WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR AUGUST 2012

JNHeff

SundanceB,
the PT is kicking my butt! i had NO idea it would be so hard..... :grumble:

but i AM certain that it is helping~ i can tell a difference the next day i am sore all over! didn't realize i was in such BAD shape.....:ohwell:

they do this electronic stimulation thing and ice on my knee when it's over, but that MASSAGE sounds even better! :happy:

i am determined to get better, so i can MOVE on a regular basis, and get this weight OFF! :happy:

i'll ask about massage when i go back in the morning. doc has me going 3X week. now, if i could only move on the "off" days, too.....

and learn to like drinking water! i know, baby steps....

have a great Labor Day Weekend!

janie

BobbieLee1959

52 and have a new favorite quote:

"If you run, you are a runner. It doesn't matter how fast or how far. It doesn't matter if today is your first day or if you've been running for twenty years. There is no test to pass, no license to earn, no membership card to get. You just run." ~John Bingham

I don't run fast, I don't run far, today isn't my first day, nor have I been running for 20 years. I have not passed a test or earned a license, don't have a membership card, but I DO run...I am a runner..I really am...{blinking back the tears} WOW!

Gardengail

I haven't told you I was a massage therapist in my former career. Had a private practice for about 10 years, doing deep tissue massage. The past few years I've only used it to barter since I'm back in an office job full time.

I haven't had a massage in a very long time and I'm longing for one, however, belly down is still not comfortable so I'll still wait a bit.

Gail

mwaakisses

Hi all. I'm 53 and need to get healthier. I heard about this site from my nurse. I checked it out and have joined. I have been through alot this past year and have put on alot of weight. I really want to take it off, but I get depressed and lazy sometimes. I figured while I was having to do physical therapy and pulmonary therapy (which means working on treadmills and exercise bikes) I may as well lose some weight. I just dont do it well by myself. I am hoping this will be the place that helps me help myself. I am new too all this, so I may be slow at first, but I am determined to become healthier, and back to the person I was a year ago.

stardancer7

Good evening everyone! I've been logging my food diary, but haven't had an opportunity to catch up with this thread for a day or so. I'm a high school drama teacher and this was my third full day back with students. I have two Grade 9 classes and one Grade 11. They are high-energy! I'm not quite organized yet with the morning routine at home yet--my daughters are 17 and 15 and we have one bathroom. I need to use the treadmill first thing in the morning or it sort of gets pushed off my to-do list by other demands at the end of the day--and it's easier to let my excuses win after a long day's work.

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am 53. I joke that I'm 'twice the woman" I was when I taught the parents of the students I have right now 25 years ago, and frankly, I am. But my goal is to make it metaphorical only. :happy:

My husband is also obese and I suggested to him that we try a little competition to help us stay motivated. The idea is that we will put a little money aside each month to go toward some sort of holiday or 'away' time, and that whoever 'wins' gets to name the destination. We assumed that he would lose faster because he's a man, and also because he's bigger than I am, so were trying to figure out a fair way to determine a winner. Well, I was horrified to discover that he only weighed three pounds more than I did. When I recovered from that, I told him that it would probably be fair, because he's a man, but I am fatter. Don't know if any of that is true--all I know is that he wants to go on a skiing holiday, while I want to go somewhere warm. It is working for me...and our daughters are enjoying it too--"Let's walk an extra block to the other store, mom--you don't want to go skiing, do you?" We weighed in on Sunday and I was in the lead. So I'm looking forward to this coming Sunday and seeing what's been happening.


Haven't made the apple-squash/pumpkin soup yet--that's my plan for this coming Saturday. Looking forward to it!

Ellen

2011Eileen

Hi everyone,
I turned 57 this year, and just joined mfp about 2 weeks ago. I retired a few years ago after having heel surgery.
I had been doing weight watchers (lost 70 lbs) prior to joining mfp, as I felt I needed a change to kick my butt to lose the last 30-40 lbs.
Looking forwarding to getting to know you all.
Eileen

kackie

Wow...we are a chatty group! I am still trying to catch up with everyone, but for now:

DeeDee: I sure hope you are feeling better and the antibiotics have worked! Take care:flowerforyou:

Grandbaby is not sleeping well here, so no one else is either. Poor thing! Don't know if it is the altitude, new teeth or what? Wish they could tell us! I have been trying to keep her whenever I can so DIL and our son can get some rest or time together. They are off at a concert now!

Take care All! Kackie

jb_2011

Hi again, I just can't seem to stay away from here lately! :glasses:

I was sorry to see Barbie's soup disappear today at lunch. :sad: It was verrrry good, I heated it up very hot, added croutons, lots of diced tomato, parmesan, and a bit of Spanish rice leftover from last night. And some water to thin it down. YUM. I'll make it again when I roast pumpkins this fall.

I do struggle a bit with readjusting my self image and accepting the new me after losing almost 70 pounds. 70 pounds!! Well, 68, but it's close to 70. :bigsmile: Anyone else have trouble in this area? I still have to remind myself that it's true, and since I don't like standing in front of a mirror very much, I realize a lot of this is all in my head. :ohwell:

I did some research and found an article about "Phantom Fat": Here's what it said: “People who were formerly overweight often still carry that internal image, perception, with them,” says Elayne Daniels, a psychologist in Canton, Mass., who specializes in body-image issues. “They literally feel as if they’re in a large body still.” Daniels and other experts suspect this may happen because the brain hasn’t “caught up” with the new, leaner body, particularly for people who were obese for many years and then experienced rapid weight loss. “Body image is a lot harder to change than the actual physical body is,” Daniels says."

Here's the whole article. >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31489881/ns/health-womens_health/t/phantom-fat-can-linger-after-weight-loss/

Anyway, hubby now just informed me that he wants to pack up and go camping up at huckleberry-land tomorrow! So I'll be busy packing early in the morning, and will see you all in a few days.

Be good!

jb

glendalight

My victory today? I took a trip to the mountains with the grandkids - so good for the soul and so glorious!! and I managed to avoid the heavy carb picnic food and the ice cream cone! (okay, I did have one taste!) I rather enjoyed a delicious fresh salad with chicken breast and some berries and yogourt! and some time in the sunshine by the water

exermom

You know, MFP always says things like "in xxx days/weeks/whatever you'll weigh xxx". Only thing is...I've never gotten to the weight it says that I will get to. Well, I'm really not concerned, I feel good, and to me that's what matters most.

Carolyn - many times I think of hot flashes as my own personal tropical vacation

Gail - we bought a robotic cleaner. Actually, we bought it before we got the pool! Vince needed to be sure that it worked before he sent in the warranty card, so he tried it out in the bathtub...lol It went all of about 2 feet! But at least we know it works . I like spinach, too. Wish Vince did. Well, there isn't much he DOES like so that doesn't come as any surprise to me that he doesn't like spinach. We have a man on our senior bowling (actually, this winter he's on my team) who has Parkinsons and Altzheimers. He's such a sweet man. When we had our organizaational meeting yesterday, I brought grapes and carrots with me. He was eating the grapes. I don't care about that. His wife was telling me how he really needs to eat small snacks during the day, he really doesn't so she was thrilled that he was eating the grapes. She's all ready to buy some.

Right now I'm making chocolate chip cookies for the workers and some for Vince. I was planning that after this, I'd go in the pool some, but it's looking very dark outside. Hope the rain holds off long enough. Update: it really rained hard....for about 3 minutes. Now the sun is out. Go figure. You'd think we lived in Florida!!!

Did an hour and a half of Jari Love Extremely Ripped 1000 DVD today. Tomorrow I'll do 1/2 hour of HIIT and 1/2 hour of using the AMT (the stepping feature).

rebeccafrashe - welcome and big congrats on the fantastic weight loss. You're on your way!

bonbon - welcome also. Glad you're here

Lin - I do hope your dad is fine. it's good that he's in the hospital where he can be monitored

katejkelley - what a great NSV

mehrsyvtaft - welcome! Sounds like you have a good handle on things

slowspud - welcome! I know what you mean about the weight not moving. So glad it's starting for you

LzL - welcome!

janlee - we'd LOVE having you!

DMOMofTHREE - welcome and , no, you aren't the only one running to the bathroom. I think of it as extra exercise....lol

meg - what a wonderful Biggest Loser culmination. I especially liked that they served healthy desserts. What did they serve? I remember a few years ago when Vince had the tibial plateau fracture. He couldn't walk, was on the floor. He couldn't get up (he couldn't put any weight on that leg). I was trying to show him how to push himself up on the side and not use that leg when I realized that I could do it because I'd done something very similar in exercise class so my muscles were built up but he'd never done anything like it. What kinds of games do you play at your game night?

Rose - what wonderful weight loss!

Jen - I enjoyed vacuuming the pool. It was neat, in a way, to be able to see how much progress you made. I'm sure this won't happen all the time, it was just so dirty this time.

Micki - have a safe trip! You know, actually it's good to give your body a break from exercise some times. So I wouldn't worry about not getting much exercise while you're driving. Just be sure to get some when you get to OH. Have a great vacation

Shannon - welcome. You'll get that weight off, that's for sure. I can tell how determined you sound

DeeDee - To be honest, I'm really not concerned about when they'll be finished with the pool. Just that it's getting done after all these years, an extra week or two or three isn't a big deal to me.

mwkakisses- welcome! You'll do it..and we'll be there right behind you every step of the way!

Ellen - good for you being in the lead! I, too, would opt to go somewhere where it's warm. Especially in Jan or Feb

Eileen - looking forward to getting to know more about you, too. So log in often.

Sorry if I've left anyone out.

Got up, dressed, exercised, then had a snack, made some chocolate chip cookies for the workers and also for Vince (I froze some so that I don't have to make them again), then Vince and I went in the pool and he tried some more to clean it, got some of the stubborn things up but we don't know how to get the stuff in the deep end. If the raised elevation were finished, we'd stand on top of it and clean from there. However, we can't do that right now. But the water did feel good. I remember FIL and MIL had this webbed floating chair for their pool, it was more of a lounge chair (so your legs were up). The nice thing was that you were somewhat in the water. Unfortunately, I can't find anything like that on the net, everything is one piece. I did find a webbed chair, but it's more like a chair than a lounge chair. Well, when we go to FL I'll look in the pool supply places down there. Started to look at the tile samples they left us. To be honest, I'm having a hard time picturing this. I wish there was some sort of program where you can put in different types of tiles and see how they'd look together. Took a bit of a nap since I didn't get much sleep last night, had a light dinner of a crab cake and then slept a bit more. Now I'm up but hope to be back in bed soon.

Here's hoping everyone has a great evening.

Michele

auntiebk

Good evening lovelies!

Michelle, this sure looks spendy but was the only webbed looking one I found::ohwell:
http://www.pooltoysource.com/swimming-pool-floats/floating-chairs/sunchaserslinglounge.cfm

JB and Barbie, thanks for the timely reminder of apple-pumpkin soup. Wanted something to use up last year's puree from the freezer and really didn't want to bake. Sounds yummy. Soon as the temp gets below 80:devil: will whip up a batch.

DeeDe wish you well but hope your expectations aren't too high. When I had pneumonia, after getting out of the hospital, was home for 5 weeks. Going back to work was incredibly hard, was weak as a kitten for another month, at least, after that. The good thing about it? Haven't smoked for a dozen years... :smokin: :noway:

Back to logging food. Great exercise yesterday, today bupkes. Didn't even walk to the Doc's (eye infection) as went over my lunchour for the appt and to pick up the rx. But was able to stay under, even though having a glass of red and 1 choc. Moderation 2 days in a row. Could I get used to this? Maybe

Only woke once last night at 3 for a brief BR break. Got right back to sleep, AMAZING! Switched cell phones yesterday and forgot to set the new alarm. Overslept to 7:30 this morning, and it felt GREAT.

So tomorrow, the plan is to wake up at the old usual time and get down on the mat to finish August properly and gear up for September.

Faye you're passing through Idaho? Which part? Liz and I are both in the southwestern quadrant of the state.

Too sleepy to catch up on part 2 or reply to all,:yawn:
Hugs,


Barbara, the AHMOD who WILL be size 10 one day

August: EVERY DAY: 2 fruits + 7 veggies, 30 mins of any exercise, some mat work 5 days a week, average 10K steps, no more than 2 drinks Thurs-Sunday, PERIOD!!! Let it be. Really.

2012: dance more, bark less and CHECK IN!!!

janlee_001

I'll be 50 in 6 months may I please join you? I need to be around older women who are going through the things I am.

Hi there, I am new too but they do seem to be a lovely bunch and I think it is a great idea to have something for us mature women.

Thank you we women need to stick together. Used to think my aunts and mom were nuts until I because more mature. :ohwell:

lizmil79

Hello Ladies,

@Meg your fitness celebration sounded like lots of fun also its great that you have a friend right there to support each other in this weight loss thing.
@Sundance--Linda understand about this getting old stuff for the birds thing. I may get 1 night of 8 hours of sleep a week the rest I sleep for a couple of hours than awake for a bit. I am luck for most nights if i get 5 hours of sleep.
@Dee-- Glad to hear that the meds are working for you.
@Lin so sorry to hear about your Dad.
@Michele I am happy for you that the pool is finally getting done.
@Barbara I am too logging but really trying to back away from process foods. Good for you in getting back into it.
@Rose yay on the weight loss!
@Barbie I like that statement from your last posts "that you can't control your weight los the number but can what you eat or plan your workouts etc" my re pharsing. So true the weight loss number no control but we can control what goes in and our workouts etc.
Welcome everyone

I am doing better no I have not been to a Doctor but have been expermenting instead of 3 meals and a snack have several small meals a day. Seems to be working no problems.

Today at work we took our clients to golf course we had groups of 3. The golf course had an instructor come out and give some basic instruction than sent us on our way. I was tere to assist them but we play along side them. I have never. It was just 9 holes but I took one group all the way through than again another group so play 2 rounds of golf they did walk had carts to pull the clubs with but we walk the course. But in telling you all this I have never been to a golf course and last golf lesson I was in High School. I really enjoyed it would like to try this again.

Well sorry if I mi8ss anyone. But I think I can go back to sleep now and if I do I can get another 1 to 2 hours of sleep before I must get up for work. Take care all

Wishing everyone a good Friday! :flowerforyou:

Liz

mamacindy81

Morning everyone,

I think 5am is just too early to get up but I couldn't sleep so here I am.

Thanks for the comments on using the dog harness. I will get another one today and see how it goes walking them together. I'm just wondering how it will go with the one being old and the other wanting to go fast! I basically don't want to be pulled. The young one could pull out of his collar and that always worries me around other dogs. We do have a leash law here but sometimes dogs (including mine) get out. We have a fenced back yard but the young dog will push under in a heart beat if he is left alone. His picture is on my profile page.

I have been careful with my snacking in the evenings. Yesterday I was good and just went & brushed my teeth and got some water.

I haven't heard from my children about the weekend. I do know my son has to work on Sunday. And it turns out that DH probably has to work on Saturday so I guess I'll have to find something to do to amuse myself.

Our 31st anniversary is coming up next week. We usually like to go somewhere for a few days but DH has jury duty the day before. He is hoping to call in and not have to go but neither of us has ever had that to happen before.

Well better get busy. I want to get the refrigerator cleared out before the garbage truck comes by. If I lived close by the grocery store I would only buy daily. But even better if I get my act together and really plan then I won't have things spoiling before I use them up. Does anyone else have this problem?

Have a good day all! Make good choices and drink your water! For me eat more veggies. Here's a link to the fresh tomato basil soup I made yesterday. Very low calorie (http://allrecipes.com/recipe/tomato-basil-soup-i/detail.aspx) and very tasty.

Cindy

DeeDee2211

Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Welcome to all the newbies:flowerforyou: , come in often and chat with us!!!

I just wanted to share I have lost 5.9 pounds for the month of Aug. , I weigh everyday, yet I decided to just log it on the last day of the month, that is because I didn`t want to show that 2 pound increase by logging it weekly, yes, I know it`s vain:blushing: , but it`s true. I started MFP the end of May and I have lost 32 pounds and 32 inches:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: !!!! I have to say I`m quite proud of myself. I had tried so many times to lose weight only to be disappointed, and for whatever reason this time its working, and I am very grateful. The support of all you wonderful women is amazing, thank you:flowerforyou: .

Barbie Thank you for all your words of wisdom, I do so appreciate them!!!! Thank you for keeping this thread going, I do believe by sharing all of our stories we get great tips on what has worked or hasn`t worked, new foods to try, new exercises to do, and in the process make good friends:happy: !!!

Cindy I`m going to check out the tomato basil soup recipe, I love Allrecipes.com. There is a grilled sea bass recipe there that I`ve tried and it is wonderful, thanks for the tip on the soup!!!

Well ladies I`m going to start my day now. I feel good enough this morning to go to the farmers market. I`m ready for some good, fresh, homegrown veggies.

Hope everyone has a fabulous day!!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: , log your food!!!

Hugs,
DeeDee

mwheatcraft54

Good evening everyone! I've been logging my food diary, but haven't had an opportunity to catch up with this thread for a day or so. I'm a high school drama teacher and this was my third full day back with students. I have two Grade 9 classes and one Grade 11. They are high-energy! I'm not quite organized yet with the morning routine at home yet--my daughters are 17 and 15 and we have one bathroom. I need to use the treadmill first thing in the morning or it sort of gets pushed off my to-do list by other demands at the end of the day--and it's easier to let my excuses win after a long day's work.

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am 53. I joke that I'm 'twice the woman" I was when I taught the parents of the students I have right now 25 years ago, and frankly, I am. But my goal is to make it metaphorical only. :happy:

My husband is also obese and I suggested to him that we try a little competition to help us stay motivated. The idea is that we will put a little money aside each month to go toward some sort of holiday or 'away' time, and that whoever 'wins' gets to name the destination. We assumed that he would lose faster because he's a man, and also because he's bigger than I am, so were trying to figure out a fair way to determine a winner. Well, I was horrified to discover that he only weighed three pounds more than I did. When I recovered from that, I told him that it would probably be fair, because he's a man, but I am fatter. Don't know if any of that is true--all I know is that he wants to go on a skiing holiday, while I want to go somewhere warm. It is working for me...and our daughters are enjoying it too--"Let's walk an extra block to the other store, mom--you don't want to go skiing, do you?" We weighed in on Sunday and I was in the lead. So I'm looking forward to this coming Sunday and seeing what's been happening.


Haven't made the apple-squash/pumpkin soup yet--that's my plan for this coming Saturday. Looking forward to it!

Ellen

mwheatcraft54

Good evening everyone! I've been logging my food diary, but haven't had an opportunity to catch up with this thread for a day or so. I'm a high school drama teacher and this was my third full day back with students. I have two Grade 9 classes and one Grade 11. They are high-energy! I'm not quite organized yet with the morning routine at home yet--my daughters are 17 and 15 and we have one bathroom. I need to use the treadmill first thing in the morning or it sort of gets pushed off my to-do list by other demands at the end of the day--and it's easier to let my excuses win after a long day's work.

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I am 53. I joke that I'm 'twice the woman" I was when I taught the parents of the students I have right now 25 years ago, and frankly, I am. But my goal is to make it metaphorical only. :happy:

My husband is also obese and I suggested to him that we try a little competition to help us stay motivated. The idea is that we will put a little money aside each month to go toward some sort of holiday or 'away' time, and that whoever 'wins' gets to name the destination. We assumed that he would lose faster because he's a man, and also because he's bigger than I am, so were trying to figure out a fair way to determine a winner. Well, I was horrified to discover that he only weighed three pounds more than I did. When I recovered from that, I told him that it would probably be fair, because he's a man, but I am fatter. Don't know if any of that is true--all I know is that he wants to go on a skiing holiday, while I want to go somewhere warm. It is working for me...and our daughters are enjoying it too--"Let's walk an extra block to the other store, mom--you don't want to go skiing, do you?" We weighed in on Sunday and I was in the lead. So I'm looking forward to this coming Sunday and seeing what's been happening.


Haven't made the apple-squash/pumpkin soup yet--that's my plan for this coming Saturday. Looking forward to it!

Ellen

I'm sorry for the double post - I'm still learning the quote feature - but I wanted to comment on the competition thing - I LOVE this idea! My husband weighed about 15 lbs more than me when we started, but he wasn't "dieting" per se, just not drinking alcohol (OK, maybe he was dieting - that was a LOT of calories). However, I'm not sure how good the competition would be: he's losing weight so quickly and without even trying, seemingly. I get very frustrated at that - I work out and burn twice as many calories as he does, eat half the calories he does, and lose half the weight he does ;(. What's up with that?

That's been a big frustration of mine - that my metabolism is soooo slow! It takes me twice as much working out to accomplish half as much. I try to take the philosophical approach (I'll live way longer and accept who I am where I am, but I still feel sad sometimes about it.

Anyway, have to log into work - just wanted to comment that I love that idea. Not sure if it would work for us but good luck getting to that beach!

rjadams

DH did great yesterday. Clean bill of health. Then he was so hungry and he requested pastrami sandwiches. I bought all the fixin's and made him a couple of great sandwiches. I had one. (way too much sodium so I am up today on the scale).The weather is supposed to be nice for our long weekend. I can't wait to get done with work and enjoy the 3 day weekend to clean up the yard before the rains come and to finish up the doghouse.

Catch you all later,

Robin, Bodi and Ritter.

megblair1

YAY it’s Friday! AND a holiday weekend. I’m getting ready to leave work (Its nearly noon)to start my weekend a little early. Nothing really new or exciting here to report. DH and I are going out to dinner and a movie tonight to a place called Cinedine where you get to eat in the movie theater. That should be fun, we are seeing oh shoot can’t remember the name of it. Meryl Streep….rejuvenating her old marriage.


Rose: good for you on your weight loss!

Jen: have a great time at the lake. Can I come too?

Micki: my in laws live in Wadsworth OH. It’s a lovely little town. Have a great trip!

Linda: I know what you mean about giving all the time to others and not giving to ourselves. I went to a workshop last Saturday and the speaker said “So I can tell you all are nursing faculty…no one else would come in on a Saturday”. That is so right on. This week was somewhat better. Your kid schedule sounds crazy!

Barbie: OMG what you said is so true! We don’t have the power over what we weigh, but we DO have the power to choose good habits. No wonder I am always so disappointed in my goals and not achieving them. They are all based on “lose this much weight” or “fit into this dress”. That’s crazy. I’m re-working my goals for September now! Thank you for your insight!

DeeDee: I am anxiously awaiting your cheer for me and Ginny! I’m proud of your weight loss too! Congrats!

Janie: good for you to drink that nasty old water!

Bobbielee: great quotation!

Mwaakisses: aren’t nurses great!!! Welcome

Stardancer: you have great motivations!

Kackie: maybe you can get some rest over the weekend

Jb: Congrats on all that weight loss. I agree with that article. We too have eating disorders and like those with bulimia or anorexia, we have a distorted image of ourselves. That’s a hard one to work on too.

Glenda: great NSV!!!

Michele: At the celebration we had lots of fruit and classic desserts like cookies and brownies that people had modified to be healthier, either lower in fat or sugar or both. For game night we usually play either board games or card games. Sometimes we do the Wii. Occasionally we watch something on TV, but that’s pretty uncommon. We take turns picking the game. Last night it was GreatStates which is really a little kid board game. You spin a thing and pick the type of card it tells you. Then someone reads it and you answer it. The board is a map of the country with facts about each state. We got it when the kids came from Russia and hadn’t played it in a long time, but it was fun to reminisce about how long they used to take! It helped them with geography though!!!

Barbara: all that sleep is delightful, isn’t it?

Liz: I love golf! I used to be on 2 leagues each year, but after my shoulder injury and leg injury, I haven’t played in 2 years. I hope to play next summer.

MamaCindy: that recipe looks fantastic. Thanks for sharing

Robin: that sodium will get you every time. I eat at Joe’s Crab shack one night then later found out my steam pot had over 10,000 mg of sodium. I felt like a balloon for a week!

OK ladies, I must run to meet Ginny for our first official weigh in for this competition. Take care, Meg

LindaS175

Oh happy Friday!
This is Monday for me!! I am working the next 6 days in a row! I am really happy with my progress! I started the end of June and I have lost 27 lbs! :bigsmile: :bigsmile: :drinker: :drinker:

This is the longest I have ever stayed with a weight loss program. I don't call this a weight loss program, this is a way of life and a life style change!

I attribute my success to being part of this blog- Thank you Barbie for keeping this blog going and your words of wisdom.:flowerforyou:

Thanks to all the wonderful supportive women on this site. This has been the difference, along with logging my food and exercise. Plus drinking that water.:drinker: :drinker:

I am off to my orthopedic surgeon to check in- he will be so happy with my weight loss!:noway: :noway:

Have a great holiday weekend! Celebrate YOU and all the laboring you have done for your family's, or employers etc!

Lets celebrate us this weekend and what we are doing to make ourselves healthy and happier! :bigsmile:

Blessings, Linda

glendalight

Help me out please....NSV? :ohwell:

mamacindy81

Meg that movie is called "Hope Springs" My sister & I went to see it a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty funny but a little risque`. I want DH to see it after it comes out on DVD. He's getting a little hard of hearing and I find it so much better to watch a movie with the captions on. I'm getting to where I like it because you really do get all the words.

Had some more of that tomato basil soup I made yesterday and I made chicken taco salads for lunch. I've been making fresh salsa to go with it since the tomatoes have come in. I'll really miss them when they're gone.

I did buy another dog harness today but I'm going to wait until this evening to take the dogs out. It's too hot and humid right now.

I hope everyone has a good weekend and stays on track.

Cindy

mamacindy81

Non Scale Victory

2011Eileen

Good Morning,
Hope everyone is having a great friday.

slowspud

It is a shame you did not catch shingles sooner or he could have had the tablet form of Zovirax (the cold sore treatment). It stopped it immediately for my husband and was great. Don't worry about lack of weight loss, as long as it is not going on is what matters. I only lost 0.4lb in two weeks this time but I know the reason. It was my birthday so tere were plenty meals out and drink so I know I can get back on track again. xx

slowspud

New here this week, I try to read a few posts here and there, but its difficult while at work :frown:
I hope to catch up this weekend and get to know a few of you and try some of the recipes on here.
Once question I have is am I the only one running to the bathroom every two hours because of all the water I drink?:drinker:

That will stop after a few days. I used to do that too and it does stop as your body adjusts to the extra fluid. xx

cmbalint

ladies it,s nice to see postings I found you at the start of August and then you were gone.:happy:

slowspud

JNHeff.. It took me ages to get used to drinking water. What I found worked for me was to take a 2 litre bottle to work every day and make sure it was gone before I came home. Now I am not working, I keep a 2 litre bottle filled up every morning and make myself have that. At least I know i am drinking enough by the time I add cups of tea etc inbteween. xx

mommie55

Hi Ladies
Have been totally out of it for a couple days
Has any one heard of.....
Tia Cheng????
A friend suggested I try it

My life is crazy right now
My Goals for September...
:drinker: drink more water
:happy: eat healthier choices
bike 10 miles a day
:ohwell: no more skipping meals

slowspud

Mamacindy - do the cinema's where you live not have subtitles? May be worth asking as they do in UK but have only just started advertising it. Apparently it has been here for years.