WOMEN AGES 50+ for April

rjnandjosh

I would love to join. I am 52 years and 192 pounds I have lost ten so far. My birthday is October 23rd.

jam0525

I forgot to tell all my over 50 ladies how you all have convinced me to take care of myself. Next week I am getting my first colonoscopy. From all the inspiring stories I've heard here about how it isn't that bad, I am OK with getting ready and getting it over with.

Keep up all the advice and kind words and support that gets put into this group. Sooner or later it gets through to those of us who are on overload with family issues to take care of ourselves.

Jeannie

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I got the quote on my signature from someone on MFP when I joined two years ago.......I still love it and haven't found anything I like better

:flowerforyou: I am thrilled to see so many posts already this morning........none of us can do this alone.....we need each other

:flowerforyou: my goals for Marc were to exercise indoors and I did well with adding squats, doing more dancing, and riding the exercise bike when the weather didn't invite outdoor activities........I didn't get back to yoga

:flowerforyou: my goal for March is to get up early and exercise.......so today Hubby and I got up early with our plan to go for a walk and it was raining too hard so we went to the grocery store and got a small walk and then I rode the exercise bike until it was time to go to line dance.

:flowerforyou: at line dance today I taught a dance and it went great......it was a beginner dance to Brad Paisley's "All You Really Need is Love"

:flowerforyou: Jeannie, it was this group of 50+ ladies who convinced me to get my first colonoscopy in January at age 64....it turned out to be not a big deal so I know it will be the same for you. :bigsmile:

mimi7grands

I'm back from my folks' house after a week away.

I've been fighting with myself to keep my eating in check since October. I hate to admit keeping the weight off is always going to take focus and effort but it's looking that way. This last week was particularly abysmal. After losing a couple of pounds, I was excited about posting last Friday. Then we lost power so I went down to my folks’ house in the Bay Area where I could be warm.

Instead of losing 2 lbs, by this morning, I’d gained about 5. Aaarghh! :noway: Nobody to blame but myself. This brings home how easy it would be to go up and up. I hit 324 at my highest weight and I don't think I had a stopping point. This morning, I edged over 200 again, which I thought I'd NEVER do.

I got back home last night. Today is my day to get back on track. :happy: The good thing is that I know it will take just 2 days of hard effort before I start feeling good again. I feel lousy physically when I'm not eating right or exercising - more so now than when I was younger.

I've always used food as a sedative and the more out of control I'd get, the more I relied on that sedative. I found myself starting to do that again. Something else I've done is set myself up for over-eating. Yesterday, I stopped at a fruit stand and bought Jordan almonds and pistachio nuts. Did I really think I wouldn't eat them - all of them! :laugh:

I'm going to stay in "safe" environments for the next few weeks to help me get back on track. When my daughter couldn't go to Costco today, I thought I'd go on my own. :huh: Then an MFP friend sent an email (I’m thankful for the timing!) and that made me stop and think. Costco, with all of the snacks they hand out, is a dangerous place for me. It's not a place I need to go to alone until I'm back on track.

This isn't easy but it's so worth it. I don't ever want to give up. If I do, it's basically a death sentence because I know fat people don't live as long. Really fat people REALLY don't live as long. Besides which, I don't like how I feel when I'm not eating right.

I’m thankful for MFP and all the support. You keep me going and keep me coming back when I wander off track.




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Mary, I am sad for you. Your mom, you, and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.

Birdie, I’m glad your MIL is at peace now. I’m sorry your daughter is in so much pain. I hope the surgery will work out for her. You are doing great to stay on track when things around you are so stressful. Ah. I just see I missed your birthday. A belated happy birthday!

Robin, if you stay within your target calories and exercise, you are doing good things for your body, regardless of what the scale says. Going to the doc sounds like a good idea though.

SMWert, brava! Logging helps so much. I’m back with ya.

Reading the posts about bees and stings reminds me of a story that persists in my family. When my grandfather was 8 or 9, a bee stung him. He ran to the house yelling, “Oh mom, oh god, my whole summer is ruined.” :laugh:

Jackie, Jeannie, and all who’ve lost, a big congrats to you. Good work. :flowerforyou: (And, Vicki, you’re a brat! :laugh: )

Peggy, you have done so very, very well. I’m happy for you. :flowerforyou:

Natalie, taking your own food when you go out is an AWESOME idea. Good thinking and good advice. Thanks.

Welcome rjandjosh! This is a good place to be…and the women are great. Always positive and encouraging.

Amanda, in case you’re reading the posts, I miss your cheerful presence. I hope you’re feeling better soon. :flowerforyou:

BirdieM

Happy Belated Birthday Viv! Boy I'm so behind. Hope it was a good one!:flowerforyou:
BirdieM

SallyCC

Happy April...finally!
I feel myself getting back on track and it feels good. I have set two goals for this month that I really feel I need to make progress. One is to get to the gym five days a week and at least 45 minutes and the other is to drink at least 64 oz of water a day. I have slacked on those two things during the past couple of months and I think its really hurt my progress. Now that one of my jobs ended (very suddenly) I have no excuse not to get to the gym and the water is just getting back into the habit.

Natalie....Hang in there. Its a great idea to bring the fruit to the card nights. IT is so easy to nibble lots of calories without a thought. I hope your cardiac workup comes out fine. I know that when I hit perimenopause I had a workup a couple of times and it was a relief to know there was nothing wrong.

Vicki M---Good April's Fool statement...it really got my attention!

Robin--- I hope all goes well tomorrow for you. No matter what the scale says you know that you've made positive changes this month.

Linda.....great getting your sodium under the limit. I struggle with this.....what did you do???

rjn andjosh....welcome ..this is a great place to come for ideas and support

Mimi7grands....I can so relate to your story. I had a BIG talk with myself this week and know that being on track feels so much better than the alternative. I know that I could be up 40 lbs in a blink. Keep on keepin' on.....

lyn54

Welcome rjandjosh:flowerforyou: and all the new people!!

MacMadame

Hey everyone. I came back to MFP because BodyMedia FIT won't let me export all the data I need to.

I did pretty good on my March goals.

-Be able to run 3 miles without walking by month-end - I ran a 10K! (6.2 miles)
-Go to bed by 11pm most nights - I was doing great before the time change. Need to get back to this
-Exercise 6 hours a week - yep, I've been doing quite well on exercise

For April, I'm going to continue where I started:

-Go to bed most days by 11 pm
-Apply for a passport
-Run 1.5 hours at once
-Lower sodium intake - it's been creeping up and so has my blood pressure

lyn54

This is a test.

smwert

This is a test.

Did we pass!!!!

lyn54

:noway: :laugh: I was checking to see if my steps ticker was showing up...:laugh:

exermom

Welcome lindaj07! I find that swimming is a really good workout. You don't realize how much you are using your muscles until the next day!

Lynn - you know, for the life of me I can't understand why the people who owned this house before us planted the trees that they did. They bloom so late in the summer. I would like Bradford Pear trees, they flower early in the season and that's about the time that I'm getting sick of winter and would welcome something bright. These people also planted rose bushes next to the garage! Duuuhhhh....rose bushes have thorns, thorns can scratch the paint on cars. Didn't they think?

Welcome gramma5. Look forward to getting to know you.

I did an hour of a weight DVD today (Thurs). Tomorrow I'll do an hour on the stairmaster. Then we're playing mah jongg then going to lunch. I'm going to get the light soup and salad. According to the place's website, that has something like 132 calories in it. After the stairmaster, tho, I'm going to have an apple that I'm taking to the Y with me.

Lorri - I'm sure you'll add a lot to the group. Keep posting so we can get to know you better!

peepocheck - you have a great attitude! Welcome!

Natalie - will you have to record all your activities while you have the monitor on?

leannie - welcome! Where will you be moving to?

Peggy - congrats, 87 pounds is awesome! I'm just so happy for you!

Laura - have a good time at the concert

The weather here is in the 50's today, but by next week it's supposed to be 80. Crazy or what?

A warm welcome to rjnandjosh

I find that the best time to go food shopping is right after I exercise. Something about the endorphins, but I don't feel like eating the samples.

Did an hour on the Stairmaster today (Fri), then we played MahJongg then went to lunch. After being on the stairmaster, I had an apple. Even by the time we went to lunch, I wasn't hungry. Just had the salad and soup, but I only ate about 1/2 of the salad. Tomorrow, I'm going to do this DVD by Bob Green that I bought, its mostly weights (at least from the description) for only 1/2 hr just to see what it's like. If I don't like it, I'll just sell it to Play it Again Sports. Then I'll take a yoga class.

Here's hoping everyone had a wonderful April Fools Day and has a great evening.

Michele

CALIECAT

here I am bumping again Have a good month.

marlouise

Hello ladies, and welcome to our newest ones!

Did not sleep well last night, knees kept aching and legs were restless. Got out of bed earlier so I would not fall back to sleep, long day, did my exercises and now after my second job I am done for the day. Muscles are aching, body is ready to dive fourty feet into the bed.

Catch you ladies tomorrow at some point, loads of work to do.

Marilyn

frogmama

Hello Ladies,

Keeping this short since I need to get to bed because I get up for work at 3:30 for work tomorrow. Happy April Fool's Day. Lets hope the weather starts to improve soon. I did pretty good on the March goals. I don't remember what my starting weight was and I'm too lazy to look it up, but I know I have lost a few pounds. I am going to try to lose 5 pounds for April. That might be tough because we are going on Vacation toward the end o fthe month, but I will just have to be extra good until then.

Hope everyone is doing well.

msh0530

I survived the day! The high school where I work took all of the students to a local park for a community service project today. We are putting in a new playground, splash pad, and walking trail. This is being done with all volunteer labor over the next month. We were the prep crew. We moved sand, dug out and moved railroad ties, painted, dug out the sprinkler system, poured cement, put up a construction fence, chipped cement out of cracks in the tennis court, raked out a shelter belt, put up a construction fence, and hauled away debris. Mostly I helped with the construction fence. The kids were amazing workers. There were over 250 of us there for 6 hours. They put up signs that say "Extreme Makeover - Park Edition."
And my best news of the day - my mother is slightly better, and was released from the hospital to rehab today! Hopefully she will improve enough to get a stint for her heart.

vickim26

Good evening ladies,
Wow barbie, you are going to have to start a second april post very soon if this keeps up. We just got back from Osaka a Japanese Hibachi restaurant. My dad turned 79 yesterday and that is what he wanted. I did pretty good. i got shrimp, veggies and ate a little rice. I did though eat a small piece of cake. I was not going to but this cake is from a local lady and it is so goooooood.
It is okay I will work it off and get right back on track. Not going to let it get me down or off track. It is life and sometimes it happens. I am slowly changing the way I think about things and hopefully this will help my loss and maintenance. Welcome to all new people. So glad some of you that have been MIA are back with us. You have been missed. Robin if you are doing all that you say maybe you do not to check with a doctor cause something could be wrong. I am going to try to make a lot of progress on bathroom tomorrow since I will have no kids. cant wait to finish and show you pics. Hope you all stay well and have a great weekend.
Vicki M

Grandee47

Just read through the posts so I can keep up with all of you, but didn't have time to take notes etc. this evening. Just got back from a middle school play, and now have to prepare for a family gathering tomorrow which, thank goodness, is not at my house but at a restaurant. :bigsmile: I really want to get to know all of you.....I know some of you now, but everyone has the same goals and it's just such comfort to be in this together and to be there for each other when life throws us curveballs. :ohwell: Anyway, everyone have a good night's sleep and a happy Saturday. :flowerforyou:

Dee

Gettinfit2

Hello ladies,

I am hoping for some warmer weather in April. Our winter has been filled with a blizzard and freezing temps. I am looking forward to some constant sunshine and longer days.

During the month of March I actually worked harder toward my fitness goals and I expect that during April I will do the same.

During April I want to continue with my Cathe workouts, increase my water intake and get to bed earlier.

I hope that everyone has a good weekend.

Lorri

lyn54

:yawn: Good Night Song - by the Beatles

Now it's time to say good night
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me (Dream sweet)
Dream sweet dreams for you

Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the moon begins to shine
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me (Dream sweet)
Dream sweet dreams for you

Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm
Mmmmmmmmmm

Close your eyes and I'll close mine
Good night, sleep tight
Now the sun turns out his light
Good night, sleep tight
Dream sweet dreams for me (Dream sweet)
Dream sweet dreams for you

Good night, good night, everybody
Everybody everywhere
Good night

Linda Ronstadt's version on youtube.com is very soothing......:yawn:

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I just updated my ticker with the two pounds that i wanted to believe were water retention but they aren't going away :sad: :sad: :sad: :sad:

:flowerforyou: I'm getting up at 3 AM to be out of the house at 5 AM to catch the 6:30 ferry to an all day event that will be great and filled with people I love and don't see very often but there will be little exercise and the best I can hope for in food is a Subway veggie delight sandwich for lunch.:drinker: :drinker: I'll be home before dark and will try to check in

RebelRenny

:bigsmile: Alive and Well in April! Labwork done today and all is good

Heard a quote the other day: "Hope is not a strategy". uhuh.... I hope to be slimmer; I hope to lose weight; I hope to be healthy. Okay, I get it...it has to be more than hope. I actually have to do something about it. Oh darn :ohwell: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Happy April to all! :flowerforyou:

Rebel

VBLOC

Just found this site and am impressed so far. This thread may be what I need to keep on track

mimi7grands

Mary, whew, 6 hours straight...wears me out just hearing about it. Good news about your mother!

Barbie, you are so honest, logging those 2 pounds. I'm waiting 'til tomorrow to log mine, hoping that at least some of the weight I gained is fluid retention. :ohwell:

I made it through the day today with very few calories. I'm not worried about going into starvation mode after all I ate yesterday. One day at a time...

Good night all.

wizzywig

Hi everyone

Thank you for all the birthday wishes, I had a good day, have to confess that I did eat a piece of cake (Auntie Mai bought me a lovely toffee cake yum) but I didn't eat any cake at work, although I did have a few biscuits (cookies) with my afternoon cup of tea.:ohwell:

:drinker: Anyway April is a new month! Kathy I know what you mean about not exercising, it's so quick to get out of the habbit. So my goal for April is to start exercising again before going to work. I have a really good video that breaks down into 10 min slots, so you can do as little as 10 mins. I MUST have 10 mins to spare on a morning?? and I must start running again or at least walking at lunchtime. Hopefully the weather will get a bit more spring like and this will help - with the clocks going back an hour last week, I've been getting up in the dark again, but it will gradually get lighter on a morning. I've already noticed a difference on an evening, we are able to take the dogs out together when I get home from work now instead of DD taking them on her own (lucky me:bigsmile: ) I really must find my pedometer again, I'd be interested to know how many steps I'm doing, I bet it's nothing like the 23,000 steps I was averaging last year during the walking challenge. I might just have to challenge myself

Today I am meeting up with some old work colleagues in town, I am hoping I am brave enough to have healthy choices as no doubt we will end up in a cafe to chat and catch up. We last met up together around November time in Leeds, this time we are meeting in York, so look out York cos when we get together it's non stop chat and laughter, and with 7 of us you can imagine the noise!

:flowerforyou: Welcome all newcomers, as you can see we are a chatty bunch, obviously we have all woken up from our winter hibernation, page 3 already and it's only the 2nd April :bigsmile: My March goals were a bit hit and miss, I need to think of some good ones for April. I like the idea of putting our birthdays into our signature, I see we have some birthdays coming up and it's a good way to keep track.

Thanks again for my birthday wishes, I love the sparkly balloons I like a bit of glitter. Have a great day everyone and I'll catch you all later.

Viv xx

anotheryearolder

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rjadams

well the scale went up a pound but I am not too upset, I had a very high sodium fat dinner. I was craving fried chicken and potato salad and I just did what I have to do so I am sure its some water weight so I am going to say that at least I didn't really gain this week. Yup, that's my story and I am stickin' to it.

jam0525

Good Morning all,

What I thought was going to be a relaxing morning will now be hectic. We did so much extra laundry last week we ran out of water 3 days early. I have to run (drive) to the bank and get back by 11 to pay the water guy.

Oh well, at least he will work on a Saturday.

Happy Saturday!

Jeannie

SallyCC

Good Morning...well afternoon already!

I am planning on going to the gym in a few minutes...keeping my April goal in mind. It is so easy to just skip that part of my day. I can be a couch potato so easily. I know that I will feel so much better after this workout.
I hope everyone has a good day.
Enjoy!

Gettinfit2

Good Morning,

The sun is out and today will be a great day.
I am excited that I completed a workout which was good, but not over challenging.

I hope that everyone has a good day!

Lorri