WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2012

mixdouble

Hi all,
I working on mixing up my cardio work outs. Today was 30 min circuit training with light weights. I read about the workout in a book written by Olympic Rowing Medalist Brad Lewis. There are 7 exercises done in continuous sets of 10 reps with light weights. The idea is to keep your heart rate up and work specific muscle groups. The reps should not be done so fast that you lose technique. It is fun to do to bouncy dance music. Gotta watch that my heart rate stays in the target range. The exercise log shows this as strength training, but with the light weights it should be cardio.
I find that if I plan my food for the day and enter it on the log, I can stay on track better than if I have to go back and remember each thing I ate. Does that help any of you?

skirchmann2atlasok

Hi Ladies! I turn 50 this year!

It is my goal to be nifty at fifty!!! It is a change in life style for me. I am in front of the computer most of the day as a full time online student at Liberty University. (Which I love) I also home school my 10 year old daughter who is enrolled at Liberty academy online. (she loves it).

I have begun by cutting out all obvious sugar and flour. Which is my weakness. However I can already tell a difference. I also have begun walking every hour on the hour for 10 minutes.

This forces me to change my lifestyle not only work out. I am becoming more aware of what I actually am eating with MFP and it is amazing how little water I was drinking when I started actually counting. (I thought I was drinking a lot).

I am also wondering if my thyroid needs to be checked? I am 5'9" and need to lose 150 lbs. I tend to hide it well because of my height. However when I look back at High school pictures (when I was really in shape and physically active) I weighed 135 and was very healthy and not skinny at all. So I want to get back to where I was before I allowed non activity and the weight of the world to attach to me.

I am a Christian woman and love the Lord Jesus with all my heart. I want my body to represent the change He has so graciously done in my heart. I have spent the last several years walking out my faith focusing on the Jesus and His Word, now its time to allow all that He has done in me to show on the outside!

Thanks for Joining me in this journey.

kleinbuenstorf

Hi everyone and belated "Happy New Year" !!!!!

Haven't posted anything in weeks and weeks and thought to rejoin this wonderful group!!
Looking back at December : did not gain any weight through the holidays and completed "100 miles in December" challenge which I'm very happy about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I again joined "100 miles in January" and I have already completed 20 miles AND my weight is finally moving down again!!!
I was on a plateau since fall of last year!!
Time to do my grocery shopping and maybe a bit of yard work!!
Greetings from sunny Texas,
Desiree

jb_2011

Made my own recipe of Pasta & Vegetable Salad this morning, thought a few of you might like to try this.

Makes about 7 cups, keeps well in the fridge.

3 c. cooked pasta shells, 1/2 c. cooked frozen baby lima beans, 1 c. cooked frozen peas, 1 c. chopped parboiled zucchini, 1/2 c. chopped red onion, 1/2 c. chopped red bell, 1/2 c. reconstituted sun-dried tomatoes (not in oil), 22 medium black olives, 10 pieces marinated artichoke hearts, 4 cloves minced garlic, 1 T. extra virgin olive oil, 1/8 t. salt, dash each dried thyme, parsley and basil.

Per 1 cup serving: 184 calories, 4 calcium, 6 fat, 6 protein, 312 sodium, 296 potassium.

RebelRenny

Happy New Year!! Have been missing in action for quite a while. But here I am, back again. Meanwhile there are 10 pages of postings. Wow.

ttyl
Rebel

AHealthierSuzyQ

Just got the book my masseuse has been telling me about for months in today's mail: "Mastering Your Metabolism" 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones... What are you reading?

Pam3

Just got the book my masseuse has been telling me about for months in today's mail: "Mastering Your Metabolism" 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones... What are you reading?

i am reading the 17 day diet....interesting....my dinner today was grilled tilapia and leftover quinoa with the butternut squash.....my tummy is happy and full...now to wash my teeth so i dont eat anything else....have a good evening everyone:flowerforyou:

cathys01

Hi Ladies:

I had an amazing day today!! The other law clerk in my office had decorated my office this morning all full of balloons and streamers, all in my favourite colour - pink, it was fun; then she treated me to lunch and bought me a beautiful sweater. The only downside was, I ate more than I should have and I said no birthday cake, but she brought cupcakes and I had one :grumble:

Barbie - I love your picture, it is amazing

To the Newcomers, Welcome!!

This was just a quick visit, I only wanted to make sure I logged on and did not get too far behind in these numerous posts :happy:

Have a great evening, Everyone.

Take care.

Love, Cathy xx

sandiwelborn

I'm 52 and a mother to five grown children who have blessed me with nine grand babies (seven are girls!). In 2012 three more little one will be added for me to love.....and chase after! I feel like a bad example being over weight and out of shape and I want to change that so I've started (AGAIN) with a fresh outlook for 2012! I want this year to be my year! I'm hoping this form and app will really make a difference in my success. At 52 I know my main road block is consistency! So that is what my goal is for 2012...to be consistant and no matter what keep moving forward! Here's to a wonderful 2012 for all of us!

Blessings.....Sandi

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Nancy, I requested “Strength Training for Women” at the library…..it’s out right now and someone else has requested it ahead of me, but I’m patient.

:flowerforyou: Kackie, the first thing I learned about heart rate monitors is that they figure in your weight and age along with heart rate to determine how many calories you burn…..any list on a website won’t have those extra variables in mind….also, as you lose weight, you burn fewer calories doing the same thing.

:flowerforyou: Candu, welcome to the most supportive group of women I’ve ever known. Have you been doing belly dancing long? There’s a class where I live but I’ve never gone because I already go to three line dance classes a week and I have to guard against going overboard. When I have trouble sleeping, I go to the guest room and get in the bed and read my book---if I fall asleep, that’s great, and if I don’t then I get some uninterrupted reading time.

:flowerforyou: Genealace, I am a knitter, too. What are you knitting now?

:flowerforyou: Celticmuse, I was at goal for a long time and then I relaxed too much and put on three pounds and have been fighting with them ever since…….the last three are the toughest to get rid of……I need to stay away from the nuts and raisins. :laugh:

:flowerforyou: FitnessBarbie, you have some very admirable goals

:flowerforyou: Amckenna, recording my food was my first goal and it made a huge impact on my commitment

:flowerforyou: Jb, I love your salad ideas…..we eat a lot of salads in spring and summer when fresh veggies are best, plentiful, and more affordable

:flowerforyou: Mixdouble, what’s the name of the book with the great circuit training workout? I agree with you about logging food ahead of time so there are no surprises and no opportunities to make foolish decisions.

:flowerforyou: Rebel, it’s good to see you…..I’ve missed you

:flowerforyou: SuzyQ, I am reading "Younger Next Year for Women" and I recently finished "The Thin Commandments Diet"

:drinker: :bigsmile: My day has been the usual dog walking, line dancing, working on the income tax, and spending too much time on the computer :laugh:

barbiecat

Happy Birthday, Cathy,

This is a picture of you enjoying the sight of the birthday cake but not eating it.:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

amflautist

Hi all,
I working on mixing up my cardio work outs. Today was 30 min circuit training with light weights. I read about the workout in a book written by Olympic Rowing Medalist Brad Lewis. There are 7 exercises done in continuous sets of 10 reps with light weights. The idea is to keep your heart rate up and work specific muscle groups. The reps should not be done so fast that you lose technique. It is fun to do to bouncy dance music. Gotta watch that my heart rate stays in the target range. The exercise log shows this as strength training, but with the light weights it should be cardio.
I find that if I plan my food for the day and enter it on the log, I can stay on track better than if I have to go back and remember each thing I ate. Does that help any of you?

Does that help me? Would I be too bold if I said that your workouts put me to shame?
I just checked my local library. They don't have any of Brad Lewis's books. (Didn't he write Assault on Lake Casitas?) I'm trying to not buy so many books these days, but I am sure I know someone with a copy.

yellowrose5321

Hope everyone is having a wonderful, active day today!

@Cathy - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! and thanks so much for the friend request.

@Kackie - Great job getting that holiday weight off already! I've heard people say that the faster you can get it off, the easier it is.

@Celticmuse - I started the 30DS this week too. Could hardly move after the 1st session, but made it thru the 2nd one; not feeling as sore today. Last year, I was using walking as my cardio activity. I can walk forever, but the circuit workout knocked me for a loop! That's why I made a goal to vary my workouts more this year. I know my body has become accustomed to the walking and it's not burning as many calories now as it was before.

Congrats on being so close to your goal, too!! I'm sure you'll find the right combination of eating and exercising to get there this year.

@amckenna - I hope you find that the support from others here will make a difference. It's good to have to be accountable to someone. I read about a couple of studies recently that said that people who join in weight loss support groups lose more weight than those who try to do it alone.

Well, I spent all day in Dallas (I live in Ft Worth) helping my older son with a psychology paper he had to turn in this evening and waited too long to start on. So now it's time to go hit the treadmill.

Linda

westernjoy

Happy New Year!! Have been missing in action for quite a while. But here I am, back again. Meanwhile there are 10 pages of postings. Wow.

ttyl
Rebel

Welcome back Rebel.

westernjoy

Just got the book my masseuse has been telling me about for months in today's mail: "Mastering Your Metabolism" 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones... What are you reading?

Let us know how it is.

westernjoy

I keep reading in the post about the 17 day diet. What does consist of.

yellowrose5321

I keep reading in the post about the 17 day diet. What does consist of.

I've been curious too. And US News and World Report (I think) rated the Dash Diet as No. 1 just recently, so now I'll need to see what that one's all about too!

Marcelynh

74 degrees today. Raked leaves and ate a lot. lol But it was a beautiful day.

dog1128

Hi everyone, I am new at this, but I would really like some support in my journey to weight loss also. I need to lose 65 pounds or so for the long term goal. My short term goal is to lose 15 pounds by Feb 16. This is when I go snow skiing and I need to fit back in my outfit not to mention being able to ski without dying out there because of all this weight!!!!! I live in Louisiana so this is the onlly time I get to see snow!!!!!!!!!

janemartin02

Just stopped to read the posts.
Happy Birthday Cathy,hope it was a good one.
Busy day and in the am.
have a goodnight.Welcome all the new people.
HUGS
jane

astrosnider

Thanks for keeping this thread going, Barbie. I can't say I made my goals for November or December, but January should be a better month. No holidays devoted to food consumption. I am seriously committed to losing 5 pounds this month and to lose 20 by May 16, when I leave for Rome and a cruise to the Greek Islands. I went to my spinning class today and tomorrow will go to a newer class called Booty Barre. Plan to do at least three classes a week at the gym and work out on my own or walk with my husband on the other days. It's hard to lose weight once you have reached the advanced age of 66 as I have, but it's not impossible.

exermom

Boy, miss even one day and I'm so far behind.

First, let me welcome all the newcomers. What a wonderful thread you've joined! So happy to have you!

Suz - thanks so much for the comparison of sweet potatoes to white potatoes! Whenever I've logged my food, sweet potatoes always seemed to be so high in calories but they're really not when you start comparing them to white potatoes. Thanks, especially since I LOVE sweet potatoes. "If you can grown your own veges and eat them the same day, they are healthier"....may I add that they taste better, too??

Nancy - I take a bag of chickpeas, (I prefer the dry ones to the ones in a can since the canned ones are higher in sodium, and even if you rinse them, there will still be some sodium that soaked into them so I get the ones in a bag), let them soak overnight, then put them in the oven at about 450 for about 15 minutes (I check to see that they are brown and not burned so sometimes the time is a little different). Then I portion them into 1/2 cup servings, and that's IT. Good snack, high in fiber, high in protein, makes you want to drink water (I usually have about 24oz) so it's filling, and not high in calories. Win all around!

I'm so proud of myself, I went to WalMart today and looked in the bakery section, they had samples, but I had absolutely no desire for any. I'm so happy

I don't know what it is...but during dinner tonight, suddenly I got so very tired! I couldn't even finish my dinner (not that I had that much anyway)

genalace - I sure hope everything works out for you. Let us know what they say at the ER, OK?

yellowrose - I remember one time when I made this spinach manicotti. I thought it was good. But Vince wouldn't eat it unless it had meat in it, no spinach. So I made some with beef for him and the rest with spinach for me. Do you know that he expected me to cook them in separate pans??? I just said "it's bad enough I have to cook two different dinners, but I will NOT use two separate pans." Another time I was roasting mushrooms in one pan and in another I was making something for Vince. He SAID he could taste the mushrooms -- but I doubt it highly.

Susan - I'm in the same boat as you. Ever since Vince retired, we don't have dental insurance. Long story short -- I had a root canal (that I don't think I needed, but that's another story), to the tune of a few thousand dollars. Just what I needed! Then the tooth got infected so I had to have it extracted and a bridge made. I, too, started my day off in the dentist's chair! Not fun, that's for sure!

Question for anyone (especially the "gadget" people) - is there any type of item that you can take with you when you go for a walk that tells you how fast you are walking? The treadmill does that, but I'd also like to walk outside but I want to be sure I'm walking at a decent pace.

Pam - PJ became diabetic and it got to the point where he'd actually come up and meow for his insulin! He had no problem with getting it. Hope Roscoe turns out to be the same way. I think PJ somehow understood that getting the insulin made him feel better. At least that sounds good to me!

Robin - good luck on those interviews!

Susan - good for you not getting into that ice cream!

Cathy - happy birthday

mixdouble - I do a mixture of pre and post logging of my food. I find that at times it's really good to log my food BEFORE eating it as sometimes I will go over and not even know it. By logging before eating the food, I can adjust and either eat something different that's lower in calories or not have that item at all.

Did 50 min of Jillian Michael's Shred It with Weights DVD today, then went to the dentist, stopped at WallyWorld, came home and logged in, but before I knew it I had to leave for the Newcomer luncheon. I just had the soup. Well, part of that was because I had just been to the dentist and my gums were somewhat sore from the cleaning. The other part was that I really couldn't find anything that was decent, everything had all this cheese or dressings on it. Tomorrow I'll do an hour of deep water aerobics, then go play mahjongg.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

Harmony14

Wow - what a start to the new year and quite the kick off to my desire to have "gains and losses" in 2012 that were opposite to those of 2011.

I will be leaving a long term job to start a new one (Omy - what on earth was I thinking taking on a huge new challenge at this stage of my life ) that I was offered yesterday and that I am so excited about! It will be very challenging but the environment and my new coworkers are so positive,and the best thing is it seems like the right path for me. It just feels like such a happy place to work.

Had a teensy bump down on the scale putting me below the weight I have been carrying for the first time in several years and have done well with keeping away from emotional eating the last few days despite the tension in my current workplace, so I am feeling grateful and positive about that.

No change with my stepdad - the waiting game continues, but I am at peace with the what the future brings for him. Although it sure has bumped up the phone calls with my mom as she is dealing with his care (with the help of a home care nurse) and he is very cantankerous and often doesn't know who or where he is - we are also pretty sure he hasn't grasped the little time he has left which I think is a blessing for him in a way.

I was delighted to see all the posts that happened in the few days I was unable to check in to this thread - although I don't have time right now to make specific comments, I did read each and every one !! Wow - what an amazing group and so much support, caring and sharing. I am so happy I found you all.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: to everyone.

genealace

Had a nice evening out with my knitting friends. I was looking for what to take because I've been making socks and I'm right at the toe on two of them so knew that wouldn't be enough to keep me busy. I was rooting through a bag to see what was there and came across a bit of knitting so pulled it out. It is a little bolero that I was making for my great niece. I counted stitches and found it was size 2-3. She is now 5 so I pulled out all that was done and took it with me and started it again doing size 6 because I won't see her until next year when I go to UK.

Tomorrow I need to spend some time and read the instruction book to download some stuff on to my MP3 player that I got for Christmas, then I'll have something to listen to when I manage to get on to my treadmill.

And so to bed.

yellowrose5321

@Exermom - if you have an ipod/iphone/mp3 player, there are albums available on which the music has been recorded to a fairly consistent beat for walking or running. I got 2 from iTunes -- one has 50s hits, one has 60s. Since I have used them while walking on my treadmill, I know approx how fast and how far I go during the song list.

Another option -- if you walk a regular route and know the distance, or have a pedometer that will track your distance, and you know how many minutes you walked, a little math would tell you how fast. Distance divided by time = rate (speed) (sorry, I teach math :happy: those formulas just pop into my head!)

tabwrn

Well I should fit in with you all just fine. I am 54, almost 55. I am new to MFP, joined in Dec 2011. I never had a weight problem until I went through menopause and now I am fat!! I could stand to lose at least 30 lbs. My goal for January is to lose 5 lbs and become more consistent with exercise. I tend to give up easy, so I need the group motivation. I am not real good at figuring out how to stay under my daily carbs/proteins/fats yet. I tend to stay under calories, but sometimes go over in these other areas. I hope this gets easier with time. I want to thank whoever started this group...the graphics are adorable!! I am excited to get to know everyone. Terri E :flowerforyou:

wizzywig

Hi Started to read all the post, but so many that I'll have to catch up with you all later or I'll be late for work!

:drinker: Just wanted to say to you all thanks for being here, it's a good way to start the day reading how you are all doing, hope the inspiration stays with me for the rest of the day.

:ohwell: must dash.

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Happy Birthday Cathy hope it was a good one.

:flowerforyou: Barbie - looking good!!!

Really must dash.....

1960lisa

Question for anyone (especially the "gadget" people) - is there any type of item that you can take with you when you go for a walk that tells you how fast you are walking? The treadmill does that, but I'd also like to walk outside but I want to be sure I'm walking at a decent pace.

Michele... when I started doing my C25K thingy I was running outside and using the C25K app with gps... at the end of my session it told me my average speed as it could work out the distance I went.... if you have a smartphone there are apps to track your walk and tell you the speed, etc.... like this one for iphone http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/imapmywalk-walking-running/id307860824?mt=8

Marcelynh

Morning everyone. Headed out to take a walk with my daughter. She's in her last month of pregnancy so it won't be a cardio workout. Lol have a great day!

jb_2011

G'Morning, up n adam here since 4am. Dang dogs woke me up, lol. That's ok, it's not out of the ordinary and although my eyes are a tad scratchy, I'll be fine as the morning wears on. Going hiking with a friend around noon, I think we'll attack the steep trails over at Tryon since it hasn't rained overnight and the ground won't be too muddy. Hiking in NW Oregon can be a mucky trek this time of year.

Salad Sistas Day 4. It's paying off.....I'm down a pound this morning. 1200-1250 cals a day since starting the challenge on Tues, big salad for lunch, decent daily exercise. Stomach is on "E" this morning and grrrrrrrowling.

Happy Friday!