WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH 2014

Katla49

Heather: Thank you for your kind and helpful words. I think you and I have some things in common. Your advice helped me calm myself. I also took something to relieve anxiety. I have never been a person who was focused on buying. Some people shop for fun, and I am not one of them. Buying something as big as a car is something I do as seldom as possible. It has been seven years since we bought my car. I hope any new one we buy will last longer.

Katla

CynthiaT60

CONGRATULATIONS ON 100 POUNDS, SYLVIA! :drinker: :flowerforyou:
Cynthia

yanniejannie

Hello,all,

Dee Dee..........Just rain here (on the coast, near the state line) but VERY windy; could hear it beating heavily against the window several times during the night. DD, however, is coming from the west and not leaving until 2pm in hopes of warmer temps.......they have light snow and sleet and ice; at least they did when she called at 11:30am. I checked out the potential cherry blossoms last week, nary a sign of one. The park near my home has dozens of trees, all lined up and they rival DC when they bloom!

Juanita...........WOW!!! 44years!! Congratulations and happy anniversary! Is anyone else married longer?????

jb.......? I think it was you, anyway, I looked up the flower count you mentioned to get a shot of Spring---gorgeous!

Sylvia.............I hope for the best for your son; I've never known anyone who received a lung transplant (only people in the newspaper)......and all of those stories had happy results. MAJOR congrats on your milestone.........YIPEEEEEEE!!!!!

Joyce..........looked up the heating bills...........dec 140........jan 175...........feb 176 I keep it at 72-74/day and 66/night. Very small house though, about 1400 sq. ft.

Katla.........I agree with Heather, once again.........go for it and let him enjoy it...........and it will be a lot less than an RV in all ways. You could slow the process down a bit with extensive research and lots of visits for test drives if you feel the need........and solicit your kids, friends, neighbors car opinions. Our "newest" car is a 2008. I'm still quite happy with my beloved 2005 PT Cruiser that everyone else in the family heartily dislikes.

Off to do a bit more cleaning and paperwork (mostly bill) sorting,
yanniejannie
mid-Atlantic

suebdew

Congratulation Sylvia on 100 lost. That is awesome. Sending prayers for your son and his health issues.
Katia - we just got a new car. DH's was 10 years old and in perfect condition but I was the one who told him it probably wouldn't last until he wasn't able to drive anymore. Besides, the longer he waited the less trade-in-value. He is like a kid with a new toy. Fun to see him enjoying his new purchase.
Tried to play golf this morning but we decided after 9 holes to quit. It was in the 40's and windy. Still cold! Last Friday I played in shorts.:grumble:
Allison - glad you enjoyed your massage. The first one I got wasn't anything like I though it would be. I was so sore the next day I could hardly move. The girl I use now is very good and always makes me feel better. She tells me I should come in when nothing hurts just to enjoy it.
Think we are going out to the ranch this weekend. Just waiting for DH to come home to decide. Hope everyone has a great weekend

Sue in TX

kevrit

TGIF my friends! :bigsmile:

I heard from my mother. She is relaxing and enjoying her visit with my DB and DSIL. Her DH now has a much stricter 'sitter' and has been relegated to staying home. That is a big relief for my mom so she can relax and recoup a little. She still sounded tired on the phone though.

I go to the DR this evening to get the results of my bloodwork and find out what he is changing with my meds. I am scared and hopeful at the same time. :frown: I have been so tired lately, I hope the changes help.

100 pounds lost! :laugh: That is amazing! I am following my diet plan, exercising more than I ever did and my weight won't budge! Frustrating! :grumble: It may have something to do with why I am feeling so yuk lately.

Congratulations on all the NSV's :flowerforyou: ( I know it means good things but what does NSV mean exactly?)

Prayers and hugs to those that need them and their loved ones.:flowerforyou:

I will end with my favorite saying:
"Never give up! Never surrender!" (From Galaxy Quest the movie)

Rita from CT.

janemartin02

Congrat`s
Sylvia-on 100 lbs:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Hugs to u all
jane

meyllisa

:flowerforyou: sylvia congradulations such a victory, you must feel so proud of yourself and rightly so, enjoy the new and lesser you:drinker:
Juanita

CynthiaT60

Rita: NSV is "non-scale victory", like when your pants get too loose, of you fit in the chair you've been avoiding, or someone doesn't recognize you because you've lost weight.

Vickil57

Good morning beautiful ladies. Hope you are all having a pleasent day. I feel I got alot done yesterday on my day off. Spent the morning running from VA office to VA hospital and VA home. Do have a lot of information for my dad. Then last evening I called and he is back in the hospital. He gainned 17 pounds in 2 days. So his lungs are filling up again. They have him on IV lasix and if that doesn't work they will have to transfer him back to North Platte and drain them. He tells me he does not want to do that. So will check on him this afternoon and see how things are going. We are to go to Omaha tomorrow to see our DGD in her school play. Depends on what is going on with dad this afternoon as may be going out there.

Heather--sounds like you are enjoying your new car. Your new bag sounds great. I love bags and the one I have now is bright purple. I love it!!

Have any of you heard about covering your floor with brown paper bags? I friend of ours posted some pictures of their bedroom where they took up the carpet and replacing it with brown paper bags. I don't understand how that would work and how would you keep it from tearing.

Kim--I wear my step counter all day. Good Luck with your company.

Tina--So sorry for your loss.

Syliva--Hope you are feeling better, there is so much crud going around. WOW!! what news about DS. Keeping all of you in my prayers. They can do some much anymore so expect a good outcome. Take care of you at this time also. CONGRATES ON 100 POUNDS!! I hope you do something special to celebrate. You deserve it!!

Katla--Good for you speaking up. I wish I could do that more often. I have a tendancy to not say anything and let it bulid up and then blow up. Not good and I am working on that. Sounds like my DH and motorcycles. He always seems to want bigger and I just want to feel safe when I ride.

Alison--sorry to hear about your friend. Added him to my prayer list. Enjoy your massage!! Sounds like you are having a good day. I tell everyone I can about MFP and all the good people here.

DeeDee--Jake is only alittle over a year old. He just is a pain. Talking about getting him fixed and I understand that will help. My DH puts different fruits in our bullet and most the time I really like it.

Carol--hope you enjoy your weekend. Does sound like you are excited.

Rita--When DH's grandpa wanted to drive one of the boys just went out and unhooked something under the hood. It worked and he didn't drive after that.

Welcome to the newbies. You have found a great group and all the support you want. Post often and get to know us and let us get to know you!

ma--your trainning group sounds like fun. Even a small victory counts. One step at a time one day at a time. Ane we can not cut out everything or we set ourselves up to fail.

Sue--glad to hear you got good news on your tests.

Juanita--Happy anniversary. enjoy you dinner out.

Well ladies have a good evening. I have my friend Lee coming over after I get off work as she needs help doing more paper work for their medical bills. Then this evening we have our monthly CMA meeting and do think I am ready.
Blessed! Vicki GI NE

jfenner141

FitDonna54 - I have seen lots of comments in past months where some of us actually gained weight or stopped losing weight when calories were reduced too far. It's possible you may not be eating enough - I know that sounds counter-intuitive, but it happens. Most of use don't go under 1200 calories/day. Also, we don't all "eat back" all our exercise calories while we are still losing. I know I try not to, and only do when it's some type of occasion. Hope this helps. Stick with it and keep measuring. We lose inches without losing weight sometimes.

I'm another 44 year anniversary girl! We celebrated our 44th in January. DH loves to add "and all married to the same person"!

Jill in western Ma

yanniejannie

Vicki...........There was an article in our home and garden section of the newspaper on those paper bag floors and it sounded quite servicable; they got a good review, but I suppose it depends on the individual person doing it and how talented they are. If you google paper bag floors and look at the images you will get an idea and can also see several reviews and tutorials.

So sorry to hear your dad has had a set back.......best to him and your family.

yanniejannie

carmenlampman3

Good morning! How do I join this group. new here - not sure how to navigate. Thanks for help! Your group is right up my alley!

kayak_kutie

Just have a few minutes before heading home from work and ready to start the weekend! Weather is supposed to warm up with the sun shining. Will enjoy as much time outside as possible.

Sylvia - Congratulations on the 100 pounds lost!! Can you even imagine carrying around 100 pounds of weights all day? This is a great accomplishment and it sounds like you're close to another milestone - onederland!! Prayers for your son that his operation is a great success and he is able to enjoy his life to the fullest.

Joyce - I'm about to tell you something that should make you very grateful. :laugh: Our electric bill for Feb. was $1,042.22. :noway: Looked up a couple from the past - Jan. $777.79 and March $751.19. Lowest for the past year was $251.07 and that was in Oct. so I'm sure we weren't using a/c or heat. Now, we do have an all electric house and we are also heating a small kennel for some of our foster dogs. They have indoor/outdoor runs with A/C and baseboard heating. We keep the house at 68 all of the time during the winter.

Carmen - Welcome :flowerforyou: What a cute little boy in your profile picture. You have joined by posting to look for us under My Topics from now on.

Jill and Juanita - Congratulations on 44 years of marriage! :drinker:

Alison - special prayers for your friend. Please keep up updated on his condition.

Brenda - glad you're feeling better. Your NY trip sounds fun.

Well, getting ready to run out of here...for those sick - health, for those with victories - congratulations, those discouraged - think on the positive however small you may feel it is.

Welcome to the new ladies!

Ginryl

Sylvia – 100 lbs So excited for you. Enjoy your new self.

Brenda – Glad you are feeling better. NY sounds like it will be such fun & the food tour would be fun too. Let us know how it goes.

Sandy – Hope you aren’t to sore today. TGF! Hope your weekend is a great one!

Barbie - 26,000 steps yesterday. Wow!

Momesamodel – looked at your pic of Levi. What a beautiful dog. Neighbors have one that beautiful. I call her Sarah, but I don’t really know her name lol I have a Rose machine, been a couple years since I have been able to use it, but I want to use the embroidery part of it. Would love to see some of your work.
margaretturk - I watched a video on Youtube the other day about a 96 year old man that wrote a song for his wife of 70 + years. She had died the month before. It was a touching story. His song was on the top 10 list of ITunes for a couple of days. Check out the song &/or video “Sweet Lorain by Fred”

Katla – I love this: “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison Thanks for sharing.

Joyce – Our electric bill is close to $400 & this is winter time. Plus I had to pay $364 dollars to get my propane tank filled yesterday. Now I feel awful lol
Don’t you hate it when you spill things, especially when you just getting ready to settle down for the evening.

DeeDee – Our power was off this morning for a few hours. It got pretty chilly! I would rather it go off during the morning hours than the really early am as that usually means we go without electricity for several hours! Come on Spring!

Jill & Juanita – Happy 44th! Not a lot of folks get to celebrate that many years. Hope you have a special evening.

Beth – Hope you have a nice weekend & come Monday you will have a better week.

Patty – Good for you. It is hard to remember that we are in control of our lives sometimes. I needed to hear that this week especially as I have been in a slump all week. Thank you!

FitDonna - Hang in there. We all have times when the scale won’t budge & we have been doing everything right. Eventually it will but frustrating for now.

Carol – Sounds so nice at the beach. Prefect posting as I could see it in my head. I was in the house with you watching the rain & wind. Think I may go to Galveston this week. You stirred the beach bum up in me lol

Carmenlampman3 _ Welcome to the site. Just play around on it & you will learn. If you read posting from certain folks that you connect with ask to be friends by clicking on the name & then you will see a place on their profile. That has helped me a lot. Every morning I check in with them. They support me in so many ways.

Well gotta get off computer every since the power outage it is acting up & working slow
Have nice weekend

Pennie in TX

CynthiaT60

Goodnight ladies.
Who has a mojo injection for me? I'm kind of stagnating.

Cynthia :flowerforyou:

bwcetc

Sylvia ... 100 pounds!! THAT is awesome! Congratulations!:happy:

tammytylerjones

Congratulations Sylvia!!! 100 lbs is amazing! :happy: :flowerforyou:

grandmallie

Sylvia~ whooo hooo 100 lbs you go girl..
about the heron, you know me and Heron's I would have stayed there all night watching him(her)
overdid it on dark chocolate today:embarassed:
tomorrow is another day.. I just wont buy it again

Kalley1959

Sylvia - yahooo 100 lbs, congratulation!!! What are you going to do to celebrate your amazing achievement? I can't wait to get there.

Allison - your friend is in my thoughts & prayers. Glad you went for your massage and enjoyed it.

Margaret - yes the cardiofit box class was grueling as it sounds but it was fun and the time flew by

Fitdonna - maybe you aren't eating enough. Keep on going, don't give up. It will happen!

Carmenlampman3 - welcome, come back often and post as much as you want.

Carol - your weekend trip to the beach sounds like a little bit of heaven. I hope you enjoy yourself.

I'm tired and sore today. I didn't sleep very well at all last night. I'm not as sore as I thought I'd be after that boxing class. I must be making progress :happy:

Tomorrow is weigh in, we'll see if the extra workout helps.

Enjoy your Friday evening.

Sandy in ON where it's starting to warm up.

janehadji

The first thing has got to be CONGRATULATIONS TO SYLVIA!!!!! What a fantastic achievement!

I'm horribly behind on the thread, which unfortunately seems to be my usual condition these days. I truly love reading all of your posts, but just don't seem to be able to keep up lately. Please know that I'm cheering you all on!

Since I last posted about three weeks ago, I've been to Mexico for a week. This was my first trip there in a year, since my parents had been in such bad shape. Naturally, my mother went into the hospital while I was down there. Her new pacemaker failed, and she had passed out. My kids dealt with it, so that I didn't have to rush back. Two days after I got back, my daughter flew in to visit for a week. Sure enough, Mom had another incident and I took her back to the hospital. They only kept her for a day this time, but don't have any answers for us. I've booked another trip to Playa del Carmen in two weeks, and am really keeping my fingers crossed on the parent-front. I'm taking my son this time, so nobody will be here beyond the daily CNA who goes by their house. They refuse to let me hire anyone to stay with them, and I can't put my life on hold forever. I put it on them, letting them know that I was going and asking how they wanted to deal with my absence. Their answer was just that I should be sure that they had plenty of groceries before I left!

I do love sitting on the beach, watching the water and the people walking by. It feels like everything is a million miles away, and it's incredibly relaxing. I also walk a lot there (average 14,000 to 18,000 steps per day), so I can have some leeway on the food/drink and still stay even.

I went shopping at Macy's today. Hubby had decided that we should get rid of all of our old towels and sheets and start anew, so we hit the linen department pretty big time. I then had to try on clothes (my weakness), but I looked so very chunky in the dressing room mirror. I think that I fool myself about how fat I am, so it's quite a shock to get these wake-up calls. At least it has me motivated to hit the treadmill again tonight!

Katia -- Hubby and I both have a very unfortunate liking for expensive cars, although we've stopped buying them brand new and now get ones a couple of years old, since they depreciate so greatly when you drive them off the lot. I'd recommend trying that option. What kind does your husband want? Hubby got his wholesale license so that he could go to the car auctions a few years ago, and has started playing "musical cars" since then. He always buys what he likes, then says that he thinks I should drive it instead. He came home with a 5-series BMW sedan a few weeks ago, and wants to know if I want it. It's quite nice, but what I really want is a Mercedes S550 sedan to keep. I had one for many years and totally loved it. I'm not sure if he'll still get it for me if I agree to the BMW for now.

I hope this finds you all well and getting thinner!

Jane in Colorado

kayak_kutie

Saw this handsome fellow while out for a walk last weekend.

MA_B

Happy weekend ladies! The weather forecast for where I live is sunny!!! Must be the first weekend this year where I've heard that!

Congratulation on the milestones reached 100lb gone, 44 year anniversary, 20,000 steps + etc etc! Wow - fantastic achievements!! Inspirational ladies or what!

Someone mentioned Galaxy Quest - we love that film!

I didn't have the rhubarb pie today - we'd already had fish and chips so it could stay in the fridge for another day!

I have a shopping list for tomorrow - I have to get a gym ball - our display team has decided to include a form of treiball and I'll need to practice with the dogs! I can also use it for core strength balancing so I'm happy to get one of my own. Our first display is May 4th and my dogs are not very good at pushing the ball into the goal! They give up too soon! I also want a kettlebell (instead of an Easter Egg!) - if I'm going to a sports shop I might as well get both already! Baked bean tins can go back into the cupboard!

Healing hugs and congratulatory dancing!

MA in UK

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Juanita, congrats on your anniversary and your decision to eat smart on your dinner out.

:bigsmile: Sylvia, congrats on your 100 pound loss…celebrating the great milestones along the way is great for keeping yourself on course.

:flowerforyou: FitDonna,weight loss is not linear……you won’t see good results the day after good behavior and you won’t see bad results after a day of bad behaviors…….things take time……this is a journey not a destination…..find an eating plan that is balanced, nutritious, and something that you can live with for the rest of your life……do not rely on the scale as your only measure of success..

:flowerforyou: Katla, my husband has been a car buyer and I’ve been a car keeper…..it has been one of the biggest bumps in the road for our marriage…..some of current financial woes are the result of our buying newer cars too often. It was hard for me to tell my hubby “No” the last time he wanted to buy a new vehicle. He spends hours every week on the internet researching “the next vehicle” and I continue to say “No”.

:bigsmile: Sandy, that’s great that you’re not too sore after your last challenging workout.

:bigsmile: Janehadji, Congrats to you for going off on your trip and not putting your life completely on hold for your parents.

:bigsmile: MA, a few years ago, my hubby bought me ankle weights and 15 pound dumbbells for Valentine’s Day…..a kettlebell for Easter sounds like a great idea.

:flowerforyou: One of the best things I did for myself once I started logging my food, was to examine my diary for items that had a bunch of calories and little food value……I gradually got rid of them and substituted more vegetables and lean meat……..some obvious offenders are salad dressing, butter, and any food that comes in a box.

:noway: I won’t tell you what our utility bill was for the last few months (we have electric heat) but I am so grateful for the mild weather we’ve had compared to all of you.

:flowerforyou: This has been another great day that included my teaching the beginner line dance class. I tell everyone that the class is fun because I get to pick the dances and we always do ones that I like. We had no rain for the early morning dog walk and sunshine in the afternoon. I am finally getting to see some daylight at the end of the early morning walk and I’ll miss it when daylight savings time starts on Sunday.

Barbie from beautiful NW Washington


:bigsmile: 18,000 steps today ---strength training----lots of time on the exercise bike—line dance class


March Resolutions (with week one updates)
*do weight training and yoga on alternate days (so far,so good)
*add triceps pushups to weight training (done for the first week)
*act the way I want to feel (the best resolution of all)
*finish updating my will (the will is ready to sign)
My word for 2014 is “mindful”

"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.”

RebelRenny

Goodnight ladies.
Who has a mojo injection for me? I'm kind of stagnating.

Cynthia :flowerforyou:

Cynthia...wish I could come and visit you to give you a hug!! Here is a virtual one,:smooched:

Renny
In bed and down for the count in Vancouver Island, BC

meyllisa

Thank you everyone for all the anniversary wishes, we had a lovely evening and dinner was filling but healthy for once, might be getting the hang of this eating out after all.
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend and prayers for those in need

Juanita in sudbury where we have another 4in of fresh snow:sad:

exermom

While we were away I got the 10 Minute Butt lift DVD and the 30 minutes to fitness DVD by KCM. The PLAN was to do HIIT at the y tomorrow, but it sounds like freezing rain and if the roads are bad, I'll do the 10 minute butt lift DVD tomorrow and then some HIIT on Sunday. Update: I did a bosu DVD toay and I'll dthe butt lift one on Sunday since I remembered that the Y doesn' open until real late and I ust like to gt my workout done

katla - I know in NC the older the car is, the less we have to pay annually. I know you'll make the best decision. MEN and their toys!!! Prayers for you. I agree with Heather, as long as you can afford it, let your dh have his fun (within reason).

Joyce - you're wise to go with hubby to the MD. Sometimes one person will hear something that the other person didn't. Many times I wish Vince would go to the MD with me. I tell you, if Vince EVER knew half of what he was eating, he'd never eat again. Maybe you can hide the roughage? Your yogurt sounds yummy...did you make more for yourself after the accident?

Went out to get the paper this a.m. and it was rain/snow. Honestely, I could have probably driven in it. However, I know that they don't take care of the roads down here and people really freak out when they see a snowflake, so I just did an hour of the Bosu. Tomorrow I'm planning that I'll do some challenges

Juanita - happy anniversary!

Sylvia - doing a happy dance for you!!! That's truly awesome

Heather - sounds like you'll be the belle of the ball

FitDonna - first of all, welcome. Sounds to me like you may need to eat more. Skipping meals doesn't help, it only hinders. Sometimes it does take our bodies a while to catch up with itself and show the loss. Don't get discouraged. One day you'll see a big loss.


Rita - glad your dad now has a "stricter" sitter. What a relief!

Vicki - will keep you dad in my thoughts

Jill - you know, of all my friends from college, only one gal and I are still married to our first husbands. Most are on their second, third and some even fourth marriages.

carmeniampman - you joined by posting! Now this thread will appear under your tab of "my topics". Just click on that then the name of our group and you're here! And just ask any question you might have. Someone will probably have the answer for you

exercised and then they called asking if I could go to the Green Room so I went. I usually don't go on Friday afternoons. Just had dinner, Vince doesn't seem to be coughing as much, jessica should be here later tonight.

barbie - the last time I got a new car, it was hard to find a car with the features I wanted. Guess in a way that's a good thing.

Renny - hope you feel better fast. What's up?

Michele in NC

Katla49

We bought a car and I even like it although I have sticker shock. I feel like the pressure is off at last. That may be the best part. Thanks to those who offered their advice, sympathy and wisdom.

We've made reservations for our upcoming trip to CO and are getting excited about seeing our DD and DGD. I'm still planning on a "Smores" Pizza from Papa Murphy's for her birthday cake even if she also has another birthday cake. I could almost hear DD rolling her eyes when I told her about it.:bigsmile: :glasses: :bigsmile: :glasses:

Katla in beautiful NW Oregon

Mollybesweet

Hello lovely Ladies :flowerforyou:

Finally figured out out to post from my phone yay me
Doing well .I see so many good things ..way to go!!:flowerforyou:

Made it through my 56th birthday..

Molly from warming up WV

jmkmomm

Yes, Michelle I did remake the yogurt bedtime snack. I thought I had the mess on the floor cleaned up until I saw the kitchen floor in the sunlight this morning and saw the white splotches. I also found pieces of granola on the floor. Guess it calls for a deep cleaning. But nothing is keeping me from eating that mini meal. I could have 4 meals just like that during the day and I'm not sure when I would tire of it.

My husband is the one who is always wanting to go car shopping. I'm the one loving being debt free. We only owe money on our latest car purchase which I believe is 3 years old now. But he knows what my achilles heel is. You look at a car with all the bells and whistles and I'm all in. But he could care less for them. But he knows what to do to get me involved. We need to get this tree removed, find out what his hospital bills are going to be and then see what out vacation is going to be before we even consider a car. And I would like that to be a couple of years down the road. Our minivan has it's issues but we are used to the issues and it is a 2002 and wouldn't get much in trade in. And it holds the whole family when we go on really short trips. Now to go tot the beach we will have to have two cars. Two many personalities in one car for that many hours. Mainly SIL, youngest daughter and husband. And I get tired of the grand kids on long trips also but I now that youngest daughter will take the opportunity to smoke if she drives the other car and that is hard on me. So I am stuck. The front seat of both of our cars has a lot of leg room but the middle seats are pretty shallow. There is leg room between the seats but the seats themselves don't support the legs. I like deep seats. My oldest daughter says she gets car sick if she isn't in the front seat and my husband...let's just say his controlling personality will let some one else drive as long as he is in the front seat. So I am in the middle. In the other middle seats are snacks, extra toys, all supplies for everyone in the front and back seats. So my job, yep, Mom. That's what I do. I'm the provider for everything. Really restful. And they just keep piling up. They are like rabbits during mating season. I don't know how they multiply but they do and my personal space gets smaller and smaller. I need to fly 1st class and meet them there.

I have been looking tonight at condos wondering if they would be cheaper. They seem to be but I like the idea of walking out of our own house rental onto the beach and not having to drag kids, beach gear, picnic supplies and everything else down an elevator with 10 strangers while I am in my wet swim suit. Plus if you stay in the condo and watch the kids play, you are watching from 11 or maybe even 27 floors from above.

OK, now the heavy stuff. I am really having struggles staying on tract. I am wanting to cheat on my diet, raid the cereal box which is an nemesis, go to the store while Charlie is gone for some chocolate. With my back problems I haven't been to the Y now in two full weeks. I need encouragement. I need some one here in my house to hold my hand. My husband did give me one of his rare compliments today. There was some model on TV and they were talking about how young her skin was at age 50. He said he would like to see if she still looked as good as I did when she is 64. I kind f looked at him and said is that a compliment and he said that I look good for a 64 year old woman! Hey, I'll take whatever I can get. I haven't weighed in days, haven't even taken my blod sugar in the last two weeks. I do try to eat well when we go out.

So until I am rich enough to find me a car with all the bells and whistles, blue tooth, pandora, back up camera, foot lift gate, heated or cooled seats, siri that talks to me and helps me where I am going, push a button and it makes a phone call for me, you will find me driving my 2002 Ford minivan along the streets of Evansville sneaking around to find a bar of chocolate!!!

Joyce, Indinaa

Healthymeemaw1

Hi all,
I'm new here and just starting out. I have about 70 pounds to lose and am feeling very motivated. Doing a low carb type plan because it's worked for me in the past and I've always felt good doing it. Nice to meet all of you.