WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER

mimi7grands

I’m in the process of moving into my new granny flat (what a term!) and am betwixt and between my old place and my new place, neither of which has a working kitchen. (The new one's not quite ready - the old one's undergoing renovations.) Soon though. Soon. Despite not having a kitchen, I stayed under my calorie goal. I’m grateful for my little toaster oven – perfect for roasting veggies.

Jane, I hope you’re feeling better.

Robin, I’m proud of you. You’re back, full-steam ahead. :flowerforyou:

Kackie, how wonderful to be able to paint. One of these days I’ll take a class just to give it a try. My mom paints beautifully and my sister is an illustrator. Maybe a little of it (not much though I know!) rubbed off.

Autumn, be strong. It’s funny how we can gradually become accustomed to poor treatment. I was married to an alcoholic too. It can take you by surprise and take a while to figure out. I hope you’ll get some help if you’re not strong enough yet to do what you need to do on your own. Of course, only you can decide what that is.

Barbie, you are the exercise queen!

Jeanne, many veggies are good steamed to the point where they’re nice and tender. Some can be stewed, like zucchini, onions and tomato. Others can be mashed. My daughter made the best mashed cauliflower the other night. She mashed a head of cauliflower with a couple of potatoes, added a little sour cream and parmesan cheese. Amazingly good and amazingly low calorie. It should be easy to eat without any chewing at all. Good luck. I’ll bet other people will have good suggestions too. BTW, almost forgot, freshly made applesauce is delicious! Kackie had a great suggestion about making smoothies too.

Sally, good job, getting on track! It feels good doesn’t it.

Marilyn, you sound strong. That’s wonderful.

Amanda, your words were powerful and inspiring. I admire your courage. Thank you. :flowerforyou:

Geri, you have a good plan. I think you’ll do well on your vacation!

Barbie, I always appreciate reading your advice. Thanks for being there for all of us.

Rebel, I stay away from high-calorie, low-nutrition food. That doesn’t mean I never eat (or drink) them but not too often. Social eating is much harder for me than social drinking. I know for a fact that nobody else gives a rat’s patootie whether I nibble at a social event or not. It’s just me myself (and I!) who has a hard time resisting. When I see something tempting I automatically want it. When I don’t see it, I usually don’t. I’m working on the “I see it but I choose not to eat it” part. Good luck. I know we can do it.

Faye, I’m so glad you’re feeling better. Woo hoo. Faye is back! :flowerforyou:

Birdie, great job counting the raviolis and not letting anyone else tease you out of it. Way to go!!! :happy:

Mary, thanks for expressing so well the feelings of the day.

Off to bed for me, in my new space/granny flat. :happy: My granddaughters were jumping up and down at the thought of me finally being up here (in my part of my DD’s and SIL’s house). I expect to see them bright and early tomorrow. I’m sure we’ll have a bit of a learning curve as to checking first before coming to visit. :laugh:

Good night my good friends. You add so much to my life.

exermom

Jeannie- I got this in my email today, and immediately thought of you:

Break Out Your BlenderIn a recent study, people given meals containing vegetable purees ate about 350 fewer calories over the course of the day and were just as satisfied as those given the same foods without the purees. That’s because purees increase the volume of a dish without contributing many calories. Since people tend to habitually eat the same volume of food, diners ate the amount they were accustomed to. But because the puree-enhanced dishes were less dense, they automatically ate fewer calories. Purees also contributed fiber and water, which are well established as helping promote feelings of fullness and satiety. Those 350 calories saved each day could translate into a pound of fat lost after just 10 days. So, steam vegetables like carrots and squash, puree them, and stir them into muffin batters or pasta sauces. You will not only eat fewer calories, you'll also be getting healthful fiber to help your digestive system as well as immune-boosting nutrients like vitamins A and C.


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Michele

grabbit97

I lost another pound, haven't tried, but it's ok, I accept all pounds gone.. still trying to watch the carbs I eat...
Yesterday I babysat for SARI, the new GD, all day, while daugher and sil and hubby went golfing.. it was nice to have her all by myself.
They stayed for dinner, had steak on the barbie, and baked potato and broccoli.
Nice day.. I was so tired, went to bed at 9:00 PM!!!
More later..
Natalie

me1howard

Hello~ new here (5 days old). Have enjoyed keeping track of what I eat! Realized I was eating 2X too much! Feeling better and so happy to be a part of this. I want to get healthy and feel good. Please pray for me...it isn't easy, is it?

me1howard

Good luck! You are a beautiful woman and I'm sure you will feel better about yourself joining us. I'm struggling to lose about 50 pounds because I have diabetes and also for my son's wedding in January, 2012. Never liked counting calories, but like doing it on here. Hang in there! You are NOT alone!

sissygok

Good Morning to everyone, I have kind of slipped a little getting here to post and wonder if that is because I have slipped a little in keeping on goal and tracking my food...seems they have a lot to do with one another. hmmmmmmm...interesting observation!

Getting ready to go to the gym and thinking how hard I work at the gym and it just plain does not make sense to not stay on goal with my food...Why am I doing this??? So have to be vigilant.... I will do it on the one day at a time basis if necessary will do it on the hour by hour or minute by minute to keep out of the pantry and fridge.

I lost another pound last week:flowerforyou: and that is a good thing but know to keep that scale going in the right direction need to kick my butt into gear and not get lazy.

38 days until we leave for San Pedro CA to stay for 2 nights before our cruise,:glasses: have lots to do to stay busy along with 3x's a week at the gym. I am trying to resist trying on the Asian styled Suzy Wong dress that I want to wear on the cruise because I don't want to be disappointed..so will leave that until right before I pack...I so want to wear this dress because I love it, but it is a sheath type long dress and cannot be too tight or the whole look is ruined:sad: ....I have an alternate if it doesn't look well on me, but still have hope.

Our weather is beautiful right now and it energizes me to want to do more. No more hot and humid here this year I hope.

OK, a great week to everyone and hope everyone can find a way to do something today that makes them smile and feel happy. :bigsmile: xoSissy

msh0530

Sissy - Good job on losing a pound! And yes, I find that posting on this thread and staying focused go hand in hand.

Well, we still didn't win the football game Friday night, but did manage to score 20 points, so that was encouraging. I hope for the students' sake that it isn't another totally winless year.

We are going to a concert of the Country Current tonight. They are the Navy's country/bluegrass band. I'm excited, because all of the military bands that I have seen are excellent. If you haven't managed to catch any and have a chance, I would highly recommend going for it!

I am in the midst of my latest "catering for family" blitz. This is the weekend of the Walnut Valley Music Festival at Winfield, KS. It is generally attended by around 10,000 people from all over the world. Anyway, it is an annual mecca for my family, and I feed all out of the cooler in the back of the van for the weekend, so I am knee deep in preparations. I think not so many of us are going to be able to make it this year, so I am only planning for about 12. Check it out at http://www.wvfest.com/

Got to get back to work. Have a great Monday!

RebelRenny

:bigsmile: Stayed away from wine yesterday. Except for the Saturday mishap, I am happy with my resolve. No change in the scale this morning. Check again tomorrow.

Have a great day ladies.

Rebel

barbiecat

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: I am in the hotel room for a few minutes to eat my lunch and get some more water to take with me for the afternoon.

They have a four dollar lunch on site but since I eat very little cheese, no deli meat, almost no bread, no potato salad, there wasn't really anything on the menu I could eat laugh so I'm having an Isagenix shake and checking up on all of you.....the hotel is about a twenty minute walk from the workshop so I get a nice walk, too :bigsmile: We learned five new dances this morning

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two easy, two medium and one very difficult.:bigsmile: there will be two more new dances this afternoon and then time for review and open dancing this evening.

AngelikaLumiere

I was sick yesterday and messed up on both my September goals, I ate less than 1000 yesterday and didn't exercise at all. :sick:

Sissygok - rooting for you to fit into your special dress for the cruise.

Jeanne3651

Hello everyone.

Welcome newbies! I know you'll enjoy it on this thread.

I want to thank everyone for their support and wonderful & helpful suggestions. The mashed cauliflower sounds wonderful. I printed everyone's suggestions out so I would remember them.

I was going to go to water aerobics this morning but then had a hypoglycemic episode which just knocked me out. I know I'll be over on everything in my diary today because of the high sugar content food I have to eat to get my blood sugar up in the normal range and then keep it there. So I plan to try for lap swimming tomorow morning. Water aerobics is only on Mon, Wed, & Fri but lap swim is every morning.

Well I'm off to work on a menu so when hubby goes grocery shopping on Sat he can get the things I need to eat healthy!

Have a good day & God Bless!

auntiebk

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not dead, just busy

msh0530

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not dead, just busy

I am REALLY REALLY glad to hear that you aren't dead! :laugh:

doobiedoo

I've got to get back with the program! Looking forward to reading each of your posts. I need all the encouragement I can get. :ohwell:

rjadams

staying true to plan and workout in the fitness center here at the hotel even though it is really late for me. Now off to shower and bed. :yawn:

Pam3

I've got to get back with the program! Looking forward to reading each of your posts. I need all the encouragement I can get. :ohwell:

well here's some encouragement....lets get logging and exercising....YOU CAN DO IT!!!!:flowerforyou:

Pam3

staying true to plan and workout in the fitness center here at the hotel even though it is really late for me. Now off to shower and bed. :yawn:

good job...keep it up!!!:flowerforyou:

kackie

Ahhh...Auntie BK: YES, we are glad you are here, even if busy...look forward to hearing more from you.

Doobiedoo; Lots of good thoughts and encouragement coming your way! Keep in touch!

Mary: (new mary)...WELCOME...this is such a great place. Look forward to hearing more from you...Good luck on this journey.

I LOGGED all of my food and drink today, even though I went over a bit. I am just trying to focus and stay accountable. (Something I have been struggling with lately.) I start out great and then lose focus as the day goes on, OFTEN. I have to keep track the whole day...good or bad. That's my goal for now, anyway!

Rebel: So good to hear from you again. Take care!

Barbie: Good for you for logging in from your hotel and staying the course...you are our inspiration!

Robin: YEA! You are BACK!!!!!!!!! Keep it up!

Everyone else, have a great evening and good week. You are all such a help to me! Kackie

RebelRenny

:flowerforyou: So far so good. Did 1/2 hr on the elliptical today. And keeping to my healthy eating! The scale's gotta go down anytime now :bigsmile:

Rebel

exermom

Did 50 min of a pilates DVD today (Sun). Haven't done pilates in a long time. It was interesting because one pilates DVD that I have for some reason I could hear but nothing came on the screen. So I tried another DVD and that one worked fine. I'll ask Vince if he can figure out why that happened. Tomorrow I'll take an extremepump class. Update: Vince looked at the DVD. Evidentally, there are two DVD's, one with just audio. I may very well have put that one in the DVD player because it played no problem for Vince. Now I know that there are two DVD's. So guess it was a "user error"

Autumn - thanks so much for sharing. That took guts. Don't let him spoil your good eating habits. Every time you feel like you want to have "comfort foods", remember that he's winning. If you have those foods, you're giving him more and more power over you. You are strong, so show him up! Jeannie had a great suggestion. Bet Alanon could help you understand how you're feeling. I must admit, I've never been in the situation you're in.

Jeannie - no, I don't think of you as silly. Actually, I'd be very interested to see what foods you do eat to compensate for not being able to chew. Baby foods? I have not a clue. But baby foods can be so bland, so that's probably not what you do.

Amanda - congrats on the not smoking. My mother died when I was 9 and I don't think her smoking was realted to it (I'm pretty sure it wasn't) but the fact that she was a smoker and she died really made an impact on me. Of course, at that time the American Cancer society didn't relate smoking and death, but my mind did. To this day I don't smoke.

Geri - I'm the same way, only I can't grate veges, the pieces are too big and Vince will see them. The other day I made a chocolate zucchini bread and by accident I left the zucchini in the food processor too long, it was cut up really small. So I made the cake and told Vince to try "this chocolate bread that I made". I just accidentally on purpose left out the word "zucchini". I was told it was good. Now if he knew that there was zucchini in it, he wouldn't have eaten it.

birdie - I'm proud of you for counting the ravioli.

Well, we're supposed to have the people who recently moved in over tonight and another neighbor, only he'll be here late. Wish he could be here earlier so that we could grill earilier, but that just can't happen. Anyway, I have beef tenderloin steaks (which I probably won't have), I made teriyaki chicken, corn on the cob, mixed veges, sweet and white potatoes. He was supposed to bring the dessert, but I suspect he might have forgotten so fortunately, I have some ice cream in the freezer and I've made cookies. I'll probably have a few of the low fat oatmeal raisin cookies, I also have some ginger cookies, and I know Vince will eat the ice cream. I made some unsweetened green tea, so I'll have that. He's supposed to bring wine, I'm not a big wine drinker but I might wind up having just a little to be nice. No big deal to me if I don't, tho. Oh, I made a beer bread, we'll have that but since I really don't care for beer, I probably won't have any. Update: I did try a little bit, to me it had good flavor but it should have been baked longer than the recipe says to bake it.

There's the senior practice bowl today. We'll probably go. I really want to talk to this one guy. He's cool -- a nice guy (wouldn't mind having him and his wife over one day), was a professional bowler at one time. See, last week we started the winter league (I told you how much I stunk). Well, at the organizational meeting this one guy on our team wasn't there. But he was there last week. Now, I don't remember if he played in the summer league or not. But when I got there, even before we started bowling, he said to me "you have nice legs, I was going to say something before". Since it was so early, I just assumed "before" meant during the summer. So I said "thank you very much". Then a couple of times he said to me "you're cute". Now I don't know how to take this. Is this just his way, was he being nice, or was he trying to hit on me? If I see **** (the cool guy) I'll ask him if he knows this guy and what his take is. Update: saw ****, he doesn't know this guy but he's going to keep an eye out.

We had the senior practice bowl today. I bowled a 159! Don't get too excited, the next game was an 87. The third game was something like a 112.

Had the neighbors over here tonight. I learned a few things, I made this beer bread, and although it had good flavor, it probably should have been baked a bit longer. I needed to defrost the corn on the cob, just putting it in boiling water wasn't enough. Well, live and learn. It's not like the food was bad or anything. The other neighbor forgot to bring the dessert. I had a feeling he would so I scrambled thru my freezer. We had ice cream (thank goodness I bought some when it was buy 2 get 3 free), I had made some oatmeal/raisin cookies (low fat) and ginger cookies so we had them. I also gave them some cookies to take home (you never leave my house empty handed). The other neighbor did bring a bottle of wine. I'm not much of a wine drinker, but I did have some. There's a bit left and Vince said that he'd finish it, so I'm keeping it in the refrigerator. If he doesn't finish it soon, I'll just dump it.

Tomorrow, I'll do a bosu DVD at home then go to the Y to take a tai chi class. The afternoon is mahjongg.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

westernjoy

To everyone that keeps exercising everyday. You all rock. If I get my slow walk in everyday I'm happy. I have bad knees doc says he'll replace them once I get off the concrete at work.I work 12 hours 4 days a week. So everything is slow and steady. Elliptiacal is also hard on my knees.I do gardening and ride horses. Going to start swimming a couple of days a week. And welcome to all the new comers

AngelikaLumiere

I have noticed some of you using the abbreviation DH. I am assuming that stands for Dear Hubby. Is that right?:ohwell:

barbiecat

To everyone that keeps exercising everyday. You all rock. If I get my slow walk in everyday I'm happy. I have bad knees doc says he'll replace them once I get off the concrete at work.I work 12 hours 4 days a week. So everything is slow and steady. Elliptiacal is also hard on my knees.I do gardening and ride horses. Going to start swimming a couple of days a week. And welcome to all the new comers

Anytime you get off the couch or the computer chair and move, you're doing your body a favor. If you're movin', you're losin'
:bigsmile: don't worry if your exercise isn't the traditional stuff :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: Angelika, you're right, DH is darling (dear, devoted, etc.) husband although if you were annoyed with him it might be darn or demented or diabolical or doggone or something else :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:bigsmile: Natalie, congrats on losing another pound :bigsmile:

:bigsmile: me1howard, welcome to the group and to the work of logging food......I had the same experience of discovering that I was eating a ton more calories than I should have

:bigsmile: Sissy, congrats on losing another pound.....I am thinking slim thoughts for you and your Suzy Wong dress

:bigsmile: Mary, you sure take on some amazing cooking challenges

:drinker: :drinker: Rebel, congrats on staying away from the wine

:bigsmile: Barbara, I wish you were here dancing with me

It's late and I've had a busy day, so I didn't respond to as many of you as I would have liked to :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:

lisaweaver3

Good morning, all! I hope everybody slept well since it's a big day today! Today is the day you decide what decisions you are going to make to make your life healthy and happy. Don't let anybody decide it for you! Stand strong! Love to all...

Pam3

Good morning, all! I hope everybody slept well since it's a big day today! Today is the day you decide what decisions you are going to make to make your life healthy and happy. Don't let anybody decide it for you! Stand strong! Love to all...

thanks for the reimforcement!!!!!have a great day all:flowerforyou:

pmjsmom

MIA-JANE
Haven`t been missing ,just been trying to recover from a terrible asthma crisis.Got the ok to walk Thurs,and slipped in the store,waiting to hear what damage I did with the fall.Had xrays yesterday and spent most of the day in the Immediate care.Dr wants to rule out any damage in the spine,pelvis and lower back.I fell on my but and was sore thurs night.Fri am I couldn`t bend or lay flat.So if you pray,please say a prayer for me,for good results.
Trying to catch up a little on the posts.Hope everyone is doing ok.
Everyone have a great sat!
I`ll try to do better with the posts,it has been like a whirlwind since we moved aug 17.Life slow down a little,trying to catch up!
Jane

O, Jane! I am so sorry! Lots of prayers for you and please take care!

Jeanne3651

Good morning everyone - sounds like most are doing well. Welcome to newcomers and those returning after a break.

Yesterday was not good on food but today will be better (Ihope). Got to get back in the routine of drinking more water. I have logged my food for three consecutive day even though it hasn't been very good. Just like newcomers I'm back to learning how important it is to log ALL your food.

Feel kind of drugged today - doc gave me new meds and they make me feel groggy, I was going to lap swim this morning but was to groggy to drive. I didn't feel safe so I stayed home. Will try to go for a walk later. Like Barbie says any movemeny away from the computer, TV or sewing machine is making progress toward loosing.

Well I'm off to plan my food for the day so I just have to grab it when it's time to eat.

Everyone have a good day. Think positive thoughts and take it one day at a time.

BirdieM

Just a quick post. You know how I've been thinking of changing my goal weight because of my waist seeming to get bigger? Well, I took my measurements this morning, which I haven't done in almost a year, and although my weight is less than it was last year (only 1 pound) my waist is 1.5 inches bigger!:noway: My stomach is1 inch smaller and my hips .5 inch bigger! My husband says it's impossible, but I take my measurements as tight as I can so I know they're accurate. I wonder why?:ohwell:

Well have a great day everyone!


BirdieM

msh0530

Michele - Yes, I think the bowling guy is trying to hit on you.

Jane - What did your xrays show? I hope you are okay!

Lisa - Thanks for the encouraging words. I will try to treat today and every day as the day that I make healthy decisions!

Music Festival in the cooler progresses. I have all of the non-cooler food organized into bags by meal and labeled (like Friday lunch, etc.) with paper plates and plastic utensils included. Last night I cooked the rice for the wraps, and tonight I will cook the meat for the taco salads, chop the ham and peel/chop the boiled eggs for the chef salads, and try to get the cooler type foods organized into meals and labeled. I also need to pack my suitcase tonight, and don't know what to take. Although the high here yesterday was 101, Thursday is forecast to be 65. So, I guess I will have to pack lots of layers, and hope we don't get too wet. I have a meeting tonight at 7:00 that I don't have time to go to, but guess I will try to make it for a while. I have my first bell choir practice of the season tomorrow night, and need to finish choosing/prepping the music for that. We plan to leave from the bell rehearsal to drive down to Mom's (where we stay for the festival) so need to be all done tonight. Sleep? I guess that will have to happen in my next life!

Better get back to work - my students await. I will try to check in tomorrow sometime before we leave, and will then be MIA until Monday. Have a great Tuesday, and here's to smart choices!!

RebelRenny

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Down 1.5 lbs this morning! Yay!! So happy. Also, one of our sons, who has been struggling with health issues and was not able to work for 2 years just called to say he found a job and is starting today! Yay. I am soooo happy for him!!!!!

Rebel