WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR MAY 2012

djhobs

Well just lost the WHOLE post:grumble: ...you are probably lucky...I was a little bit long winded....the short version...had a "sit -down "with myself and had some realizations....started the journey 15 months ago (began with ww) have lost almost 25 lbs. ..am changing habits of 25 years (or more lol) :laugh: am beginning to notice that I don't crave the sweets (my biggest problem) like I did and when I indulge...belly doesn't always appreciate it....I am thinking more about yogurt and muesli and fresh fruit...I am getting there...so anyway am trying to focus on the current positives and not worry so much about the scale number right now...if the positives become the norm the number should follow, right???

:flowerforyou: Barbie -thank you for the monthly goals...have never been a goal person, but I am learning so how beautiful is that?!

:flowerforyou: Mimi - my book club also read The Book Thief...they were all glad they read it...I had a hard time with it and did not finish it.:blushing: ..I was sorry about that after listening to the discussion ...we are currently reading Fierce Attachments...memoir about mother /daughter relationships ...should be interesting discussion ..my sister is also in book club

:flowerforyou: Laura - thanks for kind thoughts and words about DS ..I am praying for your DH and that everything works out soon...I must say you are SOO upbeat all the time, what a gift.

Enough of my ramble thank you for listening (DH thanks you too) Hugs to all..we are a fabulous group and I am so thankful that I am part of it!

Jen

janemartin02

Happy birthday Robin!:drinker:
Hope everyone enjoys their 3 day weekend.Hubby was asked to work in the am,will get time and 1/2,good since he won`t get paid for mon.Have a birthday party tomorrow afternoon .Sun we are having a pot luck lunch after church.Busy ,busy.
Got good news tonite.No more going in for pt,unless ortho dr has other plans on Tues.I still need to do ex at home and said the knee will improve in time.having a hard time increasing my walking with out pain and the stairs are still a killer.
Had a fun day with friend.Went to garage sales,she paid for a manicure for me and we had a nice healthy lunch.
HUGSjane-

msh0530

Barbie - I packed my classroom into boxes and moved it into the new room, stacked in a corner. I can't unpack until August, as they have temporarily shoved the entire Physics lab into my room, and will move it later in the summer. I am still helping my daughter pack up her elementary music classroom, as she is also being moved to a new room. Talk about a pain with all of that music and instruments! She would certainly love to be done!
Got to run - two grandsons staying the night. Mary

mimi7grands

:smooched: :smooched: :smooched: Happy, happy birthday, Robin!!!:smooched: :smooched: :smooched:

tiarapants

:flowerforyou: Happy birthday Robin :flowerforyou: x

Alwaysnancy

Happy Birthday Robin. Hope you have a great day!

tiarapants

Happy Saturday ladies.

Another beautiful day with lots of sunshine and warmth .... ah, bliss, just a shame that I'm working! I left home early this morning to get a good walk in before getting to work. Twas good to feel some sun on these old bones of mine.

DH and I have a day off together tomorrow, although we do have to go to the nursing home for a couple of hours to visit MIL. I'm pretty certain DH will try to spend as much of it as he can working in the gardens, it will just be nice to be home together for a change.

I think I have become addicted to grapes. Every day I eat a pot in the morning and a pot in the evening. I suppose there are worse things that I could eat - and they are so tasty right now. I'm still determined to have a liquids only detox on Monday and Tuesday, so the grapes will have to wait.

Time for me to run up the three flights of stairs, I'm trying to do it at least once an hour.

Have fun my friends.

Love to all.
Amanda x

exermom

Jen - how wonderful that your son will be home! Enjoy him

Alwaysnancy - loved reading about your bootcamp. Sounds really neat. Wish we had something like it around here

Amanda - that was very nice of you to tell that man. He may not have realized it, or maybe he thinks no one would ever possibly take his number and use it

Laura - what I do when I first try making something is I have a small ramekin that I put a taste for me in. Then I can see if it has decent flavor, consistency, whatever. Only then do I not mind giving the bread/cake/cookies to someone else now that I know that it came out decent. Thanks for the recipe for the cake. Sounds really interesting. I'm going to print it out. Something I can make when they put in the pool. Wish you could make more than 1 at a time. I wonder.....wonder if you can use mini muffins and bake like 24 at a time? I'm guessing at 350, just not sure of how long to bake it, maybe about 15 minutes?

Veronica - welcome, post often.

Did an hour on the StairMaster today. I'm beginning to think more and more what I need to do is 1/2 hr of whatever activity and then 1/2 hour of some HIIT. I'm starting to get bored.

Kat - we're lucky, our HOA is pretty loose. They have certain things that they require, like when we built the detached garage it had to look like it was built with the house. As for the pool, we need to have a fence and they said something about the property line, but that's an "of course". As a matter of fact, for the past few years, they've been wanting to update the directory. Finally they asked me to compile all the information so I compiled what I could, now evidentally this one lady wants EVERYONE in the directory, so she's basically sitting on it. I really should give her a call to ask her how it's going because I do need my flashdrive back, I gave it to the president in mid-Feb. Yet, I remember when we lived in PA, there was a HOA who required this family to take down this (it really wasn't big at all) statue of the Virgin Mary

Robin - happy birthday

mimi - how resourceful you are to find an alternate exercise routine!

barbie - boy, you sure are one busy lady!

Jen - You know, I feel the same way when I eat a lot of high fat food. I feel so "yuk". Vince just can't understand it, really, a lot of people can't understand why I'd prefer veggies and chicken or fish grilled rather than something fried.

Jen - that's wonderful you don't have to go to PT anymore. Keep up with those exercises!

Off to the farmer's market and then yoga (Sat). Everyone have a great day

Michele

myraknits

HI ALL! New to the forums but not to dieting. sigh...
I'm 54, 5'7, 140. While that all sounds great, I put on 15 lbs last Sept and have kept it on since. My weight gain followed a very successful Fat Flush that ultimately resulted in binge eating. I thought I was finally weight resistant and could eat whatever I wanted. Fat chance! (So there's where that expression comes from!) I read a great post here about how starvation dieting leads to weight gain which made a lot of sense. I'm now following the tracking plan here and find it's MUCH more satisfying. Who knew you could diet and NOT starve! I'm vegetarian, eat a very healthy diet with the occasional chocolate, movie popcorn or pizza allowance and would love to finally get a handle on this after a lifetime of focusing on my weight. Too boring and frustrating. There's got to be a better way!

Alwaysnancy

Wow it's another hot one here in Ontario. I got up early to get a run in before it got to warm. I was going to go on my own but my husband wanted to come. It's always nice having a little company with you. He basically runs circles around me but that doesn't bother me. Even though it was only 19 C it felt hot and humid to me. Got home and had a light breakfast, got the weekly call from my dad and my son. Had a quick shower and went into the big metropolis of Napanee. Ordered my first pair of progressives although I have to say very cool progressives. Bought some more perennials, got my license sticker for my car and was back home before noon.

Michele, glad you liked hearing about the camp. I'm really glad we found out about it last year. It's only $10 each a night and it really is a challenge. We are the oldest two there but I really like all the people. There is one young couple there who just had their first child 6 months ago. I love how supportive they are of each other. He was kicking the pail closer to her so she wouldn't have to go so far. And she really cheers for him when he's racing. Go "Sweetie" go so the rest of the group pipes in their help too. "Go Honey Go!" I would of loved to have my camera handy as people completed the relay race. There expressions were just so awesome.

Well think my afternoon will be spent sitting on the lawn tractor trying to get our grass cut. I have this sign I fought the lawn and the lawn won. It's really true this time. Last weekend when my daughter was home with her dog and one she was babysitting her dog picked up a tick. She had to take it to the vet because part of it was still in him. $400 later (because she was due for innoculations, heart worm and tick medicine) plus antibiotics. She said Boy it's expensive having a dog. I liked it better when you paid for all this. We never had ticks here until last fall and it worries me. We have 33 acres and we like to enjoy them and not worry about getting lyme disease.

mazaron

A happy Saturday to all, :happy:

We have sunshine here and I am sending J’boy and DH out to the hills to do some trail bike riding (motorized kind). I would love, love, love to get my own motorbike out of storage but will wait for the foot to catch up to me. :grumble: First stop will be the Farmer's Market though, and the farm gate for some fresh asparagus. It's almost done, and I want to enjoy every stalk before the season is over.

Took a "rest day" yesterday from the gym. My foot is feeling much, much better.

Yeah Mary, schools out for summer! Moving classrooms, what a pain. :grumble:

Michelle, your carrots story reminded me that when we bring raw veggies and dip for snacks at school the students always eat the whole thing. They really enjoy raw veggies and fruit. Lobster tails are a long way from carrots on the menu scale but…yummy! Hope you got Jessica to the airport on time.

Always Nancy, my head sweats like crazy too! :noway: I wear a headband to soak up some of the drips, but I’m always dripping. I have a lot of hair, that’s what I tell myself. That boot camp sounds like so much fun! Really, I do think it would be fun. I might suggest it to the programmers at our Rec Centre. Boot camp for folks in their 50’s.

Jen, to quote The Happiness Project: “act the way you want to feel” It’s tough love for your own self, but it works.

Fitz, what a wonderful welcoming come you must have, to be able to say “the others just seemed to show up with my kids and pretty much stayed” They were blessed, for sure. Cars create quite a community, don’t they?

JB JB, is it 35 push ups at one time or 35 over a couple of sets? :explode: I can’t do more that 8 manly ones or 12-15 girlie ones in a set.

Laura8011, once upon a time my DH was interviewed for a job. In May or June. The offer came in late November. How’s that for process? :noway: Still hoping for your DH.

Veronica, I’m recovering from surgery too, I’ve been in a wheelchair or on crutches for the last six weeks and have six more to go. Walking’s out for me but I do lots of upper body work just to keep active. Hope your recovery goes well.

Mimi, hooray fro water aerobics. I can hardly wait for the OK from the surgeon to get into the pool. Ah, “The Book Thief”, intriguing and amazing is a good way to describe it. I am making my way through the Hunger Games trilogy, it's pretty much required reading since the students I work with are obsessed with it.

Barbie, are you sure you’re retired? What a busy life you have.

To mis-quote a friend of mine from above: "Stay lean, eat your greens" See you on the other side.

Hasta pronto,

Nancy

jaks97

Have been busy, starting back and hope to be checking in more often
Sherry

walker001

Hi all, hope everyone is having a good Saturday. I did for sure, it was sunny and the temp was so nice. Did somemore yard work and even had an short nap today.
Right now we are watching baseball. The Texax Rangers and my Toronto Blue Jays. We love Baseball and watch almost every game on TV, love it when it is on HD.

When we were in NY at my sons we went to a Mets game, what fun.

Hope to get out on our bikes tomorrow afternoon. The weather has been wonderful now and it is still only spring.

Have a good weekend all.

jellyfishjen

Just checking in. Will catch up with you all later, (I hope). You never know what life brings you. Have been in the city staying with my daughter since last wednesday. First to see An Officer and a Gentleman the musical. Very good. Stayed on to work thursday. Daughter had migraine. (stress) . Stayed friday for daughters show, dancer in Memoirs of a Showgirl. So proud of her. She is the baby of the group and was amazing. Saturday stayed as was hung over I guess from champagne at end of show. Now Sunday I am still with her and have started her washing, while she showers, we are thinking of going out for breakfast. But I really must go home today ready for this next busy week begins. As for weight loss this week I highly doubt there will be any.

jellyfishjen

<<< my girl is in pink beside her dad.

westernjoy

Glad to see everyone is doing so well. I just wanted to let you know about NSV. I wore sleeveless top. Not ashamed of my arms anymore. SWSY is helping a lot.
Hope everyone is having a great weekend
Joyce

barbiecat

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: too busy to post today.....beautiful weather----we bought some plants for the yard and a paint sprayer so we can paint the fence and the deck....a friend came over to walk with me, Jake wanted to go for a walk, and the poodles wanted to walk early in the day and in the late afternoon when it was cool.....now off to bed so i can be ready to get up when Bernie says it's time :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: JB, I wonder what kind of pushups you are doing? are they all at once or in smaller sets? I do my pushups using the seat of a chair and do ten in each set and do either two or three sets.....I haven't tried the "manly " kind in awhile, maybe it's time to get the mat out and try again.

wizzywig

Sorry not been in touch for a while, Internet problems! Need to be careful (and hardly use it!!) until 1st June. Tied in with BT until August but then will change to a better deal with another supplier.

:glasses: :glasses: Amanda it's been sunny here too for the last few days too, about time I thought summer was going to by pass us altogether. :bigsmile:

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Happy Birthday to all the May birthday girls I think I may have missed some.:drinker:

Nothing much to report on my weight, still up and down, but I'm hoping that once I start logging again I'll start losing and it will stay off.

:flowerforyou: Barbie looking at the SWSY book it mentions weights do you use kettle weights or dumb bell weights, need to see if I can buy some dumb bells and leg weights from somewhere. I do miss the internet - I would normally google or look on Amazon. :grumble:

Not sure if I'll be able to catch up with you all before June, so I'll look out for the June thread and meet you all there.:flowerforyou:

Miss you!

tiarapants

Just a quickie to say to Barbiecat - I absolutely love your profile pic!! Made me grin x

barbiecat

:bigsmile: Amanda, thanks for the comment on my profile pic.....that's Sasha, the red standard poodle, and Bernie, the Maine Coon cat......they sleep side by side and love being together.


:drinker: Viv, I use dumbbells, primarily because I already had 3, 5, and 10 pound sets and I liked using them. For Valentine's Day hubby bought me a set of 15 pound dumbbells........I bought my five pound ankle weights at Big Five Sporting Goods. I saw them at Wal Mart, as well. I bought the 10 pound set from Amazon (they had a free shipping offer---I can't imagine what the shipping would have been on a 20 pound package:laugh: :laugh: )

:flowerforyou: I'm doing an Isagenix cleanse day today so I'll be doing less exercise and more puttering around the house while watching TV and maybe take a nap.

:flowerforyou: now it's time to walk the dogs around the neighborhood......poodles never have a rest day :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

jb_2011

Another cool, cloudy morning, feels like rain. Yesterday the sun finally broke through in the afternoon, and oh my, was that ever nice! Worked for hours in the garden, was exhausted afterwards, but it's always a good kind of tired after a full day of planting, digging and weeding. Just before dark I walked the dogs and sure enough, KaBoom KaBoom came the thunder followed by giant drops of rain. The clouds must have snuck in while we were having dinner. Got drenched again.

:flowerforyou: Nancy and Barbie, I'm doing knee push ups, the girlie kind, and for some reason I've been writing down the total number instead of reps/sets which I realize now is a bit misleading. :blushing: I can do 20+ without pausing, but found it works better to do 3 sets of 11 or 12 reps. When I first started doing them in March I could only manage a total of 14, so I'm really seeing some good progress! You've both inspired me so much, I can't thank you enough for that. At the end of the sets I think of you two and tell myself "C'mon, you can do a few more!" :bigsmile: Just recently started doing the plank, so once I'm a little better with that I'll try some manly type push ups. At this point it's all I can do to hold the plank for 10 seconds, can't imagine lifting my weight up from that position! :grumble:

:flowerforyou: Laura, I'm trying not to worry but I'll tell you, sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night in a panic and have to force myself to stop thinking about what's going to happen if hubby can't find work. It's no fun. I have a feeling I'm going to have to start looking for more work myself. :ohwell: I hope you're doing ok.

:happy: Joyce, great feeling being able to feel comfortable in a sleeveless top! That's just wonderful!

:drinker: Have a terrific day everyone.

jb

kackie

A quick hello, Dear Ladies!]]

Read the posts and enjoyed hearing what everyone is up to...we still have a house full of babies and young adults! Never a moment to myself, but DID wake up early enough today to sneak out the door for a fast walk and bit of a run before the baby woke up. I have been trying to help with her so son and DIL could enjoy a bit of a vacation with their friends. Anyway, if the Tropical depression doesn't interfere, the 2 FL families will drive home tomorrow and we will have our 2 granddaughters and parents to ourselves, which will be a nice treat!

Robin: Happy birthday! Hope it's a great one!

Mimi: I loved the Book Thief. And I miss being part of a book club...it got me to read some things I might not have on my own and I always loved hearing other peoples' point of view. Hope the water aerobics helps your bursitis. I am also prone to it and have found that regular fish oil AND certain yoga poses have really helped so much. You are doing all the right things!

Barbie: yes, the new photo is darling!

All of you teachers who are now out of school for the season or almost: WTG! I remember that feeling well. I hope you have a much deserved break:flowerforyou:

JFJen: Your daughter is gorgeous!

Sorry so short...but eyes are barely open. I have not done too well the past few days with my logging and have gone over I am sure by a few too many "treats". I will be glad to get back on tract this week.

Have a good one, Kackie

jellyfishjen

Why is it when you go off track it is so hard to get back on. I know my head just isn't in it, today. I have bought plenty of healthy foods. And I had my meals planned for the day with the proviso that I was doing zumba tonight and now it has been cancelled. I now have to dig deep and burn some serious calories myself at home, tonight, ignoring all the chores that I could be doing. Thats why I prefer to go to class and its then my time. Oh well!

auntiebk

jb we got your rain all day Friday and Saturday. Finally cleared a little yesterday afternoon so I could go out and do battle with the weeds. Mild winter and wet spring, milkweed the size of small trees ;P T's a cutie, gotta love those terriers. SWSY and 35 pushups, you inspire me!
valj77, myraknits welcome!
SMVQ I am so sorry to hear abut hte bursitis. Count on you to find a positive alternative, water aerobics Hurray!:drinker:
Belated happy b-day Robin. Hope Ritter didn't get zapped when he unplugged your alarm!
Barbie your line dance party sounds great! Which dances did you lead? Your maine coon cat is your morning alarm?
Jane stairs sure are a killer. Exercises help me... WHEN I do 'em consistently :ohwell:
Amanda the sun sure does feel good on these bones.. hot tub does too
AlaysNancy "and the lawn won" made me laugh out loud until I got to the tick part. :sick: Maybe you need a goat?
Nancy Lots of upperbody work despite being in a wheelchair and on crutches, WOW! Inspiring!
Jen had to click on the pic to see your babygirl, can tell from her smile she takes after you! Oh yea, Zumba is WAY more fun than chores.:bigsmile:
Joyce your sleeveless shirt nsv make me wat to try SWSY again, despite the batwing reality.:noway:
Viv thanks for popping in, missing you too.
Kackie thanks for the fish oil reminder, I've been slackin':huh:

:yawn: Laura80111, Kat, Michele, Sherry, Walker001 an anyone else I missed, can't respond like others to every post but read 'em all and send you all my best...

Hugs,


steps:
27=4088:yawn: 26=5411:explode: 25=10053 24=4351 23=12155 22=8299:ohwell: 21=10834 20=1837:sad: 19=10440 18=4583:grumble: 17=11646 16=18349 15=17066 14=10677 13=2316:noway: 12=11167 11=8173:indifferent: 10=7642:embarassed: 09=11971 08= 07= 06= 05= 04= 03= 02=9169 01=8364

Barbara, the AHMOD who WILL be size 10 one day
May: mat, SWSY, chiro or spa EVERY day. Average 10K steps/day. Let it be. Really.
2012: dance more, bark less and CHECK IN!!!

rpphillip

Hi Ladies

I had a wonderful weekend and now at work , but just wanted to stop in and say hello.
Hope you all had a great time as well and are having a good morning!:flowerforyou:

Rachel

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: jb, here is a link to the plank I do on forearms and toes.

http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises_10.htm

I started with a short time and added five seconds a day until now i can do one for two minutes.....this is something I do every day.

I joined a plank a day challenge on MFP that has over 100 members and after less than a month about five people are posting :laugh:

exermom

Welcome myraknits! Can you have just ONE piece of the Dove chocolate? Knowing that you will be having it may take the desire away, or at the very least, help it subside somewhat

alwaysnancy - I so wish we had a bootcamp like yours around here.

I did an hour of yoga today (Sat). Orignally, I'd planned to do hulahoop on the Wii. But that was when I thought I'd just be getting back from Italy (and having all the food there). Since I'm not, I'm going to do a pilates DVD tomorrow. Then probably go to WalMart. Want to buy these clips for Denise's birthday and I'll have everything ready to send to her. I'm making her cake right now.

Well, that first cake that I made for Denise didn't turn out quite as I had hoped. So I made another. See, it has good flavor, but in order to have that "layer of fudge" on the top, you need to undercook it just a little bit. So if you follow the directions exactly, sometimes it undercooks enough, sometimes not enough. So I just baked this cake for longer, there isn't the layer of fudge yet it has a very fudgy flavor.

Nancy - we got Jessica to the airport on time. Today (Sun) we pick her up. Love your friend's quote, I will have to remember that one

Sherry - welcome back!

Joyce - wooHoo on the sleeveless top. I like a bit of a cap sleeve myself, but sometimes sleeveless is good

Did 45 minutes of a pilates DVD today. We did these pushups, pilates you usually only do a small amount of reps but the concentration is more on form. I was able to do the full 8 pushups on the floor. Of course, by the end I was ready to die! Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and then take the extremepump class

Well, it's Mon. Did 20 min yoga, then went to the store, brought things home since I got some refrigerated items (gas waste), bought gas, was early for the extremepump class so I walked on the treadmill for 10 minutes, took the extreme pump class, bought Jessica suntan lotion (what she wants is usually expensive, but it was on sale, I had coupons, plus for every two I got $5 gift card), went bowling for 3 games, mailed Denise's birthday card, now I'm home getting ready for Jessica to leave.

Better post this before it gets too long.

Hope everyone has a great day

Michele

tiarapants

Hello ladies

I'm having my 'detox' couple of days. It's been lovely and warm for the last few days, so it's a good time to do it. I couldn't sleep last night and ended up getting up and getting a really good walk in. Felt good.

I had a bit of a light bulb moment yesterday. One of the forum posts was looking for people who had 50 pounds or more to lose and for the first time in decades, I don't ... in fact I couldn't even afford to lose ten pounds! That is such a strange feeling, even though I have excess skin, I know that losing more weight won't help me. Anyway, I got on the scales this morning and decided I would own up to what I am now and the fact that I have lost a further 3 pounds since I last logged my weight on my ticker.

That is a grand total of 191 pounds gone.... and they are not being allowed house room in this body ever again!

Enough of me tooting my own trumpet - I need to go and feed my DH.

A good and healthy week to you all, my friends - you help keep me honest!

Love to you all.

Amanda x

Skyecath

Hello Everyone

I have had a lovely extended weekend away. The sun has been shining and we've caught up with lots of family, ex neighbours and friends. We picked up our DD from university on Thursday evening, spent a nice day with her on Friday and then took her to the airport on Saturday morning to go off on her travels for 6 weeks. I'm trying to not worry about her being away, fingers crossed she'll be safe.

The bad part of the last few days has been a visit to the dentist. I need a root filling and an extraction. I am a complete whimp when it comes to the dentist, I just can't cope with it at all. I have been referred to have the treatment under sedation but am still quite worried about it. The first part will be in about a months time I'm going to try to forget about it until then.

We're here for another day and then we're heading back north to Scotland on Wednesday. It's been great seeing everyone but will be nice to get back to our beautiful home and view and of course duckling Winston.

Confession - I have been sooooo bad with food and lots of wine. I haven't even logged my food for the last few days. Back to being strict again tomorrow.

Bye for now
Cath

djhobs

Had a nice long weekend at the lake...did my gardening there...which is an embankment that runs about 50 feet long and is at least 24 feet high and quite steep...I actually use a 6 foot ladder on the lower part because it is too steep otherwise. I keep itsomewhat wild but have lots of lilies, tall phlox, bee balm planted throughout and the garden that I pulled out at home...yeah that is being planted up there. I finally ran our of steam..climbing up and down that ladder is not for the faint of heart and the neighbors think I 'm nuts too!

This morning dh and I went kayaking..it was fabulous (once we got them on the car) we think paddled about 8 miles total but notreally sure...coming back was against the wind and current...good workout. I could feel my muscles talking to me for quite awhile after.

A little tired tonight..have a good evening all

Jen