Senior Golden Sneakers - November 2010

tlp8rb

I have a hunch MFP doesn't recognize images with a .pbw extension. They are from PhotoWeb. I think you need to convert to jpg or gif file format.

CALIECAT

Thanks Connie. I got it copy and put it in a folder. But going to wait till my son comes by and let him show me how. Thaanks a bunch

Irene you like you had a producted day with your grandaughter. We don't have any small granchildren they all got grown up . and Married or have their boyfriends. No new great grandbaby yet. do have 3 great grand kids tho but they are all just about grown

My son made it in from St. Louis and seems he had that surgery done to lose weight. I didn't know about he has lost 39 lbs. his first month He looks great and feel great. He came by hia aelf.

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Lafla

Hi everyone! What a lot of posts since I was last here and so many great pictures. It seems longer than 2 days ago. I worked yesterday and then went out for dinner with friends. This morning I got up to -30 and there was Dave outside shoveling the sidewalk. What a trooper! I haven't stepped outside even though I have a few errands I should be doing.

I will catch up with you all soon. Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

barbiecat

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It got sunny and almost above freezing by midday so Jake could shovel the driveway and put out the garbage can. Our roads got cleared and the garbage man was able to drive in even on our hill.....later, I braved the roads and took the dogs to the dog park where they ran in the snow and barked at birds for 30 minutes, now it's getting colder again and I'm glad to be indoors. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: I put on a video of a musical and walked (like with Leslie Sansone) during the dialogue and danced to the musical parts.....what a fun workout.....I watched the whole movie in 20 minute exercise segments over a few days. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: I've been riding the exercise bike and watching "Skating With the Stars":flowerforyou:

Sandydur

It is getting harder to keep up with these posts now that the Holidays are getting closer.

I am sure with Connie's help we will all figure out the pictures and how to post them. Never give up!!!

I have been watching my calories and exercising but think I still gained weight. As one of our MFP pals told me, it could be muscle so I will not change my post yet. I guess we have to learn this is our life style if we want to lose and/or maintain our weight. There are days I would just love to binge on junk food, but I don't. My weakness is skinny cow ice cream truffle bars. They are only a hundred calories but do have a little sugar. I really do try to watch my sugar intake but not always perfect with it. My other downfall is sodium, some things have so much salt it is hard to regulate. I am trying and I hope to someday be down to the 125 I really want to be. According to MFP it says if I keep this up at this rate, I should be there by Christmas. We will see.

Sciatica bothering me, so I am going on the couch to the heating pad.

Have a good night.

delraybuzz

What a luckey little grandaughter, IRENE, to have a Grandmother willing to spend time playacting!...Madhatter, yet! :laugh:

delraybuzz

Oops, posted before I finished! :ohwell: Sandy, sorry about that darn sciatica and wish you a painfree holiday.. ...... Connie, I think it was pretyy funny that I mentioned Kim Komando to you, as I think you could write her column as well as she does!.............Marie, how nice your son's surgery seems successful. I'd love to recommend it to my son, who really packed on the pounds living and eating in Hawaii 34 years! And his stint in Germany was delicious but 5 years of fattening foods.....and fabulous breads did not help! :noway: .................Barbie, you're really doing fantastically well, and dancing with the movies is a great idea. You really seem to be just about at goal, too.............................I'm afraid to hit "enter" to shift to the next line since it posted without my wanting to last time I did that! :blushing: so it's one big paragraph now!.......................I went to Bascom Palmer Eye Institute today, and my doctor is sending me to have my lids checked, since he feels the droop is keeping tears just at pupil level, thus the blur. I need a chin lift, too! :laugh:
:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: to you ALL and a happy Thanksgiving a trifle early, but I think tomorrow is another rushed day!

barbiecat

It was 11 degrees F here at bedtime and 22 when I walked the dogs this morning....my Wednesday line dance teacher is in Florida for Thanksgiving so there was no class so I held my own class in the front entryway where I have a wood floor....I danced for 90 minutes starting with dances that I knew without a review followed by teaching myself a new dance (actually one from the September workshop that I only vaguely remembered) and then reviewing one that I don't know well......Brandy and Sasha danced with me part of the time and watched me from the couch the rest of the time.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I hope the pain won't interfere with your enjoyment of Thanksgiving

:flowerforyou: Buzz, I hope you'll find a solution to your blurry vision

gigi46

Happy Wednesday everyone,

I miss you all very much, has been so busy at work soon will be better.

Marie - You are a wonderful and very caring friend, thanks for checking on me to make sure I was ok. You are the best.:flowerforyou::flowerforyou:

Sandy - Sorry Sciatica is bothering you hope you're feeling better soon and resting helps.

Hope everyone has a terrific Thanksgiving.

Gigi

Lafla

Hi everyone! We had to take Neil in to an appointment today to get his new shoes fit. It is still in the prototype stage but at least they are working on them. They were held up waiting for the swelling to get out of Neils' foot. We took him out for breakfast and he had his favorite pancakes. He really needs some new clothes, his all look way too big with the amount of weight he has lost. I predict a lot of clothes under the Christmas tree for him. I did a really dumb thing today. Neil has been asking me to take him to see a singing group, 'Great Big Sea' so decided today to pick up the tickets for Christmas.

Sandydur

Happy Wednesday late, but I had a hair appointment today. :blushing: My sciatica is still bothering me today but I am still going to bingo (I think depends if this rain turns icy) because I didn't play cards yesterday. :noway:

Buzz, hope they can fix your eye problem nothing worse than having blurry vision or any kind of eye problem for that matter. :ohwell:

Barbie, you are something young lady, dancing in the entryway, teaching yourself new line dances, what fun you have.

We are getting the cold weather now, knew it has to happen soon, it is almost the end of November. I hate the cold weather but my husband would never move from this house so I have to leave with it. :grumble:

I am not cooking so I will be around in the morning to wish you all a safe and blessed Thanksgiving.

Lafla

Ok, back I am!!. It just decided I had written enough and kicked me out. The thing with the tickets is that after I bought them and went to the car I realized that it takes place while I am in Victoria!! Now I will have to find someone to take Neil to the concert. I think Quinn will be my best bed although Thursday is usually a late workday for him. I can't believe I did that. I am blaming it on stress. Dave hates concerts, I think because of his hearing. It will work out. If the family can't I will see if his buddy wants to take him.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I hope you find some relaxation time while you enjoy family, friends and a little food (the 3 F's)!! I am thankful to have all of you in my life.

Take care and keep smiling. Gayla :bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

delraybuzz

GIGI---I obviously missed your post when I couldn't visit the internet, but I hope whatever it is has cleared up for you! :flowerforyou:

BARBIE---Fantastic fun, the way you dance! Should balance your holiday calories for sure! :flowerforyou:

GAYLA----we are ALL capable of that kind of oversight, and I'm sure Neil and whomever takes him will bless your thoughtfulness! :flowerforyou:

SANDY---- Thank you for your wishes. In comparison to those with serious problems, I guess Blurriness is not as bad as eyes that have degenerative disease! And I hope your sciatica is much better by tomorrow! :flowerforyou:

Just spoke to my dear friend who moved from sunny Florida to Port Townsend, with it's almost perfect weather. They were shoveling 8 " of fresh snow with a borrowed snow blower! I don't really miss snowstorms as it's more easily enjoyed on TV!!!

HAPPY TURKEY DAY, and I guess we are all thankful for the good things in our lives :flowerforyou:

CALIECAT

Happy thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha Ha Ha
This is not the one I meant to send. But I guess it will do.

Love you guys MArie

Sandydur

Funny Marie....Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours also.

Gayla, I saw your post after I posted mine. I am sure you will find someone to take Neil to the play, if I lived closer I would do it. I do those things all the time and today my husband said you spend so much time on the computer and I said it keeps my mind sharp. He said why do you forget so many things and I said what would I be like without the computer??? :laugh: :laugh:

Gigi, sorry you are so busy at work, hope you take time to have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

I didn't go to bingo, the weather stinks.

CALIECAT

It has really been hot here today. But Gayla is ending us some cold weather should be freezin by Friday morning.

my son cook my dinner for me today. He made Spinach enchilasdas out of of my new diet book. pretty good. So for day one i was on track. but look out tomorrow. I am warming up a smoke turkrey , make a blackberry cobbler and make the dressing. I will practice the portion contrrol mether .And not feel bad about
it.
Hope you all have a wonderfu. Thanksgiving tomorrow. See you then. Marie

Sandydur

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, may your day be blessed with happiness and love.

tlp8rb

Marie, that turkey has certainly put "portion control" on my front burner. Pretty scary stuff!

Sons and granddaughter all made the 670 mile trip from Wisconsin to Missouri safely. Youngest son hooked me up with a nifty app that tracks his iPhone. All I had to do was fire up the web site and I could see him driving down the highway. We knew excatly how far he had come and how much further he had to go. Technology is just amazing these days.

Pumpkin and apple pies are baked (one a low far, low cal version), turkey is in the roaster, everything else is ready to start cooking come mid-afternoon. We'll have dinner around 4:00. Friends we've made since we moved here are joining us.

Despite dinner out and a huge cashew chicken wrap on Tuesday night I lost another pound this morning. That's 13 since starting on October 15. I joined the 50-pound challenge thread - need to loose 50 pounds by June 1st. I started at 185, so have lost 2 pounds toward my 50 pound goal.

I've read the posts about cold weather and snow and realized how thankful I am that we are here where "bad" weather this time of year means rain. It was 68 yesterday but a bit cooler today.

Blessings to all of you!

viliberty1957

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I'm blessed with a daughter and granddaughter to make dinner today. All I have to do is show up at the appropriate time. I'm taking some pies..two pumpkin and one apricot. Looking forward to a good time.

I hope you all have a great day. God Bless!!

gigi46

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone:flowerforyou:

Hope everyone is blessed with family and friends, all my girls are away, so Mike & I cooked a beautiful Turkey with all the triming, we had an early Dinner and counted our blessing for our wonderful life. We are so blessed with family and friends, later we're going to one of our friends home for dessert & Vino:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: After dinner we went for a walk to burn some of the calories we ate. Sandy you're right the weather is terrible, cold and very windy.:mad: :mad: :mad:

Tomorrow morning we're celebrating Thanksgiving with our daughter and her family in St Peters, Missouri, we can't wait to see our grand kids. we have a great time together play games, we're planing to take them to see Tangled the new movie.

Have a wonderful day everyone:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Gigi

BirdieM

I hope you all had a blessed Thanksgiving!:flowerforyou: We spent it with just my hubby and daughter, that lives at home....for the main meal. The other married daughters joined us later for dessert. We had a lovely day. :happy: I kept my food in check by just "tasting" things and no second servings. Plus I exercised for 70 min in the morning!:bigsmile:
So much to be grateful for!!!!:flowerforyou:
Now we start Christmas decorating & shopping etc. I do love this time of year...... especially the Christmas music and Christmas docorations....especially lights!!! I LOVE lights!!!
Sending warm hugs to all! Have a great day!!!
BirdieM

Sandydur

Happy Black Friday!! You won't find me anywhere near a store today, I couldn't handle the crowds or the parking lots. :laugh: My daughter went at 4am to Target in Minnesota and saved over $400, but she is young. :laugh:

Our Thanksgiving was nice, turkey dinner at the Country Club with my son and his girlfriend.

The rest of the day I spend on the couch with a heating pad for my sciatica. I called the doctor today and I am going in to see someone other than my doctor who is out of the office today. :grumble: I really want an MRI but that probably won't happen until my doctor returns. I am hoping for something to help with the pain, other than the lyrica which I threw in the garbage.

I went over my calories yesterday and did not exercise so I feel guilty today. I was going to try and ride the bike last night but my husband told me to rest my back so I listened. I will probably be changing my ticker again, even before Thanksgiving it seems like I have gained back those three pounds and I was so diligent. Some times is it is just discouraging. :sad:

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Lafla

Hi from sunny Saskatchewan! I hope you all enjoyed your day yesterday. Like Sandy, you wouldn't catch me near the stores!! I see pictures on TV and it is far too crazy for me. I am just at the thinking about what to get people stage. It has really warmed up since yesterday and by evening yesterday the roads were very icy. I was glad I wasn't driving. Dave is in the city now so I will wait for his update on the roads before I decide if I will go in to the Tennis match tonight.

Sandy -- So sorry that you are in so much pain. I hope you get some help today. You all look so nice in your Thanksgiving picture. How nice to not end up with a kitchen full of dirty dishes.

Birdie -- Like you, I love the Christmas season and the decorations. Enjoy your decorating.

Gigi -- Have a wonderful time with your daughter. I know you will.

Irene -- It is so nice to let the next generation take over some of the cooking duties. I have never had apricot pie but I bet it is delicious!

Connie -- That is an amazing technology to be able to track your son as he travels. Nice to have the family home.

Marie -- Did you go to your daughters? I am sure you had a wonderful and busy time.

To everyone else, hope you had a great day. Aren't leftovers great? Take care and keep smiling. Gayla

Sandydur

Muscle relaxant, pain medicine, prednisone and rest. Just short term for five days and then back to the doctor. No exercising for now just let my muscles relax. Pills make me a little dizzy so I won't be driving. I am pretty much pain free for now, so I am glad I went to the doctor. He did say a deep back massage would be good so I will look into that tomorrow.

CALIECAT

I don't know what I have been doing all daay but look like I havent posted.

Sandy we can't have you down and out. Take care of yourself. Look like you had a nice Thanksgiving meal. No dirty dishes. We used paper plates. I couldn't get my new crock pot going, I told the kids i don't want anything digital just a on and off button. High and low. Jerry and I still haven't figure out how to set the clocks on our microwave that we have had now for 6 months or more.

Everybody seems to have a nice Thanksgiving with the family. We did. I am getting gear up to start that unprossed diet. I will sart out slow. for the first week I am giving up diet drinks and sweetner in my coffee and tea, I did get me some raw Stevia that is allow on this programThe foods will consist of lean meat, fruits and veggies and whole grains. I did find a banana bread in my book I will be making as soon as my banana turns black. Got to get them good and ripe.

Anybody Have a white Thanksgiving?????????????? We had cold and rain. but was beautifull today A little wind and cold but but a nice sunny day. Good night all.

lyn54

Hello pretty ladies,:flowerforyou:
I had a white Thanksgiving night. We started out with 60 degrees, partly cloudy skies, then rain, rain ...temps dropped to 43 by 7pm and then to 32 by 10:30 and sleet/snow and then snow and by this morning it was 28 and white about an inch on ice.

Don't you love it! Never boring.:happy:

Wednesday before Thanksgiving was a sort of hard day. We buried my brother in 1986, on this day. My uncle the day before. So when it falls exactly on the day, it causes one to feel sad.

I had a good Thanksgiving. Spent the day with cousins, sisters, mom and friends. My children all went to the in-laws. Everyone is back safe and well fed. So we are good!
I had 2 of my grandsons today, while their parents shopped. I did some on-line shoppin last night but wasn't physically "up to" running around being bumped into(or pushed) by hordes of people. I use to love it and I was sort of nostalgic wishing I was back out into the race today .....:ohwell:

Sandy...I am so sorry that you are having a problem like you are. It is similar to what I have going on. It's tough to rest when your mind isn't. I hope you get better soon.

I just wanted to check in with you, ladies and tell you that I am reading about your struggles, your problems, your happy and your sad times. I wish for you to have better times and I "feel" your pain when you are sad.

It really helps to read about real people and share their lives.

I am taking a break from Christmas decorating and DH is wondering when I am coming back in. So, I regret that I can't address each person.

Wishing you the best.

Ps I apologize because I have no time to edit.:blushing:

barbiecat

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Happy Day After Thanksgiving.

:bigsmile: I stayed within my calorie range only because we didn’t do a traditional Thanksgiving……I did make a Kashi thin crust vegetarian pizza midday and pumpkin apple soup in the evening but because we weren’t dealing with others there was a lot of time for exercise.

:flowerforyou: Sandy, I’m so sorry to hear that you’re being directed to take it easy…..I remember how hard it was for me when I hurt my knee last summer…it’s good to hear that you have something to relieve the pain…I wouldn’t be in the stores today for anything….there’s nothing I need or want badly enough to deal with that…..we live in a small town so Wal Mart is about the only place nearby that’s having any big sales today…your family picture is beautiful.

:bigsmile: Connie, that tracking application for your son’s phone sounds amazing and a lot like stuff I see on the police and spy shows on TV….how cool that it is available for real people…your dinner sounds yummy…..congrats on your continued weight loss

:flowerforyou: Irene, how nice to have the younger generation cook dinner…..I think that only happened for me once and unfortunately the dinner wasn’t anywhere near as good as what I would have cooked..I hope yours turned out great

:bigsmile: Gigi, your two day Thanksgiving sounds great and a perfect way to make sure everyone is included in the festivities

:flowerforyou: Birdie, “tasting” sounds like a perfect way to keep portions in control….enjoy your holiday decorating

:bigsmile: Gayla, it warmed up here, too, but a lot warmer (about 8 degrees C by midafternoon) so most of the snow melted and the roads weren’t icy.

:flowerforyou: Marie, lots of people don’t like all the new technology stuff….you’re smart to tell your family not to buy you that stuff….good luck on your new diet…..that’s mostly what we eat.

:bigsmile: Lynn, I seem to remember that you live fairly far south so the snow is surprising especially dropping from 60 to cold enough to snow.

:flowerforyou: It got warm enough today to melt most of the snow so Jake and I spent an hour doing some digging and clean up in the yard…..it was muddy at the dog park, but we went anyway. Tomorrow we’re going off for the day first to shop at the big shopping center an hour away and then to a big dinner in the late afternoon…..our neighbor will walk the dogs while we’re gone and we’ll try to not eat too much

viliberty1957

Somebody mention a white thanksgiving? Yep....white everywhere and below zero weather at night. The kids love it....me....not so much.! The weather man says it should start warming back up. I don't know which is worse. When it warms up the roads get slippery.

Today Ralph and I had assorted leftovers the girls sent home with us yesterday. We ate a little lightly to make up for yesterday. I went heavy on raw veggies.

Thinking of all of you. Have a good evening. God Bless.

CALIECAT

So nice to get up and read all about you guys.

I had a glass [8oz.] of water with 1/2 lemon juice. first thing this morning and I am to drink 1 t. apple cider vinegarwith 9 oz of w ater thru out the day. That is my tonic l 3 times doing the day. . For breakfast i ha 1/2 c old fashion oatmeal with 1 t. of real maple syrup Will have an orange for my snack at midmorning. Lunch will be veggie soup [ homemade]with a little hambuger meat. and a whole grain muffin. They have come out with Stevia in the raw which is the only sweetner i can used. But we can used pure maple syrup and raw honey. . So I can still have some sweets. Just no white flour, sugar or white potatoes I will be eating fruit thru out the day.
that is my plan today.

Look like we all survived the holiday . .

Sandy, Hope you got a good rest last night.

Irene. You had snow rought for the people who had to travel tho.

Lynn good to hear from you and you had snow. We just had rain and coldIn the 40's got down to 32 degree this morning. But will be warming up during the day.

Barbie

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I hope I can stick with this plan for I know it is good for me. How do you make that pumpkin and apple soup?

Barbs!!!!!!!!!!!!!! where are you.?????????????????

Gayla, hope you and your family had a nice weekend. I ate out of a small dessert plate for for thknksgivng look like I had a lot but really didn't. But is did eat some of the desserts. There was no blackberry cobbler to bring home and it was a big one . I used 4 bags of frozen Blackberries in it.

Now we have all got to get back on track.

barbiecat

Apple-butternut squash (or pumpkin) soup

1 medium onion, diced
1 butternut squash (about 2 pounds), peeled, seeded, and chopped (cut in half and bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees for easier peeling and chopping) or equivalent amount of pumpkin
3 red or golden apples, cored and chopped
1½ teaspoons ground cumin
½ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups homemade or store-bought low-sodium chicken or vegetable stock
2½ cups water, plus more if needed

1. Put onion and squash in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add chicken stock, cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 10 minutes.

2. Add apples, cumin, ginger, cayenne, black pepper, and the water (just enough to cover). Bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, and cook until vegetables are very soft, about 30 minutes.

3. Puree in batches in a food processor or blender until smooth or don’t puree and just serve it chunky, and return to saucepan. Heat for a little longer, thinning with more water if necessary.

4. To serve, ladle into shallow bowls; garnish with diced apples, jalapeno slices, and sour cream if desired.


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