WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

shmogo9

- On replying without taking notes. Just right-click the green Reply button and choose "Open in new tab". Now you can switch back and forth between the comments in one tab and your reply in the other.

Thanks Virginia - I didn't know about that - wow - that will definitely make things alot easier :happy:

catch up with you all tonight - have a wonderful day everybody!

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BethB

kleinbuenstorf

Hey Virginia,
thanks for the info how to reply without taking note !! You made my life easier !!:happy:
Have a great day, :flowerforyou:
Desiree

msh0530

This is my first post on this board! I'll be 60 in April and I finally got sick and tired of yo yo dieting, of being flabby and not being able to pick up my motorcycle!! So I found MFP and I'm so loving the positivie effects!

Matry, thanks for the motivation! I so agree with you, that first day is really the hardest. My resolution is to get back to the gym on a regular basis. I've committed to every Wednesday right after work (yes, today!) and I've been successful thus far. I am also adding either a Monday morning or Friday morning and eventually both, since those 3 times are when the female trainer is there. She's great, young but motivating and she's going to help me get fit again and stay on track.

Now that you have told us that you are going today, you have to! (I have used that technique before too.) :flowerforyou:
Mary

mixdouble

Since I'm doing this from work, I can take time to read your posts, but not comment on all of them You are all such and encouraging and hopeful group. I enjoy your updates and use them for inspiration myself. The lack of whining keeps it all positive.
Found this site after leaving WW due to finances and I wasn't checking in daily or even weekly. Keeping track of my food and even posting the day ahead of time so I don't want to cheat really helps. My wt loss is pretty slow, but so was the gain. At least I'm on my way now :flowerforyou:

genealace

Frnace finally seems to be working ok.

Had to spend about an hour clearing out the ice and snow at the end of the driveway. It took so long I missed my aquafit class.

Had a message from DBF - he has no phone in his room because the jack is broken and can't be fixed easily. He is likely to be moved to a different room sometime soon.

I'm off to the mall as I have a few chores to do there, then I'll go off to the hospital to visit with him.

I do need my ice-picks on my boots today as there is about half and inch of ice everywhere from the freezing rain we had yesterday. I have my crocs in a bag so that I can put them on at the mall as it is fiddly to get the ice-picks on and off my boots.

AHealthierSuzyQ

Grrrr! :mad:
Had a nice chatty post written and was inserting a picture when I lost it. :blushing: Oh well... will try again later. Now its back to financial paperwork . Oh joy!

dbutorac

I was going to join weight watchers at work, but they have computer problems and they weren't starting any new groups. I am so glad I found this group. You ladies are a chatty bunch, & I love it.

kackie

Virginia; I don't think the right click thing works on a MAC. I just tried it since I don't know how to open 2 windows on MFP...Any MAC uses out there who can help me...in as simple a way as possible!?! Thanks!:flowerforyou:

vypeters

Virginia; I don't think the right click thing works on a MAC. I just tried it since I don't know how to open 2 windows on MFP...Any MAC uses out there who can help me...in as simple a way as possible!?! Thanks!:flowerforyou:

I use a Mac at home and that's where I learned the trick. Do you have a 2 button mouse? What browser are you using?

Pam3

Virginia; I don't think the right click thing works on a MAC. I just tried it since I don't know how to open 2 windows on MFP...Any MAC uses out there who can help me...in as simple a way as possible!?! Thanks!:flowerforyou:

i dont know if this helps, but on windows7 there is a feature called stickly notes(like the post its)i open it up and make notes as i am reading the posts...hope this helps

1960lisa

Hi all.... just back form the gym after over a week away.... I wasn't sure how I would go as I only had 1 long run while on holidays even though I did lots of other exercise.... but I am thrilled to say I had one of my best days... I ran for 20 mins then a 5 minute walk then another 10 minutes straight.... I also did a few minutes on one of those arm machines where you turn circles in front of you.... trying to keep the momentum up from the days of kayaking while on holiday.

Can someone tell me what a hump day is??

Kackie - the beetroot salad is one of my favourites... its from the thermomix cookbook... but you could make it in any food processor... 400g raw beetroot peeled, 100g carrot not peeled, 1/2 red onion, 1 apple bunch of coriander (cilentro in US??), 2 tablespoons olive oil, juice of 1/2 lemon, salt and a dash of sugar to taste.... just bung it all in and chop....yum!

jb- thanks for reminding me about eating omega-3.... think I'll have some salmon tonight with spinach leaves and walnuts...yum again!

Laura - so sorry to here about your meniere's.... I might be wrong but I think it is the chronic version of the viral vestibulitis which I had a bout of several years ago... lying down I was fine but as soon as I got up I was so dizzy and nauseous that I would throw up.... what an awful thing to have on an ongoing basis.... I hope it goes away quickly... is there anything you can do to help it or just it just come and go.... do you know what triggers it??

Things are all quiet on the home front.... I think the message has got through.... the 4 Icelandic girls have all gone off for the day on buses and trains to the Blue Mountains (a scenic area a couple of hours west of Sydney) and my son is off working.... I'm off to do some painting... house, not creative unfortunately!

Have a good day/night everyone Lisa

vypeters

Can someone tell me what a hump day is??

In a word, it's a Wednesday. The day you get over the hump and are on the downhill side of the week.

MacMadame

Right-click works but so does Command-Click. That's a shortcut for opening up the new link in a new tab instead of navigating away from the old window to the new one.

kackie

Lisa: Thanks for the beetroot salad. I love beets roasted and the combination you use sounds so yummy! Can't wait to try it. Any kind of apple, or are the green tart ones better?

Virginia: I use a MACbook so I don't have a mouse...normally I just hit the right side of my "bar", but for some reason that doesn't do a thing different than the left side!

Got to get dinner going, but thanks for trying to help. I need one of my children home long enough to show me these things!

good night, ALL!
Kackie

SallyCC

So much happening on the board. I’ve been sick for a couple of days with an ear/ throat thing (yuk). I got meds yesterday and today was basically a couch day. I will plan to get some gym time in tomorrow –even if it’s a slow day. I know that I just need to get there to keep the habit going. I can let go of my exercise so easily, filling the time with other stuff. So tomorrow, I hope to be back here to report in about getting myself to the gym!!
Kackie….Sounds like you have a great plan for the weekend. Enjoy your guests!
Jb-2001…I have been trying to get more Omega -3’s in my diet. I have added some flax seed (ground) into my yogurt. Thanks for the reminder and for the food list.
Cathy…Hope you have a great night with your company.
Mary…So glad you finally got out of detention…and Good For You in getting your swimming time in!!!
Laura…I hope you are feeling better. I just had a little vertigo with an ear infection yesterday and I couldn’t stand it.
Virginia…good for you with the Glamour Shot…you’ll need to share it with the board!
Mixdouble…glad that you are here. I get so motivated as I read these posts!

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Snow----Day 2----It’s not that snow is any sort of a novelty for me or that our snow is any more impressive than snow anywhere else, it’s that there are many “firsts” going on with this snowfall. It is exciting at age 65 to be enjoying “firsts”.

:flowerforyou: It snowed overnight and most of the day---not hard but steady. This is our first year in our new house/neighborhood and the first year that I’ve made a commitment to myself to walk the dogs for at least an hour every morning no matter what. It’s my first year with really good boots designed to keep my feet warm and dry and my first experience using a heart rate monitor to really see how many calories I burn when I’m doing something. So each day is a new adventure.

:flowerforyou: Yesterday Jake and I took turns with the shovel to clear the driveway and sidewalks. When we were almost finished, the shovel broke. We have joked about fighting over who gets to use the shovel, so today we drove into town, took the dogs to the dog park to run in the snow and stopped at two different hardware stores to buy “his and hers” snow shovels----mine is blue. We cleared the driveway when we got home, and they both work great…..and with both of us shoveling, neither of us has time to tell the other how they could be shoveling better. :laugh: The high temperature today was 27 so there wasn’t any thawing which should minimize the chances of icy roads in the morning.

:flowerforyou: I stayed in bed late this morning because I thought the roads would be icy after the brief thaw yesterday afternoon and woke instead to new snow and perfect conditions for the usual dog walk…….actually it was an amazing workout because the snow was deeper and we walked almost exclusively on the trails and meadows that had about seven inches of snow. I walk along the streets only when it’s dark and we need the light from in front of the houses to see where we’re going.

:flowerforyou: Mary, I love your dog. How big is she?

:flowerforyou: :bigsmile: Chiclet, glad to hear your good news……take it one day at a time and believe that there are good things in store for you.

:flowerforyou: Robin, I love the Rainbow Bridge story. Thanks for sharing it. We have many pets waiting for us.

:flowerforyou: Jeannie, I’m glad to hear from you and sorry to hear that your son is having more problems.

:flowerforyou: Genealace, I am so glad to hear that your furnace is finally working. When we bought our house, the furnace was 30 years old and we were worried that it would quit on us in the middle of winter…..do you have a fireplace for an alternate heat source?

:flowerforyou: Jb, thank you for the info about Omega 3…….I was so excited to read about walnuts because most of what I knew was cold water fish…….I got right up and weighed a serving of walnuts and had them for a snack.

:flowerforyou: Cathy, I loved the snow when I went to college in Southern Minnesota and lived on campus and walked everywhere I went and I love it here where I am retired. I did not like it when I lived in Maryland and had to commute to work.

:flowerforyou: SuzyQ, I have been doing an hour of financial paperwork every day….it’s a discipline like exercise and housecleaning.

:flowerforyou: I have a friend coming over in a few minutes so I’ll be able to sit and relax with her. She is following a careful eating plan so when she comes over we drink water and talk.

Barbie from NW Washington

January goals:
*keep walking the dogs for an hour or more every morning no matter how cold, wet, or snowy.
* do yoga three days a week
*100 squats a day

exermom

Boy, even just being away for a short time, I'm thinking I'm getting behind.

Did an hour of deep water today, tomorrow I'll do a DVD, LaLoFit (it's weights). Jessica is supposed to come tomorrow night. In the morning I have my crochet (haven't done anything on it since last week), then want to stop at this one store to buy lobster tails, they have them at a decent price. I thought they might since one other store in the chain is having a "grand opening" really what it is is that they've remodeled. any reason for a sale, but I'll take it. Then I need to stop at another store to get the light tofu for the dessert I'll make.

Made magic cookie bars. I promised Jessica at Christmas if she'd let Denise take the rest of the ones I made at christmas home with her, I would make her a big batch. I need to put them in the refrigerator.

Made these Snickerdoodles for bunco. Actually, I like this recipe better than the other one I have. But because they are so good, I had some of the leftovers that I was going to give to the foodpantry, so I took the ones for the bowling alley to them this afternoon, just to get them out of the house. Did have some snacks at the Y when they did the birthdays, I took a pineapple/angel food cake. It's not sweet, so that's what I like about it.

jb - I have the book "Eating Well for Optimum Health" on my iPod. One thing that I never figured out was when he says that you shouldn't eat mushrooms raw. That's one of the ways I like them. Don't know why he would say that.

Cathy - we never did find out what was wrong with Loki. He seems to be acting "normal" today. We haven't told Jessica because she would worry, we'll tell her when she can see that Loki is OK. We're pretty sure it was a seizure, probably due to some sort of poison. The only thing is, there is no way we can determine what the poison was. Was it the cleaner for my granite countertops, a cleaner for the cabinets, a spot cleaner for the rug, something someone brought in on their shoes? We'll probably never know. At least it isn't something that is continuing to happen

After the wataer aerobics, went to the post office to mail a pkg for Bryan, then got money from the ATM, did a bit of food shopping (not much), then the senior bowl, came home to have dinner and take out the garbage, then Newcomer bowling. Right now I'm making the oatmeal for tomorrow's breakfast.

Welcome susiegal, dbutorac, and anyone else I may have missed. Tell us more about yourself.

lisa - hump day is Wednesday, the middle of the week, as in "We're over the hump of the week, it's all downhill from here"

I agree with everything everyone else said to people, so I won't repeat things.

Just cut up the magic cookie bars for Jessica, put them in a bag in in the freezer they went.

Better run...beddy bye time.

Hope everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Susan0816

Barbie you make me tired just reading your January goals.

I ENVY everyone who has snow! We had a chance the last couple of days. It came, it went but it sure was pretty!

My goals for this month is * increase my water * get my husband on well * use the stationary bike or treadmill 5 days a week.
Also need to get a few other stress-er resolved.

JB thanks for the information on Omega - 3. I didn't know the breakdown.

I have been really the post and enjoy them greatly. Makes me feel connected to something. I'm sorry I don't respond to them but I have a hard time putting thoughts and words together.

Everyone keep up the great work and thank you for the motivation. I have reached my first mini-goal!!

Susan

mazaron

I'm home from the second session of my weekly circuit class at the gym. Hard work, and lots of good ideas to incorporate into my next workout on my own.

January blues are getting to my students too, I think. :grumble: They were grouchy yesterday and the whole day was an uphill slog. Much better today though. We are studying Ancient Greece and I found some comic versions of traditional stories of the Greek Gods to read to them. Just what 12/13 year old boys love: blood, guts, gore and glory. Not so much the marrying your sister or kissing your mother parts, though! :blushing:

Just2Jean – Thanks for the encouragement about treadmill running. I am going to keep your words in mind when I am on the indoor track at the gym instead of the treadmill. I think it must be the bells and whistles on the treadmill that keep me going – speed, elapsed time, calorie burn…all that stuff. I can run for a mile now at 6 mph, and do the 2 minute sprint / 2 minutes rest routine a least once a week for 20-30 minutes. Killer.

Salad Sistas – 2 cups broccoli slaw tossed with two Tbs roasted cauliflower hummus. Filling and fine. I might add nuts of some kind next time.

MacMadame – brain injuries take a long time to heal. I know, you know. It’s hard work. I’m pulling for you. :flowerforyou:

Jb_2011 – OK, one more reason to remember to put the walnuts in my porridge!

Msh0530: Detention free day! :drinker: Yeah! You will make it back to the pool on Thursday, the determination is vibrating off your post.

Virginia, I hope you share the Glamour Shots with us. What a great idea for a “I made it” reward.

Genealace – thank goodness your furnace is working OK, January in Ottawa is no time to be without a heater!

I can join in all the folks from the snow belt - it's colder than usual here (-10 c) and dumping with snow. Our School District does not have snow days, so no hope of that. Every staff person has to report to the nearest school and be ready to work, even if we can't get to our own site. I live just a few km from my school, so I'll be there, even if the busses don't make it. Could be a peaceful day in the classroom tomorrow.

J'boy is done his math homework and DH is wandering the hallways looking for me. Time to get back to real life, tidy up the kitchen and make some lunches. Salad for me! :happy:

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

jb_2011

Michele, Weil says raw mushrooms have natural toxins which are destroyed by simple cooking, and goes on to say that "common button mushrooms contain agaritine, a natural carcinogen". He writes about this on pg. 157. It was all news to me!

:^) jb

genealace

Went to visit DBF but while I was there another doctor came to see him because he had complained of chest pain earlier in the day. As a result they have moved him to ICU for a day or two while they do more extensive tests on his heart. He is very confused with the meds and thinks he has been moved to a different hospital and wants me to call his surgeon tomorrow to tell him that he will get back to him when he is feeling better. I said that the surgeon would be able to find him because he is still in the same hospital just in a different ward, but he couldn't understand that and made me promise to call. So another job added to my 'to do' list for tomorrow.

Have to get the car emission test done and also go to buy more salt-melt for the driveway

And so to bed......

1960lisa

Lisa: Thanks for the beetroot salad. I love beets roasted and the combination you use sounds so yummy! Can't wait to try it. Any kind of apple, or are the green tart ones better?

Virginia: I use a MACbook so I don't have a mouse...normally I just hit the right side of my "bar", but for some reason that doesn't do a thing different than the left side!

Got to get dinner going, but thanks for trying to help. I need one of my children home long enough to show me these things!

good night, ALL!
Kackie

Kackie I am on a macbook as well and you just need to press the command key as you press click (on the trackpad) any link to open in a new window... so clicked on quote while holding command and a new window opened so I could put it side by side the original one I was looking at.... make sit easy to scroll all the posts while composing your message.

Also the recipe says green apple but I often use a sweeter red apple and then don't add any sugar.

yellowrose5321

@Desiree - How cool! I live over by Hulen Mall -- Hulen and Granbury Rd area. What part of Ft Worth are you in?

@Laura - My dad has occasional bouts with Meniere's. His ears feel like they're stopped up most of the time, but he only gets the dizzy spells every once in a while. Hope it subsides soon!

@Barbie - I probably shouldn't say anything -- but I'd love to have some snow down here. We hardly ever have snow; usually have freezing precipitation at least once during a winter, but that's almost always sleet or freezing rain. And considering we had a total of 27 inches of snow (real snow) last winter, it will probably be a loooooonnnnnggg time before we see any again! :frown:

Tonight was my first night of classes this semester. Taking 2 classes from the community college here: American Sign Language and Fingerspelling. Last class ends at 10:30; didn't get home til 11:00. Had a good day today though -- finally got my exercising back in my schedule, and stayed on my eating plan all day. Ended up within 100 calories of goal and stayed under on all my nutrients!

Now to hit the hay . . .
Linda

kackie

Lisa: THANK you for the simple instructions. I did it and at the top right part of my screen a bar pops up that says "spotlight", then I started to type in MFP, but then the menu drops down so that I can click it....done! (Now you know how VERY un-technical I am about these things! ) THANK YOU!!!!!!! SO glad to know how to do this:-)

Have a good day!
Kackie

Pam3

good morining girls,

the last few days have been a struggle, havent logged all the foods i eat, workouts are suffering as well, fun but i can pin point this to monday when someone mentioned that i looked thinner to them....i know this sounds strange, but i find that i sabotage myself often, ...why i dont know, .dont i want to succeed and lose weight????why last night i beat myself enough, off to the gym(spinning and weight training)already logged my bfast and lunch, and planning dinner....WILL DO WELL TODAY...its a new day...thanks for listening....have a lovely day:flowerforyou:

tiarapants

Hello ladies.

I cannot get over all the posts! I think this is the busiest it has been in a very long time.

I'm at work at present, so just hopped on whilst I eat my lunch (naughty to eat at my desk, but the gallery has been super busy today and I don't have the chance to move from my desk right now) I've been running up and down the four flights of stairs all day long, so I should at least burn some extra calories.

Lunch today is delicious cheesy oatcakes with semi-dried figs. Yummy, although a little crumbly. DH is working here today too, so we shared the tube ride and will take a circuitous route home which will include walking across St James's Park and round by Buckingham Palace. It gives us time to stomp and chat, which is the best part of a shared working day as far as I'm concerned.

Better get back to work. Have a good day all.
Love
Amanda x

rjadams

Yet another work from home day. I live on a very steep hill and when we get snow (once or twice a year) it is very tricky to get out of our neighborhood. We are also having freezing rain which is making the roads really scary. Since I can telecommute I chose to again. I know that people who are closer to main roads think I am a woose but I just don't think it is worth the risk. I think I might take some inspiration from Barbie and get out and shovel a little later today. Ritter is so fun to watch bounding thru the deep snow.

I hope you are all doing well.

Robin, Bodi and Ritter.

jb_2011

It's another good morning in rainy Oregon -- it can rain all it wants and I'll be happy happy happy -- today I logged in another pound lost. Oh it's working, it's working! Since the first of the year I've lost 1 a week since dropping my calories down to around 1250, only eating back about 50 exercise calories of the 300-400 I normally burn. Weekends I kinda cut loose a little.

It's like solving a math problem trying to keep my food at around 1000 cals in order to have a couple small glasses of wine in the evening. Stupid wine, 100 cals a pop or thereabouts....but what's the point of living if there's not a little wine involved?? tee hee

Sure enjoy reading everyone's posts, what a great group. I'm in awe of all of you who take the time to reply to everyone individually, that is simply amazing!

Salad Sistas are rockin' out this week, wowie! I want to try the roasted cauliflower hummus - saved the recipe somewhere.

For those of you who missed the link for info & chart for potassium-rich foods: www.krispin.com/potassm.html

Time for another cuppa joe. Have a wonderful day!
jb :drinker:

msh0530

:flowerforyou: Mary, I love your dog. How big is she?

She is a standard. She weighs about 52 pounds, and I haven't measured her height, but I can pet her without leaning over, and I am 5'10". She is a sweetheart!

Swimming tonight - yes! The opportunities for excuses started early today, with my husband calling in sick to work, but I WILL stay determined!

Mary

vypeters

Hey everyone! Happy Thursday. Cold this morning, at least for here (some of you would probably scoff at what I consider cold).

I made the Glamour Shots appointment for February 9th so now I have a deadline: I've gotta get those last 2 lbs off in the next 3 weeks - nothing like a challenge! I've ordered a brown leather vest and brown fedora hat for the occasion. They'll have to do any pictures without the hat first, because once you put a hat on my head it's all over - my hair will not cooperate any more.

I will actually continue to stay on my loss program after I hit 175 lbs, as I want to try to maintain BELOW that weight. Not sure how big a cushion I should give myself, 5 lbs or 10? I'm so big framed that that too much thinner and my upper body will look emaciated. If I could just get any further weight to sign a contract that it will come off my hips and legs I might go down a little lower. Haven't figured out a way to do that though.

genealace - Ick on needing the ice pick boots. I've never had a pair of those (don't need them often here) but have a pal in Montana who swears by them. Hope DBF improves and they figure out what's causing the chest pain. Is the confusion from the meds, and are his doctors aware of it?

SallyCC - So sorry you're feeling under the weather. {Hugs} and hope you're better soon.

Exermom - What do you do when you said you did an hour of "deep water"? Some kind of water aerobics, or swimming?

Mazaron - Sounds like you're a good teacher. Nobody ever made Ancient Greece interesting for me when I was in school - I remember hating that year of history.

Pam3 - Having people notice our weight loss can be intimidating. For some of us it's that we hide behind the weight. For others, it's because if we know someone's watching we feel we're gonna fail. I know there are other reasons too, but it's funny how our minds work, isn't it?

jb_2011 - It's a DIFFERENT cute puppy! You confused me! Thanks for the potassium info. I need to focus on that a little.

And that's all I got...

Virginia