WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012
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I've seen a few people mention banking calories. Is there somewhere on MFP that you bank calories?
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MFP looks perfectly normal to me.
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Hi
I've seen a few people mention banking calories. Is there somewhere on MFP that you bank calories?
Cath
:flowerforyou: There is no place on MFP to "bank" calories but many people have a day from time to time when they exceed their allotted calories and try to balance that by keeping calories lower on other days......that has never worked for me, because I need the fuel all day every day to keep my body going.....instead, I am careful to feed myself only nutrition dense foods and avoid "treating" myself to foods that do nothing to nourish me.....i treat myself with adventures and toys.:bigsmile:0 -
Good morning, happy weekend! Sun's just coming up, clear blue skies, we'll be replanting tomatoes today.
Picked up a few replacements at a nearby nursery, still need to grab a few more.
Michele and wizzywig, MFP hasn't changed on my end, Computer gremlins do strange things sometimes, infuriating! :explode: Hope everything's back to normal for you today.
Welcome hazymary, you've done an excellent job with your weight loss, congrats! My head spins, too, trying to figure out ways to make the scale go consistently downwards, no matter how many calories I burn it seems I don't lose unless I faithfully stay right around 1200 calories. Lately I've been toying with eating more, and guess what...scale is going the wrong way. :grumble:
Needmorewillpower, love your name, lol. Welcome. Let us know how you're doing, and good luck staying away from the sweets. They drive me crazy, once I start I cannot stop.
Cath and fitz, thanks for the encouraging words. I'm trying to remain positive. Worrying doesn't solve problems, does it. :ohwell:
Kat, happy 21 to your daughter! That's so sad about the palsey. :sad: Have a wonderful time visiting, and good for you staying out of the chocolate and cupcakes.
Nancy, 3 more weeks! :noway: Oh my goodness. You'll certainly have ants in your pants :laugh: by the time you're able to put weight on your foot. Hang in there, stay busy. 600 calories of pure DQ Blizzard bliss.....ah! Nice sweet treat, glad you enjoyed it!
Well I should scoot. Lots to do today. First things first, plan my meals. I don't plan to fail today! Scale has been giving me warning signs - flashing red lights of little increases over the last few days. I refuse to let it get the better of me.
I've been feeling good, did SWSY yesterday, 24 push ups without struggling. Yep yep!
Wishing everyone a very good day! :flowerforyou:
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Hello ladies
Something strange is going on! I can see blue skies and sunshine. Wow, first time in what seems a very long time. Although it's still not particularly warm and I think I could have done with an extra layer of clothes on the way to work this morning.
So far it's been a busy day. I have been proof reading our new catalogue and my eyes feel as if they are hanging out of my head. It doesn't help that I am having to switch between English and Latin, with the odd ancient spelling thrown in for good luck. It will be worth it in the end though - I am looking forward to seeing the end product.
Yesterday was horrible. Simply horrible. I'm not going to go into it too much but it mainly concerns my daughters and my gorgeous grandtwins. Most of my troubles stem from SOB son-in-law. It's his birthday today and I was even nice enough to send him a card and gift. No doubt I will not be thanked for it. Anyway, I spent the first half of yesterday in tears (Michelle, believe me, I know what you are going through). Finally I got myself dressed and went for a long walk around the village, including visiting every single shop and having two cups of coffee and a skinny hot chocolate in the coffee shop (not all at once, I made three distinct visits). I ended up spending far too much money on a dress and some books, but it kept the tears away for a few hours.
I totally hate being at odds with anybody, but it's not getting any better. It looks unlikely that the rift between myself and SOBSIL is going to be breached which in turn means that I am unlikley to get much time with my most darling grandbabies.
Change the subject Amanda!!! No time for tears at work.
Tomorrow I am going to have a day free from caffeine and stick to fluids only. My body needs a bit of recovery time and I think a good cleansing will help.
Better push on with some work now.
I hope you lovely women are having a good weekend. Do something just for you today please.
Love to you all.
Amanda x0 -
Jen – I am in New Mexico (NM) which is below Colorado and between Texas and Arizona. We are a desert state.
Kat – I love Vinasu yoga! I think it is the best, but hard to find. Right now, I am back to doing Tai Chi as I can not find a Vinasu class. I did find a good Tai Chi app for my Ipad.
Michelle, sorry about Vince getting hurt and not being able to go on you trip. I hope you do get to go sometime soon.
Barbie - the video hit Facebook yesterday. I think almost everyone I know reposted it. It took up the whole page of "News" last night. It was a great video. Thanks for sharing.
Congradulations to all of you who are loosing weight and sticking to your plans! That is awesome. :flowerforyou: Flowers to all struggling. I am in that bunch.
My new boss that I got in September is a jerk. I will be the only one left from the "old" boss as of July 1rst. I love my job and the center where I work, but have started looking. It will be hard considering the economy and my age. I need only 3 more hears before I can retire at 62. Not that I will be able to not work, but I could find something part time to add to my retirement until I turn 65.
The doctors think Mom's heart is starting to fail. She just started showing signs of her age about a month ago(at 94). I have to make dinner for them and for us. It's hard when we all can't eat the same thing at dinner time. Dad at 92 is trying to pick up some of the slack, which is cute considering he isn't much better. But, he is trying. My kids are pitching in too and covering lunch on the days when no home health care is here.
Hubby is still being a pain and can barely even walk any more. I fear he will be in a wheel chair before he is 60. He is getting grumpier by the day and resents my parents being here and is pushing the kids to move out as soon as they are 18. Neither of them are in any rush to leave the nest and want to focus on going to college without getting into more debt than they need to.
I thought there would be some easy years in life during the middle years, but it does not seem it will be that way.
On the bright side, my son took his GED test (state test for a High School Diploma) and we hope to hear back anyday now and we hope he passed. We will have a big party just as if it was a high school graduation. He will start at the community college in the fall as it will be easier for him to attend and succeed. My daughter is doing well in school.
Sorry, for whining about everything, but I must say, I do feel better. Now, to get the house cleaning and all chores done today. Tomorrow I am not cooking or cleaning. lol
Jeannie0 -
Hello All,
I'm not new to the group, but new to finally getting around to some boards and motivation help. Been struggling with some health setbacks since October and need to start refocusing on me!! Please feel free to add me as a friend!0 -
Good Morning everyone well last night I fell off my plan I am disguseted with my self. Barb I need to change to your way of eatting and thinking food is fuel. I hate when I sabotage myself. My plan is to get back on track today. When we go to Canada later this month we will be in Kitchner for my SIL 50th anniversary. Our Son and his family will also be coming with our grandangels. My son and his wife adopted to older children from the foster care system in Georgia. The girls are birth sisters 11 and 7 we have had them for almost 2 years now. The girls haven't meet that side of the family and they have never been out of the country so we will also go to Niagra Falls which will be so fun for them. Happy mothers day:flowerforyou: to all the mothers we will be at the youngest grandaughters ballet recital and then dinner with sons family. 0
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Ok, dahlings, no mega-post today. I'm caught up. :happy:
Did you know that Panago Pizza delivers a rather good salad with roasted peppers, olives and feta cheese? :noway: As you have heard before Friday nights are always pizza and wine nights around here. However...last night I substituted the salad for my portion. Held the wine at 1/2 bottle too. Now, I could have made essentially the same salad from what I have in the fridge, and might, next week. There's something decadent about having food delivered, though, that makes it feel like Friday!
Today's project is to cheer DH and J'boy on as they load the spring rakings and trimmings to go to the recycle depot, plan next week's menus and grocery list, and get ready for the last Dinner Club evening of the season. We are a group of 6 couples and meet for dinner at each other's homes 6 times over the winter. Each couple chooses the theme for the evening. Tonight's hosts are NASCAR fans so the evening's theme is "Tailgate Party: Southern Hospitality, Northern Style". :ohwell: That does not sound like a very MFP friendly menu. Portion control, portion control.
I left a planter full of lettuces (variety pack) and a bottle of fine balsamic vinegar at my parent's place for my Mum's mother's day gift. She's an MFP'er too, so she appreciated the message. Not only that, but all the different kinds of greens look really pretty growing in the lime green planter. Apparently, if she just clips off the tops of the leaves they'll re-grow and she can have fresh salads all season.
Hi Mary! Cranbrook is an hour’s drive east of home, for me. It’s not at all like our valley, though. The environment is warmer and gentler here! There are no orchards or vineyards near Cranbrook.
Fitz, I hope you had a great time at your wedding anniversary movie & fishing & all. :flowerforyou: We’ve made a couple of road trips down the Columbia and the Oregon coast. I wonder if we went through Banks?
HazyMary, welcome. What kind of strength training do you do?
Sarah! I know how greasy my kitchen can get during one extravagant baking project. Can’t imagine a school kitchen with a dozen or more in progress. I hope your students do clean-up with you. It’s all part of the job, right? :bigsmile: Your school greenhouse & Farmer’s Market projects sound fantastic! That’s something we could do here if we had a dedicated & inspired teacher like you to get the ball rolling and keep it going. You say “the students do the work” but I know how big a role you play too. I don’t know if I’ve been in Hamilton, but DH is from Oshawa and he knows the area well.
Kat, I hope your daughter is OK. :flowerforyou: My dad and a friend of mine have both had Bells Palsey. It’s not much fun.
Wizzywig, good job on the loss! Yes, calorie dense foods are better. I have completely given up fruit juice. It’s too “costly” in calorie terms.
Jen, I’m looking forward to hearing what you decide to do for your DD’s 21st. 90% healthy food is pretty darn good, I’d say. :drinker: Well done.
Amanda, I’m sorry to hear the drama with SOBSIL goes on. :flowerforyou: Good for you, limiting the damage to coffee and skinny hot chocolate. The new dress is a good idea, because you know you look good, it's less tempting to fall for the food comfort!
Jeannie, It sounds like you are the “stuck in the middle” generation for sure. Fingers crossed for your son’s successful GED.
Happy Weekend, Happy Mother's Day. :drinker: :flowerforyou:
Hasta pronto,
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Split a large Boston Rustic Italian pizza with 5 others with my cycling group today and when I entered it......560 calories and 120% of my sodium.......yikes!
Happy Mothers' Day to all tomorrow.
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Great news, ladies Mark (DS) is NOT going to Afghanistan...I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am..he of course is disappointed, but for once I don't care!!! I did ride 12 miles on bike today and had a massage, so all that plus our news...I am thinking I have had an awesome day.
Happy Mother's Day to all.
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I've been at this since January, but didn't join up with MFP until February. Anyway, in April I finally made it into healthy range by my BMI which was a major accomplishment. My son is getting married May 26 and I set a scale number for that date. I am 4 pounds away at the moment. Would love to get there, don't know that it's doable, but I'm gonna try.0
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walker - what are your sons going to be making you for dinner?
Mary - I don't know, either, but it seems that I'm about the only one who sees these changes, wonder if some setting on my computer was inadvertently changed? I'll have to ask Vince.
katie - maybe one of the reason we hold onto the weight the older we get is because we have more and more to worry about, more stress. So sorry to hear about your daughter. I remember when Bryan turned 21, he was going to college here in NC (bible belt). We got this letter about how turning 21 isn't a reason to go out and drink blah, blah, blah. So what did I make and send him? A whiskey cake! Happy birthday to your daughter
Viv - oh, thanks for confirming that I'm NOT going crazy. Aren't these MFP changes the pits???? I wish it would show the calories in red or green so I know at a glance if I'm over or under. But everything is black. Are things running together for you, too. Like the first and second lines on the main page. I certainly hope that MFP isn't going to stay this way, it's horrible.
Amanda - I'm sorry you are going thru this. Shopping seems to help, doesn't it? Don't understand it, but I'm not complaining. sure beats eating brownies, that's for sure!
Jeannie - we were talking some about rescheduling the trip. We're getting the pool this summer so Vince was thinking that it would be a good idea to reschedule it for early June. to be honest, I don't think I could deal with more disappointment. If we went over there and he hurt his back again, I just don't know. To be in a strange country, not speak the language real well (at least he does better than I do), my inclination is to wait until next April or May. We'll talk about it more. We just need to make a decision before 10 tomorrow night when the flight takes off.
Nancy - let me know about that NASCAR get together. Vince is a big NASCAR fan, and I might get some ideas for a social for the Newcomers.
Jen - fantastic news!!!!! For sure you'll have a great Mother's DaySandy - congrats on all fronts (BMI, your son's wedding, etc). Glad you're with us.
Did an hour of yoga today. Tomorrow I'll do an hour of hula hoop on the Wii.
Hope everyone has a great evening.
Michele0 -
Good Morning, the sun is shining which makes a nice change. :glasses: :glasses: I'm feeling good this morning, was down half a pound. Got 3,239 steps on my ped so far. (I'm aiming for 15,000) and I have just ordered SWSY and SWSS from Amazon. Time to walk the walk! I can spend money on crisps and biscuits so why not "treat" myself to these books. I've heard quite a bit about them from you dear ladies so thought I'd take the plunge. Had a good day yesterday cleaning out the back room, it looks much better now. Still a bit of junk in there though :bigsmile: baby steps for me as I hate to throw things out. Now I need to have a de-clutter my bedroom. I made a start last week in putting clothes not used for one reason or another out to charity but need to do the same to the wardrobe I have dresses in there that I'll never wear. In fact I can't remember the last time I wore a dress!
MFP is still looking strange to me, not sure if it something to do with my computer, but it seems Michele is having the same trouble, is it only us two? Is everyone else's looking normal. Another thing I can't do now is when I enter some food I had the option of looking up the nutritional value so I could add the amount but now I have to post it to my food diary to show the calories ..... this is not always accurate and I need to add to the weight. I'm probably not explaining it very well :ohwell: :noway:
:frown: Back to work tomorrow, I've really enjoyed my week off ..... can't wait until I retire but I've recently found out that I will not get my state pension until I am 67yrs. A few years ago women could get their pension at 60 yrs then it was changed to be the same as men at 65 yrs now they've moved the goalposts again! How depressing!
:flowerforyou: Time to move .... need to log my breakfast and plan for the day.
Have a good Sunday
Viv0 -
Good morning ladies from my gloriously sunny corner of the world & welcome to new friends. You will love it here.
I still need to do some catch up reading but thought I'd mention that a few folks do seem to be have viewing problems. There's a thread on Tech Support with suggestions that some have found helpful.
I need to knuckle down & take my healthy lifestyle seriously - I'm joining the Grandma club for the first time later this year & I don't want there to be anything I can't do.
Will go & catch up wit the posts now so see you later ladies & enjoy your day.
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So much to read and catch up on, that will be tomorrows pleasure with a cuppa. Quickly tonight a note. Mothers Day is over for me as many of you just begin. My daughter and I and hubby got up early put on our walking gear and went and joined 10,000 others in doing the Mothers Day Classic 4 or 8km run/walk. No breakfast in bed for me. I did the 8km (5 miles) walk, my daughter managed 4km (she has an injury) and my husband sits and waits for us to come round and tries to take photo's. My new profile pic is of us putting in PINK LACES, pink is the theme for the day and this is a big fundraiser for Breast Cancer. It was good to do, slow pace for the first 4km due to the crowd and then about 4/5 finish and the rest of us repeat the loop, and I got my pace up a little quicker. Nice healthy lunch at daughters place, and then over indulged at dinner with my mum at her club. A good mothers day.
:flowerforyou: WISHING YOU ALL A HAPPY MOTHERS DAY.0 -
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. The weather is georgeous today so I will be enjoying it with DH and we are making mexican tonight. He makes the best fresh salsa and we are doing skirt steak and shrimp fajitas for dinner. It my kind of day. :bigsmile:
The fitbit is really working for me. I got over 11,000 steps yesterday and I climbed 16 flights of stairs. It keeps me moving all the time. I want to see those numbers climb. I love the fact the MFP and Fitbit sinc so I don't have to post food and stuff in two places.
Ritter is in full puppy force. He just destroyed my favorite flip flops. I took them off after coming in from the grocery store and he had them chomped up in about 5 minutes. Oh well, such is the price of unconditional love form a puppy.
Much love to all,
Robin, Bodi boy and Ritter bit.0 -
Happy mothers day to all the mothers.
Joyce0 -
Viv and anyone else who is experiencing problems with MFP right aligning everything, etc. I looked at some of the posts, and someone mentioned the "compatibility view". So I figured, "hey, what do I have to lose?" so I clicked on it. Don't ask me to explain it, but somehow that righted everything. Really, I don't care about the technical stuff, just that things are back to normal now.
Did an hour of hula hoop on the Wii today. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and then take the extreme pump class.
Last night I put some balsamic vinegar on my salad. You know something, the vinegar squelched my cravings for snacks at night. I only hope it continues. According to the Wii (which I don't consider the actual weight since I take it daily, I go more by my weekly weigh in), I'm down almost a pound. Eating after dinner always does me in, regardless of how low I might be on calories for the day. But the vinegar on my salad made me not want to eat anything. Think I'll do it again. Well, the apple cider vinegar works to squelch the carb cravings, so I'm not surprised.
I did make a tunnel of fudge cake to send to Bryan. Today would be the day we would have left for France and Italy, so I'm really going to have to be careful, it would be so easy to just say "oh, what the heck" and drown my sorrows in chocolate. I've already done enough
Viv - I seem to remember that I had to click on the "compatibility view" a couple of times, but things are back to normal now. It WAS frustrating not to be able to see the nutritional values or to be able to click on a food and increase the quantity.
Jessica will be leaving her cats here while she's gone and then when she goes to Tennessee.
Vince ordered a new mixer for me, a KitchenAid. Honestly, I wouldn't have ordered it myself, I thought there was free shipping and there wasn't. But I think he felt badly because he didn't get me anything. I'm not really concerned. I have been watching these KitchenAid's waiting for a decent price. This was lower than Amazon, but I still wouldn't have paid that much.
Patchwork - maybe it was on the Tech Support site that I read about the compatibility view. Whatever...it worked! Congrats on becoming a grandma
I never liked to have breakfast in bed on Mother's Day. I felt so "apart" from the kids. I know Vince was thoughtful and did it for me one year when we lived in PA (Pennsylvania), and I absolutely hated it. Our bedroom was upstairs and I felt so apart from the kids.
Robin - love your pic! She's so adorable!
Michele0 -
Happy Mother's day. going to have breakfast with my mom, sister daughter and nephew, the to son's for early dinner with the grandkids. Son and grandson were making breakfast for DIL. We had family pictures taken so I made her a book of pictures of the 4 of them. With this digital age I want my grandkids to have real pictures on paper, so I send photos to walmart or someplace and make them picture books instead of just a box of photos, or a cd that can get lost in moving etc.
Disappointed on my journey here and need something to kickstart something. Going to start on the wii again tomorrow and really want to lose a lot more before my birthday June 30.
Congrats on those who have joined us and to those who have lost, and lets keep moving and drinking that water
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Thanks for all the Happy Birthday wishes to my daughter
We had a great time and the Palsey seems to be very light this time TG! She and I suffer with Cold sores occasionally (Herpes Simplex) on the lips and Bells Palsey can come from that so we immediately got her tailing Valtrex and that seems to help keep it at bay so fingers crossed this will help!!!
Ok Im confessing...I had a yummy coconut cupcake, beer and champaign last night and it was all delish!!!!!!!! Very fun celebration had by all!!!! Now back on track :bigsmile:
I hope you all have a wonderful Mothers Day!!!!
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Well I made my profile pic a pic from last night so you could see DH and my Katie from her 21st BD dinner :bigsmile:How do you post a picture???
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How do you post a picture???
upload your picture to photobucket and then copy the image code. paste that code in your reply post and change the capital IMG to lower case img. then your photo will show up.0 -
Princess Olivia
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When Ritter first came to live with us
This one was taken last month and he just continues to grow
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How do you post a picture???
upload your picture to photobucket and then copy the image code. paste that code in your reply post and change the capital IMG to lower case img. then your photo will show up.
I don't think this works on a MAC? I don't have an option to copy the image code???0 -
on photo bucket it is called the IMG code it looks like thisHow do you post a picture???
upload your picture to photobucket and then copy the image code. paste that code in your reply post and change the capital IMG to lower case img. then your photo will show up.
I don't think this works on a MAC? I don't have an option to copy the image code???
to get pictures to show you have to change the IMG to img0
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