WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

rjadams

Happy belated birthday Barbie. I am glad you had a great day. we are taking the Bodi boy to our dog park today. He hates driving in the car but it is too far and on a dangerous walking road so we have to go by car. He loves it once we are there though. unfortuneatly Keira can't go because whe doesn't play nice with other and she is really a crotchity old *****. She will be 11 years old next month. she was really struggling walking up the stairs this morning. I feel bad for her that she is getting so old. I hope you all have a great day.
I updated my ticker again. I can't believe that I gained 5 pounds since I started working. I don't eat enough to gain that much but there it is. soooooo frustrating.

pmjsmom

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: thank you for all the birthday wishes......this has been a great day full of the things I love most----I got to teach a new dance at line dance this morning.....after lunch I went for a lovely walk at the dog park......i fixed a great dinner of favorites--turkey, gravy, yam, cauliflower, and opened birthday cards from hubby and few friends....while I was at the dog park, my darling husband waxed my car......:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: life doesn't get any better than this.

Barbie--I am SO sorry I missed your birthday! Sounds like it was a delightful day! I am glad you enjoyed it. :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

grabbit97

March 7, started diet....
March 26... no weight lost...
Frustration....
Do feel better than yesterday tho..
Nat

CarolynGSilva

I've come here to search for friends and support in this weight loss endeavor. Reading throught the entries here shows me so much courage, humor, and gutsy determination, I almost shrank from getting on here to whine. Are any of you just plain afraid in this quest? What I fear is my own weakness. I began with MFP January 18, 2011 and had managed to lose 5 pounds. Now, here is the present situation. I just got my house sold (hallaluyah) much more qulickly than I ever expected. Now I have 4 weeks to cull, sell, pack, and move out, pretty much on my own. Can I express how much I hate the prospect of this exhausting ordeal? My husband lives in Florida. I won't say we are separated, just living apart due to work circumstances and his preference for the ocean and his sailboat. He will be able to help with some of the moving, but none of the culling, selling, or packing. He will remain at the condo in Florida. Now that I am retired, I will be setting up for a while in Massachusettes near my daughter and her family. Don't get me wrong. Everything is amiable, but I want to be near my grandson for a while after toughing out 6 years pretty much on my own in order to save enough money to retire. Yes, I know full well there are plenty of folks in the world who would gladly change places . However, I dread when I will be tired and dirty and hungry and will reach for comfort in food. Yes, I am puny in spirit. This is just a challenge I think I need companionship and support to get through, or could get through it much better with that support. Please, somebody write back. I need you.

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: barmbord. welcome to the greatest support group on the planet.......take it one day at a time....pack your boxes one box at a time,...eat your meals one meal at a time......this can be a great journey....we are trying to sell our house and have rented a storage unit and have spent a lot of time boxing, giving away, throwing away and now are playing the waiting game while God finds us a buyer....don't anticipate what you will feel......as you work hard, think about the calories you are burning and the toning of your body....shop only for healthy food so you won't be reaching for bad stuff when you are tired.....plan meals that are nutrition dense so you are nourished by your meals.

:flowerforyou: I've just come back from a 50 minute high exercise event at the dog park....between the wind and birds the girls were very excited.....I wish we could walk to the park (it's only a mile and half away but the road is too dangerous for walking dogs) so we drive.

CarolynGSilva

Barbie, Thanks so much for answering. Your advice is very solid and I appreciate it. You were smart to get going on the packing early in the relocation process. I noticed the dog on your shirt...is it a poodle by any chance? If so, my toy apricot, Coffee, says hello. Thanks again.

tryingagain

Hi All, This sounds like a great group. Can I join? I am 60, married, have one daughter who is 26 and living at home at the moment. Both husband and daugher are very supportive. I work VERY full-time and often feel stressed by the end of the day (but then who doesn't). I have been following the old Weight Watcher program for a little over a year. Not crazy about the new plan. Have lost 60 lbs and I feel so much better. Have a lot more energy. I still have 40 or 45 to go.

I am looking for a support group and this one sounds great! Do you know how many people are sharing? I normally weigh on Wednesdays. Are there other Wednesday Weigh-Ins? Do you want to share results. Exercise is my downfall. I am trying to walk some each week and think about going to a gym. Did any of you work with a personal trainer at a gyn? I have heard it can be a good way to get started, but it seems too expensive.

tornberg1

Hi kinda new to posting I know its the end of March but need encouragement on my diet. It does help to track calories in diary. But it doesn't help with my cravings.

barbiecat

Hi All, This sounds like a great group. Can I join? I am 60, married, have one daughter who is 26 and living at home at the moment. Both husband and daugher are very supportive. I work VERY full-time and often feel stressed by the end of the day (but then who doesn't). I have been following the old Weight Watcher program for a little over a year. Not crazy about the new plan. Have lost 60 lbs and I feel so much better. Have a lot more energy. I still have 40 or 45 to go.

I am looking for a support group and this one sounds great! Do you know how many people are sharing? I normally weigh on Wednesdays. Are there other Wednesday Weigh-Ins? Do you want to share results. Exercise is my downfall. I am trying to walk some each week and think about going to a gym. Did any of you work with a personal trainer at a gyn? I have heard it can be a good way to get started, but it seems too expensive.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: you're right. this is a great group. We don't actually have a weigh in day but we report our results as they happen. Most of us set goals for the month---some of the goals are weight loss and some are behavioural like adding new exercise, drinking more water, or adding or subtracting certain foods. I don't know how many of us share on this thread---some check in more often than others and I think there are many who read the posts without sharing at all.

:flowerforyou: Brmbord, hello to your toy poodle, Apricot. My two Standard Poodles, Sasha (red) and Brandy (black) say hello. many of on this thread have dogs who are the center of our lives and over time you'll read a lot of sharing about dogs and cats. Part of my daily exercise is taking my dogs to the local off leash dog park. They run and play for 20-40 minutes while I walk around the yard keeping an eye on them, then I walk them on leash around the city park for the rest of an hour. On a day like today with wind, birds, children, and other dogs, it was quite a workout.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: grabbit, glad you are feeling better...just keep on keeping on and the weight will come off....are you eating enough fruits and vegetables ? that always helps me :bigsmile:

vickim26

Good afternoon ladies,
Taking a much needed break. Been working in bathroom most of the day. I am tired. need to go take a shower and wait for hubby to go to gym and get supper.
barnbord: you got advice from the best. what barbie said is true. take it one day at a time. do what you can when you can and rest when needed. being prepared has helped me tremendously. If not I fail and reach for trash. keep posting and griping or whatever. we will listen and respond when needed. welcome aboard.
tryingagain: you have done so good so far. now you just have to prevail and finish. that is the hard part for me. as you read you will find that we do all sorts of different kinds of exercises. I personally love the gym. I have always wanted to do a personal trainer for a while but just not sure of time factor. If you feel that will help and you can do it go for it. A lot of ladies do dvds and Wii and other things. I just am not that self motivated. welcome to the best group of ladies in the world.
tomberg1: I have found that the only way to stop cravings is to cut out that kind of food for a while. It usually takes about 2-3 days for them to go away. for instance if you crave carbs cut out all but good carbs, same for sugar. Hope this helps and welcome to our group.
see you later ladies.
vicki M

Shirley61

Good Evening Ladies:

Barbie: Happy Birthday to you sounds like you had wonderful day to celebrate.

Barmbord: Welcome to the group, I am a newcomer myself and these ladies here are
very supportive and I am sure you will like this site. Good luck on your
weight loss journey.

My hubby is painting our laundry room today and we just picked out some new flooring. It always
looks so nice after a room is freshened up, even if it is where you do laundry.
I am packing this week for Florida for vacation so I don't run around all week like a crazy person.
My oldest daughter who is 30 is moving on Wednesday to a new apartment and the whole family is going
up to help her out. She just broke up with a guy from Ireland, so its kind of a sad move for her.
I hope she stays there for a while I am getting too old for this. We have been moving our kids to
apartments since they were in university. I hope all goes well.

Tonight we are staying in to watch movies and we just finished a delicious dinner of chicken, parsnips, carrots and brussel sprouts Ymmm. :happy:

Have a great evening ladies and I am signing off. :bigsmile:

kackie

Good Evening, Dear Ladies,

Just a minute to say hello and check in. Read quickly through the posts but mostly wanted to comment to

Bombard: Welcome and you have found the perfect place for support. So many of us are in the same place trying to figure out this next stage of life. At least you can pat yourself on the back for trying to do it and also be healthy. It is a struggle but we are all in this together. Don't question yourself- just do what is best for you and I don't blame you for wanting to be near your children. Do what you know is best and put one foot in front of the other. Getting rid of old "stuff" feels good and I think is helpful too. I look forward to getting to know you and also know that this is a safe place to vent. I wish you success on this journey!

Everyone else: Take care and look forward to catching up soon. All best, kackie

Ldspill

I just spent several hours catching up with all the posts. I hear a ton of frustration, don't give up ladies, it's gotta get better.

My last post I had no voice and a cough that wouldn't quit. My voice is finally back but my cough went into bronchitis and I am finally getting back to normal (whatever that is). Haven't been able to exercise, just getting out of bed started the coughing fits. Ate way too many "Comfort Foods" while sick but managed to stay close to or under my calories for the day. Only the scale on Monday will reveal whether I did OK or got too comfortable. I may be able to start walking again on Monday as well.

I hear so many of you saying how disappointed you are with the slow or no change in weight loss. Please don't think I'm dispensing medical advice but have you had your Thyroid checked? Hypothyroidism effects about 13 million Americans and only half have been properly diagnosed. Women are five times more likely than men to have it. I come from a "HUGE" family, I'm not talking about our numbers, I'm talking about our size. I have three brothers, all over 6' tall and between 260 to 425 pounds. My mom and my grandmother both had thyroid problems and have fought their weight all their lives. I am for some fortunate reason the only one who doesn't have Hypothyroidism or High Blood Pressure. I have no excuse, I'm just chubby. Please have yours checked, it could be as simple as taking medication and everything else will fall into place. I also can't stress enough how important it is to READ LABELS. Some diet foods have tons of hidden sugars and the aspartame used to make them sweeter when broken down in the body produces Methanol. Methanol is a neurotoxic alcohol. It can cause such things as muscle spasms, dizziness, memory loss even migrains and seizures. All the more reason to go Natural.

Oh, watch Dr. Oz on Monday. He is having someone on there that says we can "Think Yourself Thin". From the reaction I saw from Dr. Oz, this may be true. I'm watching, I can't afford to pass up any opportunity to learn something new, especially when it comes to weight loss.

I read a lot........ that's like calling an alligator a lizard. I read more than most people in school. I love to read but I'm one of those people who has to come away with something from what I've read. I went to college to become a Physical Education teacher and ended up getting my degree in Psychology from UCLA. You'd think with that kind of background, I'd be Rich, Thin and healthy.......yeah, didn't happen that way. After a bout with cancer at 25 (31 yrs cancer free) and a hysterectomy the weight was very easy to gain and losing it was (and is) next to impossible. When I hear someone struggling, I can't help but share what I know for sure and hope it helps someone else. If I ever get too "soap boxy", please let me know.

I think we all feel the same, we don't want anyone we know to suffer the way we did. It's our nautre as women to want to hug, nurture, care for and aide in anyway we can, after all isn't that why we're here? For the support and encouragement of others going through the same thing?

Take a few minutes every day to just sit and breath. No TV, no lights, no noise. Just sit and concentrate on your breathing and picture in your mind someplace that you love, whether it's walking on the beach or in the mountains. It will make you feel better.

Hang in there everyone! We can't control our surrounding, we can only control how we react to them.

Good Health and Happiness,
Lynda

grabbit97

You know, it is very frustrating when you get on the scale after 3 weeks, and nothing has happened... How many of you did this happen to... granted, I am older, and my metabolism is not there, I am on synthroid, diabetes meds, celebrex... I do ride bike 30 min a day, and started with 5 lb weights to do some arm strenghtening... but 3 weeks, not a lb.... I keep saying, stick with it, I split some beef fahitas with DH, I only ate 1/3 of it, had 1 tortilla, 14 chips with some salsa, lunch I made a salad out of the insides of a burrito (beef), asking for lettuce, no tortilla, need to eat some fruit now, but I am going to stick with it.
anyone have this happen to them, no loss for a long time?

SallyCC

Welcome Barmbord and Tryingagain.

Barbara....such wonderful advice to barmbord...Thanks...I needed to read that today.

I do weigh in everyday and I KNOW that I will see lots of flucuations in the number....big ups and downs depending on sodium and time of night meal. I did have a loss this week on my weigh in day for here (Wed)... but I've seen the number go up in the past couple of days. I've made some bad choices in the past couple of days too... so I will think of one meal at a time and getting the most for my calories today.

Thanks for the words of inspiration,Barbara.

vickim26

Good morning ladies,
Lynda what a wonderful post. thanks for sharing every tidbit of info is helpful to someone.
grabbit, try going whole foods only--no processed foods--if you cant grow it or feed it or pick it dont eat it. lean meats cooked without frying and fruits and veggies and for breads and pastas eat just whole wheat, nothing white. dont give up--just keep posting. we are here for you.
vicki M

pmjsmom

to all our new ladies!

I've been busy with work and my yard. Also, I've been working on some new jewelry pieces. I think I will soon have enough to take to a craft fair!

I have to agree with Vicki on cutting out what you crave. I have cut out sugar and most grain carbs (not all!) and am finally seeing the scale moving in the right direction again! I just posted a 1 pound loss but it was really more like 5 pounds because I never updated my ticker when I put some back on.:ohwell:

Just wanted to say "Hi" to everyone. Need to get ready for church! Have a great day!

marlouise

Hello Ladies, welcome to you new ladies, yes you are in the right spot.

Just a quickie today, I did a large discussion piece on the sneakers page if anyone wishes to take a peek.

Had a back spasm last night, so today is a day for some slow exercises to get the abs working again. By the way, the physio doc. said that after my surgery in 2002 I should have had a therapist help me rebuild my abdomon after the surgery. This is the cause of my abs now failing, no communications from the brain, hence the nerves have been damaged, and I didn't know or suspect anything, now it is maybe too late, or it will take a long time to get my conscious to move my abs without much concentration. So this puts a few questions into my future.

Well back to the gym and hope all goes well.

Marilyn

maxymom

:flowerforyou: Hello Nice Ladies, and welcome to the ones that are new! :happy:

I just started MFP this month and found this page right away. Since I'm not real computer savvy and didn't know what I was doing, it may have been more than dumb luck.

Because, :happy: YES, :happy: this is the place for encouragement and guidance, and sharing and learning.... I could go on and on. Questions answered, pep talks given. So many ladies going towards a similar goal. I felt pretty alone till I came here. Not sure i could do it. Now, I feel like I can! :bigsmile:

And to whoever asked about Wednesday weigh-ins, I do. ( I need a little space after the weekend to make up for oopsies).

Good luck to all and don't get discouraged. My advice would be not to weigh yourself more than once a week, and make a healthy diet a lifestyle not an obsession. That could backfire. It's not healthy to think of food (or anything) all the time.

Y'all have a great Sunday, Maxy

RebelRenny

:flowerforyou: Happy springtime, ladies :flowerforyou: I wish I could say I was back to losing weight, however reality stares me in the face that I am not losing. It seems I, me and myself and no one else, can't get my act together. That is not to say I am not eating healthy. I'd say I am eating healthy about 90% of the time, but just too much of it. More importantly I have not been out exercising. :grumble: Struggled with a bad bladder infection recently and am at the tail end of the second round of antibiotics. Boy that drained me of energy! Booo:grumble:

In 3 weeks I am off to Holland to see my mom. Meanwhile, my job is busy though satisfying. My weekends have been taken up by digging into my family tree. Wow, is that ever a great thing to do. I am addicted, I love it so much . Of course, what I should be doing is housework, taxes and other "useful" things, right? Nah.....I can do that when it NEEDS to be done

By the way, you know what struck me the most about my family tree?......wait for it.......here it comes.......everyone dies!! :bigsmile: True. No one appears to survive (this) life. You get born, you live, then you die. Go figure, eh (a little Canadian expression).

Soooo.....go on, love life......live life.....live a healthy life.....live the best life you can while you're here!!

K.....I really better DO do our taxes. Once that is out of the way I can get back to my family tree, yeah!

Hope you all have a wonderful week! Love you all tremendously!
Rebel

smwert

Well I am back from my trip to Florida to drive my mother home. I stayed ther for 20 days and I lost 2.5 pounds - walking and swimming. But when I got hom after the 2.5 day drive and eating in restaurants i had only lost 1 pound. But at least I did not gain. Seeing myself in a bathing suite really motivated me to lose. So a new day (again) tomorrow. Really going to try now to lose and since the weather shoud soon be warming up I will get out walking more.
smwert

smwert

Correction. I was in Florida for 10 days not 20!!!

marlouise

Hello ladies,

Just tracked my diet on the tracker, forgot to weigh myself this morning.:ohwell:

NATALIE, Body Building .com, there you will find a truck load of information on exercise, diet, and if you wish to get started on the opening page you should find a link to "find a plan" you will have the complete essentials right there. If you have a husband he too can join in on the site, make a account profile etc. It is free! Your Zoey is very handsome, buttons too is tri coloured, but she is not a show or therapy dog. She has the instinct and would make a good one, but I have no time for the training etc. Her picture is in my profile, the ears are cut to avoid matts that the cat's hair creates when she plays with them. High spirited and personable.

Okay, time to relax and get sleepy, full day at work tomorrow.

Marilyn

R222

Hi Everyone;
So glad I found this topic. I am 50 and looking for friends to keep each other motivated. Hope to find some of you. My goal for the rest of this month is to stick with MFP. Religiously post my exercise and foods. I love the fact that the program lets you eat more with the exercise you do.

R222

I have had that happen to me too. It was really devastating to me, however I was adding muscle, and muscle weighs more than fat. May I suggest to start measuring your self. This way you will see the inches falling away, and not focus so much on the scale.

grabbit97

I am going to try WW for awhile, but will continue to post here, and report progress.... I have an android phone, and downloaded the APP for WW, so I will try and follow it. After 20 days, and not an ounce lost on MFP, I am goign to try WW, and see if that works.
Yes, Zoey is a therapy dog, I take her to the hospital 2x a week, to make people happy, and also go to the Cancer Treatment Center with her.... it makes me feel good to help others.
Rode my bike 30 min today, and did some upper body things with the 5 lb weights I bought,
Need to lose the POUNDS, since that is the only thing that is going to bring my blood sugar under control...
and get off pills.

Shirley61

Grabbit 97: Good Luck on the WW program. :flowerforyou: I am a WW lifetime member and I am just the
opposite, I joined this site to count calories which I never did before. I went
back to WW to try it again and could not get with the program. :ohwell:
I have lost 18 pounds on this program because of counting the calories and
exercise. I am also Type 2 diabetes but not on meds. Since I have lost weight
my numbers are coming down too. I wish u all the luck if you can do it. There are
many people that can, I guess it was just not for me anymore. :flowerforyou:

I am a dog lover and your pooch is a cutie.

grabbit97

Thank you for your input, I hope that the WW will work for me... altho its a new program, points plus, I like the OLD WW much better!!

MacMadame

Hey guys, I have decided to stop tracking my food over at Bodymedia next month. I love all the charts and graphs but I can't get much of it exported to Excel and I need my spreadsheets to help keep an eye on what I'm doing. I'll just put the total calories from MyFitnessPal into that program and only use it to keep track of my calories burned and steps.

exermom

Peggy - the bad thing about the start of warmer season is that my legs are white. That, and the fact that I have to start shaving again....lol Hope you get nicer weather real soon.

Welcome barmbord! You've come to the right place for friends and encouragement!

tryingagain - of course you can join! We're delighted to have you. I used to work with a personal trainer. I would highly recommend it, at least at first. I, unfortunately, started out exercising just taking classes. Then I went to a personal trainer who told me that all along I'd been doing squats wrong. Now I have to really focus on them when I do them. If I'd gone to a personal trainer in the beginning, I wouldn't have to relearn things. So even if it's expensive, I say go for it. Many times more than one person (like 2 or 3) can train at the same time, so the cost would be much less. You might want to check that out, too.

tornberg1 - I really like logging my food. It's really interesting to see some things. Some that you think are really good are actually high in fats and calories.

Decided to try this "totally toning" class that's right before the yoga on Saturdays. Unfortunately, it's only 1/2 hr long. Honestly, I wasn't that impressed with the instructor. At one point we were doing front raises and she was going above her shoulders. Another time she had us squatting to the step (with two risers) and then standing up while lifting the weights above our heads. Only that puts your knees at more than a 90 degree angle (so it puts more stress on the knee).

Oh, remember the guy at the Y that I wasn't impressed with and then he got transferred to the branch that I really liked and I hoped he wouldn't mess it up like he did the other branch. Well, he did mess it up. But the good news is that (and I don't know the specifics) he's no longer there. Yippee!!!

Tomorrow I'll probably do some hula hooping on the Wii.

Clyde really wants to play. Last night was the first night he was with the rest of the household, he slept on our bed. We were expecting that there might be a problem, but there really wasn't. Bonnie is still in her room.

They had a special yesterday and today at the Humane Society (Fri and Sat). For the price of a large bag of cat food, you can adopt one of the older cats (subject to approval). About 10 cats got adopted. Vince and I went both days. Now I just hope that some of the cats don't get returned.

ldspill - so glad that you're feeling better. It'll be all uphill from here! Only better and better. woohoo! You've been cancer free for such a long time, that's truly something to be very proud of. I had an aerobics teacher who had breast cancer, she was one of the first to use tamixofen. That was when it was still in trial stages. She was cancer free for 18 years. Unfortunately, it came back and took her life. However, even thru her chemo, she taught aerobics classes. She was a true inspiration. Here she was, in front of the class, no hair, her biggest complaint was that her sweaty head would stick to the mat....lol Yes, there were days when I didn't feel at all like exercising, but when I saw her I'd just feel "hey, if she can do it going thru chemo, then by golly I can do it"

I made these spinach manicotti. Vince won't eat it with the spinach so I had to make some for him with meat. I admit that I tried some with the meat. Do you know that I preferred the spinach ones? It's weird, my tastes are going to more veggies and less red meat. Not that I'm complaining, mind you.

I met one of my neighbors the other day while she was walking. We stopped and talked, she asked me where I went walking, I told her the Y. You know, I know me and if I have to depend on myself to get up and out the door, it won't get done. But if I have someone that is counting on me to be there at an appointed time, I'll do it. Really, the next time I see her, I think I'll ask her if she'd like a walking buddy.

smwert - welcome back! Glad you had a good trip. Even just one pound lost is good, especially seeing how you weren't home.

welcome R222. You've come to the right place!

Did an hour of hula hoop on the Wii today (Sun). Tomorrow I'll do a 45 min DVD of step and then take a weight class.

Slept with Bonnie last night. She slept in the bed with me. I also made up the bed in the other back bedroom, so now she has the run of two bedrooms and the bath that joins them. I'll probably sleep with Clyde tonight.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele