WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JULY

sissygok

Happy Saturday ladies,:flowerforyou: I hope everyone is having a good weekend and it is not too hot wherever you are. It has been scorching hot here in OK, we were on the way home from the gym this afternoon and the big thermometer said 98 and I actually said it my husband we are ha ving a cooling trend..because it has been well over 100 for what seems like forever.:explode:

There are a lot of people who are having a hard time right now :brokenheart: but first, tiarapants, you said you accidently lost 3 pounds by not eating right...honey, that is not such a bad thing, when most of us don't eat right we gain, gain, gain! I love your ideas, a massage, a caffeine boost. make mine a non-fat latte and a holiday in the sun, that is something we all would enjoy.

Plant Lady, can you call a friend and invite her to lunch or do you know someone who might take a walk with you ? A little interaction and friendly laughter goes a long way to helping chase away loneliness.

Tobeygirl45 I know what you mean, I was so hoping to have lost 15 pounds by the end of this month...but it looks like it is not to be right now..but it will come as long as we both stick with our program and track our food...hang in there girl.:flowerforyou:

Niki, :flowerforyou: so nice to meet you. I had medical problems and didn't lift a finger for almost 2 years...used my knee problems and surgery as an excuse until I was the heaviest and most out of shape I have ever been....I started exercising just a little bit at a time...I am sure it both lifted my spirits and lowered my weight at the same time. Maybe your dogs can be your exercise buddies and would enjoy a walk with you, do it on your own pace, start our slow and build up.

Greek salad and cantalope for dinner...won't have to cook...yippee! xoSissy

grabbit97

Still taking lots of meds for pain .. my knee... surgery Aug 4.
Same weight, have maintained, not lost anything more.. but maintain is ok, I will lose some more being in hospital, not having appetite, and being on pain meds...
have a good evening,

barbiecat

Kathy (plantlady) I have missed you so much and I'm so glad to see that you posted again.......maybe today will be the day that things turn around for you........the day of the miracle strikes us all by surprise.....just keep showing up :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile

:flowerforyou: we are busy with our moving plans and still getting lots of exercise so there's not much time for the computer.

:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: we'll go to bed early again tonight because we keep waking up in the middle of the night, making lists, reading for awhile, then going back to sleep, then doing the same thing again two hours later......then we're up at 5 AM to walk the dogs at sunrise.

:bigsmile: escrow will close on the house we're selling on August 9 and on on the one we're buying on August 10 and we have until August 19 to get moved completely.......a lot depends on when our young strong friends can help move the heavy furniture.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Amanda, you're right to not post the new weight just yet......my weight often varies as much as three pounds within the same week depending on what I'm eating and how much water I'm drinking and whether there is too much sodium in what I'm eating....don't let the fluctuation concern you, just put your energy into the christening of those darling babies.

:bigsmile: we bought a giant cat tree for Bernie because he'll be an indoor cat in the new house and will need some place to play and get away from the dogs.......we put catnip and treats on it and he played and scratched and napped and had a great time.

:bigsmile: I'm still reading "The Thin Commandments" and am learning a lot ......I'll share more when I have more time at the computer.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: and to everyone who is struggling.........get up off the couch and walk for five minutes or do 10 squats and never, never, never give up.........:bigsmile:

wizzywig

Hi Ladies

:flowerforyou: Welcome back Kathy (plantlady) , sorry you are having such a bad time. As Barbie said maybe today will be the day that things turn around for you! :flowerforyou:

:flowerforyou: Kathy (pmjsmom) and Denise, thanks for letting me know it's the meds that caused the weight gain, I should have realised it myself :huh: glad to say that I am now getting back to my pre surgery weight, slowly. I'm feeling a little better, I went for a short walk yesterday to the shop, it was harder than I thought, but I rested up when I got back and had a cat nap after dinner.

:flowerforyou: Welcome all newcomers you've found a great group of ladies, I consider each and every one of you a good friend.

:flowerforyou: Barbie, where do you get your energy? Hardly any sleep and still up at 5AM to walk the doggies.

I've nearly finished reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, it's very good, once I got into it, I couldn't put it down. Had to finally call it a night last night when I was falling asleep, but I've only a few chapters left. This was suggested by a member of a book club I go to. I've quite enjoyed this one, better than the last one which was Alan Sugar's autobiography.

Well I'm going to get a bit of breakfast, still need a painkiller every now and then, but I'm pleased and surprised that I've been able to manage the pain without relying on them too much.

Take care everyone and have a wonderful Sunday.

Viv xx

plantlady99

Today does seem like a better day. Just spilling out my guts was a step for me. I'm usually the one who would have something funny to say and I want that person back.

yesterday on my eating I did not do well with my choices again but I did not eat at night.

today I'm looking up.

Plus, I went to church last night. Something I haven't done in so long. I drifted away from God for reasons I can't explain but my husband & I decided it was time to go back and have God on our side to help us through our journey of life. So glad we did. We went to a new church and it was wonderful great music and praise.

Well, I hope sometime I will be able to respond to you all as I had done in the past.

Thanks all for your support.

Love Kathy (plantlady)

plantlady99

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jam0525

Hello everyone,

I hope everyone is doing well. I got too far behind in the posts again. This next week and the whole month of August will be just as hectic as July has been so far.

Everything Ok at this end, except for my not loosing any weight since January.

Take care, thinking of everyone new and old,

Jeannie

rjadams

Good morning ladies,
the sun is finally shining and I am smiling. We bought a flat of local, huge and sweet raspberries yesterday.:bigsmile: They are so good so tonight is some salmon on a bed of spinach leaves with feta, walnuts and a homemade raspberry vinegariatte with a bunch of fresh raspberries sprinkled on top. :happy: Oh so good it makes me smile all day. :happy: :happy: :happy:

I only have 3 days left at my old job and then Friday is orientation and beginning my new job. The weather is supposed to be nice all week so I feel a change in mood and motivation coming on.

I hope you all have an absolutely fabulous day!:flowerforyou:

genealace

Good morning everyone

Haven't checked in for a while - you know life catches up and there wasn't time to post. However I have been logging my food each and every day regardless of good or bad.

Yesterday I was lawn bowling all day - it was very, very hot (not quite as hot at Thursday when the humidex was 46c) and I am happy to say that my team and I came second. We had a good day.

DBF is still in a lot of pain - he had a broken leg in 2004 just after having a hip replacement. It was a spiral fracture and the surgery to repair it was with a metal plate and pieces of wire twisted round to hold the pieces of bone in place. Since then he has had 2 surgeries, one to remove the metal plate and a second to trim off some of the pieces of wire which were sticking out into his leg. Now, more pieces of wire have come untwisted and are sticking into his leg on the inside. He is always in pain and doesn't enjoy his life and of course that reflects on his attitude towards me.

cherubcrnp

Welcome, Niki and 3Kathy (plantlady) .....you will find so much support and love here....you can't help but smile and be motivated. Please feel free to add me as a friend.

I have been MIA....working 4pm to 2am and catching up on errands before work. Now, I am back to a normal schedule so posting will be easier. But I have kept up my food diary which is so very important to me. I haven't been to the gym in 2 weeks, but I have been putting in 2 new flower beds that are just huge! So now all the edging, mulching, shrub trimming is done...all the lugging bags of soil is pretty much done....very hard work. But I bought more plants that need to go in since now I can see where there is empty spots that need planting....so that will need to be done now. Thank goodness that I still have a small pile of mulch from the huge pile that the landscapers brought in their dump truck for me.

Have a wonderful day, everyone!!!!!!!

amyllu

Ooh! Gardening .. used to be my fav .. apart from line dancing!
Wish I could still do both or even either....

At the mo' am really, REALLY, annoyed as I have been very good all week and it seems that my weight is still going to be the same ny my WI tomorrow. Just don't know what to do to get things moving again....:mad:

Lesliecs

It's hard to catch up with everyone after being away from the computer for the past 3 days. I hope everyone had a good days! I enjoyed my time visiting my son very much..... hated to come home. I don't see him enough these days. I don't like Empty Nest Syndrome at all, even though I've had 4 1/2 years to try and get used to it. I miss my wonderful son so much when we're apart. I'm happy to report that even though we ate out most of the time I was there, I watched what I ate, wrote it all down and put it in my diary when I got back. I stayed well under my calories each day. I also did more walking that usual, so that helped. AND..... I lost another lb. when I weighed myself after I got home. Also took my measurements again yesterday and lost several inches. I'm SO motivated and so happy that I have stuck to this journey for more than a few days! And happy that I WANT to continue. Like another well-know eating plan out there..... it isn't a DIET...... it is just a new and healthier way of eating!

Have a fabulous day everyone!

janemartin02

Good morning all.
Finally got all the water out of the basement.
The only casuality is the hot water heater.We have someone coming over.
Hope the rain is gone for awhile.
Take care everyone.
jane
xoxoox

middleofseven

Hello everyone;

I was invited by Barbie to join the group. I am 51 and I started this month with MFP. I love the site. There are so many opinions and encouragement. All my life I have had to worry about my weight. I started gaining in High School and have been on a rollercoaster since. Coming from a large family and being the middle one of 7. Has its ups and mostly downs. I won't go into the many things that are on my mind as that is what my councilor is for.HA HA. This being the only place that I am being truely honest with everything that goes into my mouth for the first time has helped me to identify the bad items and reinforces my concept of a protion as 4oz. I have been living that rule for more than 30 years. I am one of the "lucky" ones that are truely in Starvation mode due to undereating for my entire life. I averaged 600cal per day for the first 5 days tracking. That opened my eyes. I remember being told about the starvation idea from WW years ago. I have never been able to eat all that they say we need to every day. My water intake has gone up and that is progress already. The loss of weight shown started 1/1/11.
Well that is all for now. I look forward to meeting everyone in the group. We can lose it together.

janemartin02

WELCOME<middleof seven.Not sure what your name is.But welcome.This is an awesome bunch of women.

cathys01

Happy Sunday Ladies:

Hope you are all well. There are so many posts, again!! Welcome to the newcomers, you will enjoy this site, there any so many wonderful people here.

Today was my oldest grandaughter's 5th birthdat and so we had a little party for her at a local restaurant and she was so excited. She came and spent the night last night with my DH and I without her little brother and she truly enjoyed that because she got to be spoiled all evening long :laugh:

I am still struggling with my weight and I am finding it hard not to get discouraged but I am trying hard to stay focused because I think part of it is my meds. I am drinking tons of water, trying to watch my food and getting more exercise and every day I am under my calorie count but still I cannot lose. So, I am sure that somehow my meds must be interfering with my system somehow, I am going to go to the doctor or the pharmacist and have them review all that I am on and how they are affecting my system.

I think too because I don't sleep at night that is a problem, I have been reading that when you don'd sleep at night it makes you gain weight, so I am checking into that avenue too. It is frustrating though. As I am sure some of you know when you don't lose, you get frustrated and want to give up. But, I won't give up but I don't think I will make my July goal though.

Anyway, I really do hope you all are doing well. Those of you who are struggling, I hear you. Don't give up, you will get there, just keep at it. To those of you who are losing, congrats!! Good for you.

Our weather has been unbearably hot and humid so I hope it breaks soon because I am not a really hot, humidy, kind of person. Give me an Indian Summer any time

Anyway, take care and I will talk to you soon.

Love. Cathy xx

exermom

Well, I see why people who have fallen off the wagon sometimes don't check in. I fell. Friday we had that baseball game. I had a hamburger, the chili, some chips, I did drink only water. Then Sat. I fell big time. But I'm going to do my best to get back on track, think I'll need to get more apple cider vinegar!

Jessica went to go see New Kids on the Block and Back Street Boys with Lynette. She said that her friend, Connie, was going to come. When she said this, my immediate thought was "Connie won't be there" and she didn't let me down. Lyette wanted to go out to dinner, and Jessica really didn't have the money for it so she asked if they could have dinner here. I know it's me, but I just have a hard time saying "no". Lynette brought by steaks, I got some chicken that I broiled and we WERE going to put on the grill. Only when Vince opened the grill he smelled gas, so I wound up putting the steaks in the broiler. Didn't have the same "charcoaley" flavor. They had to leave by 4:30, I had to serve at the mass at 5, then Vince and I were going to a social with the Newcomers. Lynette was going to bring a friend of hers so instead of Lynette having to go back to town to get the friend I just told Lynette to bring the friend here for dinner. We just had the steaks, I had some chicken, a salad, broccoli cauliflower and carrot medley, rice, I made lemon squares for dessert and had some chocolate cookies. I hated rushing them, but I knew they had a time constraint. Lynette and Ken have a different sort of relationship. It works for them. Personally, I don't think I could stand it. She is constantly texting Ken, he had to go to the concert with them, but he stayed at a hotel while they went to the concert. Lynette told me that the other day she fell and she texted Ken to tell him she was all right. Now if it were me, I would be telling Vince when he got home, but that's just me. Honestly, she's really not a good driver. Now I don't have a sense of direction, but she was driving one time and got lost, Vince said that we were almost in South Carolina. Evidentally, she was telling Jessica how to go to the concert. When she drove to the condo she took 295, why I don't know. 295 takes you WAAAYYYY out of your way. She took another side road, we'd told her to just stay on 95 all the way to Titusville. The only thing I can think of is that her GPS told her to take that road. But you would think that she'd want to take the shortest way so that Ken has the shortest amount of time sitting in the car. Anyway, Jessica drove to the concert, she borrowed Vince's SUV. She didn't realize that Ken was coming along and she gets carsick if she's in the back seat, so she drove, Ken was in the front, Lynette and her friend were in the backseat.

Made a triple chocolate cheesecake for the social and these mini chip cookies that Vince would eat. It seemed that most people liked the cheesecake.

Made some chocolate cookies tonight. A friend and her hubby are coming here Sun. so we'll probably grill. I got an ice cream cake. I'm going to try to be good during the week and just watch it on the weekend.

Just had fruit, a piece of the cheesecake and this other blueberry dump-like cake. I didn't think that was all that good. But I did go swimming afterwards.

Have jury duty this week. I already made a turkey sandwich to take, some egg whites, some carrots, a pear, oh gotta remember to take some V-8

Got some cherries today. They are good, so I'll probably have them just to snack on.

Say, did anyone do the South Beach diet? Lynette said that her MD recommended it. I remember reading that for the first 2 weeks you couldn't have any carbs, and there was no way that I can go for 2 weeks without fruit, so I never really looked into it. Assuming that she does go on it, I want to be encouraging her so are there any foods that I should not prepare (if they come over) or even offer to her?

Did an hour of the WiiFit hulahoop today. Don't know what I'll be able to do tomorrow as I'm not sure what time I'll be getting home.

Viv - fingers and everything else crossed for you.

Niki - pull up a chair!

We've been talking more and more about the pool. Unfortunately, it's still just talking. At least we have the permit, we decided on the pool, now we need to talk to the pool people. I'll get it...eventually!

Hey middleofseven. Glad barbie got you to come over here.


Going to run...will try to get ready for tomorrow. Got magazines and books to take with me, hope I don't need them....lol It's weird, not my usual schedule.

Nitey nite everyone.

Michele

grabbit97

Sunday evening, pain pain pain, but I take the vicodin, it goes away for awhile..
Had skirt steak left over from last night for dinner with some cole slaw and some raw carrots/cukes... lost appetite, not really hungry but am forcing myself to eat. Weight is still the same.. no loss, no gain in 2 weeks.
have a good evening..
Natalie

sl1mmy

Hi! All of you!:flowerforyou:

Well, I told you that i decided to do something about my lack of motivation to workout. So I did something, I started a challenge.

"The out of shape and lazy challenge"
You can find it here : http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/297393-the-out-of-shape-and-lazy-challenge

Anybody is welcome. The basic is to do a minimum of 15 minutes a day every day. For me it works cause I dont have to fight my lazy side too much to convince me to walk for 15 minutes and when I'm there, why not to do more. The first step is the more difficult so.

For the moment there are not so many people interested but even if I am the only one who write on this post, if it makes me move more it will have worth it.

See you tomorrow !

Take care!:flowerforyou:

Niki

barbiecat

:bigsmile: Viv, I'm so glad to hear that you are on the road to recovery one step at a time.:bigsmile:

:bigsmile: Kathy (plantlady), when I started my weight loss journey I didn't make good food choices but I made a plan and stuck to it, so if you avoided eating at night, then you've made a great start on this new journey........putting God and spirituality in the mix will help :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Robin, isn't the sunny weather a great motivator :bigsmile: best wishes as you move on to your new job

:bigsmile: amyllu, keep on keeping on.....it sounds like you can't do much exercise so that is a challenge.....are there seated exercises you can do to burn calories ?

:flowerforyou: middleofseven, I'm glad to see you posting on this thread.....it sounds like you have some great insights already on how to make progress.....take baby steps and you'll find the success you seek :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: Niki, your challenge sounds great..........slow and steady wins the race.......the longest journey begins with a single step.........all the exercise I do now, started with a little bit and grew over time.....do not be discouraged

:bigsmile: I took the dogs for a walk in our new neighborhood and we loved it......it is even more quiet than where we are now and there are lots of trees......our packing continues.....all the walls are bare........DH found three young strong men with trucks and an appliance dolly to move the furniture and I found friends who are will willing to help with the cleaning.

:flowerforyou: we had a beautiful day today with temps over 75 :bigsmile: I wore a short sleeve shirt today for the first time this summer :bigsmile:

wizzywig

Good Morning everyone

:frown: It's another grey day here in York, I'm beginning to wonder if we'll ever get some sunshine. I was hoping to sit outside whilst at home recouperating (?). Hey I could get used to this, I haven't even given work a thought. Even though we've had a lot of rainy days, I've relaxed, caught up with everyone on MFP, watched DVDs and read my book. Quite enjoyed The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but on refelection a bit too much graphic sexual violence/torture for me, but the story itself was good, with twists and turns, so it kept you wondering who dun it!

I'm going to pop into town today with my mum, she walks slow so I should be able to manage:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: I've found that walking hurts my boob. I'm quite small too, so I feel sorry for larger bouncier ladies it must be twice as bad for them. The dressing came off yesterday in the shower, I managed to find a dressing in our first aid kit that would cover it and taped it on, everything looks as if it is healing nicely, very bruised though, (but I do bruise easily) I'm still very tired so don't want to overdo it today, but thought I need to start doing things in moderation otherwise I'll never get back to normal.

:flowerforyou: Barbie glad the doggies liked their new neighbourhood, You'll be out exploring once you move in finding new walks to go on.

:flowerforyou: : Niki good luck with the challenge. Hope you get lots of people joining.

:flowerforyou: Natalie I think you are due surgery next month if I've got it right, so sorry you are in such pain right now.

:flowerforyou: Michele you are always so busy busy I wish I had half your energy.

:flowerforyou: I hope everyone has a great day.

I'm going to have a bit of breakfast now, so I'll catch up with you tomorrow.

BFN
Viv xx

SallyCC

Good morning,
My weekend was challenging....the heat really effected my energy level. I was also a bit nervous. I have a job interview. This opportunity came up unexpectedly and I am really not sure if I should do this job even if it is offered to me. It is similar to a very stressful job that I did well but retired from 6 years ago. I have really loved not having that kind of stress in my life. I do realize that this job is in a different place and it could be a really great opportunity. I am going to meet with the director this morning and really try to step back and see if this is a place where I'd like to work.....where I could feel that I was really making a difference. There is also this little voice in my head that says...you really could use the money. So my head has been busy this weekend...and that is not good.

I need to get back to my goal for the month with getting in my fruits and veggies. We had lots of company and with the heat I made meals of crackers and cheese too often. Lots of sodium. I do feel better this morning and I roasted some vegetables and chicken last night to be prepared for the next round of high temperatures.

Have a great day!

plantlady99

Well, it's Monday and I hope to get to the gym today. It seem like my husband wants to go but he has been having trouble with his back lately. Even if he does not want to go I do so at some point I will stress to him I need to go.

Did not eat at night again.

Just posting will help

Kathy (plantlady)

I hope everyone has a great day. I may post later on just for my own sanity.

I hope to respond to all the well wishes in time.

:bigsmile:

Jeanne3651

Good morning everyone! Glad to see new comers on the board - WELCOME!!!

Just got my computer back late yesterday afternoon. It is working great. We lost everything on the hard drive but aol still had all our email and favorites. Thank God! My address book is goofed up so will have to spend time with that.

Yesterday was a bad day for food for me. I wound up vomiting several times before I could go to sleep. Hope today is better and now I can start logging again regularly. Plan to go to water aerobics this noon - I can hardly wait.

Well I have to run I have a doc appt in half an hour.

Good luck everyone, have a nice day!

lisavp23

Today is my 1st time to be on this site, 1st time even to do a post anywhere! Trying to make the most of the 50+ party called life! , Looking forward to making some new friends and loosing some weight. I have started a program I love! I've been doing the program for about 7 weeks. Lost 12 lbs the 1st month - 3 1/2" off my waist and 3" off my hips. My upper body is the hardest area for me to loose. Any suggestions? I've had company the last 2 weeks and haven't gained but only lost 2 more lbs. Need to get back on track. Hope "Myfitnesspal" helps!

plantlady99

Back to the gym RIGHT NOW!!!!!

hcbunny

I know you probably have heard all this before, but why don't you try taking a walk when the urge for sweets hits you? Or, wait for 20-30 minutes to see if it passes; Or, drink a glass of water?

I know how you feel...my biggest cravings are for sweets. Mostly in the afternoon. Chocolate craving is the worst!

Hang in there. I know you can do it.

genealace

Good morning everyone

lisavp23 welcome to the group. Personally, I don't think you should hope for 12lb loss every month - it was a good boost to start you off, but 1lb per week is much more realistic and achievable and it will stay off.

Grey day here in Ottawa, no lawn bowling for me today as it was raining at the time I would have left. Gives me a chance to get my Spanish homework done before my class this afternoon.

DBF has been to see his specialist this morning who doesn't think he can do anything and is doing a referral to someone else. Not a satisfactory outcome because he is in a lot of pain. But, it look like we are still going away later in the week to celebrate our 30th dating anniversary.

magglett

Note to self ... I have got to get back on track ... I'm feeling crappy ... there's no other reason other then the bad eating ... alcohol drinking ... and lack of regular exercise. Enough is enough already!!!

AEisele

Over 50 and not having fun! I'm fighting the same 5 lb. Well at least this week I'm back down. I really thought I was going to rock and loose 100lb in a years time. Well, guess what, this old body doesn't want to do that. Not to mention the medications I have to take. So going to the gym 5 days last week I lost 2lb. I'm just going to enjoy that and be happy with that. Now, it's the start of a new week. 1 lb is all I'm really hoping for. 1 lb at a time!