WOMEN AGES 50+ FOR JANUARY 2013

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  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    I made a witty response to a post this morning and it went into the ether. The more I thought about it, the more I realized it was actually a halfwit post, :blushing: and I'm glad it fell off the thread. :wink:

    THE FOG HAS LIFTED! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: I hope it stays away. We have glorious sunshine outside and I took the dog for a walk. There were two men working on cleaning up a trail that goes up the hill at the end of my street and I stopped to thank them. I'm grateful to them for their hard work and I wish I'd thought of a service project for today.

    Katla
    from NW Oregon
  • Gardengail
    Gardengail Posts: 596 Member
    I totally forgot that the Y was closed today for the MLK holiday. Rats! I guess I'll walk in circles here at home while I wait for dinner to finish up. I did 60 push ups at work today, tho -- in increments of 20, using the rail in the handicapped stall in the ladies room on my visits. Can't recall who originally posted that, but I like it. Our suite is almost directly across from the ladies room on the second floor, but I think I will start returning to the office from there by walking downstairs, to the other end of the building, and then back upstairs to add some steps.

    BBL

    Gail, metro Atlanta
  • RebelRenny
    RebelRenny Posts: 1,073 Member
    :happy: If you want to have a happy face planted on you, watch this video. I want to have a reason to laugh, or at least smile, each and every day!!!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB3NPNM4xgo

    Copy and paste and Enjoy...the sprinkling of magic on the moments.

    Renny
    Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
  • Esther50
    Esther50 Posts: 252
    Barbiecat,
    I just read your story, very inspirational.
    Thanks I'm needing it right now.
  • wessecg
    wessecg Posts: 410 Member
    Ok, if we're putting videos that make us smile - I loved this one. Just makes me want a grandbaby that much more :smile:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152363845980624&set=vb.688970623&type=2&theater


    Cheryl from North of Chicago (cold, cold, cold)
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Ok, if we're putting videos that make us smile - I loved this one. Just makes me want a grandbaby that much more :smile:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152363845980624&set=vb.688970623&type=2&theater


    Cheryl from North of Chicago (cold, cold, cold)

    I have a granddaughter and pictures of her walking my dog (actually visa-versa). It was so cute it drew a lot of attention. He's a good boy and she loved taking him for walks. They went wherever I told HIM to go. A good dog is a blessing.

    Katla
    from NW Oregon
  • junekaatz
    junekaatz Posts: 119 Member
    quick bump...can't believe I missed most of the last 500!! Will try to do better this time with everything.... developed bad habits lately ....no they were there and they have returned out of frustration. Wheres my rainbow cloak?

    Kate from Cold and Snowy Sherwood Park, Alberta
  • exermom
    exermom Posts: 6,517 Member
    Gail - By getting another king bed, that'll mean you'll only need one size sheets

    Will quickly skim thru the posts. Did 20 minutes of yoga this morning then 50 min of the extremepump class. This afternoon I went to one gals house to play Rummy-O (or is it called Rummikub?), barely got home in time to make dinner then off to play mahjongg, just got home. Tomorrow I'll do Denise Austin's Boot Camp DVD.

    Genda _ I have such respect for people who go snowshoeing. I've never done that but it's something that I think I'd like to try (maybe)

    Sandy - thanks for the link. I printed out the recipe. Gotta think if maybe there's something that I can use instead of the refrigerated dinner roll dough, tho.

    Lucy from DE - oh, I hope they do waive the fee for you

    ohiomomof2 - we're always on call for our children, huh? You did well at KFC

    Gail - you Y was closed?????

    Well, I told you this would be short. Hope everyone has a great evening.

    Michele in NC
  • Just came across this acrostic and wanted to share:

    EAT LESS CRAP:

    C-carbonated drinks
    R-refined sugars
    A-artificial sweeteners and colors
    P-processed foods

    EAT MORE FOOD:

    F-fruit and vegetables
    O-organic lean protein
    O-omega 3 fatty acids
    D-drink water

    The more I am paying attention to my body, the more I realize just how true that is!
  • Sasha4427
    Sasha4427 Posts: 196 Member
    Hi everyone, just checking in for a really short post.

    Linda Sundance - so glad your day went well, 3 more and you are the boss of you again at home.
    Robin - enjoy your vacation - you certainly deserve it!
    Lucy - so sorry to hear about your loss. Treasure your MIL.
    Lin C - I live close to Nelson - when are your sister and niece moving here?
    Cheryl – I have a Norwegian Silver Fox jacket and I am too self-conscious to wear it in case someone throws red paint at me.
    Jane M – love the new baby pic.
    LoriH – I agree totally about the benefits of Renny’s challenge. I am so much more conscious of how much fruit and veg I eat now (I actually had a more fruit deficit than veggies).
    Renny – happy great aunt day!
    DeeDee – I think my computer read your post – it just shut down and me and I had to reboot it. Quit giving it ideas.
    555555555555 (just a little post courtesy of Mookers the Cat)

    Time to go get some ZZZZs – lots of stuff to get done tomorrow

    Wishing you all a great day tomorrow ladies
    Lila
  • sunshine61250
    sunshine61250 Posts: 68 Member
    Ok, if we're putting videos that make us smile - I loved this one. Just makes me want a grandbaby that much more :smile:

    http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10152363845980624&set=vb.688970623&type=2&theater


    Cheryl from North of Chicago (cold, cold, cold)

    My grandson came to visit last year when he was 2. We had quite a bit of rain and went out and bought him rain boots. We went for a walk and the first puddle he came to he walked around it. I made him go back and stomp through it. I would have NEVER done that with my kids. I had 3 under the age of 2 and was cranky all the time. Trying to make up for it now. :D And now I have 3 grandchildren and life is wonderful!
  • sunshine61250
    sunshine61250 Posts: 68 Member
    I'm going to try my very first Zumba class today. I am so excited and went to the exercise part to see how many calories I could burn and Zumba was not there under cardio. Does anyone else do Zumba? How do you count the calories?

    Tusen Takk (a thousand thanks!)
    Joy
  • DeeDee2211
    DeeDee2211 Posts: 1,133 Member
    Good morning beautiful ladies:flowerforyou: !

    Renny and Cheryl:smile: Loved the videos!!!!

    Joy:smile: It`s amazing what we let our grandchildren do, and we think it`s so cute, if our children had done it, it would have just been more thing we had to clean up:laugh: !!! I have 2 beautiful granddaughters and they are the light of my life:love:!

    Lori:smile: Love the post! I`ve been eating too much CRAP lately!!!!

    Michele:smile: Busy busy you are!!! I`m busy too, but it looks like you`re having fun, me:angry: , not so much:sad: !!!!

    Lila:smile: Sorry my computer gave yours ideas:devil: ! Tell Mookers I enjoyed his post!

    I`m keeping this short this morning! Have a wonderful day ladies!!! Drink your water:drinker: :drinker: :drinker: and log your food!!!!

    Hugs,
    DeeDee
  • lizmil79
    lizmil79 Posts: 566 Member
    Bump for now:happy:


    Liz
  • Gardengail
    Gardengail Posts: 596 Member
    Michele - yes, the Y was closed. They close on most federal holidays and on the 3-day weekend ones often use that weekend to refinish the gym floor, reconfigure the exercise equipment, etc.

    I walked around the house instead, which is something I did after the heart surgery when I wasn't able to drive. That led me to overflowing gratitude for the good surgeon, great caregivers, etrc. and it reminded me of just how far I've come in recovering my endurance. Feeling blessed beyond measure!

    Have a great day....

    Gail, metro Atlanta @ a chilly 26 degrees (cold for us!)
  • carojrrn
    carojrrn Posts: 69 Member
    Bump for later!
  • mazaron
    mazaron Posts: 329 Member
    Hello and happy Tuesday –

    Tuesday??? :noway: What happened to Monday??? Oh well….

    Yesterday (that was Monday) I woke up feeling depressingly, sadly, bleakly uninspired about the world in general. :indifferent: Whined to my DH about it. Turned on the radio and learned that, statistically, it's the day the most of North America is depressed. "Blue Monday". Our Christmas Visa bills are due, we've broken our New Year's resolutions, it's months 'til the next long holiday and it's cold outside, and dark. Oh dear. I can't even be uniquely depressed. That made me laugh, :laugh: which cheered up my day immensely. Got to work and had fun.

    Deb A – I do interval running too – 2 minutes hard running followed by 3 minutes brisk walk – repeat 8 times. Add a 10 minute warm-up and a 10 minute cool down = an hour of fun. It’s my favorite workout. I think I will take your specialist’s advice and add the protein afterwards too.

    Sunshine – you don’t have to run. Do anything that raises your heart-rate so you’re feeling like it’s a big effort, keep it up for 30 seconds, then relax and walk for two minutes. Repeat. You could be doing anything – elliptical, swim, bike, walk, whatever.

    M – congratulations (sort of) :ohwell: on your reaction to the sticky-buns. Not the negative physical reaction, but the positive mental reaction.

    Wow, Renny, what fun to have all those new babies in the family.

    Robin – it seems like yesterday you were telling us about Olivia’s birth! So fun to think of you off to Vegas to celebrate her first year. An then Kauai – what a great think to look forward to.

    Eileen near San Diego – what do you teach? I think it must be secondary school because you’re doing report cards. I teach grade 7, which is still elementary school here. No report cards until March! Whew!

    SueBDew, I like the idea of an ap that tracks my walks – I think I’ll download it. I’m weak about walking in winter, though, so there won’t be many times to use it until spring comes and takes the snow away.

    I have a heart rate monitor and I really think it’s the only accurate way to count calories burned. Most of the estimates in MFP or on the exercise machines are for folks who are heavier than I am, so the counts are always over the top for me.

    Well done, Ohiomom, in keeping to the low calorie end of the KFC menu. :flowerforyou: How sad that there are no better options close to the school. Even a Subway or a Dairyqueen could sell you a salad.

    Kate – pull on the rainbow cloak.:drinker: It’s winter in the deep, dark north and you need all the sparkle you can get!

    Lin C – you and Lila and I should have an MFP party!

    Joy – Sunshine – have fun at Zumba. I recommend a heart rate monitor – you’ll always know your calorie count.



    Hasta pronto,

    Nancy in SE British Columbia


    January goals:

    6 workouts a week
    Connect to my family (emails once a week to parents & sisters)

    “Connect” is my word for 2013. I will try to make a new connection each month (this is inspired by The Happiness Project)
  • emtjab
    emtjab Posts: 26 Member
    Hey all...

    Barbiecat...Loved the story of your journey....that is very inspirational! thank you so much for sharing it.

    Lori....love the CRAP! lol....good to remember.


    As for me....well, I realized I'm a wimp. yep. a total wimp. I don't know how I became this wimpy! LOL....i tried doing some leg raises and pushups over the weekend. well, 10 pushups is A LOT...and this was the easy way on your knees! and the leg raises....5 on each side x3 is about the max. so, strenthening it is. i need muscles!

    Julie
  • Katla49
    Katla49 Posts: 10,385 Member
    Bump for now, so I'll know where to start reading. Yoga this morning if the teacher doesn't cancel. Yippee!

    Katla
    from NW Oregon
  • sunshine61250
    sunshine61250 Posts: 68 Member
    Man, I'm SOOOO tired. Zumba class this morning and then a 4 mile walk in -6 weather ... too tired to even fix dinner. Good thing we still have left over chili in the frig. I think I'll just heat that up. On a bad note, our hot water heater is not working. COLD showers. The landlord came to look at it and decided they need to replace it but it's in the bathroom wall, which means they need to take the wall out. They are going to do that next week while we are in Rome but cold showers until then since it's going to be a huge project. She came back to get the keys and bought me a 1000g box of CHOCOLATE!!!! Maybe that's why I'm tired .... sugar rush. Any way, I weighed it out (ate 50 grams) and hubby is taking the box to bible study tonight. It is currently sitting outside the front door because every time I looked at it, I ate a piece. :grumble:
  • mwheatcraft54
    mwheatcraft54 Posts: 235 Member
    Good morning, ladies. We had a pop-up snowstorm overnight, but just left us with a dusting of snow. It is however freezing as all get out. They said with the wind chill it will be around zero today – good day to stay in. Now who can I get to go to the store for me . . .

    I broke out my Herbivoracious cookbook last night – Michael Natkin has a website/blog and cookbook with truly unique and interesting ingredients and flavors, most with an Asian, Mediterranean or Mexican flare. He lives up in WA state and has access to the wonderful farmers’ markets there. Anyway, so many creative ideas – really inspired me to come up with some new dishes. Tonight I’m making cold Thai noodles with a sauce including tahini instead of the usual peanut butter. I’ll throw in some tofu (I’m on a protein kick, remember?) and some sugar snap peas I picked up at Costco the other day and have a fab dinner. Excited.

    Nancy, I’m sorry you were feeling a little blue but impressed at how quickly you perked up – by reading about how everyone feels that way :laugh:. Yeah, I won’t be having sticky buns again!

    Gail, good for at least walking around the house – it’s a good way to stay warm too!

    Joy, I hope you have fun with the Zumba – even if you feel like a complete klutz it’s a blast. At least you get a second chance to be a fun parent :smile:. As for running, I’ve never been a runner but I wasn’t losing weight from walking no matter how far I walked. Once I started cardio I found I was able to expand my lung capacity and now mix running and walking with ease. Practice, practice, practice. I have read there’s no better exercise for cardio than running, but you need to mix it up with resistance training (weights) because running won’t build muscle.

    Lila, lol at Mooker’s post. My cat does that every afternoon around happy hour.

    Lori H, how true for the acrostic! The hummus wrap sounds yummy too – I’m going to have to try that.

    DebA, yes to what your specialist told you. I tend to retain belly fat when my carbs are too high so am trying to keep them in the 40% range. Interval training is the new rage too :smile:.

    Renny, congratulations on those new babies! How fun.

    Judy, how fun that your children are helping cook and clean up. The dinner with your dad sounds like it was a huge success. What is a Cosmosize class? It sounds . . . um, like it could be really interesting :laugh:. A little word of advice: if you have a sensitivity to msg and sodium, watch out for using packaged spice mixes and dressings – they’re usually full of it. If you can try using straight spices instead.

    Barbie, thanks for the story/background. My story is very similar – lots of walking but no real shift in weight, just barely keeping below 200. For me it was the combination too – increasing my exercising, especially adding in cardio and weights, along with tracking calories religiously. I had to give up the empty calories as I don’t have a lot of room for anything but nutritious food before I hit my daily limit. I’m not afraid of any food but I know I don’t have a lot of wiggle room, so I try to keep my portions small and most of my meal nutritionally dense, and I add in extra exercise wherever I can for those splurges.

    Robin, your travels and interview are all coming up fast! You’re going to have so much fun – and best wishes on the interview. I’ll be sending lots of powerful vibes to you.

    Eileen, what a great picture! You look lovely.

    Laura, I had a weekend like that too, but I didn’t do it at the Brown Palace, darn it! How wonderful to see your son perform there and just be in the building – it’s such a wonderful place. Enjoy your week!

    Ohiomom, good for you for sticking to healthy choices. Glad you were able to help your DD. I’ll tell a story about my DD in a sec.

    Julie, keep trying! When I first started really exercising last summer I felt like I had been beaten with a baseball bat (I think I keep saying this over and over - sorry). I couldn't do any pushups from my toes and had to do "girl pushups" too, and even then I was weak. I just kept trying, getting stronger, and now I can do so much that I would never have believed possible. You can do this!

    Last night DD called me on her way home very upset. She works at a Montessori school with an on-site daycare, but yesterday was an in-service day so they didn’t have the kids or daycare kids, just the employees. As a result the daycare was condensed and on part-staff, none of which DD knew. She went to drop off DGD and discovered she was being put into a room with much older children and three young girls she had never seen before. Long story short, the girls didn’t know they were supposed to do things like change diapers or give the babies water, and they couldn’t put them down because the room wasn’t adequately child-proofed for babies (DGD is 15mos), so the babies didn’t get to play or run around. DD was very upset – she’s still in new-mama mode. I felt bad that I couldn’t do anything for her except just listen – one of those moments I so wished I lived down the street from her so I could keep DGD on those days. However, she got home, took DGD out to play with the neighborhood kids, then we skyped so I “ate dinner” with DGD and watched her run around with the dog. She’s getting so big! I commiserate with those who are far from their beloved children and grandchildren and am so jealous of those who are closer – enjoy all those moments while you can!

    Cheers,

    M.
  • LucyT4dieting
    LucyT4dieting Posts: 284 Member
    Good morning ladies,

    Well, it's day two at work since I've had to cancel vacation, and I am starting to accept the fact that we will not be able to reschedule for this year. We thought we'd be able to make it there for week two, but the cost of flights has gone up so much, that it is impossible for us to justify spending the additional dollars. We're going to save the credit we have with the airlines for next year's flight and make our vacation to Mexico next year extra special since it will be our 5th wedding anniversary. :heart:

    We have lots of family coming in for the funeral, and Frank's brother & Aunt & Uncle will be staying with us since we have two guest rooms. The weather here is freezing, and we are expecting snow on Friday, which is the day of the funeral. Somber weather for a somber event. :cry:

    Well, back to the living.....

    :flowerforyou: Renny - Congrats on those two new bundles of joy! The cycle of life, right?

    :smile: Judy - Good luck on your interview. I'm sure you'll do great!

    :happy: Barbie - Thanks for sharing your inspiring journey.

    :glasses: Robin - Enjoy your vacation.

    :laugh: Laura - Sounds like you had a good time with your family. There should be no guilt for that!

    :ohwell: Sue - Everyone is different so it does take a little tweaking & experimentation to find out what works for you.

    :huh: Gail - 60 push ups??? I can barely manage 5!

    :blushing: Julie - I'm with you on the exercise....I really am starting to see that I need to work on my upper body strength.

    Hugs,
    Lucy in Delaware:bigsmile:
  • Laura80111
    Laura80111 Posts: 958 Member
    :flowerforyou: Tuesday Greeting Vit F,

    Only a moment to catch up and say Hi as I have a new hire coming in shortly and I have to process him.

    Last night I decided I was going to hit our weight machine and this morning I'm a bit sore, but it's the good kind of sore and in places that I usually don't have aches. It was good to be back in the routine of coming home from work and doing a workout and then fixing dinner with hubby. it's always so much nicer when we do it together.:happy:

    Work continues to plague me and I best get to it, it seems that there aren't enough hours in the day to get it all done and I'm just not willing to stay past my time when my commute home takes almost an hour and I'd actually rather be working out than working sitting at a desk:ohwell:

    Have a good day all let's keep moving, drinking that water (it really does make a difference) and logging your food:drinker:

    Laura 80111 in Colorado:smile:
  • janemartin02
    janemartin02 Posts: 2,653 Member
    Happy tues VIT f.
    another Burrr day.high of 11 maybe.2 this am.
    Hanging with Violet today.Do some needed cleaning here.
    HUGS
    jane
  • jb_2011
    jb_2011 Posts: 1,029 Member
    Good morning!

    Nancy,you can't even be uniquely depressed :laugh: Oh that's a good one. It's certainly a tough time right now, depths of winter, bills due, etc. I waltzed right through Blue Monday in a pretty good frame of mind, thanks to a full day with my wonderful students who have a way of bringing out the best in me.

    Lori, the CRAP list is a good reminder. Definitely a bunch of no-nos there. Focus on real FOOD! And water! :drinker:

    Juilie, even the "girlie" pushups from the knees are not easy at first. Do a few every couple of days for a week, maybe start with 5 or a number you can handle without screaming. :wink: Increase the following week and keep track. I'm doing 30 every other day now, in 3 sets of 10. When I first started I could barely do 2.

    Barbie, I enjoyed your story. :flowerforyou: It's truly amazing when we look back at how far we've come on this journey!

    Deb A, I'm right there with you in wanting to get rid of the belly fat. I can still grab hold of a considerable amount! :ohwell: Jogging and walking in intervals is truly a great workout, I feel the best when I do that routine regularly.

    SueBDew, chips and me are terrible housemates! :grumble: They stare at me, relentlessly, begging my attention. I do my best to ignore them completely. Last week I had great success keeping them at bay.

    Katla, it's been nice seeing the blue sky hasn't it! :love: I've been loving every second of it. Freezing and foggy here again this morning, but I hear it's supposed to warm up a bit and start raining again. Oh for the love of Oregon.

    Lila, had a little helper there, did you? Mookers is quite talented. All those 5's with no mistakes! :bigsmile:

    Sunshine, (Joy) Oh you had quite a workout! Walked 4 miles AND went to Zumba! Wowie! Cold showers, ugh! :noway: And that box of chocolates, grrrr. They call my name whenever they show up around here, too.

    Upstairs I go to do Yoga. Aerobics on the agenda as well this morning, and if I wasn't such a wimp I'd go run a few laps around the track. Too cold out there! I'll run with the terrier later, he's good for a 40-45 minute non-stop jog as long as I give him plenty of time beforehand to do his male dog sniff-n-mark routine. I've been doing squats while he's busy with that. :wink:

    Remember it's Tuesday good-news-day! Do good!

    Stay warm, stay happy, stay focused and bright,
    For today is good-news day, all day, until night.

    :smile: jb from frosty Portland
  • wessecg
    wessecg Posts: 410 Member
    Lori H – I have a vacation property in Missouri and trust me, no one has ever heard of Gravois Mills, Mo. But when I say it is in Lake of the Ozarks, then they know.

    MWheatcraft – sugar is my addiction and even with watching my calories I still manage to get plenty into my diet. I think next week I will concentrate on eliminating ice cream and cookies.

    RebelRenny – congrats on the two GREAT nephews. I would love a baby in my life. I am baby crazy.

    Positive Power – good luck on your interview tomorrow.

    Barbie – your walking story was interesting. I tend to walk between 6000 and 10000 steps a day simply because I am nuts busy.

    Robin – 20,000 – you are ambitious

    Kaki – I’ve been eating my exercise calories for the last 4 months and still steadily losing – albeit it is starting to slow down now that I’m down to my last 12 pounds

    Laurie – Wow, you sung with your son!! If I ever sung in public the place would empty out.

    Sue – you are right – the quality of calories consumed really counts. Unfortunately only about half of mine are quality.

    Exermom you have the busiest life ever.

    Sasha – red paint – is that the Peta people who do that? I am actually against killing tons of small non-edible animals for a coat when a down jacket would do, but since I bought it, I’m wearing it. Especially today when the temperatures start with a minus sign.

    Sunshine – yep we are a lot more easygoing the older we get. My 34 year old son is always amazed at what I’ll let my 11 year old son get away with.

    DeeDee – Hi

    Mazaron – your recovery from your “depression” made me laugh.

    Mwheat – skyping grandkids – yay for modern technology

    I am working from home today as one of my tenant’s furnace broke last night – of course it chose the coldest day of the year – and I am waiting for the repair guy.

    Cheryl from north of Chicago
  • RebelRenny
    RebelRenny Posts: 1,073 Member
    I'm going to try my very first Zumba class today. I am so excited and went to the exercise part to see how many calories I could burn and Zumba was not there under cardio. Does anyone else do Zumba? How do you count the calories?

    Tusen Takk (a thousand thanks!)
    Joy

    Hi Joy. I found a website how to count Zumba calories: http://caloriesburnedhq.com/zumba-calories-burned/
    If MFP does not have anything on its database, you can create it. Looks like great fun!

    Weigh-in this morning did not see any changes on the scale :grumble: However, DH remarked yesterday how my belly had gone down.:love: Of course, I already knew that, since I can now do up some jackets I could not before :laugh: Besides, as was previously commented, I am more than a number on the scale.

    Walking at lunch time is on the menu today.

    :flowerforyou: Have a Terrific Tuesday!

    :heart: Rebel
    Vancouver Island, BC
  • glendalight
    glendalight Posts: 127 Member
    A quick good morning to all yu ladies - I am determined to actually accomplish something today!

    Michelle - snow shoeing is actually quite easy - walking with big clown shoes on your feet?!?!:laugh: so a little more strenuous for sure. But it gets me out into some beautiful scenery and spots that wouldn't be accessible in the deep snow without snowshoes or cross country skis.

    LinC I am in southern alberta, so not too close to Nelson, which is a beautiful area. Hope the move goes well for them.

    Lucy - so sorry about the loss of your FIL and your cancelled trip. I hope you can enjoy some time with family while they are there for the funeral and are able to look forward to a trip NEXT year. Fights can be crazy expensive, can't they. I usually make a trip to Mexico with some friends but they are saying they just can't affford the flights this year - and they already have the time share!

    Joy -I think grandkids might be God's way of giving us a second go at it!:smile: Aren't they delightful! I get so many giggles out of mine and they just fill up my heart. How did the Zumba class go? I tried an aquatic version once when I was on vacation - that way no one could see how bad I was!:bigsmile:

    Nancy - I too heard that clip about blue Monday. Interesting. The dark and grey probably doesn't help much. Sunshine makes such a difference!

    Kate - could you please get it to warm up a bit there by the weekend? :laugh: I am heading to Edmonton for a conference and will have to do some walking outside moving from venue to venue! Please, no minus 20?

    Robin - It sounds like you have some adventures in your future. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy - the trips, the little ones,family time, the sunshine and warmth, the recharging!:happy:

    Thanks to all for the reminders on keeping calories up, on eating nutrition dense foods, for fueling and feeding our bodies, for 'right' priorities, for effective exercise, ......you all keep me going!:smile:

    Now to tackle those tasks:tongue: .........
    Glenda
  • tammytylerjones
    tammytylerjones Posts: 109 Member
    Sooo cold here in Virginia but got the little dog out for a short walk.
    I have always heard that 3 miles a day is the way to lose weight and stay fit. It can be really hard
    to get that in, but I'm inspired by your stories and I love to walk!

    I was at Costco and saw the Jillian Michaels 30 day Shred video so I thought I'd give it a try. I really enjoyed it yesterday...
    and today I'm so sore! haha! It's a good sore though and I felt like I accomplished something on my road to fitness.

    Have a great day ladies!

    xoxo:love:
    Tammy
  • bjmcq
    bjmcq Posts: 305 Member
    Posted to the locked thread, missed the continuation.....will try to catch up with these pages later today!

    Stay Warm everyone!