WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER 2013
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Michele, there are a lot of Michele LeGrand on face book. which one are you? I would love to send you a request. Maybe it would be easier to find me??? Joyce Kimmel, my picture is one of me when I was about 35.
Joyce0 -
Barbie I finally realise what your motto at the end of your ticker means. I am finding that nothing tastes as good as losing weight feels :drinker: :drinker:
I'm still having to be careful now that I have my appetite back, but so far so good. I sometimes eat for the sake of it, but I am learning (again ) how to say 'no'
:flowerforyou: Katiebug thank goodness everyone is safe from the fire, sending love to your family
:flowerforyou: Margaret the intentional act of kindness you do - is this a thing you do at Christmastime, or is it something you do all year long? It's a lovely idea.
:flowerforyou: Joyce 48lbs wooo hooo :drinker: I can only dream :ohwell:
:flowerforyou: Michele I'm praying Bryan gets in touch with you soon Collected my new glasses on Saturday, just need to remember to put them on when going dog walking :bigsmile: The other pair I'll use at work. I only bought a few stocking fillers - mainly toys for my grandson, so need to get buying today, more or less my last chance :noway: :noway: I don't want to be going shopping on Christmas Eve it will be too late.
Well I need to get ready for my mammoth shopping trip :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Next year I'm shopping on Amazon for ALL presents!!
Happy Monday all
Viv
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Yeah! NSV for me! I've lost 0.5 inch off my waist! I haven't shifted my measurements since September so it was very welcome. I was having a problem with buying clothes online as my waist was out of proportion to my hips. This will make it more standard.
Michele - I don't find chopping herbs a problem, but I don't try to do a lot at once. If you had a lot of rosemary to chop you could do it in the small compartment of a food processor. Maybe one of those rotating herb choppers (Amazon). I just use a large sharp knife. I always have a pot of basil on the windowsill. It comes with me on British cottage holidays!:laugh: At the moment I also have mint, but it doesn't look very happy so I might buy a new one. I pinched some :blushing: that was growing through a fence down the road and froze it so I have some for now. I use it in yoghourt with cucumber and garlic and scallion as an accompaniment to curry or tandoori. Because the weather has been so mild we still have masses of parsley in the garden as well as the usual rosemary, sage and thyme. Also spinach is still growing. I will put some small leaves in the cauliflower cheese we are having tonight. I use a modified cheese sauce using cornflower to thicken instead of roux. Much less fattening.
I am greatly in awe of everyone's cookie baking. They all sound delicious. We don't have that tradition over here. Thank goodness, I think, as a home made, home iced biscuit is a glorious thing. Yannie jannie you are a wonder! I do have this vision though of evetyone passing on the ones they have received and nobody actually eating them!:laugh: All my friends and relations are trying to lose weight and wouldn't thank me. Last year though I gave home baked biscotti to my DSIL with a bottle of sweet vin santo. The tradition in Italy is that you dip the biscuit in the wine and eat it as a dessert. Yummy! She shared it with her boyfriend and daughter. But this year she has been really trying to diet. The only person I could bake cookies for now is DH! :laugh:
Katla - the game stew is great because game is low in calories.Fortunately the butcher does all the hard part, the preparation. I think there is venison, pheasant, pigeon, all cut up into pieces. Sometimes rabbit. I just make a normal winey stew, pancetta, onion, carrot, celery, garlic, herbs, wine and a drop of Marsala. And 0.5 of a stock cube. Pepper, no salt because the pancetta is salty. You could use smoked bacon. Easy peasy and soooooo tasty. I cook it for about 2 hours minimum, probably longer. A slow cooker would be great.
Love to all. Don't eat those cookies, but enjoy making them!
Heather in rainy Hampshire UK0 -
morning~ having lemon water and icing my heel~ same old same old..
will throw my hat into the ring. im on facebook too,cant find you Joyce or Michele.. but I am Alison G Wagner-connecticut
slept pretty well, going to go for a racewalk in a few minutes....0 -
Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
LizPlus Nice to see your post:flowerforyou: ! Stay safe in the snowstorm!!
Jb Love the post! I always feel better after a nice walk! More songs please:bigsmile: !
Vicki Sounds like you had a beautiful weekend! Congrats on your NSV:bigsmile: !
Joyce Congrats on getting rid of that pound:bigsmile: ! Woo hoo!!!
Pat (Phoo) Glad you`re feeling like yourself again:flowerforyou: ! Hope you enjoyed the caroling!
Heather Yay, you get to see DS#1:happy: !!! Sounds like a good time coming with your lunches and guests, I`m sure you`ll be mindful of what you`re eating! Congrats on getting rid of .5 inch, fantastic news:bigsmile: !!!
Barbie I have this picture of a giant white pumpkin in your oven, I don`t believe I`ve ever seen a white pumpkin before! I love salmon patties made from fresh salmon
, my mom used to make them for us and they were so good, I`ve tried making them before but mine are not nearly as good as hers:noway: . A nap on a Sunday afternoon is so nice, I had a nap too:yawn: !
Grandmallie Glad you`re in warm and wonderful Florida ! Enjoy your vacation!
Jane Martin Good fro you only having a bite of a cookie!
Katla Sounds like you`re having a nice visit with DDIL! Lost in a museum:noway: :laugh: …lol, sounds like something I would do!
Margaret Prizes for the teachers to give out, that is so very thoughtful:flowerforyou: !
Gail Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! All those cookies…what is mandelbrat:huh: ? Hope you get a great report from your cardiologist, and DH gets a good report from the eye dr.:flowerforyou: ! What a beautiful present from your sister!!! Would love to see pics!
Michele So Amazon said they couldn`t deliver, yet you already had them:huh: , I had a similar thing happen except they actually sent the item twice, so I had to send one back and then explain they did not need to credit me, they sent two by mistake, and only charged me for one! That was a an ordeal!:grumble:
Sylvia Do you think they cold might have played a part in your chest not feeling quite right:huh: ? Take care of yourself:flowerforyou: !!!
Viv Amazon is a great place to shop! I ordered most of my presents on line this year, takes a lot of stress off:bigsmile: !
Time to get off the behind and get it moving
! Have a great day ladies! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!
Hugs,
DeeDee in sunny, chilly NC:glasses:0 -
Good morning! My scale says I'm down again this morning! Yippee! I've been sort of holding for a week or so, then bam!
DeeDee, no, it was warmer yesterday afternoon. I feel better this morning, though.
Sylvia0 -
Hey:
Just learned that my husbands 2nd cousin has passed away this morning. Her parents live in our neighborhood and I had no idea that she had gotten worse. The last time I talked to them she was doing some better. I feel so bad that I haven't talked to them. She had Crohn's disease and also had breast cancer. Leaves behind her husband, teenage daughter, her parents and brother and sister. It's so hard when a parent has to bury their child.
I had a loss this morning on the scale so I' still going in the right direction. It was .8 lbs but my ticker shows a total10 lb loss. I'm just happy that I'm still going in the right direction even in this holiday season. Now I am really going to have to get my mind right because I am a stress eater and having this death to deal with all I want to do is shove something in my mouth! I haven't made any holiday treats and that is just a little depressing for me. I love to cook but if I fix it and it's in the house I'm going to want to put it in my mouth!
I really need to get to my exercise and get some house straightening done
I hope everyone is hanging in there
Cindy0 -
So sorry for your loss, Cindy.0
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Michele I found you but there isn't a box for a request. I left a message. Grandmallie, I found you and left a request. I'm not real chatty on facebook, I mainly post in a forum there and play a couple of games. I do occasionally post pics of my family or home.0
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Bump.:embarassed:0
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Sylvia - let us know what the story is with your chest, OK? Hope it is ok
Joyce - I have the same avatar on facebook as I do here, hope that helps. I searched for Joyce Kimmel on facebook. As with me, there were a few. Are you the Joyce Kimmel who has in parenthesis Joyce Leedom below her name? She's a person with wearing a red sweater/top/sweatshirt. She doesn't look 35, however. There is another one from Evansville, IL. She has glasses on and is wearing what looks like a red shirt (but you don't see much of the shirt). Or are you the Joyce Kimmel who lives in Dubois, IN? I'm not real chatty on facebook,, either. Just that that's someplace I know I'll post the video. It's such a shame you can't post a video here.
Viv - to be honest, I'm not holding out much hope for Bryan to get in touch with me soon (for that matter, ever). How did he get so selfish and self-centered? I guess in the past I've held out too much hope, now I'm more facing reality. I don't expect him to send us a christmas/birthday list (and none for Diana). For one thing, he wants to distance himself from us. For another thing, I'm thinking that the last time he was on Reunion Island he wasn't doing well financially. I'm thinking that he's feeling if he doesn't send us a list, we won't send him anything, therefore he won't have to send us anything thereby saving himself some money.
Heather - the ony time I ever buy clothing online is if I've tried it on in the store and they didn't have a certain color but I could get it online. I did make a bid for that dress for the mystery dinner, figuring that I would have to get it altered. Well, in the end I never did get any but bought one at the Salvation Army. It was cheaper, anyway. I searched on amazon for the rotating herb chopper. It's like the one I have for chopping vegetables. I tried putting the rosemary in it, but it didn't get it chopped small enough. Maybe I needed to do it longer, but I did chop it for quite a while before I even checked on it. Passing on cookies no one eats -- we had a cookie exchange at the mahjongg I go to on Monday nights. One lady made this cranberry biscotti. It has walnuts in it. I just said "thank you" but I know I won't like it with the walnuts in it and Vince won't eat the cranberries. I'm just going to give them to the guy at the bowling alley when we bowl Wednesday and not say anything to her. Another lady made these, what appears to me to be just blocks of butter that melted and hardened. I know no one is going to eat them so I put some of them in the container for the neighbor who gave us those cookies yesterday. Am I bad or what?
grandmalle - OK, I can't find you at all on facebook. As I recall, I think I tried once before and couldn't find you. I BELIEVE this is a link to my page: https://www.facebook.com/#!/michele.legrand.90?fref=ts Let me know if it works for you, ok?
Cindy - deepest condolences. Good for you on that loss
Did about 25 minutes of yoga this morning, held my plank for 2 min 30 sec and then took the extremepump class. After the class came home and Vince told me that friends of ours MIGHT be coming over tomorrow (he's going to call to confirm) to see the decorations so I made some of the zucchini bites. Heather - now I see why they say you really need SHARP cheddar cheese, all I had was the mild. Oh well. I had no idea how many it made, seems like one recipe makes about 12 so I doubled the recipe. I might very well make more for myself. I also have these cheese cracklins that I just need to bake. Basically, it's a cheese ball. I'll also make some pizza rollups (that's something that Vince'll eat most likely)
Tomorrow I'm planning to do a DVD on the rebounder.
Took the tin of cookies over to the neighbor (the one who left 2 cookies for us that her kids had decorated).
Michele in NC0 -
Michele, the nurses at rehab thought it was a little angina, and thought I might have overdone it a little. They were very careful checking me out completely before and during my workout. If it happens again I will take a nitro and see if it goes away. I go see my cardiologist on the 24th, so I'll tell him about it. Today I feel great though, and did push myself a little bit more at rehab. My friend Linda was there, so having somebody to talk to made the time fly by.
I was on the outs with my son for over five years and didn't get to see him or the kids till a few months ago. We still have not discussed the falling out, just pretending it never happened, but I have to admit that I missed him as much as I missed the kids. He's my only child. So this should be a good Christmas for me. I hope things work out with your son quickly.
Sylvia0 -
Cindy so sorry for your loss.
Michele have you ever heard the saying a son is a son till he takes a wife. A daughter is a daughter all of her life.
My son too left his family behind for 5 years then after his divorce came back like nothing happened, men.........
Take care everyone, congrats on all the weight losses and nsv
Juanita in sudbury0 -
Bump for tomorrow! I have read up to here. Joyce and Michele, I will try to friend you both on Facebook! My email for Facebook, which doesn't work for anything else is kevrit@frontiernet.net. Everyone welcome! Just let me know you are from MFP!0
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Good afternoon. I have been in a mood alday. Can till it is a full moon and the crazys are out. Glad after today I have a day off. They dicided to redo the chapel which is across the hall from my desk. So they have been drilling and pounding the last 4 days. I was so surpried this morning when I weighed that I lost 2 pounds this last week as my eating the last week has been BAD!! I also had another round with the bank. It was 3 weeks ago today that they mailed me the papers to sign to release the check to pay for the work on the house. And I am not sure where they mailed it as never came to my house. So called again this morning and asked they fax them to me at work. So I stood by the machine while she faxed them. So now DH took the one that company that did the work has to fill out to them and said we would pick it up tomorrow and then I have the rest and will fax it back. Be interesting to see how long this is drug out. Then DH was in a mood this morning. So I am just in a mood and feel like I could eat a cow. Our dept Christmas party is this evening. Will be lots of food. I have voluteered to stay at the desk and answer phones. So see how that goes as one other girl will not go to anything and always stays at the desk. Thanks for listening.
jb--good info and something to think about. Thanks for sharing.
Joyce--Congrates on the weight loss.
Heather--sounds like your holidays are going to be packed. Please relax and enjoy. I just keep telling myself to watch what I eat and still have a good time. This only comes once and year. Atleast that is what I am telling myself.
Gail--The gift from your sister sounds priceless. That takes alot of work and love. My sister that passed was good at doing sewing crafts and I have several things she made. I use them and think of her. My grandma made patchwork quitls and she always told me I expect you to use these and not put them away to rot. So I remember that and try to do that. I do have the last one she made me and used it until it got really thin. Now I have it hanging in the spare room.
Sylvia--Please take it easy. Glad they checked you out at rehab. Congrates on the weight loss.
Cindy--Sorry for the loss of your family member. I agree it is hard to lose a child. Our son was 24 when he passed. I keep telling myself it is Gods plan and he did leave us two beautiful grand daughters. I also find it interesting as the oldest was about 22 months old and the youngest one born 3 days after he passed. The youngest one is so much like Gary and the some of the things she does is so like him. She also looks so much like him.
grandmallie--Thanks for letting us know you arrived safe. Hope you get lots of rest and enjoy your time down there.
Well ladies thanks for listening and hope you have a good evening. It is 54 degrees here today and sounds like it will be nice the next couple days. DH got the motorcycle out and rode to work.
Blessed Vicki GI NE0 -
Oh misery! The butcher didn't have any packs of mixed game left. We are going to ring him tomorrow to see if any more has come in. Otherwise I will have to have a rethink.:ohwell:
Tomorrow is yoga and then lunch. There will be 16 of us for the festive occasion. I have ordered wild boar pate and salmon. I will eat half the pate and scrape the sauce off the salmon and load up with veg. They always put big plates of veg on the table. I am going to take a spare red long sleeved t shirt to slip on after yoga and my celebration necklace I got for my one year MFP reward and my flashing, changing colour earrings!:blushing: I must remember to pick a few sprigs of conifer from the hall gardens to decorate my table centre wreath. My yoga friend is coming round on Wednesday to make them with me.:happy: I ordered some real church candles today as I don't think my LED ones are going to arrive before Christmas. If they do, the more the merrier!
My cheque from my ex still hasn't come. I texted him today - not at all happy. It was supposed to be in the post from the solicitor ages ago. I asked him to give me the number of his solicitor, but I doubt he will. It is the first instalment of some money his mother left me. She died over 8 years ago.:grumble: :explode:
Calories went well today. I'm a bit hungry near bedtime, but hope it won't keep me awake. The cauliflower cheese was fab for 350 cals.:bigsmile:
See you tomorrow folks.
Heather UK0 -
Hope everyone is enjoying their Mon.More snow coming in.We have about 4 in.Violet likes climbing on the big mounds.
Cindy,sorry for your loss.
Hope to get dryer fixer,hope it doesn`t cost too much.
hugs
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Cindy - I'm so sorry for your loss. I agree no parent should ever have to bury a child and at this time of year makes it that much worse. I don't know how one deals with that.
Michelle - my heart goes out to you & Bryan. I worried daily when my DS was a teen that I would lose him so I can't even imagine how you deal with it. I do believe that he will be back in touch with you when he wakes up and realizes what he's missing. You are in my prayers.
Pat - glad you made it back home safely.
Grandmallie - congrats on making it to FL.... I'm jealous that you are in the warmth. It's down right frigid here.
I have not gone to the Y in 2 days. I woke yesterday with a horrible migraine and nothing helped. meds didn't work and it just progressively got worse. I was in bed before 8 pm. Not a good night, not much better this morning. I couldn't stay home because the boss was in town from Montreal to train me on some things and he was only in town for the day. So off to work I went. Got the training. I went to the post office after work to mail a package to my niece & her clan. I came home and was shaky and in tears. I'm exhausted and stress. I've had soda crackers & gingerale for dinner.
It's so cold here, woke up to -21 C. I really don't like the cold.
Counting down the days until Christmas only because I get a week off work and it will be over.
I'm off to bed. Sandy from ON 0 -
Good evening to all
Cindy I am sorry for your family's loss. :flowerforyou: Our family lost some young adults to automobile accidents. ( Ac ousin's son and a cousin's daughter) It is painful no matter what the time of year.
Grandmallie so happy you made it to Fl safely. Enjoy the warmth and sunshine for me.
Viv I started this intentional act of kindness this year as one of my December goals. I am enjoying it so much I hope to make it a December tradition for myself. After December I plan to continue to try and to do kind acts when I can. I am already thinking of some goals for January that will help my mind, my body, and my spirit grow.
Margaret0 -
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Bumping to find my place off tommorow to visit db he is not doing well, family has been called to see him.
Juanita in sudbury0 -
Here's another holiday song to sing! C'mon, let's all join in: :happy:
Sung to the tune of "White Christmas"
♫ I'mmm dreaming of a thinnn Christmas, just like the ones I never knew;
Where the sweets aren't tempting, the veggies plenty, the menu full of low-cal fooooods;
I'mmm hoping to get through Christmas, without a pound or two of gain;
May our foods be healthy and liiiiiiiight,
May we keep all sweets out of our sight. ♫ jb 0 -
:flowerforyou: This afternoon we danced at an assisted living place and two convalescent hospitals then went out for a drink at Applebee’s. Once again we had enthusiastic audiences and a lot of fun. Barbie from beautiful chilly NW Washington
:bigsmile: 15,000 steps today
"The reason most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want the MOST for what they want at the MOMENT."
“If it’s important to you then you will find a way, if it’s not you’ll find an excuse.”
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. ~Confucius0 -
I need some motivation to work out. It's freezing here so I don't want to walk outside. I don't have any exercise machines at home. I would like a trainer but I don't want to pay a lot. I seem to quit easily.0
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lizthees go to visit a senior care center and notice all the very heavy people who are bedridden then ask yourself if that's where you want to end up.0
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I had my usual belly ache today after I ate my noon meal, which is also my first meal of the day since I wake up around 11 AM. anyway I don't like to got ot he Y on days like this because I don't know if it is just going to be a belly ache or end up in diarrhe. So I got on my bike at home and rode my 10 miles. I guess the pedals are different than the one at the Y or maybe it's the seat height or the distance from the seat to the pedals but my fitbit didn't recognize it as nearly the same amount of steps as the one at the Y. I did loosen the knob last night to make it a little longer so my husbands knees wouldn't be so close. He always say I drive with my knees under the dash board anyway! At the Y it would have put me at just under 10,000 steps. Today I was just under 2,000. But my legs sure could tell I rode 10 miles. We also went to Target and I have been walking around the house gathering all my presents and taking them to the kitchen table. Had to get the tape, scissors and paper, etc. This involved a couple of trips up and down the stairs. Plus I did two loads of laundry. All in all it is about 4,000 steps, 3 flights of stairs. I still have the biggest gifts to wrap and then I have to get my stocking gift bag out and wrap them. I usually don't even put names on them and I just wrap them in tissue paper so much easier to wrap. But the tree does look a lot better, more cheery,
I called my SIL tonight. She is the one who has 2 sons who are both bipolar. One is a grown man now, has two children and really turned himself around. The mother of his children is only 19 and very immature. She was raped as a young girl, made to shoplift for her Mom and shown no responsibility for her life when she was growing up and is bipolar also so they have a very volatile relationship. When she is here she is nothing but the model citizen. She also doesn't know how to be in a monogamous relationship at all and has a continual stream of men in her bedroom, well small stream. My nephew is very torn over his love for this girl and knowing that if they separate that the courts will give the girls to their Mom. So they are still living in the same house but in separate rooms. But I called her because I hadn't heard from her in a while. Their younger son was in a detention center until placement could be found in a boys home for his juvenile record. He has been granted a 2 day pass for Christmas. I was torn, will this be Christmas here with us or at their house. It is on Christmas not January 4th with us. I'm glad but not glad. He does know how to behave here and I want the time to be pleasant for all. So my brother and SIL life is living hell. My other borther is the one whose son is a drug addict. Went through a year in rehab instead of jail time. If he was caught his probation would be revoked and the rest of the time would be jail time. Well, he was caught. So I don't know whether he will be able to come for Christmas or not. But his live in is a jewel. We all love her. They have 2 babies. So these are the 4 babies that will be here for Christmas. All the way from 6 months to 2 1/2. Fun??? I thank the Lord every single day for my girls.
Anyone who wants to send me a face book request, feel free to. Joyce Kimmel, Evansville In
Last night I had a brownie, tonight I had a MIlky Way. Got to stop this.
Joyce, Indiana0 -
Lizthees, I began walking a loop around my kitchen to get steps in while watching tv. It takes small steps, but each step is better than sitting and getting fatter. If nothing else, put on some music and dance. Get endorphins flowing. If you don't want to walk outside, consider a mall (indoor covered one...I know they're getting rare) and walk in the mall.
Also, get checked out by a doctor. Make sure your vitamin D and calcium levels aren't low and that any other reason for feeling lethargic is ruled out. Winter is the time to keep moving!0 -
Bump for later - would you believe I am going shopping again :noway: :noway: :noway:
I hope this is the last time, . whatever I don't get today (present wise) I will do without.
Then I'll need to get plenty of fruit and veggies bought. Son, partner and grandson are veggies, I've already bought a Quorn roast for their Christmas dinner, but need to have some veggie nibbles etc
Have a good day :flowerforyou:
Cindy sorry for your loss.
Viv x
PS Michele I found you on facebook by your photo, I've sent you a message - no option for a friend request. I mainly play games on Facebook a bit of an addict.0 -
Juanita - so sorry to hear about your brother. I hope you gain strength from your visit today.
Off to yoga soon after a shower and making myself beautiful for the lunch (i.e. putting some makeup on!) :laugh:
Michele - I dreamt about you last night! I dreamt we were planning to make a big Christmas snowflake decoration together. I wish we really were! :flowerforyou:
Heather in still dreary and damp Hampshire UK0 -
bump to find later. Must get ready for work!!
Deb A in very cold CNY (0 degrees F}0
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