WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2014
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Home from dr..........got a reprieve on the flu shot, they were out.
MNmargaret...........Gorgeous tree, maple?
I sometimes jot down a few shorthand notes on a paper but seldom can remember what I meant by all of them.......so, I just do the best I can.
Heading out to do some fall yard work..........couldn't be a more perfect day here!
yanniejannie
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Let me introduce my self. I'm Sally W, the crazy dog lady. I have two rough collies and we train for obedience and herding. I've been on MFP for about 3 months and just stumbled on this group a couple of days ago. It is exactly what I was looking for. You are a wonderfully supportive bunch. So kind to each other!
Background: I dumped 50 lbs about 2 years ago during and extremely stressful period in my life. Only really good thing was the weight loss and the odd self awareness that came with it. This summer I noticed that the weight was creeping back, because it was the stress not a real lifestyle change that made the weight come off in the first place. I stumbled in to the MPF app when I was just looking for a way to log my food and found a lot more.
I'm now sitting at the lowest weight of my adult life, with my goal just another 5 lbs away. (*)
The weight loss has actually been hard on my dog training. Their target points on my body have moved radically. We needed to retrain a bunch of basic skills. They are finally back and ready to hit the show ring again.
Looking for the joy in everyday... just like my dogs!
sally W.
Oregon
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Just a quick note to mark my place. Still feeling under-the-weather. Gained a pound because I'm only eating saltines and graham crackers. Best to all.
Mary in south Florida0 -
I just found this thread using my phone. I am so excited.
The computer guy is here now setting up the new laptop and printer.
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CynthiaT60 wrote: »Katla: bareback is good for your balance. That means: DO NOT USE THE REINS FOR BALANCE. But I'm sure your instructor will watch out for that. Walking bareback is no problem, and cantering is actually not bad. Trotting is the hardest, and the return to trotting from a canter is famous for flipping people off the horse.
Looking forward to a full report!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:
I have been flipped off a horse a few times in my life, and it was my error each one of them. I've never actually been hurt when I fell off of a horse. I hope to avoid injury today, too. . :noway: Full report later. :flowerforyou:
Katla0 -
Been gone most of the day & had a nice lunch out.Maybe tomorrow I can try to answer some posts. Pat
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TGIF~~have a good one.
hugs
jane0 -
Hugs to everyone who needs them (including me)!
Cynthia :flowerforyou:0 -
Hi all! I'm Celeste and I'm in eastern Wash. state. I'm 61 and I've just been on MFP for 3 wks. I'm mostly walking or bicycling for exercise due to knee replacement surgery. I'm not able to do a lot of impact cardio, so I'm also watching my diet closely.
I'm not one to set goals, but that doesn't mean that I don't have any. But I find that if I make a resolution to meet a certain goal then instead of using that as motivation, I tend to sabatoge myself. Saying I'm going to lose 5 pounds in a month will set me up for failure.
I'm exercising daily and keeping close track of everything I eat. I weigh and log everything. I feel like if I'm at or under my caloric max for the day I'll get to my ultimate goal sooner or later. I need to lose about 25-30 pounds, but just getting that first 20 off will be a huge relief. My long-term goal for that is before next summer. I want to wear a pair of shorts with confidence and put on a swimming suit and not hide under a towel or beach cover.
I'm glad to find a community of vintage women who want to live healthy, active lives.
Celeste in beautiful eastern Washington state.0 -
Hello lovely ladies.
I am pleased to report that I have another Jazzercise class under my belt. I am also pleased that I could keep up
Tomorrow morning I start a weekly yoga class.
This is my final day of a week's "vacation". The reason why this word is in quotation marks, is because I had so much on my plate that I needed time off work to get all that stuff done. So now my to-do list is turning in to a "Ta-Daaaa!!!" list. Needless to say, I am a happy camper.
(*) Barbie - the picture of you in that costume. Wonderful. What an awesome smile.
(*) Katla - horseback riding is something I have never done. My youngest sister has always had horses and she and her daughter are amazing at it. I have added it to my list of activities to try out when I retire. Kayaking and/or dragon boating are some other ones.
(*) Sally - hi!! There are a number of crazy dog ladies on this forum.
(*) Robin and Viv - so very happy to see you both posting again.
(*) Cynthia - (((Hugs)))
(*) Bonnie - Welcome and (((hugs))) to you too.
(*) Celeste - Welcome. I like your description of us vintage women
Has anyone heard from Anne (strassenkoenig) and Barbara (auntiebk) lately?
Renny
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Michele – the only way I know is to water it and see what grows….
Viv – it sounds like you have had a lot on your plate; sorry to hear about DH – good to take care of yourself too…
Alison – should you do a check in with the Dr? Kidney disease is nothing to fool around with. Later*** sorry your schedule is got mixed up!
Tina – This site has helped so many of us… log your food and visit us regularly !
Pat – if it is tiny type hold down the control key and touch the + key makes it bigger.
Jamie – you can do it, just one meal at a time, don’t let it overwhelm you, just do one at a time.
Heather – that is a new look for DH? Glitter Grandpa!
Katla – I might paint with the same shade, but it is 15-20 years old so it would look brighter I am sure…. Also I’ll pick window coverings first. I think it is so cool that you are taking horseback lessons…so cool to learn something new.
Carol – how funny we all assumed that you were a heels gal!
Terri – Kale chips is a good idea, but I would bring my own snacks… grapes? Something you can pop in when you are tempted – and/or taking up something like needlework to keep your hands busy.
Margaret – I love your smiling posts!!
Robin – great job getting the closet done – it is beautiful here maybe the exercise and fresh air will give you a bounce up!
Cat – 1200 calories is hard, is that what MfP set you to? The way I do it is open a Word document window and read a post or two and then write my comment in word when I am ready to post, I copy and paste.
Sally in Oregon – love to have you join us.
October Goals:
Breathe
Log every day
Walk every day
Kim from N. California
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Barbie~ love the pumpkin costume picture sooo adorable...
if symptoms persist I will check with the kidney Dr,promise
I am going to take some classes on saterdays starting in Febuary to become a hospice volunteer.. i work every other saterday,but they are going to have to find someone for a few of them. this to me is important..
also filled out a application for a medical receptionist at one of the local physicians offices, I am right down the street from both of them, although I havent worked in a medical office ,I have worked in the medical field and at a dentist office, I pick things up very easily..
also applied part time at whole foods as a cashier, putting my irons in the fire so to speak..
hope everyone has a super duper weekend, I will be working tomorrow,and probably wont get out at noon which is alright i can make up a little time.0 -
Saturday here and completely LOST IT yesterday. So annoyed that Duramine NOT working and keeping within the set calories for 3.5 weeks. SOOO ate chocolate ice cream in afternoon, while watching TV. Thoroughly cleaned the whole house and did some gardening, so at least house is clean.
Jumped on scales this morning and weight is exactly same as when I started Duramine 3.5 weeks ago. Felt like shooting that darned scale. Doctor will NOT be happy and refuse to take for another month. BAH! So Duramine is NOT the answer doctor hoped for. Will see what tape says on Monday.
Today got up early and did 31 minutes Wii Gold's boxing, going to do Jeannette's cardio kick-boxing soon and walk dog in afternoon.
Lesley in Tasmania0 -
I can't do the note thing on the iPad.The small type keeps me from reading a lot of posts,but who knows,maybe they will fix that.Hope hope
Looks like a chilly,windy wk end here. Good weather for reading ,football & hot tea. Love it......
Dd sent a video of Gr Grandson,7 mos last wk. He crawled across room ,went in bathroom & hauled himself upright at the tub,with his Mama filming from behind.He was proud of himself,
Carol,hope your DDS found some help. Beth,good luck with helping your son.Your DH is right,one day at a time is all anyone can do.What a blessing that is! Alison....sounds like you will find a job to suit you.Good luck.
Welcome newbies.Tell us about yourself,where you are from etc.It's the best way to get to know each other. Pat
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bump for now; going to bed after I fell in the driveway for some reason; not sure what happened. I found myself on hands and knees and my head hurts so I think I hit that too. A good night's sleep will help! Take care, meg0
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Hello everyone! It's been another busy but productive day for me. I spent the whole day at my potters wheel, so my back is aching and I can tell my legs will be sore tomorrow. When you haven't done it for a while and sit at the wheel, with legs spread, and you bear down on the clay, it pulls strange muscles in the legs. Tomorrow I will feel like I've been doing the splits.
We had a sandwich at the mall deli for dinner. I was too tired to cook. When I logged in to MFP I found that there were 38 new messages. Things move fast here!
Welcome to the new ladies. CrazyDogLady-great name! You will find several dog people here. I have a whippet and a half whippet-half Jack Russell. Please post photos of your collies! I'd love to see them!
Sorry everyone, I'm just too pooped to write more. Have a great evening.
Sylvia
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Meg, I'm sorry to hear that you fell. I hope you didn't get a concussion or something. Take care of yourself.
Sylvia0 -
Today was a good day!
After seeing DS#1's neurosurgeon, a change was made in his medications and he is seeing marked improvement in his posture in just 24 hours.
DS#2 is finally getting relief from migraine.
Despite a few Snickerdoodles, I stayed within calorie goals and even got some exercise today. DS#2 and I bought a refurbished Wii and tried it out. I bought the WiiFit game and I'm waiting on a refurbished balance board. Got the Zumba fitness too!
Dinner was a bust. Husband went fishing and brought home King Salmon ... but it's past spawning time, the fish was a little beat up and it just didn't taste right ... so just rice and stewed tomatoes!
Have a good weekend!
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Did an hour of a speed interval on the treadmill today The plan is to do Jillian Michael's 30 day shred DVD tomorrow.
Heather - happy birthday to your dh
Viv - so sorry to hear about your hubby. Don't forget to take care of yourself in all of this
Alison - do you monitor your intake of protein? Kidney beans are high in protein, but if you haven't had much protein earlier in the day, it's probably OK. I hope you don't have to go on dialysis. FIL was on it, and I know it's no fun. Good luck on the job hunt. I know you'll get something for yourself
Tina - welcome to a great group. Come back often
Jamie - you've done something really awesome, you've come here. Continue to.
katla - no, my hot flash didn't last too long. And it wasn't real bad, either. I firmly believe that my exercising keeps them in check. I still remember how bad they were when I couldn't exercise because of trhe broken bone in my foot. I just got up, had some of the frozen grapes, then watched some TV (and wound up sleeping on the couch). Good luck on the bareback riding
Carol - sometimes we just need to splurge a bit. The problem comes in when the splurges come often. But if you only do it once in a while, you'll be OK
Terri - I usually take some baby carrots to senior bowling with me. I don't think the bowling alley would say much since they don't serve them. I also take my own hot tea since all they have is iced tea (now who in their right mind would want it in January?)
Evidentally Loki sat on Vince's stomach last night so he was sore so he didn't want to go work outside. Therefore, I made a salmon loaf for us for later in the week, some marmalade chicken and some buttermilk donuts (they're baked) for Kris. Only Jessica called to say that she wouldn't be here this weekend but she'd be here next weekend. So I put them in the freezer for next weekend. One good thing happened when Vince went out to get the mail -- one of the neighbors stopped him to ask him when he was going to start putting up the Halloween decorations. I would liked to have started already.
Right now I have some butternut squash soup cooking. I made a butternut squash yesterday only I boiled it for too long in the hope to get the skin off so it was really more like mush. I'm using that for the soup.
I had written down in my calendar that I had a dentist appt next Tues. Since I'd just been there I called to confirm and they said that I didn't. Last night I couldn't find in the calendar where I had my physical scheduled so I called the office. I have it scheduled for next Tuesday. Evidentally, I'd written down the wrong doctor! I know I'll get my flu shot, get orders for my DEXA scan, and probably some other things. At least I got my blood work done already.
Jan - when my friend first told me that the watermelon salad she'd brought to mahjongg had watermelon, red onion, celantro, feta cheese, cucumbers in it, my first thought was "yuk". Boy, was I ever surprised! It was gggooooooddddd
Cat - I much prefer to use my mouse on my laptop. I have a wireless one that I can use. After I read a post, I jot my notes down in a notepad on the computer then cut & paste it at the end of the day.
Anyone who has a FitBit - have you been following the comic "Zits". The family got one and his way of getting in his steps was to "get around to it", translated that meant that he'd lay around the house (he's a teenager, so what else is new) and hook it to the overhead fan.....lol Today's was where he just blew the father away with his "step count"
Cynthia - we seeded this one little area. We were thinking that we needed to put down hay but when I called this farm supply place here, they told me that for grass I really wanted straw since hay can have seeds for weeds in it.
Sally - we're so glad you found us! I'm trying to think of an example of how your weight loss had changed your training. Can you give me one?
barbie - I'm going right now to see if I can get to this thread by my phone. I can't seem to get it on mine. What kind of phone do you have? I have an android
Celeste - welcome! Sounds like you have a great plan there.
Cynthia - ((((hugs)))))
Kim and Terri - one time I took grapes with me to bowling. One of them rolled away and someone stepped on it. If someone steps on a carrot, it doesn't "squish" which is why I always took carrots with me.
Lesley - you are such an inspiration -- you never give up! I'm proud to call you my friend
Beth - glad your sons are feeling better.
Michele in NC0 -
barbie - I'm going right now to see if I can get to this thread by my phone. I can't seem to get it on mine. What kind of phone do you have? I have an android
Michele in NC
I just went to the internet on my phone and entered www.myfitnesspal.com and then had to enter my screen name and password......My phone is an android--Samsung S5--it was awkward but possible---it even allowed me to add a smiley and a picture from my phone
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Hello Ladies, I'm new to this group. I've been told that I need to be on 1800 calorie and not 1200. My goal is to walked daily. I am not working at this time, I'm not consistent with when I do it. Sometimes it's in the morning or evening. I hope at least by October 31, to have lost 5 lbs.
Esther in NY0 -
I am finally home, in my own house, with my cat in my lap!!!!!! I have sleeping grand kids in the family room, daughter and SIL in her old room. 2 big bags to unpack that I will leave untill later. Sometimes I could get the diary to work on my Ipad and sometimes I couldn't so I just now finished it up. I have to confess that they weren't all good choices especially while driving. Due to road construction and accidents the drive was right at 15 hours. I drive in the car with my husband, daughter and grand kids. With all the stuff the kids need I had very little room for me and my sunburned body! So my body is sore muscles tired. But I am so glad to get home. We had a marvelous time. I will now go into my normal hybernation state which when I am this tired is usually 48 hours straight of sleep. I know I will not be able to catch up the last week of posts. Just hope everyone has been good.
Good night, Joyce, back home in Indiana0 -
New to this group. I like to think of myself as a young 60, actually I can't believe I am 60. For October my goals are trying to get my health back on track. Had a stress test today and that turned out okay. I have restarted with a weight loss nurse/coach. I will be seeing a counsellor. Going to try for 2 lbs/wk. I have a lot to be thankful for . I want to be the healthiest Grandma possible for my 8 grandbabies. Good night to all.0
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I survived bareback riding! No hands! I want to do it again.
This was a slow motion lesson with no trotting or cantering and no use of my hands, not even to hang on. :noway: Perhaps I’ll get to faster gaits in a future lesson. No injuries happened to me or to the horse. 
The lesson was amazing, and not a bit stressful. I used a mounting block to get onto the horse and my teacher led me around the arena for the whole lesson. I sat and felt the motion of the horse, turned many times left & right, lay down on my back with my head on the horse’s rump, and lay down forward with my arms around his neck. I was able to feel how the horse moves, and the rhythm of his steps. I avoided squeezing with my lower legs and managed to balance with just my thighs. One unexpected turn did give me a start and I began to clench with my lower legs, but stopped myself. :bigsmile:
Those of you who are not horse crazy will likely wonder why I’m so excited about this. Those of you who grew up with horses probably did something like this when you were a kid. I guess I’m an old kid. What a treat! :laugh:
I'm not sure I mentioned this in the past, and know I haven't mentioned it recently. I started this whole weight loss journey because I gave myself bursitis in my left knee during a horseback riding lesson. That was almost exactly two years ago. I was posting, and my knee wasn't up to the task of lifting my chubby self out of the saddle repeatedly for an hour. The good news is that the incident and resulting pain inspired me to do something about my weight. It has taken a lot of time, but is worth every bit of effort. :bigsmile:
Katla in beautiful NW Oregon
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” Thomas A. Edison
October Goals:
1. Log every bite and swallow.
2. Cardio exercise at least 3 days a week.
3. Have fun every day.
4. Drink at least three glasses of water daily, preferably more!
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Good morning friends and new people. Just keep faithfully logging, sticking within the MFP guidelines on calories, weigh everything on a digital scale, never kid yourself, eat back your exercise calories, earn those calories, and miracles will happen.
If you know you have danger times, like late night snacking, plan for it. Have something low cal ready or leave enough calories. For social occasions I used to say to myself, "Is this something so unusual and delicious that it would be a crime to pass it up?" If it was I would eat it, or eat some of it, and if it wasn't and was just normal stuff then I would say " I know what that tastes like so I don't need to eat it."
Losing weight is nearly all a matter of mind set. I have found some books helpful. Psychological support from us or even a professional is an important part of our change of attitude. I could not have done it without this group. :flowerforyou:
Yesterday was great. DGD had her injections,
and DGS played with DH. He got very tired as he hadn't had a nap and had a couple of tantrums. Mainly due to jealousy when DH paid some attention to DGD. All well in the end. The meal DS prepared was oustanding. He especially did a low fat one for me. Grilled asparagus, broccoli, aubergine and zucchini with parmesan shavings and red onions. I will post a photo. Couscous and grilled pepper salad. And bbq onglette steak. Fab! There was carrot cake and a candle for DH. And Turkish rice pudding which we shared. Extraordinary wines. (He was a wine professional) And DH'S present was some special edition bottles of beer from his brewery!
My present was a karaoke set with microphone and some great, really corny karaoke CDs. :laugh:Can't wait for the next party! :laugh:
DDIL said she wanted to come to us before Christmas this year so we have them from late morning 23rd through to after lunch 24th. Already planning my menus! ! ! !:bigsmile:
Bye for now. Yanniejannie we're going to try the soup this lunchtime.
Heather in damp Hampshire UK
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The soup was nice and would be great for vegans as it has walnuts in it. We have 2nd helpings for tomorrow. Recipe available on The Guardian website by googling, Spicy Tomato Soup with Leeks and Walnuts.
I didn't add walnuts as a garnish, but the sundried tomatoes are essential. I also used fresh basil as a garnish.
Going to calculate my cals now. I didn't eat any bread with it.
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A rather blurry photo of the grilled vegetable dish my DS made for us. Behind that is the coucous with grilled red and yellow peppers and the steak, chorizo and morcilla is at the far end. He did all this after cycling home from work in East London up to North London. The grilling took him an hour! ! !, (*) (*) 0 -
I have been looking over some of the comments on this blog, it sounds so motivating! Count me in to this group, I finally feel I have found a place where I belong.0
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Does anyone ever post before and after pics here? I'd love to see them. It would be encouraging.0
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Good morning ladies.
I took Bodi for a walk this morning. He did pretty good but I could tell he was getting tired when he started to fall down a lot. He was happy to be home. DH took Ritter for a much longer walk. Yesterday was just not an up day. Today is better. DH and I are working together on the cardboard clutter in the garage. One thing about shopping on line is that you sure do accumulate boxes. :grumble:
Katla your bareback adventure sounds wonderful. I don't ride much anymore but we try to on every vacation we take.
Take care all,
Robin, Bodi and Ritter,
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