Senior Golden Sneakers - October 2010

Mamasota

GOOD LUCK SANDY!

BirdieM

Off to the casino in a little while, will check in with you late Tuesday, hopefully with great news about my winnings!!!!


Enjoy your days!!!!!

Sandy

If you have the same luck that you have at bingo......you'll do great!:laugh: Have a wonderful time!:flowerforyou:
BirdieM:happy:

marlouise

Hello everyone, good day today, good eating and did my exercises too. Mind feels younger again, body loves the sore feeling and it is putting a spring into my steps. Hope everyone had a good day, I'm off to get ready for bed in a bit, a couple of chores need to be done first though. Catch you all tomorrow.

Marilyn

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :drinker: I have been MIA for a few days while out of town at an event with long meetings and limited time for exercise.....I didn't log food or exercise but tried to stick to healthier eating......I drank more than enough water but the sodium from the Subway sandwiches and the cashews have made my weigh in this morning a bit suspect....I'll wait a few days before changing my ticker if I need to ( this morning I weighed 115 after being at 110 for months)....I could not have possibly eaten enough cashews and Subway tuna sandwiches on flatbread to have gained five pounds in three days....we brought our yoga mats and DVD but didn't have time to do any yoga.......I did manage to walk enough at the breaks to get over 10000 steps each day :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: we got home about 5:30 yesterday, unpacked, had a simple supper, and were watching some TV just before bedtime when we got a call from our neighbor (the one who had picked up our mail for us when we were gone and who frequently walks and feeds the pets when we're gone for a long day). she had fallen and needed to go to the emergency room. after waiting while she got a CAT scan and got stitches, we were home just before 2AM and very ready to sleep.

:bigsmile: we picked up the pets this morning after sleeping extra late and they were thrilled to be home and we were thrilled to see them

weaklink109

Hello Everyone.

I have been busy, but just saw something on another thread that I know Marie will get a kick out of. MFP member rob1976 posted a pic of a cake that his wife made on request of a bridegroom. I think you will agree, it is one of a kind!!!!:noway: :noway: :noway: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

My best friend's grooms cake

BTW the round things at the bottom of the cake are balls of cake, stuck on a lolipop stick and dipped in white chocolate. Definitely a low calorie dessert!!!!

Barb

CALIECAT

Thanks Barbs Good job. Make me want a cowboy cake.

marlouise

Hello ladies, wow that's some cake!! Had a good day today, low eating and good exercise. Tomorrow is a rest day, so I plan to get other chores and desk work caught up. Weekend comming I will see my son and his lady for a bit, good to see them, sure do miss them. Hope everyone had a super day and a better one tomorrow, take care.

Marilyn

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: two of those nasty sodium related pounds are gone, and three more are left so the big question is whether it's all sodium or will I have to readjust my ticker.....two days of healthy eating and exercising this week.

:flowerforyou: I had a day of visiting with friends but still managed to do yoga, "Butt 'N' Gut", exercise bike, a walk at the dog park with the dogs and some puttering in the garden.

:flowerforyou: Barb, that is a great cake.....I can't believe how creative people are

gigi46

Hello everyone,

The Block Party was a total success, was fantastic spending time with all the neighbors sometime we are so busy with our daily lives that we don't take time to visit with each other, food was awesome and delicious everyone did a super job, the weather was a little cool so by 7:30 everyone went home, we are planning to make it a yearly event.

Barb great cake,Wow some people creations are awesome.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Marie I'm so proud of you loosing the pounds and shopping for a new dress, congrats on your new size.

Sandy Hope you are having a good time and winning:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Barbie the pounds will come off, don't worried:happy: :happy: :happy:

This coming weekend we are leaving for Phoenix, we're spending some time with friends that just purchased a Condo in Scottsdale
will be back on wednesday, really looking forward to spending the time together.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Hope everyone have a great evening and have fun.

Gigi

Sandydur

Trying to catch up with all that I missed while gone. I did not win at the casino but we did have a really good time. I am paying the price for eating and drinking too much, but will get back on track asap. :drinker: :drinker:

That cake is awesome, someone is very creative and talented. Too pretty to eat!!

I will try and catch up with all the posts but for now I have to pay some bills, pick up Bryanna for dance and then off to bingo.

It is a beautiful day here and hope all of you are doing wonderful!!

Sandy

Lafla

Hi everyone! Sorry to be absent, no problems just a little busy. My son called my husband about 10 last night needing some help as his garage door wouldn't open or close. I went along for the ride and visited with my dil. It was after midnight when Dave (mr. fixit) solved the problem and by the time we got home I was not tired at all. I think it was close to 3 when I finally fell asleep and then Neil called at 7:30 to tell me he fell out of bed, not hurt just thought I would want to know. It is the second day in a row he has fallen out of bed!! Not sure why that is happening but wish he would have waited a while to share! ;~) I didn't feel like getting up so dozed off and on for a few hours which likely made me feel worse. Such is life and if that is my biggest problem today I will have to consider it a pretty fine day!!
We are having wonderful weather. So nice to have a wonderful Fall after such a cold summer.

I will catch up with you all soon. I need to make some banana muffins with some overripe bananas. They don't get eaten as fast with Neil not here. I know my sister has a banana bran muffin recipe and I will try to find it online. She is away on holidays so can't get it from her. Then I am making a stir-fry for dinner with a bit of steak in it. Should be good and quite healthy. I finally found my WW materials and am thinking it is time to find my way back to program.

Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

gigi46

Hello everyone,

What a beautiful day in central Illinois, is picture perfect weather, great sleeping weather too bad we have get up to go to work.

Gayla was great having news about you and your family, hope Neil let you get some sleep tonight, how the banana muffin turn out

Sandy welcome back, good luck at Bingo tonight.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Did a little gardening after work, I need to do a lot more, hope to be able to do more after our trip.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Take care everyone and don't forget to have fun.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Gigi

marlouise

Hello everyone, good day today a bit of rain in the afternoon but it quickly moved on. Busy day at Tim's today the scrambled egg wrap is selling very well, I think it is a good bite in the morning too.
Day of rest today back at the gym tomorrow. Body was complaintive this morning but I think it will be okay for gym. Got to get my eating under some control though, everyone around me is catching a cold or flu of some sort. My body wanted a ton of sugar today, I know that is the first sign of my body needing extra carbs to boost the immune and energy. Have to be careful to wash my hands often to ward off any virus germs.:sad:
Buttons was at the doc's today, she may have a food allergy now. Poor babe, now it is two pills in the morning and night and new food to eat that tastes like mashed paper. Poor mom has to gather her barrings at 4am to get the pills and food for buttons. Woe is me.I should get up at 3:30am and have a couple of coffees first, so at least I will get the right things out of the cupboard. Hopefully I won't put the coffee pot in the cupboard and the food on the stove!:noway: :laugh:

Hope everyone has a great Thursday, I'll be checking in...luv to all

Marilyn

barbiecat

:drinker: welcome back, Sandy, I think the only things you can count on at the casino is the great and plentiful and tempting food:laugh:

:drinker: Gigi, have a great time in Phoenix...the weather should be good this time of year

:drinker: Gayla, it sounds like a good thing that Neil just wanted to talk to you rather than wanting you to pick him up when there was a problem. :bigsmile:

:drinker: Marilyn, sorry to hear about Buttons needing more pills...I hate giving pills to pets

:drinker: our tomatoes and pumpkins are still growing....it gets down to the high 40's overnight but warms up during the day so there is a lot of hope for them

:drinker: today was my day to walk with my friend......she just got back on WW and is hoping to improve her weight loss with more exercise so we walked over six miles.

:drinker: we had a fabulous supper of chicken breasts with peanut sauce and roasted peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini (from a friend's garden)


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CALIECAT

Barbiecat your meal sounds great!!!!!!Are you home for awhile? Seems like you have been on the go a lot here lately.

Great to hear from you Gayla.So glad to hear Neil is doing so well there.
Glad Dave got you other son garage door fix.

I am still on my new plan. doing great. You always did so good when you went to the meetings So get yourself back there.

CALIECAT

Trying to catch up with all that I missed while gone. I did not win at the casino but we did have a really good time. I am paying the price for eating and drinking too much, but will get back on track asap. :drinker: :drinker:

That cake is awesome, someone is very creative and talented. Too pretty to eat!!

I will try and catch up with all the posts but for now I have to pay some bills, pick up Bryanna for dance and then off to bingo.

It is a beautiful day here and hope all of you are doing wonderful!!

Sandy

Welcome back Sandy. Gld you had a good time.

Sandydur

Happy Thursday!! Did not win at bingo, guess my little lucky streak is over. :sad:

Have my meeting today which I need to get focused again, then a little shopping and a healthy dinner. :drinker: Making chicken breast with rice and sweet and sour sauce. Hope I find time to either walk with Daisy or do the exercise bike. :blushing:

We are going back to Six Flags Saturday for Frightfest. The older girls love the haunted houses and I am terrified of them. We will go early with Marisa and Marisa and I will leave before dark while the older ones get scared to death. :laugh:

We have had some beautiful weather here this week, I hope to get my Halloween decorations out tomorrow.

Have a good Thursday. And I guess I am going to have to move my ticker up again, but will leave it a couple of days to see what happens. Groan................this is so hard.

Sandy

Lafla

Hi everyone! I went to work today, I know it is tough working one day a week. I do like my little paycheque at the end of the month! I have to plan my Thanksgiving dinner for Monday. My family will all be here and at least one nephew. The other one is a vegetarian so I need to find out if he is coming so that I can plan a veg. entree. He always seems to appreciate whatever I come up with. It looks like it will be a nice holiday weekend.
Neil had his first 'temper tantrum' at his new home today. He hated everyone and told me he was finished with that house and wanted out by Friday. I told him that wouldn't happen. I talked to the Director and I guess he told them he hated them, how nice for someone else to get the fall-out!! She worked it through with him. It is swimming night and after last time when he had so much trouble getting out of the pool he is scared to do it again. I think he has decided to give it a try and has settled down. Sheesh -- whoever said it would be easy?

Marie -- You are absolutely right about the WW and I know that I have to get back to meetings -- soon!! Good for you losing steadily.

Sandy -- Sorry the winning streak is on an intermission. Try not to fret about your little gain, it is after all only a number. You know how to get it off and you will do it.

Barbie -- You are so busy, hard to imagine that a pound would dare to find it's way onto your body. You, too, know how to get it off and I know you will.

Marilyn -- Do you work at Tim Horton's? That is a very early start to the day. Neil calls me at 7:30 and I whine that it is too early.

Gigi -- On the go again! Have a wonderful extended weekend.

Take care everyone and keep smiling. Gayla

marlouise

GAYLA Yes I do work at Tim Hortons, I am up that early to get some coffee into me, plus feed the cats and Buttons, and sometimes Sam comes down to ask me to let him out. He sometimes gets a couple of cookies just to tie him over until breakfast is served by his mom, or he might ask me for some. I sometimes wonder if reading pets minds is an asset or something you might not want to get out in the public ear:laugh: . Anyhoo, I start work at 6am, and it is a job to keep up to. I am running on the seconds between three ovens, and doing other tasks too. I am bushed when I get home. On gym days I take my sweet time and do the exercises at a pace that keeps me moving but not exhausting me.

I'm late for bedtime ladies, so I'll catch you all tomorrow, stay strong and smile.

to all.. Marilyn

jeffrey71

Hi everyone! Remeber me???

I am fine, sort of. It has been the continuing mess! Day's mom had to go back to the psych hospital for a bit. Behavior issues. My sister left her husband, number 4. Day had a very bad virus infection, flu like. My brother busted his leg again. I still have the job! LOL and it is going well. So far I like it a lot. I feel like an advocate for those that need some assistance. It feels great!

Day and I ran a race together on my b-day. 7,500 runners! It was so much fun! I finished 257th which I thought was good and 12th in my age group. Dayanne finished 19th in her age group (200+ runners) and in the top 1200 overall! I am so proud of her!

I have been training for a 1/2 marathon until last thursday. It appears that my left knee is going to need surgery soon. I have the MRI coming up on Monday, then to the surgeon. I am trying to get in with the group that does the work for the Indianapolis Colts. Or at least a very good sports surgeon. we have several minor league teams here in the area a couple that have done work on triathletes so I have good resources. At this time they do not know if there will be enough left to repair or that an artificial knee will be called for. I am open to either just as long as I can train and compete. I am not done yet! LOL That catches you all up on the happenings here! what a zoo!

I am sure that I have forgotten some things but I will catch you all up later! I will do better on my posting. I did put on 6 pounds intentionally to see if that helped my distance running by giving me more stores to draw from under stress. I am now taking them back off again! LOL At least until I find out more about the knee. Funny thing was though, I think that it really did not make a difference. I thought it would help a little but I was wrong.

I have not caught up on the boards but I will do my best to so!

Sandy good luck good luck good luck good luck good luck! LOL that is what you needed!

Marie thanks for the note kid! But rest assued this old boy is not done yet!

Everyone else have a great Friday! And would someone send me some cake?????

Jeffrey