WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER

exermom

chicklet - what a weird combination of "foods" that guy brought to your house! What were the blue pads for?

You know, the other day Vince went for his protine test (he's on coumadin). For the first time, the MD wanted to discuss his results. Not that there was anything unusual about them. We firmly suspect that with the downturn in the economy, people aren't going to the MD as often, so therefore MD offices are feeling the pinch, so he was charged for an office visit. Normally, they just call us with the "continue on the same dose and have your blood rechecked in a month", but not this time.

Jeannie - no, that's the executive director at the Y where this guy used to work that contemplated allowing alcohol on the premesis. My guess is that he's trying everything in the book to increase profit, seeings how they didn't even make their goal for the children's fund this year. No, the guy I think should be fired used to work under this executive director, he was then transferred to the branch that I like (it wouldn't surprise me one bit if the transfer was to save money and also that he wasn't doing much of a job). Actually, firing both guys to me wouldn't be a bad idea. Well, we're getting a new CEO. Hopefully, things'll change. Hopefully....... I usually do the hulahoop on the Wii for an hour, I have it set for 10 minutes left, 10 minutes right. The only time I had any problem was the first time I did it, and I suspect that had something to do with the fact that I wasn't using correct posture. Since then, I haven't had any problem at all. Just gotta always make sure that I'm standing tall (not leaning forwards like I could easily tend to do)

Oh, Barb, I'm so so glad you don't have a detached retina!

You know, lots of times the kids like to go to Pizza Hut. I'd usually get the Fit & Delicious pizza. Do you know that down here they don't sell it?????

chicklet - your mom sounds like such a hoot!

Amanda - I knew you wouldn't sink! Now to just remember to breathe! Basically, this BOSU workout has a cardio segment and then a weight segment. The good thing is that while you're doing the weights, you're sitting on the BOSU so you're also using your abs

I'm finding that lately I'm having these carb cravings. Gotta use more of that apple cider vinegar at least until they're under control. Well...I AM trying to eat healthy carbs, well, sort-of healthy. I had some chocolate chip zucchini cookies...but they do have oatmeal in them. Last night I had these low fat oatmeal raisin cookies. Gotta get this under control. I hate when I feel so out of control.

Good for you, Birdie, in getting rid of the clothes that don't fit you. How wonderful!

I was told the same thing about eating carbs and protein together at the same meal. A while ago I went to a personal trainer and he said to me "what did you have for breakfast". I thought I was doing real well when I told him I had had this bran muffin that I made, some Kashi cereal, and an apple. His comment was "do you realize how carb heavy that was? Instead of the bran muffin, I would have had egg whites". And he's right! It WAS carb heavy. Now I realize how much fuller I feel when I've had protein and I stay full for a longer time.

Everyone, have a great evening. Tomorrow.....deep water class.

Michele

rfsahae

Hello Everyone
It's been weeks since I have posted. I'll bet I missed 500 posts.
I live 3 miles from the San Bruno fire and worked Friday and Saturday all day at the shelter for evacuees. My job was preparing food and feeding people (LOL). On Friday we served 780 meals and on Saturday about 500. Met Mrs. Schwarzenegger (Maria Shriver) since Arnold was in China. Amazing outpouring of support. Media all over the place. Here's the link where they gave me my 5 seconds of fame: http://www.kcra.com/video/24962990/detail.html
I have gained about 2 pounds but I'm ready to rock and roll back on the wagon again. So keep me in your good thoughts!

mimi7grands

Hello to everyone. I've missed you! Robin sent a note to me that got me started missing my friends. Then it was on to catching up on the posts (skimming mostly). I DO miss you and feel encouraged just reading the posts.

I'm back home after a busy few days (and, before that, no Internet service). My mom hosted a party on Saturday to celebrate DS's and his new wife's marriage then I hosted a shower on Sunday for my niece who's getting married next month. There were about 30 guests and most stayed for hours, so I take that as a good sign. I was pooped though!

I've been hovering right about the 200 mark and, at 5'8", am feeling fat these days. Probably mostly stemming from lack of exercise. It's funny though...on the one hand, I feel fat (still need to lose about 40 lbs) but, on the other, I almost don't recognize that thin person in the mirror. (I've lost 120 lbs in 9 years, 100 of them in the last 5 years.)

Yesterday, I felt as though I were looking in a Fun House mirror. Who was that thin person? It's still hard to believe and, as I said, half the time I feel fat!

Yesterday, I opened up the last bin of clothes I had in storage. It included a couple of size 14 outfits that a friend gave me years ago and I really never thought I'd get into. I could actually get them on. What? No way. Another 10 lbs and they'll fit just fine.

I'm so wanting to be normal with how I eat. I'm going through a bit of rebellion about weighing, measuring, and tracking. Is it possible to ever be just plain normal? :noway: That would be awesome. Although I'm not tracking everything, I am weighing each morning so I know I'm not gaining. And, except for last weekend, I'm eating lots of fruits and veggies. They are a life saver (or maybe a weight-saver) for me !

Sorry not to respond to each of you but that would be, well, impossible! :laugh: I am thinking about you, especially Renny with her aunt's diagnosis, Peggy with her dad and everyone else who's struggling just now. What a wonderful, varied group we are. Whenever I'm away for a few days, I miss you!

lovesauburn

This is my group; I'm 54 and need to loose ~ 25 lbs. and am so sick of the yoyo weight down 2 up 5 dance routine. Today I walked 2.5 miles and was 247 calories according to my Omron pedometer. I did a lot of running around and bought 5 lb hand weights so now I have 3.3 lbs, 5 & 8lbs. The 8lbs are to heavy; I don't feel like I can do upper extremity exercises correctly with them and 5 lbs felt right, 6 lbs to heavy. I will record now and figure out if I can eat more...feeling like I need protein. I did my measurements and not to pretty but oh well so it is. :ohwell: Reading everyone's signature and favorite quotes is very helpful. Bless all of you and count me in for needing support and would love to be uplifting for others.

chicletgirl

Hey Everyone!

:flowerforyou: Michelle

Pizza Hut made a Fit and Delicious pizza? Where was this at? What did it have on it?
As for the paper like pads (they almost look like wee-wee pads for training dogs just bigger) who knows what he was thinking??:noway: Maybe he thought we were going to have sex and use those to lie on. That's probably what my mom would have come up with, I'm clueless.:huh:

:flowerforyou: Amanda

My son was on the city swimming team since he was 6 years old. I always bought his shampoo at a sports store, like Big 5 or Sports Chalet. They had the conditioner too. Might be cheaper at online. Don't know if you dye your hair or not but chlorine is known for turning blonde hair green, so I'm glad you are looking into shampoos that remove it.

:flowerforyou: BirdieM

You know I never looked at it like that. You're right though, you can't bury your head in the sand so to speak when it comes to going out to eat or other activities that involve that. It's just that he said pizza and I was panicking, because everyone knows that pizza is a gazillion calories. If it had been a normal restaurant then I could at least order the food to be prepared a certain way or omit things. I think the fact that my first experience eating out since losing weight was going to be a Pizza place!:noway: My mind froze and I couldn't get beyond it. I knew it wasn't right to expect him to change for me, but I didn't know what to do! You literally conked me over the head out of my stupor. DUH!! Thank you.:happy:

Oh and another thing that made me panic....When I realized I was going out on a date last weekend, I looked through my closet to find something to wear and pulled out an outfit that I liked and normally would wear to look nice. Well it didn't fit properly anymore. I looked like a frumpy old woman. I tried something else on.... same thing. I started panicking (apparently something I am beginning to notice I am doing a lot lately) I ended up looking at clothes I haven't been able to fit into in about a year or two and they fit, sort of, but at least they weren't extremely baggy, just a little loose. I really didn't see that coming. I mean I was just wearing those clothes in July!

Guess it is a good thing, but I sure as heck can't go out on a date naked! Then again, my mom would say it was okay.:laugh:

Chiclet

weaklink109

Hello All,

Randy,
Thanks for posting that link. I can't even imagine what the people in the vicinity of that natural gas explosion went through. The videos on the news of the fire and aftermath was just breathtaking.

My eye is a little less annoying tonight than it was on Monday morning. I have postponed starting work until next week. Spending much time on the computer is still a challenge. Posting is a challenge also, but that is due to Bradley--my favorite little canine terrorist--who has decided that he needs to give momma kisses for having just fed the troops their din-din. I feed them later in the evening because then Mai Li will usually sleep through the night, which means MOMMA sleeps through the night too!!!:laugh: :laugh:

We have had nice sunny afternoons in the mid- 70's but by tomorrow night, they are telling us the rain that has been hanging out to the north, and getting Renny and Robin and Barbiecat wet off and on is going to move south and douse us for a change.

I had a long day of errand running for my mom, and some work around the house with my "helper," then a quick dinner out with a friend who had been out of town and just got back. I was naughty and had a child-size scoop of Baskin and Robbins for dessert.:blushing:

Mimi, Good to see you back on here.

Renny, I think I overlooked giving you my condolences about your aunt. Hope you are all doing okay.

Chiclet, Your mom sounds like a real "card"......she will have to be dealt with.:noway: :blushing: Sorry, couldn't help myself:laugh: :laugh: Barbie and Robin, I am glad you guys got to meet, but NO PICTURES???:noway: Sounds like a senior moment to me!!!

Mai Li is pitching a fit about something, so I have to go and shut her up as it is too late for her to be barking in the bedroom. My upstairs neighbor is a very nice early to bed lady who gets up early for work!!

BFN

Barb

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Have a good Wednesday everyone.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

AHealthierSuzyQ

BARB, Glad to hear your eye is doing at least a little bit better. Hang in there, Hubby's best friend was having such problems seeing he wasn't allowed to drive, but thanks to injections (and I don't know what all) he is now legal to drive again.

Today I still have a mild carb withdrawl headache and am still a bit sore from zumba, but am encouraged to see the scale finally moving down again. Course I've gained and lost the same 3 pounds ever since April. If I can get below 159 and STAY there, I"ll know I found something that is working. :drinker:

Just had a piece of cinnamon raisin Ezekiel Bread and am about to go mow the yard, then walk Sophie. I don't take Muffin every time anymore because she gives out and then I have to carry her over half the way. Over half the way is lease roads where we walk through deep sand, so it makes for quite a workout. A walk on the beach without the water! :glasses:

smwert

I finally lost a pound. I vow never to go over 150 again. Thanks for the support. I guess my muscles got used to working out. I am drinking all my water - maybe too much!! Yesterday was a day off the gym - maybe that is why I was down, but I did a 2 mile fast pace walk with my hubby last night with my sketchers on. Maybe that helped.

I am somewhat encouraged by the loss in any event.

Chicklet - treat yourself to something new - even just a new top. You can hide baggy pants under a long top. You deserve it.

susan

jam0525

I had my yearly checkup at the OBGYN's today and he said it's the healthiest he's seen me since he met me 7 years ago!!! :blushing: :bigsmile:


Back to work!:ohwell:

BirdieM
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Birdie - How wonderful! What a great way to have all your hard work acknowledged.

Jeannie

AHealthierSuzyQ

I had my yearly checkup at the OBGYN's today and he said it's the healthiest he's seen me since he met me 7 years ago!!! :blushing: :bigsmile:
BirdieM

Wonderful! Good choices DO pay off :flowerforyou:

BirdieM

Today was my weigh in day and the scale is up 2 pounds.:frown: I HAVE been a bit sloppy:blushing: and gone over my calories a few times, so I’m not surprised.:ohwell: But I’m not worried about it, because I know what to do to get those nasty little pounds back off!:flowerforyou: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: That’s the beauty of monitoring your weight. :happy: Before I joined MFP, I’d let it slip and slip and slip....and then I’d be afraid to get on the scale:noway: and go into denial.:indifferent: That’s when I gain 20 pounds back or more. :explode: Now I’m on top of things in a way that does not overwhelm me. Now instead of having to take some long and difficult journey to get to where I want to be......I just need to take little tiny baby steps in order to see the positive results I want. :bigsmile: It’s soooo much easier.

Mimi, as far as feeling “normal”....that is quite different to each person. To me.....feeling “normal” is not having food rule my life for the good OR the bad. Feeling free to go anywhere without panicking about what’s being served...... walking down the street and just blending in and wearing clothes that DON’T have to be layered etc. For me, I’d also like for my BMI to be in the “normal” zone. But....really life is too short to do so much laboring over the moment and what’s normal and what’s not. It’s all quite relative. But what’s important, is for you to be aiming for that spot in time... where you are comfortable with who you are, what your weight is, how much activity you want to do etc. In the meantime.....it’s really important to love yourself right where you are even though you’re journeying to someplace else. :bigsmile: Someone once said “A truly happy person, is the one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour”.:happy: “Normal” is a very relative thing! Enjoy the moment....and you’ll know “Normal” when you meet it.:flowerforyou:

BirdieM

Rororosie

Hi, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Rosie and I have been on MFP for a while now. I have been recording and losing weight again for about 3 months now.

I only weigh in every 1-2 months, so recently I changed my weight with a guess so I could get my top calories right. One of my goals this month is to weigh in at the doctor's office at the end of the month so I can "true up" my calorie goal.

I have definitely continued to lose weight since last weigh in... this is visible to the naked eye and my clothes are looser.

I am 52, live in Arizona, work as a Business Analyst, and live alone with one cat. My grown daughter lives in California and she is working on her MSW at San Francisco State University. In my spare time, I love to hike, belly dance, and I take vocal lessons. Goal is to write a CD of original songs. I used to be part of a song-writing duo, but came late to music and felt I needed more education to perform better.

Recently my BFF moved to Iowa for a new relationship, leaving a big hole in my life.

BirdieM

Welcome, Rosie! :flowerforyou: I'm sorry you're going through a difficult time (Re: your BFF) but you've come to a warm, witty and wonderful group of women, who will cry with you and rejoice with you :bigsmile: as well as help you in any way we can.:flowerforyou: No experts here. ...just women in the same boat sharing a common journey to a healthier self!:bigsmile:
Good luck!!!
BirdieM:flowerforyou:

vickim26

Good morning ladies,
Welcome Rosie, You have joined a great group of ladies.
Birdie, you are so right. I love the way you said that. I am at that place where I deny and let myself go. I am still in same size cause I willl not buy bigger but refuse to weigh myself cause I am scared of what it will say. I am eating right and exercising again but I need like you to learn to always weigh and not let myself go this far. On Dr. Oz yesterday he had a panel of experts and his theme was how to lose 10 pounds and they each gave a suggestion on things to do to lose that 10 pounds without major life changes. One of them was to weigh each and every day. I know Barbie does this and it worked for her and my hubby does this but I have trouble with this. I guess I have to just try it and see if it can work for me for a while. I really liked how you said we have to love ourselves whereever we are. That is so true. I cannot change this overnight so might as well enjoy this place while I am here. Many thanks for sharing. Ladies have a great day.
Vicki M

jam0525

Rosie - I am so excited to have someone from my neck of the woods join! I'm in New Mexico. Hubby is from Tempe. Glad you are here. As it's been said this is a great group. Jeannie

debieanne

good afternoon just wanted to stop in and say hi heading to work soon. its been a real good day. i think iam getting back on track.hope everyone had a good week debi(momof10)

BirdieM

A question for all you exercise experts . I was reading that the way exercise machines calibrate how many calories you burn (e.g. a treadmill, elliptical etc) is based on the person weighing 150 pounds. If this is true, then if you weigh MORE than 150, are you really burning MORE calories then it says? And if you weigh LESS than 150 are you burning FEWER calories than it says? Hmmmm:huh:

BirdieM

rjadams

A question for all you exercise experts . I was reading that the way exercise machines calibrate how many calories you burn (e.g. a treadmill, elliptical etc) is based on the person weighing 150 pounds. If this is true, then if you weigh MORE than 150, are you really burning MORE calories then it says? And if you weigh LESS than 150 are you burning FEWER calories than it says? Hmmmm:huh:

BirdieM

in theory yes if the machine doesn't ask your weight and age etc . but with my HRM it is so different than what my treadmill says. It also has to do with intensity. I can do the same incline, same speed and burn up to 200 calories more or less based on how much ooomph I give it.

Everything is an estimate.

LuckySue333

Hi everyone,
I am new to My Fitness Pal and am looking for some friends to help motivate me and we can talk about different subjects pertaining to weight and losing....... And other topiics.. I am over 50+ and would like to join your group.
I have been on various diets and am still struggling with gaining , losing etc etc... I am hoping this does help me . It would be nice to lose at least 25 lbs , maybe more and better my health... I just lost 6 pds on another weight loss plan but am trying this one since I was slipping on the other one...
My problem is once I lose it keeping it off. I have to learn to maintain it... But first I have to lose it... Everyone have a good week.

MacMadame

Some machines let you put in your weight. But they are still just guessing how many calories you are burning. To be really accurate, you need a HRM. Even that is an estimate, but it's a lot closer than anything a formula that only has your weight or just your weight and age will give you.

LuckySue333

Hi I am new to MFP and would like to join 50+ groupe. I am not new to dieting plans. Have been on many, lost and gained back many times. would like to lose again at least 25 lbs are more and then maintain it this time around. I have recently lost 10 pounds but gained back 6 so I hope to lose what I gained and more on here.. I need friends to talk to and keep me motivated and on track... Everyone have a good week. I will weigh on Sat and hope I have lost at least one pound.

mimi7grands

Hi Birdie, thanks for your perspective - as usual, interesting and thought-provoking. It's funny, I'm thinking about food as much now as when I was weighing and tracking. I'm going to continue on tis path for the rest of this week, weighing each morning and seeing how I do, then reevaluate. It IS good practice for maintenance. :happy:

I'm looking for a happy medium somewhere between tracking every bite and relaxing about what I'm eating. Either way, the crucial thing is to eat in a healthy way. I don't want to feel I'm "off" my eating plan when I can't weigh my food. That does NOT work for me! Trying this is hard - but good. And I'm danged determined to show a loss at the end of the week!

Last night was a good exercise - I'd eaten moderately all day and had eaten some protein for an evening snack but was "hungry" for another wrap or some other dense calories (like chocolate!) Instead, I got up, fixed some veggies (asparagus, squash, mini-peppers) and a small sweet potato, then roasted them. :drinker:

It was a miracle :laugh: ! (Again!!) The cravings disappeared. The key is getting up and fixing the food. Part of the problem in the old days was wanting something that was ready-at-hand. Therein lies disaster. :noway:

Randy, just wanted to say I admire your hard work tremendously in helping the San Bruno fire victims. That was a kind thing to do. You are such a trooper and a get-it-done kind of person. :flowerforyou:

HerbieSue

Hi LuckySue, welcome. I was on WW and struggling to get back to my goal weight for sooo long. I kept telling myself if I could only lose 4 more pounds I could get back to lifetime and not have to pay anymore, you would think that would be an incentive! Since I found this site I have indeed lost those pesky 4 pounds!! I realized that is is NOT just calorie counting, as I was going over my carbs and sugar according to my MFP journal. I set my goals on this site and try to stick with them and keep track of everything, not just calories. This site and the wonderful women and their support gave me the bump I needed to lose more weight. I'm sure it will work for you too!

marlouise

Hello everyone. beauty of a day today, day off from exercise, not a very good sleep last night, 3 or 4 hours at most. Tonight should be better. Very sore, but it feels good!


Marilyn

chicletgirl

Mimi, as far as feeling “normal”....that is quite different to each person. To me.....feeling “normal” is not having food rule my life for the good OR the bad. Feeling free to go anywhere without panicking about what’s being served...... walking down the street and just blending in and wearing clothes that DON’T have to be layered etc. For me, I’d also like for my BMI to be in the “normal” zone. But....really life is too short to do so much laboring over the moment and what’s normal and what’s not. It’s all quite relative. But what’s important, is for you to be aiming for that spot in time... where you are comfortable with who you are, what your weight is, how much activity you want to do etc. In the meantime.....it’s really important to love yourself right where you are even though you’re journeying to someplace else. :bigsmile: Someone once said “A truly happy person, is the one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour”.:happy: “Normal” is a very relative thing! Enjoy the moment....and you’ll know “Normal” when you meet it.:flowerforyou: :

THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG POST!

:flowerforyou: BirdieM
I thought what you wrote here was so wise. This is what I was trying to say to you, about what you told me, and how it affected me. You just say it more eloquently
." But....really life is too short to do so much laboring over the moment and what’s normal and what’s not."

You see that is my problem and I suspect most of our problems, for those of us who have been overweight for all our lives. We never felt normal. We always were looked at or stared at, sometimes repulsively, as, "How could those people let themselves go like that or Fat people are lazy" or if they do give us a compliment, "You have such a pretty face though or nice personality, or fat people are so jolly:noway: What am I being compared to, Santa Claus?"
Stereotypes have followed us around all are lives and we begin to believe them. After hearing these things all your life we have been programmed to think we aren't "normal". We question ourselves saying, "What do normal people do? or What do normal people eat? What would a normal person do that I'm not doing. Something must be wrong with me."
That is why, when I first lost a 100 lbs on Jenny Craig, I had such a hard time "dealing" with being "normal". I knew I was the same person I always had been inside, but people were treating me different now and were "Nicer" to me. I was part of the "in group, Normal". This hurt my feelings so badly and I actually resented those people for treating me better! Why couldn't they like me just as much when I was heavy?? And I am not talking about men asking me out, (which suddenly was happening), I'm just talking about people in general that I dealt with everyday. It was so traumatic to me that I gained all the weight back and then some. All those people were like, "Why are you letting yourself go!"

What I realize now is that, I was not mentally prepared for being my correct weight. Notice I didn't say "Normal weight"? I have noticed that this time around I am not thnking like a "normal person" but as a healthy person. I am not thinking I am on a "diet". I am just eating healthy foods, in the correct portions, in the correct way (watching carbs, fat, fiber etc.) with the correct tools and people to help. Now when I go to the grocery store and I see the supposed "normal" people with their baskets, I notice they aren't necessarily eating healthy. they have junk food and not many vegetables and such like I do. Most of the people, I think are "dieting", sacrificing", "binging", or "starving" themselves when they need to lose weight to compensate for the junk they are eating. I remember a line in the movie, The Devil Wears Prada" where Emily, who was constantly dieting, was told by another girl that she looked so thin. She was estatic, and said, "Really? I am on this new diet, where basically I don't eat anything and when I start to feel like I am going to pass out, I eat a cube of cheese." :huh:

But even still I notice I have barriers to break that still exist in the "programming". When I wrote I was goiing to go out for pizza the other day and I freaked out, you made me realize that I was thinking along the lines of "dieting" and that I simply couldn't eat Pizza! But that isn't true. You made me see that I had to "compensate" for it. Fit it in to the way I am eating now. That is healthy eating choices. Sometimes the things that we see as HUGE barriers are really no big deal when you hear from someone else how to deal with it, like you did for me. I'm sure there will be more barriers, that I will have pop up now and then. But with this site and the people on it , I now know they are here to help me, guide me and be there for me during the rough times and deprogramming. Finally, how you ended what you were saying really says it all. I am going to wriet this down and put it on my refrigerator and on my bathroom mirror.
“A truly happy person, is the one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour”.:happy: “Normal” is a very relative thing! Enjoy the moment....and you’ll know “Normal” when you meet it."

I am going to be a happy person!:happy:

:flowerforyou: Mimi

So Mimi, I hold you in such high regard, and was a little taken aback that the Veggie Queen was thinking "normal thoughts". You have the most correct way of eating and thinking that I know. Proof is in the fact that everybody here holds you in such a high regard also. You are together, woman!! It was humbling to see that even the Veggie Queen thought like the rest of us once n a while, in some small ways. But you know what, I think everyone would benefit from doing a food diary and I am talking about the "normal people" too. Maybe if everybody did this there wouldn't be a need to do the crazy diets that are out there or have the so called "Diet foods" that actually do more harm than good. Everyone would be eating healthy as you do. Remember you told me logging food in to a diary was a tool.
Were not dieting, we are eating healthy, and using the proper tools to guide us and keep us on track. We are the "normal" people. By dong this we will never allow ourselves to gain tons of weight back because we are being responsible and accountable. You taught me that, MImi. I have told you that you are my Guru. And I am so proud to have you on my side. Keep up the good work and we all missed you so much. I am glad you are back again.

Chiclet

pmjsmom

I hope you all know how very much you mean to me! It is so uplifting to read your posts and so motivating to know I am not alone in how i feel or how I deal with life. I am learning from all of you and I want to thank you all!



Also, welcome to all our new members. This is, without a doubt, the greatest group of women EVER--whether you post a lot or just once in a while you will get the support and answers you need.

AHealthierSuzyQ

:happy: So happy to report the carb monster is back under lock and key and I am ending the day with a few calories to spare.

exermom

chicklet - it's been so long since I've had one of Pizza Hut's Fit & Delicious pizza's that I think I've forgotten what went on them. I know they were made with a low fat cheese, I think the one I used to get had peppers, mushrooms and something else on it. Wish I could get it here.

I remember when my kids were in swimming, by the end of the season if I didn't use a special shampoo on their hair, their hair would be like straw. Remember, they were quite young at the time

Welcome rororosie! Glad to see ya just jump right in. And we couldn't forget LuckySue

Today I don't feel so out-of-control like I did yesterday regarding the carbs. That apple cider vinegar sure works for me!

Did an hour of deep water today (Wed). Tomorrow, I think I'm just going to do the treadmill, just walking but at a fairly brisk pace.

Just ordered bowling shoes online. I really don't like ordering online unless I've tried the item on and just want a different color or something like that, but there are VERY FEW places that carry an assortment of bowling shoes. I tried on the ladies size 8 and thought they were a bit tight in the top. The bowling guy that I take the lessons from suggested I might want a men's size 6 since they are cut bigger so I bought those. This place has free shipping and free return shipping. I called and checked, there isn't a maximum number of times I can return the shoes. Most places will let you only make one return. Do I know if a men size 6 will fit me or a woman's size 7.5W? I liked the mens shoes, they are white with a bit of navy which doesn't look too "manly". The woman's (if I need it) is white with baby blue. So we shall see. The shoes should be here in 2 days. I'm also getting my ball redrilled, it should have been ready today. Seems when they drilled the holes they are too close now so I'm getting it redrilled.

After working on the treadmill tomorrow, I'm going to go to one food store. They have "super double coupons" where they will double coupons up to $1.98, only you can only use a maximum of 20 coupons in any one day. But I'll be in Hickory again tomorrow and then Sat. The store has always been good about letting me leave my refrigerated goods there and pick them up later, so that's what I'll probably do. I do have an appt. with my MD about my BDS. For some reason, the nurse at first didn't want to give me my scores, she kept saying "the doctor will discuss it with you". What is this about? It's MY body. Well, after my constant asking for them, she finally gave them to me. Seems I've gone down a bit, but I don't know how significant it is. I bet any amount of money that he wants me to go back on the calcitonin. I discontinued it because it wasn't really helping. Well, it appears the reclast isn't really doing the job, either. I did suggest that I take Evista but he kept saying "that's really for women who have gone thru menopause. Well, so are fosamax, actonel and reclast! they are all biphosanates and Evista is a SERM so maybe that'll work. I'm also going to bring in this info that was sent to me about Prolia. Another thing I want to ask him, and this is nothing against him, is if there is a specialist in osteoporosis (an orthopaedist, maybe?)

Everyone, have a great evening.

Michele

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Morning ladies.

I'm hitting the ground running today, as I'm off to work in a few minutes (so strange to be 'going' to work instead of doing it all at home) Yesterday went well and I'm ready for another busy day in the gallery today. I will be there all by myself all day, so I'm making sure that I've got some good choice food with me.

I'll try to get back on later. Have a great day eveyone please.

Amanda x