WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR DECEMBER

barbiecat

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Welcome to the thread that changed my life. The title is “Women Ages 50+” but all women are welcome. We provide support and encouragement to each other by checking in regularly, sharing our successful and not so successful experiences, and building a community.

:flowerforyou: How did you do in reaching your goals for November? What new (or old) goals have you set for December? I look forward to hearing from all of you.

:flowerforyou: Some of us list our goals as part of our signatures so we can see them every day and so others can read them. Some make goals for the whole month, others day by day or week by week. Some make goals of pounds to lose and others make goals of changed behaviors. Whatever your goals, we are here to cheer each on along this weight loss journey.

:flowerforyou: December is the month filled with holidays for all faiths and lifestyles so most of us will be faced with holiday food and drink….the challenges will be huge. Even if you don’t go to parties or to a jobsite filled with holiday treats, the ads in the media and the signs along the road scream “Temptation”….none of us can deal with all of this alone.

LynnBirchfield

Congratulations on your weight loss. That is awesome.

lyn54

Hey Barbiecat,
and Friends,
It's another month....a wonderful month. Thank you Barbie for keeping this going. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
I'm not eating a honey bun tonight. :blushing: In case anyone is wondering, I had a brain blip and ate a small Little Debbie Honey bun in the MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT>>:blushing:
They say confession is good for the soul...so my soul should be good.
I am happy to be amongst friends for the month and wish all of you a Good and Happy December!
In my faith, it's Merry Christmas!

My goal is just hold where I am and hopefully get back to the physical therapy gym. I am considering starting back tomorrow.
We'll see.
I am going to have to get off here. I need to relax the muscles again and get some rest.

Have a wonderful day all of you! When I try to list, these days, I leave someone out every time. So that wish and all good wishes is for ALL of you.
Welcome, newbies!

joylaut

Wow, your last quote definitely hits home. How do I join this 50+ group? I just signed onto mfp 4 days ago, so I am new to how the message boards and blogs work. In fact, I'm not sure I'll ever find this again.

anotheryearolder

Hi Joylaut! I dropped in here to grab hold of the new thread and saw your post.

I'm still up here on the east coast, so I get to say welcome first. :bigsmile:

It will be easy to find us. Seeing as you have posted to the thread, you will see this thread on the Message board under the "My Topics" header.

Great time to join up and keep the December temptations at bay!


Heading for bed here.

Faye :yawn:

weaklink109

Hello, just a quick post to put the new month in my topics.

Alice, It appears from your post that it is YOUR son who was featured in the camel riding story? Or am I reading something that wasn't there? If that is the case, it truly is a small world, isn't it.

Barb

maeadair

Also in for a quick minute to put new thread into my topics.

wizzywig

Good Morning everyone Happy 1st December!

It will be Christmas before we can blink :noway: :noway:

Just a quickie. Jeannie I think I missed your post and wondered why everyone was saying your son was brave, so I skipped back a few pages and found out that he had saved a kitten from some (young?) thugs. He certainly was brave, it isn't easy to stand up to bullies, but he did you and himself proud

Robin I think I missed yours too - you look fab in your photo, so slim. You've worked hard and achieved your goal wtg. :flowerforyou:

I think someone posted that the mind has to get there first and the body will follow (or something like that) I think my mind needs a wake up call as I'm not there yet. I'm getting there slowly - very slowly.

As for November goals I haven't logged food/exercise - I've tried to drink plenty of water / I've only missed 1 session of the running club due to a family emergency so a bit up and down with my goals.

Need to think of goals for December, I've a lot of meals out planned this month so will need to have plenty of willpower.

Love to all

PS just wanted to say a big thank you to Barbiecat and Barb for always making sure the new thread is available every month.

tiarapants

X marks my spot. Back soon x

kackie

Ahhh...A new month and a new page! Let's fill it with good choices! Happy December, All!

Kackie:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

edmontonukeplayer

Hello,

Happy to find this thread for December.

I started tracking food in with MFP over a month ago after I found the app on my iphone. Since the spring I have been off work (and under medical care) due to recurrent episodes of severe right upper quadrant pain with elevation of my liver enzymes and the accompanying feeling crappy that comes with the elevated enzymes. So, finding the MFP tool has been very good for me as I have found tracking my food very informative in seeing if there is any correlation between what I eat and having "attacks". Tracking what I eat has given me some sense of "working on getting my health back"??? Though I have found no trends from the food or drink in (low fat, gluten free, and drink only very occasional glass of wine), I have seen my weight change is very slow and seems to be linked to these "attacks".

So my "hope" for December is to: continue to 'work on' my health and be down 5 pounds by the end of the month. My goals for December are most correctly what I have control over: to track all food, look for trends and remain under the caloric guide for at least 25 days (thinking about Christmas and some socializing), drinking and track 8 glasses of water/day and trying for easy exercise 5X week.

Karlene

vickim26

Good MOrning and Happy December,
I am going to go and change my goals now. Just wanted to mark my spot. I have not weighed since dad's surgery so dont know if I lost or not. I have been doing great on food and sometimes great on exercise and other times not. I feel good but really need to get moving to lose again. I have about 50 more that I want to lose and then work on maintaining. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you ladies for being here. This site has been a very important part of my journey. Without the blogging and recording I do not do as well. Have a great day. Will try to post later.
Vicki M

tiarapants

Happy December ladies.

I am happy to say that I made all my November goals. Here's to us all doing well this month.

Today I bought a gorgeous shearling jacket in a UK size 10 (US size 6). I am delighted! Nine months ago I was wearing a UK size 26 - big change! Thanks to Robin's photo, I've also ordered a pair of over the knee boots to go with it (they didn't have them in my size - even my feet are two sizes smaller these days).

Let's all do our very best this month - the celebrations don't have to be all about the food and drink, but let's promise not to beat ourselves up if we step over the calorie boundary.

Good luck and love to you all.

Amanda x

debieanne

:flowerforyou: good morning and happy first of the mth. we are having a rainey day here in mass. did any feel the earthquake off our coast yeserday. i was up and down on a ladder so i was doing a lot of movng around and don't believe i felt anything. ok need to do some morning housework hope everyone has a nice morning debi(momof10)

AliceLMS

Good morning All!

Barb, No that was not my son in the story of the young man on the west coast. That is my son and his ride camels in the photos, just thought I'd share. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

Snowing and much colder in the midwest this a.m. Deer hunting with rifles ended this Sunday so we can now walk the countryside freely again. Yay! Brisk walks in new snow. What could be better?

Alice

bkrbabe57

Happy December 1st Ladies
Marking my spot for later.

Peggy

rjadams

Happy December ladies.

good for all you meeting your november goals. I think that I am just going to continue to trying to maintain this month. trying to lose right now seems just too hard with the added holiday stress on top of unemployment ending and all of that stuff.

My father gave me some money to order my daughters flowers so I have ordered them. I buy from the internet and then I will be at her place Wednesday before the wedding so I can start putting them together. We are doing two bouquets 6 boutineers, 5 corsages and 7 table arrangements and cake flowers. It will be fun. (the wedding is the end of January)

Amanda - so glad you ordered the boots. I absolutely love mine.

I hope ou all have a great day!

priskar

Happy December1, Ladies!

Wanted to make sure I'd gotten this lined up in my topics and to post this months' goals. I've posted in the 100 or more to lose group but also wanted to reiterate here so that I am constantly reminded, my goals this month are threefold: 1) workout with my trainer twice a week and walk at the lake or on my treadmill at least 30 minutes each day 2) make sure I take ALL my vitamins daily 3) make sure I'm up no later than 8 or 9 a.m. during the week so that I can get in everything that needs doing.and I can get in all the food (protein) that I need to. I'm a WLS patient and fight to get in enough protein every day. I WILL meet my goals this month!

Wishing you each a smooth and cheery holiday season with as few temptations as possible!

Priska

debieanne

:drinker: having a water break and just finish logging my lunch. been having a good morning. cleaning and decorating working on a shawl for a raffle gift.after two years our wii has broke i honestly miss it haven't had it for two mths now ugh debi(momof10)

mcdebbie

Just checking in for the December thread.

Peggy, loved your comment after Thanksgiving re all your relatives being struck speechless. Maybe they were afraid whatever they said would come out sounding like "hey, didn't you used to be fat?" :bigsmile:

BirdieM

Marking the thread! Thanks Barbie & Barb!
BirdieM:happy:

kackie

Birdie: You are falling off of your ticker! Good for you...one more pound! You are showing us all how to do this...you are very consistent with your exercise too. Way to go!

Barbie & Barb: I add my thanks to you both for keeping us going each month! We all appreciate your efforts!

Newcomers: Welcome to each of you! Look forward to getting to know you.

I am spinning my wheels today it would seem...trying to find things that I apparently "hid" from myself while cleaning up before the Thanksgiving crowd arrived! We have wild weather here in the Southeast today...windy and unsettled. It is supposed to get close to freezing tonight. Not usual for our coastal area, so I need to move plants around from my porch and outside.

I'll say goodbye again for now. Take care, Kackie

lyn54

Thanks Barb!! Didn't mean to leave you out....:blushing:

BirdieM

Just checking in with all you lovely ladies! :happy: I can't believe it's December!!!:noway:
Welcome to all the newbies! :flowerforyou: This website has changed my life! When I started in August of 2009 I was hoping to drop 40 pounds. As of today I've dropped 55! :blushing:
I am realizing that if you change your lifestyle and focus, the weight just keeps coming off even when you're not trying anymore.:bigsmile:
The difference, for me, is simply a new way of thinking! :bigsmile: It's the Holiday Season and the first thing I would think of before is FOOD! All the pastries etc that I would be baking (and tasting):embarassed:
Now, I changed my focus to people....what I will wear:bigsmile: ....decorating my house:bigsmile: ....enjoying the wonderful music and lights!!!:bigsmile: :bigsmile:
The food....is just an after thought now. I choose to move away from food gifts to a bottle of wine...or something like that!:laugh: I used to do sooooo much baking...(I'm a great baker and my cookie trays, rum cakes, Jesus BD cakes etc. were the toast of the town). It was a little hard, at first, not getting all the accolades that came with the wonderful food gifts,:ohwell: but my life is now filled with new accolades:flowerforyou: .....from being fit and healthy.:flowerforyou: :drinker: :flowerforyou: :happy: I am like a spokesperson for MFP and recommend it to everyone!:laugh:
Exercising is like brushing my teeth! I just do it and don’t think about it! I drink lots of water, track my food....whatever it is....and have a glass of wine at night!:happy:
I don’t deny myself a taste of some of the treats, but the portions are so incredibly smaller! I can’t even eat the way I used to, today, if I wanted to........ because my stomach gets too uncomfortable with too much junk! :sick: It’s a process....and I do it “One day at a time”. That’s it!
I really can’t believe I dropped another pound:noway: ...because I’m enjoying life, some of the treats.... carefully...and not concentrating on losing the weight any more....but on making good healthy choices! :happy: Honestly....the weight loss just follows! If you find something that works...just keep doing it!:flowerforyou:
Remember, December is just another month full of “One day at a times”! Enjoy the spirit of the season and find new ways to celebrate.... and come January, you will be amazed at how.....with just a little adjustment in your focus.....your choices will be better and you will be happier!
Good Luck!!!
BirdieM:drinker:

smwert

December 1st brought a snow storm in Eastern Ontario - so bad you could hardly see the road. I drove home by the weeds on the side of the road. A 20 minute drive took 40 - but all are home safe.

My goal for December is to stop drinking during the week. If I limit it to friday nights I will lose weight. Struggling up and down so much lately. Although we did have a string of Christmas parties - last one is this Friday night. Good thing I can drink on Friday nights.

Smwert

debieanne

:yawn: :drinker: good night everyone. had a ok day went a little over my cals. i was so happty to see the site was still going thank you. having my cup of tea and heading to bed. i hope everyone had a good day debie (momof10)

jam0525

Happy December Everyone!

Just popping in to mark my spot and hoping I have time to read and catch up tomorrow.

Jeannie

auntiebk

Happy December everyone!

Survived the 2 Thanksgiving dinners with minimal damage, but skipping line dance class due to weather is taking its toll, on my attitude even more than the scale. Last Wednesday it was just too cold (single digits), tonight there's 6-12 inches of slush on top of black ice on the roads. .:sad: Dug out a line dancing CD and got in 40 minutes but sure miss the other people, it's so much more fun with them.

Expect this to be the last long post from me for awhile. :ohwell: The new plan is to get the steps and gut'n'butt in before posting, means I'll be back to lurking. Not that I don't love you all, but I'm going to love this body first!

Alice how does your son come to be working with such exotic rides?

Barb congrats on your successful first time gravy, sounds yummy! Glad the nerve has eased and you made it home safe before the storms. Gen'l Lee barks his greetings to Mai Li, Pepper and to Bradley the (other) terror. Con VERY grats on being DOWN half a pound after the holiday and party. Camels in College, who'd've thunk it!

Amanda, (and Robin,) you both remind me of my pair of over-the-knee boots back in the 60s and how I loved them! Con VERY gratulations on being smoke free, "Well Done!" right back at you! auntie bk's stuffing is not so much recipe as refrigerator purge, goes something like this: Cube up leftover GOOD bread and freeze. (Easy to do as we're eating much less bread than we used to... whenever we do buy a loaf, we eat a piece or two each fresh, then cube up the rest of the loaf and freeze.) This year the combo was about 1/4th grissini (italian crunchy breadsticks almost like bruschetta), 1/4th Dave's Killer 21 grain bread (any good whole meal bread will do) and 1/2 Sourdough batard in big chunks with lots of crust. Enough to fill two 1-gallon plastic bags. Melt a cube of butter. Chop up a medium onion and saute in the butter until completely clear and starting to brown at the edges. Add 2 large stalks of celery, chopped, and some of the leafy celery tops chopped fine, saute another minute or two. Crack black pepper and add about 2 tsp ground sage to the butter/veg mixture and pour over the bread cubes. Brown sausage (I used 1/2 roll each of Jimmy Dean's sage and hot, about 5 oz each) and add to bread and veggies. Beat an egg into 2 C of chicken stock and pour over the cubes. Add hot water until the cubes start to stuffing-ize. Spoon into a large (11 x 15"?) buttered glass baking dish, cover with foil and bake at 325 for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes or until top is chewy crunchy as you like it. In the past I've added apples, mushrooms, pecans, this is fun to play with and make to your taste. Enjoy!
What an amazing size transformation, even your feet are two sizes smaller? WOW!!!

Barbie it's hard to imagine that communicating was ever outside your comfort zone, you are so warm and inspiring!

Debieane sorry your wii is on the fritz. Water break? What a good idea!

Welcome edmontonukeplay congrats on the half a pound a week!

Faye Hope the town can keep the gym going.

Jackie welcome back and huzzah for breaststroking that lap with no "footsies".

Welcome Joylaut

Kathy Kitty and Isaac both sound cute!

Kackie How I envy you your ocean-smooth-as-a-pond. When I used to commute across the SF Bay that was one of the sights I loved most!

Karlene Yoga and the Wii? Good for you! Great ways to ease into exercising . . and the wii is fun too! Laughing while playing must surely burn bonus calories, right?

Lynn Multiple Christmas trees? WOW! Bet the trees are as beautiful as the memories.

Maedair con grats on the 2 lbs!

Michele I'm just amazed and how many desserts you prepare and give away.

SMVQ I tried that roasted brussels sprouts recipe from the google icon and its 3 tablespoons were WAY too much oil Ended up blotting off 5 paper towels worth. BUT the insides were delicious, very tender and sweet not bitter. 3 teaspoons of Oil would have been plenty, but you knew that already, right?

Peggy I'll say it for them. WOW! 60 lbs! Way to GO!

Priska Kudos to you for not smoking! You are doing the most important thing you can for your health. Well done!

smwert "legs too short?" mama always told me that as long as they went all the way to the ground our legs were long enough . . . Welcome to the Friday night club!

VickiM great goals!

Vikki, brava for finishing the last hill, even though it hurt. Well done!

Viv congrats on your running club faithfulness.

Warmest hugs to all!

gutt'n'butt try 11 day zer0... still, but not for long!

joylaut

Thanks to those who welcomed me on board. Only day 5 for me but how opened my eyes are to the empty, mindless calories I've been consuming. Geez, even a 1/4 cup of trail mix and who ever eats just a 1/4 cup? I'm inspired by your posts and the success that you all have. I'll be tuning in for more...Joy

barbiecat

It is so exciting to see how many posts there have been in the 24 hours since this thread started but it’s a challenge to try to process everything and respond.



Robin, I see that you have dog pictures again….I am in agreement with you that the dogs seem like a better choice than a picture of oneself (even if we both have lost a lot of weight and look better than we used to)

Priska, welcome to the thread ….we have two members who have lost more than 100 pounds so they can be a beacon for you and an example that it can be done….one day at a time.

Birdie, thank you for your amazing words of inspiration…..besides giving up baking my famous chocolate chip cookies and pumpkin pie, I’ve also cut way back on the amount of knitting I do since I’m so active and don’t sit still very much…..the satisfaction of having lost weight and kept it off is a sufficient substitute

I'll read more and post more tomorrow....... hugs to all :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

kelspal

I am brand new to this site, I continuously stuggle like a yo-yo with my weight. Have about 15-20lbs to lose. Been using the Myfitness pal on the Itouch for about two weeks however my weight seems to be yo-yoing now up 2 lbs from where I started:brokenheart: . I currently have 1200 cal and I am using all of them. This week I have started incorportating more walking 1 mile at the end of the day 5 times a week, let you know if it works. Tonight was my second walk. yeah!