50+ WOMEN for the month of JUNE

Benson

Morning All

Patsigirl Congrats on the loss. 10 lbs is awesome

Debbie Nice new picture. I think you have a great attitude and you are fortunate to have the support of your family. You are right, the loss of Michael Jackson is very sad and also the loss of Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon. It was a truly sad day for the entertainment industry.

Last night I walked for 45 minutes and felt good about it. I waited until later so it would be cooler but I don't think I'll do that again because the mesquitos are the size of small planes:laugh:
I'll walk again tonight - I think for now 45 minutes is about enough. My foot hurts but at least I can walk today. It seems anything more than that and I'm decommissioned for a couple of days after. I'm also going to do 10 minutes on the elliptical twice a day. I hope to build from there.

Wishful - We celebrate Canada Day on July 1st but I always love going to Grand Marais, MN for the 4th of July festivities.

Have a good weekend everyone

Heather

LaurelFisher

I love it and am printing it out to post near the fridge. Have a wonderful day, Rosemary

Good Afternoon Ladies, :flowerforyou: I weighed in today since I will be away next week. To my surprise. :noway: ...another 3 lbs. I even noticed this morning my pants are getting easier to pull up:laugh: Doing the HAPPY DANCE :blushing: Talk to you in 7 day....

AHealthierSuzyQ

My brother's having surgery today and I have a case of the I-don't-want-tos. NOT a good combination!

weaklink109

My brother's having surgery today and I have a case of the I-don't-want-tos. NOT a good combination!

Susan,

I will keep your brother in my prayers. Take it easy today and take care of you. This is not the day to beat yourself up:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

weaklink109

Just a quick WOO HOO!!!I posted another lb. LOST today.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Maybe I will make it to 25 lbs. off by July 4th, or close to it.

When I look at the amount of calories the website says you burn while moving household items, I have hope, since I am helping a friend move out of an upstairs apartment tomorrow, so between the boxes and the stairs, I should burn a few. Just don't want to burn out my knees!!:laugh:

Barb

hellocc

oooooooooooooooops food :sad:
Hi

I hope everyone had a good day. Mine was a poo poo but it will NOT discourage me.

Actually I think I am doing better than I expected since my sister had surgery for colon cancer , one month ago, which is now spread thru out her whole body, she is only 68. My mother, who does not know, is 91 years old. I am in the middle of everything since my sister and brother in law have told me that I cannot tell Mom.

I am -37 cal for the day, worse part is that it is only 7:45 pm, my worse time of the night is coming. Guess I will have to tie my hands behind my head, ouch...:noway:

I was more than shocked, I had a Reece's Ult Peanut Butter Cookie. I put in the amount, 1 and it came up 370 cals. I thought, no way, I looked and it was 1/2 that amount. I checked again, and how I did not notice it but guess what, the program was right. I did have 1/2 plus the other half that made up for 1 cookie. The worse part is that it was not even that good, lol

ohhhhhhhh well, just another path in my new journey and I know that road will meet soon, the road to success

have a great night :happy:

hellocc

momof10

:yawn: just stopping by to see how everyone is doing.. it 9:35 p.m. everything is quite here tonight.. will we went shopping and the girls and i pick up fruit we can't even say the name and i never herad of some of them we are doing a lot of fruit latele and trying new things.we did some walkin tonight mydughter went up to the school track and when she got around a bit it started to down pour but she kept on going. it wasn't a cold rain so it was kinda of funny.well everyone have a nice night and my prayers out to family were needed...love debbie and family

AHealthierSuzyQ

My brother, Ken made it thorough the surgery fine but is in alot of pain. They won't get the biopsy results back until Tuesday. Thanks to all of you who have him on your prayer list. :flowerforyou:

I didn't exercise today as it was my usual mowing day. But I couldn't get the lawnmower to start.... so I didn't have those extra calories to work with. We took the inlaws out for supper at the local greasy spoon and I still I managed to only go over by 54 calories. Still not equal to my BMR. Whew! I weighed and measured and haven't lost a pound or an inch since last week. :grumble: I was expecting SOMETHING!

Saturday is my niece's baby shower ~ ANOTHER chance to overindulge, but I plan to stick with fruit.

1Sweets

Hi to all on this thread,

I was going to start up on a different motivational challenge thread but then I saw the 50+ group & was more interested in this one mainly because I will be turning 50 this October & have had back surgery summer before last. I ride my incumbent bike at home for 30 to 50 minutes a day lately. I'm feeling better now & think I can go for long walk again.

Do you think I qualify for this weight loss thread? I hope so. Please let me know what I need to do? I hope I'm not to late to join?:sad: :sad:

Thanks to all:flowerforyou:

weaklink109

Hi to all on this thread,

I was going to start up on a different motivational challenge thread but then I saw the 50+ group & was more interested in this one mainly because I will be turning 50 this October & have had back surgery summer before last. I ride my incumbent bike at home for 30 to 50 minutes a day lately. I'm feeling better now & think I can go for long walk again.

Do you think I qualify for this weight loss thread? I hope so. Please let me know what I need to do? I hope I'm not to late to join?:sad: :sad:

Thanks to all:flowerforyou:

Of course you qualify. We welcome all, and as far as age, it is not like being "carded" in a bar. You don't have to "prove" you are old enough and have enough infirmities to "qualify." :laugh: You are most welcome!! You will find this is a great group of ladies:flowerforyou:

Barb

momof10

:glasses: good morning i can not believe i am just getting going it is 10:28 and i just got out of bed an hour ago.. we have been up late the past few nights.. my breakfast iis good today cottage cheese and a peach.. lots of fruits this weekend..ok i just wanted to say good mornin today
mini goals
walk the sun is out
fruit
jounarl

love debbie and family

Wishful

Good afternoon, everyone!

Well, I can now jog 15 minutes without stopping. That's a huge gain for me. So far, I'm jogging indoors on a flat surface...kinda slow...but it's not walking.:laugh:

All of your troubles weigh on my heart. Things do get better with time usually. I hope brother Ken's biopsy turns out good.

Another hot day-drink plenty of water.

Bonnie

momof10

:drinker: water break so thought i would check in wilh everyone.. i have done some walking this morning and now i am going to go out side and doing lots of gardening that has become behind because of all the rain again. i haveen't been able to have any tag/craft sales thats not good. i am doing good with the water tonday that has become easy now ok my prayers and thoughts are with use and yours famly love debbie and family

walk
drink water

FITFORLIFE1944

HI ALL,

ZAZA, HOPE THINGS ARE GOING BETTER FOR YOU . YOUR POST SOUNDS UPBEAT. JUT TAKE THAT NASTY WORD "TRY" OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND SUBSTITUTE WILL. I JUST KNOW THAT YOU
WILL BE MAKING BETTER EATING CHOICES, OF COURSE YOU WILL.:flowerforyou:

HEATHER, HOW WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOUR DAUGHTER RECEIVE A HUMANITARIAN AWARD. ALSO THE WORDS OF THE TEACHER, WHAT A COMPLIMENT TO YOU. LET US KNOW HOW
YOUR SON DID ON HIS TEST.

VICKI, HOPE YOUR DAY WAS FUN.

MARIE, YOU ARE DOING GREAT WITH THE EXERCISE. WOW, BIKE RIDING, SWIMMING AND BL BOOTCAMP DVD. FANTASTIC.:flowerforyou:

LYNN, GOOD FOR YOU. DON'T LET DEPRESSION ROB YOU OF YOUR GOALS.:flowerforyou:

ESTHER, MISSED YOU. DO HOPE THINGS START GETTING BETTER FOR YOU.:flowerforyou:

DEBBIE, YOU ARE DOWN 5LBS NOW.:flowerforyou: EXCELLENT, YOU ARE DOING GREAT. KEEP EATING THOSE VEGGIES AND FRUITS. GLAD THE FAMILY IS SUPPORTING YOU IN YOUR EFFORTS.

BONNIE, TO BE ABLE TO JOG INDOORS OR OUT, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. GLAD FOR YOU.:flowerforyou:

IKNOWICAN, WELCOME. 9 POUNDS GONE.:flowerforyou: YOU ARE OFF TO A GOOD START.

SUSAN, VERY GLAD FOR KEN. WILL KEEP PRAYING FOR HIM. STAY ON TRACK. SOMETIMES OUR BODIES DON'T COOPERATE, BUT IT WILL ALL EQUAL OUT IN THE END IF YOU JUST KEEP GOING.:flowerforyou:

HELLOCC, SO SORRY FOR YOUR SISTER. IT'S HARD TO KEEP THINGS FROM YOUR MOM.
IF YOU DO GO OVER YOUR CALORIES, TRY TO MAKE SURE IT IS WITH VEGGIES AND FRUIT AND NOT FATTENING TREATS.

BARB, CONGRATS ON ANOTHER POUND GONE. EACH POUND GONE BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO YOUR GOAL. :flowerforyou:

LAURIE, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU DID THE RIGHT THING IN GETTING THE LAP BAND SURGERY.
I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL VACATION.:flowerforyou:

ROSEMARY, GREAT THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR VACATION. WAY TO GO. ANOTHER 3LBS
GONE, WONDERFUL.:flowerforyou:

PATSIGIRL, ANOTHER 4LBS :flowerforyou: GLAD YOU ARE ENCOURAGED BY THE WEIGHT LOSS.

TAKE CARE EVERYONE.:flowerforyou:
ANNE

vickim26

Good evening all,
Just wanted to check in before turning in for the night. I had a very busy day. Did some errands. Then mowed the lawn. My dad gave us some bricks from his house that he was not using to put around our pool. So for 3 hours we hauled bricks, hauled sand, cut grass. I also grilled some meat for supper and for tomorrow. Wore my HRM the whole time. When I recorded it was 1400 calories for the 3 hours. Also went for a swim after but did not even record that. I hope all of you continue to do well. Debbie the yard work burns a lot of calories so keep it up. I am thinking of doing my neighbors lawns. LOL. Talk to you ladies tomorrow.
Vicki

healthier4me

Good Sunday morning everyone and a big hearty welcome to the new members that have joined us:flowerforyou:

Yesterday I did laundry, cleaning, cut the grass, swam and got in a bike ride (when it got a little cooler in the evening:bigsmile: ) My knee is still being a pest so I had to baby it a little but I still perservered. Today the sun is shining again and that further inspires me to get outside and enjoy it especially since the forecast is for rain for the next 5 days! My DH discovered the problem with my bicycle seat was the angle it was positioned at (when we raised it) so it is not so uncomfortable and makes for a much improved ride. Oh, it is the little things in life that makes me so happy these days

Plans are coming along for our next camping adventure:bigsmile: It is a yearly music festival that we have attended now for 29 years (we had a few years in there when someone had the nerve to get married that weekend and we couldn't attend the festival:grumble: ...) but we enjoy attending it and look forward to it each and every year. We have met some wonderful people and only get to visit with them at that event. It is always a good time:laugh:

It is hard to believe that June is almost over:noway: Time sure does go by so quickly. Best wishes for everyone to have a super day filled with happy times...remember to do something nice for yourself...you deserve it:flowerforyou:

Cheers:drinker: :drinker:

Marie

healthier4me

Good evening all,
Just wanted to check in before turning in for the night. I had a very busy day. Did some errands. Then mowed the lawn. My dad gave us some bricks from his house that he was not using to put around our pool. So for 3 hours we hauled bricks, hauled sand, cut grass. I also grilled some meat for supper and for tomorrow. Wore my HRM the whole time. When I recorded it was 1400 calories for the 3 hours. Also went for a swim after but did not even record that. I hope all of you continue to do well. Debbie the yard work burns a lot of calories so keep it up. I am thinking of doing my neighbors lawns. LOL. Talk to you ladies tomorrow.
Vicki

Vicki I am curious what kind of HRM you have? Mine is the Polar F6 (with the chest strap) and no matter how much exercise, yard work, shovelling snow or snowshoeing etc could I ever get that many calories recorded...I wonder if there is something wrong with mine....

Marie

momof10

:flowerforyou: flowers from my garden to all. slow morning here today. going to work in a little and bringing one grandchild back home. will this morning we are eating mangos we have never tried them i have to say i like it. so we will pick up more of these.. my hubby is out deep sea fishing today so fresh fish tonight. cod and haddock they are out of gloceters mass. we are having more rain today but when i get home i am going for a walk. does everyone eat yogart and if so what kind and if not how come.. i am trying them also. eggs to how do everyone eat eggs or not and why ok thoughts and prayers with all hope everyone has a nice day love debbie and family

vickim26

Yours may be more accurate than mine because of the chest strap constantly monitoring you heart rate. Mine is a watch type, sportline. I have to press and check heart rate very often so it is not as accuarte. I do not chart all of the calories that it shows on a day like yesterday because of this. I dont eat my exercise calories anyway so it really does not matter. Mine does come very close to the machines at the gym most days though. How is your heart rate. Do you get it up like it should be. I notice that my calories are much more the more my heart rate is. When I ride my bike or do yardwork or the elliptical at the gym my heart rate goes the highest. On the treadmill I have to do a lot to get my heart rate high. Yesterday I just wore my watch for those 3 hours and pressed the heart rate every now and then so those numbers are not usual. I hope this helps.
Vicki

vickim26

Debbie I eat yogurt and eggs. I usually pan fry my eggs with a cooking spray. Adds no calories and I like them this way. Like to dip my toast or english muffin in the yellow. I use whole grain for both of these. I eat yoplait low fat yogurt 100 calories a serving. They have many flavors and all of the ones I tried are good. There are many types of yogurt so just try them until you get one you like. My granddaughters love it also. sometimes I have to hide to eat it so they dont eat it all. LOL. You are doing so well. Keep up the good work.
Vicki

Lianne95519

Hi everyone,
My thoughts and prayers are with those going through trials and suffering this week.:brokenheart:

Well we had a busy week. Our 13 year old grandson came for a visit. He is a very sweet boy. Lots of fishing, dog playing, movies and he and grandpa ate lots of food that I did not eat. Austin’s last day here we took him to the local fair. They had fair food topped off with a “funnel cake”. I never saw that before. I did great. I allowed myself one small popcorn and saw a difference in the scale the next day. (not good--Water retention) I went on the Ferris wheel (I don’t like heights so Austin teased me by rocking the seat) I screamed and laughed till my sides hurt. I also went on the Graviton. I think it was fun but I had to look around the room and remind myself that there are little children on this ride and everyone seems to be getting through it so maybe I am not going to die. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Austin and my husband went on the Zipper. This ride is so scary looking for so many reasons and my husband (the king of understatement) did say it went on forever. I am certain that I would have been carried off that one if I had tried it. Upside-down, round and round and the operator looked like a sociopath.:sick: :sick: :sick:
I am preparing for my surgery Wednesday by getting a pedicure Monday among along with more spiritual things. I won’t be bending my knee for a while so tending to my toes seems like a good idea.
This group helped me get through the food feast of my grandson’s visit and will help me as I recover from surgery. I continue to lose weight in part due to the inspiration I get from reading your shares.

You all are great and lets all raise a big full glass of water to cheer us on.:drinker: :drinker:

Lianne from sunny Fieldbrook:glasses: :glasses:

weaklink109

:flowerforyou: Good Sunday morning to all

I am in "recovery mode"--having spent a very lo-o-o-o-ng day helping a close friend move from an apartment to a much larger townhouse, since her niece has come all the way from Arkansas to Washington to attend college here. Talk about culture shock!! The young woman has also lived in Illinois, and she is a very motivated sharp cookie--is planning to go to med school, and by the way she kept her male 14 year old cousin and his two friends in line during the move, I think she will have NO trouble achieving whatever she sets out to do!!

Anyway, my poor doggies must have thought I abandoned them forever. Thank goodness for doggie doors--didn't get home until about midnight!!:yawn:

We worked very hard all day, then my friend took all of us "helpers" to dinner at a buffet restaurant. Unfortunately, this regional chain does not choose to post nutritional info on its website--so I sent them a comment to wake them up!!:laugh: I "guestimated" my calories for that meal, and my activities while working on the move. My weight is up a couple of pounds this morning, but I will attribute that to water retention and move on. I have had this happen before and when I stay on course the next day, my weight re-adjusts back to its former location the next day. It was about time for a zig zag day anyway.:bigsmile:

Thanks to a late night soak in epsom salts and a couple of Ibuprofen, I woke up this morning feeling pretty good, considering. The biggest problem I have is that when I got home last night, I found that someone helping to unload items being moved had taken the bag containing my walking shoes, shorts and a shirt--items I wore during the day before we went to dinner--out of my car, so that means it is "somewhere" in my friends new home. Guess I will be going back there today after all.

It did give me justification for NOT going for a walk before church though, so maybe it isn't so bad after all!!!:laugh:

I may not hit my 4th of July goal, but I expect to be pretty close, and I have come a long way since Easter. I just found another pair of pants that haven't fit in years that now does. :drinker: :drinker:

Have a great Sunday, and keep on drinking :drinker: :drinker: WATER that is!!

BTW that "metabolism" peach tea that Crystal Light makes is pretty good. The single packs make it easy to doctor up 16-20 oz of water. A little hint, if you are not mixing it in a water bottle and shaking, as they intended: Put some of your water in your glass and a few ice cubes and stir well, or else you can have trouble with it not dissolving completely--which leaves strange green colored splotches on your glass. They may look odd, but the taste is just fine. I like that there is just a touch of caffieine in it, but not enough to effect my sleep. I haven't tried the "energy" version yet--it has a stronger caffeine "jolt" according to the package info.

I have to skedaddle to get some doggies out side before I leave this morning.

Barb

zaza54

Hi-
I guess I’ve been busy – haven’t been on in a few days. Just want to say a quick hello and that I have been to an exercise class almost every day and that felt good. My legs have had it tho – feeling a little achy today and I only mowed the lawn for about 20 minutes. My food choices haven’t been perfect (not one but two pieces of cake yesterday at my niece’s graduation party, but I did not have any bread!:laugh: ), but I have been sticking to my cut-off time of nothing caloric past 9:30 p.m.

I did want to congratulate Heather on her daughter’s award. :flowerforyou: That’s an especially wonderful award and you are justifiably proud and moved. As a mom, it is just the best!

Marie, I am so impressed with the bike riding.
I am trying to muster the energy to go for a walk. Actually, forget the walk – I better get to the store. My husband mowed most of the lawn and is doing the Costco run and he went to the supermarket this morning for breakfast items. We’re missing a few things for dinner and I guess the least I can do is get off my butt and go, especially since my husband is also making dinner.

Esther, so glad to see you on here!:flowerforyou:

Patsigirl, great job with the weight loss!! :drinker: Keep it up.

IKnowICan, welcome to the ladies over 50! :flowerforyou: You’ll be there soon enough. It’s not so bad (I lied, but the alternative is not desirable so we make the best of it :laugh: )

Susan, I hope your brother is feeling better. We are all hoping and praying for a good result on the biopsy. Waiting is tough.

My son needs me to wrap his girlfriend’s present ASAP so have to go without finishing reading this thread so sorry I didn’t get to everyone. Hope you’re all having as lovely a week-end as I am. Family is everything.
Zaza

momof10

:drinker: drinking water and having a small break is it just me or did june go by fast because i thought i was just setting my goal for june and i just relize there is only two days left.today has been a slow day and i have been thinking and maybe i should get moving instead. wow july is almost here. hum. i have been folding and putting away landry waiting for mark to come home from deep sea fishing they are off the boat he than is going to work at 8 tonight. wow. ok everyone have a nice afternoon the sun is out again so i am going out for a walk.. love debbie and family

FITFORLIFE1944

DEBBIE,

I ALSO EAT YOPLAIT YOGURT, LIGHT. I LIKE ALL FLAVORS AND MIX BERRIES INTO IT. I LIKE EGGS ALL DIFFERENT WAYS, SCRAMBLED, EASY OVER, CHEESE OMELET, BOILED FOR EGG SALAD. I ALSO EAT EGG BEATERS SOMETIMES.

ANNE

dricotta1

HI gang,
Here's a picture of our newest "Island girl"
Just checking in from very sunny Saipan! The internet is not always reliable here so haven't posted in sometime. I miss you all and it was great to do some catching up on posts.

Life here is great, if a little hotter than I would wish, and it lovely to spend time w/ the grandaughters. The new one is 6 weeks today and growing well.

There isn't a good way to check my weight which makes me a little nervous. but I'm trying really hard to be careful about food. It feels like my clothes are also looser, so hopefully I will not have gained any.

My best all. I'll be back in the middle of July. Diane

healthier4me

HI gang,
Here's a picture of our newest "Island girl"
Just checking in from very sunny Saipan! The internet is not always reliable here so haven't posted in sometime. I miss you all and it was great to do some catching up on posts.

Life here is great, if a little hotter than I would wish, and it lovely to spend time w/ the grandaughters. The new one is 6 weeks today and growing well.

There isn't a good way to check my weight which makes me a little nervous. but I'm trying really hard to be careful about food. It feels like my clothes are also looser, so hopefully I will not have gained any.

My best all. I'll be back in the middle of July. Diane

Hi Diane

Glad to hear from you, your newest grandbaby is gorgeous Take care of yourself, it will be nice to hear about your trip on your return:bigsmile:

Marie

Wishful

Diane, she's a cutie. Congratulations!

healthier4me

Yours may be more accurate than mine because of the chest strap constantly monitoring you heart rate. Mine is a watch type, sportline. I have to press and check heart rate very often so it is not as accuarte. I do not chart all of the calories that it shows on a day like yesterday because of this. I dont eat my exercise calories anyway so it really does not matter. Mine does come very close to the machines at the gym most days though. How is your heart rate. Do you get it up like it should be. I notice that my calories are much more the more my heart rate is. When I ride my bike or do yardwork or the elliptical at the gym my heart rate goes the highest. On the treadmill I have to do a lot to get my heart rate high. Yesterday I just wore my watch for those 3 hours and pressed the heart rate every now and then so those numbers are not usual. I hope this helps.
Vicki

Thanks for the info...yes I do get my heart rate up in fact sometimes it is higher than it should be so I have to be careful there. Initially I have noticed that when I compare my HRM readout to the machines I have been using (treadmill & stationary bike) the numbers on the machine always registered about twice as much. It sure was an eye opener when I got my HRM

Thanks again for sharing your info:flowerforyou:

Marie

doobiedoo

I log in every day and read posts daily, but I don't get the time to post very often. I still have 5 children at home and since we homeschool, we take advantage of the summer break to get a lot of projects done. We are well under way with them and have made some good strides. I do appreciate all of you ladies and I realize I need to post more often and interact more for the support I need from you all. I have more to lose and I am going to keep going until I get to my goal. I think I need to make small daily goals and not try to look at the whole picture.
Debbie: I notice how your ticker is going down. Good job!!
Well, I must go for now. Until tomorrow....