WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JUNE

barbiecat

Anyone heard from Barb (weaklink109) recently? She'd have the links to the real info on stress/cortisol/belly fat and whether or not we metabolize honey differently from sugar. Miss her piggies stories too ;{

I sent Barb a personal message (you can do that, too, if you want---(if you don't know how, let me know and I'll explain it ) and she said that she has been posting her food somewhat regularly but cannot handle keeping up with the threads......she says that the two remaining piggies are fine:bigsmile: and her secret to being Ms Know-it-all, is a well worded Google Search :laugh:

SallyCC

Hi Everyone,
I am happy to get time to write. My sister called Monday night—my brother-in-law was in the ER. He called 911 because he felt his throat was closing and couldn’t breathe. She was very nervous.. spent the night in the ER with them. Got home and had a couple of hours sleep then began the day. I got through yesterday. My brother- in- law is fine ..thank goodness. Had a nice loss at my Weight Loss Challenge …I was so proud that I didn’t eat after the crazy night in the ER!! Glad it showed on the scale. My weigh in for MFP this morning also showed a little loss so that just helps with motivation.
Tonight we put the AC in our bedroom so we are ready for a very hot day tomorrow. I need to go work at a school for an hour in the morning.
It was great to read everyone’s post.
Stay cool!

janemartin02

Sally,good job on the wt loss.Glad your brother-in -law is ok.
It`s amazing when we`re stressed the 1st thing we go for is usually food.
Proud you didn`t
jane

Gettinfit2

Stopping in to say hi. The week seems to be moving fast. Plus, I can't begin to catch up on all the comments made in the last couple of days.

I hope everyone is having a great week.

marlouise

Hi ladies, having a summer week, working only two days (so far). Good enough though; doing my exercises and feeling them work. Much better feeling than thinking I just wasted my time doing something silly. Threat of rain and storms here today however I am going to sneak outside and busy myself with something to relax and get some movement in the body. I think I have suffered shock since February, thus no weight gain or loss.

It is time to get going and make some noise, my sister has awakened from her slumber. The neighbours should be up too it is going on 8 am. Have a great successful day ladies and please e-mail me when you like, I will respond with pleasure. I just have way too much to do at my desk thus sitting on the comp does not get the work done.

Take care all...

Marilyn

cathys01

Good Morning Ladies:

Well, we had a very severe thunder storm last night and it knocked out power for about 45 minutes. Hubby and I had to light candles and sit in the dark; if the storm wasn't raging so badly and I wasn't afraid of thunder, it would have been romantic

I am really enjoying this site, everyone seems so upbeat all the time, that is so enjoyable; I look forward to seeing what everyone is doing with their day and what is happening in their lives.

Jeanne: I hope your humidity breaks but not like ours with a bad storm.

Linda - I do hope your weather warms up soon and that you get some nice summer!!

Thurberj: Hi. Welcome.

Amanda: Do hope that your "blister butt" is getting better. I definately do not envy you that :noway:

Natalie: Hope your knee is feeling better. That is so cool that you take yoru dog as a visiting pet. I can imagine how rewarding that must be.

Mimi: Isn't it true - this group of ladies does seem so up beat and positive.

Alitrose: Way to go. You got down to a size 12 pants already. You rock!

Sally: Glad that all is okay with your brother-in-law. Good job with your weight loss.

Anyway, ladies, I hope you all are enjoying your day and that the sun is shining wherever you are so that you may enjoy the day.

Talk to you later.

Cathy

mamacindy81

Good Morning all,

I've been out in the garden this morning. things are looking good. I've got baby squash that should be ready to pick in a couple more days :happy: Jalapenos are ready to be picked and some other hot peppers.

I did the Leslie S. "Walk Strong" DVD this morning. I've been really sore since I did it on Tuesday. I'm going to try and do it every other day until the soreness goes away. I'm also going to do the "Fast Walk" DVD later today. I think I will go ahead and log it and then I will be committed to doing it!

I talked to my GF this morning. She is doing WW and is telling me I should go back to that because you can eat so much more. Fruits and veggies are free things to eat. But I'm thinking they still have calories so why aren't you keeping up with the amount.

I made an egg white omelet this morning with a little leftover beef taco meat, a small amount of cheese, fresh cilantro and salsa this morning. It was very tasty and the calories weren't bad either.

Well, off to housework and laundry.

I hope everyone has a good day and makes good choices!

Cindy

Gettinfit2

Good morning ladies. I’m trying to get a post in before I return and find too many comments to keep up.

Marilyn, while my weight is not moving as quickly:frown: as I would like, I do see changes in my body. The exercise does really make a difference. Feeling the difference is encouraging.

Cathy, we had storms during the night and early morning. I thought we were going to lose power. My daughter had already prepared a place in the basement for she and the dog. She is always tracking storms on the Internet. She told me before we went to bed that we may have to retreat to the basement. Also, she read something about the “Earth” blowing :explode: and creating strong winds. She assured me that the Earth would not blow-up. This morning I noticed that the dog is staying really close to me, which is a sign. I’m the calmest person in the house; he only really follows me when he is scared:frown: .

Cindy, I really like Leslie’s DVD’s, but afterwards my legs hurt. I can do step aerobics without problems, but walking bothers my leg. I’ve been having leg pain and numbness for several years and have not determined the source. I’ll be glad when I can resolve the issue, because I really want to enjoy walking and eventually return to running.

:glasses: I have a busy day with lots of errands. I love that the heat is gone, but am hoping the rain stops while I am out and about. I am looking forward to stopping at Trader Joes and stocking up on some goodies and wine.


HAVE A GREAT DAY!

auntiebk

Morning lovelies!
Rain again here last night, fine with me, means don't have to water and have time to check in with you all... BUT... if the skies stay gray during the day...:noway:
:flowerforyou: Genealace Thanks so much for the lace links, its fascinating but my eyes ache just contemplating all those bobbins. Your work is beautiful, especially loved the olives...;)
Thanks Barbie for the Barb update. Didn't think to pm was hoping she was lurking and wd respond. Sure understand about not keeping up with the threads, I've been AWOL for months at a time... She IS a Google search artiste!
Cathy and SMVQ you are right Right RIGHT. The positive approach and warm support is what keeps me coming back to and helps me get back on track. We share, we don't judge, we encourage. What wonderful women we are!
:bigsmile: Cindy I am sooo jealous of your garden harvest! And I don't even LIKE squash (but I'd sure snitch some jalapenos from you if I could)
:huh: Robin you are so right about learning to love exercise (especially if I don't use the E word)... never thouht I'd be taking 3-4 dance classes a week, and actually enjoying them!

One thing about logging food, it's made me much better at fractions! I guestimate proportions of the data base serving size vs the portion size I weighed out, then confirm with the calculator... and my guesses are matching more often than not. Who'dve thunk it ... improving at math... after all these years:laugh:
Off to work , Line dance class tonight, YAY!

grabbit97

Well, today is c1d9r2 for me... scale is same.... at least it's not going up eh?
Can't exercise for at least 3 days because of shot in L knee yesterday, I iced and iced all day, so i should be good by Saturday, and can get out there and bike again.
This morning had some cottage cheese, and grapes, coffee (take the green tea extract pill) and NO LEMON WATER, makes me gag!!!
Very dreary day here in ILLINOIS, rain, rain, rain, rain... more coming, went from 95 to 59, so I turned OFF my a/c.
Natalie

BirdieM

A very quick hello as I am at work. Last night we had a nasty storm,,,,lighting and winds etc that even uprooted trees! :noway: We are 20 miles south of Providence and that's where most of the damage happened. We lost our electricity so this morning I couldn't exercise or track my food from home. What nutty weather! So unpredictable! 2 weeks ago it was around 40 degrees and we had to turn on the heat. Yesterday it was in the 90's! I took the day off and went to the beach with my hubby.:bigsmile: We're expecting another storm tonight:ohwell:

I miss keeping up with the posts like I did a couple of weeks ago....but I guess that was "One brief shining moment". Now I just about have time to track my food.:ohwell:

Do take care, dear ladies, and I hope you all have a safe and healthy day!:flowerforyou:

BirdieM

tiarapants

Hello everyone.

I'm having a busy day today - have hardly sat down (which is just as well because my behind is still very blistered!) I did get time to go online and order some padded cycling shorts though.

DD#2 and I are now going out for lunch on Saturday. Not sure where we are going, but I've been told to wear a dress (and for once I have dozens to choose from that all fit!) I want to go to the farmer's market before we go to lunch, so will have to be up extra early as I also have to drop my DH at the Royal Geographical Society which is next to the Royal Albert Hall.

Tomorrow I have an osteoarthritis knee class and I want to go and look at new sofas. I have ordered one, but may have to cancel it as it may take too long to get here.

Must push on - lots to do.

Love to you all.

Amanda x

mynyddisamrs

Evening all..................

:flowerforyou: Just a little quote someone on my September Cruise has posted..............

:drinker: Enjoy your lunch out Amanda!!

:drinker: DH and and will also be dining out together to celebrate his up and coming birthday.



..................."When you eat with someone else, calories don't count if you don't eat more than they do!":bigsmile:

Have a great friday and an even better weekend folks
BFN
Jackie

alitarose

Hello, a gorgeous day here. I wish I could spend it outside since we haven't had many nice days this spring. Sooooo hoping the sun will stick around. I can't complain about our cooler weathers hearing about the heat some of you are putting up with. Although, that's whats making your garden grow faster than mine! With all the hot flashes I'm having I should like this cool spring we've had. My finger that I smashed between the crowbar and the countertop is so much better. It has gotten well much faster than I expected, so thankful. I washed the size 12 pants and they shrunk a little, don't look as good on now. Oh well, it will just spur me on to getting more pounds off. I have plenty of pants that fit right now. So I'm really in a size 14 still yet looks like. It was exciting to get into a size 12 pants for at least one day! Wishing you a wonderful Thursday.

Patchworkperson

A busy day at work. I left dinner until late & have now eaten too much. I feel so sick but I don;t know if it's guilt or too much food. :sick: Geri

Auntpam1

Thanx for the welcome Jane! Nice to meet you!

bkrbabe57

Playing with the computer - slow day at the store.
What do you think of my new picture? This was taken on the deck just an hour before tornatoes hit Minnesota.
Will pop in later for a proper chat.

SallyCC

Hello Everyone,
I hope you all had a great day. We had a nasty storm in the middle of the night. My day was very scattered. I went to see one of my students in his school. This afternoon I got to go with my godchild to visit her grandmother (she is like a mom to me) so my afternoon got a bit side tracked. I got home late and didn’t get to the gym. Tomorrow morning I am having a little cyst on my eye removed. I can’t wait to get this over with. I know its not a big deal but I always a little nervous with stuff like that. I wanted to get to Trader Joe’s tonight to get some things for a gathering with friends on Saturday. Unfortunately, the thunderstorms rolled in again and we turned back to be with our neighbors three dogs. I will try again tomorrow!


Jane….Thanks for the encouragement!

Marilyn….Great that you are getting to your exercises. I missed the gym today and I am upset with myself.

Cathy….I know what you mean about a nice thunderstorm versus the severe kind. We had a bad one last night and it kept me awake for a long time.

Cindy…That breakfast sounds great. I’ll have to remember that for the weekend.

Lorri…I agree with you about the exercise being a key component to all of this work. I was headed to our Trader Joe’s tonight but the thunderstorms got really bad so I will try to get there tomorrow afternoon (hopefully my little eye surgery will go smoothly).

Natalie….I hope your knee feels better and you can get back to your bike soon.

Birdie….That storm was incredible last night. We didn’t get any damage but there were a lot of tree branches down in the neighborhood.

Jackie…very funny quote!

Have a good night!

dtrowbridge

Hi ladies. Well this seems like a really cool group. Nice to know there are other 50+ women on here! Do you ladies know each other personally or just through this sight?

Have a good evening!

Donna

dtrowbridge

Hi ladies. Well this seems like a really cool group. Nice to know there are other 50+ women on here! Do you ladies know each other personally or just through this site?

Have a good evening!

Donna

exermom

Welcome thurberj! This is a very supportive group, so I'm sure it will help you.


auntiebk - ask and ye shall receive: They were actually quite good, only I wound up making 81 rather than the 48 that the recipe says to make.
Source: Taste of Home
Cheese Meatballs Recipe
FPRIVATE "TYPE=PICT;ALT=Cheese Meatball
16 Servings
Prep: 20 min. Bake: 15 min.
Ingredients
3 cups (12 ounces) finely shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup biscuit/baking mix
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 pound lean ground beef (90% lean)
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the first five ingredients. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into 1-in. balls. Place meatballs on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan.
Bake at 400° for 12-15 minutes or until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Yield: about 4 dozen.
Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (3 each) equals 148 calories, 9 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 36 mg cholesterol, 314 mg sodium, 5 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 10 g protein.


alitarose - congrats on the inches lost. That's what counts the most, not the pounds

Cindy - The only problem I have with Weight Watchers, just like you, is that they consider fruits and veges to be "free" but to me they still have calories. Like I make these wheat bran muffins. According to WW, they are 0 points, yet they have something like 53 calories in them. They are 0 points because of the high fiber, so they aren't added to WW points but to me they still have calories. Well, whatever works for some people. To me, tho, this is the best diet yet, if someone needs a "diet"

sally - I'm sure everything will be fine for you tomorrow. Still...sending good thoughts your way.

Welcome Donna! We know each other just from here. Some of us are in different countries, too, which makes it that much cooler.

Sorry I haven't been around lately. Things have been really hectic. Let's see...yesterday. Oh, yea, left the house around 7, went to yoga then deep water, stopped at one food store to pick up some fruit to take to the Newcomers meeting that night, got the fruit platter ready, went to the bowling league, came home, made dinner (really, heated it up), left about 4:45 to buy ice for the meeting then went to set up. Had the meeting, didn't get home until around 9. OK, here goes, my rant again so beware. You know, at the end of the meeting, suddenly these ladies started cleaning up. Why, that I don't know. I expected that to be part of my job. When I got home, I was pretty pi****. They had seen things that, to them, looked like garbage so they threw it out. Only I had notes on bags and things. It, literally, took me hours to recreate what they had thrown away. If we ever have another meeting at night, I'm definitely going to say "please don't do my job unless I ask you." If someone says something, I'm going to have to be careful but I'll let them know that the "help" I got really made a lot more work for me. It's my job, I set it up, I know what needs to be done in what sequence for it to be efficiently done. And people who start doing my job without my involvement really screw me up. If they want my job, let me know and I'll resign. Honestly, I think they meant well. But it was such a pain. This one lady made a cake, she brought this very sharp knife to cut it there and left the knife out. I could just see someone hurting themselves on it. Whenever I take something like a cake, I cut it up at home. I gave her a plastic serving piece, but she left her knife there. And here she was "helping" me. By the time I got home, I kept wondering "where is this" and "where is that", then I realized she'd thrown it away.

Today I did a weight DVD at home, then went to one grocery store to get pears (they're the only place that sells organic pears), went to the crochet class, then to another food store since Vince needed milk and I needed a few other things, came home and put things away, went to the Humane Society to cuddle kitties, came home & made dinner (I just had some egg whites), went to evening mah jongg, got home around 10:00.

Tomorrow I'm going to do a bosu workout DVD, then there's a cooking demonstration where they highlight fruit so to me that should be interesting, then Vince wants to meet me at the bowling alley to practice some.
Here's hoping everyone has a great evening!

Michele

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: My pedometer has software that allows me to keep track of all the data on my computer…….so far this year I have walked 938 miles, averaging about 14,800 steps each day…

:bigsmile: I went to Costco today thinking that I would treat myself to all the free samples because I already had 20,000 steps on my pedometer, but when I saw so many heavy women loading their carts with big boxes of French fries, ice cream, cheesecake, and all sorts of packaged foods, I had a moment of sanity and decided that I didn’t need to treat myself with food.

:bigsmile: I love the long days up north here…….Bernie the cat gets me up at 4:30 and I’m walking the dogs by 5:00 and when we go to bed at night, it is still light.

genealace

Sorry I'm so late checking in. Had a busy day running lots of errands. Visited a friend in hospital (he's been there since January) so have things to do for him (finding all his papers for his income tax, health plan claim etc. Also he has given me some things from his house, so I need to sort through and find them too. I think he realises that it will be very unlikely that he'll ever go home again.

Did some shopping and couldn't find everything I wanted so have to go back. Trying to find a pair of pool shoes to wear in the fall when I go back to aquafit. When I was looking earlier in the year - it wasn't the right season. Now it is the right season they only have some sizes and none in mine. Very frustrating.

Anyway, it is time to go to bed and I have to put the sheets on because I stripped the bed to do the laundry this morning and didn't go back upstairs to make the bed.

msh0530

Just popping in to say hi. I kissed my adorable little Luke goodbye tonight. We are hitting the road at 0'dark hundred tomorrow. Heading back to Kansas to the lake for a family campout. We will stop to see my mother on the way. You probably won't hear from me for a few days. No Internet at the lake. Have a good weekend!

mimi7grands

Just popping in for a quick hello. This has been a crazy, nutso day. Started out with a nice 3 mile walk. That was a good thing! Then picked up my two DGD's. That was the unplanned part. Their dad was really sick and mom had an all-day, out-of-town meeting. I'd already planned to help my son out with some computer paperwork so I took the girls along. That was fun! :noway:

After that, we went to Costco, a couple of other stores, and the park. Except for breakfast, all my eating was unplanned. I had a quesadilla and some banana chips at my son's (but I kept track of how many!) then some tastes at Costco. (I didn't do as well as you did at Costco, Barbie.) I got the girls home about 7 pm and had a couple of bites of cupcakes my DGS had made. I asked Pete (my DD's DH) if he was up to fixing dinner for the girls. He said, "Yeah" but wasn't very convincing.

So, I fixed their dinners, got them ready for bed, and told them a couple of stories (and they each told me one. That was fun! :happy: ) It was almost 9 pm when I got home. I felt as though I'd had an out-of-control, nibbly kind of day. I figured, since the day was already shot, I might as well eat whatever.

Instead (INSTEAD!), I logged my food - I think I was pretty accurate and didn't underestimate - and my day was not nearly as bad as I'd thought. Phew!

It was a close thing. Just this morning, I finally got back to my ticker weight. Since last October, every time I've gotten to my ticker weight, I've gone on a visit or done something else that involved unstructured eating. Every time I've done that, I've gained 5-7 pounds and then slowly and painfully worked my way back to my ticker weight. Only to repeat the gain/loss cycle all over again.

Thinking about the pain of gaining/losing kept me from throwing in the towel for the day. I don't want to go there again. :noway: Lately, I've been working harder at getting on MFP, logging, reading posts, and posting myself and I think that's a lot of the reason I was able to make a more conscious and healthy decision.

Once again, thanks y'all. :happy: :happy: :happy:

chicletgirl21

:flowerforyou: Hello Everyone!

Have been super busy this week with doctor and therapy visits for mom. She fell down last Friday and tore some skin off of her leg.
After all the edemas she had last year the skin finally healed but is paper thin, so when she fell she hit something and tore it. I couldn't get her up myself, asked for help from a neighbor, but he couldn't lift her, so I had to call the paramedics. (It's times like this when I miss my old apartment and I had neighbors there who could help me with her if she fell.) By the time they arrived and picked her up there was a pool of blood where her leg was lying. I wrapped it up, called the doctor and this was where the game of who will see my mom started. All week (this week) I have been fighting with the doctor and the outpatient facility to get someone to do wound care for her. They sent me around and around in circles and FINALLY a week later we are going to the doctors to have it looked at. I stopped removing the bandage and cleaning it because it starts bleeding again and there is a large piece of skin that needs to be removed. I am not taking it off. Mom cries when I cut her nails...do you honestly believe I am going to cut skin off???:noway:

So tomorrow it will be taken care of.

Well in between doctor visits, therapy visits, counseling visits, meal deliveries, bathing mom, feeding mom, visits to the commode and lets not forget walking the dogs four times daily and feeding them and finding time to play with them, I noticed that the activites director had scheduled water aerobics on Tuesday evenings at 6 pm. So like I told you all before I practiced over the weekend and did well so I was all set for the aerobic class. So I get home from the doctors with mom in tow and put her in bed dressed her in her nightie, fed her, changed her, ran into the bathroom squeezed inot my bathing suit adjusting things to make sure they went where they belonged, grabbed a towel, my bag with sunscreen, shampoo and conditioner, slipped on my cover up and flip flops and sprinted down to the pool by 5:55pm. No one was there. Okay, no big deal. I walked over to the shower and wet myself down adjusting the water slowly until it was what I figured was cold enough to be like the pool water. Put a generous amount of conditioner in my hair and jumped in the pool. I warmed up, excited that I made it in time and to begin the aerobics class. Slowly women started to show up. FINALLY, the teacher arrives, and by that I mean an older woman that lives there too, but thinks she is in charge. She glances at me in the pool and announces to everyone that the aerobics class has been canceled because she thinks the water is too cold. "There hasn't been enough consecutive hot days to properly warm the pool." They all happily agree and walk off together into the clubhouse to play cards. I am left alone floating in the pool.

So, essentially, I spent the next hour and a half doing my own water exercises. I am not counting on these women or this class to be a regular thing if at all. I mean what was I thinking? Did I really expect this to be a real class? Maybe next time if they pull this, I can suggest they all cram themselves into the jacuzzi and do the work out. It's 95 degrees!!:grumble: Well that's all I have to say about this.:mad:

Night all!
Chiclet

mimi7grands

Aww, Chiclet. What a crazy deal. I think your day was even crazier than mine. :laugh: Good for you for hanging in there and doing the exercises anyway. :flowerforyou:

chicletgirl21

I forgot to ask.

What the heck is a fish pedicure. After reading Mimi's thing about them nibbling your feet, I was like no way does she really mean that......does she??:noway: And what happens to the fish afterwards? Does it die?

Also Mimi, you are very brave to cut your puppy's nails. I have never been able to do that. Heck when I go to the vet to have it done, every time I hear the nail clipper I squinch my eyes and my shoulders. Every once in awhile he gets to close to the quik and HE'S A DOCTOR!

cherubcrnp

chicle, sounds like your day was crazy. Hope everything gets taken care of for your Mom. I know how much trouble wound care can be...it is a slow process to get wounds to heal. Hope that your Mom is doing well.

vickim26

Good morning ladies,
I am preparing for take off tomorrow. take off to chicago that is. have to run some errands with heather and kids and then finish last minute packing and then load car. We head out to airport about 8 am. I will have computer and be posting just not as much as usual. Lorri I have your number in my phone just in case. again thanks for the help. Oh if you read this the girls wanted to know if the restaurants you suggested are casual dress. the little girls dont know but we are taking them to american girl and treatting them to lunch and buying emma new doll. I will buy her and gracie outfit for them. gracie already has doll. it should be fun just the girls.
I have to share a little how proud of my family I am. the little girls (age 4) are playing T ball and ray jr is playing machine pitch ball. well for 2 nights in a row my entire family showed up at ballpark to watch them play. I just think that is so special that those kids have so much support. I hope they realize how special thier family is.
okay off to errands. will post later. Oh by way I weighed for pre vacation. 197. will weigh on monday when I get back to see how ive done.
have a good day.
vicki M
PS Donna (new person) we mostly know each other from this site. I believe a few people know each other from other ways but mostly this site. isnt that amazing.