WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

Benji49

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

Michele

Do you get cold/snow/ice where you are? I know that the de-icer "salt" that everyone puts down on their sidewalks here to attempt to keep them passable is a big toxic challenge for pets. It gets stuck on their paws and they lick it off, can cause all sorts of horrible symptoms that no one can track down to a source.

Bea

yellowrose5321

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:

I thought it was funny that you mentioned that you were struggling AND not logging foods. The same thing happened to me last week. I can't figure out whether I didn't log things in because I wasn't eating well and exercising -- or if I wasn't eating well and exercising because I wasn't logging in. Whatever -- there really seems to be a connection between the 2. I started logging in my food again Tuesday, and I've stuck right with my eating plan and exercising every day since then!

I've gotten down to 200 lbs on 3 separate occasions, then allowed myself to get side-tracked and start gaining again. I can always think of reasons why I didn't continue losing, but like you, sometimes I wonder if there's some subconscious reason that I don't want to succeed :frown:

Laura80111

:flowerforyou: Thursday and my head is spinning,

Hope all of you are having a good day, from the weather reports it sounds like Washington is buried in white.

Lisa, my meniere's comes and goes, I used to think the change in weather did it but since my life is so stressful right now maybe it's stress that causes my inner ear to get out of balance one thing I do know I get so sick to my stomach:sick: reminds me of being in the tea cups at Disneyland only they are more fun

SallyCC, hope you're feeling better.:flowerforyou:

Virginia, I alwaysa wanted to do the glamour shots, will look forward to hearing how that gors:drinker:

Barbie, His and Her's shovels...don't think I'm sharing that idea with the hubby:noway: at least nit until I;m in better shape

Michelle, I'm sure that you and barbie are the best at mixing up your exercise:drinker: something I could really learn about, I get stuck into ruts so easiy:grumble:

Susan- congrats on reaching you first mini goal:drinker: all those mini steps add up!

Glenalace- glad that the furnace is working, unless you are in Australia or New Zealand or even Hawaii:noway: this time of year the furnace is very imortant

Nancy- fun reading ehat you are reading to the class, reminds me of my Dad he had been in the 8th grade fo 26 years and 4 in the 7th grade...when he retired he finally started talking like those of us in the real world:bigsmile:

Linda- Wish it came on with plugged ears, then I'd know it's coming, usually I have no warening, just stand up and have to grab onto something to keep frome falling over:grumble: Taking classes at night, that's something I might consider in a future life that being after retirement

Pam3- sometimes what it takes to stay on tract is to pull out something in the closet that you want to wear and can't quite fit into just yet or go to the topics board and look at some of the before and after pic...they really help:drinker: hey you already have lose 15# you know you can do it:happy:

Amanda- hearing how you will walk home with DH reminded me of our trip to the UK in 2009 and having walked and explored that very same area, so lovely:flowerforyou:

Robin glad you can tetecommute I know how bad the freezing rain can make the roads an ice rink:laugh:

Yellowrose-What I learned last year when I stopped logging and getting on here daily, is that I had no accountability and hence I gained.....so I'm back and having realized why I failed at keeping the weight off...I'm now here for the long haul:drinker:

*****
So last night I took the motion sickness pills, slept for 14 hrs and thought I was fine this am until I sat up, NUTS I really wanted/needed to be better today, instead I'm in bed with the notebook reading MFP and keeping very still. Hubby is being a very goo nurse and even fixing what I ask for to keep my calories in check...since I can't exercise I can at least drink my water and eat only the healthy stuff.

Every one have a good day:flowerforyou: drink your water:drinker: :drinker: and for those of you that can :drinker: get up and burn some calories...cause I sure do wish I could

Laura

janemartin02

Happy thurs!Cold temps here in the teens and more snow.Just trying to get some ex in that won`t bother my knee.If it was summer,I`d be in the pool.
Love the shares from everyone.all the tips etc.
Have a good one!
HUGS
jane

shmogo9

good afternoon ladies - hope you're all having a wonderful day.....it's -37 here today and I really don't want to go anywhere lol

just a question - what do the initials stand for? DBF DH I saw some others too but can't remember I think SIL and DIL is son-in-law and daughter-in-law but not sure about the others....daughters boyfriend? DH - I'm lost lol da Husband :laugh: I'm not quite up to speed on the lingo yet but I'll get there.

take care everybody - off to a meeting tonight after work won't get home till after 10pm then back to work tomorrow morning :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: and then a really busy weekend - can't wait for Monday to come back to work and relax :bigsmile:

Pam3

hi all ....just wanted to share this link about flax seed....i just started using it ...put some in my yogurt and i love the taste....i think i will try the muffin recipe also....will check in later

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/benefits-of-flaxseed

msh0530

good afternoon ladies - hope you're all having a wonderful day.....it's -37 here today and I really don't want to go anywhere lol

just a question - what do the initials stand for? DBF DH I saw some others too but can't remember I think SIL and DIL is son-in-law and daughter-in-law but not sure about the others....daughters boyfriend? DH - I'm lost lol da Husband :laugh: I'm not quite up to speed on the lingo yet but I'll get there.

take care everybody - off to a meeting tonight after work won't get home till after 10pm then back to work tomorrow morning :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: and then a really busy weekend - can't wait for Monday to come back to work and relax :bigsmile:

I'm not very up either, and never use them, but I think it is dear boyfriend and dear husband. Unless you are mad at them I suppose, and the d could be used otherwise? Mary

westernjoy

Hard to believe I'm welcoming the rain. Got my truck stuck going up the driveway last night. Thank goodness didn't have to work this morning. Still have a foot of very wet snow. Only good thing I have to walk to get wood by the arm load instead the wheelbarrow. Shoveled snow off the sidewalk. BURNING THE CALORIES. Did get the truck out. This is worst snow I've seen in 25 years living in SW Washington. 19"of very wet snow.
Joyce

BirdieM

Hello ladies! Just popping in to say hello.:happy: I am very busy this time of the year as I am an Office Manager for an Accounting Office and work 6 days a week!:noway: Just about have time to exercise, track my food and sleep in between!!!!:laugh:
I had lost 2 pounds before Christmas and managed to keep them off until this week.:ohwell: My husband made a beef stew that was to die for .....so I went a little overboard.:embarassed: So I'll just keep drinking a lot of water, exercising every day that I possibly can and ALWAYS tracking my food. I've been doing it for about 2 1/2 years with MFP and it's the best thing that ever happen to me!

Have not had time to post or read posts but hope everyone is well! I see there are many newbies, scrolling though the posts! Welcome!!!!

Well, back to work! Sending hugs to all!!!!

BirdieM:drinker:

dbutorac

sometimes dogs have seizures when they are dehydrated. Just a thought.

dbutorac

I am so glad, we didn't get it yet. I am in Minnesota & so far very little snow, but today is very cold. Maybe the high of 1 degree.

dbutorac

Thanks.

cathys01

Hi Ladies:

Wow, so many posts again!!

My best friend/step sister came last night to spend the night and it was so nice to see her; we can just gab for hours :happy:

Laura - my brother, who has now passed away, but he had Meniere's most of his life. I hope you feel better :flowerforyou:

Virginia - good on you for making your appointment for your Glamour Shot, Please post it here when you have it done, we would love to see it

MacMadame - hope your funk lifts. Have you ever asked the doctor if you suffer from SAD (the seasonal winter disorder)?

Desiree - sure looks like you are doing a lot of walking, good for you

genealace - first off, I hope your DBF is okay; then secondly I am glad you have your furnace repaired and I hope it stays that way

Pam - I use your idea of using the feather notes to keep the notes and it has been amazing :drinker:

Lisa - sounds like you should enjoy the quiet time in the house while you can

barbiecat - I loved your post about the shovels, hoever, I am not so noble and I will continue to let hubby to the shovelling and I promise not to fight him at all :laugh:

Michle - I am glad that Loki seems better

BirdieM - so glad to see you :flowerforyou:

shmogo9 - the initials that I know are as follows and can be used either way: Dear/Darn Best Friend or Dear/Darn Husband - this all depends on how the user was using it in the post :laugh: SIL/DIL can be sister/son in law and daugther in law. BIL - brother in law. Anything you want to know, just ask

Anyway, we finally did get snow today, not a huge amount, just enough to make the roads nasty to commute home, which took forever :grumble:

Take care, My Friends.

Talk to you later,

Love, Cathy xx

SallyCC

Just a quick check in tonight. I am on the mend. Today was better but after I attended a school meeting on one of my tutoring students and did a shopping run with my husband, I was beat. Enjoyed my first day on Cycle 2 of 17 day diet ( a couple of new starches added)....but I did not get to the gym. Tomorrow I have a bone density test again and I am planning on the gym!

Night All!

mixdouble

Can't cheer the rain too much myself today. I was called home from work at 9:30 to hold back water from coming into our house while DH set up garden hoses from the dry well to drain off the overflow. After 8 hoses and 2 sump pumps at 11am we took a break as the rain had diminished. By 12 after changing to dry clothes and eating a quick lunch I was about to return to the office. Instead, the rain returned and I spent another 2 hours sweeping away water while DH went out to get another pump and came back and installed it. Burned those calories:grumble: Gonna be sore tomorrow.

MacMadame

MacMadame - hope your funk lifts. Have you ever asked the doctor if you suffer from SAD (the seasonal winter disorder)?

I'm in a funk because I have post-concussion syndrome.

ETA well I'm in a funk because having post-concussion syndrome means I can't do certain things and that's frustrating. So it's not a direct symptom but an indirect one.

vypeters

Tried Volume II of Sweatin' to the Oldies today and thought I'd give you a report - it was loads of fun but he makes you do crunches!!! My abs are telling me to do the original tomorrow and give them a day before I try it again.

I give the second volume :drinker: :drinker: Two thumbs up.

I do find that these DVDs motivate me to want to exercise. That alone was worth the price of the set.

sissygok

I'm excited but kind of anxious about starting Zumba tomorrow..going to try to get there a little early so I can talk to the instrsuctor before class. I think it's fun to do I am just worried about keeping up, I guess it will depend on the ages of the others in the class.
Will be back after tomorrow to give you a report on how I did and if this is something I can continue to do...sure hope so.

exermom

Well, today STARTED out decent. Then Loki had another seizure. We took him to the vet, they drew blood and took a urine sample. I must admit, I'm worried that it's something serious (guess that's the mother in me who jumps to the worst case scenario). Anyway, I've been stress eating BIG TIME. Gotta get this under control. I probably will once Jessica gets here tonight and I have something else to concentrate on. So I'm not even going to bother to log food for the rest of the day.

On the plus side, tho, I did do an hour DVD of LaLoFit (weights). Tomorrow I'm planning to do some HIIT -- haven't done that in a while

jb - see, I have the abridged version on my iPod. That's probably why I didn't know about the mushrooms. Thanks for telling me, I always wondered why he would say that they aren't good for you.

Virginia - when we do the deep water, most of the class is aerobic (bicycling, jogging, crawling on top of the water, that sort of thing). At the end of the class we do a bit of stretching. I take the class in the deep water, there's zero impact, I find I workout harder in the deep end. I would guess that the temp. in the deep end is probably about 1 degree cooler than in the shallow end.

benj - we very rarely get snow where we are (NC), and when we do, it's usually gone by the next day. If it gets cold enough to freeze the roads, by the afternoon its warmed up enough that the roads aren't frozen any more. Thanks for thinking of this, tho. We'll just wait to hear from the vet.

Laura - I get bored so easily that I need to mix up my exercises or I'll just get to the point that I don't want to do them anymore. They had this yoga class that I would take before the deep water, the time of the classes just worked out well. anyway, now they have a different teacher. I went three times (and I only go once/week), but every time it was the exact same routine in the same order, I got so bored after just going three times that I haven't been back again. I know some people like the same thing, they like knowing what's coming next. I don't, but that's just me. I really do need more yoga, now I just gotta think about where I can fit some in (maybe before a class that starts a bit later in the morning?), I got some DVD's that I'll use. One of the advantages of a DVD is that you can do lots of different ones. Of course, the disadvantage is that each instructor calls an exercise by a different name, so you have to look to see what they're doing.

Mary - you are so right -- DH is dear (or d*** as the case may be) husband, DBF dear boyfriend, etc.

Well, we just came back from dinner. Not that we eat out often. I tell you, I'm worried about Loki, and turning to comfort food. I had 4 slices of pizza. Now I feel so "yuk" that it isn't even funny. Actually, I probably wouldn't have had that last piece of pizza, only I didn't want to have to bring it home and have one more thing in the refrigerator for me to yearn for. Well, I feel so bad right now that I'm done with the "comfort food" comforting. Done and over with. No more. Did I say it enough? I DON'T WANT ANY MORE!

All you people who have snow....you can keep it! I do like the change of seasons, but how I remember having to worry about snow covered streets. I remember when the kids were little and we lived in the Poconos, we actually bought a freezer mainly because I didn't want to have to dress the kids and go out in the snow just to buy meat for dinner.

I'm still worried, so going to try to get things ready for tomorrow and watch some TV. Hopefully, that'll calm me down some.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

yellowrose5321

It was absolutely gorgeous here today!! 73 degrees and not a cloud in the sky; very little wind too! I feel spring fever coming on!!

Went for a long walk: 60 mins, 3.5 miles -- Runkeeper said I burned 425 calories. I think I may have burned more than that -- my nose and cheeks are a little pink this evening :blushing: lol.

Hope everyone had a great day!
Linda

1960lisa

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:

Sabotage.... my old friend.... why do we resort to this so often?? I often do it if I have lost a bit of weight and start feeling really good and my clothes start getting loose..... I think I am getting a bit better now that I am losing so slowly.... perhaps it takes longer for the brain to adjust if you lose weight quickly and things just don't feel "right" so we go back to our old ways.... I do think logging really makes such a difference though.... good luck!!

Lisa

jaks97

Well today was a bad day, I had nothing in house for breakfast and lunch, so I stopped at a local place and got breakfast, had planned on leaving work at lunch run to bank and pick up something, but today was one of those days. I didn't get to leave and the only choice at work was a bagel so I ate half. Had a massage tonite and still nothing healthy in the house, oh well tomorrow is another better day.

topaz2986

Hi All,

I'm not doing well with exercise these days....diet isn't too bad although I haven't been logging. I've been so busy at work that when I get home, the last thing I want to do is be on my computer! I've been staying late at work...and driving right past the gym on my way home. At least I know that this chaos doesn't last forever!

I think about you all often!
Talk to you all soon....I hope!

Rita

westernjoy

Mixdouble
Sorry to hear about the water. The folks south of Portland got so much rain. Starting to remind me of 2006
That is the problem with all that snow then rain.
Joyce

barbiecat

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: more snow today----the beautiful powdery stuff

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walked the dogs in the meadow at 6 AM, then had breakfast and walked both dogs around the neighborhood mostly in the snowy open areas for two hours:bigsmile: they would have walked longer :laugh: :laugh: we went to town again to buy Jake a pair of boots like mine so his feet will stay dry, then went to Big Five and bought ankle weights, the kind that you can add and subtract weights for different exercises.,:laugh: after lunch and an hour's work on financial papers, I took the dogs for another 45 minute walk and we all came home and collapsed before supper.....the evening has been spent watching TV and trying out the new ankle weights :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

MacMadame

Had some blood work done tonight and - for the first time in three years - my protein levels were NORMAL!!

The rest of my labs looked pretty good as well. So no idea why I had such horrible gut pain but it's looking more and more like its something I'm eating.

scompton54

Greetings All

TGIF! It's been a long week and I haven't been doing so well on the eating front the last couple of days. I teach Hospitality Services at a high school and it's practical exam time so there's a lot of tasting going on. On Wednesday night, we held our end of term Culinary and Visual Art Show which is a way for the kids to showcase their work.....the appetizers and finger foods were delicious but teenagers are not usually thinking low cal when they pick their foods. Also, my son who is staying with me this month and I are preparing a Montreal Smoked Meat brisket for a party he is hosting tomorrow night. I hope those guys eat lots so we don't have a lot of left overs!

On the up side, I did a re-measure and have lost 2" each off my belly and bust and 1" off my hips. The exercise is certainly paying off even though I probably won't lose any weight this week.

I think the hardest thing for all of us is to stay motivated especially when the weight loss is slow. I am finding MFP so helpful in that regard. Thank you.

Pam3

Had some blood work done tonight and - for the first time in three years - my protein levels were NORMAL!!

The rest of my labs looked pretty good as well. So no idea why I had such horrible gut pain but it's looking more and more like its something I'm eating.

wonderful news on your lab work...sorry about the pain....:flowerforyou:

Pam3

Well, we just came back from dinner. Not that we eat out often. I tell you, I'm worried about Loki, and turning to comfort food. I had 4 slices of pizza. Now I feel so "yuk" that it isn't even funny. Actually, I probably wouldn't have had that last piece of pizza, only I didn't want to have to bring it home and have one more thing in the refrigerator for me to yearn for. Well, I feel so bad right now that I'm done with the "comfort food" comforting. Done and over with. No more. Did I say it enough? I DON'T WANT ANY MORE

Michele

sorry michele about loki...hope the vet gets back to you soon with a good report.....FOOD IS MY COMFORT as well, unfortunitly.....but that was yesterday and today is a new day....be well

Pam3

good morning all.

well i woke up with a headache, yesterday it was a little of a nag, today its a headache, so i am doing stuff around the house and will go to the gym just to ride the bike, but no spinning....tomorrow my sons and some family are coming over to play MEXICAN TRAIN...i love to play....i plan on making some turkey meatball, so we can have them as sliders or a few on a plate(for those that dont want bread), maybe a salad, and some chip(very informal)i will make a dulce de leche cake for my BIL, since his birthday is on tuesday...have a wonderful day, talk later:flowerforyou:

@rita.....have you tried the app for the phone so you log your foods...just a thought

@laura...i hope you feel better soon, ...a friend of a friend also has meinier and the poor thing has a rough time of it....