50+ Women for the Month of March

elli

Esther - i think you did GREAT! I mean, every once in awhile i think we GET to eat bread out of the oven, WITH butter, or jam.........AND cheesecake! Just not everyday, AND like you said - we STOP! We don't decide to eat everything that's not nailed down just because we "blew" it. I think that's called "normal" and we're all learning how to be that! Oh - if i haven't told you already i LOVE the picture of you and your guy!!!!!!!

Healthier - when you say you've upped and downed your calorie intake - have you just done it for a day or 2 or for a week at a time? I think sometimes it takes a week of whatever change we make before it "catches up" with us. Also - you could consider changing up your workouts - adding more cardio maybe? The other thing - a trainer at a gym once told me i needed to take a week OFF of working out (when i was working out like crazy, 6 or 7 days a week) and that actually helped! A 2 month plateau is very long and must be SO frustrating. BUT good for you for not giving up! You've already come so far!!!!!!!!!

Oh Benson - it sounds like you can make SUCH a cool little work out space just for you!!!!!!! That's AWESOME! I wish i had that today - we're in a blizzard warning and it's just AWFUL outside so i'm not going to make it to the gym. I wish i had a little space to go to and work out!!!!!!!! Maybe i'll just turn up the radio and dance around the house with my dogs for an hour!:laugh:

Everyone have a great day - no giving up - i know it gets depressing and so freaking hard to deny ourselves. Try and think of all the blessings in our lives, and how we want to be around for a LOT of more years to enjoy them.........we're doing the thing we CAN to take care of ourselves, there's so much that's OUT of our control - this is one of the things that we can control!!!!!!! WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!! You girls are all great! elli

Swissmiss

Grammymax...my son's girlfriend comes for a visit about every weekend. She is on a diet, actually she is quite large, but she always brings the most yummy stuff. Turtle pie this time. I can not resist.
healthier4me...I was going to suggest changing your workout but it looks like elli beat me to it. It is worth a try.

l_mahloy

Hi waned to see if I could add my ticker so this is just a test:happy:
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plantlady99

:flowerforyou: Just wanted to check in. I see everyone is doing great.

I am on track and happy about it. This journey is a long one but, I believe slow and steady is the best way. Life does throw you curve balls. I'm learning not to use food as my crutch. I just can't give up on myself.

Yes, I do eat things I enjoy. BUT, only in small increments NOW.

Slow and steady, I can't believe I have been going at this for a year steady and have not gained my weight back. I guess I am learning not to shove food in my mouth when things in my life get complicated.

I have not been to the gym yet. But, I have been walking and exercising at home. I love the heart rate monitor. I know how many calories I burn when I walk. If I feel I want to burn more I walk longer. When I exercise I just exercise until I feel I have burned enough for the day.

I have not done weight training, I will start tomorrow.

Thanks for all the advice and the support.

This is a great group of ladies.

Night All:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Kathy

healthier4me

Thanks for the input ladies:flowerforyou: .

Indeed I am eating enough calories and I have for a couple of weeks at a time upped my calories and then for a couple of weeks decreased my calories. In addition I have when I went on holidays a couple of weeks ago did not work out for over a week. As for increasing my cardio I have done that too. I also make sure that I get all my water in too:drinker:

Today I did 55 minutes of Biggest Loser Bootcamp workout, my stationary bike (10 min), very brisk walking outside (65 min), snowshovelling (34 min) and biking outside (25 min). Now mind you I do not do this much exercise everyday but a couple of times a week. Normally I do the BLBootcamp every second day and I walk outside at least 6 times a week. All winter I shovelled snow almost everyday and/or snowshoed a couple times a week and alternated my stationary bike with my treadmill, jumping rope and weight machine. As I stated earlier I am puzzled but I am still going to hang in there. I appreciate your support ladies, it certainly helps knowing that others understand

plantlady99

Thanks for the input ladies:flowerforyou: .

Indeed I am eating enough calories and I have for a couple of weeks at a time upped my calories and then for a couple of weeks decreased my calories. In addition I have when I went on holidays a couple of weeks ago did not work out for over a week. As for increasing my cardio I have done that too. I also make sure that I get all my water in too:drinker:

Today I did 55 minutes of Biggest Loser Bootcamp workout, my stationary bike (10 min), very brisk walking outside (65 min), snowshovelling (34 min) and biking outside (25 min). Now mind you I do not do this much exercise everyday but a couple of times a week. Normally I do the BLBootcamp every second day and I walk outside at least 6 times a week. All winter I shovelled snow almost everyday and/or snowshoed a couple times a week and alternated my stationary bike with my treadmill, jumping rope and weight machine. As I stated earlier I am puzzled but I am still going to hang in there. I appreciate your support ladies, it certainly helps knowing that others understand

Healthier4me

Maybe you are not eating enough when you work out so hard??

:flowerforyou: Kathy

plantlady99

Just don't give up. You can't give up.

OK?????

:flowerforyou: Kathy

plantlady99

Saw this on another thread.

Treadmill troubles



to funny. OMG I hope that girl is ok.

elli

:laugh: :laugh: Kathy - she must be ok - it looks like they're both cracking up!!!!!!:laugh:

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes:bigsmile:

It was a great day starting with line dancing and ending with a wonderful dinner with friends.

My salad bar salad turned out great and looked great in colorful plastic bowls.
The teenagers made sushi. It was fun watching them and a great choice calorie-wise to complete our meal. We avoided the fried chicken, creamy artichoke dip with french bread, noodles, and birthday cake. The birthday cake was for Genny's 15th birthday, not for me, so it wasn't a problem saying no.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Heather: all the teenagers at dinner made me think of you and your teenagers and their friends at your house over spring break. I love the idea of your workout space. I bet you'll surprise yourself and spend a lot of time there doing healthy things for yourself.:bigsmile:

Becky:bigsmile: I have no words of wisdom of why you're not losing weight, but don't give up. Keep on eating healthy and exercising and have faith.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

L_mahloy: that's a great picture on your ticker:bigsmile: :bigsmile: who are the people in the picture?

Kathy, I'm so glad to hear that you've been sticking with this journey for a year. It gives me hope and inspiration that I can keep on that long, too. It sounds like even when you're slightly off track, you're still on track.:bigsmile: That video is a riot. It makes me glad I gave away my treadmill:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Elli---stay warm:laugh: :laugh:

Healthier: your workout plans sound great. Just keep on keeping on and those nasty pounds will eventually go away.

My goals are to keep on doing what I'm doing. It's working right now, so I just have to keep on doing it.

You are all so helpful. Thanks:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

plantlady99

Morning All:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Barbie YOU sure are an inspiration. You did so well at the birthday party.

I plan to go to the gym today. I haven't gone in a week.

Bosco wants to go for a walk now. He is doing just fine.

Chat later

Kathy

dricotta1

Good morning to all,
This week has been tough, working two jobs that entail being at other people's houses for meal time, eating out then headed this weekend to care for elderly parents. My mother's favorite food is butter! It is also hard to exercise because I don't have my regular equipment. OK I'm done whining. I just have to do the best I can and not expect to really lose this week:grumble: I really wanted to lose these last 10 lbs. before I go to visit my daughter in Saipan at the end of May. Oh well, have to be philosophical:ohwell:

Swissmiss

dricotta1....good to see you at this thread.

Kathy....the treadmill video is just too painful to watch. I have fears of that happening to me.

Barbie...Did I see the word sushi? I could life on that. Love it. I am going to Florida the 1st of June and I am sure that my son will take me to the sushi buffet there.

I have a question. When a group stops one thread and begins another can I delete the old one from My Topics list?

l_mahloy

Hello everyone the people in my ticker are myself,husband,son,daughter and daughter inlaw. We took all of our kids to Hawii for 10 days when our daughter graduated from high school. Our daughter has ADD and dyslexia so it was a thrill when she gratuated and was excepted to the university she wanted to attend. She is just finishing her second year and is passing all her classes as well as joined a greek club and plugging awaywith hte fun that goes with that.:glasses: :glasses: . We are very blessed to have such a great family. I also loved the treadmill video it looks like my dog we have tried to teach her to walk on the treadmill and she does just what that girl does.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I am going to take food to my parents tommorow so can relate to aging parents I have made about 10 dinners that I am freezing and carrying to them Sat. they live in another state. I told my dad that everything I am bringing is healthy my mom has heart disease as well as diabeties and just spent 10 days in hospital. My dad is southern and likes fat,grease and lots of salt he will get none of that in my food.:sad: poor daddy:sad: :sad: Well thanks for everyones support this really is a great group of women.
Lynn
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dricotta1

Good for you for cooking and taking dinners to your parents. I've tried that, or buying different food while I'm there, but the old folks are tremendously resistant. They like what they like! My Dad's almost 93 and my mom 89 so they are hard to argue with. Mostly I leave them alone now and just ask for my food before Mom adds the butter!

Hope you have some success w/ your family:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

Swissmiss

Lynn...while I was growing up my dad had health problem that required him to eat only healthy, low-fat, and defiantly no fried foods. So, I was lucky enough to eat only the best. It was not until I married into a Cuban family that I got my first taste of the bad for you stuff. I think that we all have a tendency to stick with what we grew up with.

elli

hi everyone - hope you're all having a good day.

Lynn - your family is beautiful. Congrats to your daughter! Sounds like she's doing AWESOME in spite of some challanges. And isn't HI the BEST? My pic is my son, his gf and myself in HI on a ziplining thing we did. It was 2 years ago - we had such a blast!

Kathy - i'm so proud of you for getting back into working out slowly! Don't knock yourself out at the gym today - it's awesome that you're going back! When i miss a week it's SOOOOOOO hard to make myself go. When i first started working on my house i didn't go to the gym or yoga for 3 months. THAT'S when i joined mfp and that encouraged me to start working out again. SO glad i did - but it was tough! You go girl! Glad little Bosco is well! little cutie

You guys are so great to take food to your elderly parents - my dad is still around but he and his wife live in NY. He comes here and visits once or twice a year. He's so great - he's 91.

Swiss and Barbie - i don't know about the whole sushi thing - i like the rolls with the cooked fish - i just don't know about the whole raw thing........my 1 son and his wife love it. I guess the other thing is there's enough food i LOVE - i don't need to add something ELSE!:laugh:

Have a great day everyone! We're still digging out of the snow. Thank you all for your concerns about my "people"! We're all just fine!!!!!!! elli

elli

Becky - yum, Cuban food - for some reason that sounds really good!!!!!!!!! Do they use a lot of seafood? My favorite! (as long as it's cooked!:bigsmile: ) of course - sometimes it's just the "carrier" for the butter!!!!!!!!:laugh:

dkell

:smokin: Its Friday time to chill:smokin:

AHealthierSuzyQ

Okay so maybe trying to exercise 3 times a day is not realistic for my lifestyle....:ohwell: This week I DID manage to lose the pound I gained on vacation last week and my tape measure says my belly is shrinking, even if it is only a fraction of an inch this time.

This morning I walked longer and faster on the treadmill then used soup cans for some arm firming exercises. I never noticed my floppy old woman arms until last week at the beach. :blushing:
Tonight will be a real will power challenge. It is our monthly potluck supper with about a dozen other couples. You can bet there will be lots of high calorie foods there. I think maybe I'll jump back on the treadmill now just to give myself an extra few hundred calories to play with tonight....


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barbiecat

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today is a red letter day for me:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Two women in my line dance class told me that it looked like I'd lost weight. This is the first time somebody besides my husband and me have noticed.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: Losing weight has been so amazing to me that at times I think it's just my imagination:laugh: :laugh:

Lynn---congrats to your daughter and your whole family for her success. ADD can be such a roadblock to success in school that it takes a ton of effort by the whole family to get past it and succeed.:flowerforyou:

We've had huge success so far with bringing our own food to events with friends. Of course, we have both been so pudgy that no one could argue with our talk of needing to lose weight.

Looking back, I guess it would have been harder to do with my parents. On my mom and dad's 40th anniversary, my dad wore the uniform he wore when they got married. He was a smoker which probably helped him keep his weight down and also hastened his death. He usually declined second helpings and desserts when with friends and when the asked "Why?" he would tell them he was dieting and when they said that he didn't look like he needed to diet he would say "I'm a successful dieter. Please don't confuse me with those pot-bellied failures." :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

In the past when I tried to diet or monitor my eating in any way, my mother would tell the story about the man who was trying to save money by feeding his horse fewer oats every day, but unfortunately by the time he got the horse down to eating one oat a day, the horse died. After telling the story too many times, she got to the point where when she didn't approve of how little I was eating, she would raise one finger to imply that I was getting down to living on one oat a day.:laugh: :laugh:

Becky:flowerforyou: sushi is not necessarily raw fish. the sushi we had was rice, cucumber, carrot, and smoked salmon. some of the sushi had avocado which is something I don't eat. the first time I ate sushi (only a few years ago) was when I took a friend out to lunch for her birthday and asked her to choose the restaurant. I asked a lot of questions before I ordered anything. I don't think it's something I would choose on my own, but now I know that it's something I can eat and it's low calorie, high nutrition.:bigsmile:

I recorded the figure skating world championships so I have a lot to watch while I ride the exercise bike. It will inspire me to be thinner and fitter like the skaters.

Happy weekend to all. You have added so much to my life.:bigsmile: :flowerforyou:

AHealthierSuzyQ

Today is a red letter day for me:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: Two women in my line dance class told me that it looked like I'd lost weight. This is the first time somebody besides my husband and me have noticed.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: Losing weight has been so amazing to me that at times I think it's just my imagination:laugh: :laugh:

Congratulations Barbie! :flowerforyou: Nothing to spur you on like someone noticing a change in the way we look for the better.

plantlady99

Good Week-End All.

I did terrible as far as calorie intake at dinner. I just can't understand how I let myself go. But, I did. I am enjoying my coffee this morning and looking out at a cloudy day. I will get dressed and go to the gym to expel some of the calories I ate last night.

I took my grand daughter to the fabric store last night also. I have not sewed in a while but, I want to teach her how. I just loved sewing once I learned in home economics. Way back when. :noway: Now they don't have it in school, so I want her to get interested. All it seems kids want to do is video games and computers. She was really not interested in any clothes to make for herself. So I suggested making a baby bunting for her mothers friends newborn So we picked a pattern and some material. It was after that is when we both had Ice cream sundaes. :explode: :grumble: O well.

To the gym I go. Have a great week-end all.

Kathy

Swissmiss

barbie...Sigh...yes, I know there are different sushis. I love them all. The ones with just veggies and the ones with the raw fish. I don't know where to get the raw fish one where I live but I know they have it in Florida.

Kathy..it is wonderful that you can spend time with your grand daughter. Mine lives so far away that I only see about every other year. She is a fantastic girl. Straight A s. She is going to University of Central Florida in the fall.

Susan..I just noticed your ticker. That is so cute.

My husband took me to a steakhouse last night so I don't even want to talk about it.

I have been wanting to take the dog for a walk but it has been raining.

barbiecat

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Good Morning, All:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
I was reading the posts this morning and saw what you said, Becky, about wanting to take the dog for a walk and remembered that I promised my dogs that we'd go to the dog park today, no matter what, so even though it was drizzling, we went. Our motto is "We are poodles, we go out in any weather" Our friend with the three Australian Shepherds was there so there was wonderful dog play for more than half an hour.

We went to a potluck dinner followed by a speaker last night. We followed our plan and ate dinner at home. We got there in time to talk to a bunch of people and enjoy the speaker and didn't have to worry about the fried chicken, mayonnaise filled salads, and all the desserts. I got to talk to a friend I hadn't seen in many months. She had lost a lot of weight with a 12 Step program, but she told me that she had fallen away for a time, gained 10 pounds, and returned to sanity before it got to bad and was back on track again. Her husband is a chow hound who insists on keeping all kinds of snack foods around the house and eating big meals. I admire her for how she has stayed on a plan with that challenge.

Kathy, Congrats on teaching your granddaughter how to do something useful. She will appreciate that as she grows up. Too bad (or too YUMMY) about the ice cream:bigsmile: :sad:

Well, since there are no extra calories burned sitting at the computer, I'd better get up and hop on the exercise bike and get inspired by the skaters again.

My goals today:
exercise bike
water
thank husband for all the great things he does for me:bigsmile:

Swissmiss

I walked around the mall for about 45 minutes while my girls were in ballet class. Then this afternoon I went to a nature center and walked the trails with my dog. I guess that I walked about 1 1/2 miles today. I know that I am tired.

elli

Kathy - ummmmmmmm - ice cream sunday!!!!! I hope you enjoyed it and didn't let any silly old guilt get i the way! Now forgive yourself and move on! I just know one of these days i'm having tcby white chocolate mousse with chocolate sprinkles and nuts!!!!!!!!:happy: AND - you went to the gym this morning to work some of that off! Good for you!!!! SO cool you are teachng your gd to sew! My grandma tried to teach me when i was young but i just had zero apptitude for it. I'm just AWFUL. I have to take stuff to my friends Mom that i need hemmed. How embarassing:embarassed: !

Swiss! Way to go walking around the mall! AND the dog park! You did great today! How old are your girls?

Barbie - what a cool thing - to thank Jake for all the nice things he does for you! That's AWESOME!

I'm tired - went to the electric class, shopped for curtains and colors (i can't stand shopping and i'm horrible at making these decisions.......i'm better at the "grunt" work). I got some stuff - may end up returning it - we'll see. Then went to the gym and did an hour of intense cardio, then came home and stripped more wood - now i'm back in the "little house" settling in. But i'll have to go over to my house at midnight and put the stripper on - it needs to sit for about 8 hours.

OK wonderful women - keep on keepin' on - we're all going to get there.........it feels so SLOW to me.

I worked out 500 extra calories and i'm going to eat about 200 of them......just can't see stuffing food in if i'm not hungry! That's the story of my LIFE!:laugh:

elli

Grammymax

I don't have time to read all on the thread but wanted you all to know that on Tuesday morning there should be a new thread for April. Maybe we could share how we have done on our Monthly goals for March then? I'll be back later but wanted you to think about how you've done on your goals for March and what your goals for April will be.

Esther

Swissmiss

Grammymax...i have a tendency to get lost when a new thread is started. I will be keeping a lookout.

elli...that is great 500 calories is a lot to work off. My girls are 15 and 17.

Just so everyone knows: My favorite ice cream is Homemade brand chocolate chip cookie dough. :laugh:

tobeygirl45

hey plant lady not quite 50 yet but close enuf 49