WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR SEPTEMBER

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

We're having cool weather right now so I started wearing the wool sweater I knit two winters ago. There's a picture on my profile of me in the sweater right after I knit it (at least 50 pounds heavier). the picture you see on my post is what I look like in the sweater today. This winter I am going to love wearing it.

I found out about hummus from someone on "Senior Golden Sneakers" and now I keep it tn the frig all the time (Athenos Spicy Three Pepper is my favorite). I eat it with Wasa oat crackers or cucumber slices or red pepper strips. I'd love to make my own, but I don't want to do that much work:laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: heartrw, welcome to the group. MFP and especially the women on this thread have changed my life. I hope you will stick with us and reap the rewards of walking this journey with supportive friends.

My step counter says that I've walked over 17,000 steps so it must be almost bedtime.:bigsmile:
hugs to all
Barbie

Grammymax

heartrw: Welcome. Hope you visit often. It's a great thread.

Goodnight everyone. Catch you all tomorrow.:yawn:

Esther

msh0530

Glad to be back to my routine. I am such a routine oriented person or do you call that, anal retentive hmm not sure.

Talk about routine oriented - I tell people that I am OCD, but I call it CDO because that way the letters are in alphabetical order like they should be . . .

Barbie - I love the picture in the same place as the previous one! You look awesome, girl! Congrats!

I hate to jinx it by saying it too soon, but my pain in my hip seemed less today, and I pray that I am now on a fast road to recovery after a month . . .

msh0530

I'm new to blogging. Couldn't help wanting to join this group though as I am 50+ and can use some moral support too.

SW 188
weight at joining 182
LW 169
CW 170

Goals for September: strength train 2x/week; treadmill 5x/wk
Lose 5 pounds
Don't get depressed and don't give up

That's about it!!

Welcome, welcome, welcome! Those are great goals, and we are here to help you, as your biggest (no pun intended) cheerleaders!! You go, girl!

katznketo

I had a red sweater when I was 18. It had a big apple knited on it and I thought I was so hot.

I think I will have a goal of a cute red sweater when i lose another 50. Course I think I'll skip the apple.

Went for my walk, worked on my book, took the kid to piano, make breakfast cookies for tomorrow for their morning snack and now I'm hitt'n the sack.

Anyways, I am in California. I got no idea what it would feel like to have it turn cold. It's been running in the 90s and that's not what I signed up for here in Northern California. Doesn't get cool until the end of October, maybe even November. Nighty night. kc

BirdieM

A quick hi to all. I lost another 2 lbs! t That's 10 lbs since 8/14/09 and I've been eating all my calories! It seems like I've lost my ticker though. :frown: I changed the measurment progress on the ticker, saved it, then all I see is the change, not the ticker. Maybe it takes time?
Also, in my goal I want to lose 2 lbs a week and everytime I go into change goal and put 2 lbs a week, the plan comes up for 1 lb a week. Oh Well:ohwell:
Got to go exercise before work so have a great one. I'll try to check back later and read the new posts since last night.
Birdie :smooched:

vickim26

Good Morning ladies,
I still cannot even try to address each one of you. I will learn it one day maybe. Anyway, welcome to new ladies. you will LOVE this site. Keep blogging and you will do great. Sometimes we need to rest our bodies so we can do better the next day. i used to hate when I would skip exercise but now i let my body tell me and the next day I am on fire. I am so glad to hear that you ladies still have your moms and really love and appreciate them. I lost mine to death about 8 years ago very suddenly and I still miss her each and every day. We were close and I loved her very much, but I did not always appreciate her. Enjoy them while you have them. I am sorry for those whose parents make a big deal of their weight. I really do not know how to handle that. My support is with you though and you can get all the support you need on this site.
After 3 weeks my ticker finally moved to the right. 186.4 today. Cant wait to see my ticker. i believe that is 50 pounds lost or very close to it. Just a couple pounds to make my goal of below hubbys weight. Thanks ladeis for all of your help and support. I dont get discouraged or give up any longer with those setbacks because of you.
Have a great day.
Vicki M

vickim26

okay my ticker did not show up. I guess it is still making changes.

AliceLMS

Welcome Heartrw.
You will love it here. I have been around for quite a while but am not a regular at
posting. Everyone is very supportive, and helpful.

I am amazed at how complete all your posts are, it's a little intimidating.

Barbie, You look great in your loose red sweater. Beautiful knitting. Did you say you knit
two of them?

Lynn, I will be happy to send you the hot sauce recipe, as soon as I locate it, a
neverending remodel has caused some things to be in unusual places.

Susan, How wonderful that you have been able to devote your time to your garden
project. I envy you! The tree frog in my profile photo is so peacefully snuggled
in a large yellow lily. What a perfect place to rest.

Vicki, Glad to hear you can cool down again. We are still running the air here most days
more I think because of the allergens than the temps. It is very dry here, and the
dust is thick. Thank you for your encouragement and help. Congratulations on
the ticker move.

It breaks my heart to read the posts from the women who were berated for their
weight as children. I hope that you will find peace for yourselves and be able to
leave all that negativity behind you. This site is a great place to look for positive
reinforcement and support.

I have been drinking my water and enjoying it, and staying within my calories.
I was down on my exercise time yesterday but had a very active weekend and
was just fatigued. Hopefully I will pick it up today.

Alice

Benson

Good Morning Ladies

Cloudy here today. I hope my kids don't get drenched. My son is too 'cool' to bring a jacket along. My daughter is more sensible and carries a bulging backpack holding everything she could possibly need throughout the day.

Last night after work I only had about 45 minutes before having to take my son for a hair cut and I popped in a new Leslie Sansome dvd and worked out for 30 of those minutes. Proof positive that no matter how crazy things get, I will always be able to fit in 30 minutes.
The dvd is called Walk and Kick It is 30 minutes long including warm up and cool down and is a combination of her four basic walking steps, and kick boxing. Kind of cool but the punching motion is something I'll have to work on because the twisting hurt my lower back. But Yay for me - one day down 19 to go!!:drinker:

I had people over at 7:30 for a late dinner of greek salad, mini pitas, hummus with raw veggies Yummy!

Work is calling me now

Have a great day

Heather

BirdieM

Vicki: 50 lbs! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: How wonderful! :happy: You must be doing something right to achieve that!!!!
I also had “Ticker problems’ but it seems as if it takes time for them to change. Mine took a while but now it’s OK.

Heather: Leslie Sansone DVD, good for you! Is she the one who did the 1 mile then 3 mile walk videos? I’d like to get something to play while I do my treadmill, but I have it in the basement with and old TV and a VCR! I don’t think they even sell videos anymore!

As far as those punching moves….save them for a day that you’re real angry about something, then punch away!!! It may be therapeutic!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Just watch the back or you won’t be doing anything!

Alice: I have Asthma and also run my AC to breathe better because of the humidity as opposed to the dryness. But you should see my electric bill!!!! WOW:noway: :noway:
Maybe I should just use my inhaler more!!!! :laugh: :laugh:

Have a great day ladies! Back to work.
:frown:
BirdieM:bigsmile:

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

I've been waiting for the tickers to show up:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

:flowerforyou: Vicki, wow, 50 pounds lost

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doesn't 50 sound a lot bigger than 45

:flowerforyou: Birdie---wow, 10 pounds lost, now you're in double digits----now the sky is the limit.


Isn't is frustrating to update your weight and then have to wait so long for the new ticker number to show up. I guess we'll have continued opportunities to learn patience.:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

hugs
Barbie

BirdieM

Anyone feeling old??? Watch this!


http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourworld/articles/Dorothy_Dale_Kloss_Oldest_Showgirl_in_the_World.html

WOW!!!!

BirdieM

MacMadame

I'm trying to get new contacts but the people at my doctor's office are incompetent. First they gave me someone else's contacts. Then they gave me mine. But both prescriptions are wrong. The first one was okay in the right eye, but horrible in the left and the new ones are great in the left and horrible in the right.

My workout schedule is all messed up this week. Didn't work out Sunday so did my bike ride on Monday. But it wasn't a hard enough one (was riding with a group and didn't pick the route). Then yesterday I slept in for my AM workout and was actually in the parking lot for my PM one when I got the call from the eye doctor and another one from the car buying place and both wanted me to come in RIGHT THEN. I had to for the car because some incentive was expiring yesterday.

Got today's AM workout in and hopefully will get in tonight's swim. Don't know how I'm going to get in a second swim this week though. Well, at least I'm getting my new car today. Assuming something else doesn't go wrong.

BirdieM

I'm impressed with the variety of workouts you do! I can't imagine that missing one or two is going to stop YOU! You sound very focused! And the eye doctors sounds like they need new glasses themselves :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I'd make sure I have the right prescription before driving that new car Good luck to you and stay safe:happy:
:bigsmile: BirdieM

weaklink109

I had a red sweater when I was 18. It had a big apple knited on it and I thought I was so hot.

I think I will have a goal of a cute red sweater when i lose another 50. Course I think I'll skip the apple.

Went for my walk, worked on my book, took the kid to piano, make breakfast cookies for tomorrow for their morning snack and now I'm hitt'n the sack.

Anyways, I am in California. I got no idea what it would feel like to have it turn cold. It's been running in the 90s and that's not what I signed up for here in Northern California. Doesn't get cool until the end of October, maybe even November. Nighty night. kc

Hi kc-

Dumb question, your profile says you are in Alabama...so did you move? If so, that would be quite an adjustment in terms of weather, particularly the humidity. Just curous...

Barb

weaklink109

Regarding missing ticker after update:

Don't fret. It does take a few minutes to show up. If it has been more than 10, what I do is right click on the little red "x" that shows in the corner of where the ticker image ought to be and choose !! "show picture" ir "show image with full quality" and it the database is finished updating, the ticker will return. I find that if there is lots of activity on the website, ie posting, it seems to take a little longer to update.

Remember, we didn't GAIN the weight in 5 minutes (despite what I used to say about looking at PICTURES of food!!:laugh: ) so if it takes 10 minutes to show it gone, you just have time to anticipate and appreciate it that much more!!!

Barb

katznketo

Afternoon ladies,

My profile says alabama? eegads, I've never even been there. I gott fix that. I grew up in Oklahoma and bounced from there to Ca and back all my life. My adult years have been here in the bay area. I still got family though.

Great job for the pds losts. I told you I am afraid to weigh and i'm even afraid to think about it so I'm not but I sure wish I could posts numbers and get all excited. But I will do what you do Barbie and put on a new pic next month.

To all you new people, I am having problem remembering all too. Actually I get so little time to run in here for a few minutes, but stick with me. I'll get it sooner or later.

My food is going great. I cleaned up my Chapter Fourteen and Fifteen of my book yesterday and am working on Seventeen. It's called the Adventures of Jo and Pulga. -- No Crybabies Allowed!

I have so much fun writing for kids and this is a 8-12 year old middle grade reader. It has a girl and her best friend Pulga who teaches her Spanish thru code words as they solve mysteries in their small town. be blessed, kc

Lianne95519

Hi everyone,

Welcome to our new folks. :happy: This is a great support group and I look forward to getting to know you all.

I have been doing ok even though the scale is slower than I would like it. I am enjoying my new pedometer that tells me everything and more about my daily exercise. I am up to 10,000 steps a day though my goal is 8000-10000. My knee is doing great though the other one now has surgery envy and is talking to me a little louder than before. :grumble: My plan is to wait a year and then have the same fix for the other knee. We'll see how my plan goes. I am so happy with my fixed right knee so I am full of hope. For now all is well and I am grateful for my long walks with my dogs and getting to the gym. I am sticking to my 1200 calorie of healthy clean food and Isagenix products. It's working for me so I think I'll keep doing what I have been doing and be patient with my self.

:flowerforyou: Barbie, I love the red sweater pictures. What a difference 50 pounds makes. Wow now that is inspiration to stay focused on just today and the tomorrows will take care of themselves. I am doing just that.

:flowerforyou: KCwriter-I am in Northern California too. Fieldbrook north of Eureka

Well onto the rest of my calorically responsible day. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Drinking water as I go.....:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

Lianne

katznketo

Hey Lianne,

Wow, that's quite a ways up there. I am about 20 minutes from San Fransisco. It's a small suburb or at least it used to be. Lots of hills and country. But they have built houses all around as most places. I love living here because I got the coast in 1 hr, the mountains in 3, the desert in 2 and the delta in 1. I can go from the heat to the snow to inbetween. I bike ride along the bay trails and watch the ferries.

Well, enough geography. gotta get something done. kc

doobiedoo

:flowerforyou: You know, I'm sooo close to 200 that I decided not to be content with just 1 pound a week but make a goal of losing 4 pounds by the end of this month and 4 pounds by the end of October. That will put me well BELOW 200 by December! Now that's something to be excited about!! I know what I need to do and I appreciate all of you on MFP who are an encourgement every day!! Let's drink to more pounds lost!!:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: (Water, that is...):flowerforyou:

BirdieM

Salute!!!! Good luck, you can do it!
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
BirdieM:flowerforyou:

barbiecat

This promises to be a challenging day for me for planning meals:sad: ……I planned my day perfectly including fixing a nice lunch for company (baked chicken, salad, green beans, and winter squash, and homegrown plums for dessert). Our guests are the girls who groom our dogs. Some of you know the story that these girls are in the poodle breeding family where we got our dogs. The oldest sister died in June of complications related to cystic fibrosis. Mom and Dad are getting a divorce and today is the day of the settlement conference. We offered to have the girls spend the day with us so they wouldn’t have to be alone on such an emotional day. They are home schooled so they brought their school work with them and primarily entertained themselves. The fact that the girls are still here at 4:30 after having been dropped off at 7:30 AM says that the settlement has not been an easy process. So..... dear, sweet Jake decided that we should take the girls and Mom out to dinner. We’ll probably go to our favorite Chinese restaurant. I know how to plan for one major meal in a day, but two will be a challenge. We don’t know what time we’ll be going (we usually eat supper at five) and I sure don’t want to use up my limited remaining calories on a snack so………OK,:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: I can hear you telling me stop whining and count my blessings. If you read my food diary, you saw that I could have something decent and still have my cereal at bedtime and still have a few exercise calories left.

The really fun part of the day was driving the girls home midday so they could let their dogs out to do their business. They have sixteen poodles including Brandy’s mom and dad and several litter mates, and Sasha’s mom and several litter mates. It was a beautiful sight seeing all those dogs running around.

So I’m going to remember to count my blessings and drink my water. :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Hugs to all
Barbie

l_mahloy

Hello Ladies,

Hope you all have had a great day. I worked out really hard today had boot camp it was great but I am so tired tonight and have a tennis match in the a.m.

Birdie way to go two pounds keep up the good work.:flowerforyou:

Congrats Vickie and Heather keep up the good work.:flowerforyou:

Well I am off to watch the US open I am rooting for Oudin she is a local from Atlanta.:smokin:

Lynn
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babysteps

Here I am posting late again ~ I haven't been feeling well since Monday and my routine has been turned upside down. I'm starting to feel myself this evening so hopefully by tomorrow, I'll be able to tackle some much needed chores. Laundry heads up the top of my list! My DH has been so supportive since I've been ill and has been picking up my DD after work and driving her home from school. This is usually my role, but I've been sleeping away most of the afternoons. He also has been putting together meals for himself (good thing for leftovers).

I hope everyone's day went as planned and let's look forward to tomorrow and another day of smart choices for our eating plans! I really need to drink more water again. :drinker:

Have a great evening and TTYT!

Take care,
Deborah
:flowerforyou:

LaurelFisher

:flowerforyou: Good Evening all Another wet and dreary day in Delaware:grumble: No bike ride for me today. I did manage to get in my 15 minute walk at alunch time though.
I am getting ready to do Leslie Sansone two mile before I go to bed. My daughter and I went to get our nails done. She's pregnant and had a craving for Pizza Hut.:frown: I had the Salad bar, I thought this was my best bet. But they really didn't have a big selection of things to go on it. I made a big mistake of putting shredded cheese on it combined with hard boiled egg, the dressing and a small piece of cheesy garlic bread:noway: I went over my calories for the day by about 246 calories. Thus I am exercising at 9pm. When will I ever learn.:noway: For all of your encouragement and kind words I thank you.:smooched: :smooched: :smooched: I
Doobie, I love your new picture. I know how you feel bout that 200 mark. Keep up the good work, you can do it.
Barbie, you are such a good friend. Those girls are so lucky to have you in their life. I would loved to have seen all those poodles running around.
Birdie, you are indeed a welcome addition to the thread. Thank you for your encouragement.
Lynn, I love the picture on your ticker. What a beautiful family.
Just had to take a break from writing. My 18 year old decided to come in and cop an attitude with me:noway: because there was no dinner waiting for him,:ohwell: my husband is in bed trying to sleep ( we have a very small house and the bedroom is right off the kitchen)and I was trying to keep James (my son) from waking up his father, to make it even worse he did it in front of his girlfriend........... Now I know why animals eat their young:laugh: It is one of those frustrating times when I want to go clean out the fridge. Think I'll go exercise instead. All have a good night. Thanks for letting me vent.
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Rosemary

Wishful

I'm also rooting for the young tennis player from Marietta, GA.
I think it's safe to say though that she gets way more exericise than I do!:laugh:
Bonnie

msh0530

Vickie - Congrats on 50 pounds! Isn't that a wonderful feeling? Once I hit 50, I knew that I could win this race.
Had a very busy day, with little time to eat. I actually have over 700 calories left, and it is bedtime. Guess I will have to be bad and indulge in bedtime eating, because I think it is better for me to eat a little more today. When it's late like this, I always have trouble thinking of what to eat. Oh, well, I guess I'd better head to the fridge. Maybe some fruit and nuts. Good night, and have a tremendous Thursday tomorrow! Mary

AliceLMS

Hello All

Here I am ending late again, I have a couple more little jobs to do and then I am calling it a day.
I ran down my driveway today 1/4 mile, and power walked 1/4 and jogged 1/4 and power walked 1/4.
I am not sure it was a good idea as my bad heel is not happy.
Come to think of it, it wasn't happy earlier either. I have been jogging between buildings on the farm as I go through my day. Did three miles with Leslie and lots of squats with 10 pounds added weight.
Curls and lunges with weights. Drank all my water 15 cups. I may be up all night.

I recieved a little blessing in my day. They come to us from time to time in the most unusual ways.
One of my pups was barking in the backyard. I went to check on him as he sounded very excited.
He was jumping at a little bird that was sitting on the fence. He jumped forward and the bird pecked his nose. He backed up barked and repeated the process, until I told him to stop. I lowered my hand and the bird climbed right onto my palm. A beautiful little Cedar Waxwing chick, fledged but not quite ready for major flight. The tips of his tail feathers were a beautiful brilliant yellow and his wings were just beginning to show red. He considered me quite throughly turning his head right and left and then climbed up my arm onto my shoulder. He rode around the yard on my shoulder while I looked for his Mom in the trees. He called to her from his perch every little while. I came in for my lunch salad with my little companion, who sat on my shoulder all the while. He was with me for about an hour. I placed him in several different trees and watched for Mom. I placed him in a tall pine in the front yard and walked away and he flew and landed on my head. From this perch he called for Mom, while I set up my sprinklers, and she answered. He flew back to the pine tree and both parents flew down to him. They both tried to get him to fly all the way acrost our yard which he could not do. They finally gave up and joined him in the group of trees. The last time I saw him he was being coaxed to a higher branch by Mom. What a wonderful gift to have such tiny perfection in my day.

Good Night All Alice

heartrw

Thank you for the welcome(s)...I look forward to being in this forum. I can only say how truly inspired I am when I see tickers that say 61 pounds lost!! How great must that feel? At this point, I can only dream about it.

Took mother-in-law to eye doctor this morning, mother-in-law fell, spent the rest of the day in the emergency room and hospital. The good news is I didn't overeat today!!!! :-)

Good night all. And thanks again for the welcome