WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MARCH

joylaut

Well, jury duty is over, as is squeezing in all my clients around it. The sun is out tomorrow. All that, means me and Cassie can get our nice long walk in tomorrow. :happy: Maybe I'll throw in some dumbbell exercises. And maybe I'll get around to pulling together income tax stuff :frown:

TGIF ladies.
Joy

MacMadame

Marking my spot. I changed my siggy to have my March goals too.

SallyCC

Glad to see all the posts. It really does help to hear the stories!

I'm having a tough week. The cold I fought last week at the convention has turned into a nasty sinus infection. I went to the doctor's yesterday and came home and was really sick the rest of the day. I missed getting together with our team---we all just lost that job this week and that made the just want to cry. We will reschedule but I was fighting so hard to get there and then realized that I really needed to get home to be sick! I had to cancel two meetings I was going to this morning as a favor to a couple of friends and that felt awful....but there really was no choice. I think the universe is saying its time to take care of myself....and I know I should listen before the lesson gets louder.

On the upside...the scale is way down today...but I don't want to use that number as a weigh in until I am back. It's just nice to see a new lower number.

Frogmama.......thanks for the encouragement. Keep looking for the right yoga class for you. Its great.....but finding the yoga that fits for you is important.

Mary....great swim....

Have a good day!

barbiecat

:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Sally, when I was in my mid forties I got sick and followed my usual plan which was to do nothing about and just keep on meeting my commitments, sick or not.......my darling hubby said "Honey, you're not as young as you used to be".......It made me so mad, but when I got over being mad, I realized that he was right and stopped and rested and allowed my body to heal.........ten or more years later I went to work with what turned out to be pneumonia and my colleagues had to gang up on me and tell me to go to the doctor and then do what I was told which turned out to be taking a week off work and staying home in bed.......I was a slow learner but now I stop when I'm sick and let my body heal.......actually, since I've been retired I don't get sick like I used to :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Macmadame, we started going to bed earlier in February and after the initial period of forgetting the plan, we got into a good routine and I feel a lot better......I wish you success on your early to bed goal.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: I'm up early this morning, had time for 30 minutes on the exercise bike, now I'm off to the grocery store before going to line dance.

msh0530

Busy day today for me. I am working until 3:30, then back to work for a substate basketball game from 5:00 to 9:00. They will serve dinner at the game as a fundraiser, but I'm not sure what they are serving, so I think that in the brief time that I am home I will try to pack a lunch. Of course, that time (about an hour) that I am home will also be my only opportunity to exercise, so I may try to take the dog for a short walk if I have the energy. I guess time will tell. Hope all are having a good Friday, and the weekend brings you relaxation and joy! Here's to smart choices!

Shirley61

Frogmama:

Guess what my birthday is also April 4, we Aries have to stick together. :happy:

Ldspill

Good morning everyone. Congrats to everyone who had a successful February, I haven't quite had the results I was hoping for but I will.

I am working from home FULL TIME now and I'm worried about being this close to the refrigerator. So....I've put my office as far from the frige as possible and the treadmill is between us. I am creating my own little March Madness, everytime I get hungry and head toward the kitchen, I'll get on the treadmill for 10 minutes. My thought is, I'll feel so good about walking I won't want to eat or it will give me time to think about what I should eat. It's starting to warm up so I might start walking outside again, problem is, it's so hilly here and I'm at the top. You can imagine my struggle getting home uphill and I'm already exhausted. Motorists felt sorry for me and stopped to offer a ride. I must have looked really needy. Don't want to look or feel that way again. I want people who drive by to say.."Damn, walking up and down these hills really works!" OR..When a couple drives by the lady hits her man and says, "I saw you looking!" I don't want to start trouble.....I'm just saying.

OK, so this month is a new beginning, my tree has tiny sprouts, my tomato plant has flowers and I'm ready to blossom myself. This forum has given me an outlet to just cut loose and say what I feel like saying (as cliche' and corny as it might get). We're all in the same boat, the fact that we use different oars to get to our destination doesn't matter. In fact, your oar might be just what I'm looking for. I swear, I'm paddling as hard as I can, I think my oar must have a hole in it.

Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your day, you're the sisters (I have 3 brothers) I never had. You offer me encoragement and motivation and that's just what I need. Consider yourselves all hugged.

My goals for March: Lose 10 to 15 pounds..........gotta buy a scale!
Treadmill 6 days a wk.
Strength Training 3-4 days a wk.
Healthy Eating every day

I wish you all Health, Happiness and of course Warm Weather.

ildi59

Slow day for me today, I had to stay home with a bad cold, have no energy. I hope I can shake this off fast and get back to my regular routine.
Have a good day everyone!

vickim26

Ildi59 I hope you feel better. I am having allergy trouble and the medicine I take has me drowsy for days it seems. Get well soon.

Ldspill: I will be glad to be considered your sister. Welcome aboard. I love your illustrations. treadmill between you and fridge is priceless. let me know how it works. Yes we are all in the same boat and sometimes it is hard to paddle but we just have to keep on. Know that you are not alone. we are all in boat helping you when things get tough. keep posting.

Happy Birthday to frogmama and shirley 61. have a great day.

barbiecat you always have such words of wisdom. I too am not very good at admitting I am sick. We are not sickly people but seems like when people around me are sick they stop everything and get well and I dont. that is nobody's fault but mine. will have to work on that.
sallly c take care of yourself and get well.
joylaut sounds like a good plan. Make it work.
okay I responded to all of todays posts. that is a lot of work. anyone who has windows 7 tell me how to open windows side by side so I dont have to go back and forth. I know I can do it but now sure how.
got up early this morning to take beth raymond and regan to airport in New Orleans. they are going to dc for week for regan to participate in young junior leadership something. she will stay with other kids and they have hotel. they wont really get to spend any time with her but did not want to put her on plane alone. nice trip for them to spend some time together. they have arrived. they are on bus going to hotel. heather offered to keep rhea and ray jr but I will be helping.
still doing great on food just need to get back into exercise routine. allergies are not helping with this. am very tired. hope you ladies have a good day.
vicki m

lyn54

:flowerforyou: Hi Ladies,:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
I had a great day yesterday! :flowerforyou: The sun, the grandkids, the walking...just all of it felt resfreshing. There are at least 6 blooms on my daffoidils...actually I just looked out and there is more than one of them blooming now. :happy: It was a "fab" 65 yesterday. I am so ready for spring. I don't mean to rub it in to those who are still dealing with ice, snow and cold temps. I think all of us are ready for warmer temps and Sunshine (important word).

Barbie:flowerforyou: has inspired me to wear a pedometer, however I don't think she meant to bed. :noway: I had it on my pj's and was chilled, so I decided to wear my pj's to bed...and no I don't usually:bigsmile: ...they are usually too hot. DH turned over and put his arm across my waist and asked," are you planning to keep up with your bed activities now?" I started laughing :laugh: :laugh: and needless to say took off...the pedometer...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Doobie, you are doing well with the weight loss!:flowerforyou:

Vicki-I have found these times happen with whatever food plan you are doing. I've done a lot of them in my lifetime...
You will probably see some change soon. You are doing so well!:flowerforyou:

Faye:flowerforyou: --You are a good friend:flowerforyou: ...I am sure yo will be rewarded for your friendship.

Mary-so glad you are able to get back to something you enjoy!:flowerforyou:

Zu-:flowerforyou: -Hope you feel better soon! I know you will be glad when Spring comes:flowerforyou: ...it has been a long winter! I hope it hastens to your door!

Marilyn- I would like to discuss with you about this issue with your muscles...it sounds interesting.:flowerforyou: I hope all these techniques work for you!

Annie :flowerforyou: -hope you enjoyed swimming today! OR whatever you do!

Grandee is a good mama!:flowerforyou:

Michelle-:flowerforyou: I do enjoy oranges. My mom was in Florida through January and February. She just came home AND brought oranges! Yes! :happy: They are really good. They taste better directly picked from the trees rather than picked and then shipped.

Frogmama- you and Michelle remind me of my sis and her chocolate. She eats bags of semi-sweet Hersheys chips. She has her DH hooked now too. She has never wore larger than a 6.

Mrs Anderson--do you fix cheesecake a lot? I love those things...and they like me.. I am "doing" Easter this year. I'll probably have about 80 or so people at my house...I may need to consult you.:flowerforyou:

Fittocyle- have a good work out with your spin class!:flowerforyou:

Barbie-enjoy your darling DH...don't forget your pedometer!:bigsmile:

Joy-jury duty? :noway: Don't you just dread that job? Good luck with your taxes...DH was working on those last night.

Hi Mac!:flowerforyou:

Sally hope you feel better. :flowerforyou: At least, you are having luck with the scales!

Shirley and Frogmama-mine is April 4 too...we are like a dodge truck...Ram Tough!:bigsmile:

LDspill-First, I would like to tell you your pics are lovely! :flowerforyou: That sunset is a postcard sunset. I understand about walking up the hills. I have one that is steep in my subdivision. I haven't tackeled it in a while. I am like you, I will build up to that one!:flowerforyou:
We must be using a similar oar and boat. :bigsmile: Good luck finding the leak, lady. It's very sweet what you said about sisters.:flowerforyou:

Idi59-I hope your weekend gets better. So sorry you don't feel well.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

I know I haven't posted to all of you...I am doing one page at a time!
To ALL--have a wonderful weekend!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

mrsanderson404

NYLL54....I don't do cheesecake often....maybe once every couple of years as it is not my family's fav...we are more cobbler and pie folks.....but I do love to cook!

Grandee47

I had such a good day today! I did chores in the morning, but went shopping in the afternoon for my mantle at Ross's and Pier One. I am not a shopper by nature, in fact, I usually don't enjoy it, but I found lots of stuff "on a shoestring" and that makes me really, really happy. We have an oversize mantle and it's been bugging me, so having this problem solved is great.

I did weigh myself this morning and it showed that I lost 5 pounds this week. Since I was on a clear liquid diet for three days, I think I'll give it the weekend before taking an official weight. I feel sure that it'll go up a pound or two, so Monday will be the official for sure. If it doesn't go up, you'll hear me celebrating!

What I have not been doing is walking. Mary, you have really stuck with your swimming this week......you're an inspiration. When Dee starts the new challenge next week, I will once again put the walking goal and this time I'll stick to it! I have been tracking consistently so I feel good that I've kept up with that.

Lynn, 80 people for Easter? Holy Cow!!!!!! And these birthdays in April.....mine's April 8th! Great time of year for a birthday.....it truly is a rebirth every year having a birthday in the spring. Also, Lynn, I haven't ever "juiced". It would probably be great for my gastroparesis as I can't have raw vegies. I'll look into it.

Gotta go. I'm bushed. Like everyone else it seems, I have a bit of a cold and it's wearing me out. Have a great weekend everyone!:happy:

LM_105

Hello all,

Just not been possible to get on the site much the last few day, work busy and then meeting up with friends. I just don't know where the time goes. I am not doing so good diet wise, I am logging everything but am over for 2 days after being under for the first 3 days this week. Will try to put that right this weekend.

Have ready all the posts but just dont have the brain to list and comment at the moment; warm wishes to you all.

Lynn and Barb = thanks.

Take care and enjoy the weekend!

lyn54

I had to post this for Frogmama and all the ladies who like frogs.:bigsmile:
..An older lady was somewhat lonely and decided she needed a pet to
keep her company. So, off to the pet shop she went. She searched
and searched.. None of the pets seemed to catch her interest, except
this ugly frog. As she walked by the jar he was in, she looked and he
winked at her.

He whispered, I'M SO LONELY, TOO.. BUY ME
AND TAKE ME HOME. YOU WON'T EVER BE
SORRY.

The old lady figured, what the heck! She hadn't found
anything else. So, she bought the frog. She placed
him in the car, on the front seat beside her. As she
was slowly driving down the road, the frog whispered
to her "KISS ME AND YOU WON'T BE SORRY!"

So! The old lady figured, WHAT THE HECK, and
kissed the frog.

IMMEDIATELY the frog turned into an
absolutely gorgeous, sexy, young, handsome prince.

THE PRINCE THEN RETURNED THE OLD LADY'S
KISS. SUDDENLY THE OLD LADY FELT HERSELF
TRANSFORMING FROM HIS KISS. NOW CAN YOU
GUESS WHAT THE OLD LADY TURNED INTO?

COME ON GUESS!




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SHE TURNED INTO THE FIRST
HOLIDAY INN SHE COULD FIND!!

She's old....... NOT DEAD!!!

OLD LADIES ROCK

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vickim26

guess I should pay closer attention to my reading. april 4th birthdays not today. sorry hope I remember in april.
LOL
Vicki M

Grandee47

You are toooooooooooo much, Lynn! That's a hoot! :laugh:

msh0530

Lynn, you are on a roll today. You crack me up!

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Grandee, I just noticed the beautiful cat in your picture. Is that your cat? I also noticed all the weight you've lost already.....congratulations.

:flowerforyou: Lynn, I don't sleep with my pedometer, but someone I know used to tuck hers in her undies when she got up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night so she'd get credit for all the steps she walked :laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Vicki, you are such a caregiver, taking care of hubby, kids, grandkids, it doesn't surprise me that you need to be reminded to take care of yourself.

:flowerforyou: Ldspill, I agree that the women on this thread are the sisters i have been looking for.......my new favorite quote is "It doesn't matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop"......so even if our oars have a hole in them, we should should keep on rowing.

:flowerforyou: I got the dogs to the dog park just in time for them to play for 20 minutes before the hail, freezing rain, and high winds, now we are all cozy indoors.
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jam0525

Ildi59-I hope you feel better soon.

Robin – Working does make it hard. My only suggestion is to walk 10 minutes twice a day at work. The calories aren’t much, but the fresh air will do wonders for your mind. The other thing that helps me is to have a good lunch. Otherwise, I pick before dinner. Good luck.

Doobie – Congratulations on getting the scale moving.

Zuback – Way to go on the 2 pounds lost. I hope you don’t find them and they don’t find you.

Mary – Glad to hear you got back in the pool. I remember how excited you were when you swam all the time.

Grandee- 5 pounds in one week! Wow.

As usual we are a being a chatty bunch and there are a lot of posts since the last time I checked. I know I missed stuff and just got a few highlights.

As promised I am updating my weight every week and unfortunately I showed a 3 pound gain this week. It's not just the girl scout cookies. lol More than anything it is the lack of exercise. What ever time I had seems to have disappeared. I'm going to start taking my own advise and walk every day at work for at least one break. I use to do that and even thought the calories don't amount to much, I felt a lot better emotionally.

The kid's soccer starts tomorrow, so here we go again for the next 8 weeks.

Jeannie

ildi59

Lynn- That was a good one:laugh:
Seems like we have a lot of April babies here, my birthday is April 14th.
Thanks for the good wishes, I feel a little better tonight.
Good night everyone!
ildi

wizzywig

Frogmama:

Guess what my birthday is also April 4, we Aries have to stick together. :happy:

:bigsmile: I'm another Aries ! 31st March is my birthday, almost an April Fool :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Who am I kidding - most people would say I AM an April fool.

Just going out to walk the doggies, I'll try and get back later. Need to log my food and exercise for the last few days :embarassed:

Take Care

Viv xx

cardmaker2

Hi, I joined a few days ago, how nice to see a 50 plus board, and to see that we older ladies can lose weight too. I am just at the start of my journey , but it looks like you have some good weight losses. I am from the UK, hope to hear from some of you soon. Best Wishes,

ildi59

Welcome cardmaker2, I'm glad you joined, you'll like this site, we are here to support you.
ildi

kackie

Good Morning, Ladies,

I AM STILL HERE...still moving furniture into new house with family here visiting, so time is limited. Finally have internet connection set up that works. Hope everyone is fine...I will catch up soon!!!

Mimi: Thank you for your message. It's nice to be missed!

Take care all! Hope most of you are doing better than I am with their posting, food & weigh-ins!!! Love, Kackie

fittocycle

Good Morning, Ladies! I'm new to this group but you all seem like such a nice, encouraging bunch of people!
The scale was down a bit this morning and I'm hoping it "sticks" tomorrow. If it does, then I'll record it as a loss.

Do you all have any plans for the weekend? I'm hoping we can go see the movie, The King's Speech. Anyone seen it and have an opinion on it? My hubby isn't too crazy about it but I think he'll go!

msh0530

Weekend plans, you ask? Grocery store, watch my Jayhawks beat Mizzou on TV (I hope), a quick shopping trip to Penneys to try to find something to wear to get my picture taken for the church directory, go to my brother in laws birthday party, have my niece and fiance drop by, fix a breakfast to take to my Sunday School class tomorrow, study my Sunday School lesson, slip in a walk somewhere, and have my 5 year old and 2 year old grandsons spend the night. (And that is just Saturday.)
Sunday, go to church, go to my daughter's for dinner, try to go for a walk, and go with the extended family to an Army Jazz Ambassadors concert. And sometime during the weekend to get some sewing done.
I just realized I don't have time to be sitting here! Got to go get my shoes on!

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: I had some great plans for this morning except that it's raining so I'll start with the computer chores and change my plan later.....the dogs are hoping to go to the dog park but it's raining too hard even for us :laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: fittocycle, my best friend saw "The King's Speech" three times and recommends it to anyone who will listen. My hubby wants to go see it, but we may wait until it comes out on DVD and buy it....our weekend plans include more housecleaning so the house will be sparkling if someone come to look at it...we are eager to sell it so we can move to the new place we've picked out.

:flowerforyou: cardmaker, welcome........I started on MFP two years ago and had no idea that it would work so well for me.....I took it one day at a time, took baby steps, stayed open minded to new ideas and bit by bit made changes in the way I live my life so now posting food and exercising, staying active , eating healthy, connecting with others, have become habits rather than strange new behaviour....I wish the same for you.


:flowerforyou: ildi, I'm glad you are feeling better....will you be exercising today?

:flowerforyou: kackie, we are anticipating a move as soon as our house sells and I am naturally concerned about how long we will be without internet connection.....moving in with guests sounds very stressful....I hope you are weathering it well....I'm glad to hear from you again.

:flowerforyou:Mary, with all your family around you, you are so busy, it's amazing that you can find time to exercise.

:flowerforyou: Viv, I walked my dogs this morning before the rain started.....I thought I would take them to the dog park after breakfast but the rain interfered so now my hubby is running around in the living room playing with them.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

I'll go do my cleaning chores so when the rain stops, I can go out with the dogs.

ildi59

Barbie, I'm feeling better, not 100% yet but put on my walking shoes and did some Zumba and treadmill.

fittocycle,Don't have many plans for the weekend it supposed to be rainy here. I'd like to make up for the mixed exercises this past couple of days. The beach behind you looks great, looks like where I live.

Mary, You're an inspiration, sooo busy and still find time for exrtas.

MacMadame

Ran for 20 min. without pain last night. Whee!

marlouise

Hello ladies, it is snowing has been a mix of snow, wet snow, rain and both all day. My neighbours are out in full force getting their driveways shoveled. The next door family shoveled and snow machine cleaning up my driveway also, I was very thankful, that mess would have put me back in hospital.
My dog Buttons put her back out yesterday, sometime in the wee morning hours. Took her to the vet, she received lasor treatment, the doc also said that this instance may be well repeated so we talked about a chiropractor for Buttons. The chiropractor may help me too!
Worked four hours yesterday, came home in a little pain but not as much, good thing I'm hoping. I have not been contacted by my other job as yet.

LYNN, the physio doctor has me workiing my buttock muscles and lower pelvic muscles. He proved to me I did not have them working at all. My upper leg tendons and mid back tendons were holding my spine. Thus they locked up when the movement was too much. I did lots of (what I thought was pelvic) exercises with ease, little did I know what was really going on. So now I have to lay on my stomach and clinch my lower glutes tight, and hold them for 5-10 seconds, I do 3 sets of 5 reps. The other exercises are somewhat what the pilates had me doing but I was not doing them correctly,(misunderstanding of instructions). I lay on my back, knees bent, make sure spine, pelvic are in neutral position, contract the lower pelvic muscles, hands are on the edge of my ribs, lift one foot an inch off the floor. Now if you feel your tummy area, or back, or hips move, you are not using the muscles. I am surprised at the force I have to administer to activate the muscles. It hurts abit, until I use them more. I do 3 sets of 10 reps each leg. I have to have something accomplished for my next appointment so I am going to be diligent on these. I do these three times a day, on my off days and twice on my work days. I'm hoping for the best turnout.

Well ladies that is all for today, hope everyone is doing well, I've been working online today so I have spent my sit down time, supper is in order and another round of exercises. Catch you all tomorrow,


Marilyn