WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

jb_2011

Salad Sistas Challenge Week 2! At least one large salad a day, it's as simple as that. 2-3 cups greens topped with chopped fresh vegs & tomato. Add a few nuts or seeds, a little cheese, meat or tuna, mandarin oranges, dried cranberries and feta, hard boiled egg or cooked beans...whatever suits your fancy. I use evoo/balsamic dressing or lite raspberry vinaigrette, and maybe have a cup of soup or half-san on the side. Salad is the Main Course. Let's get those potassium levels up there.

For potassium info and an excellent chart, check this out: http://www.krispin.com/potassm.html

SuzyQ, thx for the inspirational post this morn. JM's book sounds like a good one to read.

I recently read "Eating Well for Optimum Health" by Andrew Weil, M.D. It contains so much great info.

Cheers to another Monday, ya just gotta love 'em.

:^) jb

kleinbuenstorf

Really, really enjoyed my Sunday !! No calorie counting, no 5 mile walk, just a wonderful meal with the family and watching some awesome football !!
Today I'm back on track, just completed my 5 miles and today we'll have a veggie day!!!
Have a great Monday,
Desiree

dbutorac

I just found out about MFP this week-end, I am 56 & have my weight has yo-yo all my life. I have been successful on Weight Watchers before, & set to join an at work program, however, Weight Watchers has suspended at work programs until they get their computer portal going. So I guess, I will save the money & do it this way. So far I love the ability to track my food & exercise. Believe it or not it was so warm in Minnesota yesterday, I rode my bike 12 miles around the lake. :happy:

Thanks for starting this blog.

kathrynmathes

I just joined yesterday. My niece told me about the program. Have any of you tried the "salad in a jar" for lunch? I am thinking it may be worth a try to keep me off of salad bars, which lead to trouble!

JipsyJudy

oh i almost forgot...i have a question...do any of you log in you days in advance...pre log meals, exercise, etc???thanks

Regarding posting ahead of time; I often log my meals and snacks for the next day the night before so I can prepare them for work and then I know how many calories and stuff I have left for the evening. It helps because often the evenings can be difficult. Often when I don't plan ahead I'll get to supper time and not really have enough calories and proteins and stuff to have a decent nutritious meal. I know it's a mind game but it seems to help me.

I've done this often in restaurants. I have the MFP app on my iPhone. I will make my food choices and then log them to check calories and carbs before I order. (I'm prediabetic and have to watch carbs even more closely than calories.) I'd there is something on the menu that (like carrots) that I can eat only in tiny amounts, I will ask either ask the waiter to have the chef hold the forbidden food, or I will pick it out of a mixed dish before I eat.

scompton54

Well, one week down. I'm back to work today so the temptations of the kitchen will be a daily trial. I am most happy about the fact that I have really upped my exercising in the last month and by doing the food diary, I am more conscious of what I put in my mouth. I will be happy if I maintain this pace of weight loss at 1/1/2 lbs per week, even though my ticker says 2.

shmogo9

yeah - week one is over - weighed in yesterday morning and I'm down 7 pounds.....whooo hooo...:drinker: .thanks to MFP and this group for all your support and ideas....I may not post all the time - but I'm definitely reading and retaining lots!

I too have downloaded the app to my iPhone and it's so easy when it's with you at all times - you don't have to be around your computer to log in and track food and/or exercise.

My problem that I see happening from my first week is I'm usually over in my proteins and sugars. I eat alot of fruit and yogurt which is why my sugar is high but protein....I like my protein so that's going to be hard to cut back on. I have been under my allowable calories per day (except one:blushing: ) but I was over the protein 4 out of 7 days... oh well....it's coming off so I guess that's the most important part! thanks again everybody :flowerforyou: a.k.a. BethB.

mhotch

Save, so I can find you tonight. Just got back from our ski vacation. The stairmaster was worth it! I kept up with my boys and kept going after they stopped for the day.

workmum39

Glad that a co-worker sent me this link. My weight loss is back on goal with a successful back surgery. Can't do what I was doing before for exercise quite yet but walking in the beautiful SC mild winter weather is working out just fine for now.

JipsyJudy

Barbie, you recently posted something about wanting people to make their food diaries public, so others could get meal ideas from us. I'm reluctant to open up my food diary, mostly because people probably think I'm weird enough already. So what I'll do instead is post a few selective meals I eat repeatedly and have saved in my food calculator.

This one is my basic, high protein, low carb, good health, diabetic, hot breakfast breakfast.

Instructions

- Combine oat bran, Chia seeds, flax seeds, cinnamon, and orange peel in a one pint, microwaveable bowl.
- Mix dry ingredients well
- Add 3/4 cup of water
- Zap in microwave open 60 seconds. If mixture is too watery (varies according to microwave strength) let it cool 60 seconds and then zap another 60 seconds. Don't try to cook it 120 seconds straight, or it will boil over.
- Add Greek yogurt and stir thoroughly. sprinkle blueberries, chopped walnuts, and slivered almonds on top, or mix into cereal as you prefer.

Oat bran and blueberries are both on the top ten list of superfoods for your health. Almonds and walnuts are also superfoods. Chia seeds and milled (ground) flax seeds are high fiber, low carb grains recommended for diabetics. Cinnamon and orange peel are supplements that have been shown in research studies to lower blood glucose in diabetics.


Breakfast ( Cals Fat Protein Fiber Carbs)
Navitas Naturals Organic Chia Seeds, 1 tbsp (35 2 2 3 4)
Quaker Oatmeal Bran (75 1 3 2 14)
Organic Milled Flax Seeds, 1 tbsp (25 2 1 2 2)
Blueberries - Raw, 0.25 cup (21 0 0 1 5)
Chobani - Greek Yogurt Non-Fat Plain, 6 oz (100 0 18 0 7)
Chopped Walnuts, 1 tbsp (25 2 1 0 0)
Spices - Cinnamon, ground, 0.5 tbsp (9 0 0 2 3)
Generic - Orange Peel, Grated, 0.5 tbsp (3 0 0 1 1)
Generic - Slivered Almonds, 1 Tbsp (53 4 2 4 7)
Total (346 11 27 15 43)

Laura80111

:flowerforyou: Good Monday to all,

Just popping in and checking the posts. Had a busy weekend , had to work Saturday (due to boss filing Chap 11) am overloaded with work, and not exactly excited about being here....oh well...still hoping hubby gets a job this year.

Was good for most of the weekend and tomorrow is weigh in day, there is nothing like having to relive a place that you KNOW you shouldn't be doing again:sad: but sad to say that's where I am. it did take me 9 mo to gain this:blushing: but I'm more than determined to lose it again and then will not return to this never land again.

Drink your water and keep up the good fight:drinker:

Laura

msh0530

I'm back! I took a couple of weeks off of the boards for the holidays, and my, you ladies have been a busy bunch! I just finished reading all of the posts that I had missed. Anyway, I will post more later tonight, just wanted to say hi.
And - I will try to get the birthday list up tonight. If you would like included on the list of birthdays, just send me a message with your birthday and I will add you in. A message works better than putting it in your post on here, because I might miss it on here. See you all in a few hours! Mary

yellowrose5321

oh i almost forgot...i have a question...do any of you log in you days in advance...pre log meals, exercise, etc???thanks

I've seen some who do -- someone on my news feed this morning had already completed their food diary entry for the day (or maybe they just entered what they had eaten so far and will go back and amend it later).

I don't think that would work well for me. For one thing, even though I plan ahead, often something comes up that causes those plans to go awry. It would be a real pain to have to go back and remove stuff and re-enter other stuff!

And I know myself well enough to know that if my planned food were already in there, I'd be tempted to have "just a nibble" of something unplanned (like chocolate), and not go back and add the calories in b/c "it was just a nibble". But then the nibble would turn into a bite and the bite into a whole candy bar . . . I just think I'm more honest with myself if I add each thing as I eat it.

jam0525

Does anyone have suggestions. I can go without eating, which has stopped my metabolism. I did WW a few years back and had a hard time eating all the points, I do eat breakfast M-F on my way to work, and during the weekend I can go a long time without food, how can I work more food into my day while working 8 hours. Looking at my counts this weekend I have gone over the 1200 calories l listed should I change my goals or????Any help is appreciated


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Hi, Try changing your calorie goal to be your BMR rounded up. 1200 might be too low if you are just starting out. I used my BRM for my goal adjusting it down every 10 pounds I lost.

Each of us has our own individual route to take. For me, I had a hard time with just 1200 calories a day until I lost a lot of weight and it was closer to my BMR. The BMR calculator is under tools.

Hang in there,

Jeannie

jam0525

Robin,

I am happy for you and your new puppy. what a cutie!

Jeannie

chicletgirl21

Hello everyone,:flowerforyou:

I know I haven't been on in months but I have checked in once in a great while to read posts. I even have debated to even write now, but I know I need to start logging my food again as this was a major key for me to lose weight. But honestly, (and I don't want this to turn into a sob story) I am simply not motivated and am physically and mentally exhausted. The holidays killed me trying to get people things they wanted and me trying to come up with financial miracles to get them. Financially, I am always one step behind, with no relief in sight. But that is nothing new.
My mom has gotten worse. She has given up on walking or doing anything for that matter. The physical therapist, bather, and doctors are fed up with her and are not happy that she will not at least help them or I when we are doing things for her. I have turned into a walking zombie now when performing tasks like diaper changes, toilet transfers, medications, feeding, etc. I simply zone out. She is miserable and is having a hard time coming to the realization that she is turning more and more childlike. She has gotten meaner than before (if that's possible) and always brings up things from the past. She know exactly what buttons to push and it always ends up with us arguing and we basically can't stand each other now. I know that is a horrible thing to say and honestly I just don't know how people have been able to do this for years. I have only been doing it for a year and a half. I am so depressed and tired. I don't dare tell her anything about my life as it is now because she will use it as fodder for her arsenal of verbal abuse. Two nights ago, she all of a sudden said. “Why, don't you turn me into the police?” I asked why. She said, “Because I knew your father was sexually abusing you and didn't do anything about it.” I was stunned. First because she has never admitted it to me, even though I have told her that my therapist back then said she suspected my mom knew. (She denied it always). And secondly, just when I thought she couldn't say anything worse to me than she does now, she hit me with that. I told her, I had no intention of turning her in , and never did. Plus, even if I did, the statute of limitations wouldn't let me for something so long ago. Now it does, but back then no. Amazing, she is simply amazing.
My only form of exercise was using the swimming pool everyday, but I cannot use it now as they do not heat it during the winter. I still don't have a car, and can't possibly walk anywhere due to my knees, so I stopped that too. I am hoping by April of this year that I will be able to buy a used car. I have reverted back to my old habits and am using comfort food to make me feel better. I am now 14 lbs heavier from feeling good. I know I need to stop eating the junk. But I have no other thing that makes me happy right now. I am afraid if I stop eating I will lose my mind. Its all I have.
Yes I still have my boyfriend, but we rarely get to see each other and he is always working to get himself financially under control so it's rare and in between when we see each other.
So I decided to write here and take my first baby step back to normalcy if I can. I pray that I can. I don't want to gain all of my weight back. I don't want to feel like that anymore.
Chiclet

ctalbot41

Hi everyone, I gave up smoking in October last year, still on patches and mini mints,
I am doing ok with a few slip-ups over christmas. I am doing well again with the no ciggies.

A change of diet now that Christmas is over, no more trifle and over eating ha ha.
I need to lose a bit of the weight I have put on a few pounds with stopping smoking, lovely christmas choccies and all the other treats that go with the festive season.

So here goes for a slimmer me in the New Year.

All the Best to You All in the New Year.:bigsmile:

heathercdouglas

Potatoes are complex carbs, contrary to an earlier statement.

bevsdietfor2011

I did a biggest loser challenge at Curves and did really well until Christmas....then gained it all back.

I just reset my starting weight a few minutes ago right before I saw this post!!! I felt this is a new year, new start and I should start with a clean slate.

We can do this!!! My Jan goal is to lose 10 lbs this month.


Hugs
Bev

heathercdouglas

Potatoes are complex carbs. They are very good for you.

wizzywig

Evening everyone, just a quick post before I go to bed :yawn: :yawn:

:flowerforyou: Chiclet I have been wondering where you've been. I'm so sorry you are having such a horrible time. Glad you are taking baby steps to take some control of your life by posting again. I hope it helps. Keep posting, we can't do much but send our support to you. I'm sure there must be somebody who's been in a similar situation who may be able to give you some good coping advice.

:flowerforyou: Robin what a little cutie your new puppy is - love the photo's. I'll have to try and upload some of our little kittens. Who will be going for the snip and spaying very soon! :noway:

:flowerforyou: Hello to all the newcomers I'm finding it a bit hard to keep up with you, but post here often and I'll soon get to know you. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

:embarassed: I've lapsed a bit with eating too many sweet things, but I am trying to eat more veggies and cut down on the cakes/biscuits etc. I don't want to get any heavier because I've noticed my feet were hurting again, I don't want to get that plantar faciiatis back again - that was agony. So far it was only a twinge, so I'm taking that as a warning!

:flowerforyou: Barbie I've noticed my weight gain has coincided with me sitting too much. I'm sure that when I feel thinner, I move around more. When I am feeling heavy I'm like a sloth and hardly move. Moral in there somewhere, I need to move more and eat less!!

I'll say goodnight now I need to fill in my food journal before bed.

Take care

Viv

Pam3

hello friends

welcome all newcomers....i just add a goal for january and thats to limit my computer time, so i will be on for 1hour in the mornings and 2 hours after 6(i started early today:blushing: )i need to really get my papers in order(file, shred or whatever) and just be a bit more active....i have been on hold with regards to my weigh loss so.... i was looking over my workouts, meals etc and i really need to work on my meals thats HAS to be the problem...my workouts for this week total a little over 10 hours and i burned(HRM) over 3300 calories.....so even though i was only over in my calories 1 day ....i need to re-think the foods i am eating....so i am backing to measuring and weighing my foods.....and i HAVE to watch my evening snack(which i can not it seems live without)...have a wonderful evening all:flowerforyou:

Pam3

Hello everyone,:flowerforyou:

I know I haven't been on in months but I have checked in once in a great while to read posts. I even have debated to even write now, but I know I need to start logging my food again as this was a major key for me to lose weight. But honestly, (and I don't want this to turn into a sob story) I am simply not motivated and am physically and mentally exhausted. The holidays killed me trying to get people things they wanted and me trying to come up with financial miracles to get them. Financially, I am always one step behind, with no relief in sight. But that is nothing new.
My mom has gotten worse. She has given up on walking or doing anything for that matter. The physical therapist, bather, and doctors are fed up with her and are not happy that she will not at least help them or I when we are doing things for her. I have turned into a walking zombie now when performing tasks like diaper changes, toilet transfers, medications, feeding, etc. I simply zone out. She is miserable and is having a hard time coming to the realization that she is turning more and more childlike. She has gotten meaner than before (if that's possible) and always brings up things from the past. She know exactly what buttons to push and it always ends up with us arguing and we basically can't stand each other now. I know that is a horrible thing to say and honestly I just don't know how people have been able to do this for years. I have only been doing it for a year and a half. I am so depressed and tired. I don't dare tell her anything about my life as it is now because she will use it as fodder for her arsenal of verbal abuse. Two nights ago, she all of a sudden said. “Why, don't you turn me into the police?” I asked why. She said, “Because I knew your father was sexually abusing you and didn't do anything about it.” I was stunned. First because she has never admitted it to me, even though I have told her that my therapist back then said she suspected my mom knew. (She denied it always). And secondly, just when I thought she couldn't say anything worse to me than she does now, she hit me with that. I told her, I had no intention of turning her in , and never did. Plus, even if I did, the statute of limitations wouldn't let me for something so long ago. Now it does, but back then no. Amazing, she is simply amazing.
My only form of exercise was using the swimming pool everyday, but I cannot use it now as they do not heat it during the winter. I still don't have a car, and can't possibly walk anywhere due to my knees, so I stopped that too. I am hoping by April of this year that I will be able to buy a used car. I have reverted back to my old habits and am using comfort food to make me feel better. I am now 14 lbs heavier from feeling good. I know I need to stop eating the junk. But I have no other thing that makes me happy right now. I am afraid if I stop eating I will lose my mind. Its all I have.
Yes I still have my boyfriend, but we rarely get to see each other and he is always working to get himself financially under control so it's rare and in between when we see each other.
So I decided to write here and take my first baby step back to normalcy if I can. I pray that I can. I don't want to gain all of my weight back. I don't want to feel like that anymore.
Chiclet

i am so sorry about your sitution....please try and take some time for yourself.....my mother had 4 children and she does not speak to any of us...THANKFULLY...when she did she was mean and always brings up stuff to hurt our feelings...take care i hope you start by taking small steps towards your wellbeing.....good luck

shmogo9

so just curious - how are you supposed to make up the remaining 368 calories in your day when all you have left in the list is Fat and Sodium :laugh:

I have to somehow increase the fat in my meals....it's not like I'm using fat free foods or anything......not sure what to do - any suggestions?


remaining
368 0 16 -11 1,516 -20
Calories Fiber Fat Protein Sodium Sugar

cathys01

Hi Ladies:

Again, so many posts :noway:

Welcome to the Newcomers, you will love it here, lots of truly enlightened women, who can help you with anything :laugh:

There is talk going on about whether we should become a formal group; well, for my two cents' worth, I think we are already a "group" we don't need a designation to call it that, I don't think we need to change anything. I think if we changed the designation to a formal setting of group, I think we would lose the very integrity of what we are trying to accomplish here; we would lose the cohehesiveness (if that is a word??) that we seem to have formed with each other. Currently, we can come to this thread (group) and we can learn so much about each other, about what is going on in each other's lives from day to day, about who is having a good day, a bad day, who needs our encouragement, who has a new recipe to share, who has read a really good book, who is going on vacation, who is having surgery, who is becoming a new Gramma and so on. If we branch into a formal group, I think we will lose this, we will lose this closeness that I think we all have come to feel with each other. I don't know if you all feel that way, but I think I would miss this is we became a formal group. Someone earlier said "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and I tend to agree. I know it is a hodge podge of information, but that is part of what makes this Women Over 50 "group" so much fun and part of what keeps us all coming back day after day. I am not meaning to rant, My Friends, I just think that we are fine the way we are, we are a big "group" now and seems like we are getting bigger almost every day, but that is part of the charm of what we are and why we are here. I don't think we need to branch off and become a Group Designate, so long as Barbie is willing to carry us along when our posts become too much or at month end, I feel we should just carry on :drinker:

On that note, thanks again to those of you with the suggestions for my migraines I am going to speak with my doctor about a couple of them

Robin - Your new pup is too cute

Beth - Congrats - what a week you had :drinker:

Chiclet - As always, I am not sure how you manage to stay sane under your circumstances. I am glad, however, that your mother has finally acknowledged for you that she knew (you knew she knew but now you have confirmation that she knew) what was going on in your home. Little consolation I know, but still, small victories to be taken when you can get them. I wish there was some Social Service that you could call in to get you some respite time because you sound like need something. I hope you and your man can find more time together in the New Year, you need it

Anyway, Ladies, have a good evening. Take Care.

Love, Cathy xx

msh0530

so just curious - how are you supposed to make up the remaining 368 calories in your day when all you have left in the list is Fat and Sodium :laugh:

My first instinct? Guzzle some salted butter! :laugh:

I have to somehow increase the fat in my meals....it's not like I'm using fat free foods or anything......not sure what to do - any suggestions?


remaining
368 0 16 -11 1,516 -20
Calories Fiber Fat Protein Sodium Sugar

My fat intake of choice is peanut butter, which (contrary to what seems to be popular belief) is actually good for you. Here is a link to the best explanation of the different kinds of fat that I have seen. Hope it helps!

http://www.webdietitians.org/ada/files/Hellmanns.pdf

Have fun eating peanut butter! Mary

kckramp

Well I got in a 12 minute kinnex cardio boxing before school then after school I did day 4 of the 30 day shred, This evening I walked the dog and did about 20 more minutes of kinnex. Now to keep exercising all week.

msh0530

The promised birthday list. As I said earlier, if you want added, just send me a message with your birthday! Mary

50+ thread Birthdays
January:
5 – csally01
6 – barmbord
13 - Qpeace
17 – grabbit97
25 – zuback55
28 - genealace
29 - ritamerlot

February:
2 – doobiedoo
7 – 2youngatheart
7 - jeqrosen
15 - anotheryearolder
? - SuzyQ

March:
1 – auntiebk
3 - arborsong
4 - heartrw
6 – jeanne3651
7 - DebKRN
8 – pmjsmom
8 - deb_rn
12 – glendaaus
14 – cj1234cj23
15 – joylaut
20 - spaniel60
21 – cjwil01
25 – barbiecat
30 – BirdieM
31 – wizzywig

April:
4 – Lyn54
4 - frogmama
8 – grandee47
11 – smelliott
11 – kel7298
14 - ildi59
22 – sceck

May:
2 – gracete
2 – janemartin02
4 – chicletgirl21
5 – Debma1010
6 - smwert
13 – lovediets
13 - jberberian
20 – mimi7grands
23 - debieanne
25 – jam0525
25 – wehavethestars
25 - sissygok
26 – vickim26
27 - rjadams
30 – msh0530

June:
3 - eotrg
4 - Caminogirl
4 - Shirley61
12 – Ldspill
13- tiarapants
23 - goldwingrider
27 - Donna56
30 - RebelRenny

July:
3 - Iojoi
7 – Lindaj07
8 – BarbieCat1
9 - yvonnemfp
20 - TeresaSavage
27 – mynyddisamrs
31 - randylevy

August:
7 – MacMadame
15 - CathiAnne
18 – bkrbabe57
24 – cherubcrnp
27 - corqueen

September:
2 – Laura80111
14 – ItsTerriC
22 - gloriaandison

October:
3 – shiddelson
8 - djdreger
15 – Jolandolfo
21 - peepocheck
23 – rjnandjosh

November:
11 – kackie
19 - Benson
30 – SallyCC
30 – topaz2986

December:
6 – cucoyannie
24 – frogmama
30 – caharleygirl

deb_rn

Hello everyone!

I tried to read a lot of the posts to get to know something about you. My head is spinning a bit at the moment!

So, a little about me... I signed up for MFP in March after seeing it mentioned in a women's magazine! I met my goal weight but added 5 pounds back over the holidays! I did not change my ticker to reflect the gain, but I will if the weight is there next week!

I have 2 dogs, a Shih tsu and a Cairn terrier that I adore.

I have an 8 month old grandson who lives 7 hours away from me, so I rarely get to see him :sad:

I am a nurse but I have a sit on my rear job now, which added to my weight gain!

I live in Central PA but my home will always be WV.

I am very fortunate to have a good friend who is on the "getting fit" journey with me. We work together and walk or go to the gym at lunch.

My biggest issues since losing some weight is flab.... I know I need to do some strength training but keep finding excuses not to do anything about it.

Please feel free to add me as a friend! I am so glad to have found this thread!

Debbie

jaks97

how can I change my calorie goal to bmr?