WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

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  • realpure
    realpure Posts: 156
    TGIF! So happy to see Friday. It's been such a gray week here. Kids are tired. Everyone needs the weekend to catch up on sleep. 1 week away from my first weigh in. Keep eyeing the scale, but I commited to 21 days. Going to check out a gym today. Haven't been a member lately as I'm unemployed and broke my foot/ankle this Fall. Hoping there aren't any hidden fees. I gym would be great with a pool. Wishing everyone a productive temptation free weekend. Good luck!
  • justkate2
    justkate2 Posts: 33 Member
    Good Morning everyone. Thank goodness its Friday its been a long week. Just heard on the news that we are going to
    get a little snow tonight .

    For everyone that has a hard time to find time to workout I think that you have to find the time that works best for you. I go at 5)) each morning but thats because I dont have to be at work till 8 and I have enough time to come home to shower and dress.

    :smile: Welcome to Mary and Deternined glad you are here

    :smile: Reapure: My gym is 19.95 monthly and no added fees it includes all classes and everything. They do have a 10.00 monthly but it doesnt include the classes.

    :smile: barbie How do you manage to do 23000 steps in one day?? I have to struggle to reach 10,000. Great Job

    :smile: chiclet I really feel for you with your mom. my mom lives with me she is legally blind and doesnt hear very much. Yes it can be trying and i do get angry and agravated but i know that im blessed to still have her with me. I take it a day at a time with her and just do the best i can ( which in her mind is never enough :laugh: ) Hang in there im sure you will make it through these tough times.

    :smile: Michelle thanks for letting me know im not alone..my d too lives about 1 1/2 hour away so i dont see her or hear from her very much....after the other day i really dont exect to hear from her at all until someting else happens to her. Even then she may not call because she is stubbourn. All we can really do is pray for them and hope everything will work out. Hang in there

    Hope everyone has a wonderful need to get breakfast and off to work TGIF :happy:
    .
  • Pam3
    Pam3 Posts: 1,687 Member
    good morning all,,

    a quick check in as i am off to spinning class, yesterday was a good day with logging my food, stayed within the green numbers and my workout was great(2hours spinnings/weights)....will check back later have a great day all:flowerforyou:
  • jaks97
    jaks97 Posts: 179 Member
    What I did was exercise on my lunch hour.
    I have a 30 to 45 mn drive, and only half hour lunch, Somehow I need to either get up earlier or walk in the door, and just do it. Even if it is starting out in small increments, but need to get the heart rate up there, having a sit down job, I don't get much walking in except to the bathroom. This has been a difficutl week food wise, with potlucks, and birthdays at work. Tomorrow is a new day. Thanks everyone and keep up the good work
  • magnolia1962
    magnolia1962 Posts: 16
    Hi everyone. Sorry I was MIA for a few days, technically I still am but wanted to pop on and say ... I'M A GRANDMOTHER!!! Scarlett Victoria has finally arrived. Will still be out of town for a few days and will do my best to stay focused and will be back next week to my old routine. Too happy for words and so very tired right now. Talk to you all again soon and will read through all these posts when I get a few minutes to myself. Take care all.
  • mazaron
    mazaron Posts: 329 Member
    Happy, happy Friday! :laugh: This has been a long week, don't know why. DH doesn't work Fridays and J'boy has the day off for high school term end so I am going out the door alone. I am also breakfasting alone and enjoying the novelty of not having to roust anyone else out of bed.

    Time for exercise? :huh: If I stop after school I'm done, not happening. The gym is on my way home from work so I either go straight there or I come home, change and leave without stopping except to say hello to the house and the dog. On the day I don't go to the gym I walk, and I go right after supper. I don't even do the dishes, I just get up and go. Again, if I hesitate I'm down for the night. :yawn:

    Motivation? I need some instant feedback for sure. I've been using the Nike ap on my iPod to count "runs" on the treadmill (not that I do much running :wink: ) and when I plug the iPod in to update it I get a little hit of fun because it takes me to the Nike website and I get a graph of my runs, times, calories burned, etc. The vertically challenged group (sorry tall girls) had a January challenge to do 24 hours of exercise in the month, so I've been logging my time on the move there every day. Finally, the new HRM keeps ten days of files on my activity. Like Robin I'm a bit of a spreadsheet geek (she said it first!) so I think I'll make up a spreadsheet for my HRM data and keep track there. The fitness numbers come up before the pounds come off, so I can see the results sooner and it keeps me interested.

    All that said, and one more thing. Be gentle with yourselves, you fine and wonderful women. :smile:

    Nancy
  • shmogo9
    shmogo9 Posts: 31 Member
    Good Morning all - Happy Friday (TGIF) just a quick note to say hi and have a great day!

    realpure - hope you find a deent gym - I have a really good one with a theraputic pool and everything - cost is $56 a month but that also entitles me to a kit locker (to keep everything there like shampoo etc) and two towels a day....my only problem now is I'm payint every month and I haven't gone to the gym in over a year... :angry: don't tell my husband :embarassed: I am still in physio for my broken ankle and more recently a car accident so I am working out there - trying to get back to the gym because if I cancel my membership I know I won't go back....

    I too am wondering how you get 23000 steps in one day Barbie...wow :flowerforyou: - that's awesome!

    Pam3 - good for you - wish I could do spinning but I'm afraid to look like a fool - I get winded going up stairs now which I'm not supposed to do because of my knees so not sure I could do spinning BUT - that is a goal of mine to at least give it a try once I get healthier again :ohwell:

    Jaks97 - I totally understand - I too have a desk job and since my best pal at work left I never leave my desk anymore except to go to the bathroom so I go to the furthest bathroom in the building - it's 327 steps one way - and yes I counted lol....that's my 10 minute walk twice a day at least... :laugh:

    Magnolia - congrats on the new grand daughter :drinker:

    anyway - back to work - have an awesome Friday everybody!
  • genealace
    genealace Posts: 240 Member
    Just a quick pop-in before I go off to visit DBH. Spoke to his nurse, and she said he slept fairly well. He had porridge and a drink for breakfast. They'd had him up and doing his exercises.

    It is probable that he will be moved up to the 3rd floor this morning out of Critical Care Unit which is the step between ICU and the ordinary ward.

    This morning he is only complaining about the pain (big improvement from last night when he was fixed on complaint that he hadn’t be given any supper).

    I’ve had a chance to go shopping and get him a bottle of sparkling water, but lt is a dreadful day here again with snow, freezing rain, and now snow again, so it is very, very slippery. I have my ice spikes for my boots, and I'm using his cane with ice-pick on the end.
  • mynyddisamrs
    mynyddisamrs Posts: 387
    Good evening everyone ..........

    A quick nip in here tonight!
    1) the peanut butter bought for the mouse ...is lovely on toast! I have logged it down by the way!
    2) The mouse is still enjoying our hospitality ...but more robust traps were bought. Listen out for he "Snap" as one does it's job!
    3)Chilly indeed here tonight ...snow forecast but not as much as some of you have!!

    and ...:bigsmile: it's Friday!!!!

    Nothing planned for the weekend except helping #1 son with getting some extra storage ie. a new wardrobe for #1GD's bedroom, (was mum & dad's room ...they're going in what was the dining room downstairs!!). The twins will go in her little room to begin with but it'll be fun to see who goes where later on! #1GS is staying put ...:noway: with his snake!! ...Maybe the snake could comeover and catch our mouse!!
    They do try and stand on their own feet but things are a bit tight moneywise ...so the £ we're setting aside for when they feed the cats while we're on hols ..... will be useful (and not just a handout!)

    Oh well!!

    :flowerforyou: BFN
    Jackie
  • tiarapants
    tiarapants Posts: 1,015 Member
    Hello ladies

    I actually had the chance to stay in bed a little later this morning and made the most of it. I've been getting up at 5:00 am most mornings, but today I didn't get up until 7:45 and I can't tell you how much I felt for that extra time. I am a poor sleeper and rarely get more than four hours a night, but from now on I'm going to try to have at least one day a week when I don't get up before 7:30. I think my body will thank me for it.

    Got to feed DH now - have a good weekend everyone.

    Love
    Amanda x
  • barbiecat
    barbiecat Posts: 17,202 Member
    :flowerforyou: How do I manage to get 23,000 steps on my pedometer????? First, I am retired and have a home based business that doesn’t require long hours at the computer or desk. Second, I don’t have a gang of family members who need me to be there for them in a million different ways and when friends want to get together, I meet them for a walk, not a meal. Third, I get up at 4 AM so I can walk the dogs individually for 15 minutes each, then eat breakfast, then walk them together for two hours. I never sit down when I can be moving. I walk up and down the hall when I’m on the phone. I walk at every opportunity. When I first had my pedometer I struggled to get to 10,000 steps a day. I encouraged myself by putting a sticker on the calendar for any day that I reached 10,000 steps. Now it takes 15,000 steps to get a sticker and I’m thinking of raising the number to 16,000 next month since I started jogging in place while the dogs stop walking to sniff under the bushes.

    :flowerforyou: And speaking of stickers, I need all sorts of evidence of the exercise I do. The pedometer is great for linear walking but yoga, strength training, dancing, squats, etc. don’t register sufficiently on the pedometer so now with the heart rate monitor I can see that my heart rate was elevated and I burned calories even if didn’t get credit for steps. I joined a challenge on MFP to do 100 squats a day for 100 days and even though practically nobody who joined the challenge is still posting, I keep track of my squats every day and post the results to the team. I am constantly on the look-out for new tricks that will keep me motivated and focused.

    :heart: 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
  • tiarapants
    tiarapants Posts: 1,015 Member
    Bump x
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,528 Member
    Laura - so sorry about your mom.

    jb - When I make the mini muffins, I've found that about 4 of the minis equals one regular sized one. I'd probably just put in 1/4 if I had one mini muffin. hmmm...you've given me another idea of something to add to a salad. I think I have some pine nuts, so I'll put those out. I honestly did forget to buy croutons, I know Vince would have eaten them. Nope, scratch the pine nuts. I didn't even have enough to cover the bottom of the dish!

    Chicklet - my heart bleeds for you. Be sure to take care of yourself

    Kate - I, too, have to exercise in the a.m. or it just doesn't get done. I did an hour on the stairmaster today. Didn't have time for the taichi. Then played mahjongg (I maj'd twice!) and bowled 4 games. Now I'm getting the preparations for dinner ready. I've washed the lettuce and tomatoes for the salad, steamed the broccoli (I find thata raw broccoli can sometimes be somewhat bitter...next time I need to steam it for less time), cut up the cuke (I scooop the seeds out and cut up the rest of the cuke). I tell you, I have the sorest knees on the face of the earth praying so hard for dd. I just pray that she wakes up . She doesn't need to be abused

    Do you know that I bought a veggie tofu lasagna and that has more calories than this Michael Angelo's Meat Lasagna???

    Tomorrow I'll do a DVD at home of yoga. The Y is having this fitness extravaganza. Basically, what it is is 1/2 hr classes where you can try them out. I really need more than 1/2 hr of yoga, plus I need to check out these DVD's that I have so I'll do one at home. The gal told me today that the Tues class of tai chi has changed time, so I need to check it out. If it's too late, I just can't go.

    magnolia - hearty CONGRATULATIONS

    Going to post this so that I get this thread in my list.

    Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

    Michele
  • scompton54
    scompton54 Posts: 90 Member
    place keeping
  • mixdouble
    mixdouble Posts: 41 Member
    Last message didn't post. Oh well!
    What weekend? So jammed I need to go back to work to rest. Will continue dog/sister walks and am going to try a Barre3 class Sunday morning. It is a combination of Yoga and Pilates with a ballet barre. Hope I can walk when we are done. DH wants to go to auto show. Old red wagon is getting tired.
    Have a great weekend everyone.
  • msh0530
    msh0530 Posts: 1,675 Member
    Just wanted to say HAPPY FRIDAY! and to announce an important decision: when my husband gets home from work, I am going to announce that he has a choice for dinner. Yes, indeed, a choice: leftover barbecue pork or leftover pineapple chicken, as this kitchen will serve no food that doesn't start with the letter "L" tonight! :laugh:

    Have a great weekend! Mary
  • genealace
    genealace Posts: 240 Member
    Just got back from visiting DBF and a quick walk around the mall. Had to mail a letter to my friend's mum who's birthday is tomorrow (I forgot to post it earlier with all that is going on). Then I had to go into the bank because Revenue Canada has screwed up my date of birth on its records and needed a letter signed by me and a copy of my drivers licence to prove it.

    DBF has been moved to the 3rd floor wards, no longer critical and was much better today. He was describing where he had been - a day or two ago he had to go to visit a company and then the lady said he couldn't go home, so he had to sleep on her sofa. He is really convinced it happened even when I explained that it must have been a dream as we had been keeping him very safe in the hospital. His dreams must be very vivid for him to remember all the details - yesterday he was sure we'd been looking at a shop and there was something (I couldn't catch what it was in his mumbling) that was 30% off and he wanted to get one. So I just agreed and said we'd go the next day.

    When I got back the snow plough had ploughed all the stuff from the side street and pushed everytning onto the sidewalk again, completely blocking all the driveways with enormous chunks of ice about 5ft across and 2-3 ft thick. Luckily my neighbours were out there clearing their drive and came across to help me with mine.
  • smwert
    smwert Posts: 300
    TGIF I am with everyone else. this seemed like a long week! at least it is almost February.
    Smwert
  • jb_2011
    jb_2011 Posts: 1,029 Member
    Happy Friday! Just killing time before going to set up for my student recital/concert this evening. I'll be hosting the show and accompanying my students who will be performing guitar, piano and vocal pieces. I'm nervous and all I want to do is eat!!! Two hours 'til set up time, ACK! Can't drink wine yet, either, lol.
    Tried on my outfit for tonight and I must say I was very pleased with how I looked - I don't think I've been able to say that for many, many, many years. Wow, I even impressed myself LOL! I no longer have to wear a big old blouse that covers up my rear end and spare tire. Yay team! My feet are even thinner....my fancy boots are no longer snug. Now if I could only get my hair to calm down...sheeesh, it's bushy and wild today.
    Wish me luck, especially with conquering the urge to stuff my face in the next 2 hours before I head out. You can bet I'll be into the wine the minute I get home tonight!

    :drinker:
    jb
  • vypeters
    vypeters Posts: 475 Member
    Quick "Hi" everyone!

    DH bought me a Polar FT 7 HRM for an early birthday present (my birthday isn't until March 7 at which point I can call myself legit here as I will actually BE 50 instead of "close enough"). Anyway, the purchase came with an NSV: We went into the store, looked at it, bought it, walked out and not once until I was already back in the car did it even occur to me...I never wondered whether the strap would fit around my chest, I just knew it would. Before, I'd have never bought something in a package like that unless I could see a strap and know it would go around me.

    And I never even thought about it. How amazing is that?

    Also measured myself this evening. I've lost:

    2.5" off my neck
    3.5" off my bicep
    15.5" off my chest
    19" off my waist
    12.5" off my hips
    5" off my thigh

    A total of 58" lost!!!

    Chiclet - {{hugs}} I'm sorry your Mom seems to have given up. Please remember to take care of yourself as well!

    Have a great weekend all. About to test out my HRM, then we'll give it the big test tomorrow if the weather holds.

    Virginia

    PS: What's the best way to find the new thread in February?
  • cindyw7
    cindyw7 Posts: 29 Member


    DBF has been moved to the 3rd floor wards, no longer critical and was much better today. He was describing where he had been - a day or two ago he had to go to visit a company and then the lady said he couldn't go home, so he had to sleep on her sofa. He is really convinced it happened even when I explained that it must have been a dream as we had been keeping him very safe in the hospital. His dreams must be very vivid for him to remember all the details - yesterday he was sure we'd been looking at a shop and there was something (I couldn't catch what it was in his mumbling) that was 30% off and he wanted to get one. So I just agreed and said we'd go the next day.

    Genelace - my 49 year old niece had double by pass surgery a few weeks ago. The doctors and nurses said she probably wouldn't make it but praise God she is at home. At one point when she started to come come out of being sedated she asked where she was and a doctor jokingly said "Don't you know you are in Mexico?" She went back to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night having major fits, screaming and yelling. They called her husband at 2:30 a.m. to come to the hospital to try to calm her down. When he arrived she starting screaming & said "How dare you take me to Mexico to sell my organs?!?!?!" She had read somewhere about folks in Mexico selling organs, woke up and saw her scars and make the leap. He'll be over it in a day or two. Then you can laugh about it. Praying for you! CIndy
  • Pam3
    Pam3 Posts: 1,687 Member
    :love:
  • msh0530
    msh0530 Posts: 1,675 Member

    Virginia

    PS: What's the best way to find the new thread in February?

    On the 31st before she goes to bed, Barbie normally starts the new thread. She will post on this thread with a link to February, so it is as simple as a click of the mouse! (but not the kind of mouse our friend in the UK is hunting!) Mary
  • scompton54
    scompton54 Posts: 90 Member
    I am definitely in TGIF mode. I have always felt that September is the new year, and that's even when I wasn't teaching but now, the end of a semester is like a mini new year.

    At the beginning of the week I was in a funk and normally, that might have lasted a few days or months. I believe that talking on here and making myself accountable to all you strangers is making me accountable, not only to you, but also myself. That is a very good thing. I know I will slip but I also know that registering those slips publicly will make me take ownership and pick myself up.

    Chiklet: Your mother is so clearly depressed and you are carrying the burden and I so feel for you. A couple of years ago, my aunt ended up in hospital and I had to deal with all that, a six hour drive away. I had to pack up her apartment, handle all her affairs, and deal with all her anger and confusion which was all directed at me. I live in Canada and we are lucky that GOOD nursing homes are covered by our health care system but even with that, she was incredibly angry at me because she couldn't live like she wanted to, like at home and independently. I don't really know your situation or what resources are available to you but it sounds to me that she needs a psychological assessment and therapy to get her to realize that you are not the enemy. With all the resources I had, including my very supportive daughters, I spent ,any hours in tears. You need to find support wherever you can, what is being put on you is too much and your mum needs to be made aware of that....tough love or outside help is needed, and soon. If she is delusional, she may not get that you are done. If she is aware, she may be being manipulative and controlling and you may have to confront that. Sometimes our loved ones are more angry than loving and they control what they can....if not their health then their loved ones. Just remember, if your health goes, so does hers and she is not likely to thank you.

    As to exercise, I go right to the gym before going home or get on the bike as soon as I walk in, or nine times out of ten, I won't .
    go.



    Zumba and yoga tomorrow......yippee!!

    Regards

    Sarah
  • kackie
    kackie Posts: 676 Member
    Wow!!! We are into Part 3 and not to the end of the month yet! How wonderful to have so many chatty women to support each other:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    I did not get any "designated" exercise today, other than some free weights this morning. I had a crazy day of appointments and meetings spread out over the day. And I don't feel quite right without some major exercise! I woke up so early and I am very tired, so will take the day as a rest day and look forward to tomorrow's long walk.

    Everyone have a nice evening! :heart: :heart: Kackie
  • rjadams
    rjadams Posts: 4,029 Member
    Not much to post. Olivia and my DD are doing fine. typical first time mommy struggles but doing well. wish I was there. In due time. had a good week. I was on the dreadmill and hour every day and that has improved my mood tenfold. :bigsmile:
  • jaks97
    jaks97 Posts: 179 Member
    Happy Friday tomorrow I weigh and this has been a bad week, with work birthdays and baby showers, not a lot of healthy to eat, I should just continue to take my lunch. Any good ideas for breakfast on the road, I think that is my hardest

    TGIF SHerry
  • westernjoy
    westernjoy Posts: 175 Member
    Knee better going get busy and do the Wii just dance. Move the arms and the body and just shuffle my feet
  • 1960lisa
    1960lisa Posts: 193
    Wow...onto 3rd part!!

    I am not posting too much lately but still enjoy reading and keeping up with old and new members....just thought I would put a photo of our new dog up for those dog lovers as I know there are a few of us here.... six months after our gorgeous airedale Rio died we have acquired another rescue airedale.... I picked up 6 y/o Curly from the RSPCA yesterday and already he is fitting in perfectly...he is a huge bear (or b'aire as airedales fanciers say)...he needs a big haircut but otherwise he is just wonderful...and actually I quite like the shaggy look.

    I haven't posted a photo before so not entirely sure this will work..but here goes.

    Curly_Angus.jpg
  • 1960lisa
    1960lisa Posts: 193
    Ok well that doesn't seem to have worked...back to the drawing board...any tips??:huh:

    Oh sorry I got it but its HUGE...sorry!! Not sure how to fix that yet:blushing:
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