WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR NOVEMBER 2012
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I'm new to the group - is this an ongoing group? Great idea and I'm in. :-) Thanks, Barbie!
November Goals:
Zumba 2x a week minimum
Abstain from non-hunger eating; focus on protein and fiber
Log food and activity every day; log a NSV every day
I will not eat even one piece of candy from the boys' Halloween haul - I'm not saying no Halloween candy at all, just no dipping into their stash. :-)0 -
Wonderful Post! I will follow this one! Thank YOU!!!
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This is Noel in one of her coats!
How absolutely ADORABLE!
Deborah:flowerforyou:0 -
What a great group of women-would love to join in-my name's Colleen
My November goals are
1. Try and make it thru the holiday w/o overeating
2. Start a grateful journal (forgot who mentioned this but great idea)
3. Walk more
Barbie thanks for the recipe-sounds delicious, can't wait to make it0 -
Barbie thanks for the recipe-sounds delicious, can't wait to make it
Ditto! I'll be making it this week for sure.
Deborah:flowerforyou:0 -
Hi ladies...new to your group you all seem so supportive and encouraging. I will start small with my nov goals. increase my walking to 45 minutes a day.( i must be getting faster my 35 minute walk is 25 now). drink all my water and increase daily fruits and veggies. looking forward to learning how these message boards work. Keep up the good work! Rose0
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Good evening beautiful ladies:flowerforyou:
Gail
It has been so sad watching the news on the aftereffects of Sandy, my heart just breaks for all those struggling through this!! Congrats on your Oct. goals!!!! Enjoy that massage....lucky you!!!
Robin Our trip sounds fabulous and busy!!! What fun you will have!!!!
Lin Oh my gosh....all that "stuff" going on , I'm sending you a hug! I can believe about them giving your dad the wrong dose of meds. That happened to my mom, she had a simple operation to take her gallbladder out, they gave her too much morphine and almost killed her, she spent a week and a half in the hospital:explode: . Bless you, I wish there was something I could help you with!
Jonibc Welcome to the group, come in often and chat with us!!!
Katejkelly I'm with you on a boring Nov. Well, maybe not boring but peaceful!!!!
Rileamoyer Welcome! Good goals!!!
Jb Your fur babies are beautiful!!!! Thanks for the link to the post about posting pics, I figured it out without my daughters help!!!!
Barbara This is really a great group of women!!!! I'll post a pic of Noel in her dress when I get it on her, we haven't tried it on yet! Oh yeah....Zumba with stars and fireworks.....great calorie burn!!!!
Micki Prayers being sent!!!!
Red Hi, Welcome to the group!!!
Dawnshot congrats on those 18 lbs. gone!!!
Missjanet55 Welcome to the group!!! Jump right in and start chatting!!!
Deborah Hope things improve between your nephew and his mom!!!! That is just so sad, glad you and hubby took him out to dinner!!!! I've made Barbies soup and it's delish, I added a dollop of sour cream just before eating....YUM!!!
Wilmawm Welcome to the group!!! Goals look good!!
Janehadji Hope you enjoy the birthday celebrations!!!! Sorry you and hubby are still not getting along! The sea bass was delicious, it's such a buttery fish !!!!
Sarah Your goals look good!!!!
I'm going to post this now so I don't lose it!!! I'll try to get back after dinner and finish the rest of my replies!!!!
Hugs,
Deedee0 -
I am from New Orleans - still live in the area, wouldn't have it any other way Handle should be WhodatLIZZIE but I fat fingered it when I started on MFP way back in the spring - oh well:blushing:
Just call me lizzie or who dat!! Loving this thread. So encouraging! Hope to be able to check it often and get to know everyone better. Us fabulous fifty females must stick together!0 -
Evening ladies.....been a few days since I commented.... my goal for November is to exercise more...stress less...enjoy my family...keep a positive attitude as the holidays approach,....and take time to enjoy friendships and the blessings of my life. I find it so easy to go through my days doing everything I am suppose to do, checking it off my list as get it completed...going from one project to the next....I want to take time to feel the joy of my life. Life is short...and I want to slow down and smell my roses! And I want to grow older being healthy! That sums up my goals for November.....will try to remind myself daily of what I want for my life...and how I want to feel about the coming holidays! :flowerforyou:0
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A non-MFP friend put me on to a lovely website - aholyexperience.com. For those of you with gratitude journals it has some fun guidance for your statements. Today's is 3 gifts that start with"N". Her's were: 3 gifts that start with 'N'..... Neighbors ( I have the most amazing neighbors)....Niceness of others .... the Naked little boy that just ran thru my bedroom....:)
Gail0 -
Thanks for the welcome, DeeDee!
I have a question inspired by my dinner tonight. I'm wondering about quantity vs calories. My plate was absolutely loaded down with vegetables, mashed cauliflower (weirdly yummy) and broccoli, and a couple of small lamb chops. And I started to wonder if that quantity of food is a good thing. Quite often I'm not hungry enough to finish my meals, but I have a long history of eating when I'm not hungry or starving when I am, so I'm honeslty not sure what to do in the face of this plate of food. I ate the lamb chops (naturally), and put 2/3 of the veg in the fridge to eat later if I get hungry.
Any thoughts about this? Should I force myself to finish the vegetables? I should say that I eat a LOT of veg, but always have trouble making up my protein allotment. Should I eat past full when the food I'm eating is low in calories?0 -
Barbie-I totally agree that it's nice to walk the dogs when it's still dark out early in the am! I did that this morning and I could take a
route that I normally have to avoid because of other dogs. It was actually quiet and peaceful and because of no distractions,
I actually walked at a quicker pace!
Jb-Love the pics of your dogs! Adorable!
I can't believe all of the new posts! Welcome to all the new people! You will defintely want to keep coming back! I have benefited so much from this thread of strong, compassionate, supportive and motivating women!
Benji's (my Yorkie) eye is doing much better! The vet said the small hole is already scarred over and just need to do antibiotic ointment for a few more days! He of course hates this and sulks big time after he gets the medicine!:frown: He was already upset with me since I started this job and am around less!
My thoughts and prayers are with those struggling!!:flowerforyou:
Take care,
Kathy0 -
I'm going to try to post some photos-
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The last picture was Sargent Pepper.
This is Maxwell Klinger.
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What beautiful animals everyone is posting. I love dogs, but we had to put ours down in April and have not gotten another for many reasons. I miss him so I enjoy seeing all of these pets.
I'm pretty stiff today after driving to Phoenix, sitting at a conference for two days and driving back. (It's about a 6 hour drive.) The good part was stopping in Yuma to see Matt for a few minutes. He is doing well and looks great! We will have a welcome home party here on Veterans' Day.
In spite of stiffness, I did my one hour zumba class and got a lot of yard work done. Now I'm really tired, but happy something got accomplished.
I'm praying for all of you that are having personal health problems or other frustrating experiences.
My November goals are to keep logging, drinking water, walking enough steps, and to do more strength training.
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Hope everyone is enjoying their week-end.Love the animal pics.
Spent the afternoon with Violet and Alliyah.Violet was Ariel the mermaid and had red spry on hairspray after several showers she still has a hint of the dye,so much for washable.Baby Alliyah was so adorable.I truly love being a grandma.
My Dd ear is getting better.It`s weird as a baby she never had ear infections.
Welcome all newbies.You will love this group,so supportive,loving and caring.
HUGS
jane0 -
I'm going to finish this post now and then go to bed!!!
Robin I ment to say "your trip", not "our trip", can you tell I want to go with you:laugh: !
Nursemrm38 Welcome to the group! Come on in and chat with us!!!
Lizzie Welcome to you too!!! This is a great group of women, come on in and chat!!!
2youngatheart Love your goals!!!
Gail I'll have to check out that website, thanks!!!
Missjanet55 I don't really know what to tell you, I've only been here since May. When I first started I wasn't eating enough and when I increased my calories I started losing weight, sometimes I had to make myself eat more. Now my body is used to it and likes it:laugh: . Hopefully some of these wise women will have an answer for you!!!
Kathy So glad Benji is doing better!!! Sweet little thing he misses his mom!!!!
DebA Oh those beautiful furry faces , just want to give them a hug!!! Maxwell Klinger looks like he's waving:laugh: .
Eileen I know you were so glad to see your son!!! That is going to be a fabulous homecoming party!!!
JaneMartin I bet Violet was a beautiful mermaid !!! Alliyah is so precious!!! Being a grandma is the best!!!! Glad your daughter is feeling better! I never had ear problems as a child, but I do now, and it is no fun, I guess it can happen at any age:ohwell: .
I am done for the night ladies. Remember to turn the clocks back tonight, those who were on daylight saving time!!!
Sleep well and have sweet dreams!!! Until tomorrow....
Hugs,
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Good evening Ladies,
I had an interresting and fun day. Watched my 8 yr old granddaughter play soccer (two games) it was a tournament. Packed a picnic lunch for all of us (4 adults and 3 children). the lunch was "mostly" on plan and the kiddies loved the "off-plan" stuff. Did quite a lot of walking and had lots of sunshine and just a fabulous time. It wasn't too hot or too cold and we had a tent to keep some of the southern sun off of us. I came home and slept for 2 hours, might be coming down with a virus but that won't diminish my day's fun.
I didn't post yesterday because had to type a document and after that could not do anything with computer. My right wrist is very painful especially after that kind of exercise. feeling better tonight.
Thank you all for your warm welcome, I still have not figured out how to handle this posting business, guess I'll have to reply to each post. Have thoroughly enjoyed reading your posts Well, all my chores are done for today and I am ready to lay the body down so will say goodnight and blessings to everyone.0 -
Bump. I have returned from helping Mom celebrate her 89th birthday. So glad our NYC trip was cancelled but horrrifid by the news we saw each day from that part of the country. Will get back into the swing of things in a day or two.
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Debbe - welcome! You joined by posting. Just log in, go to your last post and read the posts from there. We'll all be looking to hear more from ya. I especially like you goal of eating more meals at home, great goals
DeeDee - it dawned on me that I'll be in your neck of the woods Dec. 1, going to the TSO concert. Will wave, but I doubt we will be able to get together, friends of our will be with us and he'll just have ridden that long ride (he's the one with the sever back problem). I'm cooling the butternut squash right now so that I can cut it up. Trust me, that's not all I'll be taking up to Jessica's. Last year I took up my salad tongs, a toaster, my coffee pot, our electric knife (which we didn't need), 2 meat forks, my turkey baster, a creamer, a pie server, at the last minute she called and asked me to bring up this appetizer dish that I have, my meat thermometer, appetizer tongs, and containers for leftovers. That was last year.
If I hear one more election commercial on the radio, I swear I'll scream. Every time one comes on now I just turn the volume WAAAYYY down. Somehow, I don't think we'll know who the next president will be Wednesday.
Linda - thank your daughter for me for all her typing.
Viv - please don't tell me horror stories about getting a tooth pulled. I'm getting one pulled Thursday. It's a wisdom tooth. Actually, only 3 of them ever came in.
Robin - boy, your vacation sounds like it'll be a lot of fun!
Lin - reading all you're going thru brings back memories of my father and MIL, mainly getting things for MIL. My heart goes out to you. I know how very exasperating it can be.
Linda Sundance - I'm in a state of shock!
jonibc - welcome from a fellow North Carolinean!
katejkelly - so sorry about your father and everything else going on in your life. Good for you maintaining!
barbie - I just ran the recipe for the butternut apple soup thru my mastercook. For 6 servings, it came back with 115 calories each serving. As I recall, your original was something like 81 calories, how many servings was that for? After I made the soup, I wasn't too crazy about the cumin so I added a bit of cinnamon. I think next time I'll just do away with the cumin and use only cinnamon. The soup will come in handy this week.
jb - what an adorable doggie you have
Barb (auntibk) - I've been thinking about the zumba Wii game. Are there different levels? I'd need something VERY beginner.
miki - prayers for Sandy. How nice of you to help out with Joe's dinners
Red - welcome and happy belated birthday!
MissJanet - welcome - hope you come back often
Welcome to anyone else new that I may have missed
Deborah - how wonderful of you to take your nephew out for his birthday! I can't imagine not planning anything at all for any of my children. Regardless of how I feel at the moment, they are and always will be my children. When I volunteer at the Green Room, it's mainly in the box office where I take ticket orders over the phone. If it's slow (like it was Friday), I do some "busy" work like I put the tabs on their mailing. It's really not hard at all. It was funny because the first time I went there to train, I was with this one lady who evidentally has been there a while and really knows things. Anyway, someone called for her and the old secretary in me jumped right out, there's me saying "can I ask who's calling". Gotta temper that. Friday someone else was supposed to be with me, but evidentally she forgot or something so it was just me, which really isn't a big problem. I took 2 cups of graps with me and had them while I was there. Also brought some water, but didn't drink it.
wilmawm - glad you're here
jane - have fun at those parties.
I have to tell you, I'm so proud of my daughter, Jessica. Just hope she goes thru with it. She was telling us that she applied for vet school in the Caribbean. I honestly don't think she's going to like it there much. She's pretty much of a family person, and to spend two years away from her cats! I don't know...even tho she knows that they're with us. Anyway, she said that in case she doesn't get accepted to vet school, she was asking us if going for her Masters in animal science was a good idea. I'm so glad that she's trying to better herself. Wish Bryan was doing more with his college degree...but you can't force them. When he was here, he was talking about graduate school, now not a word. Oh well...at least we know that we did our best by them. We've told the kids that we'll pay for an undergrad degree, but graduate school is their responsibility. Jessica was asking about how to go about getting loans, scholarships, etc.
junglejoyce - good luck to you!
Elaine - what is a RNY bypass surgery?
Lila - so happy for you!
DeeDee - Noel is SOOO cute!
RIFamily4 and colleen and Rose - welcome!
Lizzie - you made me smile!
2youngatheart - what a lovely post!
MissJanet - I don't think you can ever go wrong with having veggies. I've found that they make a good snack, too. Finish them up, even if its late at night when you do. Just don't go too low on the calories.
Tonight is my least favorite night of the year, I really don't like when we turn the clocks back an hour. I like DST a lot, wish we were on it year round. I don't think Arizona changes their clocks or Hawaii.
yoyonomore - sgt pepper and max klinger are so adorable, thanks for posting
Well, I'd best be getting going. Hope everyone has a great evening.
Michele0 -
I turned 60 yesterday, who saw that coming????? lol time to get this this started cause time is flying. hi, I am RED. Nice to meet you.
Happy Birthday! :drinker:0 -
Hello Ladies,
I have been gone most of the weekend at a workshop. Really enjoying it for the most part learning a lot meeting lots of knew people from all of over the country and Uk. Yesterday was bumpy for a moment when a mistake happen over my food order freak out over it sort of silly now. Let myself go too long without eating and did not plan right by packing and bringing my own healthy foods. Once I got to my room for some quiet time that evening was able to do my grateful lists it help put things in the right order. Like am I really going to allow something like that ruin my day not even worth a minute of thought.
@Dee love your profile picture
@Jb cute picture of your doggies
@Dee cute picture of your doggie
@Lin -- that place sounds not right I would be concern about it too..
@Michelle-- I agree with you I do not like turning the clocks back.
@Lili that is great so happy for you
@kathy so happy to hear that Benji is doing better.
@DebA pretty fur baby too
@Kate -- Glad that you got to celebrate your Mom;s birthday. The stuff out of NY is just alarming isn't it.
@JaneMartin-- Halloween is so much fun with little ones isn't it.
@ Welcome to all of the Newbies!!
Well I know I am missing people sorry about that I am so tired. Will be back later
Liz0 -
Good evening lovelies!
Actually did shampoo carpet in hallway, office and man cave. Man cave took hours, double timing with spot bot and shampooer. That's the good.
Alas, got into the Halloween candy before Joe finished it. Urp. :sick: Sugar-induced nap, then wakened to sugar shakes. Asked Joe to remind me the next time I announce I'm going to eat a bunch of candy of how it makes me feel. Not hopeful, this is the DH who brings home doughnuts by the dozen. ;}
:brokenheart: Micki prayers for Sandy and Joe. What a blessing you choirgals are to them.
Deborah, AHMOD=Ageing Hippie, Mother of Dogs. :laugh: Got the last half from jb... another MOD. We have a wheaten terrier and a scottie/cairn/whatever cross. One of your dogs is a lab? What are the others? Your individual responses are awesome!
Sarah you could have written my goals for me.
The important thing is we're both back and committed to log daily.
Elaine, what an interesting handle "hathor1943" is, what's the backstory?:glasses:
Lila con VERY gratulations on breaking 140! :happy: Happy dance from one terrier-loving gal to another. I've been mentally away but am talking myself into being back on track.
DeeDee love Noel in her coat, look forward to the black velvet dress pic.
MissJane,:noway: I no longer force myself to eat when not hungry, but like you I do keep an eye on the protein and try to get my 9 handfuls of health a day.
Kathy Sorry, I'm behind on the posts, how did Benji get a hole in his eye?
Michele Zumba2 does have a choice of intensity and class length and the option to build a customized workout. :noway: What it does NOT have is instructions or hints on how to do better or earn more points... :explode: I've only done the two low intensity, short classes but they sure got me sweating.
:flowerforyou: Welcome Red, dawnshot, MissJane, Mo, shirleynieman, Maria, RIFamily4, TereasaMcKee, Colleen, Rose and all others that I missed.
Read all the posts, but 'nuff sitting, time to shower then sleep. Glad we fall back tomorrow, might give me enough time to walk with Joe and the pups before leaving for church.
Hugs,
Barbara, the AHMOD who WILL be size 10 one day
2012: dance more, bark less and check in!!!
November: back to basics
SWSY or matminutes: 3=0 2=0 1=0
steps: 3=6461 that can't be right! :frown: 2=9220 1=88090 -
Thanks for the warm welcome ladies! I look forward to revisiting this thread and getting to know you a little better.0
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Here's a pic of one of my dogs Busta, an English Bullmastiff, he's quite handsome...........the right way up, but this is his favourite position!
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Well good morning all! and can I say that while the extra hour of sleep seems nice my body woke up at the usual time only now it is an hour earlier!!!! I don't like changing the time, can we just pick one and stay there :flowerforyou:
On the bight side, it will not be dark for my entire walk this morning :laugh:
Regardless, this is the day the Lord has made so I will rejoice and be glad - and take nap later
Loving the pics of the animals. Have two precious cats myself - have to figure out how to post their pics later.
Have an awesome day everyone!
Lizzie!0 -
Busy weekend - Church Bazaar with lots of good food I went over slightly on Friday and was under on Saturday so I am happy with that. Managed to keep my step count up and get a bike ride in
DeeDee I will def try a cup of tea before I snack.0 -
Hello all,
Hope I can join a few weeks before my 50th Birthday. I read through the posts and appreciate the supportive atmosphere....and it's encouraging to see so many making progress and having such great goals.
I'm Bernadette. Live in Vermont (hate winter...but here I am). Have lost 93lbs. Have another 30lbs to go. Been on a plateau for nearly 3 weeks. Exercise (walk) daily. Follow a program called FirstLine Therapy...no sugar, or processed foods.
Married 24 years as of tomorrow! 4 kids.
Hope everyone has a great day.0 -
Morning..... God has blessed us with another day..be it rainy, snowy or most sunshiny of days....I am just thankful for another day to get it right I really will miss my longer evenings...have to get my walks completed earlier. Won't be long ( at least that is what I am telling myself) till spring and nice warm evenings with lots of light!
@Dawn shot.....Busta's favorite position is also Gracie's too....he is a handsome fellow...love the furbabies:flowerforyou:
@Lizzie ....Have a blessed happy Sunday!
@Bernadette...I hate the cold and snow on the roads that winter brings....snow is beautiful every where but on the highways! LOL. Congrats on 93#s. ....wonderful!
Happy Anniversary to you and hubby!
I am loving this site and look forward to getting to know you all. Have great Sunday!!!!
Darlene0 -
Good morning everyone
I'm away from home this weekend so haven't read any of the thread for November. Will do when I get back home.
Bought 3 new pairs of jeans yesterday, can still get into 1 of them this morning after a very large dinner last night (it was worth every calorie), but I think I'll need to lose about 5lbs to be comfortable in the others as I bought them a size smaller.
Off to breakfast. Will check in after I'm back home0
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