WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR APRIL 2019

klanders30

First round of company has left. It was wonderul to have such upstanding (dare I say nerdy) young 20 yo folks stay with us They were all from west coast and loved the crazy energy of nyc. Cooked breakfast this a.m. and had wonderful conversations with them. DH and I are introverts and are drained from the experience but dont regret a minute of it—there’s a lesson for us. We need to step out of comfort zone once in a while.

Tomorrow my DYS and DYN stay over on their way to college tours. I won’t have time to visit much as I have concerts both nights.

Right now the house is blessedly quiet and empty, I have already exercised and will do some laundry. A nap is surely on my to do list today!! Feeling blessed.

NYKAREN

mavisjones58

Trying to get back on track for the umpteenth time. My goal for the first two weeks of the month was a simple one. It was to start back taking my lunch with me instead of eating out everyday. Now that I seem to be back on track with that, this coming week, I plan to step it up with menu planning, etc., plus get back to exercising.

megamom

Morning everyone. I am getting ready for the gym and going to try some different things. My hips have been bothering me and I think it is from the treadmill. I think I am doing more harm then good so am looking for a different cardio. I am thinking of rejoining my other gym which had a pool as it is easier on my joints, but the chlorine kills me. Just can't win. I wish the weather would warm up so I could just pop on my bicycle and go for a long ride. NSV this week. Put on some old knee socks and they went all the way and stayed there, and I officially have lost 81 pounds from when I started oh so long ago, so it's all good. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

barbiecat

Kelly, I just finished reading "Outer Order, Inner Calm" that addresses exactly what you're saying about clutter.

mavisjones, starting with a single change is a great idea. Best wishes on your continued success.

Heather, Good to hear that you are feeling better.

Karen, having company is hard for me, too, even when they are great people.

I rarely cook anything but my usual stuff, but yesterday I made a fabulous sauce for chicken from peanut butter, coconut milk, lime juice, and several spices and it was so good I had to resist the impulse to sit down and eat the sauce like a bowl of ice cream.

It's colder this morning but no raining so I plan to do a bit in the yard before the rain returns. Now I'm off to walk the dogs again with my friend who is great fun to talk to.

Barbie from NW WA

Katla49

Mavis: You seem to be making good choices and getting back on track. WTG!!! :flowerforyou:

Megamom: When I go to the gym part of my routine is the stationary bikes. The ones I use have a chair style seat and ae easy to use. It is an excellent way to burn calories and get the heart beating. I also take a yoga class. I do this two or three times a week. Lately it has been 2 times due to other obligations.


DH seems to be doing much better since his colonoscopy. He is eating things that are good for him and has a strategy to deal with digestive problems that seems to be working well. YAY!!!.


Katla in Beautiful NW Oregon

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grandmallie

Just brought down a hot fudge Sundae for my DFIL he ate that and promptly fell.asleep..hope he wakes up for lunch..

Snowflake1968

Margaret - I’m glad you got out to the Art in Bloom, thank you for sharing the pictures. It looked beautiful.

Heather - Lisa is tight the grandchildren carry every bug going. I found this year though, this is Jonah’s third year in school, Rodger and I must have built our immunity up some as we haven’t caught anything except the one I brought home from somewhere.

Karen in VA and Allie - I think it’s great when exes can get along and not hate and fight for the rest of their lives. My daughters friend’s parents divorced when he was not quite 2, they used to take a camping trip with all of them and new spouses together every summer so Mat could share experiences with both parents at the same time.

Kelly - what a great day Friday will be. Children love showing off their day to visitors.

I had a pretty relaxing day yesterday visiting with a friend but since our day included children we did get some activity in as well.

I worked in the craft room for an hour or so last night and am heading there shortly to finish it up. It is supposed to rain today, but I’m hoping it holds off and I can get a walk in later.

Rori - I tried your gum trick last night and was successful in avoiding snacking. I think I need to find something to do with my hands as well.

Tracey In Edmonton

margaretturk

Working on trying to find the right resources to advocate for son and press on with A Civil Law Suit for violation of his Civil Rights. I did find out I can do this in his behalf. He will not be well enough for a long time if ever to purse this.I still not saying I will just gathering what I need.

cityjaneLondon

Now sneezing to beat the band! Guess that's the answer to my feeling rubbish yesterday. As my York friend also has it I guess we caught it from a mutual source up there.

Had delicious Chinese fish bake. Yum!

Trying to organise a get together with my Portsmouth /York friend over Easter. My son is being a bit useless over date for the steam train outing.

Love Heather UK xxxxxxx

b4leaving

Hi ladies - I just wanted to share that while exercising today I had two NSVs... I can now (with a lot of help from my hands/arms to lift my leg) can put my ankle on my opposite leg ("sitting cross legged"). I can also now lift both feet off the floor while seated. YAY!

Shannon in rural Ontario, Canada

Melissa062667

New here. Been using this app for about 10 days. Just learning my way around. I have been logging my food here.

I love to go for walks. I also do cardio on my treadmill and recumbent bike. I’m not seeing any results.

My bloodwork came back with my cholesterol and sugar levels were a little high. Also found out I have high blood pressure.

I really needed to change my diet.
I was doing this 1500 calories diet my brothers dr put him on when he found out he had diabetes. I think it was too high in carbs. I love the way this app calculates all the foods you eat.

I’m a little discouraged that my brother lost 15 pounds in 3 weeks and no changes for me. I’ve changed my diet 3 weeks ago, than changed it since I’ve been using this app. But I feel like I’m starving mostly after dinner.

I’ve noticed a lot of foods are high in salt. I’ve been searching for healthy recipes in which what I have found are high in salt and or calories. I was reading about dash diet. Supposed to lower blood pressure, sugar levels and cholesterol. So starting tomorrow I’m going to switch to the dash diet and see how that goes.

My goal is to lose 40 pounds.

Melissa

Paouline

Good evening all. Im returning here after a period of ill health.
My motivation is still a little low,,but Im here.

Vickil57

Happy Sunday. Not sure what is going on as my eating yesterday and today is terrible. Seems I can't get enough. I have to get this figured out soon. Weather is warming up again so hoping I can get out and walk.
Blessings, Vicki GI NE

pipcd34

Stats for the day- 427c

barbiecat

I invited my walking friend over for lunch to try my new Thai peanut sauce with chicken. We all liked it a lot.
Before lunch we watched the end of the Augusta golf championship.

Shannon, congrats on your NSV and on your focus on competing with yourself and not with others.

Melissa, one important rule in life is to never compare your weight loss journey with that of a man. One thing I did to make my calories count better for me was to focus on nutrition dense food and leave out foods with high calories and low nutrition (salad dressing, condiments, gravy, for example). It may take awhile to find the right food plan. The DASH diet is a great choice and very healthy.

Paouline, I get a lot of motivation by reading this thread every day and sometimes several times a day.

Barbie in beautiful NW WA

suebdew

Finally gave up trying to catch up and started at the end and read five pages. Sorry I haven’t been here much lately. Still having issues with my headaches and having to take the mecidine I don’t like to take. In addition, I found a lump a few months ago and decided I needed to have it checked out. Had the mammogram and was ask to wait for the radiologist to review it. Then they did a sonogram and I waited for Dr to review it. Turned out to be a benign fatty tumor but it scared me.
Feeling very frustrated with myself and my weight loss (or lack of).
Margaret- you are in my thoughts. I hope you are able to get the help your son needs.
My eyes are getting blurry so will get off computer.
Love to all
SueBDew in TX

KetoneKaren

Has anyone heard from Meg? I may have missed an update.

GodMomKim

Hi Gals,

Welcome all the newbies! Some one mentioned slow to no results, for me the biggest trick is to log everything, and to be very sure you are measuring everything – no guessing. I find even better than measuring cups is a kitchen scale and weighing everything. A measuring cup is fine for liquids but 1 cup of finely chopped nuts is a whole lot more than a 1 cup of big nut pieces so you are eating a bunch more calories than you logged – better to weigh them as 4 ounces of nuts is the same no matter how they are cut.

I spent today working in my yard and making more patches! I am getting better at these. Thank goodness as still have a bunch to go! I think the bride and I will trim threads tomorrow evening.

I struggle with goals, I often have lofty goals that I never meet. And then I choose to consider myself a looser, that is counter productive! I have had my step goal at 10,000 + a day and really fought with it last year. I decided in December to make it 11,000 this year, and my goal is not 11,000 per day, but instead an AVERAGE of 11,000 per day – this has worked much better for me, I have kept it above 11,000 average, but there have been a few days of 7-8,000 sometimes life gets in my way. This is much better for me.


Kim from N. California

ginnytez

Sitting in hotel room tonight. Have a conference for work the next two days. After spending the weekend with college friends, got to sit and visit with some work colleagues from different counties I hadn't seen in a while. Must be my time to catch up with people!

Staying under the calorie count. While I try to eat the exercise calories, don't always get all of them in, but I am eating balanced diet and am not hungry so I am not going to force it. Of course, the snacks they put out at the conference will be a challenge. I did pack some snacks for myself, so I think I will be ok.

Off to bed--want to get up early and use fitness facilities since tomorrow will involve a lot of sitting.