WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Cindy, do not think of food at this time. You have enough on your mind. If you are not able to eat healthy right now, you will be able to later. My prayers are with you and your family.

AHealthierSuzyQ

Just finished catching up on all your posts. As usual, travel made me retain water ~ I'm up 3 pounds~ so I'll be eating fruits, veggie,s n nuts only for the next few days to flush my system. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving getting to know my daughter's boyfriend's family. Lots to do in the next 3 days so I'm donning my shapeups and getting busy.

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: SuziQ, I am also up three pounds. I am drinking more water. Been told that is probably what the gain is. This doesn't make sense to me....I think the weight is due to over-eating.:laugh: I thought of doing some really "clean" eating. Lots of veggies, etc. but then I ate some candy last night.:sad:

doobiedoo

:flowerforyou: Good Morning! Well...I have gained 8 pounds since my lowest weight and I can really feel it all over. The thought occured to me this morning that when I gain I am the loser, but when I lose I gain in every area. I need to get my focus and get back into the right mindset which needs to become my lifestyle and not just a means to an end. I've proven to myself that if I don't do this I will slip back into the way I've been all my life. It isn't easy to make such an all consuming change at 55, but I've seen how much better I feel and look by losing just 27 pounds. I want to keep going. Thanks to all of you for your encouragements.:flowerforyou:

weaklink109

Cindy,

So sorry to hear that your SIL is coming to the end of life's journey. Don't stress about eating now, just concentrate on taking care of yourself, emotionally and gather round your family. It will not be an easy time for anyone, but maybe by pulling together, you can all get through it a little easier.

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For all those who gained, you are not alone. I was fine until the party I went to on Sat night, then there was the Sunday dinner at my parents, which I arranged. My mother has a cousin who lives about 30 miles from us in Oregon. We don't stay in constant touch, but I got to thinking that we hadn't seen her in almost TWO years!! Since she is only about 8 years younger than my mom, I decided "time was a wastin,'" so I arranged to go pick her up and bring her back to my parent's place and we did a nice low -labor dinner with Costco rotisserie chicken, fresh asparagus and a big green salad. Unfortunately, there was still about half of that birthday cake:grumble: that we had from Thanksgiving in honor of my dad, so I confess to having some of that as well. Of course, no cake is complete without vanilla ice cream...

I am telling myself this is my "zig zag calorie" weekend, so it is time to get back on track. I did get a good long walk in on Saturday, and should have on Sunday as the weather was beautiful, but between church and getting things at the store for dinner and driving about 45 minutes to pick up mom's cousin, I barely got the doggies walked, much less myself.

Bradley's latest transgression was to somehow knock a bag of dark chocolate-covered pomegranate candy off of my counter, chew a hole in the bag, and munch on a few of the pieces. Not enough to cause illness, thankfully, but quite enough to annoy his momma!!!!:laugh:

Also, last night while at my parent's, Bradley began to behave as though he needed to go out, so when I headed for the door, I had the other two trailing along. When I turned to grab all three leashes, Pepper ran back inside and then came back out, and I didn't think anything of it. We went down in the elevator and outside, and when we came back inside, I noticed Pepper was chewing on something he had picked up from the floor of the elevator. It was his chew bone!! Apparently the little goof went back in the apartment to get it when we went out, then left it in the elevator for "safekeeping." My mom suggested maybe he thinks the elevator is like a "bank vault." :laugh: :laugh: He is famous for taking bones outside when we walk, then dropping them, and expecting momma to keep a slimey bone(YUCK!!) in her pocket 'til we are back home and he wants it again!!

Have a good week everyone.

Barb

jam0525

Cindy & Lani - my prayers and thoughts are with you both and your family and friends going through so much right now. It doesn't seem petty to me to be thinking about your weight right now. A new lifestyle requires us to think about everything differently if we want to change ourselves. Changing how you eat /act under stress is a key point to your health and well being. It will help you be strong for your friends/family.

Doobie- Focus on changing your lifestyle. The bad thing about a diet is that when you stop, you go backwards. You can loose those 8 pounds again and then some. You can do this. Just start everyday like a brand new day.

Becky- I've been thinking about our weekend issues. It just dawned on me that on week nights I always know what I'm having for dinner by 7:45AM. On weekends because I'm home, I hardly ever know what I'm having dinner until the last minute. So, I've started to plan the weekend dinners more like I do the workday ones. I'll let you know if it helps me any on staying within my calories on the weekend. How are you doing? Any new things your trying?

Happy Monday to us all and let's hope we make good choices from now until Christmas/New Years.

Jeannie

katznketo

it's Monday! I am so glad that food fest weekend is over. I made it through beautifully, I must say. Thank you to those who gave me support about my daughter. The problem is, she comes in so sweet and then whack! she blind sides me with her meaness. Now she is feeling guilty and trying to look like the perfect mom. I don't know. I'm sure I misread her like my mom did me.

Anyways, guess what? I was so trying to stay away from my nasty daughter and my cranky soninlaw that I hid out at the Y and did the beast for 30 minutes each single day. Even went after church. Wow, now that is a change for me. Usually I sit home and eat and sulk. There is hope for me. And me and Jose are back to being friends and all is well in the world.

I am not going to weigh for a while. I am seeing the inches melt away and my clothes are loose. So I think I'll try and just look in the mirror and be proud. That scale is NOT my friend. Much love, blessings, prayers, hope and ect to allof you. And may the water weight gain leave along with a hunk of fat. kc

BirdieM

smile: Greetings to my MFP friends! I have been so, so busy that I haven’t even had time to read the posts!:noway: :noway:
Just missed posting and wanted to assure you that I am still here, kicking and doing well!

Thanksgiving Day went off without a hitch! I enjoyed my family more than the food! My food was good :flowerforyou: and I tried to send as much food home…as I could, to avoid any “after” the holiday weaknesses. (Don’t trust the old bad habits!):noway:
I worked 10 hours on Wednesday, had Thanksgiving Day at my house on Thursday and had to work a 10 hour day Friday! Saturday I simply crashed! :yawn: Just didn’t even have the energy to get online.:ohwell:

Sunday I exercised, went to mass and then to the Nursing Home to see my MIL. Came home and prepare my CCD Class that I will teach tonight!:happy:

I have been exercising; drinking my water and tracking my food religiously…just don’t seem to have the time to talk about it!:ohwell:
So, when I get a chance, I’ll catch up! Just couldn’t let another day go by without checking in and saying hi!

Hope everyone is doing well! :flowerforyou: For those who are not, hang in there. Welcome to any newcomers! :flowerforyou:

The bird is still chirping in the background!:laugh: :laugh:
Got to run!!!:bigsmile:

BirdieM:smooched:

laniv

Laurel, Cindy, Lianne,
I'm so sorry for all of your difficulties at this time.
Let's stick together and help each other through this stressful time! We need to take care of ourselves, in order for us to care for everyone else!

I'm making a point of planning my meals each evening, and then sticking to the plan the next day. If my life is out of control right now, at least I can control what I put in my mouth.

And exercise has always helped with my physical health, as well as my emotional well-being.

BirdieM

Laurel, Cindy, Lianne,
I'm so sorry for all of your difficulties at this time.
Let's stick together and help each other through this stressful time! We need to take care of ourselves, in order for us to care for everyone else!

I'm making a point of planning my meals each evening, and then sticking to the plan the next day. If my life is out of control right now, at least I can control what I put in my mouth.

And exercise has always helped with my physical health, as well as my emotional well-being.

You are all in my prayers!
BirdieM

msh0530

I'm back from Texas, and had a great time. We went to the TCU football game, and spent a lot of time playing board games with family. After 4 days of no exercise, no opportunity to log food, and sitting next to 3 different kinds of cookies, 3 kinds of candies, 2 kinds of pies, and a cake while playing board games, I stayed the same for the week!! I consider it a victory, and hope to lose something this week. Hope you are all having a great Monday!

doobiedoo

:flowerforyou: Well...it wasn't as hard to get back into it as I thought. I know I must keep on though, when I feel confident is when I fall on my face!! It felt good to eat like I should and still have 276 calories left. You are so right, one day at a time. Have a good evening. :flowerforyou:

Lianne95519

Hi everyone,:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
Thanks for the well wishes and I hope that those struggling will find comfort and peace.

I am feeling very weak and uncomfortable from my surgery:sick: :sick: . My life (because of my surgery) pretty much revolves around successfully going to the bathroom.:indifferent: That makes many things very simple. What to eat?-easy to digest such as my Isagenix shakes, butternut soup, crackers, Clementine’s mandarins, Musalex and lots and lots of water. What to do?- rest, baths, rest, baths, movies, read, MFP’s and rest. I have been trying to stay within my calorie total and make simple food choices that help me reach my daily goal, going to the bathroom:embarassed: :embarassed: . Amazing how simple things can get. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Lianne
:drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

vickim26

Good evening ladies,
I have not had time today to log on or read posts. Will catch up with them later. Just wanted to let you know, We went to the Andy Williams Christmas Show tonight. It was awesome. I grew up watching his Christmas Show each year and to see him in person was just overwhelming. He will be 82 years old next month and he still sang all of his songs and sounded great. Just wanted to share that with you. If you ever get the opportunity please take advantage of it. Will try to read and posts tommorrow.
Vicki M

Swissmiss

:flowerforyou: Lianne, your life sounds like my a few months ago. You will recover and be active again. Just give it time and do now over-do anything.

:flowerforyou: Vicki M, You lucky girl. I would have loved to gone to that concert.

barbiecat

:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I've been in touch with Esther and she has a lot of stuff going on so she asked me to start the new thread for December. That's where we can share how we did with our November goals and set our goals for December. I've never started a new thread so give me a little time to figure it out. :laugh: :laugh:

You'll find the new thread,( when I get it started :laugh: ) on the "Motivation and Support" message board.

I'll see you there.:bigsmile:
hugs, Barbie

weaklink109

Hi Everyone,

If you about to post here for DECEMBER--STOP!!!!

Our new location is:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/72210-women-ages-50-for-december?page=1#posts-958563

so follow us there.

Barb