicorn and they are eating a pile of hay together. My hubby was watching tv and didn't notice when she got her just before dark, so I'll just see how long he takes to figure out there are now two chestnuts instead of one...LOL Wendy...PS, hoping I have lost a bit of weight on the hike!

Love the picture and glad the hike went well.

I had to chuckle about you and the horse. I am thankful she is safe with you, and although I do try to consult people about plans, it is true that asking forgiveness is easier (and usually more successful) than asking permission. (My two bags of "crap" from the downstairs during my Saturday cleaning frenzy is an example. -- Hubby late Saturday afternoon, "Wow. The garbage can outside is already full??!!?" -- our garbage day is Friday.)

Felicia
Willamette Valley, Oregon

cityjaneLondon

Well done Janetr! :drinker: You have worked hard for your great shape and fitness. :flowerforyou:

Had a long phone call with my old flatmate from university. We have little in common any more, but it's still lovely to chat and we do understand each other as we shared in Bristol for four terms. I sort of learned to cook then as she always cooked properly. I started to read recipe books as bedtime reading.

Much love, Heather UK xxxxxxx

Katla49

I've been thinking of Machka and her DH. I hope things are going well and he is healing. Sending prayers and good thoughts their way.

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

“Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think. It's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

langman22

Hi ladies, no real time to post as I had 4 pages to catch up on all of you. Great weight loss and renewed commitment gals.


Welcome all the newbies. This is a great group and you can do it.

I'll try to post more later or tomorrow.

"Today is a good day to have a good day."

Terry in VT

pipcd34

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fanncy0626

Barbie - thanks for getting us started again!

April Goals

1. Nutrition goals of Fat 75%, Protein 20%, Carbs 5%
2. Log foods daily
3. Exercise daily
4. Move more sit less

Kettlebell Workout

Goblet squats-3X5X 40
Russian kettle bell swing-15 X7X 40

I have to say that I have only been using the 40 pound kettle bell for two weeks now but I can already feel the difference in my strength.

I have started a three week challenge of getting back to eating a keto diet. I've had way too much Coke and Donuts lately! I'm still working on recomposition. During the winter it is my bulk cycle and during the spring it is my cut cycle. My bulk cycle is always a dirty bulk with my carbs not always being the healthiest! However, it has enabled me to build muscle and increase the amount of weight of my Kettlebell. Now to focus on shedding fat. This is easily done by eating the keto diet. My husband is making a large batch of smoked ribs for supper tonight as well as leftovers for the week. We will also have a lot of egg, bacon and cheese omelettes, steak, fried chicken and Costco beef hotdogs! For snacks I will make deviled eggs and macadamia nuts. Looking forward to this Way of eating. It is so nice to have my husband along for the ride! Especially since he likes to cook this type of food!

Have a fantastic day everyone!



Mary from Arizona

Katla49

kevrit

ljdw99

coastalgosgal

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suebdew

TrishasTime

Morning

It is back to work for me today

Barbie - My calculations is that you get around 4 hours sleep per night - you are a wonder woman. You obviously feel safe in your part of Washington to walk at 4m and midnight

Tammy and Martha - welcome aboard

Wendy - Glad the filly is now safe with you. Love the lush bush around you

Lisa - Flying plays havoc withy our body - it will return to normal soon

Betsy - Glad you are enjoying your new bike

JanetR and Rebecca - well done on your losses

Trish

skuehn48

Hello all: Well hopefully I will have more time to post now that DH is down to one time per week for PT. I was able to read posts while sitting in the waiting room sometimes but did not try to post. Dson and his fiance came over yesterday and he brought his instantpot and made a roast for Easter dinner. They also brought Nessa's littermate Dude. The puppies had a ball playing and wrestling with each other. Easter church service was wonderful with the trumpets and organ. Our organist sang a solo while playing and the choir was backup. There was applause at the end. It was really beautiful and Jim did an awesome job.

Becca - Sounds like you are well organized for your move. Hope everything goes smoothly.

Katla - Glad you finally had a good day with Arrow.

Wendy - Your Beauty is a beauty. Is she registered half-Arab? I love her color and markings. My quarter horse was marked similarly but her stockings were not so even. She was trained to drive and those four white feet are very flashy at a road trot. I suspect your Beauty would look much the same in front of a cart. Sorry she has had such bad experiences in the trailer.

Heather - Congrats on getting your blurb done. One step closer to published. I like the idea of a home swap. We had friends who did that but they swapped their home in Sioux Falls with a family in Brinscol, UK. They even swapped cats.

Kim - Glad your Easter dinner went well other than no hugs from mom.

Welcome to all the newbies. Congratulations to all with victories and hugs to those who need them.

Everyone take care, Sue in WA

coastalgosgal

Well today, all I have to do is wipe out my oven. Which I'm kind of procrastinating at the moment....
Rebecca

janetr7476

Sue in WA your Easter service sounds wonderful. I really need to find a church. I won't find it sitting here at home.

Janetr OKC

wildhorsewendy

Hi Sisters, DH came out to the paddock this morning as I was feeding Beauty an armload of hay. He stood there looking right at her, talking to me, and did not notice that she was NEW. LOL!!! She is the spitting image of my other chestnut mare Aseelah. So, all I have to do is keep my two red horses in different paddocks and he might NEVER notice!

Sue, she is registered part-arab though I haven't seen her papers yet and I haven't traced her ancestry which I will do as soon as I have names. The ex-neighbor says she is a 7/8th arab 1/8th saddlebred. I will start to re-socialise her with the trailer once she has settled in. It's so much easier to teach a wild untouched horse, than one that has been forced, brutalized, hurt and frightened. But I can rehabilitate her with time, patience and understanding. I use a positive, reward-based training program using gentle asking and giving the horse time to understand and think. This little filly is so sweet and willing, it is heart-breaking to think what she has gone through. At least she is not starved as she has been running in a 250 acre paddock over summer, so that is one good thing.

Re-hiking in bush. I always wear shorts in the summer as do most of the others. Never had a tick on me. I don't think we have Lyme disease here. I have seen ticks on cattle and when I bought my mare from the far North, she came covered in ticks, which I had to pull off her by the hundreds. Her breeder told me they have a tick problem where they are and have to use "cattle tags" in the horse's manes to keep them tick free. The cattle get something called tick fever which kills them. I asked some of the other trampers and they said they've never had to worry about ticks, so that another bonus for NZ in addition to No Snakes, Bears, Lions, crocodiles, wolves or other predators. Rabbits are bad enough!

Machka, has there been any more developments with your husband? Thinking about you all the time!
Wendy

barbiecat

Trish, I get a lot of sleep. I go to bed about 8 PM and wake up about 11 or 12 and take the dogs out just to do business. Then I go back to bed and sleep until 4 AM. Some days I take a nap in the afternoon. Our newer rescue dog couldn't go all night without a business walk so I just added the task to my routine,

Becca, awesome job on packing to move. You must be so excited about your new place.

The plans for our new fence have been approved by one of the two people who have to give their OK. Today the fence builder came and took down the old fence. He'll take it to the dump tomorrow. My job is to make sure there is money available to pay him.

Barbie from sunny NW Washington

pipcd34