WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY

mamacindy81

Morning everyone,

Read the posts while drinking my coffee.

Kathy that Sparkpeople 28 day challenge looks like something I would do. My husband is on vacation this week so I think I will wait until next week to start. That plus I've restarted my exercise routine with walking (my choice of cardio), then it will be easy to do a 10 minute video after he goes off to work! I'm looking forward to it.

BBL

Cindy

debieanne

goodmorning everyone may this day be filled with many blessings.
divia i am right there with you i have tryed them all bought them all look at them all . this site is the frist one i keep coming back to and i know its because of all the wonderful family here and i thank everyone your storys help so much.
i like reading" one day at a time" i am going to use this wisely thank you for this saying i keep looking own the road and giving up today so if i stay in today it would be so much easier will off to the drs everyone have a good day debi (momof10)

AliceLMS

Morning ladies!

Beautiful day here, with a fresh fluff of new snow, and crispy cold temperatures. I have my miles in for this morning. Four and a half so far with weights and kick boxing thrown in. I am off to the periodontist today. Just a check up from last years surgery, I am sure al is well.

I will have to move my ticker back up in weight. Would like to blame the holidays but it was up before that. Think I'll just skip the blame all together, and take the responsibilty to the source. ME.

Darlis, thank you for the HSA info, there is so little available on them. Read the IRS rules, think they were written by an alien from perhaps Pluto, and translated to english by someone from Mars. What a convoluted mess of language.

Onward and upward! Alice

mamacindy81

Help please

I cannot get my TickerFactory ticker to show up in my signature. Before when I would update my exercise I would just copy & paste it into my signature and it would show up in my posts. Now all I am getting is that little picture that doesn't show anything!

Does anyone know what I might be doing wrong?

Cindy

mamacindy81

Okay so I reloaded it and it showed up in my last post. So I am posting again to see if it show up again!

exermom

You know, Consumers Reports just did a study about HRM's. How I wish I'd had that study when I was looking for mine! They rated Timex the highest. I don't know, to me Timex is synomous with "inexpensive". Yet, if it has the features I'm looking for, that might have been a good choice. Instead, I got the Polar FT7, which was rated. But as they said, it doesn't have a stopwatch (which I would have liked, I thought it did, but after getting it found out that it didn't) and the manual is a bit difficult to understand. Actually, they just send you a modified version in the box and you have to download the full manual off the net.

McMadame - what is a FitBit? Why did you originally get yours?

Cindy - you may very well be doing what I was, hitting some key that made your post go "poof". After that happens, try hitting "undo delete". Works for me

The holiday weight seems to be slowly coming off. Then it'll get back on when we get to Europe, I'm sure. Anyone have any tips about traveling in Europe? You know what I did the other day? Vince likes his cookies, so I've had the cookie tree out. Well, he finished enough so that I consolidated the cookies on the first and second levels, and I put some cherry tomatoes for me on the third one. Yes, there were times when I was tempted because it was right out in front, but now the tomatoes are out in front, too. I'd forgotten that I had some tomatoes and had to throw them away. (boo boo). I'll probably stop at the store today and want to buy (among other things) some celery. Update: unfortunately, I couldn't get organic celery hearts, so guess I'll just have to make do with regular celery. Oh, my putting the tomatoes on the cookie tree really helps, when I get the urge to have a cookie, those tomatoes are right there.

auntibk - I'm with you, sugar and cookies make me feel "yuk" too, but I continue to put them in. Why do we do this?????? I'm feeling so much better now that I've given away almost all of the goodies and can get back to healthy eating. What a weird sensation! To WANT veges. Just new for me, that's all. But I'm not complaining

viv - I put my entire document into Wordpad. When it "disappears", I usually can go under "edit" and there's an "undo" tab there.

As far as controling those "bad-for-you" urges, when I know something is bad for me (like when I want a cookie), I take a swig of the apple cider vinegar. Someone on here recommended it, and it really does work!!!!

Today I did 45 min of Jillian Michael's Burn Fat, Boost Metabolism DVD. I was surprised at how much I was sweating. Tomorrow, yoga and then deep water.

I think December was the first month I can remember that we didn't have a "part 2" for the posts. Goes to show you we were all busy.

Here's wishing everyone a wonderful day!

Michele

Laura80111

:drinker: Here's to all having a good Tuesday,

Cindy, sorry I can't help you...I'm tech challenged:sad: which is not a good thing in todays day and age.

Well I did okay with the eating, but got home so late that I did good to get dinner and to bed at a time that would give me 8 hrs sleep. Will try again to get in the exercise tonight. I felt good to be eating the right foods for dinner and will continue to get back in the swing of that.

Work is more stressful than ever and I spent yesterday pulling the final papers for our State Sales Tax Audit that has been going on since the beginning of December and the IRS man comes this AM for a meeting...so I'd best get going.

Some time I will have to update my goals in my signature...but for now it will just have to take a back seat.

Drink your water:drinker: , log your food and keep moving

Laura:flowerforyou:

exermom

oops, I forgot...I'm not going to go to water aerobics tomorrow. I have a meeting at 10:00 and there is no way I can get there in time. So I'll go to yoga, then maybe do some food shopping, go to the meeting, then My Fitness Pal has a cardio routine that I'll probably do when I get home. I watched a condensed version. The only thing that I really didn't like was the fact that suddenly the step would appear. So I'll just have my step ready and do the other exercises behind the step.

Michele
who is making some vegetable quiche cups to take to the meeting. No crust. Am interested to see how they turn out. If they turn out OK, I may make some for myself just not use the cupcake liners.

pmjsmom

Good morning, everyone!

I decided to redo my ticket to show the weight I need to lose to get to a healthy body-weight range instead of what I originally had (a mini-goal). I really need a kick in the pants and I hope this will do it!

Welcome to any and all newbies! :flowerforyou:

Yesterday was a good day and I plan on today being another.

Lots of stress in my life right now but I am focusing on what I can control and not on what I cannot. Prayer and meditation seems to help, too.

mynyddisamrs

Hi everyone .............

Still here.just!! I thought I'd got off to a good start and thought I could get away with eating a few Cadburys Heroes!!! :noway: Naaah! Back up 1.5lb!!
Had thought i was safe from temptation but received a late Xmas present ...of a tin of the chocs! :sad: Woe is me!!

But..... :happy: my incentive is now to keep getting in to a new "Posh Frock" (Great Sale purchase) for our March cruise. Also had a trying on session of the frocks worn in August ...they still fit but could be better!!

We're looking forward to some family time away this year in May and July ... we've just booked for Center Parcs in a Woodland lodge. May is just with #2 son and family and July will be both sons and co. for my 60th Birthday bash......can't wait!!! All we need to do now is book the respite care home for Mum. Sadly she has deteriorated over the last month and is very frail and vague. But at least she is safe and warm with us. It's hard to see her not eating much and wasting away before our eyes..........I'd gladly give her some of my excess weight!!

Well .here goes to try and get through an evening on my own without picking those sweets!! Perhaps I should put the tin in DH's car for him to take to work tonight!!

:flowerforyou: Take care all .
BFN
Jackie

Sheila_KI

January goals - Keep food diary. Track my exercise. Be accountable. That is the hardest for me...being accountable. Sometime I feel like a child...but I need to be focused.

mamacindy81

Well I started off with a bang yesterday and was feeling good about getting back into things. This evening I am going out with girlfriends for dinner and I am trying to save as many calories as possible. We usually eat a good sized lunch before husband goes off to work. That usually carries me through to the evening and this not eating much all day isn't working for me. I like to eat something little in the evening.

Jackie, I was glad to see you on here. I was wondering how your Mum was doing. I know its hard to see her go downhill but believe me you will think it was worth it in the end. I'm still trying to get my head figured out since Granny's passing on. I know it will take time. Grieving doesn't happen quickly.

Cindy

mamacindy81

It's me again, just called my walking partner and she tried to say I can't go cause I haven't had a bath! She is one of the one's I'm going to dinner with tonight. I told her well, I haven't had a shower either cause I knew I would be taking one after we got done walking. This is what walking partner's do for one another! Make the other one go if they have flimsy excuses!

So if you don't have one please try to find one!

Cindy

mrssparkle

:happy: : Hope everyone had a good Christmas and New Year.:happy:

When I first found MFP I did really well,lost 12lb. Then having my husband in hospital three times and then myself just before Christmas for a total thyroidectomy put losing weight on the back burner.I made New Years Resolutions on 1st January and broke them by the 2nd! :embarassed: So today I am remaking my resolutions.

After my visit to the endcrinologist tomorrow and my long, long list of questions I will once again keep my food diary up to date and stop eating what I shouldn't - chocolates, clotted cream ice cream, christmas cake!!

I had put 2lb on at my last weigh-in for the -50lb by June challenge, but wouldn't be surprised if I have put more on now. So I need to get sorted. If because of the thyroxine the weight doesn't drop as quickly as I would like then I shall just have to accept this and take it slower rather than giving up at the first hurdle. Any is better than none or god forbid, putting weight on.

From tomorrow - food diary/ exercise and drink more water.

Happy New Year to all on the -50lb by June challenge.

best4me

Hello everyone and Happy New Year! Can I rejoin this group? I used to be here under a different name but I don't remember what it was. Anyway I really liked it here with this group of ladies. Some are new to me, but alot are still here. Hopefully, I will lose atleast 20 lb. over the next 3 or 4 mos. Ugh! I hate winter!

edmontonukeplayer

Hello,

Today is not a good day. Finally, I have my house to myself and calmness following the holiday celebrating and now my health is not cooperating.

I have been feeling okay the past couple weeks (or at least didn't have too much pain, nausea, etc.). I have been following the complex regime my specialist has prescribed, not eaten anything too bad with the celebrating, had the "oomph" to take care of mom and dad, and, done most of what was needed so all could celebrate through the season. But today, right flank pain is overwhelming and by the way I feel and with the nausea I am experiencing I anticipate my liver enzymes are way up again. I always joke that I wouldn't mind these damn liver enzymes floating around if I was drinking alcohol and at least having some "fun". But for the past 6 months I have even given up the 1 glass of wine per month I used to have. For today, I have taken all the medication, will do another dose of the extra powerful anti-nausea (it does help), and will await return to normal liver enzymes. Tomorrow should be better. Though they can't figure out what is wrong with me and why these liver enzymes are floating around they keep assuring me there is no cancer and the liver is not diseased. My symptoms direct them to an "architecture" problem they just don't see it on any tests. I do have confidence in my specialist and he really is "hanging in there" for me and trying to find a cause and solution. I see my specialist in a couple weeks again: another MRI and potential surgery if any blockage (previous extensive testing & procedures have demonstrated biliary tree patent, etc. etc.). I appreciate the chance to "vent" about this! I pray for health and patience through all of this as I am not a good patient. I want to know what is wrong with me and how it can be fixed!

At least I am drinking my water and limiting in is very easy on days like today! But I will not exercise.

I do appreciate the posts and sharing from those on the thread struggling with health and life challenges in addition to the weight. I completely understand that the weight is something we all can focus on to improve health. I send out the hope for calmness and health for all of you.

Karlene

debieanne

:flowerforyou: karlene hope you feel better we are here for you anytime debi

debieanne

:flowerforyou: karlene hope you feel better we are here for you anytime debi

tiarapants

Hello ladies.

Well, today was exhausting. I spent the day looking after the grandtwins as DD was at the dentist. I took them for a good long walk and I really struggled with their pram for some reason, which I don't normally do. I think it was because it was cold, which set my coughing off well and truly. I also didn't eat properly as I just didn't get the time.

Anyway, this evening I am truly 'coughed out', so I'll be having an earlyish night. I have therapy tomorrow morning and had intended going to the gym afterwards for a couple of hours, but I think I'll come home and use my home gym instead.

DH has asked me not to lose any more weight! We were snuggled up together last night and he squeezed my leg and said was I sure that it wasn't my arm as it's so thin! He exaggerates - although my legs are really slim these days.

I did a bit of measuring and since last February I've lost a total of 79 inches over my body - doesn't seem possible really.

Ok, well I hope that everyone is doing well and feeling better and happier.

Catch up with you all tomorrow.

Amanda x

debieanne

:drinker: best4me welcome back happy new year debi(momof10)

sherryar

I slipped a little but now I am back and determined this 2011 is the year I am going to shed these extra lbs!
I just found this thread and happy I did.

bkrbabe57

Good Evening ladies, :flowerforyou:
Well it looks like we have all gotten through the holidays without too many casualties. I am going to try to lurk less and post more this year. I started out strong but fizzled out along the way. The good news is that I did continue to log in my calories and I am happy to report that I managed to still lose weight through the festivities. :drinker:

*** Bragging Alert ****
My DF and I were going to a concert on the 27th and my pants were so large on me they kept falling off and we had to scramble to find an old belt of DF’s (I don’t have any) and punch a hole in it so I could keep my pants up!! We have a Goodwill outlet fairly close to us so a few days later I went there and found a bunch of clothes that will fit me now. They sell clothes, shoes, and belts for $1.49 a pound. I spent $23.00 and when I got home I tallied up everything and it was over $123.00 worth of clothes including a coat that had been at the Goodwill for $19.99!! Needless to say I am SO happy!!!! There were even a few things that didn’t have a tag on them ( a pair of brand new Tennis shoes ) :bigsmile:
At this point I am thinking of changing my goal to drop another 30+ pounds but I really like the fact that I am so close to falling off my ticker so I may wait a little longer. I still need to make exercise a daily habit so that is one of my New Years resolutions.

To all the Newbie’s….. Welcome!!! I am having fun getting to know you.

I had a lovely Hello letter for everyone but I have misplaced it so I will sign off for now and visit with everyone next time!!!!

Peggy

rjadams

I was back at it today. 10.5 miles walked 66 squats 74 crunches 45 minutes of ab videos 7 pushups and 18 glasses of water right now. healthy food and I FEEL GOOD!

MacMadame

DH has asked me not to lose any more weight!

Ooh, that means you are getting close to perfection! :laugh:

Darlis

Just a quick post and then it'sbedtime for me....

Karlene, hope you feel better soon....hang in there, even though mine was something quite different, it took way to long to get a diagnosis!!

Went to my first water aerobics class tonight....awesome!!! Loved it and get to go again on Thurs. WOOHOO!!!!

barbiecat

:sad: :sad: The wifi on my laptop wasn’t working yesterday so I didn’t get much computer time. DH uses the office computer a lot including when he is on the phone so I had to be creative and sneaky to get to the computer just to post my food and exercise and tend to my e mail……the wifi comes and goes for no apparent reason.

My pedometer had been acting up, too. Yesterday morning the clock reset itself and the steps didn’t…..then in the afternoon, the clock reset itself again…..this morning the battery was dead…..I changed the battery before I got dressed to take the dogs out but the steps still didn’t reset to zero so right now my pedometer has the correct time but says that I have walked over 37,000 steps. I won’t know until I get up tomorrow morning whether the steps will reset the way they are supposed to.

:bigsmile: One of the things that has helped me the most on MFP is joining only a few threads and being part of the community

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knowing the names of the other people and where they live and what their challenges and successes are……I don’t post on many other threads unless I have already responded to the threads that are a part of my life. You are all as real to me as the women I dance with (and a lot more interested in my weight loss journey and supportive of the challenges and successes that I’ve had with it).

:flowerforyou: Cindy, I am the opposite of you on the subject of having a walking partner. I have never found anyone I could count on and for me, if I waited for someone else to be available to walk with me, I’d be sitting in my house all day……of course, I have my dogs who demand that I take them to the dog park every day rain, snow, or shine so maybe they are my walking partners who won’t let me slack off.

:flowerforyou: Robin when we had a golden retriever and lived in cold, snowy country, we bought doggy boots for her so she could go out in the snow……the poodles can handle colder weather and they love to play in the snow……they have been to the dog park every day even in way below freezing weather.

:flowerforyou: Amanda, are you happy with your current weight or just your husband?

:bigsmile: Darlis, I’m so glad you liked the water aerobics.

:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: I didn’t put this in my goals but I have been trying to go to bed earlier which means shutting the TV and the computer off by 9 PM :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

weaklink109

Hello Everyone,

Just popping in to let you know I am alive and kicking. We are forecasted to have freezing rain overnight, and then some warming. Doggies are content to stay inside and keep warm.

Bradley is officially the lone survivor of his canine family. My friend, whose late MIL was his human momma before her death, took the other two Yorkies that were Bradley's com padres in his original home. They were the litter-mates of her Yorkie, Sadie, who would have been 16 years old in another three months. Unfortunately, Sadie declined very suddenly in the last few days and yesterday my friend had to make the sad decision to have her euthanized. The other two, Butch and Buster, died within two weeks of each other this summer.

I am trying to get myself out of the holiday eating mode and back to basics. I am still using up some things that I don't usually keep in my kitchen, and upping my water consumption. I think I will need to do a veggie detox to get myself out of sugar and carb craving mode. Even though I gained a little in December, I didn't stress over it, as I know what I need to do to get back in "losing mode." Its 13 weeks until my birthday, which will be two years since I started my lifestyle change.

I would like to have my ticker show me down 100 lbs., but that may or may not be realistic. I have to get back on the exercise bandwagon, despite our lousy weather. Just don't have a lot of time right now to do anything.

BTW, for anyone whose Wi-Fi is intermittent, before you assume it is the wireless network, check and see how you have the electric power connected to your modem. A few years ago, I was in the office of the management company that used to manage our condo complex, and the property manager was lamenting their up and down connection. He said their network tech had been called several times but could never find anything wrong. While we talked, he was online, but after someone else came into the officethe connection went down. I happened to notice that the visitor had used the fax machine.

My days as an internet support tech taught me a few things, so I checked on how the modem was connected to the electricity and found it was plugged into a surge protector, along with the fax machine AND the computer. A modem is very sensitive to changes in voltage, so it is better off with its own connection, not sharing a surge protector or power strip with any other device. I suggested they change things around so the modem used another separate plug. A week later, I got a call from the property manager telling me they hadn't had any network problems in a week. Their "network problem" was actually the modem losing connectivity with the internet, which caused the wireless router to lose connectivity with the modem = no internet connection.

Another thing that can affect a wireless connection is CORDLESS landline phones. I have learned that if I am going to use my laptop, I better not talk on my cordless landline, or I will lose connectivity with the wireless network. Newer cordless handsets don't have this problem, but the one I have is about 7 years old. If you find your wireless connection drops for no apparent reason, and you have cordless phones in the vicinity, observe if your wireless woes seem to come about about the time the cordless phone(s) is/are in use.

Have a good week, everyone.

Barb

wizzywig

:flowerforyou: Hi ladies

:flowerforyou: Karline I hope you are feeling a bit better today. You are right not to exercise. You was so busy thinking about everyone over Christmas that you weren’t thinking about yourself. I hope your specialist finds out what is wrong.

:flowerforyou: Amanda wow 79 inches, well done you have done, I envy you your slim legs, mine are so chunky! Don’t overdo things, by the sound of it, the bronchitis hasn’t completely gone yet. If you take it easy for a few more days your recovery will be so much quicker.

:flowerforyou: Peggy well done to you too. I think you are the only person not to put on weight over the festivities. I put on a couple of pounds, but almost lost them now and back to my ticker weight loss. Congrats on falling out of you pants mine are a little loose, but a long way to go before I fall out of them.:bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Robin, you have made a good start, you have inspired me to be more active and when I finish on here I am going to get my exercise video out and do at least 15mins hopefully 30mins. I’m not at work this morning (sorting paperwork out for Derrick with my dad) and I’ve half an hour to spare if I get a move on.

:flowerforyou: Darlis good luck with the water aerobics it sounds fun.

:flowerforyou: Barbiecat I’m like you in that I’ve only joined one other thread besides this one. I too like to get to know everyone, and laugh and cry during the good and bad times. I feel as if I know most of you (and getting to know the newer people) I look forward to hearing from you and miss you when you are not posting.

:flowerforyou: Barb a veggie detox could be what I need too. How’s the weather? You are lucky that your little piggies like to keep wrapped up and warm, ours demand that they go out whatever the weather! There’s only been about 2 times this winter that we haven’t taken them out on an afternoon/evening walk because it had been so slippy that I didn‘t want to risk falling. They did settle down eventually once they realised we were definitely not going out, but the grumbled a lot.

Well I need to get my half hour exercise in so I’ll get going.

Much love to everyone

Viv xx

plantlady99

Hello All, I'm a new old member. Mom passed in August. Gained some weight back. Want it off. Back on here because I know this is the place for help and support.

Hope to see you all soon.

Kathy

debieanne

:drinker: :flowerforyou: kathy good morning and happy new year so sorry to hear about your mom prayers out to you glad you came back to debi(momof10)