WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER
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Hi!
I love this blog! The words of wisdom go far beyond just motivation for weight loss and it's wonderful to read. The first day of my restart is going well. I'm sad, though, that my treadmill seems to be having a problem. It shuts off after 5 min. :sad: I planned what I would eat...hubby even helped by making my lunch salad for me to take to work. I'm happy to say he didn't bake anything today to tempt me...he cleaned out the chest freezer and cleaned the yard instead. He likes to keep busy on his day off.
Barbie....Happy birthday to hubby. After being on vacation and eating out alot....there's nothing better than a home dinner.
It sounds like everyone had a great weekend....and may the fun continue through the week....busy though it will be! (Mary, how do you do it?? )
Rita0 -
Hello, All!
Today we are having the rain that Florida has been getting. I did Leslie's 4 Fast Miles inside and that was a nice change. The rain kept me from being able to pull weeds in my over-grown vegetable garden. Oh, too bad:bigsmile:
I have had all my meals at home and stayed with fresh, real food, so I feel good. Tomorrow I will have been back home for a week so I have to post my weight...it will be up from my time in MT, but I am hoping it is just a little bit.:frown: DH comes home this Thursday, so I am trying to let this time be my health food time! I have not been tempted to have wine except the one night, so hopefully I can stay on track now and move the scale DOWN for a change!
Barbie: I like your metaphor...so true!
Chris: I made pumpkin soup last night. I had a recipe I have been meaning to make and your post reminded me. It was pretty good but I feel like it needed something...not sure what. Maybe a bit of apple? If you have a chance, please post what was in yours. I have some left over and think I will cook and mash an apple to add to it.
Rita: I hope that you get your treadmill fixed...and what a nice husband to make a salad for you to take. It's nice to have support!
Mary: Glad that you got such a nice walk in during your retreat.
Has anyone heard from Mary? I know that she went to Tahoe and was busy with her new place, but it's been a long time. Hope all is well.
Everyone have a wonderful week and take care, Kackie
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i have to be good tonight but I am really really cranky. I worked 11 hours today and i come home to a husband watching football reruns while the crockpot he promised to clean is crusting over on the counter. the house is a disgusting place and I have come to the end of my rope but I have not time to clean and he will stop me if he is home anyway (think he feels guilty) I am really annoyed and pissed right now and I think that some wine might make me feel better but I am way up on the scale and I am going to lose my competiition weigh in on Wednesday. aarrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhhhhhhh!0
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Just a quickie this morning - slept in :yawn: :yawn:
Just got back from walking the dogs and need to get into the shower, a horrible wet dark day today, and it's my first day back at work after having a week off.:grumble:
I went over my calories yesterday, I'd done so well too, but I ate a largish piece of Birthday cake after tea (which I should have checked calorie wise first) which sent me over
Today is another day! I WILL do better and say NO to cakes!
Wish me luck - and determination - thanks.
Catch up again soon
Viv xx0 -
Hello
my name is Angie looking for support to push me through this healthy weight loss journey.
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good morning all,
welcome to all the newbies....its been crazy the last week or so, having some work done at home and living in a bit of a mess(which both emotionally and phsycially i dont like)....i have been doing well(food and exercise wise)and saw a half pound loss this week(my pounds sure do love me)anyways i am a little worried as one of my sons and his long time girlfriend have split up....so i am sad for him and for her....on a positive note i will be traveling next week to las vegas with my oldest(he's going to a conference and invited me along)i have never been to las vegas so looking forward, iam hoping we can go to the grand canyon then i'll be on my on during the day ,,,we might have a few evenings together, looking forward to a nice show and dinner......during that week i will be walking mostly for exercise and wont be workouting as much, so i will need to watch my food intake closely.....i hope you all have a lovely day and i will check in before i leave...
to all those that are going on cruises have a GREAT time, to all returing home from different travel, welcome home....0 -
Angie - Welcome! Come back and see us often. We want to get to know you.
Robin - You sound so much like me some days. I trust that you got through the evening and woke up to a new day this morning. Hang in there!
To those who ask how I stay so busy - I generally tell people that I will sleep in my next life. The concert last night went well. I am into my marathon day today: before school tutoring, school all day, volleyball quad scorekeeping, then a meeting. I left the house with all three of my meals for the day in my bag. Deep breath, and here I go!0 -
Good morning!I got the results back from the MRI.The back has some damage,but no nerve or fractures,Yeah!
However,they found something in the pelvic MRI that I have to follow up with another dr.Praying it`s nothing serious.
Have a good day.Let`s get to our goals and make it happen.
Have a good day!
HUGS
jane0 -
:flowerforyou: We had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. Our oldest son got his hands on a super8 movie projector and we watched old family movies. What fun. We want to get the movies transferred to DVD's one day.
-Robin, sorry to hear you had a bad day. I feel for you.
((hugs)) today is a new day.
I am planning to go to flow yoga today, however I did something to my right thumb yesterday and it is hurting.
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So glad I found this board for 50+. I am 52 and this is a long journey for me. I am now watching my calorie intake and have started with the C25K program. Also do Julian Michael 30DS on days that i do not walk/run.
I have one son (30) and am married to a very supportive husband and want to get back to my former self. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's after about 4 years of the doctors telling me everything was fine I was just getting older and needed to accept this. BTW this was a female doc who was just totally unaware of the Thyroid issue. Changed Doc's and found the reason for a 40lb weight gain and no energy to move off of the couch after work.
Enough of the drama. Just I am so glad to part of MFP and am looking forward to success.0 -
I have a wonderful husband. My friends little girl has been in intensive care at the Children's Hospital with leukemia for the past five weeks. Claudia really wanted a Thanksgiving supper, so Peter stuffed a turkey with home made sage bread stuffing, cooked some scalloped potatoes, made a spinach salad with guacamole for dressing. Then she came and picked up the food. We thought she and Dimitri would be having supper at home with her mother, but instead, she took everything back to the Children's intensive care unit. And wouldn't you know it, they shared their meal with all parents on the floor. It was a United Nations up there, and everybody's cares were forgotten as they all shared a Canadian Thanksgiving meal together. I told her to pay it forward, and she sure did!
Today, I'm busy boiling up the turkey and duck bones for soup stock! Good eating on the way!0 -
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I went to the library today to return some books on the way to my mammogram and had some extra time so I looked at books about eating and health and checked out one that looks interesting. It's called "Food Rules: An Eater's Manual"
:bigsmile: the table of contents says:
What should I eat?
(Eat food)
What kind of food should I eat?
(Mostly plants)
How should I eat?
(Not too much)
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: It looks like it will be fun to read :bigsmile:
:bigsmile: Jake was happy today because he got to buy some new shirts for his birthday and we ate healthy yesterday.:bigsmile: :bigsmile:
:bigsmile: the dogs were happy to walk on their trails this morning:bigsmile: we took an extra long walk but by 11:00 they were ready to go again.
:bigsmile: Bernie, the cat was happy to be home with all of us:bigsmile: he was so happy that he woke me up at 4:30 to tell me how much he loves me and how much he missed me :bigsmile:
:bigsmile: :bigsmile: welcome to all the new members......it takes awhile to get to know us and for us to get to know you but it's worth it.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: this is a great group and I've learned so much from them:bigsmile: :bigsmile:0 -
Ahhhh...I'm slightly over calories today....hubby made ribs for dinner. They were so yummy looking...I couldn't resist...and I only ate 2. I am proud of myself, though, cause I fended off a chocolate attack today. I'm a commercial photographer and have samples of chocolates that I need to photo for the Val. Day catalog. I had 2 bars staring me in the face all day....and I didn't cave! I have to shoot cookies tomorrow. Pray for me.....
Barbie....It must be great having the whole furry family back together. I miss my pets horribly when we're away.
Robin....I hope your day today was much better than yesterday.
Grassette....That's a truly wonderful story. Thanks for sharing!
(it's taken me over 20 minutes to write this little post...Eric (hubby) keeps interrupting me w/Halloween trivia he's reading on the Music Choice Sounds of the Seasons tv station)
Chat with ya later...
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Hi everyone....
I have just got in from my first day of the C25K program (I have put up a separate topic if anyone wants to join me).... feeling very positive! But it was hard..... still getting over a bout of flu so my lung capacity is a bit light on.... but I did it!
Mary - what a busy life you lead.... I am exhausted just reading about all your activities... you are definitely a great mentor and a great example of what we can achieve if we just get up and moving, thankyou.
Pam - have a great time in Las Vegas.... I went there on my 30th birthday (before kids, slim)
Angie - welcome... you will love this group.... very supportive
FLGatorGrl - welcome.... how far into the C25K are you.... are you finding it ok? I can't imagine myself running 5k in 9 weeks.
Grassette - what a wonderful husband you have and so lovely to share such a lovely meal with so many people who really need some joy in their lives.... it really does feel good to give doesn't it..... and that soup is going to be fantastic!
Barbie - love hearing about your gorgeous pets.... our wonderful old dog died a few months ago and we are missing her so very much....I have photos as screensavers on my computer so I can still see her every day.... we are planning on getting a puppy early next year.... and hopefully I will be fit enough to take it for runs every day.
Rita - good luck with the chocolate temptation.... be strong.... you can do it!
Have a good day (probably night time for most of you now.... but I'm just getting moving)
Lisa x0 -
Hi all! I'd love to be in this group. I suppose it would have been better if I'd found it before starting a post earlier about looking for motivated women in my age group:) Glad to know where to find you now! I've been using MFP for 2 1/2 weeks so far and am just thrilled at how much it's meeting my needs. The give and take of support is just wonderful. My goals for October are to continue to log all food and exercise and continue the increase in exercise that I've started. Happy Fall to all of you!!0
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:flowerforyou: I did not go to flow-yoga today, given my sore thumb. However, instead I went to the gym and did elliptical, running and stretching. For dinner I had turkey leftovers. So yummy. Happy happy!! Tests on little grand baby came back that ALL IS NORMAL. No sign of epilepsy. Yay
Reb0 -
:flowerforyou: I did not go to flow-yoga today, given my sore thumb. However, instead I went to the gym and did elliptical, running and stretching. For dinner I had turkey leftovers. So yummy. Happy happy!! Tests on little grand baby came back that ALL IS NORMAL. No sign of epilepsy. Yay
Reb
great news about the grand baby,YAY!!!!:flowerforyou:0 -
Busy day today on this board. I was up a pound at my Weigh in tonight at the Challenge. I hope I am down in the morning for this weigh in. We'll see. In looking over my numbers for last week, I see my carbs were up a bit and I didn't exercise as much...so I know what I need to do for next week....
Have a good night,
Sally0 -
barb - happy birthday to Jake!
Mary - thanks for the sugggestion for the butternut squash. I'll give that a try the next time I'm using one (which will probably be pretty soon)
Hey, there, Angie! Welcome aboard!
Pam - have a lovely trip! Looking forward to hearing all about it when you get back. How nice of your son to invite you along!
Jane - Yea, no fractures! Fantastic. But I'll keep you in my thoughts for the other doc. Hoping it isn't anything
FLGatorGirl - welcome! You certainly don't look like you would have a son who is 30!
grassette - What a wonderful thing for your hubby to do! And Claudia is so very thoughtful, too.
Did an hour on the treadmill today (Tues). Don't know exactly what I'd call it. Fitness magazine had these workouts, each 30 minutes long. I tried them today. The one I wasn't too crazy about, it had you changing the inclines and intensity too often, at one point every 30 seconds. I don't think I'll do that workout again. But the other one, that was more of an intensity interval. Even tho it's ony 30 minutes, it got my heartrate up which the other program didn't do as much. It seems that whenever I'm on the treadmill, after about 10 or 20 minutes I have to go to the bathroom. So what I might do is do this workout, when the first 30 minutes are done, go to the bathroom and then do the next 30 minutes. Then went to play mahjongg.
Tomorrow is the Newcomers general meeting. Then senior bowl, we have about 3 or 4 hours and then the Newcomer bowling. So tomorrow will be pretty packed. Before the meeting, tho, I think I'll do one of my spin downloadable workouts.
Rita - oh, I feel for you. I wouldn't mind if it were candy that I didn't like...but something that I like....my heart goes out to you. Good luck tomorrow. Let us know how it goes.
Lisa - I'm so sorry about your dog. I know how hard it is, some things you just never really get over completely.
Diana - welcome!!!!
Rebel - it's a shame you weren't able to get to your yoga, but its great that you got to the gym anyway.
Here's hoping everyone has a great evening
Michele0 -
Whew, just finished reading the posts since my last post. You guys were busy and I didn't realize I was gone so long. I read them all but don't have time for shoutouts.
I did not make it to the truck food fest, friend was feeling poorly. Sunday was brew day and we now have a nice looking red ale sitting in our closet fermenting its heart out. It was a fun way to spend the tme with hubby away from tv and computers.
I fixed that spin bike (knock wood). I found a way to tighten the chain and we'll see tomorrow if it lasts the 50 minutes I need it to.
Yesterday and I today I was super busy with school and trying to figure out my new tablet. Still some bugs but I'll get it figured out. Looks to be very busy the next two weeks. I'll be reading posts, but probably won't have time for any shoutouts again. I'll make it up to you guys at the end of the month. I want to find a balance where I average 2 lbs for month, at least until I get under the 200s.
Had a great dinner from Mediterranean Vegan Kitchen. First time I had fennel. It was a fennel, orange, and nicoise olive salad and the dressing was orange juice, lemon juice, and olive oil. Very yummy. Had a kind of chickpea, spinach, and potato stew with it.
Today was my WI day and I lost 4.5 lbs this week for a total of 12.5 lbs in three weeks. If I have another large loss next week I'm going to stop handicapping my exercise calories and counting them fully, except for the elliptical trainer. I think MFP is stupidly high on that one. I0 -
Good morning ladies.
I'm almost back to 'normal' after my horrid gastric bug. Still a bit washed out, but on the mend. Not much in the way of food or exercise lately, but intend to get back to both from today.
I hope you are all well and a big hi to all the newbies ... this is a great place!
Love
Amanda x0 -
Good Morning, Dear Ladies,
Well, I am changing my ticker up 3 pounds. Not excited about that, but it is where I am. I've had a good week back home so hopefully I can get rid of that extra quickly! DH comes home tomorrow night, and I'm ready to have him home.
We have had rain, rain, rain along our coast. We are down for the year, so this should be good for us going into the fall and winter. Still, I've missed my outside time. I've been doing Leslie and Jillian DVDs inside, so it's a good change up.
Cynthia: Good for you...you are making great progress here! Keep up the good work!
Michele: I try some of the suggestions in the fitness magazines. Some are good, but I agree, some just seem to be too strange to make sense. I think they are just trying to get us to do something different, which is a good idea in general!
I went online last night and looked again for dresses for our son & his fiance's wedding next summer. Her Mom has had her dress for a while. We do not have good stores near me for this kind of thing, so I ended up ordering a dress from Nordstrom that I THINK I like. They only had a size 8 or 14...and I am a 10 now. So I ordered the 8. Ha! I'll let you know when it comes. I don't usually do things like that, but that is where I intend to be one of these days, so we shall see. I have a few 8s still in my closet and I can't seem to stay in that size, but I intend to try, try, try!
Have a great day, everyone!
Kackie 0 -
My weigh in this morning was good. Finally a little lower than last week (.2). I will take that! I really see how the combination of some carbs and not getting exercise effects my body. I really want to continue to see that number on the scale start with a 1.....
My godchildren came to dinner last night after the challenge (we all live in the same house--its a duplex). It was like old times. They are going to be around tonight and have requested beef and broccoli. I found a nice Cooking Light recipe so I think I will try that.
I hope to get out to get some yard work done today...that will keep me moving!0 -
It's weight in day - and I'm up a pound. I seem to be sliding back into old habits - not planning meals, not taking the time to do what I need to do for me. Just one more week of everyone else coming first and then I promise myself I'm back to being selfish sometimes! BF's dad is being flown in this morning because he can't be left alone and her mom's in hospital, flying out to see my Mom (80) on Friday, back Sunday and going to another friends dad's funeral on Monday. On the other side of the age spectrum my youngest (17) had his "career counselling" session at high school and says it's a waste of time because they couldn't tell him what he should be???? Do any of you remember being told what you should be? He has no idea what he wants or how to figure that out. The oldest never had that problem.:grumble: :grumble:0
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Jumping in on page 9 !!!:noway: ! Obviously behind on posts:ohwell: . Hope everyone had a nice weekend!:flowerforyou:
The weather on Rhode Island was glorious:bigsmile: ! A gift!:flowerforyou: It was like summer and the beaches were full!
We were very busy….yard work and Mass on Sat, Sunday… Boy Scout pancake breakfast, a baseball game followed by a football game and dinner with DD and family….and Sunday we went looking for foliage in Northern Rhode Island…found some then headed to Southern Rhode Island where we walked the beach and had dinner on the ocean! A real keeper of a weekend!
Still trying to maintain but gained a pound this week. Too much of a glorious weekend:laugh: . Will get it in control. Never want to go back to my weight before August of 2009.
God bless all!
Hugs….
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Hi Everyone:
Well, we had a glorious Thanksgiving weekend here. The weather was absolutely amazing; people were actually swimming, which is almost unheard of in Toronto in October!! Great though. We truly enjoyed it and I loved having an extra day off work too :laugh:
I was down 1.6 lbs so I am finally on a downward treck again, which I need to be. Lots to go but at least I lost some :drinker:
I am still having a lot of pain from the root canal, not as much as before but still quite a bit so I have to get in to see the dentist again and find out what is happening. Now cold drinks are really bothering me something awful and that never happened before so something is still not right in this silly mouth of mine and the pain I am getting now is behind a crown, which is not good :sad:
I went for my CT scan on Friday as well on my sinuses to see what is happening up there and I should find out next week if there is anything abnormal as I get constant sinus headaches (which in conjunction with the migraines is not good)
I see there are lots of newcomers, Hi, it is nice to see you and I can't wait to get to know you all a little better :flowerforyou:
There seems to be always so much going on around here that if you don't post everyday, you get so far behind and that is where I seem to be right now. I would love to send comments out to so many of you, but there is just so much to say to so many of you, that there is just not enough time (or space, I imagine!!!!) :noway:
I hope you all are doing well. You keep me so encouraged and feeling good about things. I am not sure where I would be without you all and I truly mean that. I love your stories and your rants in some instances because a lot of them are the "been there, done that" sort of thing and it feels good to know you are not alone in this journey we have undertaken :happy:
So, my wonderful, Friends. Take care and talk to you soon
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First day back into things after a tranquil Thanksgiving. Showed up at the pool this am after putting my aged parents on the plane, and put in 30 min of lengths just to warm up for acqua fitness. Our instructor starts with the barbells and we do all the exercises with them. It's exhausting, and without a warm-up, I'd have to quit. But with the swimming, it went off just fine. So I stayed to swim again for an extra 30 min, and then walked home (40 min). Now I have to work on a paper that I have to hand in next week. But I feel just wonderful for having given such a good post-Thanksgiving start. Now to start the diet again. But am in a great frame of mind after having feasted. Life is a banquet, and we must partake of as much of it as we can.0
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Hello again everyone .............
I've been AWOL I know!!
I've missed popping in here for sure. I haven't backtracked on the umpteen posts I've missed so will no doubt be in the dark as to how you all are. I hope you're all doing well.
DH and I are just back from our Alaskan cruise ....and I only put on 2lb. I need to get back in the fold and lose some more....HELP!!
We have a houseful (4) of Danish students from the local college here at the moment. I've forgotten what it's like to have teenagers in the house!! HOW MANY showers and wet towels?? They're here 'til Sunday and it's been fun.....good job they speak perfect English!!
While I've been in silent mode we've found out more news on additions to our grandchildren!! Grandson #3 is due to #2 son &Co on 15th Nov...getting excited now!! AND .......#1 son had announced a new arrival next April. That was revised today to....arrivals!! Yep...twins. Will need some advice from Tiarapants!!! As the two children already in the family are 13 and 9 , even one was a surprise!!
Anyway folks .......I'll say BFN
Jackie0 -
First day back into things after a tranquil Thanksgiving. Showed up at the pool this am after putting my aged parents on the plane, and put in 30 min of lengths just to warm up for acqua fitness. Our instructor starts with the barbells and we do all the exercises with them. It's exhausting, and without a warm-up, I'd have to quit. But with the swimming, it went off just fine. So I stayed to swim again for an extra 30 min, and then walked home (40 min). Now I have to work on a paper that I have to hand in next week. But I feel just wonderful for having given such a good post-Thanksgiving start. Now to start the diet again. But am in a great frame of mind after having feasted. Life is a banquet, and we must partake of as much of it as we can.
What a fabulous balance you seem to be achieving in your life .... enjoy the good things, work hard:bigsmile:0 -
Hope everyone is doing good.The weather is so nice.Suppose to start raining tonite and tomorrow and get cooler.
The weather was so beautiful and trees changing.
Have a good night!
HUGS
jane0
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