WOMEN AGES 50+ for April

exermom

barbie - did you read the letter in Dear Abby today about someone complaining about people accepting a dinner invitation and then when something is served they're saying "oh, I can't eat that, it's not on my diet"? To me, that's a sure formula for failure

We had our last bowling session last night. I said in my journal that I had 2 pieces of the pizza they gave us, but I really had only 1. It was very dough-ey, I thought. But it was free, and it seemed that most everyone else liked it. Next Wed I think we're going to go see the senior bowling league to see how good they are. After that, we'll probably join them.

kackie - I agree with you, it's so nice to be outside. I know that when I'm inside, I get bored and then eat to relieve the boredom. When you're eating out, you can order your food "without cream cheese". I do it all the time.

Viv - when I ask for a small slice of cake and get a big one, I will just eat a small portion. Honestly, if it's on a plate in front of me, I'll eat it. So I'll cut the cake in half and put that other half on another plate.

As I recall, there is something that you need to eat with the spinach. Is it some citrus? It helps with absorption of a mineral, I think. Maybe it's some oil. Does anyone know? This is really bothering me.

Well, did a 45 min DVD band workout today, then went to this crochet class (I'll learn to crochet in the round yet....I'm just not saying which century), then went food shopping at one store, stopped at another one and got their circular, stopped at another store but had to get a rain check, bought gas (gulp!), came home and made the filling for the appetizer that I'm going to take to the newcomers social this Sat. I have to serve (EM) at the mass so I'll take it earlier. I found this recipe for stuffed celery. The stuffing is 1/3 fat cream cheese, vanilla yogurt, shredded carrot, crushed pineapple in a celery stick. The recipe says it has only 18 calories. To me, it's something different. Unfortunately, it seems that most people are content with store-bought foods. We'll just go to the social late, that's all. Then Mon I'm having a meeting at my house. Jessica is supposed to be here this weekend and somehow I have to get the house cleaned before then. Well, I already have the downstairs vacuumed. We're going to see TSO in concert Sun. I am psyched! Front row seats!

Tomorrow I'll go to a yoga class then the deep water. I'm always amazed how much water I drink in that class. I must go thru at least 24oz. I usually take a piece of fruit with me because I am so starving hungry when I get out of the pool.

Well, I think I'm going to work on my crochet a little. Hopefully, I can finish one placemat. Then I start on another one. Only problem is, I started the first one about 5 years ago, so I really don't remember what I did.....lol

Glenda - good luck on the job hunting!

Laura - the line at the end of Glenda's post made me smile, too

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Gettinfit2

Viv - I really have to work on saying no. My mother, who has never struggled with her weight, always has junk in her house. When I visit she tries to get me to eat. My husband loves to cook and bake. He bakes something almost weekly. Sometimes I get mad, because I don’t think he really understands how hard I have to work to resist the baked goods. The harder I try, the more he seems to bake. Recently, he began exploring the possibility of going into business. Everyone loves his food.

Natalie, good luck!. I have similar struggles. I don’t know which is stuck the most, the fat on my stomach or the needle on the scale. I keep telling myself that I am developing a new lifestyle not just a weight loss journey.

Vicki, I need to grout my tiles. Given that you have experience, I won’t mind if you come do the same at my house.

Lynda, “baby spinach” is one of my favs. I really like to use it in my green smoothies.

Mimi, yes our journey is traveled one day at a time. I am learning to live in the moment. I use to eat food based on how much healthier I would eat later. Usually that was a way of giving myself permission to overeat, because I promised to do better the next time. The problem is that next time rarely arrives. Lately, I’ve had conversations with myself: “self, eat for the moment, not based on what you might or might not eat at a later time.”

Michele – you are good. Size does matter – I have a hard time walking away from a big piece of cake.

kackie

Good Evening all!

Another beautiful day here today...sunny and warm but not humid (yet!). I had to meet our community landscape crew early this morning and spent about 3 hours with them "helping" them do some clean up of our common areas...mostly pruning and shaping the shrubs and small trees along our entrance and around a pond. I have scratches all over my legs and arms! Should have worn long pants and shirt instead of cropped ones. Oh, well. It looks nice and I got some good exercise outside.

Michele: I agree and I always order food in a restaurant the way I like it prepared. However, when I am in someone's home or in a situation where the menu is set for everyone, I try not to make an issue about whatever is served. (That's what happened yesterday with the sandwich) I think because I am SO often the cook for family and many other occasions, I try to eat whatever is served, within reason. I take whatever is given me and then TRY not to eat but a bite of anything I feel is too high calorie or is a trigger food for me. Now the problem is, of course, that...just like Viv's experience... once something is on the plate it is more difficult to leave it there!!! I have to work on this. I try to cut things in 2 pieces and only eat half. That works...sometimes!

Lorri: I feel for you! If my husband was baking things all the time I would really have a tough time not eating it. (I will NEVER have to worry about this problem!!!) However, he does open a nice bottle of wine almost every night, offer me a glass and then take out some nice cheese, some olives and nuts and good crusty bread for his appetizer. That is my challenge! I guess we all have something to struggle with or we wouldn't be here, would we? Tell me about your green smoothie!

Glendaus: Good luck with the job hunting. I am sure there are lots of people who would be happy to have a settled, experienced 50 something...keep us posted.

Laura: I hope that DH had a good interview and you all have a nice evening. It's tough not to be able to "help" with things like that isn't it? Sending good thoughts your way.

I am under my calories for the day, even without any exercise, so I think I will head towards bed with a book so I can stay that way. I need to see that scale move tomorrow.

Good night, All!!! Kackie

SallyCC

Lots of good things happening on this board. It is refreshing to log on tonight to catch up here. I can really relate to so much of what is said. Focusing on each day and what I need to do in each moment is something I need to do. I have really been planning ahead and tonight I knew I would be getting in late so I had turkey burgers defrosting. I wrote my husband a note and said if he was hungry before I got home to cook his on the George Forman....When he tried to cook them (to surprise me) they were mush. I guess you need to cook them frozen or they really on like oatmeal! I can home tired and hungry so we went to Subway. I had a 6 in roast beef which isn't bad but I am really trying not to eat out (darn sodium). I also got a bag of Baked Lays...I need to learn to say no to the chips.
Have a good night!

vickim26

Good evening ladies,
good news. we changed the pool filter sand and it was so dirty. I know now that was the problem. so tomorrow we should start seeing clearer water. I bought another bag of grout different kind and I will try it tomorrow. crossing my finger. Lorri I will be glad to come grout your tile if you are willing to clean up my mess. If you only have a small area I suggest the already mixed grout.
Natalie good work you can do it. tired after workout. see you ladies tomorrow. oh one last note. I am over the eating something for someone else. if I dont want it I just dont eat it. actually I have found that no one even notices what I eat or dont eat.
have a nice night.
vicki m

msh0530

Just popping in to say hi. I've had a busy day. It got cold and windy here today. Luckily, the tornados have stayed east of us today. I'll try to catch you all tomorrow.

ildi59

Hi Ladies,
Does anyone know what happenned to Lynn, she just disappeareda few days ago?

cherubcrnp

I do enjoy photography. I have a digital camera...a Kodak Z981 which I really like. It does allow me to change settings, exposures and several other features. I would say it is between a point and shoot and a digital SLR. The photography class showed be about white balance, changing exposure settings, using the histogram....all the things that I had no idea what to do with. I enjoyed the assignments we were given. I would like to take more classes. I am going to upload more of my photographs to my profile so anyone can peek if they so desire.

Today was a day of beauty....nails are done, pedicure so now I am ready for flip flop season and a hair cut. It was so nice outside and I did manage to get some walking in as well.

Hope that everyone had a wonderful day.

grabbit97

Took the day off from exercising today... had so many things going on, I have not sat down, will exercise tomorrow, I am starting a new diet tomorrow, guess which one.. I will continue to log my food here...
Cardio doc said all the tests I took came back negative, GOOD NEWS for me...
Time for bed...

Natalie

lindaj07

Hi Ladies,
Does anyone know what happenned to Lynn, she just disappeareda few days ago?

I was wondering the same, we really miss her jolly banter, don't we?
Hi Mary, hope the tornadoes pass you by!! Missing your chat too!
On the subject of salt.... to add or not to add? I add half a teaspoon every day as an allowance for adding to
eg potatoes. Two reasons: 1 to monitor my salt intake; 2 to make my sodium intake showing here more realistic.
I measure the half spoonful into an egg cup each day and use from that instead of just adding from my salt shaker, so measured. Am I being pedantic again? What do you all think? (half tsp salt is an awful lot of sodium)
PS thanks Michele for making me think about this! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

I got a 'Spin gym' at Christmas but haven't used it yet (by Forbes Riley). I can't find much about it online and was wondering if any of you had tried it? I got 2 dvds with it but nothing like how many calories you burn with each exercise, as far as I can see...
Any ideas?

rjadams

Hi Ladies,
Does anyone know what happenned to Lynn, she just disappeareda few days ago?

I just checked and her account has been deactivated. I wonder what happened.

pmjsmom

As I recall, there is something that you need to eat with the spinach. Is it some citrus? It helps with absorption of a mineral, I think. Maybe it's some oil. Does anyone know? This is really bothering me.

http://www.healthcastle.com/iron-spinach.shtml

"Simply eat spinach with any foods containing iron absorption enhancers. Here are some examples:



Iron Absorption Enhancers


Meat, fish, or poultry
Fruits: Orange, Orange Juice, cantaloupe, strawberries, grapefruit and other Vitamin-C rich fruits
Vegetables: Broccoli, brussels sprouts, tomato, tomato juice, potato, green & red peppers
White wine "

Got to run--I'm running late today (but I love spinach, too!).

lovediets

My goal for April is not to eat after 8:00 p.m This is the hardest time for me. I just get the munchies and if I have calories left I tend to think that it is ok to use them!
Jean 5/13/47

msh0530

On the subject of weather: ours is nasty today. Wind is blowing at 50-60 mph. It is cold and this morning it was raining/sleeting/snowing. An electrical line had blown down in our yard this morning and it was blowing around sparking and smoking. I had to call 911 and they came and disconnected it. Glad it didn't start a fire while I was sleeping.

I have sent a message to someone that I suspect may be Lynn with her account name changed again. I'll let you know if I hear back. If it isn't her, someone is going to think that I am pretty strange!

Gettinfit2

Kackie, I make green smoothies with spinach or kale, frozen fruit or other veggies. Some of my favorites are:


Baby spinach, honeydew and kiwi
Kale, avocado, cucumber
Spinach, cucumber, avocado and basil


Vicki, thanks for the tip about the grout mix.

anotheryearolder

Not much news here - picking away at the pounds I added when feeling under the weather last month. I'm almost back to my ticker loss. I hope to lose at least one NEW pound this month. I think I can. I think I can.

Dee, I am sooooooo jealous of you and your blue birds. I too am a bird nut and feed them year round. I have lots of beautiful birds in our huge yard but can not for the life of me attract blue birds to nest here.

I have done research on their likes and needs but nothing has worked well so far. In the five or more years we have been trying, we have had one nesting pair. One. We have three houses and that's all we have managed to attract. :frown:

After that brief success I got DH to make me a cedar meal worm feeding stand and I took up raising meal worms. (I do tend to get carried away when enthused about something :embarassed: ) Well, the feeder was a bust. Not one single meal worm was eaten from the feeder and they never nested for us again.

After a year of raising the meal worms, I gave up on it. I do have the little buggers visit the bird baths occasionally. I think just to tease me and remind me that I am a failure at bluebird hospitality. What is your secret to attracting them?

I need to get out and plant a few things before time to hit the gym. I'm going to try sweet potatoes this year and maybe peanuts if I can find the seed. Hopefully it's not too late to plant peanuts, we'll see. I have kohlrabi, onions, radishes and lettuce that we are eating now and eggplant and several varieties of peppers planted. I am going to get some okra, more kohlrabi, the sweet potato sets and cantaloupe in the ground today. So I guess I better get going!

Faye

glendaaus

Hi ladies, thanks for the good wishes on the job hunt. I am going to be fussy this time - I tend to jump too easy and end up somewhere that doesn't work for me. I have a lot of skills but not the education - so I am doing some other courses online to help me out.

I am with you Jean - eating at night is my problem. This was a learned behavior with me from my childhood. My mother was always busy and that was the time we spent together - eating - so that is what I associate with love. I don't beat myself up over it anymore - otherwise it gets worse. I try to get on the treadmill and walk slowly in front of the TV now when I get the urge - some days it works others it doesn't.

I was sorry to see Paul leave American Idol (for those of you who are fans) - I thought he was unique. Never mind - usually the ones that get kicked off are the ones who do better than the winners anyhow.

Hope everyone, has a great weekend and that the weather is lovely where ever in the world you are - the sun is shining here in Southern Alberta today - but it's still cold for my Australian blood!

Glenda xx

grabbit97

I am with you Jean - eating at night is my problem. This was a learned behavior with me from my childhood. My mother was always busy and that was the time we spent together - eating - so that is what I associate with love. I don't beat myself up over it anymore - otherwise it gets worse. I try to get on the treadmill and walk slowly in front of the TV now when I get the urge - some days it works others it doesn't.

YES, eating after 8 pm is a big problem in my book, we go to alot of homes, and they come to ours, we play alot of cards, we live in a senior community, and they are always serving food... dessert.. I have gotten them to serve FRUIT now, instead of cakes and cookies... but I still don't want to eat all that food...

I started the 17 day diet and we shall see how it goes, to jump start my metabolism, which seems to be going no where...
Hope it works.
natalie

Ldspill

Just Popping In!!!

This crazy weather is really making me nuts........funny, my hubby just walked by and said, "Don't blame it on the weather". Gosh, I'm sure he meant that in a nice way.

The scale didn't move this morning (Pooh) :grumble: but I have until my monday weigh-in to drop that last pound. Maybe I shouldn't cross my fingers, it makes exercising a bit difficult.

HEY!!!, who's gonna sing all those great old songs if Lynn is gone????? :frown:

Hope it's sunny and warm where you are.

~L~

vickim26

natalie, if you follow 17 day diet to the letter you should lose a lot the first 17 days. Good luck with it.
Vicki M

lindaj07

Saved 307 of my 399 exercise calories! That's a first for me!! Good night all! Happy, successful weightloss! :flowerforyou: :drinker:

msh0530

Well, it's official. We have record setting wind. The National Weather Service has reported wind gusts of 74 mph here. That is as much wind as a hurricane. I am home from work, and refuse to leave for anything tonight!

grabbit97

natalie, if you follow 17 day diet to the letter you should lose a lot the first 17 days. Good luck with it.
Vicki M

Right.... I am finishing DAY 1, so far so good!!
Thanks for the encouragement.
Natalie

Gettinfit2

Glenda, I thought Paul would be in the final four. I am losing interest in AI. The judges are “too” nice. Some of the contestants are lousy. I want Simon back on the show. With respect to your job hunt, try matching your experience with the educational objectives. You might have to look at some course description and then match your experience.
Natalie, what is the 17 Day Diet? Good Luck.

Mary, stay safe. We are experience lots of rain, but no actual storms.


To all, bad weather is a good time to curl up with a book and a cup of tea. It is not a time to for comfort food.

Lorri

grabbit97

Glenda, I thought Paul would be in the final four. I am losing interest in AI. The judges are “too” nice. Some of the contestants are lousy. I want Simon back on the show. With respect to your job hunt, try matching your experience with the educational objectives. You might have to look at some course description and then match your experience.
Natalie, what is the 17 Day Diet? Good Luck.

Mary, stay safe. We are experience lots of rain, but no actual storms.


To all, bad weather is a good time to curl up with a book and a cup of tea. It is not a time to for comfort food.

Lorri

The 17 day diet is basically as follows....

You eat Turkey, chicken as your proteins, eggs in the morning (2) (or egg beaters), veggies if wanted (make an omelette), green tea and fruit
You can have 2 yogurts (fat free) a day and 2 fruits (eaten before 2 PM)
This goes on for 17 days, then you start adding carbs back into your diet...
My doctor said this was ok, since it was only 17 days....
natalie

LM_105

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Grandee47

Hi Everyone! Just have a few minutes until Friday Night Lights comes on. This is the final season so DH and I want to be sure to catch them all. We've really enjoyed every season.

Took Mac, my Norwegian Forest Cat who was sick, to the vet for his followup today and it was all good news. I am soooooo relieved. Next week I have to take Bandit, my Ragdoll, because I found a lump behind his ear and that's really worrisome. After the vet I went on a photo shoot to a local orchard. It was a lovely day, but breezy, to there were no closeup shots today. If I got one or two good shots I'll consider myself luck.

Went through today's posts:

Cherub, I your day of beauty idea. I don't use polish on my nails, altho they look like it because I use one of those systems where you file and buff, but I sure do need a pedicure. Haven't had one since last summer.

:happy: Natalie, I am sooooo glad you had good news at the dr! That sure helps, doesn't it? Lots of luck on the 17-day diet. I'm looking forward to hearing how it goes. I know nothing about it but am hoping to have time to read about it.

Linda, I've been walking but forgetting to keep track. I think I may be up to 12 miles. What are you up to now, 112? :bigsmile:

I miss Lynn terribly. She was good for us all with her upbeat spirit. She helped me not to take me and everything else so seriously.

Faye, I dearly love my bluebirds and would share them with you if I could. I'll tell you what, I will post photos of them I like and let you know when I do so you can go see them.

Mary, don't blow away!!!!!:noway:

Have a nice evening and a great weekend.

Dee :flowerforyou:

SallyCC

Today was a very busy day. It was a day that I planned to not go to the gym and it is amazing how the day fills up. I had to go to a party tonight and I planned to have dinner before I went. I brought chocolate covered strawberries to the party...knowing how to count them if I had anything. I am relieved that I basically dropped in, enjoyed the people, drank my water and said I'd wait on the margarita (until summer or so!!). It was great. I got to enjoy the people and the party but I didn't feel like I would be spending the next two weeks "catching up". I think because I had that recent gain and then my lovely "surprise" period that it feels good to feel that my body is more predictable right now.
My husband works this weekend so I am planning to get some cooking done so that meals are ready for during the week.

Natalie...I hope the 17 day diet helps in your wellness journey. Glad that the first day goes well....one day at a time!
Mary...I hope the storm and the winds calm down.

Have a good day, all!

chicletgirl21

:flowerforyou: Hi Everyone!

Lynn's account was probably deactivated by 'My Fitness Pal' through a weird glitch. It happened to me and when I went to sign in it wouldn't let me use my username or password. I had to create a brand new name and re-enter everything I had lost. Food, friends, measurements everything! She is probably going through the same thing I did and maybe trying to contact the site. She'll be back. Lynn wouldn't dessert us.

Well I am officially beginning my moving for May 6th to our new senior apartment. This weekend I am beginning to pack things. My books, knick knacks and such. I also have someone coming over to remove my fans and replace them with the original fixtures. then I wll box them up too. I still have this feeling of dread about this move. I just can't seem to be excited about it. I think I have just got to comfortable here. But this new place is much better. I was just informed by a bus driver that does our dial-a-ride, that where I live now, they consider it "The Projects" aka "The Ghetto". Today while walking my dogs I saw a health inspector walking the apartments and he came up to me. He asked me if I lived here and how long. I told him that I was leaving at the end of the month and where to. He said "Oh thats good because you don't look like the type that would live here." I asked him, "What type is that?" and he said, "Rich (yeah right) well spoken and my hair is styled and colored." i pointed to my shoes which the soles are loose on (they are my dog walking shoes in case I step in anything) and I said "Trust me I'm not rich." :laugh:

Well my chinese food has arrived and I am starving so good night and all of you have a great weekend!
Chiclet:flowerforyou:

alitarose

Hey, just found this page. Hello I'm from the Willamette Valley in Oregon, 54 years old. I've been losing weight since November and I've lost almost 20 pounds so far. That's slow but I'm busy learning a new lifestyle of portion control, exercise. Quick fixes haven't worked so I'm dedicated to losing while eating as healthy as I can. April first I had to rededicate myself to this, kind of floated through March staying the same on the scale but I did notice my clothes kept getting baggier on me so I haven't been to discouraged. It will be fun to get to know ladies on here that are around my age! I would love some new friends! I will encourage you as we travel this road to slimville.