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2019 - I WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IF I DON'T GIVE UP!! HERE WE GO!
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I'm sorry, Suzy! What a shame. Look after yourself, and I hope you feel better soon.
Thanks for the advice on logging. Yes, I do have quite a few foods in my database and it does help once they're there. But I often use different things, and tend to cook by adding in bits and bobs of things as I go. I have used the recipe thing before but I never seem to make exactly the same thing twice - or the ingredients will weigh differently. I find weighing much easier than volume usually. What I've done at the moment is set my calories quite low to give me a bit of leeway if I measure wrong (or forget to measure at all).1 -
Oh, and Snooozie, I meant to say, I had a similar problem with those exercises when I had an upper back injury the year before last. And even now, I sometimes struggle to do them because of arthritis in my hands. Your band work sounds like a good idea! I suppose the other thing is looking for lower-body focused workouts. All the ones for whole body seem to involve some sort of plank/press-up type exercise!0
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Thanks y’all. I’m feeling a bit better today, just can’t get rid of this headache. I’m pretty pleased that I’m not trying to eat myself out of it, which is my typical reaction.
Snoozie, you should definitely do the band exercises. My mother in law has a “frozen” shoulder because she just wouldn’t keep up with her exercises. Get that band out and work it, girl!
Vail, good for you for doing that video! I think I need someone to come drag me out of my house and to the gym. Any volunteers? Hahaha! As soon as I’m feeling better I’m going back. Hopefully on Thursday. Wednesday is the hiking club so I’m planning to make that.
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Sorry suz i can't volunteer if its to drag you to the gym cause then i'd have to be there with you lol. I hope you're feeling better today!!
Vail - yes I remembered I still had a video I took of the kiniseologist at work showing me lower body ST using body weight, and i'm going to move all my physio paper exercise sheets, my band and my little weights into the sunroom since now at i've finally cleared it out, there's room in there to do it all, including the floor stuff (plus there's a big chair in there to help me get up off the floor LOL) .. and at least I can look out the big windows.. so i'm hoping having more of a specific area set up will help me get into a routine of doing all my physio exercises and some of the lower BW ones.. plus I can take my laptop in there to do any videos.. I am going to check out the "fit n fifty" site for videos as well thanks to your sharing yours! There was an interesting video on there called Tuesday tips for Fitnfifty.. about cutting back on fats so much causing dry skin, hair and brittle nails after 50! I've def noticed that and the speaker was saying finding ways to add back good fats (avocado, olive oil, nuts) will absolutely make a difference... I happen to have some walnuts at home so i'll def be trying that as I am finding my whole body is so dry I could be mistaken for a lizard most days!1 -
Sounds like the perfect set up for you, Snoozie!
I’m feeling much better today. Spent the day at my parent’s house cleaning out closets and taking dad to a doctor appointment. I’m definitely going on the group hike tomorrow and looking forward to it!
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I'm glad you're feeling better, Suzy. I hope you enjoy the hike tomorrow! I can't wait to hear about it!
Snooozie, that makes sense that we need healthy fats as we get older. I've never been a fan of low fat diets anyway. I'm not convinced dairy is that bad, so I do eat whole milk, butter, cheese, etc., although I'm careful with the quantities! And of course we're meant to eat oily fish. The meditteranean diet still seems to get good reviews for health and it does have some higher fat foods, like the ones you mention.
I like the sound of your sun room with big windows! Can people see in? Or are you high up? Sounds like a nice place to exercise.
I've been using my stairs for exercise recently. I only have one flight of stairs, but I was having a discussion recently about whether it's better when getting older to move to a bungalow or flat so as not have to deal with stairs, or if in fact, having to go up and down stairs every day helps with keeping you strong and fit. I don't know, but I can't afford to move, so I thought I'd make use of them, particularly as I haven't been going to the gym and using the stair machine there. Of course walking, or even running, up stairs is easy the first time, and then if you do it over and over it gets harder and harder - lol! But it should be good exercise, and the stairs are just there, and I'm sure even just a few minutes of going up and down when I can't be bothered to any other exercise will be helpful.1 -
Y’all are going to be so disappointed in me because I’m extremely disappointed with myself.
I totally wimped out and didn’t go on the group hike today. I don’t really understand why I was so chicken to go. Maybe it was because it was a 6.5 mile hike and I haven’t hiked a trail in months or, like Vail maybe I was afraid I wouldn’t be up for the challenge and would slow everyone down. Heck, maybe it was because I wanted to wear shorts in this heatwave we’re having (it was over 70 degrees today!) and I haven’t shaved my legs since winter started. I don’t know. I just feel like I let myself down. The next hike is scheduled for February 15 and it’s at a trail that I’m very familiar with. I’m not going to let myself chicken out again.
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Here’s part of the email the leader of the hiking group sent. It kind of freaked me out and made me doubt myself.
I’m not going to let it stop me next time. Surely I can keep up....I’ve hiked mountains! And if I am slow then they can just go on without me. So there!
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Suzy - i'm not the least bit disappointed hearing you opted not to go... cause some days its just not the day to try something new for whatever reason.. and I thought that before I read the email you got... and once I read that??
WHAT THE HELL?? honestly.. that's a brutal email ... holy sh&t... not exactly welcoming, is it?? More like a warning!! And any email that has that many "you should/you need/you must/ ???? sorry.. I wouldnt have had any interest in joining THAT group personally …. they just sound MEAN.. !! and way too seirous…. for god's sake its a hiking group for "active seniors" - isn't the whole idea to encourage people to join them? I'm afraid that much overt judgement would have derailed me from even wanting to join that group... but that's me
If you want to join them on the next go (and I have no doubt you'd be able to keep up btw... and probably will actually leave most of em in the dust as you have indeed climbed entire freaken mountains, girl!!) then I'll support you 100% !!! (But know if any of them ARE mean to you if you do?? I'm coming down there and personally b%tch slapping the writer of the email LOLOLOL)
We had a terrible ice/freezing rain day here and I had to go to a funeral for a co workers mom out in a neighbouring burb, then backtrack and head downtown to work.. it was a white knuckle driving day but i'm home safe and sound.. i was well within my cals for the day but i didn't log today, but i'll be back on track tomorrow with it!! Off to beddy bye tho .. have a few days off now before the dreaded nites start monday..!
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Aww, thanks Snoozie. You always have my back! I thought it was a bit over the top for a “seniors” group.
It’s just crazy that you had ice and freezing rain and our high today was 71 (21c) and tomorrow it’s supposed to be 78 (25c)! Be careful out there! I’m sure we’ll get some more winter weather before winter is over.
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Oh my goodness, that email sounds deadly serious! Maybe if you had that in your head, that's what put you off, and I completely understand why! I would have been put off by that email in my 20s, when I was fit and regularly hiking up mountains. It seems so unforgiving. Even when I was young, I could keep going for a good distance but could never keep up with a fast pace. And sometimes you want to have a little stop, even if very fit. Just to admire the view, rearrange clothing for the temperature, maybe take a photo or look at the map! And the "homework" of hiking 3 to 4 days a week - that's some serious training!
Maybe they are more relaxed when you actually go out with them, and they're trying to put off people who they feel would hold them back. It sounds like you have made the right decision to have the first walk be one you are more familiar with, and then you'll have more confidence. I've been hugely impressed by some of the hikes you've done! I'm looking forward to you going along on the 15th and showing them how it's done - lol!2 -
vail said it best (and much nicer than me!) - deciding to try it on the route youre familiar with will indeed give you more confidence, and I liked her line about "showing them how it's done".. in my world that translates to looking forward to hearing about you kicking their as$ es lol... but same thing! know if you do go on the 15th tho, you'll definitely have your own cheering squad rooting for ya right here!
Vail - saw your post about that December pound gone... wooo to the hoo!!!!!! I bet that felt damn good, well done you!!!
I still havvent broken thru that "set" weight im stuck at, but as its only been a week since i started tracking and restricting cals im not at all worried or stressed - figure it will be a few weeks before things start to settle and By the end of Feb i'm hoping to have found the "general" calorie level right for me to start losing consistently, by that meaning i want to see a pound a week or so hpapening.. so im in a good place mentally - focusing on our mantras and restraint and consistency .... its the consisitency i know that by the end of the month will start to show results so it's all good!
I hvae a hair appointment first thing this morning just for a cut, and i have two lovely huge pillow creases running down the side of my face this morning! like i don't have enuf of my own wrinkles to contend with - now i got pillow ones haaaaaaaa
later, taters!
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Luckily the pillow wrinkles fade, now if we could figure out how to get rid of the others!
Thank you both for your words of encouragement. The more I think about it, the more miffed I get at this guy I’ve never even met. I’m going to choose to think like Vail and consider that he’s just trying to be real with the people who really have no experience with hiking hills or more than a couple miles.
Snoozie, sounds like your body is seeing if you’re really serious about this whole calorie thing. It’s gonna happen. You’ll see the whoosh! I just know it. Hang in there! Never give up!
Vail, congrats on that stubborn December weight coming off! Good for you!
Tomorrow is weigh in day for me. I think I’m doing okay. I’ve had a few instances of giving in to temptation but have not gone off the deep end. I haven’t gone over my calorie goal much. Here it is one week into February and I haven’t been working on my goal of this month being all about getting back to working out and strength training. I need to work on that.
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Suzy, I Haven't read all the replies, but I know they might be close to mine.....
No way are we disappointed In you !! ,
but I am disappointed in her email... It Was not user friendly. She may turn out to be a lovely lady and just trying to deter people who have never HIKED, but I feel she could have worded it a bit differently.
YOU CAN DO THIS!!
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OOPs, I read it too fast , I assumed it was a woman leader.0
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Thanks Gail. I’m in the “giving him the benefit of the doubt” opinion....for now. Ha! I’ll have to let y’all know after I meet him if maybe he’s just a jerk.
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If every day was like today then I would lose 11 pounds in the next five weeks!!!! Oh MFP....you’re so delusional. 0
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lol @ delusional suzy!! too funny.... I really do wish they'd eliminate that prediction from the page; I don't look at it but you really can't help seeing it once u hit diary finished.. and its so annoying cause its so ludicrous - nobody eats exactly the same amounts or things every single day so why it's there I have no idea! fingers crossed for tomorrow!
I was stuck in a stairwell for 3.5 hrs at the LAC tonite.. they were filming a movie upstairs somewhere and didnt want anyone accessing the stairwell from the bowels of the parking lot.. so I sat all by myself... didnt see a human just froze my *kitten* off lol... I was so cold I even did wall pushups and all my physio stretches just to warm up lolol!! I was not impressed with that detail but never got stuck doing that before and at least I burned a few calories.. it was too small an area to walk around much but I did alternate sitting and standing every few minutes so I figure at least 50 calories burned lolol.... unless shivering counts?? yes iv'e decided it does!!!!1 -
So funny, Suzy!
Oh, no, what an awful experience, Snooozie! 3.5 hours! At least you got some exercise in, even if it was only to avoid freezing! You'd think they'd send a couple of people to do that job, just for the company and to relieve the boredom.0 -
That does seem extreme, Snoozie! Good for you for using the time productively though. Seems like they could have just locked the door.
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Well no stairwell last night lol.. i actually got to see the opera "La Boheme" - (well the stage version with the symphony playing the music score in the pit) .. opera has never had any interest for me, and since I don't speak Italian I had absolutely no idea what the thing was about ... but I have to admit I became so engrossed in the performance I may have failed in my duties (watching for cameras or food).. it was actually really really good.. and at intermission i read the story outline in the programme so i had an idea of what the next two acts were about .. and (spoiler alert).. I found myself almost welling up at the end when someone dies LOL.. but i admit to being somewhat spellbound during the entire thing.. so just another good reminder to me that trying new things is good - even if you don't think you're gonna like it i should try it cause who knows!
Funniest part tho.... i found out at the end that wayyyyyyyyy at the top of the stage they have sub titles projected on the very top.. which explains why the audience was laughing sometimes and i had no idea why.... (but in my defense we can't see that area from our posts anyway so it wouldn't have mattered LOL).
I pre loaded my dinner into my diary then discovered i had no tin foil and since i didnt want to clean up the mess from the planned feeding, i switched to ham and eggs but didnt' update the diary ... oh well.. at least i logged everything which is really the goal so im good with it!
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That’s so funny about the subtitles. I would have been in awe that so many people in the audience understood Italian. I’ve never really been an opera fan but have seen a couple. Subtitles would have been a huge help!
We hiked yesterday and I’m so sore today. But I did it!!! It had been three months since I had hit the trails. We hiked about seven miles yesterday up and down pretty steep hills. It felt good to push myself.
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Your opera experience sounds great. I think last time I went to the opera they had those subtitle things. Quite a good idea. I'm sure I saw La Boheme many years ago. Anyway, it must have been good if you aren't normally interested in opera, but caught up in it! Maybe I should try some more new things too.
Suzy, I'm just laughing thinking of you going out for the first time in months and doing seven miles up and down steep hills - it doesn't look like you need to worry about keeping up with the seniors group! I'm glad it felt good. I've just been watching a film called Edie. I don't know if any of you have seen it? Sheila Hancock plays a widow in her 80s who decides to go up Suilven (a mountain in Scotland), I remember reading that she did actually have to hike up the mountain while they filmed it! It has made me yearn to go back to the mountains again!2 -
Well Vail, I didn’t say that I was fast at it!
I was so proud of myself tonight. My son in law got four tickets to the Atlanta Hawks game, in a corporate box! It was catered with unlimited food and drinks. I was able to just take a little bit of everything and turn down the wine! Yay!!! I just hope I can hang on to this momentum and control over my eating. I was only over my daily calories by 30!
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Well done, Suzy! That's just the sort of thing I would end up giving in to - it's a gift, the giver would want me to enjoy it to the most, the food and drink is free so it would be a waste not to have it, etc. etc. etc. lol! I love that you handled it by just tasting a bit of a everything, and saying no to wine!
Here's a short "Making of" video of the film I was talking about. I found it inspiring, and nice and positive about getting older (and fitter!)!
https://youtu.be/wTHNf5Zw1RA 2 -
Oh my gosh! Now I have to watch the movie! She’s 83!!!! Wow! I want to be her when I get that old.
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I know! And I think I would struggle to keep up with her pace. I was thinking about what she said at the end, that everybody should be put through something hazardous to liven them up - lol! I don't know if that's a good idea, but I know I personally have an issue with being over-cautious, which is not what I was like when I was younger. Maybe I need to do something with the right amount of scariness (i.e. hopefully something that's actually fairly safe! And that won't put too much strange on my bad heart!) and try to get over it.
Anyway, weight loss is progressing for me. I just need to get over this stage - have gone up and down over the years, but it's been long time since I've been at a new low. I'm two pounds off at the moment, I think.
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Good morning Mad Hatters,
It was great reading the thread and catching up. As busy as I might be, I still find myself logging into mfp its like I guess a habit. I compare mfp to pen pals back in the day. Forming long distance relationships without ever meeting the persons.
I am hanging in there, but I admit that I love food!!
Not getting any specific exercises in except climbing the stairs at work so I am so happy that you shared the exercise video Vail I watched some of it this morning and I think I am going to slowly I am finding my upper arms are so flabby.
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Oh Milove.... I love food, too. I love eating new foods and trying new cocktails and wine. That’s why I find myself in this mess. Hahaha! Good for you for continuing to take the stairs!
Vail, I think you’re doing great! You’ll be in new numbers soon! Keep it up!
Tomorrow is weigh in day. I’m hoping for a loss but I’m not sure I’ll see it. As long as it’s not a gain then I’m okay with it. Tomorrow morning is the “senior” hike. I’m definitely going since it’s a trail I’m extremely familiar with.
My sister in law (whom I’m very close to) has been in the hospital all week. She has COPD and it very quickly progressed to a dangerous blood oxygen level. She’s 64 and will now have to continuously be on oxygen, will probably be confined to a wheelchair for any outing. She retired five years ago and basically stopped doing anything but just sitting in her chair. It’s a cautionary tale. “Move it or lose it” is so incredibly true. What’s that motto? “A body at rest stays at rest; a body in motion stays in motion.” Stay active, Hatters!!!!
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Hi guys! im so sorry i've been MIA.. this midnight shift is kicking my *kitten* mentally and physically... we've had major snow and ice storms all week too, so the drives in has me more stressed than the actual work!! Add in not sleeping during the day and I'm a mess! I've been eating "well", no crap but eating sporadically so i tend to eat more at some points and then too little at others.. i've bene weighing every day and i'm not going "up" just staying the same but honest to god for right now that's enuf...
vail i loved the video and i sent it to my sister.. her 60th is coming up and she's having a "moment" with it lol... so i figured that might inspire her as well.. funny we had a talk the other day about getting older and how we are in better physical shape than our parents were at our age, but how we still need to do more. We both agreed that sometimes seeing people older than us rocking it is inspiring.. and other times... it just depresses the hell out of us seeing someone 20 yrs older than me for instance still playing pickleball, or 25 yrs older hiking a mountain!! which ties in what sizy said about your SIL (im sorry she's in the hospital, my BIL has COPD as well).. oh wow on the cautionary tale... its exactly one of the things i'm worried about - i am seriously thinking about retiring this year... i've been working full time for 40 yrs and the shift work ... is taking a toll on my health and i'm just.. done... lol.. but i worry cause one part of me thinks i'll start doing more and yada yada... but i know even on my days off i am sometimes a couch potato! anyway... i like that phrase "a body at rest".. i might need a new sign!
I cant WAIT to hear about the hike ... remember we'll be here cheering you on, and ready to charge should a slap upside the head still be needed for the leader!
fingers crossed suzy for your weigh in.. you've been SO great at being consisitent with your restraint and choices, great work!!!
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ok i just put some fish in to cook; i have some leftover carrots which were destined to go into a shepherds pie but i'm just too tired to make it all and clean it up .. so they are gonna go with the fish to take to work instead then heading back to hopefully get a bit more sleep before tonite..
milove lvoely to see you! and "just doing stairs" is great so well done you! nothing i love better than trying a new food or wine either.. sigh...2
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