WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR OCTOBER 2012

Alicia7519

Hi Everyone!

I love this thread. Last month it helped me get started on my plan to eat healthier foods and to exercise more. I met some of my goals for example, I am drinking eight glasses or more of water on a daily basis. I always have a bottle of water with me. I am exercising almost everyday. I am hooked on yoga. I have been taking my lunch to work almost everyday. I keep a desk drawer full of healthy snacks. I've been good to myself and have not been freaking out when I overeat or drink some wine or beer. I am seeing the benefits of my change in lifestyle. I have more energy, and my skin is not so horribly dry as it was before. Also, I lost ten pounds.

For October
More cardio
No skipping breakfast. I did this a couple of times last month.
Cut back on the caffeine.
Use the stairs instead of the elevator. It's three flights of stairs to my classroom.

Have a great Sunday!:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

exermom

Boy, here it is midnight and I'm just now getting onto the computer. Really overslept but got to yoga (well, I wasn't planning to go to the farmer's market anyway), then stopped at Aldi's to get more water for the workers, then had to pick up the Hallmark Ornaments we'd ordered in July. Came home, there were 3 guys here cleaning and doing what landscaping they can do because the dirt was so wet. We did at one time have a big pile of dirt, now it's a little pile. Timmy and Doug (he replaced the guy they fired) were here along with Armando. I think Armando felt a bit out of place since Doug and Timmy are friends and could speak in English. Armando was on the phone a lot, but when he was working he was doing a lot of work, working hard which was something new for him. They finished the pipes, moved some dirt to other spots on our property (we would have had to pay if they'd had to haul the dirt away, as it was there were lots of places on our property we could have used the dirt), cleaned up, then took the skidsteer away. Looks like that's the last we'll see of them. In one sense, it's bittersweet goodbye, but in another sense that means that the pool is that much closer to being finished. They also power washed, cleaned the pool and the filters.

Vince got me some grill cleaner so I took the grates for the oven in the backyard and cleaned them as much as I could. I probably could have gotten every little bit off if I'd scrubbed and scrubbed. But I didn't, they look clean anyway.

We THINK the tiles are coming by mail, and since we haven't heard anything, we're going to assume with the holiday Monday that he won't be tiling. Vince sent an email to the pool company head explaining that in light of the problems we have had communicating with people who don't speak English, there are a lot of pipes that are buried, we don't want any work on the fence to be started until someone who speaks English is here. From what Justin said, Heidel (the fence guy) is on vacation but Bob (the owner of the pool co) sent an email saying that Heidel will be here. Maybe he's going to be here for a bit and go on vacation the rest of the week, I don't know. I do know that when Chris is here doing the tile Bob wants to be here. It seems that Justin and Timmy don't think much of Chris so maybe Bob really wants to see his work.

Made some pork, white bean and kale soup today. Good thing, too, since it's supposed to be in the 50's tomorrow.

Did my hour of yoga today, tomorrow I'll do an hour of training games on the Wii.

Made some chocolate chip muffins for the guys and some applesauce cocoa cookies. Fortunately, it's not like there will be a lot of workers here. Then there will be two workers -- Michele and Vince....lol

Gail - who cares about what the scale says you're down, those measurements lost are FANTASTIC!!!

mwheatcraft - I do have a self cleaning oven. My oven in our last house was self cleaning and I would leave the racks in the oven when it was cleaning. the only thing is that the racks would get "dull", and I really don't mind cleaning them with the grill cleaner. I can see that if a food is coated in salt, after baking it would make a hard crust. But it seems that salt is sprinkled on the crust of the baking potatoes, it doesn't seem to change the texture of the skin so I'm wondering why they even do it? Is it to enchance the flavor of the potato, I wonder? To me, it detracts from the flavor. But then again, I like the flavor of the vege, not the sauce they put on it. Last time we went to Red Lobster, I brushed off most of the salt. It just didn't appeal to me at all.

jb - I don't know about you, but I have aged from 29 to 39. Been 39 for the past 10 or so years.

Robin - that's so great that you didn't give in. I am so proud of you

Carolyn - can you use pumpkin butter in place of butter in recipes? Can it be used the same as canned pumpkin? I have a jar of pumpkin butter but am not sure what to do with it.

Linda Sundance - when Vince used to go away on business, that's when the kids and I would have things for dinner that he didn't eat -- like mac & cheese (this was a while ago, today I really don't care for boxed mac & cheese, but I will eat it if I make it from scratch). So many times I said to him "do you have to come home NOW?" I really didn't want him to feel badly about going away.

jolene - what a wonderful surprise about the pants. In some ways it's great to get a smaller size, you never know when it'll fit. Good luck on future losses

Faye - congrats on driving the truck with the trailer. I don't think I could have done that, and especially in Atlanta. Your trip sounds just wonderful

Polly - congrats on the pants sizes gone

Gini - you should be impressed with all the biking you are doing. I know I am.

Not sure why, but I've been thinking a lot about that guy who got fired and his "wife". She was saying how he didn't have any money, yet when they went for lunch she told me that they went to this Subway that I know is high priced. If you're low on funds, you bring your own lunch. There were some guys who brought their own microwave with them.

Well, best be off to bed now. Have a great evening everyone.

Michele

healthyformeanMona

Helllo!:flowerforyou: I am new also, just joined in Sept, so will lay out my goals for OCT. :happy:

Log in to MFP daily
Exercise 3x week:
Drink 8 glasses of water.:drinker:

Those are pretty basic, but I do not want to overdo it just yet.

A little about myself--I work at a domestic violence place, for past 12 years. I do support groups for domestic violence and sexual assault. I am divorced mom of a two. I have 4 sisters. I love God. Not sure whate else, but I will see what other ladies are doing and take their lead. Happy October! :happy:

LindaS175

I just read all the posts that I have missed. It is now 1am :ohwell: :yawn: . I am too exhausted to write, but I can see the best way to keep up with the blogs is to write everyday.

Went to the gym today, by myself and did 45 mins of the elliptical. :drinker: :drinker: DH was home by 7pm this evening, We all just wanted a few more days of peace and quiet. :grumble: :grumble:


Thank you everyone for the well wishes. Kathy's family is having a gathering the week to celebrate her life. This should be a nice thing for her children.
Congrats to everyone who met their September goals! I need to get some specific and attainable goals for Oct. :flowerforyou:

Welcome to all the new ladies. :flowerforyou:

Here's to a blessed Sunday, Happy Thanksgiving to all the lovely Canadian ladies, Happy Belated Birthday to Jb. :bigsmile: :bigsmile:


I will be back later today. I need to go log out of my food diary, Sweet dreams my friends! Linda

karmakat50

Hi spring here,so all ready for spring cleaning

Yardtigress

Boy get busy and you end up reading for an hour. :laugh: I tried on a pair of smaller pants yesterday and they almost can button :ohwell: I still have a little work out in the studio, so off I go. Just wanting to mark my spot. Tigress

4thoseiluv

Morning, ladies! Hope everyone had a nice evening and a good sleep.

Hi Faye, welcome home! Sounds like you had a great trip...

Polly, you had a very successful September ~ congrats!

Kate, too bad about the raspberry wine. I wonder if it's supposed to taste like that? I hope to have the same kind of dinner you had yesterday ~ great job!

Gini, nice bike ride! Your soup sounds absolutely delicious ~ made my mouth start to water... Unfortunately, my DH is a procrastinator...:grumble:

texasgal22, hope you didn't have to wait too long to hear from your DGS. It doesn't matter how old they get, we still worry...

4dogmom, good job on the weight loss! You seem to have a good plan in place.

Diane, welcome to the group! You have a very stressful job on a very sensitive subject ~ I'm so glad there are people like you!:flowerforyou:

Linda, great work on the elliptical!! I did all the prep and cleaning (with DH's help) yesterday. It's SO nice to wake up and know that everything's ready to go.:happy:

Tigress, I think we all feel the same way about always trying to catch up on the news (judging how late some of the ladies have been posting) ~ it's a very busy board!

As for me, the house is still dark and quiet and I'm sitting in my home office with just the glow of the computer screen. Hope DH gets up soon or I'll have to actually get up and make my own way to the kitchen for my coffee! :laugh: I've always loved this time of day ~ so peaceful and truly all my own.

As most of you know, we are having our Thanksgiving dinner late this afternoon. DD and the family will be coming over about 2:30pm so we'll be able to have some time to spend with the little guys! Maybe I'll pull out the Perfection game ~ they're a bit young, but just love it when the timer goes off and all the pieces pop up! Everything is ready to go and the house is clean! BTW, the crustless pumpkin pies turned out perfectly (it's my new favorite recipe)...

Hark! I hear DH finally making his way down to the kitchen to let the dogs out ~ coffee time!! :drinker: :happy:

Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating today...

Deborah:flowerforyou:

carojrrn

Morning everyone!

It is a dreary day here and I have the house smelling good with Black bean chili and raspberry oatmeal muffins! Did not have the cinnamon sticks so I did not make the pumpkin butter. Michele I got the recipe from Skinnytaste- she is a blogger with great recipes, most very healthy adaptations to great food! Her pumpkin butter is the base for many other pumpkin recipes, i.e.- skinny pumpkin lattes, pumpkin yogurt parfait, pumpkin cheesecake. I had the yen this week to add it to my yogurt for breakfast!

Heading out to a football game...Told DH we will plan on not staying for the entire game especially if the weather is bad. I am getting over the cold and don't want to come home feeling crummy!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Sunday!

Carolyn

Youngfleur

Morning everyone.

Happy Thanksgiving to us Canadians.

Just checking in for another month.

It is hard to believe how fast the days go by once one is retired. The leaves have done a complete change and have started falling off of the trees in our back yard. We are busy every other day raking up leaves. If not the dogs would get lost..
I am proud to say that I have lost a total of 11 lbs since I joined up with myfitnesspal. When I keep track it is easier to see what my body is up to.

I would like to loose another 5 lbs for the month of October. and keep on drinking that water...

:drinker:

megblair1

Good morning ladies! IT is a beautiful fall morning here. DH is working in the yard and I’m on the computer. We watched the NE football game last night…pretty sad! I have to confess I had an eating binge. We had fritos and bean dip and beer. I got them because we were going to have some friends over, but she got sick, so they didn’t come. Instead of measuring out a serving and eating that, DH and I both kept eating them out of the bag, so who knows how many I had. The good news is that I haven’t done anything like that in about a year. So today is a new day and I will just start with a clean slate. I’m hoping to ride my bike, do the elliptical, and lift weights today. I think if I add some extra time in exercising I will minimize the damage! :glasses:

Jen: I sure hope your eyes look better today! Your romantic weekend sounds fabulous! Baby steps, baby steps!

Linda: I keep hoping my uterus will just fall out one day!!! Despite depo injections, I’m going on 9 weeks without stopping. UGH. Do you have a voodoo doll???:laugh:

Deborah: sounds like you are cooking up a storm! It also sounds delicious…set another place for me!:bigsmile:

Jolene: congratulations on your losses and fitting into those clothes earlier than expected.:flowerforyou:

Faye: wow your trip sounds wonderful and all the great sights you saw!

Polly: sounds like you really have some accomplishments to cheer about!

DeeDee: hope you had a wonderful night

Gail: take care of yourself! :flowerforyou:

Kate: I too love that turkey dinner with all the trimmings. I try to add one new dish each time, but the others are all my tried and true standbys. Don’t worry about the weight. It will even itself out after your holiday is over.

Gini: you sound like a busy gardener too. Great job on all the biking. I had to laugh when I read your comments about moving tissue around. Don’t want anything sliding around!

Texasgal: I too walk the floors when someone is late. Hope it all turned out ok

4dogmom: good for you to stick to your goals!

Michele: how do you keep so organized?

DianeRLarson: welcome to our group!

Linda: I hope your friends life celebration will help you find peace and closure.:flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I saw that incredible workout on my home page…great job!

Tigress: yay on the pants!!! You’ll get there!

Well time to get busy here. I could just lay around all day long in the sunshine, but I’d have to move 3 cats and the dog who all love to hog the tiny spaces where the sun pours in! Onward and upwards! Take care, Meg:drinker:

4thoseiluv

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rjadams

Good morning dear ladies.

I worked out in the garage yesterday going thru boxes of "stuff" that hadn't been opened in years. Trying to purge so we can then rebuild the shelves and have a somewhat organized and usable garage.

I made thru yesterday with out giving in. After today it will be a whole week. I think I will be able to make it the whole month now that I have accomplished a week. I couldn't have done it without your incredible support. Thank you all sooooooo much.

Last night I made one of my DH 's favorite meals. Corned beef and cabbage. That meant this morning I made is all time favorite breakfast homemade corned beef hash. He is very happy and I have to admit it was one of the best corned beefs I have made in a long time.

More garage pruging and Bronco's football this afternoon. Then its back to the grind.


Keep on drinking the water!!!!


Robin, Bodi and Ritter.

Yardtigress

OMG I didn't realize just how may beads I have. Wow. I found all kinds of stuff. I am only half done and I have thrown away 3 full bags of garbage, and about 30 catalogs that are wayyyy out of date. The junk we hold onto. Now all I have to do is get the beads organized.

I tried to go to the new steak and shake that just open in augusta, but it was packed. I wanted a hot dog so bad. I guess I'll just have to wait. DH told me it's been that way since it opened a week ago. Who knew. I would have opened one when I retired if I knew people were that crazy about them. I never ate at one until 3 weeks ago on our way home from a show. I had a hot dog. I love hot dogs I thought hey not bad, but this is crazy.
Tigress

Alicia7519

Good Afternoon Beautiful Ladies!


Megblair and 4thoseIlove - Thank you very much.

Yesterday, I overate, but I will be okay today. This morning, my DH made a smoothie for me. He's so excited about me changing my eating habits and exercising. He has been trying for years to get me to stop being so negligent about my health. He's semi-retired and is out of town a lot because he is working on his family's farm. When he came home this time, he was surprised that I was eating healthy food and going to yoga classes. When he is home, he buys groceries, so he avoided buying the junk food that I love to eat.

To reward myself for losing eleven pounds, I bought some tops to wear to my exercise classes. Fred Meyer had a sale on long sleeve tees, so I bought a few of those. Now, I don't have to worn out t-shirts.

Happy Thanksgiving to Canadians who are on this thread!

Have a great Sunday!

walker54

Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends! Hope you have a great holiday weekend with good food and family to share it.

I'm off to make the weekly menus and shopping list, then hit the gym (it's cold and rainy today so no walking or biking .
Boys are off watching the Packers. There might be a nap in my future after my chores are finished...

Looking forward to an extra day off tomorrow. Plan to go shopping for bras. Those darned straps keep falling down and I can't stand it one more day. After that, I'll have to face the Math homework I've been avoiding. The last time I took a math class was 1973 and I used a slide rule! Now I'm having to re-learn simplifying quadratic equations and how to use a graphing calculator. It gives me a headach after an hour, but I'll persevere -- one week at a time, just like with my exercise and eating. It's the only way I can get through things that are outside my comfort zone. Otherwise it just gets too overwhelming and I want to give up. Just trying to stick with it through the next meal, the next workout, the next homework assignment, seems to help.

Hope the sun is shining wherever you are. Happy weekend!

Polly

lizmil79

Good Afternoon Ladies,

Sitting with DH watching a football game. Well he is I am here on the computer. Read all of the posts boy you miss a day I really get behind. Goal is to reply daily not wait.

So our Women's workshop at church yesterday went well. Good turnout the set up and helping at the signup table my parts went without a hitch. But it made Friday and Saturday very late nights out. I have been spending today trying to catchup after church had to tackle the chores. I have been able to get a really nice walk in today.

We are having shipwreck stew today its cooking in the crockpot now. Really enjoy stews and soups this time of year. So been gathering all of the healthy recipes I can find.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of my Candian Friends!!!!

Congrats to all who have had scale and non scale victories this week. And Praying for everyone struggling..

Will check in later today I need to run to the store than my chores can be done for today.

Liz

linder4866

Good day!!

I started out for my Trader Joe's trip today and my car wouldn't start. It's a car that needs the key fob close in order for it to start. No key to actually put in the ignition. Anyway, I got in and hit the button and I got an error message that the key fob was not detected. Ooooh, no. Battery's dying. Held the key fob close to the dashboard and the car started so finished my grocery trip. After getting back and stowing my groceries I rounded up some coupons and called the battery store, yep they'd be open soon. Got there okay and they changed the battery in that and while I was there I got the new batteries for my old HP calculator (it was flashing the low battery message as well). Then as long as I was out I ran by Target and picked up a special. Wow, so was everyone else in the vicinity! Luckily they opened another express lane while I was standing there so zipped over and paid. If they'd not opened that line I would have been there a very long time. So many people at the checkouts.

I had the notion to try to make my own almond milk so I'd put some raw almonds in water to soak this morning. This afternoon I gave it a shot. Drained the almonds, added 4 c cold water. Gave the mixture a little squirt of pure vanilla and added 2 pitted medjool dates and let the Vitamix fly! Put it in the frig to cool but I grabbed a tsp full and I thought it tasted pretty good. I'll try it in my smoothie tomorrow.

That's about as close to cooking I get with the exception of making soup or zapping some veg.

Looked at the Sunday newspaper, called my dad and then the nurse looking after him today.

Which brings me to now. Thirsty and hungry!

Hope everyone is enjoying the day (even if you have to watch football). Hey, just kidding, don't beat on me.........

Talk to you soon.

Hugs.

Lin
:glasses: :glasses:

DeeDee2211

Good early evening beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:

Jen Hope you no longer have zombie eyes, and you`re enjoying a romantic weekend!!!

Gail Sounds like your yard is really coming along, you`ll have to post pics when you`re done! Hope the dizziness went away, take care of yourself:flowerforyou: .

Kate Your dinner sounds wonderful!

Gini Butternut squash enchiladas sound really good! It`s good to get bras that fit right, it`s very uplifting in more ways than one:laugh: !

Teri The mop is still waiting for me:ohwell: , I know it`ll be there when I`m ready. We do worry about our grandchildren, don`t we, if they only knew!

4Dogmom Your goals for Oct. look good! Congrats on 11 pounds gone!!! Yay for new shirts!!!

Michele Your soup sounds fabulous!!! It`s soup weather for sure now!!! Was the guy who got fired, the one whose wife you invited in?

Diane Welcome to the best group of women on MFP:flowerforyou: !!! Goals look good, start with baby steps and add more when you`re ready!

Linda Good for you going to the gym by yourself, a few times and it`s not so hard anymore!

Deborah I love the early morning hours too , I get up everyday around 5am, I really loved it in the summer when I could take my coffe on the deck and watch the sunrise, just beautiful! I think early mornings are just magical!!

Carolyn Hope you had a good time at the ballgame, and the weather wasn`t too bad!!!

Youngfleur Congrats on losing 11 pounds!!!

Meg I had a little binge today, I ate a lot of little dutch mints, then I felt really gross, still do as a matter of fact:sick: , I logged them though, I have enough cals for a bowl of soup tonight:frown: . Oh well, I guess as long as it doesn`t happen all time and we get right back on track. I think I should have just taken nap instead .

Robin You are doing so good!!!! Keep it up!!!!

Tigress It`s amazing at the "stuff" we hold on to... I need to purge some items too!

Polly Bra shopping YAY! Perks us right up:laugh: !!!

Liz Glad your Women`s workshop was a success!!!! Shipwreck Stew sounds interesting, what`s in it?

Lin Making your own almond milk:noway: , it`ll be interesting to see how you like it, please let us know! How do you like your Vitamix? I`m wondering if I might need to check into getting one. I looked at some of the recipes on their websit and they sound so good! I think it`s Gail that gave me the website for the carrot ginger soup, it`s so good!!! They are expensive though, have you had any problems with yours?

Jb Hope your birthday & party was fabulous:flowerforyou: !!!!

What a rainy cold day we`ve had here:sad: . I did go to Starbucks this morning to hold court with my subjects:laugh: , only two showed up today, and we sat outside, yuck, the Queen wasn`t happy with that. Now my throat is a bit scratchy and I`m a bit coughy:frown: . I think I might try out my honey, lemon , ginger in some hot tea tonight! Maybe I`ll have an early night tonight too, after my soup, my comfy bed awaits, along with a book I`ve been trying to read for what seems like forever, I get a few pages read and I fall asleep and drop my book, my dog is not happy when I do that:laugh: .
Hope all of you have a wonderful night!!! Sleep well and sweet dreams. Until tomorrow.....

Hugs,
DeeDee

Dar1356

Happy Sunday Ladies! Never let it be said that you can't celebrate your birthday the WHOLE week, because that is what I have been doing It started with a surprise birthday letter in the mail from my son in Boulder, Colorado, where he is attending school. Mind you, the most communication with him has been random texts here and there,so a one page letter was a COMPLETE shock! Let's just say that half a box of kleenex later, I am truly blessed. Then, that evening, my daughter came home from USC to take me to breakfast on my actual BIRTH DAY, to her favorite place, IHOP...... and then went back to school for evening class. That afternoon, my mom friends took me out to lunch at a beautiful rooftop restaurant in Laguna Beach with great drinks and food... needless to say, so much for my calorie count........... and this past weekend, my friends up in LA and I went shopping @ the Citadel for a fundraising event, that included lunch from Ruby's Diner and wine tasting....
SOOOO..... now I am back to business and keeping to my calorie count and exercise......... Have a WONDERFUL week, everyone...
the weatherman says we might get rain here in California on Wed. or Thurs..... yeah, FALL!

Dar

jolenec1

What a busy day everyone seems to have had. Makes me tired just reading about it, lol. I had the family over for Sunday lunch as usual. So now I am exhausted. But I powered through and went to the gym and worked out for hour. Its probably the last time for a couple of days. Tomorrow I make the two hour drive to see the Orthopedic surgeon and get the Synvisc injections in both knees, OUCH . Oh, the things we do to delay knee replacement surgery :frown: .

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone that is celebrating today:drinker: .

Congrats to everyone that has had all those awesome victories this week.

Its been cold here all day, but no more rain. We actually had to break out a heater for the day. And next week its supposed to be back in the low 70's. Gotta love the weather in Tennessee .

Well, I am turning in early tonight, since I have to get up at 4:00 leave for my trip. Hope everyone has a spectacular day tomorrow.

Jolene

exermom

Welcome to everyone who is new. Keep coming back lots

Did 1 hr training games on the Wii today. Tomorrow I'll do some yoga and then take the extremepump class. Then after class, since I'm in town, I'll go to one store, can get eggs on sale, plus I want to get some cake mix they have a coupon for. Also some sour cream for brownies that I'm going to try on Vince.

Made some pork, white bean and kale soup. Today's the first day its been chilly so I've been eating it. Only problem is that it is pretty high in calories. Want to try Barbie's soup next.

You know, barbie hasn't posted much lately. Hope everything's OK. Neither has mini (and others)

youngfleur - I remember when he retired FIL used to say "where did I find the time to work" Now I understand why he felt that way

Meg - I bet you enjoyed those Fritos. It's OK to wander down that path once in a while....as long as its once in a while. Whenever I've had too much of something that I usually don't have, then I feel so "yuk" and will want it even less and less.

Denise needs her high school diploma (or at least a copy of it) for her job. Why they require the diploma, that I don't know. Anyway, opened a lot of boxes but where it would have been, I couldn't find it. Wonder if she took it?

Robin - I am so so proud of you!

yardtigress - when Bryan was in college, he raved about Steak & Shake so one time when we were down here we went to it. To be honest, I didn't think it was all that great. Not bad, but I don't think I'd go out of my way to go to one

4Dogmama - that's great your hubby does the food shopping and doesn't buy the junk. It's the same way here, I do the food shopping but if I let Vince, he'd buy all kinds of junk food. Congrats on the superb weight loss!

To all our Canadian friends....you CAN ship the leftovers down here

It really rained cats and dogs here this morning. Lightening and all. But now it's stopped, just cold and gloomy. We did measure the backyard since we contracted for them to fertilize and seed 10,000 square feet. Vince is very OCD about some things, so he had us measuring things so that he knows what 10,000 square feet it is....:)

Lin - I just love it when I have just two or three items and the person in line in front of me has their week's worth and then a lane opens up!

DeeDee - yep, the guy who got fired was the one whose wive I invited in. But the guy who is in charge of the project said that she really needs to stay at home. She was telling me about another pool install that they went to. I remember when the mason was here. He was a spanish-type person. His wife came with him, but she did do a lot of work. But he also brought his 4 (my guess is about) year old son. Admitted, the boy was so well behaved it was amazing. But to me you just don't bring your child to work with you, not one that young. Maybe to spanish-type people the norm is to have your family at the job, and since the "wife" wasn't working, she felt the need to be at the job. She was telling me that she was amazed at how much English the guy understood. I would think that she should be there only if his boss asked her to to translate. The wife being there is a sort-of distraction, and her in the house made it so that she wasn't a distraction. Well, I just hope I did the right thing and didn't cause him to get fired.

jolene - hope that shot doesn't hurt too much. Just think of the relief you'll feel from it.

Hope everyone has a spectacular night.

Michele

SallyCC

Hello Everyone!

I hope the weekend was great. I am having some computer trouble. I know that I will need to get a new computer but I keep putting it off. I lost my toolbars so I am missing being able to open up other programs easily and going back and forth between pages.

It was great to read everyone's post. I am pretty much over the bug or whatever I had. Friends are calling and telling me that they have been feeling awful too so I guess it was some type of virus. My husband was off this weekend (he works every other weekend) and it was frustrating to feel so tired. I really like to do fun things when we are off together. I did tutor yesterday and went grocery shopping, then crashed. Today we went to the movies and out for a light dinner. Exercise tomorrow....I just want to make sure I get to the gym and get moving!

Looking forward to everyone's news!
Sally

jb_2011

Hi! Had a wonderful time celebrating my b-day last night with friends, cards, homemade pizza, homemade blueberry crisp and ice cream. Oh, and boysenberry brandy, lol! It's soooooo good, turned out a little different than last year since I didn't add as much sugar this time.

I've been reading some inspirational quotes on the subject of weight loss, thought you all might like to read this. I am not the author, but I certainly can relate to whoever wrote it. The mountain seems so large sometimes!


Climb The Mountain

I tried to climb the mountain today. As I inched my way up the path, I felt out of breath and had to turn back.
I tried to climb the mountain today. But, It was so hot outside, I thought I had better stay in my nice air-conditioned house and rest up for tomorrow's attempt.
I tried to climb the mountain today. On my journey, darkness started to fall and I was full of fear, so I had to return to a safe place.
I was ready to climb the mountain today. But I had so may other things to do, so instead of climbing the mountain I took care of the much more important tasks; I washed my car, mowed the grass and watched the big game. Today the mountain will have to wait.
I was going to climb the mountain today. But as I stared at the mountain in all it's majestic beauty, I knew I had no chance of making it to the top, so I figured why even begin trying.
I had forgotten about climbing the mountain today, until an old friend came by and asked what I was up to lately. I told him about all my plans to climb that mountain someday. I went on and on about how I was going to accomplish the task.
He stopped me and said, "I just got back from climbing that mountain. for the longest time I told myself I was going to try to climb it but never made any progress."
"I almost let the dream of making it to the top die. I came up with every excuse of why I could not make it up the mountain, but never once did I give myself a reason why I could. One day as I stared at the mountain and pondered, I realized that if I didn't make an attempt at this dream all my dreams would eventually die."
" The next morning, I started my climb. It was not easy, and at times I wanted to quit. But no matter what I faced, I placed one foot in front of the other, keeping a steady pace. When the wind tried to blow me over the edge, I kept walking. When the voices inside my head screamed, stop! I focused on my goal, never letting it out of sight. I kept moving forward. I could not quit because I knew I had come too far to stop now. Time and time again, I reassured myself that I was going to finish this journey. I struggled mightily to make it to the top, but I CLIMBED THE MOUNTAIN."
"I have to be going," my friend said. "Tomorrow is a new day to accomplish more dreams. By the way what are you going to do tomorrow?"
I looked at him, with intensity and confidence in my eyes, and said, "I HAVE A MOUNTAIN TO CLIMB."Author unknown

Talk to you soon, time to get dinner out of the oven. Hope you're having a wonderful Sunday evening!

jb

wessecg

Wow, according to my diary I still have 1844 more calories I can eat today!! My fitbit thinks I'm doing all the work when I'm riding my horse. It was a great weekend for riding. In all I rode for almost 8 hours this weekend. The 15 pounds I've lost have really made me feel more balanced on my Reo's back. I thought I'd share a picture from today. I think my horse looks gorgeous. Hope everyone had a weekend as great as mine!!

Cheryl



I had to edit this, it cut part of my horse off. I cropped the picture. I hope all of him shows up. It still cuts him off : (

LindaS175

Deborah- that is not good news about your GF still having hot flashes in her 60”s! I don’t really suffer from hot flashes. I suffer from the craving for sweets. I feel like a monster who cant get enough sweets, driven to eat sweets. I hate it!

Wessecg/Cheryl- I love the picture of you on your horse. So peaceful and beautiful. You are lucky!

Jolene- welcome. That is awesome that you are able to fit into the clothes before you wanted to. 90 lbs lost is awesome. Have you lost all this while doing MFP? I have lost 30 and need to lose another 85 or so. You are right, small steps and small goals. Look at the big picture can sometimes feel overwhelming! Hope all goes well with the synvisc injections. I had them in both knees and it worked but not for very long. Some people have great results! Praying that you will be one of those people!

Faye- congrats on getting your elk. Awesome picture ! Thanks for sharing. Did you hike in and camp for the hunt? I would like to hear about the hunt, but you can also send me a message. Yummy, elk steaks.I just defrosted some for tomorrow nights dinner. Glad you back safely after your trip and back to MFP!

Polly- congrats on the NSV of dropping 2 pant sizes and also resisting the Halloween candy and cookies! Good luck with the math class. I would be in the same boat that you are in! We are Packers fans here too! I don’t know why, other than my girls think some of the players are cute.

Gail , you are doing really well for just having your surgery 6 months ago. Its good that you can recognize when to stop and take care of your self.

Kate , if your drinking your water ,you should flush that sodium right out. I am glad that you had a yummy meal!

Gini, butternut squash enchiladas –how do those taste? What a lovely bike ride you had!

Terri- I hope all was ok with your GS. The weather in So Calif is still blazing hot during the day and only down to the 60’s at night!

Michele- on my gosh, just trying to keep up with all the pool/spa building is mind boggling. The pork, white bean and kale soup sounds good, is it? That is funny about Dads going away. The house is so much calmer, and there are no expectations that you might have some help. Is funny, but true!

DianeRLarson- welcome. You will enjoy being here! You will find much support and encouragement!

Carolyn, the chili and muffins have my mouth watering right now. I will have to go to skinnytaste and check out the recipies!

Youngfleur-:flowerforyou: congrats on your weight loss. Retirement, oh , I cant wait to be retired. I am an older Mom and my DH and I have 2 girls 15&13. We have to put them through college so retirement is going to be a long way off! Enjoy the leaves changing. We don’t really get any weather changes here is So, Calif.

Meg:flowerforyou: , that sound like a good binge, but what is amazing that you have not had that behavior for a YEAR! That is awesome. I know you will burn off the extra in no time. Fall seems to bring the feeling of wanting to be comforted, warm and cuddly. My daughter keeps saying this (84 degree) weather makes me feel sleepy. I have to laugh because this weather is so summer like. I think it must have to do with the sun /time as day light savings is right around the corner. No, No you don’t want uterine prolapsed. Too bad that there is not a shot , that can just dry up ones uterus. I don’t have a voodoo doll,but maybe we can make some! Lol Thanks for the well wishes!

Robin, Bodi and Ritter Congrats on your 1 week completed. Your doing an awesome job!
Tigress, Hot dogs really! I am glad that you got your clean up done. I did go to your web page and your jewelry is beautiful!

4DogMom- it must be so nice for you to have such a supportive DH. Glad that you bought some tops to help you celebrate the new you!

Liz- :flowerforyou: what is ship wrecked stew? Glad that you were able to get a walk in today. Bless you for caring for your DD. I am sure at times it must be very hard, but you chose to love your DD and not just place her somewhere like other people do. God Bless you!

Lin - almond milk, sounds very good. I don’t drink much milk, but I do love almonds. They are my favorite nut. Sorry for the loss of your friend. Happy that your employer is going to retain your retirement health benefits.

Nancy,:happy: hope all is going well with all the cut backs at the school. It must be such a stressful time! I love your dogs name-Buster!

Lentigogirl- thank you for turning the Halloween candy into something positive- sweet memories of my friend –Kathy!

Drkatiebug, any new grandbabies yet?

Kathyszoo, :happy: praying for you and your daughter, Smile- thank you for that saying!

Mwheatcraft54 M- :bigsmile: congrats on the 10 inches lost ! That’s awesome. I had my DD measure me and She said I added an inch in my neck, lost an inch in my waist and gain 2 inches in my hips. Oh, Well she tried, but this was not accurate!

Kackie- :flowerforyou: welcome back!

DeeDee. Hope you are not going to get sick! Good idea to drink the honey with your tea. They have found that pasteurized dark honey has antimicrobial effects and can sooth a night time cough.

Dar, :drinker: sounds as if you had a fabulous birthday! We heard the same weather report too about the rain, but the San Diego weather forecasters never seem to get it right! Glad you are back!

Sally Welcome, :happy: hope that you are feeling back to your ole self soon!

Jane- praying for your friend, I am so happy that you had a great time with Violet. I think your DIL might be starting to realize how much you did for her!

Jb – :bigsmile: Thank you so much for the story- the mountain to climb. I can so relate to this climb. Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday party. So, happy for you.

Amanda- :bigsmile: your grandbaby twins are so cute! I did like their pictures! Glad that your cousin is doing well.

Laura 80111 - hope you are feeling better. Just thinking about the room spinning makes me feel sick to my stomach.

Today, my youngest DD and I went to the gym . We rode the recumbent bikes for 50 mins. I met a friend of a friend who introduced me to MFP. We are going to try and meet at the gym, so now I am excited and I will have a work out partner! :drinker: :drinker: Please pray for my friend Nancy, she has been having health problems and has a difficult time exercising right now. She is such a wonderful person and she was doing so well on MFP. I was going to make elk steak tonight, but both DD did not want ELK! They wanted In and Out burger. So, I went and got them both what they wanted and I came home and ate healthy food. They both are thin and eat healthy organic 95% of the time, so an occasional junk food trip is ok. I read somewhere in a magazine at the doctors office that it was better to weigh every day if you are trying to lose weight. If you are trying to maintain then weigh less often. We are all missing our girl time now that DH is home. Ok, well I am finally caught up! Still need to determine Oct goals.:ohwell:
If I missed anyone I am sorry. I did read all the posts, phew! Has anyone heard from Jan or Dixie? Jan was doing so well to stop smoking. I pray that her and Dixie are doing ok.

Barbie, God bless you and thank you for keeping the posts going. I would not have succeeded this far, if God had not placed you in my life! :drinker:

My DD is pestering me to get off the computer, so I guess I will! Here’s to another day, another week,, to be self loving and self nurturing. One day, One step at a time. :flowerforyou:
Linda aka Sundanceb Blessings for a good week!

JNHeff

thanks for posting this, jb~ it was GREAT! :flowerforyou:

janie

janemartin02

Happy sun!!Spending time with Violet .Homecoming was nice,daughter looked beautiful.
Cheryl the pic is so nice.The background leaves-so pretty.Love ur horse.
Hope you all had a nice week-end.
HUGS
jane

Gardengail

Cheryl - great picture!

nbauwens

New to this thread.. I have been away for 6 months and steadily gained weight. Not sure if it was the not logging (I previously lost 60 lbs will on MFP) but was also on metformin. During the 6 months I didnt really change what I ate but didnt log.. but gained back 35 lbs. I have been back on metformin and started logging again and have lost almost 9 lbs this week. I want to be back to last lowest weight by the new year so goal to lose 30 lbs in 3 months.

gennyturner

I would love to be part of the 50 group. I'm not sure about Yoga but starting Monday I'm going to take a stike class and try 1 new machine for October.
Always looking for new friends with good advice and support.
Thanks for the great insight.