WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

Eava57

I was thinking about Thanksgiving and how I can get through the day without totally blowing it. As I was filling in today's calories I decided to jump ahead to Thursday. I filled out the day's calories based on all the foods we are planning to eat...we have our favorite traditions as most families do. After I completed the day's calories...it was a whopping 3,000 calories!:huh: That was not even including any seconds. This is helping me rethink the day! Hope it helps you too!:blushing:

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Eava57, thanks for letting us know what to expect, calories wise, on Thursday. Shocking, isn't it !!!!!:sick:
I didn't buy all the extra sides that I normally do. For one, money is tight and hopefully some calories will be saved. My son has invited us to drive to his house, about 2 1/2 hours away in the afternoon. Not sure if that is a good idea because my husband hasn't been in the best of moods. Probably should stay home where we can be in separate rooms.:laugh:

msh0530

Barbie, I am a 16 now...I am aiming for a 10 or 12!:flowerforyou: Congratulations to you!

Funny how everyone's body is different. I am in a 24 now, and aiming for a 16 or 18. I am 5'10", and large boned, and I know from when I was much younger that my bones barely fit into a 14 when I was pretty thin, so don't think that I will get there. (I would tell you to send my your 16s when you were done with them to inspire me, but they are almost surely too short!) :happy:

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Mary, are your legs very long? My daughter-in-law is tall also and has to have all her clothes custom made because of her legs. Any store bought pants would be too short.

BirdieM

Happy Thanksgiving Eve Day to all!!! I lost another lb!:blushing:
This is my menu for tomorrow!
As you can see, I am not sacrificing anything but picking and choosing what I am eating plus my water and 30 min of exercise (150 cal.)

This is the summary:
Breakfast- 3/4 C Honey Nut Cheerioes w/ a banana, 1/2 C 2% milk & Dannon Activia (reg not lite)

Lunch- Fuji Apple

Dinner: 3 oz of Turkey, with 1/2 cup of Bread stuffing, yams, butternut squash, Green beans. 2 T Cran Sauce, 1/8 c gravy, a sliver (taste of Apple pie and pumpkin pie)

If I want more of a treat for a snack : Jello w/ bananas & Strawberries & 2 T Cool Whip lite
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This is the day broken down:

Thursday November 26, 2009

Calories Carbs Fat Protein Calcium Sodium

Breakfast

General Millls - Honey Nut Cheerios (Gram Weight Included), 28 g (3/4 Cup)
Banana - 1 Medium Fresh Banana, 8 INCHES
Dannon - Yogurt - Activia 4 Pack Mixed Berry 4 oz. Cups, 113 g

Total
360 77 5 10 33 260


Lunch
Generic - Fugi Apple, 1.5 medium

Total
120 33 0 1 3 0



Dinner

Googzy's - White Meat Cooked Turkey, 3 oz


Ocean Spray - Jellied Cranberry Sauce, 1/8 cup


Stove Top Stuffing - Turkey Stuffing, 0.5 cup


Kroger - Yams , 1/2 Cup


Generic - Beans, Green Snap or String, Boiled, Drained, No Salt Added, 1 cup


Squash - Winter, butternut, frozen, cooked, boiled, with salt, 0.5 cup, mashed


Heinz - Homestyle Turkey Gravy, 1/4 cup


Pie - Pumpkin, 0.25 piece (1/8 of 9" dia) .25 of a piece (sliver)


Pie - Apple, 0.25 piece (1/8 of 9" dia) .25 of a piece (sliver)


Butter - Salted, 1 pat (1" sq, 1/3" high)


Total for meal:
679 103 14 7 8 1,010


Snacks

Cool Whip - Whipped Topping - Lite, 2 tbsp

Fruit - Banana - Medium 7 Inch, 0.5 whole

Strawberries - Frozen, unsweetened, 0.5 cup, thawed

Jell-O (Jello) - Sugar Free Strawberry, 0.5 container

Total Snack
117 27 1 1 3 3

Total for the day
1,276 240 20 19 47 1,273

Your Daily Goal: 1,350 185 45 50 100 2,500

Remaining: 74 -55 25 31 53 1,227
Calories Carbs Fat Protein Calcium Sodium

*You've earned 150 extra calories from exercise today

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!

BirdieM

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: Birdie, thanks for sharing your eating and calorie plans for Thanksgiving. You are so right that it's possible to do well with some good planning.

:flowerforyou: Mary :laugh: my problem is the opposite of yours, I have a terrible time finding pants that are short enough for me. I'm 5'3" and long waisted so my legs are really short.

:flowerforyou: Becky, I'm sorry your husband isn't going to be a happy guy on Thanksgiving.......don't let it get to you, you can be as happy as you make up your mind to be (I think that's a quote from some famous happy person)

:flowerforyou: Eava, thanks for sharing the calories in a typical Thanksgiving meal. This is my first "sensible eating" Thanksgiving and I can use all the help I can get. My sister died in a car crash over Thanksgiving in 1967 and my mother never enjoyed the holiday the same way after that. I will be thinking warm thoughts for your friend this year.............We lived in Anderson, CA before we moved to Washington in 2004. We go back to Red Bluff from time to time to visit friends.

:bigsmile: :bigsmile: We finally talked to the people that invited us for Thanksgiving so now we have directions to their house, arrival time (3PM) and what to bring. They said dessert or appetizer snacks so since I no longer eat or prepare dessert, I chose appetizer. Hubby suggested hummus and fresh veggies and since we have time in the morning for preparation, i can cut up cauliflower, broccoli, and peppers:bigsmile: :bigsmile: :bigsmile: We like the red pepper hummus that we get at Costco. We are boarding the dogs so we don't have to worry about them while we're gone and don't have to find a willing neighbor to walk them on a holiday. We'll take them in today and pick them up on Friday morning. The people we'll be with are one of hubby's longest and best friends, his wife whom we've met only once, their 5 month old daughter that we've not seen and his mom whom we've never met and maybe some other people. It promises to be a great day.

I wish happiness and gratitude and health to all of you, my new and wonderful friends.
hugs, Barbie

jam0525

Hello everyone,

My apologies in advance for not getting the names in my reply. My PC is really giving me a hard time with the new display functions. I will need to check the posts more often and reply quicker. lol

To all of us taking care of our parents, grandparents, in-laws - please question the doctors and make sure they are doing all they can. I've had 3 situations where if I had not questioned the doctors orders my Dad would not still be here. Medicare is great, but it can make it difficult too. I question everything. Mostly because I'm geeky and need to understand the details and because my parents gave my brother and I shared Power of Attorney. I have to be able to explain everything over the phone as my brother lives out of state. He's geeky and detailed oriented too. lol

Thanksgiving Dinner- I am concerned too about over eating. This past week has been hard as everyone is gearing up for the holidays and we've just had too much stuff around the office. I'm doing OK, but I plan to cut back on the other two meals and move the main meal earlier in the day. As many of you know, the weekends are hard for me as I have to feed the hubby and kids. Last week I had the big meal mid-day instead of evening then I just had soup for dinner. I was able to stay within my calories.

To all of us busy bees- Let's all take 30 minutes a day for ourselves. It's not that much time and we deserve it.

Gratz to all who have lost or at least stayed the same.

Well, the teenagers need me.............have to cut this off now,

Jeannie

msh0530

:flowerforyou: Mary, are your legs very long? My daughter-in-law is tall also and has to have all her clothes custom made because of her legs. Any store bought pants would be too short.

I used to have to make my own pants most of the time, but they seem to make them longer now, and I can usually find some if I look enough places.

Just got home from taking Suzie Q (our dog) to the vet. She got away from us to go say hi to the neighbor's dog, and then was running back to me right in front of a pickup. After she was hit, she could still run, so I think she is probably mostly ok, but we left her at the vet's to be checked. I haven't screamed like that for a while - pretty scary to watch. I hope she doesn't have internal damage.

Lianne95519

Hi everyone,
:flowerforyou: Happy Thanksgiving! I am typing from my hospital bed on the 2nd of a 3 day stay for my hysterectomy. I have been on liquids only diet :grumble: :grumble: but even with the crackers I have been eating with my meal I am staying under my 1200 mark. (not on purpose…just don’t feel like eating much) Must be the medicine they have me on.
With luck I will go home tomorrow. My husband is cooking turkey dinner and I will probably have a little but I really don’t have much of an appetite.
Now that’s losing weight the hard way!!!!!
Best holiday wishes to all.:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:
Lianne

msh0530

Vet just called - he says he can't find anything particularly wrong with her. What a miracle! He is is putting her on an anti-inflammatory, and she needs watched for internal injuries. We are going to get her now.

MacMadame

Damn... lost my message somehow.

Anyway, I just got back from Tempe, AZ. I spent the week there volunteering at Ironman AZ. Then I SIGNED UP FOR NEXT YEAR!!

I'm so excited. Plus I'm getting a new bike from a friend and it shipped today. Not sure when it's suposed to arrive. I guess I better call my bike shop.

While out of town, I started out writing down all my food in a notebook I carry in my purse, but it soon got to crazy to do that. I brought my TRX straps to do workouts in the hotel. Only did one the first night. We were crashing and then getting up really early almost every day so I just didn't have time. I didn't do my PT exercises either except the first day.

But we walked a lot. Sunday, the day of the race, we walked a grand total of 16 miles! (One of us had a watch that tracks your mileage through GPS.) On Sat. we took some sweet high end bikes out for a test drive. My friends got the road bikes but I was brave and tried a triathlon bike. Man, was it wobbly! (They are notorious for their lack of stability... it's a price of their speed.) So I guess that's exercise (it was only about 2 miles of riding because we had to get the bikes back in half an hour).

I also had some chocolate, a Snickers ice cream bar, a glass of wine, another of champagne and 3 hot chocolates. But I lost 3 pounds! :laugh: Some of it is water weight. AZ is SO DRY. We all have chapped lips now. Some of it losing muscles and gaining fat due to not being able to work out so much due to my injury (or at least that's what my scale says). But maybe some of it is real. That would be nice.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

jam0525

Lianne- Glad to hear your recovering from your surgery. When do you get to go home?

Mary- Very happy to hear your dog is OK. That's a lucky dog.

MacMadame-Glad to hear you lost weight during your trip. It sounds like you got a lot of excercise just by volunteering.

I'm doing extra excercise everyday this long weekend whether I overeat tomorrow or not. I know I need to get more in and maybe this will get me started.

Have a nice evening,

Jeannie

weaklink109

Mary--

So glad to hear your dog sounds like she is going to be ok!! What an awful thing to witness, but I am glad you were there to take care of her!! My "babies" send her a big "WOOF" (translation--Feel better soon):flowerforyou:

Lianne-

I am sure you will be looking forward to being home.and I'll bet you are glad your procedure is OVER with, as well. Based on my own experience, I think you will soon be kicking up your heels rejoicing at the elimination of whatever problems were solved by your surgery. Depending on circumstances, you may be like me and wonder why you didn't do it sooner!!:laugh:

I took a tip from someone on this thread or another one and posted as much as I could for tomorrow, and decided I needed an hour on the hiking trail today, so I went at dusk and walked back on the well lit thoroughfare that parallels the trail. Got in about 3 miles, so I hope that will help a little tomorrow. It is supposed to rain tomorrow, so I didn't want to assume I could walk then.

Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :drinker: :drinker:

Barb

angl

Had a good day calorie wise. Still need to lose 1 lb to reach my goal. Think the turkey day will probably hold me back a few days.
Lianne95519..... glad to hear you have made it through your surgery. I am going in for my hysterectomy on Dec. 30 so stay in touch I may need some advice. Im having the surgery by robotics and they say I only need to spend one nite in hospital. What type of surgery did you have to have?
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL AND REMEMBER TO EAT SMART. Dont stuff ourselves like the turkey.
angl (where did the smiley faces go?)

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: Lianne, How amazing that you have internet access in the hospital. I'm so glad to hear that you are recovering well from your surgery. It's not a great way to lose weight but every pound lost is a blessing no matter how it happens. i know your pets (and your husband) will be happy to have you home.:bigsmile:

We got up too early this morning so we're headed for bed now. it's lonely here because we boarded the dogs for two days so we wouldn't worry about them when we're gone for a long time tomorrow.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.
hugs Barbie

msh0530

Well, I think my bags are all packed, my lunches and snacks are all packed, breakfast is ready to go into the oven early, and I am ready to head to bed. The alarm will go off at 5am, and I am sure that I won't want to move. I am very excited about going to Texas to see my oldest daughter, though! I am not likely to be on a computer until Monday, so Happy Thanksgiving to all, and to all a good night!

mamacindy81

This was in our paper this morning:

May your stuffing be tasty,
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump,
May your yams be delicious
And may your pies take the prize,
May your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your Thighs!!!!

Just thought I'd share

Cindy

Benson

The smileys are on the top right when you are typing your message. Just click add smiley and they will appear across the top of your page.

Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans. Today is just another day in paradise for us Canadians since our T day is always in October.

Enjoy yourselves and all you have to be thankful for.

Heather

AliceLMS

Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for.


Remember that's nibble, nibble, nibble, not gobble, gobble, gobble!

jam0525

Cindy – Thanks for sharing. That poem is great!

I got up early and have already cleaned the house and I have my second pie in the oven. I am not a big pie eater, but my hubby and kiddos are. I messed up a couple of weekends ago and cooked a turkey for Sunday dinner not realizing how close to Thanksgiving it was. We JUST finished the leftovers from it So, today we are having ham. I did get a free turkey from a store and that is in the freezer for Christmas.

I bought spumoni (which I do love) and so must do extra excercise to have the 300 calories for dessert tonight.

Happy Thanksgiving to all here in the states and a belated Happy Thanksgiving to our friends in Canada.

Jeannie

healthier4me

Hello everyone:flowerforyou:

Just popping in to wish all American members a very Happy and Healthy Thanksgiving

Thanks Jeannie for the belated wishes to us here in Canada that have already enjoyed our Thanksgiving in October:flowerforyou: No matter what month we celebrate this wonderful holiday, the most important aspect is the many things we have to be thankful for

Best wishes to all:flowerforyou:

Marie

LaurelFisher

:bigsmile: Hello everyone,Thanksgiving is my favorite meal of the year.
and I am not being good today but will make up for it in exercise.
:flowerforyou:
May your stuffing be tasty :smokin:
May your turkey be plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have never a lump.
May your yams be delicious:smooched:
And your pies take the prize, :flowerforyou:
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs! :laugh:
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Love and prayers for all of those with family and health issues. And for our service family I pray for Peace and safety.
Rosemary
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

weaklink109

Rosemary,

You and Cindy must subscribe to the same newspaper!!!!:laugh: :laugh: But it is a cute poem all the same.

On another thread, where they were discussing "to log or not to log" today's dinner, another poster (arewethereyet) wrote:

"No Logging
No Jogging
Food eating
Egg Nogging!!"

Cute, but I already have my food logged for today, so I could see if I had any "wiggle room" or if I need to get another walk in today, despite the rain.

Happy day to all !!:flowerforyou:

Barb

jam0525

Hello everone,

I am stuffed and only 200 calories over for the day. I will do extra excercise time all this weekend to make up for it and stay on track.

How's everyone one else doing?



Jeannie

RebelRenny

Hope you all had a fantastic American Thanksgiving Day!!! I am thankful for all of you.

I had my first day back at work for 1/2 day after the flu :sick: . Have not kept track of calories this last week. But things are looking up and getting better from here on! :bigsmile:

Renny

vickim26

Hi Ladies,
First time I have had to post all day. Got up early and went to gym after putting Turkey in the oven. When I got home had to go get Kenneth from work. Went to daughters new house. (they closed yesterday) for Thanksgiving dinner. Had a great time with family and grandchildren. After lunch the men pulled up carpet so they can put down new floors. We then left for our trip to Branson. We got here to Ruston, LA about 9 pm. Checked into motel and went upstairs cause girls were sleeping. I went back down to get some stuff. We had so much Kenneth would never have been able to find anything. Got back to room and he went to gym for quick workout. I heard a car alarm which made me think of my keys and started searching. Could not find them. Called him on cell and asked him to make sure car was still there. He went and found my keys sitting on the sidewalk outside of hotel. How blessed I feel. What a disaster that could have been. I did not do too badly on my eating. Try to post tomorrow.
vicki M

AliceLMS

:flowerforyou: Happy Thanksgiving to you all. I am thankful for each and everyone of you. :flowerforyou:

Had a lovely day, dinner a home with family, small group this year, but we had a wonderful time. I did pretty well on my calories.
Had lots of veggies, but sampled two desserts. I hope you all had a day blessed with family and friends, and a long list of things to give thanks for.

Good Night All, Alice

barbiecat

Happy Friday morning, We don't shop for Christmas. We just send checks to our kidsl:laugh: so we won't be in the stores today. We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner

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we figured out that this is the first time in our 20 year marriage that we've gone to someone else's house for Thanksgiving. It was fun. I followed my own suggestion to pay more attention to the people than to the food and it made the day even better. I spent time talking to everyone at the event (I think there were 16 people plus the 5 month old baby). One guest was the 97 year old grandma/aunt who kept me occupied with stories about all the family members. Another guest was a professional Santa. I ate more than usual and went over my calories but I said no to pecan pie, apple pie, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin chocolate chip cookies bigsmile My big splurges were a fabulous cranberry sauce made with oranges and walnuts, stuffing, and a ton of turkey. I skipped the mashed potatoes and gravy. We drank Perrier and skipped the sparkling cider. Dinner started with everyone sharing what they were thankful for and that gave us a great opportunity to get to know the family even better. They've already invited us to come back next year.

Jake signed up his best friend as an associate in our business. He was blown away at how much weight we'd lost and wanted to know how we did it. By the end of the evening he was inclined to order the products and become an associate. When we got home at 10PM Jake was at the computer getting his friend signed up so I turned on my recording of the Macy's parade and walked and jogged to the music for 40 minutes before going to bed.

This morning I read "Nobody ever got obese from a single meal. It's the other 364 days you need to pay attention to" So today is one of those days and I have a light eating/heavy exercising day planned.:bigsmile:

We're taking the day of and relaxing......I'll go to line dance this morning and then we'll have the afternoon and evening together with no phone calls or business related work.

:flowerforyou: Vicki, what a scary story about your keys. I'm so glad it had a happy ending.
hugs Barbie

weaklink109

Hello Everyone, or should I say "Gobble Gobble" which we all did to a certain degree yesterday.:laugh:

Anyway, I couldn't resist getting weighed today and I am happy to report " NO GAIN":drinker: :drinker: I had a great dinner with a friend and my parents at her house. We had pumpkin pie AND a chocolate cake with ice cream, in honor of my dad's 83rd birthday. I ate my fill, BUT, I strategically snacked on veggies during the meal prep so it didn't take as much to make me "full."

Today the rain is gone and the sun is out, so eventually, I will have to stop letting three sleeping little doggies lie and get out for a walk with them and later just me. It rained cats and dogs yesterday from about 10am on, so I didn't do my exercise walk, just 40 minutes in the morning with the doggies.

After reading other posts, sounds like everyone had a pretty good time of it, and avoided disaster. Thank goodness you noticed your keys were missing, Vicki!!! For once a car alarm going off was a positive instead of an annoying intrusion. They always seem to go off around here about 3 in the morning and then I can't go back to sleep!!:grumble: :laugh:

Barbie, your day sounded like it worked out well. Your coping strategy was successful and you had a good day, so what more can we ask for, right?:flowerforyou:

Between dinner and dessert, I got to listen to my parents reminisce about the travels they made in France and Great Britain on canal boats, a very interesting way to travel, and perfect for getting off the beaten tourist path. In one instance while in France, they were waiting to go through a navigational lock, and those in another canal boat cut in ahead of them and, thus, arrived at the moorage first. There was no point in starting a ruckus, but my dad was very annoyed. The other people took bicycles off their boat and started riding to a nearby town, ahead of my parents and the couple they were travelling with.

As they walked along the path, the female half of their traveling companions suddenly stopped and picked up a piece of paper money. :noway: As they continued to walk, they found more and more, about the equivalent of $30 US at that time,:noway: in the form of French currency. :drinker: There was no way to know for sure who it belonged to, but my mom said they took great pleasure in assuming it belonged to the "ugly Americans" that had cut in front of them in line!!!:laugh: :laugh:

My mom also told a story I hadn't heard in years about her adventure right after the end of WWII, when she got out of the Royal Canadian Air Force and she and another women hitch hiked from Vancouver BC to California--something you definitely would NOT consider doing nowadays!!

It was a good day.

I have no reason to get up in the middle of the night to shop today, so it was very amusing to see a news story that a local outlet mall about 40 miles south of me in Oregon opened up at 10 pm Thanksgiving night, and will be open continuously til 9p tonight (Friday). They actually had a traffic jam on the I-5 because of all the people waiting to get into their parking lots!!! Great for the merchants, but a bummer for anyone travelling between Salem and Portland trying to get home after too much turkey!!:laugh:

Have a good day.


Barb

laniv

Hi Everyone,
I've haven't posted for a few days. Life has been very chaotic lately.
Thanksgiving went well. We were invited to my cousins' house. They are both weight-conscious, so they had lots of vegetables, as well as turkey and salmon. They had some desserts, but I brought an apple cake that has many fewer calories than pie. We had lots of laughs and good times.

My knee (tendinitis flare-up) is feeling better, so today I exercised for the first time in a week.

Congratulations to all of you who kept to your plans over Thanksgiving. Let's support each other through the temptations of the holiday season.